June 15, 2013 (Saturday) The Long Trip to CDO
My shift is going to have it's long restday again. I asked my group before the work week ends where will they spend their restday. They answered they want it at the city for a changed. Since most of us also want get away from the prison life we have at work, we decided to go to Cagayan de Oro. Ven was our host since he hails from CDO.
Come Saturday after duty, we changed immediately into our civilian clothes and hopped on the bus that will take us to campsite. We had our breakfast, got our things. Around 830AM, we took a van from Taganito to Bad-as, Placer (Surigao del Norte). The group paid PhP80 each for the fare. Who was in the group: me, Ven, Argie, Neal, Tian, and Ludee. We arrived in Bad-as around 945AM and waited for the Bachelor Bus bound to Butuan. It's already past 10AM but the bus did not arrived yet. So we decided to take the van of the same route. Fare from Bad-as to Butuan via van is PhP110.
The previous day, Friday, we attended the wedding of a colleague, Johnny Boy, and partied till 1PM. Lest I forgot, early time again of graveyard duty. Patay! Considering that we just came from graveyard shift, we looked tired and restless. I got the zombie look again. I was not able to sleep at the trip to Butuan because of the cramp space and this lady playing her mp3 player so loud. I hate those. Why do some people doesn't know the stuff called earphones?
We arrived at Butuan 3 hours later. We had our lunch at a nearby fastfood chain store then proceeded to the bus terminal. The trip to CDO from Butuan is around 5 hours which costs PhP337. We arrived in CDO already past 7PM. Ven said that we just take the taxi with the group divided into two. Who was with me on the taxi? Ven, Tian and me. Neal, Argie and Ludee on the other taxi. It was raining also that time that Ven's mom had to fetch us with umbrellas from the corner of the street near their house. We had a sumptuous homecook dinner courtesy of Ven's mom.
Come Saturday after duty, we changed immediately into our civilian clothes and hopped on the bus that will take us to campsite. We had our breakfast, got our things. Around 830AM, we took a van from Taganito to Bad-as, Placer (Surigao del Norte). The group paid PhP80 each for the fare. Who was in the group: me, Ven, Argie, Neal, Tian, and Ludee. We arrived in Bad-as around 945AM and waited for the Bachelor Bus bound to Butuan. It's already past 10AM but the bus did not arrived yet. So we decided to take the van of the same route. Fare from Bad-as to Butuan via van is PhP110.
The previous day, Friday, we attended the wedding of a colleague, Johnny Boy, and partied till 1PM. Lest I forgot, early time again of graveyard duty. Patay! Considering that we just came from graveyard shift, we looked tired and restless. I got the zombie look again. I was not able to sleep at the trip to Butuan because of the cramp space and this lady playing her mp3 player so loud. I hate those. Why do some people doesn't know the stuff called earphones?
We arrived at Butuan 3 hours later. We had our lunch at a nearby fastfood chain store then proceeded to the bus terminal. The trip to CDO from Butuan is around 5 hours which costs PhP337. We arrived in CDO already past 7PM. Ven said that we just take the taxi with the group divided into two. Who was with me on the taxi? Ven, Tian and me. Neal, Argie and Ludee on the other taxi. It was raining also that time that Ven's mom had to fetch us with umbrellas from the corner of the street near their house. We had a sumptuous homecook dinner courtesy of Ven's mom.
Coffee and Tricycle
Since Ven's parents and aunt were going to the city after dinner to visit their grandchild at the hospital, we hitched on their ride. We settled at Starbucks Limket Kai for a dose of caffeine. It's as if we have a good night sleep the other night. Kaya pa. Salamat sa kape! I knew Ludee felt good to satisfy her gravings. Little did everyone know that I myself is a coffee addict. After finishing our hot beverages, we went to a convenience store to buy some chips for tomorrows outing. We took a tricycle going to Divisoria. From there we transferred to another tricycle going to Ven's place. There's this part going to Ven's place where it is inclined. Since the tricycle is full, some of it's load must get down. We even helped in pushing the tricycle up the hill. Talked about funny experiences. Hehe. Good thing the rain had stopped pouring down.