Classroom Science Initiatives

I just came from the beach again, from the same place as last April with the college faculty. Before that I was there with friends in January of last year. The first time ever I was there was in the mid-nineties.

This time though I was with the CS oldies, students again just like during that first visit, members of a mountaineering group.

Now there were banners all along the road about a port in the same town that travels to one of the islands in the south where they hold a festival of wooden head masks patterned after the centurions in the story of Easter.

It really is amazing how well the access to the town had become better since that long dirt road roughly a decade ago.

Back then there weren’t even resorts, just huts that we were able to rent out from the residents.

And during that time, I remember waking up in the morning to excited shouts from the beach, right in time to see dolphins jumping out of the water near the shore. Not so during subsequent visits.

This new place that we went to was great in terms of service. A gas stove was available, so we were able to cook our own food for three meals (dinner, breakfast and lunch). Considering we paid two thousand pesos each (including for the van) it was really worth it. If you didn’t want to cook though, they had a restaurant at the site. Maybe I should have tried it out at least once.

Speaking of food, ours was bought in boxes, so it looked like we were conducting relief operations there.

Plus, they had customized plates and bowls with the name of the resort. Even if people decided to steal them, which we were tempted to do it would still be advertisement for the place.

I didn’t though because I want to go back there - best I’ve seen so far among the resorts I’ve visited.

Only difference here was that use of the pool was an additional hundred peso charge, not like the last two places I went to.

They also had cable, just like the one I went to in January of last year, which the third place didn’t.

It was also convenient that it was politicians’ faces (running again in May?) plastered all over the banners along the access road saying that they were the ones behind the development of the place.

@@ Daily Leadership Lesson October 24 - Never reach out your hand unless you’re willing to extend an arm. - Elizabeth Fuller

My take on this, and the ones below: again it’s about helping or serving others. Only so much I can say about that really.

@@October 25 - God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs. Therefore, it is vital that we serve each other. - Spencer Kimball

@@ October 26 - Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. - John 12:26 NIV