“Fieldtrip? Really? Are you even sure?” Those were my
thoughts the time that I heard those rumors about the fieldtrip. I felt so
excited then because I never experienced a ‘real’ fieldtrip ever in my whole
life.
“Who doesn’t have yet?” That’s Mayas when he was
distributing the parental consents. And, yes, the fieldtrip wasn’t a rumor
anymore! It’s real!
November 11, 2011 which is 11-11-11 is the fieldtrip date!
Oh yes! We left Bailen at around 4:30 am because we should be at school by 5:00
am or 5:30 am. After an hour of waiting, we left the school at around 6:30 am.
On our way to our first stop, we met our tour guide Kuya/Ate Noel and our
driver Kuya Gilbert whom we referred to as our ‘coach captain.’ Afterwards,
Kuya/Ate Noel told us the rules and regulations during the trip then told some
facts about our healthy-about-everything province. I think he’s so smart. I
mean like really smart! (I hope you just know how I exaggerate these words.)
He’s like a knows-all kind of person! He also taught us how to greet our
teachers in a very nice way like, “Good morning, Ma’am/Sir *insert name here*!
God bless you!” And he also taught us a nice way in answering “Now you know!”
Know what? It’s “Aha!” With some flirty accent.
I wasn’t feeling well on our trip to our first IT (itinerary)
as our tour guide calls it. I ate some snacks, like Wia’s Stick-O which we
almost ate the whole pack, but it’s no use. So, I just checked my mp3 and… OMG!
Its battery is empty! Fail! So I just slept to get my mind off the not-so-good
feeling I have.
At last! We reached our first destination! Nido Fortified
Science Discovery Center (SDC) at Mall of Asia (MoA). It took us some time to
get inside SDC but it’s worth the wait! It’s so cool inside! All the stations,
the facilities and those that were assigned in each facility are so nice! It’s
just that, we need more time inside to enjoy each and every facility! Actually,
we didn’t have the chance to enjoy the iPlay iLearn station. But on top of it
all, it’s fun! Before we had our trip to our next itinerary, we ate lunch in
our bus, bus #6, at 10:30 am; and went back to MoA for some
time-wasting-but-fun-filled activity, like mall-ing for a few minutes. We just
went to the comfort room, comic alley and some other stalls during that spare
time. Of course we didn’t forget about taking some pictures.
Next stop: Myth of the Human Body. But wait! There are these
bus scenes! We had a sing along trip on our way to our next IT. Janelle, Ryiel,
Shane, Ricky, Krisha, Migs, Jaffet, and Mayas sang! I think it’s Janelle and
Ryiel’s first time to sing in public. I never heard them sang, well not during
that fieldtrip.
It was already 12:30pm when we reached Myth of the Human
Body. You know what? It’s so hot to wait in the middle of the crowd. Seriously.
Good thing it didn’t take too long for the first batch to finish watching the
short film presented by Myth of the Human Body’s staff. When we got in, it’s
still hot. Good thing there are some electric fans inside which reached us a
bit. The video is cool! But the last part is somewhat shocking. Never mind.
After the movie presentation, we went in to explore the ‘museum’ part. The sad
thing about it: WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE ANY PICTURES OF THOSE AWESOME WORKS
OF ART. So I just enjoyed the I-forgot-how-many storey building full of
awesome, real body figures. Good thing we had the chance to take some pictures
at the end, it’s like their ‘souvenir photo booth’ area. By the way, all of
them were complaining about the smell inside but I didn’t smell anything. Cool!
On our way to Kulturang Pinoy, our last stop before mall-ing
again. We had a game in the bus during the trip. In this game we are to pass
the ball to the person next to us and if the ball stops at you, you are going
to do a dare! And I’m so lucky (sarcasm) that the ball stopped at me. The dare
was I should spell my name using my butt. SIMPLE! The ball rolled again, now it
stopped at Arisa. The dare was to sing Super Bass by Nicki Minaj, so she did.
At 2:30 pm we’re already at Kulturang Pinoy. It took us,
again, some time to get in. By the time we get in, there is like a feast.
There’s a band some entertainers and emcees. They got a representative from
each year level to give a ‘banat.’ And
I just hate it. Our bus is so kill joy. Well, it takes a lot of courage to go
in front of a crowd anyway. After the festivity, I thought it’s already over,
but no! It’s just the first part. So we went to the next station, there they
needed some dancers. For the boys, they just had those that joined the ‘banat’ contest. For the girls, no one
wants to join in our batch, so I stood. I don’t have any choice; but we need
three. After me, Grace and Tets stood. There, we’re complete. We went inside the ‘dressing room’ to put on
some costumes. After dancing, it’s such a shame! Anyway, I can’t do anything
more. It’s already over. So I just have to carry it on. But there’s someone who
should be more ashamed than us. Francis! He was caught asleep by the video
camera! And that gave everyone loud laughs! We’re so mean. Anyway, we went to
the next stop after that. We went to a ‘bahay
kubo.’ That house was full of native stuffs like the hat that’s made of
yeah. I forgot. Some clay jars and a very native exterior design. Another photo
shoot area for us is the Aguinaldo Shrine replicate inside the area. But we
just had a short time there then we already went at our next stop where another
multimedia presentation was showed. It was a letter made by an old priest. It’s
like a letter of an old parent to his child who doesn’t even care about him.
It’s heart-warming. Actually, it can even make someone cry. Sadly that was our
last stop at Kulturang Pinoy. After that we went to MoA, again!
We reached MoA at 4:00 pm and we went to the comfort room
right away. After that, we separated ways. I went to comic alley with Joseph,
Jerleth and Marcell. Then we left Joseph. Jerleth and Marcell went to Ace
Hardware after going with me to my best friend. Kuya Justin, Maru and I looked
for Wia but she is nowhere to be found. So we just stopped after a very long
walk. Kuya Justin went home at around 5:00 pm because he needs to be home
early. Maru went to the bowling center while I walked alone to find some
classmates. Luckily, I found Nica, Ian and Joar. We went to the skating rink to
find some classmates but they were busy skating. We had long walks but ended up
at the skating rink. After that, we left Ian at the skating rink because he was
busy watching those skaters. We went to find Wia, Shane, Janelle, Joseph and
Grace at Kenny Rogers. After finding them, Joar and Nica went somewhere I don’t
know then I stayed and ate with the five of them. Then Jerleth arrived. She
also ate with us. Throughout the meal, Janelle was, as always, monologue-ing.
After that we walked around MoA. We went to Power Mac and some other stalls. And
we promised to each other that we’ll see each other at college in front of Halo
at 7:08 pm where we had a lot of drama. After the long wait there for Janelle,
we went to Bread Talk to buy, of course, bread. On our way to Comic Alley, we
met Miggy. We, again, toured around MoA. Actually, we planned to go to the
other side of the road but it’s already raining a little so we did not pursue
the plan. We just went to Comic Alley, which is the real plan. There Miggy
treated us, me and Joseph. Then we went to the meeting place. We’re shocked
that Janelle, Shane, Wia, Jerleth, and Grace are not yet at the meeting place.
We thought they went there before us. Good thing they arrived a little bit
early like a few seconds before we went to our bus.
On our way home, I wrote everything that
happened in a little piece of paper that had been my check list in writing this.
I just made some sightseeing and slept a little during the trip home. It was
very tiring but it’s all worth it.
