Simple celebration is all that we need.
First and foremost I would like to greet everyone a Merry Christmas and ofcourse advance Happy New year. The sun rises at the east again and thanks God that you and me are still alive. That one is the greatest Christmas gift of all right.
Who agrees with me kindly raise their feet charr, just kidding but who cannot agree to what I said. The one I mentioned was true right especially for those people who are just living a simple life out there. Those luxurious things means nothing to them but what matters to them most is that they are alive, breathing and have a healthy body. A definite example for that one is our family and all the family that I know here in our barangay. I forgot to add the presence of love in the family. Why I include love? That's because nowadays this one is missing in every family. The love within the family is fading away because of some misunderstanding and serious problems.
No matter how rich your family is if the spirit of love is missing, I can assure that your life is not complete at all. I encounter individuals who says they don't need love in their life but I can see in their eyes that they are longing for it and they want to be loved. Especially those children out there who's taking the wrong path. You know they just need to be love, they just need to feel that they belong to a place they can called home and where they can go in times when they are down.
**"Those children out there need to be loved." Why I would say that?** *Because when they feel that they are loved, those children will feel secure , secure enough to get out of their comfort zones and pursue what they want while taking the right path.* Celebration of christmas if for those kids who are longing for love and I really salute those individuals who can set aside their personal celebration just to give love to street children by oraganizing christmas parties. I'm a tough guy but when it comes to children that toughness fades away and become smooth.
**Speaking of celebrations**, as what we used to do since when I'm still a kid, we just had a simple one. What matters the most to us is that we are all together or if we are not all together, our health is in a good shape. Why I'm always saying health is the most important of all? Well I'm always saying that because if our health is in a good state then still we can enjoy the moments being together and not just in times of christmas but also in other ocassions.
Having a lot of foods in a celebrations is just a bonus to all of us which we can enjoy. I know most of you celebrated this occasion now in a simple way because of what we are in right now. And speaking of foods, I just cooked a kilo of spaghetti out of the one kilo we bought yesterday. We slaughtered one of our ducks and I cooked it in adobo filipino style partnered with sweet potatoes. I forgot to buy potatoes at the market so I just dig some sweet potatoes in our garden.
I bought 2 packs of loaf bread and a peanut butter good for those bread. We just had coffee instead of softdrinks. I'm avoiding to drink any sodas and controlled my coffee intake because I don't want my kidney to suffer just like before. After we ate, I grabbed my improvised cannon or boga in tagalog or bung-bong in Ilokano. It is made of used cans, compliled them together and you fueled it with denatured alcohol in order for it to fire like a cannon. My grandparents was asleep despite the noise haha. After I fired my boga several times, I got sleepy and went to bed also and the end.
**Closing thought**
That's how we celebrate our christmas, we just ate all together, reminisced the memories in the past and laughed. Listened to the noise around us then slept. Our neighbors are getting louder now, singing like singers. Don't mind their tones haha, atleast they can sing and can express what's in their heart. How about you friends, how did you celebrate Christmas this year? Thank you for reading this far and see yah in my next articles.
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Odette really breaks my heart.
That name in my title was trending these past few days and it's so famous here in my country Philippines. This name has been imprinted in the minds of filipinos especially to those who lives where this typhoon strikes. It's a beatiful name but behind it's beauty, a destructive force are hidden and that force devastated various places here in our country. In just a snap, a day, two days after and everything was gone. Yes you read it right, everything turned to zero again and it's so sad to see my fellow kababayans being in the edge of surviving.
No matter where I scroll in facebook I saw a lot of pictures showing the aftermaths of the typhoon. Their situation is so depressing but as I look into their eyes I found something and that is Hope. Their hope didn't fade away when Odette shows her ugly side. Places were really devastated no matter how big or small it is. Wether it is concrete or not there's no exemption when our mother nature do it's thing.
A lot of people are dead and what's most heartbreaking is that there are also a lot of animals who lost their lives despite having nothing to do why this kind of destructive typhoons forms. What a scenarios. While staring at those photos in facebook I can't hold my tears not to fall down. My chest were so heavy and I can't stop myself from thinking how strong they are for them to be able to smile after all the happenings in the past two days.
A lot of us suffers in various hard situations but it's just so different when you woke up the other day and all your sacrifices has gone to waste. It's really hard to think where you will leave now after your house was washout by the strong flood. It's so depressing to think those kind of things. Standing up again can be the best thing to do but it's not that easy you know. It's really easy for us to say that they can stand up again but inside them, they are totally broken to pieces after seeing their homes in a really bad shape, other's don't have houses anymore, every single of the materials was gone. So please can we pray also for their mental health to be better despite what happened.
I don't know what I can feel if we were the one who lost their home in just a day. I don't know how to process in my mind after I will see our house in a state like this one. I think my mind will explode and will faint oh my. Image Source. https://www.facebook.com/100044278427041/posts/485555852930358/?app=fbl
From what I saw in the pages of government agencies, they are doing their best to tend to areas affected by the typhoon. It's a challenge for them and to all of us. I'm happy to see the fast response of non-political personels and organizations raising funds for the affected citizens of the country. Same here in readcash, I saw the other authors the other time taking the initiative to raise funds for the victims. **Kuddos to all of you and God bless you more for what you're doing is right.**
Just a few days ago we were discussing about the aftermath of the super typhoon in our groupchat and one of our friends @Ayane-chan said that their rice crops has been put down to the ground and ofcourse bathed in the rain. I feel sorry for them because their crops is ready to harvest in the coming weeks but it was destroyed by Odette. A huge lost to them and this kind of thing has been the problem of farmers in decades where typhoons pinned down their crops leadng them into waste. You can still harvest the rice but it's not in a good state and also if you will sell it, the price will be lower.
I discussed about our harvest in my past articles and it was bathed in the rain. The result is so depressing because after one or two days of not able to sun dry it, molds had been developed inside the sacks affecting the rice condition. So how much more those rice crops soaked in the floods. No profit at all. A huge lost to farmers who put their full efforts in growing and took caring those rice. I hope the government will find a way to help the farmers regarding their wet crops.
Instead of dumping it in the trash what I thought is why not the government provide a drying machine for rice and corn in each barangay in the country. They can use it in many ways. I don't know if there are provinces or barangays who have this kind of machine. If it's already present then it's great but if not then they should put more attention to it and bringing it into reality. I hope those politicians can think of that.
**Closing thought**
It's really a challenge to be back into our feet in this days but we must never lose hope and continue to persue what's best for us. Also pursue what is right and can benefit the interest of many. Let's get back into our feet together again as one country and let's show to the whole world how resilient we are no matter what may comes into doors. Let's keep praying also for the lives lost in the said typhoon and for all the survivors.
Huhu, after searching for ways on how to access readcash again, finally I found one. Thanks to the article of Sequioa then I also read the article of bch genesis.
Thanks friends. My hands are itchy to write something because I'm out for days but when I come back nah.. can't write but the dark mode was awesome..kuddos to the devs. I'll be right back after I consume my breakfast . See yah.
Long distance turns to forever.
Relationship that we didn't expect can turn to be our long lasting love journey. How we wish to have a relationship like that one. I heard and read a lot of stories regarding their love stories on how their unexpected love turns to be something great that they able to face the altar and take vows to each other. Being unknown to each other's existence can create a nice love chemistry for some reasons but it can create also the feeling of doubts. Doubts can be dangerous sometimes and it will cause us to not practice what we called trust. Long distance relationship can be hard because doubts will surface and will hinder us to trust each other.
Trust is one of the secret ingredient in a complete dish. Love can be compared to a dish, when something is missing, for sure it will affect the taste later on especially if it is a seasoning. Fixing the taste afterwards after the other ingredients are cooked will be hard because it will not blend anymore to the complete taste of the dish.
December came and the Christmas vibes are flying in the air, knocking on each door to say that the celebration is near. The King of all kings will be born again in our hearts and will spread love in this dying world. Various christmas lights are already hanging in big trees giving off such a beauty to be enjoyed by the people roaming around especially those lovely couples having their first date and for those families who just got the time to go out and to breathe fresh air. I'm really exicited every month of December because there's a surprise blessings in disguise, actually I'm excited everyday and there's nothing wrong about that right friends.
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Every morning I received your text message and it wakes me up. Deep inside me, your text messages every morning give me reasons to start the day with a smile. Everytime I travel to school and see couples on the way, holding each other's hand, I can see in their eyes that they are happy about their relationship and while I'm on my way sometimes, my inner mind can't resist to ask a question if our relationship is worth it. At the same time on my way to school you send me text messages, reminding me to be careful on my way. That kind of question pop up to my mind but everytime I think of you, I know it really is.
While I'm in school, in our classroom I look outside the window and I saw an airplane then a thought pop out again. That the distance between us is only a dream but it can be overcome as long as our hearts are strongly connected. I know already since the time I first met you online that our souls are already binded to be as one. I know for sure that God won't let it be seperated if we are truly meant for each other. I texted you and said "I love you", you replied too with a lot of hearts ans kiss emoji.
End of classes came and I went home with my friends. While walking my phone rang a notification, when I look at it, it was you saying "Be careful on your way home" with a heart emoji. I smiled and my friend noticed me holding my phone then they asked me if I'm still in a relationship with you. I answered them yes we are still in a relationship then one of my friend asked me again if I'm not getting bored in our current situation and why I don't look for someone "CLOSER". I only replied to him with a few words and that was "Nah I'm fine".
Inside my mind while walking "It's ok let them think like that".
I arrived at home then I changed my clothes, sat on my table, get my laptop then as usual our daily routine everytime we got home from school. Video call. It takes time to contact you because of how slow our internet connection here. I started saying hi then asked you if " how was your day?" You said that your day was fine and you asked me also. I replied that it was good and especially in that moment when I'm talking to you in video call. I'm so inlove with you. We talk about a lot of things , our plans for the future and also about our relationship.
While we are in the middle of conversation, I noticed that you want to say something so I asked you what you have to say and you replied that it's nothing. You just said "I can't wait to be with you. I want to hug you but I can't." From your statement I know that there's something hidden behind that so I said to you that "if possible you wait a little longer and I'll go there." You just smiled at me and said " I will wait for you forever no matter how long." From you reply the heavy feeling of uneasiness in my chest fades away then I thank you for understanding me. After that conversation our daily routine continued, we are happy even if we are far from each other.
The semester is already finished, my family wants to celebrate but I said to them that I have something more important to attend to. Morning after the graduation, I booked a flight to where you are. Ofcourse I contacted you earlier and you just cried and said "I'll wait for you at the airport." I bid my goodbye to you and I love you. I arrived at the airport so early because of my excitement. Finally we are taking off and in just an hour I can see and hug you atlast. While on plane and looking outside by the window, a thought pop up " Finally the I'm getting closer to her and now a new chapter of our love story will be born being together." I'm happy to see you. My heart can't calm down haha.
I arrived in your airport and you said that you're at the waiting area so I go there then my tears flowed out, I can't believed what I saw. It's you my love, it's finally you. You're crying also and before I realized you're already hugging me then I hugged you back. A lot of people set their eyes to us but we didn't care. Let them stare I said then you just nodded. Our moment resumes inside the van going to your house. When we arrived in your house, your mother together with your father was waiting also. I pay my respect to them and they welcome me to your home. We talked to each other telling stories until I asked them a question and that was "If I can ask their daughter to be my bride and to be my forever in my life." They smiled at me and said "Yes our son, we are waiting for the day to come and that is today. You can have our daughter to be your wife and live happily."
And in that moment was the start of our new chapter to forever. Days after that talk, we had our wedding and it was a fantastic event. We are all happy in that event. Years passed by and you surprised me that you were pregnant, I jumped out of joy. After that and more years passed by, we built our own house and live happily ever after. The end...
**Closing thought.**
Long distance relationship can be full of doubts but as long as your hearts are connected and the connection is strong, for sure your relationship will bloom into a forever. No matter how far you are from each other if the love you feel for each other is stronger than anything else, God will fill in the gap between you to bring you more closer to each other. Trust each other and everything will be alright. This article is what I dreamed the other day and this is the reason I didn't publish anything because I'm thinking about the details hehe. Thank you for reading this far friends and can we please pray for those who are affected by the typhoon. Thank you.
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Mother tongue as medium pose a threat.
**Disclaimer**: This is just based in my own experience and opinion. I've been teaching my cousins, a grade 1, grade 6 and a K1 for a long time since the change in learning style happened due to the pandemic we are facing right now. I don't know if you have the same or different experience regarding this matter. I'm just stating what I experienced and I thank you bow. hehe.
So let's start my friend I don't have any long or majestic introduction in this article because my mind is still spinning from absorbing all the informations I've taught to my cousins from their modules. Sorry for not being so active in these times friends for I have to attend my duty as their teacher, a tutor without a salary but a piece of pandesal and juice to heal my tiredness of teaching haha but it's allright. If it's for the improvement of my cousins through this cruel situation we have now, I'm glad to sacrifice my time because they have nothing to do with this pandemic right now. It's all because to some humans who plays with fire and look now, the lives of many are ruined and there's no exact time when we will get the freedom we used to have. Enough of that rant and let's jump to the main topic.
As I've said I've been teaching them since the pandemic started and even me I encountered some difficulties regarding the lessons now. To be honest there's no real problem with the lessons because I survived it long ago but the problem here now is the language used to teach those lessons to children who's mind is not yet ready to perform multiple tasks. What I'm talking about is the usage of Mother tongue in their lessons. For example here in our province, we have various mother tongue but here in our place what we used is Iloko or Ilokano. We use it in our daily lives except when we have conversations in school and in discussing our lessons back then but now that there's a change, students here have to study their lessons in our mother tongue and I find some disadvantages using it to discuss those lessons especially in math.
For me, language such as mother tongue is to be learned at home because it's the one that we use to speak in a informal way between our parents, relatives, friends and to others. What I want to say here is mother tongue such Ilokano/Iloko is not supposed to be used in discussing lessons because there are words that cannot be translated to Ilokano and vice versa. In my experienced in only creates misunderstanding to students in absorbing those vast amount of knowledges. My grade 1 cousin was taught to read numbers 1-10 in Ilokano then when I asked her to read it in English she can't because the Ilokano version of the numbers are already imprinted in her mind. Instead of saying one when she starts to count, she says maysa(one), duwwa(two), tallo(three),uppat(four),lima(five),innem(six), pito(seven), walo(eight),siyam(nine), sangapulo(ten). Looking at it maybe simple but when you execute it my goodness, you'll develop more gray hair.
Another one is those students who originally came from manila and using tagalog as their medium in speaking is having a great disadvantage because it's not easy to learn a language you just encountered for the first time. We have a neighbor here who used to live in Quezon city and their children are used to go in a big school there, I don't know the exact name of the school and they speak more in English. So it's really challenge for those who transferredd here then they will encounter Ilokano as the language used in modules. A lot of parents are already complaining here because of that including me but we don't have the voice to reach those in the upper position to hear it. I don't really know what they are doing in regarding our schools curriculum. I'm think this was applied in through out the country but I'm not sure. Just comment below if it is implemented in your area also.
Using the mother tongue as medium in teaching and printing those modules is not that bad but what can I say is that it should be use through out the grade levels if they want to promote the importance of those native languages. If it will be use only in the first, second and third grade there's a tendency that it will be just forgotten by the students because the medium used in teaching as they go to higher grade it will change to English. Ofcourse English language will be the most used as medium in teaching because if you want to compete globally, you need to learn how to construct anf understand the usage of this language.
**Closing thought**
As I said in my article, the usage of mother tongue such as Iloko or Ilokano posed a problem to my cousin in understanding those vast amount of knowledge due to some errors in words. Even me sometimes can't understand the meaning of those deep words in Ilokano that's why I have to ask my lola but even at her age, she don't know it sometimes. I just hope that my cousins will be able to absorb all the lessons I discussed to them in Ilokano language. To be honest I'm not that good in Ilokano that's why when I encounter those words I remember their meanings. It's great to use those mother tongue languages but hopefully they will find a way to better improve our schools curriculum.
That's my article for today and I thank you for reading this far. What about you friends, have you experience any difficulties in teaching your children, cousins during this new normal schooling? See you in my next article ladies and gents.
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I'm exposed 101 edition.
Lately the sky was so gloomy and the schedule of harvesting our rice has been posponed many times because we can't risk our crops to be bathing in the rain. It will just ruin the rice, making our sacrifices go to waste. While scrolling here in finding topics what to write for my next article, I read the article of ate Ruffa discussing the new challenge in this platform. Since I can't think of any topic worth sharing with you guys I decided to join the challenge while thinking what to write next. Exploring here really helps me to think of a topic but these past days I don't have the time to read articles so my mind is empty, wondering in the grassland called wonderland. Don't mind this intro and let's focus in the meat of this article. Let's go friends.
**Expo number 1: My current lock screen wallpaper.**
Setting up fancy wallpaper in my lockscreen is not my style. I preferred it to be simple as possible. Because I do believe that being simple in your wallpaper describes you as a person. I don't set as wallpaper my pictures especially if the picture is a girl because I don't have one. So sad haha while my friends lockscreen wallpaper is their picture with their girls. Look how boring my wallpaper is. Well it may look liveless to you but for me it's gorgeous. Nothing is more beautiful than watching the night sky, full of stars while enjoying a peaceful night with someone or your family right. So that's my lockscreen wallpaper and let's continue revealing what's inside the box.
**Expo number 2: My current homescreen wallpaper.**
In setting up my homescreen wallpaper I level up a little bit and made it more cooler than the other one. Just like me I'm just a simple man outside but if you can uncover what's inside me, there's a hidden gem charr haha but it's true. My phone reflects who I am in reality and I know most of us are like that. Their lockscreen wallpaper maybe simple bht when you open it up wow, what a cool wallpaper they have. I don't know if my wallpaper inside looks cool to you but for me it's very cool. I'm an otaku so please bear with me guys. When it comes to anime everything about it I see it in a cool way. I appreciate it more than others do.
If you don't know the anime character, let me just give you the name and what anime he belongs. **He is Gojo Satoru and he is one of the protagonist in Jujutsu Kaisen. If you're a anime fan and if you haven't watch it yet, I suggest you watch it.** When he took off the cover of his eyes, damn I was captured how beautiful his eyes is. From then he became my homescreen wallpaper. Don't mind the date friends because I took the screen shot yesterday but I don't have the time to do it so yeah the end.
**Expo number 3: Last song I listened in my playlist.**
Cold weather made me freezed these past few days and it's really boring plus it's raining so you can't go out to do some things. Even our cooking oil here was in a sleep mode when temperature is so down. In this times of the year I can't resist myself not to listen in music especially those one's that can give life to my sleeping blood. Oh I wish I could listen to songs like that when the weather is so cold but in reality I listened to songs that can pierce my iron heart made by my past. Now I'm listening to Lay me down by Sam Smith. Music can be your comforter when you can really understand and absorb what's hidden between in it's lyrics.
**Expo number 4: Last video I watched in Youtube.**
Youtube has been on my side especially when I found a good music in facebook, I rush to it then search it immediately. I'm not fond of watching long videos in youtube unless if it is an anime then I would gladly spend time in there. I just use youtube for satisfying the needs of my ears. So as you can see in my screenshot, my last played video was the nightcored version of Don't forget about me by Chris James. You may woder why I liked nightcored music, well for me being transformed in that version gives a different vibe that suits to what my ears wants to hear. I don't know if you'll like it but you can listen to them if you want to. That's my story in youtube so let's move on to the next one.
**Expo number 5: Your 21st picture in your gallery.**
I don't really use my camera a lot because I only capture those you can't see anywhere and anytime. Those moments you can only see once in a million times. As for what's in my 21st number in my gallery, I thought that it's just a random shot by my cousin but when I look in it, I was shocked to see myself haha. Very shocked lol. Kidding aside, this is just a coincidence and I don't know anything about the image above but anyway, that's me while helping my grandfather to arrange the harvested rice, compiling it in a cone shape, preparing it to be feed in a machine that will turn it into a clean rice grains without those rice straws.
Yehey hooray highway fly away today is saturday and tomorrow is sunday so smile everyday lol. Finally I'm done with this challenge and I thank you my fellow readcashers for staying with me reading upto this part. I really appreciate it friends. Again if you want to join this challenge, you can base it in my article or you can visit the article of ate Ruffa or Alphacron. See yah friends in my next articles.
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Outside My Country.
Filipinos are known to be great in all things especially for being resilient in times of setbacks. We are also known for being passionate in our works. We sacrifice even our health just to provide something to our family especially when it comes to financial needs. Filipinos are dominating the whole world, invading various countries, trying to survive despite being new there in order for their family to get away from the curse of poverty. Being a hardworker is our asset in neighboring countries but sometimes we are taken for granted and end up to a situation that's not included in our plan.
I'm a Filipino, an individual who can sail the ocean full of monsters just to become successful. In this world you need to try everything, finding every opportunity in each doors and luckily I find one. It is an opportunity that can make our life a better one but it needs a lot of courage in order to do it. It's a door which you can enter and you can turn back once you're in. If you're a parent you can understand what I'm saying. There's a huge amount of money in the opportunity I found but the sacrifice is also a huge one and that is to be away from my family. Leaving them behind in order to to make a single penny is not that easy because I can feel sick , missing them and the vibe inside our home. This is the power of a parent that needs a salute and a lot of respect. Well not all parents can do it so their son or daughter will have to do it instead.
**Before I leave.**
I woke up so early in the morning, stretching my body and feeding my eyes with wonderful scenes of my family that I can put into my pocket which I can reminist anytime when I feel lonely. I called all the members of our family, relatives, friends and we had a simple celebration regarding the opportunity I'm about to take. I need to save every single smiles and pictures in my phone as a remembrance of my happy simple life. I received hugs, kisses and goodlucks from them. Wishing me that I have a good state while I stay there, a place that I'm not familiar with. Tears had poured down from their eyes showing concerns for me especially my safety out there. This is a normal scene to us Filipinos when one of our family member who will go to abroad and will work there.
Two days after that celebration, I packed my things in my luggage and I also packed a lot of courage for me to use it when I'm there. I also prepared the pocket money to be use for my personal expenses while I work there. There's a heavy feeling in my chest while preparing my things. It makes me nervous. My hands are trembling and my heart beat is racing like a ferrari. Well that is just normal for me to experience because I can't see my whole family within 2 years.
**Flight**
Together with my husband, we took a ride going to the airport where I will take a flight going to the other side of the sea. I was very nervous but I have to do it for the sake of my family. I called my children to say goodbye to them and to remind them to study well. My time has arrived and I bid my kiss to my husband. I remind him not to find another woman while I'm away.
**Arrival to a new land.**
I arrived to a new land which I'm not very familiar. I don't have any friends there or any individual I know. What's on my mind is my family, they give me enough power to conquer my fear for being away with them. I pampered my eyes with the beautiful sights just like in my homeland. Upon arriving I knew that I will start immediately so I have to prepare myself for the upcoming trials I may encounter.
**New home, new task, new pain.**
I arrived at the house of my boss. My boss looks so kind but I know that it's only in the first day and I'm right about that because as the day passed by her attitude towards me changed a lot. My workload increased and my body can't keep up with it. The true color of my boss showed up and I didn't expect her to belittle me for being a Filipino and for being a maid. I didn't know that foreigners can be this cruel just because they are the one who give salary to the likes of me. I endured all the words thrown at me even if it hurts my dignity. "I can endure it for the sake of my family. I can't go down without a fight that's why I will get through this and will survive it." That thought runs on my mind and I didn't say a single word to my family because I don't want them to worry.
I missed them a lot but I can get through this road with the help of our God and with the smiles of my family everytime I call them. My life has been challenged many times already so this one I can overcome it. Hoping I can go home safely and to be with my family again. Being an Ofw in abroad is full of uncertainty that's why I salute all of the Ofw all around the world for being so strong to face off the waves with all their might.
Thank you for reading upto this far. This article is all about the life of an ofw if the thought is vague. I'm hoping and dreaming for a country where we can work here without being separated from our family. Many ofw's out there are struggling just to provide the need of their love ones. They are the true hero of our country and I hope each and one of us can appreciate their huge contribution to our beloved country. This is from the story of my mother who was a ofw back then.
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Hello there everyone. Sorry for being inactive. Busy helping my father and lolo here in the farm. Harvest time. The weather is not so good so we rushing to harvest it..
Hope you're safe wherever you are right now😊.
Pag-ibig niya'y tuluyang nanlamig.
Bago ko simulan ang aking paksa sa gabing ito nais ko munang bumati sa inyo ng magandang gabi at masaganang buhay. Sana nasa maayos lang kayo at payapa ang gabi niyo. Sana nagsikain narin kayo kahit ano pa man ang ulam na nakahain sa mesa niyo. Ano man iyan ay kailangan magpasalamat parin tayo sapagkat yan ang nagbibigay ng sigla sa buhay niyo. Ako na ay dadako sa aking tula at sana mabasa niyo hanggang dulo.
*Disyembre na naman, ramdam mo naba ang pasko? Dahil ako oo, ramdam na ramdam ko na ang malamig na pasko. Pagkalamig na simo'y ng hangin ay dumadampi na sa balat ko.*
*Kagaya ng lamig na naramdaman ko nung ika'y umalis sa tabi ko. Hindi lang puso ko ang winasak mo pati narin ang kaluluwa ko. Natural lang na ganiyan ang napala ko, kasi ginawa ba naman kitang mundo kahit alam ko na wala naman talagang permanente dito sa mundo.*
*Lahat ng bagay ay mabilis nagbabago kagaya nalang ng pag-ibig mo. Sabi nga sa kanta "oh kay bilis ng iyong pagdating , pag-alis mo'y sadiyang kay bilis din", ganiyan na ganiyan ang ginawa mo. Kaya sa huli'y nagsisi ako. Akala ko'y isa kang diyamante ngunit nung tumagal isa ka palang napakatigas na bato.*
*Isang matigas na bato na siyang nagdulot ng pagdurugo ng aking puso. Alam ko na hindi lang ako nag-iisahip na ganito ang sinapit sa bulwagang ito. Ramdam na ramdam ko na mayroon din tulad ko na magdiriwang na malamig ang pasko. Ok lang iyan, sama-sama nalang tayo nang sa ganon ay ating maramdaman ang tunay na diwa ng pasko.*
*Isa, dalawa, tatlo at akin ng ibabahagi ang kwento ng buhay pag-ibig ko. Pag-ibig na nagsimula mula sa pagkaligaw sa isang kanto. Doon, aking natagpuan ang babaeng pinakamamahal ko ngunit diko alam na siya rin pala ang magpapatulo ng mga luha ko.*
*Nung tayo'y unang nagtagpo, bumilis ang tibok ng aking puso at tila ba'y nawala ang lakas ko dahil sa matamis na ngiti mo. Sa sandaling iyon ako na nga'y nagtapat kung ano ang nilalaman ng damdamin ko at hindi ko na napigilang tawagin ka ng mahal ko. Sa pagkakataong iyon unang beses ko marinig ang iyong boses na lalong nagpatingkad sa nararamdaman ko.*
*Tinapik mo ang balikat ko at tinanong kung ok lang ba ako. Tanging sagot ko lang ay oo basta ikaw ang mapapangasawa ko. Ngumiti ka at sinabing palabiro ako ngunit igiinit kong ako'y seryoso.*
*Hindi na ako nagsayang ng oras at tinanong ko ang iyong numero, sobrang tuwa ko naman nung ito'y ibigay mo. Simula noon dun na nagsimulang maglapit ang ating mga puso na kinalaunan ay nakuha ko na ang matamis mong oo.*
*Sa wakas may inspirasyon na ako, tangi kong nasambit sa mga oras na iyon. Para bang ako'y nanalo sa lotto sa mga oras na iyon ng buhay ko. Pagkatagal din kitang sinuyo at tuluyan ko na ngang inangkin ang puso mo. Masayang-masaya tayo ngunit hindi ko inaakalang hindi pala magtatagal ito.*
*Pagdating ng malamig na hangin sa buwan ng disiyembre, ikaw ay tuluyan din lumamig. Hindi mo man ito sinasabi ngunit ramdam ko na ubos na ang iyong pag-ibig.*
*Parang kape lang, sa una lang mainit tapos sa huli ay parang bangkay na sa lamig. Alam ko hindi lang ako ang nakaranas ng bigla-bigla nalang tutulo ang luha sa sahig tapos maninikip ang dibdib at mapapaupo napang sa gilid.*
*Hindi ko ito dinibdib pero sino ba ako para lokohin ang sarili ko. Ninamnam ko ang sakit hanggang sa maubos ang luha ko. Pagkaubos ng luha ko ok na ako, nakamove on na ako. Sa kabila ng napakasakit na dinulot mo kasabay naman nito ang pagkatuklas ko sa tunay na magbibigay liwanag at direksiyon sa buhay ko.*
*Hating gabi noon, siya'y nagpakita sa akin at sinabing " Anak, tatagan mo ang loob mo andito lang ako sa tabi mo." Ako'y tinayuan ng balahibo sapagkat ang kausap ko'y si Kristo.*
*Sa puntong iyon aking napagtanto na sa buwan ng disyembre hindi mahalaga kung sino ang jowa mo. Ang mahalaga ay matuklasan at maisapuso ang tunay na diwa ng pasko.*
*Ito'y pagdiriwang sa kapanganakan ng ating tagapagligtas na siyang nagsakripisyo ng kaniyang dugo. Huwag sana natin makalimutan ang tunay na kahulugan ng pasko.*
*Magbabagong taon na naman at marami sa inyo ay nangangamba dahil wala pang kasintahan, yan ay totoo ngunit sana ay ika'y matuto na ang pinakamamahal mo'y hindi hinahanap bagkos ito'y darating ng kusa sa iyo. Siya at tatapusin ko na ito.*
*Muli pag-ibig man niya'y tuluyang lumamig akin namang natagpuan at walang hanggan na pag-ibig mula sa nag-iisang hari na siyang nagbigay liwanag sa madilim kong gabi.*
Salamat sa inyong pagbabasa at sana'y nakapagbigay ako ng aral patungkol sa aking paksa. Sana'y hindi mawala ang tunay na kahulugan ng pasko dahil lang sa pansamantalang kaligayan na kinalaunan ay magdudulot ng pighati sa iyong kalooban.
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Simple Life Can Be Addictive.
Sun rises at the east again and giving warmth to all places over the world. I open my eyes today and I saw the rays of the sun hitting the wall in my room, creating an atmosphere full of positivity. This is all I need to see when waking up in the morning and to be honest with you it creates a unique vibe within myself that helps me to start the day and end it with less stress. It may be just a simple matter to someone out there but for me it 's a big thing already and can be addictive if you can truly appreciate it. Other people see some kind of things in a simple way and can appreciate it very much while there are people who can't and I don't want to be like them because at the end of the day those great things are nothing for we all die and turn to ashes.
I don't really know why other people still wants to be more rich even if they can harm others for the sake of their own intention. Well in my mind I think they just want to secure their future so that they will retire early or in other way they are drowning in their own greed. Aiming for a better life is good but I just want to remind you that while trying to achieve it make sure that you can't trouble other people because it's not a good sight no matter how you see it. We have our own agenda in life and I hope that we focus in doing good things than doing those unnecessary things that will only drag others to the door of hell.
As for me, we are having a simple life here in the province, waking up each morning hearing those beautiful music coming from various kinds of birds. But what really wakes us up in the morning here in far flung areas is the high pitch coming our rooster. In early civilization when clock is not yet invented, people use the crowing of the rooster as their basis of time. From what I observed regarding the behaviour of our rooster, it will crow around 12 am midnight. Can you imagine the body clock of this awesome creature, it wakes up so early just to serve as a clock. Well I don't really know if it's really awake because all I can hear is it's sound. Regardless of it's state when it crow, it's unique ability is truly remarkable. Baing able to hear the rooster's crow is really one of the things I'm thankful for having a simple life.
What I also like in having a simple life and can be addictive is having a sound sleep without any disturbance here in the province except when our neighbor will do it's favorite thing, playing music with the volume to the max. It can be really annoying to have neighbors like this one but it's fun because it makes our lives interesting char. haha.
What's more addictive in having a simple life here in the province is that you can breathe fresh air and not a poluted one just like those in cities. Also one of things I'm addicted to while having this life is farming. Yes you read it right. Here you can create a simple farm in your backyard , plant it with various vegetables then wait for it. Later on you'll harvest fresh vegies came from your garden. In cities you can't do that but if you really want to you can really do it. By having a simple farm planted with various kind of edible foods, your life will be easier. You can also make profit through your harvest.
You can be addicted also in witnessing such wonderful sights nearby. You can discover unique creatures which you can't normally see in cities. Just a while ago after I ate my dinner, I noticed something in the wall then I lighted it to see it clearly then I saw a beautiful creature. I can't resist myself not to capture it so here it is. I don't know if it's new because as you can see in the picture at the lower part there's a cocoon.
Moving on I've been busy these past few days because we harvested our rice in the farm and I need to assist my father and lolo. We had a good harvest this cropping but as I always mentioned in my past articles, the prize can be heart breaking. We sold our newly harvested rice with the price of 15.50 per kilo. The prize in the past months herw was 17 pesos per kilo but it decreased to almost 2 pesos. Farmers don't have the advantage to what is happening now. We are in a big disadvantage in their game. What I'm thinking is what if the goverment will make a law that will make the prize for newly harvested rice to be in fixed state. The goverment are not really making laws that are truly in favor to farmers and it's just so saddening. Hoping to have a better change and this nation will be great again.
This is my article for today friends and I'll end it here because the night is getting deeper. I want to thank you for reading this far and I hope I can see you again in my next articles.
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Four Months And Counting.
Looking back to what I was before I realized a lot of things that pushed me to create different adventures. I began to sail the journey I didn't expect to come and I was amazed how things changed after I began to explore it. It's really a unexpected opportunity which I didn't know at first that it can help me a lot so I doubt it but as I continue to read every single successful articles here, the burning fire in my soul became more brighter and gave me hope to continue what I am doing here. What I did in the first day of boarding here was thesame what my co-authors did when they entered in this platform. I began to expand my network by interacting to various articles made by genuine individuals with great minds. Well things didn't go according to my expectations at first but as time passed by my articles are being notice by the individuals I admire.
I admire a lot of authors here who can produce such unique ideas that the audience can relate to. In the beginning I struggled a lot in thinking of topics where my readers can relate to or where they will read it to the end. I learned a lot for the past 3 months of being here and one of that is by being real in every article you make. I noticed that other's piece don't have any secret ingredient but they are just being real to what they feel. By doing so they bring out the real beauty of an article which later on became a masterpiece. It's not that really hard to adjust in the atmosphere here as long as you have a mind that is open and willing to learn new things that can help to improve your performance here.
I just turned four months old yesterday and together with that I received a notification about the views of my articles. I'm happy that my articles already reached 2500 views so far. I've published 74 articles so far in my stay here and looking at the numbers I can only conclude that I need to add more wood to my burning fire in order to achieve my goals further. Obstacles may come so I need to strengthen my knees to stand tall but able to bend when things gets really messy. Just like a bamboo, no matter how tall it is when there's a strong wind it's bending so it will not break and survive the storm.
Let's have a little throwback in my journey. I published my first article here with the title "**Newbie, Hoping I Can Be Your Buddy.**". This is all about me being a newbie here and trying to make my legacy here. In thus one I shared how I ecountered this platform from the outside world. Back then I didn't knwo that there's something like this where you can earn this cryptocurrency called bitcoincash. I've shared also thay I don't have any knowledge about crytocurrencies before and I want to learn more about it here. I'm not disappointed with that expectations because in my stay here I encountered a lot of cryptocurrency enthusiast. With their articles I learned that this universe is so vast that I can't learn it in just a year.
After that publication of my first article I experienced to received my first ever cryptocurrency which is bitcoincash. What I expect was it will came from the bot at first for noticing my article but it came from those generous individuals here who are very kind to welcome here as part of the community. I didn't lose hope and I published my second article entitled " **First Bitcoincash In My Wallet.**". From the title alone you can guess what this article was all about. In this one I was really happy because the bot RandomRewarder finally noticed me and rained me some huge amount of bitcoincash. My article earned only two dollars but back then I was really on fire because they said that it takes time for the bot to notice you but it seems that things have changed for every newbies that enters in this platform. Well that scenario favored in me for it lit the fire in me brighter. From then I publish and publish articles everyday or ever other day because sometimes I'm busy.
With the articles I published here, a lot of you already have a picture of what is our life here in the province. Readcash will serve as my diary because I rarely talk things about my life in real life. Only here in virtual world I had the chance to write things out of from my real feelings and thoughts about something. My 3 months has been fruitful and it all thanks to God for giving me a mind that is capable in making pieces to be publish here and also to those individuals who are responsible for this platform to be created. Also to all my avid audience out there who don't forget to drop by and support my works. I've been thankful for all this time especially when I helped my family regarding our debt. You can see that article **here**. Bitcoincash made all of that possible and I will continue my journey here together with the guidance of our creator. https://read.cash/@Jher0122/debt-free-thanks-to-bitcoincash-and-readcash-f84985f0
**Closing thought**
Things may not go well as you expected but trust Him and He will guide you in unexpected way leading you to a better opportunity. An opportunity that will give you a better purpose. I'll end my article in this part and I want to thank you for reading this far. Again see yah in my next articles friends.
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Debt Free Thanks To Bitcoincash And Readcash.
Life is like a grand game no matter how we see it. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose and it's just a normal thing to occur because it's not possible to win all the way. There's nothing like that at first but in the middle of your game it's possible but life is very playful so better watch out your steps. A big success has a corresponding consequences at the beginning and at the end. Don't you ever forget that because if you think that you will sail your journey smoothly maybe later you'll regret it if you'll be stumble on something you didn't expect. Oh man I always find hard to start my article especially in constructing my opening paragraph. I've learned a lot here including on how you create your openings. But all in all I'm surviving every article hehe and that's what it matters.
I was busy yesterday that's why I'm not able to publish anything but still I keep on taking a peek here and I thank you all for your support upto this time. So what happened yesterday? We went to our barangay for the national Id. It was supposed to be in the town but they decided to make schedules per barangay and I can say that it's better because not all seniors are able to go out. Together with my family we went early but there's a lot of them waiting outside already. That's why we finished it past 12 o'clock. It's just a waiting game and we are glad that we didn't give up on waiting lol. I don't know if the picture in my id will turn out good because when we took the picture there's very bright light in front of your face my god along with the camera lol.
I just share it with you guys for you to know what I'm doing and also to inform you that I'm still alive hahaha. Anyway my friends all over the world please bear with me till the end of this one because I'm actually sad now but at the same time happy. It's a mix feeling that I know you experience it also in your existence. Here's a question friends feel free to andwer it in the comment section. Does being selfless is a bad thing ans have you ever been selfless in your life?
Since I was a kid I can observe to my self that I have that trait of being selfless. I care or corncerned more to other people than to my own self. I saw the reality at early age that's why I can say that I see things deeper than those youths out there who have a nice and great life. Being selfless is already part of who I am and for me it's not a bad thing as long as I can see other people smiling especially when those people are part of my family. Upto this day I've been selfless even if I had to sacrifice my studying. Since the pandemic started I decided not to enroll because I can see my parents how hard for them to make money.
My father is a tricycle driver and a farmer, when the pandemic started he can't do it because no one is willing to commute. So his work has been paralyzed that's why he focused on farming but the problem is the price in the market. As of now the current prize for rice here is just 11 pesos for new harvest and if it is sun dried 13 pesos. Look how bad the situation is. Every year the prize of those fertilizers needed in the farm has been increasing nonstop. I sack of fertilizer now costs 1500 pesos to 2000 pesos. All those efforts in growing a single grain of rice is going to waste because the prize is not justifiable.
This year's cropping we don't have enough budget that's why they decided to apply for a loan in a bank. They've successfully loaned money so it's a relief that we had budget to start farming but we didn't expect that the National irrigation will have a clean up in the irrigations that's why our schedule of cultivating the farm has been pusponed. They just opened the NIA last month of August here in our area. We loaned it January confidently knowing that we can start planting so that we can pay it in due time but we didn't expect the delay. The loan was only valid or 6 months but we don't have the money last July that's why we're not able to pay plus the covid strike harder. We need money to survive that's why we spend some of our savings that are meant for the payment.
This last monday we recieved a letter from the bank reminding us. We went yesterday to talk and the interest added and added. Since the harvest season is not in the corner yet our payment is not enough. In that moment the selfless side of me activated again so I talked to them that I can supply the rest of the payment. At first they didn't believe me because I'm just at home and sometimes doing construction so how come that I have that kind of money. I explained to them that I have this platform and I will be forever thankful to you guys and to this platform. I will cashout it tomorrow in town.
I also said to them that they shouldn't think it as a debt to me because it's just money. I can earn them anytime I want. They aged now and they did a lot of things for me upto now that's why I told them that it's time for me to start paying back all their sacrifices for me. I'm still young I can find opportunities out there. They are old and I can see how stressed they are. As I said when it comes to my family's sake I can sacrifice anything. I'm not afraid to comeback in square one again because I've been there many times. I know now the methods on how to do it. It's just a matter of execution of those techniques. I'm in a right track now with Bitcoincash that's why I will not give up.
I transfered my bitcoincash to coins ph then converted it into our fiat. I'm happy that the prize is still high. I'm happy to help my family for us to be debt free. **They are happy ,I can now see their smiles again and that's what matters the most to me.**
That ends my article and thank you guys for being there always reading my articles and supporting me. I'm able to help my family because of you guys. To the brilliant minds behind this platform I thank you from the bottom of my heart. See you again in my next article friends.
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Golden Grain Is In A Critical State.
Since childhood I've been engaging in rice farms and upto this point I gained a lot of knowledges about rice farming. My descendants has been in this field of profession since the past. The blood of being a farmer is running in my blood and I also posses the green tumb which gives life to anything. Inheriting the blood from my ancestors and the passion when it comes to farming is something I can be proud of. It is something that I treasured and value the most because in no time I'll have a family but there's nothing to worry about, I'm confident that because I have the knowledges on how to grow food I can assure the food security of my future family. No matter how critical the state is I know I can survive together with my family.
Speaking of critical state, it seems that our harvest for this year's cropping is not that good due to some factors that affecting the development of it's grains. When it comes to rice farming there's a lot of things that need to be consider especially when it comes to supply of water. Water supply is a crucial ingredient in order to have a good harvest. It doesn't make sense even if you apply a lot of fertilizers to it if the water level in your farms is not ok. A single drought can make your harvest worst or it can even make you harvest no grains of rice at all.
Farmers face this big problem no matter where you go before but in the present situation there's a big change in this one. Today, most of the farms in the country has an irrigation where you can get the needed water supply for your farms and it all thanks to those people who have the brilliant minds in making this projects. Those irrigations contributes a lot in the success of one's cropping but in our case which we have a neighbor who's very thirsty for water supply and have a lot of toxicity, it's not affecting our crops and it's in a critical state as of now. That's why I told my grandfather and father to buy a water pump so that if the water supply is not enough we can always get from the irrigation.
The right of way of the water supply has been good for how many years in the past but it seems our neighbor got jealous because we're having a lot of harvest compared to them for the last years. That's why he don't want to share the water supply and blocking it all the gateway of water to our farms. I can't really described how infected his mind is. He's lucky because my family is not complaining as of now because we don't want any trouble. Trouble is just a pain in the as*.
I took a picture of it for you to better understand the situation we are in right now. In the picture you can see the soil having huge cracks due to lack of water. Our crops is in the stage of developing the grains. If this continues for how many days, the grains will not fully develop ans will force to ripen. That's why I'm praying that the rain will visit this days. It just needs a rain overnight and the problem will be solve. Help me pray for the rain to come guys. Let's take a look to what I'm talking about.
It really stress me out to see those crops in the edge of death. All the money invested for this year's cropping will be wasted if this continues. With this kind of article I'm publishing here I'm hoping that you will understand how hard the situations of farmers in our country. Farmers has been left out in the ongoing progress of our nations that's why I'm praying also that the upcoming leaders will put more attention in the section of agriculture.
Witnessing that scenario of our crops I need to let it out that's why we went to our garden this day and yesterday to clean it. Together with my lola we removed the grass of the open space once again. Preparing it for another planting of vegetables. I plan to plant tomatoes, eggplants and chili, the long one suited for pinakbet. I already prepared yhe seedlings and in about a week we are ready to plant this area.
**Closing thought**
Farming has been in my blood since then and I will cultivate it even better that's why for the next school year I want to enroll in agriculture. They said that it's not suited for jobs in cities but they didn't know it's huge potential. Farming needs a lot of attention more than you think. If you think rice farming is just an easy and ordinary job well you're absolutely wrong about that. Rice farmers has been keeping this country alive for decades and will contiue to support it even the government is not putting more effort for the like of us farmers. Thank you for reading this far and see yah in my next articles.
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Comfortable House For The Hot Chicks.
I can feel the change in temperature these past few days and especially around 1 am upto 6 am. I can see those white webs hanging in trees and in my plants. Those spidey are busy hunting those little insects. Well that's the scenario everytime when the christmas season is in the air and we Filipinos are getting with the flow by attaching those colorful decorations in the street and in our house. I just want use this opening paragraph of mine to remind everybody that in this time I hope everyone will open their hearts, share the love, forgive those who made bad things to you even if you're not talking to each other and most of all be kind to all. You don't have to pay any toll just be kind. It's within us and we just have to manifest it in our daily lives.
In my last article about the task assigned to me by my father I said that I'll make the door and we will buy galvanized iron sheet for the roof. We went to town before our vaccination to look but the store that sell one of those was closed. We don't know when it will open so we decided to visit it again after our vaccine. Our vaccine was just last tuesday so due to the after effects of the vaccine, my father said that we will go when I feel the heaviness in my arm is gone. I've been inactive and were not able to publish article for two days already due to that one. I'm working on the door last November 11, I wanted to finish it as soon as possible but my hand was not doing well so my father help me do it and it's a relief that we finished it already.
Now for the galvanized iron, we went to town again to check the store but still it's closed. Some of the people there said that maybe he's somewhere else. My father decided to buy in another shop instead of waiting for the owner to return. Waiting for it will only delay the progress of the chicken house. Galvanized iron is a bit pricey but if you want something that last for more than 10 years then go for it. Your money will not be wasted with the material. Each sheet costs 240 pesos or around $4 point something. All in all plus the costs of the nails it's around 1350 pesos or $26 point something.
My father was the one who attached all the sheets because I don't have yet the expertise to do it. I'm more on block layering in constructions and in mixing the cement and gravel. Yesterday I was his assistant in finishing the project. I just made the body but when it comes to it's roof I'm no match for my papa hehe. Yesterday we finished the house already in order for the chickens to enjoy a wider space. We put them immediately inside after we attached the sheets and it looks like they are happy about it. I took a picture of the finish project and the chickens so let's take a look at it my friends.
Here you go guys look at the house of our chickens. It's just a simple one, it's roof style is not like the houses but it's arrangement is one way only. The chickens are inside already so I closed the door. Let's get inside and take a look at the chickens.
Another family of chicks just hatched this day that's why the newly constructed house is just in time. I can't put them in here right now because they will rest for about 2 days for them to have the energy to be in land. I already count them and I'm happy because they are total of 11 chicks. I already told it to my father that they hatched that's why he will buy feeds for them to eat. I will update it guys if they will live all because there's a tendency that some of them may die due to some factors affecting their health.
**Closing thought**
What I want to show to you guys is that there's a big advantage of taking care and raising our own livestocks. Building a house for them is a bit challenging and can cost you penny but it's benefit will last for a long time. There's no mainting foods for chickens, you can set them free from their house then they are the one who will look for their foods outside. But in our case that we have a maniac neighbor who loves to kill animals, we don't have a choice but to lock them up and provide them their foods. It's not that problem because you can feed anything to native chickens. Let's learn how to raise our own foods guys. It's for our own safety also.
That's my article for today friends. Thank you for reading this far and see you on my next articles.
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First Shot Out Of Two.
Life has been simple, normal and peaceful not until one day last year we are alarmed by our government that a deadly virus came into life and infecting people in a rapid rate causing the public to panic. After that we woke up that the government took measures already and implemented a lot of safety measures to ensure the public safety. One of them was we are not able to go out unless it is very important in our daily needs to survive. A lot of Filipinos didn't took this seriously and they thought that this was just a joke not until the medias in our country shows the dead bodies of people infected by this virus.
From that moment, the current scenarios registered in our minds and we followed the protocols and it minimized the cassualties but we can't deny that the virus overwhelmed our readiness when it comes to these situations. A pile of problems arised but the government handled it properly resulting to good outcomes. There's a lot of unnecessary events that angered the citizens but in this article let's focus on the positive outcomes that lead us to claim our freedom once again.
One reason why I said that they handled it properly despite the right and left problems is because they made a progress in making the vaccine to counter attack this deadly virus. A salute for those who we're able to produced the vaccine and I didn't expect that they will be able to make it in a short amount of time. The vaccination in our country has been going smoothly and I think most of the people in the capital have been vaccinated already which led to the decision of opening the schools for face to face classes again and I hope it will continue in order for the schools in the entire country will operate normally again.
**We are happy to announce that we took our first dose of vaccine yesterday** in town. I'm with my grandparents yesterday and it's such a success for me because it took me a lot of time convincing them to take the vaccine. They're already senior citizens so it's only natural for them to have doubts about the vaccine because we had cases here in our province where seniors took the vaccine but instead of getting the protection against the virus, it shortens their life resulting to their deaths and it was found out that they have complications already when they took the vaccine. I don't know in other places if there are cases like in our province.
Actually they said that our schedule was on monday but it was moved yeaterday and I just felt disappointed how poor their coordination in dessiminating the informations about the schedules of vaccination. If I don't have facebook we missed the vaccine for sure. Social medias is a good way to dessiminate informations but as a public servant especially in barangays they have to do it manually or by contacting the citizens if they have their numbers.
Anyway despite the problem in information dessimination of schedules, our vaccination went well and we accomplished the first dose. Our vaccine brand is Pfizer. They said that you'll just have slight after effects and those after effects are what I'm experincing as of typing this article. I have slight fever now so I took paracetamol already as per their instruction yesterday and my right arm is very heavy lol. I feel like there's something binding my arm right now but some of our good neighbors here said that it's just normal. It will only last for one to two days and it depends on condition of your body.
I took some pictures yesterday and I can say that the people here are willingly to be vaccinated but the manpower is not enough. It's only five doctors who are vaccinating yesterday but I'm amazed that they are so fast. We only lasted for one hour in the vaccination area. In my estimation there were almost 500 above that was present yesterday.
When we arrived there, the covered court was already full so no choice I had to be in the back. Senior citizens are priorities so there's no problem with my grandparents. They completed their first shot earlier than I expected.
While me sitting there waiting for my turn haha. I saw a lot of youths like and it's something to be proud of because they knew their responsibility in making our society a safe place once again where we can enjoy hanging out in various places.
**Closing thought**
In order to make our country a covid free again we need to join forces upto the smallest community in far flung areas. Also from what we experience about their poor coordination we need to improve that in order to deliver a satisfying service as a public servant. Patience will be tested in taking the vaccine so you better have it or else you can't take step in making your body and your community safe.
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Goodafternoon guys. I just want to say sorry for not being able to reply in your comments today in my recent article because we went for 1st dose vaccination and we just arrive here at home..At ambigat ng braso ko haha.
Is this normal po sa mga nagvaccine ng Pfizer?
Late Visit Of The Long Haired Lady.
When the month of November comes into our calendars, a lot of spooky experiences came into life and it scares a lot of us. Making us paranoid whether some ghost or a weird creature might appear before us paying a visit. I'm not that scared in some stories at first but as I remember those kind of scenarios when I'm alone, it feels like it's really happening. Well it's really late for my spooky experienced for this month but the month of November is still going on so I think this one can be counted. I don't really want to keep my experiences wthin myself because as the time passed by I'm remembering it and it's like I can't move on.
So here's my experienced last friday, oh not it's actually saturday because it happened 12 midnght, 12:30 something like that if I remember it correctly. Friday morning I'm not not feeling well and I felt like that there's something heavy in my body. I don't know if it's just the evilness of laziness but for me it's not. There's something in my body that I can't really explain. I even lose my appetite that time and it's weird because it's been a long time since I felt that heaviness of my body. To be honest while writing this one I'm having a goosebumps right now and I feel like there's someone watching me. Did you experienced this kind of things also in your life? I'll just continue this one pretending to not noticed or felt like there's some eyes staring at me.
So last friday midnight I woke up due to the vibration of my phone. I forgot to turn off my data that's why bitcoin.com sent me a notification that I recieved bitcoincash from here. Upon waking up my vision is not that clear yet when I looked up to my phone when I noticed that there's a woman sitting at the side of my bed near my feet. I blinked my eyes to make sure that I'm not imagining things or dreaming. Oh my God I can't really believe that she was real and what's creepy was she's smiling at me. I saw her beautiful white teeth but her long hair upto her waist was covering half of her face.
At that time what in my mind was to call my lola but the woman is telling me to not call her by putting her fingers in her lips. I looked at her and she's still smiling at me. I can't really explain the expression of her smile but it's really creepy even though she's smiling. I moved away my feet close to my chest.
It's like she want to tell me something important because she keeps on smiling at me then I remembered the story of my lola about the long haired lady also who gava her the opporuntinity to obtain some treasures. In my mind that time, maybe she was that. The uneasiness dominated me so I decided to ignore her and went to sleep. While my eyes are close, my hands are together and I'm murmuring a prayer. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and the ending prayer. I repeated it several times until I fell asleep without realizing it.
I'm glad that by praying those it helped me to be calm again and get to sleep. When I woke up at 3 am again, the long haired lady was not showing anymore and the heaviness I'm feeling for almost a whole day became nothing. In the morning I told my lola what happened and she just said that maybe she's trying to communicate with me. Maybe she saw a thing that is unique in me. I don't know who that lady is and I felt differently about that woman. I never met her before because I saw her face clearly and I guess she's not around here.
**Closing thought**
In my opinion maybe that woman just need a prayer for her soul to be at peace. If that was a aggressive soul then definitely I'm not here anymore typing this one. I believe that there are many souls out there wandering around and seeking for someone to offer them a prayer. Prayer is a powerful thing and once you really believe in it, it can change the course of everything. When you're mind and soul is troubled, you cab close your eyes and talk to God. I'm sure He listen to you.
That's my article for today. It may be really late but please bear with me because I need to express it or else I can't sleep at night everytime I'll remember it. So thank you for reading this far and see you in my next articles friends.
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Building A House Can Be Fun Too.
Today is not that good as my days before because we had a power interruption that lasted for 12 hours. Can you imagine what's my mood through out the day that I can't interact here and can't write my article early of the day. Well that explains why my moves this day was only limited and I'm sorry for that guys. My phone was in the edge of death haha but I'm glad that it didn't shut down. Anyways hello there everyone. How are you upto this hour of the day? Have you been doing well lately with the celebration of all souls day. I hope you had a meaningful celebration with your love ones.
As you know and I've mentioned in my past articles that I've been busy with sideline jobs like in construction of houses here in our barangay. Well not many in our barangay knew that I can do heavy works and when they see me out there carrying a bag of cement they'll be surprise haha. It's only natural for them to react like that because they only know that I'm only good in studying but not in works like in construction. Well my neighbors know me well that I even go to the farms helping my parents to plant rice. I grew up doing heavy works so performing heavy tasks is not a problem.
Involving yourself into costruction needs a lot of fighting spirit,patience, passion and most of all know how to follow directions. It is a work that can't be done by only one, it's a team effort. Once you did a wrong move it will destroy the whole plan of the house especially when it comes to measurements and angles. I'm not an engineer but I know that measurements are important in building a house. It all starts from the layout of the house. Digging up those lands and measuring those hole where the foundation will be made. It may look hard but when you're in actual action it is fun.
My father knew how to do carpentry and they are the one built our house together with my grandfather and other carpenters here. I grew up watching them and helping them. When they need something I gave it to them. When they need measurements I did the tasks. In my younger years I've been playing with numbers specifically with centimeters, meters, inches and millimiters. If I will be asked to give something I learned from my father that would be the knowledges on how to read those and apply them in real life. I've learned them before my teacher back then taught me those things.
These past few days I've been tasked to make a house alone. Yes alone but it's just a house for our chickens. They need a new house because their current house is already falling apart and they just announced that for the upcoming months it will rain very often. This house for chickens is not a concrete one but it is made out of bamboos. My father has a lot of confindence in me so I need to take the job seriously maybe he has something for me in the end haha.
So I started gathering bamboos and as usual it's really hard to pull them out of those tangled branches. It tooks a lot of effort to get them. After I get them I started to do the measurements. It's not that wide, it's just enough for 20 chickens and above. My father provided me all the materials I need so there's no problem with that. Cutting the bamboos was the challenging part because if you did it carelessly you can lose a finger or be wounded. So I did t carefully and gladly I finished it without sustaining any wound.
I prepared all the bamboos with the right measurements and I started to make a house out of them. It took me 3 days to finish it because I can't do it full time. I have to alot my other time here and doing the household chores. I encountered some difficulties in making it but all in all it's a success and the only missing is the roof and the door. The door is to be attach tomorrow because I just finished it today. This is the outcome of my work. Check it out.
My father said that I'm ready to have a family upon seeing it haha but the problem is I don't have my girl yet. He's urging me to have a girlfriend but I'm not ready yet haha. I need to earn first because I don't want to get money from them when we go on a date. My cousins are like that and some of the boys out there. It's not cool. When you decide to enter into a relationship, you better have a budget for your future expenses and you will not turn your parents into banks.
**Closing thought**
Being in a construction is really hard but if you did well you can learn something very important that you can't learn even in schools. In order for us to grow we need to take part in actual situation not just in some formulated questions and problems in exams. We need knowledges that can be applied in the real world. Just like how I applied those informations about measurements I learned from my father and in schools.
That's for today's blog guys and I hope you learned something from this article. See you next time and when the time comes I'll be publishing about my own house. Goodluck to me and to all of you out there.
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All Souls Day ft. Cassava Suman.
In the past few days we just celebrated all souls day which we remembered our love ones who already passed away. The sky today is covered with thick clouds and sun's rays can't penetrate it. Anytime rain may pour down to moisten the dry lands of this planet. I've shared in my past article that we will harvest our cassava crops to make something when the all souls day come. On November 1 we went to the fields where the cassavas are planted and it's a wonderful thing that we have so much to harvest. I pick up our shovel, bolo and enjoyed the fun of cassava treasure hunting.
It's in our tradition to cook something every celebration of all souls day and we visit their graves to be with them but due to our situation now we can't be with them on the exact day so the goverment advice us to visit them earlier. We visited their graves on October 28 and it's such a nice feeling to be with them again after a long time of not able to visit them. We cleaned their tombs and it's surrounding to make them looking good as always even they're already sleeping eternally.
Going back to what I'm telling a while ago with the cassava, we bagan to start the harvesting early in the morning so that we can finish it early. My lola accompanied me in digging up those treasures. It's a bit hard to dig them up because they went too deep in the soil. Also the soil is not the easy type to dig in.
In the process of finding them it will test your patience because your hands will get dirty and you have to dig them carefully so that you can't damage the crop. Also you can be demotivated along the process because not every stem will develop big good crops. You can find small ones but as you go deeper and search for them carefully, you can be rewarded at the end of the process. Luckily we harvested big cassavas despite the struggles. Our hands get dirty but that's life, in order for you to survive you must be willing to get your hands dirty(not in a wrong way).
So guys these are the cassavas we harvested. I almost forgot to take a picture of it and started grating it. This recipe is popular in Filipinos especially in provinces during fiestas and other occasions. This one is so easy to cook and it's ingredients are not that hard to find.
The ingredients of this recipe are Cassava crops to be grated, brown sugar or any sugar, grated coconut and coconut milk- this one is optional, we tried it before but the product spoils fast. You need also young banana leaves to be use in wrapping the mixture after.
As you can see the image above those are the cassava suman that I made. I made those and my lola was laughing because they are too fat haha but I said that it's okay because when you eat you will be satisfied with just only one or two haha. Since I was a child we're making this recipe so wrapping it is just a piece of cake. Did you also tried this in your existence?
I forgot to take a picture of the final product but the taste was just so satisfying and delicious. It's really fun to cook something like this because you can learn something at the same time. You can also spend memorable time with your family while wrapping. How about you guys what did you prepare last November 2?
Christmas vibes is really in the air and look what I did with the Rambutans they gave to us by my tito. They harvested a lot and can't eat it all so they gave us a lot also. It's just so cool to see these christmas lanterns once again in the streets giving off positive vibes.
**Closing thought**
All souls day has been a important day to us Filipinos and we do anything just to celebrate it with our deceased love once but the true essence of all souls day is to remember them, to be with them and share to them your journey beside their tombs. It's not important if you prepared something or not. Also let's not forget the power of giving as what my tito did. It's a simple thing but it's impact is so powerful that cab even change someones life.
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October Fever But A Life Saver.
Time is really fast just like a bullet train making it's way to a new destinations. I can't really believe that we got through the month of October despite the fact that there's so many obstacles blocking our way to success. Waking up the other day it's already November 1 and the cool breeze of Christmas is already in the air but the spooky night surprised us. Wandering here in readcash for the past few days I encountered a lot of articles about their holloween specials but I haven't read all of them yet due to some works I did. Also I read some October achievements of awesome authors here and I was really inspired by those.
It's a bit late in publishing this article of mine but I'll publish it anyway. October has been a busy month for me and I know to all of us but I'm glad that I get through with it and still published articles which gave me the opportunity to earn bitcoincash. Bitcoincash has been my money since I started here and it really helps me alot when it comes to our daily need here especially our foods.
**Published Articles**
Despite my busy schedules **I published 17 articles** only as you can see in the image below. I'm a little sad because for the past 3 months I haven't completed a whole month to publish 30 or 31 articles so far. I can totally understand that in my part because I had valid reasons for that but still I need to give more push in order to achieve that goal of mine. As you can observe lately I'm not very active here and in comment section, I just leave an upvote so that atleast I can support you guys. It's really hard to work, you wake up early in the morning then I plan to write in the evening but my body can't keep up, it shuts down on it's own. Hoping that my schedules will be lessen so that I can spend more here.
As for the earnings this month I can say that it's not that bad compared to my past months regardless to the number of my published articles. Still I can say that I did a great job in multitasking my work and in here. As you can see below I still earned **0.16035050 Bitcoincash worth $95 as of the current price or 4787 in Philippine peso.** Me looking at that amount it's already big for me. In todays set up you can't pick up that kind of amount anywhere else so I've been thankful that I'm here at readcash.
**Bitcoincash for a sack of rice.**
Actually we're having a problem now because our stock of rice is not enough until the harvest season so I withdraw some of my bitcoincash to buy a sack of rice in town. Harvest season is still on last week of December or first week of January. The cost of one sack is around 800 pesos to 900 pesos and it's good for one month if the number in the family is only 1 to 3 but for us with a 5 members plus our dogs and cats, it's not enough so I need to look for sidelines for example construction here in our barangay in order to have some money aside from what I get here.
**1 BITCOINCASH Goal.**
As for my 1 bitcoincash goal I can say that still I'm doing great in making it into a reality. It's my hobby to write all of my achievements in my notebook because I watched a video before wherein I learned that by writing those what you achieved will keep you more motivated and you can keep on track of your timeline. It's a good basis for data analysis of your next steps in the next few days. **As for the data I've added a while ago I already accumulated 0.61607827 bitcoincash and I have more way to go with 0.38392173** bitcoincash before I achieve my 1 BCH. Well my track is going smoothly so I don't have to rush but still I can't be contented in what's happening to me now. I need to push myself more, learn more, do more and pray more for me to achieve all of my goals.
**Closing thoughts**
That's my journey for the month of October and it's like a fever to me but it save our life from hunger. All thanks to bitcoincash and to this community founded by those awesome people. I can see the data above that I don't have enough time to spend time here so I need to work on that. As they always saif "**If you really want it there's always a way for you to do it."**
That's my article for today and thank you for reading this far my friends. Hope to see you again in my next articles and let's keep reaching our dreams no matter how far it is.
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Talking Thoughts.
Hey today is the start of weekdays again I hope you did fine in weekends. We remember our love ones today and tomorrow but for me we should remember them always and don't forget them as we continue to sail our journey. If you are tired from all the happenings around you, take a rest, it's free and you can do it anytime. We all know in ourselves that we are striving hard in order to achieve our dreams in life but let me just remind you that you don't have to do it at all once. Just take it easy and step by step until you reach the finish line of your race. ***What I'm trying to say here is you don't have to rush things because they have their own time table.*** Always remember that my friends.
Sometimes I have this moment in my life wherein I look up to the sky, watch the clouds as they pass by at my sight and can't help to wonder about our life. We've been sad and absorbed too much pain for too long in our journey,we've seen a lot of struggles and experienced bunch of them, isn't it enough for happiness to be given to us?
And sometimes I just look at myself in a mirror, saw the wrinkles in my forehead, my skin is drying, it's aging, just looking at it you can see how it endures all of those pains in the past. But despite of those thoughts when I saw myself in a mirror, I'm still proud for how brave and strong I am for standing upto now even I faced long paths of struggles along the road, I didn't give up. For I know that within myself, **happiness belong to me and to us.**
In our life sometimes we stumble upon some unexpected big problems and we gain some permanent scars that will be carve in our soul. In those times of crying alone at night, you survive those and for that you need to give yourself a credit. You've done so much self healing over the past years so be proud of yourself. You deserve it for you didn't know that you can do better and surpassed all of those but you just did.
Days may come into our life wherein we miss someone and sometimes a lot of them especially now that we're celebrating all souls days. I know a lot of you now remember your love ones who gave you some happiness that you can't forget and still longing for them now. Just like now I feel so many emotions all at once, feels like anytime my heart will burst out. But as our God said, Do not shatter. I can blackout everything I feel by closing my eyes and just focus at one point. **This is the reality. I have to let go what it needs to go and welcome those are meant to come. For our life is like water, t's not about what we hold but it's all about how we keep flowing to reach our destinations.**
As I continue to uncover the exciting chapters in my journey, I know that I will gain myself back. I know that as I go on I will have my genuine smile back together with those unique laughter and those excitong dreams of my life. I can also have back those eyes that sees the goodness in people and things around me. I can be thay person again with those kind of qualities or maybe even better because I know that the world will revolve, I will heal, peace will come into light, I just have to hang in there and same to you my friend.
All we need to do in order for us to complete our journey is to keep believing, keep moving, keep praying, keep being strong and keep standing.
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Giving Birth To A Tuxedo.
It's really amazing to witness incredible things such us giving birth to one life that can contribute happiness in this slowly dying world. Did you observe it also that our world is slowly dying and the cause of it is our own greediness and selfishness. But despite that observation of mine I can say that our world is slowly healing with the new hope that is within those being born in this era. Why I said that? Because as I roam around social medias I found a lot of kids that has a world changing projects and it's just so inspiring that the hope we've been longing for how many years are just inside of these kids nowadays. I hope that those kids with world changing mindsets can influence even the adults now to change for the better good of this planet.
As what I'm talking about in my first paragraph witnessing incredible scenarios is truly an amazing thing and as of yesterday my cat who's been pregnant for 4 months gave birth to a mew life and to a new member of our family. This cat has been mentioned in my past article wherein I was making a bamboo wall then her and her man was at the mango tree having an affair lol.
I was excited yesterday to see her baby and expecting that it would be the mix of her color and her man but I was shocked when I saw the baby because it has a different mix of colors from her man. So I was thinking if she cheated from the man who courted her every night at the roof.
Oh man my cat had a secret affair to another man. Well I'm not that surprise because my cat is really gorgeous so any male cat could fall inlove with her. Actually I had the idea who the father was because one time I caught her with the other man in the back of our original house dating haha. So it's justifiable why her baby has this mix of colors. Let me show you her baby. She's not that aggressive so I'm able to took a picture yesterday.
Well I don't really care if my cat had a secret affair to other man because I can't dictate what she will do in the first place. I'm just happy for her, she's finally a mother and her baby is so cute. I don't know yet it's gender so I'll update you guys in my next articles. She only delivered one healthy baby cat but I'm wondering why her womb is still big. My lola said maybe it was her buy-ong(ilokano) I don't know the english term for it sorry guys.
I hope that she will take care her second baby because the first one didn't survive due to so reasons. I don't have a name yet but I want you guys to suggest names in the comment section. hehe. In naming new member of our family I like to name them after those amazing anime character but my family are not good in remembering those names so I choose common names instead. What about you guys how do you name your babies?
It's really raining of blessings yesterday because my father informed me that my other banana plant beside his farm has already bore fruit so we decided to visit it today and took a picture of it to be shared here. So here it is.
It's really great to grow your own fruits and foods guys. Why? In the first place you can sure that it didn't contain any fancy chemicals that can harm your health later on when you consume a lot of it. Usually chemicals are being added in those foods in malls especially those vegetables that has a short lifeline before it withered. It's not harmful at first but as the time pass by and consuming those chemicals repeatedly it became dangerous in our health. So please be careful in buying your foods. No matter how rich you are if your health is in a bad shape it's useless.
By the way guys I observed also that the temperature at dawn is getting colder and it's just an indication that christmas is around the corner so take care of your health guys. All souls and all saints day is in the next few days so please pray for your love ones in heaven also. Don't forget to visit them if you have time. Just observe proper protocols for you to be safe from covid.
Our plan for the upcoming November 1 is to make a kakanin made out of kamoteng kahoy, wrap in a banana leaves. I'll make an article of it guys so better tune in. hehe. It's a tradition here in our country during all souls day to prepare foods in remembering our love ones who passed away. Are you still doing it? Comment below.
This is all for today and I hope you are still reading upto this part and if so I thank you for reading this far friends. See you in my next articles.
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Mastering The Art Of Resiliency.
Our life is full of various obstacles and day by day we are being challenge by them. Sometimes it gives us a lot of troubles to the point of losing our morale in moving forward to our goals in life. Others may see obstacles as a hindrance to their success but for me I see it as a double edge sword. Why? Because it can make me bleed a lot of blood but at the same time it can serve as my weapon and protection in the near future.
In my opinion I think we should face a lot of obstacles in our younger years for us to be molded into a human with a proper mindset in combating those ahead of us because we don't know what they got in bringing us down. So don't think that those obstacles you are facing right now are a hindrance to you. That's a wrong mindset. You should take advantage of them and use them to become more resilient. By having and by practicing the art of resiliency we see paradise at the end of our journey. We Filipinos practiced it for over thousand of years, it's in our blood so why don't we execute it in our daily lives.
In this article I just want to point out what I learned on how to become more resilient in our life. Let's see how we can master it so come on and let's encover these five things.
**Number one, Be Authentic.**
First of all the definition of authentic is being genuine or real. Why's that? Because in our life we are dealing with real things, real problems so we want to deal it our real self and not a fake one.
It's important to be authentic in order to create real solutions towards our real fights. Don't be a copy cat and just copying everything of what you see in your surroundings. Find your unique styles in conquering those walls. Also the key in being authentic is be true to your self, express what you really feel towards things and all. It's really hard to fight in our journey if we fake everything. There's no guarantee that in the end we can get authentic results if our actions are not even real. So always keep in mind to be authentic at all times even if sometimes we are so down and crying behind the shadow.
**Number two, Stay Calm.**
Life will surprise us in every way it can in order to make us surrender in our fights. It will throw everything it have to make us confuse and to lose our focus. With this kind of strategy of life we need to remain calm at all times in order for us to make rightful decisions. Being calm has a lot of advantages in our life so we should practice it at all times.
**Number three, Be Grateful.**
In life despite the things we encounter, even the worst things still we should be grateful with the things we have now and for the blessings we recieved. Sometimes we forget to be grateful because our minds is occupied with a lot of things especially problems in our life and it shouldn't be. In our journey we can lose a lot of things and we shouldn't be down with it instead we should be still grateful because there's a valid reason why you lose it. Be grateful for everything we gain and for everything happened in our life.
**Number four, Trust In Yourself.**
In fighting our battles we should keep in mind and we should always execute what we need the most. You can't do a single thing if you don't have a trust in yourself. The trust in ourselves is the thing that drives us to achieve spectacular achievement in our journey. You can't become a strong individual if you doubt yourself. So please don't ever doubt yourself because yourself is your only ally when everyone turn their backs on you. Your trust in yourself is the main key in unlocking those gigantic doors of success.
**Number five, Find Your Purpose.**
We exist in this wonderful world because for the sole reason that we have a purpose to fulfill while we sail our journey. In becoming more resilient we need to determine our great purpose in order for us to transform into a person that fits for it. Having a purpose drives us to be better in many things and achieving the impossible tasks. We need it to keep going aside from our goals in life. If you have a purpose I'm sure you can sail your journey smoothly.
All those five factors really helps in mastering the art of resiliency. If it is executed properly I'm sure it can result to great things.
Thank you to these awesome people and my avid readers out there. Godbless us all.
Bakit ka nag-iba? Meron na bang iba.
Ako'y nakahiga sa mga luntiang damo nakatingala sa kalangitan pinagmamasdan ang mga tala na nag-uumapaw sa kagandahan kapiling ang inang buwan na sinisindihan ang madilim na kapaligiran. Ramdam ko ang malamig na simoy ng hangin at kaytahimik ng paligid na siya namang kinakalma ang aking isipan na punong-puno ng halo-halong kaisipan. Kayganda talagang pagmasdan, hindi ka magsasawang sulyapan lalo na kung kapiling mo ang iyong pinakamamahal.
Bumalik na ako sa aming tahanan at tumungo na sa aking higaan. Aking mga mata'y kaybigat na kasing bigat ng kung ano ang nasa aking balikat. Mata ko'y papikit na ngunit sumagi sa aking isip na magdasal muna sapagkat ito'y kinalakihan kona. Tapos na aking pagdarasal at aking ipinanalangin na sana akin ng matagpuan ang babaeng papawi sa bigat ng aking nadarama. Akin ng ipinikit ang aking mga mata at natulog ng mahimbing.
Mahimbing ang aking tulog ng ako'y maalipungatan dahil mata ko'y nasisilaw na sa sinag ng haring araw. Mga sinag ay tumatagos na sa bintana ng aking silid tulugan na nagbibigay init sa aking paggising sa umaga. Ako na'y nag almusal, naligo at nagbihis upang pumasok sa aming paaralan ngunit aking napagtanto na ako'y nananaginip ng gising sapagkat nasa gitna pala tayo ng pandemiya kaya sa loob ng bahay ang ating paaralan.
Ako nalang ay nagbihis muli at sa aking pagbibihis ay aking nasulyapan ang isang larawan na punong-puno ng kasiyahan. Napangiti nalang ako sabay napaupo at aking inalala kung ano nga ba ang larawan na aking nakita. Mga masasayang ala-ala kasama ang aking pinakamamahal na kasintahan ay nagbalik ngunit kasabay ng pag-alala sa masayang nakaraan ay bumalik naman ang pait na aking naranasan.
Diko namalayan na pumatak na pala ang mga luha sa ating larawan. Kumirot ang aking dibdib at para bang pinipiga na tila ba ako'y mawawalan na talaga ng hininga. Aking pinipigilan ang pagpatak ng aking mga luha kasabay ng aking pagpigil sa pagbalik ng mga mapapait na ala-ala nung kasama ko pa siya. Habang luha ko'y patuloy na umaagos mula sa aking mga mata ay unti-unti ring nabubuhay ang mga matagal ko ng ibinaon sa malalim na hukay na nagdulot sa aking puso at isipan ng malalim na sugat na hanggang ngayon at hindi pa naghihilom ng tuluyan.
Tuluyan na kitang kinalimutan ngunit pagkita ko sa ating larawan ay para bang may sinisigaw pa ang aking puso na para bang hinahanap parin ang iyong mainit na pagmamahal. Iyong pagmamahal na sa una'y para bang ito'y tunay na tunay ngunit kinalaunan ito pala'y isa lamang biruan at ang masaklap pa ay ginawa niyo pa itong pustahan ng iyong mga matalik na kaibigan.
Noon una ay napakaganda ng iyong pakikitungo sa akin ngunit paglipas lamang ng ilang taon ay naging matigas na yelo na ito. Sa pagkakataong iyon aking naitanong sa aking sarili kung bakit ka nag-iba, meron nabang iba sa iyong puso at isipan na siya nang nagpapaligaya sa iyo sinta. Kinagabihan ng aking kaarawan ay inaabangan kita sa iyong pagpunta ngunit hindi ka man lang nagparamdam. Sa mga oras na iyon ay gulong-gulo na ang aking isipan, tingin ako ng tingin sa orasan baka sakaling ika'y hahabol pa. Wala talaga at diko na napigilang lumuha pa.
Simula noon hindi kana nagparamdam sa akin sinta. Pakiramdam ko tuloy ako'y iyong kinalimutan na ng tuluyan. Pagdaan pa ng mga araw at ako'y nakatanggap ng isang liham na nakasulat ang pangalan. Sobrang tuwa ko naman nung mabasa ko na sa iyo pala galing ang liham. Akala ko'y liham ito ng iyong pagmamahal ngunit pagpatak sa gitna ng iyong liham ito pala'y isang sulat ng iyong pamamaalam. Diko namalayan na aking nabitawan ang baso na aking hinahawakan, ito'y nabasag kasabay ng pagkabasag ng aking puso at isipan.
Sa iyong liham ay iyong ipinaliwanag kung bakit ika'y nawalan ng gana sa ating pagmamahalan. Aking inaasahan na ikaw ay may malalim na dahilan ngunit pakiramdam ko ako'y iyong pinaglaruan lamang. Ang iyong dahilan ay dahil lang sa ako'y isang maralita. Sa puntong iyon para bang ipinagkait mo na sa aking ang tunay na kaligayahan. Bakit ba ganiyan lagi ang kalakaran padating sa mga maralita? Bakit lagi kaming napag-iiwanan? Hindi ba namin karapatan na maranasan din ang tunay na kaligayahan mula sa dalagang matagal na naming ipinagdarasal sa ating May Kapal.
Kay saklap nga naman kung paano maglaro ang tadhana sa ating mga tao ngunit sa kabila ng pait na dulot nito'y mayroon paring mas mabuti na ating mararanasan sa ating paglalakbay.
Simula noon hindi na ako nangahas pang subukan muli na ipagkatiwala ang aking puso sa isang dalaga sapagkat ayaw ko nang maranasan muli ang pasakit kagaya sa ating nakaraan. Kahit kami'y mga kalalakihan ay nakakaramdam din ng matinding kalungkutan sa tuwing kami'y nasasaktan lalo na kung kami'y pinaglalaruan lamang.
Gabi-gabi ako ay patuloy na nananalangin na sana akin ng matagpuan o di naman kaya'y kumilos na ang tadhana at pagsalubungin na kami ng aking kapares na sinta upang sa ganon ay masimulan na ang inaasam na ligaya. Titingala sa kalangitan at kasamang pagmamasdan ang nakakabighaning ganda ng mga kumikislap na tala. Ako'y patuloy na magdarasal at hahayaan nalang na ang tadhana ang bahala sapagkat naniniwala ako sa plano ni Ama.
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Your Responsibility As A Citizen In One Country.
There's so many happenings in our life that we really need to take seriously especially when it comes to our home, our country. Living in one country, we have great responsibilities as a citizen in it. Youth this days seems to be blinded to what is really happening in our homeland. In our daily life upto now we experienced problems after problems but as a filipino, we are known for our resiliency through tough times.We survived many colonization, fighting for our freedom and thanks to our heroes we have one now. Their good deeds and love for their homeland pays off. Upto now we are still savoring the sweetness of their sacrifices.
As a citizen of one country we have to know our responsibilities towards our home. In schools we learned so many of those responsibilities in order for our country to become a better one. But as time passed by, it seems those lessons are being burried and not able to apply it in real world. Still some people are not practicing those lessons taught to us.
Does being a good citizen in your own contry a hard thing to execute? My answer to that is no, it's not hard at all. Why? Because in the first place being good started inside our house, our parents taught us about it first. Second we learned it in school which broaden our knowledge about being good. Third we learned it outside the real world, by experiences. Being good has been implanted in our soul since we are a child. We executed it in our childhood days but as we grow up it's fading away. From generations to another generation it's slowly fading away, I can see it now and I'm just sad that my fellow youths this days are turning into a bad one harming the citizens of his/her own country. **Let me just remind you that being a good citizen is one our responsibilities as a citizen in our country.**
Another responsibility is closely related to being a good citizen. What is that? What I'm talking about is our responsibility to be a law abiding citizen. Laws are created and meant to be there to have order in a country. As a citizen we must follow all the laws in order not to have problems later on. Is it hard to follow laws? Not at all because we learned it also in school and we can compare it in directions in pur exams. If we can follow the directions correctly, the outcome will be great but if it we failed to follow it correctly , the result will be disaster. So please be a law abiding citizen especially in this time of crisis. No one can tell when this pandemic will end but by complying to the protocols now we can fasten the recovery of our country and we can slow down the spread of virus.
Another one is our responsibility in choosing who our leader that will stand as the foundation and father/mother of our country. Being a voter is our responsibility as a citizen. Why? Because as a democratic country we have the power to elect one individual and it's part of our freedom so use it wisely. As a citizen of our homeland we have the power to screen those individuals that can give us a better security aside from better life because it's useless to have a better life if the security in our country is not in order. So that later on we have the voice to complain on what's going on in our home. My teacher once said that "If you didn't vote you don't have the right to complain". Vote for what is good for the future and not to be stock by the past.
Yesterday we went to COMELEC to check our names if we are still valid to vote next year and luckily still valid. That's why I'm out yesterday and sorry for not interacting these past days because something is going on. The thoughts in this article is a little bit vague but I'm hoping that you still get what I want say.
Despite what's going on around me there's still a blessing that came from our SK chairman. School supplies for all the students here in our barangay and for all those who have plans to enroll. It's not that much but still I can say that they're doing their duty as a public servant.
**I'll end my article with this one. If you're going through tough times and don't know what to do, just rest, take a deep breath and talk to God. I'm sure He will listen to you and answer your prayers in due time. It's okay to get tired of everything so rest but don't give up and lose hope. Thank you for reading this far.**
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God's Blessings In Disguise.
A great morning greeted us again this day and upon opening our eyes we saw the beautiful creations of our Father God. As we see and stare at them, we realize that we are still breathing and alive. It's really beautiful to be alive and witnessing the blessings created by our creator and enjoy them. Sometimes I really wonder why some people hated their life just because of their mistakes in the past. Then I come into conclusion that maybe there's no one telling them and reminding them that life is worth living.
To all the audience out there in various walks of life, if you're reading this I want you to know that your life is valuable and you are loved by the King of kings. If everyone arounds you says that you are just a problem in their eyes, always remember that in the eyes of God you are His child and important to him no matter what you've done in your life.
This world is full and overflowing of goodness back then but as of now it seems that it's slowly dying and fading away. I observed that too many people are hating each other just only because of some misunderstanding that can be resolve in a good way. Some bonds that was molded by times are now breaking apart just only because their beliefs of something are not thesame. Why should things ends like that? Can't you set aside your beliefs for the sake of your friendly relationship. Especially in political beliefs because this past weeks I saw a lot in social medias wherein their relation as a friend ended only just because what's their ideal president are not the same. Oh come on. It should not be like that ok, you can believe whoever your bet is but please don't let it ruin the bonds you've made over the past years. It's just a little rant haha now letvs go back to the main point of this article.
**Have you ever ecounter some stranger in your life that actually became a blessing or it help you in any ways?**
This is a true to life experience and I know that you have experiences like this too. If I remembered it clearly it happened back 2015 and I was 14 years old at that time. We had a problem in our family that time and it's all about my lola. She was sick at that time so we went to a hospital and she was diagnosed with the condition called Appendicitis. Wherein her appendix are not functioning properly due to some reasons and it's needed to be remove or else it will get worse.
So we got worried and we talked to our family members especially my lola if she's willing to take the operation and I'm glad that she's willing. Now since the operation was ASAP, we are not sure where to get the money. We talked to relatives but some of them didn't give because they don't have money and it's just funny because they have a big house and professionals. We are really worried at that time and some neighbors said that maybe we can seek help to our mayor but our mayor is out of town at that time for work.
I'm with my aunt and while we're walking going back to the hospital to relay to the doctors that we don't have yet the money needed. So we we're walking and walking while the sun is buring hot up there then suddenly I saw a pouch, not a fancy one but just a simple one. My aunt look what's inside and it's full of money and other important Id's. It's around the hospital ground so we thought that we should return it to the management of the hospital and the rest is up to them to page the owner of the pouch.
We didn't stay at the office and to see the owner because we are worried about the money. The pouch was full of money but we didn't want to steal it from the owner so we return it. That's the lesson my lola taught me. Even if the situation is desperate don't steal that is not yours. We go and see lola to her room, so we said that the plan to seek help from the mayor didn't succeed so we are down. But despite that my lolo and father still insist that lola should take the operation and they just said everythings gonna be okay.
We have just a little amount but we told the doctors that lola will take the operation so they prepared her already. The management paged our names so we got worried so we rushed to their office and upon arriving there a man was waiting together with the staff. Then the man thanked us, we wonder so we asked why then he said that he's the owner of the pouch we found that morning. We are really happy that the pouch was returned to it's owner so we bid goodbye to each other and went directly to my lola who's been in a gown that time. They're just waiting for the time to go into the operating room.
The time already came and they went inside the room, we are not permitted so we waited outside. As we wait, we went to the chapel for us to pray for my lola's safety and that God will guide those who will operate her. After that we patiently waited in the chair outside. The operations takes hours and maybe because they are cautious because of my lola's age.
After a long time of waiting, a man came out of the room. It looks like the surgeon who operated my lola and unexpectedly he was the guy before and the owner of the pouch. So we are shocked to see each other then he said that the operation was successful and lola just need to rest for several days then she's good to go home. We thanked him for taking care of my lola.
When we went to get the bill for everything, we we're shocked and surprised that our bill was zero balance, mind you we don't have Philhealth that time so we wonder how. We asked the counter who payed for it and they said that it was the man who operated my lola. We go back to where's my lola and a man was there talking to my father. That man was the man before, he prescribed some important medicines fo my lola. After he talked, we said to my father that our balance is zero and it all thanks to the surgeon infront of us.
My father and lola cried out of joy and thankfulness because we are short on money that time. The big guy thanked us again and that's the only thing he can do for us for what we did. Well for us it's too much and we don't know how to repay him when the time comes. The awesome guy just said that there's no need for that he only did what's the right thing to do and he also said that if feels like someone pushed him to help us and he know it that was God.
He only said to us that no matter what we should always do good things just like what we did and surely God will bless us, not directly but He will use other people to help us. When we went to the hospital again the staff said that he already transfered to Manila. He's originally from Manila so it's good for him that he's close to his home.
From that dire situation in our life I learned a lot from it. From that point we continue to do good things in our fellows even if we are being downgraded by other people because we are poor. **Being poor is not a hindrance for us to do good things, always remember that friends from all over the world. Always do good things from the bottom of your heart and I'm sure God will make a miracle.**
That's my article for today and see yah next time. If you experience something similar from this one kindly drop a comment below. Thank you for reading this far.
**GOD IS ALWAYS GOOD ALL THE TIME. GOD BLESS US ALL.**
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Second Peek In My Paradise List.
Hello there again my avid readers from all over the world. It's me Jherome again and I'm here to show you what's in my bucket list. I already published the first part of this one entitled A Little Peek In My Bucket List, if you haven't read it yet just click the title and you'll be redirected to it. By doing this kind of article I'm not just only showing what's in my list but also to show off to the whole world that I live in a country which is blessed with so many majestic paradise. My country Phlippines, I'm a Filipino and I'm proud of it. https://read.cash/@Jher0122/a-little-peek-in-my-bucket-list-702c8b4f
I can't wait to visit what's in my list but for now I will just travel virtually with you. Are you ready for this second tour? Would you like to go with me and have fun forgetting the problems of our life? Tara..Let's go...
***Just a reminder all the images I'll be showing in this article is not mine so the link is in the image itself. Just click it if you want to know more. Thank you.***
**Gigantic Wind Mills of Bangui,Ilocos Norte.**
https://gdeichmann.photoshelter.com/image/I0000tlkUI4VVM6Y
This is my third destination in my list. It will be a long hour trip to the upper part of Norther Luzon but I don't have to worry because what I'll see there will be worth it . After a long travel along the roads, this kind of scenery will be the cure for all of my tiredness. A sunset like this by the seashore will surely give me a jaw dropping moment of my life. This will be a nice spot to be with our love ones or special ones. Walking by the seashore, holding hands and promising to each other, saying how you love each other. Charr. I would like to visit this place again because my mother said that we went to this place when I was a kid. So I will surely visit this place soon.
https://www.vigattintourism.com/tourism/articles/Just-Go-with-the-Wind-at-Bangui-Windmills
I can't just ignore such kind of beauty that exist in my country together with that giant windmills that generates renewable energy. It have a total of 26 windmills erected by the shoreline facing the vast sea, how cool is that. I watched a documentary about this one and said there that they can't plant those land in Bangui because of the strong winds so they come up with the idea of building a wind mill there to be use to generate electricity through out the Ilocos region. It's also an advantage for the Ilocos region to have a main source of eclectricity because it creates a lot of opportunity for the region. I forgot where I watched it so I can't include the link, I'll try to remember it and edit it later.
It's really an amazing idea that needs a wow reaction because the building of this wind mills not only solved the problems of on and off electricity of Ilocos region but it also attracts the local and international tourist. It's like a double edge sword giving a marvelous outcome.
https://iamaileen.com/mt-pulag-hike/
**Mt. Pulag** is my top four in my list. Wherein the borders of Nueva Vizcaya(my province) , Benguet, and Ifugao meet in it's peak. Isn't it amazing that the borders of those 3 mountainous provinces meet in a one peak and mind it's peak is 2,922 meters above sea level. Imagine how high is that. Hiking in this mountain will be fun but also dangerous because at the height you will surely die when you play too much while hiking.
What I adore most in Mt. Pulag is that you can literary see a sea of clouds and if possible you can walk in it. In order for you to see what I'm talking about let me show you this image of sea of clouds.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.traveltothephilippines.info/2013/07/11/mt-pulag-luzons-highest-peak/amp/
This is truly a sight to behold because it's only considered as the hight peak in Luzon above sea level. Alotting my time in this one will give my mind a peaceful time with the creation of our Father. They said that the months of December to January are the best time to visit this breath taking mountain.
What I like here also and can't wait to experience it is the sunrise above the sea of clouds. It's really a great moment if I will see it with my own eyes. And for the spoiler I have an image of what I'm talking about. This was captured by the hiker and they are lucky enough to witness this kind of dawn.
https://iamaileen.com/mt-pulag-hike/
While the sunrise I'm talking about is this one. Look at that magnificent greeting of the sun. I can't really say much upon looking at this picture. It's so awesome and how much more when it's in actual, maybe I'll just cry.
https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/520588038177599845/
Now you now what's in my list and I'm sure you want to visit those too. Our country is really blessed with this majestic places and we should be the one who appreciate it first. I'm just really glad that I was born here and to be a Filipino. One day I'll go to those place and I'll engrave the feelings born out from those adventure soon.
I really thank you for joining me upto this part of my article and I shall end now with a goodbye. I hope to see you on my next adventures. See yah friends.
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A Little Peek In My Bucket List.
Travelling to different majestic places is already part of our life and it's already in our blood as Filipinos. We really like to be in adventure especially when it comes to discovering the places that's listed in our bucket list. I'm sure you have a lot listed in there that you want to visit when this pandemic is gone and when you are already successful as a reward to yourself. All of us have one right? Tell me I'm not the only one who wants to travel but ofcourse when we have extra budget. hehe.
While this pandemic is going on I can't resist not to watch travel blogs in youtube by various people. Watching them really makes me excited and want to just teleport there now haha but I ca't because I don't have the ability to do so. But what if we have an option to choose powers what would you choose?
Me, I'll choose the abilty to teleport to one place to another just by thinking it. It can be really useful in case of emergencies. With that kind of abilty I can teleport to any places listed in my bucket list.
It's my first time to talk about what's in my list so let me know if you want to visit them also especially spots in our province. What I just noticed in youtube is that those who blogs about our majestic places here in our country are mostly foreigners and I can't see many Filipinos do it. It's like that the foreigners are the ones who promotes our treasures here and they are very amaze when they see it.
Seems like they appreciate it more than we are and I find it sad because some Filipinos appreciates beautiful places in other contries but we can't even shout to the whole world that we have those kind of places too. I just observed it by roaming around in youtube and facebook.
**Back into my topic let me just tell you ahead that** *the images that will be posted here are not my own and will just put the link on those images so if you want to know more about it you can visit it.*
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First and foremost in my list is the **Capisaan Cave** which is located in Capisaan Kasibu,Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. It's just a 6 to 8 hours travel from Manila to Solano(my town) then just 1 and half hour travel to this awesome and well preserve treasure of nature.
The image above is the entrance to paradise. It looks so simple but inside it holds a lot of mind blowing rock formations.
This is one of the tourist spot here in our province. It may look like just some rocks to others but this one has been attracting tourist from local and foreigners. Since it's in my top list let me just give you some trivia about it. The Capisaan Cave system is considered to be the fifth longest cave in the Philippines. It's not your ordinary caves out there, inside the cave you can see a lot of various unique majestic rock formations that's been formed over the hundred years. One example is the image above(the link is in there so you can visit it also). Let me show you some pics from the site.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/pinoyspelunker.com/capisaancave/amp/
I'm really into exploring caves because you can find these stalagmites, columns and other formations that have a lot of uniqueness compared to what is above. Those rock formations there has been well preserved over the years to maintain it's beauty.
We are supposed to visit it as a educational tour when we are in Grade 10 but we're not permited by the principal. Since then I don't have the chance to go there and the other reason is that I don't have a companion to go. Would you like to go with me? Let's explore Capisaan cave together.
https://guidetothephilippines.ph/articles/ultimate-guides/banaue-travel-guide
Second destination in my list is the **Banaue Rice Terraces**. We've been learning about this since I was in elementary but didn't have the chance to visit it. It's really a good place told to us by my classmates in senior high from Ifugao. They've been there for several times and witnessed the majestic view.
It is located in Batad, Ifugao, Philippines. It's just the nearby province here in Northern Luzon. It's mainly found in the mountainous areas of Norther luzon. There is special about this spot and that's because the culture in this place is alive. You can see the people in this place are very proud of their culture and I like people who's like that. Also the Banaue rice terraces has been recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage site and described as "living cultural landscape of beauty".
People of Ifugao's are really friendly and you can say that they are nature lover. They always smile and has a very positive mind about life. My uncle's wife is an Ifugao so I knew how they are.
It's not just the beauty but the alive cultures are the reason why it's in my top 2. I hope I can visit it soon together with someone hehe. Are you free when the time comes? Let's go and take a tour.
This is my article for today and let me see you in the part 2 of what's in my bucket list that I want to visit when this pandemic is gone. Thank you for reading this far and Keep safe ladies and gents.
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Knock, Knock Saturday's Adventure.
Weekdays has ended and weekends just knock at my door. It's really been a long days from monday to friday. Weekends are the best because it's considered as a holidays. It's a happy day wherein we can do many things in many ways. We can drive and take a tour in long highways but we can't because of this pandemic days. I'm hoping that we will not turn into a zombie that eats brains so we must kneel down and pray. We do good things in the future and leave our bad deeds in the past in order for us not to go astray.
*Everyday is an adventure but saturday and sunday are especial wherein we are together with our happy family.*
***Family*** *in just two days of holidays but it's enough to make a memorable story.*
***Story*** *that we can remember back when we are sad and it will be engrave in our history.*
***History*** *sometimes can be tricky and it can divide the unity in a country.*
***Country*** *that holds a lot of good and bad histories that is hidden in a safety.*
***Safety*** *of the people and peace are the men in uniforms top priority.*
***Priority*** *that is most important than their own family. A salute to them for their bravery.*
Saturdays has been a memorable day for me because it's a day wherein we go to the farm when I was a kid then had lunch beside our mini fish pond at the farm. We catched fish together with my aunts and uncles from nearby towns but all I can do is to throwback when we wore happy faces. It is saved in my memory and I hope that it will happen again when this pandemic reach it's end. I'm hoping that it will end soon so we are not confined anymore in our own town, cities and country. Cases are still increasing here in our town and in nearby provinces.
With this pandemic locking us down in our homes and we can just wander around our surroudings, it's making me bored so I use my time to do some gardening and searching for something interesting. It's really good to plant this days because the rain will make it fresh and will not die due to high heat from the sun.
Also I use my other times to teach my cousin. We've finished already her 1 module and we have 2 more modules to finish. Lola will submit them within this week so she can get another set of modules. I admire the teachers here because they're very generous, they give some schools supplies such as 1 whole pad paper and pencils.
While roaming around and searching for some interesting stuff to be captured as expected and as I said in my latest article wherein we harvested a lot of mushrooms, we harvested a lot again and while having a hide and seek with the mushrooms I found one that caught my interest.
Look what I found it's a snail, I don't know it's species but it has an interesting pattern in it's shell. It's small but it's giving off some different vibe. I picked it up and had some pictorial with the mushroom. After I took a picture of it, I returned it again to where I found it. Let's take a look at it and tell me if you have some knowledge about this snail.
Speaking of interesting things I found one that grew in a dead tree beside our house. Everytime it rains very often here I found a lot of strange mushrooms growing everywhere. They always pop out of nowhere and will just surprise you saying hello to your face haha. If mushrooms can talk I bet they'll say this "Hey I exist and I'm here". lol. This one has a color of purity. It's very white so it can caught your attention at first glance. Upon searching the internet about it I found out that it is a white fungus. I don't know it's name here in the Philippines. Let's see the picture and maybe you know it.
Last but not the least, my saturday adventure ends in a creature that I see often inside our house. While looking up on a tree I found a sturdy web in it's branches and it's only mean that a spider owns that large web. I search and search then boom I found it in a dried leaves compiled as one. It's sleeping soundly. I tried to capture it but it's hard so I get it temporarily then return it back after I captured a good shot. We look like this one when I was a kid in the farm at night putting it in a empty match. Take a look at it and be amaze.
That's my adventure for saturday and I suppose to publish it yesterday but I got my hands full. Thank you for reading this far and I hope to see you again in my next articles. See yah.
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Nature's Blessings In It's Finest.
A lot of blessings comes in many different forms and in various ways. It may come to you naturally or you will work hard for you to be rewarded. We've been living here in Earth for a very long time and we are blessed with this we called nature. We are alive until now all thanks to the blessings coming from the nature. Sometimes we're just taking it for granted and we are not thankful for those blessings anymore.
Sometimes we are destroying it with our own two hands but we are turning a blind eye to it. Sometimes we just want to rob all the blessings present in the nature and we don't consider the future consequences of our own greed and that's the big problem about us humans.
Humans who are blinded by their own greed and later on blaming the nature for the aftershocks. Why should we blame the nature when a disaster strikes us, why we blame the nature when in the first place we did all the unnecessary things just to get what we want for our own benefit and not keeping in mind what will happen next.
**The nature has nothing to do with it** when we experience a rapid change of weather or in food supply and for the extinction of rare animals. All the blame are on us, it's in our shoulder but sometimes we are not willing to accept it and that's a dangerous thing. That kind of thinking will not only put nature into extinction but it can harm also your fellow humans.
Actually it's already happening now a days that we sometimes want to achieve things in any means without considering the safety of those who surrounds you. **We are being selfish and turning into a monster. By our own actions we are destroying ourselves without knowing.** We humans are pushing our race into extinction. That's the reality those people blinded by money can't accept and understand.
**We are all using the blessings so all us should be thankful enough and we should be aware of our own responsibility when it comes to nature.** What are those responsibilities I'm talking about? It's all about taking care of our nature as our payback for the blessings we get from it. We learned it in schools and yet we destroy it instead of taking care of it. It's just like those knowledges are now all useless when the time we are blinded by greed.
This article is all about nature and I just want to remind everyone that we have the responsibility to fulfill towards our nature even in the smallest things. After all when you combine those small things of good actions to our nature it can create a big impact. We just need to be united in doing it. All of us must do it, not just me or you but every single human in this planet.
This one may look like a rant but I'm just talking about the reality and when it comes to nature I'm serious. I don't know if I'm the only one who's like this but I'm sure **deep inside you, you love nature.** So please when you have your family in the future, kindly educate them the importance of nature and on how to take care of it. **We can restore back our home if we educate all and if we will act all. There's nothing we cannot achieve if we are all united.**
That's the end of the real talk and let me share with you the blessings we recieve from nature yesterday. So since the typhoon Maring, yesterday and even the other day it's been raining hard here in our province. When it's raining hard there's a blessing I've been expecting to pop out and my expectations are not in vain because as the rain stop in the afternoon yesterday I went to the decaying mountain of rice straws then boom I saw them. A lot of mushrooms grew in it. A lot of them, it's all over the place. I just want to show to you a portion of it and I'm not able to take the whole site because my lola got ahead of me picking up those lovely mushrooms.haha. Here they are.
We harvest all the big ones and left those little ones for them to grow so we can harvest them tomorrow or the next day. Mushrooms grows fast so you don't need to wait longer. Here are the harvested mushrooms. Look at that.
Yesterday also I harvested the fruit of my banana plant. I planted it last 2019 if I remember it corretly. This is the blessing I'm talking about that you need to work hard for it. Sorry for the picture of the banana. Some are missing and those are the ripe ones we took out and ate yesterday hahaha. It's a waiting game again for the other ones.
This is my article for today. This one is supposed to be publish yesterday but not able to do so. **With this one I'm hoping that we should act now before it's too late**. Thank you for reading this far my friends and buddies. See you in my next articles.
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