Mental Health Awareness Month

 The month of May is the Mental Health Awareness Month. This should not be confused with the one that is celebrated every October which is the National Mental Health Week (every second week of October) in the Philippines. This just shows how important a persons mental health is. 

It has been a while since I posted here and honestly I am still not in a good shape to post and share something for I myself is struggling mentally. 

I just want to take this opportunity to share a link just in case you stumbled upon this post. This will be a tedtalk like event in celebration of Mental Health  Month happening this May 7,2022 at 6 PM. 

Click this link and you will be directed to a facebook page where the  link for the zoom and facebook live will be posted . 

This is a photo I grabbed from the facebook page.I am using this without their permission (teehee)

 

Together, let us learn and understand more from other people the importance of this kind of awareness and its impact on our (daily) lives in a fun unsuffocating way.

 

Ariel Power Gel: Free Samples

The only samples left, I distributed the rest to my officemates. It's what samples are for.

I just received a package from Ariel Sample Team. Now I get to finally try Ariel Power Gel, a new addition to Ariel's power line.

To get yours and other samples of P&G products go to www.everydayme.com.ph

Before,During and After Mt. Capistrano

I can never be ready...

This is one of my first Mount Expedition and I had no regrets after (even until now).

My highschool friend suggested it and I was just on the sidelines engaging in the conversations but I didn't expect to be on the actual hike because I would be in Cagayan de Oro the night before the climb for a family dinner with my BBFF. Knowing dinners, they usually end up late and call time for the climb will be at 4 am at Malaybalay so that would mean a sleepless travel-tired-me about to climb a Mountain early morn the next day.In my mind, it's a no-no and I didn't had to argue with myself about the non negotiability of compromising self preservation with adventure just for fun.


...I can only give it my best.

But shit happens. Just kidding. I just happened to change my mind. I don't know what made me change my mind, maybe I missed being with my highschool friends (we hadn't seen each other for so long and we haven't had these kind of adventures when we were younger) or maybe I just wanted to take the opportunity to experience a new place with people  (take the chance while the company is still there) or maybe I just wanted to take my mind off from a recent heartache or could be that I just wanted to do something different for a change since my life had become boring or maybe,just maybe, my inner girl is surfacing (they say  girls has all the right to change their mind) or might be a mix of it all.


Whatever made me decide to climb that mountain led me to an impromptu shoe shopping. Buying a pair of new shoes is not in my budget list.My BBFF helped me scourge the mall for affordable shoes that grip. Dinner ended at 9 in the evening and I arrived in the boarding house at 10. I readied my backpack and it was past 11 already when I finished. Our target meetup at Malaybalay terminal is at 4 AM and the plan is to take the 1 AM bus from Cagayan de Oro City. So there's no ample time to have even a power nap. With a full dinner but with no sleep I stood on my ground that I'd still be climbing that mountain. There's no turning back.


Hailing and riding a taxi at almost midnight,I think, is the scary part but I braved it though. I don't like travelling at night because I can't see what's outside and it gives me motion sickness. Fortunately, the night travel went fine and we arrived safely and surprisingly early at Malaybalay City Bus Terminal.

12:45 AM  Departure time from Agora
                   Terminal
                   Bus bound for Tacurong
                   Fare: Php 150.00
03:00 AM Arrived at Malaybalay City
                  Bus Terminal
Past 4:00 AM  we took a multicab en route to Aglayan Crossing.
Fare: Php 15.00

From Aglayan Crossing there are Habal Habal for hire that took us to Brgy. Simaya.
Fare: Php 30.00




The wind was cold and crispy on our faces and the sun hasn't shown up yet. Which was good since we wanted to climb up while it's still cool.

When we arrived there. We wrote our names in the log book. Rid our backpacks of with non-essential heavy things and left them at the sari-sari store for safekeeping. Environmental fee is Php20 per head.

It is a requirement to take a tourguide . The fee is Php500 for one tourguide. We split the fee among ourselves,got introduced with our assigned tourguide and proceeded to the foot of the Mount


At this moment I lost track of the time. I am definitely trying my best not to be overwhelmed and be overwhelming while writing this post. I will keep the descriptions short just to give you an idea but not spoil you of the experience you are yet to have.




The climb started off with the stairs composed of 298 steps.




Next would be the one with a rope to hold on and help you pull yourself .




This is followed by a trail with no more ropes.




Then the view starts getting bigger and better .




We then started spotting shrubs that bear these. They look like wild berries.








The trail with no rope led us to the trees. Then we encountered  rocks and then started seeing big rocks. One sure sign that you're almost at the top is when you start seeing big rocks.


People can't get away with vandalism though,even up in the mountains *tsk tsk

There's a campsite up there too.
Upon reaching the point of big rocks, the sun is already up but not yet scorching. The view was a sigh and a sight.

Since we've managed to arrive at the top,one should not go home without a good picture to remind us and maybe something  to boast off that we had done something new and something beyond our comfort zones.




To arrive at that picture perfect spot, we had to go around rocks.




Climb through bigger rocks and one last time,climb that rock.







Then you can take those selfies you can be proud of...


The view of the rice paddies,the mountains yonder and the cliff on our sides.. they don't look different up there. But the way you see it when you're up there, there is a big difference.




Getting down from that picture perfect spot rock was the tricky part. I had to admit,my knees went gooey that I almost do not want to come down for fear of falling or tumbling down. But I cannot remain up there either so with helpful hands we managed to bring me down. Makes me shake my head when I remember that part. haha.

After a light breakfast we went down the trail we took earlier meeting more and more friendly faces (like us) on our way down.

After Mt. Capistrano we had a side trip to Nasuli Spring to rest and cool down.

We rode the habal-habal from Mt. Capistrano to Nasuli Spring.
Fare: Php40
Entrance Fee: Php30





and...after that we traveled separate ways each leading us back to home.


We were blessed with good weather and a great sunset. I was very prayerful and reflective all throughout the day and I was again reminded that I am, I can and my God is great and mighty and that He made all things wonderful (that includes me and my circumstances).


Meet the blogger: with Wind blown hair,Sun kissed skin,Tired Feet but Happy

All photos here are not mine. All Credits to Nagi.😉

Veritas Liberabit Vos

The truth shall set you free.

This has been repeated many times and heard everywhere but today, I experienced my own kind of "truth setting me free" moment. Just by acknowledging the truth, it seemed that a heavy thing has been lifted off my chest or more likely like strings binding my lungs have been cut. I do not know if you get the feeling I am trying to explain but....what is sure is that: It is liberating!

I did not expect it to happen, this is one of the few crazy things I did and usually I experience regret except for this one.

What I know for sure is that I've been missing this person for some time and I reached that point where I badly terribly miss this person so so much that without much thinking I sent the message I forbid myself to use since time forgotten. 

All my life I've been always scared of doing and saying things I haven't given time to think of. Most of the time I end up arguing with my thoughts and forever thinking the pros and cons and no matter what those are I do not do anything. I just let it be. Leave things on pending mode.

Now I finally said it.(to someone outside my family and friend circle) I finally accepted that I miss him and I do not feel terrible about the fact that I miss him. ( I do feel terrible missing him though).

I do not know what kind of force coaxed me into sending that message, but whatever it is, I am thankful.

The truth should not bind us, it should set us free.

Honesty is still the best policy...and the best kind of honesty is honesty with ourselves. (because who would want to live with a somekind of liar every single day)

This is my moment of truth, what's yours?

Wee Hours Confession

There's the guy you cry for
The one who's for sure, there is no OR
Coz he could've been the one but gone somewhere with someone
You are just a fan and he's just fond.

There's the boy you cry about
The one who makes you want to scream and shout
Coz no matter how much you want to makes things right
You always lose the fight in getting him out of sight

Then there's the man you cry with
The one who's all-giving with no greed, yet you always reject like a weed
Coz no matter how much he deserves something hearty
you really cannot give from something that's empty.

Yes, here's the one who cries for them
Someone whose both amused and confused
on whether her feelings are that of a girl, a lady or a woman
Coz she'd rather think than base feelings on an organ
Someone who stays up til dawn
Coz she doesn't even know how to fake some yawn.

HOPE FULL

The picture and the text are not related, I just want to use my GodSon's picture: One of his many adventures of growing up

Falling is when you let go
Like when you're tired of dangling and holding on
Flying is when you take a leap and discover that you can soar
Falling is for the tired
Flying is for the courageous, brave and daring
Falling is hoping someone would catch you
     knowing you'd end up on the ground if they don't
Flying is relying your survival and the outcomes on your ability
     and not blaming circumstances on other people

To everhopefuls:

Fly in love this time
You tried falling and no one caught you
     not even the ones who told you they would.

Keychain for the Woman?

Our Executive Director gave this souvenir from his latest trip. 

A keychain from Vigan City.

I'd like/love to go there....soon maybe.

Vigan is known for its ancestral houses but there is so much to explore in Ilocos from Food to Sand dunes to Windmills and many things in between.

I have to admit I am yet to sort what the design means. teehee! What I'm sure of is that sign etched is the gender symbol for female (Venus sign).

See you Vigan (soon!) 

-----super crossed fingers!