My Kind of Life — TimPusit Goes To Tagaytay

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TimPusit Goes To Tagaytay

How am I gonna tell my story of my experience going back to Tagaytay after few years?

Aha! Let me begin it with telling you whom I was with - TimPusit. Yes, Mhay, Eric, Jsutine, and I formed a group and we call ourselves TimPusit. So random, right? Our title was derived from a shirt which has a squid print on it which all of us have one each. Yeah, it’s like our uniform! Haha Do you want to know why we got one? Read my story, OK?

It was on October 23, 2010 when I traveled from Gapan to Manila to meet up with Mhay, Eric, and Justine. Though we all knew that we’re going to Tagaytay, we didn’t have any other plans aside from going there to eat Bulalo. We had already talked about it since we were on our way going to Nueva Ecija. So, we just needed a matter of agreement to go through that plan. Luckily, we pushed through with Eric as our driver. His car named Dave was where we were on. I met up with him and Mhay at my dorm and then we picked up Justine, my Twin, at SM Manila. Justine had to go there to buy some groceries for his Tito who was just involved in a motorcycle accident. So before going straight to Tagaytay, we dropped by the hospital where his Tito was confined. The hospital was in Cavite so we also dropped by SM Bacoor to buy some food and things we would be needing for an overnight stay in Tagaytay. Yes, we just decided to have an overnight stay as we we were on our way. Haha At SM, we had a light dinner first then we bought some chips and chocolates and other toiletries like disposable underwear, toothbrush, and a shirt! Yes, for fun, we bought a shirt with the same style and design. It was Justine’s idea, by the way. The shirt from Artwork costs only PHP 169, very cheap for a nice shirt. After buying, we left the mall and went our way to our destination. It was raining then and it was already nighttime so it was cold. As we get there, we talked a lot of different things that we’re not noticing that we were getting nearer and nearer. I can’t remember anymore what the exact time was when we finally reached Tagaytay. The very first thing we did in there was to look for the cheapest inn or apartelle or a hotel or a room where we would stay. There’s a lot of such everywhere. Most were already taken and fully booked and others were quite expensive for students like us whose budget was really budgeted. LOL So after looking and found nothing to got yet, we decided to have our dinner first. We searched the place for the best restaurant in town and after a long time of discussion where we would eat, we ended up eating at Mile Hi Diner, an American restaurant where we only thought to be found in Tagaytay and later on we found out that it has a branch in Manila, in SM The Block. But it was OK. Eric ordered a burger, Mhay had nachos, Justine asked for a Cordon Bleau, and I ate pork chop with rice. Haha After eating, we searched for a place for us to stay. We turned to a lot of dangerous curves, we suspected a lot of people as bad guys that would kill us anytime like the tricycle driver who followed us just to endorse an inn and scared Justine and Mhay so much, the dark corners we passed through and by, the figures that scared Justine to death and forgot that Mhay was with him each time he ran away to “save his life,” and commanded Eric to stop and go and stop and go a lot of times. Haha That’s the hardest part of being a driver, right? JK

Finally, we found one, Days Hotel. Each room costs PHP 800 for non-aircon and PHP 1200 if we want an aircon. Since we didn’t have a lot of money with us, we went for the PHP 800. Before checking in, we went at Starbucks first for coffees and hot choco and to make the most out of our night in the city. Haha We stayed there until around 3:00am and after that, we went for a quick joy ride around the windy city. It was already 4:00am when we checked in Days Hotel. The room was not so bad. The space was enough for the four of us and the bathroom was also fine. Mhay and Justine slept together on a softer bed while Eric and I slept on just a soft bed on the floor. Yes, we are all fair in our group. LOL

The next day, we woke up at 8:00am. We just prepared ourselves to have more fun the whole day. We left Days Hotel at 10:00am. On this day, we were like tourists. Haha Perhaps, almost. We went at Picnic Grove and in a restaurant there, Agimat Restaurant, was were we had a huge breakfast. They asked me to buy two orders of Tilapia, one order of Tawilis, and four cups of rice for all of us. Justine treated us a whole chicken and buko juice. Mhay ordered Bulalo, the house specialty of Agimat, and Eric ordered the never-ending crispy pata. Obviously, what we ordered was too much for the four us so we decided all the left overs to be taken out. Haha We still can eat it later on the trip so why not bring those along with us, right? Haha We explored the Picnic Grove for few hours. We almost tried to try zip lining but we didn’t. Haha We walked, talked, and took a lot of pictures! Before leaving the place, Justine and I bought souvenirs, bracelets. Mine has my printed on it. Justine’s? Ask him about it.

From there, we decided to visit the Taal volcano. Yes, we were up in the hill and we dared to go down to see the volcano. On our way there, we bumped into a man who has a boat for rent that would bring us to the island where the volcano stands. We bought the offer of the man for PHP 1000. Haha Then, we went down the mountain/hill. Again, we passed through the most dangerous curves we saw in Tagaytay. When we got to the resort, we just parked our car and paid the boat ride fee. We hopped into the boat and passed through the lake of Taal. It was my first time to ride a boat so the first thing I did was to wear a life vest. Haha It takes 25 minutes to get to the island where the volcano stands. When we reached it, we were kinda disappointed because we just told that to get to the crater, we had to ride a horse for PHP 500. We weren’t told beforehand that there’s something like that. We were unprepared. So what we did was we walked up to the crater. Haha Yes, who will imagine that we will pull the three and a half kilometer walk off? Yay! When we reached the top, all the sweat and tiredness paid off. The view was amazing and unbelievable! It was so relaxing for all of us up there. It’s really unforgettable. Then, this time, to get down, we employed a horse because it was getting dark already and it looked like it would rain anytime. And, we only payed PHP 200. Haha

It was our last stop in Tagaytay. Before we left the city, we went at 7 Eleven to buy some drinks. We had our dinner at the house of Twin’s grandmother. His Tita prepared food for us. There we saw his Tito who was just dismissed from the hospital too. His family was so accommodating. After eating, Mhay continued watching Letters To Juliet on TV. Eric had fallen asleep beside her. Haha Justine borrowed the key for the motorcycle that his Tito was using when his Tito got accident. He called for my attention to ride at the back and I didn’t reuse. Haha We had a quick stroll around the subdivision and after that, we decided to leave so we could already rest as soon as we all got home. I slept at Justine’s house over the night because it was a;ready late for me if I’d go back home to Gapan. The next day, I woke up at 10:00am, and waited fir Justine to get up off bed. We had our brunch together at Kinirog at past 2:00pm. After eating, it was almost 3:00pm, I decided to leave to get home.

All in all, this experience is just one of the fews that TimPusit will experience altogether. Next stop, Bicol! Woot. :)

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