not-so-holy week

Went home for the Holy Week last Thursday. And the most "holy" thing I did for the occasion was visit the Immaculate Conception Basilica in Batangas City. Err. Actually, that was the only thing vaguely holy that I did all weekend.

Bah. I never was one for religious festivities anyway. Whatever.

Went to the beach with the Kapisanan yesterday for the traditional Sabado de Gloria outing. As usual, we went to A. Santos Resort in Nonong Kasto, Lemery. And as usual, the CR was stinky as hell and the water even murkier than my conscience. It was one of those trips that was fun only by virtue of the company you are in--my old young friends in this matter.

I was able to spend some time with some of my Chikito Boys--those guys [mostly cousins and some friends] who helped me with the summer league a couple years before and whom I used to buy Chikito cracker nuts, hence the name. Gee, they've all grown up so fast. Whereas before
all that was on their mind was basketball, basketball and basketball, now I find them worrying about girlfriends, having flings and other such kahitaran stuff. Haha.

Some of us never got any sleep due to the lack of places to sleep so we had to make do with coffee, conversations and the occasional walks. Which, I must say, turned out quite fun anyway. Macky, Loura, Jervis, Jessica, Puti and I walked along the coastline sometime before daybreak. It was so peaceful and beautiful in the moonlight--you couldn't see the trash, seaweeds, and coarse sand. I so enjoyed that.

To think I wasn't even planning to go in the first place. Bonens told Tita Ed just a couple hours or so before the trip that she wanted to go and so I was automatically given the choice to go too if I wanted too. Upon learning that Kat and Fe would also be there, I decided to join in as well since it's pretty rare that we could all get together. And after that, the rest is history.