My Exotic Tagaytay Experience. 04/01/2011

    

At my back is the view of Taal volcano at Josephine's

I was half-ready for the Tagaytay capriccios because I was dripping wet yet wildly excited for the trip. I want you to imagine this: It was one hot summer afternoon, one that could make sticky sweats all over your body with just sitting around the corner and would encourage you to brag about a tan line or your sunburnt skin. While you traverse on that road always travelled by tourist, there is that cold misty feel as the breeze touches your skin despite that aggressive rays of the sun. Nice, isn't it? That's how I can describe the wonderful trip we had heading to Tagaytay!!!

Tawilis

We went to this fancy restaurant and had sumptuous seafood lunch/dinner. I am not a seafood person but I honestly enjoyed the food. (Except for that oyster with spinach toppings though. LOL!) We stayed at Josephine's for an hour or so and then looked for a coffee shop where we can chill ourselves more over a cold frappuccino. That is what you call a TORTUROUS day! 

We waited until night and then got ready for home. 

But to add extra fun to that overly fun day which is I guess the biggest event of all, was when they ate BALUT and had ('forced' would be a more appropriate word. LOL!) me share with them that "delicious" gross, i mean, food (?!).. I am no sucker for exotic foods really.. I haven't eaten balut ever and I don't even like the taste of that liquid with vinegar inside the egg. OMG. So again this sweet blackmail went off abruptly, just like the not-going-to-Tagaytay-unless-we-ride-on-that-SPACE -SHUTTLE sorta thing. Mama Mia!!! So then I took the challenge or else we won't be going home anytime soon. We were at the dark side of this Buko Pie store. About few minutes, I took a bite of I think the yellow part. Then another few more minutes was on that other hard part, I dunno what that was. Then the biggest and hardest challenge was to eat that soft, tiny chick about few days old. OMG, that's abortion! LOL! It took me more than 3 attempts to chew it but I can't so what I did was just swallow it without chewing that I almost choked and puked with teary eyes. OMG! I would never ever try that again. That hurt my big, sensitive tummy! LOL! So I just had to sleep my way back home which ended up my contacts to stuck in between my eyelids, I thought I lost it. (Again.) Arrghh..

I will reiterate what I said before. I really don't know if I can say I am fortunate or unfortunate to have friends as adventurous as them. But I would never have tried all of those without them pressuring me. LOL! So I should say the BIGGEST thanks to them still. :D