Sibale Island… just one of the many proofs that our country truly has a beautiful, breathtaking archipelago. Located between Mindoro and Romblon, the island is treasured with white sand beaches and crystal clear blue waters, comparable to the beaches in Boracay and Palawan. I feel so lucky to again have enjoyed its splendor, setting aside the trouble of the long journey to reach the island paradise.
Trinity Outdoor Club for Employees (TOCE) organized the 4-day adventure trip together with Trinity Outdoor Mountaineers Club alumni and friends to serve as respite from their busy work life. The budget of P2,000 included transportation and food expenses, and port/terminal fees.
As before, the group stayed with "Kuya Nieb", our friend who owns part of the island of Sibale. There are no hotels on the island so the group camped out on the beach, beneath coconut trees. We draw water from an artesian well, which we use for both bathing and cooking. We communed with nature and interacted with Kuya Nieb's only-daughter, Angel, and his fisher-folk neighbors.
Sibale Island is perfect for swimming and snorkeling because it is dotted with many mini coves and bays, which seabed is teaming with life. On my first dip, I couldn't help but be nervous. It is hard to bravely look through wide-brimmed swim goggles towards the seemingly endless underground forest beneath me. Likewise, it is doubly hard to bravely swim through mild currents to take pleasure in looking at sea urchins, varied-colored corals and unusual varieties of fishes, which some are brave enough to brush against me as I swim with them in the shallow waters.
On our second day, we took a hike up a small hill planted with copra to see the other side of the island. As in the beach where Kuya Nieb and his family had built their house on, the other beach is also white-sanded, which luminosity could hurt your eyes, especially during a sunny day. We couldn't just content ourselves with memories of the place; we had to take a zillion pictures.
Many people spend so much on drugs just to get high. I wish they could experience the natural high I had at Sibale Island.
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Link was conceptualized in May 2001 by former Personnel Officer-in-Charge, Lilian Ledesma, and then Alumni Affairs secretary, Maria Cristina Gorrospe.
With the retirement of Lilian Ledesma, Link published its last issue in September 2004. Then, with the arrival of Human Resource Director, Jerico Buñing, Link was revived in June 2006.
The publication's name (Link) was a contribution of Elena Catalo, to mean "ties that join together"; the publication's logo was the artistic creation of Raul Quetua.
The pioneer publication members were: Norma Baltazar, Nora Bandong-Sambalido, Evelyn Mae Benito-Gitalada, Cecille Caguiat-Trinidad, Eileen Castillo-Miguel, Elena Catalo, Virgilio Cendaña, Jorgia Credo, James Felizardo, Maria Donna Lainez, Eden Lomiwes, Misael Mendoza, Raul Quetua, Esperanza Remorca, Grace Sarao and Cheryll Varona.
Together with Lilian Ledesma, Josefina Botor-Reyes were its first publication advisers.
Link was last published in November 2007, after Jerico Buñing and Maria Cristina Gorrospe resigned from the university in December 2007.
With the retirement of Lilian Ledesma, Link published its last issue in September 2004. Then, with the arrival of Human Resource Director, Jerico Buñing, Link was revived in June 2006.
The publication's name (Link) was a contribution of Elena Catalo, to mean "ties that join together"; the publication's logo was the artistic creation of Raul Quetua.
The pioneer publication members were: Norma Baltazar, Nora Bandong-Sambalido, Evelyn Mae Benito-Gitalada, Cecille Caguiat-Trinidad, Eileen Castillo-Miguel, Elena Catalo, Virgilio Cendaña, Jorgia Credo, James Felizardo, Maria Donna Lainez, Eden Lomiwes, Misael Mendoza, Raul Quetua, Esperanza Remorca, Grace Sarao and Cheryll Varona.
Together with Lilian Ledesma, Josefina Botor-Reyes were its first publication advisers.
Link was last published in November 2007, after Jerico Buñing and Maria Cristina Gorrospe resigned from the university in December 2007.