Stranded In Boracay

"Caloy" destroyed boracay...and my vacation.

I was totally looking forward to that trip because for the first time, I was able to relax and unwind without thinking of work or anything else for that matter. It was supposed to be "kat-time".. I was able to hook myself with free roundtrip tickets plus free accommodations for 3 nights and 4 days. Everything was all set.

We arrived on a beautiful Wednesday morning. The first day was paradise. The beach was perfect. I was able to get a massage and a good tan. I already planned out my whole itinerary for the next few days.

1. WEDNESDAY -- have a massage, lunch at 'D Mall, sunbathing, shake at jonahs, dinner at La Carmella, have a few drinks with friends at summerplace.
   
2. THURSDAY -- Breakfast at Real Coffee, shopping at 'D Mall, sunbathing, shark attack at summerplace.
   
3. FRIDAY -- sunbathing, lunch with friends, shake at jonahs, royal premium juniper at pierone, illusion shaker and pizza at cocomangas.
4. SATURDAY -- wake up early to pack and head back to manila for my mom's birthday and a show at metrowalk.

When I woke up the next day, thursday, I was a little disappointed because the sun was not cooperating. After breakfast at real coffee, I decided to go back to the hotel first to change to my swimming attire. The walk to the hotel allowed me to enjoy how nice boracay was without the fuzz and flock of thousands of people that I usually see during holy week. After dressing up, I went out to meet up with my friends. I was not pleased.

Rain...outpour....no sun at all. Oh well, I guess my sunbathing could wait 'til tomorrow, or so I thought. My friends and I decided to stay in the hotel and play poker instead. It was fun. But I really wanted to go out!

Caloy welcomed himself to the beach the next day. We could hardly leave the hotel. We weren't even able to swim. The waves were scary and the winds were very unfriendly. The brownout didn't help either. There was nothing to do!

The most devastating news arrived Friday night. I got a message from the front desk that all flights are cancelled the next day. For a moment, my life stopped. It was my mom's birthday and I was supposed to have a show in Manila Saturday night. I wanted to head straight to the storm and just get eaten by the waves. The stress gave me an acid reflux and a slight fever. I had to look for a last minute reliever for the show and I had to at least tell myself that it wasn't my fault that I wasn't able to spend time with my mom on her birthday. I felt so bad.

It was the longest saturday of my life. The only consolation I had was that I was able to meet Maui Taylor. She helped me forget that I was stranded. She was actually so fun to be with. I need another blog to even tell you what crazy stuff we did for that short moment in bora.

I got home Sunday evening, just in time for our Mother's Day dinner. I missed my family, I missed my boyfriend. For the first time, I missed my work.

Breakfast at real coffee

At 'D Mall

Where we stayed

poker? tong its anyone?

Caloy??? Why?????

Me, maui, trondz goofing around....oh well, caloy will not ruin my vacation!