Sunday, April 16, 2006
Tagaytay. Cable TV. and BULALO!!! (Yummm!!!)

My post titles are getting wackier! Well, probably I'm still in the middle of a hangover! :P

Last Thursday was one of my most awaited summer escapades -- having an overnight stay in Tagaytay! (Too bad it was only an overnight stay, my sister and I wanted to stay there for two or three days.) Early in the morning, we left the house and proceeded to the highway. Thank God for the traffic wasn't so terrible! :) We didn't get to the place right away because daddy wanted to show us something. My mind wondered until we reached South Forbes Golf City in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. It isn't a subdivision like you have in mind but an all-in-one city. We had a short briefing on the site, then went around the place to take a look at the model houses. My reaction... THEY WERE ALL BEAUTIFUL!!! From the sala to the kitchen, to the bathrooms, then the bedrooms -- every part of the house was beautiful (especially one bedroom that happens to be Japanese-inspired!) However, the cost of all the houses we saw were too high. (Well, they're all mansions, so the price is understandable.)

After touring the place, we ate at Paseo Sta. Rosa then, went straight to Tagaytay. When we arrived at the tourist lodge (which isn't really much a hotel), the view was breathtaking! We could clearly see the volcano as well as the lake that surrounds it. The room wasn't that big (having only a single bed, so my sister and I needed a mattress), the bathroom was also small, but one thing my sister and I are happy about was the cable TV! (Woohoo!) Now we could watch Animax! Hehehe...

We rested for a little while then, went to the zoo in Residence Inn. The were quite a number of animals although, my mother pities them for they look sick. We had fun looking and playing with the animals (especially the baby tiger, Julianna). Of course, I couldn't forget about the wandering male peacock who I think was looking his mate! Bwahahaha... The Bachelor: Peacock Style!!! :)

The day was slowly fading away and so was my energy. I wanted to sleep, but my parents insisted to go to Leisure Farms. When we got there, it was so peaceful! The air was fresh, the flowers are in bloom and come in various hues -- the place was a perfect paradise.

When the night conquered the day, daddy decided to eat at one of the best Bulalo restaurants in the place. In the middle of our wait for the delicious food, the electricity almost all over Tagaytay broke down! We ate candlelight dinner but not for long for the wind kept on killing the flame. Good thing there was an emergency light bulb. After finishing the meal in my plate, I went out of the hut and looked up in the sky. There were so many stars! Every one of them was vividly sparkling as if they were diamonds. It was a full moon that night with its light showering upon the grounds, allowing us to see.

The electricity was back at 10:30 pm. My parents went to sleep ahead of us. Even though my eyes are slowly starting to fall, I joined my sister on watching a few shows in Animax. We then, slept at 11:45, probably because of the coldness.

We all woke up on our usual time in the morning. We ate breakfast inside the room (take-out from McDo). Our check-out time was 1:30 pm, so that only means we still have enough time to enjoy the freezing temperature of the room as well as the view. We took pictures, went back to sleep, and suddenly came across Narnia (we watched the Chronicles of Narnia in one of the channels, when there was nothing good in Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, and Animax).

Before heading on to Manila, we visited one of daddy's friends in a subdivision along the way. We stayed there quite long then, went to Sonya's Garden. The place was really pretty with all the flowers and plants. We then, had a number of stopovers causing us to arrive home late afternoon.

Then and there. I absolutely had a great time in Tagaytay. It wasn't only the coldness I will never experience in the city, nor the Cable TV that I wish we had, nor the Bulalo which filled our tummies -- it was that marvelous feeling of seeing God's creation. The view was indeed magnificent. Along the way, we saw mountains covered in a sea of greens. It was beautiful. It was splendid. My parents and my sister wanted to go back there and stay much longer, so was I.


Cheska's thoughts at 1:34 AM