An Impromptu Journey

This week's Thursday had me traipsing over familiar roads and unfinished pathways. I, along with my fellow Basadours, went to a far flung barangay in Cebu - Barangay Tabunan. The road was familiar as I remember going with my Aunt during her plant-buying trips back in grade school and new because we journeyed farther on.

On the way, it was simply a beautiful experience. The weather was nice, the wind was cold, no dust in sight and  had some good friends as company.

Although I hadn't slept for 12 hours or so, I didn't regret going with the gang. As our assigned story tellers regaled the children with stories like The Ant and the Dove as well as The Sun Goes Up, I entertained myself by exploring the place.

In Tabunan, they had an outdoor reading center where they placed their books. I can imagine myself reading out there and feeling the cool mountain wind. I wonder if I'll be able to finish the book without falling asleep. Hehehe...

In reality, the reading center was made up of low cost materials and the books, though shielded from the rain, still were exposed to changes in temperature, moist and insects.

Also the titles were not the ones conducive to learning for the little ones (e.g. China's economy and Golf Physics). Although, there were helpful DIY books there as well as some children's books.

(The reading center is a very relaxing area that rekindled my desire to have an outdoor library. Although I have to think about various factors like moisture and insects.)


Personally - and as a Basadour, I am concerned on how the love for reading can be developed in this far flung area where the available books are something they cannot relate with and think is not worth their time.




I wish that there will be a better building for their reading center or an improved design as well as a better selection of books....

On the whole, it was a great experience to be able to see the children read along with the story tellers and re-enact the story from memory.

I realized that if you love to read, the children will be able to feel it through your passion in reading and teaching.














I pray that the seed to love words and learning has been implanted within them and that it grows to make them promising individuals in the future. :)