crane

lookin back on summer ‘05 brought me into the fastlane memories. twas the best summer i ever had so far in my entire life. ive been to many different places, ive meet new friends, have travelled with the best travel buddy ive had so far, created lots of wonderful memories, taken so many pictures, had the best tann ever without getting a nasty sunburn- to sum it up. my best of the best summer i had.

but things to change and indeed, change is the only constant in this world. some friends do come and go leaving only their footprints in your personal memory street. memories are the only thing you can keep from friends who have gone to their own road. but no matter what, i was so glad to have met all of them and shared so much fun with them for the specific time being. well, who knows, all our roads my once again cross in a diofferent time and place and bring back the old times- reminisce!

all haved moved on, and so i must. and so i continue to live. met new friends along the way, and gained more acquaintances. being a friendly creature as i am, i never had difficulties gaining new friends. friends in the gym, school, courts, and in some travels.

and so, the recent summer has just ended. my summer’06 was also a blast, but i cannot compare it with the previous year or so, i must say i refuse to comapre it. i myt just end in vain…

once again, as a personal practice, i have travelled to some places. but the greatest difference this summer had from my previous was that, i travelled most with my family, meeting new relatives and visiting some relatives.

but my summer would never be complete without dropping by boracay, my personal summer paradise. in such an instantaneous decision, i booked myself for a 6day solo boracay escapde the day right before my departure. yes, i was alone. once again, the lone traveller side of me has kicked in. after getting hold of my tickets and my travel voucher for my favorite hotel resort in boracay, i went home to pack my essentials for the next day’s trip back to paradise. i cant just but help but reminisce of my previous summer in bora. how can i not? i have this 24R sized picture framed and hanged on my wall with my travel mate and other new found friends with wide grins on our faces posing for a foto while holding varieties of cocktails in our hands? whew! then i started to hesitate going on with my trip, for the reason that i myt just get bored there for 6days and for the thought that i myt just kip on threading to places ive been with and had the most fun with mu travel mate from the previous year. but then, as i said, i too must move on. and so i was done packing but i cant take my mind still from the memories of the past year’s bora escapade. and so i hurriedly dressed up and headed to meet friends to unwind and shake off from reminiscing.

terminal five seemed so vacant and dull. there were only few travellers yet. and so i lit a dunhill menthol light and started reading my robin cook’s THE VECTOR. not long then, travellers came flooding in and we were boarded on the fleet that took us to caticlan. everybody in the plane were either with their families or with group of friends, and i was the only one travelling alone on board. however, i had some groups from the travel agancy that i had, and i managed to converse with them when we were coastered to the port. and they were all 1st timers, and it seemed that im the only frequent bora goer in the group. so they started inquiring to me and thats how i befreinded the mother and son dou who just came back from the states after 19yrs.

the weather was somehow fair, but not sunny as i expected it to be. the boat ride was quite. and my room was so huge for just myself. i unpacked my things and hurriedly went to the beach to grab sum cocktails. the hotel i was with was one of the hotels i was with from the previous year with my travel mate.

"sex on the beach"- my favorite afternoon cocktail in bora was just what i needed that time, so i ordered a couple of servings and i finished the whole afternoon with the cocktail, my book, and sticks of dunhill. and so i called it a night, headed back to the hotel, ran a cold shower and watched tv.

getting bored, i decided to take a walk along the beach adn head to the ultimate party place in bora- the club paraw. but on my way, i bumped into the dou i was with from the plane, and there i had a company. the night went on lightly but fun.

the following day, my new buddy and i booked ourselves for an island hop while his mom planned to go shopping the whole day. the island hop wa perfect as ever. silent flat sea, great and awesome sun, prestine cool emerald waters, and the lunch was such a meal! there i met another lone traveller fr manila, she wasnt feeling good that time and it obviously reflected on here pale lips and dizzy eyes. i started talking to her until back in the boat. i introduced her to my other buddy, and so our dou became a trio. for the rest of the day, the three of us became inseparables while on the trip. then we dicied to hangout again for a beach party later that night.

i met up first with the lady friend and had dinner together since we both dont have company while the other dude had dinner with his mom. but not long then, we all gathered at the hey jude bar, and there the trio further became a quartet when another american lone traveller dude got into our group while the three of us were watching an NBA match right at the bar. the night went on with so much fun at club paraw with our red horses and pitchers of the amazing |BLUES CLUES coccktail- a very potent concuction of 7alcoholoic beverages. the lady, being not a drinker stood up unintoxicated while i and the rest of the guys lost ourselves to the alcohols and been walking wubbly back to our places, but before reaching our crossroads to our separate hotels, we still managed to hang out back at hey jude bamboo lounges. there we finally lost touched with our concious minds and we all doze of right there. but the lady so up and right, was busy taking pictures of our ugly drunken sleepoing faces. good thing she was able to awaken us after having rested for a while at the bamboo lounges and so we all headed to our separate resorts.

the following day the two other guys has to leave the paradise, and so we decided to have lunch together before their departure times. memories built and was ended too soopn, but never the less, twas worth the fun. and the quartet was so short lived and it became a dou once again- me and the lady. i spent the rest of my stay with the lady and we had a blast. we share same adventures, views in life and  kinds of thrill that we go for. we shopped together, we dine together, we went back island hopping together, beach partied together, shopped more, ate more, taken more pictures and partied together. so much fun fun fun under the sun.

further more, i realized that i am indeed an island boy, island boy as i am since i hailed from another paradise- the CAMIGUIN ISLAND. to add more adjectives, i am a SEA-SAND-SUN GUY! yeah i am dark skinned but ive never been afraid of the sun, infact i love getting a better tann during the summers of course with the aid of moisturizing lotion, sunblock and tanning oil to carefully regulate the sun to give me a nice summer tone- the golden brown tann that only beachlovers could appreciate. whoa!

i have ended my 6day bora summer escapade but i still manage to communicate with my new found friends from time to time but much more with the lady friend i met in bora since were the only once left here in the country.

i never expected it to be this fun though..

take it from me, never hold back. move on as soon as u can. only then can u realize that u can be happy once again, because holding on or holding back would just keep u rooted in the past and thus u will fail to appreciate that fun right under ur nose at the current time.

just like in any relationships, it hurts bad to loose the one u cared most. but it is most hurting to see them having moved on too soon and with ease while u r still lamenting from ur broken relationship. would u be happy this way by holding on? i suppose not. kick ur ass up and have our feet back on the ground, hold ur head up, smile and move on. learn from ur mistakes and failures but never hold back nor be afraid to love again.

u fail, get upo and love more.

only then can life be more beautiful and worth living……