John Roy - Abenaza - Blog

This last March 20-22, 2008, we’ve been on Zambales (province of the Philippines located at Central Luzon). To be honest with you guys, at first we do not have the intention to go there. Were supposed to go to Bataan. We were supposed to be with my brothers “Ninong” but his “Ninong” cancelled our trip. On that time we already packed our luggage. We feel disappointed about that. But then suddenly an idea came to my mothers mind, she thought if we could have our clan vacation (of course with my relatives). Then she called my two aunts, Aunt Beth and Aunt Fe. They both agreed to my mothers plan. In that day, after all invitation was being send to our relatives(my mother’s relatives only), they packed their things in a hurry. We leave Manila last March19 to start our journey through Zambales. I think we traveled about 6 or 8 hours. In that period of time, I realized that its hard to sit for a long period of time. After we passed 10 municipalities, we came at the municipality of Candelaria. Why did we choose to stay there? First, it is my Uncle Romeo’s home town. And second reason, is that it is free to stay there. We came there before the sun rise. The first thing we do after we came there is prepare our foods for our day1. Some of my cousin can’t wait to take their bathe in the beach so they ran through the water. While the adults are still cooking, I find myself walking in the seashore. Its very cold that time. When our “bangka” came, we were brought to Putiput Island. I think it is being called Putiput Island because of its white sand beaches. We came there as a batch because the boat can only carry 7 or 9 passengers. I’m lucky that I was in the batch 1. We stayed at the shade of a big tree. We were like castaways After I placed my things, I run inside the water. Putiput Island has a clear-watered beaches. There are no electricity in the island. At noon time, the batch 2 came, and they brought our foods. When they came, we started to eat. Some of us ate using not their spoon and fork but their hand. It’s very a traditional way of Filipinos form of eating. And to have entertainment we started a little boxing fight. A fight between my cousin Macky and Jonathan but of course safety first. And this is only a friendly fight.(Kids don’t try this at home). And the winner is,, Macky. I toured the whole island and I found out that its hard to walk on a hot sand. Then the time past, it is time to go to the cottage. Our service(the bangka) came to fetch us. We came into the house of Uncle Romeo’s brother and his also. We eat our dinner in the house. All of us were very tired. Then I stayed in our car and wait my brother to finish his meal so that I can watch Transformers: the movie in his laptop. After watching, I go to sleep to be ready for our next adventure. Another morning had came, and another adventure awaits on the same island (Putiput Island). The adults gone to buy some ingredients in the market. Then they came an hour after I woke up. Then they start to cook our food. Then an hour after our “bangka” came. But I choose to be in batch 2. Unfortunately, when our “bangka” came, the batch2 were very overcrowded. So we choose to be in the batch 3. When we came there we changed our place to stay. Were still beside a tree but a different tree. Because there is someone else in our place were we used to be in day 1. I don’t take a bathe fast I waited the sun to set. To prevent sunburn. To entertain myself I borrowed my Uncle’s mp4. A strange sea-creature appeared in our place. It is slimy, flexible, and disgusting. It looks like a leech but a bigger one. At first I thought that it was a sea-snake. And I also found a seahorse. And because its our last day in the island, we took some pictures, as a souvenir. We try to tour the island again but we failed, why ? Because it time for us to leave the island. Again we ate our dinner in the same house. Before we totally go home, we go to a “perya”. But we didn’t stay there too long. Because we might go any time that night. But we go home in the early morning. About 1:00am we started our journey to our way home. That ends our Zambales escapade 2008.