It's not too long since my students and I have been working on cultivating our garden. It was never hard because of the teamwork and enthusiasm of my students in preparing and growing our garden. Instead, it blossomed into a fun and fulfilling experience as I watched almost every day the seeds grow.

We always look forward to our parents' birthday every year. Aside from the good health and happiness of our parents that we always prayed for, we siblings anticipate with excitement their birthday as it is also the special time of the year that we can get to dine out in an expensive restaurant, well not necessarily fine dining. Oh, my mother hated that much! She just wanted to have a simple setup, not the kind where she needs to be conscious about table etiquette using those giant spoons and forks. She just wants to be simple and homey because for her there's no place like home.

It's the time of the school year again to roll up our sleeves as we prepare those beds and plots for our garden in school. Each class section needs to do its best to develop and produce a lush and thriving garden. and the grand prize this year is a 50-inch Smart TV for our classroom, a reward given to the best garden in school!

My quiet humble town nestles peacefully on the east coast of the Nothern Cebu. Yes, it’s a coastal town, with a unique coast of a rocky, rugged cliffs, but beyond this, our town also boasts endless valleys and hills of green that are often called by local tourists as the "Little Batanes". Well, "Little Batanes" may be a bit of an exaggeration knowing that the scenic and real Batanes of the Philippines are beyond comparison. However, I believe that the feeling you’ll get upon visiting this certain part of my town carries the same vibes as that of Batanes. Now I wonder who gave this name to my town by the way. Haha.

I caught myself wondering why my fondness for mountains has grown even stronger. My neighbors and sometimes even my family ask me already "taga-bukid naka, peru ganahan gihapon ka musaka ug bukid?" which means "You are from the countryside, but why do you still want to go to the mountains?" sometimes they will add "You are just exhausting yourself". But you know, there are things in life that words simply can't capture, things that are best felt rather than explained. And if you try to put them into words it feels like trying to catch a lightning in a bottle. And in the end, all you can say is "You should give it a try too".

If you are from Cebu, chances are you often hear of the beautiful and refined sandy beaches of San Remegio. Or if you are from across the seas, you may encounter several travel blogs talking about this stunning and longest shoreline of Cebu.