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‘The best things in life are the people you love, the places you’ve seen, and the memories you’ve made along the way.’ It was in the middle of the summer season when a planned trip to the summer capital didn’t push through I decided to look for a worthy destination just near the city. And since its summer, waterfalls were the obvious alternative for beaches. And when we talk about waterfalls here in Tarlac, only one name will come to mind: Timangguyob. This is considered as the most visited and well known as compared to other waterfalls in the province of Tarlac. It has a 15 meter high waterfall located at Sitio Dueg, Barangay Maasin in the municipality of San Clemente. It was the unanimous choice of destination for a summer escapade with my colleagues. The planning stage of the Timangguyob trip started at a road block. Our biggest concern was that we don’t have any idea how to get there. And since it was a supposed dayhike, we needed a tour guide going there...

‘For everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.’ I was ecstatic upon learning that we will be having a hike in Makiling. I instantly commited myself in joining the event. Not even the presence of the Limatiks (Blood Leeches) can stop me from going. Makiling was one of the few mountains I was familiar with even before I became a hiking enthusiast. To know more about Makiling, I decided to do some research prior to the climb, which I usually do with my previous climbs. That’s when I learned about the blood sucking Limatiks . It was my biggest concern in this climb simply because I am terrified of the mere sight of blood and not of the creatures itself. To make the story short, I armed myself with information on how to properly deal with these inhabitants of Makiling when the day of the climb came about. This was my third major climb so I was not particularly nervous, but there were still some apprehensions on my part. We left Cubao e...