Hundred Joys to Hundred Islands (Alaminos City, Pangasinan) Our 3rd anniv. celebration too :-)

After a year, finally we decided to have our first team building this year since its also summer and almost all of the other teams at the office are also having their team buildings and of course we don't wanna be left behind!

We actually have a lot of suggestions on where we are going to have our next team building before we all agreed.  But this time it'll be  HUNDRED ISLANDS in Alaminos, Pangasinan

By the way....Here's a glimpse on our last year's team building in Bakasyunan Tanay, Rizal
(Throwback Time Lol :-P)

Pool with the view of mountains

THE EARTH BALL Captured with effect by Kev (son of Maria)

The Mud Slide.. their favorite but definitely not my favorite but I've tried it too and its FUN :)

You can also rent those small houses

Falcons enjoying the pool with nice views at the back

Inside the Our Dormitory Room

Favorite Picture :)
From Left to Right Respectively: That's Eugene,Keenan,Dexter,Ian,Daddy John(the macho pose),Marcus,Bryan,Aki,Kim, Bejie,Mommy Jen,Suzie,Kathy, Maria,Boss Onyx,Me,Shane,Karen,Andy,Mickel, and Aira.
NOT ALL FOLKS ARE STILL W/ THE TEAM

Okay enough of that!! hahaha Lets move on to our next destination.. HUNDRED ISLANDS!! <3

So we all agreed that it'll be in Pangasinan. OM Faith knows the owner of the place the resorts name is ONE SOPHIA and the price is really reasonable she said. We will pay P6,000 for the whole place.

We'll I must admit that I'm so excited since first, Me and Ron haven't been there yet. Second, that place is one of the popular tourist spots in the Philippines :)

Who wouldn't be excited seeing this???


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I actually need  to be absent the night before the team building so I can rest. Good thing I have the "blessing" from boss :-)7am meet up at EGS Marikina Lobby.. A big improvement!! HOORRAAYYY! Most f my team mates are all there!

We took pictures while waiting for the rest...



Kim

        

Ian

No one is really late but Donna came in last w/c arrived w/ a full-packed Luggage. We even throw a joke on her that we will just be in Pangasinan for overnight not in Singapore. :)

 Left picture: Suzie, Donna, and Shane (guess what the common factor.. Its their printed leggings Lol :-P)   

Right picture is our pretty treasurer ANDY. Thanks Andy for taking care of the team's funds



So everyone is here. We fill in the van and go!

Boss and Papu (husband of boss) sat infront, at their back there's Joseph (husband of Maria) Maria, Yssa, and Arvi (husband of Yssa)then at the middle Its Ron, Me, Suzie, And Kim. At the back its Ian, Bry, Kathy,Andy,Bejie,Ana,Donna and Shane.

The sky is kinda dark when we are on NLEX  and there's actually a drizzling rain on our way. 

 It became a bit boring inside the van because "Pipoy" the driver of the van (not his real name but thats what we used to call him since he is bald and fat) is playing old music like it was already Sunday. It made us all sleepy!!!

The folks at the back seat didn't mind it they were so noisy and very happy. They were laughing like there's no tommorrow haha!!



the backseatters

It was very fast passing through NLEX and we are already in Pangasinan so we had our 1st stop over (Yosi, Pee, Picture Taking, etc.)

Our Van

Maria (the Babaylan of the team)



Ian( in blue) , Bry ( in red),Yssa (holding the monopod, Me (beside Yssa the curly one), Ana (behind me wearing the white shirt And Maria (wearing shades)



Ron, Papu, Bejie, Otep, Bryan and Ian Respectively

Then we proceed w/ travelling again,the sky is still dark and it starts raining. I had the feeling that it takes longer when we are in Pangasinan looking for the place rather than exiting from Manila to Pangasinan. So I slept hehe. Most of us actually slept because knowing that going to Pangasinan really took 7-8 hr right?

 

We had our 2nd stop over near the market since we are already near the place..We were fetch by manong Jerry the owner of the resort and he is very nice and so hospitable same as his wife :).  We bought cake for the team since I promised that I'll buy one since its our 3rd anniversarry celeb too. Yssa and her husband also bought a cake because they just had their wedding.We did marketing too for the food that we have to cook during our stay there but I stayed inside the van since im so tired.

Pictures while on road:

                   

We finally arrived at 2pm and its still raining.. So if you'll sum it up we had 7hr travel time.
We of course checked the whole place luckily boss announced that the other house are exclusively for mag JOWA haha luckily I have Ron w/ me so we have our own bed the other bed is for Yssa and Arvy then the master's bedroom is for papu and boss.. The other Pals stayed on the nipa houses w/c are nice too. The place is just humble, no AC but the air is fresh.. its cold and relaxing.





Our Room

Of course we took our late lunch we really have long travel time and its really expected naman.. We had adobo and siomai and cake for desert.

DAY 1 ACTIVITIES:

So after eating we go to the beach and have some fun. It was just behind the resort.
Then after that we had our first activity which bring so much fun. Good thing rain has stopped.

1st Game:
KAYAKING RACE

 

TEAM 1: Shane,Kathy,Boss, Suzie,Yssa and Andy 

TEAM 2: Me,Maria,Ana,Arvy Donna and Kim

 

We've rented two kayak for 100 php per kayak for 1 hr. but the owner will really not get it from you if you go over an hour, we just stopped and return it since we have another game to play.

We divided the team to two groups but not all joined. Bejie, Otep, and Ron stayed at the resort. They started the drinking sesh while cooking for our next food.

Its my first time to do kayaking but I did great haha! It was so fun!! I enjoy it a lot to the point that I just want to cruise using that kayak because the beach is just shallow no waves but I'm still afraid to go far since I don't know how to swim.

I hate to say this pero andadaya nila hindi tuloy sila nanalo against us BWAHAHAHA!!

 

2nd Game:

ILONG RANGER

(Most no. of cottonballs got by the team using their nose w/ gel will be the winner)






In Action :-D

 

 

Unfortunately even if we had Suzie and Yssa as our  groupmate we didnt won against the noses of the other team. They have Donna & Kathy hahaha peace y'all :-P

**Our group is the winner for kayak race but we did group reshuffle an we are the looser for the ilong ranger game.




3RD GAME:
ICE ICE BABY 
(each members needs to melt an ice cube as quick as possible while rubbing it using their hands)
Not sure who's the winner since I did't join this game.





After that,we rest then eat again then drink.

Very lucky since there's videoke and its also included on our payment for unlimited use (its the darling of the crowd every drinking sesh hehe)

All of the team members actually joined the drinking session but of course as expected not all are drunkard.
So the strong fellas left are actually same faces every team building : Me,Ron, Bej, Maria,Otep and Shane who always cleans up the mess after drinking session everytime. Good job Shane :)

Ok Ok! Lasing na kame!! hahaha

 

DAY 2 ACTIVITIES

I woke up too early I don't know why, I even thought that we might woke up late and wont be able to join the island hopping since we finished drinking like 2 am . I still have hangover but I was relieved by the coffee and chicken soup.  Good thing my team mates that didn't drink last night was awake already and eating breakfast too.

After breakfast,everybody is getting ready for the much awaited Island hopping. They said they will really count if its hundred islands out there (good luck guys!)

From the resort where we stay,you will not even think that there's a big group of islands and islets that creates a beautiful scenery hidding somewhere there. It surprises me when the boat was heading left because it starts showing islets scattered and I've never seen numerous islets scattered around the sea like that. Now I guess I know why its really one of the famous tourist spot in the Philippines :-) You can only see that kind of view in Pangasinan, Yes! only in Pangasinan.

 Its raining while we are cruising the sea its a good thing is that waves are not that strong since it is surrounded by islands compared of what me and ron experienced when we went to Puerto Galera in Mindoro.I'm still a bit nervous but what I did is to just enjoy the view and try to take some pictures even if its raining.

There are 123 islands covering 1,844 hectares but not all of them are accessible .  Only Four Island was fully developed for tourism: The Governor's Island, Children's Island, Quezon Island and Marcos Island.We saw a turtle shaped island and its really called Turtle Island, Burger Island and a lot more..

First Island: GOVERNORS ISLAND-

 

Here, you can reach the highest peek where in you can enjoy the view of the islands from the top. It was just so tiring going upstairs you need to have strong legs and knees

 

You will see a rest house and they called it PBB house because this is where Gerald and Kim Chiu was brought during the PBB days. I believe you can also rent that house if you want to stay in the island.

After Governor's Island, we are about to approach Marcos Island but the rain became stronger so we need to stop on a small island because our guide can't see anything (zero visibility).

I'm not sure whats the name of that small island but there is a Lion statue standing there. We stayed there for a while while waiting for the rain to subside.The water is pristine and sand is white and fine. We started to swim and I enjoy swimming since I'm wearing a life jacket I felt like I can really swim Lol! Unfortunately we cant take picture using Cameron (name of our DSLR) since it raining. Good thing we have our the action cam tha'ts on a waterproof case but we used it for taking videos only.

Another Island that we saw is the Quezon Island but we didn't go there anymore but what I saw is there's a lot of flags, nipa houses and a zipline and they said the big wall figure of Alaminos, Pangasinan is on that island unfortunately it should be one of the things that we shouldn't missed to capture but we did :-(

Last destination is the Marcos Island. This is where we stayed for a long time.. This is where we had a chance to really enjoy the beach. We eat and swim there. The water is so clear we can see fishes and corals underneath ...it was just very enticing..

And you know whats their favorite?? Its the Imelda's cave (the name of the cave was named after the first lady Imelda Marcos since the island is called Marcos Island)  There's actually a trail going up to the cave but its just so short because you need to be on top for you to see it. It was very surprising. The cave itself is really amazing. The combination of the Marcos Island and Imelda's cave is the most unforgettable!!! You can jump from the ceiling of the cave because its open down to the water but I'm afraid to jump since Ron is not w/ me but the rest of the guys (my team mates) did jumped off but they are wearing life jacket of course for safety.

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I was not able to take some pictures unfortunately but this is how Imelda's cave exactly look like. I even saw bats on the ceiling of the cave. It was really my first time to see such view and I was just speechless. Then there's small passage that will lead you to the exit of the cave leading you back to the beach. Kim was able to jump off the cave who is just small (smaller than me)so I really regret not jumping off huhuhu.

 

KIM

 

This is the only picture that we had since its a bit raining and our dlsr is not waterproof hehe. The guys also enjoy diving and watching the view underwater good thing Donna have her goggles so all of us were able to borrow and use it to see the underwater. It was tiring but all of us  have smiles on our faces while heading back to the resort.

Overall, its a wonderful experience exploring Hundred Islands #wondersoftheworld. We may not able to explore all the islands but what we've experienced and seen is enough for us to really say that it's a  Rap! Its worth the visit! Its a long travel from Manila but its really worth it :-)

Our Last picture before going home...

Each of us contributed P1,500/head we do it in 3 payouts and we are all 17.
We rented the resort for just P6,000 its include the bangka that we used for the Island hopping and the Videoke for unlimited use. And the rest of the budget was spent for the prizes for the games,drinks and foods.

PERO ETO TALAGA PANG FINALE.. HUMABOL... Hahahaha
 

PIPOY'S thoughts LoL :-P