Sun Child’s Sunburn
Each time I’ve attempted to scratch my back this afternoon I’ve felt a great deal of pain. Maybe it’s because I’ve spent the whole day trudging around under the sun, exposing my precious skin to its harmful rays. Gee, I think the sun child has developed a sunburn!
Although I’m not a member of SamFil - the Filipino Club in KHS - I sort of tagged along during their fellowship this morning. Good thing I did because the experience I shared with them on this fateful day really was quite memorable. We went all the way to Tablon where, after quite some time of trying to figure out which path we were going to trek, we started crossing a nine rivers.
Okay, that’s exag. It was just one river but we had to cross it nine times cause it winded through our course.
The river seemed very shallow when we just looked at it but the moment we actually started crossing it, we started to feel the current pushing us hard. Some even landed splat on the river bed while others held on to their buddies (we adopted the buddy-buddy system) so tight as though their lives depended on their partners.
It was a very fun hike although I do wish I had the sense to bring some normal slippers and not my mother’s favorite sandals - my feet were sore from stepping over the rocks on the river.
You might ask why we went there in the first place. Like I’ve said we went there for the fellowship. Sir Ryan, SamFil moderator, had been to that place before and he liked his own adventure so he called his group up and invited them to go see the place for themselves. And actually Igbabalay (I think that’s the name of the place) is known for its Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine. That was our destination for the fellowship.
Every year, people are attracted to that Shrine. It’s a perfect place to visit, especially during the Holy Week, because the walk to the Shrine itself - crossing the river and climbing those steep stairs - can already be considered some sort of sacrifice. Besides, the caretakers of the Shrine are actually very hospitable people. When we got there they invited us to join their mass and their novena, and when lunch time came round they actually told us we could use one of their cottages! (Of course, the cottage looked very windblown after we were through using it. Tee hee!)
After the fellowship, a few other girls and I went to one of our friends’ house to change for the picture taking at Eco-Village. Of course we could have gone directly to Eco from Tablon but since the pics were for the Yearbook we wanted to look our best - shucks! So there we were in Xandra’s house, panicking, asking each other stuff like "Hey, who has powder?" and "Can somebody lend me some lip gloss?"
I’m not very girly but to be honest, being in Xan’s room, surrounded with all those beauty paraphernalia was overwhelming.. *waves hands in the air*
So we went to Eco, thinking we were late. We were late but it turns out no one really minded our tardiness that much. And after a few very hurried shots for the Beaconlight, we got into Jen’s car and went to our separate destinations.
I got my first dose of Orbitz’s Buko Pandan 16 oz and I’m blogging in a Net Cafe. Good way to end a jam-packed day, huh?
Poof!
BTW, thanks very much to every one who made this day very successful. To Virn and Sir Ryan and the rest of SamFil, thanks for the invite! To my buddy Karla, thanks for holding me when I felt like I was gonna fall! To my partners-in-crime Xandra, Virn, Seanne, Jeanne and Jee Ann, thanks for the fun time! To the Hontiveros Family, thanks for the hospitality! To Jen, thanks for the generosity! To TJ and the rest of the Beaconlight staff, thanks for the tolerance! To my mom, thanks for every thing - and the Orbitz!
Mwaaaah! Lurve ya all guys!
