Zambales '08 2: Teaching Poetry, Mayor's Party

Kuha ni ms. Beng.

Dec. 21, 2008: After our unplanned mountain & cave hiking, dumeretso kami sa bahay ni Mayor Luisito Marty para sa tanghalian, tapos ay sa Sta. Cruz North Central Elementary School para magturo ng tula sa pamumuno ni sir Michael M. Coroza & then-LIRA President Beverly W. Siy. (STS Overall Project Coordinator pa lang ako nito, and 2 months away from being elected LIRA President. Kaya mukha pa akong totoy!)

After the STS seminar-workshop, bumalik kami sa Marty residence para sa hapunan slash Xmas parteh. (Wala naman talagang party, pero masaya ang gabi.)

Pagkatapos, bumiyahe kami papunta ng Subic Bay Freeport Zone. Doon na kami natulog at nagpahinga para sa Subic tour & diving kinabukasan...at nasa susunod na album na 'yun.

Halo-halo na dito ang mga kuha mula sa cam ko, kay Ynna, at kay ms. Beng. Pagpasensyahan niyo ang mga pangit kong kuha -- medyo bago-bago pa ang DSLR ko nito at wala pa akong muwang sa tamang composition, among others.

Full album list of our 12/08 Zambales trip:

• Part 1: Impromptu Mountain & Cave Trekking


• Part 2: Teaching Poetry, Mayor's Party


• Part 3: Subic Tour (Spanish Gate to Shipwreck)


• Part 4: Subic Bay Diving (Again!)

Trip background: Two years ago, the poets of LIRA traveled north to teach poetry to teachers & students in Sta. Cruz, Zambales under the "Sining ng Tugma at Sukat" program of LIRA & the NCCA.

2nd time ko palang pumunta sa Zambales for 2008 (the first time for STS Subic, and yes, my first diving experience).

This album is a bittersweet reminiscing, too: this was the first and last time that we were on an out-of-town trip with poet-mountaineer Mark Schwab, who joined his creator in 2009. Pre, pakitagay mo na lang kami sa mga anghel ha.