Bataan 2008!!!

At last! The plans finally pushed through! May 2008 saw the return of Bakal in Bataan! Again, we stayed on Mark's family resort, Villa Imperial. The last time we went to Bataan, it was 4 years ago.

This time, it was 10x more fun than the last trip! The group consisted of: Mark, Donna, Pilep, Che, Oninz, Joy (Oninz' gf), Drey, Jem... and of course, the three blind mice: Myk, Dale, and Me! Hahaha! (Three blind mice because the three of us always wore sunglasses... and since everybody else is a couple, the three of us were left to ourselves! Hahahaha!)

And of course, Ed's presence also tagged along... via his picture! Hahaha! Dom couldn't come because she has a flight.

Anywho, we stayed for 3 days and 2 nights (May 1 to 3). The original plan was to stay until May 4 but Myk, Donna, and Dale needs to go home by May 3.

Before I start with the highlights, let me first say that the recurring theme here is FOOD FOOD FOOD! lol. This is all, of course, courtesy of Mark's mom! Thanks tita! And of course, the camwhoring is always there... much better this time since Mark has a tripod with him! ;p

It just so happens that when I think of Bataan and Villa Imperial, FOOD immediately comes to mind. As in malulula ka kasi sa dami ng food every meal time! ;p

Now, for the highlights!

DAY 1
As early as Wednesday night, I met up with Dale and accompanied him to GH to buy his board shorts. We went straight to Mark to spend the night. Oninz also arrived that night along with Joy, his gf whom we just met for the first time.

The next morning, its Bataan time. Everybody gathered up at Mark's house. Mark rented a van to take us to the Bus terminal. Here, we took the bus to Bataan. It turns out, hindi pala whole trip yung nasakyan namin. We needed to transfer halfway to another bus.

Grabe, ang init. Ang sarap na maligo. We were stranded for a bit during the bus transfer and we're longing to take a bath na! ;p

After transferring to the other bus, we finally got to Villa Imperial after a while. MEAL TIME!!! Hahaha! Ang daming pagkain! Grabe! Busog busog kami, lalo na at gutom na gutom na kami! ;p




After eating and finally fixing our things on our room, we relaxed for a bit. Mark then opened the recreation room where the rest of us played table tennis and billiards.

After a while, us boys spent the afternoon playing Basketball. 3 on 3 with our team (3 blind mice) versus Drey, Pilep, and Maki. They got us early, but we eventually caught up and won. ;p

Oninz was no where to be found that time because he was having his sexy time quality time with Joy. Hahahahaha! ;p

Merienda na naman after. To relax, we strolled around the fisheries on the back. Picture here, picture dun. ;p


After having an equally heavy dinner, we stayed on the room for a bit. Card games ensued. The other half were playing Poker, while Pilep, Che, Mark, and I were playing Trumps (a game similar to Hearts). Afterwards, it was unggoy-ungguyan (match the pairs), and then Blackjack (on Mark's voice: "Blaaaaaack~Jaaaaaaack!" He got three Blackjacks straight! Hahahaha!)

When everybody got together, we played 1-2-3-Pass! In this game, you get four cards initially, and then at the count of three, you need to pass a card to the person on your right. The objective is to match 4 cards with the same number (i.e. 7777, 5555, JJJJ). When someone gets to match a combination, he/she needs to tag the center pillow, and the others must soon follow. The one who last touch the pillow is the "IT" or talo. It was fun kasi ang dami namin! Ang gulo! ;p

Afterwards, we wanted to go swimming. Too bad that the pools were being cleaned. All in all, there were 2 public pools, and one private pool hidden at the back. Mark decided we use the private pool which is still knee-deep, still refilling! Hehe!

The others soon followed, then nagpainom na si "Manager" (si Oninz! hahaha!). It's Oninz' birthday on the 8th so he was teased the whole trip to make libre! Haha. It was the first time I experienced beer on pool. Sarap! ;p

Also, it was a great opportunity to test Che's underwater camera! Wow! Underwater! Pa-cheeseburger ka naman! Burger! Burger! Burger! Hahahaha!

Afterwards, while waiting for our turn to take a bath, we decided to finish the beer on the cottage. Kwentuhan galore. "Kiss-Kiss/Peck-Peck"! Hahahahaha! Tae kasi si Che, ako pinakwento! Sablay tuloy yung kwento ko! Hahahaha!

After the last one finally took a bath (that's me), it was lights off. ;p


DAY 2
We all woke up around 9am. It's time for another HEARTY meal! Hehe. This time though, we need to pack up fast because we're going to the beach! While fixing our things, Oninz dropped a bomb on the room's CR! Sumingaw!!! Hahahaha! From then on, nobody took a dump on the room's CR... everybody used the kitchen CR. Hahaha! ;p

After all is set, we took the route towards the beach. We split the group. Our group (three blind mice and Mark, Donna, Drey, and Jem) rode on Mark's dad's car. Kwentuhan along the way. Since Myk is on-board, expect laughter all around. Ang ingay! Hahahaha! Kwentuhan ng jokes, kwentuhan ng serious matters. ;p

We finally reached the beach. And it was no ordinary beach! It was like a private villa that had everything furnished on it designed as old Manila! As in panahon ng Kastila! From the houses, to the tiles of the road, to the sceneries! It was beautiful!





People were not allowed there. It just so happens that Mark's folks know the owner. After a sumptuous lunch (binalot FTW!), we proceeded to the beach front. We took a motor boat to another secluded island. Great stuff!










The rest swam on the beach on the island. Us 3 blind mice begged off because it was tanghaling tapat. After a while, we took the boat back to the original shore. There, we all swam on the beach.

After having merienda, we took a stroll on the beautiful villa. Everyone who had a camera had very nice shots of the place.

When everything was said and done, we all went back to Villa Imperial. Another great dinner. So far during the trip, we've already eaten: crispy pata, tahong, baked tahong, pancit, fried fish, shrimps (not me, im allergic), crabs, inihaw na baboy... at marami pa. Grabe. ;p

To close the night, we decided to have another drinking spree. All courtesy of "Manager" Oninz again! Hahaha! It was fun. Kwentuhan, sayawan (Donna brought an ipod speaker), camwhoring... dito rin nauso yung paparazzi shots. Don't do anything stupid because someone might be catching it on their cam! Hahaha!





Another joke that night was that the boys we're supposed to go "ghost hunting" when the girls were all asleep! "Ghost hunting" of course refers to going to the beer house. Hahaha!

After the booze, it was lights off. Mark lent me his ipod to let me watch Transformers (yes, its my first time watching Transformers). Haha! The night was cold too since it rained pretty hard, coupled with the aircon.


DAY 3
After having breakfast, we all decided to take a swim on the big pool. After all the dilly-dallying, its lunch time again. Then before we know it, we're already packing our stuffs.





The next plan was, once we get to Manila, we're going to watch Iron Man in Trinoma. We had a bit of trouble getting a bus ride home as bus seldom comes around (and have empty seats). After a while, we got a bus and bid everyone in Villa Imperial goodbye.

We reached Manila around 7pm na. Since Joy have to go home early, the Iron Man plan was canceled and was instead turned into a dinner night in Avenetos, Visaya Ave. Manager Oninz again treated us all for dinner. 2 Carbonaras, 2 Pestos (my favorite!!!), 3 Pizzas, bottomless iced teas! Todo treat na talaga ni Oninz! Hehehe! ;p






After a while, we spent time on Drey's pad. When everything got settled, we all decided to go home and take a rest. Myk and I took a cab, while the others hitched a ride from Drey.

It was a fun outing! And a cheap one at that (you can call it a mini-treat by Mark and his folks, in a way). Basta Bataan on Mark's place... PANALO! ;)

*Photos courtesy of Che, Donna, Mark, and Jem.