My Superfriend is one talented lady. Aside from being a natural-born dancer, she’s also a singer. In fact, she’s a proud member of our very own OP Chorale, an all-Malacañang employee choir group. Last month, she invited me to join their summer outing (April 12-13, 2008). Since my schedule was free, the answer was immediately yes. It was one lovely weekend spent on swimming, eating, videoke-ing and picture-taking, plus making the most out of everything that had been caught in between those fun activities.

We also stopped over at Our lady of Manaoag Shrine in Manaoag, Pangasinan on our way back to Manila. It was my first time there and I think that made the outing more special to me.

I wasn’t able to borrow Edwin’s digital camera, so we got by using Superfriend’s Nokia N77. Here are some of the photos we took:

The OP Chorale members had been so warm to me. Thanks, guys. One good thing I notice about the outing was that food was aplenty. Great job, food committee. If only I don’t gain pounds easily. But I do. After the outing, I got fatter. Super thanks pa rin. The outing was fun, fun, fun.

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coffee beans, anyone?

Delicious dinner was served at Ate Edna’s house right after our arrival. She is one of our suppliers and was kind enough to serve as our hostess for that night until the day we left the place. She and her family accompanied us to the resort where we stayed overnight. The entire chilly night was spent night swimming, eating, videoke-ing and playing around the resort. My officemates and I, together with our guests (family and significant others), had a great time.

On the morning of the next day, we had a tour of Ate Edna’s garden (a family business) and took a lot of photos. Lemme show you some of our best shots:

sitting pretty

with Mitch and Jen

waiting for more food to arrive

almost frozen

Edwin and Kenneth

with Shy

by the Mickey mouse plants

all-girl pic

with the SYsters (Jen and Shy Sy)

with Edwin

for cut flowers, etc., you know where to order

Overall, the experience was awesome. I can't wait 'till our next office outing.

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I know it has been more than a month since the last time I posted here. The reasons for that are listed after the jump...

• I got swamped with work
• I focused on my online work (that sadly ended earlier than expected: this month)
• I got sick on the last day of my nine-day vacation
• I got preoccupied with family matters
• I had a busy schedule (work, work and work plus summer outings left and right)
• I just didn’t feel like blogging
• I am still sick (but can now go to work and do stuff)

Despite all that, I still read blogs, get online and update myself with what is happening around me. Thanks to the Internet, I still feel connected to the world. Hopefully, I’d be able to update this blog sharing my summer adventures and misadventures soon.

So there.

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