Good day Steemians! I'll be sharing my actual experience with my peers last February 16 this year when we decided to have a mountain climbing after our stressful weekdays and at the same time a late Valentine celeb.
We agreed to be on the meeting place @4:30 A. M. but I was able to wake up at 5:00 A. M. I chatted my peers and 
Upon arrival, only 
We never had entered the parking area when a crew invited us to ride in a bus parked outside heading to the town of Naga as
We ride and we ridiculosly laughed because of the music calling the name Angeline. It was our first time hearing that Cebuano song and we asked, why Angeline and why not the three of us who are unlucky in our lovelife, only
Few minutes before we reached Naga, I tried asking what would be the next ride after the bus and
A lot of Habal-habal drivers were on the dropping area of corner Balirong. These drivers told us that there is a better venue in Sitio Naupathan our target mountain peak and finally decided to go to the suggested mountain trip. But a driver can only carry one passenger because of the extreme rough road. We need four drivers on que, the three of my peers immediately noticed a very ugly motorcycle among the four that's why they hurriedly sit down leaving me no choice to have this vehicle on the picture.
No seat cover and no step knot...oohhh how my skinny and bony butt survive with this vehicle! And imagining my two legs to sway somewhere as we climb or come down on our ways to the mountains. I screamed to my three peers, "You are all bad, I'm the eldest and you gave me this worst favor!" Everybody was laughing including the drivers around, I joked the driver by asking, "Is this inborn Kuya? Can I put my two legs on your lap?" Supposedly, the vehicle would fit to
The ride was so difficult, when we come down I was pushed going to the driver because of that shiny plastic material of the seat. Yet when it came to the hardest part of the road, I never noticed motorcycles following us. I told my driver to wait for my companions. There I knew that he is a resident on the area and he memorized all the details of the road even during the dark night. So I realized that it was not so bad with my driver.
We started climbing with the three drivers, one was left to look for the vehicles. It was a very stress-relieving experience with the cold breeze as if we liked staying there even for days if only we have enough food. But we only stayed for less than 3 hours because of the sudden rain.
As we went down, the road became so slippery. All of us walk while the drivers were carefully ride in some hard parts of the road. But the driver of
I helped the driver carrying his slippers while
We never seen the three drivers, we assumed they were already on the road part where riding can be done. We felt so cold with the light raindrops and we requested the only driver left to stop walking because we need to urinate upon knowing from him that an available comfort room was on the hiway, and were still so far. No choice but we urinated on the woods, it was so awkward but it is a must and we did it laughing again and again. We continued walking, but ouch!! This time
We washed for free on a public faucet along the hiway and furtherly travelled to the parking area for a comfort room where
We agreed to give an extra 50 pesos to each driver because we symphatized the difficult driving but when we gave the money they said we have to pay another 100 for waiting. We joked the drivers, really Kuya, why we are not paid in waiting for years now to find somebody in life?" We altogether laughed as we give the payment.
*Thank you for dropping by."
LESSONS:
*1. Persevere in difficulties, a lot of favor
awaits (with the pain of my butt)
2. When you fall, rise up and continue the journey
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3. When you are misled, search for the right path.
( riding on the wrong bus)
Goodluck to all of us!
