famy

Bathing in the strong and cold current of the river is really a lot of fun. The water flows from the falls way up the stream. It’s having like a massage from a spa bathing through the current.

Drinking session along the river. Since we have no ice cubes, we have the brandy and juice immersed in the river to have it cold.

Buruwisan falls from a far. To the right side is the way to the Old Buruwisan falls and to the left is the… I forgot the name falls ( hehehe).. can somebody tell me what is the name of the falls?

The second day we headed to Buruwisan falls.

The way to Buruwisan falls is so steep and that you have to face back and grasp on the stones and roots to get your way to the falls.

sorbetes...

mamang sorbetero in UP Diliman

sweet sorbetes, also called dirty ice cream. i wonder why it is called dirty ice cream, is it because they way it is made? could somebody plesase tell me why? anyway it's been a long time since i've eaten sorbetes. i remember in my childhood that me and my brother would run out of the house with big cups where we want the ice be so that we can ask for free scoops from mamang sorbetero. well not just me and my brother enjoyed the ice cream but also our father.
sorbetes is part of anyone's childhood, so it's nice to see that like this here in the metro. hope people in this business will continue this and children and those children at heart would continue to patronized sorbetes.

tequila

tequilla for team general assembly in catleya resort in antipolo city. am not used to drinking this kind of liqour so i just took one gulp of this and no more...

Lightroom2

Lately I’ve been using Lightroom2 to do the editing of my photos for posting. As usual we Filipinos have the inherent attitude of being resourceful, so I learned to use this software without those inches of guide books to teach me how to use the software. During this times there is no need for those expensive guide books just to learn things, we already have the world wide web from which we can search and gather information for certain things for free.
Until this time I am still patiently exploring this software and most of its use is for batch file editing for putting the photos on frame with my signature.

another sunday afternoon

Another Sunday afternoon at the Parola of Tanay, Rizal. This is actually a fish port area in the morning but this becomes a favorite place for families, friends, lovers and even visitors like me to watch the sun sets at the mountainous area of Antipolo, Binangonan and Morong.

I like the reflection from the bloody sky on the still waters of the Laguna de Bay.

fury of GOD

Overlooking Metro Manila from Antipolo. Looks like it’s the dooms day for mankind but it is not. If it is, just imagine how the bloody sky would gulp Metro Manila and how pity those tiny human beings beneath it. Fortunately this is not what it looks like.

God has always been very good to us, everyday He creates unique views like this to please our eyes and realize things. This is just one of the wonders that He provides us in our daily living. Because these things that we consider small things happens everyday we often take them for granted and consider them as ordinary.

River Side

This is the river next to our tents and since it’s a rainy season there were only two groups of campers went to the place. Photo below was taken at around 6 in the morning. There was supposed to be a bridge that connects both sides of the river but it was no longer there so we have to cross the river on foot.

I’d say that this place is haven for nature lovers. Far from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis, you breathe fresh air and what you can only are the sounds of the crickets and the rushing water down the river especially at night.

Sad to say that due to the gaining popularity of this place, the place is prone to be abuse by human beings. Here you can see how undisciplined human beings throw away their garbage. If this is the kind of behavior we have, then most probably this place might be close for years just like Mt Banahaw.

This is a gift from Mother Nature and this is something that we should treasure. Let us all be responsible for our actions. We go to places like to enjoy and have fun and in return let’s dispose our waste to the proper disposal. If we were able to get all those stuff up then we should be able to get them down. I think it’s not too hard to do. It doesn’t look to the eyes to see things such as this. Let’s give the others a chance to see this place as we see it now. There ain’t much garbage yet but as early as now let’s be responsible to take our garbage properly and if possible take some those garbage left by others down like what we did.

Famy Laguna the second time around.

For the second time around I went back to Famy Laguna to spend my weekends with nature. Famy Laguna is about 2 hours trip via bus f rom Juction, Cainta Rizal. With me are my friends from others sites of the company with their friends.
The plan was to meet-up at Robinson’s Cainta at 1pm but as you know we Filipino’s have the habit of the "Filipino Time", you know what I mean guys. So I arrived first at the meeting place at exactly 1pm with no faces of members of the group until around 1:45pm. The bus going to Infanta usually passes by the area every one hour. We were able to take the bus at around 4pm.



We made a stop over at a certain barangay of Laguna for about 30 minutes. There are a couple of small restaurants around the place where travelers from far places can stop and have a quick break before continuing their journey.



We arrived at the jump-off site at 6:00pm for registration and had to prepare all our things before starting the trek. Few minutes after arriving at the camp site another group of hikers arrived for the same purpose. It was already dark and the sky wasn’t clear and looks like we are about to get wet on our way to the camp site. We had to get our flash lights out and some of us had to change our clothes.



We were expecting that the trek would be more difficult than before since it's a rainy season, but we were wrong. The previous trek was muddier that it took us about six tiring hours to get into the campsite accompanied by heavy rain pour on our way to the top and going to the campsite. But this time, the rain wasn’t that heavy and only lasted for about few minutes. I think it was a blessing that for the second time when we were almost at the peak of the mountain a freezing cold from heaven would welcome us.



Finally after three hours we reached campsite and immediately unpacked our heavy loads and plunge into the river to wash ourselves from the mud. The water was freezing cold but we have no choice but enjoy it.