10August2017,under a bright sky, at exactly 9am we packed and started our trip to Paradise Ranch for our Interdisciplinary tour. Where we were told that Paradise is waiting!
On our trip, we had lots of kulitan moments ..... (thanks to Cadet Bariacion)
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| (Photo above) Cadet 2cl Petilla loading his baggage in the bus. |
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| Cadet Amparado showing his excitement! |
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| Cadet Bariacion, our source of fun! |
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Cadet Bariacion never ceases to amaze us.
At exactly 9:40am, we arrive at the Paradise Ranch. We had our photo taken at the entrance.
We were welcome by the staff and given a briefing of how will the tour flow (basically not followed).
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| Mini Awarding Ceremony |
After the briefing,the tour started. My personal experience has 2 sides, the positive and negatives sides.
Positive side:
This conservation park promotes environment preservation, which is seen in there effort through recycling and tree planting activities.
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| Paradise Ranch made out of bottles. |
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| Recycled plant pots. |
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| Nursery |
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| Lamp shades made out of gallons |
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| also one of their nursery. |
The next positive thing I experience is the bonding with my mista and instructor.
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| My instructors posing for a photo :) |
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| Echo Family |
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| My mista loving the nature. |
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| "Pasky papicture!" |
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| Bird feeding or kalapati feeding! |
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| Me planting a tree. |
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| Our Environmental science course director and I. |
The last thing I like in the Paradise Ranch is the view.
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| An ant on my viewfinder |
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| a view from above |
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| White flower |
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| The two sides of development |
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| Walk this path if you have strong legs. |
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| Catfish feeding |
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The things in the negative side which I saw in the Paradise Ranch are the fact that it is next to a quarrying site.
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| A truck collecting sand from a site next to Paradise Ranch. |
I also notice garbage in the perimeter which I suspect were thrown by previous visitors. (Hope they do something about it)
All in all, I enjoyed the stay in Paradise Ranch. The PMA Mabalasik Class of 2019 became a friend of Forest because of it.
After the tour, we departed for out trip going back in PMA. What I learned is that, nature can amaze people in its own simple way. Caring for the environment don't need a conservation park, but it needs you initiative and concern. We should always remember that change starts within us and we are task to care for the environment because we are the stewards of nature.
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| Yeap that's me. |
