I spent Halloween in a haunted coffee shop in GenSan
Late last night, after doing some overtime work at the office, I decided to spend the rest of the Halloween at the Coffee Club 101. I would have loved to witness the ongoing Foam Party at the Gen. Santos City’s premier party place, the East Asia Royale Hotel Carpark but my asthma has been acting up lately so I decided against it.
There was only a couple inside the coffee shop that time since everyone seems to have gone foam partying. With only a few lights on, the place looked eerie. Instead, vigil candles were scattered all around adding more to the spooky feel. Cobwebs were hanging from the walls, furniture and ceiling and bats plus various body parts were littered everywhere.
It was truly one haunted coffee shop!!!
The staff themselves were all made up to look like ghosts and vampires that I was afraid somebody would grab my neck, or what’s left of it.
The overhead flat TV was on and instead of the usual Fashion TV telecast, they were showing the movie, “13 Ghosts”. Nice touch huh?
So while sipping on my Milky Caramel Chillino (no sugar), I was multi-tasking by browsing the internet with my Nokia E71 courtesy of Coffee Club 101’s free Wi-Fi and looking up at the tv screen to see what has happened so far to the family trapped inside the house of the 13 ghosts.
Later on, in the spirit of the season, they gave us plastic ghoul masks to wear which we gleefully did. My mask was fitted for a kid’s face so it was not able to cover my double chin. But what the heck, I asked Jay to take my picture.
So there we were, comfortably fastened to our seats with our masks on when suddenly, we were all startled by a loud terrifying scream, followed by shrieks from the lady staff.
It was a lady customer who literally jumped out of her seat after being scared by a crawling Sadako, the mysterious ghost of a girl who was drowned in a well, and comes out of a TV, in the Japanese movie, The Ring.
This time she was aiming for the remaining customers inside Coffee Club 101 since it was a few minutes before 1:00 AM, which is its closing time.
Sensing that Sadako was headed for us, we immediately headed for the exit, a little flustered but amused at the Halloween fun we just had, right inside General Santos City’s haunted coffee shop along Laurel East.
Happy halloween weekend everyone! 
Related posts:
- BlueGre Coffee GenSan opens
- GenSan’s twinbill diners: Grab A Crab and Coffee Club 101
- Laugh for a Cause at Notre Dame Batch 83’s Halloween Comedy Show
- Cocytus II, Paseo del Sol’s Halloween Party
- A Romantic Valentine Dinner @ East Asia Royale Hotel
Bariles is Tagalog word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
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Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Kevin Paquet Says:
We’ve been there din nung nasa Gensan kami, mejo malayo pa ang Halloween spooky na ang place. Nice food, I almost ate something. Haha (I proudly don’t eat Seafoods) hahaha..
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Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 3:04 PM
Kimberly Says:
what a ’spooktacular’ experience huh! hehehe!
thanks ‘Vel for sharing…
hope everyone out there had a Happy Halloween!
by the way… Happy All Saints and Souls Day to all!
regards…
Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Kikay Says:
Bariles, good to hear that some cafes are getting creative. great idea for halloween fun!
Posted on November 1st, 2008 at 6:58 PM
orman Says:
sayang di ko ito alam! am missing a lot of happenings na!
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Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 5:46 AM
archmykel Says:
nice naman. I was there a few days earlier. wala pa si sadako hehehe
Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 8:31 AM
archmykel Says:
Andyan pa kaya si sadako today? hehehhe
Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 8:32 AM
jinky Says:
ha ha what a spooky way to spend halloween. . . had i known about it I could have dropped by there also. . . i spent my halloween playing poker/bet game (huh!) with dear cousins of mine in the resort – it’s a game much better than tong-its ajejeje
By the way, on halloween eve I and my hubby had the chance of watching the event you previously posted here – That’s A Night of Laughter (halloween comedy show) at Jam’s Resto – - – wow, we had a nice time even if it is drizzling every now and then – - the venue is nice, batch 83 & other sponsors did great in hosting the event, the performers (monica valdez and arnel chikka)did well too! hopefully, there will be more events like this to come in the Tuna Republic of the Philippines.
Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 11:42 AM
jinky Says:
by the way sir vel, out of the topic na to – - bakit wala pa kayong post regarding the upcoming concert of TOTO here in Gensan? I saw their tarp along roxas avenue kasi kanina. . . Next time, sana Beyonce naman. . .
Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Nate Marx Says:
Haha..Sadaku.. Pinakashocking ung skeleton nila sa C.R. Pati C.R. hindi pinatawad.. hehehe..
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Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 2:16 PM
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Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 4:34 PM
p0wer Says:
ive been there din. i was impress and amaze sa idea ng coffeeclub 101. keep up the good work!!!
God bless
Posted on November 2nd, 2008 at 9:14 PM
hamel Says:
abah! mas maganda nga ata jan..sana ganun na lang yan after haloween..at least wierd ang dating o di ba mga mzzizz??
Posted on November 3rd, 2008 at 5:09 AM
naxjho Says:
soon!! hoping mas maayos at may mga addtional pa na mga hang-outs pag uwi namin wd jec na commentarista din..nyahahahahaa!!
Posted on November 3rd, 2008 at 5:12 AM
Eugene Says:
i miss gensan? my place that i luv.hehehe
Posted on November 3rd, 2008 at 8:18 AM
gensanite Says:
very creative…
Posted on November 3rd, 2008 at 8:34 AM
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Posted on November 3rd, 2008 at 11:41 AM
tanchi Says:
..ive experienced that too..i’ve been surfing the internet with the help of wifi, as usual… the sadako scared the shit out of me. i really jump out from the sofa..luckily, di ako nahulog..
..that was really a great experience for me..(dated: OCTOBER 31,2008)
sayang sir BARILES, di kita naabutan..haha
Posted on November 4th, 2008 at 9:25 PM
Menard Says:
pakisend po ng pix ko
gawa din ako article about it if may time
please submit sa friendster ko or email at expladica@yahoo.com
mwash
miz yah
i enjoyed that night
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Posted on November 17th, 2008 at 8:24 PM
John the Pirate - Arrr! Says:
Good post, I like your writing style! I’ve added http://gensantos.com/ to my feed reader, and will be reading your posts from now on. Just a quick question – did you design your header image yourself, or have it done professionally? If you had it done by a professional, who was it?
Posted on November 25th, 2008 at 2:51 PM