An All Around Sportsperson

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Jillian first ever climb - Unfinished business

Just recently, our group Kawangis organized a day hike climb to Mt. Pico De Loro in Ternate, Cavite. The plan was to bring our daughter up in the mountain, however, we failed to bring her to the campsite because of a sudden rain and also my daughter won't allow me to carry her all through out the hike. As i'm worried to my wife carrying my daughter up to the campsite and that she might get injured as we go along. We decided that She and my daughter together with 2 companions would stay at the base camp and wait for us to comeback from the hike to the summit. My cousin and I proceeded to hike up until the summit. We were running on the trail so we can lessen the time spent walking and for us to be able to come back early to the base camp and we can be able to accompany my wife and daughter back to the jumpoff. The hike did well as we planned. We arrived at the jumpoff point on time before it gets dark. The hike was successfully however it leaves us an unfinished business, so for the next climb, we were planning of bringing our daughter once again and hopefully it will be successful. Until then, wait for my next write up on our next climb.

My wife and daughter

My cousin, Ali and I @ summit

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Alcatel OT-997D

I bought this mobile phone for Mheann last December, 2012 for only PHP11,990 at Samsung Mobile, SM Southmall. Please see below specifications:

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	SIM	Dual SIM (Mini-SIM, dual stand-by)
	Announced	2012, July
	Status	Available. Released 2012, September

BODY	Dimensions	129.8 x 68 x 11 mm (5.11 x 2.68 x 0.43 in)
BODY	Weight	143 g (5.04 oz)

DISPLAY	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 32 GB
MEMORY	Internal	1 GB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection
	Video	Yes, 720p@30fps
	Secondary	Yes, VGA

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
	Chipset	MTK 6577
	CPU	Dual-core 1 GHz
	Sensors	Accelerometer, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, White
		- SNS integration - MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player - MP4/H.264 player - Document viewer - Photo viewer/editor - Organizer - Voice memo - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Li-Ion 1800 mAh battery
	Stand-by	Up to 400 h (2G) / Up to 350 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 16 h (2G) / Up to 8 h 30 min (3G)

MISC	SAR US	0.50 W/kg (head) 0.74 W/kg (body)

Friday, March 1, 2013

Balite Falls, Amadeo Cavite

Last February 23, 2013 we went to Balite Falls located in Amadeo, Cavite for an occular inspection because we are looking for the right place to celebrate our group Kawangis' anniversary. There were four of us, My Wife and I, together with our close friends, Bong and Tin. We've met at around 2 o'clock in the afternoon at Jollibee Junction Alabang. We proceeded to Alabang terminal and rode a van bound to Trece Martires for only 60 pesos each. We arrived in Manggahan, somewhere in General Trias Cavite at around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. We headed to KFC to have our late lunch and after that we proceeded to Puregold to buy some stuffs that we need in our stay at the resort. We rode a jeep bound to Amadeo for only 18 pesos each and we dropped off to the road with the Balite Falls signboard.

Balite Falls

Height: approximately 3 meters / 9.8 feet

Basin's Depth: approximately 5.4 meters / 18 feet

Here are some memorable pictures:

Land Mark if you are going to Balite Falls

Bong posing beside the markings

Upper portion of the falls

The falls' basin

Taken from our rented hut

After our trip to Balite Falls, we went to Tagaytay and take our lunch at Dencio's

If you want to go to Balite falls, just use the route that we had taken. Entrance fee is 150 per head for an overnight stay and the huts ranges from 500-1000.

Calaguas Island

Mahabang Buhangin Beach or Halabang Baybay in Bicol (long beach) is an attractive beach located on the northern part of barangay Mangcawayan (Tinaga Island) Calaguas Island in Vinzons, Camarines Norte - Philippines.