Holiday: Day 4

Day 4 was Christmas Eve. We didn't do much. I think we had a long lie-in and watched movies on TV. In the afternoon we decided to see the beach with the canadians, so we asked the manager to drop us off. He said he'd be taking us to a nice beach. We were told that the Cebu Beach Club beach wasn't great but there was another one which was much nicer. Guess which one he took us to...Yup the Cebu Beach Club. And when we saw the beach we weren't happy. We walked down and half of it was covered in algae, and there were boats moored. This wasn't the white sand, clear sea beach we'd seen in the pictures. And there was no sun to be seen. We would have gone straight back if the manager hadn't driven off. Derek explored a bit to see if there was a nicer beach we could walk too, and luckily there was a better one not far away. It was still small, and there was a watersports centre close by but it was better than the algae covered beach. So we "sun" bathed and read until the manager came to pick us back up.

In the evening the resort held a Christmas Party for us. Considering the resort was at "full capacity" there weren't many people there. We were seated with the canadians (because we couldn't get enough of each other haha), then there was a British guy and his Australian fiance, a Japanese couple, John, a Korean family and then the owner of the resort (Larry) and his family. Oh and because it's an ESL school some of the students came too. They served us clam chowder, turkey and stuffing, ham in a pineapple sauce, salad, break, fruit cake and homemade icecream. It was a really nice dinner. Then we played some games. The first game was a version of "Islands" and we had to dance around a folded newspaper and try to squeeze on with our partners when the music stopped. Jo and Greg won and got a certificate for a free spa treatment.

The next game was the 5 Apples Challenge- eat 5 apples in 3 mins. 2 of the students tried that game but I don't think either managed it. Then they did the same game but with 5 beers so Derek and a girl had a go. Apparently it was really bad beer and both of them struggled, so all the other guys gave them some help. Derek spent the next half an hour in the toilets throwing up haha. We were given live entertainment after- some German guy with his guitar and keyboard played songs and we all danced and chatted. It was a really good night all in all.