January 3rd - Rappelling, Caving and River Rafting with Friends

Candy told me last night that we’re going rafting again. I thought it was her belated Innocent’s Day Joke since the news was really unbelievable. The rafting experience cost too much and there’s no way I could produce that certain amount of money. So I thought of taking a rest the whole day since we had island hopping yesterday and I only had 3 hours of sleep on the boat. I was really tired then. So, she texted me to call her on the phone. So when I got home, I called her immediately. She told me that it's really true. It’s not only river rafting, they also planned to go rappelling and caving. It’s a one-day activity. However, my mom told me to rest the whole day since we’re going to the cemetery to celebrate my Dad’s birthday. She knows that I was really tired yesterday and I didn’t have enough sleep last night.

1 hour later, my mom went out for work. So I thought of going out without asking permission. So my friends and I met at Dunkin. Shark brought with him his other friend and Yagi’s older sister. Goodness!!! These people are Rafting Addicts!!! But whatever!!! I’m also an addict (if only it would cost 20 pesos, I’ll do that everyday) :D Levon and Bert weren’t able to come. They still have work in Cebu. And also Cyrus, he needs to go to Manila. Same thing for Yagi, he’s in Davao at that time. Oh well!! Ishii and Ian were with us. Same with Candy, Shark, Alvie and Joseph, they were there. And of course me! I was there too.

So, nine of us went trekking together with our guides. It was 20 minutes far. The Guide took us to Cave de Oro. Then, then they gave us some instruction on how to rappel. The cave was 90 feet high. And we need to go down in the cave only with a rope. Grrrr… I haven’t tried rappelling. You see… I have fear on heights. I always thought of quitting and go back to where the jeepney took us. So what I did, I was observing what my friends did while they were rappelling... And I also keep on asking the Guide on how to rappel. I also asked her what was the worst case that happened in rappelling. She said it was totally safe. But, I wasn’t convinced at all. Oh no!!! It’s my turn now. Candy keeps on telling me on what to do, same with the Guide. While I was rappelling, I was enjoying it. I never thought it was easy. Physics explains everything. I wasn’t that scared because I was not looking down. I was facing the wall. So, it feels like I’m almost finished but actually I wasn’t. Then weeeee!!! It was a Success!!! I made it!

When everyone did his turn, we went inside the cave. We had these helmets with flashlights in it. We really looked cool with that headgear. The Cave was totally dark. It was really amazing. Though, that was not the first cave that I’ve been to but that was the biggest cave I’ve ever seen. Afterwards, there’s this part on the cave that we need to jump. It was 10 feet deep. I was worried since I don’t know how to swim. Though there were lots of guides, but the cave was totally dark. We only had few flashlights. We didn’t even wear life jackets with us. But thank goodness!!! The guide put a rope on the ladder so that we can hold on the rope and go to the safer place. The last part of the cave was to go inside a short tunnel-like under the water. It was scary. I don’t know what to do. But then I did it well (I think). Weeeeeheeeeee!!! Mission Accomplished!!!

After Caving, we went trekking again then ate lunch near the AirPort. After we ate lunch, we went to the RIVER AGAIN!!!! Wohoooo!!! OK. Same thing before, NOT JUMPING from the bridge was the BEST OPTION for me!!! However, Shark paid the whole adventure. He will be disappointed if I wouldn’t do it. Soo… I was really worried again… Ian, Ishiii and ate Lot2x (Shark’s friend) were the first Batch to jump. Same with me, they were also scared. Particularly, ate Lot. She feels like quitting. After the guide counted from 1-3, everyone jumped!!! Weeeheee!!! They really had fun!!! Oh no! It’s my turn to jump. Sh*t!!! The second batch was Candy, Ate Anne (Yagi’s Sister) and Me. Shark was teasing the three of us. He even told me that my knees were shaking. Grrrr… Then the Guide counted up to 3, then I jumped. After I stepped out from the railing, I wasn’t scared. I was having fun!!! The scariest part was when you look down from the bridge. As I’ve said before, it was two floors tall. And whenever you look down, you feel like the river is eating you. But whatever!! I did it! And the funniest part was, I was the only one who jumped among the three of us. Woohoooo!!! I made it!!! So all of us jumped. Uhmmm… wait… Joseph didn’t jumped!!! Waaaaaaaaa!!! Sooo Gay!!! Lols! Yeah! Whatever!!! But I understand… some people just can’t face their fears. And I’m so proud that I made it!

OK! Here we go!! the Actual rafting starts!!! Me, Ian and Candy were in the same raft. Shark, Ate Lot and Joseph were in the same Raft. Ate Anne, Ishii and Alvie were also in the same raft. The first raft to flip was Shark’s group. It did flip in the 2nd rapid. As usual!!! Lols! And as Usuall! He got two scratches in his left feet. So overall, he got a total of 4 scratches. I wasn’t able to see how they flipped. I only saw their Guide taking Shark back to the raft. (hihihihihi) The guide really had a hard time pulling him in. Our raft didn’t flipped but our guide fell down from our raft because he was wearing this yellow paddle in his two hands that he can’t hold on the raft. I didn’t even notice that he fell down. So, that’s it. I already told the guide, Manong Loloy, that we want to flip in the 7th rapid. I was really expecting to flip. And Guess what! We did flip! It was really fun. Candy didn’t expect that! But I was expecting it. And I did swear that if the raft wouldn’t flip, I’d be the one to flip. LOL. I really need to flip the raft to make the whole adventure complete! The last time, I really regret that it didn’t flip. And I’ll make sure that it wont happen again. After the 7th rapid, Candy and Ian took the yellow body board. I was alone in the raft with the guide. But, I was enjoying watching them going to the rapids with the yellow body board. Then ate Anne and Joseph attempted to jump from the big Rock. Ate Anne did already jumped! And were waiting for Joseph to jump also. But, he didn’t! Goodness!!! He’s really Gay!!! (Peace seph!) So the two rafts (including ours) didn’t wait for Joseph. I also tried the yellow body board. I was really having fun specially when we went through the rapids. The guide assured the other guides that he could take care of me since I’m lightweight. Hayyy… I’m on my way to the finish line. Same as before, I always get to the finish line first. So, I did wait for them. Try to go back to our raft so we could get pictures. However, ate Lot’s camera was already memory full.

It’s almost 6. Then, I need to go to my Dad’s place. So I asked the guide to take me to Oro Garden’s. Then, they took me there. So, when I got there, good thing that my family was still there. Then after I ate a piece of pizza, we had our prayers. Then went home. Before that, my mom asked me where I came from. So I told her that I went rappelling and caving with my friends. And she scolded me because I didn’t ask for permission. But whatever!!! I had fun! It was extremely FUN!!