Tinago Falls in ILIGAN CITY

It has always been one of my dreams to experience what other people have experienced when they swim or dive into the mere like tinago falls. My new found friends in PKI will go there last January 24, 2016. It was so much fun and enjoy even if it too far but it’s worth it to experienced.

It was my First time experience to visit tinago falls; we take some photos and videos of the place for posting in my blog and also to have souvenir photos of tinago falls nature.

To reach the falls, you have to trek down a winding staircase with about 250 steps.The task can be a long and difficult one so that families with small children are not advised to take the trek for safety. Those who do want to visit a waterfall but find it difficult to trek down Tinago Falls can check out the other falls in the city, including the grand Maria Cristina Falls which is very accessible and set in a family-friendly nature park. In fact, most tourists visit the Maria Cristina Falls first then proceed to Tinago so that the latter can get crowded in the afternoon. To those who are willing and able to take the stairs down to the falls,the view along the way is beautiful and the breathtaking destination is well worth the sweat and effort you spent. A swim in the cold waters can jar your senses but could also provide rejuvenation after the long trek.





It is the waterfall’s way of welcoming and thanking you for taking the time to take the difficult jaunt just for a visit.

You can bring as much food as you want to because there are no corkage fees to be paid. But you also have to remember that you have to lug down all your supplies down the winding stairs to reach the falls. It would be best to pack light and bring just ample food to enjoy. Still, if you didn’t bring supplies, there is a mini sari sari store where you can buy some bread, drinks, and other snack items.


Another option is to hire a guide who will also take the task of bringing your belongings. This way, you will have lesser burden as you navigate down the stairways. How much you give the guide really depends on you. He might ask for a specific fee but you can always add some few pesos to the amount, especially if he has to bring lots of food and luggage along.



A lot of tourists are disappointed that they can’t swim at the Maria Cristina Falls – that could be deadly! Those who wish to experience swimming under a waterfall can do so at Tinago Falls, easily endearing it to the hearts of many tourists. So, aside from food (and cameras, of course!), don’t forget to bring extra clothes for swimming.




It is also possible to experience the cascades directly down your body by enjoying a raft ride. The ride is safe and can accommodate a group. Just be prepared for the strong force of the water on your skin, though it won’t be pounding too hard. The raft ride is available for a fee.

Sagpulon Falls in Jasaan

People of Cagayan de Oro and near cities or municipalities – have you already gone to this beautiful 350-meter water fall drop in San Isidro, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental? I guess, there were only few who knows about Sagpulon falls because it’s not yet fully developed and the municipalities just announced the proposed construction last January 23, 2014 under the administration of Gov. Bambi Emano. The development project is worth 10 million pesos.

How to get thereIt’s actually 35 – 45minutes away from the main road of Jasaan. You can reach the area by motorcycle call “habal-habal” and will cost 30 – 50 pesos per person from highway or if you’re from Cagayan de Oro you can ride a jeep (25 pesos) or thru bus (30 php + 3.00 terminal fee) from Agora terminal and tell the conductor to stop you at Spring view resort in Jasaan. From spring view resort, there are motorcycles that can bring you to Sagpulon falls.

Having Someone

Relationships are bonds that a person can have to other people. Bonds that may help a person be strong and some may lead to problems, but the most important relationships are the ones that make us have this feeling called love. Relationships to others are important to a person. There is this saying that, “No man is an island”, it is a metaphor that means a man cannot live with himself. Human beings need to be with someone. No matter if it is a person, friends and family. Everybody needs to someone that they can hang on when in problem. Someone that will guide them and someone that will accept what kind of a person a man is. This kind of relationships is rooted from love. Love from a family, group of friends or from a special someone. There is a kind of love that a person needs to have. Love from a special someone and that person will be with him as a partner.

Love is when you willingly do anything just because you love that person and it will result in strengthening your relationship together. When you feel love, you cannot find the right words to express the feeling of it. You just have to make that person feel that you really love him/her. As for me, I have a partner that is very wonderful person. I’m not saying that he is a perfect person because nobody in this world is perfect. But for me, he is the right one that will fill up all the imperfections in my life. Having a relationship can be used as an inspiration in living life, despite of all the problems that life will offer. On the other hand there are relationships that are unhealthy because it can result to losing your way to the right path in terms of pursuing your dream.

But for me, I use this relationship as an inspiration. Because I know that, besides of my family, I have him to support me always despite the downfalls that I will encounter in my life. We have this relationship that when the other is in need, the other will give a 100% support so that we can overcome every challenge together. It is good for a person to have a good support system in facing life. This will help boost a person’s confidence and will result to positive outcomes. When we face problems, we will just be open minded and will listen to each other’s side. Letting things cool down when we have a fight always helps us because this makes us calm and will respect each other’s side. If you have problems and anger will always be the one that will make things worse.

 

Also, we have our families to guide us in our relationship and help us be a better partner. We also have God as our primary adviser. When we face troubles, we ask for the grace from the Lord to help us overcome every obstacle. Every obstacle that we surpass, our relationship grows stronger. We are also grateful in every day that our relationship last longer and stronger.

Having relationships with others helps us become responsible for the greater good of the people around us. This helps us be good human being, knowing the good from the bad and knowing the responsibilities of having a relationship. Also with the help of our Lord, we can be the persons that He wants us to be and made us to do, love Him and love each other.

Life is a Choice

We lived in world of choice. The moments passed are the product of the choices we made. “Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved” according to William Jenning Bryan. Our life rotates through our decisions, through the option we take and the choices we choose. What ever choices we take through the reality is that it has an end result.

As time goes by, incidents happen for a reason. We are facing different problem in different situations. But once in our life, the only thing we treasure is the joy we felt when we are in the time of laughs. No matter how many problems we faced, how many times we failed and being frustrated, the important thing to do is how to handle and accept the reality that every choices we made is not always perfect and sometimes we defeat by our own choice.
 

“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better”. According to Ralph Waldo Emerson. The pains and frustrations would be the instrument for us to become complete and be strong enough to face all odds in life. For instance in love, the reality is that we could understand its meaning unless we don’t feel the pain when we are in loved. But in the very first place, it’s started with our choice, our choice to love that someone and we expect lot of things out of it. Somehow, we are given the chance to choose the experience of pain and nothing and we rather choose pain to make other people happy. The choice of letting go will really mean to someone who deserves it, the choice of freedom. Because in life there are two choices wherein there are two paths to take, one is easy and the other is hard. In life if we choose the easy one, the choice we have will result to easier answer. The hardest it was the better the result to take.

God’s purpose is to make us a good person; he measures our strength on how we handle things through our decisions. It depends on how we construct, handle, and hold on the principles that we stand for. Sometimes life is unfair, but no matter how sorrowful it is, how  painful and how struggling it was moving on will the alternative to release the baggage’s in life and everything will come to and end. We should always remember that “We cannot cure the world of sorrow, but we can choose the world of joy”.