KALIBANGA!!

hahahah...we had an immersion there in sitio alawon, libona last Jan. 27-29...if you were wondering why i titled this blog KALIBANGA, one of the Korean volunteers had stomach flu, he was having kalibanga...the bonding word of the Filipinos and the Koreans was KALIBANGA..everytime we had our picture taken, we say KALIBANGA instead of the usual CHEESE!!... back to the experience...the experience was a humbling one...it was supposed to be a 5-6 hour trek from the main barangay to the sitio of alawon. but the group i was with was not used to that kind of trudge..we arrived at the place about 3 pm, 8 hours after leaving the barangay...hehehe...but the travel was still good..grabe ka adventure...the trail was so muddy, and we were walking beside cliffs, that mistake means death, honestly...we were oriented to really hold on, if possible go on all fours, crawl to lessen the possibility of slipping off to your death...by the way i am not exaggerating..after arriving at the place, we were greeted warmly. we made a fishpond, a farmbed, and a tried to help for the construction of a school there...in the process of doing all that, we also had a great time interacting with the locals and the koreans. they were also cool. and also because of the experience, the xavier group also had a time to really bond with each other, we were about 33-40 pips when we went there...karon feeling close na ming tanan...hahahah...cool...i really wanted to join again if there would be more immersions...

alawon pics

the pips of Team Alawon...hehehe...murag klaro na jud kung asa ko diya...hehehe...( in english: " it's clear where i am located..") its better if i type in english because i invited the koreans to visit this blogger of mine...for the pics..hehehe...



getting crazy out there!!! i think the temperature there reached about 10 degrees...it was so cold out there...but i had a chat with one korean fellow there, i think it was you-jin, ( i hope i got the spelling right) that the temperature there was still warm compared to Korea...holy shit!! i was already trembling with colds out there...



bragging about our certificates and tokens



waiting for our vegan diet...we ate alot of vegetables out there, cocong was not a vegetable eater, but because of hunger, he ate two full plates of vegetables...





crazy katrina