Ambongdolan Caves!

As promised, sir B =) and sir Wil (hehehe) here is my initial entry about the Ambongdolan Caves. But because I am so tamad at this point in time, I just copied this entry from the website of Tublay (pardon me!hehe...). Below are brief write-ups about two of the famous caves in Ambongdolan. I am not sure of their correctness pero I can't edit it saka na lang ako blog ng own version ko pag sinipag..hehe. I don't know why they only posted these two but there are many others pa. I don't have any pictures of them at hand as I have yet to go home and take pictures of these caves (kaso due to time constraint I can't go to each of the other caves and take a pic, one thing more wala po ako camera, nanghihiram lang...hehe). Anyways, enjoy the patikim....

Tourist Spots in Tublay

The municipality of Tublay have existing tourism resources specifically located in the barangays of Ambongdolan, and Tuel. There are also potential tourism resources for development, which can be located in all the other barangays.

BENGAO-NGAO CAVE:

Bengaongao connotes noise. The cave was named after the noisy birds that thrive inside. It is also a sanctuary for the bats. This is located in barangay Ambongdolan. The cave offers beautiful sceneries inside. Over the years, stones were formed with different shapes like tables, plates, etc. with glitters. The stalagmitesare eye catchiong. The stalactites hang freely like silk cloths.

It is believed that the cave once served as a hiding place of the Japanese soldiers or Filipino guerillas during world war II.

Here is a picture of the stalagmites and stalactites of Bengaongao cave.

PATERNO CAVE:

This cave was named in memory of Pedro Paterno, the Cabinet Head under the presidency of Aguinaldo. This served as his hideout during the Filipino-American war in the late 1900's. This cave is rich in marble.

just asking....hehe,,,

How would you feel if you were told that the gift that has been promised you, which you have been waiting for will never be given to you as it had been given to someone else?

...ma-khes ni puso(heart's cry)!...hehe,

UNMET LONGINGS

Life really is very ironic

There are things that you want to have

But it can never be yours and will never be yours.

Even though it hurts so badly but that is reality

And you can not do anything

To change that reality even you feel so badly for it

Even if you shed a lot of tears

Even if your heart wanted to burst

Because even if it so near

That you could almost touch it

Yet it is so far always eluding your reach

You can see it but never touch it

You can see it but will never have it

It’s just lurking around but you can never

Really have it as yours and yours alone.

Isn’t life ironic?

It gives what you do not want

Rather gives the best that had been prepared

For you and you alone

It is just there waiting for the taking

Just open your eyes and you will see it

Free yourself and take what is rightfully yours.

Go! Go and take it

It is just around like the wind

Just open your heart and mind

That you might see it fully

Smiling and waiting for you

Just around the corner.

Take it and happiness be yours

Happiness that can not be fathomed

But for now what you have to do is

Wait, patiently…so patiently

If you can not yet see it

Because in due time

The gift that is rightfully,

And entirely yours and yours alone

Will be revealed to you

Then you will be flooded

With unfathomable joy

That will be yours forever.

Inspired by a Korean movie entitled 'Windstruck' and some other things base sa buhay ko...wehehe.Written around 2:25A.M. October 13, 2007; 92A Anahaw Street, Project 7, Quezon City 1105.

...another day!!!...

October 04, 2007; 12:19

aNOther sEt of SURPRISEs!!!

…I’ve blogged earlier of the surprises that I had on ‘the day’ of my birthday. We just concluded my bday celebration a few hours ago. The house is back to normal and everyone else went their own ways, each to their own laptops..hehe. Back to work ba..hehe. But before that this is what happened…

…my bday celeb was scheduled yesterday 0ctober 3, a day after my bday, we scheduled it that way to accommodate some needs and requests…hehe…

…so this morning, I woke up very early to buy the things we needed for the party,

…and as usual luto luto again…(tingnan u na lang pics in my album, ayos?)

…after ng lutuan, wait na kami ng mga guests…

My guests:

…UKeith came straight from the airport! What a surprise! Tita Nanay Nitz arrived midway the program (wat program?wait lang, I’ll tell about it later..hehe)

…schoolmates and classmates from AGS came as well (tignan u na lang sa pics, hehe…)

…Kuya Leo & Kuya Bong…

Thanks all sa mga dumating and the others who did not come…thanks for all your prayers…

Now about the party naman…

…I wasn’t expecting that my hauzmates (thanks to ate Robyn) had a connivance with some of our friends and prepared something different from what we usually do when we have a celebration in the hauz…thanks you all…grabe talaga…

…since we have friends from all over…we started the program introducing ourselves…then the surprises started…Ptr. Don shared something from The Word…using the life of Abigail…Abigail a woman of beauty inside and out…he stressed that women should not just put makeup in their faces but also apply spiritual makeup…thanks talaga Don! (next bday celeb c Yhong naman na mapreach…hehe…)…afterwards…Yhong serenaded me (kilig..wahaha…)…my sisterhood w/ Kuyas B&D have stolen (according to sis Sar) a white shirt of mine and made it more attractive and gave it back as their gift to me…hehehe, with all their greetings and wishes for me (now that’s better than a card, huh)…a few from the visitors gave their wishes for me as well…ansaya talaga…I was inspired (all single men and ladies actually) by what UK shared about waiting for the right man/woman at the right time…

…afterwards came the most favorite part (hehehe…)…eating time…and fellowshipping with one another…I was so overwhelmed with what they had prepared for me that I got faint but as they say tuloy pa rin…todo smile as you will see sa pics..hehehe…

…From what transpired during the party…I have only one thing to say…I am soooo happy and thankful to God for giving or surrounding me with friends who loves me and care one way or another…for the people who wasn’t able to come so sorry you all missed the fun yet…still I thank you for your prayers and all your messages…

what a day!!!

SURPRISESǃ SURPRISESǃ

“As the clock struck midnight…” (sounds familiar, huh?). What does this line from the famous Cinderella fantasy movie got to do with my blog? (Read on…)

Anyways, last night as I sat in front of my computer musing, taking a break from what I was doing, I got a surpriseǃ It may sound absurd or trivial to some but who cares…hehe. As I was in the mode of thinking as my hands tap on the keyboards mindlessly (naglalaro kc ako e…break nga d ba?hehe…). My sisterhood (d twin ates&sar) sat themselves right behind me and serenaded meǃ What for? It’s my birthdayǃ Yes, I was elated because of their thoughfulnessǃ Thanks mga kasisteran. I also received greetings from all over…thanks to technology… (thru texts, chikka, ym and blogs). Thanks also for those who greeted me earlier on, who might have forgotten the date…hehe. Salamat ng marami sa lahat…

Instead of the usual ‘good night’ messages I get from text friends, I received hapi bdays of all sorts…thanks ya’ll guys…as if that is not enough, when I entered our room at around 2am, my room mate played a recording of herself singing me a happy birthday and wishing me all the best…haaay, I slept with a smile on my face after thanking the good Lord for the dayǃ When I woke up, I have a message from my mom and I got a call from my tita who’s working overseas…as well as from pipz all over…yun lang masaya na akoǃ

“I am thankful to the Lord that He has taken me thus far and I don’t know where and what greater heights He will lead me to but where He leads me I will go.”

Thank you all for your prayers. Here are a few prayer itemsː

1. Strength, wisdom, and good health as we finish all our requirements for this semester. Pray that we will finish them and submit them on time so that we can go home and enjoy our semestral break.
2. For me, as I juggle between requirements and duties as a Student Body officer.
3. Pray for our Mission Trip to Davao on Nov. 6-15, 2007. Pray that God will prepare us and the people that we will be seeing there. It is our first trip (ever) to Davao. Please pray also that we will have enough finance. We have our tickets (round trip) but for other finances we are still raising.
4. For the source of my brother’s finance for next semester.
5. Pray that my father and brother would come to know the saving grace of God.

Thank you all again and God blessǃǃǃ

8 rANDOM fACTs aBOUT mE!

I was tagged by Sir B to do this meme (whatever a ‘meme’ is…hehe). LThe rules of doing this meme are:

• Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
• People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
• At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
• Don’t forget to leave them a comment on their blog telling them they’re tagged, and you read their blog.

Here are the random facts about me!

1. I love company (a lot!) or being in a crowd even if the company does not like me…wehehe. Being in a crowd perks me be it in a gathering where I know the people or just being in the crowd (i.e. mall crowd). I would later on learn that some of the people that I’ve been with don’t like me at all, even pipol who I thought were my friends…huhuhu…but the good thing is I discovered that many years later…kaya ayos lang…we’re still friends naman, in fact very good friends…hehe…ang gulo ko…

2. When I was 6 or 7 years old, I’ve read the whole New Testament in my own dialect (Ibaloi). That was long ago. Incidentally, I’m now involved in the translation of the Old Testament into Ibaloi. Hmmmm?
   

3. Sunsets (of all forms) refreshes me most aside from sunrises and beautiful landscapes or creations (art, music, etc…). I love them all...nyahahaha.
   

4. I’m a choir member although I’m tone deaf just like Ate Ganda. Besides not having a great voice…hmmm…kapal noh?...lolz…
   

5. Most people’s first impression on me? Suplada, kontrabida, atribida, etc…daw ako…hehehe…I say, sure why not? Like I care… (although sometimes nakakarindi rin…) hahaha…but some changed their minds later on…although some stuck to their impressions kc totoo nga naman…hehe…
   

6. I am a very talkative person…I don’t know when it started kc when I was in grade 1 my teacher can not coach me to recite. I remember a time that she had to pull me from my desk but I never uttered a word. And now, me and my big mouth goes...blah..blah..da..da..da…lolz…
   

7. Sometimes I recall things very vividly up to the minutest detail but there are things that I totally forget up to the minutest detail naman…hehehe…ano ba yun?
   

8. I’ve never fainted in my entire life or I did once when I fell from a tree and landed on my back. Does that count? Speaking of ‘nevers’…I did not experience ‘na maligo sa ulan’ not until recently (never daw o). It was fun, running around like a kid and frolicking with the rain…haay… ate G, sana maulit muli..wehehe…

If you would like to see a pic of me you can visit my multiply site or friendster. You can see my whole face there…hehe and not be a tease like Sir B or Sir TB..hehe…

Peace!

Yun lang po! Now, kayo naman. I tag people who visit my multiply (Dyna, Rommel, Lucille, Kuya Bruce,etc…) and friendster blogs (Insan Jons, Insan Jules,etc… )…mapteng and carmi of hi5.com but if you’ve done this already…nevermind…hehehe…8 lang daw sabi sa rules pero there are exeption to the rules naman di ba? (palusot lang naman at sana makalusot…hehehe).

Cheers! (nga kuna ni sir TB)

It's crying Time!

When I finished reading this article, I almost cried (…joke...).Kidding aside, I enjoyed the tidbits and great ideas of the author and since they have given the 'go-signal', I am sharing it now to all of you. It was written by DERO PEDERO in his column "LIVING ALIVE". I lifted this article from a September 12, 2006 Issue of The Philippine Star. MAybe yOu nEed A gOOd crY...too (don't you think so? I do...).

MAYBE YOU NEED A GOOD CRY

Everybody knows that laughter is the best medicine. But did you know that crying has amazing therapeutic benefits, too? Crying is nature's remarkable way of releasing pain, yet no other element of life carries so much mystery, misunderstanding, and confusion as the human tear.

Humans are unique in creation because laughter and tears intertwine in the emotional roller-coaster of our existence. Tears signify our very humanity – they are produced by the gamut of emotions we experience in life. It is not at all surprising that great poets refer to life as “a valley of tears.”

WHY PEOPLE CRY

Although most of us correlate crying with painful or unpleasant experiences and events, tears can be triggered by positive factors like happiness. Watching an awe-inspiring movie, listening to a beautiful concerto, beaming with pride as your child receive an award in school, seeing your national flag being raised at an international convention, and even happy weddings can bring a tear to your eye.

A study headed by Dr. William Frey, biochemist and tear expert at the Dry Eye and Tear Research Center, has come up with this tear percentage pattern: Sadness accounts for 49 percent of tears; happiness, 21 percent; anger, 29 percent; sympathy, 7 percent; anxiety, five percent; and fear, 4 percent. In babies, tears are mainly caused by hunger, discomfort or pain.

According to Dr. Frey, emotional tears differ chemically from tears that moisten our eyes 9like the ones produced when cutting onions), indicating that crying releases specific toxins. Just like in perspiration, we release through the tears we cry poisonous body chemicals that build up during time of stress. Crying is nature’s way of helping us cope with the pain and hardship of living, expelling toxic substances in the process.

BENEFITS OF A GOOD CRY

Aristotle theorized that a good cry cleanses the mind; it is also beneficial for the body and the spirit. Tears can make you feel better and studies show that after a good cry, people even look better. The release of sadness and unclogging of negative energy blockages are believed to cause a liberating change that produces the pleasant feeling and look of well-being.

A lover who cries a river over a romantic break up can get over the negative feelings faster. Mourning relatives face their loss better after crying their grief out. Traumatic childhood experiences can be released from one’s negative memory by remembering and crying over them in a psychiatric session. After crying, problematic persons are provided a clean slate and are able to start anew and move on.

You can only cry if you really get in touch with your innermost feelings. It is only when you permit yourself to connect with your deepest sentiments that the tears will flow. To release your pain and sadness, you must acknowledge their presence, know the reasons causing them, and then flush them out of your consciousness by crying. Different individuals have different tear threshold levels; determining yours will help you properly process and release your pain.

LET THE CHILDREN CRY

In most societies, crying in public is a big no-no. We often see parents command their children to hush and stop crying. Most resort to the old “whip ‘em to stop their crying” method of disciplining children. Young boys are told that crying is for sissies, that is a sign of weakness. As kids grow up, they learn to bottle negative emotions, deny how they feel, and keep themselves from crying. This is very dangerous because the negative emotions and internal pain or sadness get bottled up inside the individual, putting perpetual tension in the body, and subsequently developing into some physical illness.

What do you do when a child cries? Determine the cause of his discomfort. If he is hungry, feed him; if he is wet, change his diapers. A child’s attention can be diverted by giving him a colorful toy, a plaything that emits musical tones, or something interesting he can play with. Older children maybe harder top deal with. If they persist in crying, let them; they will eventually stop when they get tired. But don’t command them to bottle their emotions – it is unhealthy.

CRY AND BE HEALTHY

Like laughter, crying is one of nature’s most anti-sadness therapies. Tears help reduce stress, stabilize emotions, remove toxins, and enhance the body’s ability to heal itself. Scientists now conclude that people who cry enjoy better health. In fact, some hospitals in the US refrain from giving depressed patients anti-depressant medication right away. They allow them to cry out their miseries.

Crying is letting the dam overflow, so to speak. If you keep denying and boxing the negative feelings in your life, they would soon accumulate so much pent-up energy that the dam would break. This often leads to a psychological breakdown or a destructive rampage like a school shootout or road rage.

So if you feel you have some deep-seated stress, depression, problem or rage that you can’t seem to shrug off, let your emotional dam overflow. Maybe all you need is a good cry.

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