Tuesday, December 20, 2011

HLGG Christmas Party at Caisip Compound

After being heard from a friend that the hidden paradise of Calatagan has been closed to the public and bought by SMDC. I think of other places in Calatagan where I can hang out. A friend suggest me a resort which also a white sand beach, Caisip compound which also in Calatagan. I went to the place to find out if its really good. Well the place is good, a good place for relaxing when you want to go out in the haze and noise of the city even for a while. Then I suggest this placed for our HLGG Christmas party. 

Most of us has an office work until Saturday so i decided our Itinerary will be 6 PM Saturday and everyone has agree. December 3 is the date at 5:30-6 PM meet-up at SM megamall, we should leave at 6 so that we can enjoy our dinner in Mahogany market for a hot bulalo. We leave 6 PM in Megamall and my group came late in Mahogany market where group of madz and darwin were waiting for us.


We ate in one of the carinderia in mahogany market which we enjoyed  the hot and delicious beef bulalo. Except for Karen and Jet, sorry guys, I didn't know that you're not joking when you told me that you and you're sister didn't eat beef.  They ate other meal but I hope they enjoyed. 

During Social at Caisip (Photo by Madz Crisostomo)

Past 9 PM after eating our dinner we headed to Calatagan, its still almost two hour trip from Tagaytay. We arrived in Calatagan proper past 10:30 PM and at Caisip almost 11 PM. We started to pitch our tent. some started to bonding. After piching tent the socials and exchange gift begins, each of us started to introduced with a butt spell of our nickname. You cannot get you're gift if you don't spell your nick using your butt. Nice bonding for each of us during socials and most of us has its own struggle in our own life. The word for the night which is came from my cousin and first time he joined in our group was "Sakto lang." it was came when he tell his story.  past 3 AM in the morning I call it lights out so that still we have sleep for a couple of hours to enjoy the morning breeze.

December 4, 2011
Patintero Game (Photo by Madz Crisostomo)

We enjoy the morning, the ambiance of the place, the tide is low which even you walk a hundred meters from the shore it still a knee deep water. All of us has almost the same age and I remember wen I was young every time me and my family go to the beach, we played patintero. So I ask them if they would like to play patintero, As I said were most of us are in the same age and maybe they also missed that game. We played patintero, group 1 will be me, grace, jet, glen and jeff, group 2 will be Karen, Darwin, Romwell, Vernz and Herbert. We played as like we were back in our age that we were young like were playing on the streets. Its almost lunch when we finish played patintero.

I pick-up our lunch in the Market, my friend cook for us which is Sinigang na hipon and Inihaw na Liempo. Each of us enjoyed our lunch. To enjoy much bonding of the group, we began to play "Pinoy Henyo" and  after that is "Charade".  We both enjoy the game which all of us showed our talent in guessing. Past 6 PM when we leave Caisip Compound and going back to manila. Till the next HLGG Activity guys. 

Entrance of Caisip Compound

As I started my blog


I'm a member of this blogging site since march 2010, a year and a half ago but only this day I will start my blog. So this is it. well let me introduced my self first. I'm Ivan De Castro an IT in profession. I like to do outdoor activities like mountain hiking,climbing rappelling, rock climbing and beach camp. I also organized outreach climb and outdoor activities. See you in the mountain guys. "Remember what peace there maybe in silence"