Dose of Sunshine

Bible Verse: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. John 14:27

I have this personal situation that up until this moment, keeps on bugging me. And so today I was once again reminded, as I read my devotion, that God leaves peace in our hearts whenever we turn to Him. All we could do is lift the situation to Him and let Him guide us on what is right to do to gain the peaceful heart.

Photo credits to Rey Modesto. 

TADHANA by UP DHARMA DOWN

It started out with an idea. There was a Forum, for Students who are in studying in Colleges and Universities, which theme was to support how friendship can be a bridge towards good citizenship. We are to make a research paper and video on how we could showcase application of the theme in the society. From there, we conceptualize and made it into action.

Our group focused on 'Eskwela'. An outreach program/volunteer work of Tahilan Residences and Study Center, a project of Philippines Foundation for Cultural and Educational Development, Inc. (PFCED) and assisted by Kalinangan Youth Foundation Inc.
Eskwela is a program where group of Volunteers, called Ates, are assigned to teach the less privileged children. Those are children who couldn't afford to go to school. Children are aged 3-14 years old.

Eskwela is held every month, every Saturday of the week. Volunteers makes a yearly education plan, which covers English, Math, Science, Arts and Catechism. 

It was such a journey between my group mates and I since all from the start we were in different schools, different schedules and got lots of ideas that conflicts between how and what we're going to do to present an output that will eventually bring us to Rome.

The video was first presented here in the Philippines last January 2015 at the University of Asia and the Pacific. Then finally in Rome last April 2015.

I created a headband as for my summer project. Starter this out a week ago, and have been doing this everyday for thirty minutes to an hour. I made this headband since it's the summer season, every where's gonna be hot and untidy. So I decided do to something that would hassle free myself from doing and going to places. A headband that I could use when I feel that my hair is too messy and feeling sticky already, something that would put off the hair from my face.

And viola! Here it is!







What you'll need:


1. Yarn - From the project I did, I used the light cashmere blend popsicle. Check out the site of Gantsilyo Guru.


Yarn Specifications:
Color: Popsicle
Fiber Type: 80% Cashmere Acrylic, 20% Milk Fiber
Thickness: Light (3)
Length: 384 yds / 351 m
Weight: 4.4 oz. / 125 g
Crochet Hook Size: 4.0 - 5.0 mm
Knitting Needle Size: 3.75 - 4.5 mm
Care:
Machine wash, warm. Do not bleach. Iron, medium. Dryclean, any solvent except trichloroethylene. Dry flat in shade.

2. Hook - A size of 7/0 - I bought the hook from a crochet workshop at our company, it's a goldish-yellow hook.

How I did:

Make 30 single chains. From the 30th chain, go back 5 chains then do a slip stich on that 5th chain. Do 5 single chains, then slip stitch from the 5th chain, repeat until single chain has been tucked into already. Do it several time until you've achieved the length of the headband that you want to achieve. To close your headband, do a slip stich from the cover to cover of the band.

See how easy it is?

How I wore the headband.







I hope you guys had fun following the steps that I had to make crocheting easier.

So what y'all waiting for? Grab your crochet kits and show me your own headband!

Comment out (with pictures) your own made headband! I'll be waiting! :)

We reached the North summit at around 9:30 AM. It was sunny and windy at that time. We took some pictures, ate biscuits and chocolates and had few minutes of chitchat and rest until we continue to the South Summit. We continued at 10:00 AM and arrived at around 10:30 AM.

It was extremely hot and a bit windy because the South Summit is higher than the North Summit. We went down at around 12 NN and arrived at Manggahan by 1:00 PM. We had our lunch there. I brought tuna paella in can, biscuits and banana chips. Since I was already full from the lunch I took, I tried the buko juice that were being sold by the locals. It was so refreshing, I even bought 3 of it since I didn't have enough water to drink for the trail.

Some went to the Manggahan Falls, and I didn't get the chance to go anymore since I've got big blisters on my right foot. It was really painful, I even tried putting alcohol and I was really screaming because of pain. Haha! It was worthy of experience though! #BattleScars

We started our trail again by 3:30 PM. Reached the cement area by 4:30 PM. There are houses where you can take a bath but you just have to pay Php 20. We arrived at around 5:00 PM at the Barangay Hall, some of us took the shower there for free.

Itinerary:

5:00 AM- Departure from Ayala Avenue, Makati
6:300 AM - ETA to Barangay Hall, Pililla, Rizal
7:00 AM - Start Climb/Hike/Trek
8:00 AM - ETA Manggahan camp site
9:30 AM - Summit Camp Site
10:00 AM - ETA North Summit
10:30 AM - ETA South Summit
11:15: AM - Descend to North Summit
11: 45 AM - ETA North Summit
12:00 NN - Descend to Manggahan
1:00 PM - ETA Manggahan Camp Site
-------- 1 hr lunch --------
2:15 PM - ETA Manggahan Falls
3:30 PM - Descend
5:00 PM - ETA to Barangay Hall
6:00 PM - ETD to Manila
8:00 PM - ETA to Manila






It was a very fun experience and I'm hoping to climb/hike/trek more this year. There were even lots of hugot before, during and after the hike. Rey even tallied how many hugot lines were thrown and it totaled to 82! We even called the hike as Hugot Hike.

Some of the lines were,

'Kahit naman malalakas na tao eh napapagod din.'

'Ang layo layo pa ng tingin niya, andito lang naman ako.'

'May mga bagay talaga na kailangan mo hintayin at tiisin para worth it.'


Haha! So much feels. Thanks for the good company! I really enjoyed the whole event.

Until the next hike! :)