Night Swimming

The gorgeous protocol volunteers of the Philippine Advertising Congress made waves once again quite literally during our reunion cum victory party held in Ocean View Beach Resort two weeks after the AdCon concluded.

As if having imbibed the Congress industry’s way of life, we took advantage of Friendster bulletin and SMS to ‘advertise’ the event. Through the social network of a fellow volunteer whose family owns an established printing business in the city, we had booked the beach for half the price.

If I construed it right, it was our etiquette mentor, Sir Albert - err… Albert rather (he hates the ‘sir’), who spearheaded the idea before setting back to Manila hence that Sunday afternoon, he, together with Cam (the only protocol volunteer who’s not a resident of the city) traveled back to join us. Albert took care of almost everything; food was lavish as well as liquor leaving to us the cooking of rice and few fishes only.

Some arrived and prepared things around lunchtime while most came by sunset. Everybody had fun chatting, splashing in the water and of course our common favorite, posing for the camera that is. Few of the girls who didn’t plan to swim due to their period hadn’t resisted the inviting water which was a bit chilly.

Unfortunately, many failed to come for various reasons and some left early due to exams. Before we left, Albert talked to me things about being a good person and an achiever, pursuing my dreams and being happy with whatever I do although there’s this thing which he cannot describe properly but seems similar to my tendency to be stubborn and snobbish. Whatever that he’s trying to say, whether he’s right about it or he just misinterpreted me, I know his intentions are good and that is for me to become a better person. Just as how he put it, “whatever”.

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