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Thu 7 May 2026

Collegiate ballers’ ‘summer bucket list’

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Before school officially puts an end to months of well-deserved rest and relaxation, find out how some of your favorite collegiate basketball idols thought of spending their break,  their ideal summer hangouts, and who they want to spend it with .
We hope their plans went well.

ADMU

Kiefer Ravena

  • “Eastwood! Chill with friends and teammates… Boracay!!:) the place to be”

 

ADU

Rodney Brondial:

  • “Siguro sa mga mall lang. Pag may time Greenbelt, pag movie lang with my teammates sa SM lang, kasi malapit ditto sa school eh.”
  • “(Ideal place) sa Bicol, kasi taga doon ako. Siguro makapa-swimming kasama yung team sa beach. Makapag gain ng weight, tapos i-improve yung mga weaknesses ko this summer para ready na sa UAAP.”

Allen Etron: 

  • “During summer we don’t have a break, we practice everyday. Haha. Rest lang after practice.
  • “Of course Davao (is the ideal place). Haha.”
  • “(Finish my) Summer Class”

 

DLSU

Jeron Teng

  • “Mall, usually greenbelt or sa rockwell… I always watch movies with my family and friends. Tapos pag Holy Week we go out as a family”
  • “Last Holy Week we (family) went to Korea”
  • “Gusto ko mag Bora, pero I’ve never been there… To help La Salle win back its glory days (haha). Kailangan manalo and we have to achieve something good this year. Our first priority is semi finals.”

Martin Reyes

  • “Hangout place (eh) usually stuck in the gym training [haha].”
  • “Boracay. Anvaya Cove”
  • “Improve my game and go to the beach.”
UE 

Roi Sumang

  • “My usual place to hang-out within this area, I would have much preferred to go to malls and chill.”
  • “Boracay is my most favorite summer destination outside Metro Manila. Such a very nice place to be with friends and family.”
  • “As a basketball player the things I want to accomplish during summer break is to get my body in shape.”

 Gene Belleza

  • “Timog, because near lang sa bahay.”
  • “Palawan and Boracay… because I love the beach there [hahaha]”
  • “Being productive during summertime.”

 

UST

 

Jeric Fortuna

  • “Malls, my house or a friends house. Malls: Trinoma, Greenbelt, Alabang Town Center Friends House: DLSU player Jed Manguera’s House or my other high school friends.”
  • “My dad’s province, Cebu.”
  • “Go out of town and spend more time with my family, win the PBA d-league championship.”

Kim Lo

  • “Malls like GH or Trinoma
  • “Boracay”
  • “Spend time with friends, enjoy the free time”

 

UP

JR Gallarza

  • “My bedroom on Katipunan. It’s my place of peace and focus during long summer days of basketball.”
  • “I really want to go to Boracay. I have never been there, but I’m sure it would be my favorite. Unless I had the choice to go to Canada.
  • “A lot of basketball weights. I just want to get better and help make the team better within Coach’s system.”

 

SBC

Rome De La Rosa

  • “Trinoma/ QC area because my girl lives nearby [hehe]”
  • “I like visiting Olongapo just because my Mom has a house there.”
  • “Just go around and explore what the Philippines has to offer. Go to the beaches and visit tourist destinations.”

Melo Lim

  • “Fort, High Street (and) La Union/Boracay.”
  • “Train and get better next season”

 

CSB

Carlo Lastimosa

  • “I usually hang out at our condo at Taft with my team mates and just watch dvds and play PS3 the whole day.”
  • “My favorite destination outside Manila is my home town, Cagayan De Oro. So I can visit my family too.”
  • “I want to go to Boracay with my Team mates. I haven’t been there and I wanna visit the place.”

 

MAPUA 

Josan Nimes

  • “Usual hangout spot would probably be greenhills because its not too crowded compared to other places.”
  • “Well I haven’t really been to too many places outside of Manila. But we did recently come back from Cebu. I really enjoyed it there, good environment , good people and good food.”
  • “I always wanted to go to Boracay… I’ve never really had the time because of our busy schedule. But I want to eventually go there.”

Gab Banal

  • “The malls. Shang, Rockwell.”
  • “The beach! Palawan and Boracay.”
  • “I wanna try surfing”

Jonathan Banal

  • “Mall: Greenhills or Greenbelt, (then) Boracay.”
  •  “[We don’t have summer break in MAPUA, we have to finish our 4th term.”] Complete our training camp for NCAA.”
JRU
Nate Matute
  • “Usually chill at Mega Mall”
  • “Boracay or going to the States”
  • “Go to the beach and relax… be with my family.”

 

Answers compiled and photos by Vyn Radovan




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