My brother Frank invited our balikbayan relatives (Tito Vit and Luz Mamawal, Tita Cita Reyes) to an overnight stay at a rented villa at Fontana Leisure Park, an early celebration of their upcoming silver wedding anniversary (December 17).  My family and I, as well as my siblings Tellie and Salve, were also invited to join them.  We left for Clark in the late after and arrived there in time for the anticipated mass officiated by my uncle Fr. Ben Mamawal.

The 3-bedroom villa we all stayed in

Fontana Leisure Park, operational since 1998,  has row upon row of duplex bungalows (called villas) with 2 to 3 bedrooms per unit.   We all stayed in a 3-bedroom unit. All units have all the amenities of upscale living such as centralized airconditioning and cable TV.  An “investment option” entitled one to membership and its attendant privileges such as 7 free tickets to the Water Park every month and an annual week’s stay at the villa in which you only pay the maintenance fee.

Tita Cita and Cheska dancing the “Otso-Otso”

The resort also has a 9-hole short golf course, a sprawling clubhouse complex with lobby lounge and coffee shop/restaurant; a convention center, and a Fun Park and Lagoon Area. The convention center has a 1,200-pax hall, a 600-pax ballroom a 150-pax theater plus meeting rooms and function rooms.