Marabong Adventure

                      September 21. Sunday. Before going home, I passed by in Buenavista Drugs where Ate Jovy lived to have some chatting about school. Suddenly, Ate Grace arrived with stuffs in her hands. Out of curiosity I asked where is she going and what she would do with things in her hands. She answered that they were going to Marabong for their project to Sir Mark. I found out that Ate Jovy was going with them, so I pleased them if I could come to, and they agreed. I hurriedly went home to pack my things because we will be leaving at one o'clock in the afternoon. As I finished, the tricycle arrived with Ate Jovy, Ate Grace and Omega inside. I leave the house and joined them to go to the meeting place. When we arrived there, my mother called. I quickly answered the call and told her that we were going to Marabong. After an hour of waiting, the bus arrived. We stepped on it and searched for seats. While the vehicle started the engine, we started taking pictures. After not more than thirty minutes, we arrived to the entrance of Marabong. So, the long walk started because the place where we will be staying was very far. Along the way, they started to cover and took lot of pictures of the surroundings we passed by. There were lots of bananas and "makahiya" along the street. We had our reminiscing moments about the "makahiya" when we were kids of removing one vine with leaves remained open. We also tried it. It was happy that we can still do it. 
                    

                        In the midst of walk, we rest and drunk water for the revival of energy. After few minutes, we continued. We followed the shortcut as what Ate Jovy pointed. It took us two hours to reached the place. We arrived at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. But all the tiredness and pain we felt, it all faded away when we saw the place. One word to describe was STRESS RELIEVING. The place was surrounded by the greenish color of tress in the mountains and a fresh air releases by several trees. 

                      They started interviewing the subject on their project while many of us continued appreciating and commenting the place. A few minutes passed and the sun began to set in the west, the sky was already filled with dusk, we (Ate Jovy and her niece, Omega and I), went to the nearest mountain to get some "irok" to create a broom. While we were searching the said tree, Ate Jovy's niece found a "bayawak". He then swiped it with his bolo and continued cutting "irok" leaves. After grabbing enough materials in making a broom, we quickly get down the mountain and bring the "bayawak" with us along the way home. When we arrived, they run toward us and took pictures with the said animal. 
                      

                        Dinner. Before the dinner, everyone took a quick shower. After then, we ate our dinner with "nilagang puso ng saging" as our viant. As we finished, everybody ready themselves to sleep while the five of us decided to take our sleep on the neighborhood whom it was owned by Ate Jovy's aunt. There was no electricity over the place but the light of the moon served as the temporary power. While we laid our back on the bed, Ate Jovy and her aunt arrives and told us to leave and take our sleep to the other house because it was already longed abandoned. At first we refused but forced to obey. So, we slept to the house recommended by her. 
                     

                      Night had passed and morning came. We woke up early and took coffee to heated our body. Our companions who slept on the other house leave so early. The five of us remained and decided to get "ubod". When we were eating our breakfast, we found the "adobong bayawak" in the table. Omega and I took some of it. It was so delicious. It tastes like  chicken. Before leaving, we thanked the persons there, and shot some pictures together with the carabao. Then we leave. 
                     

                      After several steps, we stayed and rested for minutes to the former house of Ate Jovy. They get some "buko" and we shared it to each other. It served as our snack --- a free snack. 
                   

                     Those were moments while we were in Marabong. It was a memorable experience for us and an enjoyable adventure. I realized that we who lived in the city were lucky to have the school being so close. Unlike them who were living in the along the secluded place like that, it was so hard to travel just to attend schooling. WE WERE LUCKY!