wish i had more time. its only been about 24 hours since i came back, and im going to have to go off for camp tomorrow morning alr. ok la no complains, since its going to be fun, but i miss my idle days haha. i guess i can only finish code geass after orientation is over lol. but ya i had to squeeze in this post before the camp cos im scared i'll forget haha.
anyway, phillipines was actually really fun, cos it was really free and easy. we had abit too much time though, so the activities were spread throughout all five days, but it was pretty relaxing. so the first day was kind of just exploring the island.
the sand here is really white and fine. and some parts of the beach there's actually algae :0, but apparently it helps to keep the sand white. we went to like the same place everyday. d'mall, d'mall, cos everything was there. occasionally went to the wet market at talipapa to eat, where u just buy the fish and veg direct, but otherwise we always go to d'mall lol.
second day was a trip to ariel's point. we kinda spent almost the whole day haha, even though there was not that much to do there actually. had a really good sleep cos the trip started at like 11 am, so yea free and easy is amazing :D.
anyway, took a boat there. the place was essentially a cliff la, just that they built different diving points. 3m, 4m, 5m, 8m, and 15m for the suicidal people lol. there were lots of caucasians there, and they kinda livened up the atmosphere, so at first everyone was cheering for the brave souls who jumped first, and the hesitant people who managed to get the courage to jump.
it was pretty darn hot though, so that was like one of the main reasons why i jumped haha. of cos i started with 3m la. i tot it'll be no kick haha, cos its like jetty jump, plus its supposedly better than pool cos u can't see the bottom, so it doesn't look so deep. but when i jumped, the last part was actually quite fast, so i came out shivering. pretty scary actually lol, even though it lasted like less than 1 sec.
after that, ppl got bored of diving, so we ate, then went to snorkel, though there wasn't much to see there except like dozens of sea urchins. damn there were so many lol. also did kayaking for about 1 hour, and it was much, much more relaxing than the one at OBS haha. or maybe my sister's just buff lol.
third day we tried helmet diving and snorkelling. snorkelling wasn't much here, cos there was a typhoon two years ago, so alot of dead corals. helmet diving was really interesting though. basically its a heavy helmet, and they pump air inside to balance the weight, and then u slowly climb the ladder down the boat and stand on the sea bed, which was about 10-15 meters deep.
the pressure built up damn fast though lol. every step down, had to open my mouth to get rid of the pressure. it was pretty scary at first haha. there were alot of fishes, and most of the time we were made to pose for photos haha, like sitting on the coral, lying on the floor. there was one part where we were supposed to lift our helmets up over our head, but surprisingly, managed to keep my eyes open for the photo lol. so yea it was pretty interesting.
after that we went to some mountain track, where each of us drove mini atv's. din't go very fast la, but there were things to see on the way, mainly their village. at the top, there was an observation point, and the view is pretty amazing. it was really shuang up there, cos the wind was godly. its like the kind of wind u get on an open-air speedboat, except u don't have to move. and it just kept blowing. i think we just stood up there for 15 minutes enjoying the wind haha.
also ate good food that day. actually everyday we ate good food la. spent the most pesos there on meals, but there isn't much to say, except they make brinjals here taste really good haha.
fourth day was the best, cos there was jet-skis. they were amazing fun haha. the first round, there was one of them to teach us how to use it, and he went holy fast lol. me and my sis were like freaking out cos the whole thing just kept jumping and water sprayed like non-stop.
it was fun driving it ourselves though haha. i just hecked that the jet-ski kept swaying left and right, so just charged straight, so we just ended up shouting all the way haha. i kinda overshot lol, cos couldn't see the yellow flags that marked the point. i realise its hard to describe how it feels like, except its damn freakin fun :D
after that was the boat ski trip to crocodile island, which really looks like a crocodile on the horizon. the waves were like sea-sized huge that day though, so as much as we wanted to go there, as we approached the island, it got kinda scary, so we just went round the main island instead. the people here are pretty pro at driving, managing to tank those kind of waves with a small boat-ski. but sometimes they'll just charge forward, so it was pretty thrilling haha.
kinda slacked the rest of the day off lol. took the tricycle like thing, which is like a cross between a trishaw and a motorcycle, but i guess i can't really show much without pictures cos my sis haven't uploaded them. went to watch the sunset haha. we were just using my sis' compact, cos the dslr battery was crappy and dead. so couldn't use the polarizing filter.
and then i got an idea to makeshift a polarizing filter with our sunglasses. lol using physics XD. my sis was like so amazed when i turned the sunglass and the sun became as bright as the moon haha. we kinda spent like 30 minutes playing with trying to take the sunset through the sunglasses lol. was pretty fun and retarded :P
fifth day was christmas eve, tried to do parasailing in the morning, though i was pretty hesistant about it lol. and just the boat trip there was freaking me out already cos the waves were so big lol. i couldn't even look away or get myself to drink water. but it kinda rained halfway while my parents were up they had to come down immediately. i dunno whether im lucky or not lucky that i missed my chance haha.
so ended up spending the afternoon walking around and buying souvenirs and stuff. then we just burnt our time just swimming, cos it was damn hot lol. walked all the way to the nicer part of the beach, where there was no algae.
the waves were medium sized, so it was darn fun actually haha. just waited there and tried to run and intercept the big waves, and doing all sorts of random stuff like trying to jump over them haha. too bad we din't get any frisbee or board to play with, but it was pretty simple and fun all by itself.
ate a really nice meal that day too, some italian restaurant for lunch, and some seaside restaurant for dinner. the celebrations here take place on christmas day itself though, so we din't have much to do, but the streets were still pretty crowded with tourists. in the end din't really do much, and ended up watching tv while waiting for christmas haha.
then halfway, we heard fireworks from the room. was being fired from one of the boats, so it was pretty close and it was damn big and pretty :D. plus the big once had like secondary explosions. wonder how much it cost for them to do that haha. but that kinda compensates for our not so eventful day at least :D.
last day was spent travelling, and was dying of boredom cos it was so long. and its funny how i've finally got myself to dive, to take the jet-ski, to find the boat ski rushing over the waves thrilling, but im still scared of turbulences lol. but after all the crappy travelling, it felt really good to come back. i guess i was pretty happy, even though i did nothing for christmas haha.
ok la that's bout it liao, need to wake up at 5.50 tmr for the camp lol. set two alarms liao, but im still pretty worried i can't wake up tomorrow >.<. k la really need to sleep now bye ~~
there's so much joy all around the world, just that its easy to overlook it
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