Amihan Sa Dahican: A stirring journey to make

One strange night came. You felt dizzy. Now, you stood in a little while. You tried to find your balance. As you moved your head toward the clock on the wall, you felt certain that something was bizarre. You just checked your watch. It was 8 P.M., but your muscle and nerve grew numb. You could not move a muscle and you did not feel anything. So, you tried to walk slowly and go to bed. Right there, you lied in bed flat and motionless. So, you closed your eyes. After a few minutes, you heard a commotion outside. People were shouting. So, you stood up slowly. You walked toward the window to see where the noise came. You opened the window and saw raging flames scattered from all directions. You thought the fire could reach you in minutes. You were just a block away. Now, you could not move. You turned your head slowly to your bed. You could not decide whether you went back to bed or you got ready to escape from the fire. Then, you walked slowly to your bed. Surprisingly, you saw yourself lying. “What happened?” You asked. You asked yourself why you were lying. You knew you stood there all along. “Am I dead?” You thought. This time you were trembling. You got closer to your body and tried to wake yourself up. However, you failed. You remained asleep. Now, you cried. You thought you were dead. “Ouch!” You shouted. “It is 8: 00 A.M. Try to water the weeds. If you want hot chocolate, you can have it. It is on the table. I just boiled the water.” My mother said.

Bend or crisscross your legs while posing like a pro… We are at Amihan sa Dahican!

And yes, I was dreaming. I thanked the Almighty Being for giving me another day to see the world. Like me, you might just wake one early morning, feel worried, and remember your nightmares. You just probably dreamed of bad events because of stress and the pandemic. So, you should think of new, pleasant, and wonderful life experiences. You could play a yuletide song and listen to it. Perhaps, you could divert your attention to listening to your favorite, hypnotic, and magnetic voice of Jose Mari Chan’s Silent night, Perfect Christmas, A Wish on Christmas Night, and more. With this holiday season, we could find ways to cheer ourselves up. Instead of losing our grip to hope for a good life ahead, we should explore some places like Amihan Sa Dahican to celebrate life once more.

Before the end of 2020, we have to take some trips to our favorite locations. We just need to set our plans and enjoy ourselves going to the beach, cold springs, and other resorts. We have to do this to show that despite the odds in life, we still have the power to see the light in the darkness. As the Christmas celebration is fast approaching, get your bucket list and write this up to celebrate life. Well, if you have not seen any places yet, please try to visit Amihan Sa Dahican. The location of the tourist spot is at Dahican, Mati City, Davao Oriental, Mindanao, Philippines.

Backflip if you want like a surfer whose invisible wings flutter like an eagle…

So, pack your bags now. Go now, hop in, and dive!

NO ENTRANCE FEE

HOW TO GET THERE?

From Davao City or Tagum City, you just have to pull over or stop at Barangay Dawan ahead of the arc signage “Welcome to Mati City.” It is just 5 kilometers away. Then, go straight ahead to Amihan sa Dahican.

Lapaken White Beach Resort: A spellbinding trip

You may just wake one early morning. A surprise yuletide song hits your ears. And then, you listen to it. You tap your foot on the floor as close your eyes while listening to the breathy and smoky voice of your favorite artist to sing the Christmas carol. Oh, you also just love to hear the mesmerizing and spellbinding voice of Jose Mari Chan’s Silent night, Perfect Christmas, A Wish on Christmas Night, and more. You cannot even think about it after the year-long plague of the coronavirus. Without looking at the calendar, we even frown in frustration that we forget to count our blessings for the whole-year, life experiences. And now, the holiday season is in the air. We have nothing to write on a Christmas bucket list. Well, we are here to cheer you up. Instead of losing your grip to hope for a good life ahead, we invite you to explore some places like Lapaken White Beach Resort that you have never seen and visited before.

A dive to witness some amazing marine life…

In the Philippines, Filipinos celebrate Christmas as early as September. The morning AM and FM radio stations start to play Christmas songs. Who does not like that? Even those who do not celebrate Christmas, you can tell that Christmas is in the air. It is because Christmas is everything. You may not receive bonuses, gifts, and thirteenth-month pay; however, you will realize how magical this season is. The songs that radio stations and televisions play are enough to change our moods. We become joyous every time we hear Christmas songs. The songs serve as a healing power that alters our perceptions of life. When we hear them, we see a light to pursue life.

A visit to a dream place and sightsee for a lifetime…

In this case, we have to do this for ourselves. Before the end of this year, when travel restrictions are not stiff, we need to set our plans and enjoy ourselves going to the beach, cold springs, and other resorts. We have to do this to show that despite the odds in life, we still have the power to see the light in the darkness. As the Christmas celebration is fast approaching, get your bucket list and write this up to celebrate life. Well, if you have not seen any places yet, please try to visit Lapaken White Beach Resort. The location of the tourist spot is at Sitio Tulugon, Barangay Lapaken, Datu Blah Sinsuat, Maguindanao, BARMM, Mindanao, Philippines.

Now, what are you waiting for? Go now, hop in, and dive!

NO ENTRANCE FEE

You may contact: Tourism Officer Ms. Neng Kabamblan (+63935-8958-951)

HOW TO GET THERE?

    • From Manila to Cotabato City
    • From Cotabato City airport, ride via jeep going to Crossing SPDA.
    • From Crossing SPDA to Tapian Pantalan, ₱200 (good for 3-5 pax), 30m-1hr
    • Via double-engined pump boat, Tapian Pantalan to Lapaken Town Hall, ₱2,500 (good for 6 pax), 2.5hrs

Lagoon Beach Resort: A place to remember

The beauty of Lagoon Beach Resort does not fade despite the splash of fears of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its magnificence remains intact to lure guests and visitors to stopover the place. And yes, the entire season of respite causes them to stay at home for a while. Due to the stern travel restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 endemic, tourists choose to stay at home and maintain physical distances among friends and relatives. However, the span of the global health crisis appears to lose its grip as more countries including Bahrain, Canada, New Zealand, and others begin to open their airports and terminal ports for local and international flights. As such, the Philippine government, somehow, start to instruct many business establishments to open and commence their operations. And Lagoon Beach Resort is one of them.

Lagoon Beach Resort has been featured in Misamis Oriental Journal during the gravity of the worldwide epidemic. The article featuring the Lagoon Beach Resort gives only a preview for people to plan for their next adventure to escape from the horrors of COVID-19. As well, this featured article helps guests and visitors see beautiful places and imagine that life after this health crisis remains fun and exciting. The Misamis Oriental Journal only tries to cheer readers up and think of the positive side of life. Of course, we don’t need to be buried in the deep ground of misery and sorrow because of the crisis and because we lose someone we love most. So, we try to lighten up ones’ thoughts to feel life itself and see hope beyond the grim and harsh impact of the plague.

Now, Lagoon Beach Resort is open to the public. With a few guidelines, guests and visitors truly love to spend their days and nights splashing their thirsty feet and soles walk into the sands of the world. This idea seems idiomatic, but it only means that we all have the joy to revel after this contagion. Since almost all business establishments are free to operate, the management of Lagoon Beach Resort can give new hope to enjoy life at the resort.

What are we waiting for? Oh, we know where Lagoon Beach Resort, right? It is in Pangayawan, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental. For bookings, please visit the website of the resort today or contact the management through this mobile phone dial at +63 927 640 0728. When you talk to the administration of Lagoon Beach Resort, please don’t forget that you learn the place from us – Misamis Oriental Journal.

3 Reasons Why Students Get Easily Flunked

Students, these days, are at risk of failing in their studies. At any length and pace, they get poor results in their academic examinations. Even if they come to class or submit projects and requirements, they still fail to advance their academic levels. They cannot even progress despite the efforts to submit reports. The problem now depends on the ability of the students to realize their mistakes and manage their time to focus on their academic tracks. Though students, from time to time, hire tutors to help them improve their academic scores, they easily fail because of peer pressure stress, teacher factor, and technology interference.

Peer Pressure Factor

Students who cannot refuse to discard friends’ gimmick and party invitations tend to jeopardize their studies. They even lose their focus on resolving their academic projects and tasks due to friends’ commitments to do some extramural activities. Oftentimes, they go to the movie theaters in the afternoon and the bars and casinos in the evening. Instead of studying their lessons, they set their obligations with friends to enjoy their college life. Then, they drink too many alcoholic beverages and liquors at parties, abandon their studies, and forget assignments and projects. Without saying anything to refuse from classmates’ and friends’ tempting party gimmicks, students easily get failing marks and retake the course program.

Teacher Factor

Students, occasionally, decide to stop and drop the subjects because of their teachers. On the first day of school, when teachers lay down their semesters’ plans and projects, students slowly lose the courage to attend the class lectures the next day. They cut classes and go somewhere else remote to escape from their lectures. Sometimes, they claim that they do not like the teachers’ teaching strategies and styles. On the following day, they claim that their teachers do not exert their efforts to teach the subjects with finesse and panache. As such, students cannot pass the tests and fail to proceed.

Technology Factor

Advanced electronics and other technologies can alter some set priorities among students. For example, students grow addicted to playing mobile phones and video games without preparing any materials and tools for their studies. They cannot study properly because they do not have proper study plans and strategies to succeed in college. They even lack the courage to advance their studies to the next level. Somehow, they depend on the Internet for their assignments and reports. They even fail to improve their studies and take extra effort to change academically through scores and tests. As such, they easily fail to pass the courses if they do prioritize the use of their mobile phones, laptop computers, and other electronic devices.

Indeed, abandoning study plans, allowing classmates’ interference toward learning, and letting technologies to ruin concentration and focus are three powerful factors that permit students to fail easily. Because they allow their classmates and friends to distort their focus, they impossibly advance to the next level. They cannot even find any means and ways to learn new lessons, pay attention to their studies, and thrive in the process of learning. As they fail to change their lazy and lousy attitudes, they cannot focus on their studies. At some point, they tend to complain that they do not like their teachers’ teaching styles. They even prejudge their them and choose to stop schooling, for no reason at all. These superficial reasons only add to the significant outcomes that students easily fail in college due to a lack of focus and addiction to technologies. For that reason, students without doubts, fail in college.

 

 

Taytayan Hydro Inland Resort: A weekend retreat

Taytayan Hydro Inland Resort is our weekend getaway. We surely don’t want to deny that. We can’t even forget how dazzling, striking, and stunning the place is. Sometimes, we just have to see it for ourselves. We just need to spend time traveling and enjoying ourselves in the gorgeous spot in Davao. As adventurous people, we just have to fulfill our needs to explore the different places around us. We just need to check our calendar and remember that the best tourist destination in the country is the one that we see at the edge of our sight.

Taytayan Hydro Inland Resort positions itself at Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Davao De Oro, Mindanao, Philippines. It holds its perfect ambiance to give us an unwinding weekend that promises us a perfect getaway. We surely love that, don’t we? Situated in the hilly and rocky expanse of New Bataan, this inland resort in Davao De Oro vaunts us with its rolling and unbroken cold water that jets from the adjoining spring. And, who doesn’t love that? After a few minutes of walking, we just let our feet get refreshed with the calming waters, and we do love that as we invite our friends to do the same…

As well, Taytayan Hydro Inland Resort offers us its hillside-carved pool. Its pool design like the ordinary pool from our friends in the neighboring places allows us to feel home. Well, guests and visitors get filled with spring water enough to get reinvigorated their worn-out body. And, who are they to refuse to dive into the amazing and enthralling Taytayan Hydro Inland Resort? Also, who are we to say no to the spellbinding resort in Davao. So, we just sit back and relax just a little bit. Then, we dive into the cool crystal clear water to relax our puzzled mind. So, when we set plans for our next adventures, we choose Taytayan Hydro Inland Resort.

 

Little MALDIVES: Mindanao’s grandeur and glory

You are not lost. You are still in the Philippines. You are just surprised because you are not aware of the Philippines yet. Even if the Philippines is our country, you fail to explore and set your adventures. And, if you are new to the Little Maldives, then you probably have to expect this – the jaw-dropping encounter of the area. But, before that, you have to reach the exact location of the beautiful pride and spot of the Philippines. It is the Little Maldives at Barangay Tubalan, Malita, Davao Occidental, Mindanao, Philippines.

As well, the Little Maldives is stunning, right? You may have noticed this picture – the beautifully crafted bridges and the artistically and creatively constructed beach houses that would occupy the part of the massive rock structures to form an island. This scenic spot, by far, gives you a period of amazement. Looking at it closely, you will see the stunningly designed beach houses with some stilts in the water. The pillars holding the bridges and the cottage structures give the strong foundation of the whole area. Gorgeous as it is, your attention and focus get hooked by the magical spell of welcome of the Little Maldives. This place in Davao Occidental lets you appreciate the gift of nature. The blessed location of Davao and the magnificent destination for tourists give you these fascinating pristine and clean waters. As you can definitely see healthy marine life plus the coral formations and underwater creatures, you can stop right in the middle of your musings and wonder, nothing else. Of course, when you try to take a look at this real-life picture, who are you to refuse to visit the place. You know you can’t.

Additionally, you can’t repel the spell of the glorious beauty of the place. It seems an enchantment, but it isn’t. All you have to do is to pay an ENTRANCE FEE of ₱20.00. Please check it out since prices may vary. But, it doesn’t hurt and scratch your pocket. Now, if you want to travel, you definitely have to set your adventure plans. You may contact Georgette Sagang via these mobile phone dials at 09755619694 and 09185825049. If you want to book your adventures, you need to contact the tourism officer Jing Danolko with this mobile phone dial at 09755950517.

And oh, before you forget, you may ask how to get there. Well, if you are in Davao City, take the bus from Ecoland Terminal to Malita Davao Occidental. Then, you stop at Tubalan, Malita where you need to take commercial motorcycles known locally as “habal-habal” going to the Little Maldives. And, that’s it.

Hugo Sky Lounge: A paragliding of a lifetime

Have we skipped Cagayan de Oro for another magnificent adventure? Maybe, we have overlooked that. We have been very busy planning for our adventures in the coolest and most refreshing destinations in the country. Since domestic flights are open now, we have been drawn to travel to the best places and most alluring locations that the Philippines has to offer. And yet, we have forgotten a paradise in the megalopolis where we realize we have never been there before. For us, Hugo Sky Lounge at Amaya View in Cagayan de Oro has always been a paradise. We may wonder why we call it a paradise when the place is in the metropolis. Well, if we try to imagine the term “metropolitan area,” we come to think of the following words, such as busy, chaotic, dull, frantic, ghastly, and hassle. And yes, we are correct. However, we all have the options to take. We just need to go somewhere, very near, that we can appreciate and experience the goodness of life amidst the present global health crisis.

Setting our paragliding adventure here at Hugo Sky Lounge in Amaya View, CDO

Paragliding at Hugo Sky Lounge in Amaya View truly activates our spirits. It gives us a sense of competitive adventure and the recreational sport of flying paragliders. We can be paragliders if we want to paraglide. We just have to decide. However, how can we resist paragliding when we feel like doing it? We just need to feel the wind as we try to fly freely. By flying, we can float, flounce, and sashay into the vastness of the stratosphere. With or without paragliders with us, we can still enjoy the foot-launched glider aircraft with no unbending main organization.

At Hugo Sky Lounge, we take an adventure of a lifetime. Are we going to skip this adventure again? Of course, we aren’t. We just have to plan this thing right and buckle up with our paraphernalia.

Oh, do you know where Amaya View is? Please check the information below.

    • AMAYA View CDO © 2020
    • Indahag Hills, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
    • (+63) 917-149-0641

3 Reasons Why Traveling Is Fun

Traveling is like learning. It gives us exceptional experiences and moments of understanding of life. It, also, gives us moments of joy and pleasure to learn different perspectives and views about the world. These lessons in traveling may be about meeting new cultures, new people and their beliefs, and new natural and social environments. As well, traveling is fun. It helps us explore the diverse places, set for more discoveries, meet some of the good friends, and build meaningful memories. It even makes me feel complete and happy that we manage to roam around the world and then explore the different horizons. All those experiences make traveling fun. Additionally, traveling allows people like us to be free – free from personal confinement and isolation. We, sometimes, do this and that according to instructions, or sometimes, we do not have a choice. If we restrain ourselves in one place and choose to stay at home, we do not know the world around us. Soon, we slowly become strangers to one another since we do not have the chance to greet one another.

Traveling gives us joy. The activities, such as paragliding at Hugo Sky Lounge in Amaya View, diving and strolling around the boulevard at Reel Place, and putting footprints on Bukay Falak, excite travelers. We all have plans to do. We need to stop feeling too sequestered. In one way or another, we must travel because it is fun. Because of this, we need to set our adventures and discover new horizons beyond our imagination. As such, traveling is learning.

Hugo Sky Lounge: Amaya View, Cagayan de Oro

Traveling holds beneficial effects. It allows us to discover the world around us. It even permits us to explore various places that make us feel happy. Also, we must consider those unimportant events in our lives. We even value them without giving ourselves a break and take a moment to realize – why we do not need to take a break and enjoy just a little bit. It is because traveling gets us out of the busy schedules. It even allows us to experience life in diverse ways. Since traveling serves as a remedy for anxiety, depression, and stress, it cultivates emotional, mental, and physical health.

Reel Place: Lorega, Kitaotao, Bukidnon

As well, traveling helps people like us acquire diverse ideas and experiences. It even lets us gain different real-life instructions to survive from life and to imagine the vastness of the sky. In other words, traveling helps us realize our lack of focus. We even become confident to live our lives and manage to make some trips with friends. Over time, traveling makes us feel very confident. We feel that we do not have to worry anymore. As we become confident in our lives, we allow ourselves to get refreshed and realize the impact of traveling – to change.

BUKAY FALAK: Barangay Nuing, Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental

In the end, traveling is fun. It is because it can truly transform us and our way of thinking. It delivers us to go to places that people like us have never been there before. And yes, we become too excited to think that we need to take our steps further to reach those destinations. For that matter, we need to plan and set our travels, too. The good thing about traveling is that it makes our lives and moments count.