1st Day at Pansol!

Today would be my first day at Pansol, Laguna with my coworkers. I got took my long-awaited morning bath and I had a thought in my mind the whole morning. It's been more than a month since someone and I haven't talked, so it just felt right to make that post. I would guess it took me a few hours to write it because time passed by so fast and it was already noon. Thankfully, I was able to write it, proofread it, and publish it to my blog! So that was nice. I also prepared for the trip and packed my clothes for the outing. After a while, the marinade was done and I had booked a ride to SM MoA to meet the others.

The trip was fairly quick and I got there at a good enough time. My other coworkers were still buying food and it was hard trying to find them in the supermarket, but I eventually found 2 of them just eating near the food court. I withdrew some cash and just waited for the others to group up. After everyone had bought groceries for the trip, we all gathered up and there were a few of us, surprisingly. We were just 7, I believe, and I thought we were going to be more. Someone joked that I was already using the bag we got from our "Christmas gift basket" yesterday, but it was honestly a good-enough bag already. I told them that and they do believe it's a quality bag anyway. So after a while, we stand and talk amongst ourselves for a bit while the head of our group got the van from the parking lot to the entrance where we loaded some of our groceries. While some of the stuff was being loaded onto the van, the container of the pork was tipped a little and eventually tipped halfway, making a moderate amount spill onto the floor. It was pretty shocking, but I honestly don't blame the supermarket worker who carried our stuff.

We got into the van and went on our way to Pansol, Laguna. I didn't have anything to do while on the way there, but my mind just passed the time. I tried to re-read my post earlier and updated a bit of it while on the road. I tried my best to browse Reddit but the signal was so bad. I passed in and out of sleep. While on the way, we stopped by at a gas station and met our other coworkers who were going to join us. One of them gave us a mint tea from Starbucks, which everyone disliked. But I decided to take instead. It tasted like some herbal medicine but whatever, I had nothing to do. I also checked my sister's location on Google Maps as they were also going to Pansol today and saw that they were just leaving. I mostly talked to my sister while our trip was going on. After that, I probably passed out.

I eventually woke up and saw that we were at Pansol already, but the traffic was just horrible. Still, we eventually reached the resort and got out of the van. The whole place looked pretty okay, and it was overwhelmingly blue. The walls were blue, the box containing the karaoke was blue, and even the pool area was mostly blue. We eventually dropped off our food and some prepared for dinner, while others played pool, and I used the karaoke machine to sing a few songs along with another coworker. I sang Buksan Mo by Willie Revillame and they asked me if it was Willie who sang that song, which was funny to me because they recognized the singer. After that, I mostly watched others play billiards and a husband of our coworker cook the liempo I brought. After a while, pizza was delivered to us and my supervisor invited me to try his tequila shot + lemon + cinnamon + sugar combination that he saw on TikTok, and he eventually made our other coworkers try it as well. They complemented me on how tender the meat of the pork was and that I did a good job at marinating it, which made me smile and I felt a bit happy from that. After that, we mostly passed time preparing stuff for dinner. I took a photo of the pool because it looked """liminal""" and posted it on Instagram. A while later, Kai asked me where it was and I wasn't able to send my reply due to the horrible signal.

After all that was said and done, we ate and the liempo was pretty good. It tasted nice and a few of my coworkers liked it. Radney said that the liempo was really nice and it was a nice compliment to get. A few coworkers remarked about how I only ate meat and maybe it had something to do with my gout, which I kind of agreed and said that I shouldn't even be eating fatty food in the first place. After that, I mostly listened in on another coworker's conversation, and I even pointed out that I had interviewed all of the people I was talking to. But after that part, the conversation moved on to other things and I mostly listened afterward.

Once dinner was done and we all dispersed, wore my swimming outfit and swam for a while. After that, I mostly sat with people who were drinking and had to more tequila again with the cinnamoned lemon included. I told everyone that I had a pocket Wi-Fi connection and eventually gave everyone the password. A boyfriend of one of our coworkers thanked me for giving them access and that they could finally play their slots game on their phone. I mostly just listened in as some people talked and I also went downstairs to sing karaoke with some coworkers. We took turns in using the karaoke machine. I sang a few songs, most notably Kabet by Gagong Rapper. I didn't know I could sing the whole song, which surprised me because it was a 5-minute song with rap parts, but I pulled it off.

After singing, I went back to my coworkers and sat with them for a while.