About Me
| What Jecel Means |  You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you.
You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries.
You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice.
You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.
You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.
At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.
You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.
You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.
A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.
You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.
You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.
Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is. |
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Interests
Hi5 Layouts from PopDarts.com
music...books...sports...paintings...photography...travel...nature...
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Favorite Music
I Promise-Jaci switchfoot...building 429...newsboys...delirious...lifehouse...jars of clay...casting crowns...third day...dctalk...mojofly (when ketchie nadal was still with the group)...barbie's cradle (hungry young poets)...
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Favorite Movies
lotr trilogy...chronicles of narnia...braveheart...gladiator...tears of the sun...shrek...ice age...a walk to remember...ever after...the interpreter...a beautiful mind...sandra bullock movies...docu films... 
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Favorite TV Shows
alias...real vidoes and extreme sports on JCtv ('cause it's scarier when it's live!)...travel the road...amazing race...gilmore girls...smallville...dexter's lab...dawson's creek...k-dramas (when I want to emote...I love won bin and kim rae won...walang kokontra!=)...hehehe 
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Favorite Books
BIBLE...chronicles of narnia series...other c.s. lewis' books...mark twain's novels...elisabeth elliot's books...when I was a teenager, I couldn't get enough of nancy drew books, sweet valley high, sweet valley university and sweet valley saga...
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Journal
This is a blog entry I wrote last year in http://jey_lin.blogs.friendster.com/journey/ about my field practicum days in Palawan. I really miss those days…
Almost five years ago, I decided to take up Wildlife Field Practicum in Palawan, located in the southwestern part of the Philippines. It was my first trip to the island. I didn’t know what to expect except that it was known for its rich flora and fauna. I was really excited about the whole trip but a bit anxious, too, because I had to live in a tent the whole time. I wondered if I could survive. It would mean two weeks and four days in the wild without the things that I was used to. Truly, I needed to sacrifice a number of personal comforts.
However, the thrill and joy of being with nature were priceless. Weeks before our departure, we attended an orientation conducted by our wildlife professor. He briefed us on the things we need to do in the wild and taught us the basic skills in setting up a tent and trapping animals.
At exactly three o’ clock on a hot afternoon of April 2002, we boarded the ship off to the port of Coron, Busuanga Is., Palawan. Together with me on the trip were four other students, our wildlife professor, our laboratory aide and four workers from the Museum of Natural History in UP Los Baños. We reached the island safely the following day. Our professor told us to text or to call our loved ones because it would not be possible once we rode the bus to the camping site. Except for the dusty road, the bus ride was fun. The lush green countryside was a sight to behold.
We spent our first week in Busuanga where I shared a tent with two other female classmates. We took a bath and washed our clothes in a small well in the nearby forest. I felt we were in a SURVIVOR episode. Life was so simple but everyday was a challenge. Aside from tasting exotic foods, we caught frogs, trapped squirrels and colorful birds like kingfishers, monarchs, pigeons, etc. They were freed after we took their measurements and names.
We also trapped bats. However, freeing them was hard. Worse, we were told to free them from the mist nets with bare hands. I hesitated at first. This is the price of being adventurous, I thought. I gathered all my wits and examined one bat. I controlled myself from freaking out. I was extra careful not to hurt it and be bitten in the process. Then suddenly, I screamed when its little but sharp claws scratched my hands. I was so embarrassed but everyone just laughed.
On the first day of the second week, we rode a motorboat towards our next destination – the Calauit Island Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary. When we arrived, I was amazed on the sight of zebras, giraffes, horses and Calamian deers that freely roamed around the island. I’ve seen them in zoos and on TV but it was different seeing them personally outside the confines of big cages and fences. They really looked great in the wild. One of my classmates exclaimed that two giraffes were going to mate. The rest of us got our binoculars and took a closer look of the two creatures. They were more or less twenty meters away from us. We were careful not to agitate them as we moved closer. I hid behind a tree and one classmate joined me. We waited for less than an hour of courting before they actually mated. The actual mating was brief and fast as lightning. It was so quick that we were not able to capture it on film.
We did the rest of our fieldwork that week. My partner and I gathered data for our special problem on bee-eaters. Others had their own special problems, too. We needed to wake up very early to do the activities because by nine o’ clock in the morning the heat was already unbearable. Often, we continued work late in the afternoon. We then analyzed the data at night. It was tiring but fun.
The group was hilarious. There was never a day that I was bored. We always exchanged jokes, teased each other, ate lots of mangoes and played cards under the mango trees when we were free. I looked forward everyday because I learned new things. We never ran out of stories to tell. Our topics ranged from monkeys to Julius Caesar.
It was so sad that we had to leave Calauit after eleven days. It would mean going back to reality – SCHOOL. However, the memories, the things that I’ve learned, the new things that I’ve experienced and the friendships that were formed were treasures that I really value for the rest of my life. It took me eighteen days of simple living to realize that I needed to appreciate simple things to be truly happy. Literally, we lived with the animals. Those surreal moments were forever captured in vivid images and stored in my long-term memory.
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thanks for your take care na.
God bless. See you!!.