A Quick Snap at Sirao Flower Garden

“Dalikyat” is a Cebuano term which means brief, and that was my theme when I had a brief visit in Sirao Flower Garden last Friday. The Little Amsterdam was quiet with only a few visitors at that time. In fact, I could immediately count them with my fingers. Back then, Sirao Flower Garden in Busay bustled with tourists, and even got featured in a national television. But now, this tourist attraction becomes a perfect destination for someone who wants to have a quick fix of solitude and serenity.

My visit to Sirao Flower Garden was unplanned. Actually, I was at Barangay Taptap helping out a colleague with her orientation and training together with the barangay officials. Further, it was also a courtesy visit for me as Fundlife’s representative because our organization will be engaging with the mountain barangays in the coming months. In the afternoon, although I was close to dozing off, my colleague called me off guard to give insights about COVID-19. Then, their attention was focused at me as I was constructing and retrieving information about the myths and misconceptions of the disease. At the end of the 10-minute session, I was glad that I focused on mental health as I thought it was an immediate concern from the participants who were very much concerned about their anxiety and worries brought by the pandemic.

In the afternoon, the group and I decided to have a short visit at Sirao Flower Garden. The garden reminded me of my younger years when I was invited for a flower festival in Indonesia. My free-spirited self without any hesitation travelled from Malaysia to Indonesia with a painter whom I met when I visited a museum in Sabah. In the present, I could only shake my head how impulsive I was before. But even now, I am still this spontaneous traveller but a little less impulsive.

Anyway, as the sun was settling in the horizon, my colleague reminded my drifting thoughts while signalling me that it was time to go home. I snapped out from my own little as I inhaled the fresh mountain air. Indeed, Sirao Flower Garden relaxed my thoughts, and its subtlety comforted my weary mind. I was happy with my “dalikyat” escapade, at least in a moment; I was feeding my mental health.

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