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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Day 15 - Puerto Galera

This was my first ever company outing.  Up til this trip, i was never part of a company that ever had any company outings.  Well, i was with Kerplunk Studios and til today we still go to the beach quite often but i can't quite consider those trips company outings because we go there to party and abuse ourselves and have a good time....then again, this trip to Galera was all party, abuse and a good time too.  Ok fine, I've been to countless company outings with my friends from Kerplunk Studios, but this was my first company outing with my new job and boy what a trip it was!

It started off ugly actually.  Fucking really early in the morning and i was in a bad mood cuz my wife and i got into a little bit of a shit silent argument.  As a result of that, i didn't care what i ate and decided to have this for breakfast...


White rice, with a fried egg, a hotdog, and a piece of longanisa.

But then i was still hungry and opted for the healthier option as seconds...


a salad with another hotdog and its ceasar sauce...

Then it was time to leave for Galera and so we went on our way...Once there, we settled into our rooms and i quickly got changed and headed straight to the Coco Beach swimming pool for a quick dip before lunch.  Naturally, the quick dip became a long swim and by the time i got to lunch, everyone was done.  

This was the lunch i had :)


That's like salted eggs with mixed vegetables and a bit of chicken curry.  A very unusual meal for me, especially while out on holiday and with a buffet full of mixed foods that i would have greatly enjoyed, had i not started this diet.  But i enjoyed it all the same and felt lighter and healthier as a result of choosing this instead of the heavy meats and no vegetables...

After lunch it was back to the pool for me and before i knew it i was digested enough to play in the pool which is exactly what we did.  Together with my officemates we created games and messed aound the pool for quite awhile til finally we caught the attention of a waiter and decided it was time to consume more.  

I had two bottled of san mig light in the pool (hence no photograph) and when that was done decided it was time to get a bite to eat.  So my boss and i each ordered a Coco Burger!


It's a big fat bacon burger with vegetables and a slice of pineapple on it and it was delicious!

I didn't eat the fries, nor the mayonnaise, nor the ketchup, nor the top bun of the burger.  I merely sliced the bottom half of the burger and ate only that.  But then it became happy hour so i order rum cokes!


I had two of these and soon after took a nap right on that lounging chair i'm on and only woke up when it was time for dinner.  Good times!  I love the outdoors!  In fact, i loved it so much that i never made it back to our hotel room until it was time to sleep hours and hours later into the night!  Which in short means that i checked in and stayed out til it was time for bed :)

This was dinner.


Soup...


Tuna salad with mixed vegetables and pork adobo...


And Graham Crackers with mixed fruits for dessert.

After dinner, it was time to resume drinking and we started it off with a game of King's Cup!  At King's Cup, i drank 5 San Mig Lights.  

While playing King's Cup i managed to make friends with the band that was playing and when the game was done, they came over for a jam and we played around 4-5 songs together.  When we were done jamming i asked them if i could ask them a question that was slightly embarrassing and their percussionist right away said "alam ko na yan sinasabi mo, tara sama ka samin!"

So with him i split from the group and got to bake with these local Mindoro musicians who were cool as fuck!  They asked me a bit about myself and it so happens they saw the Blue Jean Junkies when we played in Galera's White Beach a year or two ago and quite liked us.  It was cool and i finished their stash!

After maybe half an hour to 45 minutes with them on the beach i left them to join my group.  There i had another 3 beers with them and then went to sleep cuz i knew we'd have to wake up early for Island Hopping.




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