Showing posts with label fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fun. Show all posts

6.11.12

Trick or Treat?


Halloween has just been recently adopted in my country probably because we don’t have pumpkins around which is by far the most famous symbol of the event.
Three years ago, my childhood friends and I decided to hold a costume party for Halloween just for the sake of fun. We didn’t expect that it might become an annual celebration since it was merely a random idea. Turned out, we’ve been having this party three years in a row.
Our theme for this year's party was “Trick or Treat.” All of us were basically dressed in scary attires in line with the theme. Here’s an idea of how the party goes. A notification is very important to gather us around resulting to the preparation of the invitation which is posted online. The decorations are never forgotten, of course. The orange and black color scheme does the trick. Fake cobwebs, plastic skeletons, and paper bats are staple ornaments creating a spooky effect. A background music adds up more spice – just a few horror movie soundtrack on repeat and we’re good to go. To make sure all of us have something to eat, every person coming should bring a dish as a contribution, in other words, potluck.  A Halloween themed food would be desirable but not compulsory. What’s required though is the costume. There is a “No Costume, No Entry” policy for our party. This is actually for everybody to have fun and to be fair and square to those who’ve made effort with their costumes. Thriller by Michael Jackson is perfect as a spooky dance music, that’s why we made it as the dance theme song for this year’s party. After the eating and picture-taking, we prepare parlor games for everyone to enjoy, like the mummy wrap game. It takes a lot of effort to don the costumes, so we make sure to give a humble prize to the spookiest person before we all bid farewell for the night.
After the party, all of us went home with smiles on our faces and a memory to live by as all of us enjoyed our Halloween celebration in a fun and spooky fashion. 

Checking the vitals
Tomb stone sandwiches
Apple and mallows as smiling mouths
Cookie spiders
Mummified hotdogs
The creepy visitors
Having fun with the parlor games
Injecting Joker
The doctor is in
Bloody everybody
Zombiefied

20.11.11

Surigao: Gana karadjao

Had a blast of a week at Surigao with my friends from Dumsville. Spent a whole week by the sea where the waves are just around the corner. For the first two days and nights we headed first to Siargao, we stayed at Jadestar Lodging in General Luna where the accommodation was comfortable and the meals are indubitably satisfying to the mouth and stomach. We visited the world famous surf spot, Cloud 9, but none of us dared to conquer it yet, we just savored the view of the waves at the tower. We met local kids who approached us and offered to teach us to surf, we were a little apprehensive but when we saw them surf, wow those kids can really ride waves. At the spot for beginners, Jackin' Horse, we tried our luck and ended up just paddling around.
On the third day, we were on our way to Lanuza via Socorro and Cantilan. We stayed at Mami's Surf Haus for the entire time we were at Lanuza. The guys of AFrame Surf Company were staying there too and we had the privilege to borrow their surfboards and longboards. We felt at home right away in this small town, the place is so clean and the people are friendly. Our "suki" every meals was the Bamboo Haus, the food is yummy and affordable. In front of the town's boulevard is a stretch of surf spots: Poctoy, Dawis, and Castor. These spots are where the annual surfing competitions are held. We tried the waves at Poctoy and luckily we were able to ride some. Another awesome place we visited was also a haven for surfers, Punta Left. The place is remote and beautiful and offers good waves for surfers.
We had so much fun for the whole trip and definitely going back there.

Siargao








Lanuza