Every year, our school brings the first and second year students to Morong, Bataan for an immersion field trip. They are brought there so that they can experience the works of the Pawikaan Conservation Project. I was able to experience it as well a few years ago and Ramil, being a science teacher, begged off from on 2006 because I was eight months pregnant then.

This year, I was hoping we’d come. We, meaning I plan to bring Mateo with me, thinking that it would be a great experience for him as well. However, due to the number of teachers who are going this year, it seemed that we wouldn’t be able to go after all. Bringing our own car and solely shouldering the gas expense is not an option. Not to mention that I can’t very well strap Mateo to the passenger seat while I drive because we don’t have a carseat for him. I was already set to spend the three-day weekend with just Mateo, I even invited my mom if she’d like to sleep over. It was a pleasant surprise when Ramil informed me that he could actually squeeze us in because some teachers will just be going in the afternoon.

It’s going to be a challenging weekend. Since I’m going not as a teacher, I know I have to make sure that Mateo and I don’t become a distraction to the children. With the way those kids come up to Mateo and play/talk to him, it’s not going to be an easy task. Not to mention that we didn’t reserve for a room so we might have to resort to sleeping in a tent. The comfort rooms don’t have Kohler faucets nor even tiles! Still, it’s going to be quite an experience for Mateo and me. I’ll be back with a LOT of pictures. I can hardly wait.