The approaching election

Here we are again. The election is coming and those aspiring candidates are becoming busy. Election plays an important part in a society and in a nation as a whole. In my country it is a very big event that sometimes leads us into conflict. Each candidate expresses his or her desire to serve and for this they are campaigning and persuading every voter to vote them. They are trying to get the people's trust to gain their votes. This is the time in which the power to choice a leader is in the hands of individual. How I wish that this election will never become an event of division as it usually happened, but instead, a challenge for humility and unity.

The Campfire

In Friday afternoon, the campers settled their camp right after the Investiture Ceremony. During the night they were having their campfire. Since I never had a chance to witness such event in my life, so, I took the opportunity of seeing it. I visited the camp on that night. It was amazing! Torches entered coming from different directions. They were from the north, from the south, west and east and were meeting at the center to lit and start the campfire. The children had their time enjoying the event. They had a group presentation and a yell. It was such a beautiful and successful event for the campers. Right after the campfire, all of them were headed towards their assigned room to pray before they went to sleep.

Back yard camping

Last Friday and Saturday, the boys and the girls scout had their backyard camping. In the Friday afternoon, they were invested by the scout masters and they settled their camp before it's getting dark. In the evening they have their camp fire before they sleep. On Saturday, they have done different activities. They take turn. In the morning the Star and the Kab Scout Campers did their out door activities. They had games while the Girl and the Boy Scout Campers did their indoor activities like cooking. After the Stars and the Kab Scouts, the Girls and the Boys took over to play games while the smaller campers make a paper bag. The campers were very participative in all the activities.They were all happy and enjoyed.

Vegetables garden

Fruits and vegetables are the most advisable foods for us to in take. But now a days, you cannot trust all the vegetables that are being sold in the market. To preserve them from getting rotten, some of the vendors put chemicals on them. Instead of getting nutrients from the vegetables, they will gradually cause us diseases or illness due to the mixed chemicals. To make it safe, having an own vegetables garden is advised. Fresh vegetables can be distinguished through their tastes. How? It has a little sweetness in it. This is more delicious than the one with chemicals. That is why, having our own garden is safer than buying.

Sugar cane

One of the Philippine product is the sugar cane. This is the sugar cane plantation in the Northern part of the province. This is a very vast land along the highway. A huge plantation like this is usually owned by a big time farmers. The so called Haciendero and Haciendera. They are form the well off family who are very established and prominent. Sugar cane tastes sweet. This can be tasted by peeling off its hard skin and suck its sap from the stem. Since it has a hard stem, it has to be broken first into pieces using the teeth. When it is broken, that is the time you can suck and swallow. Only its juice has to be swallowed while the broken pieces will be spitted out.

The view that never bores me

No matter how many times I looked at the sunset, I never feel bored watching it in a multiple times. I took many pictures of sun abated and each of them has something different from the other. I must admit that they were taken in the same place yet they do not look the same. Each setting has its own dominant color.In some other pictures, the dominant is orange while this one is blue. Each one has unique effect and has its own beauty. I could not imagine the hand of the master who created such fantastic scenery. This will makes me eager to look forward for the sunset.

Fish Refuge

What is it in the middle of the sea? Actually, this is the result of fishermen's cleverness. This is one strategy of attracting and gathering fish in a certain part of the sea. It is a bunch of bamboo floating in a slant position in a deep water. Bamboo floats, but single bamboo cannot be seen in a distance. To make it more visible farther, they were using a bunch of it. It tilted because, they put a heavy thing at the bottom. Aside from the heavy thing, there are twigs and dry leaves also underneath. These dry leaves and twigs attract the fish and they serve as the fish refuge. Usually, a school of fish stays there and fishers specially the owner will often visit there bringing nets and baits to fish.

The greedy coconut

The first time my brother-in-law visited our province, this was his comment. He told us that our coconut trees are greedy. I was puzzled about his statement and asked him what did he mean. He laughed out loud of my reaction and explained why. When I understood what he meant, I laughed at it too. He commented such thing because of the trees' heights. He was comparing them with theirs in his place. He said that in their place, the trees are only up to roof level or only surpasses about one to three meters from the roof of the one story house and are easily to harvest. But in our province is different, they are as high as six stories building. It seems that the trees do not like to give their fruits. I answered him. Well, the climber was able to manage it. How did they do that? They just simply chapped a little part of the truck enough for their feet to step on and they did it alternate until it reaches to the peak. The chapped parts will be there forever.