Sunday, July 26, 2009

Yuppies in Samal!

July 25-26, 2009

Yuppies in Samal!

The San Isidro Labrador Young Professionals had their first ever retreat at the Our Lady of Victory in Sitio Camudmud, Babac, Island Garden City of Samal. :)

weee!! It was very fun, grabe! I never expected it would turn out to be a very fun outing!

Well, as usual, hindi nasunod ang oras talaga kung kailan kame aalis from Davao, at darating sa Samal. We arrived there at around 2pm na, where we had to cook fro lunch.

Pagkatapos naming mag lunch, we went to the Bat Cave. It wasn't really far from our RetreatHouse, pero medyo mahirap ang daan. haha! But then, when we reached the place, we felt it was worth it.

But then, as we went to see the bats, sobrang na shock ako! haha!! Kakaiba yung amoy, grabe! It was one of the worse smells that I've ever smelled! Medyo ok pa nung una, pero nung nag try na kaming umakyat sa taas to see more bats, hindi ko na kinaya. I was already retching like mad at natakot na ako na baka masuka ako dun. LOL!

So some of the girls decided to go down na lang. Sobrang hindi talaga kinaya! Hinintay na lang namin yung iba dun sa may entrance. :)

So after the bat cave, while on our way back to the retreat house, biglang umulan and unexpectedly, nalibing sa putikan ang gulong ng L300 van namen! hahaha!! Ayun, bonggang bonggang tulakan! Sobrang dumi tuloy nila! Hindi ako sumali kase ako ang nag document sa mga pangyayare. Nakakaloka! Pero it was so fun! Dun na lang kame nakapag team building. hahaha!!! =p

Hindi pakame dumiretso sa retreat house. Talagang namasyal pa kame sa Holy Cross na Maritime training center. Kaya ayun, before going back to OLV, we decided to have an outing nanaman soon doon sa Holy Cross.

So anyways, ayun, rest kame pagdating sa OLV. The others took a bath, kase sobrang dumi nila. haha! After that, Father Pepe went home na, kase may mass pa siya on a Sunday while Father Orly stayed behind.

We had a session and some sharing that night. Pagkatapos, yung usual ghost stories! haha!! It was really weird that for the first time, natakot ako while hearing the stories. Grabe! lol! Then ayun, we decided to go to bed na pero kame ng mga teachers and Divine decided to stay up and play cards while we continued the ghost stories.

In the end, alas tres nako nakatulog. hahaha! At gumising po ako ng alas singko! lol! I only had a few hours of sleep. Kase when I woke up, di nako makatulog ulet because of the rain tapos medyo maliwanag na sa labas. So ayun, I had coffee and waited for the others to wake up.

We had breakfast at naligokame sa beach! yay!!! Sobrang saya talaga! Nag session nanaman kame after that, then lunch at games games na! haha! At first naglaro kame ng cards, pero we decided to play the FIND THE KILLER game. One of the best games we've ever had! haha!

And by 3 in the afternoon, kailangan na naming umalis para makapunta pa sa bahay nina Father Orly. When we reached his house, I really told the others na pag ako nakatira dun, mahihinto ako sa pag-aaral. haha! Meron kasi silang tindahan, videoke, conputer at pool table. Tatambay na lang siguro ako dun forever! hahaha!!

Ayun, nung medyo dumidilim na, we went home na.

It was a very nice experience. When I first entered the Young Professionals org in our church, I only had my brother as someone I could always talk to. But through that retreat, I became close to the other members and was able to show them the real me. :)

Pictures can be viewed by clicking here. :) - we should be friends in order to see the photos. :)

1 comments:

Lou Añonuevo said...

sounds like you totally had fun. glad you did anyways. (: