Road trip..

One rainy Saturday, Nelson Canlas of GMA 7 decided to invite me for an afternoon trip to Tagaytay. First on the agenda was to visit the Pink Sisters’ Convent and hang out in some restaurants afterwards. On our way up, we did nothing but to laugh about mundane matters, together with his housemates Lance and Rozan, but once we were in Pink Sisters’ Convent, it was really silent. The place is well-known for the nuns who wear pink habits and made a vow of silence. We felt we were somewhere in France, with Tagaytay’s balmy weather and pine trees. We wrote our wishes and intentions in a piece of paper and dropped them off in a box so that the nuns may include them in their prayers.

Afterwards, we decided to check out Allana Montelibano’s new hotel, Tagaytay’s Boutique Hotel. Located just after the rotunda, the hotel has a Miami whitewash architecture and inside, the place is an amalgam of various interior designs, ranging from the romantic chandelier, the leather loveseats, the oversized accent chairs, plastic lampshades, but everything just fell into one lovely blend of opulence. We ate at the resto, which is a branch of my favorite’s Boracay Hawaiian Barbecue, and the deck is overlooking Taal volcano. Despite the rains, it did not dampen our upbeat feeling which started from Makati all the way to Sta. Rosa. We stayed all the way up dinnertime and when it was time to get the bill, guess what, dinner was on us, courtesy of Allana Montelibano.

From Boutique Hotel, we decided to get coffee at Starbucks. After a while, Nelson’s friend, a priest from San Carlos Seminary, joined us. It was an evening of discussions about faith and God. Most of us cried from the sharing of thoughts, and sometimes, one can’t help but be really feel blessed when you get to discuss faith with someone who has studied it. We stayed beyond midnight and decided to call it a night.

On our way back, as compared to our laughter on the way up, we were silent most of the trip since the 2 girls fell asleep. They dropped me off my condo and we decided to visit the Pink Sisters’ Convent if we get the time to do it. Masses are just celebrated once a month with the public, which is on the first Saturday of every month at 4:30 in the afternoon. Another pilgrimage on my growing list that included already the mass to Manaoag, In St. Jude, In Sacred Heart of Jesus, and in Our Mother Of Perpetual Help, on top of my daily masses. What the heck, it is for the Lord anyway. Now that I have the leisure of time to do all of them since I have no work, I guess the Lord is trying to tell me something. Maybe He wanted me to devote my time for Him and in return, He will devote His time for me.