THEOry of Food: Much Needed Break

MAC Tycoon Medical Depot went on a company outing-slash-team building and it was so fun even for a newbie like me. It was wonderfully chaotic since it was the first time the company held such an event. We went to Laiya in San Juan, Batangas in Casa Dolores which is a very wonderful place. It had a snorkeling spot, beach volleyball courts, jet skis, banana boats and kayaks which I really enjoyed. The only thing missing are the bars lined up at the shore but the people were loaded so no worries. It was an overnight affair so we ate after travelling for about 4hrs from Bambang and everyone was dead hungry so we ate some binagoongan, grilled chicken and booze were flowing from 10:00pm to about 4:00am.

We had hard drinks, to watch out for the girl’s figures and for the guys to get the right buzz. They had El Hombre tequila and a lot of Emperador Light I got hammered just after 2 bottles of tequila and 2 bottles of that Emperador, we were 6 in the rotation. Anyway, after getting hammered, I went to bed with a big smile on my face and some stories I really enjoyed. We woke up around 8:00am just to enjoy the beauty of the beach and upon waking up; I have the biggest hangover that I thought I can shake off after swimming. I got to a deep part of the beach, tried to tire myself on the cool water – didn’t happen. I went back to the shore and it got worst so I lay down on the sand, Islander slippers on my head and tried to keep last night’s dinner on my stomach. I succeeded after about 20-30mins of staying still. After getting well and enjoying more of the cloudy day, we went back to our cottage and we found Mr. and Mrs. Claus waiting for everyone. They bought lechon and I just thought that it was going to be a good lunch, but it didn’t turn out that way - it was better! Better in a way that we ate that lechon for breakfast, I mean, c’mon, who gets to eat lechon for breakfast. And the rest as they say is history. I had lechon, longganisa and some of that binagoongan leftover for breakfast.