Plans for the Weekend

It will be one hell of a long weekend. October 31 and Nobember 1 are holidays. These are four days to waste, man and I got no plans yet.

I e-mailed my sis, Lynn Eva, in Dubai to check out the contact numbers of Club Serene. My sis used to work for the Company that operated the resort and I thought, maybe I should be able to get hold of the number to make my reservation. In two hours time, my sis replied and she had apparently lost her phone book months ago. But she gave me instead persons I can call like, Russo or Beng Juanico to check out the resorts number. I was successful in contacting Russo, and he still works for the resort. This is good news. I decide to give him a ring tomorrow to finalize the reservation.

I called up my sis, Grace Baldomar, in Rosehill Antipolo to check if she is available for a swim on October 30th. After talking to her officemate, Lerio, and given a number to get hold of Grace, I was not able to make contact of her. In a little while, my mobile was ringing with Grace on the other line, quite worried if there is some emergency going on(I don't normally call my sis without any really important matter at hand). I told her that it was nothing, but I wanted to know if her family has made plans for the long weekend. She decided to ring me back on my landline so we can talk much longer without worrying about phone bills.

When I told Grace that I was thinking of going for a swim on the long weekend, she said, she's good to go too. I mentioned to her about Club Serene (we had a swim there with Lynn's family also a few years back), and she's not to excited about it. She suggested instead another resort in Antipolo, quite near her place called Loriland. We decide that we take a look at prices and compare thereafter before we make a decision.

I checked Club Manila East, a resort also near Taytay, at the foothills of Antipolo. Its rates for a villa that will allow 4 people to occupy runs at Php4,000 with no outside food allowed. Grace called me up again and she said that Loriland costs Php3,600 for a four bed, with extra four pull-outs bed room. The resort will allow from as many as 10 to 15 people to occupy the room. Wow, right there, it is a bargain, although it borders on the convenience and well being of the occupants. Anyways, the resort would allow bringing in food too, and they even have a barbeque pit. Nice...

So we decided to proceed and make the reservation at the Loriland. I volunteered to call Tita Ahmie and maybe Kuya Mike as well to join us. Am not too sure though, if Kuya Mike's kids will join in the foray. I had some difficulty contacting Kuya Mike these past few days. His phone is always on the voicemail mode. And Tita's phone too, just keep on ringing. No one is actually answering. I tried to send a SMS both to Tital and Cathy, just in case they are around to read their inboxes.

I'm still waiting for the return messages from them...

So far, it is fixed, we will go for a swim on Sunday at the Loriland. Yehey, at least, I was able to make some "walk" for the long weekend.


Finally...

Very Office Pictures at Enterworks

These are one of the early pictures with the office and colleagues at Enterworks. 

Former Colleagues at SGV

Picture during the send-off of Maria to Singapore. One of those rare occassions that us friends had actually the time to see each other. It was surreal and nostalgic at the same time to re-connect with old friends alike. 

This is a profile of me, joeblack. I'm thinking to myself, I should have a post every month showing the same profile. Then I can look back, a year of so from now, how time flies and how much years are etched in my face. It should become a living reminder of how much I grown, hopefully, in wisdom too, through these years to come.

First Post

This is my virgin post! I'm totally new and clueless on how this blogging works for me. I resolve, I will try my very best to make regular postings to update my "journey" and hope this will help me in committing to memory how my life turned out to be.

I am not gifted with the art for words nor for composition. However, may this be the avenue by which I can train myself to babble my thoughts and hopefully, at the end of it all, it may make some sensible meaning to the innermost workings of my wired brain.

Let the journey begin...