bury me in this dress

Nice, isn’t it? It’s only a facade because their membership policy stinks.

My aunt bought shares of Tagaytay Highlands when it was very new. This was around 1995 if I remember correctly and there was only the Golf Clubhouse standing. Auntie urged my mother to buy a share from her, saying it’s a good investment and development will be fast. Mom bought a share at cost and the value did go up for awhile but we ended up with a loss after it was found out that former President Joseph Estrada owns a huge estate there (alleged Midnight Cabinet member Jaime Dichavez, a former director of Belle Corporation which owns Highlands). 

When I was 21, I was told that I don’t count as a dependent anymore. I could only use the facilities when accompanied by a member. I could avail of their Junior Membership if I really wanted full access but even that membership has a cut-off age. Last year, management extended the dependent cut-off to the age of 30. Unfortunately for me, I was already 30. So that’s 9 years of being treated as a guest. I called Belle Corporation to request them to extend the age limit but I was given the Junior Membership sales talk. I’m sorry, Belle Corp. but I don’t have P150,000 and even if I did, I wouldn’t spend it on a membership which I will hardly use. Another option is to have the membership of my mother transferred to me but that will mean that my sister wouldn’t be able to use the facilities. I am not that selfish. I just want to be able to take my friends there occasionally but I can’t do that. Oh yeah, I can but I have to bring my mother along. In disgust, I told the Belle Corp lady that their policy is very disappointing. If I have a wad of cash, I would have slapped her face with it.

I wonder if other clubs place an age limit to dependents. I know Fontana Leisure Park doesn’t because my family has a share there. I actually like Fontana more because I can play house there. It will be nicer to take my friends this summer to Highlands so we can take a break from the heat but since I don’t have that option I’ll just have to take them to Fontana. At least there, I can be a hundred years old and still be a dependent.

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