RETREAT~!

We've been here!

           I think, one of the most memorable events in my life is the recent retreat. It opened my eyes to endless possibilities, great serenity and made me reminisce those wonderful and colorful memories since elementary. Alongside with great mentors, we executed a bunch of team-building activities, such as "Making a Machine", 'The Grip-the-Finger Game", and the "Fit a Whole Barangay in One Newspaper". I really had a great time with my friends, and acquaintances. Later that day, we ate our lunches and dinners along with everybody, and that hit me hardly in the head because it's my first time to see all of the 4th-year Students eating together, laughing, under a roof. The night approached and tinted the whole place black. After resting a little bit, we went on the place's session hall, where we sang and worshiped God. After all those singing, we were asked to do an activity--an activity I think everybody is waiting for--the confessions. Since I am not that desperate to display my publicity on the web, I shall not share even a tiny bit of those who confessed to me and those I confessed to. Later that enriching activity, we were told that it's already late in the evening and its time to take some power nap. Personally speaking, I did not sleep for the reason of I can't sleep. I think I slept a little bit outside our designated rooms. What I did in our rooms was to chat, eat and rest a little bit. I said to myself, "This is going to be fun!", when my close friends, Meg, Joon, and Caoilate decided to go to the canteen to buy some friggin' snacks. It was about 3 in the morning, so everything was painted all black. T The only reason I joined them because I thought they were going to the creepy Gazebo. But before the goosebumping experience of ours, we really had a fun time, I and Caoilate, because both of us are very observant in grammar, pronunciations and spellings. The situation was like this, Caoilate tried to buy some coffee with a hundred-peso bill when the clerk promptly said " Ay wala man miy SHENZ!"

          I really tried to hold back my mouth from laughing so we just looked at each other where we laughed sarcastically in our minds. The clerk was trying to say, "Ay!, wala kaming change", or in English, "We have no change!". But Filipinos, as very forgetful at times, tend to mispronounce words in English. After laughing our asses off in the canteen, we decide to go to the friggin' gazebo, so it looked like this:

       So as you can see, this gazebo is strategically located on a very wonderful scenery, and here, we witnessed a very unforgettable moment which sent my nerves into a jump. Joon, Meg, Caoilate and I, were in the gazebo. Joon were sightseeing if he can see a thing in the pitch-black forest, while Caoilate, Meg and I, were just sitting there, because of the chilly winds. Suddenly, Joon broke the peace because he said he saw a priest, in the woods. The priest's clothes were glowing, Joon firmly said. Knowing that there is a Missionary in the other mountain, I felt creeped. So, being a runaway rat, I quickly ran into the path while covering my ears until I finally found myself in our designated rooms. We told them what happened but they all laughed. Dawn is imminent, repainting the skies with vermilion paint. We quickly went again to the damned Gazebo and I was dumbfounded when I saw the "priest" was only a piece of cloth, hanged in wires for drying. OK. The next activities were like a bit of cliche already, but still we enjoyed and learned something from it. I, myself, was blessed by the ambiance the place and I really felt reborn again, into a new, and a more clean individual.