Rope Course at Mountain View = Paying for Torture!

We always tend to do a lot of strenuous activities under the team management of one TM Kulas.

That 3-hour walk all over Malapascua Island that ended in disappointment because the wonderful beach that was promised wasn't there because of the low tide. The 30-minute walk turned 2-hour death march to Dao Falls in Samboan. Even that tiring hike to SM with Louie that I was hassled into undertaking instead of comfortably riding a jeepney.

The latest physical challenge happened last Saturday, February 23, 2013. This was planned 2 weeks before, and was described as an obstacle course at the Mountain View Nature's Park in Busay.

Bored waiting for Brenda (over an hour!!!)

Mountain View, here we come!

Oslob Day 1 - Of long journeys, booze, music, and a whole lot of FUN!

Last Saturday, my team and I headed for the Southern Cebu town of Oslob for our first ever team outing. 

FINALLY. This has been talked about since last year. We only just got around to finally planning and pushing through with it this time after the recent schedule bid which gave us all weekend rest days. Also, our team had been awarded Php10,000-worth of Sodexho gift certificates (from the account) plus Php 2,000 in cash (from the Chat Support line of business) for having the lowest number of lates and absences for the month of December. All in all, we had Php 12,000 to spend and we were so ready to head out of town to do so!

Lyle found this rest house by the beach that we could rent out for Php 3,500 per night. This information was from a local forum from a thread back in 2010, so the price wasn't really updated. When we contacted them for inquiries, we were quoted a price of Php 4,000 per night, which was good for 10 people. The number of heads in excess would be charged Php 100 per person.

It was a pretty good deal.

Aris, Lyle, Ron, and I went on undertime to buy food and supplies at the Save More supermarket at the E-Mall. Then, it was a short walk to the South Bus Terminal to meet the rest of the team (and ex-team mates and guests) who would be taking the bus to the Oslob. Others were going by car and motorcycle, while others were coming by bus at a later time.

Ready, set, GO! :D

team KAHAYAG @ Moalboal 11/ 12-14/08

(coming soon)

Catmon get-away

I honestly forgot when this took place hehe.. Bahaw na ni na pics but anyway..

This was our first-ever NSC outing, and boy was it fun! We called it our "team-building" but it was really just an out-of-town thing that we'd planned to steal away from the pressures of student council life for a day.. (Oh, and I seem to remember na, this was during our sem-break.. yey)

The day started out with us taking the mini-bus from the North Bus Terminal to Catmon. The ride itself was pret-ty LONG, but I barely noticed since I was busy chewing Caj's ear off with my stories and some minor trivialities - and I kept it up all the way to Catmon (so sorry Caj, but you gotta admit, it made the whole trip less tedious =D). The mini-bus dropped us off across the dirt road which would lead us to our destination. But before we could even start walking the 250m or so of non-asphalted road, we had to make a quick stop by the trees (banana trees to be exact.. Although come to think of it, bananas aren't exactlyTREES.. Shrubs? Anyway..) coz the boys decided that they REALLY had to GO.. So we attempted to take a shot of them peeing, didn't make a good pic though.

After a few minutes of hiking, we finally arrived at our destination = AROMA. It was kinda cool even from the outside coz we had an immediate view of the slide. And it was long and TALL. We couldn't wait. So we kinda ran into the place, paid for a cottage, dropped our stuff off, and changed into swim clothes (but not before we took some "arrival photos". We waited until Gil and Bird came with the ready-to-cook food, and when they did, started setting up the table. Gil and John went ahead to do the cooking (or grilling, in this case), Bird went to buy ice, and the rest of us cleaned the dining area. A short while later, lunch was served, and it was uber yummy! Big thanks to Gil and her lola. After lunch, it was time for some fun in the water..

One thing I just can't forget: the slide was DANGEROUS. Or, at least, we MADE it dangerous haha.. Asa kag muslide down sa pirting taasa na slide na gatrain2.. Nangabun-og pud mi ato oie haha.. But injuries aside, it was one fun-filled day with good friends and good food. I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.. ^^,






To Liz, Randolph, and Fred: SAYANG!