Lurlur sa Baler

Okay, the title is lame and this is a super late post.

My summer vacation kicked off with a two-day all-expenses paid stay at Bahia de Baler courtesy of Mr. Angelo Palmones. This trip is the reason why BC 196 (Crisis in Broadcasting) is always in demand among students, aside from the free lunches and the relatively easy uno. Usually, this is done every semester and students can bring plus ones, but this time, my class last semester were combined with this semester’s BC 196 class and plus ones were not allowed. Sayang kasi konti lang din ang nakasama kasi maraming seniors ang ipit sa thesis.

Since my other friends were among those who were stopped by thesis from joining this trip, I bonded with Audrey during this trip. Though our bonding started when we arrived at the resort already because she was asleep most of the 6.5-hour trip.

Kumpleto sya sa props.

Sa sobrang haba ng biyahe namin to Baler, dinaanan na ata namin ang lahat…

kapatagan...

kabundukan...

At anyong tubig.

When we arrived at Baler, nagkaroon ng agawan sa mga kwarto, but it was settled at the end. Say hello to my roomies (minus Audrey, JT and Rachel)!

 

With waves that big, hindi namin pinalampas ang mag-attempt mag-surfing! Some of my classmates and I braved the huge waves of Baler with a surfboard. Some of my classmates were successful na makatayo, samantalang ako… hanggang luhod lang tapos lulunurin na ako nang sunud-sunod na alon.

The "I-did-my-best-but-my-best-wasn't-good-enough" picture.

After the surfing session, sobrang sakit ng katawan ko and I knew it was bound to get worse (and I was right, I was paralyzed for almost two days because of it, but it was all worth it)!

We had an early dinner. We don’t have anything to do at around 8 in the evening. So my roomies scouted for a sari-sari store and bought some booze, and we had a room party. It was fun and when we got bored in our room, we transferred to another room to get buzzed. I will not elaborate on the goings-on, just fade up Katy Perry’s Last Friday Night. Hihihi.

The next day, despite body pains and hangovers, we had another disaster preparedness seminar. This time, it was about rescuing drowning people and survival swimming. Yes, the instructors made us swim across Baler’s strong waves. What is dagdag sakit ng katawan. But I did learn a lot.

After the seminar, we were free until lunch to do whatever we want. We left Bahia de Baler after lunch for a short tour, then we were homebound.

Actually, the “tour” was a 20-minute stop at this park overlooking the coastline of Baler. It was such a breath-taking sight and we couldn’t resist doing a photo shoot. :))

There were also some attempts to do “hipster” photos. You can see some of the pictures at Joxx’s Tumblr. He’s a new-found friend and our “official hipster” photographer.

It was as Rebecca Black would say it — fun, fun, fun, fun! It was a great way to finish college and start summer! 🙂