Chris Tiu already posted his own blog entry about this event, and I really loved how he wrote it. I was inspired again. Haha! His words brought me back to that day. It's nice to see our pictures in his blog too! He took most of the pictures himself. :)
So now here are my own words.
One rainy Independence Day morning, our adventure to Rizal, Laguna started.
This was my 2nd outreach with Chris Tiu and fellow TIUnatics. Yey! (^_^) I also got to meet more people this time around. Everybody at the back of the bus! Hello! Haha! Yey again! This was also my first time to experience a tree planting activity...and hiking! Whoah! (^0^) Or do you call that trekking? Haha! Basta ganun!
It was a long bus journey compared to the other outreach activities. It was as if we were going on a school field trip. Hahaha!
The road to the site was not smooth at all. We had to transfer from our bus and board jeepneys just to get to the actual site. It was really a long...long bumpy ride uphill. It was as if we were on an amusement park ride. I could say it's like the Indiana Jones ride in Disneyland ♫ Tantarantan...tantaran...♫. Then what happened when we got down? Weeeeeeeehhh!!!!! That was fun. Haha!
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| Group picture before we hiked to the top! |
Do you think our journey stopped already in that picture above? No it wasn't the end...it was hiking time! But no, we didn't climb a mountain. It's a hill. ♫ The hills are alive, with the sound of music...♫ Okay, so off we went. Wow, that was really tiring. Good thing the sun wasn't really shining brightly that time, thanks to the clouds overshadowing the sky that time. But the good thing was when we reached the top, the view was sooooo beautiful. Our energy was replenished because of that! The wind was blowing hard too! Hahahaha! Another thing to be thankful about...it wasn't raining in Laguna! It would have been really really hard if it did!
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| The difference in distance between our first stop and last stop. The sign was so far in the 2nd pic. Haha! |
♫ Heal the world...make it a better place...for you and for me and the entire human race...♫ (^_^)
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| First stop, all volunteers gathered around. Nice view from this spot. |
So we saw lots of lots of volunteers probably from different organizations. Then afterwards, the continuation of our hiking adventure began. We went down and down...walked walked walked then....waaaahhhh climb again? I think by this time we really felt the heat and humidity. I now could relate to what the guys of my favorite show 1박2일 (2 Days and 1 Night) felt when they climbed mountains, although we only hiked on a hill. So the journey got harder. Some of our companions were able to ride an army truck to go to the tree planting site, while some us got left behind. Yeah, us on the pic below. Hehe!
I remember Chris asking us if we were still ok, then I said "Puwede bang lumipad?" Hahaha! That's what I really felt! Wish we could fly like a bird and swoosh to the planting site. Anywho, since we don't have wings...we walked again. Haha!
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| Off we go to plant trees! |
Finally we got to the planting site! Yipee! We saw some other volunteers planting already. Wow...I was wondering why other people got to plant more than 1...I was holding only one plant! Waaaaaaahhh!!! I wasn't able to get more plants along the way. I seriously thought 1 is okay. Okay hit my head. *boog*
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| Chris Tiu digging for gold...este digging a hole for the tree. |
Chris helped me find a spot for my little tree, because I was like lost in space already and Manong soldier helped dig a hole for it. Yey!!!!
It was really nice to see Chris taking pictures himself! Thank you again Chris for the pic above! (^_^)
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| Hello Chichy! Please grow healthy and strong! |
After planting trees, we all journeyed down. Yeah, now we had to go down. In that dry condition I remember slipping once and almost slipped for a few times. Imagine if it rained...thank God it did not really rain. The weather was really on our side. Thank you!!!!
So the journey down continued. We rode the jeepney ala Indiana Jones and went back to our bus. Then we journeyed to Ultimart San Pablo for our lunch in Greenwich! When we saw the mall we were like WOW! That mall looked really really nice. Then it was time to eat! Yeeeeeeyyyy! Hahaha!
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| Group picture before eating! :) |
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| Our food! Nom nom nom! There was also pizza, of course! |
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| Autograph session with the fans! :) |
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| Group picture after eating! From Chris' blog too! :) |
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We came. We saw. We conquered Tayak Hill. Haha! That was one tiring but fulfilling activity once again! After all the ups and downs that happened, at the end of the day we were all happy. We got to do something for the environment. Being an EcoWarrior was really fun and fulfilling! We can continue being an EcoWarrior at home or any place we go to. Let's do it! :)
Until next time! (^_^)
2 comments:
cool blog! love "CHICHY's" name :))))
Thank you Floree! Hihi! ^^
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