Benefits of living in the countryside.

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For today's blog, let me share with you some benefits of living in the countryside. As I shared in some posts at my noise cash account, I typically grew up in the countryside. Not only that, it was an island somewhere in Visayas. Honestly, when I was still in the province, I never realized how lucky I was. Eversince, it was my dream to work in the city. I felt living there was so tiring, literally. Imagined always walking for kilometers sometimes or fetching water?

Now, after staying and working here in Manila, I realized all I want now is to live in the countryside and maybe do some farming.

So much intro lol,let me share it with you .

You won't suffer from hunger.

Since food is one of our basic needs, I can assure you that you won't from suffer in the hunger at countryside as long as you know how to stretch your bones, literally. When I was a kid my parents bought only rice and our viand will depend on whatever vegetables were in season. I remember if its' bamboo shoots season, expect that we will be eating a different menu of it. Bamboo shoots with coconut milk, atsara, etc. Same thing happened during season on winter melon and mushrooms. There was even a time my niece was crying because she got tired of our viand. She told my Father why were always eating " balid (wintermelon) uhong (mushroom) and vice versa. Well my father just laughed at her.

For our snacks or merienda, we usually eat cassava, cooked with coconut milk, in short nilagang kamoteng kahoy, boiled banana or whatever roots crops available that my Father planted.

As a normal kid, I also want some hotdog, tocino, chorizo for breakfast and perhaps some pizza for snacks. But during that time it was impossible. My parents couldn't afford it.

Lesser bills to pay.

Imagined paying for water, electricity , internet plus gas was also expensive. Then it's pandemic, you lost your job. How can you pay your bills? Good thing we are not paying the water bill as well as we are not using gas at home.

We are using water from a deep well, even the one for our drinking. Yes it is safe, we are not buying mineral water. It's like wasting money, not practical.

For our cooking, we have our dirty kitchen and we use charcoal. Oh, charcoal was not expensive in our place like only $2 per sack. Sometimes we also chose to cook outside our house like in the backyard if there are occasions. Then we are just using dried wood.

Just be cautious when you are cooking using firewoods or else it will be burnt.

You can raise some domestic animals.

Having some domestic animals was also a great help in the financial aspect. Before, if we didn't have a rice, my parents would just sell some chickens. Our chickens are not kept in the cage, they are just wandering. We don't buy their food either, as we feed them before sliced coconuts.

Aside from chickens, you can raise cows, goats or even pigs without a fear that a neighbor might complain. Especially for pigs as the smell is not so nice.

Closing thoughts.

There are still so many benefits but I chose to mention only a few. You might get tired of reading. As I mentioned a while ago, I didn't appreciate my life before in the province. I just did when a pandemic hit worldwide. Imagine buying 3pcs of malunggay for $0.10 or a slice of papaya for $0.40, not even fresh! I told myself that time, it's only free in our place.

Not only that, I didn't realize back then that all the foods I am ate were all nutritious. Maybe that's the reason I seldom got sick before. I grew up eating fresh vegetables.

When I moved here in Manila, my immune system got weaker. Maybe because of my lifestyle and food intake. I even acquired asthma and some allergies. Well, maybe that's the consequence.

If you're gonna ask me if I regret working here? My answer is NO. Simply because I learned a lot after working in the corporate world. I became more confident and acquired some skills. As not all can be learned at school. Aside from that I got self satisfaction as I reached what I wanted. I won't live in what if's.

Have a nice day and thanks for dropping by.

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