Silang, Cavite, 18th of December – the 8liens decided to give back to nature.
The 8liens had their lunch in Leslie's at Tagaytay City. We had bowls of delicious food before our perspiring yet fulfilling activity. From there, we travelled a couple of minutes to IIRR (International Institute of Rural Reconstruction), an organization dedicated to overcoming poverty, where we plan to hold our tree-planting activity. We were welcomed there by a beautifully volumed trees and shrubs, and Ms. Maridel Alberto.
Ms. Alberto gave us a quick Q&A of their place and informed us that our presence is a blessing since a lot of their trees were uprooted during the hurricane Pepeng. She then introduced us to Mang Buboy who gave us tools and a total of 16 seedlings to plant.
After planting, the group decided to stay a little longer and play a quick ball game. It was fun, but it made us realize that all the sitting at the office made us already breathe heavy after 5 or so step when running... but we still enjoyed it.
On our way back to the office, we were greeted by heavy traffic due to the Christmas rush and arrived at the office a good 3 hours after.
Every one that weren't ready with their poems and songs (for our Kringle) rushed to their desks to do a quick typing and some printing. If was fun explaining why we give certain gifts to our monitos or monitas.
At the end of the day, we were all tired to the gut but ...satisfied with the food ...happy with the gift giving …is pleased with helping out mother earth and giving for our grandchildren.