Tagaytay Adventure

Last Friday night, I received a call from Pilep. He's asking me kung pwede ko sila samahan ni Che sa Tagaytay on Sunday. Che kasi has a project where they have to interview people, and they've chosen Tagaytay people. Since Pilep's car broke down the other day, we were gonna use my car. And since all expense paid daw nila (gas and food), game ako!!!!!! Hahahahaha! And besides, gusto ko rin gumala eh! ;p

So as early as 5am, I'm off to Che's pad. After a bit of Monster Hunter with Pilep, we left the house and proceeded to McDo DLSU to meet up with Patch and their other group mates. Inside my car was Che, Pilep, and patch while the other 4 groupmates are riding another car--so convoy nalang onwards Tagaytay.

Ang sarap ng papunta. There was no traffic, and the weather was great! Sunny pero hindi yung malagkit na init. And the view was great, specially the pineapple farm we saw... ang ganda ng sikat ng araw sa kanila! ;)

We finally got to Tagaytay. We were driving around until they found a few tourist guides. Apparently, the group were planning to go down in Taal lake! Hahaha! All the while kasi, I thought sa mismong Tagaytay lang. And so we went down Taal! ;p

Grabe yung kalsada. Ang tarik! Ito yung tipong pag lasing ka, sure na hindi ka magsusurvive sa pagmamaneho! Hahahahaha!

We finally reached the lake shore below. And akala ko yun na yun... shet, mag babarko pa kami papunta sa mismong Taal!! Oh noez! ;p

And to think, since I wasn't aware of the complete plans, naka jeans ako at rubber shoes! Haha! But I think Pilep got the worst of it, naka porma talaga with a dark polo shirt, jeans, and gimik sneakers! Hahahaha!

Blessing in disguise narin na I decided to wear a sleeveless shirt, just because I ran out of shirts to wear! So yun, at least naka sleeveless ako! ;p

And the boat ride papunta sa island was nice, except that we got wet. Actually, basa na yung brief ko once we reached the Taal island. ;p

On the island, the group decided to find people for their interview. May mga bata dun ang kukulet! Lapit ng lapit sa akin sabay sabi ng, "Te, te, piso? !@#!piso?" $%^&piso?"

Ang sarap balibagin! Sa loob loob ko, "Hoy! Anong 'te'?! Lalake ako!! Lalakeeeeee!!!!" Hahahaha! Napagkamalan pa ata akong babae at "te" (ate) ang tawag sa akin. Hehe.

Once the group found some people for their interview, Koya Pilep and I went to a kubo to play Monster Hunter!! Hahaha! It's great that Pilep is finally playing MH. I always thought that MH is the kind of game he will like! ;p

After the interview was finished, its time to go back! And I thought the previous boat ride was rowdy, this next one is a killer! Akala ko talaga titilapon kami sa lakas ng waves! And tuwing may waves, tumitilapon sa amin yung water! As in basang basa kami na parang naligo kami sa ulan! Haha!

And I thought the worst was over, yung paakyat pabalik ng Tagaytay ang pinaka challenge for the day! Haha! Right when we were preparing to leave the lake shore kasi, a revo parked besides us. Ang baho! Amoy sunog na clutch! And I saw their tires smoking. I told the revo driver about it, and sabi niya dahil raw sa handbrake yun.

Sa loob loob ko, "ang bobo naman nito! nag drive nang nakataas yung handbrake?!"

And shet, kinarma ata ako! Hahaha! Kasi nga sobrang patarik nung road pataas pabalik ng Tagaytay, halos hindi kinakaya ng car ko! Everytime pataas ang road, I immediately shift to 2nd gear... then kung sobrang pataas, shift to first gear! As in gapang kami! And yung mahirap, pag nagkamali ka at namatayan kami ng makina, baka gumulong kami pabalik since mabigat kami (5 people, including the tourist guide) and sliding ang clutch ko. So super concentration! Haha! And halfway through, we were starting to smell that same stench with the revo earlier: burning rubber. Hahaha!

Eventually, we reached the top! Back to Tagaytay! Hurray! A sigh of relief from everyone! Haha! Patch even told me later that she started praying half way through that dilemma! Hahaha!

The other group mates decided to leave Tagaytay na, while we decided to stay and find something to eat right after we drop off the tourist guide.

Koya Pilep, being our manager for the day, decided to eat at Leslie's. Sarrrap ng food! We decided to order Bulalo and sisig! ;p

The price was expensive though. Nahiya nga ako kay Pilep kasi ang laki ng bill. I wanted to chip in sana kahit small amount lang pero wag na raw sabi niya. Dibale Fifi, babawi ako pag may work na ako! Hehe ;p

It's the first time I get to eat at Leslie's. Maganda pala. And the view from the restaurant is fantastic! Gitna kasi talaga yung Taal! And like I've said, the food is great! Yung price nga lang medyo mahal.

Onwards home, we're contemplating on buying some clothes in the ukay-ukay kasi nga basa kaming lahat. They decided not to nalang so we left Tagaytay na.

And as a personal tradition for me, everytime I go to Tagaytay, I almost always drop by Paseo mall. All just because for the Nike Outlet store! ;p

Titingin sana ako ng mga new Kobe shoes.. baka kasi meron. Sarap nun, lalo na matyempuhan ko na hindi na maxed out yung credit card ko. Hahaha!

Unfortunately though, wala akong nakita nung dumaan kami. We decided to stroll around Paseo nalang for a bit. Para pala siyang isang malaking leisure place. Something like Eastwood.

After a while, its time to go home. Medyo traffic na pabalik. Lalo na sa toll entrance ng highway. At some point, I was getting sleepy so I decided to make a stop over on that big Petron lot (the one with the building/center). Naghilamos lang ako, then bought a coke from McDo para magising. Haha!

So yun, diredirecho na kami to Manila after that. We dropped Patch off at Shaw MRT station, then the three of us went to Mega Mall. CHELIPS were gonna have a haircut dapat but backed off last minute, while I wanted to browse around to look for Street Fighter toys (my new passion!!! haha).

Considering that I have to meet up with Donna later, the three of us had dinner at Tokyo Tokyo nalang before going to Tandang Sora. Instead of dropping off CHELIPS at their house, we decided nalang kasi to meet Donna in Tandang Sora, hang out for a bit, then kay Donna na sila sasabay pauwi. And so we did.

Tumambay muna kami sa Commonwealth, the establishment beside Ever Commonwealth, and stayed at Figaro. Kwentuhan galore, Monster Hunter!, then we decided to call it a night.

I dropped them off back at Tandang Sora where Donna left her car, bid them goodbye, then went home. I was sooo sleepy that my eyes were dozing off na! Grabe! Haha! Once I reached the house, I immediately went for the bed.

...then I unceremoniously woke up at 5am! FACEBOOK WRESTLER MUNA! Hahaha! After that, I slept again then woke up at 5pm! ;p

I really enjoyed the trip. Kahit kapagod yung drive, it was worth it. Very challenging talaga yung drive pataas ng Tagaytay from the lake shore, and I'm glad to have experienced it. Thanks talaga to Che and Pilep for inviting me in their trip! ;)