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outbound education
Friday, January 26, 2007 9:58 PM
we had our outbound trip today. the assembly was 5:30 am and departure was at 6. i was so hurried this morning because ate ida was my ride to school. she can be very impatient at times. because of that, i forgot to bring my jacket and, would you believe, money! it was so cold in the morning but i didn't really need it for the rest of the day. the money wasn't that important either. there was a stopover where you could buy food if you didn't pack any. of course i didn't get to buy anything even if i wanted to. besides, i don't really need to buy food. there were plenty around. hehe. i was excited to take pictures because i'm really fond of cameras. daryll was forced to pose with me whenever i got bored. haha. it was fun anyway. there was one shot where i think i look amazing! look at this: 
hehe. i can't say the same for daryll though. in her defense, she looks great in other pictures while i look terrible. our first stop was Barasoain church. its where the Philippines' first constitution was made. we also saw a lights and sounds show there. we also went to Biak na Bato. its a series of caves that the Katipuneros used to plan, recruit and other things. the first cave is called yungib I or ambush cave. the counselors (kuya jan and kuya sam) told us that a lot of people died there so it was only fitting that we pray for them. they made us turn off our flashlights (it was really dark! you can't see anything without them on). we had to hold hands and follow a chant offered to bathala. when kuya jan made a sort of noise, we laughed but we followed him anyway. then he told us to take this seriously and so we did. we kept on repeating there sounds. pretty soon, kuya jan's voice broke like he was trying to stop from laughing. turns out it was all a joke to calm our nerves. sheesh. we were really scared. the cave looks something like this: 
the rest of the caves are yungib II or pagamutan, yungib III or imbakan and yungib IV/ aguinaldo's cave/tanggapan. after that, we changed locations and went to the national park of biak na bato. i think we walked for about 2km when we finally reached the bat cave. we didn't see any real bats but their smell was definitely there. we couldn't go inside the main cave, we just stayed on the view deck because a storm, earthquakes, and other things like that ruined the entrance of the cave which makes it hard to enter. we also did the river wading. its just crossing the lower-than-a-kiddie-pool river. the water felt nice because it was cold and our feet were worn out from all the walking. it gave it a chance to cool. after that we went to see this big dao tree which has a flat, wide trunk. weird, huh? while we did that, 5 of our classmates rappelled (sp?). i wanted to rappel (sp?) but i wasn't picked in the 'draw lots'. we had to cross another river. this time it was a little deeper. we were having fun then someone starts to splash water. pretty soon, everyone was splashing water! it was so much fun! just look: ( i can't upload it for some reason) after that, it was off to a resort to clean up and dress in clean, dry clothes. i was one of the first to get in a shower. i cleaned up in the men's shower area which was named 'andres'. i didn't even check the girl's shower area anymore which was named 'gabriela'. after that it was time to go home. everyone practically screamed their love for kuya jan. he was easy on the eyes. plus he was a lasallista. hehe. that was probably major pogi points. anyway, everyone blatantly took pictures of him. i think he's a deejay. i can't be sure. he has a good voice kasi. =) all in all, i had fun during our outbound! =)
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