(Okay, this post is overdue by a day. - Marocharim)
The third day of the Silliman National Writers Workshop was held at Lake Balanan, which was a pleasant surprise. I think of it as a “back to nature” kind of thing. I’m not a nature lover, but this place has become one of my favorite places.
Considering I’m afraid of large, wide, open bodies of water. Heck, I shiver at the thought of creeks and swimming pools. While the beauty of the lake did not turn me into a nature lover, I think that even city boys have a soft spot for the clear, the verdant, and the lush.
For people like me who are used to city lights, nature can be the least appealing because it’s absent. The most I get to jungles and wilderness these days are artificial gardens at malls, but Lake Balanan was a welcome change from the artificial oases of the urban jungle.
