How Fast Things Were Last Week - Days 7 and 8

When i woke up on that morning, i realized that this was the last day when the entire group will be together. how sad.
i knew that this day will be sort of sad because others will leave ahead of us. how sad again.
when i rose from my bed, i tried to look for my things and tried to fix some of them so that i will be able to minimize the things to be fixed and arranged prior to my leaving. i looked for the copies of the selections, the other things including my laundry, and others and arranged all of them in my bed so that i can save much time later. Glenn was also doing the same thing.
we were told the day before that for this day, we will be having a fellowship in the ECOPARK of the University of St. La Salle. i was excited for that fellowship because i would have not been a part of that if i did not change my mind. my first plan was to leave at 2 a.m. of the same day. but, Glenn told me and i totally agreed with him that if i will not join in the fellowship, then i have not fully completed my stay together with the fellows. so, it was a good decision of staying until the next day, which was Sunday.
we still had our breakfast at the same time, 7 a.m. when i went into the hall, i saw the other fellows and they were talking about the earthquake that struck BK the other night. i was not able to relate to what they were saying because we, the ones who stayed at the dining hall that night, were not able to feel it. hmmmmm.
i was glad that Rhodge went to the hall minutes after i came in. we both can talk about the things that our group did that night. we shared how the others got drunk. hehe
i saw Gino from the conference hall and he also went into the dining hall minutes after. we had a very nice breakfast, yet, it was our last one. the atmosphere has changed. i guess that was because we knew that there were already others who will be leaving.
after breakfast, we all went back to our respective rooms to prepare for the fellowship. but, we had enough time to prepare so we made some chatting along the corridors of BK.
after minutes of chatting, our attention was called by one of the facilitators, telling us that we are about to leave for ECOPARK. however, the others were not yet out of their rooms, so we knocked on their doors to find out whether they were coming or not. i'm particularly talking about Arbeen and Gian. they did not go to the dining hall for breakfast so we were curious if they would come or not. after many times of knocking, they opened up their door and they made a confirmation that they would come. so, we were already set for the tour.
we rode on a white van owned by the school. all sixteen fellows made it inside the van even if it was a little small to accommodate all of us but we had managed. it's just so unfortunate for some who had an uncomfortable position in the van. they could have decided to go the facilitator's car, but they refused and decided to stay with us. that's the consequence, i guess.
we traveled for almost thirty minutes or more. we saw lots and lots of sugar cane along the way. left and right, sugar cane was everywhere.
we reached our destination at last. we got out of the van and felt very happy to be in a very nice place as such. the view was amazing. like, totally amazing. the only problem was that, it was really hot. like, very hot. yet, there were people who can afford to take a swim in the swimming pool, since the park has a pool, both for kids and adults. i admire those who had the perseverance to bear the heat of the sun. it was really hot that time.
our facilitator told us that there will be someone who would give us a tour around the place. we will be walking around the park, from one spot going to the next.
after disembarking from the van and making some preparations, we moved from the building where we were supposed to eat. we found some hammocks in the nearby trees. everyone raced to have a place in those hammocks. i reached to one and the feeling was good. it's been so long since i was able to sit in one of those since the time my father bought one for us when i was still young. it reminded me of my childhood days...char(drama)
after spending some time in those hammocks, we moved to another place. it was a building actually. the building contained some informative materials. there were images of different animals and some other things that can be found in a forest. amazing! the experience was amazing!
after the building, we went to the most worth-while area of the park...the playground.
we felt like we were kids(actually, i was still a kid-child at that time because i was still 18) because we tried almost everything in that playground. it was fun. and there was this bridge where we took some pictures of us. the bridge(hanging) was supposed to carry not more that 7 or 8 adults, but we exceeded. haha
after spending a few minutes in the bridge, we went down and went to other areas of the playground. the view-place was great indeed.
there were those who played in the swing. Rhodge and Alyza really did have a great time in the swing. hehe
after staying in the playground for quite a while, we were told to go back to the same area where we will be having our lunch. and so, we did.
when we reached the place, we had some snacks courtesy of La Salle. the delicacies given to us were all Bacolod specialties. and everything tasted good, especially the piaya. (piaya addict)
there were also others who decided to have a swim in the pool. they were preparing themselves while the rest of us were talking among each other. while talking, we were also eating some snacks. too bad for those who were swimming. they had only a few of their share because we ate most of them. hehe
we had lunch earlier. at the same time, we had it even if those who decided to swim were not yet done swimming.
we had a good lunch. roasted pork belly, i think. basta, masarap na masarap ang pagkain.
i was with Gian in another table and we had fun talking about the ladies that were passing by. we even made a joke that we will just wait for the kids who were swimming in the kids area when they will grow up. imagine how long it will take. hmmmm. (stupid idea of Sim and Gian)
after spending some time for lunch, i stood up and placed my paper plate in the trash bin and washed my hands.
i took a rest for a short while. and, i stayed with my co-fellows who were chatting about different things. then, they suddenly went to a topic that i never expected to be brought up at that time.
Gian even gave, or should i say, showed Glenn something that definitely caught Glenn's attention. even Paul was attracted to that something. we were just making fun of the two and the rests who participated. Gian was the real reason for that. if he had not shown those, then, it would had never been raised as a major issue within the fellows. hahaha
minutes later, those who were in the pool came back. they took their lunch after washing up.
we continued on our discussions until it was time for us to go back to University of St. La Salle for our tour in their museum. and so, we fixed some things and went our way back to La Salle.


(to be continued...)