Kalikasan -- nature! :)

"Kabataang Lider Kaisa ng Kalikasan" 

On my way home from the camp, I was thinking of how will I blog about this wonderful experience. It's been a week since I've gone to this eco-camp but I still have hang-over from what I had experienced in my two day stay there. Learning that I was to leave school for two days just to participate in this "eco-camp" didn't give me any thrill. What made me jump to happiness is the idea of getting away from the stressing subjects that I have for this term. HAHA! :P. Aside from thinking that it would be nothing but a boring camp, the fact that we need to come up with a very beautiful presentation adds "inis" HAHAHA. eeh kasi naman noh, student leaders kame ndi kame ganun ka talented! LOL :P

Anyway, days are fast approaching and we haven't decided what are we going to showcase in the talent night! so we went to Calatagan with no concrete plan of what we're going to do. HAHA. Tanging lakas ng loob at good vibes lang ang meron kame!! So there we were, in the beautiful, calm, tranquil paradise -- NACUA BEACH RESORT, CALATAGAN, BATANGAS! =))

First Day of Eco-Camp officially opened. We did a battle cry to uplift the spirit of our schools ;)) BUILD THE DREAM! SHAPE THE FUTURE! UPHOLD THE SUBLIME!! Go ARASOF!! GO BatStateU .. yan ang nakayanan namen isigaw noon :P HAHA. Eh ano kung may "ANIMO LA SALLE, ANIMO LA SALLE" sila (don't get me wrong mahal ko mga taga DLSU. they are kind people! hindi snob at mababaet talaga!) As I was saying, nagsimula na nga ang aming camping :) they separated us from our school mates, they grouped us together with other schools. Ika nga nila eh, bonding at building new friends eto. So, successful naman sila kasi andame ko naging friends =) Hindi ko nga lang nakausap yung CUTE na taga kabilang delegation. HAHA. just kidding ;) After that mini socialization, we got down to the real thing! we went to an immersion, they brought us to a place where mangroves are being well taken care of. Isa siyang islet, and it sinks every time na high tide. Alam mo ba na ang brain behind that mangrove planting eh isang KABATAANG LIDER?? Yes, the SK Chairman of the said Barangay. One proof na talagang ang kabataan ay kapaki-pakinabang sa komunidad =) Yahoooo!!! 

On our way to the mangrove area, we did not walk through cemented roads rather, we walk through the sand :) Ginawa nameng kalye ang dagat! Kung pano yun, bahala ka na isipin. HAHA. We took advantage habang low tide pa! and on the way, we bumped into some sea creatures! Sea snakes, star fish, sea cucumber at kung anu-ano pang sea!! haha. ganyan ka-healthy and dagat ng Calatagan :P Well preserved! kaya CLAP CLAP! eto ang ilang larawan ng aming paglalakbay patungo sa "ANG PULO"

Ang saya saya ng experience na yan :) 

After that field exposure, we got down to the real business. The reality! A talk about Climate Change and other environmental issues! Kudos to the speakers! They were all excellent. They were able to convey to us the real picture, the reality that our planet is indeed suffering from our own cruelties. That Ecosystem imbalance happens merely because of MEN :( Sad to say, we are the major contributors with all these environmental chaos! I am not being hypocrite, of course I threw a lot of garbage on the street, I waste electricity and so on. But after hearing all the talks, it opened my mind to a new perspective. We are all interdependent to each other! Hayop, Tao, Halaman -- kailangan natin ang isa't isa para mabuhay!! 

More than the teachings that I learned from this camp, what I found striking is the energy of the participants present that moment. Iba talaga ang kabataang Pinoy!! We want change that's why we're all there! I met a lot of people and as I get to know them I learned a lot and I grew as a person. I will forever be grateful for this kind of opportunity. Not all students are lucky enough to have experienced all these =) Lord, THANK YOU PO!!

So, here are the pics from camp! 

the campers ;)

BatStateU-ARASOF Campers :))

That TWO DAYS was definitely a BLAAASSST :)))) LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! May God continue to bless those people who devote themselves on working for a sustainable environment! Salute to the people like SIR JESSIE Delos Reyes and SIR A.G. Sano ;)

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