Crossing out one of my bucket list

Time flies so fast and I didn't even noticed how I was inactive here for a few months now. A lot of things are happening on my personal life and though I am still a student, I just feels like I'm being busier day by day. This made me remember what I ought to do before I enter college, and that is to be a normal student who is not too grade conscious and just contented with going to class and have a passing grade.

But things go wayward when I was elected as block president, join our major council and also became part of the freshmen council. Well, the original plan was not really that disregarded since I am really not grade conscious and I'm just an average when it comes to academics but still, I think I'm far from being a normal student right now because of my affiliations with student organizations and council.

Anyway, speaking of organization, here's some of my previous experiences on both my personal and org life which were able to made me cross out one of my bucket list. Ever since, I have always enjoyed the privilege of riding our own vehicle on most of our travel. And most of those travels are with my family. Now that I have grown up and still growing up, maybe it is the sense of independence so I was really meaning to travel to an unfamiliar place for me using only a public transportation, either alone or with friends.

Last July, our student organization was invited on the 9th Marketista Award, hosted by our national organization to recognize the outstanding marketing students and organizations across the country who is affiliated with the Philippine Junior Marketing Association.

It was only a one day event but me and my other three friends and orgmates took that opportunity to have a 3 day staycation as we attend the event. We live in the province, around Central Luzon only and the event was held at Pasay City. Well, it's not too far nor too near but we are unfamiliar with the place and we actually didn't know how to get there but somehow, we managed to do so, and we also made the most out of our 3 days vacation.

The only thing we are certain on our travel is from Point A (our place) to Point B (Cubao). We're not really sure how to go from Cubao to Pasay, but we initially plan to either book grab or go to the MRT station and we did the latter. Through google maps, we saw that the MRT Station is just near the Bus Station so by following the maps and asking people around, we managed to find the MRT station and that help us save a lot of money since the ride from Araneta Center to Taft Avenue costs only 24 pesos each.

After arriving at Taft Avenue Station, we just booked a grab to finally able the accomodation that we managed to book beforehand.

We stayed around Newport City for 3 days. After checking in to our accomodation, we want to maximize our time so we tried looking at the google maps for places that are near our location and since Mall of Asia is just near us, we decided to go there first. Originally, we are already booking a grab since we're not familiar with public transportation in there yet, but just when we're about to book a ride, we saw a jeepney, the airconditioned one, and it has a sign in the from saying MOA, so we went there, asked the driver for his route and turns out, it is really going to MOA and the fare is only 20 pesos each so we were able to save a few sum again since grab ride costs more than 300+.

We first went to the seaside the moment we reached MOA but sadly, just after a few minutes stroll, heavy rain pour out so we weren't really able to took any photos. We just strolled around the mall, had our dinner there, strolled for a bit more before we decided to go back to our place. It was already around 10pm that time and before going to our room, we went to a nearby convenience store first to but coffee, water and some snacks. And that concludes the day 1 of our staycation.

On our second day, it was also the day of the event which is our main agenda in going there. We had a lazy morning before we finally decided to get up and go out for breakfast. We ate at McDonald's just around the neighborhood and then we didn't waste any more time and started preparing for the event already. The event is at 1PM so we rushed on preparing ourselves for the event since we still have to travel for a few minutes to go there. Speaking of travel, luckily, on our first day, we saw that the jeepney where we rode from our place to MOA is also the same route as our event's place so we once again saved a few sum by just riding the jeep instead of booking a ride at grab.

Photos above are from the event. It ends at past 5pm already so we just booked a ride to go back to our place. But before going to our room, we first had snacks at S&R just to past time. We then go back to our room, take turns in taking a shower, had some rest, before we went out again for dinner. On that night, since we're still kind of full, we just decided to stroll around the area first since it was really peaceful in there then we had our dinner at Subway.

That night was also our last night in there so we brought some drinks at a convenience store and decided to chill on our room before finally calling it a night. And that concludes are second day.

For our third and last day, we are actually contemplating to extend our stay there since we feel like we weren't able to make the most of our trip yet but once of us declined so we don't have a choice but to go home that day. But before going home, we decided to visit at least once place that is just around near us.

We then pack our things, took a bath, get ready, and checkout out on our accomodation. Then we go to the bus station wherein there is a destination towards our province. Actually, we just luckily saw that station too on our first day and we rode the jeepney again to go there to asked first what time is the last trip to make sure that we will be able to go home that day before we enjoyed ourselves on a trip nearby.

The driver said that the last trip is until 10pm so we confidently booked a ride knowing that we still have plenty of time. For our final destination, we decided to go Venice Grand Canal Mall at Taguig City since it's just near the bus station too.

We also had our lunch there before we go around to look for a spot to take photos. Look how beautiful the place is, making our trip really worth our while. After we're already contented with our photos, we had coffee at Starbucks first before booking another ride to go back to the bus station. At last, time to go home!

And that concludes our 3 days trip and that really is one of my highlights this year because of the good memories, with good people, trying lots of firsts together.

Thanks for reaching this far and for having interest in reading this 3 days worth of stories of mine. It was nice sharing our experiences and I hope you also had a great time through reading our adventure.

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