Mich has finally submitted her letter of resignation today.

I'm devastated. *sigh*

Although I knew it was going to happen sooner or later (since Jay-Ar is in Malaysia), I was hoping it was later rather than sooner... I don't want her to go, three weeks after Irene's last day at Sun Life.

Two of my closest friends at the office...leaving.

Anyway... Mich, Irene, SP and I went to Corregidor last Sunday-Monday. Louie and Apple were supposed to join us, but Louie was called to HK and Apple was, well, she was Apple so she flaked out at the last minute...again. But it's okay Apple, we forgive you.

Not much to do in Corregidor, or rather, we didn't do much. :P The heat was just unbearable! I wouldn't recommend going there in the summer, perhaps December-January is better. We did enjoy the tour though, and we took lots and lots of pictures. But by the end of the tour, we were just so fed up of the heat that when we got to the air-conditioned hotel room, we didn't want to come out.



We tried to go swimming but the pool was being cleaned and the beach just wasn't appealing to us... so we just wandered around, passing through the different buildings, and said a short prayer in the chapel we passed.

Afterwards, we headed out during the early evening on our own (we didn't join the tour anymore). We walked to the recreation area, it was already getting dark and the area was so quiet it was a bit creepy. But no one dared mention any ghosts or spirits...we still had an entire night to spend in the island. :)

We had a nice dinner of grilled chicken and pork, with Mich, Ayin and I taking turns at the videoke machine. We played billiards afterwards and headed back to the hotel.

Mich and I didn't get much sleep,just not used to the place I guess. My overactive imagination of ghosts and whatevers didn't help either. I was just glad I had my Ipod and my Heroes episodes to keep me company... or else I would have gone insane. I did manage to get some sleep in the early morning.

Our Monday activities consisted of a scheduled full-body massage. I love getting massages, and this was a good way to unwind after a tiring day. Since we couldn't take a bath after the massage, we couldn't go swimming, we couldn't go out (because it was hot!) so we just stayed in the room, talked about stuff and took more pictures. :)

When we got back to Harbor Square, Mich and I went up to the second floor to watch the sun set and then we all cooled down with a drink at Starbucks. My Corregidor trip was fun, and at least I got to spend time with my three friends who will all be leaving this April. I wish them all the best, and hopefully we'll see each other again soon. :)

I'm leaving for Bora again in a few hours...I just can't wait!

I owe myself this vacation... consider it my gift to myself for passing my Oracle certification. :)

Yes, I passed... as Mich would call it, 'miraculously' passed... hehe. I'm not sad or anything, I studied well for that exam, and even though I had difficulty with it, I know that it wasn't because of luck that I passed, I know and I understand the concepts I took. I might have been unfamiliar with some, but considering that I don't have that much exposure to it, I think I did pretty well.

So now, I have a right to sign my name with an OCA at the end, hehehe.

I definitely need a vacation, and a 6 days, 5 nights stint at Boracay with my relatives is just what I need. I brought a book, my Ipod (loaded with gigabytes of songs and videos), playing cards, and was even tempted to bring a Scrabble board. I plan to just lounge around, listen to my Ipod, and just bask in the glory of doing (and thinking) about nothing.

Then, when I get back to Manila on Monday, I have to prepare myself for Irene's turnover of the PAM-HK project. Hopefully, I'll be out of vacation mode by then. :p