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I Attended GNHS Alumni Homecoming
The 2012 Guinacot National High School Alumni Homecoming was indeed a success! It was a three day event which started with a grand motorcade last May 4, 2012. Since I was still on my way from Cebu via Getafe, I was not able to catch up with the motorcade however, I got to see my batch mates later the afternoon.
Though we were only a few, it didn't stop us from having fun, catching up with each lives and of course reminiscing our high school life. It was indeed an event worth spending and I wished all the others were able to get to join the reunion as well but I understand they have their own reasons why they were unable to join the event, anyway there will still be next times.
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| Class 2005 with our first year teachers... check out our tarpaulin :) |
Cebu To Bohol Via Getafe
Had a funny experience last Friday going to Bohol, it was my first time going to bohol via Getafe. Now just for your information, Getafe is a town after Talibon and is just a 45 minute travel from Cebu via a fastcraft.
Here's the story, I logged out of work at seven morning last Friday, went to Jollibee with Jsames for breakfast and rode a cab to Cebu City's port number three. It was already eight when we reached the ticket booth for Starcraft bound for Tubigon. Was a bit frustrated and disappointed because I missed the 8:30 schedule, said it is already fully booked. Since I can't do anything about it, I went ahead to the waiting area and patiently waited for 10:30 boat. While sitting alone (James went back immediately due to a stomach ache) a woman of her forties spoke to me about the travel schedules. She had just exchanged her ticket from via Tubigon to via Jetafe because the latter departs earlier and she was like inviting me to do the same. I talked to her for awhile out of courtesy until I realized that Getafe is actually after Talibon and Talibon is just a few hours to Ubay and that means it's nearer my town.
I jumped off my seat and went on asking how I could possibly change my tickets too. Good thing the Getafe craft don't have that much passengers and the person in charge allowed me to just get into the boat without changing tickets. Happy me!!!
Now the surprise didn't end there actually because when the fast craft started sailing it's butt off, it had also played the avengers movie. Yeah I know it's not yet on DVD but you know how pirates work right? So though the copy doesn't have a 10/10 quality as well as its audio, I was still keenly watching it. I love to see the actions you know. Unfortunately, we reached Getafe at ten so that was an hour of travelling and I didn't finish the movie which was a bummer. I swear I would get a copy of that movie with subs in the future.
Alumni Homecoming: I Must Come
Question, what is this tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school? Lols, of course it’s Alumni Homecoming! And my high school alma mater will be hosting a grand alumni homecoming next week!
This excites me a lot because I will be seeing my old buddies from secondary years. I have wanted to pull up an event like this but for certain reasons, things turn down so I am pretty sure that by next week, I’ll get to see my ex-school mates.
I should say that my high school years will never be that enjoying nor happy if these people whom I will be spending weekends soon were not present. Yes, anyone who had experience high school will state that high school indeed is the best part of our schooling days. (Insert Sharon Cuneta’s High school life song here) The first love and the all other firsts are here and of course no one will ever forget their JS Proms. I am glad we were able to experience two JS Proms during our years. I could never forget it because I had represented the alma mater that time.
Bohol's Success Story: Preserve Marine Environment
In light with the conservation of our coral reefs from my previous post, I want to share this article. Guindulman is my home town and I am proud of how our local government unit had established this so to save our marine environment there.
Article from philippines.usaid.gov:
The Bohol Sea, with 2,810 hectares of mangroves, 132 square kilometers of coral reefs rich in marine life, and eight species of cetaceans is considered one of the most important fishery and biodiversity sites in the Philippines. It is also a priority area for the conservation of mangroves, cetaceans, corals, and whale sharks; all important components of the local economy. Livelihoods from fisheries and coastal tourism depend on the richness of the Bohol Sea.
Puto Sikwate Ta Ninju!
A day after I reached home last Wednesday, my parents invited me to go out at five in the morning and eat some Puto(sweetened rice) and Sikwate(chocolate) at the public market for our pamainit. Now let me differentiate pamainit and breakfast, in the province like Guindulman, we usually eat pamainit first early in the morning to heaten up our stomachs, this meal is from four to six in the morning. Starting seven to nine, breakfast is served. While city people loves brunch, probinsiyanos love eating twice in the morning.
I had never eaten such meal for like ten years (just exaggerating) so I went in and came with them. I invited James but he was too sleepy to come because he slept late the night before. When we reached the place which we call as "Sikwate-han", we ordered three pairs of puto and sikwate for the three of us. I haven't eaten this for quite a long time already so I thought it is worth blogging about it. I didn't bring with me my camera so I borrowed my father's E51 cellphone.
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| super serving! This is so much! |
The puto was worth Php 10, no wonder why the serving had spiked compared before when it was still five bucks per plate.
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| chocolate |
