Munting Buhangin

There is a beautiful beach in Munting Buhangin, Nasugbu, Batangas. We went there for a day trip last Holy Week. Nasugbu is a good two hour drive from Manila and when we got there we took a short boat ride to get to the white sand beach a few minutes away.

It was a great day spent with family.



Bonding

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swimming...

jumping...



And posing for pictures to upload

It is always a good idea to commune with nature once in a while.

It gave me a good perspective on life while floating in the sea. Feeling the cold beneath the water and the scorching sun above. I saw myself as a small part of the entire cosmos. One solitary individual swimming in a sea at the same time with a million people at that very moment.

And we set sail home as the sun had set...



The boat ride P1,500, the resort entrance P200 each, the sun block P600, the henna tattoo P200, the bonding with the family priceless.

PALs 40

PALs 40 in Manila just concluded on Labor day at the Eurotel Hotel.

This was the first time we adopted the new schedule of 9 am to 7 pm daily. We used to have the first day schedule from 6pm to 12 midnight and 9 to 9 for Saturday and Sunday. This is better schedule for most of the people.

This was a very unique batch. We had 3 blind students, 3 SGV Partners, 1 GM for Rajah, 2 from Meteor Travel, 5 teenagers, 1 school principal, 1 executive director of Vista Land and 1 Vet. A diverse group indeed.

It was a lot of fun and learning from the different personalities. It was heartening to watch the blind being cared for by their batchmates. Their guides left them to fend for themselves not like the other blind students who had their guides with them.

The Chief of Staff was Venz Salvador and they had the theme of summer at the beach with the help of Mikey, Glendale, Pia and Jet.

The next Chief is Jet Chua and the next schedule is on July 15 to 17.

Have a great life!

PALs Teens 11

We just finished doing PALs Teens batch 11 in Cebu last month. It was a great batch of young leaders who were all full of promise. Most of the teens are residents of Cebu and then there were those that came all the way from Cagayan de Oro.

It was held at the Parklane and the other PALs teens graduates dropped by to meet the new students and share what they learned. It is amazing how fast the teens grow and mature. It is always refreshing to see the old and the new merging into one. We are sure that they will grow to be responsible leaders in the future.





The Chief of Staff of Batch 11 was Jaemar Abangan. Having staffed a couple of seminars before Jaemar took on the challenge of leading the teen staffers.

The teens were so happy with the outcome that they wanted to organize another before the summer ends. So we held a meeting and decided to do another one. The next schedule for PALs for Teens will be on May 20 to 22 and the next Chief will be Dane Acusar.