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In this next blog, I would like to commend this computer shop in Dapitan that always saves me from rush printing and researches. This computer shop located in V conception street, Dapitan called Noypi is in my opinion, one of the most recommended computer shop in Dapitan. As far as I know, only Noypi and its other branch located beside it is the only computer shop in Dapitan that has a printing service. Also, unlike the other computer shops around Dapitan, Noypi has a lower price. In mineski and pacific, their prices are about 25 pesos per hour, but in Noypi, an hour will cost you only 20 pesos. Also, they have a promo that an hour will only cost you 12 pesos  between the time of 6am and 6pm. In my review, I can say that Noypi is really great computer shop especially if you would want to rush an assignment. Though there are still negative review for this computer shop. Like any other computer shop, Noypi also has a very noisy surrounding, everyone inside are usually gamers and they would scream and shout. Also, some of the computer in it’s second floor are broken/ do not function well. Despite all of those, I would still choose this computer shop above any computer shop around Dapitan. Not only because it’s near my dorm but also the nearest computer shop in my building.  Also at late nights, Noypi is very recommended, because of it’s cheap price you would forget how long have you have been sitting there just playing and surfing the net.

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At around 5:00 in the morning. I asked my dad to where is the best place near our house to jog. Because I rarely visit our house at Bulacan, I have no idea where to jog in an early morning. Unlike in Manila, I can easily do some cardio inside UST but in Bulacan, I have no idea to where should I go. I actually tried jogging inside our Subdivision but there were a lot of stray dogs along the way and it was so scary when I imagine them chasing me  when im running. So, my dad told me that there is a place just near our place called the Marcello sports complex where you get to pay only 10 pesos for the entrance. My dad accompanied me to the said complex and we only paid 20 pesos for the whole place. We get to Jog for an hour or two and waited for the sun rise. The comfort room is also free upon paying the entrance fee. We get the chance to stay  there whenever we want to stay at that same day. There are also badminton courts basketball courts. We didn’t have a chance to try the court but we would love to try it out in our next visit.

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In this blog I want to share to you my reviews upon experiencing this café located at Gelinos street ,Dapitan called Mai Café. It was actually not in my plan to try this café, but because all of the café available around Dapitan was already full, we ended up here.  Like what I have told you in my past blog. What we are after in a café is their internet and their sockets for us to plug in our laptops. Mai Cafe’ didn’t disappointed us with that. Upon order, they would give you their wifi password and the sockets are located beside our table. We stayed in the café for 3 hours and it only cost me 75 pesos for a large amount of tacos for our group mates to share. The drinks was great and also the food was delicious. I want to recommend this coffee shop for it is also underrated because it’s location is far from the most visied streets in dapitan. Gelinos street in General is so underated because there are only a few spots and eateries in the said street.   When it comes to to size of the place, I can say that it’s not that spacious as of the other café but because of it’s location, The café was not full at that time when we got there and there were a lot of seats available for us. Because of the main reason of a thesis meeting, Mai café’ reached our expectation of service. An access to the internet and an available socket for us and not to mention their delicious food convinced me that I may be visiting the place again .

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In my next blog I would like to share to you my experience on climbing my fourth mountain. Last April 30- May 1 we get to have a 6/9 mountain difficulty experience at Mt. Pantigan, Bataan. My total expense in that 2 days climb was just only 1200 pesos and you won’t believe what happened that 2 days with just 1200 , this budget already includes already all transportation fees from manila to Bataan. Our team leader is the one assigned to collect our payments and leading us to the top of the mountain.  Our IT states that we  would do a dayhike in the mountain that would start at 7 am  and will arrive at a nearby beach at 7pm and spend our second day in the beach. Because they told us that it would be a dayhike, it come to mind the stereotype of an easy mountain. But once we climbed the mountain, my expectations was all wrong. The great mountain’s trail was so difficult and was so tiring. What keeps us motivated is to reach the peak and to reach the beach. We get to rest an hour or 2 in the lunch camp in the middle of the woods. We left our bags there to easily reach the peak. Reaching the peak, again wasn’t easy as we expected. We even got disappointed because the moment we reached the peak, there was no view because of the thick fog covering everything. Still we took pictures of the surroundings and quickly started to down trek. Honestly speaking even going down the mountain was really difficult. What keeps us motivated is that we would reach the beach if we would make it fast. At around 11 hours trekking in the mountain, we finally reached the beach. The best part of the day was literally taking a bath. The beach is not the best but after an 11 hours of trekking, you’ll be thankful to see any beach by that day. We took a bath and we cook our meals and for me, spending 1200 in two days was worth it for I have conquered my 4th mountain and spend quality time in the beach with my friends.

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In my next blog I would like to share my review for Sbarro. Let me tell you the story why we got to eat in Sbarro in the first place. After a long day of walking around Sm San Lazaro. My friend and I had a sudden crave on Pasta and Pizza. Because we are near the food court, we have decided to look around and find the best pizza and pasta around. What caught our attention was Sbarro. Their huge pizza and that was displayed in the counter caught our attention and we easily decided to try it out.

We ordered 2 slices of pizza and a slice of lasagna. Me and my friend was so excited onn ordering and we didn’t realize that the amount of we ordered was so many for the two of us. We ended up just finishing 1 slice of the pizza pie and we get to take out the lasagna and the other slice of the pizza pie.

 This is my review for Sbarro (SM San Lazaro Branch)

1. FOOD- delicious and tasty. and the most important is, you'll be FULL (actually, for just one slice of pizza, you will be full already) 

2. SERVICE- I must say, we can consider Sbarro as a  'fast food' for having a service as fast (or even faster) than other fast food. Just like the photo above, the food attendant will just give your order, then you will just go to the counter pay your bills and you self-service maybe because they only have a few crew (less expense for the company though)

3. PRICE-  since the price is not that affordable (especially for us who only belongs in an average family), it's suggested to dine in here just occasionally (your wallet may not like it too,)

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In my next blog I would like to share and commend this café just across my street. Café Churro that is located at Antonio street, Dapitan is one of the coffee shop in UST area that everyone must try. Café churro has a wide variety of coffee and churro. For me this coffee shop is so underrated and needs to be recognize by everyone. The place is really relaxing and have that sweet life vibe when you're in it. The food, coffee, and churros are great, the fact that I am not really a fan of churros.  For me, Café churro got the best churro by far because their coating is like a dip glazed generously into the surface of the churro plus its not actually loathsome because it was not as sweet unlike any typical churro.  their coffee were also good and was a perfect compliment. However I am kinda saddened by the fact they don't have service water, I do understand about selling bottled water too, however I think at least a cup of water would be great to serve along with their sweet treats. Another thing that would be great is more elbow space however since it is near the university, I would understand the space problem. This place is good to hang, just be able to be lucky enough to grab yourself a table inside because of their small space. If you are also looking for a place to hangout that has fast wifi, this place is much recommended. If you are one of the customers who has luckily got a seat from the café. You will have the perks of taking picture of the beautiful place. You would also get to use their wifi. Overall This place is recommended for churro lovers. This is also recommended to students who is on the go for a fast snack.

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For my next blog. I would like to share my experience on Comedy Manila.  Comedy Manila is a stand up Comedy show that was suggested to us by our prof. I first heard of the show when one of their comedians was shortly introduced to us during our class. GB Labrador, a comedian, and the owner of Comedy Manila, went straight to UST and gave our class a demo of what’s comedy manila was all about. He told us that he would like to remove that stereotype of stand up comedy that the comedian will most likely to make the whole room laugh in the means of offending another audience. He told us that comedy manila is about their experiences and life with a twist of comedy. He’s 2 minutes promotion made us laugh and excited and our class was convinced to watch the show. Our professor also gave us discounted tickets that made us really convinced to watch the show. The date has arrived for the show. We had reserved seats waiting for us. We sat down for an hour before the show. There are a lot of comedians that performed. The names of the comedians that I remembered was Alex Calleja, GB Labrador, Ryan Rems Sarita, James Caraan, Red Ollero and a lot more. Each of the comedians have their own style of making the crowd laugh. Of all the comedians that was present that day, I was only familiar by 2 of them, 1 is by GB Labrador because he introduced us comedy manila before, and the second is Ryan Rems because he was famous for he appeared on television. I expected Ryan Rems to be the last performer for he was the most famous of them all. But then he showed up the second. He was showed too early which means there are a lot more greater and funnier comedians than him. The show was so worth it because we got what we wanted. We enjoyed and laugh and picked up a lot of jokes. After the show, we also had a chance to take pictures of the comedians for free. Not only comedy manila was funny but also it helped our section to enjoy the day and have time for bonding.

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In my next blog I would just want to share this café that helped me escape the stressful heat from the outside and thank it for it’s ambiance and wifi helped us finish what is need to be done to our research. This café in that I am talking about is located in Pnoval and is called Dormina grill x café. The ambiance was so beautiful and comfortable especially for those who seek to study or start a meeting. The place was cold, cozy and peaceful. You are given a choice if you want to have a seat or just simply sat or lay in the cushion. The design of the coffee shop is so unique compared to other coffee shop. Not only because you can lie down but also because there are sockets beside the tables where we can freely charge our laptops. These sockets are one of the added value we seek for when we find coffee shops, because we always bring our laptops with us and we can’t tell when are we going to ran out of battery and charge. Also, This coffee shop’s coffee is so delicious, One of the frappe we ordered comes with a shot of vodka for free. It is so amazing because that was the first time I saw alchohol served in a coffee shop. I honestly wondered why have a shot of vodka when you ordered coffee. But then I realize that the vodka’s purpose is to stay awake.

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As the semester ends, our thesis defense draws nearer and nearer. So it’s the time of the sem where me and my thesis mates must find a place to talk about the upcoming defense and fix the remaining problems that might occur. Last week my thesis mate suggested a tea house in banawe called Tea Rock. We agreed on choosing the place because we heard that the place is good for meetings and has a really fast wifi that would be really helpful for our research. At around 11 in the morning, we went to the place and the waiter by the door welcomed us by greeting us good morning and showed us the perfect spot where we can sit. Beside the table, where we sat are sockets where we could charge our laptops and phones. It was very helpful for we were planning to stay there till it was late. The place was very cozy and we were comfortable of the ambiance. The prices of the food and drinks was fair for the place, although it was much expensive compared to the usual places we go to around UST. The ambiance and the comfort given to us by tea rock was totally worth it. We had our lunch there and we also ordered a couple of snacks for later. The serving size of the food and drinks are huge and the serving was amazingly quick for a very delicious meal. We stayed there up to 7pm and with the help of tea rock, I can say that our day was spent well and productive.

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If you are updated to my blogs, Last night, my friend and I had a date on Robinson’s Galeria and watched the premiere of beauty and the beast. I haven’t mention that we waited for about 2 hours for us to watch the movie. So because we are early, we decided to have a food trip in Robinson’s Galeria food court. We went to to different food stands and bought our cravings. We bought some dunkin donuts, pizza hut, and a lot more. Food stalls in Robinsons are placed near to each other, It gave us options to what to purchase and to choose where to purchase. The roaming around and buying food cost me 500 pesos and I can say that 500 pesos is cheap and worth it for Food stalls and malls. I literally got so full the moment we are going to watch the movie. I honestly can’t give sace to the popcorn that we just bought. The 2 hours of foodtrip was all worth it. I want to comment every single each of the stalls that we have tried in Robinsons, they are all advisable for those who wants a food tri in the mall. These pictures are most of the stalls that we have tried.

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Last night’s Beauty and the beast premiere was absolutely one of the best movie that I have ever watched. All thanks to The Philippine Star who provided us free tickets, we had a chance to watch The Beauty and the Beast Premiere for free because we are one of the few lucky winners of the premiere tickets of the movie. We watched the movie at the cinema 3 of Robinson’s Galeria. Unlike any other Cinemas, watching a premiere is pretty much different. We had a chance to be treated like a VIP. We watched the movie in a different screen and an extraordinary place with just limited seats for us VIP. Unlike any other ordinary cinema, we didn’t experience standing in to long lines and we get to watch the movie the day before it was showing. This movie is one of the most hype movie of the year. A lot of people has high hopes and expectation of the movie. Being a big Fan of Disney and musical movies, I already knew that I would enjoy the movie. The movie made me feel happy, sad, excited, and some other mixed emotions.  The movie lasted at about 2 hours and 30 minutes. I recommend everyone to watch this movie because it honestly reached my expectations. I was not disappointed and believe it or not, I would watch it again if I had a chance. If you feel that you are getting lucky, you might as well follow and like The Philippine Star’s facebook page and had also a chance to win a ticket.

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One week to go and and it is already Prelims. In this Blog I would like to show you my spot on reviewing. This is basically where I was the day before our exams. Living in a dorm in Dapitan, I witness how students fill up an entire café with their books and their bags. A week before prelims is usually  when Coffee shops are full of students studying and spending their entire night in the place. I decided to roam around Dapitan and look for the best place to study.  I checked Starbucks, Café UK and a lot more. Literally all coffee shop at that night was already full of customers. But then I passed by in the street of Gelinos and saw this tea shop called infinitea . I am honesty not a tea type of person, but then I decided to try it because the place seems calm and I felt the studious vibe in the place when I saw some students studying inside as well. The place was not that huge compared to coffee shops or restaurants  but I end up giving it a try because I had no time on looking for other coffee shops and the fact that there are vacant seats for me to choose on. Their drinks are also cheaper compared to coffee shops, the place was quiet and cold and there is even a plug for me to charge my laptop. I spend almost 4 hours In the tea shop and only spent a total of 150 pesos. Their milktea are great and the service was so quick. Employees was also kind to me and I felt welcome the moment I entered the shop. I recommend infinitea to everyone especially to students who needs a study spot. This underated tea house sells a wide variety of milktea in a reasonable price and is located at Dapitan at Gelinos street.

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The advance mountaineering course 2 or amc2 for short is an annual activity for the UST mountaineering club that teaches their applicants wall climbing and also belaying. The day starts when we arrived at the venue at Power Up Centro Atletico. The gym was huge and unlike any other gym, this gym has a wall climbing area and a badminton court. The entrance in the gym was free but the belaying and wall climbing is worth 300 pesos, included in the payment are the equipment use in the wall climbing and also the rental of climbing shoes. A 2hours lesson that was related to wall climbing and belaying was also taught to us. During the lecture I can feel everyone’s excitement on wall climbing, because after the 2-3 hours lecture we are finally gonna experience to climb the wall. There are 3 levels of wall, and the instructor allowed us to experience 2 of the walls.  The first wall are for beginners and in the other hand, the second wall are for those who are already up for the next level. I successfully reached the top on the 1st stage though I only reached the middle portion in the second stage. Wall climbing is an underrated and very exciting sport. The sport consist of 2 people, the belayer and the climber. The climber is obviously the one who climbs the wall while the belayer is the one in charge of adjusting the ropes of the climber to practice a safe climb. Everyone experienced to climb that day Last March 5 2017 was not an ordinary day for me. Because in that day, we are scheduled to attend the and we also experienced belaying. At first, belaying is really hard to learn, but then after a couple of tries, I learned to love belaying. Wall climbing is one of the best thing that happened to me. I honestly had this on my bucketlist eversince I was a child. And at 300 pesos, I get to experienced it and learn from it.

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In my next blog I just want to make it casual.  This is just honestly where I usually go after class when I’m with my friends.  Because of my schedule of 3-7pm and 1-2pm I have a bit of time to spend in the corners of dapitan (It’s where I live). After my class, my friends from other colleges are already waiting for me outside the building , they  would usually  fetch me outside my building because they are always dismissed 30 minutes earlier than me. Like a normal thomasian barkada, We would argue on to where we are going to eat. We usually have a votation if we are to eat on Pnoval, Espana, or Dapitan, Because majority of my friends dorm are located in Dapitan, The final decision would always be in Dapitan. And we  would always end up choosing to where to eat in Dapitan. We are always ending up at eating at dapitan because its is the nearest street to my building and is where most of us reside. Today, my friends decided of eating  in any eatery that is airconditioned. Because fast food restos are  airconditioned and affordable, we decided eating in a fastfood instead. Choosing to where fastfood we would eat is not easy when your in Dapitan. Fast food like KFC, Wendy’s, Army Navy, and Jollibee are scaterred around Dapitan that makes it the reason why it is hard to choose, because army navy would cost us a fortune and kfc at that time was already full we decided to choose between Jollibee or Wendy’s . We were suppose to eat at Jollibee but the moment we got there, the aircon wasn’t functioning well so we headed straight at Wendy’s instead. Wendy’s is very advisable to everyone to try. The ordering was fast and the place was not crowded. The food was honestly delicious for a 99 pesos meal. Wendy’s is just located at Dapitan across UST Dapitan gate. Wendy’s, knowing  as the nearest fastfood in Dapitan gate, would be the most recomended  fastfood to go to when you are in a hurry of taking out your meal.

If you are not a fastfood kind of person and you like to eat somewhere cheaper in Dapitan, I would recommend you to the place that we also usually go when we are on a thrift day. We usually go to Rosarito street.  Rosarito street are full of cheap eateries. We call the place Tita’s because the eatery is just small and the store has no name. The owner told me that their original plan is to just build a sari sari store, but since they have enough space in front, they decided to add some tables and chairs in front and added a small eatery next to their sari sari store.  Their rice meals cost around 35-65 pesos and the serving time is about 5 minutes. For us Rosarito street is the best street to spend our time during our break. “Tita” the owner is so kind to us and because of her great service and hospitability, we always come by her place a lot.  ,UST is a very huge university and I am sure that every barkada has their own spot in every street around the University. These are just 2 of the places that we always go to in Dapitan and I would like you guys to try and check them out.

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It’s the month of the year again, where people prepare for the special day to surprise their love ones and express their love. The Gentlemen are often expected of giving presents   and flowers to the ladies and have a special time together that they called date. This upcoming valentines day, my friends and I thought of us to prepare for a date in the day of hearts. My friend told us that since we are all single, why could we not date ourselves? Why not set for a double date my friend asked. At first we thought that it was a joke, but after a couple of minutes, we considered it and prepared for the day of hearts like every couple there is preparing for the day, well of course what makes us different is that we are all just friends that seek the experience of this magical day. At exactly February 14 me and my friend panic buy at the nearest malls and flower shop. We meet up with our dates and took a ride of the train to SM Mall of Asia. There we spent our time like real couples. Holding hands of each other, taking couple pictures and we even exchange gifts. We also ate at a semi fine dining restaurant like real couples, but unlike any other couple, we got to pay for our own expenses. Because treating dinner was not planned, we paid only 200 pesos for the meal. I honestly thought that our bill would reach 500 pesos each because the food was so many for us 4, but in my surprise, 200 pesos was all we’ve pay each. After dinner, we went to Timezone to play games. It is really costly especially for a person like me who always loses at games. We also look around the mall and wondered around like normal couples. We also hang by the shore at manila bay near the mall. There were a lot of rides located near the bay but we just chose to take pictures of ourselves and the place instead of trying the rides because there are a lot of people in the place and it will took us hours if we waited. That day was so fun because for the first time, we experienced the feeling of having a date on valentines.  I learned that you do not need to meet right away your future girlfriend for valentines, I learned that valentines are also meant for friends

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House blessing

Our friend Ninnabelle recently moved in to their new house in Antipolo. Like any other Catholic families, they had a house blessing ceremony. My friends and I, together with some of her block mates met up in UST at around 11 in the morning. We first ate our brunch at Jollibee and then rode the Light Rail Transit (LRT 2), boarded at Legarda station afterwards. We dropped off at Santolan station and from there, we had a jeepney ride going to Sumulong, Antipolo. Ninna’s house is located inside a private subdivision and has a very peaceful atmosphere. The subdivision offers amenities like a club house with a swimming pool. After seeing the pool, we immediately planned to go for a swim later that afternoon.  We went inside Ninna’s house after touring the subdivision and ate the Spaghetti and Picadillo her mother had prepared for us. We had a little karaoke fun after eating and decided to go out and swim. We swam for about an hour or two. We had a blast swimming, we splashed a lot in the pool, also played different kinds of pool games. Our friend Rodel, brought his Go-Pro camera and used it to shoot some fun videos for his vlog, while Ate Jobeth, one of Ninna’s block mates took a lot of group photos. We payed 100 Php each for the swimming pool but no doubt it was worth it. After all the swimming and photoshoots, we head back to Ninna’s crib and washed up. After washing up, we went outside the subdivision to fetch our friends, Kuya Kelsey and Kuya JM and also bought liquor and more food for the rest of the night. As the night progressed, we had our drinks and fun stories while Ninna and Pau heartily baked us a delicious banana loaf. We drank, ate and sang our way through the whole night. We had fun and some, a little too much fun. Our friend Rodel stayed up the whole night because we needed to leave early the next day for our org, UST Mountaineering Club, who held a seminar about Basic First Aid. The seminar was not easy because we had to learn Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and had to learn many dead lifts and bandage knots. There was a moment during the seminar where they placed Ate Zelica on a mobile stretcher and left her outside the multi-purpose room. The whole program was challenging, there was even a surprise quiz at the end but nonetheless, it was a fun and interesting seminar. Coincidently, that day was my birthday and I treated my fellow block mates to a drinking session at a bar close to UST, Spotlight Bar and Restaurant. The service at spotlight was very kind for they let us use the whole bar for ourselves and they even punched in the karaoke codes for each song for us. It was another fun night with my orgmates and some had a little too much fun again, especially my best friend Miro who enjoyed quite a lot for two nights straight.  

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Last January 13-15 was one of the best outing I had and is the first adventure I had this 2017.  At the amount of 2000 pesos, I had a chance to climb Mt Cinco Picos, Zambales, spent the night at it’s peak and go down to spend another night at Silanguin Cove. Not to mention that I am one of the applicant of the UST Mountaineering club, we applicants are encouraged to participate at every climb there is our organization has to offer.  Mt Cinco Picos being the second mountain that I climbed, makes me even more excited because of what I have experienced at my first climb at Mt Arayat,Pampanga. With just 2000 pesos, all expenses like the bus fair, tour guide, boat, and the access to the mountain are already included. Let me start at the beginning when me and my orgmates meet each other at cubao to ride the bus, we waited for 3 hours because of waiting of our late groupmates. At around 4am, we loaded the bus with our big mountaineering bags and find ourselves a comfortable seat and slept in the 3 hours travel on our way to Zambales. At around 7:40 we arrive at Zambales and took our breakfast at Jollibee. At exactly 8 am we started our trek on the way to the peak of Cinco Picos.  It’s a very long and hot trail and it’s an estimated 6 hours trek to reach the peak. We had a few water breaks and river crossing on our way to the top and a one hour lunch break. The heat was unexplainable and in my opinion unbearable if you are not training. I got so exhausted that I couldn’t sometimes keep up with my groupmates. But I admit that I lack of training that is why I got easily exhausted. Even though the trail is so long and hot, I enjoyed the river crossings and water breaks. We even took our lunch at a water falls where it is shady and far from heat, we also made the waterfalls as our water source, we filled up our bottles with the cold water from the falls and we also took a quick bath to freshen up. After the 6 hours of trekking, we have finally reached the top. Reaching the peak of the mountain is one of the best moment that I have ever felt. I couldn’t exactly explain the joy that I have felt when I reached the top.  Around 4:30 pm or 5 pm at the peak of the mountain, each of the groups pitched their tents and started cooking dinner. There are different org traditions that we have followed when we reached the top like the “socials” where you introduce yourself and each group would perform for entertainment and some traditions are kept secret and are only exclusively for members of the organization. Believe me that I want to tell you everything but some traditions are really kept secret for the sake of exclusivity. I honestly can’t remember exactly what time we slept that night but I remembered that our group leader obliged us to wake up at exactly 7am for us to reach the summit and take pictures of the view. It took us about 10 minutes to reach the summit from the peak. The view in the summit was so beautiful and so windy compared to the peak. We hang around in the summit for like 30 minutes to take pictures and to enjoy the moment.  At around 7:40 am, we started the down trek. Going down the mountain is easier than going up, so we manage to down trek for only 4 hours. Cinco Picos is a recommended place to people who seek adventure, because not only that its summit is so beautiful, but also the foot of the mountain is a wonderful beach. The beach was so peaceful because we are literally the only people that was present in that island. The only access to the beach is either you go there using a boat, or to cross the mountain from the bottom to the top and go to its back. As Mountaineers, we chose to climb the mountain first and traverse to the beach. When we were pitching our tents. We saw 2 boats coming by the shore, and in our surprise, the ones on board was about 20 alumni members of the organization. They unload the boat with water, supplies and of course, food. We spent another night in the beach ,where our group leaders organized traditional games and older batches of the organizations gave us food after pitching our tents. We also sat at a huge bonfire and laugh around with the different stories that we share. It was so fun to meet new people and hear the stories of different generations. We talked about mostly our experiences on mountains and travels. They shared mostly their experiences when they were a young member of the organization. We spend the night at the beach and woke up again to look at the beauty of mother nature once more. We took more pictures, and right before we ride the boat that would take us home, we took a big picture that captured everyone who is present at that day. This picture summarizes where my 2000 pesos took me. It summarizes the fun that I had that day. It summarizes the joy of meeting new friends and making memories with them.