Pre-Bora Story:)

I am not really a beach person. Maybe because of three reasons: 1.) I'm so afraid of the uncertain feeling that the water gives me. It's like something is going on down under and that any moment, the sand on the sea floor will just open and eat me alive!(freaky); 2.) there's the sand. I don't like having sand on my slippers (with my wet feet). I don't know why but it's just something that I'm not happy about when I'm in the beach; 3.) lastly, the amount of dirty clothes that I have to bring home after the trip - some still wet (my bathing suits, towels, shirt, shorts, sarong...) Well, I'm sure some of you who are beach lovers have raised eyebrows already because of what I wrote here...hehe, hear me out first:) I'm getting to the "I love the beach" part in my next blogs...

Since I'm working in a preschool, we do have sembreaks.     One of the 'few' perks of becoming a teacher (harhar!).  This is the only time when we can go out of town, rest and unwind. So last sembreak (November, 2007) I was scheduled to go to Dumaguete. I already have my ticket, all my bags are packed (and I'm ready to go...haha, song yun ha:) But something happened - untimely demise of a relationship - so to make the long story short, I didn't push through with my plans...

On the other side of the fence, Irene, Norbert, Ria and Andy made plans for Boracay.  It was a planned trip since they got their tickets and bookings months before our sembreak. Unfortunately, Ria wasn't here anymore that November. She was already working in Dubai. Syang the ticket! It' s not refundable.  So Irene asked me if I want to take Ria's place. I was hesitant at first.  I was still bent on going somewhere in Negros! Harharhar! Plus the fact that I'm not so crazy about beaches... After a few sleepless nights, I decided to go with them. I told myself "hey, not everybody gets the chance to go to bora for free (thanks to ria:)"  and besides I wanted to go out and have fun, to forget about problems, to to smile, to laugh, to live...just live...even for just 3 days....I did!!!!I'm happy:) Thanks to Irene, Andy and Norbert. Thanks to Ria:)