@ The Palms

Who says summer is over in June? or July?. . or December? Here in my little universe called Ascertain Bliss, there's only one season_ s-u-mm-e-r!!!. .all year round.



So,  to continue my summer in the middle of stormy June, off to the Palms Country Club in Alabang, which is tucked  just minutes away from where I live.




I dragged along a girlfriend who is mother of five children and badly needed a break from a frenzy home and whose birthday fell on the same week. Happy birthday Neth!




. . and  my daughter who was off from school that day and looked like already she had spent cramming the whole first sem when it just had started. tsk.tsk., this super hardworking student needed to unwind too just like the rest of us.




Excited for a yoga class, I quickly changed into my favorite stretch outfit, only to find out that the class was
not available at that hour.

Instead we spent the early hours of the day food tripping at Cafe Asiana_ see here and here.




If it's not you're first time in this blog, you must know by now, my  unending love about summer, particularly being under the sun. It balances the long hours of the day I spend daily inside the roof of my home attending to the needs of my family. The sun energizes me and ofcourse the whole world.

The sun must have been aware of my endearment towards him and made me felt the feeling was mutual. Cos on this particular rainy, almost stormy day, he let me enjoy hours in the pool with him peeking lightly from the cloudy sky.

The Palms has 3 pools sitting side by side. A lap pool, above photo is the adult pool and at the back of it is the kiddie pool.




Naturally we stayed in the kiddie pool which is dangerously at 3 feet,hahaha!!!

See,  swimming pictorial is much better in a shallow kiddie pool, hahaha!

Until the sun could no longer hold himself up, he had to hide already, and the rains poured heavy. But by then we had enough fun at the pool and proceeded to relax at the club's jacuzzi, see here.




It was a perfect summer day in June at the Palms. :)

Fresh as Today

Latest Bliss : a cove with white sand, pristine sea and green air. . .paradise ! ! !

Watch out for this cove entry _ next next post ! ! !

ATV Around the Island

Grande Island was huge. We tried to walk hike around the whole island but with my lazy cuzin' who hated walking the most, it was negatively possible.


Then we saw a lot of guests driving around with ATV (all terrain vehicle), a trike in our language. The kids got excited again.


We went back to the frontdesk to avail the rides. It was P100 per 15 minutes and charging per additional minutes there after. All safe even to kids. Again, we signed waivers.

looking for Marla? sorry, she missed this, she opted to stay in the room indulging the wifi

The ATV was easy-peasy. Even those who never drove any vehicle all their lives could manage these cute trikes. Ignore the other controls. Just focus on the accelerator and the hand break. In short, it was all go, stop and directions. . period.

can you spot us ?

Like pros, we were about to drove up the hill but had to turn around. We got the wrong way. hahaha!

lots of pretty flowers around

We were able to see some of the activity stations we missed on the first day. Like the souvenir shop, the function hall buildings/hotels, obstacle course and others. Yet, there were roads not passable by the ATV. These were the rugged road to Chiquitita Island and the Canyon Road. The latter, I was able to hike by foot. See coming post.

the obstacle course by the beach

the souvenir shop. goods too expensive for me. I didn't buy anything:D

even passed by our frontbeach chalet

the front office building

Then it was time to return our trikes. So soon. We enjoyed them so much. Best part in the island.


We walked to our next choice of island activity. See next post :D

Goin' Bananas

There's a resort that offers pure nature and serenity, where one can indulge and linger to its natural beauty and just be easy -lazy the whole day and night. And there's a resort that is busy, crowded, and energy pulsating. You can't help but jump too!!
The latter kind is what we landed on last weekend at Grande Island Resort.
On our second day at the resort (?). . where's the first day ? Photos are not in this comp, so I'll post about them later, ok :D


So about the 2nd day_ kids didn't sleep the whole first night woke up so early. Bianx and Kyla were excited about the banana boat ! This gonna be their first time to ride one. We thought at 9 and 10, they were ready. Besides, we saw their b boats here, they were small enough for the kids.




The kids pushed us to run with them to the banana boat station. Already there was a long queue of guests waiting for the station to open.

Meanwhile the kids had no choice but to enjoy the water while waiting. Until the station opened.
Us ? We knew what to do :D

can't smile; holding breath to tuck my bulges in

Alas ! The kids jumped out with delight. Our chance came !


Parents had to sign a waiver for the kids. A boat rides min/max of 5. J chose not to join and stayed behind the lens.

Ready !

All set ! !



Go o o o o ! ! !

Thumbs up ! ! ! ! !

a taste of summer

aaaahhh . . . . summer !!!
a taste of clear blue sky, prestine blue sea,
summer is nature !

come , enjoy the scorching sun with me
watch out for 2010 summer getaway/ destination posts
next :D

ps :

while i'm out frolicking in a furnace of fun and nature, with a promise to share a post or four or more this summer, you can refer to my archives of summer getaway destinations for your own barkada/family trip this summer. my archive list on the upper left of my home page and click a place of your choice.
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hope to share some fun with you :D