When was the last time you’ve climb a tree?

When I was a kid, I really like to climb the trees at the backyard of our house or at my grandmother’s house.  Climbing trees is somehow an achievement for me as a little girl.

 

I really love to climb trees especially when I am with my little brother, Mac Mac. Somehow, his presence during my climb made me feel secure that I can climb it. There was a time when we are having difficulty in climbing the duhat tree at our backyard because of its complex structure and it is Mac Mac who helps me to go up. Each one of us will find a good position to eat the fruits while enjoying the view and the thumping of fresh air. Once, while having pleasure eating the fruits, I saw a green snake in one of its branches which is at the back of my brother; I panic and shout at him. Then, in just a split second, I am already in the ground with my body shaking out of nervous. When I saw that my brother is safe, we just both look at each other and laugh. I can still imagine how my brother and I went down so easily that made me laugh again. :D

Another remarkable experience of climbing trees is when we visited apong(my grandmother) in their house. My cousins invited me to go to the backyard and climb trees. So, I seek mom’s permission to go with them and she gave me her consent to go as long as I wouldn’t join them climbing the mango trees. Somehow, I followed my mom when I did not climb any mango tree, instead I climb another tree which I no longer remember its name. With a fear that an elder will see me, I was vigilant that when I saw my tito coming, I hurriedly go down. Unfortunately, my haste made me fell in the ground. I was so scared of my mom’s discipline if she will know that I somehow disobey her, so I tried to walk straight even if it’s painful.  Maybe I’m a good actress back then that I was able to hide it from my mom and go home safely without her knowing of what I did. But since hiding the truth bothered me so much; I eventually confess it to her.

Those are just my two cherished memories of climbing trees, a childhood experience that I will always bring when I grow up. I'm glad that there is no internet back then that I can still do those stuffs. 


And to answer the title of this post, I just climb a tree last weekend at Isla Jardin, Gumasa, Glan, Saranggani with my new friend, JH. My last climb reminded me how is it to be a child and to be carefree again. I love it! :)