A story of sunburn.
The following happened from February 25 to 27, 2005.Day 1
12:02 am - Yellow Creature packs her bags.
7:30 am - Starbucks picks up a grumpy Yellow Creature.
8:00 am - Starbucks and Yellow Creature pick up Peanut.
9:16 am - The Fearsome Threesome stop for coffee and groceries at Petron South Super Highway.
9:25 am - Yellow Creature realizes that she has forgotten to bring sunblock.
1 Coppertone SPF 25 = approx. Php 350.00
100ml Sunsilk shampoo = Php 62.00
1 bag of Onion Rings = Php 56.00
"Marami akong mane!" = Priceless
10:30 am - Traffic finally clears up at Sta. Rosa Exit.
10:25 am - The first "Welcome to Vistamar" signage is seen.
11:00 am - The trio reach Star Tollway at 90 kph.
11:16 am - Another "Welcome to Vistamar" signage is seen.
11:25 am - Another "Welcome to Vistamar" signage is seen.
11:36 am - A bigger "Welcome to Vistamar" signage is seen.
11:45 am - Another "Welcome to Vistamar" signage is seen.
12:00 nn - After about 50 "Welcome to Vistamar" signages, the trio arrive in Vistamar, Anilao, Mabini, Batangas.
12:15 pm - The trio are assigned to Room 256. They realize that the ground floor rooms with the beachfront view is better.
12:30 pm - The trio move to Room 128.
1:00 pm - Expensive lunch at Vistamar.
2:00 pm - The trio head for the beach. They realize that the sea floor is littered with seaweeds.
4:00 pm - The trio decide to take their dinner someplace else. They head for another resort called Dive Solana.
5:00 pm - After a kilometer of paved mountain road and another kilometer of very dirt road, the trio arrive at Dive Solana resort and find out that the resort is fully booked and can not accommodate them for dinner.
6:15 pm - Dinner at Vistamar.
7:00 pm - Bumming at the beach. Yellow Creature works on her sketchpad, Starbucks reads a psychology book, Peanut dozes off while reading How to Buy Stocks.
9:00 pm - Lights off.
Day 2
7:00 am - The trio prepare for the boat ride to Sepoc Island.
9:00 am - The boat "Bicol Express" shoves off from Vistamar.
9:35 am - Soaked to the skin, the trio reach Sepoc Island.
10:00 am - Starbucks and Peanut go snorkeling while Yellow Creature tries to learn to swim, getting scrapes on her knees in the process.
12:15 pm - Lunch. Yellow Creature steals white sand to bring home to her boss.
2:30 pm - The trio head back to the water.
3:00 pm - The boatman pulls the trio out of the water by warning of strong waves on the journey back to Vistamar.
3:30 pm - The Bicol Express put-puts off Sepoc Island.
3:47 pm - Soaked to the bones, the trio reach Vistamar.
5:00 pm - Freshly showered, the trio watch the sun set on the beach.
6:16 pm - Expensive dinner.
10:00 pm - Exhausted, the trio hit the sack.
Day 3
5:00 am - Starbucks wakes up to see the sunrise. She sees that it's still dark out.
5:45 am - The trio go out of their room to catch the sunrise.
6:05 am - The trio realize that they won't exactly see the sunrise because the mountain is obscuring the view.
6:30 am - Yellow Creature goes back to pseudo-sleep, while Peanut and Starbucks go kayaking.
8:00 am - Expensive breakfast.
8:15 am - The waiter tells Yellow Creature that the kitchen's out of bacon. Yellow Creature asks for ham.
8:30 am - The waiter tells Yellow Creature that the kitchen's out of ham. Starbucks tells him to replace it with whatever meat is available.
8:35 am - The food arrives. Yellow Creature settles for corned beef.
9:30 am - The trio watch the Brady Bunch Movie on HBO.
10:30 am - The trio settle their accounts.
11:15 am - The trio have finally settled their accounts.
11:30 am - The trio leave Vistamar and start looking for Banay-Banay Restaurant.
1:00 pm - The trio reach Laguna without seeing Banay-Banay Restaurant.
2:00 pm - Lunch at the new Shell Station in South Super Highway.
3:00 pm - Starbucks and Yellow Creature drop Peanut off at her house.
4:00 pm - Yellow Creature arrives home. Her name is now Black Creature.
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