Carmela's Diary: Weekend Trip to Bacolod :)

The story of this trip is quite funny if you ask me. I wasn't really suppose to come but one of our friends had to cancel so I just got her ticket instead. So all of a sudden I'm en route to Bacolod for the Masskara Festival. :) Oh, and the timing couldn't get any better also, since I just got my new camera a few days before the trip!!! And before you continue, I must say that this would be a lengthy one!

October 19

It was quite a hectic day! My sister and I weren't able to pack anything the night before since we were preparing for her school's Halloween Jamboree. Our flight was at 7pm and our friends have decided to meet up at 4pm in Katipunan. The jamboree finished at around 1pm (good thing the place was just 5 minutes away from our house) we rushed home and had to pack really fast since we have to leave by 3:30pm. Phew. So I literally just dumped all of my clothes in my bag, bahala na anong istura ko sa Bacolod. I ended up having too many extra clothes! Then finally we got to meet up with our friends and we we're shortly on our way to the airport! 

Upon our arrival in Bacolod we were met by Kris' tita and we're treated to dinner. Yes. We had our first Inasal dinner in Bacolod. Then we went to the house to settle down, let Royce finish her paper and freshen up a bit for the night!

Royce being Royce, said we should hang-out at Dugout for the night, since her friends would be there and off we went but for some reason, her friends weren't able to come anymore. So we just finished our drinks and went home. It was too long a day to even have the energy to party elsewhere. 

October 20

Since Yma and I are going home 1 day earlier than the rest of the girls, we decided to go around the city this day. We were off to Mambukal Falls which was an hour drive from the city. But before heading straight to Mambukal, we first went to the market to buy some lunch. We were also able to buy some snacks for us like Lumpia, Ringbee, Nips and Knicknacks. And ofcourse we need to have our ice cream fix. Crunch for Kam, Yma and Royce and my ultimate favorite Orange Twin Pops for me! 

This isn't the first time I went to Mambukal and this place really reminds me of Eco Park here in Quezon City. So we settled first, had a quick lunch before we decided to explore the place even more. 

After lunch we decided to go and see the 7 falls that this place was famous for. It was quite a trek actually. And it was quite a long one too just to get to the first fall. The things is though, when we were about to go to the third one, the rain started pouring really hard and it was too dangerous to continue so that's about the most that we could see. Since it started raining, I couldn't take pictures with my cam, good thing though is that my sister and Royce had waterproof cameras, so yes, no one could stop us from taking pictures, not even the rain. 

Afterwards, we had to tidy ourselves and go home immediately since we were trying to catch the electric masskara float parade. We also stopped by the new municipal office of Bacolod to have our picture taken. After this day, I realized 2 things. 1. Longchamp is really waterproof! Swear none of our things were wet after that dreadful rain and 2 I'm the clumsiest person I know. I manage to get myself a scratch despite being extra careful. 

I got cut with one of the rocks going down. It was a short one but it was really deep!!!
Thankfully I always have bandaids with me

Then we were off to the street party! We all decided to wear neon/ loud colors not only for the roofdeck party but also since we're going to the Masskara Festival, one of the most colorful festivals in our country. First time ever in my life that I've experience this kind of mobbing and walking, and I really mean endlessly walking and waiting! It was fun though but really super tiring and of course we just had to squeeze in a quick visit to Calea and fulfill our sweet tooth craving! I could really eat here all day, everyday! 

After we had our share of Calea cakes we went back waiting for the electric masskara parade, which for me was a tad bit disappointing, maybe because it wasn't exactly what I was expecting especially having to wait for around 10 minutes just to wait for the next float. Also by the time the floats approach our side of the street they're tired already and we couldn't exactly feel the festive mood but aside from that it was all good.

So here's when the mobbing started. As Royce did her thing in McDo and while we waited for her outside, Kiefer asked us to meet him in the Sun booth which was a few blocks away, and that's why we get mobbed, pushed and stepped by everyone else just to get to him. Once we got there it was endless kulitan but good thing though was it wasn't as hot and we were able to seat! YES. Finally. Also we were able to force him to join us at the Roofdeck Party at L'Fisher.

We were once again mobbed looking for Royce's friends since we're gonna be with them for the night. At about this time, the lolas, Kris and Yma decided to go home, yes at 11:30ish. But we just went on with our plans anyway. We partied at L'Fisher, walked the stretch of Lacson even ate Balut, passed by Dug-out, got lost going home. Phew. It was such a long and tiring day, indeed. 

October 21

We started this day with a mass, had a quick rest and off we go to buy pasalubong. To our surprise we even caught the assembly of the street dancers and the parade for the day, so we took this opportunity to have our pictures taken with them, with their colorful and really creative costumes before heading to our next destination. Oh, this must be said that the lazy me, forgot to charge my camera thus I wasn't able to take as many pictures as I wanted to during this afternoon. :(

We really planned to visit The Ruins right before going to the airport since it was on the way. This must be said though, The Ruins is one of the most picturesque place I've ever been to. (And when I say picturesque, I mean, its still pretty even if you use different brands and kinds of camera!) I also heard they serve good food, but we were short with time and we weren't able to eat in their cafe, but since its worth a return trip to, maybe we could eat while waiting for the sunset (which is the best time to go to this place by the way) next time. I spared some of my battery for the moment I'll be seeing this place so I was still able to snap a few shots before my camera battery died on me. Please forgive the vanity in this set though. 

And it was time for me and Yma to leave. While waiting for our plane we just played Monopoly Deal Millionaire, good thing the plane was semi on time unlike the previous flight and we were once again bound for reality, aka, Manila!

And that was it, some kind of weekend huh? So long Bacolod! It has been a great weekend! 'Til next time! 

This makes me wonder where our next destination would be? 

PS. Sorry for the other pictures who are on landscape instead of portrait. I have no idea how to rotate it once uploaded here. I also got other pictures from my friends too! :) Sorry if its a lengthy one, but hey, its full of pictures anyway! :)