FLASHBACK: SUMMER 2001

At last! I finally got my scanner working(ish)! My apologies for that dreadful line at the left side of the photos. I couldn't fix it.

But that's not what this entry is about...

There was a time when MSC used to go for excursions at the north side of Luzon particularly, Olongapo City.

The last of our "northern exposure" was at the Mirage hotel. Situated by the beach with nice, elegant air conditioned rooms that are easy on the budget. As far as I could recall, this was the last time MSC went on a trip to the beach as a group and the rest were just regular swimming pool resorts.

The hotel rooms were composed of two beds each, newly installed airconditioning and wide screen TV. Four people could share in a room and 2 for each bed. There is also a wide viranda facing the beach. you could hear the waves slamming on the shoreline in the night which is really soothing and therapeutic.

This is the corridor to the dinning area. Food there was good. But the it takes a long time to get our orders out. The service in their resto was not that satisfying, sadly.

With a little wit, we were able to push the beds side by side to accommodate more people.

This was the oldest summer excursion photos I have unravelled from my files so far. That's why most of the people you see here are sadly either inactive or out of the country.