Summer outing with the guys

With this summer’s unbearable heat, where would you go to cool off??? With hundreds, if not thousands, of beaches surrounding the Philippines, 5 of us decided instead to go to a pool resort here in Taytay, Rizal last weekend. As usual, I was “one of the boys”.

Alvin, Anton, Ferdie and Owie met me at around 8AM and before 9, we were at Club Manila East, a pool resort comparable to Sunway Lagoon of Malaysia but without the rides. It has a wave pool, 2 large swimming pools and a pool for kayaking... hihihi.

The main entrance was crowded and the ticket lines were long. We began having second thoughts but decided to stay. The large crowd was after all expected because you could get in for just Php 260.00 for the whole day. After securing our tickets, the next thing on our minds was food!!! Unlike the other resorts or parks where they extort money from you through the food they serve, CME had Jollibee... YIPEE!!! In a few minutes, we were all munching bites from our Chicken Joy!!! With our hunger satisfied, we then looked for a shady place to put our things as there were no more available cottages or huts. We found our spot, spread a mat, secured our bags then went off to swim.

The pools were surprisingly not that crowded. We all had a great time. Anton suggested we play the usual “sisid” game of retrieving a coin from the pool floor. HAHAHAHA! I warned him before the game started that he’d never win against me... he never won against me!!! hihihiihi. I did warn him :) We swam till we were again hungry. After rinsing ourselves of the chlorine filled water, we packed-up our things then headed to one of the malls. After lunch, we played bowling!!! As always, Owie was unbeatable... hay... how do you beat someone who plays almost every week???

Well, three days of body ache and almost a week of sunburn peelings were all worth it. We all had fun, at least I did. It had been a while since I last saw some of them and the day kinda made up for days that I missed them. I know for sure, that last Sunday’s outing won’t be the last. I'll keep looking forward to trips like these ;)