DÉJÀ VU in Pearl Island

Educational tour in Guiuan, Eastern Samar was our first educational trip this year. It was successful and fun though there were some unexpected situations occurred during the entire activity. Instead of having a 4-day EDUTOUR, our professors shortened it to a 3-day tour because they were going to a seminar somewhere. Our first place to visit was Pearl Island. Whoa, it was not my first time to ride a pump boat but the real problem was the big waves that hit the pump boat! I’m pretty nervous back then. I was thinking that the boat will turn upside down then drown and I’ll die! But the experience was fun though I’m quite nervous. The place was really much serene. A place that I could tell a nice place to relax. The wind and the waves were relaxing much. The silence of the place and the sound of the barking dog put me back to nature. How nice to feel this way. As what I’ve heard from a sitcom in the radio “Gusto ko magin kapwa, para hayahay,” was the nicest way to define the place.

Our first activity in Pearl Island was to place a transect and to identify or draw (if not familiar with) the species as you move along the transect. Transect is used to make a cross section of a certain place and identify the species living in the area as you move along the transect. We placed it in the edge of the shore near the port. It was 20 meters long. To be able to see the species living near the transect (2m wide) we snorkeled for about an hour or two repetitively. Our group had seen different kinds of species especially animals in the vicinity of the transect. This part was my most favorite part of the entire trip. Another thing in this place was the sleeping time. It was amazing to see the beautiful moon reflecting its light to the water. Wow! In my amazement I slept outside on a “katre” in between of two trees. I was accompanied by Rovie and Flor. But I slept for an hour or two because of the strong wind so we decided to move inside of the BFAR office. What was really flabbergasting in our first stop on the trip? It was all “DÉJÀ VU.”