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Ivy




Abby





Cathy




me




Jah




Czel




Tine





Lorraine

Where can a P100 peso bill take you these days?

Island Cove.

For a very affordable and yet memorable trip, go to Island Cove. Here I go again plugging one of a tourist spots in Cavite.



Our plan to have a girl-bonding with my bestfriend had finally paid off. Originally, we have to meet first at SM Bacoor at 12 noon before we'll go to Island Cove. But since the sun's heat deeply penetrates our skin, we decided to stay in a while until can manage to go there.

The "in-a-while-plan" turn to hours. First we ate at Greenwich, updating each other. Went window-shopping while talking, had to stop for a washroom break while talking, ordered fruit juices in Juice Avenue while talking, and walk around the mall while talking.

Janzel ordered 5th avenue combination of fruits like apple, kiwi, pineapple, (forgot the other one) while I ordered Calle Escolta mixture of mango, banana, watermelon and melon. While talking we saw Lyn Ching who's tall, white and pretty strolling along the mall and boy when we looked at each other... we are definitely star-strucked.

At first we are hesitant if we have to go to Island Cove because even if it is already 4:30, it is still way too hot to venture in Kawit considering we have to take an open air bus. Finally we decided at around 5 to go there.

When we reached our destination, we timidly approached the security guard there to ask where should we pay our entrance. He said that we should walk further and ask the front desk. Jah told me that she heard the guard told us " Mam pwede nyo po ipasok yun sasakyan nyo" It kinda embarrassed us because we don't have a car with us and we may need to walk our way through the whole cove.

My plan was to check out the mini-zoo for some exotic animals. The front desk said that the entrance is P100, consumable. After we paid the entrance we happily walked and cross the hanging bridge. It's not very comfortable considering you're wobbling while walking. We went to find the mini zoo but we changed our mind because at 5:30 it is still hot and it looks like there are few people who's interested to watch the animals so we decided to

1. Stroll again
2. Take a bunch of pictures
3. Sing our heart out in Island Songs.

With no further introduction here are our " promising pictures "







Posing talaga sa Island Cove billboard









Will I ever learn how to play chess?




check mate!




Went near the fishing area to strike another pose. As you can see, the sun is setting and yet we were still having fun




This is me while taking a pic of the caption Be Free, Be Daring, Be Gorgeous.
Kamusta naman ang likod.

Our final agenda for the day.. We went for the kill -- to Island Songs and definitely sang our heart out.

We sang our favorite songs for an hour. It's like we have our mini-concert in that room.

Janzel's songs -- If I Believe, Kailan, Paraiso, Complicated, I'm Like A Bird, Don't Dream It's Over and a song that touched my heart --> For You I Will and a lot more.

Irene's songs -- This I Promise You, Love Makes No Promises, If You Asked Me (sing ala Celine Dion) Dying Inside hahaha a lot more , and the finale song for the night that we could relate to --- I Need To Be Next To You by Leigh Nash.





No, we didn't ate all the pizzas. We took it home.






Couldn't help it. We still need to take a pic before we go home.

Salamat Po Island Cove, cause we did enjoy our friendship day! =)

1/21/2007
Sunday
4:00pm
Ivy's house



Flowers today for sisterness... for lip gloss and blue jeans, for staying late to talk, for highscool ways and college days and all the years in between. Flowers for the sisters we grow up with and those that we meet along the way...

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There are women who changed my life because they were mentors
There are women who changed my life because they were friends
There are women who changed my life because they were women....

**quotes from a book

At Gourmet



Fine Dining at Gourmet




Ghirlzh at Ayala A. -- St. James Parish




Seeing Ivy at California Hills

Once upon a time in St. Mark... actually dito lang yan sa Pinas, I met 7 teenagers in 1994. I was 12 years old then and starting my high school life in Cavite School of St. Mark.

Dunno exactly where it started but one day we had a high school recollection way back in October '94 in La Sallette and 8 of these students with different personalities started to became friends.

There was Abygael,Ann Lorraine, Kristine, Janzel, Catherine, Ivy Lorena, Michelle and Irene.

We spend almost everyday hanging out with each other. There are times our personalities clashed with each other but miraculously we stayed together for the longest time.

Highlights of these wonderful moments

1st year

Recollection in La Sallette
The name Campuzh Ghirlzh were born
Fieldtrip in Nayong Pilipino
We went to Star City together with Kristine's family
Start of friendship/partners in the group
Ivy-Czel
Abby-Kristine
Lorraine-Cathy
Irene-Janzel


2nd Year

Kristine left for Australia - despedida in Jolibee Imus 2nd floor
Endless crushes
Endless exhanging of letters
We get to the point of adding another member in the group -- Leonora unfortunately who did not last for a month
Fieldtrip in Botanical Garden
Going to Southmall for the 1st time -- hmm Ivy, Czel, Ja and me

3rd Year

Fieldtrip in Ripleys, Shangri-la
Having a new friend in the group - Gino
Puppy love
BMOCCS - trainee -- Janzel and Ivy
Spending Recess and lunch together
JS prom in Manila Hotel
Leadership Training Seminar in Batangas
Going to Enchanted Kingdom
Communicating with Kristine through voice tapes and letters
Beepers pa ang uso nun!

4th Year

Starting to think on what course we will take in College
Ghirlzh went to UP Diliman to get an entrance exam
Ivy and Janzel becoming officers in CAT
Opening of SM Bacoor infront our school
Me and Abby getting caught escaping the campus
JS Prom in Manila Hotel
Graduation
Having most of my friends getting an honorable distinction


I thought that was the end of the highschool friendship but them come College life. Although we don't see each other often, we still see to it that we have a special gathering at the end of the year.

Happy-nings

Michelle getting married
Ivy getting married
Janzel getting married
Cathy working abroad
First reunion after college - Swimming at Josephines
Kristine coming back to Philippines last Dec 2005 and August 2006
Seeing the kids of our friends - Nica, Marco, Joaquin and Miguel
Having serious relationships
Then theres the endless, emails, text messages and phonecalls.
Of having heart-wrenching problems but getting over it
Dinner at the malls

Theres so much memories. This year, another dear friend will be leaving soon for Canada. I wonder if our Christmas and gimiks would still be the same ( i hope it does), I wish you good luck and i hope though we may be miles away --- my friends lets keep in touch!

Once upon a time in St. Mark... actually dito lang yan sa Pinas, I met not 7 teenagers anymore but 7 good friends I intend to keep.





Singing our heart out in Island Cove




Cathy's birthday celebration