Category: mountains

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Calibasan with Sagoy Outdoor Group: Getting Lost with them Monkeys

Christmas dawned early on me. I never heard any of them complain about the delay; instead, they maximized their “waiting time” by playing basketball and taking numerous photographs of the beauty set before them.  Moreover, having to witness them plan for the event allowed me to see boys transforming into grown and mature men, whose hearts are so kind and generous that the world can fit in. And I tell you, they are a thousand miles sensible compared to how I describe them here.

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Mt. Kapayas: A Letter From the Mountains

But how do I make somebody fall in love with me again? How can I make them fall in love with me when I am barely naked; for the forest, that once dressed me, has been long trashed out? How can I make them fall in love with me when all my resources are gone? How can I make them fall in love with me when I have cried too much, drying up my rivers? How can I make them fall in love with me when I could no longer subdue the anger of the storms, and the weather does not recognize my power anymore?