vacation lalala

it has been nothing short of a blast doing nothing with baby haha how illogical is that. probably a side effect of too much sun, chlorine and pinoy offerings on the island of cebu.

the beach wasn't much to scream about but its exclusivity and locale was really perfect to chill and suspend all thoughts. it was a much needed respite after 10 weeks of a gruelling term (and more to come).

it's our 2nd time away together but the difference is we are so much more attune to each other, reading our mutual moods, needs and tastes. it feels like we're married, in a good way of course, this coming from a divorcee haha. anyway i know how safe and loved being with her. we got all kinds of stares from locals and tourists but i think it wasn't so much our pairing but her supermodel stature and my pai-kia genderbender. was sirred quite often so that must be something.

we had great laze by beach/pool time, chucked out for shopping and meals, complete with the crash indoors with cable and room service. 5 days of really being lazy. great couple-time catch up without  the distractions of work/online/annoying little things. she wants to bring me to an exclusive villa next bd and i'm sure it'll be even better in appreciating each other's quirks and loving each other more for them. haha i am well-rested and ready to face another tsunami of prelims. but first a great guzzle of grog!


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the purty courtyard bath with pebble-stoned path, or as baby says, 'pretty to look at, painful to get to for a shower.' haha. but we were so glad to be bumped up from a garden to poolside delux with much bigger square-area. good times.

Most memorable moments, beside baby’s ecstasy in dissovering krespy kremes where she was asked also at starbucks if she were a model (an angle i was plotting to exploit for endorsement freebies haha), we had the most horrendous ride back from cebu city involving an incarnation of homer simpson burping every mile over ill-constructed roads. It made me wonder where one could procure such an off-road sedan taking abuse at every turn on the bumpiest ride from hell. He had taken a short cut to avoid the peak traffic only to be stuck behind a massive jam which was inevitably caused by a bona fide pagan-catholic procession. So well we ultimately got a true holiday native experience unintentionally. Am just glad to be back to consumable tap water, working wifi and people who don’t try to swindle you every turn. But to the hotel’s credit, they are by far the nicest service peeps I’ve ever encountered on my travels to third world throwbacks.

 

pinoy fare -- where everything taste and look the same, like the salt of cebu and countless street urchins

oh and who can forget our couple's massage at a dodgy spa where she had the masseuse the strength of a gnat while i had something close to a baby elephant literally kneeling on my kidneys! haha omgg at some point i wanted her to alert my next of kin should i fall completely unconscious from the abuse. but i do feel like my body has gone through a thorough cleansing and my skin rejuvenated. so i guess i'm more or less ready for the world! rawr


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