Tabogon : Featuring Archt. Raagas's Rest House

G’day mate! How was your summer so far? Mine is so stressful due to a hectic schedule, char Lol. But seriously I was busy with my studies and at the same time for my work. I wanna share something about what I’ve experienced in Tabogon in the Northern part of Cebu. As we all know, living in the city during the summer season is not easy, especially when you’re stuck in the middle of the traffic, it is very stressful and can cause frustration to people around. Stressful in a way that we are experiencing a very hot season and that is why we need to hang out sometime or “kung may time”, go to a place to relax or to cool yourself down. I am pretty sure that I’m not the only one who is craving for a place to relax with magnificent cold water such as cold spring or a water falls or even sea water. But for me, beaching is not a good idea because of the very hot temperature. But of course, it will depend on your preference.

Municipality of Tabogon

Tabogon is one of the municipality under 4th district in Cebu province. It is more likely 90 kilometers away from Cebu City proper and the travel period will take more or less 3 hours depends on the traffic. One spot that I know in Tabogon is their enchanted Guiwanon Cold Spring. It is located in a few distance from Tabogon proper. Guiwanon Spring is almost the same with Ubong Spring in Dalaguete (Southern part of Cebu). The spring is connected directly to the sea and of course, the water is kinda salty and most especially the attractive and enchanted Balete tree.

Balete Tree

Balete tree (also known as Balite or Baliti) are several species of the trees in the Philippines from the genus Ficus that are broadly referred to as balete in the local language. There are heaps of freaky story about balite trees but for me, all of them are just fairy tale and was made by old folks. Guiwanon Cold Spring is 4 feet in depth when low tide and has estimated the depth of 7 feet when high tide. We went there early in the morning because we’re expecting that no guest yet during early morning but unfortunately we are wrong, absolutely wrong! A weekend trip is not an ideal time when visiting the place because there are heaps of tourists from other or different places.

Badian Day Trip: Ang Paglukso sa Kansanto

Hello pepz!

Gday? 

Its been a long time since I have posted something on my blog due to a hectic schedule, 'cause you know celebrity life hahaha. Bitaw oi, I was very busy being half student and half employee but I can manage because I do believe there is no busy person, it is just a matter of balancing one's time. hehe. 



Anyways, you heard about Kawasan Falls right? I dunno where are coming from if you know nothing about Kawasan Falls lol but seriously the reason why I wrote this article is to share the experience we had in the place. When we say Badian, I am pretty sure that the first thing that will come out to your mind is Kawasan Falls right? I know right? lol.

Story sharing in Liloan Ibabao Mountain Resort

Working in the BPO industry is not easy especially when you are not into English thing just like me lol. Actually, even if English is not my thing but because of English I was able to survive in the chaotic world and was able to sustain my daily needs. As we all know, most of the shifts in a call center company are night or graveyard shift. Why, simply because some of the clients or customer are from the United States and we have different time zones, "so kitay mo adjust". 

There are also call center company that is supporting Australian account which is more convenient since they have day shift. Working as call center agent is one of the most stressful work as far as I know and as what I've experienced before. Stressful in a way that you have no sufficient sleep since you have to adjust your body clock for the graveyard shift, stressful in a way that there are heaps of calls and irate customers, stressful in a way that you are not happy with the environment, people around and management, stressful in way that you have a bunch of disputes during pay day, stressful in a way that you have to catch up or maintain the required metrics  and so on and so forth. 

They say call center job is just a very easy, maybe in conversing English but take note being call center agent is not only about English. You will be a technical support even if you're not IT expert, you will become a banker, compute or process bills if even if you're not an accountant, it's not easy to listen and apologize to an irate customer when you have no fault at all these are some of the things that is not easy in a BPO industry.

BPO Industry

I've been in this industry for almost 3 years and I can say that it's not an easy job, though we're just seating in front of the computer and headset put on, but we also need to consider the stressful factor that was mentioned previously. Sometimes, call center agent needs to hang out to relieve stress, some went beaching, mountain adventure, and so on. Most of the time I do mountain hiking with some of my colleague in VL Philippines Inc. I've been in VL company for almost one year but we only had a hang out together with the team once and that was boxing day, a holiday in AU and NZ.

Ibabao Mountain Resort

Ibabao Mountain Resort is a newly-established property for those who want to relax and escape from the stressful environment in the city. Ibabao Mountain Resort is good because you can relax but not really far from the city and has less expense.


The location of this resort provides its guests wonderful views of the surrounding, nearby and distant places, including the panoramic view of Cebu and nearby towns which are visible through the sparkling lights at night.

BADIAN DAY TRIP: ANG KABUGNAW SA KAWASAN

Kawasan is the most popular destination in Badian. Kawasan Falls is a must-see attraction while you’re in town, it’s a three-layered waterfall system located at Barangay Matutinao Badian. Kawasan Falls is the most popular tourist destination in the town. It is well visited by both foreign and local tourists. 

The first level of the falls is the most crowded place, it is also the place where you can see the highest waterfall among the 3 waterfalls. Before it was allowed to jump in from the very top but its now prohibited because there was a number of tourists who died for doing such adventure. 

If you are taking a bus you may inform the bus driver assistant (conductor) or the bus driver that you are going to Kawasan Falls, they know the place. In our case, we ride a bus then we stop in Badian Public Market since we visit Kansanto Spring first. From Badian Public Market we ride a tricycle for 25.00 per head going to Brgy. Matutinao where Kawasan Falls located.