Weekend getaway

I had a very enjoyable weekend.

Last Saturday Mai and I went to a baptismal party of her relatives in Cainta. The rain was pouring hard but that didn’t stop us from still going to Grace’s house in Siniloan, Laguna. She was afraid to drive that far with just the two us so we opted to commute. We rode the jeep going to Tanay, and another jeep going to Siniloan. We arrived at 1730, and we were greeted warmly by Grace’s family.

It was Grace’s oldest sister’s (Ate Lei) birthday and a welcome back party for her second sister (Ate Jacq). We ate there most of the time and spent the night at a resort. The resort we stayed of course has a pool but we weren’t able to swim because all of us are girls and didn’t want to mingle with the boys on the pool. Rather, we spent the night posing on the cam, either assuming the position of cheerleaders or talking about Pinoy big brother, hehe.

We woke up early to attend the mass and for the procession for Our Lady of Peñafrancia. Grace’s family belongs to the Church’s organization that handles the event. We were wearing a yellow gold shirt, that Ate Jacq, Kat, and I opted to tie at the back for a more smaller waistline, kikay talaga, hehe.

The santo was brought down to the pagoda and had the fluvial procession. During the procession, it was traditional to throw water to whoever is part of the group. The pagoda had a fire hose with them, and all of us who were in the bridge got wet. We in turn put water on a small plastic bag and aimed it to whoever we wanted to throw water to. It was a nice feeling, walking wet under the sun. The fun part was when we bought food like Scramble, butchi, nagaraya, and ice water. We ate the food and used the ice water to sprinkle to unguarded civilians hehe.

We went back late in the afternoon, and all 14 of us rode the Revo for 3 hours. Our legs wear cramped after the trip but that’s okay. The trip was fun. Thanks to Grace and her family for being so warm with us, as well as with Mai and her family for welcoming me in their small gathering.