Mountain Pines, Bukidnon


Good Morning everyone! It's been a while.. Since there is nothing to do around the office, I thought about sharing my Airsoft experience at a place considered to be one of the best airsoft sites in Mindanao. This is my hobby since 2009 joining and training to improve. I was a part of the Championship Team ARMADA who blazed and won the “Airsoft Supremacy 3rd Chapter” Northern Mindanao FAS Eliminations tournament held in Camp Bivouac, Mountain Pines, Bukidnon, Philippines last April 16-17, 2011. It was a FAS-sanctioned tournament. It means that you will be competing against the best teams the Northern Mindanao has to offer. To emerge as CHAMPIONS in that group is indeed saying something. We would go on to win the championship dropping only one game. After that we were crowned 1st runner up at the MINDANAO FINALS in CDO qualifying for NATIONALS this coming NOVEMBER in Luzon! Camp Bivouac is a place for camping, airsoft games, archery, shooting range, foods and other outdoor experience. Warning: This place is dangerous and you need to have a cool head. Everyone is carrying a GUN for crying out loud! MP-5, Carbines, AK, you name it and It's not airsoft unlike the ones we had!

In the second picture, makita ko nimo sa pinaka right most using a Marui head gear and a Sandugo kicks. It's far different from using a JT Mask or a 5.11 tactical shoes. Naa pud pagka mahal pero enough about that. Let's talk about my role and the experience I got from that event. Nagsugod tanan after work sa friday april 15. I packed up my gears and guns expecting just to compete. We were nobodies entering the tournament. And since Armada was born October 10 last year, it was a camaraderie out of town trip for all of us. Wala kaayo ko nka prepare ug maayo but it was all worth it. I traveled to Camp Philips, Bukidnon around 7pm gikan trabaho. I was with 4 of my team mates who went first to set up camp and provisions for our team mates. Ang among puy anan located sa Agusan Canyon 2KMs away from Camp Philips. To my surprise, murag naa sa twilight zone ang lugar pag abot sa 7PM! Ambot lang kung tauhan ba ang lugar or naay mga spirits, santelmo, etc. pero wala na ka makita pag 7PM, not even dogs. So we were surprised knowing that living in the city, 7PM is just too early for sleep. It was very silent. Grabe ka hilum puro ra aninipot ang imu ma dunggan even though ga tapad tapad ang mga balay. It was also very cool. Murag nag aircon! Imagine that! Ang among puy anan was owned by one of our members. It was like a rest house 4 decent bedrooms, sala, kitchen, balcony and all the nature you can watch! It was sort of therapeutic nga area. Maybe it was one of the reason why we succeed. We slept at 11PM that night waiting for our comrades to arrive early in the morning. 4AM mata na mi. There was one problem though. Lisod i kaligo kai freezing ang tubig. Nag init mi ug isa ka takuri and among gi hulom sa tubig kaliguanan pero ala gihapun epek so gi antus na lang namo ang katugnaw. Kada sablig sa tubig naay pakapin nga syagit! Hahahaha! We head to the nearest market looking for bread, eggs and Bulad (tuyo)! We ate and we packed and head to Camp Philips. Our comrades were waiting there and I left my car there to join the group. From Camp Philips, we traveled 15 KMs to Camp Bivouac. We arrived at 7:45 AM and set camp for our guns and gears. We didn't expect grandeur things. It's just that we won all our games during this day and I couldn't believe the pace we were in. The first day ended at 5PM and we went back to Agusan Canyon to rest. Everybody was celebrating. Some were drinking, gambling, talking and sleeping. Unfortunately for me, I was having an ashtma attack due to the cool weather of the area. I was without medication. All I did was meditate and I was able to go through the rest of the night. We started the second day, sluggish. We have to shake off hangovers and sleepless nights. We lose our first game but we rebounded and won everything afterwards. Based on points and no violations, we won the championship and the sportsmanship! In airsoft, the sportsmanship award is much harder to earn than the championship trophy given the nature of the game. But we won both! It was a blast experience for me to be able to put my team and my name and stamped the game!
It was satisfying even though it's very tiring. I went home tired but I own the bragging rights to being called a Champion amongst champions. Here's to the next episodes of Getting Lost with Ricky Boi Formerly, Getting Lost in the Philippines, Mabuhay!