Last May, our classes finally ended, and even though we still need to go back to our campus to accomplish requirements for our clearance, we are definitely much relieved that our tired year—third year I mean, is already over. We’re now transitioning to the last year of our college journey, and we all know it will be the most grueling year ever. So, before we dive into that chaos, we decided to make more good memories, and that involves us going on a trip. Supposedly, we’re heading towards a beach trip that time; however, there’s a bad case of jellyfish that time. We’re afraid we might end up like our classmate who got several nasty-looking rashes all over their body, so we settled for a nature trip. Since we’re all broke (research and demos drained our pockets), we decided to just look for a spot within Naga City, and it’s in the grassland near Las Casas de Naga.
Our scheduled nature trip almost didn’t happen because it was gloomy and rainy that day. Thankfully, around 10:00 in the morning, the rain became light, and that’s when we decided to go inside the clearing path towards it. It didn’t take long before we reached the place, and indeed, just as they described it, it was wide.
We spent our first minutes there looking for a nice spot to settle down. The first spot was among the tall trees because it was still raining that time, and that’s the only spot that was really dry. It was odd, but truly when you’re under that shade, you can no longer wonder why it did.
When the rain completely stopped, we moved to the wider ground, and that’s where we found the huge tree. I don’t know what kind of tree it was, but its canopy was wide, though it wasn’t as waterproof as the clump of trees we once stayed under. The ground was damp when we put our picnic cloth (which is actually a huge tablecloth).
There we laid our food and stuff, and when we were done doing so, we do the girl stuff…yeah, picture time. I’m personally not fond of being photographed because I'd rather be the one doing so. We spent a considerable amount of time just taking photos. It’s quite fun because most of the time, we’re fooling around and posing randomly.
By the way, the place is not entirely remote as it looks because it’s actually surrounded by houses that just blend in among the trees. The woods were just below the houses, which is kinda assuring because at first look I was creeped out at how remote the place look.
This place was kinda known to students, especially those who are fond of picnics and also one thing that really made me curious about it is its rumor that it has tiyanak there. I find that hilarious partly because there’s no way that’s true, and I wonder who are the unfortunate victims of that scare prank are.
They said the cries of those alleged tiyanak can be heard when it’s almost dark. My friends lived near that grassland for years, so she didn’t believe that ridiculous rumor, and indeed just before it got dark, the so called tiyanak made their noises and it’s evident they’re just bunch of kids.
They thought they were nicely hidden among bushes, but children, not me…I grew up near grassland, and I know very well how to easily spot those who are hiding among the tall bushes. Even the slight difference in how a bush moves can give it away, so when I noticed movements and saw heads bobbing among the tall grasses, I knew it was those kids.
It’s funny how they’re able to convince those people who are camping and visiting that place that they’re those creatures. So much for that, the rest of our afternoon was spent talking (a tad of gossip, haha) and listening to nature-themed songs.
Yes, we spent a lot of time together in the classroom, but we don’t usually have time to talk for a long time lately because of our busy class hours. Plus, I’m out for the tutoring program for the whole month, so that kinda prompted us to have this catch-up session.
It was past five when we decided to clean up. We put our trash inside the trash bag, and there were also some trash that other visitors left, so we also stuffed as much as we could inside our trash bag. Our nature trip finally ended, and at last, our plans didn’t just end up like drawings.
That’s all for today, and I hope you also find time to touch some grass—not just figuratively, but literally :)
All of the pictures used here are taken during the trip.