Yna's Debut and the Burning Feet

One of my best weekends ever. Never thought I could still avail a very outlandish unwinding before coming to school, before my very last semester in college.

I won't go over the very details but here goes the core stuff.

Saturday. Yna's debut. Yna is my orgmate in CE. 7AM call time at Mall of Asia. Left at 8:20 (haha), arrived at Kabayan Resort, Laiya, Batangas. I thought it was the one we ate at that one outing with high school friends in Laiya but that was far. I could barely see the rock formation statued near that house we went in that last time. So there was lunch and afternoon sun basking and beach-ing (which was very shallow, around 500 meters from shore before it went chest-deep).

Then there was the banana boat! My last was way back Puerto Galera outing but I can still say that that Puerto banana boat is really the best. I don't know. There was no suspense since you would really know if the driver is planning to capsize us (he would slow down then accelerate and make a very sharp turn, then about five seconds, we'd capsize). And the sea was so calm, no waves that would shake the boat. And the driver won't do swiveling; we only made straight paths and slow and careful U-turns. Corny. Nevertheless, I did it twice! Haha. Though the second one was free as I only had to fill in an extra spot.

The night was really fun! It was just the usual debut, only that we were in the beach wearing beach-y outfits - beach party! There was exotic siomai (haha) and innocent ice cream with turon lanka. And! And! AN OPEN BAR! My eyes were darting towards it longing for the different colored liquids in big jars even while the program's not over yet. Longing since I can't make myself drunk that night because I'd be running the morning after.

Then dance floor (woohoo!) for an hour and two shots of that blue drink and another one with the chocolaty something (ok I know, I failed myself but that was just three!). And so I stuffed myself with ice cream so I won't look for shots anymore. By 11PM, we were on the return trip to Manila.

At around 2AM, we arrived at McKinley Info Center. The whole EA team was still awake, making last minute brush ups before the race. I badly needed to sleep - I will be running and might collapse along the way, haha. I left my bags in their Marketing Office (which I think is actually a storage room/baggage counter hahaha) and slept on one of the sofas of the showroom. Yes! The showroom! Hahahahahaha! My orgmates were doing it and so why couldn't I. And even the guards were sleeping on them and were even watching on the huge flat screen TV.

McKinley could have been really really generous or the staff of the showroom were just really kind to allow the org to use the Info Center practically as our second home. Really!

The race started at around 5:30AM (only 3 hours sleep! plus maybe 2 from the bus). I ran with Erwin at Buduy for the 5k category. Just fun run, no race. The presence of pro runners made it difficult to actually make it to the top 10. Being part of a running event is entirely fulfilling! The flood of sweat didn't felt sticky and icky but healthy and refreshing. I will be looking forward to the next one I could attend!

Even though we were competing with the Pasig Marathon and the org has virtually no background in holding races (we didn't even start with something small like the ones in UP Acad Oval), I could say the event was really successful. There were minimal mishaps except for the occasional berating by pro-runners (very competitive!). The runners were satisfied and even some congratulated the organizing team.

Woooh! Congratulations EA! This is just of the reasons I'm so proud I'm part of CE. Next year, we'll handle international triathlons! Hahaha!

We left the venue around 9:30. Arrived home, very tired, showered then hugged my bed the first time I saw it. Woke up by 6:00. Haha. Longest but I should say the best weekend ever! Love CE! :D