Beachside reunion couplefie
Catching up with my former neighbor Marcelo โMarโ Raro, at the Sikatuna Beach Hotel in Barangay San Roque of the Municipality of San Josรฉ, in the Province of Occidental Mindoro.
I had met Mar when we were both members of the church choirs of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, growing up in the Cubรกo District of Quezรณn, and we ceased contact after my family had moved from Cubรกo to Marikina City.
When the FEU (Far Eastern University) sent me to Mindoro to represent the school and help the school in the DENRโs (Department of Environment and Natural Resources) efforts to save the highly endangered and endemic Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis); I was informed that Mar had moved to San Josรฉ, and he was now a radio commentator at the DZXL 558 Radio Mindanao Network.
When I contacted Mar, we dcided to meet at the Sikatuna Beach Hotel, as that is where I was billeted. We also chose the Sikatuna, as it was just a short 650 meter walk towards the DENRโs Tamaraw Conservation Program (TCP) compound.
This picture was taken circa 2011
