Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour,
I've seen my fondest hopes decay;
I never loved a tree or flower
But't was the first to fade away.
I never nurs'd a dear gazelle,
To glad me with it's soft black eye,
But when it came to know me well
And love me, it was sure to die.
-THOMAS MOORE
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Hmmm...white sand marine or what? mmm.... Yes?!
Yesterday, upon my arrival from Ulas, Davao City (my sai’s place) Manang Jo suggested to go to the beach for a favorable weather to unwind….
Then starts my story….
We call it white sand beach, but it still not fully developed. On the part near the shore were full of those sharp sea rocks..(ohh am I using the right term in here? What ever eheee) so you need to go further before reaching that tempting ‘white sand’ marine… It’s the first time that I saw that floating cottage in there, costs P1500 per day… But eight year-old Ela (my second degree niece) and I have no money for a boat or somethin’…
I put Ela on my back and went to the area near that cottage… ‘mind you, we really went that far… toinx
Sea water reaches my neck and then waited ‘til it goes back lower to my bust as a sign… Then it goes, and, by then, I take off my slippers and feel the ground…. Whehey!!! We finally reach that ‘temping white sand marine’ that I’ve said. Hehehe… The water is so clear and the sand is so fine! I really really love it!!!
We really enjoyed the moment and swim, swim and swim… Eeeehheeheeee… Suddenly, Shouts called our attention. That little inflating swimming pool went to the sea and little one’s (my sis, my nephews, my nieces) screamed for it… They wanted me to get it but it’s far from me that time…
Then Kuya Joel (my sister’s bf for 5yrs) tried to save it. And yes he did!!! Supposedly, he don’t have plan to swim for he brought no clothes to dry him up but he’s the only big guy who’s with us by then so he have no choice, on the other hand, I mean not to get that inflating pool to make him swim… Am I too bad? Haha… If he’ll gonna swim, then Manang Jo (his gf) gonna swim too… Yeah, I’m really that bitch… While manang N-jing and Aunt Aileen were left on the shore together with the 5 kids…
I called their attention and signaled them to come… Then they did and we all enjoyed swimming… I put Ela inside that pool. Now she has her own floating cottage, haha…
Then I can also swim so free!!! Wehehey! Manang Jo and Kuya Joel also enjoyed the moments while attending to Ila… We stayed there for long…
Suddenly, I noticed big fishes flying and so I told them, “It must be shark! Ohh, Ila, they’re coming!”… Of course I’m just kidding… Hehehe… We stayed there for an hour if not mistaken… The weather was so cool, the Sun is so shy to come out… Hmm… It’s really cool…
Kuya said, “ We better rush going back, the water went high…” then I said, “I don’t think so, I still enjoyed swimming.” But they insist, so I must agree…
Then I suggested to hire a boat to send us back to the shore but they think there’s no need… So, again I agreed… ‘nyways, we have that inflating pool…
We swum going back while pushing Ila’s floating pool… While on our way, we encountered a man saying, “You must not go that way, better hold and trace this rope… (He means the rope that connects the floating cottage to the shore.) The water goes deeper this time…” And so we did what he said…
Kuya Joel who’s the tallest among us all (5’11”)said that he hardly hit the ground that time, so I feel kinda scared, not for me, but for Ela because the upper layer of the pool is deflating and the pool got some folds…
I should say we reached the deepest and Kuya Joel can’t hit the ground anymore… Ela started to scream… It’s all my fault, I shouldn’t bring her with me… Thanks goodness, a fishing boat came over and someone tried to help. Obviously, that boat can’t carry us all, so we secured Ela… The fisherman threw a life jocket and so I grabbed it, while Manang Jo and Kuya Joel relied on that floating pool while pulling still the rope… Kuya said, “What an adventure it is…” and three of us laugh… God help us still…
We finally reached the shore and yes it became a big talk… LOL. Big talk that shifted worries to laughter, for it’s not only the water that trapped us, it’s also some braches from dead trees that was trapped on the rope plus…hmmm…there might be something in there that I don't know so I can’t tell… hehehe… Eew!!! Haha…
Vocabulary: Manang = Filipino (old Visayan) term for older sister (a sign of respect)
Kuya = Filipino term for older brother (a sign of respect)
Sai= me and my bestfriend's own version of 'say'- commonly
used in sorority
Then starts my story….
We call it white sand beach, but it still not fully developed. On the part near the shore were full of those sharp sea rocks..(ohh am I using the right term in here? What ever eheee) so you need to go further before reaching that tempting ‘white sand’ marine… It’s the first time that I saw that floating cottage in there, costs P1500 per day… But eight year-old Ela (my second degree niece) and I have no money for a boat or somethin’…
I put Ela on my back and went to the area near that cottage… ‘mind you, we really went that far… toinx
Sea water reaches my neck and then waited ‘til it goes back lower to my bust as a sign… Then it goes, and, by then, I take off my slippers and feel the ground…. Whehey!!! We finally reach that ‘temping white sand marine’ that I’ve said. Hehehe… The water is so clear and the sand is so fine! I really really love it!!!
We really enjoyed the moment and swim, swim and swim… Eeeehheeheeee… Suddenly, Shouts called our attention. That little inflating swimming pool went to the sea and little one’s (my sis, my nephews, my nieces) screamed for it… They wanted me to get it but it’s far from me that time…
Then Kuya Joel (my sister’s bf for 5yrs) tried to save it. And yes he did!!! Supposedly, he don’t have plan to swim for he brought no clothes to dry him up but he’s the only big guy who’s with us by then so he have no choice, on the other hand, I mean not to get that inflating pool to make him swim… Am I too bad? Haha… If he’ll gonna swim, then Manang Jo (his gf) gonna swim too… Yeah, I’m really that bitch… While manang N-jing and Aunt Aileen were left on the shore together with the 5 kids…
I called their attention and signaled them to come… Then they did and we all enjoyed swimming… I put Ela inside that pool. Now she has her own floating cottage, haha…
Then I can also swim so free!!! Wehehey! Manang Jo and Kuya Joel also enjoyed the moments while attending to Ila… We stayed there for long…
Suddenly, I noticed big fishes flying and so I told them, “It must be shark! Ohh, Ila, they’re coming!”… Of course I’m just kidding… Hehehe… We stayed there for an hour if not mistaken… The weather was so cool, the Sun is so shy to come out… Hmm… It’s really cool…
Kuya said, “ We better rush going back, the water went high…” then I said, “I don’t think so, I still enjoyed swimming.” But they insist, so I must agree…
Then I suggested to hire a boat to send us back to the shore but they think there’s no need… So, again I agreed… ‘nyways, we have that inflating pool…
We swum going back while pushing Ila’s floating pool… While on our way, we encountered a man saying, “You must not go that way, better hold and trace this rope… (He means the rope that connects the floating cottage to the shore.) The water goes deeper this time…” And so we did what he said…
Kuya Joel who’s the tallest among us all (5’11”)said that he hardly hit the ground that time, so I feel kinda scared, not for me, but for Ela because the upper layer of the pool is deflating and the pool got some folds…
I should say we reached the deepest and Kuya Joel can’t hit the ground anymore… Ela started to scream… It’s all my fault, I shouldn’t bring her with me… Thanks goodness, a fishing boat came over and someone tried to help. Obviously, that boat can’t carry us all, so we secured Ela… The fisherman threw a life jocket and so I grabbed it, while Manang Jo and Kuya Joel relied on that floating pool while pulling still the rope… Kuya said, “What an adventure it is…” and three of us laugh… God help us still…
We finally reached the shore and yes it became a big talk… LOL. Big talk that shifted worries to laughter, for it’s not only the water that trapped us, it’s also some braches from dead trees that was trapped on the rope plus…hmmm…there might be something in there that I don't know so I can’t tell… hehehe… Eew!!! Haha…
Vocabulary: Manang = Filipino (old Visayan) term for older sister (a sign of respect)
Kuya = Filipino term for older brother (a sign of respect)
Sai= me and my bestfriend's own version of 'say'- commonly
used in sorority
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