Interpreting Poetry and Yay for Extra Joss!

Today, I was still having this mysterious headache that I seemed to have brought all the way from Nasugbu. I have several theories on what caused this and here are a few:
  1. I was just super tired with all the swimming I did. I guess I lost some of the conditioning I gained after I stopped swimming for a while.
  2. My neck muscles got the brunt of my heads-up breaststroke when I swam to the “payong-payong” rock formation and the soreness is creeping to my head.
  3. I missed my hypertension medication Pritor last Saturday.
  4. I ate something REALLY bad.
  5. My sinus got congested from the swimming.
I suppose it’s one of the above, a combination of the above, or all of the above. Whatever it was, heck, it only took a satchet of Extra Joss (original flavor) to make it disappear! And not only that, the sore right shoulder I had seemed to go away with it too! Hmmm.

TM District Convention is fast approaching on May 1 at Tagaytay. But I won’t be going due to a prior commitment. Speaking of Toastmasters, my speech last Thursday (Apr17) on Interpreting Poetry in the Interpretive Reading manual went smoothly.

It wasn’t as good as I expected though. Reading the speech material just makes me less animated, I suppose.

To see all my Toastmasters Speeches online click on here!



A Private Resthouse at Nasugbu, Batangas

With little planning, the officemates (basically, just some) went to a private resthouse by the beach at Nasugbu, Batangas.

I cannot remember the last time I was at Nasugbu, but I’m sure it’s one of those company outings (AMD?, Moto?) in the distant past. Those company outings were in big private beaches that were reserved for a day.

This is the first time for me to go to a private beach resthouse. It’s so private that it is inaccessible by land.

Consultation with a Rheumatologist

I was at the rheumatologist today after being referred by the company doctor. This is for the right hip discomfort that I've been feeling for several months now.

I was number 5 in the queue but it seemed like eternity. I estimated each patient was in the doctor's room for 15 to 20 minutes!

Manila Zoo

It was 2001 since we last visited the zoo. Renz wasn't around yet at that time. And so DH had this idea of going there again for Renz's turn.

I'm glad we went there early. There was ample space and I even managed to park under the tree shade.

Well, the usual regulars were there: elephant, zebras, tiger, etc. It's a lot nicer now at the Kinder Zoo coz they've got more animals to touch and even hold.

Plus, the Kinder Zoo didn't have the annoying ambulent vendors selling ice cream and toys. At the main zoo these vendors seemed to outnumber the animals! Paging Mayor Alfredo Lim!

In general though, we had a fun time. Renz and Dada could've ridden an ostrich hadn't they both chickened out. I kinda' look like Kuya Kim in some pics!










We left before lunch and the parking area was full by that time. Thank goodness for the parking attendants who directed the vehicles going in and out.

We had lunch at Jollibee (where else?) at Harrison Plaza. I don't think I've been to that place since college days and it has changed. We bought some books at Booksale and some videos.



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Aguila Resort - Back to Anilao, Batangas

The last time I was at Anilao was 3 years ago with my officemates and it was around during this time of the year. This was at the Vistamar Beach Resort. It was very very memorable because for the first time, I learned how to confidently tread water. It wasn't the eggbeater kick. It was a frog kick - but still treading just the same.

I suppose learning to tread water is a huge milestone for a REAL swimmer's life. Practically, beginning swimmers learn to swim first before learning to tread water.

Medz Resort

Like I promised the kids, we'll be enjoying swimming this summer and today we went to Medz Resort or is that Med's? We've already gone to Blumen Resort several weeks ago.

Right across Blumen is the Medz Resort which they said is better though more expensive - Php100 compared to Blumen's Php80. But if you ask me, both have their strong points.

Blumen is really for the serious swimmer who'd want to swim laps in their nice lap pool. Medz is for the "let's play horsey-horsey" non-swimmers which of course outnumber real swimmers.

It's got slides and falls and fancy stuff. The area also seems bigger.