Happy Moments

Really got nothing to do so we put on Zaina’s old accessories like her cloves and cap and made fun of her. She was crying all the time because she wanted to take them off hehehheeh. Cute.

On the photo are zaina and her ate nik2.

Zaina at 9 months

Zaina Yael on my bag, she said I am always out of town for some project monitoring that is why she decided to get inside my pack and asks if she can join me with my travels. Unfortunately I have to leave her home for couple of days to do my work. It’s not easy leaving your kiddo behind.

Right now, she’s on her way to be on her feet. She can actually do two steps forward. It makes my heart pound fast when she does that.

She loves to slap you at your face especially when you are at sleep (wicked kiddo) but actually sweet because as you open your eyes after she has slapped you, you’ll see her smiling wide at you and then sleep beside you.

She loves to eat rice and fruits at the side, she’ll spit if you mix the rice and the viand. heehehe

She calls me baby. She mimics me when I call her baby and maybe she got used to it everytime she hears me even from afar she murmurs baby. Really sweet.

Matanao, Davao del Sur (Blaan Tribe)

Prior to Cateel travel, we have been to Matanao, Davao del Sur. Validation for Minssad Project 2. and the photos below were the sceneries I saw.

and at the gym where the blaan people waited for us as their visitors with their tribal customes amazes me a bit. I have seen much of these stuffs. What impresses me is that, they have preserved the culture and thats a blessing.

What Cateel Looks Like?

I was born in Mati, Davao Oriental but i have not been to Cateel. Cateel is one of the municipalities of Davao Oriental. We traveled last May 21-23, 2008 for project monitoring and want to share to you on what other things I saw during our travel aside our infa projects.

We head Cateel via comval (Campostela Valley) That is 1-2 hours from Davao City and another 2-3 hours on a rough road from comval to cateel.

The very first spot I saw was the Cateel River. It has a greenish clear water. We were at the top ridge and like wanting to go for a dip.


They have the Aliwagwag Falls and can be seen along the highway. We had a good shot because road was detoured beneath the bridge which is on its construction phase. You can even see the bottoms of the girder on the photo. Love the beauty of nature and water gushing forth, you can barely take your breathe.

Have you eaten snails? Hehehehe. Not really that delicious but love trying new things. I have the close up of the live snails and with the farmers who caught it. Snails were caught at the floor of the streams.

Who says, Boracay is only at Aklan? hehehe.

Their mode of trasportation? Here is how it looks like?