I love my job, almost.

My job sometimes permit me to go places I've never been to, and yes it's free. Just recently we travelled to the province of Isabela (part of Region 2) for a product special event. A mascot having his(?) 2nd birthday bash, yes a mascot, a whale, a purple whale mascot. Take note its already his secondth, he was also baptized, he has godparents, and also celebrated his 1st birthday, yes it's true... but it's an effective way of marketing the product and attracting clients as well.


Getting there was an endless road trip. Good thing i'm just a back seat passenger this time, didn't volunteer to drive because i know its going to be a long trip, didn't sleep though, dyahe sa mga kasama sa car, especially to the driver who is also my job counterpart. Our road trip began in San Fernando City, La union wherein the our mascot also had his birthday bash the night before. Previous birthdays was also held in Metro Manila, Baguio and in Dagupan City. What a lucky mascot, all in all he's going to celebrate 23 times in all of other parts of the country, talo si Kuya Germs month long lang ang kanyang birthday celebration sa tv. :) Going back with the trip, we had a quick lunch stop in Urdaneta City, at our house, our food of course, was prepared by my wife and our house cook. Preparing for a group of 11 pips is a big task and fortunately they handled it well, we had the sumptuous lutong bahay meal ever. Not knowing, our next food stop will be 4 and a half hours after.

Pancit bagabag (kinda like the pancit hab-hab in Lucban, Quezon, nothing fancy), siomai, fresh baked buko pie and buko juice, was our next meal, this time the group was already somewhere in Nueva Viscaya, 2 hours drive more to Isabela. Suddenly I am now tired of looking at the mountains, I am now having a... haay when will this road end feeling. That needed break was a re-charger. Their version of buko pie was different from the buko pies of Laguna, it's thinner, smaller, but creamier and a lot tastier. It's somehow their specialty in that part of the region, a must try, pwedeng pam-pasalubong. Look for the G&B brand.

Finally, after almost 10 hours of road trip we reached our destination, Villa Diana Hotel & Cafe in Cordon, Isabela (you can check out their blogspot also). Along the way, we were thinking of having a dip in their swimming pool, to relax after that very long trip, but to our surprise, they don't have it yet! Under construction pa lang :( A hotel staff told us that what they have a river creek at the back of the hotel, which we can enjoy, upon checking the next morning, it was not inviting at all... murky waters, kiti-kiti, buwaya (joke!) etc. Yes, we're all tired (who's not?) Time to doze off after a bottle of San Mig light and a refreshing shower. Another birthday bash awaits the group the following day, pahinga muna.

Nairaos din, another successful birthday bash for the mascot. Kudos to the group, the next birthday schedule was in Lucena City in Quezon. Di na kami kasali dun, bahala na ibang grupo...

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