Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Diagnostic Essay


Jobelle Mesina
Diagnostic Essay
Eng 111-60
31 August 2009
My Best Vacation

I never forget the best vacation that I ever had. It was a trip to a town of Visayas, which is in my country, Philippines. I was 15 then, together with my mom and her sister, we went to their town of origin, Borongan. My mom’s visa immigration was approved so we had come to visit her family before she would fly over to America. In addition, that was also my first time to be there and meet my mom’s family.

It was a 24-hour road trip. The road trip was fantastic. Although I had this motion sickness, I was surprised that I didn’t throw up during our road trip. We rode on a bus, since air transport was not that very well-known yet, very expensive and had a limited airport station. Visayas is an island, so we also rode on a ferry boat, a small ship. The ship could fit 10 buses which were on first floor and all the passengers were on second floor. When the boat was already in the middle of the sea, I could see nothing than water. I enjoyed the view. After crossing the sea, we rode back to our bus. We arrived at noontime on my mom’s place, since we also left noontime the day before.

I was again surprised with the cleanliness of the town, which was a lot different on the city where we lived in the Philippines. From the main road, you could already see the beautiful view of the ocean which was just less than a mile away. We went straight on my grandparents’ house, a nipa hut, how most houses were built on that town. There was no pollution so no doubt of breathing fresh air. The next day, I went to the ocean right away. My cousins and I rode on a fishing boat we called ‘bangka’ then we swam in the water. The second day, we had a family gathering on a resort called ‘liliputan’. The water in that sea was very clear like crystal. We picked up some shells on the shore and went inside a cave. I really enjoyed the place.

On the third day, we went back home. Unfortunately, my motion sickness attacked. However, I just ignored it and just reminisced all the happy moments that I experienced. I really had a great time on our stay. Moreover, I was also happy to meet my grandparents, aunties and cousins over there. I really love that place and I will still visit that place in future.
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Diagnostic Essay