Life of The Dee Em: High School Classmates Invading Dumaguete City (Part 1)

Welcome to Dumaguete City... Again!

It was another normal day when one of my old classmates from high school told that they will visit Dumaguete City on Friday. That was still last week, November 23, 2012. Friday came and I was still up in the wee hours of the morning banging my computer keyboards to meet some deadlines on my online job when they texted me that they already arrived in the city. I quickly shut down my laptop and hopped in my motorcycle and went to the pier. I saw them walking towards my former boarding house since it was near the pier. Anyhow, I only counted three classmates, all female. I was actually expecting five. They told me that the two had to cancel because of work and other ‘relevant’ stuff.

Humble Breakfast First

We headed first at the Tiangge (Market) to eat puto (rice cakes) and drink sekwate (native chocolate). There's nothing special about this because it's supposed to be a humble breakfast. :)

Exotic Breakfast Time

After we left their bags in my new boarding house/apartment, our first stop in their second visit in Dumaguete City was to eat horse meat and utok sa baboy (pork brains) for breakfast at JP’s! They were hesitant at first, but decided to go with the experience. And you know what? They loved it! One of them preferred the horse meat, while the others pork brains. I was even much happier since I was the one who finished all of the food. Free meals are always happy meals!

City Parade and Zip Lining

I for one know that I have a fear of heights, but I think I’m slowly overcoming it. It was already Saturday afternoon. I woke up so late around 3pm when I promised my friends that I would pick them up from the pier around lunch time since they went to the mysterious island of Siquijor the day before that.

Anyhow, I met them at the market where they were about to ride the jeepney going to where Tierra Alta is, although I forgot the name of the barangay. So Lyra and I rode my motorcycle while Jireh and Yayet (those are my classmates’ names by the way) rode the jeepney.

When we arrived at the top of the mountain resort, we handed out 200 pesos to the man in charge of the zip lining. This was the only time I spent money since they literally spent everything for me during the whole duration of their stay.

We hopped in the mini jeepney to the zip lining tower and I decided that I will ride in tandem with anyone, preferable someone small. So I chose Yayet naturally. It was my first time and I thought it was scary, but it was actually magical and awesome. The fact that you felt like flying, seeing those tiny trees hundreds of feet below waving at you – metaphorically – was something you don’t get to experience every day.

The ride was actually quick that it left me feel ‘hanging’ (unintentional pun there). After that, we went inside the resort and climbed the top of their lighthouse to enjoy the rest of the view of the mountains. Then took our last shots near the swimming pool and all four of us hopped in again to my small poor motorcycle (seriously, it was not easy maintaining four people riding around Dumaguete City for an entire weekend).

The Peryahan (Carnival)!

Since it was nearing the city fiesta, I made sure that I can bring my classmates to the ‘peryahan’. They practically paid for everything for me so I actually enjoyed that nigh even though I was really low in budget. Thanks guys!

We rode a total of 4 rides: 2 ferris wheels, 1 circle train thingy, and the octopus. This is the only carnival I know who offers deadly ferris wheel rides since the roller coaster is not scary enough to be a ‘WAOH!’ factor. But the best ride for that night was the Octopus! My partner for that ride was Lyra, since Yayet was mostly my partner that night and the zip lining the afternoon before that. It was a ride ‘for’ your life! And if you are easily dizzied, I suggest against it. Again, ferris wheels in Dumaguete City is deadly fun!

Chill Out Night

I was about to bring them to my home town in Bais City but decided against because I had to catch up for some deadlines on my online job which I don’t want to talk about. But my friends, who were real friends for that matter, decided to clean my whole room while they wait for me finish my assignments. I mean, who doesn’t want free room service? My room was transformed in less than two hours with the magic of a girl’s touch – in my case girls’ touches.

We ended our night chilling with my friends here in Dumaguete City, specifically at Escano beach wall, listening to reggae music at the nearby Tiki Bar.

Then we headed home and slept to wake up early the next day to visit Lake Balinsasayao!

We’ll continue with our adventure next time. So stay tuned in!

Enjoy these few pictures while I write part 2! (I learned a new word by the way: Keribells!)