March 2009
9 posts
Newspaper and Prepaid Cards
Before we boarded the ferryboat that will bring us to Guimaras island, we were given used pre-paid cards. It served three purposes : as receipt ( because they don’t issue official one); as control to track the number of passengers a ferryboat should accomodate (if a bundle of used cards is finished, the rest of the passengers board the next ferryboat); and as guide which ferryboat you...
Fish Kill
It was a beautiful garden wedding in a resort, with Taal volcano as background. The lake water was inviting but because we were all dressed up in formal attire, we decided to go swimming the following day. No one in the group has tried swimming in Taal lake so the idea sounded exciting. Our excitement was replaced by frustration when we saw hundreds of small tilapia floating and the foul...
Earth Hour 2009
Last time, I shared the ad about the “Recyclables Fair”. Another interesting information fell on my bed last night. It was an invitation for my mom from the Dept. of Energy about the EARTH HOUR 2009. The invitation says that on 28 March 2009 at 8.30 PM, cities and towns across the world will turn off their lights for ONE HOUR - Earth Hour- sending a powerful global message that...
Angel
cover by Ahren Baesler
The Curious Case of Bubalus Mindorensis, the...
I have been to Mindoro, the home province of my mom, several times and since then I have been curious how a live tamaraw looks like. This curiosity became stronger when I saw a head of the tamaraw displayed prominently in the sala of one of my mom’s friends. To have or own one is a status symbol, according to my mom. She said I better kill my curiosity about seeing a live tamaraw...
February 2009
15 posts
Fear Factor
I fear worms and I bet only a handful in our class love this creature. I get goose bumps whenever I see one. But I gradually conquered this fear when I joined the “Earth Saver’s Club” when I was in grade school. My mom encouraged me to join the club since the brochure said there will be plenty of nature walk which I do love. We did have nature walk and it was the President of...
Magnificent Manure
A trip to Lipa, Batangas is always a treat for me for three reasons : one, I get to see my late Lolo’s only surviving sibling, our 81-year old Carmelite nun who we fondly call Lola Madre. There’s a great feeling inside me after a talk with Lola Madre.
Second, the Carmelite Monastery is located in an area where you breath in fresh air all the time. Perhaps its because the place is...
Recyclable Fair
Last time, I wrote about disposing mobile phones. It seems that I am destined to write about disposal of non-biobegradable items again with the information I read in today’s major daily. I want to do one daily good turn so I am sharing the information to those who might be interested and have not read the advertisement.
I am referring to the “Ayala Mall Recyclables...
Organic Food Part 2
I shared about the pechay and the eggplant my aunt grows in our “garden”. I became more interested with organic food when my mom received a pack of organic rice grown in Mt. Province and when Bella, my six-year old cousin visited us. She doesn’t eat processed food and her favorite snack is carrot sticks.
That was my first time to taste organic rice and I swear I loved it. The...
Garlic Power
My aunt loves gardening. But because we have limited space, she has learned urban gardening on her own. All empty and plastic cans are not thrown away but instead are used as pots where she plants vegetables that are easy to grow like pechay and eggplant. She buys garden soil from a neighbor who has a commercial garden business. I can say that my aunt is into small-sacle organic farming...
Where Have All the Old Cellular Phones Gone?
The last time I visited my cousins, I saw three old models of mobile phones dumped in one corner of the house. When asked what they intend to do with those phones, I didn’t get a sensible answer. In my desire to help them dispose old mobile phones, which I know is also our problem as the cellular phone Capital of the world, I shared with them a bit of information I know. Of course my...
Sunday Morning
by Maroon5
Save Our Fireflies; Save Our Women
Consider these facts : vehicular fume kills an average of 16 people in Metro Manila daily and 70% of air pollution is caused by motorized transport. I learned about these when I met some of the members of Firefly Brigade Philippines who, like me, joined an activity for a cause. That activity was dubbed ” Bike For Violence Against Women (VAW)”. I’ve read about the Brigade...
January 2009
20 posts
Stick Power
I am a permanent fixture in my mom’s office come summer time. This gave me the opportunity to expand my circle of friends, both younger and older than I am. Interestingly, I have to kiss many Titos and Titas because the office has become my mom’s second family. And mine, too.
As “official member” of the family, I get to join in their summer trips which are meant to...
Paper Chase
My mom and I were discussing what interesting and worthwhile movie to watch over the weekend. She told me her friend recommends “The Paper Chase”. Here goes the plot: Hart is a confused first year law student at Harvard. He is trying to survive the year under his strictest professor, the legendary Kingsfield. With the help of some of his classmates in his study group, Hart becomes one of the...
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Happy Birthday Recycling Buddy!
It’s my Tita’s nth birthday today. I guess she will remain the most environment-concious member of the family. If you want her fuming the whole day, then break our waste segregation rule. Her other rule: all recyclables go to garbage collectors for their extra income.
Since I was small, I witnessed how she did little things to contribute to the cause of saving Mother Earth. She...
Two weeks and counting
Today (January 24), Aimee’s cute kittens turn two weeks old. That was the first time I witnessed how a frail, preggy, 5 month-old cat labored to deliver her kittens. Mother Nature is really a mystery. I bet the two tricolor ones are females. Of course you know that only one in 3,000 tricolor cats will be born male. It’s a genetic rarity, and who knows we’re one of the lucky ones...
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“ We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
– – Native American Proverb
Paint or Faint
Our 15-year old house had a face lift for the first time. After much deliberations, we have agreed on what colors to paint which rooms. Our next big question was - what type of paint to use! I searched the net primarily because we are on budget. I found out interesting information worth sharing: —there are two types of paints- oil-based and water-based. —oil-based paints include...
Green and Grin Holidays
The most exciting time of the year is over. I shopped and dropped, as everyone did for gifts to give to my loved ones and friends. I must admit though that as i did my gift list, never did it occur to me to consider buying earth-friendly gifts. Guilty! To lessen my guilt, I have the next 11 months to think carefully what gifts to buy. Aren’t those bags made from recycled tetra packs...
Be Involved!
Are you interested in saving Mother Earth? Do you have any ideas to help save the environment but need a support group to execute these ideas? Then just Google ” environmental organizations- philippines” and select any organization/s you think will help you with your ideas. While I have my preferred organization, I will not influence your choice. Once you sign up in any of these...
Environmentalk
I’d like to end this blog I’ll call “environmentalk”, for now, with inspiring words from a motto and a proverb. Perhaps some of you have chanced upon these lines. The rest may have just read the same right now. No matter when, the concern is for us as stewards of Mother Earth, to assimilate the messages these lines are trying to put across:
“ Take nothing but pictures.
Leave nothing but...
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