3 SUMMERRIFIC AT WATER CAMP RESORT IN KAWIT CAVITE

It’s official, Summer 2013 is now here in the Philippines. The sun is ready to heat up the earth, and as tradition Filipino families always go to swimming or anything that will take away the summer madness. Water camp is not far beyond Metro Manila, it’s less than an hour travel starting from Baclaran to Kawit Cavite and it’s one of the finest resorts in Cavite in a reasonable price compared to our last treat at Casa Ibiza Antipolo back in 2012.

And speaking of “treat”, I personally thanked to Jamolin Family. Cheers!

When planning an outing I normally had an ocular check for reviews, money should worth if want to experience an ultimate summer experience. But thanks to the coolest girl ever [she-who-cannot-be-named] who made the reservations for eight people. No need for reviews since its their treat, arte ka pa ba? J

THE LODGE

Water Camp accepts day and overnight visitors, and those who chose overnight like us, Family Villas and Inns are open 24 hours. We stayed in Villas [Acacia] which has old style Filipino houses. The walls and ceilings are made of bamboos sticks with two aircon units. There are four Villas which stand out among the inns, each unit has clothes cabinet, kitchenette with sink, and refrigerator. Villas is the best for family who wanna stay together where you can play games, cook and eat outside. [please see the prices below].

THE RESORT

Inside the resort is pretty relaxing, trees and plants are planted everywhere, combination of green and blue. Music also is soothing to your ears if you wanna feel the groove by moves of Janet Jackson, N’Sync, BoysIIMen, etc. Okay back to the 90s. Whoaa..okay I was looking for something new but haven’t heard any.

There are also playgrounds for your children. One is an ordinary slides and the other one is in the middle of the pool with sprinklers.

And for the kids and adults, there are six pools to choose. Wave Pool is the new addition, from the beat of the siren – a sign of tiny waves to feel the breeze of the real sea currents.

Slides are another thing to consider, a real plunge will definitely reminds you of summer experience. Be careful though, you are going to land to a 4ft deep. Blue one is two-storey high, the Red one is four-storey high.

My new favourite is the Lazy River. If you want to feel relaxation, bring yourself “salbibada” where you can sleep and relax. The river will spin you around in cyclic rotation. I think this is the best practice for runners in reverse 

GETTING THERE

• From MOA or BACLARAN: Take Bus going to Cavite City then you can ask for the driver to stop by at the Josephine’s or Water Camp.
• From SM Bacoor: You can ride Mini Buses and you can also ask the driver to stop by at the Josephine’s or Water Camp.
• With Cars: Take Cavitex, its one kilometre away from Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine.

PRICES
Summer Rate - Entrance
Adult: P240
Child(Below4ft): P220 
Senior Citizen: P171.43

Family Villas
• Ipil-Ipil | 6Persons | P5,500
• Kamagong | 7P | P6,000
• Acacia | 7P | P6,000
• Narra | 9P | P6,700
---for complete pricing, see website at WaterCampResort.

LOCATION
Water Camp Resort
Panamitan, Kawit, Cavite 4104 Philippines
• (046) 484-5703 / 484-5704
• Manila: 632 404-9911 / 404-9977
Email: info@watercampresort.com

0 VISITING MEMORIAL GARDEN IN CAVITE

November is reserved for our departed loved ones; sadly only one single day is given to them the entire month and throughout the year. I have been living in Metropolis for a decade and visited several places but never the cemetery. Apparently, most of my family who passed away is buried in province so there’s no reason for us to visit this garden of remembrance. We rather put up candles outside house-doors where I believe most Filipinos do during the season of commemoration.

Finally, I got the chance to visit a burial ground. And for the record, it happened this year – no wonder 2012 is mine. A lot of things happened and all of them were firsts – Baguio, Boracay, “Cemetery” and Hong Kong. Sounds weird but it is all damn true. Anyway visiting Melda Memorial, Imus Cemetery at Tahimik St. Imus,Cavite is totally different from what I grown up. Well I presume all the city cemetery goes like this. I was expecting people walking back and forth but one thing I quickly noticed is a fiesta caravan. It feels like every corner of the street has this “boodle-fight”. Food stalls fell in line side to side both ends. I don’t know if I was still in cemetery or somewhere else.

Because I don’t know who am I visiting to, I was looking for the “common burial” (I dunno how you call it but in Visayan term, it was “kumon” for the deceased whom you can’t find and on another place). I believe all cemeteries have this so called place. 

Evening arrived, and the stomachs are empty, we promised the stretch to taste them all. We tasted each and every stall. Talking about dirty street foods is our flavour rather than fast-food chains where can also be found in the place. Common foods like peanuts, barbecue, ice-cream in a cone, intestines, shawarma, hotdogs, chicken skin, palamig, etc.

Hunger relieved and the stomach complaints. To plunge the food down from various foods intake we opt to walk around where there’s another cemetery on the end side. The Angelus Memorial Garden is a posh version of Melda Memorial. The memorial garden is known for Tropang Revilla and I’m not sure if they owned the place. Unexpectedly, entering this posh side is also the arrival of Senators Revilla (Sr. and Jr.) to pay tribute to their departed family and relatives. Fanatics hurriedly asked picture and luckily the younger one chose to give time for them. To my surprise my company also asked Mr. Showbiz Senator to take one for them. And as myself holding the camera, I have nothing to do but to press the button.

So I learned to give time for just a single day for our lost ones. They only take one day of our busy time in a year. 

Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.