Bakklaang Dignity
We had our retreat in Hacienda Gracia, Lubao, Pampanga. The place is so cool and nice. There is a swimming pool, huts (where we eat), a cold conference room, dormitories, lots of rest rooms, hectars of land and very delicious food (breakfast, snacks, lunch, snacks and dinner). I love the place! The sessions we had are really mememorable. Some of my classmates cried, but me, no!
In one particular session, we affirmed each other. We’ve got to talk to all of our classmates. And yes, after that session, we were all tired, tired to talking. My jaws were aching! Try this: talk to 40 people with only a minute rest for every person. For sure, your jaws will be like lead after doing that. We also had this session where we made a sentence out of our favorite letters. And the sentence reads as: Mga bakklaang Dignity, solid, astig, lufet ever! (Bakla in the sense of being happy always.)
We were allowed to go swimming at night. No, I don’t know how to swim but I enjoyed it. On the second night, we were like swim-all-you-can. Lol. Some of my classmates were swimming until midnight. And our facilitators have to remove our morning praise so we can rest. My classmates are like bats! Lol! They don’t want to sleep! I was so tired that I’ve got to sleep. And yes, we were texting each other in the middle of the night! Lol! Cellphones are not allowed hu? Hehe. And most of my male classmates were all in the girls’ room. Lol. I also went there numerous times. Boys are outnumbered in our class. Thirteen boys versus 29 girls.
I really thought I will not enjoy our retreat… and now, I’m still savoring all of the things we did there. If it’s possible to have a part two (or even a part three) of our retreat, I’ll join!
And now, I think, I don’t want to graduate from high school but I can’t stop the time from ticking…
