Category Archives: Environment

Urban Jungle

If only I have the power to travel back in time, I would do so.

I would like to see how these familiar places where we usually go looked like decades ago sans the metal buildings and artificial natural environment.

The other day, hubby and I talked about how the place where we live looked like when they first lived there in the early 80s.

He said the river was clear and there are so  many open spaces where they can frolic.

Now the river is full of floating trash that people fish for trash and not trout. The river banks are lined up with informal settlers‘ homes and yes, there have been reports of accidents where small children fall into the river.

Their children too have made the streets their playground. Heh.

I’m not exaggerating.

Grow Your Vegetable Garden

Growing one’s own vegetable garden is nothing new. With so many kinds of diseases that people get from food, it is no wonder some people have taken steps to ensure that they are eating fresh and pesticide-free produce.

backyard vegetable garden

That photo above is a part of the vegetable garden of a relative. In some parts of the garden there are beets, purple cabbages, lettuce and other greens planted.

They also have herbs planted in containers but are mostly placed in their garage.

Is a pond with ducklings koi, water lilies and pond pumps next in line?

Now, that is a great idea, methinks 😀

Sagot Sa Kagutuman

litratongpinoy

Tamad daw ang karamihan sa mga Pilipino. Maaaring totoo, maaari din namang hindi para sa ilan.

Isa ang labis na kahirapan sa problemang kinakaharap ng bansa. Hindi ko na lang hihimayin ang mga dahilan dahil baka abutin ako ng gabi di pa ako tapos magsulat dito.

Dala ng problemang ito ang isa pang problema: kagutuman.

Pero ang kasabihan natin, kung gusto magagawan ng paraan.

Anu-ano nga ba ang mga paraan na puwede maging sagot upang maibsan ang kagutuman?

Ang pagtatanim sa bakuran.

Walang espasyong lupa? Maging malikhain at gumamit ng ibang paraan kagaya nito:

pechay

Medyo mukhang ginutom din ang aking pechay dito at tila bagang ako naman ang tinamad magdilig 😀

Pero hindi ba mas mainam ang ganito, magtanim sa bakuran dahil isa ito sa sagot sa gutom, huwag lang tatamaring gumawa ng paraan para sa kasagutan nito.

At isa pa, nagamit muli ang dapat ay itinapon nang mga lalagyan ng inumin.

Huwag na pong tanungin bakit marami kaming mga ganyang lalagyan ng inumin, alam nyo na yun, hehehe.

Magandang araw ng Huwebes 🙂

New Priorities after Ondoy

Rehabilitation seems to be the correct word to use in terms of dealing with the massive losses that happened during Ondoy‘s wrath.

For some, gone are the cars that were either submerged in flood waters or seen floating away from the point of origin. Gone are the soft beds, the treasured books, tech gadgets, HDTV, important documents, and other things that seem important before the deluge came.

Now what?

It seems that there is a shift in the priorities after what has happened.

Now it is more about family, being together, helping those who are in need and cooperation.

Wonderful, just wonderful.

Now, would those looters stop their illegal activities now? Harrumph!

Mindanao Avenue

Maluwag, pwera kung sobrang trapik at maraming sasakyan lalo kapag weekend ( o kaya kapag may sale sa TriNoma o SM North EDSA). Maaliwalas dahil sa mga puno. Madaling makasakay o accessible. Yan ang Mindanao Avenue.

Ito ay kuha mula sa isang parte ng TriNoma. Madalas ito ang aming binabaybay papunta sa ilang piling lugar at ito rin ang kalsada pauwi sa aming tahanan.

Mindanao Avenue

Ito ay kalsada para sa mga sasakyan at mga tao.

Para sa akin, ang kalsada ay para sa mga tao at sasakyan kaya ako ay nagulat sa aking nasaksihang ito minsan sa aking paglalakad:

walking birds

Isa ito sa series ng mga larawang kinunan ko ng mga ibong naglalakad na nakapila kahit maluwag ang lugar. Animo paparazzi, sila ay sinundan  ko ng mga ilang metro din, sa kalagitnaan ng init ng araw.

Kakatuwa sila. Sana ganyan din ang mga tao sa kalsada, hindi nag-uunahan kundi nakapila. Hindi naggi-gitgitan kundi nagbibigayan. Ang saya sana ano?

Asa pa, lol!