The next day, we attended the Convention On Radiation Protection. There were many participants who came from Davao, Zamboanga and Manila, as well as from Cebu. Some were Radiologists, Physicists, Radiologic Technologists and mostly BSRT students. I will not discuss about the convention but my students and I have learned a lot especially on the updates related to the profession. The event ended at around 5 PM after we took our certificates.

Afterwhich, we went to the Pension House to take a nap. At around 9PM we went to Medisense (again?!) where Larry and Michel agreed to bring us to some place where we will have our dinner. Then we went to Manggo Square (again), enjoyed the night dancing (it’s my first time to be in a “real” disco house, as well as some of my students). It was fun and memorable since I was with my students and my friends. Since it was a Saturday night, the place was too crowded that we can barely move our butts..hehehe.

Anyway, we went home around 3 in the morning. then at 10am had our breakfast at Jollibee, went to Medisense after that and my students asked Michel to accompany us to the Taoist Temple but since he was waiting for his boss’s call, he politely turned down the invitation. Because there was a change of plan, we decided to visit the Lapu-Lapu Shrine and buy some souvenir items there.

We ate our lunch at their famous SuToKil (Sugba, Tola and Kilaw) restaurant and then we went home at around 2PM. We then take a nap and at 8 PM we had our dinner at KFC. After that, we once again invade Medisense and bug the people there to accompany us to Manggo Square as some of my students who weren’t able to join us last night.

The plan to go to the disco house was still pushed through Michel, who had a 5AM-flight to Manila the next morning and Larry, who already went back to Bacolod, were not there. We still enjoyed the night but not as fun as the first time. We then went home at around 3 in the morning.

The next day, we went to Ayala Center to have our brunch (breakfast and lunch) at Chowking. Around 1:30 we left Cebu City. We were all worn out and most of us took the liberty to take a nap during the entire 8-hour ride.

It was indeed a memorable trip for me as I happen to meet my close friends whom I haven’t seen for more than 3 years. Seeing them means a lot to me as I was able to relive the happy and unforgettable memories that we have during our college days. A great bonding time with my students is also something I cherished for who knows when we’re going to be this way again. There are other memories that I really cherish during this trip that no words can really describe, so I will just keep it to myself.

I hope you enjoyed reading this 2-part post and have a gist of what went through during our trip…

To start with, we left Kabankalan at around 4:30 in the morning last March 6, 2009. We tried to take some catnaps during the trip since it was a rough 8-hour ride by land plus the fact that all of my students were not able to sleep well the night before the trip due to excitement since most of them will have their “first time” in Cebu.

Around 11 AM we arrived there, ate our lunch at Ayala Center, took  some rides to find a nice place to stay for 3 nights and 4 days. After we have settled all our things, took a hot shower to relieve the “stress” of a day’s tour, we went out and find some place to have our dinner.

At 8:00 PM I texted my friend, Michel, who happens to be my college classmate, and asked him if we could see each other, have some chitchat and updates.  After some text exchanges, my students and I agreed that we will just visit Medisense, a branch of their clinic where he and Larry, also a  friend and a former classmate, work and temporarily stays for the convention.

Their place is just a few blocks away so after about 5 minutes we were already there. I really missed them and I think, the feeling is mutual (lol). I can tell that they are also glad to see me. I introduced my students to them and they did, too, with some of their co-workers who were also there at that time.

What I didn’t really expect is for my students to immediately get along well with my friends, but they did. It was just like they knew them for already quite sometime. Maybe it’s because they see me in them, a fun-to-be-with person, likes to mumble things, find something funny in every little thing… Anyway, Michel, Larry and my students had some drinking sessions, while I just chitchat ( I don’t drink Red Horse..hehehe)…

At past 12 midnight, Michel suggested that we go to Manggo Square, a disco house, and everybody agreed. But when we were already there, my students secretly told me that they were not “ready for the party” yet since they are all tired from and we need to wake up early in the morning for the convention; so I told Michel and Larry about their dillema. At first they were sort of hesitant to “let me go”, they even told me to sent my students “home” while I enjoy the night with them; but of course I can’t do that, they were my responsibilities, so I explained it to them and then they told us to take care on our way back to the Pension House where we were staying.

I’ll just continue this one on my next post as it seems already too long and may even bore you to death (lol)… so stay tuned please…

Related Post: The Memorable Trip Part 2