The four of us were plunged neck-deep in the dense shrubbery of a forest in Panay, wading through treelines and uphill steps with nothing but flashlights and the moon to lead the way and Gary’s pocket knife to cut through vines, all the while hearing the rhythmic chirping of crickets, fluttering birds, and God knows what else that lived in these Visayan mountains as we tried to reach the research site.
We were sent down here by the DOST to gather data on a cataclysmic series of earthquakes recorded on this island just a few weeks ago. I was one of the researchers; Dr. Dimasahan was the head seismologist. It was said that the earth rumbled for seven days and seven nights during a storm. The last recorded earthquake was higher than magnitude 7 on the Richter scale, but had stopped suddenly this Monday. Why that was, it was our job to know.
Soon, however, we had reached a clearing that seemed like the perfect place for stargazing. It was draped in the light of the crescent moon and a thousand twinkling stars. Near the edge was a cliff that overlooked a large valley veiled in the shadow of two mountains. At its center was a peculiar serpentine river whose black waters shone in the moonlight.“Dito muna tayo matulog,” Dr. Dimasahan said, instructing us to prepare our camping equipment, which honestly sounded like a good plan.
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