tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66954669549822016732024-03-19T16:47:26.550+08:00Living with Nature - School on Blog by Dr. Abercio V. Rotor"Nature shares her bounty in many ways: He who works or he who prays;
Who patiently waits or gleefully plays; He's worthy of the same grace." - Abercio V. Rotor, Ph.D.
SCHOOL ON BLOGAbe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4541125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-85975070953587443952024-03-18T14:51:00.013+08:002024-03-19T05:35:53.885+08:00Heroism and Martyrdom for Mother Nature in 12 Articles<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Heroism and Martyrdom for Mother Nature</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Part 1 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Heroes for Mother Earth</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Part 2 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span><span>Apostles for the Environment Tenets</span></span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 3 - Filipino Environmentalists - A continuing list</span></b></div><div><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 4 - Ecological Concept of the Cross</span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 5 - Saint Francis of Assisi - Father of Ecology</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 6 - <i>Laudato Si </i>(Praise be to you.) Pope Francis encyclical letter </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (On Care for Our Common Home). </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 7 - Summary Quotes under each Chapter of <i>Laudato Si</i></span></b></div><div><span><b style="text-align: center;"><span><span><b><span><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 8 - Ramon Magsaysay Awardees: New Breed of Heroes</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><span>Part 9 - </span></b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Bioethics and Environment </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Part 10 -</span></b><b style="text-align: center;">Three Philosophies on </b><b style="text-align: center;">Today's Environmental Revolution</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 11 - Ecological Balance and Harmony - Reflection of the Good Life</span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Part 12 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Scenarios of our children living in a Postmodern World </span></b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>- A bright outlook</span></b> </span></b></div></div></blockquote><div><b></b></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part 1 - Heroes for Mother Earth</span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Today, rather than defending himself against nature, </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">man has realized </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">that he needed to defend nature against himself.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWv-qI-5CEo8MEbNk2EBaUMTAIB-DbbVXI3UMwA7ODSPKfckWAQHm9mqb2_k3XgvsIHBMmcRPnrMR7QSvpfOCQiym7XO_dxNMeX_KS5EN-Sm0y8xWEVTWxWDN5uN8SMvhLMe7817bIV5o/s1600/DSC03556+Painting+AB.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWv-qI-5CEo8MEbNk2EBaUMTAIB-DbbVXI3UMwA7ODSPKfckWAQHm9mqb2_k3XgvsIHBMmcRPnrMR7QSvpfOCQiym7XO_dxNMeX_KS5EN-Sm0y8xWEVTWxWDN5uN8SMvhLMe7817bIV5o/s320/DSC03556+Painting+AB.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div>Man throughout evolution struggled to survive the harsh environment. This reminds us of the gargantuan task of building of the Panama and Suez canals where man was pitted against wilderness. Remember the days of the pioneers, the travails of Albert Schweitzer in penetrating the heart of Africa. Three thousand years ago, Alexander the Great died of malaria on the banks of Tigris-Euphrates rivers.</span></b><div style="text-align: right;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Endangered Earth</i> in acrylic by the author</b></span></span></div><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">T</span></b></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">hen in the past century man began to dominate nature and soon attempted to overrun the planet. It was a 360 degrees turn. Today, rather than defending himself against nature, he has realized that he needed to defend nature against himself.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGs5lQm7fyt_ypq7PZq5WlD0zamsmREA9DpMJ9PMfffpxhfedh4F_NHdGM6YNiTSu1UqLNjX8DRdlbRkgCVsgkkvDWHWnFN3Cskmz_0fJJjCgOTtFzZkgNkOLTam4SSrhRzfuYdO3Z7V4/s1600/roosevelt.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGs5lQm7fyt_ypq7PZq5WlD0zamsmREA9DpMJ9PMfffpxhfedh4F_NHdGM6YNiTSu1UqLNjX8DRdlbRkgCVsgkkvDWHWnFN3Cskmz_0fJJjCgOTtFzZkgNkOLTam4SSrhRzfuYdO3Z7V4/w140-h196/roosevelt.jpg" width="140" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is the beginning of a new environmental movement. Leaders of this movement are acclaimed protectors of our home – our only home, Planet Earth. They are regarded as the new breed of heroes. Now, who are these heroes? As we go through these names and analyze their contributions we hope to be able to understand this new concept of heroism.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Theodore Roosevelt, often referred to as Teddy or TR, was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States, from 1901 to 1909.</span></span><br /></b></span></b></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the first president to make conservation as a national policy.</b></span></li></ul><ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQYMmtdYEihoxLYiVmxFjJmEZmeuPOD3JLNckvHLvObOqUsBzpLkXD9Oz_hKfKRFAjebeGqbk1ouwjpV5in02ruf7zfEkApP2sO30tzsYt5-izqMOfZbH6olJ7kcpPriFQy6i7NRrnzc/s1600/Schumacher.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQYMmtdYEihoxLYiVmxFjJmEZmeuPOD3JLNckvHLvObOqUsBzpLkXD9Oz_hKfKRFAjebeGqbk1ouwjpV5in02ruf7zfEkApP2sO30tzsYt5-izqMOfZbH6olJ7kcpPriFQy6i7NRrnzc/w147-h213/Schumacher.jpg" width="147" /></b></span></a><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ernest Schumacher (1911-1977) did not believe in endless growth, mega-companies and endless consumption, His book <span style="font-style: italic;">Small is Beautiful</span> became a best seller. </b></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advisor to the UK National Coal Board for two decades. </span></span><br /></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Barbara Ward (1914-1981) is the author of <span style="font-style: italic;">Only One Earth</span> which shaped the UN environmental conference.</b></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>E.O. Wilson (1929- ) PHOTO founded sociobiology in the 70s, saying that such human behavior as sexuality, aggression and altruism had a genetic basis. Recently he articulated the importance of bio-diversity in keeping the Earth healthy.</b></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSv3NgBTGJtQZWu3NfOqIwS2LkQSuUFNGEIxoFRDez8SJCFSFdXbDZRS6otbJDc6oV7iZhkhaixbqMEJpqsH5FI5X4PSd6enrxEVfizFclT0d4oBx1UDwTU3eTz_9LqU6chOCxtwmPX8/s1600/eo_wilson.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSv3NgBTGJtQZWu3NfOqIwS2LkQSuUFNGEIxoFRDez8SJCFSFdXbDZRS6otbJDc6oV7iZhkhaixbqMEJpqsH5FI5X4PSd6enrxEVfizFclT0d4oBx1UDwTU3eTz_9LqU6chOCxtwmPX8/s200/eo_wilson.jpg" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Edward Osborne "E. O." Wilson FMLS is an American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he is considered to be the world's leading expert. </span></span><br /></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Paul Crutzen (1933- ), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927- ) and Mario Molina (1943- ) showed that man-made chemicals, the major culprit chloro-fluoro-carbons or CFC, destroys the ozone layer. The 1987 Montreal Protocol phased out CFC. Nobel prizes were given to the three scientists.</b></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910-1995? ) Oceanographer and showman, espoused the need to arrest the declining health of the oceans.</b></span></li></ul><ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJ0WCNnAmMxvb1ZDWbNl1cHVzQore7D9Uf8bfF0t9KP2wfZFBDdJH5n2DuIev4Z6BDRCJ0xJ8inpwL0G_AadEAPsKLclpzyeMcLcNXgk-RRSt2c151lqwE33sdiKWukY4ZF_ljqbyJQs/s1600/Carson+Rachel.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJ0WCNnAmMxvb1ZDWbNl1cHVzQore7D9Uf8bfF0t9KP2wfZFBDdJH5n2DuIev4Z6BDRCJ0xJ8inpwL0G_AadEAPsKLclpzyeMcLcNXgk-RRSt2c151lqwE33sdiKWukY4ZF_ljqbyJQs/s200/Carson+Rachel.jpg" /></b></span></a><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rachel Carson (1009-1964) Mother of modern environmentalism, wrote <span style="font-style: italic;">Silent Spring</span> documenting the deadly carnage of wrought by pesticides.</b></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: right;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.</span></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) advocated the total protection of certain wilderness areas, established the land ethic which is summed up, “anything that harms an ecosystem is ethically and aesthetically wrong.”</b></span></li></ul><ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRKgi2ejmd0p1JeL8Cc6mPg7VNUaNxJwvEMLsnBp2VxNQyBo-HkYXazfoGq-35qXnpInhdhIMIVgInin-jpRsuztHiRpB83jSaXKnz-FANhIPCe4eoZnqcbUx68n8vhg3kW-Zuaj_LPI/s1600/Barry+Commoner.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRKgi2ejmd0p1JeL8Cc6mPg7VNUaNxJwvEMLsnBp2VxNQyBo-HkYXazfoGq-35qXnpInhdhIMIVgInin-jpRsuztHiRpB83jSaXKnz-FANhIPCe4eoZnqcbUx68n8vhg3kW-Zuaj_LPI/w135-h200/Barry+Commoner.jpg" width="135" /></b></span></a><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Barry Commoner (1917- ) Paul Revere in ecology, one of the first scientist to worry about the deteriorating environment, organized the eco-based Citizens’ Party ticket which paved a new political movement.</span></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span>Barry Commoner was an American biologist, college professor, and politician. He was a leading ecologist and among the founders of the modern environmental movement.</span></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFgmMTninfe742eiip8H0gjl34rLDyf0vk2ZmP_dkICk70eFZMwgAaksZkjRnUHg-hGlmWESHWhanTGF5t6dRPwsb8dvuYGClXMQmF9ImnhlBawW_Or3wqUGMhJF-fnVrLLMgQyQyZ1k/s1600/Wangari.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFgmMTninfe742eiip8H0gjl34rLDyf0vk2ZmP_dkICk70eFZMwgAaksZkjRnUHg-hGlmWESHWhanTGF5t6dRPwsb8dvuYGClXMQmF9ImnhlBawW_Or3wqUGMhJF-fnVrLLMgQyQyZ1k/s200/Wangari.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></li></ul><ul><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wangari Muta Maathai was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Wangari Maathai (1940- ) activist, organized the Green Belt Movement against reckless development in Kenya, stopped construction of a 69-storey office tower in a vital public space.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Robert Hunter (1941- ) and Paul Watson (1950- ) pioneers of Greenpeace, then founder a more radical eco-organization, Sea Shepherd Conservation, and latest, <span style="font-style: italic;">Greenspeak</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Frankenfood</span> which are against genetically modified foods.</span></b></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Medha Patkar (1954- ) activist, forced WB to withdraw support Sardar Sarovar Dam along India’s Narmada River, saving half a million villagers from being displaced.</b></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Chico Mendes (1944-1988) Brazil environmental conscience, formed human barriers whenever chain saws and bulldozers threatened the rainforest, cut down by ranchers’ bullets.</b></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are many other Heroes for the Planet Earth, unknown and unsung. On the part of the church, St. Francis of Assisi is regarded as the patron saint of ecology. In ancient times, Aristotle was the first naturalist of global significance, and whose works are still relevant today.</span><br /></b></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwq4KIUL-Kg3AyzmH5IfGvsicgvb1Nvm0EBLh-ephif_0_7c71_6FeBtL9vGjQt8lRqkg-Bvvl9GtJD9um4ny0w86yGjwbftOoqPD_QcGzjdYl_CMn5hCCDGY_NHE-T0hCdwR0A4tQnYQ/s1600/thoreau.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwq4KIUL-Kg3AyzmH5IfGvsicgvb1Nvm0EBLh-ephif_0_7c71_6FeBtL9vGjQt8lRqkg-Bvvl9GtJD9um4ny0w86yGjwbftOoqPD_QcGzjdYl_CMn5hCCDGY_NHE-T0hCdwR0A4tQnYQ/s200/thoreau.jpg" width="200" /></b></span></a></div><p style="text-align: right;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Among the philosophers, Henry David Thoreau is known for his discourse on human liberty and survival in “Walden Pond” which still stirs imagination on how one man can live alone in the wilderness yet retains his rationality. </span></b></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYC2TrwYEIqZdwJbK3ZgK0GRIV9GRNbiKqoM3DQyjKR7i9O4omvMV0RfrrXbET5hg01WqZTWcCwQyAUOKqILvoSl5BLL_Thc6bLVRvHVFF_TxSYYUOKUVsyXRqqGgmf8pzs4AepzlbUk/s1600/Macling_dulag.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYC2TrwYEIqZdwJbK3ZgK0GRIV9GRNbiKqoM3DQyjKR7i9O4omvMV0RfrrXbET5hg01WqZTWcCwQyAUOKqILvoSl5BLL_Thc6bLVRvHVFF_TxSYYUOKUVsyXRqqGgmf8pzs4AepzlbUk/s200/Macling_dulag.jpg" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /><br /></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5cX3XXFBWh3AYp2qv2x6JDBVKQ1prrVxFja0yinfV8mGYPHgmcgEu61bJsLl6Vv0mc-XndPvL6It9h1SsHKlGmaOmhqgfgGIXm1y8PQIS8mrfVHNTYCc77K2CqC0uscZxHfDd8JdaSo/s1600/Rizal+student+IMG_6713.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5cX3XXFBWh3AYp2qv2x6JDBVKQ1prrVxFja0yinfV8mGYPHgmcgEu61bJsLl6Vv0mc-XndPvL6It9h1SsHKlGmaOmhqgfgGIXm1y8PQIS8mrfVHNTYCc77K2CqC0uscZxHfDd8JdaSo/s200/Rizal+student+IMG_6713.jpg" width="165" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"></span></b></p><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">When Mac-liing was gunned down by unknown assailants for openly protesting the government’s Upper Chico River dam project his image was that of a rebel rather than one who was fighting for the preservation of the ancestral lands of the Kalingas. Thousands of hectares were to disappear under water when the dam is completed, a case similar to Pantabangan dam which forever submerged a whole town, vast farmlands and forests.</span></b></span></b></span></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><b style="font-size: small; text-align: right;"> Philippine national hero Jose Rizal as a student</b></span></b></p><p style="text-align: right;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">We have our own national hero Dr. Jose Rizal as an environmentalist in exile at Dapitan, and a naturalist even when he was a boy.</span></b></span></b></span></b></p><div style="text-align: right;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b>Part 2 - </b></span></span><b><span><span>Apostles for the Environment Tenets</span></span></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7oye-uf5IZ8c1L0vOb5__rhHQ-lP-_ADet64LVxVjTzBJzM5WdkVAy8ZiSIrSZufRweNG_9xclJpxy219RyOBR3_pXwiJz4M6XqrXklrfkKQEe3GI71ONDv1ACA1t5-FOE9Zol24rfX7/w500-h381/DSC01607+A.jpg" width="500" /></b></div><b style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Graduate students in Environmental Science at UST pose with Dr Rotor, </span></b></div></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">their professor (second from right) on a field lecture on the university campus.</span></b></div><p></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF3OfgxLBFzgHqfP5iX_uhTh5nvbSsNkeumimsxf415vOTGyvdpWI3Z2322YwTmuS4iLHpMR-rGE32Iuc8qcK6rf-VhQJPPaqKK7LNlkZxUB0HHKcFYXGzqdrh980w66uTtYyDbOacPTq/s1600/DSC01549+A.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF3OfgxLBFzgHqfP5iX_uhTh5nvbSsNkeumimsxf415vOTGyvdpWI3Z2322YwTmuS4iLHpMR-rGE32Iuc8qcK6rf-VhQJPPaqKK7LNlkZxUB0HHKcFYXGzqdrh980w66uTtYyDbOacPTq/w230-h138/DSC01549+A.jpg" width="230" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi7gmZZzwcVNU84qyoLVyQfasLz8C7ahMsIiOmfbJuDmInrnRTm1KKLwrVAtW-Q-VBPTL33u8ubsWiiIsX245CI70nNGgfoLBP2r5CUHtUuJ0pMrUMwBHXa9k8Lvi2CZnDWha2MuR6Vxz/s1600/DSC01545+A.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi7gmZZzwcVNU84qyoLVyQfasLz8C7ahMsIiOmfbJuDmInrnRTm1KKLwrVAtW-Q-VBPTL33u8ubsWiiIsX245CI70nNGgfoLBP2r5CUHtUuJ0pMrUMwBHXa9k8Lvi2CZnDWha2MuR6Vxz/w169-h139/DSC01545+A.jpg" width="169" /></a></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tt3eSpgyIvS5fakAI8ZTyYdwgnRy8ZBKmYjcv2_FevfsxYgnIe4woez6kB5-E6Xg44t6o5NlAfidr7HZGZTMKj58akENZ1eIcsYdO__AoQbh80thvrl4Q3rlg5glcWTznmkvudPK3FRG/s1600/DSC01542+A.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tt3eSpgyIvS5fakAI8ZTyYdwgnRy8ZBKmYjcv2_FevfsxYgnIe4woez6kB5-E6Xg44t6o5NlAfidr7HZGZTMKj58akENZ1eIcsYdO__AoQbh80thvrl4Q3rlg5glcWTznmkvudPK3FRG/w97-h140/DSC01542+A.jpg" width="97" /></a></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">UST Botanical Garden is the oldest plant sanctuary in Manila, originally </div><div style="text-align: center;">specializing in pharmaceutical plants.</div></span><br /><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNaUlIMUN4LdP6YKg_N0gu1iwORPsRdwdtlfQgtvblZJGQ-NqZQQIipQqdZwB6b6pD7BvY9FyJqipU7oi4aLGXqqVWwQQdJlT3qrxi7LpsIx64ewAWsoGfRAxkaoqp7xaApKgnGn8TfVm/w424-h425/UST+GS+DSC02270+A.jpg" width="424" /></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">University of Santo Tomas – The Graduate School First Semester, 2012-2013</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Environmental Science – Professor: Dr Abe V Rotor</div></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span>1. ADIVOSO, Angelica Cyril Cruz “AC” Faculty, College of San Benildo, Cainta, Rizal,</span><br /><span>2. ARENAS, Minerva C “Mines” Faculty, Nueva Ecija High School, Cabanatuan City</span><br /><span>3. CALIPJO, Arleen M “Arlene” Faculty, Cavite State University, Silang, Cavite</span><br /><span>4. CHAO, George Y “George” Faculty, College of Engineering, UST</span><br /><span>5. DE GUZMAN, Romualdo B Jr “Jun” Faculty, Bataan Peninsular State University</span><br /><span>6. DELIMA, Precila C “Precy” Faculty, Isabela State University, Cauayan City, Isabela</span><br /><span>7. DEMAUSA, Mary Joy C “Mary Joy” Staff Laboratory, University of the East, Caloocan</span><br /><span>8. MANUBAY, Frederick Ray A “Fred” Faculty, High School, UST</span><br /><span>9. ORDOñEZ, Ma Manuela P “Marie” Faculty, San Sebastian College, Recoletos, Cavite City</span><br /><span>10. PANGANIBAN, Citadel Faculty, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Batangas</span><br /><span>11. SANTOS, Hetdiliza A “Hydie” Faculty, Navotas National High School</span><br /><span>12. VILLANUEVA, Laarni M “Lani” Faculty, Lyceum of the Phil U, Batangas</span></span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apostles for the Environment Tenets</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">1. When spring comes without stir, “don't go gentle into the night,” rise and find out where have all the birds gone that herald the new season, and the new beginning of life.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">2. When the monsoon ends too soon, summer sets early, the land scorched, the rivers and ponds dried up, warn of the coming of a severe El Niño, a cyclical phenomenon.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">3. When algal bloom in make-believe proportion spreads in lakes, sound the alarm of fish kill coming in order to avert losses and hunger, and to save the ecosystem.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">4. When people move to cities in exodus, convince them, advise government, it is a tender trap that takes them away from the real Good Life on the countryside.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">5. When clouds simply pass over the landscape, take the lead to reforest the hills and mountains, restore the watershed with a million and one trees.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">6. When flood sweeps the land taking with it lives and properties, and eroding soil fertility, be part of rehabilitation and planning; believe that flood can be tamed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">7. When you find an abundance of lichens of different types on trees and rocks, and fireflies at night, assure residents of the pristine condition of their environment, and help them in preserving it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">8. When and where wildlife areas are shrinking, backyards and idle lots can be developed as alternative wildlife sanctuary, initiate this as a community project.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">9. When asked what vegetables are safe from pesticide residues and chemicals from fertilizers, promote native species like malunggay, kamote tops, gabi, saluyot, and the like, they are also more nutritious and easy to grow. And promote natural or organic farming, too.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">10. When asked of Nature's way of maintaining the ecosystem, explain the role of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms, composting, symbiosis, and the like. These natural processes and cycles have been taking place even before the arrival of the human species.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">11. When additives are found in food - MSG, Nutrasweet or any artificial sugar, salitre in sausage, sulfite in white sugar, melamin in milk, formalin in fish, warn the public against taking these, initiate through legislation and campaign to ban these additives.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">12. When children spend too much time before the TV, on computers, and other gadgets, offer alternatives more favorable to their upbringing and well-being by getting close to nature like camping, gardening and other outdoor activities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">13. When old folks talk about traditional wisdom and values, demonstrate native skills, listen and translate them into useful applications, disseminate these in school and through extension.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">14. When animals are restless, reptiles and rodents coming out of their burrows and dens, fish attempting to escape, fowls noisy, suspect the coming of a force majeure such as earthquake. Be alert to face possible consequences, and to extend assistance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">15. When epidemic threatens an area, say bird flu, hepatitis, dengue, cholera, initiate community cooperation with health and other institutions to arrest the spread of these diseases.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">16. When a child has little concern about the environment, teach him, guide him to explore the beautiful world of nature, and make him realize his importance and his role in maintaining a balanced environment.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">17. When there is a worthy movement to save the environment, such as Clean and Green, Piso sa Pasig, or any local campaign, lead and extend your full support.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">18. When there are farms and fishponds neglected or abandoned, find out how these are put back to their productive conditions, or converted into a wildlife sanctuary.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">19. When at rest or in confinement for health reason, explore natural remedies with herbals, through pet therapy, aromatherapy, and other proven remedies, in consultation with your doctor.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">20. When in doubt if civilization is disguised evil, which is the root of war, poverty, environmental degradation, and the like, remember that it is also civilization that is responsible in building the great institutions of mankind, so that it is the obligation of each member of society to maintain the integrity of these institutions – indeed a noble mission to lead.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">21. When appreciating the vastness of creation such as the seas, valleys, mountains, and entertain the idea that their resources are unlimited, view these in their microcosm like a pond or hill - for what can happen to this minuscule could be the same on a larger scale and proportion – be the prophet, but not of doom.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">22. When you shall have found success in scholarship, wealth, power, family, etc., the task of integrating all these for the purpose of sharing with those in dire need, and for posterity and sustainability, becomes a greater challenge, indeed this is the price of success.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">23. When devoting your time and energy and talents to the service of community and environment as dictated by your profession and as a good citizen, do not neglect your obligation to yourself and family, and by so doing, build a model on which you are looked up to by those you serve.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">24. When hope dims in this troubled world, with continued disregard to protect Mother Earth, human abuse and indifference in pursuit of economic gains and affluence, violation of order and harmony of society, degradation of values, “don’t go gentle into the night” – be the sentinel ever vigilant, the guardian ever righteous, for opportunity awaits you in your greatest hour.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">25. When on a fine Sunday morning you hear birds in the trees, fish splashing in a pond, and plants blooming, say a prayer of praise and thanksgiving in music and verse, painting, or simply through reflection of the magnificence of creation. ~</span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />NOTE: To my students in particular, please recruit twelve (12) followers from your family, community and organization, who believe and are willing to carry on the tasks we have set. These 25 tenets serve as guide in your recruitment and selection. This invitation is open to all viewers here and abroad.</span></b></div></div><p><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 3 - Filipino Environmentalists - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A continuing list</span></b></p><div><div class="post-687 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-filipino-environmentalists tag-bacolod tag-fuel tag-jayme-navarro tag-plastic-bags tag-pyrolysis" id="post-687" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 48px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h2 class="entry-title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; 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font-size: small;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Anselmo S Cabigan</span>, PhD</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> - biologist, naturalist, writer, professor, director for research, National Food Authority. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">PHOTO</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Abraham Tadeja</span> - pioneer in organic fertilizer manufacturing, recycling of organic waste in commercial scale.</span> </b></div></span></div><div><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS8UChueKexgv-yKAQYwCupfPtM4XO_yLZRkZd1zCIdAJVfucgDsgX46_MOL9p6P_eUiSRu33xoVM5llf7yeWUfbhMTlWpw8iILOXpLIcQdkIum2mg2HBTx9WSVEAr13T4cyL-3aQzSwjydTv427woTpHPomcjYl4cRvlBJXmL3gPO_3HDFypx4Z0E=w211-h141" width="211" /> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></span></div>Jayme Navarro </span><span>PHOTO</span>: Invented Fuel from Plastic Trash Bags </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Jayme Navarro’s Pyrolysis Technology converting Trash Plastics into less sulfuric Diesel, Gasoline, LPG.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIZGRfA3XgAZMylOlCLWyyPPnANlVH-h_BhGbhLetfUU0Hko3Qta2L11s7EbfpQCEsw8K83Ij5WjpV8CcGT0yBLMBtniwDX-Z0G1EkYsbQ3E-XD8mWDXTupZpaeZkMYBdIK9bs5u9Nk1z5ZlYes8gUbm5gEf7rLj0RrRhWcnuUj61TcGHhEY9rLi1W=s400" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="299" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIZGRfA3XgAZMylOlCLWyyPPnANlVH-h_BhGbhLetfUU0Hko3Qta2L11s7EbfpQCEsw8K83Ij5WjpV8CcGT0yBLMBtniwDX-Z0G1EkYsbQ3E-XD8mWDXTupZpaeZkMYBdIK9bs5u9Nk1z5ZlYes8gUbm5gEf7rLj0RrRhWcnuUj61TcGHhEY9rLi1W=w142-h190" width="142" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><b><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Chin-Chin Gutierrez</b>,</span><span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>is a Filipino actress and environmentalist. She has won several awards, received a National Commission for Culture and the Arts grant, featured as one of TIME Asia's "Asian Heroes". </span></div><div style="color: #cc0000;"><span><br /></span></div></b></span></span><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIh7sJlW9LEsiaTzI4i9x9UwXiOpMNdmX_IpAEk637044NxUMf-M436lKjcv6BtDQplKf0Ag9Cq-zw7ZTl5th2dqXKHDAFyI3VLHtIm4xpeXIhtrwWCnYxXnOUlvzXZlf6Axn5c-q56dZmIxG3Kj_rpE09Eqb1G_sKx496GGd4r9c5Regadg_bhpQf=w211-h119" /><br /><b> <span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Von Hernandez</span> drew the line at another lucrative export from the developed world: mountains of trash. Across Asia, waste incinerators pump out clouds of dioxin and other harmful chemicals that come from agriculture and industry.</span></b></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj76ydYwDIZz4N0s8G_OdS-q36gwu1OfB_b4Eag_bfCLw2oDTbN1jZFAPlMWNs_q0ZiSUWaLzN9e3uYbQ3cbNE230qQpXCmIRMPe6-qbo55gWZn28CLlo6lbyOMdiovV6O6nMynZaJ_sSKlx08o0I3xMAGlMm0Lxbs12niFmvJS1Q2xj4AGdhkkfUze=s720" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj76ydYwDIZz4N0s8G_OdS-q36gwu1OfB_b4Eag_bfCLw2oDTbN1jZFAPlMWNs_q0ZiSUWaLzN9e3uYbQ3cbNE230qQpXCmIRMPe6-qbo55gWZn28CLlo6lbyOMdiovV6O6nMynZaJ_sSKlx08o0I3xMAGlMm0Lxbs12niFmvJS1Q2xj4AGdhkkfUze=w233-h233" width="233" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Antonio Oposa Jr</span></b><span><span style="color: #cc0000;">.</span> 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee from the Philippines. Antonio Oposa Jr. believes that the worsening situation of the marine ecosystem, particularly in the Visayan Sea eco-region, can be reversed, for the sake of future generations.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ma. Lourdes “Joy” Martinez Onozawa</span>:</b> Architectural Environmentalist</div>Today, the environment is one of the world’s biggest concerns. We are constantly reminded to recycle, to dispose our wastes properly, and to preserve our environment in countless other ways. Joy Onozawa takes this advocacy to heart and applies it.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlT6gd4MoNq7j5ROmkVG3HHvvJrWBD6YBtdq6d7A4xx2MxLrmLoBYWLY1gkCV1I7vwSMRfT0pSj57ePGcCszPAB-Uj9DV71dNAepY0OfWLl5hFjwxk_Ggon4Cn10_N2YnycjkH_ALpdoWq7Ess16rffR77kmq3Yp_n8ntV55n3EVel_hX4WmB0uGNa=s1799" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1799" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlT6gd4MoNq7j5ROmkVG3HHvvJrWBD6YBtdq6d7A4xx2MxLrmLoBYWLY1gkCV1I7vwSMRfT0pSj57ePGcCszPAB-Uj9DV71dNAepY0OfWLl5hFjwxk_Ggon4Cn10_N2YnycjkH_ALpdoWq7Ess16rffR77kmq3Yp_n8ntV55n3EVel_hX4WmB0uGNa=w265-h176" width="265" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="color: #cc0000;">Illac Diaz</span>, founder of <i>Liter of Light</i> initiative that provide low-cost sustainable lighting solution to thousands of homes in 15 countries (PHOTO, left).</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0cRO1vms5lfZJbAHVrEcf8nQ2idDyvHFqidfezcznjSGRB2kyofnZE1_ghXOcFxnjJFH71xoEDymoGmCQCxWMvrnnRyKNFMhfzCucH_Qj-_zruxhAltZ_aqvNM0Cs0xgqQEeCSAaPD2aGbXLFD71bvBzYK0C8v5u5nzdWreWL-g2uFF_BI6Fbmz60=s1896" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1896" data-original-width="1264" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0cRO1vms5lfZJbAHVrEcf8nQ2idDyvHFqidfezcznjSGRB2kyofnZE1_ghXOcFxnjJFH71xoEDymoGmCQCxWMvrnnRyKNFMhfzCucH_Qj-_zruxhAltZ_aqvNM0Cs0xgqQEeCSAaPD2aGbXLFD71bvBzYK0C8v5u5nzdWreWL-g2uFF_BI6Fbmz60=w132-h179" width="132" /></b></a><b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1333" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYugztyb5w1lyG9XtL4f-1MDZ2NbltbKIZhIdWWvtruIvroJzCNEiKv9NkgnN-5B1LCH3GYi3wUcr2WEGpnUn2BsGTGC3HngMCm7aGFR9K0oC7z8VSFWTSMc8C0hs8BAltPq01TsESPbs-ffhfvUk-zfYBnNnpLCPthoA-8dKD5jbrJIQyamNUWIuD=w151-h227" width="151" /></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Gina Lopez</span> fought against open-pit mining, led the rehabilitation of Pasig River, transformed a once threatened portion of La Mesa watershed into an open park (PHOTO, right)<br /><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Chit Juan, </span>proponent of organic farming and preservation of heritage food (PHOTO left)</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Anna Oposa,</span> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">co-founder of Save the Philippine Seas to protect the country's marine resources.</span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYugztyb5w1lyG9XtL4f-1MDZ2NbltbKIZhIdWWvtruIvroJzCNEiKv9NkgnN-5B1LCH3GYi3wUcr2WEGpnUn2BsGTGC3HngMCm7aGFR9K0oC7z8VSFWTSMc8C0hs8BAltPq01TsESPbs-ffhfvUk-zfYBnNnpLCPthoA-8dKD5jbrJIQyamNUWIuD=s2000" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Vincent Perez,</span> proponent of clean energy and renewable energy </b></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;">Environmental heroes: those who sacrificed their lives to protect the country’s environment. (DENR)</b></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><ul><b><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Melania Dirain, Forest Specialist.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Jojo Malinao, Forest Guard</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Logendrin Aranca, Forest Ranger</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Bernabe Malijao, Tree Maker</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Wilfredo Bayucot, Forest Ranger</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Isidro de la Peña, Forester</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Jaime Diez, Tree Maker ~</span></li></b></ul></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SIX FALLEN 'ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES' HONORED ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY Five workers of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), along with a diocesan priest deputized as a forest protection officer, were inducted into the roster of environmental heroes by the Environmental Heroes Foundation Inc. (EHFI) during the World Environment Day celebration on June 5, 2021.<br /><br />Those honored were DENR workers <span style="color: #cc0000;">Joselyn Aleste Bugaring,</span> officer-in-charge of the Kalinga Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office; <span style="color: #cc0000;">Norberto Mabini</span>, Land Inspector I in Lianga, Surigao del Sur; <span style="color: #cc0000;">Rolando Sinday</span>, tree marker in Lianga, Surigao del Sur; <span style="color: #cc0000;">Isidro Roluna</span>, tree marker in Tandag, Surigao del Sur; <span style="color: #cc0000;">Jessie Comendador</span>, a laborer in Los Baños, Laguna; and deputized forest protection officer in Bukidnon <span style="color: #cc0000;">Fr. Nerilito Dazo</span> <span style="color: #cc0000;">Sator.</span></b></span></div><div><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Top 10 Pinoy Eco-Warriors</span></b></div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;">Apr 22, 2010</div></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">1. Bernarditas de Castro Muller</span></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIsKrhtwqGuWTrkJNxMln3Y49B2f5Z-6apISlKBTO9-bPN51jVRaVOgCVvZnKKaS0lcgOBBGZmpecmKzTf3o9yL06P9XARFnLB9aqja2RqU2mdMKMq0eioWlg1fjTVJQGHrBV2UYFLfZyJyCWcNZtzmpNS7g51CQHVDXpxf4tDrozRJmYCSbcc_IKZ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="220" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIsKrhtwqGuWTrkJNxMln3Y49B2f5Z-6apISlKBTO9-bPN51jVRaVOgCVvZnKKaS0lcgOBBGZmpecmKzTf3o9yL06P9XARFnLB9aqja2RqU2mdMKMq0eioWlg1fjTVJQGHrBV2UYFLfZyJyCWcNZtzmpNS7g51CQHVDXpxf4tDrozRJmYCSbcc_IKZ=w343-h203" width="343" /></a></div>Who she is: Bernarditas de Castro Muller was, until recently, the coordinator of the G77 group of 130 developing countries and China. She played a key role in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol negotiations that bound certain developed countries to reduce carbon emissions. She had been the Philippine representative in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change since its inception in 1994 until she was dropped from the official delegation in the 2009 convention for reasons unknown. (Sudan later adopted her.)<br /><br />Eco-warrior tactic: Dubbed the "dragon woman," she is one of the first Filipinos that comes to mind when speaking of eco-warriors. With her sharp memory and fearless questioning, she negotiates hard such that a Westerner who asked not to be named told The Guardian, "Even the Americans quake in fear of her. She terrifies them."<br /><br />She says: "I don’t live up to their prejudices of what is a third-world woman. That’s what they don’t like about me," she told The Guardian in reaction to what an unnamed British diplomat said about the climate change negotiations being like a 1960s ideological war.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">2. Jurgenne Honculada-Primavera</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9aO8b0QNEOz9IS1fHDtUFMcm08C7S65HzPitdFoAau6EITY1CNxty6iN7bS_2MT8_WFEOe8Gs8_KDWqTkTNs-yiPfYGVBLuPK2GOb_SqzsuHSIcM6F3xrp1n10w-Sll1JZMcz5rUMAkZjx-K8HroS4nOCzP5eBP5rX-t1UfkqQeWK8wmX7qfaSVq7" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9aO8b0QNEOz9IS1fHDtUFMcm08C7S65HzPitdFoAau6EITY1CNxty6iN7bS_2MT8_WFEOe8Gs8_KDWqTkTNs-yiPfYGVBLuPK2GOb_SqzsuHSIcM6F3xrp1n10w-Sll1JZMcz5rUMAkZjx-K8HroS4nOCzP5eBP5rX-t1UfkqQeWK8wmX7qfaSVq7=w313-h313" width="313" /></a></div>Who she is: Dr. Jurgenne (pronounced "Georgine") Honculada-Primavera was awarded the 2008 TIME Magazine Hero of the Environment for campaigning for sustainable fish farming to protect the lessening multi-useful mangrove forests.<br /><br />Eco-warrior tactic: Mangroves might seem less profitable compared to the aqua farms that have replaced mangrove forests but they’re no less vital. Primavera champions mangroves because of their many uses like helping regulate floods and providing wildlife nutrition and habitat. She gives lectures not just on mangrove conservation but also on "beach forests, native trees and climate change." When she’s not deep in her mangrove advocacy, she plants at home or in a mini-forest in Miag-ao her family has been nurturing for 15 years.<br /><br />She says: "To [those who will go abroad] and to those who remain but become call center employees, after you earn lots of money, go back to what you trained for and make a contribution, whether in fisheries or economics or biology or mass communications. Then you will put a lie to last year’s Hong Kong column of Chip Tsao calling the Philippines a "nation of servants" and vindicate the faith of... Jose Rizal, in you as the hope of the Mother and Fatherland."<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">3. Illac Diaz</span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1Aj_XAgradHTxZxtyWd6Wlmoj-3wwb0VOWxXG3JX6ycyNN7PTPmfw2gEV-QoBL7GV_6pb8sgJCsdyFOSALB8Xit65aSApmVar5Oaddp-A0OSvy7IePle76Nx206Dlzx9lWaSLG1wI6PUi-EVvWqm0ExtXoo8NcOk-lqfhrXa6UzawtZFcowXSJ8mo"><img height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1Aj_XAgradHTxZxtyWd6Wlmoj-3wwb0VOWxXG3JX6ycyNN7PTPmfw2gEV-QoBL7GV_6pb8sgJCsdyFOSALB8Xit65aSApmVar5Oaddp-A0OSvy7IePle76Nx206Dlzx9lWaSLG1wI6PUi-EVvWqm0ExtXoo8NcOk-lqfhrXa6UzawtZFcowXSJ8mo=w380-h175" width="380" /></a> <a href="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/illac-thumb.jpg"><img height="174" src="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/illac-thumb.jpg" width="131" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Illac Diaz and his NGO Liter of Light has already helped over 382,000 Filipinos, and 690,000 people throughout the world to get out of energy poverty.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Who he is: This social entrepreneur helped launch Design Against the Elements, an international contest on environment-friendly and resilient urban housing, in March. A former commercial model, he is also one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World in 2006, a World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leader awardee in 2008 and the only Filipino who made it to CNNgo.com’s "Hot List: 135 People to Watch" in 2009.<br /><br />Eco-warrior tactic: From creating award-winning projects like affordable urban housing for seamen with his team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Diaz now helps lead the international green urban housing contest, Design Against the Elements. The contest encourages its about 3,000 architect participants to create high-rise buildings that can be duplicated. In line with the project, Diaz brought together over 40 local artists for the song, "Stand Up," which calls for people to be ready against climate change.<br /><br />He says: "If we think ahead of time, we can start realizing that we have to do something proactive. The pattern of weather has been crazy and there’s nothing to stop it unless we do something ourselves."<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">4. Anna Meloto-Wilk</span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVDPTOAyn7DiYd5AiZwcTjqYm_p8O_AjjSo-yu4XeRiqRggnx8Fnn1ukafHd9F-dfUIzCJgj92qBT-qyA1hfJ685VPO9r9awqvhoaaMXVpCHMW54D2l79l3oAHbYaeaJobzCDTCf8A6XZ4gr7s_H7sLPZT1riBaHQzuaZWK_4gm3-URUcZ256CwwuR" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="300" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVDPTOAyn7DiYd5AiZwcTjqYm_p8O_AjjSo-yu4XeRiqRggnx8Fnn1ukafHd9F-dfUIzCJgj92qBT-qyA1hfJ685VPO9r9awqvhoaaMXVpCHMW54D2l79l3oAHbYaeaJobzCDTCf8A6XZ4gr7s_H7sLPZT1riBaHQzuaZWK_4gm3-URUcZ256CwwuR=w165-h237" width="165" /></a></div>Who she is: Anna Meloto-Wilk is the president of <i>Gandang Kalikasan,</i> Inc. and the brain behind its social enterprise brand Human Nature, along with sister Camille and husband Dylan<a href="http://www.humanheartnature.com/main.html"></a>. Mother to three children, she is also one of Gawad Kalinga founder Tony Meloto’s daughters and a Gawad Kalinga volunteer as well.<br /><br />Eco-warrior tactic: Anna’s passion for the environment started in 2005 when she and her husband Dylan made a conscious effort to use cloth diapers instead of disposable ones that take 500 years to biodegrade. While Dylan, a Gawad Kalinga volunteer, set up a network of Gawad Kalinga volunteers in the U.S. in 2007, Anna noticed a growing trend of more affordable natural and homegrown products. When her sister Camille followed them to the U.S., they researched on how to recreate this phenomenon in the Philippines. They collaborated with a natural formulator to create the body care line, Human Nature, made from mostly natural and locally grown materials. Without the "high cost of advertising and costly retail stores," the products are relatively cheap. They launched the line on November 2008 and have recently sold their one-millionth product after just 16 months of operation.<br /><br />She says: "Selling our one-millionth product... proves that businesses can be highly successful while actively loving our country, the poor and the environment."<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">5. Krie Reyes-Lopez and Candy Reyes<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/kriecandy.jpg"><img height="274" src="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/kriecandy.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Krie Lopez (left) and Candy Reyes (right)</b></div><br />Who they are: Looks like green consciousness runs in the family. Krie Reyes-Lopez is the brain behind Messy Bessy, a local line of environment-friendly cleaning products, while her sister Candy Reyes leads the Pedala Bike Messengers, a pollution-free delivery service.<br /><br />Eco-warrior tactic: Because of a lack of local alternatives to cleaning products, Lopez created Messy Bessy after a rigorous hunt for suppliers and chemists. Launched in 2007, the non-toxic, natural and biodegradable cleaning agents became bazaar hits, and are now available in malls, organic stores and markets. The bestsellers include the first products she made herself: the Minty Orange Surface Cleaner and Eucalyptus All-Purpose Scrub. Lopez also formed HOUSE (Helping Ourselves Through Sustainable Enterprises), which helps disadvantaged kids like the formerly abused girls who reside in Virlanie Foundation’s Elizabeth House. These girls are welcome to work for Messy Bessy.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Lopez’ sister Candy Reyes, a UP Mountaineer, thought Messy Bessy’s delivery service should be just as eco-conscious as the brand so she came up with Pedala Bike Messengers. Aside from leaving almost no carbon footprints, the courier service prides its same-day pickup and delivery option. The riders range from athletes to business owners and former couriers, serving big and small business, and eco-conscious groups and individuals.<br /><br />Reyes says: "I just can’t sit idly and not do anything for the environment when I can feel the effects of its degradation every day. Pedala lets me do my share and allows me to give others a chance to help save the planet too, one delivery at a time. My hope for now is simply to just have more bikes on our streets."<br /><br />Lopez says: "I think people should start understanding that environmental consciousness is more than just something cool to have; it’s really simply the commonsensical way to go, nothing more."<br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br />6. Chit Juan, Jeannie Javelosa and Reena Francisco</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/reena-jeannie-chit.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: start;"><img height="197" src="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/reena-jeannie-chit.jpg" width="257" /></a></div>Reena Francisco, Jeannie Javelosa and Chit Juan</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />Who they are: Restaurant and cafe expert Reena Francisco, writer-artist Jeannie Javelosa and marketing specialist Chit Juan came together to form ECHOStore (ECHO stands for Environment & Community Hope Organization), a line of retail stores that carry organic and locally sourced products.<br /><br />Eco-warrior tactic: Espousing sustainable lifestyle, the trio put up ECHOstore to connect those that can provide and those that hunt for healthier and eco-friendly alternatives. It brings products from the provinces like wild honey from Ifugao to Manila, and at the same time, helps provide income for indigenous and marginalized communities. Their products range �from food and supplements to body care products and fashion accessories.<br /><br />Under ECHOstore are yoga wellness program ECHOyoga, product design and development program ECHOdesign Lab, and mentoring program ECHOteach, among others.<br /><br />Francisco says: "Environmental apathy in this day and age is borne out of simple ignorance. With political will of a strong and intelligent leadership in the Philippines, we can still reverse any damage that occurred in our land... If everyone does their share, I believe the Philippines can be a nature haven someday."<br /><br />Juan says: "I think we are positively moving towards a more eco-friendly future. The awareness for going green has started to pick up and I know the Philippines will soon be one of the top green places in the world!"<br /><br />Javelosa says: "[In five years,] I see a people taking responsibility in the little acts of daily life to bring green awareness to actions both personal and collaborative. I see a responsible government trying its best to inspire the people toward ecologically sound living since there would be no other direction to take as Mother Earth will speak even louder than she does now."<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">7. Ann Wizer</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="162" src="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/annwizer-thumb2.jpg" width="122" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjHogU0c4gLnVZMhdtM3yHS-7xt8y2ne4epy_xqqM3W7YJr4zkxMtb_79Y3Irb1b4IipyDF-eDgsoDnCZn4ZaNJmSw42iyiMj_0YwVKOYvtOQXlDfRyIE4X1QgvVckzgezjVnPlhPhU0-bO5OhJlKIf9uY_hz7cYk6ZH5E0cdkxhAyuBH1rXQqgrE/s400/Environment%20heroes%20wizer%203.jpg"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjHogU0c4gLnVZMhdtM3yHS-7xt8y2ne4epy_xqqM3W7YJr4zkxMtb_79Y3Irb1b4IipyDF-eDgsoDnCZn4ZaNJmSw42iyiMj_0YwVKOYvtOQXlDfRyIE4X1QgvVckzgezjVnPlhPhU0-bO5OhJlKIf9uY_hz7cYk6ZH5E0cdkxhAyuBH1rXQqgrE/w124-h160/Environment%20heroes%20wizer%203.jpg" width="124" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uUjScCN75RyPboyoTNtnK9Sz8t8MbilD4B811xF-zpUGQMv4hkU7l6c9GPXVmzJ0zeldt1rt8j28ISMnoWzleiQVtFJSSRtCQ2Ec7ZhbarjQVAcd4HLyt6RsRmS7XMBUUQuMOvUJdLGHvUr7gSnUedN82VdLy3OHssS06dbJxy0fmKcEEC2aJwxY/s3072/Environment%20heroes%203.jpg"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uUjScCN75RyPboyoTNtnK9Sz8t8MbilD4B811xF-zpUGQMv4hkU7l6c9GPXVmzJ0zeldt1rt8j28ISMnoWzleiQVtFJSSRtCQ2Ec7ZhbarjQVAcd4HLyt6RsRmS7XMBUUQuMOvUJdLGHvUr7gSnUedN82VdLy3OHssS06dbJxy0fmKcEEC2aJwxY/w216-h162/Environment%20heroes%203.jpg" width="216" /></a></div></b></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Who she is: Founder of the non-government organization, Invisible, which makes must-haves out of trash. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">She says:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">"I have chosen to work with debris. If you listen, trash speaks of our values; each object and substance speaks of its origin."</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Eco-warrior tactic: Manila-based artist and environmentalist Ann Wizer leads Invisible, an organization that teaches marginalized women to crochet and knit accessories like jewelry and bags from plastic, computer wires and other undesirables. The finished products are sold locally and even abroad through the Invisible Institute’s recent partnership with international accessories designer Rafe Totengco’s Rafe New York, breathing new life into trash and generating income for the women. The Invisible Sisters is similar to Wizer’s XSProject Foundation in Jakarta that she established in 2004. The foundation buys waste materials from trash pickers and turns the materials into laptop sleeves, document wallets, pencil cases, shoulder bags and more.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">8. Chin Chin Gutierrez</span><br /></b></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7JO72lzok2Osurc9CB-F-Ia6xU8z-VF6NmvE6vRkgJtujRfTVFHS3UAo6C1nO9M3Z0LGICNFX6Ns6dfDcj1-EcTRSOwvBg5Ztk5iXXmJWql5vuIwn3e1QJgpWW04jwEga3YLGOUpGaMbjp-gNFU6dLFtoriKrNSCZU0hKhLJV1sjWNkO4PZQyQmH0" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7JO72lzok2Osurc9CB-F-Ia6xU8z-VF6NmvE6vRkgJtujRfTVFHS3UAo6C1nO9M3Z0LGICNFX6Ns6dfDcj1-EcTRSOwvBg5Ztk5iXXmJWql5vuIwn3e1QJgpWW04jwEga3YLGOUpGaMbjp-gNFU6dLFtoriKrNSCZU0hKhLJV1sjWNkO4PZQyQmH0" /></span></b></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Who she is: Actress, one of TIME Magazine’s Asian Heroes in 2003, and The Outstanding Women in Nation’s Service awardee in 2004.<br /><br />Eco-warrior tactic: Aside from being a stage, TV and movie actress, Chin Chin Gutierrez is also a staunch environmentalist. She landed the cover of TIME Magazine’s Asian Heroes Special Issue in 2003 for her Mother Earth Foundation’s workshops, tree-planting sessions and cleanups. In 2004, she appeared in a vegetarian advertisement for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) with the tagline "Try to Relate to who is on your Plate." She also gives environmental lectures to the youth, non-government units, civic leaders and government officials.<br /><br />Gutierrez on skeptics: "Siguro I wouldn’t be given the recognition [as one of the Asian heroes in 2003] ng TIME magazine kung ganun-ganun lang ako. Huwag na nating dagdagan pa ’yung hirap ng advocacy, kasi mahirap na maging malabo ’yung cause. Kasi people would think na napakababaw ’pag hinaluan ng mga ganyang kuwento. Ang pinag-uusapan dito, buhay na ng tao."<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">9. Dale Diaz, Francis Mendoza and Andrew Sarinas</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/evmi-trio.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: start;"><br /></a><a href="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/evmi-trio.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: start;"><img height="255" src="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/evmi-trio.jpg" width="234" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Who they are: Associates of Environmental Ventures Marketing Inc. (EVMI), which gets rid of waste the natural way by using microorganisms.<br /></b><b style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Andrew Sarinas, Dale Diaz and Francis Mendoza</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Eco-warrior tactic: To put it simply, the enterprising trio "deploy microbes in powder or liquid form that ’eat and digest’ waste," Town & Country wrote in their May 2009 issue. No harmful chemicals, just natural and healthy disposal. In their early days in 2000, the company was hard-pressed for clients since microbial cleaning agents were far from the norm then. Diaz recalled how they offered a water company a free demonstration: "We literally emptied pails and pails of bacteria down [their] main line. It worked though it took months for the company to call us back and sign us on as partners in its other businesses’ cleanup jobs."<br /><br />EVMI now takes care of the waste of Alabang Town Center, Market! Market!, Greenhills Shopping Center, Petron, Pancake House, San Miguel Pure Foods and Enchanted Kingdom, among others according to their website.<br /><br />Mendoza says: "We took up the challenge because we somehow knew that this was the way to go. And I guess we were right. More and more companies are now aware of how bacteria--which always had a negative connotation--help clean the environment safely and naturally," he told Town & Country.<br /><br />Sarinas says: "Why not make [wastewater] potable? A lot of people, we guess, still have this diri factor. Where do you think water from La Mesa Dam comes from? When the water is treated properly, one can actually drink it. Hopefully, ten years down the line, this would be realized," he told Town & Country.<br /><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><b>10. Odette Alcantara</b></span></div><div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img height="243" src="https://images.summitmedia-digital.com/spotph/images/files/2010/04/odette.jpg" width="183" /></span></b></div><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Who she was: Alcantara was an activist and environmentalist who introduced zero waste management with systems for composting and recycling in Blue Ridge, Quezon City about a decade ago. Blue Ridge has since become a model for zero waste management and even a training center for other communities, reports GMANews.tv. This Earth Day Network Philippines founder also fought for the passage of the Clean Air Act and Ecological Solid Waste Management Act that banned incineration, among others, in the late 1990s. Inquirer.net reports one of her eco "gimmicks": On the late Pres. Ramon Magsaysay’s 100th birth anniversary on August 2007, Alcantara had over a hundred men named Ramon plant trees.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Alcantara was fearless and unstoppable in her advocacy. Environmentalist Leonor "Inday" Berroya told Inquirer.net how Alcantara "[stopped] motorists spewing noxious fumes and [lectured] them," while painter Ivi Avellano Cosio recalled an instance when Alcantara cursed and told off utilities staff who said a pile of burning garbage is not their responsibility, not caring about the armed guard with the staff.<br /><br />In memory of an eco-warrior: So known was she as an environmental advocate that when she passed away in 2009 due to aneurysm, a circulating text message read: "In lieu of flowers, Tita Odette would most likely prefer donations of saplings and seedlings."<br /><br />Her motto: <i>"L-A-H-A-T: Lupa, Araw, Hangin, Ako, Tubig. Lahat magkaugnay."</i><br /><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Jurgenne Primavera’s photo by W. (Japoi) Cequina, courtesy of FemaleNetwork.com. Anna Wilk’s photo courtesy of Human Nature. Krie Lopez’ photo by Style Bible Digital. Candy Reyes’ photo by Kai Huang for Preview. Chit Juan, Jeannie Javelosa and Reena Francisco’s photo from ECHOstore’s website. Ann Wizer’s photo from XSProject.com.au. Chin Chin Gutierrez’ photo by Noel Orsal of PEP.ph. Dale Diaz, Francis Mendoza and Andrew Sarinas photo by Lilen Uy for Town & Country.Odette Alcantara’s photo by Ramon Flores for GMANews.tv. ~</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span> </span>Meet our country’s environmental heroes</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">AUG 29, 2016 1:06 PM PHT</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">GWEN DE LA CRUZ</span></b></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">As we celebrate the National Heroes Day, here are some of the stories of our environmental heroes, those who sacrificed their lives to protect the Philippines' environment</span></b></div></span><br />MANILA, Philippines – While heroes can be found anywhere, not everyone becomes famous.<br /><br />There are those who quietly do their job with excellence, honesty, and integrity, and are still considered heroes. Sometimes, because of their dedication, they even risk their lives. And a lot of them are serving in government.<br /><br />With a known environment activist at the helm of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the agency has been making headlines for its fight against illegal environmental practices such as the back-to-back shutdown of mining operations in different parts of the country. She has also urged the DENR officials to “inspire people and be proactive.“<br /><br />As we celebrate the National Heroes Day, here are some of the stories of our environmental heroes: those who sacrificed their lives to protect the country’s environment.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">National Heroes Day. Celebrated as early as 1931, the holiday honors and remembers all Philippine national heroes. Here are a few facts related to this occasion.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Melania Dirain, The Forest Specialist</span><br /></span></b></span><div><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/612F469A6EA84F6BAE882D2B94A4B421/img/1B8302BDE11A412B80ACB434F03D7253/dirain-20160823.png" width="179" /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">As a forest specialist, part of Dirain’s job was the enforcement of foreign protection laws, including policies against illegal logging.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>Just a month after she assumed her post as officer in charge of Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Sanchez-Mira, Cagayan, she apprehended illegal loggers and confiscated a number of illegal forest products already.<br /><br />Because of this, Dirain received death threats for months, but she still continued on her crusade.<br /><br />On February 7, 2012, Dirain was shot to death while talking to an office messenger. A report on the Philippine Daily Inquirer said Dirain was talking to Isaias Cereniado inside her office, when a man barged in and shot 5 five times in the chest. Her 3 sons suddenly became orphans (she was a widow; her husband died a few years before).<br /><br />That same year, Dirain was given the Dangal ng Bayan award by the Civil Service Commission. She was also given the “Bayani ng Kalikasan” award by the Center for Environmental Concerns.<br /><br />According to Rare, a partner international conservation organization of the DENR, Dirain “pioneered the use of cell phones to anonymously report illegal forest activities.”<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Jojo Malinao, The Forest Guard</span><br /></b></span><b>Malinao was a forest guard at the Makiling Forest Reserve in Laguna. His job included diligently patrolling the forest and protecting it against destructive activities such as timber poaching, illegal occupancy, kaingin (slash-and-burn agriculture), and littering. He also served as a witness in cases involving these illegal practices.</b></span></div><div><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/612F469A6EA84F6BAE882D2B94A4B421/img/524872B4230645E08401EDF960DD7DF2/malinao-environmentalist-20160829.png" width="176" /></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span><b>On the day of his death on May 9, 2011, he testified during the hearing of Armando Javier and Napoleon Oliveros, who were both charged with violation of the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines, according to a report from the Inquirer.</b></span></div><div><span><b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">After the hearing, he went to a tarpaulin shop in Bay, Laguna, where he was shot to death by a man on a motorcycle.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">According to testimonies of those close to him, he was once offered P100,000 ($2,153) for bribe but rejected it and said, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">“Patayin na lang nila ako.” </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(They can kill me instead.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Logendrin Aranca, The Forest Ranger and Bernabe Malijao, The Tree Maker</span><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Aranca, a Forest Ranger, and Malijao, a Tree Marker, were both tasked to man a checkpoint along the main highway going to Real, Infanta, and General Nakar towns in the province of Quezon.</b></span></div><div><b style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/612F469A6EA84F6BAE882D2B94A4B421/img/6317B685B4E54987BC08AA27411115C3/aranca-malijao-environmetalist-20160829.png" width="289" /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>In the evening of August 22, 1995, a resident of Barangay Maragondon in Real, Quezon, whose passenger jeepney was loaded with Narra lumber, requested for a clearance pass. The two, however, denied the request because of lack of transport documents. The resident then rode on his jeepney again and drove through the barricade.<br /><br />Onboard a motorcycle, Aranca and Malijao followed the jeepney for 4 to 5 kilometers. When they reached Barangay Paagahan in Mabitac, Laguna, the two overtook the jeepney, but unfortunately, the jeepney rammed the rear end of the motorcycle.<br /><br />Aranca and Malijao fell on the ground, their bodies crossed on top of each other. The driver put the car in reverse and ran over the bodies of the two men.<br /><br />The resident later surrendered to the police and was jailed for double murder.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Wilfredo Bayucot, The Forest Ranger<br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bayucot, a forest ranger, was the team leader of the monitoring station of Bayugan, Agusan del Sur.</b></span></div><div><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/612F469A6EA84F6BAE882D2B94A4B421/img/C5CC2FBBAAF44C09BF4E72731D88565F/bayucot-environmentalist-20160829.png" width="186" /></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>In the evening of March 23, 2003, during his duty, Bayucot flagged down an Isuzu Elf truck loaded with Gmelina lumber. When the car didn’t stop, Bayucot followed by riding on a motorcycle driven by a scaler named Marslou Bonita.<br /><br />The driver of the truck then deliberately bumped Bayucot’s motorcycle, causing him and the driver to fall off the motorcycle. Bayucot died 3 days later.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Isidro de la Peña, The Forester<br /></span>De la Peña is a forester in DENR’s Region XI office.<br /><br />In 2003, de la Peña, along with a DENR staff member and a coast guard officer, apprehended the owners of 4 container vans at Davao City’s Sasa Wharf that were already being readied to be loaded to a vessel. The van, carrying illegally cut lumber, did not have the necessary documents.</b></span></div><div><b style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="140" src="https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/612F469A6EA84F6BAE882D2B94A4B421/img/B4B4E73EFBAB490EA563B37CB10F5CA5/delapena-environmentalist-20160829.png" width="123" /></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>De la Peña was sued for robbery instead. With the case dismissed later on, he revealed to one of his team members that “someone called him up and threatened him”. He responded by saying “<i>Gawin ninyo, wala naman akong kasalanan.</i>” (Do it. I am innocent.)<br /><br />Almost a year after the incident, on September 28, 2004, de la Peña was shot to death 3 times at the intersection of Balusong and McArthur Hi-way in Matina, Davao City. His team members then received anonymous death threats like, “You will be the next.”<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Jaime Diez, The Tree Maker</span><br />Diez is a tree maker at DENR – CENRO in Bayugan, Agusan Del Sur.<br /><br />During his stint, he was responsible for the confiscation of about 6,695 pieces of lumber and 951 pieces of mixed dipterocarp logs at the Ojot Monitoring Station in 2011, with an estimated value of over P2.4 million (approximately $51,600 in the current exchange rate).</b></span></div><div><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://www.rappler.com/tachyon/r3-assets/612F469A6EA84F6BAE882D2B94A4B421/img/4DB7404599774B8F8868DE2162FA21A5/diez-environmentalist-20160829.png" width="132" /></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span><b>Because of this, Diez received death threats until he was gunned down inside his bedroom, beside his wife, on February 22, 2012 – just 15 days after Melania Dirain was also killed. Meanwhile, the gunman was able to escape. His wife and friends, however, continued to receive death threats after the shooting incident.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />Opportunities for families left behind.<br />In June 2016, the Environmental Heroes Foundation Incorporated gave 5 of the slain employees the Environmental Heroes award. The families they left behind were given livelihood assistance worth P300,000 ($6,457).<br /><br />EHFI is a non-profit organization established to promote the welfare of DENR officials who lost their lives or are permanently disabled while on duty, in the course of implementing environmental laws and policies.<br /><br />In 2013, the orphaned children of the awardees were also offered scholarship program by the DENR.<br /><br />During its 111th anniversary, the Civil Service Commission generated P300,000 ($6,457) from a fun run it organized. The proceeds from the event were donated to the families of the victims as well.<br /><br />According to DENR, the awardees were killed during missions against suspected illegal loggers operating in so-called illegal logging “hotspots” identified by the agency. – Rappler.com<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources: Civil Service Commission and Department of Environment and Natural Resources</span></b></span><div><span><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span>Part 4 - </span><span>Ecological </span><span>Concept of the Cross</span></span></b></p><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></p><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXW239IpqgGbRN8fxTnv0a7iG-l0tzeA9JgU_WFdWfnyJuyJIVtFk8MXZvHNTiH68YpjvRKkomzurf4Dw4HliyIY3xhlmC4XAPVSieDDzq_42BJW_JfUTODJBvl4lpJV5FLPzHigKfI3X/s1600/DSC02038.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXW239IpqgGbRN8fxTnv0a7iG-l0tzeA9JgU_WFdWfnyJuyJIVtFk8MXZvHNTiH68YpjvRKkomzurf4Dw4HliyIY3xhlmC4XAPVSieDDzq_42BJW_JfUTODJBvl4lpJV5FLPzHigKfI3X/w327-h436/DSC02038.JPG" width="327" /></span></a></div><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Green Cross in the Sky</span></span></b></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Umbrella Tree (talisay) - T<i>erminalia catappa, </i></span></b></div></span></b></span><div><span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">San Vicente Botanical Garden</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Photo by AVR 2021</span></b></div></span><div><span><span><div style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div></b></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><b style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></b></b><br /><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span>Y</span>ou lost your crown, but not your glory,</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>your function as umbrella tree;</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> a ladder leans abandoned and empty;</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>is this symbol of man being free?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> If this is lesson to remind of man's folly </b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>and pride against the Almighty,</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>rise up on a Hill that was once holy </b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>for all humanity to see. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGG7LDuIf7Q5uT6DPjmTpOiOyuEA-5jhm1cUp5pjRh0dkBQ1caxcxdzeQTRoTdmEM6ysH01rXRI0Vxnp_sz7VkW-9fB4TlDedDJcSvcH3CIgY87p_h7Q-hTHfnuS-s51yaFi5iUYZSBtn/s1600/Tree+SilhouetteA.jpg"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGG7LDuIf7Q5uT6DPjmTpOiOyuEA-5jhm1cUp5pjRh0dkBQ1caxcxdzeQTRoTdmEM6ysH01rXRI0Vxnp_sz7VkW-9fB4TlDedDJcSvcH3CIgY87p_h7Q-hTHfnuS-s51yaFi5iUYZSBtn/w400-h320/Tree+SilhouetteA.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: medium;">Skeleton of a 50-year old mango tree, QC 1970</div><div style="font-size: medium;">Photo by AVR</div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Cross in the Sky</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>I have lost you forever,</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>now a silhouette in the sky,</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>spreading a gospel to remember</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>for the mindless passerby.</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>You lived half of your life,</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>yet fullest at the Throne,</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>earning it well with strife</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>where every seed is grown.</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>The birds you cared now a flock,</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>many a child into man;</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>you bid them all good luck,</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>and now they are gone.</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>For many years you sheltered me,</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>a thought I can't be free;</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>I atone for your brevity</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>by planting a million tree.~</b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Light in the Woods, AVR Megabooks 1995</b></span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span><p> <span style="font-size: medium;"> <b>Dead Tree Walking</b></span></p><span><b><div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"> "I came from Paradise lost, would you walk with me?"</span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><div><br /></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb43YXYnj7IeDSBgQ0io__J5TCWOIpjJVxHqMtDigj9AKbYzbpAa0ptohJMa-8cL9hWJlbErX9AlIf7Id0YHCKfydFWBHfFW65aNjr-3ILNWtT2YQ3WkDVtNEMZ5tRzsJBORQMqCDSK6N/s1600/Copy+of+Tree+skeleton.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534194165631565442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHb43YXYnj7IeDSBgQ0io__J5TCWOIpjJVxHqMtDigj9AKbYzbpAa0ptohJMa-8cL9hWJlbErX9AlIf7Id0YHCKfydFWBHfFW65aNjr-3ILNWtT2YQ3WkDVtNEMZ5tRzsJBORQMqCDSK6N/s1600/Copy+of+Tree+skeleton.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px;" /></a><span>Limb of a dead tree resembling a headless</span></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>human figure, España, Manila</span><span> 2007</span></span></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div></b></span><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>I am the ghost that walks</b></div></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b> from a forest before;</b></div></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>I am the conscience of man</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b> sleeping in its core.</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>I am the memory</b></div></span></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b> from the distant past;</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>lost among the throng,</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b> living in the dust.</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>I came from Paradise lost,</b></div></span></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b> orphaned by the First Sin;</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>the hands that cared for me</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b> can't now be seen.</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>I long for a heaven, too,</b></div></span></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b> a gift of being good and true,</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>but if heaven is only for man,</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b> I did serve him through.</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>But I am a ghost now.</b></div></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b> Would man join me for a walk</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>to tell the world the story</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b> of a once mighty oak? ~</b></div></span></div></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Author's Note: </span><span>Is the <i>kapre</i> that dwells in old big trees true after all? </span><span> Utter <i>tabi tabi</i> (<i>bari bari</i> Ilk) while making your way on an unbeaten path. Pour a few drops of your drink before you down your glass. Have you heard the song of a whale? How about that of a mermaid? Anaconda can grow up to 20 meters long! You are lucky if you can pick a leaf of <i>makahiya</i> (<i>Mimosa pudica</i>) fresh and not drooping. If you find a four-leaf clover don't miss the lottery. ~</span></span></b></blockquote><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div></blockquote></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuz0ELovklJqbXzdiyXAr43UWK_mpv4ca4KYaUYR2nUs360HVQtFf--Dd0zL8CT-Czr0m7otzwzuJKIkdALXoAWh1_-vWV17u_YXPh1TaNdWrBKNxrh35xQFN9U9lRmPb-3hPS4eIUA5m3-ZUOKntzfDETWz8WNKdXWOif-Z78eZV409SAPexue-17-A/s1902/DSC03200.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1902" data-original-width="1802" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuz0ELovklJqbXzdiyXAr43UWK_mpv4ca4KYaUYR2nUs360HVQtFf--Dd0zL8CT-Czr0m7otzwzuJKIkdALXoAWh1_-vWV17u_YXPh1TaNdWrBKNxrh35xQFN9U9lRmPb-3hPS4eIUA5m3-ZUOKntzfDETWz8WNKdXWOif-Z78eZV409SAPexue-17-A/w379-h400/DSC03200.JPG" width="379" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Arbor Tree Cross, avrotor 2021</span></b></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span><span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Part 5 - St Francis of Assisi - Father of Ecology</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b>Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon of St. Francis of Assisi and Laudato Si of Pope Francis: A Reflection and Analysis </b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></div><div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“We seem to think that we can substitute an irreplaceable and irretrievable beauty with something which we have cre</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ated ourselves”</span> -<i> <span style="font-size: small;">Laudato Si</span></i></span></b></span></span><br /></span><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b><br /><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Living with Nature - School on Blog</span></b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">Encyclical letter <i>Laudato Si</i> of Pope Francis in 6 chapters: </span></span></b><br /><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b><br /><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>1. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COMMON HOME</b></span></span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2. THE GOSPEL OF CREATION</b></span></span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3. THE HUMAN ROOTS OF THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS</b></span></span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>4. INTEGRAL ECOLOGY</b></span></span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>5. LINES OF APPROACH AND ACTION</b></span></span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>6. ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND SPIRITUALITY</b></span></span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-8JbiKRMEk4lOGPG-GPY9mxo8uTeXntHAE39NwdYMWeg-OdSPwLKQYSu2nvav17r3w8ZU0l6mJXo27uoqPPmq8dS1Ij0u8r_KpgmEenGjFfVKx6Flu4zr8ejATr6gpC0rI-RRvmaCZ4X/s1600/Saint-Francis-preaching-to-the-animals-Hans-Stubenrauch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-8JbiKRMEk4lOGPG-GPY9mxo8uTeXntHAE39NwdYMWeg-OdSPwLKQYSu2nvav17r3w8ZU0l6mJXo27uoqPPmq8dS1Ij0u8r_KpgmEenGjFfVKx6Flu4zr8ejATr6gpC0rI-RRvmaCZ4X/w368-h484/Saint-Francis-preaching-to-the-animals-Hans-Stubenrauch.jpg" width="368" /></span></a></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>"Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures,"(St Francis of Assisi) is the basis of Pope Francis' encyclical letter,<i> Laudato Si </i>(Praise be to you.) Pope Francis encyclical letter On Care for Our Common Home. </b></span><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><b>Saint Francis was canonized by Pope Gregory IX on July 16, 1228; he is the Patron Saint of Catholic Action, animals, and the environment. His Feast day is celebrated on October 4 of each year.</b></b></span></span><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></b></b></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b> Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon of St. Francis of Assisi</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">M</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ost High, all-powerful, all-good Lord, All praise is Yours, </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">all glory, </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">all honour and all blessings.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To you alone, Most High, do they belong, and no mortal lips </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">are worthy </span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">to pronounce Your Name.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures,<br />especially Sir Brother Sun,<br />Who is the day through whom You give us light.<br />And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour,<br />Of You Most High, he bears the likeness.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars,<br />In the heavens you have made them bright, precious and fair.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air,<br />And fair and stormy, all weather's moods,<br />by which You cherish all that You have made.<br /><br />Praised be You my Lord through Sister Water,<br />So useful, humble, precious and pure.<br /><br />Praised be You my Lord through Brother Fire,<br />through whom You light the night and he is beautiful </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and playful and robust and strong.<br /><br />Praised be You my Lord through our Sister,<br />Mother Earth who sustains and governs us,<br />producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.<br /><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Praise be You my Lord through those who grant pardon for love of You </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and bear sickness and trial.<br /><br />Blessed are those who endure in peace, By You Most High, they will be crowned.<br /><br />Praised be You, my Lord through Sister Death,<br />from whom no-one living can escape. Woe to those who die in mortal sin! </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Blessed are they She finds doing Your Will.<br /><br />No second death can do them harm. Praise and bless my Lord and give Him thanks,<br />And serve Him with great humility. </span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div>A <i><b>canticle</b></i> (from the Latin <i>canticulum</i>, a diminutive of <i>canticum</i>, "song") is a hymn, psalm or other song of praise taken from biblical texts other than the Psalms.</span><br /></span><h3 style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Laudato Si</i> of Pope Francis</span></h3><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFF1LylNUjNYZJyQSERbgx5X12wGNd_N15v6mbfpaosxKhljo5XfUezhe-7GPYxDPvjWhL_Cd8rwfYcA8m-UTTTixqm-FGwDsHQ9hU5b37uRax99jPPhJAIqe07E8mNI2D8hmj2sgq5YB/s1600/pope-francis-on-growth-economics.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFF1LylNUjNYZJyQSERbgx5X12wGNd_N15v6mbfpaosxKhljo5XfUezhe-7GPYxDPvjWhL_Cd8rwfYcA8m-UTTTixqm-FGwDsHQ9hU5b37uRax99jPPhJAIqe07E8mNI2D8hmj2sgq5YB/s200/pope-francis-on-growth-economics.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbCy4axlj7xPSS3iy-KUycXy5yErwPa6xWcupcVruJCi4UZbX38a7VCTAjnZDZm11pZ9BynLeg5kmwOi6ojJo-QdWnpkkoLl8tk9tBpU5dE5vFUy_R3b8-Le_Bs4ipiOxG3rRRlPZWVxf/s1600/Pope-Francis-Climate-Change.jpg"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbCy4axlj7xPSS3iy-KUycXy5yErwPa6xWcupcVruJCi4UZbX38a7VCTAjnZDZm11pZ9BynLeg5kmwOi6ojJo-QdWnpkkoLl8tk9tBpU5dE5vFUy_R3b8-Le_Bs4ipiOxG3rRRlPZWVxf/s320/Pope-Francis-Climate-Change.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPglxMOc6_NXHLNjR_ts82WCFk3iqZM74fbrQoXgNT_rfdM1pe0vlozqeRdj1Qp5H_l8polx0DAcgb5VPejQuzh0xDVVhVNdBn1vBFvf4mGRACSqDjYgKNdN75cE0vHc8cAO9WN7M02Wxr/s1600/pope+Francis+-environment.jpg"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPglxMOc6_NXHLNjR_ts82WCFk3iqZM74fbrQoXgNT_rfdM1pe0vlozqeRdj1Qp5H_l8polx0DAcgb5VPejQuzh0xDVVhVNdBn1vBFvf4mGRACSqDjYgKNdN75cE0vHc8cAO9WN7M02Wxr/s320/pope+Francis+-environment.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPc2EjCP_6Xud613UgLaXn609AMSFPUMsUO_PNz0ZKkHJGXIGjfCOhJZESSpkBWAxuBzThcSRvevh-qStg6XPdZUc0em7n5V9AwDy6HZ815diEgbr4wzBeaXYK7Y9oTCGVs4XXz3Ji0ul/s1600/Pope+francis+10.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPc2EjCP_6Xud613UgLaXn609AMSFPUMsUO_PNz0ZKkHJGXIGjfCOhJZESSpkBWAxuBzThcSRvevh-qStg6XPdZUc0em7n5V9AwDy6HZ815diEgbr4wzBeaXYK7Y9oTCGVs4XXz3Ji0ul/s200/Pope+francis+10.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Pope Francis - the Ecologist and the Good Shepherd</b></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2HaaVKI_GrPDP6qG3V3Tt1JX3nCH6qwr8y8XyVf8u22HHLHCTUJhsrYVPtNNHtE6-igs5r-ujaVYD6lfrpwLBBtbmvjSvkOOaB2E7XJbY2DoBmNlopM8XhFhCup8AGOmeqSzX-bh1R-9/s1600/Pope+francis+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2HaaVKI_GrPDP6qG3V3Tt1JX3nCH6qwr8y8XyVf8u22HHLHCTUJhsrYVPtNNHtE6-igs5r-ujaVYD6lfrpwLBBtbmvjSvkOOaB2E7XJbY2DoBmNlopM8XhFhCup8AGOmeqSzX-bh1R-9/s400/Pope+francis+2.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><h3 class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></h3><h3 class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></b></h3><h3 class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span><b><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 27.6px;">Part 6 -<i> Laudato Si</i> (Praise be to you.) Pope Francis encyclical letter <i>On Care for Our Common Home.</i></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></span></h3><h3 class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Two Prayers of the Holy Father Francis he offered at the conclusion of <i>Laudato Si</i></b></span></span></h3><h3 class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i></i></span></span></h3><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><i>A prayer for our earth</i></span></b></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe<br />and in the smallest of your creatures.<br />You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.<br />Pour out upon us the power of your love,<br />that we may protect life and beauty.<br />Fill us with peace, that we may live<br />as brothers and sisters, harming no one.<br />O God of the poor,<br />help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,<br />so precious in your eyes.<br />Bring healing to our lives,<br />that we may protect the world and not prey on it,<br />that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.<br />Touch the hearts<br />of those who look only for gain<br />at the expense of the poor and the earth.<br />Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,<br />to be filled with awe and contemplation,<br />to recognize that we are profoundly united<br />with every creature<br />as we journey towards your infinite light.<br />We thank you for being with us each day.<br />Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle<br />for justice, love and peace.</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><br /><span><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A Christian prayer in union with creation</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Father, we praise you with all your creatures.<br />They came forth from your all-powerful hand;<br />they are yours, filled with your presence and your tender love.<br />Praise be to you!</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Son of God, Jesus,<br />through you all things were made.<br />You were formed in the womb of Mary our Mother,<br />you became part of this earth,<br />and you gazed upon this world with human eyes.<br />Today you are alive in every creature<br />in your risen glory.<br />Praise be to you!</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Holy Spirit, by your light<br />you guide this world towards the Father’s love<br />and accompany creation as it groans in travail.<br />You also dwell in our hearts<br />and you inspire us to do what is good.<br />Praise be to you!</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Triune Lord, wondrous community of infinite love,<br />teach us to contemplate you<br />in the beauty of the universe,<br />for all things speak of you.<br />Awaken our praise and thankfulness<br />for every being that you have made.<br />Give us the grace to feel profoundly joined<br />to everything that is.</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">God of love, show us our place in this world<br />as channels of your love<br />for all the creatures of this earth,<br />for not one of them is forgotten in your sight.<br />Enlighten those who possess power and money<br />that they may avoid the sin of indifference,<br />that they may love the common good, advance the weak,<br />and care for this world in which we live.<br />The poor and the earth are crying out.<br /><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">O Lord, seize us with your power and light,<br />help us to protect all life,<br />to prepare for a better future,<br />for the coming of your Kingdom<br />of justice, peace, love and beauty.<br />Praise be to you!<br />Amen.</span></b></span><br /><br /><i style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Given in Rome at Saint Peter’s on 24 May, the Solemnity of Pentecost, in the year 2015, the third of my Pontificate.</b></span></i><br /></span><h3 class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Life of Saint Francis of Assisi </span></b></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoL_uw4aBT-a-tXFNg2m_i91HAeVf9xjJofpvTGFLaT7nh7fJKM5rfE4xkIx4wyaQ_AvjknphuVVTHO8XIxHTqNZ0k9SWpDWQ4-nnIL7Nk1wRQhrzBlxs3uS_qXZrTMrbVoI3zeKkpSnHjYAirrwKOWbybFFcZ70oaWBCyuRaxNBNJTFWeM5kxBbTdw/s1280/St%20Francis%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxoL_uw4aBT-a-tXFNg2m_i91HAeVf9xjJofpvTGFLaT7nh7fJKM5rfE4xkIx4wyaQ_AvjknphuVVTHO8XIxHTqNZ0k9SWpDWQ4-nnIL7Nk1wRQhrzBlxs3uS_qXZrTMrbVoI3zeKkpSnHjYAirrwKOWbybFFcZ70oaWBCyuRaxNBNJTFWeM5kxBbTdw/s320/St%20Francis%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Francis Bernerdone was born the son of a wealthy merchant in Assisi, Italy, in 1181. It was during a prolonged severe illness that he became aware of his religious calling. At the age of 25, Francis became inspired by the Scripture passage of Matthew commanding the disciples to evangelize the world without possessions. He abandoned his affluent way of life and embraced a life of radical poverty, or, in the words of Francis “to wed Lady Poverty.”</span></span></b><br /><br /><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></b><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Three years later in 1210, his companions numbered 12 and Francis received the approval of Pope Innocent 111 to lead a life according to the Rule of the Holy Gospel. They became a band of roving preachers of Christ, thus began the <i>Friars Minor</i>, or <i>Lesser Brothers</i>. Rejecting all material goods, Francis and his brothers preached throughout Italy. They summoned people to faith and penitence, refused even corporate ownership and ecclesiastical preference. Saint Francis never became a priest out of humility. Francis’ practice of poverty and devotion to the humanity and Passion of Christ resonated in the hearts of a world grown spiritually cold; soon a vast Franciscan movement swept through Europe. By 1219, over 5,000 Franciscans gathered at Assisi for the famed Chapter of Mats. Francis subsequently founded a Second Order through Saint Clare of Assisi for cloistered nuns. A Third Order for religious and laity of both genders was also formed. Worn out by his apostolic efforts, pained by the stigmata he had received in 1224 and blinded by eye disease, Francis died at sunset, October 3, 1226.</span></span></b><br /><br /><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></b><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The simplicity, directness, and single-mindedness in his devotion to Christ, and his lyrical multi-faceted life, have allowed Saint Francis to capture the heart and imagination of men and women of all religious persuasions. Notable Franciscans who have served the Church through the centuries are Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Leonard of Port Maurice, Saint Bonaventure, and Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina.</span></span></b><br /><br /><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></b><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Saint Francis was canonized by Pope Gregory IX on July 16, 1228; he is the Patron Saint of Catholic Action, animals, and the environment. His Feast day is celebrated on October 4 of each year.</span></span></b><br /><br /><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acknowledgement: Internet reference and photos </span></span></b><br /><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">______________________________</span></span></b></span><div style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span><span><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Part 7 - Summary Quotes under each Chapter of <i>Laudato Si </i></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>From an Article written by</i></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><i> </i>Kevin Cotter</span></b></span><br /></span><div class="focus_blog_author_name_location" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Kevin Cotter serves FOCUS as the Director of Web and FOCUS Equip. Previously, Kevin served as an on campus FOCUS missionary at Benedictine College. Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies from the Benedictine College and a master’s degree in Sacred Scripture from the Augustine Institute. He is the author of <span style="font-style: italic;">Through the Year with Pope Francis</span>, <i>A Year of Mercy with Pope Francis</i> and the soon to be released,<i> Pope Francis and the Joy of the Family</i>. Kevin currently resides in Denver, CO with his wife, Lisa, and their children.</span></span></b><br /><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i></i></b></span></span><br /></span><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>CHAPTER ONE – WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COMMON HOME</i></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><i><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s goal:</i></b> “Theological and philosophical reflections on the situation of humanity and the world can sound tiresome and abstract, unless they are grounded in a fresh analysis of our present situation, which is in many ways unprecedented in the history of humanity. So, before considering how faith brings new incentives and requirements with regard to the world of which we are a part, I will briefly turn to what is happening to our common home” (#17).<br /><br /><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s message:</i></b> “But a sober look at our world shows that the degree of human intervention, often in the service of business interests and consumerism, is actually making our earth less rich and beautiful, ever more limited and grey, even as technological advances and consumer goods continue to abound limitlessly. We seem to think that we can substitute an irreplaceable and irretrievable beauty with something which we have created ourselves” (#34).<br /><br /><b>CHAPTER TWO – THE GOSPEL OF CREATION</b><br /><br /><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s goal:</i></b> “Why should this document, addressed to all people of good will, include a chapter dealing with the convictions of believers? I am well aware that in the areas of politics and philosophy there are those who firmly reject the idea of a Creator, or consider it irrelevant… Nonetheless, science and religion, with their distinctive approaches to understanding reality, can enter into an intense dialogue fruitful for both” (#62).<br /><br /><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s message:</i></b> “We are not God. The earth was here before us and it has been given to us…. Although it is true that we Christians have at times incorrectly interpreted the Scriptures, nowadays we must forcefully reject the notion that our being created in God’s image and given dominion over the earth justifies absolute domination over other creatures.<br /><br />The biblical texts are to be read in their context, with an appropriate hermeneutic, recognizing that they tell us to ‘till and keep’ the garden of the world (cf. Gen 2:15). ’Tilling’ refers to cultivating, ploughing or working, while ‘keeping’ means caring, protecting, overseeing and preserving. This implies a relationship of mutual responsibility between human beings and nature. Each community can take from the bounty of the earth whatever it needs for subsistence, but it also has the duty to protect the earth and to ensure its fruitfulness for coming generations” (#67)</i></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><b>CHAPTER THREE – THE HUMAN ROOTS OF THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS</b></i></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s goal:</i></b> “It would hardly be helpful to describe symptoms without acknowledging the human origins of the ecological crisis. A certain way of understanding human life and activity has gone awry, to the serious detriment of the world around us. Should we not pause and consider this? At this stage, I propose that we focus on the dominant technocratic paradigm and the place of human beings and of human action in the world” (#101).</i></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s message:</i></b> “It can be said that many problems of today’s world stem from the tendency, at times unconscious, to make the method and aims of science and technology an epistemological paradigm which shapes the lives of individuals and the workings of society.</i></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>The effects of imposing this model on reality as a whole, human and social, are seen in the deterioration of the environment, but this is just one sign of a reductionism which affects every aspect of human and social life. We have to accept that technological products are not neutral, for they create a framework which ends up conditioning lifestyles and shaping social possibilities along the lines dictated by the interests of certain powerful groups” (#107).</i></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CHAPTER FOUR – INTEGRAL ECOLOGY</b><br /><br /><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s goal:</i></b> “Since everything is closely interrelated, and today’s problems call for a vision capable of taking into account every aspect of the global crisis, I suggest that we now consider some elements of an integral ecology, one which clearly respects its human and social dimensions” (#137).<br /><br /><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s message:</i></b> “We urgently need a humanism capable of bringing together the different fields of knowledge, including economics, in the service of a more integral and integrating vision. Today, the analysis of environmental problems cannot be separated from the analysis of human, family, work related and urban contexts, nor from how individuals relate to themselves, which leads in turn to how they relate to others and to the environment” (#141).<br /><br /><b>CHAPTER FIVE – LINES OF APPROACH AND ACTION</b><br /><br /><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s goal:</i></b> “So far I have attempted to take stock of our present situation, pointing to the cracks in the planet that we inhabit as well as to the profoundly human causes of environmental degradation. Although the contemplation of this reality in itself has already shown the need for a change of direction and other courses of action, now we shall try to outline the major paths of dialogue which can help us escape the spiral of self-destruction which currently engulfs us” (#163).<br /><br /><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s message:</i></b> “Interdependence obliges us to think of one world with a common plan. Yet the same ingenuity which has brought about enormous technological progress has so far proved incapable of finding effective ways of dealing with grave environmental and social problems worldwide. A global consensus is essential for confronting the deeper problems, which cannot be resolved by unilateral actions on the part of individual countries.” (#164)<br /><br /><b>CHAPTER SIX – ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND SPIRITUALITY</b><br /><br /><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s goal:</i></b> “Many things have to change course, but it is we human beings above all who need to change. We lack an awareness of our common origin, of our mutual belonging, and of a future to be shared with everyone. This basic awareness would enable the development of new convictions, attitudes and forms of life. A great cultural, spiritual and educational challenge stands before us, and it will demand that we set out on the long path of renewal” (#202).<br /><br /><b><i>Summary quote of this chapter’s message:</i></b> “In calling to mind the figure of Saint Francis of Assisi, we come to realize that a healthy relationship with creation is one dimension of overall personal conversion, which entails the recognition of our errors, sins, faults and failures, and leads to heartfelt repentance and desire to change” (#218).</span></i></b></span><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;">* </span></i></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">In celebration of St Francis Feastday, October 4 2015</b><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>** </i>Lesson on former<i> </i></span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style: italic;">Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) </span>with Ms </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Melly C Tenorio </span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">738 DZRB AM, [www.pbs.gov.ph] </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">8-9 evening class Monday to Friday.</span></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></b></div><b><span><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Part 8 - Ramon Magsaysay Awardees: New Breed of Heroes</span></b></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> Dr Abe V Rotor</span><br /><br /><span>The Ramon Magsaysay Award is in recognition of greatness of spirit shown in service to the peoples of Asia. Since 1958 the Award has been given to more than 270 individuals and organizations in 22 Asian countries and territories.</span><br /><br /><span>The Ramon Magsaysay Award is the counterpart of the Nobel Prize Award. Like the latter, it epitomizes the common tao the masa, in the words of the late President Ramon Magsaysay, the grassroots where rise greatness in the true sense of the the unknown soldier of change, of peace, of brotherhood, of freedom, of selflessness.</span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span><span><b><span><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmhBeg2MG9U06wQuvoIQyJ0ichLzjqj2N-QLm8HLfGvFtBkSqPI6uHjjgg4pta-nlmqR4alFIz7j19mmwhPPDJHTyXgQZYEozZDxwlrr6xfn_VRVbSGKbR-psUZvRBOpMM5t_U91Vv5ne/s1600-h/awardeethumb01.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384633365429455218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmhBeg2MG9U06wQuvoIQyJ0ichLzjqj2N-QLm8HLfGvFtBkSqPI6uHjjgg4pta-nlmqR4alFIz7j19mmwhPPDJHTyXgQZYEozZDxwlrr6xfn_VRVbSGKbR-psUZvRBOpMM5t_U91Vv5ne/s400/awardeethumb01.gif" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 127px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 122px;" /></a><span><span><b><span><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b><b><span><span><b><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Krisana Kraisintu </span><span>- Thai. For placing pharmaceutical rigor at the service of patients through her untiring and fearless dedication to producing much-needed generic drugs in Thailand and and elsewhere in the developing world.</span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3jnO7l-3g2YaebksjH4_xmNv4JUCYLbyuz1mibd_9fqZcM6dD6KQE7Pa3oXmyiiROyFeDK1LDfuSsD8OCq0O-UuZ_mHu521EzPikmcrR5X1EnhMrLTvs50fiJuvfVpLAuJnpIYnv-ZBwC/s1600-h/awardeethumb02.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384633356315289858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3jnO7l-3g2YaebksjH4_xmNv4JUCYLbyuz1mibd_9fqZcM6dD6KQE7Pa3oXmyiiROyFeDK1LDfuSsD8OCq0O-UuZ_mHu521EzPikmcrR5X1EnhMrLTvs50fiJuvfVpLAuJnpIYnv-ZBwC/s400/awardeethumb02.gif" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 124px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 124px;" /></a><span><span><b><span><span><b><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Deep Joshi</span><span> - Indian. For his vision and leadership in bringing professionalism to the NGO movement in India by effectively combining head and heart in the transformative work of rural development.</span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3rFDB33biQ37xH9aiQmdwccQ58yWDptBblC8hZL3VP0iALCB_ZkcbkesXTSxUWSCzxEeJKSkE-Zpl-UJUVyRBAQbybpJAgDxgXizHXCPGIoS7c0IIEUTIffeaTCQ0On2kWMOAdAMU_6K/s1600-h/awardeethumb03.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384633709858476146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3rFDB33biQ37xH9aiQmdwccQ58yWDptBblC8hZL3VP0iALCB_ZkcbkesXTSxUWSCzxEeJKSkE-Zpl-UJUVyRBAQbybpJAgDxgXizHXCPGIoS7c0IIEUTIffeaTCQ0On2kWMOAdAMU_6K/s400/awardeethumb03.gif" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 122px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 122px;" /></a><span><span><b><span><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVly0Nd9001w2QPA3hwea9mjI819iU7TVeLfhN3cholejTWYVkgxLVgHdY83Wio-seBKAS_aQjvLfn8RdG7HOScDGZhPvXiO8qmcvpWzwqFemoKXDegr_UjwjqEi6KkFUfXt1tOoyUQ-j/s1600-h/awardeethumb04.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVly0Nd9001w2QPA3hwea9mjI819iU7TVeLfhN3cholejTWYVkgxLVgHdY83Wio-seBKAS_aQjvLfn8RdG7HOScDGZhPvXiO8qmcvpWzwqFemoKXDegr_UjwjqEi6KkFUfXt1tOoyUQ-j/w114-h114/awardeethumb04.gif" width="114" /></a><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Yu Xiaogang - Chinese. For fusing social science knowledge with a deep sense of social justice, in assisting dam-affected communities in China to shape the development projects that impact their natural environment and their liv<br /><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Antonio Oposa Jr. - Filipino. For his pathbreaking and passionate crusade to engage Filipinos in acts of enlightened citizenship that maximize the power of law to protect and nurture the environment for themselves, their children, and generations still to come.</span></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQyjDfUVNTBWyxc8bD8yDEXvXq35zhEtPZOKTU57YqxgPXnrSbfJuLueVFDh1zlf3AjNfA3Hq-PqtROAmtPRnRUq3FITXGBgHNR5c4ylZJ4mr6UX7Wu3smWWrfCySOL0LyHZhtglsmRJA/s1600-h/awardeethumb05.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384633337770350818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQyjDfUVNTBWyxc8bD8yDEXvXq35zhEtPZOKTU57YqxgPXnrSbfJuLueVFDh1zlf3AjNfA3Hq-PqtROAmtPRnRUq3FITXGBgHNR5c4ylZJ4mr6UX7Wu3smWWrfCySOL0LyHZhtglsmRJA/s400/awardeethumb05.gif" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 116px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 116px;" /></a><span><b><span><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b><b><span><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Ma Jun -</span><span> Chinese. For harnessing the technology and power of information to address China's water crisis, and mobilizing pragmatic, multisectoral, and collaborative efforts to ensure sustainable benefits for China's environment and society.</span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuMwQEHAlIzeSiJga9dXSTPWE7lZpn9fzfX1otDjoCM-oyqAhgh0Q4y2SuSmRJddPfNjnIir0Rqtqlbk1jiAe2_qcLADGSjC_fvWBKxc1y501kcONaWohJfHafmvtiqM3CoDZ3jfym5B8/s1600-h/awardeethumb06.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384633327558211714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuMwQEHAlIzeSiJga9dXSTPWE7lZpn9fzfX1otDjoCM-oyqAhgh0Q4y2SuSmRJddPfNjnIir0Rqtqlbk1jiAe2_qcLADGSjC_fvWBKxc1y501kcONaWohJfHafmvtiqM3CoDZ3jfym5B8/s400/awardeethumb06.gif" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 109px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 109px;" /></a><span><b><span><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></b><b><span><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Ka Hsaw Wa </span><span>- Burmese. For dauntlessly pursuing nonviolent yet effective channels of redress, exposure, and education for the defense of human rights, the environment, and democracy in Burma.</span></span></span></b></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>The Ramon Magsaysay Awardees constitute an emerging new breed of heroes our society and the whole world need in these trying times.~</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span style="text-align: left;"><span><span><b style="font-family: verdana;">Part 9 - </b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bioethics and Environment </span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> International Congress on Bioethics - A Reaction</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><img border="0" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwC1HMfPylZJFpZF8ybHxUNWDCXkNmm1bn2ogxRT95FXVS5vk9L7i436OMjPd053YZ_6-9eOofP6zVeUwiSW0M24D1_cKHB_ZaSZ41cUTc9vGPV_LzMcixr0nNjimX-NmgmHKMdpUi6I/w193-h144/Macling_dulag.jpg" width="193" /> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5635472651655896198/1679287662052596310#"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXaxqaNUY9CsWC8M0ggxn2sdm2FjnKKaH6ouxFIvrsS9N03RkU74XfwOvZF4QbtPnEW6adr3IFIWjAn3avY_CdAE6_AKpgvuLN1axa84xdS2AnCKr-qZChL6Dt4ANK1uVUjAacNVRHth8/w329-h200/macliing-dulag-awards.jpg" width="329" /></a></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Macli-ing, a staunch protector of ancestral lands in Kalinga-Apayao; award on river conservation, a tribute. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>I</span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">t is a special privilege to be a member of the panel of reactors in this international congress on bioethics. I am specially honored to react on the paper presented by a distinguished expert, Dr. Michael (Cheng-tak) Tai, a topic which deals with the greatest revolution that has ever gripped the world - a revolution which has no boundaries – physical, political, religious, cultural and economic – Environmental Revolution.</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Environmental revolution has actually started with the age of industrialization, and it will take a very long time and a very complex process to be able to settle it. Environmental revolution does not pit man against nature, as it had been since the dawn of mankind. It is not the conventional revolution of society where man is pitted against man, or nation against nation for political reasons. It is not religious war. It is not a war of ideologies.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">For the first time we humans must work together to preserve nature for the very survival of our species, and for the sake of saving Mother Earth, our only home and spaceship which carries all of us in our journey into the perilous unknown universe. It is a war we cannot afford to lose because it also spells the survival of the whole living world.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Let me state the some environmental concerns related to the topic of Dr. Tai’s paper, and relate them with current situations, understanding and outlook.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>There are conflicting views of change</span>.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Scientific knowledge and government policies often disagree and run into conflict at each other. Economics and ecology, though they share a common root word and foundation, are strange bedfellows, so to speak.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yet these entities support common goals geared toward change. Change has to be viewed more than the measures of GNP, ROI, currency exchange rate, balance of trade, and the like, and should not only be confined to Human Development Indices, such as literacy rate, mortality rate and population density.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">While these are considered immediate parameters mainly to benefit man and his society, certain questions on sustainability and environmental preservation are left unanswered. How do we ensure future generations. We feel more and more wary about the term progress. We ask ourselves what is “progress without conscience?” And whose development? What is the relationship between progress with posterity?</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I remember the late Dr. Dioscorro Umali, national scientist, who addressed the graduating class of UP Diliman in 1992 with this moving statement, “Be the heroes we never were.” The essence of his speech is that the previous - and especially the present generation - have left little for the next generations to inherit. “We have not only abused the bounties of Nature,” he said, “we have destroyed her as well. The hero concept of Dr. Umali revolutionizes traditional and conventional definition of a hero. He is more than a nationalist, an economist, or an ideologist as we know, but a hero for Mother Earth, borrowing the term of Time Magazine.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">-------------------------</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-style: italic;">Today, rather than defending himself against nature, man realized, he needed to defend nature against himself. </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">- AV Rotor, Light from the Old Arch</span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">--------------------------</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Who are heroes for Mother Earth?</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Environmental movements have roots traced to ancient cultures as can be gleamed from our own centuries old Ifugao Rice Terraces. Throughout history as civilizations grew and spread the environment became a sacrificial lamb. Such euphoric phrases “all roads leading to Rome,” “the beauty that glory that was Greece, the grandeur that was Rome,” “the sun never sets on English soil,” and the eight wonders of the world may reflect man’s ultimate achievements, yet all these were ephemeral in the mist of time in man’s dreams. In the end, it was nature that took them from the hands of man. The loss of natural environments has lead to the decline of civilizations and their subsequent demise.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">Revival of environmental awareness came at the heels of the Renaissance. In the 12th century St. Francis of Assisi brought a new concept of devotion. Brother Sun, Sister Moon, and all the creatures on Earth our friends, laid down the foundation of naturalism in the Christian church reviving much of the Aristotelian naturalism. It is fitting that St. Francis of Assissi is regarded as the father of ecology.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Time Magazine came up with a list of heroes for Planet Earth, among them are naturalist philosophers or conservationist philosophers are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Rachel Carson.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>• Ralph Waldo Emerson</span> claimed that “behind nature, throughout nature, spirit is present.”</span><br /></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlUeS1ebuWofktZqymFfAft6Ivox7DNJS4O5ZevxtDJ33fAhL3l9m2d6uUGLnapW81JMs-QsTkj9tKNsWxXO91_CwK4vkHdVPDS3MysjGEiYdjutoL6d2NRaEwqUAMe85JVROxrUzJbg/s1600/thoreau+henry-david-thoreau-quote-fridge-magnet-2_large.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlUeS1ebuWofktZqymFfAft6Ivox7DNJS4O5ZevxtDJ33fAhL3l9m2d6uUGLnapW81JMs-QsTkj9tKNsWxXO91_CwK4vkHdVPDS3MysjGEiYdjutoL6d2NRaEwqUAMe85JVROxrUzJbg/s1600/thoreau+henry-david-thoreau-quote-fridge-magnet-2_large.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• <span>Henry David Thoreau</span> spoke of the side of “truth in nature and wilderness over the deceits of civilization.”</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Muir believed that “wilderness mirrors divinity, nourishes humanity, and vivifies the spirit.”</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Leopold was behind the development of policies in wilderness and game management. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization.”</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigC6ldos27YY1lwh3o1mnSf5-nV3frFLPQwuDJ1_tTl8NBAKMvaQHd3eDrpKyKLcW4tg6YsfMHq_CxdmsAzxhWdd5tLXOnajupAYTyoxMp8-ajCfshc601PcM40-QpSLTtWceykcdWQ5Y/s1600/rachel+carson.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigC6ldos27YY1lwh3o1mnSf5-nV3frFLPQwuDJ1_tTl8NBAKMvaQHd3eDrpKyKLcW4tg6YsfMHq_CxdmsAzxhWdd5tLXOnajupAYTyoxMp8-ajCfshc601PcM40-QpSLTtWceykcdWQ5Y/s1600/rachel+carson.jpg" width="200" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• <span>Rachel Carson</span> published<span style="font-style: italic;"> Silent Spring</span>, which dramatized the potential dangers of pesticides to food,</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">wildlife, and humans causing wide spread damage to the ecosystem.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>• Chico Mendes</span> was a front liner in environmental conservation. He lost his life defending the concept of “extractive reserves” to conserve the Brazilian Rainforest that provided livelihood of the people against the conversion of the forest into ranches and plantations.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Other heroes of planet Earth cited by Time include</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>• Barbara Ward, </span>author of Only One Earth which shaped the UN environmental conference.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>• Ernest Schumacher </span>who did not believe in endless growth, mega-companies and endless</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">consumption, author of Small is Beautiful, a best seller since the sixties.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>• Jacques-Yves Cousteau,</span> oceanographer who espoused the need to arrest the declining health of the oceans.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In the Philippines, <span>Macli-ing,</span> a staunch protector of ancestral lands in Kalinga-Apayao from the encroachment of the mammoth Upper Chico River dam, was gunned down allegedly to silence him. All aver the world there are the likes of Macli-ing, like <span>Chico Mendes,</span> and<span> Ken Saro-Wiwa</span>, a leader from the Ogoni tribe, and many more who, we may compare to the Unknown Soldier, but this time a soldier in defense of nature.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">We must be prudent in endorsing people for their contributions to the environment until parameters are clearly set, and that we should allow time to make the final judgment. A case in point is DDT, the miracle pesticide against malaria in the forties and fifties. For this the discoverer received the Nobel Award. But in the following years it was discovered that DDT is a poison that persists in the food chain, making it harmful to living organisms and deleterious to human health. AVR</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>People have varying opinions when defining Environmental Philosophy</span>.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are those who believe that nature shall serve humanity. On the other hand there are those who believe that humanity shall serve nature. And there are those who say, it is “something in between”.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Nature, growth, and progress are concepts that we all use, but which we seldom define either in discussion or to ourselves. We speak about environmental ethics, environmental philosophy, eco-philosophy, and so on, but what do we put into these concepts? We seldom make them explicit or draw conclusions from them. “Trying to answer these philosophical questions does not, of course, in itself solve any environmental problems,” say ecologists Enger and Smith, “but on the other hand it is questionable whether we can solve these problems without discussing them on a philosophical level.”</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It is then important to view environmental philosophy with ethics and morals. Ethics is a branch of philosophy that seeks to define fundamentally what is right and what is wrong, regardless of cultural differences. Morals differ somewhat from ethics because morals reflects the predominant feelings of a culture about ethical issues.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">How do we illustrate this? A student of mine asked me this question, “Is it a sin to cut a tree?” This question touches ethics and morals, above social and economic considerations. It also pertains to legislation, such as whether we should advocate total log ban or selective logging. It even boils down to analyzing a syndrome known as “tragedy of the commons.” Let us analyze it this way.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">a. The naturalistic concept that trees are the source of life is losing its essence as communities grow, and as people tend to move and live in urban places. It is a concept that is being taken for granted even as people become learned. Yet since evolutionary time plants have been providing the basic needs of man – food, clothing, shelter, medicine and energy. The harvesting of plants and their products has been part of human sustenance, as such they must be used properly. This ethnic view was also the basis of early agriculture. It is the key to a sustainable relationship between man and nature that lasted for eons of time.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">b. Like Gold Rush, new lands became the target of economic exploitation, as the frontiers were pushed to the limit. New lands were placed under agriculture, which included our own Mindanao. Accessibility to forests and the wildlife became more and more feasible. Original forests were replaced with ranches, and plantations. Economics was the name of the game. In spurred the second green revolution, and agriculture dominated the trade and industry of the world. It eroded the ethnic relationship between man and nature. Beliefs about the tree spirit, forest deities (Maria Makiling), and nature worships have become mere superstitions and legends relegated to books and comics.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">c. The final blow followed – industrialization. It is not only food that preoccupied man. Want over need incessantly drives man to convert lands into golf courses, human settlements, industrial sites, and all kinds of infrastructures. Imagine how easy, and how short a time it takes to destroy a whole forest which nature built for hundreds if not thousands of years, with giant machines of today. It is said that by the time we finish reading a paragraph of average length, three hectares of forest shall have been destroyed.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">d. Post-modernism – a paradox of living tomorrow as we grope at the forefront of progressive innovation which usually means “violating traditional norms or ideas in all fields if human concern,” quoting Dr. Florentino Hornedo. “The human being who has abandoned his essence, nature and origin has also given up purpose and aim of existence. Life then becomes a “free play” of what forces may come which construct existence. Neither is there personhood or self to be ethically responsible for one’s action.”</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I use this statement to raise questions of accountability of our actions, individually or by group. A businessman who is armed with a franchise to cut down a forest is understood to have accepted the attendant responsibility stipulated in the contract, which may include provisions in selective logging and replanting. But these are far from sufficient in providing the vital safety net of protecting the community and the environment.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I go back to the question, “Is it a sin to cut a tree?” This time the concept of the action has far reaching consequences based on the above-mentioned premises. I would return the question with reference to actual incidents.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Who is responsible for the Ormoc City (Southern Leyte) tragedy caused by mudslide from a logged watershed? In this incident hundreds of residents were killed and millions of pesos were lost.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• The tragedy was repeated ten years after but on a lesser scale. As the perpetrators in the first tragedy have remained scot-free, so with those in the second tragedy.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Five years have passed since the Real, Quezon, landslide that was similarly caused by massive illegal logging. What actions have government and society done?</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• The Marinduque case of poisoning rivers and coastlines with mine tailings, which as a result, continue to destroy the ecosystem and deprive thousands of fisher folks from their livelihood. To date after twenty years the issue remains unsolved.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Deserts continue to expand as a result of human activities. So with siltation of rivers and lake, shortening their usefulness and life span.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Our Pantabangan dam, Ambuklao dam, and Binga dam, are heavily silted as a result of cutting down trees on their watershed. It is indeed a waste.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• All over the world we find similar cases: the shrinking of the Aral Sea in Russia, desertification, and marginalization of farmlands.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• The worst result in the endangerment of natural habitats and species, leading to irreversible loss of ecosystems and biodiversity.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">All these lead us to re-examine our values. It challenges to look deeper into a paradigm of salvation through the regard we have on our environment.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-style: italic;">There are few frontiers of production left today. We have virtually pushed back the sea and leveled off the mountain. Prime lands have all been taken, swamps have been drained, and even deserts are being reclaimed. But as we continue to explore the marginal edges of these frontiers the more we are confronted with high cost of production that is levied on the consumer, and more importantly, the danger of destroying the fragile environment</span>. AVR</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ecological Paradigm (Why is Mother Earth complaining?)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The prolificacy of the human species sans war and pestilence, plus growing affluence of our society led to a population explosion which doubled in less than fifty years. We are now over six billion. This paradigm, master and subject have joined hands to exploit the earth’s finite resources. Our best economists may not be good housekeepers of Nature. While the aim is directed at the Good Life, they have unwittingly reduced the very foundation of that good life – the productivity and beauty of Mother Earth.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ecological paradigm endorses an ecocentric approach where all forms of life and non-life are important to human life. Spirituality points out to a unitive force: the sacredness of everything. God’s divinity flows in everything. There is inte1gration in the universe. And we are part of that integration, exceedingly small as we are, notwithstanding.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Under ecological paradigm of salvation, the man responsible in the destruction of the environment leading to loss of lives and properties should be held accountable for it. Salvation does not come easy in this particular case, because he is not only responsible for the actual loss, but in healing nature back to health, so to speak. He cannot just get away with his ill-gotten wealth, he has to use it – among other resources - to amend his wrong doings.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Business versus Environment</span>.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The environment and the economy need not be viewed as opposites. It is possible to have a healthy environment and a healthy economy at the same time. More and more businesses have begun adopting this concept as a business philosophy. People behind business organizations are becoming more aware of the ethical decisions they face, and their responsibility for their consequences.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A multi-national corporation, responding to the provisions of GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), CERES (Coalition of Environmental Responsible Economies), UNEP (United Nations Environmental Program), came up with the following thrusts:</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Restore and preserve the environment</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Reduce waste and pollution</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Education of the public on environmental conservation</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Work with government for sound and responsible environmental program</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Assess impact of business on the environment and communities.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">More and more businesses are looking at this model with favor.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Industrialization and urbanization are akin to each other. Industrial growth spurred the building of cities all over the world. Today there are as many people living in cities as those living the rural places. A mega-city like Tokyo has a population of 15 million people. We are 10 million in Metro Manila. Cities are fragile environments. Cities are more prone to epidemics such as the bubonic plague that killed one-third of the population of Europe. Now we are confronted with HIV-AID, SARs, meningo cochcimia – and the dreaded Avian flu which hovers as the next human pandemic disease</span>. AVR</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">----------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Antarctica, World Park.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One of the few places on earth unexploited by humans is Antarctica. Not now, not until recently. With the Antarctic Treaty of 1991 declares that “Antarctica shall be open to all nations to conduct scientific or other peaceful activities there,” seven countries have already laid overlapping claims on the continent, which comprises one-tenth of the world’s total land area. Thousands of tourists are now visiting Antarctica every year. Scientific research is economically motivated, such as oil exploration, with geopolitical or military objectives in mind. Earlier – in the 1970s New Zealand proposed designating an Antarctica World Park, making it an international wilderness area. On the ecological point of view, Antarctica is fragile with simple and short food chains that support few organisms such as the penguin, whales, shrimp-like krill. Any slight disturbance is likely to upset the delicate balance. We have already caused the growing hole of the ozone layer above Antarctica through unabated release of CFCs , and fossil-fuel combustion worldwide.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Would humanity be better served by developing the natural resources of Antarctica than turning it into a world park and preserve its ecological balance? We also ask the same question to areas similar to Antarctica, such as the pristine wildlife of Canada, Greenland, the Yukon Territories, the unexplored islands of the Pacific, and main Amazon Basin.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Kyoto Protocol on Greenhouse Gases</span>.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On December 10, 1997, 160 nations reached agreement in Kyoto, Japan, to limit emission of CO2 and other gases in order to arrest Greenhouse Effect threatening the whole world. But not all countries, signed the treaty, among them the US and Australia. Actually the Kyoto Protocol is not new. In 1992, some 170 countries ratified a similar treaty reducing emission of gases to the level of 1990 by 2000, but this did not yield the desired result.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Ecology and Stock Exchange</span>.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In 2000, Earth Sanctuaries was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, making it the world’s first conservation company to go public. We know that conservation efforts have been conventionally under foundations and government projects. But this time this intriguing approach to conserving the environment has raised as lot of questions. Does the market place really have a role in habitat preservation? Is this approach really conserving natural ecosystem or just creating large zoos? Would we rather save and give our children good education that helps rescue an endangered animal? Indeed the conflict between maximizing profits and conservation raises ethical issues.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Ecology advertising</span>.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In the supermarket we find tags, organically grown, environment-friendly, eco-safe, environmentally safe, children-safe, ozone-friend, and so on. But are these claims true? Consider the following:</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Look for the three-phase symbol of recycling – three interacting arrows to form a triangle.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• When buying a refrigerator or airconditioner get the one that is freon-free, ozone friendly. Be sure the purchase is covered by company guarantee.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Producers of food claimed to be safe, such as organically grown, must be able to show a reliable track record. It is good to trace the source of food that we eat, from beginning with production to processing, and ultimately to the dining table.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Even materials claimed to be biodegradable, photo-degradable, and the like, may not be readily converted into safe materials. As a general rule, save money from “over-packaged” commodities, and you save the environment as well. Don’t be misled by package advertising, how attractive it may appear.</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">*Environmental Ethics: Human Life and the Environment, December 5-7, 2005</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>**Lesson on former<i> Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid </i>with Ms Melly C Tenorio</b></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday</b></span></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">References</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rotor AV (2004) The Living with Nature Handbook, UST 207 pp</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rotor AV (2001) Light from the Old Arch, UST, 215 pp</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Enger ED and BF Smith (1992) Environmental Science: A Study on Interrelationship, McGraw NY 486 pp</span><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">Scherff JS et al (1991) The Mother Earth Handbook: What you need to know and do – at home, in your community, and through your church – to help heal our planet now, Continuum 320 pp</span></span></b></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Part 9 </span></span></b></div></span><div><span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Three Philosophies on </span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Today's Environmental Revolution</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span></div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Three philosophers have three formulas of an environmental revolution.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Dr Abe V Rotor</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2yhYoJRsMCVnobHuQMRuK-SiOcvEugUmGjwJdObskDtbSvbHulyjulGwI3bRA1G0feHyzw2rhZeUlcFkaGAOrbZ0gqjsmOVd3w-2AzzYTwhyphenhypheno3CKmWviKMhiIWfuQsps4ksBVq6OQdmflphUHYi1QwXhyphenhyphenh5BvBRnI5yD-DtwcFSrV1FDX3oXL0vgDDpI/s228/Environ%20Rev%20Bahro.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="228" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2yhYoJRsMCVnobHuQMRuK-SiOcvEugUmGjwJdObskDtbSvbHulyjulGwI3bRA1G0feHyzw2rhZeUlcFkaGAOrbZ0gqjsmOVd3w-2AzzYTwhyphenhypheno3CKmWviKMhiIWfuQsps4ksBVq6OQdmflphUHYi1QwXhyphenhyphenh5BvBRnI5yD-DtwcFSrV1FDX3oXL0vgDDpI/s1600/Environ%20Rev%20Bahro.jpg" width="228" /></a></div></span></span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rudolf Bahro, author of The Alternative, claims East Europe’s non-capitalist road to industrialization has been shaped by the same growth ideals and methods as has Western capitalism, and that the working classes of both West and East have the exploitation of nature and the Third World as common. Defending their own societies’ privileged positions on the world market, both camps add to global inequity. For which Bahro calls for a new social movement – the environmental movement, a grand coalition of people’s forces, a rebuilding of society from the bottom upwards.</span></b><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1ng50a00Nm4IOrlekqhIJma-1y-5WCHlLWkyGqP_dwDMMIBAifxN68pkJVvQlVPFNcD1g9UDtawfGgWhz3YBL_NFWbmdpDwv2Uy99-8Mmd4R7PjW_wgSMu_5O0f7032xAJWa8e5NspyVIfmepOGJMaJTE0KGofq-FnonJf4Zq_eVufeZbGrhl7ATBpwG/s300/Environ%20rev%20Illich.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1ng50a00Nm4IOrlekqhIJma-1y-5WCHlLWkyGqP_dwDMMIBAifxN68pkJVvQlVPFNcD1g9UDtawfGgWhz3YBL_NFWbmdpDwv2Uy99-8Mmd4R7PjW_wgSMu_5O0f7032xAJWa8e5NspyVIfmepOGJMaJTE0KGofq-FnonJf4Zq_eVufeZbGrhl7ATBpwG/w197-h175/Environ%20rev%20Illich.jpg" width="197" /></a></div></div><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Ivan Illich</span> on the other hand, criticizes modern society and its failure to cater to human needs. He believes that the privileged today are not those who consume most but those who can escape the negative by-products of industrialization – people who can commute outside the rush hours, be born and die at home, cure themselves when ill, breathe fresh air, and build their own dwellings. People must arm themselves with the self-confidence and the means to run their own lives as far as possible, especially as big institutions like schooling, medical care and transport today are creating more problems than they solve. Politics is no longer a simple Left-Right choice; man must have a choice of energy, technology, education, etc., he calls vernacular values.</span></b></span><br />According to <span>Andre Gorz </span>the ecology struggle not as an end in itself but as essential part of the large struggle against capitalism and techno fascism. He champions a civil society shifting power from the State and political parties to local community and the web of social relations that individuals establish amongst themselves. The State’s role is to encourage self-management among the citizens. He envisions a Utopian future where “the citizens can do more for less,” and the development of a rich, all-round personality.</span></b><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6G1NSXm8osBEGQsFWuGYDJUBBNirmNqPArbfmkr9NKuuFMXgoBZ8_ICuFHAYw6m4_zhveCw8_F1mJXOk9rO7MCWIL1QqnYY548IB1O1Zk3kNswV9zTcEs1KHLz2NyLpCe0DB6n6ufdjT1m0uKj5_eOqG42Ih3miAjm2MiMLW_m4s6qTcx4k5pOZ9G2lN/s1280/Environ%20rev%20Gorz.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6G1NSXm8osBEGQsFWuGYDJUBBNirmNqPArbfmkr9NKuuFMXgoBZ8_ICuFHAYw6m4_zhveCw8_F1mJXOk9rO7MCWIL1QqnYY548IB1O1Zk3kNswV9zTcEs1KHLz2NyLpCe0DB6n6ufdjT1m0uKj5_eOqG42Ih3miAjm2MiMLW_m4s6qTcx4k5pOZ9G2lN/w178-h174/Environ%20rev%20Gorz.jpg" width="178" /></a><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> ----------<br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">André Gorz was the <i>Theorist Who Predicted the Revolt Against Meaningless Work</i>. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The COVID-19 pandemic led millions of people to question their meaningless jobs. French socialist thinker André Gorz anticipated this shift, sketching out a vision of a new civilization that would free us from the constraints of work. (Willy Gianinazzi)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">------------<br />Definitely, while we need a revolution to save our environment, any means that is contrary to peace and unity, is definitely unacceptable. And we would not adhere to the rule of force or violence just to be able to succeed.<br /><br />It is said, that revolution starts in a small corner. It could start in each of us.<br /><br /></span></b><div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span>Part 11 - </span><span style="text-align: left;">Ecological Balance and Harmony </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"> Reflection of the Good Life</span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor </b></div></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUAltNRR7nV2kZ3utQAMoVQhyi5Kf8wYtU0QDz4nuafktmweWx8FyV6rweaXUBOKii4Nr-Iw3M6YhpPi8sIfODSRXx99SEGU0GI6tYRzt_j3P5c89BccdFtcyYjORVVitONENXaOozH97az05Q4SlvsrjRpGXIwFecrhD8IwryKLGbbuMYSR8YfbdwRg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="394" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUAltNRR7nV2kZ3utQAMoVQhyi5Kf8wYtU0QDz4nuafktmweWx8FyV6rweaXUBOKii4Nr-Iw3M6YhpPi8sIfODSRXx99SEGU0GI6tYRzt_j3P5c89BccdFtcyYjORVVitONENXaOozH97az05Q4SlvsrjRpGXIwFecrhD8IwryKLGbbuMYSR8YfbdwRg=w396-h400" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Good Life</i><i>, </i>group painting by students of the author </div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">at St Paul University QC (C. 1999)</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>There are people who live happy and full lives while others do not. This leads us to look into the role of human faculties. When we talk of human faculties we refer to holistic intelligence. It is beyond IQ. It dwarfs the common concept of rationality. In fact, it defies definitions that scientists thought of plotting into various fields. All of us are endowed with a wide range of intelligence which is divided into eight realms, namely:</b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Interpersonal (social intelligence)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Intrapersonal (meditational, spirituality)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Kinesthetic (athletics, dance, body language)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Languages or linguistic</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Logic (dialectics, mathematics)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Music (Auditory art)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Spatial intelligence (drawing and painting, sculpture, architecture, photography)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Naturalism (green thumb, relationship with the Natural World)</b></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>These realms reside in both left and right hemispheres of our brain, with the left doing more of the reasoning and the right of creativity. </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">How we live a happy and fulfilled life largely rests on how balance we use our brain, making use of these eight God-given faculties. </b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>It is also with this premise that we find peace with ourselves and with our environment and ultimately with God. </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">Thus it is not only how much we are endowed with this gift, but more importantly, it is how we make use of it fully and in the right way. Why don’t you make your own assessment? </b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rate yourself in each realm. Analyze your top three. Are you not proud of them? Look at the other realms. You may not have tapped them well. Do you realize that there is a big room of improvement, and that there are latecomers in this world? </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lastly, let me emphasize another component of peace, that of sharing. I can not find a shorter way to explain it more clearly than to present this excerpt from “How to Live With Life,” published by Reader’s Digest. </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">To wit: </b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> “Every human being on this earth faces a constant problem: how to make the most of life. There is no simple solution; the art of living is the most difficult of all the arts. But fortunately for all of us, experience can be shared. Insights can be learned. Wisdom can be taught. Experiences, insights and wisdom of men and women – from teachers to clergymen, housewives to scientists, ordinary citizens to statesmen - who have lived deeply, thought profoundly and cared enormously about sharing with others what they learned have found some fragment of truth that cushions the harsh impact of reality or brightens the marvelous tapestry of living. From them we find some answers to the most fundamental of all questions: how to live with life.”</b></span></blockquote><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> Final Reflections. Let us</b></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Reflect on re-creating Nature with the image of the lost Eden</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Reflect on bringing the dead tree back to life.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Reflect that everything in this world is interconnected. Reflect on the lost lamb, the prodigal son.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Reflect on the new concept of heroes, hope of a tired Planet Earth</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Reflect that our lives can not be ruled by the faceless side of</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>science and technology</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Reflect on long life but one lived with noble cause</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Reflect on that sailboat riding on the wave and wind towards a destination.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Reflect on the multiple intelligence which God endowed singularly to man and how we make use of it in gratitude to the Giver.</b></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>And if we think we are too little in this wide, wide world to make any difference, let this verse permeate in our thoughts and heart.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwkdVs2McaUlz39nIH3ukdxWm2XfY1BqZUbmF65OliB3jksZT4Ohf4o1tidiuLetcZ-q0UruoJeA9Kr4PiHo8uvEnN46PhE6O76dtTR9ElPDyV2c99zcY_yqAWz2FU6gowgRETd4faT5Up1aX4DhVbHLPxYWx18cymHIca8HUqIIzvAWZlhYt2N8LluQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwkdVs2McaUlz39nIH3ukdxWm2XfY1BqZUbmF65OliB3jksZT4Ohf4o1tidiuLetcZ-q0UruoJeA9Kr4PiHo8uvEnN46PhE6O76dtTR9ElPDyV2c99zcY_yqAWz2FU6gowgRETd4faT5Up1aX4DhVbHLPxYWx18cymHIca8HUqIIzvAWZlhYt2N8LluQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 20.8px;"><span>Cumulus</span></span> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rise up from the sea and come as rain,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>wake the ponds, make the rivers flow,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>fill the lakes, make the fields green;</span> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>the trees a curtain to hide the sun</span> <span>a moment </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>of your ephemeral beauty</span> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>of changing faces </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>and a myriad figures;</span> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>delight many a child to draw, </span><span>to dream and grow;</span> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>and if one day the water of the sea is not enough,</span> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>drink, drink deep</span> <span>from my little cup. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.48px;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.48px;">AV Rotor, Sunshine on Raindrops, 2000); </span></b></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12.48px; text-align: left;">Light from the Old Arch, AVR-UST Manila</b></div></div></div></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Part 12 </span></b></div></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Scenarios of our children living in a Postmodern World</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">- A bright outlook</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.5pt; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 4.5pt;"><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAo7csw70syuBS16TlspLM8odcOEm8H2MEw4-0OtJIVmWr6P5hS3M0QxI18o4FoDb-hAe7Ts2zN_Q2YsmjpO4MsM-D_VQdmdNfpeNgDtjfDM21HpQDV85OiQTbNGtcNStGJVIjJC_iipuV/s1600/DSC07850.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAo7csw70syuBS16TlspLM8odcOEm8H2MEw4-0OtJIVmWr6P5hS3M0QxI18o4FoDb-hAe7Ts2zN_Q2YsmjpO4MsM-D_VQdmdNfpeNgDtjfDM21HpQDV85OiQTbNGtcNStGJVIjJC_iipuV/w427-h317/DSC07850.JPG" width="427" /></span></b></a></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Education is the most important tool of our children in a postmodern world</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQdaiWN88CoqzYdkFM2wVFNzab_oApqE3F-gfVBjq0Yxp-VEP1900_2iDCf7FUj1nyVMvb3zFQYzzC390htciRlkf2mtArih8qD8Uc_6WGj8zll_hBYUJyTrl-QmLvWQVPesl10vvwumZ/s1600/DSC07890.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQdaiWN88CoqzYdkFM2wVFNzab_oApqE3F-gfVBjq0Yxp-VEP1900_2iDCf7FUj1nyVMvb3zFQYzzC390htciRlkf2mtArih8qD8Uc_6WGj8zll_hBYUJyTrl-QmLvWQVPesl10vvwumZ/s200/DSC07890.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KZLFQeNb5mofoGmYIn_pjP2o7zumos7P6Nupx7KSjsN_ilvQGUN8Mn7R16_4XbaUSLoj8rAhRVHkeGohaGEgtzP3FbNJCaaIjqrDdNLPLOQYEoxmVSCYD2gx_lA7BvVaKMCVZpDZIsLL/s1600/IMG_5016.JPG"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KZLFQeNb5mofoGmYIn_pjP2o7zumos7P6Nupx7KSjsN_ilvQGUN8Mn7R16_4XbaUSLoj8rAhRVHkeGohaGEgtzP3FbNJCaaIjqrDdNLPLOQYEoxmVSCYD2gx_lA7BvVaKMCVZpDZIsLL/w223-h151/IMG_5016.JPG" width="223" /></a></div></span></b><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Key players to our children's future: Institutions and the Family</span></b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEUQQe5fpJ0seBdcWN_knOdil3lgdJFcL5_O5ma5I67fLHR2JQ4JEC1bFKUz_Leuu49m-NnPWOrLW1WyUq8O-faxGgUGWH2MO_5oVPUjdHfMQw-i3nSGcvhKtiWbIda2k_xwSEAD6H_En/s1600/DSC05073.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEUQQe5fpJ0seBdcWN_knOdil3lgdJFcL5_O5ma5I67fLHR2JQ4JEC1bFKUz_Leuu49m-NnPWOrLW1WyUq8O-faxGgUGWH2MO_5oVPUjdHfMQw-i3nSGcvhKtiWbIda2k_xwSEAD6H_En/s200/DSC05073.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1H9Zy0JutBS4XUltkSQjsQP2DarHlZC7iotEelQVd9jzw8B07Tfz1nQd-AzO-iyzk2A_sUj1iPOd_vYoolfZ4ft6xaJ6q6IYKxGw2dQuxwkJaFvHHCdzLvBaFqB2vXzW_QnH1KLJBXl5/s1600/DSC05080.JPG"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1H9Zy0JutBS4XUltkSQjsQP2DarHlZC7iotEelQVd9jzw8B07Tfz1nQd-AzO-iyzk2A_sUj1iPOd_vYoolfZ4ft6xaJ6q6IYKxGw2dQuxwkJaFvHHCdzLvBaFqB2vXzW_QnH1KLJBXl5/w211-h137/DSC05080.JPG" width="211" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> The youth: full of energy and dreams, UST</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1.<span style="font-size: large;"> O</span>ur children live in a Renaissance in the new age:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>post-capitalism order, environmental revolution, devolution of corporations, green technologies, cyberspace communication, and space exploration. Our children comprise a new breed of more dedicated leaders. They hold the key to change. They play the role of the little prince in Antoine de Saint-Exupery's novel <i>The Little Prince</i>, who saved the pilot whose plane crashed in the Sahara desert.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. Our children will continue looking for the missing links of science, history, religion, astronomy etc., among them the source of life itself and its link with the physical world. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This includes linking of disciplines, narrowing down the gaps of specializations, making of a new concept of Man and culture. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3. Our children are at the front line and center of people’s revolution spreading worldwide. Arab Spring - Part 1 and 2 - is sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, so with the escalating unrest questioning the present world order. The young are angry at the inability of government and capitalism to narrow down economic inequity. Occupy Wall Stree! is the battle cry in the US. Greece, Italy, Spain, once world powers in their own time are undergoing a similar revolution.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>4. Our children will live simpler lives, going back to basics, preferring natural over artificial goods and services. In the long run they are less wasteful than we are today. They learn to face a hidden desire to escape when things get rough, an instinct for survival either by detour or turning back. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>5. Our children face the consequences of loss of privacy and secrecy from personal to institutional transparency. “You can no longer hide. There is no place you can remain with comfortable anonymity.” But they adjust and find comfort and peace in their own way. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>6. Our children’s involvement in social media makes them actors and not mere spectators. They are involved, concerned with issues, local and world wide. Development Communication rises above conventional entertainment and reactionary media. They favor transparency to attain social justice an d more freedom. They learn from <i>Wikileak</i> which unveiled classified information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Bank secrecy laws and safeguards are changing. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Citizens claim their right to access to hidden financial transactions.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>7. Our children inherit our aging infrastructure. Aging Infrastructure pulls down the economy, increases risk to disaster, creates ghost cities and makes life miserable.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u1:p></u1:p><br /></span></b><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>We have created artificial ecosystems in deserted towns, inside the 38th Parallel between the two Koreas, land mines areas, deserted high rise buildings, and now in radiation-affected areas of Chernobyl and Fukoshima. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>8. Our children are being deprived of natural beauty and bounty with the unabated shrinking wildlife, conversion of farms and pastures into settlements, and destruction of natural habitats and ecosystems. “Canned Nature” (<i>delata</i>) have become pseudo Nature Centers. <i>Gubat sa Siyudad</i>, Fantasyland, Ocean Park, Disneyland<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>9. Our children, and succeeding generations become more and more vulnerable to various infirmities – genetic, physiological, psychological, pathologic. Computer Syndrome is now pandemic, and its toll is increasing worldwide, with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>South Korea, China, US, Japan, India leading the list. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>10. Our children’s learning process through codification defeats logical thinking and creativity, thus affecting their reasoning power, judgment and decision, originality of thought and ideas. More and more children are computer-dependent. They find simple equations and definitions difficult without electronic gadget.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>11. Our children face the age of singularity whereby human and artificial intelligence are integrated. Robotics robs human of his rights and freedom – new realm of curtailment and suppression. (2045 – The Year Man Becomes Immortal – Time Magazine). This is falsehood!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>12. Our children find a world of archives - memories, reproductions, replicas – of a real world lost before their own time. We are making fossils, <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>biographies, dirges and laments, with little sense of guilt.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">13. Our children are overburdened by education. They need freedom to learn in their own sweet time and enjoy the bliss and adventure of childhood and adolescence. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">E-learning is taking over much of the role of schools and universities. </span><span class="apple-converted-space" face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Open Universities, Distance Learning will dwarf classroom instruction. This is a revival of</span><span class="apple-converted-space" face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">the academy of Plato’s dream. </span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>14. Our children become more and more transient in domicile where work may require, and for personal reasons, and when given the choice and opportunity in a global perspective, intermarriages notwithstanding. “Citizen of the world” is a person without a specific country. He is therefore, rootless, baseless, transient. Humans since creation are rooted politically, culturally – and biologically most of ll.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkVeLmq4X8cmE-6NUIfTM9zYEv2KRA_3T5MEAGTDz9GpW-V-lvxtjV7uhM9HYNVjM1P2pjHMgdrBnRXL62P-YiDpcyDWix23oJUBxVha9qggvAEPLBhTP6YtcJgy4JifuSIGCpf-18n9K/s1600/Children+of+Nature+p2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkVeLmq4X8cmE-6NUIfTM9zYEv2KRA_3T5MEAGTDz9GpW-V-lvxtjV7uhM9HYNVjM1P2pjHMgdrBnRXL62P-YiDpcyDWix23oJUBxVha9qggvAEPLBhTP6YtcJgy4JifuSIGCpf-18n9K/s320/Children+of+Nature+p2.jpg" width="304" /></span></b></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>15. Our children become new heroes – heroes for the environment, martyrs for Mother Earth. Heaven is in a regained Paradise on earth. A universal faith, irrespective of denomination, is shaping up fast.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">16. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Our children will clean the land, water and air we the generation before littered. They will heal the earth we defaced, damage. With generation gap closed, the task will be shared by all. They learn to become good housekeepers of Mother Earth. Our children know the meaning of biodiversity and its four attributes - richness in kind, population, interrelationship, and balance. Biodiversity </span><i>per se </i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">does not guarantee sustainability unless integrated with functioning systems of nature. </span><br /></span></b><div style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">17. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Our children face acculturation and inter-racial marriages. Melange of races is on the rise – Eurasian, Afro-American, Afro-Asian, etc. – a homogenization process that reduces - if not pollutes - natural gene pools, as a consequence. Culturally and scientifically, this is dangerous. Homogenization leads to extinction of races and ultimately the species. </span><br /></span></b><div style="margin: 0in;"></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJPSbZhLghf8oLYoqrrFydhr67mhzCrtlrh64pVopGp9JnT9UBF2oCitqPGC45jnGnLuO9XB9oWXO_tr1q24ipBmI9msXivnWU6I5tu5xIGq0QqoPiXJW_F9IViolve5R8xxx9U3kWwno/s1600/AVR%252520with%252520marlo%252520Leo%252520MakilingA.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoJPSbZhLghf8oLYoqrrFydhr67mhzCrtlrh64pVopGp9JnT9UBF2oCitqPGC45jnGnLuO9XB9oWXO_tr1q24ipBmI9msXivnWU6I5tu5xIGq0QqoPiXJW_F9IViolve5R8xxx9U3kWwno/s320/AVR%252520with%252520marlo%252520Leo%252520MakilingA.jpg" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: right;"> Living close to Nature</span><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">18. Our children will realize that optimism will remain the mainstay of human evolution, rising above difficulties and trials. Hope is ingrained in the human brain that makes vision rosier than reality. Anxiety and depression will continue to haunt, in fact accompany progress, but these all the more push optimism up and ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>19. Our children live in an era with race discrimination a thing of the past. Many favor living alone as a new norm. More and more join the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>nones</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>- spirituality outside organized religions, <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>20. Our children face the coming of the Horsemen of Apocalypse – consequence of human folly and frailty (nuclear, pollution, poverty). <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Finally, postmodernism may do more harm than good for our children in a runaway technology and culture. More than we grownups, they are more resilient to adapt to the test. This is true. “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” And this is the philosophy that we wish our children to uphold. ~</b></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-79873313730610264672024-03-16T14:24:00.003+08:002024-03-16T16:52:03.295+08:00UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS (March 20 2024) How happy are you - and the people around you?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <b style="font-family: arial;">UN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS (March 20, 2024) </b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">HAPPINESS - A Reflection in the Golden Years of Life</b></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." - Buddha</b></span></span><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><div class="df_da df_ih" style="margin-bottom: 16px; outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><div class="b_imagePair square_xb reverse" style="outline: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div></span></span><div align="center" style="margin: 0in;"><a h="ID=SERP,5479.1" href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=c20f3a825cb3ae17JmltdHM9MTcxMDQ2MDgwMCZpZ3VpZD0yOGNhNTY0ZC1kYmZlLTYwOGItMTUzNS00NmZmZGZmZTYyZDYmaW5zaWQ9NTQ3OQ&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=28ca564d-dbfe-608b-1535-46ffdffe62d6&u=a1L2ltYWdlcy9zZWFyY2g_cT1VTitJTlRFUk5BVElPTkFMK0RBWStPRitIQVBQSU5FU1MrKE1hcmNoKzIwKzIwMjEpKy4maWQ9REFCQjlEOEVGNTJFQTAwREE1RkIyNjA3NEM1NDUwRDkxRDRFNzg5OCZGT1JNPUlFUU5BSQ&ntb=1" ihk="/th?id=OIP.fYfB6-Zx50_4wSZPQg1ACAHaHa&pid=3.1" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #4007a2; float: right; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" t3="postermywall.com" target="_blank"><img class="rms_img" data-bm="44" data-priority="2" data-src-hq="https://th.bing.com/th?id=OIP.fYfB6-Zx50_4wSZPQg1ACAHaHa&w=120&h=120&c=8&rs=1&qlt=80&o=6&dpr=1.3&pid=3.1" height="292" id="emb5A48FF72" role="presentation" src="https://th.bing.com/th?id=OIP.fYfB6-Zx50_4wSZPQg1ACAHaHa&w=120&h=120&c=8&rs=1&qlt=80&o=6&dpr=1.3&pid=3.1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 6px; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="292" /></a><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happier Together</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">The International Day of Happiness is celebrated on March 20th every year. It was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 20121. The day recognizes the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives. The theme for the International Day of Happiness 2024 is "Happier Together", which reminds us that lasting happiness comes from feeling connected to others and being part of something bigger.</span></b></div></span></b></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">---------------------------------</span></b><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDfV-Pe76SVd4SNfPYBLWoR2uJdSA5sT4dWNES2DxnfAVHVxDRiqH_YFq9BFxQnMyb_Lax_ks_yImrfDkXSUsXMi_JX63f19mLrL8J9Vg7PNxDE4649U1W-LrHbnLbirNI9NyJOLBtOA/s1600/DSC02975.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRDfV-Pe76SVd4SNfPYBLWoR2uJdSA5sT4dWNES2DxnfAVHVxDRiqH_YFq9BFxQnMyb_Lax_ks_yImrfDkXSUsXMi_JX63f19mLrL8J9Vg7PNxDE4649U1W-LrHbnLbirNI9NyJOLBtOA/s320/DSC02975.JPG" width="240" /></span></a><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>NOTE: </b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Dedicated to </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Efren and Louisa Tagudin on the occasion of their </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Golden Wedding Anniversary June 2, 2019. </span></b><b>Efren and Loy brought on their 50th wedding anniversary the Sydney Sonata Singers and performed before their guests to their delight and pride as Filipinos. As choirmaster, Loy rekindled the spirit of nationalism and love for our traditional culture and history with Philippine patriotic songs. Efren and Loy and company are indeed ambassadors of goodwill committed to sowing and spreading happiness, touching the lives of many people, to those present on their golden anniversary, and people they had met during their tour on the countryside. It is this primary reason I chose the topic of Happiness as the theme of their anniversary and in the course of their visit and tour in their home country. Which gives a new sense to the meaning of <i>balikbayan</i>. To me and my wife it is a happy meeting with Efren, a co-worker in government after three decades since our early retirement. It is both reliving the wonderful past, and cherishing the golden years of life. </b><b> Many thanks to the Sydney Sonata Singers for performing at the author's family residence in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur in June 2019.</b></span></span></div><div><span><b style="font-size: small; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span><b style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Efren and Loy cut their wedding cake as they did fifty-five years ago today.<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b><div></div><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">------------------------------------</span> </b><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">W</span><span style="font-size: medium;">hat is the secret of reaching the golden years of life? More so to keep afresh 50 years of married life? And going?<br /><br />There’s a keyword for it. It is a commodity that when you divide it, will multiply. And the product or sum is more that its parts, a phenomenon called synergy.<br /><br />Happiness. Divide it and it will multiply and the curve is an inverted C. By the way, how many words can you form out of the word HAPPINESS? Anagram. There are 239. </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Happiness comes also as Good Luck, Good Fortune, prosperity. It comes in greetings, welcome, celebrations, welcome, farewell, and many others. Sometimes it comes casually. “<i>Gusto ko happy ka</i>.” Happy is universal in different languages and dialects. (In Ilocano <u>happiest</u> is one level higher - <i>Kararagsakan</i>)</span><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">“Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone, “says the poet Ella Wilcox.</span><br />------------------------------------------------------- <br /><span style="font-size: medium;">What is happiness really? “Happiness is, to great men and women, a motivating force to achievement and not its own result; of making others and not oneself feel happy and successful, of being treated fairly, of being cared for; of reaching out for a cause with great determination, and whether one succeeds or not, finds fulfillment at the end. Happiness is... what makes this world a better place to live in - indeed a mark of greatness of anyone who can contribute to it in his or her own way.”</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLDxNRBnGMUmclqP2ShjLmoTpBFJjkDz3u7y3YQIZCZllwEgck1nPb9WpkKfj-0mOMX3nTgeirM_UIBSTSB2xxM05Hv-Fb1D3swZU-YGQhAG_1_Ltwz7YjCvyxX0NM_pfAes6KOq54CE/s1600/DSC02980.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLDxNRBnGMUmclqP2ShjLmoTpBFJjkDz3u7y3YQIZCZllwEgck1nPb9WpkKfj-0mOMX3nTgeirM_UIBSTSB2xxM05Hv-Fb1D3swZU-YGQhAG_1_Ltwz7YjCvyxX0NM_pfAes6KOq54CE/s320/DSC02980.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Happiness is the key to the attainment a successful marriage that lasted for 50 years and going, for Efren and Louisa.</b></span></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: medium;">“</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. A variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources. Various research groups, including positive psychology, endeavor to apply the scientific method to answer questions about what "happiness" is, and how it might be attained. It is of such fundamental importance to the human condition that "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" were deemed to be unalienable rights by the United States Declaration of Independence. </span>(<span style="font-size: x-small;">Happiness: Wikipedia,)</span></span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: medium;">“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success . if you love what you are doing, you will be successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.</span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">” </span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 12pt;">Albert Schweitzer</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. </span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br /><b>But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.”</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">Albert Camus</span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him</span>. </span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><br /></span><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: medium;">Have you heard of a measure of growth and development based on people's happiness?</span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span>Well, it is called Gross National Happiness (GNH) by Bhutan, the proponent of the idea. It is more than people's welfare which is the aim of Human Development Index (HDI). And it is a radical alternative to Gross National Product (GNP) which is a broad and unqualified gross measure of a country's economic growth. </span> <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52XETAw60jTMyjWUx_MVO-GL4_JH4j9bKUy6h27HJRderTi_A-Qfj4TcLQd5Uc70vu55ymSMB09KbT0XjCbYhkFCl8Pfqqeta-Upr20P_6wWpBUsuhKbv0RumD3DjZHrwcDOLJSgKQ10/s1600/Bhutan+Depositphotos_180678346_m_2015.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="870" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52XETAw60jTMyjWUx_MVO-GL4_JH4j9bKUy6h27HJRderTi_A-Qfj4TcLQd5Uc70vu55ymSMB09KbT0XjCbYhkFCl8Pfqqeta-Upr20P_6wWpBUsuhKbv0RumD3DjZHrwcDOLJSgKQ10/s400/Bhutan+Depositphotos_180678346_m_2015.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;">Bhutan's bold attempt to quantify national well-being and achieve sustainable<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">development (Gross National Happiness Index) is opening the eyes of the world to the paradox that rising incomes don't bring happiness (Easterlin Paradox, named for American economist Richard Easterlin). </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><o:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Happy Bhutanese people in their native costumes</b></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><o:p><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">This is a long known fact but it was shrouded by an apparently progressive capitalistic world in the last three decades - until recently – when economic crisis gripped the most progressive countries led by the US and members of the European Union, now affecting other countries, among them the Philippines. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopJmDAaRxLHld-r4WXMXfLFuuvAPjdWmlxRkYDNwImuiThL0RDs6Zp7ebQvvTO4jHacqh7m2XsfHQCicxdYXFSoxXuXhUbQKVxsMzyK9nDJGYGEehUugKnbVRAdmZBCwMjcGqnZ3zeQM/s1600/Happiness+Filipinos+1447225242.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="697" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopJmDAaRxLHld-r4WXMXfLFuuvAPjdWmlxRkYDNwImuiThL0RDs6Zp7ebQvvTO4jHacqh7m2XsfHQCicxdYXFSoxXuXhUbQKVxsMzyK9nDJGYGEehUugKnbVRAdmZBCwMjcGqnZ3zeQM/s320/Happiness+Filipinos+1447225242.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: small;">Filipinos are naturally a happy people</b><br /><b style="font-size: small;">amidst hardship and difficulties in life. </b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">The paradox is steadily being felt in China as it replaced Japan as the second biggest economy of the world. And the new tiger economies as well - Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, including India which is </span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />an upcoming technology giant.</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><b>(Singapore Survey: Less than a third of the population doesn’t like to live to a 100 years.)</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Unhappiness</span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> has been the cause of depression, and depression often leads to self-destruction. Rising incomes, if taken as an analogy to Easterlin Paradox, increases the rate of depression and therefore suicide. Thus the highest rate of suicide in the world has been observed in highly industrialized countries like Japan, the US and UK, with victims that include young men and women in the prime of their careers, and set to "conquer the world" but have failed to meet their aspirations.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">GNH is a Eastern alternative to pressures of the materialistic Western world. The new measure aims at reducing pressure of living on the fast lane. It reduces the influx to cities and consequential buildup of urban marginal communities. It holds on to time-tested, community-based living. It is an alternative to a stressful life, and pressures of competition. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXZzvap4xvTTT-O9i98ZeqOwkJ2QjV0lnAric_6RK-4ud4vYCCCGMsm_8FbYT_tvOiD0jn2iPbFMSg8Bq7kaZwyXM8iWE0EKFt0oHZSyEu7VF-HSU6-QtkZJQqajmk1OjUcJPqRbfxIY/s1600/Bhutan+3+delegates-from-california-hopes-to-replicate-bhutan-s-gross-national-happiness-model-of-development_5933.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="600" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfXZzvap4xvTTT-O9i98ZeqOwkJ2QjV0lnAric_6RK-4ud4vYCCCGMsm_8FbYT_tvOiD0jn2iPbFMSg8Bq7kaZwyXM8iWE0EKFt0oHZSyEu7VF-HSU6-QtkZJQqajmk1OjUcJPqRbfxIY/w582-h364/Bhutan+3+delegates-from-california-hopes-to-replicate-bhutan-s-gross-national-happiness-model-of-development_5933.jpg" width="582" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></div>To make GNH workable, Bhutan is adopting a program based on four pillars, namely</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">sustainable economic </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">development</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">conservation of the environment</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">preservation of culture</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">good governance</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">What is happiness sought for by a people, by a nation or region? It is really more than material benefit. It is more than growth of institutions. Of high rise buildings and wide avenues. It is something that elevates the human spirit on a higher level, albeit religiosity. It is something that speaks of now and tomorrow, of the welfare of our children and children's children. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Translated to the individual person, happiness may be gauged by his answers to these simple questions often encountered in daily living.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How many people can you count on for help in case you get sick?" </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How often do you eat meals together as a family?"</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How restful can you be after a weekend?"</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How comfortable are you with the level of household debt?"</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How satisfied are you in your present work.?"</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How often do to take time out with the kids?"</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How comfortable are you at home? In the neighborhood?"</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How secure are you with your income? Savings?"</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How fulfilled are you your career? Livelihood? Vocation?" </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How satisfied are you with you community's governance?" </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;"> "How satisfied are you in sharing your talents and resources? </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;"> "How well preserved is your natural environment? </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Maybe we might as well ask</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">"How happy did you feel yesterday?"</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;">"How satisfied are you with life today.?</span></b></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">-------------------------------------</span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Happiness is ….</span></span></b> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgpC8A4G38izHsDuGC_S-lZSmvkK-5FuB_kBnrrOgfWgne9rke3ad6Z8UUlAg8X14iqk4adyaSH0wi1UVHC6ZJhyphenhyphenjxg3UvsafYSRgjy9Ev7pPXPMaWOMPY6vy7H9cYK6XntNs5RAhUPE/s1600/Omar+khayyam+download.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="290" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwgpC8A4G38izHsDuGC_S-lZSmvkK-5FuB_kBnrrOgfWgne9rke3ad6Z8UUlAg8X14iqk4adyaSH0wi1UVHC6ZJhyphenhyphenjxg3UvsafYSRgjy9Ev7pPXPMaWOMPY6vy7H9cYK6XntNs5RAhUPE/s320/Omar+khayyam+download.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. </span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Omar Khayyam (PHOTO FROM RUBAIYAT)</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. </b>Dale Carnegie</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. </b>George Sand</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. </b>Albert Schweitzer</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. </b>Franklin D. Roosevelt</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. </b>Thucydides</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being. </b>James E. Faust</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. </b>Mahatma Gandhi<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. </b>Nathaniel Hawthorne</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear. </b>Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. </b>Albert Camus</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. </b>Oscar Wilde</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><b>We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. </b>Thomas Jefferson</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. </b>Lucius Annaeus Seneca</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Happiness depends upon ourselves. </b>Aristotle</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. </b>Democritus</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. </b>Leo Tolstoy</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. </b>Ernest Hemingway</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it. </b>Jacques Yves Cousteau</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><br /><b>A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. </b>Bertrand Russell<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><b>“The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only make others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” </b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><b>- </b>Dalai Lama</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNI6xk-WS16893IWAi5-pKZfpM5hX7KXVqUMyc5eKAzh_l3nE4i0O-nlAWFf7tsgiC4NIWVphn9zqv-wIlQOhtTDZsH_0_kWJ0odTYPJ_jWEeWIcYRz0MW-Vtg9wVcrz4-G5g-RUG7PX4/s1600/Einstein.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="768" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNI6xk-WS16893IWAi5-pKZfpM5hX7KXVqUMyc5eKAzh_l3nE4i0O-nlAWFf7tsgiC4NIWVphn9zqv-wIlQOhtTDZsH_0_kWJ0odTYPJ_jWEeWIcYRz0MW-Vtg9wVcrz4-G5g-RUG7PX4/w400-h331/Einstein.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><b>A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? </b>Albert Einstein<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">-------------------</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">The United Nations declared 20 March the International Day of Happiness to recognize the relevance of happiness and well being as universal goals. </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">Parameters of Happiness of GNH Index:</span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">1. Psychological Well-Being<br />2. Health<br />3. Time Use<br />4. Education<br />5. Cultural Diversity<br />6. Good Governance<br />7. Community Vitality<br />8. Ecological Diversity and Resilience<br />9. Living Standards<br />10. Family<br />11. Spirituality<br />12. Sense of Achievement</span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Self-evaluation: Rate yourself using the Likert Scale: 1 Very Poor, 2 Poor, 3 Fair, 4 Good, and 5 Very Good. </span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Compute the average by adding the values of all the parameter, and divide it sum with 12. This is the general perception of happiness of the person concerned. What is equally - if not more important - is in being able to find out the main source of happiness, at the same time, the least. This exercise therefore, is aimed at re-affirming our sense of values in the pursuit of happiness. So does a community. </span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">We say we are happy, or a little happy. Or unhappy. Or sad. But how can we quantify happiness like in a grading system?</span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">T</span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;">he founding father of happiness research, Dr Happiness himself - Dr Edward Diener of the University of Illinois.* calls this technique <i>The Satisfaction with Life Scale.</i></span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">This test can be used in the classroom, in meetings and conferences, or just for the sake of bonding with friends and associates.</span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">On a piece of paper rate yourself in each of the following items. Use a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 is not true at all, 4 is moderately true and 7 absolutely true. The scale allows you to approximate closer to your self-judgment.</span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4CZKegJji0LborcIbkj9SjZNbupdZU-4GzDn2HeZwJAzJeTTnkGS01IgtfcacHu13JxuJQBy7onlrRJU9CbBZuVJGwT0FT7hNe_KLWhKxLt3LbVNvTKX7tVstgmOwxjOxMLjD9-bkDJw/s1600/DSC03165.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4CZKegJji0LborcIbkj9SjZNbupdZU-4GzDn2HeZwJAzJeTTnkGS01IgtfcacHu13JxuJQBy7onlrRJU9CbBZuVJGwT0FT7hNe_KLWhKxLt3LbVNvTKX7tVstgmOwxjOxMLjD9-bkDJw/w405-h304/DSC03165.JPG" width="405" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIUjmq9OxAXniI-o-gUfS0PV8EqKlpfzMDtzFOsnXBKIFQiw6dfSCWR7INbYPq-sAeP3Kqvg-h4PpoTqE60jSFYuefqvSCjF_u3PX6Y2iaL-v5iz5HC0Xd1_CbV_iEqJS7zo8ByrsGKg/s1600/DSC03166.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIUjmq9OxAXniI-o-gUfS0PV8EqKlpfzMDtzFOsnXBKIFQiw6dfSCWR7INbYPq-sAeP3Kqvg-h4PpoTqE60jSFYuefqvSCjF_u3PX6Y2iaL-v5iz5HC0Xd1_CbV_iEqJS7zo8ByrsGKg/s200/DSC03166.JPG" /></a><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QRzRLbh6RJxgcQuXDcqHOdtU1c6VlqGbow7BgS-upfwlwciDbJxkNipB-rWlmn0oJXnIMc7nDgPVjwZc2PUjhdp1vX_noIqasNCrNWeLshT6G4m8FOs_vnORyFiKZfc5XxSTO_VDiNQ/s1600/DSC03168.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QRzRLbh6RJxgcQuXDcqHOdtU1c6VlqGbow7BgS-upfwlwciDbJxkNipB-rWlmn0oJXnIMc7nDgPVjwZc2PUjhdp1vX_noIqasNCrNWeLshT6G4m8FOs_vnORyFiKZfc5XxSTO_VDiNQ/s200/DSC03168.JPG" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> <span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Integrated art workshop for children conducted by senior citizens. Graduation with Vice Mayor Nancy Tabanda and OSCA Chair Dr Peroma L Pacis as guests in the workshop graduation. San Vicente, IS 2016</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxsbNEycZmN-m-MS49lzUlSyzqoOoB46bpqcN8R0OqfkbytkjhiiHSMOZ2IyIQfft76Llr2ZE9UvwhnCLbdqTMSqscXC1IELMNmNuAtaKaxg7-I1z3yLIxweGjPwBX36IMKhoVqhPN4FW/s1600/Wilcox.jpg"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></a><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Here are the criteria:<br /><br />1. In most ways my life is close to my ideal.<br />2. The conditions of my life are excellent.<br />3. I am satisfied with my life.</span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br />4. So far I have gotten the important things I want in life.<br />5. If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing.<br /><br />Compute for the total score by adding all values from the five questions. Here is the interpretation of your score.<br /><br />· If you got 31 to 35, you are extremely satisfied with your life. Kudos!<br />· If you got 26 to 30, you are very satisfied with your life.<br />· If you scored 21 to 25, you are slightly satisfied. Two participants got scores on this level.<br />· Those who scored 15 to 19 (slightly dissatisfied) will have to perk up and unload some reasons. Get to the neutral point which is 20, and thence move up the happiness ladder.<br /><br />It's not hopeless if you got low. The idea of this exercise is to create awareness that there are avenues of happiness, and that there are basic levels of happiness that one can cling to, and say, "Oh well, that's life." And still manage to laugh. And the world laughs with you. “Laugh and the world laughs with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Weep and you will weep alone.” Ella Wilcox ~</span></b></span></div></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-26345942968722292882024-03-15T08:31:00.004+08:002024-03-18T21:03:01.671+08:00TREES, TREES, TREES for Progress and Peace<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">TREES, TREES, TREES</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">for Progress and Peace</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">in 32 Articles</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiR9F3QMugBV6c4i-xesxb88S-dgJG4H-18bLENNmG48FO4HBkbTaAv6HmY_EUxh_5qndJrrqAJ24a0OmEHJFiyqpRWc1OvY73hei88D3qbOWjp5ZQwbZDDSljoAFmkOX8_gl1CbKlMb9SQi3OhQCJz3AJxr2m3cGKLFwvlo6b_qsznUI4K3PvHpi83qw3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiR9F3QMugBV6c4i-xesxb88S-dgJG4H-18bLENNmG48FO4HBkbTaAv6HmY_EUxh_5qndJrrqAJ24a0OmEHJFiyqpRWc1OvY73hei88D3qbOWjp5ZQwbZDDSljoAFmkOX8_gl1CbKlMb9SQi3OhQCJz3AJxr2m3cGKLFwvlo6b_qsznUI4K3PvHpi83qw3=w360-h640" width="360" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Students from the University of Northern Philippines on an educational </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">tour </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">at the </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living with Nature Center, San Vicente Ilocos Sur, 2024 </span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Part 1 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;">Trees for Peace</b></span></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 2 - The Tropical Rainforest - Richest Ecosystem</span></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 3 - Tropical Rainforest on the Wall</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Part 4 - </span></b><span><b>The Arboretum - </b></span><b>Microcosm of a Tropical Forest (Living with Nature Center)</b></span><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part 5 - </b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Woodland in the City </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>(Arboretum of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila)</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span>Part 6 - </span><span>The Holy Father plants a tree. </span></span></b><b> </b></span></div></div></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span>Part 7 - The Living Christmas Tree - </span></b><span>Plant a tree this Christmas Season</span></span></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Part 8 - </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Save the Trees this Palm Sunday</span></span><span> </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 9 - Trophies of Nature</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Part 10 - T</span></b><b style="text-align: center;">rees in Winter in Brisbane, Australia</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 11 - Greet Sunrise through the Trees</span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;">Part 12 - The Sound of Trees</b></span></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 14 - Don't Cut the Trees, Don't</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><b style="text-align: center;">Part 15 - </b></span></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Trees are Benevolent Hosts</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Part 14 - </span></b></b></span><b style="text-align: center;"> A tree fell and took with it its tenants and symbionts.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Part 16 - </span></span><span>Bonsai is Nature's Art</span></b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 17 - Do you believe in tree spirit?</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 18 - Nativity in the Forest</span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 19 - <span>Towering <i>Anahaw</i> Palm Trees </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 20 - The Tree that Wears a Veil</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;">Part 21 - </b><b style="text-align: center;">Lost Forest</b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 22 - Driftwood Strange Creatures - Emissaries of Ecological Destruction</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>Part 23 - </b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Trees on the Campus</span></b></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>Part 24 - </b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span>I talk to the trees - and they listen to me.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>Part 25 - </b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Put Life into a Dying Tree</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Part 26 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Dita,</i> the tallest tree in Manila</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Part 27 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Symbiosis of <i>Drynaria</i> Fern and Acacia Tree - More than Commensalism</span></b></span></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 28 - Mythical Forest</span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 29 - Queer Looking Trees in Another World</span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 30 - Where Have all the Native Fruits Gone?</span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span><b>Part 31 - </b></span></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><b><span><span><i>Arius</i> - Batanes' signature tree</span></span></b></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Part 32 -</span></b><b> </b><b style="text-align: center;">Revival of Bitaog or Palomaria (<i>Calophyllum inophyllum)</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 1 - Trees for Peace </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A Lesson on Ecology Through Art </span></b></div><div><span><b style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Trees give peace to the souls of men.” - Nora Waln</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Paintings by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><a href="#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKtrDeWPF7OyPUqhhRvLEJpr8wLpUan0kqcGbxBdO5m0CFZKBFSSvNUKKEhczUuZiSGLvc-bcYTBZ2z_jEmszWB7GJVZ9Y8zmjqTyCriXiIWGDcrbq50q7PLswMkjbHtdlwYCWgUjl4IrE2uaij0AJ3On8LruEY0gOPRoFnJDcrlQ4W08KEeMWRjd/w469-h312/DSC05655%20-%20Copy.JPG" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Convergence</i> in acrylic by the author 2022</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3uHVkf7eDFTmrzmeAGiPDxWONPGTNtn5EgKzU3H3JWWDsqv2xAB9P9IbZ0lffoGJjv1R3PYvDJlfsfOLDfpTMkSOq1extfZeLQUIBl0oLsiNYOtVN4wtICNFnvdq-setRGwpy5SU1aNCMpWjfvPkjsnId62Z-vGmh7Ivf8-MnSkN_6uFSOOlEJ96/s2340/DSC03981.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2340" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3uHVkf7eDFTmrzmeAGiPDxWONPGTNtn5EgKzU3H3JWWDsqv2xAB9P9IbZ0lffoGJjv1R3PYvDJlfsfOLDfpTMkSOq1extfZeLQUIBl0oLsiNYOtVN4wtICNFnvdq-setRGwpy5SU1aNCMpWjfvPkjsnId62Z-vGmh7Ivf8-MnSkN_6uFSOOlEJ96/w469-h295/DSC03981.JPG" width="469" /></a></div><div><span><div><i>Tree of Liberty</i><span> in acrylic by the author</span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span>"All I need to do is to climb a tree,</span></span></div><div><span><span> and all the world knows I'm free." avr</span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span>“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life.” - <i>Rumi</i></span></span></div><div><span><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPiFj02F_ZWfIgKk1Atk0zt4KxAOAgPE5n6fDQXrLWpDsy6Tb0EDyzTtOx4vkG1hvybmTs451Fgbq1DkV1Q31irfzf6bxNz89nojeoH3-WJcy8FbFUW4rWsnlJ_lA-I2zUmyISQ4F8mW2H083Y-gwHhq6CzFbIknXfvxG9HMbCsO-NeiWlUP04whx/s2592/DSC04201.JPG"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPiFj02F_ZWfIgKk1Atk0zt4KxAOAgPE5n6fDQXrLWpDsy6Tb0EDyzTtOx4vkG1hvybmTs451Fgbq1DkV1Q31irfzf6bxNz89nojeoH3-WJcy8FbFUW4rWsnlJ_lA-I2zUmyISQ4F8mW2H083Y-gwHhq6CzFbIknXfvxG9HMbCsO-NeiWlUP04whx/w151-h201/DSC04201.JPG" width="151" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSU06XRZOvAYNXGMfzZ7_hcy3S9YpNfOSM6Bu8GukTEUJ3y88PMfOcTwFtWN54pwShyPzkC1Hhe7DVprKynrOxgLyZ-ggx0a7dH8mckDta_ej5XfE7VCrxdBXJafuYjJSxwCRrLiEJoaYmkiiNO9BqxQovN7Vgaxhehtr4x-AJrxlIj-IbT2yYrblF/s2383/DSC04203.JPG"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSU06XRZOvAYNXGMfzZ7_hcy3S9YpNfOSM6Bu8GukTEUJ3y88PMfOcTwFtWN54pwShyPzkC1Hhe7DVprKynrOxgLyZ-ggx0a7dH8mckDta_ej5XfE7VCrxdBXJafuYjJSxwCRrLiEJoaYmkiiNO9BqxQovN7Vgaxhehtr4x-AJrxlIj-IbT2yYrblF/w316-h200/DSC04203.JPG" width="316" /></a></div><div><b><span>"White doves, emissaries of peace;</span></b></div><div><b><span> Trees, living monuments of peace." avr</span></b></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IURMcZ86bv_bOK0llNXsbKh8pj4Pq9oqkW7-V5v4fL82SukN2T-bn7wl862E2aYe5fYMKo7-xBj17_DmC0Z_8s2X9-wCY52XCKkhEXvNsqLfTT3gK87UL6JhoWoKdZ1SBBcK0W8PL0BeNRiAhTqJ18L2nrrVqDueSO-iwfVZ5ZzyblwfaxsIPj69Iw/s2478/DSC04254.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IURMcZ86bv_bOK0llNXsbKh8pj4Pq9oqkW7-V5v4fL82SukN2T-bn7wl862E2aYe5fYMKo7-xBj17_DmC0Z_8s2X9-wCY52XCKkhEXvNsqLfTT3gK87UL6JhoWoKdZ1SBBcK0W8PL0BeNRiAhTqJ18L2nrrVqDueSO-iwfVZ5ZzyblwfaxsIPj69Iw/s320/DSC04254.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs_bpXGwPoPCyy6V1EGQhepYTrctVP5N2hrwv2hL6Psfb4FHiV2UQQFrKVnUVYqufTTtIvX80qBDXyB1gVyCVMpWObQWdZMuSB5BFZEgsaQBpKOo059lpjJ_k2jVVyyR76ALHCD1cCV5mdv9lvPWMr8i3Ll_zJav90qct0yhq_d1Uzx_pkyX_C0plhw/s2592/DSC04255.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs_bpXGwPoPCyy6V1EGQhepYTrctVP5N2hrwv2hL6Psfb4FHiV2UQQFrKVnUVYqufTTtIvX80qBDXyB1gVyCVMpWObQWdZMuSB5BFZEgsaQBpKOo059lpjJ_k2jVVyyR76ALHCD1cCV5mdv9lvPWMr8i3Ll_zJav90qct0yhq_d1Uzx_pkyX_C0plhw/s320/DSC04255.JPG" /></a></div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8RxK5mPws2DPaBFMZ3ZGtwPf2ubbrdj8O9zkS2b-6y839EfDm5YWhLoRzjQ7A3lLWKcg0Drj-ktpqBZElWTRrgmqHLjyujcUlj0xykoduW8sL_UrIPyyJVAfnQarmPF54b6lQDMLhtnl1G1G3RWyhloaCgNT4Q9ZgMGus7PAM7WBOyxK3Siu8PBb4w/s2540/DSC04247.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8RxK5mPws2DPaBFMZ3ZGtwPf2ubbrdj8O9zkS2b-6y839EfDm5YWhLoRzjQ7A3lLWKcg0Drj-ktpqBZElWTRrgmqHLjyujcUlj0xykoduW8sL_UrIPyyJVAfnQarmPF54b6lQDMLhtnl1G1G3RWyhloaCgNT4Q9ZgMGus7PAM7WBOyxK3Siu8PBb4w/s320/DSC04247.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF4FW6DMDCnqiuykBynGzr5T15nNTLLvDR2QvxN8LOmI9Ly0Sj92bBHXt89KBtTU6WqNe3gSx-uM0YP99eVsxv1OJawQembV0eh0Q9cBEyzkDPVEt00bRJLZAF8dE2k9JPdIgWTOG_Id_gxnSMU-FRELvtEaKKBETptlGoLO_b4aOMKfCfMWGaAUgMw/s2592/DSC04257.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF4FW6DMDCnqiuykBynGzr5T15nNTLLvDR2QvxN8LOmI9Ly0Sj92bBHXt89KBtTU6WqNe3gSx-uM0YP99eVsxv1OJawQembV0eh0Q9cBEyzkDPVEt00bRJLZAF8dE2k9JPdIgWTOG_Id_gxnSMU-FRELvtEaKKBETptlGoLO_b4aOMKfCfMWGaAUgMw/s320/DSC04257.JPG" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Somewhere between the valleys and mountains,</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>caves and cliffs, streams and </b><b>rivers</b><b>;</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>man craves for something beyond his Being,</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> in verses and songs - and prayers. - avr </span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwScwV1LWdr9mDfyIRU3QnLJJoNpS4eCrQa8qkuruJEMpz1rN9q77uCuJVUZ-wgn0vvSc3inPgKjlnILEasW_8n1TjYaZaJ3f56_SVSxTYw-8VaVslIhhj2IwaQLbCY8bRwUpRgc5xNrnMYgpmpM3ri69dh5ZX-fK-yeYOdjJqplOplb-xnp3A64bkpw/s2448/DSC04028.JPG"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwScwV1LWdr9mDfyIRU3QnLJJoNpS4eCrQa8qkuruJEMpz1rN9q77uCuJVUZ-wgn0vvSc3inPgKjlnILEasW_8n1TjYaZaJ3f56_SVSxTYw-8VaVslIhhj2IwaQLbCY8bRwUpRgc5xNrnMYgpmpM3ri69dh5ZX-fK-yeYOdjJqplOplb-xnp3A64bkpw/w248-h312/DSC04028.JPG" width="248" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmNxDhVDLKmHXGRJuV5Oo4-l0DFqbgYNKSV8Wy9nn_cI7X_juVK8r60bjaBrYFtmoQOus9QTXygD8H5eJ9OAzXXCaA03sd73RyCE-JOgE1OxifoT_Cj62oICvDSx_rX3cJspLQcFQ-TK8-Pw8WwjuUDgTi2uOiax8fr2NXFGqXju_H92Xkd7p-rGt0A/s2592/DSC04026.JPG"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmNxDhVDLKmHXGRJuV5Oo4-l0DFqbgYNKSV8Wy9nn_cI7X_juVK8r60bjaBrYFtmoQOus9QTXygD8H5eJ9OAzXXCaA03sd73RyCE-JOgE1OxifoT_Cj62oICvDSx_rX3cJspLQcFQ-TK8-Pw8WwjuUDgTi2uOiax8fr2NXFGqXju_H92Xkd7p-rGt0A/w234-h312/DSC04026.JPG" width="234" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeArdQh0QmTYLJ_jKa8mQtRP70PiQVrfcoKrOQHpDqsciEH2AEaIOXAr1M5ukhs5dtJn9u5MrMK4mprbmq6n_23wbgxxg1mUvFR7McUZAJVXzsrrzctRY-mBJM8jSR1uDvDiKMQSPBgW75uOxQCDFcNnxG05RWDaPpLrHQ7OrQKZX1Kp3La_ll3EupHQ/s2592/DSC04023.JPG"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeArdQh0QmTYLJ_jKa8mQtRP70PiQVrfcoKrOQHpDqsciEH2AEaIOXAr1M5ukhs5dtJn9u5MrMK4mprbmq6n_23wbgxxg1mUvFR7McUZAJVXzsrrzctRY-mBJM8jSR1uDvDiKMQSPBgW75uOxQCDFcNnxG05RWDaPpLrHQ7OrQKZX1Kp3La_ll3EupHQ/w246-h186/DSC04023.JPG" width="246" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Hg6ES8Jo6_AdbxWIXacyF8NN5o9lizaMdiRFNxr_lIPU_Ubi-rH6Tvt7OpTkEjfVHgU8L6Ymfc1MBJT0oTHN1b_4xxV51W_hX87EUs83G2G14B8XoW4Le9IKvHb-LWeNv1l3MHF4JY2QKpdrJD6VB7UkPvCrlnXjpwi5lvDKFzcHJOa-QYiYmKcSaA/s2592/DSC04022.JPG"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Hg6ES8Jo6_AdbxWIXacyF8NN5o9lizaMdiRFNxr_lIPU_Ubi-rH6Tvt7OpTkEjfVHgU8L6Ymfc1MBJT0oTHN1b_4xxV51W_hX87EUs83G2G14B8XoW4Le9IKvHb-LWeNv1l3MHF4JY2QKpdrJD6VB7UkPvCrlnXjpwi5lvDKFzcHJOa-QYiYmKcSaA/w242-h185/DSC04022.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; font-family: arial; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span>Wonder how birds in the sky see us down,</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span>how minuscule we are, like their kind;</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span>wonder how we look at them in the blue sky,</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span>worlds apart we say yet we are one. -avr</span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">“The bird who dares to fall is the bird who learns to fly.” - D. W. Journals ~</span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 2 - The Tropical Rainforest - Richest Ecosystem</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span>In celebration of International Day of Forests - </span></b><b><span>March 21, 2023* </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b> "Rainforests are Earth's oldest living ecosystems, with some</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years."</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">- National Geographic Society</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A. Profile of the Tropical Rainforest</span></span></b></div></b><div><b><span><br /></span></b><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC8jjebQu6BXNtLIHhHA3Q3qedlZT6Zt-cSpciSNVlOODrp7ZqI5shI32kRytYmspho3-BO6o345qj_FIiCKX3tkqHpV8FkMjBpyJkYNtclI-ubO5J-ENCSz1oQ9DOQ2hZvyTeyunGYE/w359-h269/DSC03917.JPG" width="359" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The rainforest serves as watershed, keeps river full and clean,</span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;">and creates a cool mini climate in the area, Bohol.</div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGhyphenhyphenRHx4PUVN1uYD6FCd0QWod6ehQRyGFzCEeLEU5Q2KKgIESYZpS-KZY1GFl3lTPHLOdtGl7lP_k-6VGSEoLK3kYROh5JNLp-ql9QexOoKpx8Eh1bh-abo_dfjBOgIq_6CubSMem2nc/w351-h263/DSC03844.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz30ZuyOYyvYcwA4kFGUGyQ7w7MIGzUsv1QThyphenhyphenGGGp4dwcBskjZNyBq3rcS8v4jq3Vz7P5et6nI8zMhFDR7GZkqIDEG_ssEJo1rTswxdvt9KX6vyzdA_eGj_aDdBPuvHS4wnHGx25YMH0/s1600-h/DSC03840.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416296426236275922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz30ZuyOYyvYcwA4kFGUGyQ7w7MIGzUsv1QThyphenhyphenGGGp4dwcBskjZNyBq3rcS8v4jq3Vz7P5et6nI8zMhFDR7GZkqIDEG_ssEJo1rTswxdvt9KX6vyzdA_eGj_aDdBPuvHS4wnHGx25YMH0/s400/DSC03840.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span><div style="text-align: center;">Reforestation rebuilds and increases stand of trees, Bohol</div></span></span></div><b><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">L</span>et us look at the TRF profile like slicing a multi-layered cake and studying its profile. It is made up of storeys similar to a high-rise building. The “roof” or canopy is what we see as forest cover. Here and there are very tall trees called emergents </span></span></b><b><span>like living towers </span></b><b><span>jotting through the monotonous canopy.</span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcrHUIS90UVQCPuJ_v6sd2Iioi-l4ajeoqrV-MOORzTknC6xw9Hv4H2QaipMGSetxyvWpZCH09WcA9_UMVoj8EUbpJNgTBDDycWLS-hsJRmxjk0L76W_-KGXZ24DywJJHqHOM7H6-q0YAUY9c-JZUuI1ntROMqckvrqQHIuOSTYaNWM4fkq981nPh2A/s905/Rainforest%20International-Day-of-Forests-905x576.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="905" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcrHUIS90UVQCPuJ_v6sd2Iioi-l4ajeoqrV-MOORzTknC6xw9Hv4H2QaipMGSetxyvWpZCH09WcA9_UMVoj8EUbpJNgTBDDycWLS-hsJRmxjk0L76W_-KGXZ24DywJJHqHOM7H6-q0YAUY9c-JZUuI1ntROMqckvrqQHIuOSTYaNWM4fkq981nPh2A/s320/Rainforest%20International-Day-of-Forests-905x576.jpg" width="320" /></a><b><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From the air, the view of a tropical forest is one huge and continuous green blanket that catches the energy of the sun and through photosynthesis converts it into organic materials beginning with simple sugar to the most complex compounds from which useful materials are derived - wood, rubber, resin, and drugs, etc. These products are needed to sustain the life of countless organisms and the stability of the ecosystem itself.</span><br /></span></b><b><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From the forest floor, one can see only a little part of the sky, with the rays of the sun filtering through. But now and then, the trees, depending on the species, season and other environmental conditions, shed off their leaves, which can be compared to the molting of animals as they grow. Entire crowns of leaves fall and litter the forest floor. Transformation into humus continuously takes place with the aid of insects, bacteria, fungi, earthworms and the like. And this is very important because humus fertilizes the soil and conserves water acting as sponge and blanket.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is one of the wonders of nature. Trees in a tropical rainforest have this special characteristic. They are not only self-fertilizing; they are soil builders. Through time, with the deciduous cycle repeated without end, the forest floor – even how thin the soil is, or how solid the underlying rock is – builds up, layer after layer, and it is this process that enables many organisms in the forest obtain their nutrition in order to grow.</span><br /></span></b><b style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="color: #cc0000;"> “He who plants a tree loves others beside himself.”- </b><span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: center;">English Proverb</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br /></b></span></div><b><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Deciduousness allows sunlight to pour over the previously shaded plants occupying the various layers or storeys, which serve as specific habitats or niches. Occupying the lowest part of the forest, which is equivalent to the ground floor of a building, are mostly annuals, ferns and bryophytes. Next are the shrubs which occupy the lobby and second floor, followed by undergrowth trees that reach a height equivalent to the third and fourth floor, lianas and epiphytes which may reach as high as the eighth floor. It is not surprising to find emergent trees reaching up the 200 feet.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">How big can a tree grow and for how long? Take the case of the Redwoods or <i>Sequoia</i> found growing in southern California and China. I saw a tree of this kind in southern Taiwan, killed by lightning. The tallest redwood, which is still growing today is 267.4 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 40.3 feet. It is estimated to be 3,500 years old.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The analogy of the layers of a rainforest with a ten- or twelve-storey building gives us in imagination of the orderliness of nature in keeping the rich biodiversity of the ecosystem.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">The true forest primeval – the rain forest – stands along the equator now reduced into a sanctuary of “living fossils” of plants and animals that once constituted the eternal green cover of the earth.</span></span></b></div><div><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO5I4Mzdb1L8dGbQ-N3xlvfyqXKrh4j6EbeXVcN89c2Hy5m0iQ6ryZp10Y8csgYL3jPYxAU8Ivo8bIwp5sVY9rcNAVpPIfBMOuJupbhpKpAzxFxNph-kcK2_lv-GqCi5iT3myRDpL-oy8iv_hSvHQrs7NjybCGnfhl9zjniV48I4wVi6-EJ_I94MmI_Q" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="1000" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO5I4Mzdb1L8dGbQ-N3xlvfyqXKrh4j6EbeXVcN89c2Hy5m0iQ6ryZp10Y8csgYL3jPYxAU8Ivo8bIwp5sVY9rcNAVpPIfBMOuJupbhpKpAzxFxNph-kcK2_lv-GqCi5iT3myRDpL-oy8iv_hSvHQrs7NjybCGnfhl9zjniV48I4wVi6-EJ_I94MmI_Q=w367-h243" width="367" /></a></div></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">The canopy at one time or another allows the sky to meet the residents of the forest from the ground floor to the upper storeys -</span></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Rainforest profile Sarawak, Borneo <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Internet)</span></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">something that if you stand among the trees during this transformation you will find a kind of communion that, while it can be explained biologically, fills the spirit with the wonders and mysteries of nature.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">The tropical rainforest is a natural menagerie where peace, music, colors, patterns, art and skill are not so well known to modern man. The high-perched artists like squirrels and monkeys are better acrobats by birth and practice than any known human acrobats. Many primates howl with electrifying, ear splitting and blood-chilling sound that breadth the land. Above plummet the masters of the sky – the Philippine eagle and hawks, spotting their preys which may be several kilometers away, or hundreds of meters below – something which our modern spotting scopes can not yet achieve with readiness and precision.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Inside their tunnels the termite workers tap their way and chop the wood for their colony and themselves. Man has yet to learn more about the social structure of this insect.</span><br /></span></div><div><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> B. The Tropical Rainforest’s Last Stand</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">T</span><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">he Tropical Rainforest could be the biblical Lost Paradise </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">immortalized in the masterpieces of John Milton - <i>Paradise Lost</i> and <i>Paradise Regained.</i></span></span></div><span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00QpAB0d5vMJ_rEEoOrwQ9lslwWL5DoXo9YxgX_owoTWTsMaBCFnE2_NQx2ch__vs6Jmhx3ZNeYmf_wwsF0s73ALVpZhu1_2Dz3g-09SZVvXNxdTQkUBtxe6oNvSEsWlitpraIydNz18/s1600-h/DSC03712.JPG"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00QpAB0d5vMJ_rEEoOrwQ9lslwWL5DoXo9YxgX_owoTWTsMaBCFnE2_NQx2ch__vs6Jmhx3ZNeYmf_wwsF0s73ALVpZhu1_2Dz3g-09SZVvXNxdTQkUBtxe6oNvSEsWlitpraIydNz18/w239-h180/DSC03712.JPG" width="239" /></a> <img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLomAdR-Bd3d7-44oG02mmiIi0e8ANtn6dSFwec2iUrnX9rfviGObY-g_M93ey2X3KWMyylWuPGQkP3l2h0K4VD5RiMszvRhdNjhaRWn0uqGyTFl_Rolwb-Lyc9szrB3Ab2fzkxrkW8zA/w282-h180/DSC03912.JPG" width="282" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial and closeup views of Bohol landscape. .</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was after dawn and smoke from nearby homesteads rose with the mountain mist in Carmen, between Davao City and Tagum, when I spotted a company of loggers carrying a wooden cage looking very much like an oversized onion crate. To my curiosity I looked into the cage and found a pair of flying lemurs locally called <i>kaguiang</i> in Bisaya or ninmal in Samal Moro, clinging upside down and cringing from the first light of morning.</span><br /></b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNjafSExfLvfM5WMGbzxbArelSv-SbgaJqGFnf7eAibdXT2ut3wHnMzeCvEZq1LPArYCvjPKwW_1glfB4L9H0ZeMyPEC3otCKLJUxbxnBIZO-_SQjylwGyKr4LPh-J8Y8W7JI5A4P_-0VtjSDAUvcno5tE34cgoEct6i_jC3Lbp58dzHkjsVLQIVZ6Q/s300/Lemur%20flying%206.jpg"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNjafSExfLvfM5WMGbzxbArelSv-SbgaJqGFnf7eAibdXT2ut3wHnMzeCvEZq1LPArYCvjPKwW_1glfB4L9H0ZeMyPEC3otCKLJUxbxnBIZO-_SQjylwGyKr4LPh-J8Y8W7JI5A4P_-0VtjSDAUvcno5tE34cgoEct6i_jC3Lbp58dzHkjsVLQIVZ6Q/w166-h166/Lemur%20flying%206.jpg" width="166" /></a><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ilatqPSPs8LFkMI470Lo2y6oEqSHl24APKI7fFShQwlo2omUOpge7Gj7dZdl6sjWtGHNl_2XmJHbVM025Cj-ZNjtGoVNpWSYAv9mTlz_XsGxB34KasEbzirkaEGa4honUmpjU0VydZuX5BKrbofE0pzc-_f8sQsG_9K3WiUzyq3nkb-ryFQiAocDiA/w230-h164/Lemur%20flying%205%20Malayan-colugo-Galeopterus-variegatus.jpg" width="230" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cynocephalus volans</span> Linneaus PHOTO, as the animal is scientifically called, is one of the rare mammals that can fly, an adaptation they share with the versatile bats. Unlike bats however, the flying lemur can only glide from tree to tree, a pair of thin expandable flap of skin and fur connecting the whole length of its front and hind legs serves as parachute and glider combined.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was a pathetic sight. The pair was apparently captured when their natural habitat - tall trees that made the original forest were cut down for lumber, and the area subsequently converted into farmland in a most destructive system called swiden or <span style="font-style: italic;">kaingin </span>farming.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Loss of Natural Habitat Results in Loss of Species</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">Scientists warn us that the loss of natural habitats will result in the disappearance of organisms. This is true to the flying lemurs – and this is true to thousands of different inhabitants in the tropical rainforest, the richest biome on earth.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is estimated that more than half the species of plants, animals and protists live in the tropical rainforests. According to a Time report, there are as many as 425 kinds of living plants that are naturally occupying a hectare of tropical rainforest in the Amazon. Similarly our own rainforest is as rich because the Philippine lies on the same tropical rainforest belt together with Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia. There are 3,500 species of indigenous trees in our rainforest.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Imagine a single tree as natural abode of ferns, orchids, insects, fungi, lichens, transient organisms - birds, monkeys, frogs, reptiles, insects and a multitude more that escape detection by our senses. The tropical rainforest must be God’s chosen natural bank of biodiversity. The “Lost Paradise” that the Genesis describes and literary giant John Milton classically wrote – <i>Paradise Lost</i> and <i>Paradise Regained</i> – is undoubtedly one that resembles a tropical rainforest.</span><br /></b></span></div></div></div></span></div></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>TRIVIA: </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">. The total number of plant species used for medicinal purposes could be </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>as high as 50 000.</span></b><br /><span><b><br /></b></span><b><span>. Several studies proved that a visit to a forest environment lowers blood pressure and pulse rate, and reduces cortisol levels.</span></b><br /><span><b><br /></b></span><b><span>. The world is losing 10 million hectares of forest each year due to deforestation - about the size of Iceland. </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span> Source: FAO 2020</span></b><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">* </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">International Day of Forests 2023 will be celebrated on the theme, ‘<i>Forests and Health,’</i> which calls for giving, not just taking, recognizing that healthy forests will bring healthy people. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 21 March as the International Day of Forests in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests.</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 3 - Tropical Rainforest on the Wall</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mural Painting by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div><span><br /><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmch7F6uO_Yf1RQa7bCCb9lbZ4RnF2_qBZI40Msm7N8-gJ_HNvp4ISmALtJDLDhQvGgW_tLDi3VNIdspXnntVII21Bc5Xbk5r6JVLxwa2RPVwOpyBfbHggT0XA1IWNfTZn_Yc6jwZHlpjq/s1600/Picture+459A.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmch7F6uO_Yf1RQa7bCCb9lbZ4RnF2_qBZI40Msm7N8-gJ_HNvp4ISmALtJDLDhQvGgW_tLDi3VNIdspXnntVII21Bc5Xbk5r6JVLxwa2RPVwOpyBfbHggT0XA1IWNfTZn_Yc6jwZHlpjq/w540-h360/Picture+459A.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Wall Mural of a Tropical Rainforest, St Paul University QC, AVR 2001</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">N</span>ature represents the idea of the entire universe in a state of perfection. Nature is one: it unites heaven and earth, connecting human beings with the stars and bringing them all together into a single family. Nature is beautiful; it is ordered. A divine law determines its arrangement, namely the subordination of the means to the end, and the parts to the whole.</b><br /><br /><b>After putting down my brush, I took a view of the mural from a distance. The scene – unspoiled nature – one spared from the hands of man and typified by the tropical rainforest, flowed out from a wall that was previously white and empty.</b><br /><br /><b>In the course of painting the mural, which took all of seven days and in the days following its unveiling, I took notice of the reactions of viewers. It must be the stillness of the scene, freshness of its atmosphere, and its apparent eccentricity that attract passersby as if in search of something therapeutic. It seems to slow down busy feet, soothing tired nerves. There is something I thought was mysterious beyond the levels of aesthetics. For the huge scene is a drama of life completely different from city living. It is respite. It is transformation from concrete to greenery, from cityscape to landscape.</b><br /><br /><b>Yet, I found it difficult to give it a title and an explanation that captures both its essence and message. This time many ideas crowded my mind. At the start of my painting labors, the challenge was how and where to start painting. Now that it is completed, what else is there to say after one has “said” it all in colors and lines, hues and shadows, perspective and design? What more is there to declare for after the last page of a book? For a painting, it is the same.</b><br /><br /><b>Relaxation did not come easy for me after many hours of concentrating on my subject, dealing with a fast-drying medium of acrylic. What made it more challenging was the unending attempt to capture those fleeting impressions and recollections that pervaded my mind as I painted. I then took a pen and slowly wrote my thoughts. From the mural, I saw the scenery of my childhood on the farm, views of my travels here and abroad, imagery from my readings, and views drawn out like a thread from the mass of a golf ball. It was imagery and memory working jointly.</b><br /><br /><b>Tropical Rainforest Model</b><br /><br /><b>I chose the tropical rainforest scenery since it is the richest of all ecosystems in the world. The Philippines, being one of the countries endowed with this natural wealth is a treasure, indeed. For this reason, I believe that, the tropical rainforest closely resembles the description of the biblical paradise. It is not only a living bank of biological diversity; it is the most important sanctuary of living matters on earth.</b><br /><br /><b>To paint such a big wall is no easy task. It is not unusual to face a blank wall, literally speaking, and not knowing what to do first even with all the colors and tools on hand – and a predetermined topic in mind. Shall I start at the center and move outward, or from both sides slowly progressing inward? Or do I divide the wall into parts, working on them one by one, then unifying them at the end?</b></span></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />…and Heaven and Nature Sing</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>Christmas was already in the air and the Siberian winds were bringing in the chills. Carol music was now being played in malls, schools and homes. I was engrossed in my work when some students, watching me paint, sang a familiar song. On this particular occasion, something about the song chimed inside me, directing me towards the central theme of my mural.</span><br /><span><br /></span></span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">“…and heaven and nature sing,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and heaven and nature sing,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.”</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> - Joy to the World</span></b></div></blockquote><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">What does this mean? Is it the idea of nature representing the entire universe in a state of perfection? Or is it nature as one? Does it unite heaven and earth? Does it connect human beings and the galaxies as one family?<br /><br />Little did I know of my ecology. As a subject I teach in college and in the graduate school I depend much on formulas and equations, principles and case studies. My knowledge about the environment is structured and formal. I use module maps or course syllabi based on accepted teaching techniques and references. My approach was comparative analysis. I was a judge of the beautiful and ugly, the do’s and don’ts. At times I am a Utopian; at others, conformist.<br /><br />Little did I realize that the order of Nature is not merely determined by natural laws applied as ecological tenets, but as a divine law which determines its arrangement, the subordination of the means to the end, and the assimilation of the parts to the whole. Many of us are ignorant of this law, or if we know it, seem to forget or disregard it as we relentlessly work to exploit the earth.<br /><br />In our apparent failure to preserve nature, perhaps it is time to look at ecology with the essence of this popular Christmas song – a song that makes everyday of the year, Christmas. Ecology is “heaven and nature singing together.” Only then can we truly understand the term, balance of nature – a kind of dynamic equilibrium that leads to homeostasis where there is stability among interdependent groups that characterize natural processes, and the period in which they take place. The ultimate conclusion is always a balanced system. We have to look beyond books to understand biological diversity, and its application in nature, to find the common phrase: In diversity there is unity. The general rule is that the wider the diversity is in terms of number of living species, and in terms of the number of natural species and their habitats, the more closely knit the biosphere becomes, resulting in a richer, more stable environment. Undoubtedly, all this is part of a grand design inspired divinely.<br /><br />A Hole in the Sky<br /><br />Looking at the mural from a distance one notices a darkened part of the sky, apparently a hole (though this is not the ozone layer pierced by CFC pollution). It gives one a feeling that it is a tunnel to infinity as if to link both earth and heaven. Through this hole, one envisions a Higher Principle. From the foreground, which is the placid stream of a downward meandering river, its tributaries and banks lined with trees and thickets, the eye soon reaches the forested hills and mountains shrouded by clouds.<br /><br />But it does not end there. Here the cloud is a curtain laden with the radiance of the sun, and the life-giving provenance of rain, useless each without the other for life on earth to exist. This is the crossroad. The cloud opens with a backdrop of infinity. The universe, whose limit is unknown, bursts open a foreground that reveals a whole drama of life on earth. After that, the eye repeats the journey. In the process, the viewer becomes sensitive to the details of the painting. He searches for things familiar, or situations that later become a new experience.<br /><br />Creatures in the Forest</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Creatures in general are not as visible as they appear in books and on the screen. They blend with their surroundings mainly for predatory anticipation and protective camouflage. But there are other reasons too, that are not well understood. Take the case of the butterflies. Their beauty is extravagant for their basic function as pollinators. Fish jump for mere pleasure, dragonflies have wings that split light into prisms. Birds stay in the sky longer for the sheer joy of flying, and not just to cruise in search of a prey.<br /><br />Among the animals suggested to me while painting the mural are flying lemur, Philippine monkey, heron, monitor lizard, boa constrictor and hornbill. I painted these - and many more, the way I imagined them in their natural habitat. I put a touch of Noah’s Ark, painting them in pairs. For the rodents, ducks and doves I made them in amiable groupings that exude a familial atmosphere.<br /><br />Whenever I see viewers seriously searching for these creatures with walking fingers, I am tempted to add to the collection of creatures, making them even more difficult to find. But that might change the ambiance to fun and puzzle solving, rather than of meditation and recollection.<br /><br />People in the Mural</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The trees and the massiveness of the scenery dwarf the characters in the mural. They appear mindless of events and time. They care not for the chores of the day. Those who are engrossed fishing with a simple hook-and-line do not show excitement even as they land their catch. Others patiently wait for a bite. There is a sense of tranquility and peace to all characters, whether they are promenading or just passing the time away. Their faces show only the slightest hint of anger or sadness.<br /><br />I noticed viewers trying to identify themselves with the characters of the mural. Some construction workers envision themselves fishing. High school students are drawn by the promenades. But there are those who simply imagine themselves part of the scene. “This place is familiar to me,” one would say, apparently recalling provincial life. “We have flying lemurs in Davao,” says another.<br /><br />Where does the water flow, and what does the mural mean to us? Water is everywhere. It is free to flow. Tributaries abound as if there were no limit. Trees are everywhere and far into the backdrop is a vast virgin forest. There is no sign of man’s destructive hand. At the foreground is a placid pond where Nymphaea and lotus grow. It is in contrast to the lively pulse of the river. This is a corner where life is peaceful and serene. It is here that we draw strength in facing the river and beyond.<br /><br />What really is the message of the mural?<br />Quite often, images of nature enrapture us. These are reminiscences of childhood, a re-creation of a favorite spot we may have visited or seen, or products of the imagination greatly influenced by the society we live in.<br /><br />These images reflect a deep-seated biological longing to be part of nature. Putting it in the biblical sense, it is a natural searching for the lost paradise. They are a refuge from city living, a respite, and an escape from the daily grind.<br /><br />But these images do not only tell us of what we are missing. Rather, it reminds us what we are going to miss, perhaps forever, if we do not heed nature’s signal towards a fast declining ecosystem. If we do not change our way of life from too much dependence on consumerism, to one more closely linked to conservation of nature, we may end up building memories and future archives of a lost world.<br /><br />The warning is clear. The painting challenges everyone to do his part to save Mother Earth so that her beauty is not only kept in the form of images, but a scenery of real life enjoyed by us and future generations. ~</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br />Reference: Living with Nature in Our Times<br />Copyright 2007 Abercio V Rotor and University of Santo Tomas</b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 4 - The Arboretum - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Microcosm of a Tropical Forest</span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Living with Nature Center</span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiK6M517Lmmr64uITzRKZw4Xp9pE_O9UBgTHweDDBlubfFdDrHWrFueNWxjmdR09CZWjOmBcvcR_Ox4SywXJe15RItiURphKeWv1GRJIHhcPxGD-Mp0QB6vWgEhdMWN9JX6NfCyGvT7l4tZ_cE3wwc9_PAXjGt6i6XKXspfe5eSJxvW60YUPybMsoJPA/s2592/DSC04682.JPG"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiK6M517Lmmr64uITzRKZw4Xp9pE_O9UBgTHweDDBlubfFdDrHWrFueNWxjmdR09CZWjOmBcvcR_Ox4SywXJe15RItiURphKeWv1GRJIHhcPxGD-Mp0QB6vWgEhdMWN9JX6NfCyGvT7l4tZ_cE3wwc9_PAXjGt6i6XKXspfe5eSJxvW60YUPybMsoJPA/w465-h620/DSC04682.JPG" width="465" /></a></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">This towering native mango is more than four generations old. It dominates several heritage trees which include talisay (<i>Terminalia catappa</i>), caimito (<i>Chrysophyllum cainito</i>), and macopa (<i>Eugenia jambalana), </i>and other upcoming heritage trees in the arboretum. On its limbs and branches hang lianas and epiphytes like rosary bead (<i>Abrus precatorius</i>), philodendron, ferns, bromeliads, mosses and lichens. The tree in itself is an ecosystem, complete in biodiversity and dynamic balance season after season in a state of homeostasis. </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHQMClig1aK3Wj52KVeO0IbJVxl3eGeytBV1_WtFQIrKP5LmgTzwIV5TaFwYSIKKuaKIwWXX2qSLgCo23Y4aahUiEMXXu6WjH25-288-y3ul7IlJyeeW3wFjmr9R5t93L7oN2BxxwTBj4n0QHMOIFsnw0M8kkwcvH1ImiWfJZHyIVTFVPj0yllF8i8A/s2592/DSC04683.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHQMClig1aK3Wj52KVeO0IbJVxl3eGeytBV1_WtFQIrKP5LmgTzwIV5TaFwYSIKKuaKIwWXX2qSLgCo23Y4aahUiEMXXu6WjH25-288-y3ul7IlJyeeW3wFjmr9R5t93L7oN2BxxwTBj4n0QHMOIFsnw0M8kkwcvH1ImiWfJZHyIVTFVPj0yllF8i8A/s320/DSC04683.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Onxsh2oP3u9JmIjNjJcU-gQh7UAjTEPjjbl41WJmgvvmuoh_OHAmnP1kDyKGHVVOrblNqPvJyKGvz1WTBL-pduuFM-SPYvSJpimPOPs0_cz_of4GGHn3h20z6JZ6BJcOfevJ_7weBXRSK9uIAeteYcwaLCj--jLLBfvFyS2N4Yx4jTjgQWYBHtQu9Q/s2592/DSC04684.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Onxsh2oP3u9JmIjNjJcU-gQh7UAjTEPjjbl41WJmgvvmuoh_OHAmnP1kDyKGHVVOrblNqPvJyKGvz1WTBL-pduuFM-SPYvSJpimPOPs0_cz_of4GGHn3h20z6JZ6BJcOfevJ_7weBXRSK9uIAeteYcwaLCj--jLLBfvFyS2N4Yx4jTjgQWYBHtQu9Q/s320/DSC04684.JPG" /></a></span></p><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A grove of heritage trees makes a fort-like wall against strong wind, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">flood and erosion - and irritating noise. (Trees are excellent buffers </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>of sound.) </span></b><b><span>It is the home of arboreal animals like gecko lizard, </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">bats, tree frogs, sparrows, wild honeybees, moths and butterflies, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">other arthropods notwithstanding. The trees also serve as seasonal</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> host to migrating birds like <i>tarat</i>, <i>panal</i> and <i>perperocka,</i> and </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>occasionally martinez, black crow and kingfisher, and hawk.</span></b><b><span> </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPpF7-tuVXvANvwFW8-VH2q6b59ZzCP1yTbLpsxFbIsFDlKRuekWL_Ozkbf7356VDWFVqDrN4zzB4pZiYNRlc4Ba0Um8E4J4O1NGTI3XM9fGJphwvQKtKmlPLyf9tLebtqSEdV6X9sMHnLWfoHxG8kMI3uwBBRWC0JFdK9eo_yzQCRtaplFopmLrCYw/s2592/DSC04685.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPpF7-tuVXvANvwFW8-VH2q6b59ZzCP1yTbLpsxFbIsFDlKRuekWL_Ozkbf7356VDWFVqDrN4zzB4pZiYNRlc4Ba0Um8E4J4O1NGTI3XM9fGJphwvQKtKmlPLyf9tLebtqSEdV6X9sMHnLWfoHxG8kMI3uwBBRWC0JFdK9eo_yzQCRtaplFopmLrCYw/s320/DSC04685.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHK2z_0-gh3xC60ZYTQj1JG1gI_0BAnBKP1WxMpavoMWMoKi4Lj2GanXJOH2bus3qZ9j8MASDuffUGiJtX82BfzbUUNmlj3l0YnJ4lO-YUmzUkicB6nV6SCeRKSq00IXmrC_W8SHh1_BO8yUxPj_X9Padwup_q0LIGXk6vLu9q-ykHVlaLdQz9kIh3iA/s2592/DSC04686.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHK2z_0-gh3xC60ZYTQj1JG1gI_0BAnBKP1WxMpavoMWMoKi4Lj2GanXJOH2bus3qZ9j8MASDuffUGiJtX82BfzbUUNmlj3l0YnJ4lO-YUmzUkicB6nV6SCeRKSq00IXmrC_W8SHh1_BO8yUxPj_X9Padwup_q0LIGXk6vLu9q-ykHVlaLdQz9kIh3iA/s320/DSC04686.JPG" /></a></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Heritage palm trees - anahaw (<i>Livistona rotundifolia)</i> and betel nut (<i>Areca catechu</i>) - rise as emergents through the canopy of the arboretum. They are the abode of bats, resting during the day </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> under their drooping broad leaves - a perfect base for their </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">nocturnal habit.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIcy3kNQBvLQmt5U6QPO4ihxI5fRkJPBahZeuBhd018Nfi-nkI8Co-LVmDlUfZgklPHALvDm-g5QdUzJ7iC0vI7QLwJmOOcU-VERmJSdGXUn4k5WErhJ84Y_5rUH2_BVK2EIlkwt9raygZQDMg1zqMPCA8UG1LAR3awlhVtTFLQOy3pmXqnDE9uSa4A/s5472/DSC08969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3080" height="839" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIcy3kNQBvLQmt5U6QPO4ihxI5fRkJPBahZeuBhd018Nfi-nkI8Co-LVmDlUfZgklPHALvDm-g5QdUzJ7iC0vI7QLwJmOOcU-VERmJSdGXUn4k5WErhJ84Y_5rUH2_BVK2EIlkwt9raygZQDMg1zqMPCA8UG1LAR3awlhVtTFLQOy3pmXqnDE9uSa4A/w472-h839/DSC08969.JPG" width="472" /></a></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">University of Northern Philippines students tour the arboretum</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> for their outdoor research and extension studies.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZx1kjk-l8aqHaNZOwhTpPywRAU7PxLHD0t2hKSD7i2xUjZZ0h58njDerT6n_B1bC4vUlB8s7n_bxBizpYHqkVvv4zSQt8VbAAKHlwCkQVMagXPb9fOZZEn8rWN50t9dcNoh-pWiqeqW6PiKSIpb6sq1IlN8JT78CYw1chEBdKFVVELO_Hc8u1xxNxug/s5152/DSC09333%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="223" 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style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>On-the-spot </span></b><b><span>painting </span></b><b><span>contest under the trees is a rare experience of children from different schools of the Municipality of San Vicente, Ilocos Sur, in celebration of Earth Day last April 22, 2023, sponsored by LGU </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and the Living with Nature Center. </b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJold4WruVLrn0cKFEVQc2nDfMyt28EwKqMGPiDIsigrsZZQ2ITV0UThS_QcSrT8D6pmnwFyMfsC0wrJoDwNUEbHNMBWxTbsEcoIBF-3dz9eMh-P0cjxlRw2FEHTY8USNTopewfdjdMA/w154-h205/DSC01773.JPG" width="154" /> <span><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="204" 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</span></b></span></span><b><span>their summer </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">vacation in the arboretum, a different kind of adventure to the </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>young city-bred </span></b><b><span>generation. </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwRSva9pqEURpgU2skYoDBxYhkD6UGMXDtoZnHV0kwwf19yGjsfDT31Q_n8vkJa_3kUxbHS5dQdni55y4baGGb_Kp24Oj2CyFdvcpHnnYkLTokGT9jR-JMO-2tJA3PRtYDNticoyx8UXCe4KHYudUNnA2_pZ5irXm5QxtM4i51hzo3d_QTeKyZnjXnQ/s2592/DSC04728.JPG"><img border="0" height="188" 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sunlight to penetrate</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and nourish the small trees, shrubs and ground plants. </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>This explains the dense vegetation of rainforests. </span></b><b><span>The </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">deciduous nature of most tropical trees, that is, seasonal </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">shedding of leaves, enhances this phenomenon. </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoji4iMycoXKDFATAQ9AplKZyFYYxckX5wdKTEcgT-6izg_q8NyPXK8orpyjOfsX4GzXjB4h2O3GKCI01VgLmaZ8nmdcINd-pxrqM2eJ1QvAK0c7KSfntthoeZRmcrrK2kbH3JMXh8hh3rcM2k16J6iKA_Uv1l5JpbS-wvms7ximkMqcyg5xZ49M6Nw/s2592/DSC04688.JPG"><img border="0" height="171" 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height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCH4t7DRGl4KUG2k4WJIepAJe4V7JXg4cqEcc9WnidFCCpYK_YJOaFU5dij9YjQE1Ok0dVFj3JyIwmLaOlCB5GjAz312lrOvnDoR3MdBXGmHdaqkKe2rUuGUHJxJFyBYSK9hKCGWEHP4SmqJd4tKiK_XERGwtT2jCArISofAIrh0Bxdgg4dX-UK4ffNQ/w505-h375/DSC04730.JPG" width="505" /></span></a></div><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Trees give off oxygen and capture carbon dioxide and other gases. </span></b><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>They filter the direct rays and heat of the sun, dusts, spores, and radiation. Breeze, mist and dew keep temperature and humidity stable.</b><br /><b>Music of nature - chirping of birds, shrill of cicada, fiddling of crickets, rustling of leaves, bass of toads and frogs - all these constitute a soothing and harmonious symphony. Mozart's Effect must have originated in such ambiance, so with Beethoven's famous symphony, Brahms's Lullaby and Grieg's Prelude to </b></span><b>Morning</b><b>. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4INqA2H7du-pGu2usr5ywcoeJeCv-b7h_M6mNsGiUDgQuzXky2Vn84pSuBAsS2zb_Ukl_hcf9WCPqWsGazZtb5HA4K6hnBAD8IFUYcFdw6PkGRf3ta4S2A6flbKxMyOKuZQ3u3UzYn3V5a4oIJRetwSK3dJuvlg3CR8jF6OMQsZTOYsUcM-rs-RE8g/s2592/DSC04710.JPG"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4INqA2H7du-pGu2usr5ywcoeJeCv-b7h_M6mNsGiUDgQuzXky2Vn84pSuBAsS2zb_Ukl_hcf9WCPqWsGazZtb5HA4K6hnBAD8IFUYcFdw6PkGRf3ta4S2A6flbKxMyOKuZQ3u3UzYn3V5a4oIJRetwSK3dJuvlg3CR8jF6OMQsZTOYsUcM-rs-RE8g/w169-h232/DSC04710.JPG" width="169" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3jnHrcM1D6NIwJS-OodbC-Y7ouUW_BZ_XGFbxhgmPHbUxnBM0mcD0rbFsdzqEUKC-dmAEsqxMXr1jAUsLX3TlIGKSrzECmFBtoYbt4lqdlCJrHCanv8Z8NktHhLFebHYjTsMa50TBGTKScEWoANVJgP-E1qw0Y2bRoyJ2K_afQitm5BILf1MY-aZcg/s2592/DSC04700.JPG"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3jnHrcM1D6NIwJS-OodbC-Y7ouUW_BZ_XGFbxhgmPHbUxnBM0mcD0rbFsdzqEUKC-dmAEsqxMXr1jAUsLX3TlIGKSrzECmFBtoYbt4lqdlCJrHCanv8Z8NktHhLFebHYjTsMa50TBGTKScEWoANVJgP-E1qw0Y2bRoyJ2K_afQitm5BILf1MY-aZcg/w174-h232/DSC04700.JPG" width="174" /></a><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLelsiikpae1jPR0GtzU6YFGC3oiAbSfgod3Fg0NLsLz_AioT9Ad7nrrmjr5Xg2UknuYkenlIRAigKo7LJqpRxZWdvgJTbkzlXCUwRBA0NOe-ADxbFuOCreWhbWZyAB5hlY29yn6zvvqiOi_8eC-tTpZSy5gKLFIqiNdW6jVQeur2bBITGAtAz-Gof-Q/w163-h232/DSC04701.JPG" width="163" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The Parthenon of Greece must have its origin from the imagination </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">of our ancestors who saw the beauty and grace of standing trees reaching for the sky. Nature is indeed the greatest architect, and </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>man </span></b><b><span>is but her student.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA96rQnIX-AmQBY2aoC03N8hdLkOAFTlWCjGzE9Jp6wq2c1fR0Z324hmxIXcrHw3cFik8Lyeu3iZTsw469e0JLIMi81t36RmsaK488mAVvPIP05fPmbdqfqijPf6hPZwR5j5633VcpxtAJyJ_fZ4EptS22uBkXyKuR6FReoDzKOxtFSvqf7BY8zH5AlA/s2592/DSC04723.JPG"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA96rQnIX-AmQBY2aoC03N8hdLkOAFTlWCjGzE9Jp6wq2c1fR0Z324hmxIXcrHw3cFik8Lyeu3iZTsw469e0JLIMi81t36RmsaK488mAVvPIP05fPmbdqfqijPf6hPZwR5j5633VcpxtAJyJ_fZ4EptS22uBkXyKuR6FReoDzKOxtFSvqf7BY8zH5AlA/w271-h342/DSC04723.JPG" width="271" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYM7pxujzd9ZSyXbUNgoBj6poGwbjCyGFz7-yD9VRHREUAY3QPcQRAPf8iC3iDB5IQC8vfPmKcGmVm_FssYwwSer_m33hnFTFgb_ldtt7iNorU59h1GoVBmwWLVaq-4jgX8cZtqFnWHPOQSNZOQTq7T_CALcNXRdmgA0aFza8gNhUSkcVXxdzMwuW6Q/s2592/DSC04725.JPG"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYM7pxujzd9ZSyXbUNgoBj6poGwbjCyGFz7-yD9VRHREUAY3QPcQRAPf8iC3iDB5IQC8vfPmKcGmVm_FssYwwSer_m33hnFTFgb_ldtt7iNorU59h1GoVBmwWLVaq-4jgX8cZtqFnWHPOQSNZOQTq7T_CALcNXRdmgA0aFza8gNhUSkcVXxdzMwuW6Q/w265-h342/DSC04725.JPG" width="265" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>The built-in knots, twists and crevices on trees are natural homes of lizards, bees, ants, birds, and the like. </span></b><b><span>They also serve as rivulets and waterholes that catch and store rain and dew, serving as arboreal pond for dragonfly naiads, tadpoles, and even certain species of fish. Shown here are macopa (<i>Eugenia jambalana</i>) and palomaria trees (<i>Callophyllum inophyllum</i>), which are among the heritage trees in the arboretum. </span></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">*An arboretum (plural: arboreta) is a botanical collection composed of trees and a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, many modern arboreta are in botanical gardens as living collections of woody plants and is intended at least in part for scientific study.<br /><br />In Latin, an arboretum is a place planted with trees, not necessarily in this specific sense, and "arboretum" as an English word is first recorded used by John Claudius Loudon in 1833 in The Gardener's Magazine, but the concept was already long-established by then. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Wikipedia<br /></span></span></b><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">San Vicente Botanical Garden</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Partial List of plants in their common and scientific names </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and family to which each plant species or variety belongs. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Not alphabetically arranged and classified as to type of </span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>growth </span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>and other botanical characteristics, </span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>June 12, 2023</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />1. Achiote or Annatto –<i> Bixa orellana</i> - Bixaceae</span></b><div class="WordSection3"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Anahao - <i>Saribus rotundifolius</i> - Caryophyllaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">4.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Apatot – <i>Morinda littoralis/citrifolia</i> - Rubiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">5.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Arios – <i>Podocarpus costalis -</i> Gymnospermae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">6.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></i></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Balete <i>- Ficus benjamina - </i>Moraceae<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">7.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bird’s Nest fern <i>– Asplenium nidus - </i>Aspleniaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">8.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bougainvillea – <i>Bougainvillea spectabilis </i>Nyctaginaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">9.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bromeliad – <i>Portea</i> spp - Bromeliaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">10.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Caballero plant – <i>Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Fabaceae</i></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">11.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Caimito – <i>Crysophyllum cainito</i> - Sapotaceeae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">12.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Calamansi – <i>Citrus macrocarpa</i> - Rutaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">13.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Chico – <i>Achras (Sapodilla) zapota</i> - Sapotaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">14.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Chinese Bamboo – <i>Bambusa multiplex</i> - Poaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">15.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Coconut – <i>Cocos nucifera</i> - Arecaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">16.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Creeping Fig – <i>Ficus pumila</i> - Moraceae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">17.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cyperus – <i>C. papyrus</i> Cyperaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">18.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Dalandan – <i>Citrus decumana</i> - Rutaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->19.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Duhat – <i>Syzygium cumini</i> – Myrtaceae</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->20.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">False Bird of Paradise – <i>Heliconia psittacorum</i> – Heliconiaceae</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">21.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Giant Bamboo – <i>Dedrocalamus giganteus</i> - Poaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">22.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Giant Thorny Bamboo – <i>Bambusa bambos </i>Poaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">23.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></i></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Aplas<i> - Ficus hawili </i>- Moraceae<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">24.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kalachuchi – <i>Plumeria rubra/ P alba</i> Apocynaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">25.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Ilang-ilang – <i>Cananga odorata</i> - Annonaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">26.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Makopa – <i>Eugenia jambalana</i> - Myrtaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">27.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Mayana - <i>Coleus blumei </i>- Lamiaceae</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">28.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Red Anthurium – <i>A. andraeanum</i> - Araceae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">29.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Sanggumay – <i>Dendrobium anosmum</i> Orchidaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">30.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Bromeliad – <i>Guzmania </i>spp. Bromeliaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">31.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Gumamela – <i>Hibiscus rosa-sinensis</i> Malvaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">32.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Maguey – <i>Agave cantala</i> – Asparagaceae (sub-F Agavoideae)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">33.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Mahogany - <i>Swietinia macrophylla</i> - Meliaceae</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">34.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Strangler’s Fig (balete) <i>Ficus benjamina</i> - Moraceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">35.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Molave – <i>Vitex parviflora</i> - Verbenaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">36.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Narra – <i>Pterocarpus indicus</i> - Dipterocarpaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">37.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">White Lauan – <i>Shorea contorta</i> - Dipterocarpaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">38.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bitaog - <i>Calophyllum inophyllum</i>– Calophyllaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">39.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bikal Bamboo – <i>Schizostachyum dielsianum</i> - Poaceae</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">40.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Staghorn Fern – <i>Platycerium bifurcatum</i> - Polypodiaceae</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">41.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Oak fern – <i>Gymnocarpium dryopteris</i> - Cystopteridaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">42.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Balimbing <i>– Averrhoa bilimbi</i> -Oxalidaceae </span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">43.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tubang Bakod – <i>Jatropha curcas</i> - Euphorbiaceae</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">44.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Jatropha (coral plant) – <i>Jatropha podagrica/multifida</i> - Euphorbiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">45.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Castor bean – <i>Ricinus communis</i> - Euphorbiacae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">46.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Calamansi – <i>Citrus microcarpa</i> - Rutaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">47.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sampalok – <i>Tamarindus indica</i> – Ceasalpiniaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">48.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Banaba – <i>Lagerstroemia speciosa</i> - Lythraceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">49.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Golden Shower – <i>Cassia fistula</i> - Fabaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">50.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Lobster’s Claw plant – <i>Heliconia rostata - </i>Heliconiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">51.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Soro-soro – <i>Euphorbia neriifolia - </i>Euphorbiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">52.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Buntot Tigre – <i>Cordyline roxburghiana - Agaveceae </i><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">53.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Barbados Cherry – <i>Malphighia emarginata</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">54.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kamachili – <i>Pithecolobium dulce -</i> Fabaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">55.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Pandakaki – <i>Tabernaemontana pandakaqui - </i>Apocynaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">56.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Pandan – <i>Pandanus amaryllifolius - </i>Pandanaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">57.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mahogany – <i>Swietenia macrophylla - </i>Meliaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">58.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Maiden Hair Fern – <i>Adriatum raddianum -</i> Pteridaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">59.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Lantana plant – <i>Lantana camara - </i>Verbenaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">60.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Nangka – <i>Artocarpus heterophyllus - </i>Moraceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">61.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Philodendron – <i>P. melanochrysum</i></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">62.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Indian Mast Tree – <i>Polyalthia longifolia</i></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">63.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fishtail palm – <i>Caryota mitis - </i>Arecaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">64.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Shanghai</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <b>Beauty – <i>Jatropha integerrima</i> - Euphorbiaceae<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">65.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Selaginella –<i> S, lepidophylla/braunii </i>- Selaginellaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">66.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tsaang Gubat – <i>Ehretia microphylla - </i>Boraginaceae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">67.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Manga – <i>Mangifera indica</i> - Anacardiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">68.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mulberry – <i>Morus nigra - </i>Moraceae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">69.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Yellow Bell – <i>Tecoma stans</i> – Bignoniaceae family<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">70.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kamias – <i>Averrhoa bilimb</i>i - Oxalidaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">71.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Forget-Me-Not – <i>Myosotis scorpioides</i> - Boraginaceae</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">72.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Rambutan – <i>Nephelium lappaceaum </i> - Sapindaceae</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><a name="_Hlk137792913"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">73.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bromeliad – <i>Portea spp</i> - Bromeliaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">74.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sisal – <i>Agave sisalana</i> - Agavaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">75.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Thorns of Christ plant –<i> Euphorbia milii</i> - Euphorbiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">76.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mickey Mouse plant –<i> Ochna serrulate</i> Ochnaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">77.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Lagundi – <i>Vitex negund</i>o Verbenaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">78.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Lotus – <i>Nelumbium nelumbo </i>Nelumbonaceae </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">79.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Nymphaea – <i>Nymphaea alba/ colorata</i> - Nymphaeaceae</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">80.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Santol – <i>Sandoricum koetjape</i> - Meliaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">81.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tibig – <i>Fi</i></span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><i>cus nota</i> - Moraceae</span></b></span></p></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>82. Fortune plant – <i>Dracaena sanderiana</i> - Asparagaceae<br />83. Gummamela - <i>Hibiscus rosa-sinensis</i> - Malvaceae<br />84. Palmera – <i>Borassus flabellifer</i> - Araceae<br />85. Talisay (Lugo’) – <i>Terminalia catappa </i>- Combretaceae ~</b></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 5 - </span><span>Woodland in the City </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">(Arboretum of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila)</span></b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div>An arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended as a "living gene bank" and field laboratory. As a park an arboretum adds beauty to the place, and creates a mini-climate in the area.</span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat2TOL9egyBwSd0b6sOu18q67Utc_Vqh5qwOysF5qcgS5jhaoj_KlIc3iNRJrWs6ksDIJDrs3jCBYa56Gp14dp4uKr-MB7dSHWle3gSg8ndJtTfLsOsU2ALvIa68vK-uxkzLVu7VM01M/w361-h481/DSC03163.JPG" width="361" /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDfSRBv1xmuvcJtDo-Jf-vZpxqrGvMG7xnjRfmXCJ4lky8eLzIGVFGLIpfqIPWu7ePgSBeNECz6YFo1ewcqqYVVjsf1WgjJdkIMFdEIa91cMb0sXm0Ki4uNxwSThx3gD7rLB9eEQwsoM/s1600/DSC09033+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDfSRBv1xmuvcJtDo-Jf-vZpxqrGvMG7xnjRfmXCJ4lky8eLzIGVFGLIpfqIPWu7ePgSBeNECz6YFo1ewcqqYVVjsf1WgjJdkIMFdEIa91cMb0sXm0Ki4uNxwSThx3gD7rLB9eEQwsoM/w199-h320/DSC09033+A.jpg" width="199" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPUNIUOmIBobGtyhF7lJG-5NuKon4aZGPCRbsQsgT7OaJkjjsW7C5POU4p7YZ_l2nTLApc8wc-L0QLlnXblmKbvuFwmt4tmJJ1ooO-lv9R0ne0MCxg7kghqGNIYH_m1DaCMd0Y1DdVaU/s1600/DSC09035+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPUNIUOmIBobGtyhF7lJG-5NuKon4aZGPCRbsQsgT7OaJkjjsW7C5POU4p7YZ_l2nTLApc8wc-L0QLlnXblmKbvuFwmt4tmJJ1ooO-lv9R0ne0MCxg7kghqGNIYH_m1DaCMd0Y1DdVaU/w194-h320/DSC09035+A.jpg" width="194" /></a></b></div></b><b><span>Chinese parasol, a relative of the Baobab Tree (tree mentioned in The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery', also the queer looking giant tree in The God's Must be Crazy). Lower photos show the tree in bloom which is usually in summer.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7PgPcKh8_TFStieqRDwe4wshTP0szFv-6HA8WEfZP3rFTpT1EBGFC4XnlMPpcgxuLSp9onx_0myLxYhYbe_p9tGd_uGZ54BH6tKRLTJRjhfYueDuVnY5djWlPHXLzlezF9bqlWY7qKU/s1600-h/What+37.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7PgPcKh8_TFStieqRDwe4wshTP0szFv-6HA8WEfZP3rFTpT1EBGFC4XnlMPpcgxuLSp9onx_0myLxYhYbe_p9tGd_uGZ54BH6tKRLTJRjhfYueDuVnY5djWlPHXLzlezF9bqlWY7qKU/s400/What+37.jpg" /></a></b></div></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Talisay tree (<i>Terminalia catappa</i>) or umbrella tree in its incipient deciduous stage. With the coming of <i>Amihan</i> season the leaves turn golden yellow to orange and red, then fall off to the ground leaving the tree a almost bare. New leaves will soon replace the crown.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbTMH16t-RKKFf6eA69HoC9cuLywEp3EktfDCd3KdCcKgh1GxQAKkYroQJI37lN2ieq6wndLmM0oH9mlJDhy__s_pXxn-PwoHQ3P-wao4XLMCK_P-cwrRUooujm7v_bx06eP7eEDpuwE/s1600-h/What+39.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbTMH16t-RKKFf6eA69HoC9cuLywEp3EktfDCd3KdCcKgh1GxQAKkYroQJI37lN2ieq6wndLmM0oH9mlJDhy__s_pXxn-PwoHQ3P-wao4XLMCK_P-cwrRUooujm7v_bx06eP7eEDpuwE/s400/What+39.jpg" /></a></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Fire tree (<i>Delonix regia</i>) during its non-flowering season is a lush towering tree, its leaves almost blocking the sun. At the onset of summer, its leaves fall off and are replaced by clusters of fire red flowers, hence the name of the tree.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppyqKKEpYEhr8ojj-ayMnjHPsen1cj0pom6UwKcnnOxd3TnxzJrqhu_Mb-X44ot2d_8CBFKVt58LNFN1PyKUBcXHLfZyYs9_S0QwiCgCy-bBLPJCSadpafdfJoGn3fYiWvqX8N4RJh-U/s1600-h/What+38.jpg"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppyqKKEpYEhr8ojj-ayMnjHPsen1cj0pom6UwKcnnOxd3TnxzJrqhu_Mb-X44ot2d_8CBFKVt58LNFN1PyKUBcXHLfZyYs9_S0QwiCgCy-bBLPJCSadpafdfJoGn3fYiWvqX8N4RJh-U/w350-h466/What+38.jpg" width="350" /></a></b></div><span>Dita (<i>Alstonia scholaris</i>) is the tallest tree on the campus, surpassing the height of the main building sans its tower cross.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpENYMQnkoaiEjxR_6qXrKAwjJbpOTT5m9qrg9EYy134bRSf7afDykBbV8hXj8BEdriX3ceFjrpo7ntMOLPR2q0-pvjP0lRBecKBMOb2UGgWS7UYbIpnKU8yoH6Hdv2j6Xl71213-TESU/s640/DSC09092+A.jpg" /></span></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Another dita tree, also in the Botanical Garden proper, is estimated to be one hundred years old. Dita is very resistant to pollution and to injury. It produces milky sap that immediately closes its wounds. The sap traps insects like a fly catcher entombing victim in the process. Fossil insects are made this way.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtEobaamvxqhtVsqCdRWp4SfoI1Te-IFCq4CxKxxnOWxmnP_apDrK31gTotUDrJx28mHzuDaLLvypp9It5Ysf9JW0H930aWaxC_z4Cih0pks2LaOGBMQJJC8J6_pHxgjM8vkXRwMXsYI/s1600-h/Plant+prop+roots.JPG"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtEobaamvxqhtVsqCdRWp4SfoI1Te-IFCq4CxKxxnOWxmnP_apDrK31gTotUDrJx28mHzuDaLLvypp9It5Ysf9JW0H930aWaxC_z4Cih0pks2LaOGBMQJJC8J6_pHxgjM8vkXRwMXsYI/w229-h344/Plant+prop+roots.JPG" width="229" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bSMFrxBbEarIsBfkiAAkPpt3vtBiJbzYndJEBCxoxtdQJ-XwoEeh0B-gKOPLGKzpDJcC2BfbOfAOhyphenhyphenfbGyqHs8qWp1uLlCjnMTni9WOWjA6SDe7xQT3H3ZF5lbSH1RQqx7e2LgNNJIs/s1600/DSC09131+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bSMFrxBbEarIsBfkiAAkPpt3vtBiJbzYndJEBCxoxtdQJ-XwoEeh0B-gKOPLGKzpDJcC2BfbOfAOhyphenhyphenfbGyqHs8qWp1uLlCjnMTni9WOWjA6SDe7xQT3H3ZF5lbSH1RQqx7e2LgNNJIs/w193-h343/DSC09131+A.jpg" width="193" /></a></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Left: Prop roots of rubber tree (<i>Hevea braziliensis</i>), a relative of the <i>balete</i> (right photo). They belong to Family Moraceae which also includes fig, <i>nangka</i> and breadfruit. Here graduate students examine the hanging roots which will eventually become prop roots or false trunks. As the tree grows these prop roots spread out of the central trunk making it appear to be "walking." Centuries old trees like the banyan (<i>Ficus benghalensis</i>) become so massive that they form natural arches and caves.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgYw0d2Fj7opcSTcyJj065Qr1zQsIOeV_S3thidP3hht2sTwCq0Cjfji9A4oIdKt5qzkD6PC7pzMKNverFsZcJDQ7r2Tn7S1IMXZOzgYuMgUFc5kucvNHSFUlDRZlaaOsABibEnVOP1E/s1600-h/Plant+anahaw+2.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgYw0d2Fj7opcSTcyJj065Qr1zQsIOeV_S3thidP3hht2sTwCq0Cjfji9A4oIdKt5qzkD6PC7pzMKNverFsZcJDQ7r2Tn7S1IMXZOzgYuMgUFc5kucvNHSFUlDRZlaaOsABibEnVOP1E/s400/Plant+anahaw+2.jpg" /></a></b></div><span>Anahaw palm (<i>Livistona asiatica</i>) towers over neighboring narra trees (<i>Pterocarpus indicus</i>). Anahaw as well as buri (<i>Corypha elata</i>) are now threatened species.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17oLLt9tM6-LONkNFBDZjTGso1_3UewWdmNr3FitQFAfZMFDj6H56gpGJ242QBJSNUyRJiQ2s5_jOKpISqpaRXdSd2XPVjJZ_CIyP78X3_wE9Byj4Gf2SmRk2cxKfzuDofL6BZMtjs50/s1600/DSC09040+A.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17oLLt9tM6-LONkNFBDZjTGso1_3UewWdmNr3FitQFAfZMFDj6H56gpGJ242QBJSNUyRJiQ2s5_jOKpISqpaRXdSd2XPVjJZ_CIyP78X3_wE9Byj4Gf2SmRk2cxKfzuDofL6BZMtjs50/s320/DSC09040+A.jpg" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNL_EfsauigfqVbXX0KIFkhsaP9BeD1c6Glv3J0VYfe-cTNzz_0CjZyfa1HYCPWYsedD-hUu-8XJiwZdyy0iAhjRj7Mt9LrrX6lVHz72x0eSfZdoER21ZOjYiorrFXfuUkbz1vgVlNYo/s1600/DSC09136+A.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNL_EfsauigfqVbXX0KIFkhsaP9BeD1c6Glv3J0VYfe-cTNzz_0CjZyfa1HYCPWYsedD-hUu-8XJiwZdyy0iAhjRj7Mt9LrrX6lVHz72x0eSfZdoER21ZOjYiorrFXfuUkbz1vgVlNYo/s320/DSC09136+A.jpg" /></a></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Camphor trees dominated the front lawn of UST until recently. <i>Cinnamomum camphora </i>(also known as camphorwood or camphor laurel) is a large evergreen tree that is a source of oil, pharmaceutical products and timber. Being sensitive to flooding and pollution, even the older trees such as these in the photo apparently exhibit premature aging. Right, camphor tree laden with climbing <i>Philodendron</i>.<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzDyhpZgVI_AbmnUwsdl00hY_sj7bwTDpk7uKTfGtWXhmrJSL8hCnBwRV0YfBJcuCYKcyZ7nlBt21Mtg94oaL9M_vxlfLIXgs5Stv8N0mufRAY9iFRQ-E-LA2lgyYKjHI__xIh6_6fbs/s1600/DSC09109+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzDyhpZgVI_AbmnUwsdl00hY_sj7bwTDpk7uKTfGtWXhmrJSL8hCnBwRV0YfBJcuCYKcyZ7nlBt21Mtg94oaL9M_vxlfLIXgs5Stv8N0mufRAY9iFRQ-E-LA2lgyYKjHI__xIh6_6fbs/w121-h186/DSC09109+A.jpg" width="121" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKcFnefidIWR5jErmgCMmHs75qEX7Jq5IPCf2UYGgcupKmtIc0COnM8tO8G7ulrYx6k6P5FXOAM-JLUU1YAHXUZE5M8o7mVp3vU8Izy64wPETxUHgsOuL9NiNjCx3M6sgJJnZFIqLw6o/s1600/DSC09095+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKcFnefidIWR5jErmgCMmHs75qEX7Jq5IPCf2UYGgcupKmtIc0COnM8tO8G7ulrYx6k6P5FXOAM-JLUU1YAHXUZE5M8o7mVp3vU8Izy64wPETxUHgsOuL9NiNjCx3M6sgJJnZFIqLw6o/w331-h186/DSC09095+A.jpg" width="331" /></a></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Botong (<i>Barringtona asiatica</i>), produces nut-like fruits that bear seeds poisonous to insects and fish. Graduate students examine the unique shape and structure of the pod.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjUqfZczlVG_2u5HprPypPXi8-JZF3L463GdfqUZYiB6X6zkdMQ7sv6QKJjxvHg1h7inSbfLpgQpnRP6jMw6rpZW6ZL6Myx65kar3UgjtiTh_pvEzg5gWb__b5_qU2IwtyrjEC8sQI9k/s1600-h/DSC03496.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjUqfZczlVG_2u5HprPypPXi8-JZF3L463GdfqUZYiB6X6zkdMQ7sv6QKJjxvHg1h7inSbfLpgQpnRP6jMw6rpZW6ZL6Myx65kar3UgjtiTh_pvEzg5gWb__b5_qU2IwtyrjEC8sQI9k/s400/DSC03496.JPG" /></a></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Antipolo (<i>Arthocarpus</i> sp) tree has broad leaves, perhaps the biggest of the dicots. It is related to <i>nangka</i> and <i>rimas</i>, as well as figs.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-JZCYPhy2yCJjplFOlD9erzMmkFyv_rZe-Qy4Ar2iSSkfhoa4NKRmfC6ijMcw_RqePc_j-Ian-YMWDcCdbdfCZjhhdcE2YgUsz2aYg_5OmpP0hck5K3FdmLjNMR0GGWB4Xp-8S_nnEc/s400/DSC03494.JPG" /></span></b></div></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lianas make a natural curtain. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Here students conduct field studies in biology and ecology. They </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">study interrelationships of plants - competition, symbiosis, parasitism, succession, etc.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ11XYuUbiITKGhyphenhyphenOI_Hf0NR4f5G1FOcHExnc71tZJUBhpZiN6vVInkttzLjBn1nHQ1-cxspyOVrKAt7FKkNgwHBnMkZjL0VYf5OGprBjIWtIfqShKx2JxPvtF96WBd2nvVFyMqFLAII/s1600-h/DSC03492.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ11XYuUbiITKGhyphenhyphenOI_Hf0NR4f5G1FOcHExnc71tZJUBhpZiN6vVInkttzLjBn1nHQ1-cxspyOVrKAt7FKkNgwHBnMkZjL0VYf5OGprBjIWtIfqShKx2JxPvtF96WBd2nvVFyMqFLAII/s400/DSC03492.JPG" /></a></b></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Top view of the Botanical Garden, formerly Pharmacy Garden. It is one of the few gardens in the heart of the metropolis. It is a sanctuary of wildlife displaced by urbanization. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Plants are allowed to grow naturally like in a forest. </span></b></div><div><b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">NOTE: In the strict sense, an arboretum is a collection of trees. Related collections include a <i>fruticetum</i> (from the Latin <i>frutex</i>, meaning shrub), and a <i>viticetum</i>, a collection of vines. More commonly today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended as a "living gene bank" and field laboratory. As a park an arboretum adds beauty to the place, and creates a mini-climate in the area. ~</span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part 6 - </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Holy Father plants a tree.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">In celebration of the Pope's universal call, <i>Laudato Si'</i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/7518290892184357195#"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmzpaf4GEF0-WQ2bsFFLzYMe4OM5_0pVm9-jowQViqMFsnrR0e5WMh0QZYNxC182mEVVGeTlgK1AkXOGToZK6wlUgHm-ukHWlmrhvWohI6lM4ZidAXgsCdi99U9d0QEjjbL5BYqnsFtE/w378-h213/pope+Francis+-environment.jpg" width="378" /></span></a></b></div></b><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="color: #cc0000;">I</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">n observance of the UN International celebrations: Earth Day (April 22), </span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Day of Biodiversity (May 22), and Environment Day (June 6). Above all, it is in keeping with </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">our everyday commitment to <i>Laudato Si'</i> (Care for our common home, the Earth).</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">1. When spring comes without stir, “don't go gentle into the night,” rise and find out where have all the birds gone to herald the new season, the new beginning of life.<br /><br />2. When the monsoon ends too soon, summer sets early, the land scorched, the rivers and ponds dried up, warn of the coming of a severe El Niño phenomenon.<br /><br />3. When algal bloom in make-believe proportion spreads in lakes, sound the alarm of fish kill coming to avert losses and hunger, and save the ecosystem.<br /><br />4. When people move to cities in exodus, convince them, advise government, it is a tender trap that takes them away from the real Good Life on the countryside.<br /><br />5. When clouds simply pass over the landscape, take the lead to reforest the hills and mountains, restore the watershed with a million and one trees.<br /><br />6. When flood sweeps the land taking with it lives and properties, and eroding soil fertility, be part of rehabilitation and planning; believe that flood can be tamed.<br /><br />7. When you find an abundance of lichens of different types on trees and rocks, assure residents of the pristine condition of their environment, and help them to preserve it.<br /><br />8. When and where wildlife areas are shrinking, backyards and idle lots can be developed as alternative wildlife sanctuary, initiate this as a community project.<br /><br />9. When asked what vegetables are safe from pesticide residues and chemicals from fertilizers, promote native species like <i>malunggay</i>,<i> kamote</i> tops,<i> gabi, saluyot</i>, and the like, they are also more nutritious and easy to grow.<br /><br />10. When asked of Nature's way of maintaining the ecosystem, explain the role of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms, composting, symbiosis, among other natural processes and cycles.<br /><br />11. When additives are found in food - <i>MSG, Nutrasweet</i> or any artificial sugar,<i> salitre</i> in sausage, <i>sulfite</i> in white sugar,<i> melamin</i> in milk, <i>formalin</i> in fish, warn the public against taking these, initiate through legislation and campaign to ban these additives.<br /><br />12. When children spend too much time before the TV, on computers, and other gadgets, offer alternatives more favorable to their upbringing and well-being by getting close to nature like camping, gardening and other outdoor activities.<br /><br />13. When old folks talk about traditional wisdom and values, demonstrate native skills, listen and translate them into useful applications, disseminate these in school and through extension.<br /><br />14. When animals are restless, reptiles and rodents coming out of their burrows and dens, fish attempting to escape, fowls noisy, suspect the coming of a force majeure such as earthquake, and be alert to face possible consequences.<br /><br />15. When pandemic like COVID-19 threatens mankind, or an epidemic threatens an area, say flu or cholera initiate community cooperation with health and other institutions to prevent further spread of the disease. Take the same action against Avian Flu, ASF of swine, Tungro of palay, and the like. <br /><br />16. When a child has little concern about the environment, teach him, guide him to explore the beautiful world of nature, and make him realize his importance and his role.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>17. When there is a worthy movement to save the environment, such as <i>Clean and Green,</i> <i>Piso sa Pasig</i>, or any local campaign, lead and extend your full support.</b><br /><br /><b>18. When there are farms and fishponds neglected or abandoned, find out how these are put back to their productive conditions, or converted into a wildlife sanctuary.</b><br /><br /><b>19. When at rest or in confinement for health reason, explore natural remedies with plants, pet therapy, and other proven remedies</b><br /><br /><div style="font-weight: bold;">20. When on a fine Sunday morning you hear birds in the trees, fish splashing in a pond, and plants bloom, say a prayer of praise and thanksgiving in music and poetry, painting, or simply a reflection of the magnificence of creation. ~</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><b><span>*In keeping with the Pope's universal call,<i> Laudato Si' </i>The key idea behind it is that of “integral ecology”, i.e. that people and planet are part of one family where the Earth is our common home. It invites people to protect God's creation for future generations, to embrace a lifestyle change for their own good, and to take care of people who are poor and more vulnerable. (</span><span>Internet</span><span>)</span></b></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Part 7 - The Living Christmas Tree</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Plant a tree this Christmas Season</span></div></span><p style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8La_LuZ8EsNhpU_vZrkLmtUWDOiAgPMaW14PSeYwB6BlL2W7ydKQdKPNANxcr1DSPwOqcKfk-eBoPVAUyYW-hsc-C_jxMqSQn-iefe_kUmTcyZqlq99dDJJ4azBtJkU2ulTF21VbzbXf7/s563/Christmas+Tree+4.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="563" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8La_LuZ8EsNhpU_vZrkLmtUWDOiAgPMaW14PSeYwB6BlL2W7ydKQdKPNANxcr1DSPwOqcKfk-eBoPVAUyYW-hsc-C_jxMqSQn-iefe_kUmTcyZqlq99dDJJ4azBtJkU2ulTF21VbzbXf7/s320/Christmas+Tree+4.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;">The living Christmas Tree gives food, water, shelter, energy, the basic provisions of life. Above all, it is a great expression of love this Christmas Season.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p style="font-size: 14pt;"></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">D</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>on't cut trees for Christmas, don't!</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Plant trees instead and build beautiful memories with the family as the trees grow Christmas after Christmas. In the process they become living Christmas Trees the year round, and year in and out. For Christmas is not just for one occasion where a tree top is decorated and thrown away after. Millions of trees are sacrificed every Christmas this way. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYreCqYnEZH4eSgA4aYPQ3exnhrIPAe6q5mBb0yrYO079tZSFiG7IxafxSvFmCZ2-6B1c9zX716KKAfnFipQk_By3mwXrQUBBXvmvXNJfAmvhXDnRrBsaQ7qloQYf5VpKsQZGVQ8pMZ1O/s259/Christmas+tree+5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span><b><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYreCqYnEZH4eSgA4aYPQ3exnhrIPAe6q5mBb0yrYO079tZSFiG7IxafxSvFmCZ2-6B1c9zX716KKAfnFipQk_By3mwXrQUBBXvmvXNJfAmvhXDnRrBsaQ7qloQYf5VpKsQZGVQ8pMZ1O/s0/Christmas+tree+5.jpg" /></b></span></a><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span><span style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pine treetops for sale</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p>T</o:p></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">his contributes to loss of vegetation, which in turn results in soil erosion and siltation, flooding and largely to global warming.</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Loss of trees decreases oxygen in the air, since trees absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. They are the earth's primary lungs. And they contribute to favorable micro climates in their domain. They catch the rain and store it as groundwater and spring. They feed the streams and rivers and keep the ponds and lakes full, and the estuaries in good condition.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Just a single tree, we may say, does not mean anything - and it's Christmas. Anyway and it comes once in a year. With millions, nay billions, celebrating Christmas, collective loss is unimaginable. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What can we do to have an instant living Christmas tree? You don't have to go far if there is a tree in your backyard on along the sidewalk. </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You can have a potted tree seedling by the window with simple decor. No lights. Just some ribbon and colored cutouts.</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrcvxKwRVu7nP9c8Yxe2KaReGHeSbtMD8LPs_QY6PEa1h_PxOdwRM4eaOefwLWbWaubMILhAedsD6x0GyseqlW_GSnqvpuUb27aoDzqpxSd0ctBb5Vufy2xZuhYAqrNKzn-wOowfD0d9K/s200/Christmas+tree+6.jpg"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrcvxKwRVu7nP9c8Yxe2KaReGHeSbtMD8LPs_QY6PEa1h_PxOdwRM4eaOefwLWbWaubMILhAedsD6x0GyseqlW_GSnqvpuUb27aoDzqpxSd0ctBb5Vufy2xZuhYAqrNKzn-wOowfD0d9K/w242-h173/Christmas+tree+6.jpg" width="242" /></a> <span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguisa66yCvaaPgWz7XwHtUrDZm-deVUBwntWxWdKKXQxqj05xJD8EGHD6TP0IDjHcGSgkxRpH0B5caZOQtQaHvCREhU0m5nodGp2-UVM3atALm2XAVjhyphenhyphenZ3NyZbdqeu1ErjGQhJZQkrflP/s320/Christmas+tree+7.jpg" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguisa66yCvaaPgWz7XwHtUrDZm-deVUBwntWxWdKKXQxqj05xJD8EGHD6TP0IDjHcGSgkxRpH0B5caZOQtQaHvCREhU0m5nodGp2-UVM3atALm2XAVjhyphenhyphenZ3NyZbdqeu1ErjGQhJZQkrflP/w260-h173/Christmas+tree+7.jpg" width="260" /></a><br />Tree planting to save Mother Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">If the tree is large, decorate sparingly with a dozen lights, preferably LED. Don't forget the traditional<i> parol </i>on its top, lighthouse effect of sort.</span></b></span></p><ul style="color: black; margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If there's a tree house, the ambiance of Christmas should be focused there. The tree itself may be sparingly decorated.</span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="color: black; margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Shrubs and small trees are not exacting to decors. Just don't over decorate.</b></span></li></ul><div style="color: black;"><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plant a tree this Christmas can be made as a community campaign. Decide the place of tree planting: a park, along the highway, on a watershed. Celebrate Christmas with this occasion. Don't forget to take care of the trees thereafter. </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plant trees that are adapted in the area. Conifers (pines) are temperate; get tropical species (e.g., narra) for the tropics.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Artificial Christmas trees are most convenient to have, but consider the cost and effect to health and environment. Recycled waste materials draws out artistic talent. This is fine, it reduces waste - or at least gives a "second life", beautiful at that of materials otherwise thrown away. Just be careful with the harmful effects of deteriorating second hand and recycled materials. Don't keep them indoor. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The most meaningful Christmas is one that addresses our time and effort to solving problems concerning our well-being and the environment. The living Christmas Tree is one that gives food, water, shelter, energy, the basic provisions of life, above all it is a great expression of love to Nature and our fellowmen this Christmas Season. . </span></b></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>---------------------------</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY WITH POINSETTIA</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCcbPKh6Ak-Y0Z8G8CqKLg2-aTWfE1IaH9PLyWHC_dPW-byhMeHjZD8RXYw2y4FOKQiW5iMJSmlw0BP2Hs8mDrKR9JPO2FNLTMsGAWP7AfChZQTZU1OEKfo6SXRAmb0p9FJPgpl8iXKR4/s320/Christmas+tree+8.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span></span></a><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><i> Poinsettia pulcherrima</i> cultivars</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbv7tKHF32G0EcjF7WgngDFN3lSON68xw4f8Rkef-7x7vxIgJS-ZgjSfRufw2kUU2sPWZY4KNmZk81w18HBsBOwg-dbcXmuR3qMt4QW1kBqz2m9He5dXsny-UjDTbHeJx08j4SYWt79QDp/w319-h191/poinsettas-white-red-and-pink.jpg" /> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3TfZcy0WcHNqM6VQGSwxApf40A9KMn1sOFr5La2eV0D5AZUa2ighQO4EpfU59oBChaB72u9EVmkZQSuAL_gibJZgo3nTZ56P2Q10CepLZr-hlJd72zPsnuWivf_OOIbrXUAm1nLQRit8/w128-h192/Christmas+tree+2+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdYttc_KPHVvtvboQH8c4rUttiJP9BSUDYdTzuqNoS5OGZK7qPq_vSNGPRHFQVExKVvIVDoVbvleunL3I7nlKfQV9Np49wDjzqTu1ilpw85sDip4Y3KiarY0MKKf4iX_oCsJz4jD6X0am/s640/Poinsettia+eb1_emgv_5012069_formatted.jpg"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdYttc_KPHVvtvboQH8c4rUttiJP9BSUDYdTzuqNoS5OGZK7qPq_vSNGPRHFQVExKVvIVDoVbvleunL3I7nlKfQV9Np49wDjzqTu1ilpw85sDip4Y3KiarY0MKKf4iX_oCsJz4jD6X0am/w226-h162/Poinsettia+eb1_emgv_5012069_formatted.jpg" width="226" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tquiCxEZg5ezE4AWYClOEAKCQ0WtXoXOvTON0TAi4RSGXdfxsFbMZuxVaTEVraUFdcEClRaRpviKq7yUf9sswuUlmac9rUEQL_EZItpEbq5gpoWGTEmqKrzU20xnISym1nmO_h6-_sHw/s259/Poinsettia.jpg"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tquiCxEZg5ezE4AWYClOEAKCQ0WtXoXOvTON0TAi4RSGXdfxsFbMZuxVaTEVraUFdcEClRaRpviKq7yUf9sswuUlmac9rUEQL_EZItpEbq5gpoWGTEmqKrzU20xnISym1nmO_h6-_sHw/w219-h164/Poinsettia.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGui4elIv43IITUy1uqvZlhRnSaBthMR-sr1ovVwJD9qMppnK0f0xejpzLnAB1XbUQHlvdwWLXSaqj6V-mfP8ae6nkEQ8gkIhATbIkv-IvNZ1C9GiI_X49aHHxyksixl4O5MgsKBvQZHw/w217-h160/poinsettia-autumn-leaves-1019-1200x900.jpg" width="217" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/6149097674825178268#"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTGTivApX7XAR1EYnuDFTF7xagknWAW86YtjTDwD11Iwr66bY5S0daO3MBvNWxNhoimMid4w5nJCiSG9hShX3kpMoJcgrNr9ASarz63xaDMHTj0ZKIr8qK9khABtOJoxdrW3IL-cshFic/w222-h158/Poinsettia+thumbnailer.jpg" width="222" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Acknowledgement: Internet Photos ~</span></div><div><br /></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 8 - </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Save the Trees this Palm Sunday</span></span><span> </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Christian world loses millions and millions worth of palm trees every Palm Sunday. Trees take a holiday with the Corona Virus pandemic.</span></b><br /><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0MZtmEsMdFNQ3Wq0DIFK5_ar2NH50dxeVctv2p8sXud4jV0BetKdXWlk9QFsij08WzhN2qfgCdJkXwopRGlkg8Bes7HhKCHsifFBnR_S2TQaSSVyu64SYJym0V78IhRzsjjNvThjmqiO/s1600/DSC09141+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: start;"><img border="0" height="697" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0MZtmEsMdFNQ3Wq0DIFK5_ar2NH50dxeVctv2p8sXud4jV0BetKdXWlk9QFsij08WzhN2qfgCdJkXwopRGlkg8Bes7HhKCHsifFBnR_S2TQaSSVyu64SYJym0V78IhRzsjjNvThjmqiO/w392-h697/DSC09141+A.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Let's join the movement Ecological Reconciliation espoused by the Holy Father <i>(Laudato Si'</i> Encyclical), and local church leaders led by Fr Benigno Beltran SVD. This is a yearly appeal from this website addressed to the leaders of the Church, the faithful, and mankind as one. Let's plant trees instead and take good care of them.<br /><br />The Christian world loses millions and millions worth of palm trees every Palm Sunday. Coconut-based economy is the worst hit - the source of many domestic and export products, and the foundation of people's livelihood. The coconut is the most important tree in maintaining the balance of tropical ecosystems.</span></b></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Whatever happened to the sacredness of Palm Sunday!</span></span></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLhKK2TlOt7hLhQk2n4ZOIna_7-Z8R0LG0mgUYEfjf_iCD5US_IVPh-UT8q99joKn6dQLu-eso6STW6zUTvAqoH7fEN_E9bX8sQL_QpEejjR1wRmZ5aC9DVqQj0FatAL3AvZzU9ks3cY/s1600/Pope+Francis+16.jpg"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLhKK2TlOt7hLhQk2n4ZOIna_7-Z8R0LG0mgUYEfjf_iCD5US_IVPh-UT8q99joKn6dQLu-eso6STW6zUTvAqoH7fEN_E9bX8sQL_QpEejjR1wRmZ5aC9DVqQj0FatAL3AvZzU9ks3cY/s1600/Pope+Francis+16.jpg" width="400" /> </a></b></div></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Bundles of palm fronds (young leaves of coconut and other palm trees) attest to the massive destruction and decimation of palms in the Christian world.</b></div></b></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs4tTsDuaGhd6ADMBYqE1e2TqZvUAJmEJ5any9HTjAwWKCFFmcwytnuUnPIeGgeE_5xCW1Ji6hyGhVBCb4vzAwAvf329EDLGrtg7FUxinAvU4vh52M-c0Q1N4WGn1JQa_Ot0959XLlt8/s1600/Pope+Francis+14.jpg"><img border="0" height="273" 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/></a></div></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Let's join hands to save the trees </span></b></div><ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYV9gXCVOpRC7gTn2Tk7c096W9XVcBFy8EOCCHBuCiuFn_rnLaypMV7IyRKBqch9XqwkvYLdyTCL1U3nTi6-1D_E6rrO3l349SyuVj3hG6HuVLb7Cy2DATjiU2daoXakbU59zCJ6DDVg7/s1600/DSC03990+tree+oliva.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYV9gXCVOpRC7gTn2Tk7c096W9XVcBFy8EOCCHBuCiuFn_rnLaypMV7IyRKBqch9XqwkvYLdyTCL1U3nTi6-1D_E6rrO3l349SyuVj3hG6HuVLb7Cy2DATjiU2daoXakbU59zCJ6DDVg7/s400/DSC03990+tree+oliva.jpg" width="332" /></span></a><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't use young (bud) leaves of coconut for <i>palaspas</i>. You will kill the tree.</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Conserve the Oliva or the Cycads. They are living fossils, older than the dinosaurs. They are now endangered.</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></b></li></ul><b><span style="font-family: arial;">PHOTO: Oliva or Cycad, a living fossil is now endangered.</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: right;"> </span></b><br /></span><ul><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't strip the young leaves of <i>buri</i> and <i>anahaw </i>palms. They are now in the list of threatened species. </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b>Get only the mature leaves - never the young leaves or bud. </b>Get only a small leaf or part of it. Don't be wasteful.</b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b> </b></span></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">There's no need for each faithful to carry palaspas. One for a whole family is enough.</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Get substitute plants that are not ecologically endangered and economically threatened. (Examples: MacArthur's Palm, palmera, Areca or betel nut, bunga de Jolo, and 101 non-palm plants from bamboo to ground orchid). Use mature or older leaves - never the young leaves and buds.</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Seek advice from your community and religious leaders, and environmentalists.</span></b></li><ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Religious Practices Effects to Health and Environment</b></span></ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYOlLgBrR5YIotdTj95gLKzZWNstqhO6RmIBVGIPBLmkordTK_uWPdiZqn-BPITD35EReZS-lg-85qGI0EtOmSBJSY478aW3fA_JwjLkUf9s9S4EBtub6qW0oI_EKsyydxv6BZvB6g7uo/s1600/buri.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYOlLgBrR5YIotdTj95gLKzZWNstqhO6RmIBVGIPBLmkordTK_uWPdiZqn-BPITD35EReZS-lg-85qGI0EtOmSBJSY478aW3fA_JwjLkUf9s9S4EBtub6qW0oI_EKsyydxv6BZvB6g7uo/s400/buri.jpg" width="400" /></span></b></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>• Retreat and reflection is therapy, helps the mind and body release tension and do away with the effects of stress.</b></span><br /></span><ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Buri palm <i>(Corypha</i>) is now classified as threatened species</b></span></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• <u>Abstinence </u>conserves animal population especially during the lean months, conserving breeding stocks - like seeds (binhi) – in order to multiply in the next season.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• To some religions <u>pork is banned.</u> Pork is a carrier of known parasites such as tapeworm, hookworm, and <span style="font-style: italic;">ascaris.</span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">•<u> On Palm Sunday trees are stripped off of their buds, leaves and stems</u>. This is detrimental to the environment especially in summer when plants face tight water regime. Millions of pesos worth of coconut trees, potential to provide nuts continuously for a period of up to 30 years, are simply sacrificed for a day's ritual. Endangered species such as the <span style="font-style: italic;">Cycad</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">Oliva</span>), are pushed to the brink of extinction.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Ancient religions regard certain <u>places and trees sacred,</u> thus enhancing their conservation. Such worship was replaced by later religions, thus losing their protection.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• The <u>washing of feet</u> is not only ritual, it is also sanitation, getting rid of germs and preventing their spread.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. <u>Avoid dipping your fingers into the holy water bowl, </u>and never wash your hands or face in it. Running holy water is best.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>. Take communion on your palm</u>, never with your tongue. Epidemic such as H1N1 (flu) can be spread this way.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>Holding hands</u> in prayer is discouraged also for health and sanitation, keeping ones privacy in reverence, notwithstanding. Kissing icons is likewise discouraged for the same reason. Wiping holy objects with handkerchief will only pick up germs.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. <u>Paying<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>last respect to the dead </u>should be done with extreme care, especially if the cause of death is highly contagious like anthrax, Ebola and SARS. Remember the tragic death of some religious sisters who contacted Ebola from their dead colleague?</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. <u>Don't walk on your knees to the altar</u>; kneeling in prayer is enough. Be kind to your knee tendon and kneecap; knee injury may incapacitate you permanently. "You re not growing younger," an elder advised me. Let's learn from athletes who retired early because of knee injury.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. <u>Removing shoes</u> before entering a house of worship is an expression of respect and reverence, as well as for purposes of maintaining sanitation in the place. Any footwear carries dirt and germs, and may be teems with bacteria and fungi from long and intimate wear. This practice may not be as strict in Catholic churches as in Muslim mosques and Buddhist temples. Removing shoes in other places like prayer rooms, wakes, even homes, are becoming a popular practice.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. Many religious ceremonies are without the use of <u>incense.</u> Incense smoke and scent usually produce a pleasant and calming effect to the faithful. It is also an effective fumigant against flying and crawling insects. Its repellant effect helped keep down the spread of bubonic plague during the Middle Ages. The causal organism which killed a third of the population in the known world is carried by flea (<span style="font-style: italic;">Xenopsylla cheopis</span>) that resides in rats. Incense comes in various preparations and offerings, candle sticks among the most common. Burning candles have similar but lesser effects. To get rid of flies around food, plant one or two burning candles to keep them at bay. Try it.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT87MRMJPS7DtfmOREhofub1SN6QTBUt9pHf2gmecdCW679sP-oKHnDTOT-PvgkcpnSFBz_I9Evhx9E9ndpznsg-z6IOvBcg3dBGc02T07zLa08tLHWKrMmlq1FytvCMLqaoea0ke4Aio/s1600-h/IMG_4150.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445698443920165458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT87MRMJPS7DtfmOREhofub1SN6QTBUt9pHf2gmecdCW679sP-oKHnDTOT-PvgkcpnSFBz_I9Evhx9E9ndpznsg-z6IOvBcg3dBGc02T07zLa08tLHWKrMmlq1FytvCMLqaoea0ke4Aio/s400/IMG_4150.JPG" style="display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></span></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sprinkling holy water with lotus flower before entering </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">the Buddha Shrine.</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(Grand Palace, Bangkok)</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATumpWKp_PJpPKT1d8_q6hld8R1fiOR9U49_50YK312hwETiv1NSJKQnwZBS50TmT4nSHEnKh_VBp82hA8lOv1DZqXc_0tx3chmLIafW1k6VRe-vl0tmi_Dh2Vtn6IE3wAP7nLQ2hDc/s1600-h/People+4.JPG"><b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445705599667181170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATumpWKp_PJpPKT1d8_q6hld8R1fiOR9U49_50YK312hwETiv1NSJKQnwZBS50TmT4nSHEnKh_VBp82hA8lOv1DZqXc_0tx3chmLIafW1k6VRe-vl0tmi_Dh2Vtn6IE3wAP7nLQ2hDc/s400/People+4.JPG" style="display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></b></a></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Candle offering is often wasteful and dangerous. It also makes </span>the place untidy. A lighted candle in an enclosed room reduces oxygen level while filling it with CO2 and the deadly Carbon Monoxide. (Our Lady of Manaoag Shrine, Manaoag Pangasinan.)</b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>NOTE: I invite the readers to list down other religious practices - favorable and not - and send them through Comments. It will indeed enrich this article.</b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Proof of destruction on the altar of faith could be as evident as after a typhoon and other <i>force majeure</i> on the economy and environment. </span></b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroNVA4Z97XXUgFx1UPXdKxS-_ShqqWKQgAjO2xyM6URn8r7ac2w10e_pC73Yi7dtd1rCyf0c1qXr-ZvSJielsJ2Ye8_FgNCGZgpsDB7Llfl-g0OulfmCPwipPGJiTfXi0LERtqYDviVGZ/s1600/coconut+AG127E10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroNVA4Z97XXUgFx1UPXdKxS-_ShqqWKQgAjO2xyM6URn8r7ac2w10e_pC73Yi7dtd1rCyf0c1qXr-ZvSJielsJ2Ye8_FgNCGZgpsDB7Llfl-g0OulfmCPwipPGJiTfXi0LERtqYDviVGZ/s400/coconut+AG127E10.jpg" width="400" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJsD-Xy2okvyjF80dfoTBGjaNi_pek12I_EWh-YwlnrWcxslomN0dbOvy8bp_BxnOYvyzyKZuOr3gP1A4InlIFEqjAVpKYZJil7UXXeinzQVi5BsH1N5KKYR6E5iDjiTSFN1t9HabEiN0/s1600/coconut+AG127E82.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJsD-Xy2okvyjF80dfoTBGjaNi_pek12I_EWh-YwlnrWcxslomN0dbOvy8bp_BxnOYvyzyKZuOr3gP1A4InlIFEqjAVpKYZJil7UXXeinzQVi5BsH1N5KKYR6E5iDjiTSFN1t9HabEiN0/s400/coconut+AG127E82.jpg" width="400" /></span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Coconut tops other coastal trees against the onslaught of tsunami and storm surge. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">(Acknowledgement: Internet and FAO photos)</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>NOTE: This article served as a yearly lesson for 30 years on the defunct <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i> with Ms Melly C Tenorio as host and the author as broadcast instructtor. </b></span><b>738 DZRB AM, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday, linked with Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) network, and this Blog <span style="color: #cc0000;">avrotor.blogspot.com</span></b></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Part 9 -</span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trophies of Nature</span></span></b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trophies in vanity and pride,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">in gold and silver, huge and tall;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nature pleading on the other side,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">for man to remember the Fall. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieP7HVLbYPcEpnbohsk2LMgy0fkn3q1BXH6Br1hsThu_5P7cJnTbEcBk5eNIC-IoOO_XRENtwnLVu5QsoKCKT2Lt48RRm0P6pQglCkI4G4l4SXlxs2M92t8puIcSnP8HuUCyx_f51Tybc9-7xkYbiq8OaY0TVOcVw1rFA7E71kd_lVzDCIM6A71QI2GVI/s4540/DSC00426.JPG"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieP7HVLbYPcEpnbohsk2LMgy0fkn3q1BXH6Br1hsThu_5P7cJnTbEcBk5eNIC-IoOO_XRENtwnLVu5QsoKCKT2Lt48RRm0P6pQglCkI4G4l4SXlxs2M92t8puIcSnP8HuUCyx_f51Tybc9-7xkYbiq8OaY0TVOcVw1rFA7E71kd_lVzDCIM6A71QI2GVI/w465-h558/DSC00426.JPG" width="465" /></a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>A trophy - dead branch from a forest before, </span></b><b><span>its </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>message clear </span></b><b><span>to the logger, and slash-and-burn </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>farmer, c</span></b><b><span>ould their conscience bear? </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ah9YWwnlHhBouw7cHB8Q9JMJ3Ho5huDXh70zBlBUnjVA5PNDKrb2cvllwVh39vZpRRiyVze9gNeKGBpjhUkmIF9RX0OKImVXsiZ_Gstp9uoMpDujVwXLm7Dl4AJtzFMZXvblAlrE__dmGPbHLrYgJxI0s1j3d-rLcJlC8mfk4NAst8SzvF6b3ARWB8w/s4180/DSC00369.JPG"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ah9YWwnlHhBouw7cHB8Q9JMJ3Ho5huDXh70zBlBUnjVA5PNDKrb2cvllwVh39vZpRRiyVze9gNeKGBpjhUkmIF9RX0OKImVXsiZ_Gstp9uoMpDujVwXLm7Dl4AJtzFMZXvblAlrE__dmGPbHLrYgJxI0s1j3d-rLcJlC8mfk4NAst8SzvF6b3ARWB8w/w269-h338/DSC00369.JPG" width="269" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOF9ccohPDfosFGYlIFvrrif8B0JJ4izgS9KbolZR1H7IP_J6JSEMUBRKTDCfKg3sZFkyB3dZIxn7BAW0GLJ64bct2s_KmudFUW4gBj6f-wf-mFOG6OLM-EPNbDUby8D5Xkip5NVr-NBp0CBIEIBdzRSiAKVG_KJ4lIScAb7RnQvz6NehUqfyWrCPBWno/s4372/DSC00367.JPG"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOF9ccohPDfosFGYlIFvrrif8B0JJ4izgS9KbolZR1H7IP_J6JSEMUBRKTDCfKg3sZFkyB3dZIxn7BAW0GLJ64bct2s_KmudFUW4gBj6f-wf-mFOG6OLM-EPNbDUby8D5Xkip5NVr-NBp0CBIEIBdzRSiAKVG_KJ4lIScAb7RnQvz6NehUqfyWrCPBWno/w244-h338/DSC00367.JPG" width="244" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Left: Whatever happened to Noah's emissary - the blackbird, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">now extinct save its replica in the museum. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Right: Driftwood "fished out" from the sea bears fossils </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and empty burrows. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIb03oxiT9SYyHlWa_vrPxjZqMhutqixLMu_erat1NSUJ9gFdqaDS8P06z0RxNxEI9dCBExqOKWIjks9qmpkl5ROc-V7bELj_DNbGP4-4lF4y621_vJvj4qJH90gQIS-nXZWPYhTFpn5_1DGo_E6YTrCIv0tWEK_49kRupbBZj1PpUA3TNyOZts698-wc/s3964/DSC00370.JPG"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIb03oxiT9SYyHlWa_vrPxjZqMhutqixLMu_erat1NSUJ9gFdqaDS8P06z0RxNxEI9dCBExqOKWIjks9qmpkl5ROc-V7bELj_DNbGP4-4lF4y621_vJvj4qJH90gQIS-nXZWPYhTFpn5_1DGo_E6YTrCIv0tWEK_49kRupbBZj1PpUA3TNyOZts698-wc/w260-h332/DSC00370.JPG" width="260" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZqLMF97NAGMPQ1Jd3QYYisFaiRTWMqVAqrzInTvFck374U_ONW5WejJDaLSN0VVlGXgSdOhe_9KQO_AHp5R73ZyI0JLUdXJ9ZF9FPBkBBs8gFEbt3TFRgNpa2ZS0Z9a6VDkW2qVWWL26RyDq_uqwwvvrTP6e0iWeZUE56Ta5VkATv1qtVLQLJIFekjg/s3324/DSC00372.JPG"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZqLMF97NAGMPQ1Jd3QYYisFaiRTWMqVAqrzInTvFck374U_ONW5WejJDaLSN0VVlGXgSdOhe_9KQO_AHp5R73ZyI0JLUdXJ9ZF9FPBkBBs8gFEbt3TFRgNpa2ZS0Z9a6VDkW2qVWWL26RyDq_uqwwvvrTP6e0iWeZUE56Ta5VkATv1qtVLQLJIFekjg/w259-h334/DSC00372.JPG" width="259" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Left: Who is proud of having a souvenir - a head of a deer - on the wall?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Mirror of man's folly and cruelty, compassion if any at all.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Right: Splinters and shards, remnants of a once majestic tree, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">we openly call with pride as <i>heritage </i>tree.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJORoQj4f5P6ZpPGwjbfymnUg1xBtjloMQghJaYSNKnsQAUK5odtRCNsBfJyV2zJyB0VvW_PeN_lA9bOhGX9NqFCoKJFaMciOrdIIglxcdQPhSsqA3XiyAkRQVCMWqQQSZIht5waykHb_-q4GUUW6oYcHC-1T5nM6ZafF6vcm_uNrW0B91IhZmUi3zq4/s2592/DSC01202.JPG"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJORoQj4f5P6ZpPGwjbfymnUg1xBtjloMQghJaYSNKnsQAUK5odtRCNsBfJyV2zJyB0VvW_PeN_lA9bOhGX9NqFCoKJFaMciOrdIIglxcdQPhSsqA3XiyAkRQVCMWqQQSZIht5waykHb_-q4GUUW6oYcHC-1T5nM6ZafF6vcm_uNrW0B91IhZmUi3zq4/w270-h360/DSC01202.JPG" width="270" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGX-nRPfmDWKJD6wf6AESUj_BpVTsMwYghoL7u-RYNFDFrvnvZcrTRUPtiL59foXPj2CgiXvZi3Ar3vD6Mv2DSIbxbyF5C1EUqn-CqxBamy_fjR082lNDf3nDxqbf-NUPLNxLJ2mckxDGiH1PHduOp9lTXa8Ri6EuvRuVI14zQTHAKoLkOfLeeVXg9VQw/s2485/DSC01210.JPG"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGX-nRPfmDWKJD6wf6AESUj_BpVTsMwYghoL7u-RYNFDFrvnvZcrTRUPtiL59foXPj2CgiXvZi3Ar3vD6Mv2DSIbxbyF5C1EUqn-CqxBamy_fjR082lNDf3nDxqbf-NUPLNxLJ2mckxDGiH1PHduOp9lTXa8Ri6EuvRuVI14zQTHAKoLkOfLeeVXg9VQw/w241-h360/DSC01210.JPG" width="241" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Left: Trophy made of a thorny cherry - but why man's <i>enemy</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>when </span></b><b><span>it gives the sweetest jelly?</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Right: "Womb of a Tree" - abode of a symbiont in mutual </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">relationship with the host tree. Now both are gone.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0mTDUJQj1_E/XzjGdRmhpQI/AAAAAAAA91E/jg6ssSTLiBYeEhIYUa23ZLHveN8T_P8dACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/DSC09547.JPG"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0mTDUJQj1_E/XzjGdRmhpQI/AAAAAAAA91E/jg6ssSTLiBYeEhIYUa23ZLHveN8T_P8dACLcBGAsYHQ/w295-h210/DSC09547.JPG" width="295" /></a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JfLrK357dMM/XzjGKhWbHGI/AAAAAAAA90Q/YwZPH8BKXvMdK50jJUgwqeXLCjpeSoUQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/DSC09526.JPG"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JfLrK357dMM/XzjGKhWbHGI/AAAAAAAA90Q/YwZPH8BKXvMdK50jJUgwqeXLCjpeSoUQgCLcBGAsYHQ/w208-h209/DSC09526.JPG" width="208" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">We kill trees for their weird looks. Superstition prevails over </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>intellect. We can only surmise </span></b><b><span>who deserve to receive </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">these trophies?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b><span><img border="0" height="519" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqqzXOJnp5tZJVjml9qP4Wk-uvfo6m2S3UAOPB21TNns50kvB9IDFu9-cMdW8b0o_AVL_3xEz634tbEb1xN-bHMb0mPUiwyIaokDyzD8sMntdtFFqLrOm2ZxP71FVZL9L4Fi0JEwxTE8/w405-h519/cryptozoology+DSC00984.JPG" width="405" /> </span></b></span></div></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Duck Head Figurine</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Once hunted on water and in air,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>now figurine, a grim reminder. </b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcrUSFlEEE-vEvsvzNLOcnbEoyDYuLjkJtIpV49PZfQu1pb9Ey9fUNp8iNR0JqFTsgAaWtIfRM5FxTkchXHOAM1Zg1Btk2SvNbh-ove6B6P-aAkCETabCS5UzwIWtEWcyzRZNpmDCPQxjjmA-tncJBurf7QNz4aqJ6PiwdsA1lAOgTeRbyaIMdjlK2qkWx" style="color: #336699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="457" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcrUSFlEEE-vEvsvzNLOcnbEoyDYuLjkJtIpV49PZfQu1pb9Ey9fUNp8iNR0JqFTsgAaWtIfRM5FxTkchXHOAM1Zg1Btk2SvNbh-ove6B6P-aAkCETabCS5UzwIWtEWcyzRZNpmDCPQxjjmA-tncJBurf7QNz4aqJ6PiwdsA1lAOgTeRbyaIMdjlK2qkWx=w411-h578" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="411" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Driftwood trophy</span></b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> "You can hear the sea in the city." Does this giant shell </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">deserve this acclaim for its demise? </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4miwTCoqKyMWkgiY6hixabddxEMhQiZca5Tm_rghUYPmwbrbTOHGXgSoShqKpYWAuJ3LiMW2o8AKIOWlmyk2KrkHaY8pjIOZnN_9uPV-oO7eV4ZKvWs7Ry_NUYHHm1jsujg4WdMCzoQ/w501-h607/DSC00766.JPG" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Why gold or silver a trophy;</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">why not remnant of a tree,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> shells forgotten and empty,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to wake us up to reality?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwM6Dr6NrcN9BL7mWEC_RlzYJRac81zv95EMC2CResKXLr0dqApaBzzgRs5g7XSBPt3zbzb58X7ta4J30AyQmiKv4PX4EawZ0J-do16iQ7pXUiu2SR2RnqpZv6yCbhLASJLvxK9sJU40_ynmkRINiSiMuMFDc3BR84vqWg99PbXie3iczkpQbkOVq9EK61/s3616/DSC01073%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwM6Dr6NrcN9BL7mWEC_RlzYJRac81zv95EMC2CResKXLr0dqApaBzzgRs5g7XSBPt3zbzb58X7ta4J30AyQmiKv4PX4EawZ0J-do16iQ7pXUiu2SR2RnqpZv6yCbhLASJLvxK9sJU40_ynmkRINiSiMuMFDc3BR84vqWg99PbXie3iczkpQbkOVq9EK61/w392-h640/DSC01073%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="392" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Driftwood Table Decor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Wasteland in the hall,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> a dreaded scene,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> aftermath of the Fall, </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>of man's first Sin.</span></b> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cdKv5_E_fL5ye5VFZFlVe7s9et7Y4b-oNWF3E7-p1s8fpeEcIUbY0DdRAISQHtQjXuQcY5Vvj_zCScp6vlU__PetmuHu5nOhVvVS1p9J53rYqMO6HsOPo8OXPkVSOcCB4z3jAHKCH6JqTqS7BG1rfidlDJbkXOj1IjalXsxhKrt1Gij6pZIr9C764Jw/s4160/DSC00396.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2564" data-original-width="4160" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cdKv5_E_fL5ye5VFZFlVe7s9et7Y4b-oNWF3E7-p1s8fpeEcIUbY0DdRAISQHtQjXuQcY5Vvj_zCScp6vlU__PetmuHu5nOhVvVS1p9J53rYqMO6HsOPo8OXPkVSOcCB4z3jAHKCH6JqTqS7BG1rfidlDJbkXOj1IjalXsxhKrt1Gij6pZIr9C764Jw/w507-h312/DSC00396.JPG" width="507" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Nature Trophies Unlimited</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A collection of Nature remains which resemble unique features of creatures and objects, a subject of pseudoscience called <i>cryptobiology</i>. On display at the author's residence at the Living with Nature Center in San Vicente Ilocos Sur. ~</span></b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2735229114732086804" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span> Part 10 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Trees in Winter in Brisbane, Australia</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #cc0000; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“It seems like everything sleeps in winter, but it’s really a time of renewal and reflection.”</span></b><b style="color: #cc0000; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">— Elizabeth Camden, <i>Until the Dawn</i></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Photographs and Painting by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUURQtSmMi3v-4l99dGsrh7292ekX3l8oUIKiMTOUueFAfLtz2S5y1ISWNH74TehcDoQGF3ZzJfnyqi8hdBD6p3o2-6KxHJ7i9-GUV5iobbaDmzJPWl6puBVhtJpsTEBG1H_lTJj30AKI-sqB6ao_jRnxf25RlEpuZJFDKoi2XwNqSN7j2JXTX-M0FVrs/s5472/DSC01141.JPG"><img border="0" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUURQtSmMi3v-4l99dGsrh7292ekX3l8oUIKiMTOUueFAfLtz2S5y1ISWNH74TehcDoQGF3ZzJfnyqi8hdBD6p3o2-6KxHJ7i9-GUV5iobbaDmzJPWl6puBVhtJpsTEBG1H_lTJj30AKI-sqB6ao_jRnxf25RlEpuZJFDKoi2XwNqSN7j2JXTX-M0FVrs/w535-h339/DSC01141.JPG" width="535" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>"With paintbrush and acrylic colors, half lying on the lawn, I tried to capture the scene on canvas, the sun overcast revealing the undergrowth as temperate trees are mainly deciduous, save the evergreens mainly gymnosperms - cypresses and pines." - AV Rotor</b></span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhg6Txw5YJ9GitaHRLWqOCtYGDMIO8QZwsjftYUyf11XqexcTVrJ3gj8Yontn3hkxndtqXYZNtFbjDpu4fxaoT6v6NmVIm8TyQ_BGL7ff3xtjGUCBVRBN4AO1YKZxS1X6VtEZXXXx95pV3o9jQK7LR7ck94_C77V4ira3s_MXMrh16EirXczMDSTmVc/s2726/DSC01106.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2045" data-original-width="2726" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhg6Txw5YJ9GitaHRLWqOCtYGDMIO8QZwsjftYUyf11XqexcTVrJ3gj8Yontn3hkxndtqXYZNtFbjDpu4fxaoT6v6NmVIm8TyQ_BGL7ff3xtjGUCBVRBN4AO1YKZxS1X6VtEZXXXx95pV3o9jQK7LR7ck94_C77V4ira3s_MXMrh16EirXczMDSTmVc/w402-h301/DSC01106.JPG" width="402" /></span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"I found new life in a dead tree, a pair of birds singing." - AV Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrVfpi3bf5VJfLETFQD-l9WSLIJ3ghBTdWKSYwd5vWIIc8pGTwXx6O2LkRCL5GMxrJDGVwdZbPR2pZlBsdSCsr9ztjOotJ206UR9O7tdNkau282WwRVTwDgGuhyHBi70fVRvyR336ZCSMslTxgAfnbkj-4k2YemODPkGQpq6kxlbk6n7EldjGeYabhD0/s5472/DSC01139%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrVfpi3bf5VJfLETFQD-l9WSLIJ3ghBTdWKSYwd5vWIIc8pGTwXx6O2LkRCL5GMxrJDGVwdZbPR2pZlBsdSCsr9ztjOotJ206UR9O7tdNkau282WwRVTwDgGuhyHBi70fVRvyR336ZCSMslTxgAfnbkj-4k2YemODPkGQpq6kxlbk6n7EldjGeYabhD0/w398-h224/DSC01139%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." — Victor Hugo</span></b></div><p></p><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH59yVi_nJO1RkMEmIe_I6VJtX8gtmGoEH8rMC1_eaLwFnsyE63Wdd13UwLE_ya6vGO-MBtoTQHi4EgcFdD11UAqiuVLu_ZyU78UU7TEDYV-YS1I_emWgDExquMheDkH7DQI5nOforGwG8s3F604ICy7lUk3tlj5arJbdnRgYf1WvWgNs-oZhwNdSp33I/s320/DSC01143.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqleiWEIwc_TTCCpndD77SS3pDZMeFfmUa0gouy8WniJEVU_4p1Wsa1sPUX9Bv-bWD1TNBXcVfhvPY3NHNDuccsy8xO6NnhNjVt9DocU4W-2GFsp59NImxsRcgZAaFdyIjHmQ0-EjRZ3sMs2904xNLZVv7OVi3Sh1oH8U8fw195n-PNmJ0yycSP46RDlY/s5472/DSC01136%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqleiWEIwc_TTCCpndD77SS3pDZMeFfmUa0gouy8WniJEVU_4p1Wsa1sPUX9Bv-bWD1TNBXcVfhvPY3NHNDuccsy8xO6NnhNjVt9DocU4W-2GFsp59NImxsRcgZAaFdyIjHmQ0-EjRZ3sMs2904xNLZVv7OVi3Sh1oH8U8fw195n-PNmJ0yycSP46RDlY/w179-h319/DSC01136%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="179" /></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>"</span><span>One can follow the sun, of course, but I have always thought that it is best to know some winter, too, so that the summer, when it arrives, is the more gratefully received.” — Beatriz Williams</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_AYGVHL-3M5mXLzfnn8VLndMv3e5lMeO0aGXUfCtptSHQ1m1NfCkcrSlymym8cOb_oy-OWZ4jtRhZxJEaa3dmkdTQFrvL_Ja-5zkMUJJrlWqDK8bGuAiZwpwF6Z7DghEqtmKImTSjMjzupuKtDyqcZTZjhua9IyghBADwOz33W4SkyqOU44lEvNuLic/s5472/DSC01146.JPG"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_AYGVHL-3M5mXLzfnn8VLndMv3e5lMeO0aGXUfCtptSHQ1m1NfCkcrSlymym8cOb_oy-OWZ4jtRhZxJEaa3dmkdTQFrvL_Ja-5zkMUJJrlWqDK8bGuAiZwpwF6Z7DghEqtmKImTSjMjzupuKtDyqcZTZjhua9IyghBADwOz33W4SkyqOU44lEvNuLic/w188-h320/DSC01146.JPG" width="188" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jJOXYlkC57U8xpynRh-L1CPqc4jdec6YsqtA769s4o7xF-dluG8uMgOI_ySSOF4E6oW_NFw3UGfc5f0CsISpaZQnlgAwFJRrrrUij-SIJdDumBpwPU2Xy6SvxnOfB64tmhbWN1TpIcxOvZHC3Tp6CkeRSadFIqqGWNzUg3qrQwk0vCOROHe71xJ51sA/s5472/DSC01142.JPG"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jJOXYlkC57U8xpynRh-L1CPqc4jdec6YsqtA769s4o7xF-dluG8uMgOI_ySSOF4E6oW_NFw3UGfc5f0CsISpaZQnlgAwFJRrrrUij-SIJdDumBpwPU2Xy6SvxnOfB64tmhbWN1TpIcxOvZHC3Tp6CkeRSadFIqqGWNzUg3qrQwk0vCOROHe71xJ51sA/w185-h320/DSC01142.JPG" width="185" /></a></span></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">In winter meditate and reflect. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4HDjrAlQtXzbpM9KfcxHDY4a1RBRvaG1Ca7s2SPU9ZH9ADYsmJNtvZupWup7qObwkfO9SSpwoFjh4TF0nEI4RvC7k3MgDP56-4ytzD9e-g2sDpPZ4cjSg7YuNX0xLwOK_3i55Y6Ch5HaHPSpuT6HQsEI0_BYVNBBZ2f8k6cpl3cD98AmQ12sXIBjoVo/s5472/DSC01138%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4HDjrAlQtXzbpM9KfcxHDY4a1RBRvaG1Ca7s2SPU9ZH9ADYsmJNtvZupWup7qObwkfO9SSpwoFjh4TF0nEI4RvC7k3MgDP56-4ytzD9e-g2sDpPZ4cjSg7YuNX0xLwOK_3i55Y6Ch5HaHPSpuT6HQsEI0_BYVNBBZ2f8k6cpl3cD98AmQ12sXIBjoVo/w247-h172/DSC01138%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="247" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEerZHTplPKHaIiaBfEZAPjs-stL3O9GmMKTuT7GQ35GLB878U_H8sjc_9ljTJpYrQLs6PmWrLIXG6VsgzsyzJkstbnvLTddjkyBNEQS4lObpdprB3U-hjLjWcuG94XD_qAT3Xc8dEngu1bQK3aDal4cr3nLo44BlIL5XT1YH9Qj36KExuQFph4M0AHgg/s5472/DSC01140%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEerZHTplPKHaIiaBfEZAPjs-stL3O9GmMKTuT7GQ35GLB878U_H8sjc_9ljTJpYrQLs6PmWrLIXG6VsgzsyzJkstbnvLTddjkyBNEQS4lObpdprB3U-hjLjWcuG94XD_qAT3Xc8dEngu1bQK3aDal4cr3nLo44BlIL5XT1YH9Qj36KExuQFph4M0AHgg/w254-h172/DSC01140%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="254" /></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The woods, unlike our tropical rainforest, are sparse as the trees undergo hibernation in winter. In the Southern hemisphere the seasons are exactly the opposite of ours in the northern hemisphere, when it is summer, it is winter in Australia,* </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"Do trees, like many of us humans, feel lonely and alone in winter? There is a </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">difference </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> between being alone and being lonely. Being alone is being away </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">from others </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">because you choose to. Being lonely is when there is no one </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">there for you." </span></b></div></div><p></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFo1ueuk9CWD1SuykVf8kwJrauY6u1x4Wyi96sfNMuCRxkpb2PmBCUItm_QoxKNgQCOSwx-6iIqmzqv4YinTB47eFwa6wQijQRVrTSqk-9o-FbquMsl93axUXcPekTel89nVoAf-YccnK4vIN6-OgVyffnSdiGgV8TrbQgDaA47et2JZ--iiPXN_LJfU/w165-h293/DSC01155.JPG" width="165" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMHPWoHouUJmXKIActcKcvQGmY_K4d2d-sscXSLzNNntBFP9cgEjjOPwQZ8Z4W_uGIUBB1-SpX_gdit5M5V3Msl8DYHmvAM9Qr4rDEf6W8LKj-MIdHY8ZP3c8I636DDwz6CzohW1rOQhEyCi5fHE6Z9sp-uLpZgb1ioLithcjNPADamLxbtCoGoqrjkI/s5472/DSC01150.JPG"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMHPWoHouUJmXKIActcKcvQGmY_K4d2d-sscXSLzNNntBFP9cgEjjOPwQZ8Z4W_uGIUBB1-SpX_gdit5M5V3Msl8DYHmvAM9Qr4rDEf6W8LKj-MIdHY8ZP3c8I636DDwz6CzohW1rOQhEyCi5fHE6Z9sp-uLpZgb1ioLithcjNPADamLxbtCoGoqrjkI/w164-h292/DSC01150.JPG" width="164" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItOkRBP64mCYOaZMxayTCprDlo5J7f_pktOd-CzQlbNRiBTh5u38S1O3W3KGR6NYHEfesTo9kLbxNnwYfql5LT2Um3f94VceBbP9TKxTc0YMPIjj9_inJKgJX0fAFTmOxP7VTeHV78f2xvtxHPuhJ1s0xnHBacVnqKK_9ZAECqzmyaiSBasivJswp2bo/s5472/DSC01137%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItOkRBP64mCYOaZMxayTCprDlo5J7f_pktOd-CzQlbNRiBTh5u38S1O3W3KGR6NYHEfesTo9kLbxNnwYfql5LT2Um3f94VceBbP9TKxTc0YMPIjj9_inJKgJX0fAFTmOxP7VTeHV78f2xvtxHPuhJ1s0xnHBacVnqKK_9ZAECqzmyaiSBasivJswp2bo/w169-h291/DSC01137%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="169" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Winter is grace, winter is preparation. </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Meditate in the woods </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and learn more about life.</span></b></div></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”— Anne Bradstreet,</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.”— Paul Theroux</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Grace grows best in winter.” — Samuel Rutherford</span></div></span><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulKslgqcgjZkUmNXquXvzc0Ds06L7x_2v_VF_Ax4E8xPUDn2Ans4it1ZjcLVnIlOtUtGHBBMiSPFlOBHbhbObqFGDLft7-lg4T_RWCeoiPEJJ_3xeWJW7Z862qHj6gp2Izl5XfKEhYZjzjCUuDcG5bjHQur5zqCCK5Y2e-uc53frcmLbFchDqHNmelJ0/s3975/DSC01103.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2236" data-original-width="3975" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulKslgqcgjZkUmNXquXvzc0Ds06L7x_2v_VF_Ax4E8xPUDn2Ans4it1ZjcLVnIlOtUtGHBBMiSPFlOBHbhbObqFGDLft7-lg4T_RWCeoiPEJJ_3xeWJW7Z862qHj6gp2Izl5XfKEhYZjzjCUuDcG5bjHQur5zqCCK5Y2e-uc53frcmLbFchDqHNmelJ0/w496-h279/DSC01103.JPG" width="496" /></span></a></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Meditation with the trees. "The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood." - John Burroughs<br /><br />"I do an awful lot of thinking and dreaming about things in the past and the future - the timelessness of the rocks and the hills - all the people who have existed there. I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show.” — Andrew Wyeth</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlldAEW_HnjmcnHiCtAoH26MMWHHljy9UvcbP_9xrdNZ0uifbs0RtH9nazQ31SIzIJngNw5l4raiSHXJerMy2tSuk02QYxOqncHeHr0RBcrc3-qXluiphgCieSJ6blMLud1ThIzQfFC3pCI7xO4ozQyqAZT4j533g8p2XMrAhn-69f5LLViL8mOBL9iI/s5472/DSC01183.JPG" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlldAEW_HnjmcnHiCtAoH26MMWHHljy9UvcbP_9xrdNZ0uifbs0RtH9nazQ31SIzIJngNw5l4raiSHXJerMy2tSuk02QYxOqncHeHr0RBcrc3-qXluiphgCieSJ6blMLud1ThIzQfFC3pCI7xO4ozQyqAZT4j533g8p2XMrAhn-69f5LLViL8mOBL9iI/w166-h295/DSC01183.JPG" width="166" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_v6-EY0T4tHayE5YaJy_fx0FZUIjoLNSCEM4rwp3d9GNeEq9_MT5KeyF58jAadyc47oQmcTOQwGk3tZYpH-efYlauQnJchhKm9Oy5E7kqLhII4_yxdpBtqETpltjJ6eoE6ZSqpQoGeWMz9vTl_SW9kc3nbdPhkUvMb54b4K1R9Tpo9_mWyK0TDN-cSY/s5472/DSC01189.JPG" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_v6-EY0T4tHayE5YaJy_fx0FZUIjoLNSCEM4rwp3d9GNeEq9_MT5KeyF58jAadyc47oQmcTOQwGk3tZYpH-efYlauQnJchhKm9Oy5E7kqLhII4_yxdpBtqETpltjJ6eoE6ZSqpQoGeWMz9vTl_SW9kc3nbdPhkUvMb54b4K1R9Tpo9_mWyK0TDN-cSY/w165-h294/DSC01189.JPG" width="165" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CkAuAkWcV1v1uRBmNGuWEFoeEbvWNJPq9vPKr55LvZpcL9xyht7zVImvASVBex88n_lu7tczdolRDDaS9BmklhRjaIHUyEFhRikeHM0PGwllV2divoGE_YqXWmseFuqT3DXU9f3Osknr1-I5dxZXzez8WzFVZpV2gpk2z4NUJHvWN3FsPmOnzSFD1GM/s5472/DSC01149.JPG" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CkAuAkWcV1v1uRBmNGuWEFoeEbvWNJPq9vPKr55LvZpcL9xyht7zVImvASVBex88n_lu7tczdolRDDaS9BmklhRjaIHUyEFhRikeHM0PGwllV2divoGE_YqXWmseFuqT3DXU9f3Osknr1-I5dxZXzez8WzFVZpV2gpk2z4NUJHvWN3FsPmOnzSFD1GM/w154-h294/DSC01149.JPG" width="154" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"Signs of spring, though still a month ahead, are found in garden </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">plants growing in flower pots and plots cared by human hands."</span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Part 11 - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Music in the Trees in Wintertime</span></b></span></div><b><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Brisbane, Australia </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;">Each leaf a note with the wind and in falling to the ground, a firefly beams with flashes of notes, crawlers in cadence of their own, and the treetops like the grass sway in cantabile, the winter wind chills in vibration, the germinating seeds whisper - all in keeping with the baton of Nature.</span></span></b></div></span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZDp-mX5pyG2vjtKxLaAyG3TPe9FYEwOBzaso0E_DzY4-YCBZFcy7iGw-GL49nnLWjUVZ_jZmemIa_ndcUyjb6zIPHGF0UOkrX3Be5_wWnU9DM8Eko_NZ1QQ1QQvASa-enwKeNAoh7FiNzPkB_Qi5xo5J4MRZePF8XiHMT0VR-5iCNwbCvBnJFY84piY/s3636/DSC00743.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZDp-mX5pyG2vjtKxLaAyG3TPe9FYEwOBzaso0E_DzY4-YCBZFcy7iGw-GL49nnLWjUVZ_jZmemIa_ndcUyjb6zIPHGF0UOkrX3Be5_wWnU9DM8Eko_NZ1QQ1QQvASa-enwKeNAoh7FiNzPkB_Qi5xo5J4MRZePF8XiHMT0VR-5iCNwbCvBnJFY84piY/w437-h551/DSC00743.JPG" /></a></div><p></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Woods in Brisbane in Wintertime</i>, Painting in acrylic </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">by the author. July 2023</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">H</span>ow I love to paint the trees on the backyard of my daughter's family house in Brisbane, just across a railing to a park, kept in its natural state which I call "woods", reminiscent of Robert Frost's description of woods in his poem, to quote, "the woods are lovely dark and deep."</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>But the woods here are sparse as they undergo hibernation in winter, because in the Southern hemisphere the seasons are exactly the opposite of ours in the northern hemisphere, when summer to us is winter in Australia, owing to the inclination of the earth's axis.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>When I, my wife and son, took a vacation in Brisbane the temperature was less than 10 degrees Celsius on the average, with occasional gusts of wind and drizzle, and fog that would shroud the trees, rivers and lakes, yet as a whole the climate was invigoratingly fresh, though quite cool.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>There with paintbrush and acrylic colors, half lying on the lawn, I tried to capture the scene on canvas, the sun overcast revealing the undergrowth as temperate trees are mainly deciduous, save the evergreens mainly gymnosperms - cypresses, and pines, like <i>agoho</i> that we know.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The birds came to greet us, I supposed, or they were attracted by the music of my violin as I played some popular and semi-classical tunes, including our <i>Kundiman. </i> Isn't music universal, understood differently by all creatures, not only man but animals and plants - and the minutiae, as well?</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Each leaf a note with the wind and in falling to the ground, a firefly beams with flashes of notes, crawlers in cadence of their own, and the treetops like the grass sway in cantabile, the winter wind chills in vibration, the germinating seeds whisper - all in keeping with the baton of Nature. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I viewed my painting for a long time, long enough to meditate on its rendition, not for its incompleteness or simplicity, for after all, there's no end at aiming perfection, and it is the viewer who completes what the artist may have missed. Such is the mystery of art, it reflects upon us beyond our comprehension in awe and reverence. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>* The earth's vertical axis tilts by 23.5 degrees, equivalent to an angle of 66.5 from the orbital plane. The earth maintains this tilt throughout its revolution. This is known as the parallelism of the earth's axis which explains the reason for the occurrence of seasons alternately occurring in opposite phases between the northern and southern hemispheres.</b></span><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>AUTHOR'S NOTE: The painting hangs at the sala of the home of my daughter, her husband, and their two young children who joined me, their <i>Lolo</i>, in this rare adventure with nature.~ </b></span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 12 - </span></b></span><b style="font-size: large;"><span>Greet Sunrise through the Trees</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>"Morning comes early as the sun peeps through the trees;</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>greet the birds and butterflies, lovers and artists." avr</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2735229114732086804" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>Wake up under the green umbrella of trees, </b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> cool and invigorating; </b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>Breathe freely, away from the stale city air,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> and catch the breeze passing.</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>Let the morning settle down on dewdrops,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> on mist like curtain parting;</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>Just let the world go by on Nature's scale,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> and life's sweet rhythm singing. </b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>Wake up from too much haste and worry,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> life's not a race for winning;</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>You may have the happiest moment in life,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> listen to the trees singing. ~ </b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p style="font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEffrAqs5GDfvf9UHXztogGuUyvj5h-K9HpanIVT9QP7piO22DWJ-EUnBhhFNMZbF0EJ_xZFT8ZI2hdkG7Xr4qt4WLIOlIv3znDSq2grkrOvgloHibQTBMy0FNNEMorhbgFYXY9VoGnE5J/w228-h320/DSC00363.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIyCS5Ez0GeA8J7J-uSq3uPWb9nzbkee81LGm-Pc6WKcWsZh8ZQsikGzaK2i8bQBR3iGazve67vsPN3IAGyxYOdw5OrelOYoMh5Y7rUxHijv_C4MjJpVByOw97xq8o989Tj-FaWlIy330/w240-h320/DSC00605.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Canopy of heritage trees laden with lianas and ferns, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Living with Nature Center, </b><b>San Vicente, Ilocos Sur </b></span></div><div style="font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMHyo1U-bgpxqXc0mu7LdTa8QzEFeBkqAzWIdMDyt6f_sbJEqdCCEl9ndF3s4u9KN3gQ_ebKjOAFKr82QVyNOZ5eMHh46J3krIrIfdgB4VSLC4iwC6OT4w_ROEvpzTbwXTBDG_-hEDHdb/s320/Painting+TreesDSC05283+A.jpg" style="color: #cc3300; font-size: 13.524px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="320" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMHyo1U-bgpxqXc0mu7LdTa8QzEFeBkqAzWIdMDyt6f_sbJEqdCCEl9ndF3s4u9KN3gQ_ebKjOAFKr82QVyNOZ5eMHh46J3krIrIfdgB4VSLC4iwC6OT4w_ROEvpzTbwXTBDG_-hEDHdb/w510-h371/Painting+TreesDSC05283+A.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="510" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Greet Sunrise Through the Trees</i> in acrylic by the author. ~</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>— Kahlil Gibran</span></b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Original Title - 2022 Year of the Trees</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Part 13 - </span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;">Listen to the T</b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>rees</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">"I like to take the time out to listen to the trees, much in the same way that I listen to a sea shell, holding my ear against the rough bark of the trunk, hearing the inner singing of the sap. It's a lovely sound, the beating of the heart of the tree."</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">- Author: Madeleine L'Engle</span><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">"</span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Photos by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvS-56WJBiCv4OtvC_t5J5pC68Td4JDBb7QihUDFzjA44FcHmhe5q7Fz5wH6d0J4uiI5F0G8SZbsFBp8-3sg7N5fUZHe_l2oPRKW3n1lB-iOeAgYRRYyndf7Oywy0t0qhAuGSZksL5hHyUYkvc5qN_PlE69xBYhOXD3uaPbrXaW49DEZa4lSJmBp4/w245-h327/DSC04731.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxDl96a7r98K1dZLtIdRkDqNHb61j7PEMIjg7_SMl70biDnDBJMOpyQDSN7rfJcG2QuYguQk62I6AOOV36_0-TY70oXV5tvin8K4_PaXOBjmSaaVqYLKllLdKGJoNGiCgPqOg_B7as0GxdK51-XVwOJWWTdpa-SVFS7ZPWTDZ10rxUn1rPHH8AUSr/s2592/DSC04684.JPG"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxDl96a7r98K1dZLtIdRkDqNHb61j7PEMIjg7_SMl70biDnDBJMOpyQDSN7rfJcG2QuYguQk62I6AOOV36_0-TY70oXV5tvin8K4_PaXOBjmSaaVqYLKllLdKGJoNGiCgPqOg_B7as0GxdK51-XVwOJWWTdpa-SVFS7ZPWTDZ10rxUn1rPHH8AUSr/w240-h328/DSC04684.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Caimito (<i>Chrysophylum cainito</i>); Talisay (Lugo Ilk) <i>Terminalia catappa</i>)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span>I'm a pygmy among giant trees,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span> like walls of a fort guarding</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span>against gust, noise, dust and glare,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span> whispering and singing.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span><br /></span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span>They greet me as the sun rises,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span> bid me before sundown;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span>to my forebears and my children,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span> bestow them the biggest crown. - avr</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfSHmrK2ZNfI2-fQcg3-CYFrf73BIqSC3AoLdD452ZDrPhpuINvFcJl8hgsXZqM60kucieWHhJDl8XI1JXgMvljOrtDMUJs6sb2YJNXJBCdSzevMNddraRZ7P9O5iW1edpldeLgVfQtGRcq9OsfRHF67rKYr9yYbEjyAvjppUfnaGU5JgpCcgM-77/s2592/DSC04698.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfSHmrK2ZNfI2-fQcg3-CYFrf73BIqSC3AoLdD452ZDrPhpuINvFcJl8hgsXZqM60kucieWHhJDl8XI1JXgMvljOrtDMUJs6sb2YJNXJBCdSzevMNddraRZ7P9O5iW1edpldeLgVfQtGRcq9OsfRHF67rKYr9yYbEjyAvjppUfnaGU5JgpCcgM-77/s320/DSC04698.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtPkVaFGEF_P94JloYQhzFKHIJuAYa7WfmgNTmcylLnASiO5N58nLVwu81r2meY6Xn0krzJJIrFg0vUkqjf81lydNw6CJAkavkG4zELcqXIxmHCkfIHuqSKXd_6SV0nNqCr-5997n1JX5y9b8ax1Jf-zXyweA-derIsgTZ2YZVDF7ZbXowpmJxsMW/s2592/DSC04699.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtPkVaFGEF_P94JloYQhzFKHIJuAYa7WfmgNTmcylLnASiO5N58nLVwu81r2meY6Xn0krzJJIrFg0vUkqjf81lydNw6CJAkavkG4zELcqXIxmHCkfIHuqSKXd_6SV0nNqCr-5997n1JX5y9b8ax1Jf-zXyweA-derIsgTZ2YZVDF7ZbXowpmJxsMW/s320/DSC04699.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Macopa or Wax Apple (<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><i>Syzygium samarangense</i>)</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span>"I hear them laugh with the breeze</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span>and make my life at ease;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span>I talk to them when lonely and sad,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span>and hush me when mad." - avr</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">"Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind." </b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">- Claude Debussy</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>"I love the sound of the wind in the trees and the song of the birds and the shuffle in the leaves of my many woodland friends." - </b>Jason Mraz</span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAGMA_fcbOB3p13rtWxbkhxRiLYnaipCrs1cSLsA02gB16u5keOOYUFzLC04cvUp6Cv73ILwnY4PTmAuUhywO4e13y_k4aXs1yShag-LMAKSWxhbmSpp75FLEOKtoT25kqI0UjPuaz1onqX2HeVGpkN-M-hTrkjEc_hwqv7G0YXUPe_5AUYZrjCFi/s2592/DSC05347.JPG"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAGMA_fcbOB3p13rtWxbkhxRiLYnaipCrs1cSLsA02gB16u5keOOYUFzLC04cvUp6Cv73ILwnY4PTmAuUhywO4e13y_k4aXs1yShag-LMAKSWxhbmSpp75FLEOKtoT25kqI0UjPuaz1onqX2HeVGpkN-M-hTrkjEc_hwqv7G0YXUPe_5AUYZrjCFi/w298-h220/DSC05347.JPG" width="298" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQ2EcqatmyUeQqnu8FdWXwRcwCi6euAaUmAX0tDIP3z3PVhI22ErqTWuqRHTRLXBR1_FsgDNQV2PObtQZJYurCKgwr_1D9ZiRa7wDWt7sdm5kZoxa1GI2-vZzrLH1bbd1x-NWu0aDZH6xOQITJmWQb9WIC5urhfFavFOKy92EtX8_QMbPDs1yGOXe/s2592/DSC05348.JPG"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQ2EcqatmyUeQqnu8FdWXwRcwCi6euAaUmAX0tDIP3z3PVhI22ErqTWuqRHTRLXBR1_FsgDNQV2PObtQZJYurCKgwr_1D9ZiRa7wDWt7sdm5kZoxa1GI2-vZzrLH1bbd1x-NWu0aDZH6xOQITJmWQb9WIC5urhfFavFOKy92EtX8_QMbPDs1yGOXe/w175-h219/DSC05348.JPG" width="175" /></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living stumps of <i>Gmelina arborea</i></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> felled by typhoon Lawin in 2016</i></span></b></div><div><br /></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>Knock, knock, who is there?</span></b></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>a toad, a skink, asleep;</span></b></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>whispers the passing wind,</span></b></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>wake up, it's time to eat. - avr</span></b></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjincs6FaZVAKwCfy96Va9fKTd62QKNXlcqU8wkpes3xXeuGWMjn8b3eYcUJwcuq1z9-3Kvf2b7ZN8yu5RK70rXFcAbPIKuWq78GEGU7aHNkO-igslcqmpzbhPUpi5aeCaxYlHji_t76NLdOgYvS6rvZHh5SnqRxzej68uw09Otc2N4GMfieSyDidgo/s2592/DSC04712.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjincs6FaZVAKwCfy96Va9fKTd62QKNXlcqU8wkpes3xXeuGWMjn8b3eYcUJwcuq1z9-3Kvf2b7ZN8yu5RK70rXFcAbPIKuWq78GEGU7aHNkO-igslcqmpzbhPUpi5aeCaxYlHji_t76NLdOgYvS6rvZHh5SnqRxzej68uw09Otc2N4GMfieSyDidgo/s320/DSC04712.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVAxJvQ2pbsL6o1JY4F6S7TwCUawQRG22KDzuyTDvx6hWHGJzyf6Z1C6n7S7eh0JJZ_HjJ0Oygsnezz6EBKrBTIIUV-sE1xA3XB5QtR42L2PiOq74D5o4kPFY5s-3eLria6ktSkkHFAoA-VLv-5FdY_AStAraJiYgiQdq8MmiKdbMAUtTWdCo9du8/s2592/DSC04715.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVAxJvQ2pbsL6o1JY4F6S7TwCUawQRG22KDzuyTDvx6hWHGJzyf6Z1C6n7S7eh0JJZ_HjJ0Oygsnezz6EBKrBTIIUV-sE1xA3XB5QtR42L2PiOq74D5o4kPFY5s-3eLria6ktSkkHFAoA-VLv-5FdY_AStAraJiYgiQdq8MmiKdbMAUtTWdCo9du8/s320/DSC04715.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><span><b>"There was no sound but the murmur of nasty little stinging insects, the occasional crack of a falling branch, and the whispering of the trees discussing religion and the trouble with squirrels." - </b>Author: Terry Pratchett<br /><br /><b>"With watercolour, you can pick up the atmosphere, the temperature, the sound of snow shifting through the trees or over the ice of a small pond or against a windowpane. Watercolour perfectly expresses the free side of my nature." - </b>Author: Andrew Wyeth<br /><br /><b>"Listen ... With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break free from the trees And fall." - </b>Author: Adelaide Crapsey<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXMmf2Dr6Rf2OP_g_tkN5_GIDaIg0y4PmcHL-VJEYLwRXodpJVKUb00IYQb1csHGF6IubKdIZ0bdABuqrGxfvQFBSnDUnNbYdRNV3dS9vOo0QysBHtkaXvgEEyGac8Jb6bJkWHEKs-MuatfkXtBJkZdrv7aGI87pYF5a4wd1XoOs18L2mH59bTqbP/s2592/DSC04700.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXMmf2Dr6Rf2OP_g_tkN5_GIDaIg0y4PmcHL-VJEYLwRXodpJVKUb00IYQb1csHGF6IubKdIZ0bdABuqrGxfvQFBSnDUnNbYdRNV3dS9vOo0QysBHtkaXvgEEyGac8Jb6bJkWHEKs-MuatfkXtBJkZdrv7aGI87pYF5a4wd1XoOs18L2mH59bTqbP/s320/DSC04700.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2OtYpFE7LpO_6liEfv0gXn_9Md1sEWXd0W_xWFKPU9oaH2rxsaA-YLx6mF4dBVtFbbRFPKLab0EPEQ-7c4nF4Gvdic_--9YTf-a_OgmIuLl6ySCOXIY2HQQp5PPeDT544T6AjZrYFV638V-e_Ih4pHn480vnXUYLzG95Yw_T0vy3gtjIRZY8J05n/s2592/DSC04701.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2OtYpFE7LpO_6liEfv0gXn_9Md1sEWXd0W_xWFKPU9oaH2rxsaA-YLx6mF4dBVtFbbRFPKLab0EPEQ-7c4nF4Gvdic_--9YTf-a_OgmIuLl6ySCOXIY2HQQp5PPeDT544T6AjZrYFV638V-e_Ih4pHn480vnXUYLzG95Yw_T0vy3gtjIRZY8J05n/s320/DSC04701.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Towering heritage anahaw (<i>Livistona rotundifolia</i>) </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>"Living towers you thrill us all,</b></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>sentinel, belfry, flagpole</span><span style="font-family: arial;">." - avr </span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span><b style="font-size: large;"> </b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><span><b>Trees do not preach learning and precepts. They preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life." </b>― Herman Hesse</span></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Part 14 - </span> <span>DON'T CUT THE TREES, DON'T </span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoHeading7" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoHeading7" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoHeading7" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUN2DzWe0pjJZ5OZz-VF7gWz5E0cSB53LrLYd3QwuJ7SJ2HhXkHi45MUP1Hm4c2e-v3cWUKrXvuGf9Y518enUuLJZJu9VFjnRR8hn7ZX8tY8vcd0PWpy2I6VvS9pt7OuxsFQFZqcX-meA/s1600/Trees+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUN2DzWe0pjJZ5OZz-VF7gWz5E0cSB53LrLYd3QwuJ7SJ2HhXkHi45MUP1Hm4c2e-v3cWUKrXvuGf9Y518enUuLJZJu9VFjnRR8hn7ZX8tY8vcd0PWpy2I6VvS9pt7OuxsFQFZqcX-meA/s640/Trees+3.jpg" width="424" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">“To see the world in a grain of sand</span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">And a heaven a wild flower,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Hold infinity in the palm of your hand<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">And eternity in an hour,”</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">William Blake, </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Auguries of Innocence</span></b></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoHeading9" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">M</span>any years ago I recited this verse before my teachers in literature in high school, Mrs. Socorro Villamor and Miss Leonor Itchon, at the Colegio de la Imaculada Concepcion, now Divine Word College of Vigan. Hesitatingly I proceeded to interpret it.<br /><br />Because I lived on the farm, the world I knew then was a physical one and the kind of life associated with it was as simple as the passing of seasons - when the rains come and the fields turn into a carpet of green until harvest time comes when the grains turn gold. I recalled my childhood in this poem I wrote years later.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoHeading9" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoHeading9" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqKGQ9FJNIGx1LCdInIzldMMJj-Q3NqZwOET1oqagnGA9U9wVQSdkzkvp030ToLyPFH0ozV3CPWsFY-7fslUmfgpm2d1_GQMrf5IDetN0gSJ0yv4BGpUbJe4c9sppimXLryuYFbgiQhA/w419-h336/trees.png" width="419" /></span></div><div class="MsoHeading9" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Ambiance of Autumn</i> in the Philippines in acrylic by the author c 2002</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 94.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Childhood is when nobody misses<br />The morning before the sun rises,<br />Before the herons stake for fish,<br />And finches chirp in the trees.<br /><br />War is fought with kites and fishing poles,<br />In hide-and-seek and barefoot races;<br />Faith grows with seasons the sky extols,<br />Virtues all that friendship embraces.<br /><br />Summer is short, rainy days are long,<br />All these are but passing imagery,<br />For the young can’t wait, yet all along<br />The years, remains a lasting memory.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>To recite again Blake’s verse brings out a larger view of life and the world. The innocence of childhood has given way to realities of adult life. The environment has lost much of its pristine nature. A revolution of knowledge has reached global proportion.<br /><br />The essence of the verse now touches the dimension of philosophy rising above its own literary meaning. Its humility has turned into a challenge, like Markham raising a social issue against society, viewing poverty in Millet’s romantic painting, The Gleaners.<br /><br />Indeed, progress has brought folly to man to dream of power – even to the point of transgressing creation, a dream that borders between reason and passion, temperance and lust, waking up a sleeping god in man that drives him to wrest control over time and space, pursue beauty and pleasure as he wishes. He has cracked the atom and the DNA, and amassed tremendous wealth and power. And he has started to probe the universe. Which only means man is playing God, the old sin of disobedience. <i>“Quo vadis, Homo sapiens?”</i></b></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaue4Jc5bbpQ2uYUpZxhii4-knOe5Qv4zZXDGQQt-y5bwH2LWXuQYQZ5mG5z57XERIbCUwNLmevqo7saNSiDO6h7zHGeE96-C1uHI0X4VAPmhGeRue_BiCjgNDYomq33JODQYLBSQQRU4/s1600/Trees+2+Picture1.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaue4Jc5bbpQ2uYUpZxhii4-knOe5Qv4zZXDGQQt-y5bwH2LWXuQYQZ5mG5z57XERIbCUwNLmevqo7saNSiDO6h7zHGeE96-C1uHI0X4VAPmhGeRue_BiCjgNDYomq33JODQYLBSQQRU4/s320/Trees+2+Picture1.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpOUv-TC0Q5YNA_SglORT5dAq-4Pp1CpQQc_A3ZsxIFEQI73fwy_NX-uPG42qB2dBE-eZpNh_CO-6J6h-5g_Vr4eyokDENsjyqHkZII4BjLXwOJQlowWEHpIUjm-o9qOkr8QUgu6QNSs/s1600/Trees+2.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpOUv-TC0Q5YNA_SglORT5dAq-4Pp1CpQQc_A3ZsxIFEQI73fwy_NX-uPG42qB2dBE-eZpNh_CO-6J6h-5g_Vr4eyokDENsjyqHkZII4BjLXwOJQlowWEHpIUjm-o9qOkr8QUgu6QNSs/s320/Trees+2.jpg" /></a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Heritage trees, Mt. Makiling, UPLB Laguna </b><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>After retiring from government service and subsequently finding a niche in the academe, I found time once again to read the works of my favorite authors such as John Milton’s <i>Paradise Lost</i> and <i>Paradise Regained</i> and Ernest Hemingway’s <i>The Old Man and the Sea.</i></b><i><br /></i><br /><b>I found again Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray, William Shakespeare, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - and of course, our very own Ophelia Dimalanta, Jose Villa, Sionil Jose, NVM Gonzales, Nick Joaquin, Rolando Carbonel, to name some local literary giants. From them I found valuable lessons, not only about nationalism, culture and the art of living, but techniques and style of using English, being a second language to many of us.</b><br /><br /><b>Henry David Thoreau (Walden Pond) and the great naturalist Charles Darwin (The Origin of Species), brought me close to Nature and led me to experiment in combining ecology and literature.</b><br /><br /><b>As I was writing this book, I could not help but ask myself, Will man ever regain his place in Paradise while he is on earth?</b><br /><br /><b>I can only imagine what the great French sculptor Auguste Rodin must have been thinking while at work at his masterpiece, <i>The Thinker.</i> What inspired Michelangelo's </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Creation</i><b> showing an omnipotent Creator reaching out for Adam at a spark’s distance from His finger? I remember other thought-provoking masterpieces like Salvador Dali’s </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Melting Clocks</i><b>, and Vincent Van Gogh’s </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Starry Night</i><b>. Perhaps Helen Keller who wrote, If I were given<i> Three Days to See</i>, saw more about the world than some people do who are not blind.</b><br /><br /><b>From where I was transfixed in reflection, absorbed in serious thoughts, a flock of pigeons soared into the sky. A chilly breeze whistled through the trees and joined the lilting children playing, and the sound of busy feet on the camino real. Time passed and a kind of stillness settled. I recited the old verse again. It brought nostalgic reflection of the past and the sinking sun.</b><br /><br /><b>As I prepared to leave for home I noticed a weed growing along the path that I was to take. I gently picked the lowly plant and examined it against the reddening sky. Why it bore flowers in disguise!</b><br /><br /><b>From here I began writing Don’t Cut the Trees, Don’t.~</b></span><br /></span><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8kOlMslWkcENmIKjB744vJn1kFhWgACS_8dqMbFZ-CWFFZ8ETQCe6Xdg_LBaZCAkXaRy5MpbxStYhLGCl7kzEpFsYIkyCXpS8fxGKV_SmZrIghhwRMSF0hGU-PCnAc8LcPmujPdOCuY/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8kOlMslWkcENmIKjB744vJn1kFhWgACS_8dqMbFZ-CWFFZ8ETQCe6Xdg_LBaZCAkXaRy5MpbxStYhLGCl7kzEpFsYIkyCXpS8fxGKV_SmZrIghhwRMSF0hGU-PCnAc8LcPmujPdOCuY/s320/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVNeNIjbHEwuY7SNp-yCaeLBPvraBgGIBsBti4Aim7am7n9HttlPRXNCBHYyNwEAQIq3KJ8BGl07Cb3xZ5befHuiVWlzLIzsAy46o1wDAd0Sn8GTphCYbydCXSXyzk_uVhvA7_Y0fgf8/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+H.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVNeNIjbHEwuY7SNp-yCaeLBPvraBgGIBsBti4Aim7am7n9HttlPRXNCBHYyNwEAQIq3KJ8BGl07Cb3xZ5befHuiVWlzLIzsAy46o1wDAd0Sn8GTphCYbydCXSXyzk_uVhvA7_Y0fgf8/s320/Philit+Ghost+Trees+H.jpg" /></a></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Haunting shadow of a standing dead tree (camphor, <i>Cinnamomum camphora</i>) UST campus; requiem to a giant balete tree (<i>Ficus benjamina</i>), Lagro Subdivision QC.</b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>--------------------</b></div></b><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">D</span></i><i>on’t Cut the Trees, Don’t</i> is a collection of ecology poems and paintings of nature. The tree is taken to represent the environment. Each poem and each painting is like a leaf of a tree each revealing a little of the many marvels of this unique creation. Each poem and each painting is a plea on behalf of this new vision and of this new ethics. Concealed behind each poem and each painting is the spirit of the author, Dr. Abercio V. Rotor, a man whose love and passion for the environment is well-known. (Armando F. De Jesus, Ph.D., Dean, <st1:stockticker w:st="on">UST</st1:stockticker> Faculty of Arts and Letters)<br /></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">I</span>t is a substantial collection, departing from the usual stale air of solitariness and narcissism which permeates most poetry today. It is therefore a welcome contribution to Philippine poetry in English, livened by visuals that add color to the poetic images. </b></span><span><b>The oeuvre is not only pleasurable because of this. The poetic ability of the poet himself enriches the whole exciting poetic experience, a blurring of the line separating man from the rest of the living creatures outside. Every poem indeed becomes “flowers in disguise” using the poet’s own words. (Ophelia A. Dimalanta, Ph.D. Director, Center for Creative Writing and Studies, <st1:stockticker w:st="on">UST</st1:stockticker>) ~</b></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 13 - </span></b><b>Trees are Benevolent Hosts</b></span></div></b><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Dr Abe V Rotor</div></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm07kF5uOODfBn6b2olhhnID23bnay1y3rcDAX25ITPQbgtJIG1eziBQGEJqn7E27oDvexcWr6MWlakenJ2TbHrsPe3s4xvCG5a-8TI7uz6b-8x2MQAV6TxZvpfpOoCJTO2XAAQQpxfE4/s1600-h/022.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708474223534418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm07kF5uOODfBn6b2olhhnID23bnay1y3rcDAX25ITPQbgtJIG1eziBQGEJqn7E27oDvexcWr6MWlakenJ2TbHrsPe3s4xvCG5a-8TI7uz6b-8x2MQAV6TxZvpfpOoCJTO2XAAQQpxfE4/s400/022.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 454px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 316px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The tree laughs, talks, with all the joys of </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">childhood.<br />"A tree is a joy forever."</span></span> <span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tandang Sora QC</span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-ozBkDwayZO6AwyDS_JaS1ThOOplG8zHVcLzQ2NhpwWGJzdBXshGDoqTKjaTaT82iEbz3dCrqhtlKz1MA9wh36AddMaVtKINRc0zdc2dMPk0okf-VeahMIk2wHQrbpYhkJvaHVqc5m4/s1600-h/127.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708480392249138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-ozBkDwayZO6AwyDS_JaS1ThOOplG8zHVcLzQ2NhpwWGJzdBXshGDoqTKjaTaT82iEbz3dCrqhtlKz1MA9wh36AddMaVtKINRc0zdc2dMPk0okf-VeahMIk2wHQrbpYhkJvaHVqc5m4/s400/127.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 467px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 313px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing hide-and-seek in a bamboo grove. The</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">spirit of the place gives quaintness to living.<br />Taal, Batangas</span></span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqLGiNiMTkRY9bYkVymQ3f8fa6WUYhkaJ2ACmPml8E3nXmCzn2aDoxJ2IZ7ioTLN7RVT4p56s1fXBm2HPS02UOFi4VXPVlc7LscPrfN_sacaWGi2lX-IcS4lOnbRYHEKBSVtPANO1Hq4/s1600-h/121.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708462517483634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqLGiNiMTkRY9bYkVymQ3f8fa6WUYhkaJ2ACmPml8E3nXmCzn2aDoxJ2IZ7ioTLN7RVT4p56s1fXBm2HPS02UOFi4VXPVlc7LscPrfN_sacaWGi2lX-IcS4lOnbRYHEKBSVtPANO1Hq4/s400/121.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 440px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 313px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A fallen mango tree makes a romantic</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ambiance. (Atimonan, Quezon)</span></span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8-2sABTWS3bV3AKbjMJImHBxW37AxkTUj6kvJcaTMZe5ogz_pVeNyKWqU8YrIyxGyKViNlQ7XB42mRcuWML2r0jj5Lis9gUCYjpuLY1rrMFua6IKdi5oXezQnAPSV3xa0iAlKShAZXU/s1600-h/environment+new+folder323.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386689554977094098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8-2sABTWS3bV3AKbjMJImHBxW37AxkTUj6kvJcaTMZe5ogz_pVeNyKWqU8YrIyxGyKViNlQ7XB42mRcuWML2r0jj5Lis9gUCYjpuLY1rrMFua6IKdi5oXezQnAPSV3xa0iAlKShAZXU/s400/environment+new+folder323.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 490px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 327px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Phylodendron gains foothold on Dita tree (</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Alstonia</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">scholaris</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">) as it reaches for the sun several m<span>eters high.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">UST Botanical Garden</span></span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5IYDw7iSZtCEV4Q5Bn_-L8uug4Ru6tTTC7qyf0oJOAUuMVReAXIolwyIllDblBMIPnDdUUZzJZPZ9XwaM6SgH8WXn4wZTVGzCnkND5iCMMYkLwmK3lTYsEZY1uYCDVDxeeM4BLv3aWk/s1600-h/e0171.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386689539753659538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5IYDw7iSZtCEV4Q5Bn_-L8uug4Ru6tTTC7qyf0oJOAUuMVReAXIolwyIllDblBMIPnDdUUZzJZPZ9XwaM6SgH8WXn4wZTVGzCnkND5iCMMYkLwmK3lTYsEZY1uYCDVDxeeM4BLv3aWk/s400/e0171.bmp" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 231px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 342px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Algae and mosses live on the spongy bark of </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">acacia,<br />providing nutrients to the tree, and</span></span> <span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">creating a<br />favorable microclimate. UP Diliman, QC<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmt6UPTF0hv85Y0btj7yuV9tJbfVDvVSssW_v9h5TbNvyye_s4Y-pOBxmJDUhu8HSlA9-7CzdNp8OWxMhwxiOM4c-n3rCRuQ4auDjNcuWHWD8oCeM0smlUroRIm-Lh2hTlUPInZx-tJ8/s1600-h/environment+new+folder356.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386689527225784226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmt6UPTF0hv85Y0btj7yuV9tJbfVDvVSssW_v9h5TbNvyye_s4Y-pOBxmJDUhu8HSlA9-7CzdNp8OWxMhwxiOM4c-n3rCRuQ4auDjNcuWHWD8oCeM0smlUroRIm-Lh2hTlUPInZx-tJ8/s400/environment+new+folder356.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 517px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 342px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Balete (Ficus benjamina</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">) strangles emergent tree<br />with interlacing roots and branches locking its host<br />to certain death, hence gaining a notorious name of<br />Strangler's Fig. Mt Makiling, Laguna</span></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_IqLrois7gJohqnpQwp45QWfEo6pvDsEiNn-G8iowOSFGdjLRf2i3skN2sJlqAQGvSpI4QL1Ews07SmPUeoxfepKdCTVVQiDyzmfoubohsD3j4Snb6EXhI8oqtNa2iMkUrhy9AvLW5s/s1600-h/IMG_1912.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386689519065074978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_IqLrois7gJohqnpQwp45QWfEo6pvDsEiNn-G8iowOSFGdjLRf2i3skN2sJlqAQGvSpI4QL1Ews07SmPUeoxfepKdCTVVQiDyzmfoubohsD3j4Snb6EXhI8oqtNa2iMkUrhy9AvLW5s/s400/IMG_1912.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 355px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Roots are exposed by slow erosion reveal tenacity</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">of this tree. The tree allows growth of plants and</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">animals like millipede and land snails, as well as</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">micro-organims, many are symbionts to the tree.<br />Mt Makiling Botanical Garden, UPLB</span></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8stHt1dI7VDeRjbK2FMnQVQg2uLxIk292507LEZXsg3xa8VSwwL76KgAeTax-Ms1OWaz0zXdGIk7U1Ucq9L7ocLYsGZhp231MWMjnsZ3ZFlDGHsSvh4a4IN0PQkMtTZmeo-VO0Ss2ky0/s1600-h/051.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708487517909762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8stHt1dI7VDeRjbK2FMnQVQg2uLxIk292507LEZXsg3xa8VSwwL76KgAeTax-Ms1OWaz0zXdGIk7U1Ucq9L7ocLYsGZhp231MWMjnsZ3ZFlDGHsSvh4a4IN0PQkMtTZmeo-VO0Ss2ky0/s400/051.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 257px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 363px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interlacing roots, principle of inarching, riprap</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">slopes and banks, provide abode to many organisms.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mt Makiling, Laguna.</span></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3aIpwvsW7cr-vB7K7hTlfTRo8IYOGM2fYOTy7Q0eIWAVzDWOil3Yvrn1ltNNgMhtyg0b8opch-u0BNrS8GjfuUYoOhIbNKU3akKIT_JoXTlZ09Z3WSWaGFZYkICZs7ZDFBMP4IBmpaQ/s1600-h/IMG_5338.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385627923945281522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3aIpwvsW7cr-vB7K7hTlfTRo8IYOGM2fYOTy7Q0eIWAVzDWOil3Yvrn1ltNNgMhtyg0b8opch-u0BNrS8GjfuUYoOhIbNKU3akKIT_JoXTlZ09Z3WSWaGFZYkICZs7ZDFBMP4IBmpaQ/s400/IMG_5338.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 554px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 370px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fruticose lichen clings on bark of tree. Lichens are</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">communities of algae and fungi. They aid in food</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">production and recycling of organic matter, as well</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">as help conserve water.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Caliraya Lake, Laguna</span></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPrs27otM3pHzFZgYSB0CmXZDImy3VtzdsffivgGO8WdFzN11bvJKbmuMPdyNjyB8ZT-tHuQcSFSgqBM-1fJ7mtjsWf-k7NTQA9JONJ5Ct0sXW_kNGc33zsIM2XUJF9cxqGeWxfsRQlk/s1600-h/IMG_8686.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385620971213276402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPrs27otM3pHzFZgYSB0CmXZDImy3VtzdsffivgGO8WdFzN11bvJKbmuMPdyNjyB8ZT-tHuQcSFSgqBM-1fJ7mtjsWf-k7NTQA9JONJ5Ct0sXW_kNGc33zsIM2XUJF9cxqGeWxfsRQlk/s400/IMG_8686.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 273px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 371px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">C</span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">rustose lichen coats trunk of young tree. Lichens </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">are<br />important to the tree; they also indicate pristine</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />condition of the environment. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Caliraya Lake, Laguna</span></span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hDwV9-tUAteh5qLE_QbCD1aJJTi4g-oXplKu5Ab_Tcnq_KAo9tU7N8N6tq67k-zaxzQcubWUZhvI14VQ18ZAqy8CrzgEY-cI13x2m1xGNdi5VS29WB7ihxULK19_X33RKiHiWOwMhno/s1600-h/DSC02151.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385620987640622482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hDwV9-tUAteh5qLE_QbCD1aJJTi4g-oXplKu5Ab_Tcnq_KAo9tU7N8N6tq67k-zaxzQcubWUZhvI14VQ18ZAqy8CrzgEY-cI13x2m1xGNdi5VS29WB7ihxULK19_X33RKiHiWOwMhno/s400/DSC02151.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 209px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 372px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Drynaria</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> fern as ephipyte helps conserve water, attract</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">wildlife that protects trees from pests and diseases.</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />It is not unusual that a branch gives way to the weight<br />of the tenant fern. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">St. Agustin Parish, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoMxhATu-i3AGFG64h_hhnDH6G_eEWSecAmJfuRqb4lBAy3W0-lmvJvgVjQzx5GZDjoinglHtY0DNB7sQnNdD9n4Gq11LgdEXhx3tNb3skcIFRkWcVJ95ur3vkdbHUL8bKxWIgDltDgM/s1600-h/002.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708495719123954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoMxhATu-i3AGFG64h_hhnDH6G_eEWSecAmJfuRqb4lBAy3W0-lmvJvgVjQzx5GZDjoinglHtY0DNB7sQnNdD9n4Gq11LgdEXhx3tNb3skcIFRkWcVJ95ur3vkdbHUL8bKxWIgDltDgM/s400/002.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 311px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 365px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Even after death the tree remains a host to red<br />mushroom, termites, other saprophytes and<br />decomposers, giving off its entire energy to<br />serve the living world.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Part 14 </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> A tree fell and took with it its tenants and symbionts.</span></b></div></span></b><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Everything was quiet, then came a gust of wind from nowhere. It sent a ten-year old <i>samat</i> tree crashing across the street.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL12yvy0QBlqnJk2oTHtmxoQZLwQawbe4Z6Oad4Y3zLSTrJOffQzna5RC_Ia5Ws1pMNY9VmMLoZ5KUCpo9lJBi6GWJgTkm_9vSppNFMjXkImCD_CxApkU3eU6RlUuSggcKn6s1uZmqFT3w/s1600/Tree+fell+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="1067" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL12yvy0QBlqnJk2oTHtmxoQZLwQawbe4Z6Oad4Y3zLSTrJOffQzna5RC_Ia5Ws1pMNY9VmMLoZ5KUCpo9lJBi6GWJgTkm_9vSppNFMjXkImCD_CxApkU3eU6RlUuSggcKn6s1uZmqFT3w/s400/Tree+fell+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBJyAmKpctMuZWz1BDck52jaj_bHy29D2QddftTJ7j2zLdhyphenhyphen7dsZOrcaY0OjnH2aeOKNLf5jLZSdwtMiYPfRFjVNOZrXKeeXmNWcU4a36rzVGGjHV83zGl3vMNiQ2jrteukndRV2EuUZG/s1600/Tree+fell+2.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBJyAmKpctMuZWz1BDck52jaj_bHy29D2QddftTJ7j2zLdhyphenhyphen7dsZOrcaY0OjnH2aeOKNLf5jLZSdwtMiYPfRFjVNOZrXKeeXmNWcU4a36rzVGGjHV83zGl3vMNiQ2jrteukndRV2EuUZG/s320/Tree+fell+2.jpg" width="177" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75cFIFFSRX9_16k8papUlvkUauNQ-jNMNNmxtkRaWF91OqA03-nRmw8hYTeUqsGHcWeKpzftVFt9D1zEkhbbJVeNzQAd4ijSIz9cE-Lvw0VNq4oAJckZ8Mm-_JJEj7zGALVKRpShmD23l/s1600/Tree+fell+3.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75cFIFFSRX9_16k8papUlvkUauNQ-jNMNNmxtkRaWF91OqA03-nRmw8hYTeUqsGHcWeKpzftVFt9D1zEkhbbJVeNzQAd4ijSIz9cE-Lvw0VNq4oAJckZ8Mm-_JJEj7zGALVKRpShmD23l/s320/Tree+fell+3.jpg" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Workers in the neighborhood in Lagro QC clear the blockage to restore traffic flow and electricity. <i>Samat </i>or <i>binunga (Macaranga tenarius</i>) though sturdy is no contest to the power of wind. But where did the cyclone-strong wind come from in a fine weather?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">I felt obliged to do my own research having been the one who planted the tree in 2003 from a seedling I got from our home in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. I needed the mature and yellow leaves in brewing wine and making vinegar. Marlo, my son needed the fruits in his thesis in the graduate school. The leaves are rich in tannin and other medicinal compounds. Its bark produces latex and resin.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Because of its thick crown the year round, the tree is a good shade and buffer against noise and dust. It was in this tree that birds that were not seen for many years suddenly appeared, among them the <i>kikiaw (kiaw</i> Ilk) or yellow and black oriole thought to have become extinct locally. Migratory birds would find the samat tree a lodging place in their long migration at the onset of winter in the North which marks our <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amihan</i> season when cold winds from Siberia sweeps across Asia down to the Pacific. </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Then there were house sparrows that found shelter in the tree's thick crown. And not to be outsmarted was the <i>pandangera</i> or fantail bird. It would complain when disturbed sitting in her nest. And when a cat would get near the tree, the pandagera together with her mate would swoop down and drive the intruder away. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>One time I released a gecko lizard on the tree. It did not stay long, when our parrot started imitating its mating call. Perhaps on discovering the hoax it left for the real call from its own kind in some trees in the La Mesa watershed which is very near us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>The green tree ants regularly built a nest or two in the tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was good because they controlled other insects, and they are good janitors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They glean on any food leftovers, and kept the surroundings clean, especially around the doghouse. Houseflies generally don’t thrive on clean environment. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>When the tree fell it took with it the lianas, orchids, ferns clinging of its limbs. So with the lichens and mosses that are natural indicators of good air by their abundance.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>You see, the tree is not just a tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a host.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A host of many organisms depending on it in various categories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Call it parasitism for feeding caterpillars, symbiosis for epiphytic bromeliads and orchids, commensalism for mosses and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lichens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Free board and lodging for the seasonal <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">perperoka</i>. Fungi growing on the tree’s dead branch are saprophytes, bees and beetles and butterflies as pollinators.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>When new leaves form, photosynthesis gets a boost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the tree produces more food, and more oxygen that replenishes the carbon dioxide that we in the animal kingdom expel. And what happens to the “food” accumulated in the tree?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is further made into complex organic substances – cellulose and lignin in wood which we harvest for construction, crafts and fuels. Tannin for cure of diabetes. Xanthophyll and carotene for vitamins and natural dye, and many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>All these attest to the tree’s role more than just a passive standing host.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a system in itself, an ecological system or ecosystem in short.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>The meaning of this is that when the tree dies the whole system also dies. And the sad thing is that the loss is irreversible.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">I mourn for the felled samat tree on behalf of the creatures that benefited from it that have too died, and luckily for others, they have migrated and may have found another benevolent host.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 130.1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; mso-height-percent: 0; mso-height-relative: page; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-width-percent: 0; mso-width-relative: page; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 194.9pt; z-index: 251658240;" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:title="Copy of AVR Samat" src="file:///C:/Users/ASUS/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image005.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap></b></span></v:imagedata></v:shape><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">But the puzzle remains. Everything was quiet, then came a gust of wind from nowhere. It sent this ten-year old <i>samat</i> tree crashing across our street. </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjns6vT3yVQjiqpjmxCYl4zQB2Lp_-K_eQZW6XoKv5fFrlBRHVc6D46RCz5qRAFDYVLNWubkeaHyhE-JbXFWVIZQGb0oXE6cEQGxzNPA4QgXushhZ2SsnHNiZPVlUdRpsIeLKXQCD9RyuHh/s1600/Tree+fell+5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjns6vT3yVQjiqpjmxCYl4zQB2Lp_-K_eQZW6XoKv5fFrlBRHVc6D46RCz5qRAFDYVLNWubkeaHyhE-JbXFWVIZQGb0oXE6cEQGxzNPA4QgXushhZ2SsnHNiZPVlUdRpsIeLKXQCD9RyuHh/s200/Tree+fell+5.jpg" width="200" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Theories are not rare to explain the incident. The most plausible is poor foothold. The tree was virtually sitting on adobe bedrock characteristic of the geology of QC, so that its root system had no other way of spread but sideways instead of downward with a tap root as principal anchor. </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Author displays cured samat leaves used in brewing basi wine and making vinegar.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">There is a nearby drainage through which various wastes flowed - oil, detergents, alkali and acid rain, ultimately finding their way into the root zone and destroying much of the roots. The tree however held on without apparent sign of weakness. </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">On the meteorological aspect, thunderstorms have become more frequent, as a consequence of global warming, a phenomenon that is not yet well understood. But global warming is spawning more - and stronger - typhoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes all over the world. Extreme weather is now felt more often. Too much rainfall in one place causes flood, while too little rainfall causes drought in another place. Freak weather disturbances are not unusual, among them was a sudden thunderstorm on that fine day that toppled my favorite </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">samat</i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> tree. ~ </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Part 15 - </span></span><span><span>Bonsai is Nature's Art</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Natural bonsai is Nature's art, that has for centuries inspired man to create miniaturized landscapes that fulfill his yearning for a connection to nature.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBX3LATFMgsfJRPKTHwxDoeTaYi0BuPCOp4B74BiqDJfColPn1rWScYCUqaO-IC1oPSj8Sma5GZy2MEr3C3dMjvVRY3x8G9wr8h5RLeqcabB4DLm3rnchlKLljoHpjxnZDrmkwNL7JNI/s1600/Home+Sweet+Bonsai+2+tamarind+.bmp"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBX3LATFMgsfJRPKTHwxDoeTaYi0BuPCOp4B74BiqDJfColPn1rWScYCUqaO-IC1oPSj8Sma5GZy2MEr3C3dMjvVRY3x8G9wr8h5RLeqcabB4DLm3rnchlKLljoHpjxnZDrmkwNL7JNI/w258-h344/Home+Sweet+Bonsai+2+tamarind+.bmp" width="258" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wok_RXrIFCEFID_-XNgIhgpSrrnefvgamr8fVcskim2aq9mR9xKcdtRGa4HHF9GlOfcXBBCGDqHv5YCXi5PY6A4MmmXT6iuyqjWALFa0br5ysXo-8WEYwxbsPaNoP6lQobhqM5lqG54/s1600/Home+Sweet+Bonsai+tamarind+bmp.bmp"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wok_RXrIFCEFID_-XNgIhgpSrrnefvgamr8fVcskim2aq9mR9xKcdtRGa4HHF9GlOfcXBBCGDqHv5YCXi5PY6A4MmmXT6iuyqjWALFa0br5ysXo-8WEYwxbsPaNoP6lQobhqM5lqG54/w258-h344/Home+Sweet+Bonsai+tamarind+bmp.bmp" width="258" /></a><span> </span></b></div></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Manicured bonsai tamarind trees. Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">When I saw the tamarind bonsai, it flashed into my mind the story of a wise man from the Orient who was asked, "What tree lives the longest?" to which he confidently answered, "The bonsai."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the same time a scientist from California was asked of the same question. To which he replied with scientific authority, "The Sequoia."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For a long time the world debated about the issue. I found myself a fence sitter in my college days. Until I became a biologist.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Centuries old bonsai trees grace many parks and homes in China, Japan and Korea, the origin of the art of dwarfing plants into what we know today as bonsai. They are of course minuscule to the giant Sequoia or redwoods in western United States which stand twenty to thirty storeys high.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some of these trees were already bearing cones at the time of Christ. That's more than 2000 years ago. So these trees held the record for a long time. Until...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The record gave way to gnarled dwarf trees, among them the Bristlecone, living on windswept rocky shores in the Mediterranean and other parts of the world where conditions of survival are extremely difficult.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Which brings about the puzzle - what really is the key to longevity?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I examined the tamarind bonsai in Thailand. Why they are pampered with care! By man, under the rule of monarchy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I read extensively about the redwoods. Why they are pampered by nature! They dominate the ground, space and sky. They are the monarchs of the forest.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And neither gives the convincing answer to the puzzle.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmnlpmH7ZBkladTZ62Su585lCl_kaqM27adDFSPcn6kbj79Eug0CFkxxOE7PJMETUPSbW2t6zGvbSfVHei3fmf7CCeSCXlojyVMNkowQcnSrob111xUZ57E0YWuc3Mk94gp_zvsKWlsk/s1600/Home+sweet+bristle+cone+1.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmnlpmH7ZBkladTZ62Su585lCl_kaqM27adDFSPcn6kbj79Eug0CFkxxOE7PJMETUPSbW2t6zGvbSfVHei3fmf7CCeSCXlojyVMNkowQcnSrob111xUZ57E0YWuc3Mk94gp_zvsKWlsk/w211-h318/Home+sweet+bristle+cone+1.jpg" width="211" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZXRRsV8JBCtroCnBkc0Ay55VBSWkVCFmbkrdFEe01Q2LPCCTPyIkS5_O0AZ3Jkxp8aChk0xQMXmX1mgwAKK5vkFXFFgMTWkOBEFL2e1tOFVXjGmUHSD6srnIG22LMMYkHqduOgHBV2w/s1600/Home+sweet+bristlecone+2pine.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZXRRsV8JBCtroCnBkc0Ay55VBSWkVCFmbkrdFEe01Q2LPCCTPyIkS5_O0AZ3Jkxp8aChk0xQMXmX1mgwAKK5vkFXFFgMTWkOBEFL2e1tOFVXjGmUHSD6srnIG22LMMYkHqduOgHBV2w/w266-h317/Home+sweet+bristlecone+2pine.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">It is because the longest living tree, the Bristlecone (PHOTOS), is left all </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">by itself to fend itself against the extreme conditions of the environment.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This strengthened by belief that natural resistance is the key to survival and longevity. It is natural resistance that enables the organism to survive and to live long. And here are the premises.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Controlled growth reduces need for food, water, space and nutrients.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Metabolism is slowed down when these requirements for growth and development are placed under restrictive control.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Extreme conditions "temper" organisms. Tempering is hardening of cells, tissues and organs, basically the protoplasm.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Tropisms are likewise honed under extreme conditions. Roots penetrate deeper to reach the source of water. Phototropism encourages the plant to reach out for the sun, chemotropism triggers survival tools such as chemical secretion. Latex and resin are protective substances.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. On the cell level, slower cell division lengthens life. Fast multiplying cells are shorter lived than slow multiplying ones. Chromosomes get shorter every time the cell multiplies, their telomeres shrink every time the cell divides. This leads to faster senility and early demise of the cell. These premises I believe, hold the key to the so-called "green thumb" in the bonsai expert.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">These premises are found in the giant Sequoia, although its size is deceiving. The truth is that the old Sequoia, like the bonsai, has reached virtual dormancy. Any organism in a state of dormancy or torpor undergoes very slow metabolism, which contributes to long life.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWAn6bxOCXNW2kbxiYIJLMeZA4QWhYufEhazriSlYLurkQvEsq4XyM3opg7yOVxZ06r1Lh-rMCW6n7zWfxkZ3kD_601ovhmT5QnpNqmI5jjf6Z71LOA6LpY9Pp8QwEGEwcLzPuuGuBJw/s1600/Home+sweet+sequoia+1.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWAn6bxOCXNW2kbxiYIJLMeZA4QWhYufEhazriSlYLurkQvEsq4XyM3opg7yOVxZ06r1Lh-rMCW6n7zWfxkZ3kD_601ovhmT5QnpNqmI5jjf6Z71LOA6LpY9Pp8QwEGEwcLzPuuGuBJw/s320/Home+sweet+sequoia+1.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41oBBjHSHVbhGxTrlLqqWn5OFi-9F8g-Ajsw3S3RBEzoIPZ7nc8QleAsqgcncjuvM7lZYBHhobsY-X9SmLsvPLJXY-OFok3TL-Lq6xok-1LH2gb5cQh8ABDnLe4TnWJ1dAD-UrnoJtbQ/s1600/Home+sweet+sequoia+2+.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41oBBjHSHVbhGxTrlLqqWn5OFi-9F8g-Ajsw3S3RBEzoIPZ7nc8QleAsqgcncjuvM7lZYBHhobsY-X9SmLsvPLJXY-OFok3TL-Lq6xok-1LH2gb5cQh8ABDnLe4TnWJ1dAD-UrnoJtbQ/w301-h201/Home+sweet+sequoia+2+.jpg" width="301" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beside, the Sequoia (PHOTOS) has other advantages in its natural habitat. It produces resin as a survival tool sealing off its attackers and healing the wound that they inflict. Here too, the Sequoia exhibits natural rejuvenation. It can recover from injuries to a point that a new tree may grow from the trunk and roots of a fallen one, like a tiller arising from its parent. It is natural tissue culture. Which leads us to the question, When does longevity end, when does it start?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I examined the bonsai tamarind trees and made reference to these factors. Well, I estimated their age to be about two centuries or so. Which is confirmed by the history of the Grand Palace. I compared them with the two bonsai tamarind trees at home which have shrunk into two-foot shrubs. An kindly old lady entrusted them under my care fifty years ago. Under natural condition tamarind grows into a very large tree.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This comparison points out that organisms of the same species don't only grow into different sizes in nature - they are actually controlled. More food and they grow fast and big, probably lanky and weak. On the other hand, starved them and they will become dwarf. Hardened and tough, and they live long.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">On hind sight, does this hypothesis apply to animals? To humans? If so, then deprivation and exposure to adverse conditions - and not a bountiful life - is the key to long life.</span><br /><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Indeed, longevity is a mystery. ~</span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Part 16 - </span></span><span><span>Trees for Peace </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Trees give peace to the souls of men.” - Nora Waln</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Paintings by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKtrDeWPF7OyPUqhhRvLEJpr8wLpUan0kqcGbxBdO5m0CFZKBFSSvNUKKEhczUuZiSGLvc-bcYTBZ2z_jEmszWB7GJVZ9Y8zmjqTyCriXiIWGDcrbq50q7PLswMkjbHtdlwYCWgUjl4IrE2uaij0AJ3On8LruEY0gOPRoFnJDcrlQ4W08KEeMWRjd/w469-h312/DSC05655%20-%20Copy.JPG" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Convergence</i> in acrylic by the author 2022</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3uHVkf7eDFTmrzmeAGiPDxWONPGTNtn5EgKzU3H3JWWDsqv2xAB9P9IbZ0lffoGJjv1R3PYvDJlfsfOLDfpTMkSOq1extfZeLQUIBl0oLsiNYOtVN4wtICNFnvdq-setRGwpy5SU1aNCMpWjfvPkjsnId62Z-vGmh7Ivf8-MnSkN_6uFSOOlEJ96/s2340/DSC03981.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2340" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3uHVkf7eDFTmrzmeAGiPDxWONPGTNtn5EgKzU3H3JWWDsqv2xAB9P9IbZ0lffoGJjv1R3PYvDJlfsfOLDfpTMkSOq1extfZeLQUIBl0oLsiNYOtVN4wtICNFnvdq-setRGwpy5SU1aNCMpWjfvPkjsnId62Z-vGmh7Ivf8-MnSkN_6uFSOOlEJ96/w469-h295/DSC03981.JPG" width="469" /></a></div><div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;">Tree of Liberty</i><span style="font-weight: 700;"> in acrylic by the author</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span>"All I need to do is to climb a tree,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span> and all the world knows I'm free." avr</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span>“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life.” - <i>Rumi</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPiFj02F_ZWfIgKk1Atk0zt4KxAOAgPE5n6fDQXrLWpDsy6Tb0EDyzTtOx4vkG1hvybmTs451Fgbq1DkV1Q31irfzf6bxNz89nojeoH3-WJcy8FbFUW4rWsnlJ_lA-I2zUmyISQ4F8mW2H083Y-gwHhq6CzFbIknXfvxG9HMbCsO-NeiWlUP04whx/s2592/DSC04201.JPG"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPiFj02F_ZWfIgKk1Atk0zt4KxAOAgPE5n6fDQXrLWpDsy6Tb0EDyzTtOx4vkG1hvybmTs451Fgbq1DkV1Q31irfzf6bxNz89nojeoH3-WJcy8FbFUW4rWsnlJ_lA-I2zUmyISQ4F8mW2H083Y-gwHhq6CzFbIknXfvxG9HMbCsO-NeiWlUP04whx/w151-h201/DSC04201.JPG" width="151" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSU06XRZOvAYNXGMfzZ7_hcy3S9YpNfOSM6Bu8GukTEUJ3y88PMfOcTwFtWN54pwShyPzkC1Hhe7DVprKynrOxgLyZ-ggx0a7dH8mckDta_ej5XfE7VCrxdBXJafuYjJSxwCRrLiEJoaYmkiiNO9BqxQovN7Vgaxhehtr4x-AJrxlIj-IbT2yYrblF/s2383/DSC04203.JPG"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSU06XRZOvAYNXGMfzZ7_hcy3S9YpNfOSM6Bu8GukTEUJ3y88PMfOcTwFtWN54pwShyPzkC1Hhe7DVprKynrOxgLyZ-ggx0a7dH8mckDta_ej5XfE7VCrxdBXJafuYjJSxwCRrLiEJoaYmkiiNO9BqxQovN7Vgaxhehtr4x-AJrxlIj-IbT2yYrblF/w316-h200/DSC04203.JPG" width="316" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>"White doves, emissaries of peace;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span> Trees, living monuments of peace." avr</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IURMcZ86bv_bOK0llNXsbKh8pj4Pq9oqkW7-V5v4fL82SukN2T-bn7wl862E2aYe5fYMKo7-xBj17_DmC0Z_8s2X9-wCY52XCKkhEXvNsqLfTT3gK87UL6JhoWoKdZ1SBBcK0W8PL0BeNRiAhTqJ18L2nrrVqDueSO-iwfVZ5ZzyblwfaxsIPj69Iw/s2478/DSC04254.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IURMcZ86bv_bOK0llNXsbKh8pj4Pq9oqkW7-V5v4fL82SukN2T-bn7wl862E2aYe5fYMKo7-xBj17_DmC0Z_8s2X9-wCY52XCKkhEXvNsqLfTT3gK87UL6JhoWoKdZ1SBBcK0W8PL0BeNRiAhTqJ18L2nrrVqDueSO-iwfVZ5ZzyblwfaxsIPj69Iw/s320/DSC04254.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs_bpXGwPoPCyy6V1EGQhepYTrctVP5N2hrwv2hL6Psfb4FHiV2UQQFrKVnUVYqufTTtIvX80qBDXyB1gVyCVMpWObQWdZMuSB5BFZEgsaQBpKOo059lpjJ_k2jVVyyR76ALHCD1cCV5mdv9lvPWMr8i3Ll_zJav90qct0yhq_d1Uzx_pkyX_C0plhw/s2592/DSC04255.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs_bpXGwPoPCyy6V1EGQhepYTrctVP5N2hrwv2hL6Psfb4FHiV2UQQFrKVnUVYqufTTtIvX80qBDXyB1gVyCVMpWObQWdZMuSB5BFZEgsaQBpKOo059lpjJ_k2jVVyyR76ALHCD1cCV5mdv9lvPWMr8i3Ll_zJav90qct0yhq_d1Uzx_pkyX_C0plhw/s320/DSC04255.JPG" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8RxK5mPws2DPaBFMZ3ZGtwPf2ubbrdj8O9zkS2b-6y839EfDm5YWhLoRzjQ7A3lLWKcg0Drj-ktpqBZElWTRrgmqHLjyujcUlj0xykoduW8sL_UrIPyyJVAfnQarmPF54b6lQDMLhtnl1G1G3RWyhloaCgNT4Q9ZgMGus7PAM7WBOyxK3Siu8PBb4w/s2540/DSC04247.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8RxK5mPws2DPaBFMZ3ZGtwPf2ubbrdj8O9zkS2b-6y839EfDm5YWhLoRzjQ7A3lLWKcg0Drj-ktpqBZElWTRrgmqHLjyujcUlj0xykoduW8sL_UrIPyyJVAfnQarmPF54b6lQDMLhtnl1G1G3RWyhloaCgNT4Q9ZgMGus7PAM7WBOyxK3Siu8PBb4w/s320/DSC04247.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF4FW6DMDCnqiuykBynGzr5T15nNTLLvDR2QvxN8LOmI9Ly0Sj92bBHXt89KBtTU6WqNe3gSx-uM0YP99eVsxv1OJawQembV0eh0Q9cBEyzkDPVEt00bRJLZAF8dE2k9JPdIgWTOG_Id_gxnSMU-FRELvtEaKKBETptlGoLO_b4aOMKfCfMWGaAUgMw/s2592/DSC04257.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF4FW6DMDCnqiuykBynGzr5T15nNTLLvDR2QvxN8LOmI9Ly0Sj92bBHXt89KBtTU6WqNe3gSx-uM0YP99eVsxv1OJawQembV0eh0Q9cBEyzkDPVEt00bRJLZAF8dE2k9JPdIgWTOG_Id_gxnSMU-FRELvtEaKKBETptlGoLO_b4aOMKfCfMWGaAUgMw/s320/DSC04257.JPG" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Somewhere between the valleys and mountains,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>caves and cliffs, streams and </b><b>rivers</b><b>;</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">man craves for something beyond his Being,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> in verses and songs - and prayers. - avr </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwScwV1LWdr9mDfyIRU3QnLJJoNpS4eCrQa8qkuruJEMpz1rN9q77uCuJVUZ-wgn0vvSc3inPgKjlnILEasW_8n1TjYaZaJ3f56_SVSxTYw-8VaVslIhhj2IwaQLbCY8bRwUpRgc5xNrnMYgpmpM3ri69dh5ZX-fK-yeYOdjJqplOplb-xnp3A64bkpw/s2448/DSC04028.JPG"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwScwV1LWdr9mDfyIRU3QnLJJoNpS4eCrQa8qkuruJEMpz1rN9q77uCuJVUZ-wgn0vvSc3inPgKjlnILEasW_8n1TjYaZaJ3f56_SVSxTYw-8VaVslIhhj2IwaQLbCY8bRwUpRgc5xNrnMYgpmpM3ri69dh5ZX-fK-yeYOdjJqplOplb-xnp3A64bkpw/w248-h312/DSC04028.JPG" width="248" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmNxDhVDLKmHXGRJuV5Oo4-l0DFqbgYNKSV8Wy9nn_cI7X_juVK8r60bjaBrYFtmoQOus9QTXygD8H5eJ9OAzXXCaA03sd73RyCE-JOgE1OxifoT_Cj62oICvDSx_rX3cJspLQcFQ-TK8-Pw8WwjuUDgTi2uOiax8fr2NXFGqXju_H92Xkd7p-rGt0A/s2592/DSC04026.JPG"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmNxDhVDLKmHXGRJuV5Oo4-l0DFqbgYNKSV8Wy9nn_cI7X_juVK8r60bjaBrYFtmoQOus9QTXygD8H5eJ9OAzXXCaA03sd73RyCE-JOgE1OxifoT_Cj62oICvDSx_rX3cJspLQcFQ-TK8-Pw8WwjuUDgTi2uOiax8fr2NXFGqXju_H92Xkd7p-rGt0A/w234-h312/DSC04026.JPG" width="234" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeArdQh0QmTYLJ_jKa8mQtRP70PiQVrfcoKrOQHpDqsciEH2AEaIOXAr1M5ukhs5dtJn9u5MrMK4mprbmq6n_23wbgxxg1mUvFR7McUZAJVXzsrrzctRY-mBJM8jSR1uDvDiKMQSPBgW75uOxQCDFcNnxG05RWDaPpLrHQ7OrQKZX1Kp3La_ll3EupHQ/s2592/DSC04023.JPG"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeArdQh0QmTYLJ_jKa8mQtRP70PiQVrfcoKrOQHpDqsciEH2AEaIOXAr1M5ukhs5dtJn9u5MrMK4mprbmq6n_23wbgxxg1mUvFR7McUZAJVXzsrrzctRY-mBJM8jSR1uDvDiKMQSPBgW75uOxQCDFcNnxG05RWDaPpLrHQ7OrQKZX1Kp3La_ll3EupHQ/w246-h186/DSC04023.JPG" width="246" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Hg6ES8Jo6_AdbxWIXacyF8NN5o9lizaMdiRFNxr_lIPU_Ubi-rH6Tvt7OpTkEjfVHgU8L6Ymfc1MBJT0oTHN1b_4xxV51W_hX87EUs83G2G14B8XoW4Le9IKvHb-LWeNv1l3MHF4JY2QKpdrJD6VB7UkPvCrlnXjpwi5lvDKFzcHJOa-QYiYmKcSaA/s2592/DSC04022.JPG"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Hg6ES8Jo6_AdbxWIXacyF8NN5o9lizaMdiRFNxr_lIPU_Ubi-rH6Tvt7OpTkEjfVHgU8L6Ymfc1MBJT0oTHN1b_4xxV51W_hX87EUs83G2G14B8XoW4Le9IKvHb-LWeNv1l3MHF4JY2QKpdrJD6VB7UkPvCrlnXjpwi5lvDKFzcHJOa-QYiYmKcSaA/w242-h185/DSC04022.JPG" width="242" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Wonder how birds in the sky see us down,</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">how minuscule we are, like their kind;</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">wonder how we look at them in the blue sky,</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">worlds apart we say yet we are one. -avr</span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">“The bird who dares to fall is the bird who learns to fly.” - D. W. Journals ~</span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Part 17</span> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Do you believe in tree spirit?</span></b></div></span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living with Nature - School on Blog (<span style="color: #cc0000;">avrotor.blogspot.com</span>) </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Also open <span style="color: #cc0000;">Naturalism -the Eighth Sense</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqs9CMLU7xKmGDmByguqceX87mq8XoKgrlnZeTDdILuKAjMpsOh_mSyamGpY96S-_Bm_4URYJ8J3aC9BTUnTeKJi3ttdfMuv82CJtj5pa2SaIGSoe_8WDdbptbUY0mTdMmEhE5-xZs7Xp4eAwN6JpqAIUUXuRJw3u7xjz6cMXh49JMzi0i5fvmKl7gkA/w467-h358/AVRF%20Col%20painting%20eyes%20nature%20DSC09541A.jpg" width="467" /></span></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> Children playing at the edge of a forest </i>in acrylic by the author</span></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Call the<i> kapre, dwende, tikbalang</i></b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> to scare or just for fun;</b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>call goddess <i>Maria Makiling</i>,</b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> and <i>Helios</i>, the sun;</b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Imagine the world without them</b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> - without them around.</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Children wouldn't be home before dark;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and dogs at night wouldn't bark.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">why sunflowers always face the sun,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and go to sleep when gone,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">trespasser, beware, take the road instead,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">else on some spirit you might tread;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">over the hills and valleys thunder rolls</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">when angry Thor growls;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and mushroom spontaneously appear</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">breaking the ground like spear;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">phosphorescence fascinates us, </span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">after the fire has gone into ash;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">look up they're but one - fireflies and stars,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">fireflies are the missing stars;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">holiest is the altar of nature unspoiled,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">where logging was foiled,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">where the <i>kapre </i>lives in big trees,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and scares with a sudden breeze;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">paddies sigh, bamboos creak and whisper,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">unseen - creatures or not - slither.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The world is alive with tales and legends;</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> untrue yet true, for they are a twin;</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and if you pass by a tree, stop and listen</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> to the spirit that throbs within. ~</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="1600" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKuFOJV5hUnNcLaY59GuUrxBw7xE9U-I2pirBc8W-0MNlbS63Su4SW6zDgLbZ7U16SGIfQdC8BZ9t9yBWIJEATxV5SFepH-c3Cawa-S_rUZiLRmKD0oV7N-sy9kh811HY1DyPzFCD-qvEefchfNsfD_xsseZxEHklrvsmXjaLbRrY7pEeCLYf_cM16g/w369-h292/Painting%20Forest%20birds%20fishing%20DSC08350%20A.jpg" width="369" /></span></div></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Children Camping by a</i><i> Forest Stream</i> in acrylic by the author </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 18 - </span><span> </span><span>Nativity in the Forest</span></b></span></p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWmoY-TrwU9XbqxrGjn-CT4pz6IFdsuWxKuqxLvEfRFjMx6ppfNp93f9Hydx-gBdGca2y03UL6ZJ04yiOy_1wgLjkruEjF5HjBlIZG8J_ajydzLl7M3HQoZAqJhSCwV-sRN1CjtIUmLg/s1600/DSC03337+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWmoY-TrwU9XbqxrGjn-CT4pz6IFdsuWxKuqxLvEfRFjMx6ppfNp93f9Hydx-gBdGca2y03UL6ZJ04yiOy_1wgLjkruEjF5HjBlIZG8J_ajydzLl7M3HQoZAqJhSCwV-sRN1CjtIUmLg/w512-h384/DSC03337+A.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Nativity Scene, Christmas 2012. Forest mural by the author, 2010</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Creatures in the forest welcome a holy guest: </span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> the wild and tough wake up to a stirring,</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the feathered and furred, the mimicked and camouflaged,</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> follow a beam of light in a clearing. </span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It is an altar hemmed by a cathedral of giant trees,</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> curtained by the living art of the vine;</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and marked by emergent towers, the home of the eagle</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> that proclaims the birth of a child divine.</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Woodsmen there who live in communities ever since, </b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> join their children sing the songs of the trees,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>fiddling crickets and hooting owls and playful primates,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> the wind tamed into the whisper of the breeze.</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Here the sun is sieved into moving shadows and art,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> the rains nourish life from ground to the sky,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>epiphytes of liana and orchid in grandiose bloom,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> shower the newly born, birds singing up high.</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>How benevolent the wild, how humble the creatures,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> how simple the scene created by nature;</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>here beauty is simple, </b><b>unspoiled by civilization,</b></span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> it offers comfort and refuge and nurture. </b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Unconventional the forest seems the bastion of faith</b></span><b> </b></span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> for those seeking life's meaning here and far,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>for lack of a manger for the spirit of modern man,</b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> to find here a Child and protect the green altar. ~</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Part 19 - <span><span>Towering <i>Anahaw</i> Palm Trees </span></span></span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living with Nature Center</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyepRTvOp67g0XhWbZR5LkVd5rV-fFD5slxivsJ_oKsj__eGTnBDORgfx1_DFWUVSNCxpUjESKtqBB-pcQ7w8C5tHJP3au_wZE7tufV6kOlvQPE2gpDu7hbGl5LqkvfR1FQTJfStpJj9CwwVNkwN4r3JEPYH3z7N6BP5aJPTDaABZaDQ4ZmO4axDlQJ6E/s5152/DSC09841.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyepRTvOp67g0XhWbZR5LkVd5rV-fFD5slxivsJ_oKsj__eGTnBDORgfx1_DFWUVSNCxpUjESKtqBB-pcQ7w8C5tHJP3au_wZE7tufV6kOlvQPE2gpDu7hbGl5LqkvfR1FQTJfStpJj9CwwVNkwN4r3JEPYH3z7N6BP5aJPTDaABZaDQ4ZmO4axDlQJ6E/w480-h640/DSC09841.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rising up to more than fifty feet through the canopy of nearby trees, and into the sky as emergents, these heritage palm trees are a living treasure of the arboretum of the Living with Nature Center. Their trunks are virtually perfect Parthenon columns of nature, the leaves shaped into a huge umbrella. Old leaves remain hanging in the crown drooping like a well-knit skirt, which serves as abode of fruit bats, their sleeping quarters in the day, and working station at night, indeed an ideal home for these unique nocturnal residents of the local ecosystem.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P8qSshL_D4-3k5v5G4tSAB0SkY2NAWKYD6aafLQCkn4v99ZZmDZK4PU7kmSgrnu7HQeNUXqvLWFpDqfIXFGWAODNWrIbCtneKl2Mc2A3XEIrZQMKmCvfFe8e0IqX6yXv2V567v-PBVY7CHfxxEgVLxnLB32cNmx7hNb30I1XGlCLMzBeMFFg3ncoGvE/s5152/DSC09839.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P8qSshL_D4-3k5v5G4tSAB0SkY2NAWKYD6aafLQCkn4v99ZZmDZK4PU7kmSgrnu7HQeNUXqvLWFpDqfIXFGWAODNWrIbCtneKl2Mc2A3XEIrZQMKmCvfFe8e0IqX6yXv2V567v-PBVY7CHfxxEgVLxnLB32cNmx7hNb30I1XGlCLMzBeMFFg3ncoGvE/s320/DSC09839.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1EQ4ABQ28HuuuMVUCuPuFLg903tJbsKaRwUnPunhXIcNOVe_SNRs5UpMNZ6Y4-f_3OKCouP6MCblnvxcYuJXSf5ROzPTlAP4YJMIJHLJ2ZecBP5ZVHasLaCXD1r6K8dPNOL3eTAuqlPvlgWCURmQHzo77p417JPEkFUKcveNi83KK9iIwM0YacIOOhU/s5152/DSC09843.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1EQ4ABQ28HuuuMVUCuPuFLg903tJbsKaRwUnPunhXIcNOVe_SNRs5UpMNZ6Y4-f_3OKCouP6MCblnvxcYuJXSf5ROzPTlAP4YJMIJHLJ2ZecBP5ZVHasLaCXD1r6K8dPNOL3eTAuqlPvlgWCURmQHzo77p417JPEkFUKcveNi83KK9iIwM0YacIOOhU/s320/DSC09843.JPG" /></a></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><i>Anahaw</i> (<i>Livistona rotundifolia</i> or<i> Saribus rotundifolia</i>) is regarded as the Philippine national leaf. Anahaw leaves are also a widespread symbol in the Philippines that is often used in awards and medals to represent high achievement, strength, and loyalty. The Anahaw leaf features a large, round outline and is glossy green in color. Livistona is used as natural parasol in Malaysia. In Australia.* The young nuts, the size of marble, are picked and eaten in their soft stage. The rind is trimmed with knife, the inner membrane peeled by hand, and the white soft core finds its way to the palate one after another. It was a popular snack in our time as kids when anahaw abound on the upland and forested areas. Today, <i>Livistona</i> is a threatened species; in fact endangered in many populated areas even on the countryside. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span> </span></b></div></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPFYBPTTjAWTh_EtLgvko1gAmDxTIm52GtgLNH2B110drHUntSwZ7slNNmeYswyY9nR0mSKDEh1f1mKZgzd3Q33SwthWc2gqQjDrksoy5MwqEfkQlCcNjp3dDA0IEJKPD_19d7hW1DbVQMtd_lxnoYQXCQv75hGTYmfo51zH0ffJhecKsGCLD4s42_Iw/s2592/DSC00710.JPG"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPFYBPTTjAWTh_EtLgvko1gAmDxTIm52GtgLNH2B110drHUntSwZ7slNNmeYswyY9nR0mSKDEh1f1mKZgzd3Q33SwthWc2gqQjDrksoy5MwqEfkQlCcNjp3dDA0IEJKPD_19d7hW1DbVQMtd_lxnoYQXCQv75hGTYmfo51zH0ffJhecKsGCLD4s42_Iw/s320/DSC00710.JPG" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Radially arranged leaves of anahaw are made into shingles for roof thatch, superior in coolness, beauty and durability to the traditional nipa (<i>Nipa frutescens</i>) and cogon (<i>Imperata cyclindrica</i>). In my time, </span></b><b><span>in pre-plastic era,</span></b><b><span> the whole leaf was crafted into free-hanging raincoat (<i>annanga</i> Ilk), an indigenous wear on the farm, and in going to school and market as protection from monsoon rain. It was worn with woven hats made of the same material, or from leaves of coconut, <i>pandan (Pandanus tectorius) </i>or<i> buri (Corypha elata</i>). Imagine how the outfit looked like, complete with wooden </span></b><b><span>clogs (<i>bakya*</i> or <i>suekos</i> Ilk), and <i>abel </i>shirt and short pants (<i>puruntong</i>) made from cotton. </span></b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div>* Internet. The Bakyâ or wooden clogs were once the most commonly used footwear in the Philippines before the introduction of rubber sandals.</span></b><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> Part 20 - The Tree that Wears a Veil </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Verse and Photos by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i3AYQLcwbLP4U77XlXxFGZGLu0swXkSsTzCslxaJOWZvGil_FbFHyshusNouyZYeVLCC6JS76n8C8rtOTr0vIgFbRWIYuFcUgkzTbrfbzEWwveg3OXuOOAOCkpQeSCwkrbi9N6RiG7s/s1600-h/DSC00701.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314423759685495106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i3AYQLcwbLP4U77XlXxFGZGLu0swXkSsTzCslxaJOWZvGil_FbFHyshusNouyZYeVLCC6JS76n8C8rtOTr0vIgFbRWIYuFcUgkzTbrfbzEWwveg3OXuOOAOCkpQeSCwkrbi9N6RiG7s/s400/DSC00701.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 217px; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to shield the sun,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to keep from rain,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to buffer the wind,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to hide the view around,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to muffle sweet sound.</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">When you wear your crown.</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to let the sunshine in,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to welcome the rain,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to dance in the wind,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to view far beyond,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to free those in bond,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">When you lose your crown.</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to clothe the naked,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to comfort the lonely,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to feed the hungry,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to house the lost.</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to welcome the dawn,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">When you gain back your crown.</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><b><span><br />NOTE: These photos were taken at a time when this acacia tree was in its deciduous stage giving the epiphytic liana a chance to grow luxuriantly without harming the host tree. Soon new leaves will form as summer approaches, and the liana once more becomes dormant. It will resume vigorous growth come next deciduous period. Acacia trees shed off their leaves completely once or twice a year. Ateneo de Manila University QC campus.</span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 21 - </span></b><b><span><span> Lost Forest</span></span></b></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span> Dr Abe V Rotor</span></span></b></div></b><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP161cjLb1KR0P3pYiJO2HmEC9pTFLCXmLsRKQtNObVz54PqcSmja4NI61kGrL7Rq0ujibLLCFBvJaJ7Lyos5O1WaDnu4vxX9KO26rSracz5n_yMOJ7PhioMiDhBLZXAqINqgN8TKMDttkDHFLyi-6mtSGhLTSYjUHlE6NFl3PNG6SKNNbsedwtQk_fKGb/s2592/DSC09350.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP161cjLb1KR0P3pYiJO2HmEC9pTFLCXmLsRKQtNObVz54PqcSmja4NI61kGrL7Rq0ujibLLCFBvJaJ7Lyos5O1WaDnu4vxX9KO26rSracz5n_yMOJ7PhioMiDhBLZXAqINqgN8TKMDttkDHFLyi-6mtSGhLTSYjUHlE6NFl3PNG6SKNNbsedwtQk_fKGb/s320/DSC09350.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtyMBnhZ_YfhxQZva0YRmHXPuWZo0RjZN3OB1BlcFFcKDJa7_uq8pkkIwFNgHb22FdYzWvUMlfAe0JxC0FB6umEIGvwqOJmKlVAoW18GruJ6MklKZs-eJ6zcF9WXRB85XDS2zd_c8ga30izOmzmhgs2ObVhUQv2QDn1EY0KNprBF8mMCmGydKmEMitGnQ/s2592/DSC09353.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtyMBnhZ_YfhxQZva0YRmHXPuWZo0RjZN3OB1BlcFFcKDJa7_uq8pkkIwFNgHb22FdYzWvUMlfAe0JxC0FB6umEIGvwqOJmKlVAoW18GruJ6MklKZs-eJ6zcF9WXRB85XDS2zd_c8ga30izOmzmhgs2ObVhUQv2QDn1EY0KNprBF8mMCmGydKmEMitGnQ/s320/DSC09353.JPG" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Table model of a "Lost Forest" from termite nest, by the author</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />A staccato of chirping meets the breeze and sunrise,<br />Rushes the stream where fish play with the sunbeam,</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Waking the butterflies, unveiled by the rising mist;</span></b><b><span><br />And the rainforest becomes a stage one can't miss.</span></b></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> John Milton wrote his masterpiece of Paradise,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Ludwig Beethoven composed minuet at sunrise;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Jean Fabre and Edwin Teale with lens to see,</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> Discovered </span></b><b><span>an </span></b><b><span>inner world Jules Verne did agree, </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> And Aldo Leopold's world in unity and harmony.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">That was long time ago, now it's a race for progress,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Taking the streets, marching uphill up to the forest - </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">There giant machines roar, ugly men at the helm;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Folly, ignorance and greed are one and same.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Reference: <i> Sunshine on Raindrops</i> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Copyright 2000 </b></span><b>Abercio V Rotor and Megabooks Company</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Part 22 - </b></span><span> </span><b>Driftwood Strange Creatures</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>- Emissaries of Ecological Destruction</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>An artist's view of c</span></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span>reatures sculptured by Nature on driftwood*. The message is clear with the unabated and wanton destruction of our environment in the hands of man. </span><span> </span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>It is a rare kind of hunt - looking for the likeness of living creatures in deadwood in logged areas. Driftwood is the remain of trees likened to the skeleton of animals and humans. The haunting feeling of this experience runs through the artistic mind leading </b></span><b>to the psyche and ultimately, collective consciousness. <i> </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRCv3o53T0SS2su9lbtb-nra-ZLpr_CCqvP9qeM96Zk0_NnNgEuf6xxxZX7T4b0o3Rsy-mR2lchvty2BNBeDpUlhp508pDH8R81kxc1eOLVvnzgH8JuP1pAePb7FlTFQgRSQ4DhWO4ao/s1600/DSC09360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1600" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRCv3o53T0SS2su9lbtb-nra-ZLpr_CCqvP9qeM96Zk0_NnNgEuf6xxxZX7T4b0o3Rsy-mR2lchvty2BNBeDpUlhp508pDH8R81kxc1eOLVvnzgH8JuP1pAePb7FlTFQgRSQ4DhWO4ao/s400/DSC09360.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Have you seen a black dove in real life? </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Remember Noah's Ark? </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3A0PQo4KoU-nDLKnWXpDzJr5ilZLCzXzngm3QKt1EtUsK8GayrFIKh1jqwF_ZQO7bOhN_192pBFzaHUFiGzSeKgssmslWR4yW2hmddE8XhHiYxnDT2LMA2dTphrpjbsgaOW3hv50-8DM/s1600/DSC09527.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3A0PQo4KoU-nDLKnWXpDzJr5ilZLCzXzngm3QKt1EtUsK8GayrFIKh1jqwF_ZQO7bOhN_192pBFzaHUFiGzSeKgssmslWR4yW2hmddE8XhHiYxnDT2LMA2dTphrpjbsgaOW3hv50-8DM/s400/DSC09527.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T5dq6WumImqjPIMO4w8qEnsfpY6U-Y-jdEFK6ZqBw8bqAHR69lESaenu-mMIGpIEJnMDnjnORyYBA9zrYjU4YqznpK9hM06gD0nrmasz3Rus6N63PFqSt6cEtzPEPgsvg4NPAaXHj_s/s1600/DSC09596.JPG"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T5dq6WumImqjPIMO4w8qEnsfpY6U-Y-jdEFK6ZqBw8bqAHR69lESaenu-mMIGpIEJnMDnjnORyYBA9zrYjU4YqznpK9hM06gD0nrmasz3Rus6N63PFqSt6cEtzPEPgsvg4NPAaXHj_s/w214-h214/DSC09596.JPG" width="214" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXETsb8CDovdjHuwaJczK3jiI15wnhHwlp3Nhhdv6gVoKtm9IIFAAM5iB7E9yjWUet_aMJAzWqe4WWDYw60qlFBwOKRgcyejQnfemMtJ4oqTGz3q9iCCiuZDs4RViI29yEMg1s4M-1uu4/s1600/DSC09531.JPG"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXETsb8CDovdjHuwaJczK3jiI15wnhHwlp3Nhhdv6gVoKtm9IIFAAM5iB7E9yjWUet_aMJAzWqe4WWDYw60qlFBwOKRgcyejQnfemMtJ4oqTGz3q9iCCiuZDs4RViI29yEMg1s4M-1uu4/w178-h213/DSC09531.JPG" width="178" /></a></div></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Transition of the dinosaur <i>Archaeopteryx</i> to </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">birds </span></b><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">and fowls leaves behind a fossil - or </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">creates </span></b><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">an imagery </span></b><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">in the artist's mind.</span></b></div></span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YuvS-mnKVHlL4U_lgwAWRti1q6anxtqVjviex9Js5d5tuLZcmMaSU-13BxDJPq7ZP-1frgdjVKVkonbhxiklpwvkDca3iOqXvEwWJ81HQcJMkdqxwKi5h2YFk2lV_50SB4_Ixqod0WE/s1600/DSC09595.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> The legendary and biblical dragon is virtually alive, </b><br /><b>venerable </b><b>in our postmodern art and culture -</b><br /><b> a perfect model of reality and fantasy combined.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCS8Oe0kBSRCo8DmgZdyvn4SLyUzIVXRIMqcTEnfwuxGc4sUmNY1HPZrdL8tdx4KQXjB5zkKvXhDFMDqKS18oa4f0L5R7xYoYMr2P4r60LhE3F1TNAWl6OhY4FpVPCHnSesXUq3HxRpk/s1600/DSC09547.JPG"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCS8Oe0kBSRCo8DmgZdyvn4SLyUzIVXRIMqcTEnfwuxGc4sUmNY1HPZrdL8tdx4KQXjB5zkKvXhDFMDqKS18oa4f0L5R7xYoYMr2P4r60LhE3F1TNAWl6OhY4FpVPCHnSesXUq3HxRpk/s400/DSC09547.JPG" width="400" /></a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Like the dragon this serpent has found a secured place in the </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>minds of children in cartoons and virtual reality in fantasy </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>land and on TV screen - a friend, an outcast, a villain.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VJ5bKU13w9E_aOgOaJgzQ_X594F5XtTq4FRS1pp0x28UqGAPyL6SoOkP6EHgXGObplWhOoZMisUX-s-pVcZLPNfane1IzgDQG8IjMkDcTnKaFyJkspFZhAQarKEjPJ6l_3n3xli4yCg/s1600/DSC09543.JPG"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VJ5bKU13w9E_aOgOaJgzQ_X594F5XtTq4FRS1pp0x28UqGAPyL6SoOkP6EHgXGObplWhOoZMisUX-s-pVcZLPNfane1IzgDQG8IjMkDcTnKaFyJkspFZhAQarKEjPJ6l_3n3xli4yCg/w416-h294/DSC09543.JPG" width="416" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Driftwood Eye</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Begging for a rightful place and peace,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">this creature</span></b><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> tells a tragic story</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">of man's cruelty, greed and folly,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">its eye watching us never at ease. ~</span></b></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMge-bKqhj1DvRDzdwYuW0-3-oGJj0k7j33hKrVvievZUTBLVVyxvtprk_T4simND8FYbHBNK5VTpksYYGzOyhDp7qh9_a5fNcJTbGV6aNO9zEswqpT995wmHw4sc0BVM2P3FueA8JDY/s1600/DSC09750.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMge-bKqhj1DvRDzdwYuW0-3-oGJj0k7j33hKrVvievZUTBLVVyxvtprk_T4simND8FYbHBNK5VTpksYYGzOyhDp7qh9_a5fNcJTbGV6aNO9zEswqpT995wmHw4sc0BVM2P3FueA8JDY/w392-h523/DSC09750.JPG" width="392" /></span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Sacred </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tre</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">e Relic </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></div></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Relics - imprimatur of holiness, venerated by the faithful; </span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> fossils - museums' treasures, science's glory;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Wouldn't the remains of a once magnificent tree sacred, too, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> to stand sentry of a forest lost in our memory?</span></b></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><br /></div></div></div></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Made of driftwood mounted on coral rock, red base symbolic of fatal destruction of our environment and its consequences. On display at the Living with Nature Center, San Vicente Ilocos Sur. ~</span></b></div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>* Enhanced sculptural pieces and mural background by the author.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>Part 23 - </b></span><span> </span><b style="font-size: large;">Trees on the Campus</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>- William Shakespeare</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1eu7Q3fe9tnlu1XRqHNHH0qsBEaOg0M4dOWAxlX7plMHgBCh7QttkWsr_P3qBPh8TvErmAtE0uwNlmb31fBTqxNUJDgjOTH8jytxYD54l_Vibi1cO4KGfcF61ctyhEcalJM1zBzeBdU/s1600/UST+tree+A.jpg"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1eu7Q3fe9tnlu1XRqHNHH0qsBEaOg0M4dOWAxlX7plMHgBCh7QttkWsr_P3qBPh8TvErmAtE0uwNlmb31fBTqxNUJDgjOTH8jytxYD54l_Vibi1cO4KGfcF61ctyhEcalJM1zBzeBdU/w473-h355/UST+tree+A.jpg" /></span></b></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">University of Santo Tomas, Manila</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living cradle to while away the time,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to catch up with many a lost sleep;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">watch out, a nap gone over the clime,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">where time and opportunity slip.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv7GOZ3DrdnaUaqmNJKBCgeb_5sVvySMUDY8DPfpJ27eWcWsRhB9hy_gKcq5ZS1ToGt0InHFGOvjhfz40OTTtgHdm0nofBYg-MpjftSruxXnno7tZLQqK1TIcRsC185mh1TO85_DvH_Q/s1600/Trees+nature%27s+p151.JPG"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv7GOZ3DrdnaUaqmNJKBCgeb_5sVvySMUDY8DPfpJ27eWcWsRhB9hy_gKcq5ZS1ToGt0InHFGOvjhfz40OTTtgHdm0nofBYg-MpjftSruxXnno7tZLQqK1TIcRsC185mh1TO85_DvH_Q/w400-h258/Trees+nature" /></span></b></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ateneo de Manila University, QC</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Pendants you wear in the night,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">blinking with the chilly air,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">bring tidings beyond your shade,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to far places poor and fair.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_ovx7L0aVPcSlsvSJjz75oAxNu2BcPOjNUpUxiHIP2ltq2v8epBQ05T0amhA3aveUopB9eCkwf8MYideSrkszK918ZvrgDpRlvRiG-AYHBWn0YR_EPVf95oh_syXRoQ9dHRFt7al4X4/s1600/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_ovx7L0aVPcSlsvSJjz75oAxNu2BcPOjNUpUxiHIP2ltq2v8epBQ05T0amhA3aveUopB9eCkwf8MYideSrkszK918ZvrgDpRlvRiG-AYHBWn0YR_EPVf95oh_syXRoQ9dHRFt7al4X4/s400/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg" /></span></b></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Central Luzon State University, Muñoz, NE</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">When in bloom golden, only for a day or two;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">confetti follows where the bees have gone,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in every flower is born a new life, the embryo,</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>seed to a tree in another place in the sun.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhja9hvnbGkKopYyfq6FFUbp37RbwGC3PaoehFZBaSqLTzDPUi-IwLpKX6U9jNbVHDaksprWdghf6J7iEELTwJgHHzoLF86KvuS0wC-hA4svxfNL0K493j4ttJKvVlzSbqN6Rqymo0r_x1_ouGJt6lAMvo74smtolsrxAHgOG596-0zP1MwsJI-N43_2QeZ/s399/Pic%20select%2026%20acacia%20drynaria.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="399" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhja9hvnbGkKopYyfq6FFUbp37RbwGC3PaoehFZBaSqLTzDPUi-IwLpKX6U9jNbVHDaksprWdghf6J7iEELTwJgHHzoLF86KvuS0wC-hA4svxfNL0K493j4ttJKvVlzSbqN6Rqymo0r_x1_ouGJt6lAMvo74smtolsrxAHgOG596-0zP1MwsJI-N43_2QeZ/w400-h226/Pic%20select%2026%20acacia%20drynaria.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Drynaria</i> fern on acacia tree. Saint Agustine's School. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Tagudin, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span></b><span><div><b><i>Drynaria</i> fern makes a natural cover</b></div><div><b>in summer when the tree lays bare. </b></div><div><b>It's like a new crown in the making.</b></div><div><b>Behold! the symbiosis of </b><b>sharing. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Part 24 - </b><b><span>I talk to the trees - and they listen to me.</span></b></span></div></span><span><br /><b>"When in bloom golden, only for a day or two;</b><br /><b>confetti follows where the bees have gone,</b><br /><b>in every flower is born a new life</b><br /><b>in another place and time."</b><br /><br /><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRk2AIArUaXnbTl_9YHi80hBhNQsl2SioYzVUQS5mhJkX0v00dtujaYJ5kRfjuZuoGbVOPdEl9lF6RK_aTbqeYswz3mCVl_fA9BoPP0BTuhwoiPL69ZwUXNsY8RJRTlFA_a-Ynmkn2nk/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+G.bmp" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRk2AIArUaXnbTl_9YHi80hBhNQsl2SioYzVUQS5mhJkX0v00dtujaYJ5kRfjuZuoGbVOPdEl9lF6RK_aTbqeYswz3mCVl_fA9BoPP0BTuhwoiPL69ZwUXNsY8RJRTlFA_a-Ynmkn2nk/s400/Philit+Ghost+Trees+G.bmp" /></a><br /><b>Kaohsiung, Taiwan</b><br /><br /><b>Re-encarnation - this elephant tree had been</b><br /><b>once roaming around in band;</b><br /><b>threatened, endangered and gone,</b><br /><b>what would it become the next time around?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcFTO5gcujwAwXViV7JW0XN67WbD9zUF-IXIfXcgBj1Tw-LSuNoVd1dztZP5hkuY8jlbFv_OBOyJuUgBt3ictH-aSmpUi7TTKbBkqzUFbtlht0Tq5jbbsB5tDMUkpl4Ru8lHLIqpjYG8/s1600/IMG_8301.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcFTO5gcujwAwXViV7JW0XN67WbD9zUF-IXIfXcgBj1Tw-LSuNoVd1dztZP5hkuY8jlbFv_OBOyJuUgBt3ictH-aSmpUi7TTKbBkqzUFbtlht0Tq5jbbsB5tDMUkpl4Ru8lHLIqpjYG8/s400/IMG_8301.jpg" /></a><br /><b>Tagbilaran, Bohol</b><br /><br /><b>Saplings race to meet the sun,</b><br /><b>lanky to posts they shall become;</b><br /><b>sans branches but bole and round</b><br /><b>soon fall to the ax one by one.</b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAU2iC1HZvyUs6wt50dLtF_j-9RjYxPycZZ9AJ9VZne0TMhI7UvUy8J337YeVOlOkoGlF4GA2qcN5X7DEpgVXM5iNw5ge8k8B8AkSSfBSv8wRAMddkANZ0jIbY9NYDHy1Ddy9i0AOYbdM/s1600/kamagong+tree.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAU2iC1HZvyUs6wt50dLtF_j-9RjYxPycZZ9AJ9VZne0TMhI7UvUy8J337YeVOlOkoGlF4GA2qcN5X7DEpgVXM5iNw5ge8k8B8AkSSfBSv8wRAMddkANZ0jIbY9NYDHy1Ddy9i0AOYbdM/s400/kamagong+tree.jpg" /></a><br /><b>Mt Makiling, Laguna</b><br /><br /><b>You bear the hardest wood -</b><br /><b>ebony in deep shiny black;</b><br /><b>your foes no less my kind</b><br /><b>feeling and love we lack.</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuuAHxi3pf3KsjtqBMm9VVkVuIv5bef_qcpjW7zQU5gaCR12amQXprNDNWZXe873gqX1ToAaA42rScaBcSUgx57BrotEP_MEM3qGKYMZ0Kq0_TPZqaQfrlkCMO4epACLwAjnCYfYut3U/s1600/PH+Intro+2+tree+calumpang.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4vZTv7n9cmZzmlxPfTaApCPnNCpg7fO3Y6br0YiN-0QQFA3bRKWDTW5GicAe57EbeKsrf-VdnbhTK5oqawiNanFFvwqId00VHAdmwJT6fcVc65JBzxbBrRG5l3WB37Rn0jWoeE1wTUo/w261-h400/Philit+Balete+tree+A.jpg" width="261" /></a><br /><b>Mt Makiling, UPLB Laguna</b><br /><br /><b>Black and white makes you bold and real</b><br /><b>of your strangler's reputation,</b><br /><b>climbing on your host tree to the sky,</b><br /><b>a piece of mystery of creation.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgBB8gnsWb_2IfpDOmnYnPmaUSuErLS3nAls8R5rnIB1D2d_LN5rHDEY_-nouCAQRY3EdCF-lYwqLzLjmezmoTWfDomu02mua-LDhHzcBOXz9Mmrw1glHcbZ4B-pDr34B8u3DHqCMRS8/s1600/Basi+Label+9+Tree+house.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" 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all.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bleS3tLDQ8N6ZfZW4UOOztBHIlNr1SrpQUN9fc3RJzI4udqNBlg9COoRpLUMIZK2Rdtf_AazJ_c2PcNd9QDtHlbTbZp37idi3zc4l3dvh_9Q1-OXZdFRsLL1IQMG0TIxcmf73guE9-A/s1600/Balete+DSC05119+A.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bleS3tLDQ8N6ZfZW4UOOztBHIlNr1SrpQUN9fc3RJzI4udqNBlg9COoRpLUMIZK2Rdtf_AazJ_c2PcNd9QDtHlbTbZp37idi3zc4l3dvh_9Q1-OXZdFRsLL1IQMG0TIxcmf73guE9-A/s400/Balete+DSC05119+A.jpg" /></a><br /><b>Lagro QC</b><br /><br /><b>Whoever felled this old<i> balete </i>tree,</b><br /><b>drove the deities away;</b><br /><b>and the spirit of the tree shall not rest,</b><br /><b>no prayer can repay.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikbECSEic7GGklU9L1VqpP8KbyAG-zxf2M_XayNJpQdbhHgkPuh9tBfsoacE2EvTHPMVJPEOSAsnUSneAY8Zz_pLc32BblGS2pg74_oGFuhyAFT7btrsGJn-2uUXS5MDOWXKdTMk_e_Y/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikbECSEic7GGklU9L1VqpP8KbyAG-zxf2M_XayNJpQdbhHgkPuh9tBfsoacE2EvTHPMVJPEOSAsnUSneAY8Zz_pLc32BblGS2pg74_oGFuhyAFT7btrsGJn-2uUXS5MDOWXKdTMk_e_Y/s400/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg" /></a><br /><b>UST Manila</b><br /><br /><b>Shadow of death I see across the lawn,</b><br /><b>save the sun all mourning;</b><br /><b>haunting the playground empty and quiet,</b><br /><b>save a dead tree walking.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL2BybMrVBYwEkXU37pu26TRheAzTkVuZ10_MefsbVaUBnlAimf_MffheyYSaU5SF3f6ulODlI0lS7Rfl82w2_8a4jYJTKceHCAoxilSVwt64Gy1gHZiUMiOL_ooq9i2oHjDthuuXkPo/s320/Acacia+Ateneo.JPG" /></a><span><br /><b>Ateneo de Manila University QC</b><br /><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>To the conscious passerby,</b><br /><b>in the morning holy,</b><br /><b>in the evening scary,</b><br /><b>a veil to laugh or to cry.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVUBrlzhbXndFxrEgh6w8edINLKJYTsCIY-1GBtEdkF0U7h2DS9jPupu6VrquP_M3XBrk6DfjfIV5yDnQog7Y3Oj_2Jwkk8DZCZphzoD0K4n0aNGqoqw3t_B_k5zOYBY63FpIE6BpIt4/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+F.bmp" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVUBrlzhbXndFxrEgh6w8edINLKJYTsCIY-1GBtEdkF0U7h2DS9jPupu6VrquP_M3XBrk6DfjfIV5yDnQog7Y3Oj_2Jwkk8DZCZphzoD0K4n0aNGqoqw3t_B_k5zOYBY63FpIE6BpIt4/s400/Philit+Ghost+Trees+F.bmp" /></a><br /><b>St Paul University QC</b><br /><br /><b>Young devil tree, but you aren't;</b><br /><b>your eyes but holes to your heart;</b><br /><b>your arm raised to praise, to call</b><br /><b>a friend, such is nature's art.</b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6KC9x_grwHSjTkOGaH7_sHqXfzaK5CIoORDasThXVaXTQ-9dms5NWxOQe2KuHqouoec4_p7SO0VCZ77FHqqEaHQDfu8Ye8e_bn35DQC3YaKx4oudSlicvTIrPRv-4ToLoMkTJMGbCPI/s1600/DSC06258.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6KC9x_grwHSjTkOGaH7_sHqXfzaK5CIoORDasThXVaXTQ-9dms5NWxOQe2KuHqouoec4_p7SO0VCZ77FHqqEaHQDfu8Ye8e_bn35DQC3YaKx4oudSlicvTIrPRv-4ToLoMkTJMGbCPI/s400/DSC06258.JPG" /></a><br /><b>Agoo, La Union</b><br /><br /><b>Over laden, if all these fruits,</b><br /><b>a burst of a lifetime -</b><br /><b>young to die like a mother</b><br /><b>cut in her prime.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1eu7Q3fe9tnlu1XRqHNHH0qsBEaOg0M4dOWAxlX7plMHgBCh7QttkWsr_P3qBPh8TvErmAtE0uwNlmb31fBTqxNUJDgjOTH8jytxYD54l_Vibi1cO4KGfcF61ctyhEcalJM1zBzeBdU/s1600/UST+tree+A.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1eu7Q3fe9tnlu1XRqHNHH0qsBEaOg0M4dOWAxlX7plMHgBCh7QttkWsr_P3qBPh8TvErmAtE0uwNlmb31fBTqxNUJDgjOTH8jytxYD54l_Vibi1cO4KGfcF61ctyhEcalJM1zBzeBdU/s400/UST+tree+A.jpg" /></a><br /><b>UST Manila</b><br /><br /><b>Living cradle to while away the time,</b><br /><b>to catch up with many a lost sleep;</b><br /><b>watch out, a nap gone over the clime,</b><br /><b>where time and opportunity slip.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv7GOZ3DrdnaUaqmNJKBCgeb_5sVvySMUDY8DPfpJ27eWcWsRhB9hy_gKcq5ZS1ToGt0InHFGOvjhfz40OTTtgHdm0nofBYg-MpjftSruxXnno7tZLQqK1TIcRsC185mh1TO85_DvH_Q/s1600/Trees+nature%27s+p151.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" p151.jpg="" s="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv7GOZ3DrdnaUaqmNJKBCgeb_5sVvySMUDY8DPfpJ27eWcWsRhB9hy_gKcq5ZS1ToGt0InHFGOvjhfz40OTTtgHdm0nofBYg-MpjftSruxXnno7tZLQqK1TIcRsC185mh1TO85_DvH_Q/s400/Trees+nature" /></a><br /><b>Ateneo de Manila University QC</b><br /><br /><b>Pendants you wear in the night,</b><br /><b>blinking with the chilly air,</b><br /><b>bring tidings beyond your shade,</b><br /><b>to far places poor and fair.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_ovx7L0aVPcSlsvSJjz75oAxNu2BcPOjNUpUxiHIP2ltq2v8epBQ05T0amhA3aveUopB9eCkwf8MYideSrkszK918ZvrgDpRlvRiG-AYHBWn0YR_EPVf95oh_syXRoQ9dHRFt7al4X4/s1600/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_ovx7L0aVPcSlsvSJjz75oAxNu2BcPOjNUpUxiHIP2ltq2v8epBQ05T0amhA3aveUopB9eCkwf8MYideSrkszK918ZvrgDpRlvRiG-AYHBWn0YR_EPVf95oh_syXRoQ9dHRFt7al4X4/s400/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg" /></a><br /><b>St Paul University QC</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>When in bloom golden, only for a day or two;</b><br /><b>confetti follows where the bees have gone,</b><br /><b>in every flower is born a new life, the embryo,</b><br /><b>seed to a tree in another place and time. ~</b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 25 -</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Put Life into a Dying Tree</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A Lesson on Ecology Through Art</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC31uRWKSdpCzx_txtMvRVcpur1MjVWvozgbWyK6ui-clgGCoSk6hhQWxMI5ERNorBjC_JmAMshAVsQnoonhIfu-crBlO1LYe38fqf0IjAuflUT8CZkVTJMnFLZLe2inPSgrJsdOBrMNc/s1600/Tree+SilhouetteA.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC31uRWKSdpCzx_txtMvRVcpur1MjVWvozgbWyK6ui-clgGCoSk6hhQWxMI5ERNorBjC_JmAMshAVsQnoonhIfu-crBlO1LYe38fqf0IjAuflUT8CZkVTJMnFLZLe2inPSgrJsdOBrMNc/w452-h361/Tree+SilhouetteA.jpg" /></a></span></b></div><br />AUTHOR’S NOTE: As a background to this article, I was requested by the National Council of Educational Innovators (NCEI) to conduct a teaching demonstration whereby art, specifically drawing/ painting and music, is integrated with the teaching of ecology before the first International Congress of Educators in Manila. Recently I presented the original approach before teachers in a Faculty Development Workshop.<br /><br />Allow me to start with a simple drawing exercise. The exercise is about a dying tree. I invite everyone to complete the scenario, using the attached outline of a tree skeleton. The idea is to bring back the life of the tree, hence, the title of this exercise. This exercise introduces us to understand the basic nature of living things, and the essence of ecology as a subject.<br /><br />As a guide let us imagine that solar energy is transformed by plants into chemical energy, which is then shared by different organisms. In nature, organisms interact with each other on one hand, and with their environment on the other. Scientists say, this interrelationship comes so naturally that there is in fact no need of human intervention. On the other hand, it is of the general opinion that man is the custodian of creation. If this is so what is its role? How can he help maintain the so-called “balance on nature called homeostasis?”<br /><br />How much are we aware of this role? We will know it by evaluating the drawing once it is finished using ten (10) criteria scored on the Likert scale (5 is very good, 4 good, 3 fair, 2 poor and 1 very poor). But I suggest that the criteria should be read only after the drawing has been done. It is an individual work that takes around ten minutes.<br /><br />These are the criteria.<br /><br />1. There is the sun in the drawing. The sun is the source of life, the source of energy- solar energy- where is then transformed into chemical energy.<br /><br />2. There is water – clouds, rain stream, river, pond, lake, etc illustrating the Water Cycle. The importance of water as an element of life is next to the sun.<br /><br />3. The tree is has leaves, branches, flowers and fruits. The tree is not only a living thing; it is a tree of life, the source of food and oxygen, and other things, aesthetic beauty, notwithstanding.<br /><br />4. There are other trees, including those of its kind. There are other plants as well. This illustrates the concept of a family and a community.<br /><br />5. There are animals and other living creatures. This shows relationships such as mutualism or symbiosis, commensalism (e.g. a bird’s nest, ferns and orchids on the tree), and competition (e.g. insects feeding). Certain relationships may be interpreted on a philosophical level such as benevolence, unity, cooperation and altruism.<br /><br />6. The tree, as well as other members of the community, is part of the landscape. The drawing has a perspective of a larger whole; it is an integral part of Nature represented by mountains, valleys, pasture, rivers, fields, etc.<br /><br />7. The presence of man is important. The drawing may show a happy family, children playing, man taking care of the tree, or his presence manifested by a drawing of a house or community.<br /><br />8. The drawing shows life. It is natural; it exudes a feeling of reality. The colors are real, so with the subjects. I call this aspect naturalism.<br /><br />9. The drawing has good artistic quality. Is the drawing appealing? Does it conform to a good sense of balance, harmony, contrast, and perspective?<br /><br />10. Maximum use of space. This refers to the whole world of the tree. It is the total “view from the window”, the vantage point the participant views his subject and the world. Did the participant use the space wisely? There is no wasteland, so to speak.<br /><br />The scores of the ten criteria are added. To get the average score, divide the total with 10. A score of, say 3.6 to 4.4 is Good, while 2.5 to 3.4 is fair. College QC is 3.3, or Fair.<br /><br />I have noticed that high school students and freshmen in college who participated in this exercise did not get high scores. They have limited exposure to the subject. But this is a good exercise to develop the power of imagination and logical thinking. In a number of cases the drawing shows the influence of cartoons, animae and advertisements. This exercise follows a deductive-retrospective approach, which fits well with the use of art medium.<br /><br />During the 10-minute exercise I usually provide a background music by playing the violin with popular, native and semi-classical compositions which the accompaniment of re-recorded Nature sounds (e.g. birds singing and running stream). To facilitate the work, I prepared an hour long extemporaneous CD, “Violin and Nature,” which is easier to carry with me on out-of town lectures, otherwise I resort to play the original compositions of the following well-known composers.<br /><br />· “Hating Gabi” by Antonio molina<br />· “Maalaala Mo Kaya” by Mike Velarde<br />· “Meditation,” from the Thais by Massenet<br />· “ Serenade” by Tosselli<br />· “ On Wing of song” by Felix Mendelson<br /><br />What contributions have the arts to the effective teaching of science? I consider the following premises important.<br /><br />1. Fuller use of the senses. Art provides other than visual and auditory, an opportunity to use touch and smell, say on the specimens during hands-on and field observation.<br /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Amalgamation of knowledge and imagination, a concept of learning where facts and experiences rise to a level of thought or theory level, yet sets the boundaries of fantasy. Art provides a better means of expression of the imagination.<br /><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>3. Search for Formula-Values relationship. I call this concept “ valueing”, that is, answering the question, “For what purpose?” on a higher plane over material or physical. Art discusses Renaissance, the revival of culture and values. Art talks of harmony and unity. Can science adopt art in creating subject appeal?<br /><br />4. Left brain-right brain tandem. Logical and creative integration is important, the left brains thinks and reasons, while the right brain images, creates.<br /><br />5. Mind-Feeling Duo (Head-Heart). “Science is reason, art is emotion.” It is true. Art appeals to the emotion. One must “feel” a work of art such as the climax of a story, the color of sunset, the graceful movement of a ballet dancer, or Rodin’s melting human figures symbolizing suffering.<br /><br />6. Skill is applied knowledge and art is basically skill. Studying art is merely the pathway to its application. Art is an excellent medium of applied science.<br /><br />After evaluating the exercise, “Put life in a dying tree,” we can try similar exercises in biology and ecology, other disciplines notwithstanding. These were selected from a manual in three volumes which I use in conducting Art Workshop for Children.<br /><br />1. Green Valley - this shows the structure of a watershed in relation to a valley. Hoe can one efficiently keep the valley green and productive? How good are we as mangers of the environment?<br /><br />2. Waterfalls - the river drops and continues down below the fall, so is life. Hoe wide, how high, is our own waterfall? It is a good lesson in analogy and resolve - the ecology of our life.<br /><br />3. Let’s build a house - but where are the neighbors? A lesson of human ecology, the concept of community.<br /><br />4. Make this dog happy - this exercise a sharpens our values of kindness and concern. Ecology has a heart.<br /><br />5. Road of Life - by tracing our own road of life, we known what we want in life, where we are going and how we get there. Here we plot our future. The human side of ecology is apparent in this exercise.<br /><br />The criteria for scoring these exercises can be devised by the teacher or resource person, using the first exercise as a general guide. For specific purposes he can emphasize on certain aspects he deems necessary to arrive at his objectives. The idea why I am presenting these exercises is that a teacher can prepare similar exercises whereby art can be integrated with the subject of science, and “valueing” is incorporated in the lesson.<br /><br />But first, let us put life in a dying tree. ~</span></b><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 26 - </span></b><b><span><i>Dita,</i> the tallest tree in Manila</span></b></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A living sentry that reminds us, "Only God can make a tree."</span></b></div></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It is home of insects and reptiles, foothold of orchids, ferns and lianas, abode of birds that celebrate life with their young and beautiful songs. </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-uvbPOeuQYcdHVVO1DLarRjW9w-zayb-nVUOGyOO8z6mhuNGdk-j3MFLMwBqKfbMk7H7tqXMa1GqLs2k4EhHCkdQT4wLMEOun_iU2SUtM9cZPBWcWDTs73bD5r6anVKC-ugPNN-0gUg/s1600/Plant+art+DSC06984+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-uvbPOeuQYcdHVVO1DLarRjW9w-zayb-nVUOGyOO8z6mhuNGdk-j3MFLMwBqKfbMk7H7tqXMa1GqLs2k4EhHCkdQT4wLMEOun_iU2SUtM9cZPBWcWDTs73bD5r6anVKC-ugPNN-0gUg/w370-h494/Plant+art+DSC06984+A.jpg" width="370" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Dita (</span><i>Alstonia scholaris)</i><span> the biggest member of the Apocynaceae</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> family stands overlooking the sprawling UST campus and its environs,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Older than most structures except the main building, it rises with the tower cross, sharing the lofty height from afar, on the front and back. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Scarred by war and by fire it is a veteran of events in history, witness to the university's many activities and celebrations, . </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">While graduates pass through the Arch of the Centuries, this tree stands firm and proud; it is a sentry, a guardian, and a symbol, too. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Its crown is the biggest umbrella on the campus, filtering the sun, the dust and rain; it captures carbon and gives off oxygen in turn. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It captures the fog into morning mist, and makes a rainbow with the showers, and cushions the sun set into gentle breeze and subdued gray. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It does not respond to autumn even if other trees lose their leaves and gain a new crown; instead it retains its canopy green. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It is home of insects and reptiles, foothold of orchids, ferns and lianas, abode of birds that celebrate life with their young and beautiful songs. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">And when it is winter in cold countries, it is time for its pods to mature, popping out myriads of tiny lints like parachutes that float in the air. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">And children run after them like snowflakes, and wish like wishing upon a star - and strangely lints daintily fall into their palms. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The dita wakes up earlier than anyone else on the campus, sings with the carillon, and joins the whispers and laughter on the campus.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The day ends just like any day, the campus sleeps - and there stands a silhouette that reminds us, "Only God can make a tree." ~ </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 27 -</span></b><b> Symbiosis of Drynaria Fern and Acacia Tree - More than Commensalism</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I like Drynaria, for caring its host and vice versa through symbiosis - a perfect bond that humans have yet to learn someday.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></b><b>Living with Nature - School on Blog <span style="color: #cc0000;">[avrotor.blogspot.com]</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_S5_rcu0uPU0aU1rc6KLVojTt2cu4Q4Cl9HM7N6gNC5E6UFtbFFt8kGkSKueBik6FUeEI1JvFh9P65yMJ_TiXTgng-RKL4tPRukTS4G6D_i-0IkN8BjRPdTgMlI8u3y2Bag-F5nhnUW6/s1600/DSC02151.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="276" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587176201400717986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_S5_rcu0uPU0aU1rc6KLVojTt2cu4Q4Cl9HM7N6gNC5E6UFtbFFt8kGkSKueBik6FUeEI1JvFh9P65yMJ_TiXTgng-RKL4tPRukTS4G6D_i-0IkN8BjRPdTgMlI8u3y2Bag-F5nhnUW6/s400/DSC02151.JPG" style="display: block; height: 310px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 449px;" width="400" /></a></b></b><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Drynaria</span> fern covers the limbs of an acacia tree. Tagudin, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I like the <i>Drynaria </i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for her feathery foliage in the distance like the proud peacock and the turkey trotting to win favors of their flock;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for her sturdiness in the wind, cooling the summer air and keeping the coolness of the Amihan in December;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for her resiliency, bending with the limbs and branches, turning upside down and up again the next season;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for sleeping through the dry months while her host takes the show, verdant green, robust and free;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for resurrecting from a state of turpor, as if she defies death and perpetuates life while others simply die;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for her economy in sustenance, living on captured dirt and rain, yet discreet of such austere living;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for touching the clouds with her host taming it to fall as rain and shared by all creatures around;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for her ability to multiply fast through invisible spores, in one sweep of the wind are sown in far places;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for its benevolence to many creatures, tenant and transient, keeping their brood in her bosom;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynari</i>a giving the <span style="font-style: italic;">martines </span>birds a home, where it sings in joy and praise and thanksgiving for a beautiful world;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for keeping company to passersby, to tired souls in the shadow with her host, in dark and unlikely hours;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria </i>for giving off oxygen and taking in carbon that poisons the earth and living things, among them no less than I;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i>, for caring its host and vice versa through symbiosis - a perfect bond that humans have yet to learn someday. ~</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9E57157VJRLiY0MJDdv4oBYL7hcAtc7jAgBFmtSE11kxvrZWLpzTQXIVM9_y-M4Y3KJ3xqeOeNxibYgEhn6B_gzrTepNJdtpq9VSHHgvUuqCtD5ZNdYiNe3Ul5DtlduW9KOkGQNbLQb6F/s1600/Martines+abc.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587183199672907602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9E57157VJRLiY0MJDdv4oBYL7hcAtc7jAgBFmtSE11kxvrZWLpzTQXIVM9_y-M4Y3KJ3xqeOeNxibYgEhn6B_gzrTepNJdtpq9VSHHgvUuqCtD5ZNdYiNe3Ul5DtlduW9KOkGQNbLQb6F/s400/Martines+abc.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px;" width="389" /></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Martines</i> birds, long thought to be extinct locally, find shelter </b></span><b style="font-size: small;">and home with the <i>Drynaria</i>, and the host acacia tree.</b><br /><b style="font-size: small;"><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> <span style="font-size: medium;">Part 28 - </span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Mythical Forest </span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”</span></b><br /><span>― Chris Maser, Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest</span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Painting and Verse by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b> </span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWjCfjDn1YEVCnozSXwnqPnTUudcyv9jJf5XOWiX152YPXGYx7el6BOaEKOfd-YhSswY6MAH5m8e8XYKFqqcVGMCnCE0dl4WLsZrY75pX0voaxehzQOSTDHP0I1b6eI8ws-C9ognR4xXjFcQb_i2lf6uYvp9zcNjrgxKDATlQsFJmrfliUnCtOggH/w367-h574/DSC06378.JPG" width="367" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Mythical Forest</i> in acrylic by the author, 2022</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>She saw only the trees, not the forest;</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> spots of red, not the loving pair,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>flowers, orchids, fluttering butterflies,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> and the peeping sunset but a glare.</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Thus we see ourselves more than others,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> Narcisian* syndrome we've fallen,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>leaving but Echo reverberating and dying;</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> the forest, the lake all forsaken.</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>*In Greek mythology proud Narcissus fell into the lake and died </b></div></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>leaving Echo whose love for him was unrequited.</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Part 29 - </b></span><b>Queer Looking Trees from Another World</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Photos and Poem by Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Living with Nature School on Blog</b></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cxWJebg7141p7Wym75diOS7sK8K-70Dhp1032YhSbphVu66r_fqIoMyJaYt3SPk7edKUmVT2vqeO3AnLwHCILJrp-LxXOYdNyvlm-1PlxYuqEc2HupseTFiLVyCr-A5CzUI3o7_UQ9Y/s1600/Balete.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cxWJebg7141p7Wym75diOS7sK8K-70Dhp1032YhSbphVu66r_fqIoMyJaYt3SPk7edKUmVT2vqeO3AnLwHCILJrp-LxXOYdNyvlm-1PlxYuqEc2HupseTFiLVyCr-A5CzUI3o7_UQ9Y/s640/Balete.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Balete (<i>Ficus benjamina</i>) strangles own host (acacia - </b><br /><b><i>Samanea saman</i>), hence called Strangler's Fig, UST Manila</b><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees friendly or queer,</span></b></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">they whistle with the breeze;</span></b></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">they sigh in summer air,</span></b></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and make me feel at ease.</span></b></div></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees real or fancy,</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">tall, small, and spreading;</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">lining the shore, or foothill,</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">atop a mountain like king.</span></b></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees in all seasons,</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">even with their grotesque crown;</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">buds in spring fullest in summer;</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and in autumn red and brown.</span></b></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees, their make-believe faces,</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">dare to imagine in the evening,</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the legendary white lady;</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">or beauteous Maria Makiling.</span></b></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees they are like people,</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">senses, language of their own</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">are universal to all creatures,</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">even before man was born.</span></b></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees because I see myself</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in them today as it was before;</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and if i think trees are really queer,</span></b></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I think I should love them more. ~</span></b></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE52iOx_PkCqE3_1pe-FnFOcI0jEP7Kfw2MQhh9fqvAv9nVsg8LqS6j7eEEANbzdo5z7omjHdAn0yZdoVRRyJP_kNd6t-I-hikmMq9KkGgn39_Cbx7k6qN4gtsHyFPY-qiPVAoOsWSvs/s1600/DSC00683A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE52iOx_PkCqE3_1pe-FnFOcI0jEP7Kfw2MQhh9fqvAv9nVsg8LqS6j7eEEANbzdo5z7omjHdAn0yZdoVRRyJP_kNd6t-I-hikmMq9KkGgn39_Cbx7k6qN4gtsHyFPY-qiPVAoOsWSvs/w365-h640/DSC00683A.jpg" width="365" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ghost singers under a huge banyan tree, Sacred Heart Novitiate, QC </b><b>(Photo taken after a wedding reception, unedited photo.) </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdiO_iDNSLo0bNTiZGJYu97qMFGjc31MDVFZvYdNfGjor9qTXjpcS4bEdruu7pTEf0of51iWx6aqLIyV6zAtaJzx9vP4wXEwVg2OsQ4uuwuxEUs1Sb6_MhppI7ihvF8Q9txPYmbzyHhc/s1600/11252008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdiO_iDNSLo0bNTiZGJYu97qMFGjc31MDVFZvYdNfGjor9qTXjpcS4bEdruu7pTEf0of51iWx6aqLIyV6zAtaJzx9vP4wXEwVg2OsQ4uuwuxEUs1Sb6_MhppI7ihvF8Q9txPYmbzyHhc/w364-h485/11252008.jpg" width="364" /></span></a></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Ichabod Crane</i> Tree, SPUQC (Fiction character in a </b><br /><b>short story </b><b> of the same title by Washington Irving)</b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-nnW8lezVHxumByKrPXfYOHLyhNao4PSG7lu9dMVflVR70UM9I-0GTO6rTIErFC69s3dF64zyE5AVylPAxJjq8NObl23MV4UttO1KOcrKYri6Apfi87AORSt8j30yYXo0wOpZwxTfug/s1600/DSC00637.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Young devil tree, but you aren't;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">your eyes but holes to your heart;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">your arm raised to praise, to call</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a friend, such is nature's art.</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="661" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-nnW8lezVHxumByKrPXfYOHLyhNao4PSG7lu9dMVflVR70UM9I-0GTO6rTIErFC69s3dF64zyE5AVylPAxJjq8NObl23MV4UttO1KOcrKYri6Apfi87AORSt8j30yYXo0wOpZwxTfug/w372-h661/DSC00637.JPG" width="372" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Who is knocking on my window sill? (<i>kalachuchi - </i></b><br /><b><i>Plumera acuminata</i>), </b><b>Sacred Heart Novitiate, QC</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_8i5DdRG5NiL1g82hYH90eP9diWuOrlQg1wzou46zT75kGfpkImJ9rGw36yWPPgQcm0Tr7zLshkcBdrupwf9FblOQla6QAh-0YHNL7LiBkvaBzNho6hUzXNf2rCuk8Uhc_X3gBdcG48/s1600/Tree+haunting+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_8i5DdRG5NiL1g82hYH90eP9diWuOrlQg1wzou46zT75kGfpkImJ9rGw36yWPPgQcm0Tr7zLshkcBdrupwf9FblOQla6QAh-0YHNL7LiBkvaBzNho6hUzXNf2rCuk8Uhc_X3gBdcG48/w379-h506/Tree+haunting+1.JPG" width="379" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tree casts its own shadow of death before its early </b><br /><b>demise </b><b>following Ondoy flood in 2010 , UST Manila</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5z1sMfEDnUMmdDNlh0702L-KcQ_JaF3jthVVgzbEs0ngBk6-LPjp7CWc63PINEoyHIdhhlN4hQqtEg_dALqFTcpLaCC62eECWe71URRiQRHAo2dXUKksPTtozC90fUiyx3jtY1n5ySGg/s1600/DSC00715.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5z1sMfEDnUMmdDNlh0702L-KcQ_JaF3jthVVgzbEs0ngBk6-LPjp7CWc63PINEoyHIdhhlN4hQqtEg_dALqFTcpLaCC62eECWe71URRiQRHAo2dXUKksPTtozC90fUiyx3jtY1n5ySGg/s400/DSC00715.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Python Tree, an overhanging limb of acacia covered</b><br /><b> with epiphytes, </b><b>Ateneo de Manila University, QC</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix07BPJ3gwfnAtmrEgTQUVRWgh7eZVdLPPoz2qqpxA39T0GY9bHtoLRB-D9T2qKTNQLvqcIFUjkN17w-EypABWlYACqQDfIh0_sqpsZ_fSuPbKRKVaMhgr4Q-QfwXAhMuMslpT0dsKWG0/s1600/DSC00740.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix07BPJ3gwfnAtmrEgTQUVRWgh7eZVdLPPoz2qqpxA39T0GY9bHtoLRB-D9T2qKTNQLvqcIFUjkN17w-EypABWlYACqQDfIh0_sqpsZ_fSuPbKRKVaMhgr4Q-QfwXAhMuMslpT0dsKWG0/s400/DSC00740.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Haunting Fig Tree <i>(Gmelina</i>), Church of the Ascension Parish Church, </b><b>Lagro QC. Its broad prop roots produce a dull gong sound when struck. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxce8vTD0Ux94VvlZDJ2gFywj7INtUpPv6Z0AHlRJLNxH9WApPC2Px34NYaDoi-vSkxFv5TEQsEveP2Df4n05I-LjEsBGozC6mNQsl5oyBze8Jf0cBgqO2c7GLOzKWxxwf0eG1BG7zxOQ/s1600/Firetree+leaning.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxce8vTD0Ux94VvlZDJ2gFywj7INtUpPv6Z0AHlRJLNxH9WApPC2Px34NYaDoi-vSkxFv5TEQsEveP2Df4n05I-LjEsBGozC6mNQsl5oyBze8Jf0cBgqO2c7GLOzKWxxwf0eG1BG7zxOQ/s320/Firetree+leaning.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Leaning Pisa</i> tree (Fire tree - <i>Delonix regia</i>) leans 45 degrees </b><br /><b>over busy Regalado Avenue, QC. NOTE: the tree was cut down </b><br /><b>to clear power lines, and eliminate possible accident.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAuix2fKGgrzNy6SfekI1B-RMrdEt8UHWhuF_6PV8pNT_ngcSWs2i-AY9Vn9iN-tlwu33CGimvJJMlJ4Z4MhMBtdHNdY69wdYQzvFuKH292xdradH5y_WB25QZh08-H7wSAaL6vVA5lQ/s1600/Lichen+fence.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAuix2fKGgrzNy6SfekI1B-RMrdEt8UHWhuF_6PV8pNT_ngcSWs2i-AY9Vn9iN-tlwu33CGimvJJMlJ4Z4MhMBtdHNdY69wdYQzvFuKH292xdradH5y_WB25QZh08-H7wSAaL6vVA5lQ/w363-h485/Lichen+fence.JPG" width="363" /></span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> Bearded Eucalyptus Tree, Angels' Hill, Tagaytay City. Clinging moss </span></b><b><span>is actually lichens of the fruticose or hanging type.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsiWesYQKYo_5PQbK-eX6A4XPv1UpO18muqao1BdGvDzRUMrKXra4I_MChfpLd4gTQhyphenhyphentsXPMryhEyWoOLQ0boEM0YOVP_2buPpYxCJ_Cat7RY41774Na8Ym9oQ1-9A9aBBXLAlTFzBE/s1600/Balete+DSC05119+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsiWesYQKYo_5PQbK-eX6A4XPv1UpO18muqao1BdGvDzRUMrKXra4I_MChfpLd4gTQhyphenhyphentsXPMryhEyWoOLQ0boEM0YOVP_2buPpYxCJ_Cat7RY41774Na8Ym9oQ1-9A9aBBXLAlTFzBE/w323-h458/Balete+DSC05119+A.jpg" width="323" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Lagro QC</span></b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Whoever felled this old <i>balete</i> tree,</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">drove the deities away; </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and the spirit of the tree shall not rest,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">no prayer can repay.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9fWCPm12F05wp0l9mXm8obofcZBPcONATN7mWP47Ue58XKVvzN9tRcHWwdKEaGbBmFqMdlF0lfy-iSgKVr3jEfCAmfYs52qbWPw6C5NuNfKp7Yb9Nr3DouYToLB1uzdBlz6FyN7EViU/s1600/kamagong+tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9fWCPm12F05wp0l9mXm8obofcZBPcONATN7mWP47Ue58XKVvzN9tRcHWwdKEaGbBmFqMdlF0lfy-iSgKVr3jEfCAmfYs52qbWPw6C5NuNfKp7Yb9Nr3DouYToLB1uzdBlz6FyN7EViU/w314-h448/kamagong+tree.jpg" width="314" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Mt Makiling, Laguna </b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>You bear the hardest wood -</b></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>ebony in deep shiny black;</b></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>your foes no less my kind</b></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>feeling and love we lack.</b></span></span></span></div><div><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKv9DCl4Ek0tLFu73BAt7RZEszAfXyqBHV7BcVtnNQmyJVyc3xvwcB1gq62SaC_EPINe1RbDVso9flbpqHSLnCoZ1dvwJtpl0QnO2gFpNZc4iK2l0tK5EFlAiCw2CvcWcFXYgrOX43Kx8/s1600/PH+Intro+2+tree+calumpang.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKv9DCl4Ek0tLFu73BAt7RZEszAfXyqBHV7BcVtnNQmyJVyc3xvwcB1gq62SaC_EPINe1RbDVso9flbpqHSLnCoZ1dvwJtpl0QnO2gFpNZc4iK2l0tK5EFlAiCw2CvcWcFXYgrOX43Kx8/w334-h469/PH+Intro+2+tree+calumpang.jpg" width="334" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Tierra Pura, Tandang Sora, QC</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Sunrise, sunset, the ground is alive,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">lilting children under your care </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">that make up for your loneliness </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in a world with so little to share. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cpJS-0HuLVNk-5fgUD4hdQLEJUnwgRcZeEIE23CoLFTAFvleHbUk5wf4iLkHORXcJJ2yLEnmKaVDDESm4VoWMVwvtlIuG-sU2-xGaMG9iX7TkQL6ssytgJY88cZLNuaaJoIrHvekh7w/s1600/PL+Intro+8+tree+reclining.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cpJS-0HuLVNk-5fgUD4hdQLEJUnwgRcZeEIE23CoLFTAFvleHbUk5wf4iLkHORXcJJ2yLEnmKaVDDESm4VoWMVwvtlIuG-sU2-xGaMG9iX7TkQL6ssytgJY88cZLNuaaJoIrHvekh7w/w324-h457/PL+Intro+8+tree+reclining.png" width="324" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Masinloc, Zambales</span></b><br /></span><b><br /></b><b>You were once doomed by the wind,</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">but benevolence saved you;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">by your fruits and resting limbs,</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>sanctuary and playground, too. </b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP73BaZ3N1SVJEYy2ZOVly_ULDy6hPbUBVHbbRg65egQfcFACovLNrF5zPK9SJyARgIXIri8IGFHLEbrmWtaAaKEY50Lcib3rZjzx7KznovUnhR3NGJUhsT38CoJOslyynt6ZuJsdATk/s1600/Philit+Balete+tree+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP73BaZ3N1SVJEYy2ZOVly_ULDy6hPbUBVHbbRg65egQfcFACovLNrF5zPK9SJyARgIXIri8IGFHLEbrmWtaAaKEY50Lcib3rZjzx7KznovUnhR3NGJUhsT38CoJOslyynt6ZuJsdATk/w338-h516/Philit+Balete+tree+A.jpg" width="338" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Mt Makiling, UPLB Laguna </span></b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Black and white makes you bold and real</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">of your strangler's reputation,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">climbing on your host tree to the sky,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a piece of mystery of creation.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mvZH8c6WoYtYQt7U5ocn1W871J2_RsqzAgp5L3P5idFas0WKC8S-0UowvRAYZdExevkgU1lYdSwHywgsLTUqW5QEFTHHt0Ml3Jop4pJjUrDtpgg_UlceVDtOBbPtNs-kYAIFhdBG4Hw/s1600/Basi+Label+9+Tree+house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mvZH8c6WoYtYQt7U5ocn1W871J2_RsqzAgp5L3P5idFas0WKC8S-0UowvRAYZdExevkgU1lYdSwHywgsLTUqW5QEFTHHt0Ml3Jop4pJjUrDtpgg_UlceVDtOBbPtNs-kYAIFhdBG4Hw/s400/Basi+Label+9+Tree+house.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Burgos, La Union </span></b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Tree house I see built on your limbs</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">has stolen your view on the scene, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the breeze in your leaves hushed away, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a living monument unseen. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NGdYe2pU4PP1dEyk2UkdeqCgTGC3zFosOWbrTnQNritMVE2mvn5QXlwkQdU5r6nREcs7EuPHrWiHHtS5wXnfZwHDpIfUKuGWPy1l0erfaihTNLylPPgN_TF3DabpFxGGQ1w3gbs6jGc/w396-h297/Tree+020+A.jpg" width="396" /> </span></div><div><b style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cebu City</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b>Embroidered leaves by the bagworm,</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">turning to crimson and fall;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">mutual indeed is host and tenant,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">nature and creatures all. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio956GWRzZDDB3lf4r-s2RwvE9BseKkBwl5Y67uGgxIxJi1J_aP0gk1-eVR5gLAB5zJ_RBzN-jTt2CL-FjZcnfxAeJSKq8V7bFDJGADEAvsrK8VPxJX_Xj87r5JILUP1CSvI8yYuTNU90/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+G.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio956GWRzZDDB3lf4r-s2RwvE9BseKkBwl5Y67uGgxIxJi1J_aP0gk1-eVR5gLAB5zJ_RBzN-jTt2CL-FjZcnfxAeJSKq8V7bFDJGADEAvsrK8VPxJX_Xj87r5JILUP1CSvI8yYuTNU90/s400/Philit+Ghost+Trees+G.bmp" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Elephant Tree, Kaohsiung</b></span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, Taiwan </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Re-incarnation - this elephant tree had been</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">once roaming around in band;</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">threatened, endangered and gone, </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">what would it become the next time around? </span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw26fAzl1EpPFizyRdmG8mSAt2rUAMxpSRWPhWPIJUHXuCezhkilZjoXgUpuTQtTnw0dYTA0NmcJWNLfa9hnPmNyGKTji5tstYYUu53h0j-prFjGkuDyHfknGw9rZy78f0AAjed3EJVHA/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw26fAzl1EpPFizyRdmG8mSAt2rUAMxpSRWPhWPIJUHXuCezhkilZjoXgUpuTQtTnw0dYTA0NmcJWNLfa9hnPmNyGKTji5tstYYUu53h0j-prFjGkuDyHfknGw9rZy78f0AAjed3EJVHA/s400/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>UST Manila </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Shadow of death I see across the lawn,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">save the sun all mourning;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">haunting the playground empty and quiet,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">save a dead tree walking. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDdygWtb4RI4OR5yp2uL-HQn3sOi6PYGu-MaMYwwflAuuVYmGziQEa0Nm-wqHRt4wktBQ0FxZZNGlrdJgfSvFtZA6nVv4D0gxmfNi7tr89CQ8AfyU7eToG9d5sBP2UIP_Q-bLY2i4dyA/s1600/Acacia+Ateneo.JPG"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDdygWtb4RI4OR5yp2uL-HQn3sOi6PYGu-MaMYwwflAuuVYmGziQEa0Nm-wqHRt4wktBQ0FxZZNGlrdJgfSvFtZA6nVv4D0gxmfNi7tr89CQ8AfyU7eToG9d5sBP2UIP_Q-bLY2i4dyA/w294-h476/Acacia+Ateneo.JPG" width="294" /></a></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Ateneo de Manila University QC</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">To the conscious passerby,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in the morning holy, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in the evening scary, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a veil to laugh or to cry. </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplDVK_C4O9vSmzosohLvtLvvjTJBAC5ayYcDb8ceaC8pj24Itvo7z3NdH1281IqeAL8yhyphenhyphentSThE6EraTPhgHMG54kXDSGgSTtWE36RXm2DvLZzI50qqPRU4aOwPvx6WNrfkGvevFLEbc/s1600/IMG_8301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplDVK_C4O9vSmzosohLvtLvvjTJBAC5ayYcDb8ceaC8pj24Itvo7z3NdH1281IqeAL8yhyphenhyphentSThE6EraTPhgHMG54kXDSGgSTtWE36RXm2DvLZzI50qqPRU4aOwPvx6WNrfkGvevFLEbc/w334-h502/IMG_8301.jpg" width="334" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Tagbilaran, Bohol</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Saplings race to meet the sun,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>lanky to posts they shall become;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>sans branches but bole and round</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>soon fall to the ax one by one. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuqVH9UVKGjgUH6fuBoDBnGPmAfUFOvcAG0cX-Wa5ryf8ZWSVvjzu1bo-x7WuURgQJOds7Ro8rmjrq0SF3xzfQ-5HMaCUCdWQ3nP1Gox3TOxFXFE46hFNbIfmxXRbudZW2nagWdtvKYQ/s1600/DSC06258.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuqVH9UVKGjgUH6fuBoDBnGPmAfUFOvcAG0cX-Wa5ryf8ZWSVvjzu1bo-x7WuURgQJOds7Ro8rmjrq0SF3xzfQ-5HMaCUCdWQ3nP1Gox3TOxFXFE46hFNbIfmxXRbudZW2nagWdtvKYQ/w342-h456/DSC06258.JPG" width="342" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Agoo, La Union </span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Over laden, if all these fruits,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a burst of a lifetime -</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">young to die like a mother </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">cut in her prime. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-BGgN2zZx-hU3Ggm5s9FF0-gyEWy2HNmDXRygyqWpfg8dl6cMWTcCRe9i0Sqoqirk9Ft8o1sPzcaJ021U95b9aGlTwz_JSFWpYrtLSkpnf3qCgosikGiiFBx6reUBgBNPn4-W7dhzMI/s1600/UST+tree+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-BGgN2zZx-hU3Ggm5s9FF0-gyEWy2HNmDXRygyqWpfg8dl6cMWTcCRe9i0Sqoqirk9Ft8o1sPzcaJ021U95b9aGlTwz_JSFWpYrtLSkpnf3qCgosikGiiFBx6reUBgBNPn4-W7dhzMI/w400-h300/UST+tree+A.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">UST Manila </span></b><br /><b>Living cradle to while away the time,</b><br /><b>to catch up with many a lost sleep;</b><br /><b>watch out, a nap gone over the clime,</b><br /><b> where time and opportunity slip. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMBU85Qn7Bt30eQaymUUxt5T-w1U9uC2to-2G_37-BW2LKlFXsLapUy-x6m3sR44JwcAk0C0669CIHmeBGn-Ia1mOZO2VuPwpd8AIiN90PrXen8-dvLamJPA-TnXGjXULKT8eth1KT0I/s1600/Trees+nature%27s+p151.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMBU85Qn7Bt30eQaymUUxt5T-w1U9uC2to-2G_37-BW2LKlFXsLapUy-x6m3sR44JwcAk0C0669CIHmeBGn-Ia1mOZO2VuPwpd8AIiN90PrXen8-dvLamJPA-TnXGjXULKT8eth1KT0I/w400-h225/Trees+nature's+p151.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">AdMU QC</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">P</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">endants you wear in the night, </span></b><br /><b>blinking with the </b><b>chilly air,</b><br /><b>bring tidings beyond your shade,</b><br /><b>to far places poor and fair. </b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTy6SKMKxh7ul0Zqb9C5eE2eWxYVP2RMiLBm0r0fuvbPnRA6lLkmPabEW1me9MR-xDhlz7IcF29JgZLdJiybS5jZVOIrPH9Rkk2__0953IPLj5KU1etG4BDuZ5fpFoopZAV09EqTknjCI/s1600/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTy6SKMKxh7ul0Zqb9C5eE2eWxYVP2RMiLBm0r0fuvbPnRA6lLkmPabEW1me9MR-xDhlz7IcF29JgZLdJiybS5jZVOIrPH9Rkk2__0953IPLj5KU1etG4BDuZ5fpFoopZAV09EqTknjCI/w400-h271/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">When in bloom golden, only for a day or two;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">confetti follows where the bees have gone, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in every flower is born a new life, the embryo,</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>seed to a tree in another place and time. ~</b><br /><b> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part 30 -</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Where have all the native fruits gone?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCeHQSZ4OKv40wlxBpK0EXwGNUs5LGO5VjLnYFBJDjwpSk2FxAZGgZkA2xsCU2JUmqlcdnn_YKSeYuO8wyM-Isd3HpG6QIJUawA_CMaD27vKb6E3lMSmbCIiRfuEvjLWqJlCn49_Qqn7I/s1600/macopa+images.jpg" style="color: #336699; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCeHQSZ4OKv40wlxBpK0EXwGNUs5LGO5VjLnYFBJDjwpSk2FxAZGgZkA2xsCU2JUmqlcdnn_YKSeYuO8wyM-Isd3HpG6QIJUawA_CMaD27vKb6E3lMSmbCIiRfuEvjLWqJlCn49_Qqn7I/w359-h281/macopa+images.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="359" /></a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b> </b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Macopa (<i>Eugenia jambalana</i>), Family Myrtaceae</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span>here have all the native guava gone,</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>the bats and birds and the young one?</b></span></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the sweet <i>nangka </i>gone,</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">its fruits buried under the ground?</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the old <i>piña</i> gone,</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">on the upland, sweetened by the sun?</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the red papaya gone,</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">solo by name, the only tree of a kind?</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Where have all the pomegranate gone,</b></span></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>friendly though like the deadly one.</b></span></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the <i>pako</i> mango gone,</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to cook the finest sinigang?</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the big pomelo gone,</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">its rind made into jelly and jam?</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the red <i>macopa</i> gone,</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the laughing children in its arm?</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the native santol gone,</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">set aside for a large-seeded one?</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the tall <i>mabolo</i> gone,</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>sapote</i> and <i>caimito</i> that ripe into tan?</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Gone to the genie everyone,</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">technology’s child becoming man. ~</span></b></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div></div></div></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div></div></div></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div></div></div></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div></div></div></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhby7s7E0aF9JJ3fLchOmPKoQQNTOL1BAkUf5Re5zGdKwJC1fRRMAGc2r2EiwsnjLyVY9rLVcmI-UGRA52_TGusE412rco4AO4lUtok4hdlStNkGGRw9bNqAXHRCf9zxht88049SHSHeM/s1600/fruits+siniguelas.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhby7s7E0aF9JJ3fLchOmPKoQQNTOL1BAkUf5Re5zGdKwJC1fRRMAGc2r2EiwsnjLyVY9rLVcmI-UGRA52_TGusE412rco4AO4lUtok4hdlStNkGGRw9bNqAXHRCf9zxht88049SHSHeM/s1600/fruits+siniguelas.jpg"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhby7s7E0aF9JJ3fLchOmPKoQQNTOL1BAkUf5Re5zGdKwJC1fRRMAGc2r2EiwsnjLyVY9rLVcmI-UGRA52_TGusE412rco4AO4lUtok4hdlStNkGGRw9bNqAXHRCf9zxht88049SHSHeM/w228-h196/fruits+siniguelas.jpg" width="228" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFF7BbJsLw0zzFLIVklaeDP4lwMb-1eYgernCbeKFR66KCV4Z7zmM3QgFZKu2FO5hvei_kOhs7kxZ8I8OSIupPDS9MlK4pfLumie9oRCGAPw9x59MUtLgEsV6XtCdxlMCbcKjImI2oKw/s1600/Fruits+tiesa.jpg"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFF7BbJsLw0zzFLIVklaeDP4lwMb-1eYgernCbeKFR66KCV4Z7zmM3QgFZKu2FO5hvei_kOhs7kxZ8I8OSIupPDS9MlK4pfLumie9oRCGAPw9x59MUtLgEsV6XtCdxlMCbcKjImI2oKw/w222-h194/Fruits+tiesa.jpg" width="222" /></a> </span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Siniguelas (Spondias purpurea); tiesa</i> (Lucuma nervosa),</span></b></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fJBhWL0NIWKSY_kKBA1LGKOsHvO9MluENJQnmPosvaGeixhBxGEku6sL9ocmp0ZRMKsiGrhVzz4DS5LXGdvx4hy9xjeB6TFXESP_LB68WxSCbGVCtzBgdHpO5L5Canb4oGLplhpij5k/s1600/Fruits+atis.jpg" style="color: #336699; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fJBhWL0NIWKSY_kKBA1LGKOsHvO9MluENJQnmPosvaGeixhBxGEku6sL9ocmp0ZRMKsiGrhVzz4DS5LXGdvx4hy9xjeB6TFXESP_LB68WxSCbGVCtzBgdHpO5L5Canb4oGLplhpij5k/w233-h168/Fruits+atis.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="233" /></a><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGjVl-wzFGiBr5_zjEDNDpX-NoajWfIjvfPnq-Bf-ligCRmduL_DlGFMn-09mvNNEiT8ZCSIOsE1sKo8GtIvvDBTW3bITUaIfDyvT6y_pWKsNDVBjoVjMRA5s3SI6PSKjDEH0iwN50GKM/s1600/fruits+ca303da38e3d538f745431f26861b0a7--exotic-fruit-tropical-fruits.jpg"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGjVl-wzFGiBr5_zjEDNDpX-NoajWfIjvfPnq-Bf-ligCRmduL_DlGFMn-09mvNNEiT8ZCSIOsE1sKo8GtIvvDBTW3bITUaIfDyvT6y_pWKsNDVBjoVjMRA5s3SI6PSKjDEH0iwN50GKM/w216-h167/fruits+ca303da38e3d538f745431f26861b0a7--exotic-fruit-tropical-fruits.jpg" width="216" /></a></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Atis (Anona squamosa)uava (<i>Psidium guajava</i>); </b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">native sampaloc (<i>Tamarindus indica)</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLBritCMV7XqVMRHiY_sWc5mbpjjmF1Y8CthBHbpX9FydH1fjk8pwtOxiHEDMRrX7arrC3bkq9brLNtOwh6E7HKLEMjCBcqcMbZmA0MCMpMuygl8pgm08yjqk85cfnPXr7xhI2Hk0ikMa5d_i7VkvmVC2MiFNVz0HpdL4zZMkyZ3f3znZA-Zd2iGdfZL-/s2592/DSC06703.JPG"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLBritCMV7XqVMRHiY_sWc5mbpjjmF1Y8CthBHbpX9FydH1fjk8pwtOxiHEDMRrX7arrC3bkq9brLNtOwh6E7HKLEMjCBcqcMbZmA0MCMpMuygl8pgm08yjqk85cfnPXr7xhI2Hk0ikMa5d_i7VkvmVC2MiFNVz0HpdL4zZMkyZ3f3znZA-Zd2iGdfZL-/w264-h198/DSC06703.JPG" width="264" /></a> <b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTET053NNqRszjD1rGt3omsphuupS4o5amSKIbPp95qOXUlxERvYg6sbWf6da0PPkMMe7zRbsU8Z5RIjgOPr_XviKRNkhNC-UciDyaPRpA1-BGd9UKidP52FsDTJHMC_pAt1t8ORu7J0XsqvIWBlWK4KO-3xAwlL0nDN8Ek3CiROshCAZ94AgFBS0fgP86/s247/fruits%20bignay.jpg" style="font-weight: 400;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTET053NNqRszjD1rGt3omsphuupS4o5amSKIbPp95qOXUlxERvYg6sbWf6da0PPkMMe7zRbsU8Z5RIjgOPr_XviKRNkhNC-UciDyaPRpA1-BGd9UKidP52FsDTJHMC_pAt1t8ORu7J0XsqvIWBlWK4KO-3xAwlL0nDN8Ek3CiROshCAZ94AgFBS0fgP86/w170-h196/fruits%20bignay.jpg" width="170" /></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Native papaya (<i>Carica papaya</i>); Bignay (<i>Antidesma tenuis</i>)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJ9sLpZJW-qHrtdBHEc6NU1qqSaui0Pxmqx-atgmlthxxvjgRQv2SK3IyW8UsTmykrrCPzZmBK8QjlJlcrSHjPYZeJRFjHo_l7ozaHb_sFDaHD61zEII31jabAUyukQK4NWi3iar31WsfcSV-x3bmAj7hxuYIfrJ8IrUIIAWsAHhyHuVIyN3OtV5m5kUY/s400/fruits%20summer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJ9sLpZJW-qHrtdBHEc6NU1qqSaui0Pxmqx-atgmlthxxvjgRQv2SK3IyW8UsTmykrrCPzZmBK8QjlJlcrSHjPYZeJRFjHo_l7ozaHb_sFDaHD61zEII31jabAUyukQK4NWi3iar31WsfcSV-x3bmAj7hxuYIfrJ8IrUIIAWsAHhyHuVIyN3OtV5m5kUY/w444-h333/fruits%20summer.jpg" width="444" /></span></a></b></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Top left, clockwise: Native saba variety (<i>Musa paradisiaca)</i>; </span></b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">avocado (<i>Persia americana</i>); camachile (<i>Pithecocobium dulc</i>e); </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">sineguelas (<i>Spondias purpurea</i>); </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and duhat or lomboy Ilk </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">(<i>Eugenia jambalana</i>) </span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/3535503475343557130#"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUcFzqWJo2E4uXUG3P8ytBQXw83Y489GsbexfXsyyRxW_XJMjJboAYAh9vUcx9ybvPqO_cbYGlk_TynPCUf4jl9pN3_a-_rVMxRpd7BgXDtWV1fKqy-gi0L9dlu35BMSB5epm9VZCSF0k/w211-h159/fruits+dcc701ac1d35cc95335220ff0c81a9ef.jpg" width="211" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/3535503475343557130#"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdBjLvetCPdt-ez9s61fGvJuW3ExXI_x87WP6UHtbhJBX_kq3k5uN0GUj1ZVreN3UPXJBUwQAypAXrhoewWFiS7if8N1AI2YICCB4p5uKOx-U05RZ9iL0ca8YM9NfzGYe7IVLNR0p09Nd/w209-h157/sapote.jpg" width="209" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Black sapote (<i>Diospyrus nigra), Family Ebenaceae</i></span></b></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> <span> </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></b></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDy1SugRtqNbwsS5cT-tos_FAkTyzWN5GC5y9NFM2aXLzSzXeF4k6NGOgSunhUHXXTd6gjyN3VMxDrnpR2rbQw8ufDwLGW3Mjdt_a60veLgxIfuCtKZJib3JAiy_R0PCEjSk8peWFNtab/s2592/DSC01160.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDy1SugRtqNbwsS5cT-tos_FAkTyzWN5GC5y9NFM2aXLzSzXeF4k6NGOgSunhUHXXTd6gjyN3VMxDrnpR2rbQw8ufDwLGW3Mjdt_a60veLgxIfuCtKZJib3JAiy_R0PCEjSk8peWFNtab/w207-h155/DSC01160.JPG" width="207" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhDNjMhGh2GO604sTHyD8zWUxWB53tlPw9nTHmz90xAWR7v0PjFjkV6YEvbgSfXJx_DUtNRyyWjWwR2TpsFUd378I3JRjRjsXT5FGcWxT3Q7mjWJrgc00o5YDgnN5_dvKArQ25lJ5OXbf/s400/Kamachile.png"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhDNjMhGh2GO604sTHyD8zWUxWB53tlPw9nTHmz90xAWR7v0PjFjkV6YEvbgSfXJx_DUtNRyyWjWwR2TpsFUd378I3JRjRjsXT5FGcWxT3Q7mjWJrgc00o5YDgnN5_dvKArQ25lJ5OXbf/w205-h154/Kamachile.png" width="205" /></a> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pomegranate (<i>Punica granatum</i>), family Lythraceae; </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>camachile <i>(Pithecollobium dulce</i>) Family Leguminusae.</b></span></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3j0q301MlhvHm26q_RkKi51AuC_YpVfA8L8kjC2swy1B2Dlic-0DtSsSqlBdM8LVK43I9MK-UwjIRGmYhRwGKmjVO6Oj00F3TK3ej_Sb2SCKS3TcJBFG1up-b7wNux4JIUX6MRufryUes/s237/mabolo.jpg"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3j0q301MlhvHm26q_RkKi51AuC_YpVfA8L8kjC2swy1B2Dlic-0DtSsSqlBdM8LVK43I9MK-UwjIRGmYhRwGKmjVO6Oj00F3TK3ej_Sb2SCKS3TcJBFG1up-b7wNux4JIUX6MRufryUes/w232-h208/mabolo.jpg" width="232" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYC_zK_Cqlxpc9ewSB1bu43koc1oJTwG9muPWbZ7K77TZ402vrj5-EgbcWPiYckMjmpHkhZofV04M7D934WIUJcONgpNnGJjiz-AoVIffqM1GhmWDGRHU7_jdl599tmTqrI_vOIwQAEDF/s235/mabolo+2.jpg"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYC_zK_Cqlxpc9ewSB1bu43koc1oJTwG9muPWbZ7K77TZ402vrj5-EgbcWPiYckMjmpHkhZofV04M7D934WIUJcONgpNnGJjiz-AoVIffqM1GhmWDGRHU7_jdl599tmTqrI_vOIwQAEDF/w193-h207/mabolo+2.jpg" width="193" /></a></span></div></div></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mabolo (<i>Diospyurus blancoi</i>), Family Ebenaceae ~</b><b> <br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>Part 31 - </b></span></span> <b><span><span><i>Arius</i> - Batanes' signature tree</span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwWjfoO0F26LRt8qoS5GaGURUFnTmwJYmAWjtoM2D3zRsrD14fnJ6bHKRsxKaVdrrXXuwurSKaN5p5YmQO_uou4SrR4keM7YNJfCyuoAwo1ivaykcNdvCjCUKiBy_wjtb6YqntIqODnU/s1600/Arius+1A.jpg"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwWjfoO0F26LRt8qoS5GaGURUFnTmwJYmAWjtoM2D3zRsrD14fnJ6bHKRsxKaVdrrXXuwurSKaN5p5YmQO_uou4SrR4keM7YNJfCyuoAwo1ivaykcNdvCjCUKiBy_wjtb6YqntIqODnU/w230-h161/Arius+1A.jpg" width="230" /></a> <img height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6mPV9BcIK-U_Rh80DD7-sRydo980-0kk83XdR8KVyGeclKNejAdckx9-BvR6GCcmF9_-HKnfdSx47tUQrTr2luJLBo_rORBHNJfN6H1_VjdMNzYTrZRQpIOa7HsGPs5KFPWoI4xYlao/w244-h160/DSC08318.JPG" width="244" /></div></span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Podocarpus costalis</i>, locally known as arius, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to the Philippines and Taiwan. Pastries and other bakery products made from Arius</span></b><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Batanes State University in cooperation with the Bureau of Agricultural Research of the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Science and Technology, is developing the Arius as a signature plant of Batanes in like manner Kiwi fruit is the signature of New Zealand, and Smyrna Fig of ancient Persia (now Iran).</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /><br /><br /></span><b></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Pastry made from the "berries " of Arius, product developed by Batanes State University. Pastry is the name given to various kinds of baked products made from ingredients such as flour, sugar, milk, butter, shortening, baking powder, and eggs. Small tarts and other sweet baked products are called "pastries"<br /><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is a classical example of a "wild plant" rediscovered for its many potential uses.<br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Pastries and other bakery products</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Jam, jelly, "raisin"</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Fruit wine, natural vinegar</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Fruit juice, tea</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">5. Health food - rich in tannin, flavonoid, anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, calories</span></b></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and vitamins</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Enhancement of active long life.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">7. Reforestation, watershed, windbreak, ornamental</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">8. Pesticide - volatile oil is a safe insect repellent.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">9. Natural Christmas tree - saves cutting of trees during the Season.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">10. Living fossil - helps trace evolution and phylogeny of living things.</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><b></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The gymnosperms are a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, <i>Ginkgo</i>, and <i>Gnetales</i>. The term "gymnosperm" comes from the Greek word <i>gymnospermos</i>, meaning "naked seeds", after the unenclosed condition of their seeds. Gymnosperms are much older than angiosperms, they were the dominant plants before and during the time of the dinosaurs (Mesozoic Period)) while the angiosperms began to flourish in the Cenozoic Period when the human species began to develop - and to what we and the living world are at present.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWHrXa4OdH6flCaH9F7SX8idE7uwcjbm5aVIgTI_4UbxNuccQY1onEmP3mOTKbPQNY3Fn9x5sNPz0REsYv_ytZccTKnc8nBLFpRN9NVR4O9hdwngnkg45-e1rdDXcLodJFV-GDPHcUcrr/w194-h235/arius+6.jpg" /></a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHenbH22giaGPfa3gngj1DGGG1vNDlU_l5sdUSn32O3TXE623J4T9q-kRUuSghmsZzr2FpVNzy5RQb3w-F8DbfNM_aO8wdQkIj_5vSUe8Bv0SCPd_DAVHvVwCtQKMIlfBoXl1PgX7m_EdR/w175-h237/arius+10.jpg" width="175" /></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8hUW0hEeWOI54NlvoSZpyyhpDX-lgTWQMJ1c8tsbta2g3NoD3em1nSg6YjyJfkPTsrwInkylhrTMreyyP1AReedQ61bR6SJH0sVNp96weAbvKmi-feMqOaPAWrDufS90fxhkPpQu7imsP/w196-h129/arius+5.jpg" width="196" /></a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoFkncMg2F8M-T1PywyDAv9fjJQBic_MCV3fv3IVZmTEIYqiE13zzsBsBTj7Mrzb54h1hTZjSBg_8dzpAkZzHZkkakw7rXc3AtlGogoH6bNx5kb6pSsD7ZSy8IX1oiHS_S9M2WRoBIuyy/w172-h129/arius+9.jpg" /></a></span></b></div></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Stages in the development of the cone to berry. NOTE: The term berry is used here for practical reason, not as botanical description; true berries are the fruits of certain flowering plants. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Acknowledgement: Internet, Wikipedia, Missouri Botanical Garden).<br /></span><br /><i>Arius (Podocarpus costalis)</i> a relative of the pine and cypress is a gymnosperm, which is distinct from angiosperms or flowering plants. Many gymnosperms like the redwood, bristle pine and our own Baguio pine are among the longest living organisms on earth. Although it may not live for one thousand to three thousand years like the Sequoia and Bristle Pine, Arius for one has a lifespan of 100 to 300 years for which it earned its name "century plant" in its native habitat - Formosa, now Taiwan and Batanes. To the Ivatans, it is Batanes Pine.<br /><br />Arius is listed among the endangered species of the world. It is because of its limited natural habitat - mainly shrub forests and natural vegetation on limestone formation such as those found in Batanes, such habitat is now facing increasing loss to agriculture, settlements and other forms of land use conversion. Domesticated Arius and those propagated for ornamental and bonsai lose their natural ability to adapt to new environments. Thus they fail to maintain a natural population even with the help of man. But not in Batanes. This is why Batanes should undertake a conservation program for Arius through reforestation, habitat conservation and large scale planting. A natural gene bank must be established to study its genetic diversity and possible variations with those growing in other countries natural or introduced. Nursery management would be a good base for its propagation through multisectoral approach, Arius being the very signature of the islands - singular and distinct - worldwide.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoWt4JbZ7vQZSL_0eKNJBJRVkETOOgpZJjF0h1iV1jydzMxU_gteHC1xRI6ItGyWgHGgzyjkGD_G7Dbwp_CrCR_FZvvBatDfCE39yXufzjB-0lAuWy42Ef4Mnt0EqtvRhxjxSSbS_UGDT/s1600/arius+4.jpg"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoWt4JbZ7vQZSL_0eKNJBJRVkETOOgpZJjF0h1iV1jydzMxU_gteHC1xRI6ItGyWgHGgzyjkGD_G7Dbwp_CrCR_FZvvBatDfCE39yXufzjB-0lAuWy42Ef4Mnt0EqtvRhxjxSSbS_UGDT/w438-h333/arius+4.jpg" width="438" /></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnd-65hg7e908o2o8WM5AI2G5Axx6gIXNSGFMfbI8T8r9MidlxU9k-kUoHxeRQDYAT3JDzgbjFvBMppYKkl3C3Gm0C01Mz-mJqrr_XM6yfvUDUayR8CNP-96nMh3TngwBnCfZnFMA2krc/w200-h134/arius+2+A.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/3178460331479598347#"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoG0NU6dXvkC-MFAq0obGVgrUeVq8ZBxzetOSSP8Qkbgm0Tutx651plvfFcQ8n8de8jF0hdwovyWe2u_5hu5byrXFm7fBvFAok7js7p1ulR1M1VNhch1evD9DKIwiKZ-oc_l-0iIf0OWV/w240-h134/DSC05632+A.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></b></div></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Closeup of the foliage; medium size trees dominate a local landscape; Arius bonsai<br />estimated to be two centuries old or so. (Eastwood bonsai fair. Photo by the author, 2013 )<br /><br />One of the treasured plants at the former EcoSanctuary of St Paul University QC was a pair of Arius trees until tall buildings took over the garden. Dr Sel Cabigan and I used to visit the plants when we were professors in that university. Indeed the Arius is a very curious plant.<br /><br />First, it is unsuspecting as a gymnosperm. It does not have needle leaves like the pine. It produces cones becoming berries which ripen into dark purple, its seeds exposed at the bottom like the cashew (<i>kasoy</i>), as shown in the photo.<br /><br />Second, as a conifer, it is an evergreen. The tree remains green throughout the year, its crown full and deep green. It loses its leaves one by one without being noticed, unlike the deciduous narra, talisay, and other flowering plants. Being a non-deciduous, it protects the area from brush fire. It is efficient as watershed cover to catch and store water, while protecting the soil from erosion and siltation, and unexpected change in pH and fertility. Its litter serves as mulch that slowly become organic fertilizer while conserving soil moisture in the process.<br /><br />Third, it is photoperiodic. It responds to specific day length that dictates cone bearing and formation of berries. It is climate specific. Though it may grow vegetatively on the lowland, and at lower latitude, it does not produce cones - and these may not form into "berries" at all. In Batanes and Taiwan the Arius undergoes the normal cycle, being indigenous in these places.<br /><br />Fourth, its essential oil is an insect repellant, as ointment, smudge (katol), or simply by applying fresh leaves where insects abound like in poultry houses, kitchen cabinet, and tents. Try crushed leaves mixed with water for watering garden plants.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZgi1PvwWwW-1k2C8dWn2gR4gzpOWEGOB2s_X-l3r1MUynp9b6cbdRW8Z_Xhse31veIlF7uThDS5QDQ5A8nRUWXdbx0d9sFC-XeHQa2Zl1h0pgFFxy6wTuwo4lcsqAuTtCWqDjFRhZDL7/s1600/arius+estimated_to_be_200_years_old_this_near_perfect_sp_4cede69528.JPG"><br /></a>Botany of <i>Podocarpus costalis: </i>Morphology<br /><br />Shrubs or small trees to 3 m tall; bark greenish, very smooth; branches spreading horizontally. Foliage buds 2-4 × 2-4 mm, of long, triangular scales with spreading apices. Leaves spirally arranged, crowded at apex of branchlets; blade of adult leaves narrowly oblanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, (2.5-)5-7 × (0.5-)0.8-1.2 cm but juvenile leaves larger, leathery, midvein prominent and raised adaxially, less distinct but more broadly raised abaxially, base tapered into short petiole, margin slightly revolute, apex rounded or obtuse, subacute in juvenile leaves, sometimes mucronate. Pollen cones axillary, always solitary, sessile, cylindric or ovoid-cylindric, 3-3.5 cm × ca. 7 mm, surrounded at base by a cluster of membranous scales ca. 2 mm wide. Seed-bearing structures borne on peduncles ca. 1 cm. Receptacle red when ripe, cylindric, 1-1.3 cm, base with 2 deciduous, lanceolate sterile bracts ca. 1.5 mm. Epimatium dark blue when ripe. Seed ellipsoid, (8-)9-10 × 6-7 mm, apex rounded, shortly mucronate, mucro ca. 1 mm. - Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA<br />-----------------------------<br />Batanes State University in cooperation with the Bureau of Agricultural Research of the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Science and Technology, is developing the Arius as a signature plant of Batanes in like manner Kiwi fruit is the signature of New Zealand, and Smyrna Fig of ancient Persia (now Iran). The joint undertaking is headed by BSU research and extension director Dr. Robert Baltazar who found the potential value of the carbohydrate-rich berries.<br /><br />Special thanks to our relatives who brought to our home in QC pastries made from Arius: Mr and Mrs Werner Arthur and Erlinda Mohr, Jimmy Calucag, and daughters Ma Jennalyn and Ma Jamila Alconis-Calucag. Congratulations to Batanes State University and Dr Robert Baltazar et al.<br /><br />I also wish to acknowledge my former professor and co-professor at the UST Graduate School, Dr Florentino H Hornedo, a native of Batanes, for his invaluable achievements as university professor, author, social scientist , and UNICEF commissioner, and most specially as a friend. ~<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesson on former Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid Dr Abe V Rotor and Ms Melly C Tenorio<br />738 DZRB AM, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span>Part 32 - </span></span></b><b style="text-align: center;">Revival of Bitaog or Palomaria (<i>Calophyllum inophyllum)</i></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPNZ13iVR2aFdRCtS-gbBH0gK7lSszxUCiWocpNFKevyP2RU4UgeqxaftlHv8DIqSpsS7FBTmG4aRmQc2rhac1bNGAxVcpwcouMb56mR01W4WMOKc-qQBvRyl2hsvBpb4eCQv6os0pEzd/s1600/Bitaog+2+images.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPNZ13iVR2aFdRCtS-gbBH0gK7lSszxUCiWocpNFKevyP2RU4UgeqxaftlHv8DIqSpsS7FBTmG4aRmQc2rhac1bNGAxVcpwcouMb56mR01W4WMOKc-qQBvRyl2hsvBpb4eCQv6os0pEzd/w338-h244/Bitaog+2+images.jpg" width="338" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Bitaog </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">is almost sacred, spirits live in its limbs, people passing by chant <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bari-bari</i> or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">tabi-tabi po</i>, to appease them; its flowers are fragrant and they think some soul is hanging around. But kids as we were then simply loved its cool and clean shade for playground. The tree is evergreen, thus it does not litter, unlike the deciduous narra or acacia. Scary enough, unscrupulous loggers would think twice and rather cut down other tree species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Author (left) and Dr Domingo Tapiador, UN-FAO expert, examine bitaog specimen at UST Botanical Garden, Manila <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We kids found a favorite hunting ground with homemade slingshots in a grove of bitaog trees in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. In modern parlance, such a place is called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">wildlife sanctuary</i>. Here we hunted birds and searched their nests (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">tarat, panal</i>, sparrow, and the dancing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pandangera</i>). We loved to listen to the shrill of cicada, fiddling of crickets; now and then a skink dashes, a monitor lizard scampers, paper wasps warn of our intrusion.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If bitaog deserves more attention and importance today, it’s for its many uses: automotive fuel and lubricant, medicine, insecticide and fungicide, rat poison, and as ornamental tree. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its indigenous use as arrow poison can still be traced in remote areas. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With global warming threatening many tree species, bitaog appears to be among the ultimate choices against sea intrusion, typhoon, smog, erosion, siltation, flood and pollution. And thanks to its natural resistance to pest and disease. No wonder all over the topics and in the Pacific islands, bitaog is now widely cultivated, apparently a revival of not only for its conventional use as fine wood furniture and acoustic back and side of guitar and similar instruments.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is a modest effort to put up an arboretum to promote the cultivation of bitaog, among other species, in cooperation with the community, emphasizing its potential use as substitute to fossil fuel, and in reforestation and rehabilitation of wasteland (bitaog is resistant to sandy condition, salinity and drought). It is a principal component of agroforestry and in the establishment of parks and reservation areas. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaqvSesaNi_yR3C6TUeXqtAkFMri5MgUiI3L6wzHl5DsqQiDa7QUU3D5WlD-ZAS3BC-ypaGrN5QPciO6Ly5nCoF-bIi5_ZA7XHWXUaqQGSY-hRHFrNHBh5vG0OXtfAb5gV7vQZSiz-mwv/w288-h217/Bitaog+Starr_010309-0546_Calophyllum_inophyllum.jpg" width="288" /><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmq-LAyGkiG5Wm_G_y7iXtV3JDhoQxD3cqVswCDfUBNBGwyABCx3NIhm9JVtdkz4U19OhRezcgwKFImVyfaehUGHUD2yx5xbVYpYyjydVMMo9hxgbS7eKG4mt9hof3Oe7l556RKNU2zJ4L/w292-h219/Bitaog+1+7064698.jpg" width="292" /></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> Flower and ballnut clusters of bitaog</span></span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--------------------------------</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Calophyllum inophyllum</span></i> is a large <span color="windowtext">evergreen</span>, commonly called <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Alexandrian laurel</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">balltree</span>, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">beach calophyllum</span>, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">beach touriga</span>, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">beauty leaf</span>, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Borneo-mahogany</span>, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Indian doomba oiltree</span>, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Indian-laurel</span>, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">laurelwood</span>, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">red poon</span>, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">satin touriga</span>, feta'u (Tongan) and <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">tacamahac-tree</span>. It is native from <span color="windowtext">East Africa</span>, southern coastal <span color="windowtext">India</span> to <span color="windowtext">Malesia</span> and <span color="windowtext">Australia</span>.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">C. inophyllum</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="505" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglKLj9EtnOWgZOoEpL5rPiaPHS9kaM3ZDhe5_xibaYi1GVZXSFYDymO4iYsDw7CQgLLNYfvE5uM1NKz1oCk8FWdHk_samt7r24o4auUfjADFnNaruSuu3vDlqMhhomDrzKLJGQK7T1eQBx/w406-h293/palomaria.jpg" width="406" /></span> is a low-branching and slow-growing tree with a broad and irregular crown. It usually reaches 8 to 20 m (26 to 66 ft) in height. The flower is 25 mm (0.98 in) wide and occurs in <span color="windowtext">racemose</span> or <span color="windowtext">paniculate</span> <span color="windowtext">inflorescences</span> consisting of four to 15 flowers. Flowering can occur year-round, but usually two distinct flowering periods are observed, in late spring and in late autumn. The fruit (the ballnut) is a round, green <span color="windowtext">drupe</span> reaching 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in) in diameter and having a single large seed. When ripe, the fruit is wrinkled and its color varies from yellow to brownish-red. ~</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-27754664954874320222024-03-14T05:05:00.000+08:002024-03-14T05:05:03.207+08:00 Lesson on TATAKalikasan: GREEN REVOLUTION Trends in Today's Agriculture in 10 Scenarios <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><b>Lesson on TATAKalikasan Ateneo de Manila University</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><b>87.9 FM Radyo Katipunan, 11 to 12 a,m, Thursday</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><b>March 14, 2024</b></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">GREEN REVOLUTION</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Trends in Today's Agriculture in 10 Scenarios</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></div></span><p></p><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 1 - Green Revolution in our Postmodern Era </span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><span>Part 2 - </span></b></span><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Green Revolution at the Grassroots - </span></span></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">Sustainable Productivity: </b></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"> Key to Profitable Agriculture and Balanced Environment</b></div><div><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span><div style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part 3 - </b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Agro-Ecology Models with Emphasis </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in the Ilocos Region</span></b></div></span></span></span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 4 - Village Biotechnology - Green Revolution OF, FOR and BY the People</span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 5 - Non-cash farming technology: Foundation of farmstead and natural agriculture</span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Part 6 - </span></span></b><b><span>Discovering the taste and potentials </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">of the less popular fruits of the Philippines</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Part 7 - </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;">Love the <i>Bahay Kubo</i> (Nipa Hut) - </b><b style="text-align: center;">Bastion of Food Self-Sufficiency </b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 8 - Farming is a Way of Living, a Mode of Life</span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Annex A - </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b style="text-align: center;">Odaira's Yojigen Postulate (F</b></span><b>our-dimensional process in agribusiness)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Annex B - </b></span></span><b style="text-align: center;">Homeostasis - Dynamic Balance of Nature</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9Z64Y2hdb-CP085LdWccVqgmYL5dPoh9QVZj0IFX7shUja6u6bOhK-iKekt3bmPJzcw6ywgbucCk2owfTfPzerdNa6u_12pq-DVgnOZti0b7ohnzm6AAGVfrzu8XaaQl1IppYqv6hBoYyos5Y5mb9ltyJWoPetHOX7zmTFXF1FRfWOFaAO0wMr86N3c/s4228/DSC00923.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4228" data-original-width="3864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9Z64Y2hdb-CP085LdWccVqgmYL5dPoh9QVZj0IFX7shUja6u6bOhK-iKekt3bmPJzcw6ywgbucCk2owfTfPzerdNa6u_12pq-DVgnOZti0b7ohnzm6AAGVfrzu8XaaQl1IppYqv6hBoYyos5Y5mb9ltyJWoPetHOX7zmTFXF1FRfWOFaAO0wMr86N3c/s320/DSC00923.JPG" width="292" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;">A country lass displays local harvest of tomato against a backdrop painting of local fruits, a scenario that attests to the current trend in Natural and Indigenous Farming.</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 1 - Green Revolution in our Postmodern Era </span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></span></span></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Never in the history of agriculture, or the history of man for that matter, had we experienced five simultaneous and overlapping farming movements that constitute the Green Revolution in our Postmodern era:<br /><ul><li>Stem Cell Farming (SCF), the latest.</li><li>Farming of GMO plants and animals</li><li>Single Cell Protein (SCP) farming</li><li>Hydroponics and aeroponics</li><li>Natural and Indigenous Farming</li></ul></span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are ten scenarios on the current trend of agriculture:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Stem cell farming will ignite rage and ethico-moral controversy. What with the wild thought of human stem cell hamburger!</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />2. GMO farming has stirred worldwide controversy since its early stage. Worldwide, countries and organizations are calling for its restriction, if not total ban.<br /><br />3. Genetic engineering has given rise to a new and most destructive form of pollution to the living world - Genetic Pollution, which is destroying the integrity of natural gene pools of plants, animals, and microorganisms.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17ISwlqlYi-pJb9ls-vrelBv8d11EfWwuOyPUKLbGAz53w1SsLyWHjAgnW3jjXi44KaSQX7jOtaey8wlmhFTPQkqC5kHy2VxJLvWce5ic7FXBtBwGmOc0awdnxbgNFfQmf81iWia2pcEs/s1600/GMO+frankenfood.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17ISwlqlYi-pJb9ls-vrelBv8d11EfWwuOyPUKLbGAz53w1SsLyWHjAgnW3jjXi44KaSQX7jOtaey8wlmhFTPQkqC5kHy2VxJLvWce5ic7FXBtBwGmOc0awdnxbgNFfQmf81iWia2pcEs/s1600/GMO+frankenfood.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17ISwlqlYi-pJb9ls-vrelBv8d11EfWwuOyPUKLbGAz53w1SsLyWHjAgnW3jjXi44KaSQX7jOtaey8wlmhFTPQkqC5kHy2VxJLvWce5ic7FXBtBwGmOc0awdnxbgNFfQmf81iWia2pcEs/s280/GMO+frankenfood.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Genetic pollution spreads through pollination in plants and mating in animals, albeit induced mutation. GM plants can pollute whole fields. The mechanism is true to animals, consequently populations. There is no way of stop genetic pollution once it has set in, unlike conventional pollution.<br /><br />5. Farming the sea will continue with harmful ecological consequences. Like deforestation on land, marine vegetation, from mangrove to seaweeds and sea grasses will greatly suffer, even as the cultivation of seaweeds like Eucheuma and Calerpa, is now a lucrative industry.<br /><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>6. Fish farming of marine and freshwater species has expanded into off shore floating cages and plantation-size fish pens. Wild species in captivity proved to be successful in groupers, mullets, and lately, the salmon which has virtually lost its homing instinct through genetic manipulation.</b><br /><br /><b>7. Hydroponics (soiless farming) and aeroponics (farming on multi-storey buildings) continue to "bring agriculture into the city," as more and more people move into urban centers.</b><br /><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>8. Home gardening and backyard orchards are back with the objectives of recycling, self-sufficiency and sanitation, not to mention aesthetic beauty. This trend goes hand in hand with the revival of traditional societies, as people are tired living in the city.</b><br /><br /><b>9. People are becoming conscious of their health by avoiding chemically grown plants and animals, aware of the harmful effects of chemical residues, "Frankenfood" (GMOs), toxic metals and antibiotic residues, among others.</b><br /><br /><b>10. Wild food plants like Amaranthus, Portulaca, Corchorus and Mollogo have found their way to the dining table and market. So with many native varieties of fruits and vegetables on one hand, and native breeds of animals and poultry, on the other.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83U1M_DrFTszcjkZfxyLPwDGEEXYy_0iD2JuBbcz681F2osA8pt263z9CDRAyDdTcVRHqu3FiZ0_8a6KVpMVKo859hxIQ3XirHcrS4V_gyzFz9-Cg-fCcdIuM8M27WNhUNaRDhopMdc_v/s1600/aeroponics+urban-farms-pic.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83U1M_DrFTszcjkZfxyLPwDGEEXYy_0iD2JuBbcz681F2osA8pt263z9CDRAyDdTcVRHqu3FiZ0_8a6KVpMVKo859hxIQ3XirHcrS4V_gyzFz9-Cg-fCcdIuM8M27WNhUNaRDhopMdc_v/w281-h181/aeroponics+urban-farms-pic.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RvTwlJRTImHm0yX0zzbqZbNK67Gp9CNKc_yuUCTMjMg2Rb3N4gMwdVIhYoSwtC-PTwn1lMCcRvCqOC4mpm_EyrlzvQoEdNq1WaqyVgYoUvA6i0875RP_QMiHcUFOo1ITqcUuXQkLglWi/s1600/aeroponics+Community-Garden-090000_landscaped04.jpg"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RvTwlJRTImHm0yX0zzbqZbNK67Gp9CNKc_yuUCTMjMg2Rb3N4gMwdVIhYoSwtC-PTwn1lMCcRvCqOC4mpm_EyrlzvQoEdNq1WaqyVgYoUvA6i0875RP_QMiHcUFOo1ITqcUuXQkLglWi/w238-h178/aeroponics+Community-Garden-090000_landscaped04.jpg" width="238" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Aeroponics, farming in the city</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> Acknowledgement: Internet Photos; Living with Nature AVRotor</span></b></div></div><div><span><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 2 - Green Revolution at the Grassroots</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Sustainable Productivity: Key to Profitable Agriculture</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">and Balanced Environment</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 16px;">[avrotor.blogspot.com]</span></span></b></div><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I learned these practical farming techniques from old folks at home, and from successful farmers, here and abroad, which inspired me to look into their scientific explanation in college.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Svf6lJLlzQuxj3MYCsDLkXxJ357Cw4JUL_JWBifxo6KuHUS0pHXnNGKkt0qzzT6H6GL2OrfAMTsVOASA-qwlzXZTO-W2dF6vbq_ZD6UrLOF2wSJZK1eSc9hxL4vCGkfyQBvhWutNcfgV/s320/Tractor+IMG_2572+A.jpg" width="320" /></b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Death of large scale agriculture in agrarian societies</span></span></span> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1.<span> East-to-west orientation</span> Arrange the rows of plants on an east-to-west orientation. This allows better and longer sunlight exposure which enhances photosynthesis. There is less overshadowing among plants compared to north-to-south, or any direction, especially when inter-cropping is practiced. You can increase crop yield to as high as 10 percent by this technique lone.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Have a compass at hand, and remember that an-east-to-west orientation of rows does not only increase yield of your regular crop, but allows you to practice layered or storey cropping as well - thus, enabling you to increase the <span style="font-style: italic;">effective area</span> of your farm. Incidence to pest and diseases is greatly reduced by this practice. Crop quality is likewise improved such as sweetness and size.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There's one drawback though. When it comes to sloping terrain, it is advisable to observe the rules of contour farming that minimizes soil erosion and conserves soil moisture. Consult your nearest agriculturist. Learn from local farm models.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2. <span>Inter-cropping and alternate cropping</span>. In peanut-and-corn alternate planting, peanut is a nitrogen fixer and provides nitrate fertilizer to its companion crop - corn. Corn on the other hand, is a heavy nitrogen feeder. When planted alone and repeatedly, the tendency is that the soil becomes depleted of nitrogen. Peanut benefits from irrigation given to the corn, and gains protection from excessive wind and dryness from its taller companion. And to the farmer, having two crops is like doubling the effective area of his farm, not to mention the maximum use of space in double cropping, which also benefit the animals with corn fodder and peanut "hay."</span><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5J87_qIwBjGTFClqXbDv445ej_eDNKvdmsOgLe0Cv7hbsqAL2X78r9Tb7PW5CMtpBhDTLWOKXeRlfuwH-Fy_EjmV5_oNTlxOsIgDXqkaGrkNa6EQPaiat-9hCBfw1p75ByGDhQY3yVy5/s320/Picture9.jpg" width="320" /></b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Massive erosion leads to irreversible low productivity</span></span> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></b></div></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div>Here are some common combination of crops.</span><br /></b></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>tomato and pechay</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>sugarcane with mungbeans</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>coconut and coffee or cacao</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>coconut and lansones</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>stringbeans (pole<span style="font-style: italic;"> sitao</span>) and rice</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>papaya and pineapple</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>peanut, corn and sweet potato</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>pigeon pea (<span style="font-style: italic;">kadios</span>) and rice</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>grape on hedge and cabbage or cauliflower</b></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>3. Non-cash technology principle</span>. Don't spend, save on farm input and labor cost through practical means. Here are proven practices.</span><br /></b></span><ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77pKXPFVnPGMr_bCMiJuSwCQXh491IgSCQyq35H9i5Tq7DSinYXxzkhWpdtjQCER8Q1d_tnka7ezQlbuxu1H9cZhl3iwJT3iAvNcTGvesggn35UgpbndA9Md3btt8l4TIGojASY2_SGGm/s1600/Canada+garbage-patch2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77pKXPFVnPGMr_bCMiJuSwCQXh491IgSCQyq35H9i5Tq7DSinYXxzkhWpdtjQCER8Q1d_tnka7ezQlbuxu1H9cZhl3iwJT3iAvNcTGvesggn35UgpbndA9Md3btt8l4TIGojASY2_SGGm/s320/Canada+garbage-patch2.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Follow recommended use of the land, the crops to plant, cropping system to follow. Consult local agriculturists, successful farmers.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Go with the seasons and be part of community farming - when to prepare the seedbed, plant, irrigate, harvest. Off-season planting is expensive and risky, and is done only for special reasons. <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wastes clog rivers and irrigation canals, destroy soil fertility and deposit toxic chemicals.</span></span></span><br /></b></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Fallowing. Give your farm a break. Nature takes a rest usually in summer. You can hear the land breath, the cracks harbor aestivating frogs, fish, crustaceans, snails and other organisms. Break the life cycle of pest and disease organisms. Give yourself too, a break.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Plow after the first heavy rain to turn over the weeds, converting them into organic fertilizer, and keeping their population down.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Plant native varieties, they are sturdier and simpler to take care. Less fertilizer, less pesticide, if needed. There is a growing market for native crops and animals. People are avoiding pesticide and antibiotic residues, more so, genetically modified crops such as Bt Corn.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Avoid hybrids as much as possible. They are heavy soil nutrient feeders. They are genetically unstable, you cannot make your own <span style="font-style: italic;">binhi</span> (planting material) out of your harvest.</b></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>4. Practical Postharvest technology</span>. Avoid crop loss in all stages - from planting to harvesting to manufacturing. At all cost avoid wastage. It defeats your goal and objective. And remember there are millions of people around the world whio have little to eat.</span><br /></b></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Harvest on time and promptly</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Know the shelf life of your harvest. For perishables, sell or process immediately.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Use proper tools and equipment</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Have your harvest properly dried, packaged and stored, specially if you plan to keep it for some time. Keep it away from the elements and pests.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Consider quality, not only quantity.</b></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>5. Processing increases value added</span>. Why don't you do the processing yourself, rather than sell your harvest directly. Milled rice rather than palay. You can go for second processing - or manufacturing - rice flour.<span style="font-style: italic;"> puto (rice bread)</span>,<span style="font-style: italic;"> suman, bibingka</span> (rice cake), rice wine (<span style="font-style: italic;">tapoy)</span>. , Promote local industry, generate employment for the family and locality.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>6. Use by-products efficiently</span>. Farm wastes are converted into many useful products.</span><br /></b></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rice hull and sugarcane bagasse for fuel.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Corn stover, rice hay for livestock feeds.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rice and corn bran for poultry and piggery feeds.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Crop residues, and weeds for composting.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Banana leaves, rice hay for mushroom growing</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tobacco stalk for pest control (spray or dust)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Coconut shell for charcoal (activated carbon)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rice hay for mulching (bed cover of garlic, onions, other crops)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Manure as organic fertilizer and composting</b></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>7. Multi-commodity or diversified farming</span>. Grow two, three or more crops, with animals and fish, and other commodities.</span><br /></b></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Palay-<span style="font-style: italic;">isdaan </span>(rice and tilapia, <i>hito, dalag, gurami</i>)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;">Sorjan</span> farming - alternate upland and lowland culture. Field is divided into strip, alternately elevated and depressed.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Piggery and biogas digester for biofuel. Biofuel to run your own generator.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Poultry on range, feedlot for cattle, fishpond, field and vegetable crops.</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Agro-tourism. Combine farming with ecology. Make farming attractive to tourists, specially children. Let them experience planting, harvesting, catching fish or butterflies. Have you farm suitable for camping.</b></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Farming is as old as civilization, and for thousands of years has been the mainstay of economy and well-being of man and his society. Farming is the root of festivities and rituals. It keeps the family working, playing and living as a unit. It in turn, sustains communities Farming is food security, it gives the sense of independence and self-sufficiency.</span><br /><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Practical farming is the answer to many problems we encounter today such as</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXKNK224qtGq61V_HPiIfYHAZKRRLvdsEMlvIVoxsM5FsFpLZC1dHUMsjX3b59bn9wuOW0vsgJCf3c5CaCtHhIGdVBWHKdq_jpCYDEyGQ_MmTlMCkiLF5TvEz93IgCPnGChDmDsZ11BGC/s1600/avr+002.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="211" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672845341856486866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXKNK224qtGq61V_HPiIfYHAZKRRLvdsEMlvIVoxsM5FsFpLZC1dHUMsjX3b59bn9wuOW0vsgJCf3c5CaCtHhIGdVBWHKdq_jpCYDEyGQ_MmTlMCkiLF5TvEz93IgCPnGChDmDsZ11BGC/w359-h211/avr+002.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px;" width="359" /></a></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>High cost of production</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pollution from farm chemicals</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Loss of farm productivity</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Decreasing profitability</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Harmful residues in crops and animals</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Loss of soil fertility, soil loss due to erosion</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span> </span></span></span></b></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span>Community Gardening, San Juan,</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span> Metro Manila</span></span></span></b></div></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Idle farms, abandonment of farms</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Desertification - farm land to wasteland</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Unemployment and underemployment</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>High dependence on mechanization and expensive input</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Technology transfer gap</b></span></li></ul><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These and other practices flourish in many farms all over the world. Let's preserve them, they are the fallback to today's modern agriculture.</span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">-------------------------</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">This article is dedicated to the memory of my professors, Dr Eduardo Quisumbing, Dr Deogracias Villadolid, Dr Rufino Gapuz, Dr Juan Aquino, Prof Francisco Claridad, Prof Leopoldo Karganilla, Prof Emiliano Roldan, Dr Nemesio Mendiola, Dr Juan Torres, Dr Fernando de Peralta, <span style="font-style: italic;">et al, </span>advocates of natural farming and acclaimed leaders of the so-called Old School of Agriculture. </span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 3 - Agro-Ecology Models with Emphasis in the Ilocos Region</span></b></div><div><div align="left" class="MsoTitle"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuh8wU6CDLhQYcLidq_KEER30gpz_g0iu2I5I3t3GGBp33afRkjwBgNVwk_0nRRDWepR2C7UnQz2vL6iCmcJwiRiAQaZXyDYL_iVRl4JnLBHW_RnTdP2M9ME13EN-uMa4q-arD9Qg6r6v/s1600/Ilocos+region+1.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuh8wU6CDLhQYcLidq_KEER30gpz_g0iu2I5I3t3GGBp33afRkjwBgNVwk_0nRRDWepR2C7UnQz2vL6iCmcJwiRiAQaZXyDYL_iVRl4JnLBHW_RnTdP2M9ME13EN-uMa4q-arD9Qg6r6v/s1600/Ilocos+region+1.gif" width="264" /></span></a></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Coastal Greening</span><br /><span>Coconut and orchard trees, with cover crops </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Mainly coconut planting on multiple rows, quincunx, mixed with halophytic </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> (salt-loving and salt-resistant) trees</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Mangroves (3 genera) along intertidal zone and estuary<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Serves as windbreak, buffer against tidal wave; filters salty breeze and sand</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> and dust storm<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Source of food, feed, fuel, local industry<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Stabilizes shifting sand dunes, establishes foothold for other plants</span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Roadside and Highway Greening </span>with Acacia, Gmelina, mahogany, other forest trees</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US"><b>Provides aesthetics and shade<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Ripraps road shoulders<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Serves as windbreak and natural sun visor<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Extends life of infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Source of wood, fuel, food, feeds</span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Backyard Green Revolution</span><br />Vegetables (leafy, root, fruit and seed vegetables)</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><b>Direct source of fresh food<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Integrates cleanliness, sanitation, recycling, </span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">savings, exercise, family unity, </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and the like</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Bahay Kubo</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> model (all vegetables)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Herbal-ornamental-vegetable combination<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Orchard Model<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"><b>· </b></span><span lang="EN-US"><b>Homelot (semi commercial, combination of crops, </b></span></span><b>animals and/or fish)</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Riverbank Greening</span><br />Kamachile, aroma, mimosa, ipil-ipil (Trees with deep and spreading roots)</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><b>Provides natural riprap, shade and natural fertilizer<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Prevents cutbank erosion, traps sand, silt and clay, </span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">thus extends life of river</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Improves biological life of river, increase catch,</span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> enhances biodiversity</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Source of firewood, food and feeds</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /><span><span style="font-size: medium;">5. Fence Greening</span><br />Mainly orchard trees</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><b><span lang="EN-US">Serves as “borrowed landscape”, adds aesthetics to home</span> and surroundings</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Provides shade, creates favorable mini-climate for the h</span>ome and community</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Source of food, medicine, feeds, other materials<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Serves as windbreak, noise buffer, improves air quality<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US">· </span><span lang="EN-US">Serves as local wildlife sanctuary</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">6. Mudflat Reclamation</span></b><br /></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>Mangrove species</span><span> (</span></b></span><i style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Rhizophora Cerio</span><span>ps, Brugiera, Avecinia)</span></b></i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b>Mangrove arrests shifting mudflat, helps delta formation</b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">· Mangrove forest stabilizes intertidal zone, serves as buffer against tidal wave </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> and tsunami </span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">· Improves water navigation</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">· Creates marine sanctuary </span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">· Source of timber, firewood and other materials</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">· Supplies valuable detritus (organic fertilizer), natural food of marine life</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span><b><br /><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">7. Watershed Rehabilitation</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Mainly forest trees with orchard trees,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">simulated tropical rainforest (multi-storey)</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>·</span><span> Reforestation restores green cover that enhances the integrity</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span> of watershed</span></span><br /><span>· Minimizes erosion and siltation, restores natural soil fertility </span><br /><span>· Protects waterfalls, springs, rivers and lakes, </span><br /><span>· Increases stored water supply (ground water and aquifers)</span><br /><span>· Source of timber, firewood, other materials</span><br /><span>· Creates/restores wildlife sanctuary, increases biodiversity</span><br /><span>· Prevents forest and brush fire</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">8. Woodland Hedgerow</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZp2OIAJ9VaYxH289jjarfU43XXQNG4OggBVsOrapqUqkXV3fTOf7lvEww4V1_xk3fx1HpvzmMc7iYE2g-Hk4IO5-QYOcdlDrC1Xda-Ncg3YUYXjH-FgDwDoRdcp269k1NBHT5sNf_QRL/s1600/woodland+hedgerows.jpg"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZp2OIAJ9VaYxH289jjarfU43XXQNG4OggBVsOrapqUqkXV3fTOf7lvEww4V1_xk3fx1HpvzmMc7iYE2g-Hk4IO5-QYOcdlDrC1Xda-Ncg3YUYXjH-FgDwDoRdcp269k1NBHT5sNf_QRL/w222-h148/woodland+hedgerows.jpg" width="222" /></a> <img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKqOv95Pzp2alqeGDylhoW40LG2tVfrLeondv2ktch6OW_bSEqXHOa-uZiFVv3SSVozhveHdfOMv-K1AjexBKZxvv0jMdzoVolrLsepnpo__JiQLLJQwCmkirBrab6-kqpQ8Jrxk2T1Al/w236-h149/woodland+hedge+1image002.jpg" width="236" /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Two models of woodland hedgerows </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mixed orchard and forest trees with shrubs (2- or 3-storey)</span></span><b style="text-indent: 4.5pt;"> </b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">· </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>European model of hedge forest, broad strip of woodland/forest separating fields<br />· Serves as wildlife sanctuary<br />· Sanctuary of biological agents that control pest<br />· Conserves water, prevents erosion and siltation<br />· Increases organic matter supply, reduces oxidation of organic matter<br />· Source of firewood, timber, other materials<br />· Serves as recreation area, adds aesthetics<br />· Creates mini-climate, serves as buffer zone</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b><b>Fruits with Economic Potential </b><b>in the Ilocos Region</b></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Of the 200 kinds of fruits in the Philippines, 40 to 50 species are grown to some extent for their edible fruits and other uses.The rest are still found in the wild, or if already domesticated are not given significant attention.<br /><br />Convergence 8 encourages in the propagation/production of indigenous fruit trees. Evaluation of these species is based on these characteristics.<br />· Nutritional value<br />· Domestic and export potential<br />· Diversity of Uses<br />· Potentials for primary and secondary processing<br />· High yield and good income<br />· Potential for creating new employment<br />· Ecological significance<br />· Medicinal and industrial uses as well<br /><br />Here is a list of potential fruits in the Ilocos Region</b></span></span><b style="font-family: arial;"> in local names.</b><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Coconut Balimbing Kamias Mango Cashew Chico Duhat Cacao Guava Atis Guyabano Suha Nangka Rimas Kamansi Caramay Santol Siniguelas Tamarind Camuyao Tiessa Mabolo Makopa Caimito Kamachile Bignay Sapote Anonang Battocanag Tampoy Manzanitas Avocado Coffee Achuete Tea Betel nut </b></span></span><b style="font-family: arial;">Pomegranate</b></div><div><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Firewood Farming (Green Energy)</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">·For more than a third of the world’s population, the real energy crisis is a daily scramble to find wood to cook meals. In the Third World 90 percent of the people depend on firewood. </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /><br />· Firewood scarcity is most acute in arid and semi arid regions, but is now felt in logged over areas and growing urban centers. Price of firewood has increased as much as the price of fossil fuels.<br /><br />· In the sixties and seventies the Philippines introduced giant ipil-ipil, but monocropping resulted in fatal insect infestation. There is a need of systematic management in the culture of wood crops.<br /><br />· Here is a list of firewood crops known to be adapted in the Ilocos region. Many of these are also valuable for timber and construction materials.<br />Acacia (<i>Samanea saman</i> and <i>Acacia auriculiformis</i>)<br />Agoho (<i>Casuarina equisitifolia</i>)<br />Madre de cacao or kakawate (<i>Gliricidia sepium</i>)<br />Talisay (<i>Terminalia catappa</i>)<br />Katuray (<i>Sesbania grandiflora</i>)<br />Mangroves (<i>Rhizophora, Brugiera, Avicennia</i>)<br />Bamboo (<i>Bambusa </i>spp.)<br />Gmelina (<i>G. arborea</i>)<br />Alagao (<i>Trema odorata</i>)<br />Eucalyptus (<i>E. globulus, E. grandis</i>)<br />Bitaog (<i>Callophyllum innophylum</i>)<br />Kamachile (<i>Pithecolobium dulce</i>)<br />Golden shower (<i>Cassia fistula</i>)<br />Ipil-ipil (<i>Leucaena leucacephala</i> or <i>L. glauca</i>)<br />Aratiles (<i>Muntingia calabura</i>)<br />Duhat (<i>Syzygium cumini</i>)<br />Albizia or kariskis (<i>A. lebbekoides</i>)<br />Aroma or candaroma (<i>Acacia farnesiana</i>)<br />Firetree (<i>Delonix regia</i>)</span></b></span><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b>There are many others that include kapok, mulberry, alokong, ilang-ilang, and lanute. Firewood also comes from shrubs like <i>pandakaki </i>or <i>busbusilac</i>, pigeon pea (<i>Cajanus cajan</i>) and other plant residues (e.g. dried coconut palm, tobacco stalk). All over the world, there are 1,200 firewood species listed, with 700 given top ranking.</b></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Greening with Malunggay and Kakawate </span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">through Stem Cuttings</span></span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Malunggay is the most nutritious local vegetable (leaves and fruits)<br />Kakawate is the most versatile wood crop (renewable firewood, construction material for dwelling and fence)<br /><br />· Easy to propagate through stem cuttings<br />· Same soil (well-drained) and climatic requirements (onset of the rainy season)<br />· Procedure is basically the same. </b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div>References</span></b></div><div><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Hillyland Farming Systems in the Philippines<br />Farm systems and Soil Resources Institute, UPLB 1986<br /><br />KABASAKA: A program to increase income of rainfed rice farmers, PCARRD, 1979<br /><br />The Philippines Recommends: Corn, Mango, Pineapple, Grapes, Coffee, Cacao, Ginger, Mungo, Water Impounding, Agroforestry, Bamboo, Production of Fast Growing Hardwoods, Irrigation Management, PCARRD (1970-80)<br /><br />Success Stories of Farmer-Managed Coconut-Based Farming Systems<br />(Vols. 1 & 2) PCARRD, 1991; Measuring the Economic Viability of Agricultural Technologies, PCARRD 1991; Technology Transfer for Sustainable Development; DOST-PCARRD-PCAMRD 1989<br /><br />Firewood Crops – Shrub and Tree Species for Energy Production<br />National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC 1980<br /><br />Promising Fruits of the Philippines – R.E. Carbonel (UPLB)<br /><br />Technology! (Copra Dryer, Banana Rejects for Cattle, Multi-purpose Farm Pond, Ipil-ipil Meal, Coco Timber, Corn and Ipil-ipil Farming, Backyard Fattening of Cattle, Rice-fish Culture), PCARRD (1970-1990)<br /><br />Extension Bulletin of Food and Fertilizer Technology Center ASPAC (100 volumes of varied topics) 1960 to 2000<br /><br />Plants of the Philippines (1971) – UP Diliman; Useful Plants of the Philippines (3 volumes, original 1938)) by William H. Brown</span></b><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Saemaul Undong (New Community Movement in South Korea) FFTC 1970<br /><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Note: Convergence 8 Program was presented in a briefing with Congressman Salacnib Baterina, Ist District of Ilocos Sur some years ago. I am posting the outline of the proposed program after it was recently presented in a lecture in the academe. It may also serve as reference for development planners. ~</span></b></span></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Part 4 - Village Biotechnology -</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Green Revolution OF, FOR and BY the People</b></span></div></div><div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></b><div><div><span><b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"Many village industries bowed out to companies that now control the production of commercial and imported brands, such as <i>patis, suka, puto, nata, bihon, </i>to name a few. The proliferation of many products and the inability of local products to keep up with the growing sophisticated market have further brought the doom of these originally village products. Definitely under such circumstances the small players under the business parameter of economies of scale*** find themselves at the losing end. Bigness </span></b></b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">is name of the game. Can we regain the lost village-based biotechnology industries?"<span><br /></span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">M</span>y father, a gentleman farmer, was a brewer. He inherited the trade from my grandfather and from previous generations. I still use today the good earthen jars in producing the same products – basi, the traditional Ilocos wine, and its by-product, natural vinegar - using the same indigenous formula. (PHOTOS)</span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BRyG5AxAJcRQWV9rZdwzou7URPAudTEN6hx7X4u0-M-RNZGq39RtTJw1QsjEY-CnCFwOH0zbedcZccsa0vLUxkyMhymI8NmnY5n1Q2eYfHc29imKpesBrg1bZ9E9hffGaEYahj9kwh1O/w253-h296/001135.jpg" width="253" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/7198894769441695472#"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU01eDhtI19KZK2Q17e5gRf6SaIKCUEc19PW7Kps7a0uiHj4RZV2SerLpPRPEQ9uZRVx_1B2aPjjOkZdIKoTIR0aFxeGOUVbnIWuWUBbnb-nJOX79fJT8gpluRN_GfjlPDiF0ttL0L_jL0/w196-h293/Basi+3.JPG" width="196" /></a></div></b></span><span><b><span>The making of basi and vinegar, as well as a dozen other products of sugarcane, like <span style="font-style: italic;">panocha,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">pulitiput, kalamay, sinambong, and kinalti</span>, is a traditional cottage industry in the Ilocos region which is traced back to the Pre-Hispanic era when hundreds of small independent brewers like my father lived comfortably on this once flourishing industry.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Things appeared simple then. But time has changed. We know that sugarcane has long been planted with rice, legumes and vegetables, but it sounds like new in modern parlance with terms like<span> crop rotation</span> or <span>crop diversification</span>. Making of wine, vinegar and confectionary products are under <span>agro-industry.</span> Because the process generates profit, we call this <span>value-added advantage</span>. So with the tax that is now slap manufactured products. To determine the business viability of a business we determine its <span>internal rate of return (IIR</span>) and its<span> return on investment</span> <span>(ROI)</span>. Brewing today is<span> agro-processing </span>and an <span>agribusiness.</span> And my father would be called not just a proprietor, but a business partner since family members and relatives share in the operation of the business. Possibly his title today would be <span>general manager</span> or <span>CEO.</span></span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Things in my father’s time had become outdated, shifting away from traditional to modern. But it is not only a matter of terminology; it is change in business structure and system.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Big business is name of the game</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Like many other village industries, the local breweries bowed out to companies that now control the production of commercial and imported brands. The proliferation of many products and the inability of local products to keep up with the growing sophisticated market have further brought their doom. Definitely under such circumstances the small players under the business parameter of economics of scale find themselves at the losing end. Bigness is name of the game.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><span>Monopolies and cartels</span> now control much of the economy here and in other countries. Transnational companies have grown into giants, that one big company far outweighs the economy of a small country. Total business assets of North Carolina is more than that of Argentina, which is one of the biggest countries of the world in terms of land area and population.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span>Today agribusiness and biotechnology are corporate terms that are difficult to translate on the village level and by small entrepreneurs.</span><span><br /></span><span><br /></span><span>All these fit well into the present capitalistic system that is greatly under the influence of IMF-WB on borrower-countries, and terms of trade agreements imposed by GATT-WTO on its members, many of which reluctantly signed the its ratification. Under the capitalistic system there has been a shift of countryside industries into the hands of corporations, national and transnational. Take these examples.</span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWQm1tF_jjNAMeAuODWv_Nh3ADPTeKbMKgxnPI4cu6bXAjqMO15Va99F_mhqpuGhjBMjbQaR6BO3ETlDEgV3bTePUSTWZJ2kj79V_fwtiKkIpYedIW6ph0BO_m-A2CvlSw3_6KJl2b7b8j5ElsZMIFpXNNyRk5H6iOtmynE-LPORqodul8Cxy5iV1yZg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWQm1tF_jjNAMeAuODWv_Nh3ADPTeKbMKgxnPI4cu6bXAjqMO15Va99F_mhqpuGhjBMjbQaR6BO3ETlDEgV3bTePUSTWZJ2kj79V_fwtiKkIpYedIW6ph0BO_m-A2CvlSw3_6KJl2b7b8j5ElsZMIFpXNNyRk5H6iOtmynE-LPORqodul8Cxy5iV1yZg=w182-h182" width="182" /></a></div></span><span>Coffee PHOTO is raised by millions of small farmers all over the world, but it is monopolized by such giant companies like Nestle and Consolidated Foods. Cacao is likewise a small farmer’s crop, but controlled by similar multinationals. So with tea, the world’s second most popular beverage.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Unfortunately this inequity in the sharing of the benefits of these industries is exacerbated by the absence of a strong and effective mass-based program that emphasizes countryside development through livelihood and employment opportunities. <span>Multi-national monopolies </span>thrive on such business climate and biased laws and program in their favor.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>We import rice, corn, sugar, fruits, meat and poultry, fish, fruits and vegetables in both fresh and processed products, when in the sixties and seventies we were exporters of the same products. We were then second or third in ranking after Japan in terms of economic development.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>“</span><span><span>Small business is beautiful”</span><span> (PHOTO: EC Schumacher, author) </span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGIO1C1bZ_akmEhmGEjWPh52Snym_qyLvv_ia179iVzW0IkL5c31WNlQdkCUqEnaKHZDYUUGQhgTDflu__My2Dt5BCf-rbFNt_be9G3QJ_7H5d6m0_EQ8jLpGQbVnQHihF3qf11V6B57ydrJ-DVdnkOyU3O_8EVHGfgu-pANj5SRRYvDyUBxLXAzmA0bg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="263" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGIO1C1bZ_akmEhmGEjWPh52Snym_qyLvv_ia179iVzW0IkL5c31WNlQdkCUqEnaKHZDYUUGQhgTDflu__My2Dt5BCf-rbFNt_be9G3QJ_7H5d6m0_EQ8jLpGQbVnQHihF3qf11V6B57ydrJ-DVdnkOyU3O_8EVHGfgu-pANj5SRRYvDyUBxLXAzmA0bg" width="320" /></a></div></b></span></div><div><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />There must be something wrong somewhere. But while we diagnose our country’s ills, we should make references to our own successes, and even come to a point of looking on models within our reach and capability to imitate. There are “unsung heroes” in practically all fields from business, agriculture, manufacturing to folk medicine and leadership. Perhaps for us who belong to the older generation, it is good to feel whenever we recall old times when life was better – and better lived.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span><span>Biopiracy and technopiracy</span><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN6RuwQl2qrnuJyab1SEQ9QE4rG6xRwpmpcRGBa2Tlws-aPxtLL4a-ONs5uufqDoGv2lJRDSxHN5u9m_8NFFXtW28AOUcApSKVTR-Wb--DeZVXIr3KAC8IAjBGaOZV380QcKayr6Jd_TJlUarxyI4WbGJ-3Cnn8joRX5yittRz-rO6mCtl92I7QyA6Dw" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="720" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgN6RuwQl2qrnuJyab1SEQ9QE4rG6xRwpmpcRGBa2Tlws-aPxtLL4a-ONs5uufqDoGv2lJRDSxHN5u9m_8NFFXtW28AOUcApSKVTR-Wb--DeZVXIr3KAC8IAjBGaOZV380QcKayr6Jd_TJlUarxyI4WbGJ-3Cnn8joRX5yittRz-rO6mCtl92I7QyA6Dw=w196-h270" width="196" /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ampalaya (<i>Momordica charantia</i>) is a source of medicinal substances registered iunder exclusive brand names by drug companies here and abroad.</span></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><b>“The biggest piracy that is taking place today is not at sea and on the rich. It is stealing people’s resources – from herbal medicine to indigenous technology – stolen by rich countries and big corporations. Biopiracy and technopiracy constitute the greatest violation to human rights and social justice in that the people are not only deprived of their means of livelihood; they are forced to become dependent on those who robbed them.”</b></span><br /><br /><span class="_Tgc" style="font-weight: bold;">(</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Biopiracy is a situation where indigenous knowledge of nature, originating with indigenous peoples, is used by others for profit, without permission from and with little or no compensation or recognition to the indigenous people themselves.Informal or “underground” economy. Internet)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Informal or “underground” economy is the lifeblood of rural communities. They are the seat of tradition, rituals, barter and other informal transactions. They link the farm and the kitchen and the local market. They are versions of agro-processing and agribusiness on the scale of proprietorship and family business. They strengthen family and community ties.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">It is for this reason that the NACIDA – National Cottage Industry Development Authority – was organized. And truly, it brought economic prosperity to thousands of entrepreneurs and families in the fifties to sixties.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">South Korea for one in the late sixties, saw our PRRM and NACIDA models and improved on them with their SAEMAUL UNDONG development program which ultimately brought tremendous progress in its war-torn countryside. In Tanzania, one can glimpse some similarities of our program with LAEDZA BATANI (Wake up, it’s time to get moving) rural development program. The Philippines stood as an international model, recognized by the WB and ADB, for our countryside development program – cottage industries, farmers’ associations, electric cooperatives, rice and corn production program, which made us agricultural exporters. So with our biotechnology in farm waste utilization through composting with the use of<span style="font-style: italic;"> Trichoderma</span> inoculation, and in natural rice farming by growing Azolla in lieu of urea and ammonium nitrate. Another area of biotechnology is in the retting of maguey fiber, which is a work of decomposing bacteria.</span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIU73bbXWPGb88ngWTkwCF22Rzzc8rBUMhPuaquMPLaz3uN5J59WrnK0BGe_TB0WMy0900_3qnRzNngRA2ljmKzFu2EHNyVbzARI-nwER5RiY0dx5DUVxSGZrC-Rbq30mEl4tzEzveqHr/s1600/Saemaul+Undung+0a7f8b7e-b1cd-40a7-9d54-b5aab7dafeb2.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIU73bbXWPGb88ngWTkwCF22Rzzc8rBUMhPuaquMPLaz3uN5J59WrnK0BGe_TB0WMy0900_3qnRzNngRA2ljmKzFu2EHNyVbzARI-nwER5RiY0dx5DUVxSGZrC-Rbq30mEl4tzEzveqHr/s320/Saemaul+Undung+0a7f8b7e-b1cd-40a7-9d54-b5aab7dafeb2.JPG" width="320" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">T</span><span>he Saemaul Undong, also known as the New Village Movement, Saemaul Movement or Saema'eul Movement, was a political initiative launched on April 22, 1970 by South Korean president Park Chung-hee to modernize the rural South Korean economy. The movement is being revived today as a model for developing countries such as Cambodia, 2015 (photo)</span></span><span class="_Tgc" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Today there are many opportunities of biotechnology that can be tapped and packaged for small and medium size businesses and organized groups of entrepreneurs and farmers. These opportunities also pose a big challenge to the academe and to enterprising researchers in government and private institutions.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Important organisms for biotechnology</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Spirulina (blue-green alga or Eubacterium) - high protein, elixir.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Chlorella (green alga) – vegetable, oxygen generator</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Pleurotus and Volvariella (fungi, mushroom) – anti-cancer food.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Azolla-Anabaena (eubacterium with fern)– natural fertilizer</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Porphyra, red seaweed, high-value food (“food of the gods”)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Hormophysa (brown alga) – antibiotics</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Eucheuma (red alga) – source of carageenan, food conditioner</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Gracillaria (brown alga) – source of agar, alginate</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Sargassum (brown alga) – fertilizer and fodder</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Saccharomyces (fungus, yeast) – fermentation</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Aspergillus (fungus) – medicine, fermentation</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Penicillium (fungus) – antibiotics</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>. Caulerpa (green alga) – salad </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Leuconostoc (bacterium) – nata de coco, fermentation of vegetables</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Acetobacter (bacterium) – acetic acid manufacture</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Rhizobium (bacterium) – Nitrogen fixer for soil fertility</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Nostoc (BGA or Eubacterium) – bio-fertilizer</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Ganoderma (tree fungus) – food supplement, reducer</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Halobacterium and Halococcus (bacteria)- bagoong and patis making</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Lactobacillus (bacterium) lactic fermentation, yogurt making</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Candida (yeast) – source of lysine, vitamins, lipids and inveratse</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Torulopsis (yeast) – leavening of puto and banana cake</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Trichoderma (fungus) – innoculant to accelerate composting time.</b></span></div></blockquote><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span><span>Before I go proceed allow me to present a background of biotechnology in relation with the history of agriculture.</span><br /></b><b><span><br /></span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Three Green Revolutions</span><br /></span><span><br /></span><span>The First Green Revolution took place when man turned hunter to farmer, which also marked the birth of human settlement, in the Fertile Crescent, (PHOTO) between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where the present war in Iraq is taking place.</span></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg05TN9Zf7jHKgPBGg6O7zXxx26pN9H8hb_I9SgwRgLsdBa77cINox9n6ad3h5i6OiPgFbXWfUi3KT7sK20EpvHbRPzSQK8d4WhLt_oq2qGUbL7sqH7G8vzrZgZJEe6l8ZZLrpDsvv-AhJtAkAgdkuPGTbG_QQicOXp9yDqSHUi85OHpeYe00wjeI5WAQ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="485" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg05TN9Zf7jHKgPBGg6O7zXxx26pN9H8hb_I9SgwRgLsdBa77cINox9n6ad3h5i6OiPgFbXWfUi3KT7sK20EpvHbRPzSQK8d4WhLt_oq2qGUbL7sqH7G8vzrZgZJEe6l8ZZLrpDsvv-AhJtAkAgdkuPGTbG_QQicOXp9yDqSHUi85OHpeYe00wjeI5WAQ=w233-h230" width="233" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span><span></span><span>The Second Green Revolution is characterized by the improvement of farming techniques and the expansion of agricultural frontiers, resulting in the conversion of millions of hectares of land into agriculture all over the world. This era lasted for some three hundred years, and marched with the advent of modern science and technology, which gave rise to Industrial Revolution. Its momentum however, was interrupted by two world wars.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Then in the second part of the last century, a Third Green Revolution was born. With the strides of science and technology, agricultural production tremendously increased. Economic prosperity followed specially among post-colonial nations - the Third World - which took the cudgels of self rule, earning respect in the international community, and gaining the status of Newly Industrialized Nations (NICs) one after another.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Towards the end of the last century, the age of biotechnology and genetic engineering arrived. Here the conventions of agriculture have been radically changed. For example, desirable traits are transferred through gene splicing so that trans-generic – even trans-kingdom – trait combinations are now possible. Bt Corn, a genetically modified corn that carries the caterpillar-repelling gene of a bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis, exemplifies such case. Penicillin-producing microorganisms are not only screened from among naturally existing species and strains; they are genetically engineered with super genes from other organisms known for their superior production efficiency.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="685" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6g4sj33pdKe65LgfE8ehVn8r4UHG06xKNq8lVjurSHbdTY2uCfqYeHfmE8RC7l85bezGUXf0WOphZvHk_rkAliBCaRjmELIaDQCaK44cWJWGYYE6bOX6Tr62K8hclc94iNXPzwxcHEUPkLEUh0DL4OtfWbJSCOwNfNSLgv7WvXwD27tZEeEqE13vqw2ia/w372-h364/Food%20scale.png" width="372" /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Biotechnology for people and environment</span><br /></span><span><br /></span><span>The need for food and other commodities is ever increasing. Together with conventional agriculture, biotechnology will be contributing significantly to the production of food, medicine, raw materials for the industry, and in keeping a balanced ecology. This indeed will offer relief to the following scenarios:</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span><span>1. World’s population increases from today’s 8 billion to 10 billion in 10 years.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>2. Agricultural frontiers have virtually reached dead end.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>3. Farmlands continue to shrink, giving way to settlements and industry,</span><br /><span>while facing the onslaught of erosion and desertification</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>4. Pollution is getting worse in air, land and water. (Photos: right, garbage clandestinely exported by Canada to the Philippines)</span></b></span></div><div><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUmzWhWlOwEbxn9sIVMomelzNfYjMnq-hWBTX3vt19oO8Ccn8BTHK8DFYwyo_b3pT0UGN6PNuSCDE5HZZw9uf6PXoXQrN2Ppt8w9D2EBGTcAA_98r4x31QP9Lc5DTaeoLp4ImaqHXu04z/s1600/DSC05724+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUmzWhWlOwEbxn9sIVMomelzNfYjMnq-hWBTX3vt19oO8Ccn8BTHK8DFYwyo_b3pT0UGN6PNuSCDE5HZZw9uf6PXoXQrN2Ppt8w9D2EBGTcAA_98r4x31QP9Lc5DTaeoLp4ImaqHXu04z/w250-h162/DSC05724+A.jpg" width="250" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8j_jTfpTmCw42ts7OFJIRsDkPctWwGzU_YoOYyqQFLiZmelPGwGzTh4dnR_TaSY1fPacWCuWdOZUYwKQw25xjQE6TIrDWkaKRZh4hOmut0cjrP9AoUnaArLduK-LCfHHwEh82Z9kUwh4/s1600/DSC05728+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8j_jTfpTmCw42ts7OFJIRsDkPctWwGzU_YoOYyqQFLiZmelPGwGzTh4dnR_TaSY1fPacWCuWdOZUYwKQw25xjQE6TIrDWkaKRZh4hOmut0cjrP9AoUnaArLduK-LCfHHwEh82Z9kUwh4/w250-h160/DSC05728+A.jpg" width="250" /></a></b></div></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>5. Global warming is not only a threat; it is a real issue to deal with.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>These scenarios seem to revive the Apocalyptic Malthusian theory, which haunts many poor countries - and even industrialized countries where population density is high. We are faced with the problem on how to cope up with a crisis brought about by the population-technology-environment tandem that has started showing its fangs at the close of the 20th century.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Now we talk in terms of quality life, health and longevity, adequate food supply and proper nutrition - other human development indices (HDI), notwithstanding.</span><br /><span>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span>As scientists open the new avenue of genetic engineering to produce genetically modified organisms for food, medicine and industry, entrepreneurs are shaping up a different kind of Green Revolution on the old country road – the employment of veritable, beneficial microorganisms to answer the basic needs of the vast majority of the world’s population.</span><br /><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Green Revolution for the masses</span></span><br /><span><br /></span><span>This Green Revolution has to be addressed to the masses. The thrust in biotechnology development must have a strong social objective. This must include the integration of the mass-based enterprises with research and development (R&D). Like the defunct NACIDA, a program for today should be cottage-based, not only corporate-based. Genetic engineering should be explored not for scientific reasons or for profit motives alone, but purposely for social objectives that could spur socio-economic growth on the countryside, and the improvement the lives of millions of people.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Alternative Food</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>These lowly organisms will be farmed like conventional crops. In fact, today mushroom growing is among the high-tech agricultural industries, from spawn culture to canning.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Spirulina, a cyanobacterium, has been grown for food since ancient times by the Aztecs in Mexico and in early civilizations in the Middle East. Its culture is being revived on estuaries and lakes, and even in small scale, in tanks and ponds. Today the product is sold as “vegetablet.”</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Seaweeds, on the other hand, are being grown extensively and involving many species, from <i>Caulerpa</i> to <i>Nori. </i>(PHOTO below) <i> </i>Seaweed farming has caught worldwide attention in this last two decades, not only because it offers a good source of food, but also industrial products like carageenan and agar.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvkYvMAGHe71zJcB0WRCMRZ-Y3A-jqSPv9ZyLlr5rTZJc_0ywuPysWadg73tsOG_9lH-ne9jUa9HQP6D0DBFABR9TAi_oz8FwRqJ-8p5ZHd7IFE44EUYFe3N-JBFYVPQ_iuN7TO2lyIE_Jdo1TwdzoD6KWWtu82EwLSe9pn3LRWlTgRlBpWhRvp8LgtA" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvkYvMAGHe71zJcB0WRCMRZ-Y3A-jqSPv9ZyLlr5rTZJc_0ywuPysWadg73tsOG_9lH-ne9jUa9HQP6D0DBFABR9TAi_oz8FwRqJ-8p5ZHd7IFE44EUYFe3N-JBFYVPQ_iuN7TO2lyIE_Jdo1TwdzoD6KWWtu82EwLSe9pn3LRWlTgRlBpWhRvp8LgtA=w221-h155" width="221" /></a></div></div></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Environmental Rehabilitation</span></span><br /><span><br /></span><span>In the remote case that a nuclear explosion occurs, how possible is it to produce food and other needs in the bomb shelters deep underground? Fiction as it may seem, the lowly microorganisms have an important role. For one, mushrooms do not need sunlight to grow. Take it from the mushroom-growing termites. Another potential crop is Chlorella. While it produces fresh biomass as food it is also an excellent oxygen generator, oxygen being the by-product of photosynthesis. But where will Chlorella get light? Unlike higher plants, this green alga can make use of light and heat energy from an artificial source like fluorescent lamp.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Sewage treatment with the use of algae is now common in the outskirts of big cities like New York and Tokyo. From the air the open sewer is a series of reservoirs through which the sewage is treated until the spent material is released. The sludge is converted into organic fertilizer and soil conditioner, while the water is safely released into the natural environment such as a lake or river.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Marine seaweeds are known to grow in clean water. Their culture necessitates maintenance of the marine environment. Surprisingly seaweeds help in maintaining a clean environment, since they trap particles and detritus, and increase dissolved Oxygen and reduce dissolved CO2 level in water.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Bacteria being decomposers return organic substances to nature. So with algae and fungi. Fermentation is in fact, a process of converting organic materials into inorganic forms for the use of the next generation of organisms. In the process, man makes use of the intermediate products like ethyl alcohol, acetic acid, nata de coco, lactic acid, and the like.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Speaking of sustainable agriculture, take it from Nature’s biofertilizers like <i>Nostoc</i> and other <i>Eubacteria</i>. These BGAs form green matting on rice fields. Farmers in India and China gather this biomass, and use it as natural fertilizer. Another is <span style="font-style: italic;">Rhizobium</span>, a bacterium that fixes atmospheric Nitrogen into NO3, the form of N plants directly absorb and utilize. Its fungal counterpart, <i>Mycorrhiza,</i> converts Nitrogen in the same way, except that this microorganism thrives in the roots of orchard and forest trees.</span><br /><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOv81uqwk1x8gxatc2xZafikGUjpF8NMMcBuGQXwPnPvAg2pqG7rVKQ_-N-FGBCttOb8jUAlePLPep8wz3uVKEu6XF9ijAU73r2W-U1f37StoDVIQW17l0_LHKWT0y6UOXEY89LSX7DuarRRN72u-pOyBxmF56FtAkyNcZk_l_ZeEWFYp2RqUE4apX5w" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOv81uqwk1x8gxatc2xZafikGUjpF8NMMcBuGQXwPnPvAg2pqG7rVKQ_-N-FGBCttOb8jUAlePLPep8wz3uVKEu6XF9ijAU73r2W-U1f37StoDVIQW17l0_LHKWT0y6UOXEY89LSX7DuarRRN72u-pOyBxmF56FtAkyNcZk_l_ZeEWFYp2RqUE4apX5w" width="180" /></a></div><br /></span><span>Let me cite the success of growing <i><span>Azolla-Anabaena</span> (PHOTO) on ricefields in Asian countries. This is another<span> biofertilizer</span>, and discriminating cons</i>umers are willing to pay premium price for rice grown without chemical fertilizer - only with organic and bio-fertilizers. At one time a good friend, medical doctor and gentleman farmer, Dr. P. Parra, invited me to see his <i>Azolla</i> farm in Iloilo. What I saw was a model of natural farming, employing biotechnology in his integrated farm –</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>• <i>Azolla</i> for rice,</span><br /><span>• Biogas from piggery,</span><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbbe0owPrmWNZTHNuj8KAvyCLZvdyNgPUWCcLXjOUAi7tZm3gQWFV_dtfvkhwK92a16Il6frKufrryKBpg6DTM4Kg-n0OdYqGEcgofWPD0TZiDonDi1IHY-WkHEfs8lEePJyCNO4FkLoT/s1600/Micro+Rhizobium.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbbe0owPrmWNZTHNuj8KAvyCLZvdyNgPUWCcLXjOUAi7tZm3gQWFV_dtfvkhwK92a16Il6frKufrryKBpg6DTM4Kg-n0OdYqGEcgofWPD0TZiDonDi1IHY-WkHEfs8lEePJyCNO4FkLoT/w177-h200/Micro+Rhizobium.JPG" width="177" /></b></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b>• </b></span><i style="font-weight: bold;">Rhizobia</i><span><b> </b></span><i style="font-weight: bold;">(photo)</i><span><b> inoculation for peanuts and mungbeans,</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Trichoderma for composting.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Food processing (fruit wine and vinegar)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">His market for his natural farm products are people as far as Manila who are conscious of their health, and willing to pay the premium price for naturally grown food.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Genetic Engineering</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">It is true that man has succeeded in splicing the DNA, in like manner that he harnessed the atom through fission. Genetic engineering is a kind of accelerated and guided evolution, and while it helps man screen and develop new breeds and varieties, it has yet to offer the answer to the declining productivity of farms and agriculture, in general, particularly in developing countries. Besides, genetically engineered products have yet to earn a respectable place in the market and household.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genetic engineering of beneficial organisms is the subject of research institutions all over the world. I had a chance to visit the Biotechnology Center in Taipei and saw various experiments conducted by Chinese scientists particularly on antibiotics production. But biotechnology has also its danger. One example is the case of the “suicide seeds”. These are hybrid seeds which carry a trigger enzyme which destroys the embryo soon after harvest so that the farmers will be forced to buy again seeds for the next cropping. It is similar to self-destruct diskettes, or implanted viruses in computers. This is how Monsanto, the inventor of suicide seeds, is creating an empire built at the expense of millions of poor farmers over the world.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeZvRhyphenhyphen_w25gJGfVbPWC2mD6SW_KfwzQj3GQh8ek0MfuLYFIuGAn_zRwIbMGV1ruZae7ok0apsroZfuX9eF7d_zsnyZ9W6B_IQZN60GTSZJltoNimGuV7neym6LBZeos8gX3yTqF4vfea/s1600/porphyra+or+gamet+nori.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeZvRhyphenhyphen_w25gJGfVbPWC2mD6SW_KfwzQj3GQh8ek0MfuLYFIuGAn_zRwIbMGV1ruZae7ok0apsroZfuX9eF7d_zsnyZ9W6B_IQZN60GTSZJltoNimGuV7neym6LBZeos8gX3yTqF4vfea/w225-h162/porphyra+or+gamet+nori.jpg" width="225" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Medicine and Natural Food</span><br /></span><span><br /></span><span>As resistance of pests and pathogens continue to increase and become immune to drugs, man is corollarily searching for more potent and safe kinds and formulations. He has resorted to looking into the vast medicinal potentials of these lowly organisms, as well as their value as natural food. Here are some popular examples.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>1. <span style="font-style: italic;">Nori </span>or <span style="font-style: italic;">gamet </span>(<span style="font-style: italic;">Porphyra</span>, a red alga) – elixir,</span><br /></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYm0zmZ-BVP5VKU9b4d27U2qT0WpVkHqIwn47YgqaceGg1LV6Xq3gN3ugy5A3XbEBX7FFFO0C-Tc74jzFd3ENCQNaWtYwNGO0crHvs55okVayJcrDH4uDmTtcS87CCrI3o4ouGB6nr3_Qa/s1600/Mushroom+A.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYm0zmZ-BVP5VKU9b4d27U2qT0WpVkHqIwn47YgqaceGg1LV6Xq3gN3ugy5A3XbEBX7FFFO0C-Tc74jzFd3ENCQNaWtYwNGO0crHvs55okVayJcrDH4uDmTtcS87CCrI3o4ouGB6nr3_Qa/w191-h293/Mushroom+A.jpg" width="191" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">claimed to be more potent than Viagra (PHOTO)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2. Edible seaweeds - rich in iodine, vegetable substitute.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There is no known poisonous seaweed.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3. Seaweeds as source of natural antibiotics, much safer than conventional antibiotics.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4. Mushrooms have anti-cancer properties.(PHOTO: author with wild mushroom from the field)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">6. Cyanobacteria prolongs life, restores youthfulness.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">7. Yeast is a health food</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">8. Yogurt is bacteria-fermented milk, health drink.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">9. <i>Carica </i>and <i>Momordica</i> extracts for medicine and health food</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">10. Organically grown food (without the use of chemical pesticide and fertilizer)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dr. Domingo Tapiador (PHOTO), a retired UN expert on agriculture and fisheries, helped initiate the introduction of Spirulina in the country. He showed me the capsule preparation produced in Japan. “Why can’t we grow Spirulina locally?” he asked.</span><br /></b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq96hfqlgLEmlbmT8PPkMfY7D4-aNOXXC3krm1hyUvKrlYE067SByiusfZ1ewrVwfR5sVAvhTi8PZDWH538dshaMqjbVYPH7NzsqLC1nNxObbEb8kMgd_kszEbyylM3XKxpZ5akTdjDJnh/s1600/spirulina+Chlorella_Spirulina_CGF_45-45-10_Tabs_Wb.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq96hfqlgLEmlbmT8PPkMfY7D4-aNOXXC3krm1hyUvKrlYE067SByiusfZ1ewrVwfR5sVAvhTi8PZDWH538dshaMqjbVYPH7NzsqLC1nNxObbEb8kMgd_kszEbyylM3XKxpZ5akTdjDJnh/w203-h203/spirulina+Chlorella_Spirulina_CGF_45-45-10_Tabs_Wb.jpg" /></a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirWZmCM9XoqosJ6Xm2qGa7P3MB3QOtjKBbKam_I7U4NCG0EvQuEZBISV51eDqHd2E53hRns1ANnXcuYBaI-Cf7FARD2Ww61sOqAnxdWnMVraschRjM29NPKbUw2IrBe5sIGufnxVaMNJUZ/w186-h204/Tapiador+DSC03825+A.jpg" /></div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Today a year after, there are successful pilot projects. Spirulina is not only good as human food but feeds as well. Prior to obtaining his doctorate degree, Professor Johnny Ching of De la Salle University found out that Spirulina added to the feed ration of bangus improves growth rate. (MS Biology, UST). Similar studies point out to the beneficial effects of Spirulina on the daily weight gain in poultry and livestock. Earlier studies also discovered Azolla, an aquatic fern with a blue-green alga symbiont – Anabaena, as a valuable feed supplement to farm animals.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These lowly groups of organisms which cannot even qualify as plants, but instead protists with which protozoa are their kin, biologically speaking that is, are after all “giants.”</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">They hold the promise in providing food, medicine, clean environment, and as a whole, a better quality of human life for the people today and the coming generations.~</span></b><br /><span> ---------------</span></span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">*The 2021 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2021) highlights the remarkably high severity and numbers of people in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) or equivalent in 55 countries/territories, driven by persistent conflict, pre-existing and COVID-19-related economic shocks, and weather extremes. The number identified in the 2021 edition is the highest in the report’s five-year existence. The report is produced by the Global Network against Food Crises (which includes WFP), an international alliance working to address the root causes of extreme hunger.<br /><br />** The theme for International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2021 is “Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet”. How many people live below the international poverty line?<br />736 million people lived below the international poverty line of US $ 1.90 a day in 2015. In 2018, almost 8 per cent of the world’s workers and their families lived on less than US$1.90 per person per day. Most people living below the poverty line belong to two regions: Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.<br /><br />*** In microeconomics, economies of scale are the cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to size, output, or scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale as fixed costs are spread out over more units of output.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 5 - Non-cash farming technology: </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Foundation of farmstead and natural agriculture</span></b><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">“It is technology farmers do not have to pay cash for a non- cash input.” This definition actually refers to good basic farm practices which small farmers can carry out themselves - first, to save on production cost; second, to improve production efficiency; and third to institutionalize farming into farmstead, and as a way of life. </span></b></div></span></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Living with Nature School on Blog [<span style="color: #cc0000;">avrotor.blogspot.com</span>]</b></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvnhJq86UDGjHf4RyueuMgrueLdZLSFEErMO64yIHdnkDTjV-dngY4NmUENXbr2in4zzRsqqMTfhMP_QIS6djO2FJ-FQqIgYcJ24XAyOrsFf6op_7xbuRIASVZhX9s2SXEI7c-9uxaJB6k/w468-h318/farm+11+screen-shot-2012-03-09-at-10-38-54-am.png" width="468" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVWWvUPAuMotsFNCNncdt7MUEbrJfrh17in5IvZL7maVqZnxemwf0n2HcMvmC8mXlqgBrA-JRk4KGs7_VfV87whb3pLYuYK0iaZJLTb114b2Z-kbmAIOh279xHWk_hXp4YvSrN__j6Qsu/s1600/farm+9+p042.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVWWvUPAuMotsFNCNncdt7MUEbrJfrh17in5IvZL7maVqZnxemwf0n2HcMvmC8mXlqgBrA-JRk4KGs7_VfV87whb3pLYuYK0iaZJLTb114b2Z-kbmAIOh279xHWk_hXp4YvSrN__j6Qsu/w373-h347/farm+9+p042.png" width="373" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]--><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Multi-storey cropping; integrated contour farming</div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /><span>N</span>on- cash technology, however, should not be regarded as alternative to cash input per se, but can be a substitute to some costly items. What is significant in the concept is that good farm practices can maximize the value of cash input.<br /><br />The best examples are found right in all fundamental steps of good farming. Good seeds generally produce more yields under any condition. These means farmers must practice seed selection, and plant only certified seeds. Grains produced from poor seeds are not only few; they produce low milling recovery due to admixtures of different grain shape, size and maturity.<br /><br />The labor-intensive characteristic of typical farms in Asia ideally provides for greater attention to enhance proper farm management. After all, the progressive farmer is one who prepares is land more thoroughly, manages his nursery better, water his field more cleanly and has better water control, mainly through his effort and those of his large family.<br /><br />Non-cash technology extends further from mere saving on direct expenses. It is also based on innovative approaches. A rice-garlic combination has these components; the garlic crop “rides” on the remaining soil moisture and on the tillage of early rice crop; and rice straw is used to mulch garlic in order to reduce water loss and weed population.<br /><br />Other popular examples of non-cash inputs are:<br /></b></span></span></span><ul><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Use early maturing varieties to allow a second or third cropping.</b></span></span></li><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Make use of solar energy in drying palay, corn and other farm products.</b></span></span></li><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Follow precise timing of land preparation to turn up weeds to dry up. Plow them under to be decomposed to save on herbicide and laborious weeding</b></span></span></li><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Prepare rows parallel to East-West direction to allow more solar exposure to enhance growth and yield.</b></span></span></li><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Practice green manuring in place of or supplement to, commercial fertilizers.</b></span></span></li><li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Recycle farm residues like corn stovers, rice straw and peanut hay for livestock, and farm wastes for organic fertilizer.</b></span></span></li><li><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Practice intercropping to reduce the spread and occurrence of pests and diseases, and to maximize the utilization of an input like fertilizer.</b></span></span></span></li><li><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></li><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDf9E-OzJq_DFFkmOMQHkcvKG7echguaLFtZ4dzHmWkejzEEqTlhyG5mp3zQZSHQJCT3d_IgaDb06P2gcF3WbOL4uLXhbVIDuNGOWsuTu1GFTJROL2Rzp-t_bprbB1PlfgLF0XBy08LsN/w244-h178/Farm+9.gif" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pdLFIDi5XPtEiauVwdDe8yrTLqglRd9xgvDGdAHLaGHSUpoe0JIO1fQDKz5M3jXzUIiSHhVSmhd4oAnLo62pYSzkAE1lykwTYKuFjagYRXIlFpXcDDcSst7t6fydZqskbhyAu-QYM9Yr/s1600/Farm+8+p042a.gif"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pdLFIDi5XPtEiauVwdDe8yrTLqglRd9xgvDGdAHLaGHSUpoe0JIO1fQDKz5M3jXzUIiSHhVSmhd4oAnLo62pYSzkAE1lykwTYKuFjagYRXIlFpXcDDcSst7t6fydZqskbhyAu-QYM9Yr/w251-h178/Farm+8+p042a.gif" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rice hay for mulching seedbeds and plots. Don't burn farm wastes,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">compost them instead into valuable organic fertilizer.</span></div></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The revival of non-cash technology is generally recognized as a Third World innovation. It may lack the glamour and sophistication of modern agriculture, but it holds the key in solving many problems of small farms.~ </b></span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zwESbnNz-ukcgQ9kazkI_wcHfYPYKu24qRNJWykijo2k86kLpFVv5z9-2SykUq4VC88yOR72QAFs2zxqcaKxGte4e0ShOU0eSTWd2j_x81I9NTPlKMBjGm2P4t_59Um4aYcLnhpR-0td/s1600/farm+12.GIF" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4zwESbnNz-ukcgQ9kazkI_wcHfYPYKu24qRNJWykijo2k86kLpFVv5z9-2SykUq4VC88yOR72QAFs2zxqcaKxGte4e0ShOU0eSTWd2j_x81I9NTPlKMBjGm2P4t_59Um4aYcLnhpR-0td/w452-h347/farm+12.GIF" width="452" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jgy2Hiw6MXtaNmpzn_dMx27ErcYzQ0UZy7StZJ5b6wB-oMR11dlf0HIU0UP5mnzwWCPkSn_5CXasrvbAkMOWIiAtBjA-Oz0i_NrHXDfgVOwfSVItCYhJHiqow28chxFtsyGVAQ2MgKsi/s1600/farm+model++1187e95.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jgy2Hiw6MXtaNmpzn_dMx27ErcYzQ0UZy7StZJ5b6wB-oMR11dlf0HIU0UP5mnzwWCPkSn_5CXasrvbAkMOWIiAtBjA-Oz0i_NrHXDfgVOwfSVItCYhJHiqow28chxFtsyGVAQ2MgKsi/s1600/farm+model++1187e95.gif" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><span>Integrated home garden; integrated homestead models</span></div></span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Acknowledgement: Internet illustrations</span></b></span></div><div><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> </b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 6 - Discovering the taste and potentials</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">of the less popular fruits of the Philippines</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig477O55fSfSJA4OknKhSVVL1xXArwNzxRNEFr3qCtUEYebZyKImMbSM-VSeAxMf4nKh7Pzvmnr7csTeHNu8QQa5UePGyH4OnTQib0Q_4mZZC7wSffub9tXrOjmUqHtJAoXkZm6K0fxdk/s320/fruit+stand+2+fixedw_large_4x.jpg" width="240" /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Dr Abe V Rotor</span><br /><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Scan a fruit stand in Manila and enjoy a variety of taste, travelogue and history.</span><br /><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i>Lanzones</i> from Paete, m<i>arang</i> from South Cotabato, <i>pomelo</i> from Davao, <i>manggang kalabao</i> from Zambales, strawberry from Baguio, <i>durian</i> from Maguindanao, <i>dalangita</i> from Cavite, <i>pakwan</i> from Candaba – but wait. </span></b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>But these are only samples of the country’s rich variety of fruits. What we may not readily find in the market are the less popular fruits, fruits that are even better, not to mention their rarity of their taste, than the major ones.<br /><br />Here is a list of the minor fruits of the Philippines, often referred to as “promising fruits” because of their great potential in agriculture and industry, for both domestic and foreign markets.<br /><br />1. Atis (<i>Anona squamosa</i>)<br /><br />It is also called sugar apple for its very sweet taste. The fruit when mature is light green or yellowish, the ridges becoming wide apart, and in some cases split. Atis is a typical example of collective fruit, each seed covered by fleshy carpel which we each. The seeds are small and kids playfully spit them out like a blow gun.<br /><br />2. Avocado (<i>Persia americana</i>)<br /><br />It originated from Mexico where it is a very popular. In fact it is Mexico’s national fruit. It was introduced into the country by the Spaniards in the 17th century. Today avocado is found in most part of the country and cultivated in the backyard.<br /><br />3. Balimbing (<i>Averrhoa carambola</i>)<br />4. Kamias (<i>Averrhoa balimbi</i>)<br />5. Caimito (<i>Chrysophyllum cainito</i>) PHOTO, Internet</b></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="355" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSQ7Sxnlaiiovk3oT9DS2EYlg-mwVjE5VmuPyfjHjTsSc4F1zUKukHnAJ2BUFrK9ctXXVxNFcbUqVvbXm-NNOPec_t3XLbyKfL-KHhyphenhyphen8spcBdjvGZlkhCeudkQsmjq255rxgGIXhT23w/s200/Caimito+2.jpg" width="200" /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>6. Cashew (<i>Anacardium occidentale</i>)<br />7. Chico (<i>Manikara zapota</i> syn., <i>Achras zapota</i>)<br />8. Duhat (<i>Syzygium cumini</i>)<br />9. Duruian (<i>Durio zibethinus</i>)<br />10. Grapes (<i>Vitis vinifera</i>)<br /><br />11. Guava (Psidium guajava)<br />12. Guyabano (<i>Anona muricata</i>)<br />13. Jackfruit (<i>Artocarpus heterophyllus</i>)<br />14. Lanzones (<i>Lansium domesticum</i>)<br />15. Mangosteen (<i>Garcinia mangostana</i>)<br /><br />16. Pili (<i>Canarium ovatum</i>)<br />17. Rambutan (<i>Nephalium appaceum</i>)<br />18. Rimas (<i>Artocarpus altilis</i>)<br />19. Kamansi (<i>A. camansi</i>)<br />20. Santol (Sandoricum koetjape)<br /><br />21. Sineguelas (<i>Spondias purpurea</i>)<br />22. Strawberry (<i>Fragaria chiloensis</i>)<br />23. Tamarind (Tamarindus indica)<br />24. Tiessa (<i>Poteria campechiana </i>syn<i> Locuma nervosa</i>)<br /></b></span><br /></span><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="204" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfcaexqNHrKfS74JZDpURJB-rForN4kDFLGTx4HNN0EEtnrnbhAN337LtOg4qEaLXwWfwH4_DTxtCVEINEMrtPm5OWOINGrXfoPqylSXl-Y3Oes2LB-6gLBnblAvqYhlDx7A4mxIDzH8/w174-h211/fruits+bignay+download.jpg" width="174" /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Other noteworthy fruits</b><b><br /><br />25. Bago (<i>Gnetum gnenum</i>)<br />26. Bignay (<i>Antidesma bunuis</i>) PHOTO, Internet<br />27. Biriba (<i>Rollina deliciosa </i>syn <i>R. orthopetala</i>)<br />28. Chico-Mamey ( <i>Pouteria sapota</i> syn., <i>Calocarpum sapota</i>)<br />29. Datiles (<i>Muntingia calabura</i>)<br />30. Kalumpit (<i>Terminalia microcarpa</i>)<br /><br />31. Kamachili (<i>Pithecolobium dulce</i>)<br />32. Kayam (<i>Inocarpus eduluis</i>)<br />33. Mabolo ( <i>Diospyrus blancoi</i>)<br />34. Makopa (<i>Syzygium samarangense</i>)<br />35. Manzanitas (<i>Ziziphus jujuba</i>)<br /><br />36. Marang (<i>Artocarpus pdoratoissima</i>)<br />37. Passion fruit (<i>Passiflora edulis</i>)<br />38. Granadilla (<i>Punica granatum</i>)</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b></b><b>39. Tampoy<br />40. Sapote </b><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">References: T<i>he Promising Fruits of the Philippines</i> by Dr. Roberto E. Coronel; T<i>he Living with Nature Handbook</i> by AV Rotor</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b> Part 7 - </b></span></span></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Love the <i>Bahay Kubo</i> (Nipa Hut) </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>- Bastion of Food Self-Sufficiency </b></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bahay Kubo takes us closer to nature, makes us appreciate our culture, and leads us to the inner calling for peace, quiet and joy.</span></b></div></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Living with Nature - School on Blog </b></div></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3c5X7ubQQV-VoqsxLE9iYTO-axTWTbVVE4gDw8-W1y9Qg6S7N8HXCFmV7dRZ7-aMHdlqFNmk0LmfFkg3UuVExDRkk8ZKFEFjvc9X3hC0hUna0OBv3s4CeJp1NdyX5N4RyjleITucnn6o/w320-h320/Philit+Bahay+Kubo+B.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><b><i>Bahay Kubo </i>is an enduring symbol of food self-sufficiency, indigenous biodiversity, simplicity and quaintness of living and natural beauty.</b><br /><br />Traditional Bahay Kubo painting by the author<br /><br /><b><i>Bahay Kubo</i> (My Nipa Hut) is one of the most loved traditional songs. All kids in my generation learned it by heart in the elementary. Not so many kids today are familiar with it. It is good to rediscover the beauty and lesson of the song. </b></span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /><i>Bahay kubo, kahit munti,</i></b><i><br /><b>ang halaman duon ay sari-sari.</b><br /><b>Singkamas at talong,</b><br /><b>Sigarilyas at mani.</b><br /><b>Sitaw, bataw, patani.</b><br /><b>Kundol, patola, upo't kalabasa.</b><br /><b>At saka meron pa,</b><br /><b>Labanos, mustasa.</b><br /><b>Sibuyas, kamatis,</b><br /><b>Bawang at luya.</b><br /><b>Sa paligid-ligid ay puno ng linga.</b></i><br /><br /><b>These are main features of the song.</b><br /><br /><b>· There are eighteen (18) plants, which are indigenous, mostly native species/varieties. (biodiversity)</b><br /><br /><b>· Many of the plants have medicinal values and are effective home remedies for common ailments (<i>luya, sibuyas, bawang</i>).</b><br /><br /><b>· The four kinds of vegetables are represented: leafy (mustasa), fruit (kamatis, talong, <i>kalabasa</i>), root (<i>labanos, singkamas</i>), seed (<i>linga, patani, mani</i>).</b><br /><br /><b>· Spices and condiments are included in the list (<i>linga, luya, bawang</i>)</b><br /><br /><b>· The plants have different planting and harvesting schedules, thus enhancing whole year round supply of vegetables, and the use of resources and family labor.</b><br /><br /><b>· The plants have different growing types or habits which means they occupy specific places and have space allocations. (viny, herb, bush).</b><br /><br /><b>· Nutrition-wise they provide the basic requirements for growing up and good health.</b><br /><br /><b>· The ambiance projected by the scene is green, tranquil, clean, shady and cool (environment-friendly).</b><br /><br /><b>· The garden exudes a feeling of self-sufficiency and offers a potential for livelihood.</b><br /><br /><b>· Simplicity is the key to a contented life (with least energy consumption, and amenities).</b><br /><br /><b>· Such a scene expands the imagination to include a backyard fishpond, chicken coop, orchard trees and ornamental plants, among others – all of these contribute to the enrichment of the Bahay Kubo, without modifying its basic concept and principle.</b><br /><br /><br /></span><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCg2cbD2A-z8h7g7zJrxRX9Gk-oj_1OwlGZPP9M_Y_Q7v6T0F2uzz-_orB3PGDlj_6hcBrnfTBkOQz-HxiHzpZWfuHVgJOaRua_b-XjRED-K3VClsOjbw-WmVhpMaWMKFMgg329s6XNY/w320-h210/Philit+Bahay+Kubo+H.jpg" style="font-weight: 700;" width="320" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Folk wisdom tells us how good it is to live simply and naturally, eat properly, stay young, healthy and active, save and earn money, depend less on energy and imported goods, and enjoy being at home with the family. Bahay Kubo takes us closer to nature, to appreciate our culture, and leads us to the inner calling for peace, quiet and joy.~ </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLmB7k3V51qPZWUaeL3V4xTR2Yw9j7DFTjdnz9T-CbNZBqDrEvxmCQGUnykfKFWAQPxH4r98zZYRiF_MZoeg1jeo8tqK2YpwlXs9OvYMHhG5kOJkaV_rk3t8twmg0GC81MgjXrbhQNQB5S/w320-h240/Bahay+Kubo+images.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bahay Kubo is evolving to suit with simple, healthy and happy living - and safety from the onslaught of current pandemic. Upper photo, a cozy native home in Floridablanca, Pampanga (photo by the author); modern </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">bahay kubo </i><b>version, photo from the Internet. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Homesite Plan </span></b></span></div></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></span><img border="0" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbL094D8VfvmfBAcX7i9hSjHQxEfhDnJiPl8qqURJlZz60lGmIaU-9YM6VPP2lpQkouWgp-dXkA6iP_vCExfdMQaSFytDTNmRsc1lBP-NPmM4fh94R_W8pW2NEUoHXz5B1XZanXIjZKI/w406-h479/DWCVi+(CIC)0019.JPG" width="406" /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div>Here is a plan of a <span style="font-style: italic;">Homesite</span> - an ideal integrated garden around a home in a rural setting. Compare this with <span style="font-style: italic;">Bahay Kubo</span>. Update it. Innovate it according to your concept, situation and needs. Allow innovations as long as these do not lose the essence of the plan. You can even expand the area, adding more features to it.</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In effect, this <span style="font-style: italic;">Homesite</span> model becomes a model farm, a <span style="font-style: italic;">Homestead - </span>one that has economic and ecological attributes that characterize the concept of sustainable productivity cum aesthetics and educational values. ~</span></b></span></div></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b style="text-align: center;"> Part 8 - </b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Farming is a Way of Living, a Mode of Life</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V. Rotor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UyNRg5AS6Ygyk3H8_6ewNndYwNjhyJULLqL3IS28jjYL5AX1_T1ePK1KDT3e2IqHayEGDvNUqNM4mIMMnZ2mMgrbo2ynW-k03-pm-M6I3-2g5XtnXVwX30NF77Y1V0NDj56gjNpPpnPg/s343/Painting+harvest.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="343" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UyNRg5AS6Ygyk3H8_6ewNndYwNjhyJULLqL3IS28jjYL5AX1_T1ePK1KDT3e2IqHayEGDvNUqNM4mIMMnZ2mMgrbo2ynW-k03-pm-M6I3-2g5XtnXVwX30NF77Y1V0NDj56gjNpPpnPg/w452-h398/Painting+harvest.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><i>Farming - A Way of Living </i> in acrylic by AV Rotor AVR</span></div></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">“<span>F</span></span>arming is a way of living,” says the dean of farm management in the Philippines, Dr Felix D. Maramba, quoting Eugene Devenport who said that farming is not only a business, but a mode of life. “Sometimes the business is the prominent feature, so successful that life seems to run on one long sweet song. Sometimes the business runs so low that life is a bitter struggle.”</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The farm and the family home is intertwined; in fact they are one.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Anything that affects the farm as a business also affects directly as a home. The farm operator is the head of the household and the bulk of the farm work is done by the members of the family. The farmer is the farmer 24 hours a days, on weekdays as well as on Sundays and Holidays.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The children are brought up in close contact with nature. They develop an appreciation of the manifestations of the Creator through living things and their order. The farm boy does not have to wait until he is grown up before he can work and share family responsibilities. He is brought up early in the family business. In this way he will learn the value of industry and a sense of proprietorship early in life. The work habits and resourcefulness developed by farm children are kept throughout their lives.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This old school of Dean Maramba may not be the model progressive farmers are looking for today, but definitely the better farmer is the entrepreneur who grew up with farming and pursued training in technology and farm management, and has gain the confidence and skills in transforming the traditional concept of a farm into an agribusiness and therefore, he has a better chance in dealing with the complexities of world of the agriculture and business.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Make the correct decisions in farming.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Farming is no easy task. It is full of decisions - decisions based on socio-economic principles, and guided by rules of conduct and natural laws and of society. These are 10 guidelines in decision making.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1. Surplus labor resources of typically large rural families should be directed to labor-intensive projects, such as integrated farming.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2. Hillside or upland agriculture requires the cultivation of permanent crops, preferably through mixed cropping, such as intercropping of coconuts with orchard trees and annual crops.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3. Coastal and river swamplands should be preserved as wildlife sanctuaries, and should be managed as an ecosystem, rather than an agricultural venture.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4. Wastes can be recycled and converted into raw materials of another enterprise. Farm wastes and byproducts of processing can be processed biologically into methane, organic fertilizer, and biomass for vermiculture.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">5. Productivity of small farms can be increased through pyramidal or storey farming. Batangas and Cavite farmers are well known for storied multiple cropping.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">6. Poor soils can be rehabilitated through natural farming, such as green manuring, crop rotation and use of organic fertilizers, all integrated in the farming system. Corn-peanut, rice-mungo are popular models of crop rotations.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">7. Cottage industries are built on agriculture, guided by profitability and practical technology. It is time to look at the many agro-industries, from food processing to handicrafts.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">8. Tri-commodity farming maximizes utilization of resources, such as having an orchard, planting field crops, and raising fish and livestock on one farm.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">9. Cooperative farming is the solution to economics of scale, these to include multipurpose and marketing cooperatives of farmers and entrepreneurs.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">10. Since the number of days devoted to farming is only one-third of the whole year, livelihood outside of farming should be developed. Like a sari-sari store, a small farm cannot afford to have too many hands. Other opportunities should be tapped outside of farming by other members of the family.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span></span><span>Get rid of waste by utilizing them.</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Agricultural byproducts make good animal feeds, as follows:</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Rice straw, corn stovers and sugarcane tops, the most common crop residues in the tropics, contain high digestible nutrients, and provide 50% of the total ration of cattle and carabaos.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Rice bran and corn bran are the most abundant general purpose feed that provides 80 percent of nutritional needs of poultry, hogs and livestock, especially when mixed with copra meal which is richer in protein than imported wheat bran (pollard).</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Cane molasses is high in calorie value. Alternative supplemental feeds are kamote vines for hogs and pineapple pulp and leaves for cattle.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here is a simple feed formula for cattle: Copra meal 56.5 kg; rice bran (kiskisan or second class cono bran) 25kg; molasses 15kg; Urea (commercial fertilizer grade, 45%N) 2.0kg; salt 1.0kg; and bone meal 0.5kg. Weight gain of a two-year old Batangas cattle breed fed with this formulation is 0.56 kg on the average,</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">These are byproducts which have potential feed value: These are byproducts or wastes in the processing of oil, starch, fish, meat, fruit and vegetables. The abundance of agricultural by-products offers ready and cheap feed substitutes with these advantages.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• It cuts down on feed costs,</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• reduces the volume on imported feed materials,</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• provides cheaper source of animal protein,</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• provides employment and livelihood, and</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• keeps the environment clean and in proper balance.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Protect nature through environment-friendly technology.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">One example is the use of rice hull ash to protects mungbeans from bean weevil. Burnt rice hull (ipa) contains silica crystals that are microscopic glass shards capable of penetrating into the conjunctiva of the bean weevil, <i>Callosobruchus maculatus.</i> Once lodged, the crystal causes more damage as the insect moves and struggles, resulting in infection and desiccation, and ultimately death.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is the finding of Ethel Niña Catahan in her masteral thesis in biology at the University of Santo Tomas. Catahan tested two types of rice hull ash, One is partly carbonized (black ash) and the other oven-burned (white ash). Both were applied independently in very small amount as either mixed with the beans or as protectant placed at the mouth of the container. In both preparations and methods, mungbeans – and other beans and cereals, for that matter – can be stored for as long as six months without being destroyed by this Coleopterous insect.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The bean weevil is a cosmopolitan insect whose grub lives inside the bean, eating the whole content and leaving only the seed cover at the end of its life cycle. When it is about to emerge the female lays eggs for the next generation. Whole stocks of beans may be rendered unfit not only for human consumption, but for animal feeds as well. It is because the insect leaves a characteristic odor that comes from the insect’s droppings and due to fungal growth that accompanies infestation. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are many kinds of vegetables you can choose</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">for backyard and homelot gardening.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Let’s aim at unifying agriculture and ecology into agro-ecology. This is what practical farming is all about. ~</span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b style="text-align: center;">Annex A - Odaira's Yojigen Postulate (F</b></span><b>our-dimensional integrated process in agribusiness)</b></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBO2S0uPXqfdSB4QYFWMOtS-j2Bf8iQ-S2u8vGsk-XoJyBdeCmy-3AwZhUCq15fiXT8Hc1Wx0S0PYQIFZfdHUBqeGMQPKaLEoze33afAGT7t_8gtZg4JH1IpszLlhmXW89h-lwaVl7V4/s1600/Basi+3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475013031656717746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBO2S0uPXqfdSB4QYFWMOtS-j2Bf8iQ-S2u8vGsk-XoJyBdeCmy-3AwZhUCq15fiXT8Hc1Wx0S0PYQIFZfdHUBqeGMQPKaLEoze33afAGT7t_8gtZg4JH1IpszLlhmXW89h-lwaVl7V4/s400/Basi+3.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 470px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 314px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span>Two products - </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Basi</span><span> and </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Sukang Iloko</span><span> - are produced in one enterprise.</span></span><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihlDRjfT137oTsMMLlQVH1i4JQpZukt8cSUCjhAcN8zyfDT7-bRwt9W4OwftJfkdnS_xbAbL0um9RtygdSgdINZuX6xIiiFSVUHPxo2rwh5ZqzIcQ8CiIvR6J4vX5OXrhp-OXIsNgvhU/s1600/Basi+wine+in+bottles.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475013042519739202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihlDRjfT137oTsMMLlQVH1i4JQpZukt8cSUCjhAcN8zyfDT7-bRwt9W4OwftJfkdnS_xbAbL0um9RtygdSgdINZuX6xIiiFSVUHPxo2rwh5ZqzIcQ8CiIvR6J4vX5OXrhp-OXIsNgvhU/s400/Basi+wine+in+bottles.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 124px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 325px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Wine, wine, wine</span><span> - but all made with the same process worldwide.</span></span><br /></b></span></div><span><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span>Wine making is universal through yeast fermentation, hence wine comes in different sources and brands - cane sugarcane, grapes, rice, corn, and many kinds of fruits - chico, guava, cashew, duhat, mango, pineapple, orange, etc. It is the same principle in beer making.</span><br /><br /><span>The second stage after wine is produced is acetification. Wine becomes sour (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">vin-egar</span><span>) and turns into vinegar. Both wine and vinegar can be integrated into one enterprise. A third product is nata de coco. Another constitute the residues and spent must in wine fermentation which is converted to animal feeds.</span><br /><br /><span>There is really no waste if we follow Odaira's Yojigen. Actually his postulates are as old as agriculture - way back in the Fertile Crescent some 10,000 years ago. Odaira's great contribution is the revival of a traditional knowledge and skill put to practice in the light of tightening economy and endangered environment, and taking down to the grassroots the application of his postulates.</span></span><br /><br />The long search for more efficient production systems may end where biology, ecology and agriculture converge and complement one another. Biology provides the principles for understanding life; agriculture applies such principles in the production of crops and animals; while ecology establishes the environment-friendly conditions.<br /><br />This complementarity concept has led this author to the work of a Japanese scientist, Keihichi Odaira, who is the proponent of a four-dimensional process called Yojigen. In a capsule, this theory is made up of four pillars, namely<br /><br />1. <span>Take advantage of living creatures as producing machines.<br />2. Look for more than one product from a single process.<br />3. Take advantage of any material as a source for the next process.<br />4. Remember that the value of a given process can be greater than the sum of its parts.</span><br /><br />Over the years, this writer has witnessed Odaira's Yojigen apply his theories on agriculture, reviving the old school of Farming, the<span> Natural Way.</span> Let us look at its application under Philippine conditions.<br /><br /><span>Take advantage of the functions of the living creatures as producing machines.</span><br /><br />Plants grow and produce food by photosynthesis, a function of both genetic and environmental factors. This means that a potentially high yielding crop can be enhanced by favorable agro-climatic conditions. This is the principle of plant breeding and agronomy, so with animal husbandry.<br /><br />In agronomy, time and space elements are crucial. Proper crop sequences and rotations take advantage of this principle. Wherever feasible, rice is often followed by cash crops like corn, legume and vegetables. When a farmer decides to practice crop rotation, he is able to identify the proper technology involved, as well as market suitable crops.<br /><br />As producers, livestock animals should be maintained only during the most economical period in their life cycle. For example, pigs are kept from six to seven months, attaining a weight of around 80 kilos. After this period, the feed conversion ratio becomes economically inefficient. This is true with cattle raised and fattened for not more than three years. For poultry, marketing is programmed with both feed efficiency ratio and the desired weight and size of the broiler.<br /><br />The principle of inter-cropping follows this postulate. Banana is intercropped with coconut in Quezon and Leyte. Coconut-banana-vegetables are combined on upland farms in Cavite and Camarines Norte, while coconut-lanzones-coffee is common in Laguna.<br /><br />These schemes illustrate the maximization of plant function through proper combination and sequencing. Other examples illustrate the application of this assumption are the following:<br /><br />5. Combined rice and fish culture in Central Luzon.<br />6. Integrated corn production and beef cattle fattening in Mindanao.<br />7. Upland agriculture or KABSAKA in Iloilo, combining<br />two or more upland crops on a given piece of land.<br />8. Corn and peanut intercropping in Isabela.<br />9. Ipil-ipil-black pepper-coffee intercropping in Batangas and Laguna.<br /></b><div><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The value of a given process can be greater than the sum of its parts. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">As a common practice, farmers and homesteaders plant cover crops such as kudzu (<i>Pueraria javanica), Centrosema pubescens</i> and giant spineless <i>Mimosa</i> to suppress obnoxious weeds on ranches and orchards. Cover crops, aside from being effective in controlling weeds, is also forage for cattle and other large animals. Their residues, when incorporated with the soil, add to its fertility. It also reduces the rate of evaporation of soil moisture, thus controlling soil erosion and loss of soil nutrients.</span></b></div><span><b><span><br />Through effective weed control, the farmer has a better chance of meeting his farming schedules, while reducing the risk of brush fire. Conserving soil moisture, especially when rainfall is sufficient enhances seed germination and survival. Beneficial soil organisms thrive best in soil with high organic matter. These include the earthworm and nitrogen-fixing bacteria that help maintain a good crop stand.<br /><br />Here’s another example to illustrate this principle. The idea of burning is to get rid of farm wastes quickly. But by burning, the potential nutrient value of the straw, both as feed and as a source of organic matter, is lost. Rice straw is very useful to farmers as mulch, for mushroom production, and as well as composting material.<br /><br />Many advantages are derived from these practices. First, mulching increases crop yield. It also doubles the production of garlic and onions. Mushroom can be a lucrative business, while composting contributes to soil fertility. Crops grown on soil with high organic matter do not only produce higher yields but also have higher food value.<br /><br />This author would like to add a fifth postulate to Odaira's Yojigen.<br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span>Capitalize on the natural qualities of living things in their respective environments.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We know of certain natural properties of organisms in their indigenous locations. The sweetest mangoes grow in Zambales, the sweetest lanzones in Paete (Laguna), the largest and juiciest pineapples are found in Bukidnon. No bangus (milkfish) anywhere can beat the Bonoan (Dagupan, Pangasinan) breed. Sarangani (Mindanao) ranchers boast of their beef as among the best-tasting.<br /><br />Benguet vegetables, like lettuce, cabbages and cauliflower, are distinctly superior over those grown on the lowland areas. Garlic grows best in the Ilocos region, bulb onions in Bongabong (Nueva Ecija), kapeng barako in Batangas, and peanuts in Jones (Isabela).<br /><br />By analyzing Yojigen, one is led to know, in simple and discreet ways, the many gifts of nature. ~<br /></span><br /></span></b></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;">Annex B - Homeostasis - Dynamic Balance of Nature</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Homeostasis refers to dynamic equilibrium, the ability of certain organisms or systems to maintain long term balance in spite of changes taking place in the environment over time. Here are some agents</span></b><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> of Nature</span></b><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> that help bring about such dynamic balance.</span></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Living with Nature School on Blog</b><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAvRco2emIo9Ycs3GDTrh0d3w6tweRTR6zANEl05zEsdUZCqxcv8LVh3ZWcDZsQ2pIW_1ZpDd_tRp7_69vR69fBUzgscNsnOXIw2_dRAP9OP0Mry2_xTPpMhc-7BKoOFm8u4wZ-4QTa4/s1600-h/Micro+Rhizobium.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412619950601368354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAvRco2emIo9Ycs3GDTrh0d3w6tweRTR6zANEl05zEsdUZCqxcv8LVh3ZWcDZsQ2pIW_1ZpDd_tRp7_69vR69fBUzgscNsnOXIw2_dRAP9OP0Mry2_xTPpMhc-7BKoOFm8u4wZ-4QTa4/s400/Micro+Rhizobium.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 471px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 405px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">1. Rhizobium</span> bacteria</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> convert atmospheric Nitrogen into nitrate</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">for the use of plants.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Note tubercles in lower photo where the</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">beneficial bacteria reside.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFcXBZvZjrgg2CvcFCr2ems8xC8MZfY4UjyWiDvWzoG1lb96CyD4DsTah9QA0cdZP5tLu-8sREEiiKcm6uPIxJJENSZRaxLOhGI-_yjaj_5xrB_BtHE1bV4f3R81bhh_kRbK8B6hyphenhyphenS6Y/s1600-h/avr+129.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412615026761589138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFcXBZvZjrgg2CvcFCr2ems8xC8MZfY4UjyWiDvWzoG1lb96CyD4DsTah9QA0cdZP5tLu-8sREEiiKcm6uPIxJJENSZRaxLOhGI-_yjaj_5xrB_BtHE1bV4f3R81bhh_kRbK8B6hyphenhyphenS6Y/s400/avr+129.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 274px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">2. A host of soil insects, principally crickets and grubs, was</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span>responsible in toppling this tree. </span><span>Caliraya Lake, Laguna.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4ai1na4o-44G_LwcTU7m453c95LptX9100D6P1EbEPHDaBFoo6POuyPlfoRAWi0Aq9PRwWpGNGq5ENq6h25OVMO7kmm31SIMmD5yWJkl8sVUzI3SR4KO6QYBeBrj6v4yDQSc3avDp-8/s1600-h/Lichen+9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412619937811878338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4ai1na4o-44G_LwcTU7m453c95LptX9100D6P1EbEPHDaBFoo6POuyPlfoRAWi0Aq9PRwWpGNGq5ENq6h25OVMO7kmm31SIMmD5yWJkl8sVUzI3SR4KO6QYBeBrj6v4yDQSc3avDp-8/s400/Lichen+9.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Foliose lichen grows and breaks down the lignin of wood.</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Parks and Wildlife Nature Center, QC</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3t3pcYBL3GNxONl0-6hECMgFCS9QkjReYm8x-v1Hq_dbGOp9JcvhUce5f9HAO13_OYKij0-8aXB5WZWl6g39IbGN7Gn-BoU0eCkRM8BqqkaEDJkMZonXncHW5QrSEt1-ND6b0vAy2i5k/s1600-h/Moss+3.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412619958727683346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3t3pcYBL3GNxONl0-6hECMgFCS9QkjReYm8x-v1Hq_dbGOp9JcvhUce5f9HAO13_OYKij0-8aXB5WZWl6g39IbGN7Gn-BoU0eCkRM8BqqkaEDJkMZonXncHW5QrSEt1-ND6b0vAy2i5k/s400/Moss+3.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Moss builds soil from rock</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">an example of biological weathering.</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Calaruega Retreat Center, Alfonso, Cavite</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi324dGca42FFzf9lP4uo1oXhhsk1Z1nGajuAZRaktFP8qqm01TmOKzJ3_bRVasDc_dSE_2U3-Hd44NJ6Mk9ZizuSjZDZo5Oq28YCraMZn_cveklSGTuk4SrllrzFeUmaRf0rosGbn6vEU/s1600-h/Insect+Termite+1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412617908585649362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi324dGca42FFzf9lP4uo1oXhhsk1Z1nGajuAZRaktFP8qqm01TmOKzJ3_bRVasDc_dSE_2U3-Hd44NJ6Mk9ZizuSjZDZo5Oq28YCraMZn_cveklSGTuk4SrllrzFeUmaRf0rosGbn6vEU/s400/Insect+Termite+1.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Termites eat wood with the aid of protozoa that live in<br />their stomach, an ideal example of symbiosis.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjV0WBTe9BfdYtTom67TWkV2WLc3RGxKuyxxwl8MWqCSSfxdskwEYfdBi-Rg7RLtErhnOjk89QV_1f5AAWD_9D-kShmgpzOXIPYimyEXcqD9xuPT8wZpFW2L9-xtKPHvgtlX6tFq3eXLU/s1600-h/IMG_4763.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412617885301933218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjV0WBTe9BfdYtTom67TWkV2WLc3RGxKuyxxwl8MWqCSSfxdskwEYfdBi-Rg7RLtErhnOjk89QV_1f5AAWD_9D-kShmgpzOXIPYimyEXcqD9xuPT8wZpFW2L9-xtKPHvgtlX6tFq3eXLU/s400/IMG_4763.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Termite mound covers a tree stump, which ultimately become soil. </span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Parks and Wildlife Nature Center, Quezon City.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9RogJRB5-iJY5468WgwIVEucC78PS2lr8d3As25TKjXeHmyPntVkRe5rpf0i9A9ORHBlgNZjUUC0Th5jghr390f7uynhrvO6znYpW-8JEZwGRqTZYfiNVgNXpKUu43AhN4Fiqbvfu9Y/s1600-h/IMG_1063.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412617876123791650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9RogJRB5-iJY5468WgwIVEucC78PS2lr8d3As25TKjXeHmyPntVkRe5rpf0i9A9ORHBlgNZjUUC0Th5jghr390f7uynhrvO6znYpW-8JEZwGRqTZYfiNVgNXpKUu43AhN4Fiqbvfu9Y/s400/IMG_1063.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Mushrooms grow on plant residues, and convert them into<br />humus which fertilizes the crop. Antipolo, Rizal</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKzq0ZmEZFBVWzrZuGrFkASYiWvuEIIQmIprQnDHumBuxUnpztvBMBgNOe6a_YEZ3mFV3tOYhX2FM7NWBf0x47CqrVz9eXkYVbFgSL9HJgDcpuHZjmZDcaY9z6G7c4rqqb3F5Tot3yHEY/s1600-h/environment+new+folder169.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412615050969290322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKzq0ZmEZFBVWzrZuGrFkASYiWvuEIIQmIprQnDHumBuxUnpztvBMBgNOe6a_YEZ3mFV3tOYhX2FM7NWBf0x47CqrVz9eXkYVbFgSL9HJgDcpuHZjmZDcaY9z6G7c4rqqb3F5Tot3yHEY/s400/environment+new+folder169.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 307px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. Shelf mushrooms grow on dead wood, eventually converting<br />it into soil that piles up on </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">the forest oor.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Mt. Makiling, Laguna</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0mM3kTXytdDHbWUBGhmeVNiF1_iVSxRsVgbMAUOKC6qoLvYvXWkrQlrw-xNI5KmFCtSpTmDrU82Q8LdEgRWFBcQkDExTApqz5w2lanfzqEvUR50kUquWelqozSb6KdTpPXYVOqf05oQ/s1600-h/11212009(001).jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412615036799035762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX0mM3kTXytdDHbWUBGhmeVNiF1_iVSxRsVgbMAUOKC6qoLvYvXWkrQlrw-xNI5KmFCtSpTmDrU82Q8LdEgRWFBcQkDExTApqz5w2lanfzqEvUR50kUquWelqozSb6KdTpPXYVOqf05oQ/s400/11212009(001).jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 523px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 392px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">10. Rot fungi blanket the dead limb of Ficus tree.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">UST Manila.</span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo-MUiHRMWVk5cV3DYYauXy47QH4C6Vi1K7jxu3x_CTdDKd11iy5i1zqhUqtBL2ZGvUA69pN2qoeYiA3nVUjKI_qRgi1Se8nMlxzKOBSpwvXoJB-aE5icAF2J-Mwt8KIOPq9iWbDCS1Ho/s1600/Acvacia+emptiness+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1066" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKo-MUiHRMWVk5cV3DYYauXy47QH4C6Vi1K7jxu3x_CTdDKd11iy5i1zqhUqtBL2ZGvUA69pN2qoeYiA3nVUjKI_qRgi1Se8nMlxzKOBSpwvXoJB-aE5icAF2J-Mwt8KIOPq9iWbDCS1Ho/s400/Acvacia+emptiness+2.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>11. Drynaria Fern and acacia tree in a state of </b><b>mutualism </b><br /><b>(symbiosis) f</b><b>avorable to the longevity of both symbionts.</b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxmPfAXCXLY9qOZHNtmru9TuGnnq_-UxmNDcyPHCESTcqre1xDrBGoSAoS27sbUbM2hE0JcCRzeQRmC-BFxKN4tJQwuMKP3a-ucViIMx371hxv1XY467L7E4OzAAGHJBo1SW3V3aSqRcK/s1600/Pond+nymphaea+fish.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxmPfAXCXLY9qOZHNtmru9TuGnnq_-UxmNDcyPHCESTcqre1xDrBGoSAoS27sbUbM2hE0JcCRzeQRmC-BFxKN4tJQwuMKP3a-ucViIMx371hxv1XY467L7E4OzAAGHJBo1SW3V3aSqRcK/s1600/Pond+nymphaea+fish.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>12, Nymphaea and Cuperus are Nature's water purifiers, </b><b>now used in </b><br /><b>bioremediation - the cleaning of polluted bodies of fresh water. </b><br /><b>(Detail of Mural by AVR)</b><br /><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNNUpAZu7qoWP_arV-09R3Dgwf1ODRVejr7A_Cod7E1HnQVhpOuad1koO_IEuiL-VP9RlOXzXh4U6rOypcF5Zuzo9kPl6RFki6m_DYGDXkaq1ugUpMmpl3-s36VqfeITnUbCakoO3GA_z/s1600/ant+ColonyCoop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="440" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNNUpAZu7qoWP_arV-09R3Dgwf1ODRVejr7A_Cod7E1HnQVhpOuad1koO_IEuiL-VP9RlOXzXh4U6rOypcF5Zuzo9kPl6RFki6m_DYGDXkaq1ugUpMmpl3-s36VqfeITnUbCakoO3GA_z/s320/ant+ColonyCoop.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>13. Ants are efficient predators of a wide range of pests.</b><br /><b>They maintain a favorable balance of the food web and ecosystem.</b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8412BZZWAlB_Jds-QDoU_ykeetqiLVIIGVJAGjo_zeEIU36zBAKgfwaLqmXAo5lmhQOOgvggm6IWlUkTCg32tYdmXkAB0Fwez-YcyMeOnLMGhuEB0ZmOOlxPXK5LDV3I4ReLkFQQ6EQhs/s1600/slug+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="302" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8412BZZWAlB_Jds-QDoU_ykeetqiLVIIGVJAGjo_zeEIU36zBAKgfwaLqmXAo5lmhQOOgvggm6IWlUkTCg32tYdmXkAB0Fwez-YcyMeOnLMGhuEB0ZmOOlxPXK5LDV3I4ReLkFQQ6EQhs/s400/slug+2.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><b>14. Garden slug feeds of algae and organic waste - it is Nature's janitor. </b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcYUZIBD9EpiiGgwMkR4bbe1WCP2HqQdJTMep43kolDZOwR66Al76lNHLGYMkQuhwLRZp9vw6zCYh9QChozL1XNq874w05E6r-xX8FUFsM7x9kt4iPLIOlMDfMZwvOTetUE_v6v0sDzN1/s1600/yeast+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="276" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcYUZIBD9EpiiGgwMkR4bbe1WCP2HqQdJTMep43kolDZOwR66Al76lNHLGYMkQuhwLRZp9vw6zCYh9QChozL1XNq874w05E6r-xX8FUFsM7x9kt4iPLIOlMDfMZwvOTetUE_v6v0sDzN1/s400/yeast+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>15. Yeast is ubiquitous, Nature's agent of fermentation. Sugar is converted </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>into </b></span><b>ethanol and acetic acid, which ultimately break into elements. </b></span></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="text-align: left;">Lesson, Former <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i></span><span style="text-align: left;"> (People's School-on-Air) </span><span style="text-align: left;">738 DZRB AM Band, </span></b></span></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-69390364152801645732024-03-13T09:11:00.045+08:002024-03-14T20:48:51.760+08:00TREES, TREES, TREES for Progress and Peace <div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">TREES, TREES, TREES</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">for Progress and Peace</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 1 - </span></b><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Trees for Peace</b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 2 - The Tropical Rainforest - Richest Ecosystem</span></b></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 3 - Tropical Rainforest on the Wall</span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 4 - </span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Arboretum - </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">Microcosm of a Tropical Forest (Living with Nature Center)</b><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Part 5 - </b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Woodland in the City </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Arboretum of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Part 6 - </span><span>The Holy Father plants a tree. </span></span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></b></div></div></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 7 - The Living Christmas Tree - </span></b><span style="font-family: arial;">Plant a tree this Christmas Season</span></span></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Part 8 - </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Save the Trees this Palm Sunday</span></span><span> </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 9 - Trophies of Nature</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 10 - T</span></b><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">rees in Winter in Brisbane, Australia</b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 11 - Greet Sunrise through the Trees</span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;">Part 12 - The Sound of Trees</b></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b><span>Part 14 - Don't Cut the Trees, Don't</span></b></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Part 15 - </span></b></b></span></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Trees are Benevolent Hosts</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Part 14 - </span></b></b></span><b style="text-align: center;"> A tree fell and took with it its tenants and symbionts.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Part 16 - </span></span><span>Bonsai is Nature's Art</span></b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 17 - Do you believe in tree spirit?</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 18 - Nativity in the Forest</span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 19 - <span>Towering <i>Anahaw</i> Palm Trees </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 20 - The Tree that Wears a Veil</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;">Part 21 - </b><b style="text-align: center;">Lost Forest</b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 22 - Driftwood Strange Creatures - Emissaries of Ecological Destruction</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part 23 - </b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Trees on the Campus</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part 24 - </b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I talk to the trees - and they listen to me.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part 25 - </b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Put Life into a Dying Tree</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 26 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Dita,</i> the tallest tree in Manila</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 27 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Symbiosis of <i>Drynaria</i> Fern and Acacia Tree - More than Commensalism</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 28 - Mythical Forest</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 29 - Queer Looking Trees in Another World</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 30 - Where Have all the Native Fruits Gone?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Part 1 - Trees for Peace </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">A Lesson on Ecology Through Art </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Trees give peace to the souls of men.” - Nora Waln</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Paintings by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKtrDeWPF7OyPUqhhRvLEJpr8wLpUan0kqcGbxBdO5m0CFZKBFSSvNUKKEhczUuZiSGLvc-bcYTBZ2z_jEmszWB7GJVZ9Y8zmjqTyCriXiIWGDcrbq50q7PLswMkjbHtdlwYCWgUjl4IrE2uaij0AJ3On8LruEY0gOPRoFnJDcrlQ4W08KEeMWRjd/w469-h312/DSC05655%20-%20Copy.JPG" /></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Convergence</i> in acrylic by the author 2022</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div></span><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3uHVkf7eDFTmrzmeAGiPDxWONPGTNtn5EgKzU3H3JWWDsqv2xAB9P9IbZ0lffoGJjv1R3PYvDJlfsfOLDfpTMkSOq1extfZeLQUIBl0oLsiNYOtVN4wtICNFnvdq-setRGwpy5SU1aNCMpWjfvPkjsnId62Z-vGmh7Ivf8-MnSkN_6uFSOOlEJ96/s2340/DSC03981.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2340" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3uHVkf7eDFTmrzmeAGiPDxWONPGTNtn5EgKzU3H3JWWDsqv2xAB9P9IbZ0lffoGJjv1R3PYvDJlfsfOLDfpTMkSOq1extfZeLQUIBl0oLsiNYOtVN4wtICNFnvdq-setRGwpy5SU1aNCMpWjfvPkjsnId62Z-vGmh7Ivf8-MnSkN_6uFSOOlEJ96/w469-h295/DSC03981.JPG" width="469" /></a></div><div><span><div><i>Tree of Liberty</i><span> in acrylic by the author</span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span>"All I need to do is to climb a tree,</span></span></div><div><span><span> and all the world knows I'm free." avr</span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span>“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life.” - <i>Rumi</i></span></span></div><div><span><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPiFj02F_ZWfIgKk1Atk0zt4KxAOAgPE5n6fDQXrLWpDsy6Tb0EDyzTtOx4vkG1hvybmTs451Fgbq1DkV1Q31irfzf6bxNz89nojeoH3-WJcy8FbFUW4rWsnlJ_lA-I2zUmyISQ4F8mW2H083Y-gwHhq6CzFbIknXfvxG9HMbCsO-NeiWlUP04whx/s2592/DSC04201.JPG"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPiFj02F_ZWfIgKk1Atk0zt4KxAOAgPE5n6fDQXrLWpDsy6Tb0EDyzTtOx4vkG1hvybmTs451Fgbq1DkV1Q31irfzf6bxNz89nojeoH3-WJcy8FbFUW4rWsnlJ_lA-I2zUmyISQ4F8mW2H083Y-gwHhq6CzFbIknXfvxG9HMbCsO-NeiWlUP04whx/w151-h201/DSC04201.JPG" width="151" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSU06XRZOvAYNXGMfzZ7_hcy3S9YpNfOSM6Bu8GukTEUJ3y88PMfOcTwFtWN54pwShyPzkC1Hhe7DVprKynrOxgLyZ-ggx0a7dH8mckDta_ej5XfE7VCrxdBXJafuYjJSxwCRrLiEJoaYmkiiNO9BqxQovN7Vgaxhehtr4x-AJrxlIj-IbT2yYrblF/s2383/DSC04203.JPG"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSU06XRZOvAYNXGMfzZ7_hcy3S9YpNfOSM6Bu8GukTEUJ3y88PMfOcTwFtWN54pwShyPzkC1Hhe7DVprKynrOxgLyZ-ggx0a7dH8mckDta_ej5XfE7VCrxdBXJafuYjJSxwCRrLiEJoaYmkiiNO9BqxQovN7Vgaxhehtr4x-AJrxlIj-IbT2yYrblF/w316-h200/DSC04203.JPG" width="316" /></a></div><div><b><span>"White doves, emissaries of peace;</span></b></div><div><b><span> Trees, living monuments of peace." avr</span></b></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IURMcZ86bv_bOK0llNXsbKh8pj4Pq9oqkW7-V5v4fL82SukN2T-bn7wl862E2aYe5fYMKo7-xBj17_DmC0Z_8s2X9-wCY52XCKkhEXvNsqLfTT3gK87UL6JhoWoKdZ1SBBcK0W8PL0BeNRiAhTqJ18L2nrrVqDueSO-iwfVZ5ZzyblwfaxsIPj69Iw/s2478/DSC04254.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IURMcZ86bv_bOK0llNXsbKh8pj4Pq9oqkW7-V5v4fL82SukN2T-bn7wl862E2aYe5fYMKo7-xBj17_DmC0Z_8s2X9-wCY52XCKkhEXvNsqLfTT3gK87UL6JhoWoKdZ1SBBcK0W8PL0BeNRiAhTqJ18L2nrrVqDueSO-iwfVZ5ZzyblwfaxsIPj69Iw/s320/DSC04254.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs_bpXGwPoPCyy6V1EGQhepYTrctVP5N2hrwv2hL6Psfb4FHiV2UQQFrKVnUVYqufTTtIvX80qBDXyB1gVyCVMpWObQWdZMuSB5BFZEgsaQBpKOo059lpjJ_k2jVVyyR76ALHCD1cCV5mdv9lvPWMr8i3Ll_zJav90qct0yhq_d1Uzx_pkyX_C0plhw/s2592/DSC04255.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs_bpXGwPoPCyy6V1EGQhepYTrctVP5N2hrwv2hL6Psfb4FHiV2UQQFrKVnUVYqufTTtIvX80qBDXyB1gVyCVMpWObQWdZMuSB5BFZEgsaQBpKOo059lpjJ_k2jVVyyR76ALHCD1cCV5mdv9lvPWMr8i3Ll_zJav90qct0yhq_d1Uzx_pkyX_C0plhw/s320/DSC04255.JPG" /></a></div></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8RxK5mPws2DPaBFMZ3ZGtwPf2ubbrdj8O9zkS2b-6y839EfDm5YWhLoRzjQ7A3lLWKcg0Drj-ktpqBZElWTRrgmqHLjyujcUlj0xykoduW8sL_UrIPyyJVAfnQarmPF54b6lQDMLhtnl1G1G3RWyhloaCgNT4Q9ZgMGus7PAM7WBOyxK3Siu8PBb4w/s2540/DSC04247.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8RxK5mPws2DPaBFMZ3ZGtwPf2ubbrdj8O9zkS2b-6y839EfDm5YWhLoRzjQ7A3lLWKcg0Drj-ktpqBZElWTRrgmqHLjyujcUlj0xykoduW8sL_UrIPyyJVAfnQarmPF54b6lQDMLhtnl1G1G3RWyhloaCgNT4Q9ZgMGus7PAM7WBOyxK3Siu8PBb4w/s320/DSC04247.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF4FW6DMDCnqiuykBynGzr5T15nNTLLvDR2QvxN8LOmI9Ly0Sj92bBHXt89KBtTU6WqNe3gSx-uM0YP99eVsxv1OJawQembV0eh0Q9cBEyzkDPVEt00bRJLZAF8dE2k9JPdIgWTOG_Id_gxnSMU-FRELvtEaKKBETptlGoLO_b4aOMKfCfMWGaAUgMw/s2592/DSC04257.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF4FW6DMDCnqiuykBynGzr5T15nNTLLvDR2QvxN8LOmI9Ly0Sj92bBHXt89KBtTU6WqNe3gSx-uM0YP99eVsxv1OJawQembV0eh0Q9cBEyzkDPVEt00bRJLZAF8dE2k9JPdIgWTOG_Id_gxnSMU-FRELvtEaKKBETptlGoLO_b4aOMKfCfMWGaAUgMw/s320/DSC04257.JPG" /></a></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span>Somewhere between the valleys and mountains,</span></b></div><div><span><b>caves and cliffs, streams and </b><b>rivers</b><b>;</b></span></div><div><b><span>man craves for something beyond his Being,</span></b></div><div><b><span> in verses and songs - and prayers. - avr </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwScwV1LWdr9mDfyIRU3QnLJJoNpS4eCrQa8qkuruJEMpz1rN9q77uCuJVUZ-wgn0vvSc3inPgKjlnILEasW_8n1TjYaZaJ3f56_SVSxTYw-8VaVslIhhj2IwaQLbCY8bRwUpRgc5xNrnMYgpmpM3ri69dh5ZX-fK-yeYOdjJqplOplb-xnp3A64bkpw/s2448/DSC04028.JPG"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwScwV1LWdr9mDfyIRU3QnLJJoNpS4eCrQa8qkuruJEMpz1rN9q77uCuJVUZ-wgn0vvSc3inPgKjlnILEasW_8n1TjYaZaJ3f56_SVSxTYw-8VaVslIhhj2IwaQLbCY8bRwUpRgc5xNrnMYgpmpM3ri69dh5ZX-fK-yeYOdjJqplOplb-xnp3A64bkpw/w248-h312/DSC04028.JPG" width="248" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmNxDhVDLKmHXGRJuV5Oo4-l0DFqbgYNKSV8Wy9nn_cI7X_juVK8r60bjaBrYFtmoQOus9QTXygD8H5eJ9OAzXXCaA03sd73RyCE-JOgE1OxifoT_Cj62oICvDSx_rX3cJspLQcFQ-TK8-Pw8WwjuUDgTi2uOiax8fr2NXFGqXju_H92Xkd7p-rGt0A/s2592/DSC04026.JPG"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmNxDhVDLKmHXGRJuV5Oo4-l0DFqbgYNKSV8Wy9nn_cI7X_juVK8r60bjaBrYFtmoQOus9QTXygD8H5eJ9OAzXXCaA03sd73RyCE-JOgE1OxifoT_Cj62oICvDSx_rX3cJspLQcFQ-TK8-Pw8WwjuUDgTi2uOiax8fr2NXFGqXju_H92Xkd7p-rGt0A/w234-h312/DSC04026.JPG" width="234" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeArdQh0QmTYLJ_jKa8mQtRP70PiQVrfcoKrOQHpDqsciEH2AEaIOXAr1M5ukhs5dtJn9u5MrMK4mprbmq6n_23wbgxxg1mUvFR7McUZAJVXzsrrzctRY-mBJM8jSR1uDvDiKMQSPBgW75uOxQCDFcNnxG05RWDaPpLrHQ7OrQKZX1Kp3La_ll3EupHQ/s2592/DSC04023.JPG"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeArdQh0QmTYLJ_jKa8mQtRP70PiQVrfcoKrOQHpDqsciEH2AEaIOXAr1M5ukhs5dtJn9u5MrMK4mprbmq6n_23wbgxxg1mUvFR7McUZAJVXzsrrzctRY-mBJM8jSR1uDvDiKMQSPBgW75uOxQCDFcNnxG05RWDaPpLrHQ7OrQKZX1Kp3La_ll3EupHQ/w246-h186/DSC04023.JPG" width="246" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Hg6ES8Jo6_AdbxWIXacyF8NN5o9lizaMdiRFNxr_lIPU_Ubi-rH6Tvt7OpTkEjfVHgU8L6Ymfc1MBJT0oTHN1b_4xxV51W_hX87EUs83G2G14B8XoW4Le9IKvHb-LWeNv1l3MHF4JY2QKpdrJD6VB7UkPvCrlnXjpwi5lvDKFzcHJOa-QYiYmKcSaA/s2592/DSC04022.JPG"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Hg6ES8Jo6_AdbxWIXacyF8NN5o9lizaMdiRFNxr_lIPU_Ubi-rH6Tvt7OpTkEjfVHgU8L6Ymfc1MBJT0oTHN1b_4xxV51W_hX87EUs83G2G14B8XoW4Le9IKvHb-LWeNv1l3MHF4JY2QKpdrJD6VB7UkPvCrlnXjpwi5lvDKFzcHJOa-QYiYmKcSaA/w242-h185/DSC04022.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span>Wonder how birds in the sky see us down,</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span>how minuscule we are, like their kind;</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span>wonder how we look at them in the blue sky,</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span>worlds apart we say yet we are one. -avr</span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><span>“The bird who dares to fall is the bird who learns to fly.” - D. W. Journals ~</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Part 2 - The Tropical Rainforest - Richest Ecosystem</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <b><span>In celebration of International Day of Forests - </span></b><b><span>March 21, 2023* </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>"Rainforests are Earth's oldest living ecosystems, with some</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years."</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">- National Geographic Society</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A. Profile of the Tropical Rainforest</span></span></b></div></b><div><b><span><br /></span></b><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC8jjebQu6BXNtLIHhHA3Q3qedlZT6Zt-cSpciSNVlOODrp7ZqI5shI32kRytYmspho3-BO6o345qj_FIiCKX3tkqHpV8FkMjBpyJkYNtclI-ubO5J-ENCSz1oQ9DOQ2hZvyTeyunGYE/w359-h269/DSC03917.JPG" width="359" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The rainforest serves as watershed, keeps river full and clean,</span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;">and creates a cool mini climate in the area, Bohol.</div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGhyphenhyphenRHx4PUVN1uYD6FCd0QWod6ehQRyGFzCEeLEU5Q2KKgIESYZpS-KZY1GFl3lTPHLOdtGl7lP_k-6VGSEoLK3kYROh5JNLp-ql9QexOoKpx8Eh1bh-abo_dfjBOgIq_6CubSMem2nc/w351-h263/DSC03844.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz30ZuyOYyvYcwA4kFGUGyQ7w7MIGzUsv1QThyphenhyphenGGGp4dwcBskjZNyBq3rcS8v4jq3Vz7P5et6nI8zMhFDR7GZkqIDEG_ssEJo1rTswxdvt9KX6vyzdA_eGj_aDdBPuvHS4wnHGx25YMH0/s1600-h/DSC03840.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416296426236275922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz30ZuyOYyvYcwA4kFGUGyQ7w7MIGzUsv1QThyphenhyphenGGGp4dwcBskjZNyBq3rcS8v4jq3Vz7P5et6nI8zMhFDR7GZkqIDEG_ssEJo1rTswxdvt9KX6vyzdA_eGj_aDdBPuvHS4wnHGx25YMH0/s400/DSC03840.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span><div style="text-align: center;">Reforestation rebuilds and increases stand of trees, Bohol</div></span></span></div><b><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">L</span>et us look at the TRF profile like slicing a multi-layered cake and studying its profile. It is made up of storeys similar to a high-rise building. The “roof” or canopy is what we see as forest cover. Here and there are very tall trees called emergents </span></span></b><b><span>like living towers </span></b><b><span>jotting through the monotonous canopy.</span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcrHUIS90UVQCPuJ_v6sd2Iioi-l4ajeoqrV-MOORzTknC6xw9Hv4H2QaipMGSetxyvWpZCH09WcA9_UMVoj8EUbpJNgTBDDycWLS-hsJRmxjk0L76W_-KGXZ24DywJJHqHOM7H6-q0YAUY9c-JZUuI1ntROMqckvrqQHIuOSTYaNWM4fkq981nPh2A/s905/Rainforest%20International-Day-of-Forests-905x576.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="905" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcrHUIS90UVQCPuJ_v6sd2Iioi-l4ajeoqrV-MOORzTknC6xw9Hv4H2QaipMGSetxyvWpZCH09WcA9_UMVoj8EUbpJNgTBDDycWLS-hsJRmxjk0L76W_-KGXZ24DywJJHqHOM7H6-q0YAUY9c-JZUuI1ntROMqckvrqQHIuOSTYaNWM4fkq981nPh2A/s320/Rainforest%20International-Day-of-Forests-905x576.jpg" width="320" /></a><b><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From the air, the view of a tropical forest is one huge and continuous green blanket that catches the energy of the sun and through photosynthesis converts it into organic materials beginning with simple sugar to the most complex compounds from which useful materials are derived - wood, rubber, resin, and drugs, etc. These products are needed to sustain the life of countless organisms and the stability of the ecosystem itself.</span><br /></span></b><b><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From the forest floor, one can see only a little part of the sky, with the rays of the sun filtering through. But now and then, the trees, depending on the species, season and other environmental conditions, shed off their leaves, which can be compared to the molting of animals as they grow. Entire crowns of leaves fall and litter the forest floor. Transformation into humus continuously takes place with the aid of insects, bacteria, fungi, earthworms and the like. And this is very important because humus fertilizes the soil and conserves water acting as sponge and blanket.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is one of the wonders of nature. Trees in a tropical rainforest have this special characteristic. They are not only self-fertilizing; they are soil builders. Through time, with the deciduous cycle repeated without end, the forest floor – even how thin the soil is, or how solid the underlying rock is – builds up, layer after layer, and it is this process that enables many organisms in the forest obtain their nutrition in order to grow.</span><br /></span></b><b style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="color: #cc0000;"> “He who plants a tree loves others beside himself.”- </b><span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: center;">English Proverb</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br /></b></span></div><b><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Deciduousness allows sunlight to pour over the previously shaded plants occupying the various layers or storeys, which serve as specific habitats or niches. Occupying the lowest part of the forest, which is equivalent to the ground floor of a building, are mostly annuals, ferns and bryophytes. Next are the shrubs which occupy the lobby and second floor, followed by undergrowth trees that reach a height equivalent to the third and fourth floor, lianas and epiphytes which may reach as high as the eighth floor. It is not surprising to find emergent trees reaching up the 200 feet.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">How big can a tree grow and for how long? Take the case of the Redwoods or <i>Sequoia</i> found growing in southern California and China. I saw a tree of this kind in southern Taiwan, killed by lightning. The tallest redwood, which is still growing today is 267.4 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 40.3 feet. It is estimated to be 3,500 years old.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The analogy of the layers of a rainforest with a ten- or twelve-storey building gives us in imagination of the orderliness of nature in keeping the rich biodiversity of the ecosystem.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">The true forest primeval – the rain forest – stands along the equator now reduced into a sanctuary of “living fossils” of plants and animals that once constituted the eternal green cover of the earth.</span></span></b></div><div><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO5I4Mzdb1L8dGbQ-N3xlvfyqXKrh4j6EbeXVcN89c2Hy5m0iQ6ryZp10Y8csgYL3jPYxAU8Ivo8bIwp5sVY9rcNAVpPIfBMOuJupbhpKpAzxFxNph-kcK2_lv-GqCi5iT3myRDpL-oy8iv_hSvHQrs7NjybCGnfhl9zjniV48I4wVi6-EJ_I94MmI_Q" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="1000" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO5I4Mzdb1L8dGbQ-N3xlvfyqXKrh4j6EbeXVcN89c2Hy5m0iQ6ryZp10Y8csgYL3jPYxAU8Ivo8bIwp5sVY9rcNAVpPIfBMOuJupbhpKpAzxFxNph-kcK2_lv-GqCi5iT3myRDpL-oy8iv_hSvHQrs7NjybCGnfhl9zjniV48I4wVi6-EJ_I94MmI_Q=w367-h243" width="367" /></a></div></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">The canopy at one time or another allows the sky to meet the residents of the forest from the ground floor to the upper storeys -</span></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Rainforest profile Sarawak, Borneo <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Internet)</span></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">something that if you stand among the trees during this transformation you will find a kind of communion that, while it can be explained biologically, fills the spirit with the wonders and mysteries of nature.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">The tropical rainforest is a natural menagerie where peace, music, colors, patterns, art and skill are not so well known to modern man. The high-perched artists like squirrels and monkeys are better acrobats by birth and practice than any known human acrobats. Many primates howl with electrifying, ear splitting and blood-chilling sound that breadth the land. Above plummet the masters of the sky – the Philippine eagle and hawks, spotting their preys which may be several kilometers away, or hundreds of meters below – something which our modern spotting scopes can not yet achieve with readiness and precision.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Inside their tunnels the termite workers tap their way and chop the wood for their colony and themselves. Man has yet to learn more about the social structure of this insect.</span><br /></span></div><div><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> B. The Tropical Rainforest’s Last Stand</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">T</span><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">he Tropical Rainforest could be the biblical Lost Paradise </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">immortalized in the masterpieces of John Milton - <i>Paradise Lost</i> and <i>Paradise Regained.</i></span></span></div><span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00QpAB0d5vMJ_rEEoOrwQ9lslwWL5DoXo9YxgX_owoTWTsMaBCFnE2_NQx2ch__vs6Jmhx3ZNeYmf_wwsF0s73ALVpZhu1_2Dz3g-09SZVvXNxdTQkUBtxe6oNvSEsWlitpraIydNz18/s1600-h/DSC03712.JPG"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00QpAB0d5vMJ_rEEoOrwQ9lslwWL5DoXo9YxgX_owoTWTsMaBCFnE2_NQx2ch__vs6Jmhx3ZNeYmf_wwsF0s73ALVpZhu1_2Dz3g-09SZVvXNxdTQkUBtxe6oNvSEsWlitpraIydNz18/w239-h180/DSC03712.JPG" width="239" /></a> <img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLomAdR-Bd3d7-44oG02mmiIi0e8ANtn6dSFwec2iUrnX9rfviGObY-g_M93ey2X3KWMyylWuPGQkP3l2h0K4VD5RiMszvRhdNjhaRWn0uqGyTFl_Rolwb-Lyc9szrB3Ab2fzkxrkW8zA/w282-h180/DSC03912.JPG" width="282" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Aerial and closeup views of Bohol landscape. .</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was after dawn and smoke from nearby homesteads rose with the mountain mist in Carmen, between Davao City and Tagum, when I spotted a company of loggers carrying a wooden cage looking very much like an oversized onion crate. To my curiosity I looked into the cage and found a pair of flying lemurs locally called <i>kaguiang</i> in Bisaya or ninmal in Samal Moro, clinging upside down and cringing from the first light of morning.</span><br /></b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNjafSExfLvfM5WMGbzxbArelSv-SbgaJqGFnf7eAibdXT2ut3wHnMzeCvEZq1LPArYCvjPKwW_1glfB4L9H0ZeMyPEC3otCKLJUxbxnBIZO-_SQjylwGyKr4LPh-J8Y8W7JI5A4P_-0VtjSDAUvcno5tE34cgoEct6i_jC3Lbp58dzHkjsVLQIVZ6Q/s300/Lemur%20flying%206.jpg"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNjafSExfLvfM5WMGbzxbArelSv-SbgaJqGFnf7eAibdXT2ut3wHnMzeCvEZq1LPArYCvjPKwW_1glfB4L9H0ZeMyPEC3otCKLJUxbxnBIZO-_SQjylwGyKr4LPh-J8Y8W7JI5A4P_-0VtjSDAUvcno5tE34cgoEct6i_jC3Lbp58dzHkjsVLQIVZ6Q/w166-h166/Lemur%20flying%206.jpg" width="166" /></a><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ilatqPSPs8LFkMI470Lo2y6oEqSHl24APKI7fFShQwlo2omUOpge7Gj7dZdl6sjWtGHNl_2XmJHbVM025Cj-ZNjtGoVNpWSYAv9mTlz_XsGxB34KasEbzirkaEGa4honUmpjU0VydZuX5BKrbofE0pzc-_f8sQsG_9K3WiUzyq3nkb-ryFQiAocDiA/w230-h164/Lemur%20flying%205%20Malayan-colugo-Galeopterus-variegatus.jpg" width="230" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cynocephalus volans</span> Linneaus PHOTO, as the animal is scientifically called, is one of the rare mammals that can fly, an adaptation they share with the versatile bats. Unlike bats however, the flying lemur can only glide from tree to tree, a pair of thin expandable flap of skin and fur connecting the whole length of its front and hind legs serves as parachute and glider combined.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was a pathetic sight. The pair was apparently captured when their natural habitat - tall trees that made the original forest were cut down for lumber, and the area subsequently converted into farmland in a most destructive system called swiden or <span style="font-style: italic;">kaingin </span>farming.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Loss of Natural Habitat Results in Loss of Species</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">Scientists warn us that the loss of natural habitats will result in the disappearance of organisms. This is true to the flying lemurs – and this is true to thousands of different inhabitants in the tropical rainforest, the richest biome on earth.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is estimated that more than half the species of plants, animals and protists live in the tropical rainforests. According to a Time report, there are as many as 425 kinds of living plants that are naturally occupying a hectare of tropical rainforest in the Amazon. Similarly our own rainforest is as rich because the Philippine lies on the same tropical rainforest belt together with Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia. There are 3,500 species of indigenous trees in our rainforest.</span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Imagine a single tree as natural abode of ferns, orchids, insects, fungi, lichens, transient organisms - birds, monkeys, frogs, reptiles, insects and a multitude more that escape detection by our senses. The tropical rainforest must be God’s chosen natural bank of biodiversity. The “Lost Paradise” that the Genesis describes and literary giant John Milton classically wrote – <i>Paradise Lost</i> and <i>Paradise Regained</i> – is undoubtedly one that resembles a tropical rainforest.</span><br /></b></span></div></div></div></span></div></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>TRIVIA: </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">. The total number of plant species used for medicinal purposes could be </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>as high as 50 000.</span></b><br /><span><b><br /></b></span><b><span>. Several studies proved that a visit to a forest environment lowers blood pressure and pulse rate, and reduces cortisol levels.</span></b><br /><span><b><br /></b></span><b><span>. The world is losing 10 million hectares of forest each year due to deforestation - about the size of Iceland. </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span> Source: FAO 2020</span></b><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">* </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">International Day of Forests 2023 will be celebrated on the theme, ‘<i>Forests and Health,’</i> which calls for giving, not just taking, recognizing that healthy forests will bring healthy people. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 21 March as the International Day of Forests in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests.</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 3 - Tropical Rainforest on the Wall</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mural Painting by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div><span><br /><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmch7F6uO_Yf1RQa7bCCb9lbZ4RnF2_qBZI40Msm7N8-gJ_HNvp4ISmALtJDLDhQvGgW_tLDi3VNIdspXnntVII21Bc5Xbk5r6JVLxwa2RPVwOpyBfbHggT0XA1IWNfTZn_Yc6jwZHlpjq/s1600/Picture+459A.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmch7F6uO_Yf1RQa7bCCb9lbZ4RnF2_qBZI40Msm7N8-gJ_HNvp4ISmALtJDLDhQvGgW_tLDi3VNIdspXnntVII21Bc5Xbk5r6JVLxwa2RPVwOpyBfbHggT0XA1IWNfTZn_Yc6jwZHlpjq/w540-h360/Picture+459A.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Wall Mural of a Tropical Rainforest, St Paul University QC, AVR 2001</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">N</span>ature represents the idea of the entire universe in a state of perfection. Nature is one: it unites heaven and earth, connecting human beings with the stars and bringing them all together into a single family. Nature is beautiful; it is ordered. A divine law determines its arrangement, namely the subordination of the means to the end, and the parts to the whole.</b><br /><br /><b>After putting down my brush, I took a view of the mural from a distance. The scene – unspoiled nature – one spared from the hands of man and typified by the tropical rainforest, flowed out from a wall that was previously white and empty.</b><br /><br /><b>In the course of painting the mural, which took all of seven days and in the days following its unveiling, I took notice of the reactions of viewers. It must be the stillness of the scene, freshness of its atmosphere, and its apparent eccentricity that attract passersby as if in search of something therapeutic. It seems to slow down busy feet, soothing tired nerves. There is something I thought was mysterious beyond the levels of aesthetics. For the huge scene is a drama of life completely different from city living. It is respite. It is transformation from concrete to greenery, from cityscape to landscape.</b><br /><br /><b>Yet, I found it difficult to give it a title and an explanation that captures both its essence and message. This time many ideas crowded my mind. At the start of my painting labors, the challenge was how and where to start painting. Now that it is completed, what else is there to say after one has “said” it all in colors and lines, hues and shadows, perspective and design? What more is there to declare for after the last page of a book? For a painting, it is the same.</b><br /><br /><b>Relaxation did not come easy for me after many hours of concentrating on my subject, dealing with a fast-drying medium of acrylic. What made it more challenging was the unending attempt to capture those fleeting impressions and recollections that pervaded my mind as I painted. I then took a pen and slowly wrote my thoughts. From the mural, I saw the scenery of my childhood on the farm, views of my travels here and abroad, imagery from my readings, and views drawn out like a thread from the mass of a golf ball. It was imagery and memory working jointly.</b><br /><br /><b>Tropical Rainforest Model</b><br /><br /><b>I chose the tropical rainforest scenery since it is the richest of all ecosystems in the world. The Philippines, being one of the countries endowed with this natural wealth is a treasure, indeed. For this reason, I believe that, the tropical rainforest closely resembles the description of the biblical paradise. It is not only a living bank of biological diversity; it is the most important sanctuary of living matters on earth.</b><br /><br /><b>To paint such a big wall is no easy task. It is not unusual to face a blank wall, literally speaking, and not knowing what to do first even with all the colors and tools on hand – and a predetermined topic in mind. Shall I start at the center and move outward, or from both sides slowly progressing inward? Or do I divide the wall into parts, working on them one by one, then unifying them at the end?</b></span></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />…and Heaven and Nature Sing</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>Christmas was already in the air and the Siberian winds were bringing in the chills. Carol music was now being played in malls, schools and homes. I was engrossed in my work when some students, watching me paint, sang a familiar song. On this particular occasion, something about the song chimed inside me, directing me towards the central theme of my mural.</span><br /><span><br /></span></span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">“…and heaven and nature sing,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and heaven and nature sing,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.”</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> - Joy to the World</span></b></div></blockquote><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">What does this mean? Is it the idea of nature representing the entire universe in a state of perfection? Or is it nature as one? Does it unite heaven and earth? Does it connect human beings and the galaxies as one family?<br /><br />Little did I know of my ecology. As a subject I teach in college and in the graduate school I depend much on formulas and equations, principles and case studies. My knowledge about the environment is structured and formal. I use module maps or course syllabi based on accepted teaching techniques and references. My approach was comparative analysis. I was a judge of the beautiful and ugly, the do’s and don’ts. At times I am a Utopian; at others, conformist.<br /><br />Little did I realize that the order of Nature is not merely determined by natural laws applied as ecological tenets, but as a divine law which determines its arrangement, the subordination of the means to the end, and the assimilation of the parts to the whole. Many of us are ignorant of this law, or if we know it, seem to forget or disregard it as we relentlessly work to exploit the earth.<br /><br />In our apparent failure to preserve nature, perhaps it is time to look at ecology with the essence of this popular Christmas song – a song that makes everyday of the year, Christmas. Ecology is “heaven and nature singing together.” Only then can we truly understand the term, balance of nature – a kind of dynamic equilibrium that leads to homeostasis where there is stability among interdependent groups that characterize natural processes, and the period in which they take place. The ultimate conclusion is always a balanced system. We have to look beyond books to understand biological diversity, and its application in nature, to find the common phrase: In diversity there is unity. The general rule is that the wider the diversity is in terms of number of living species, and in terms of the number of natural species and their habitats, the more closely knit the biosphere becomes, resulting in a richer, more stable environment. Undoubtedly, all this is part of a grand design inspired divinely.<br /><br />A Hole in the Sky<br /><br />Looking at the mural from a distance one notices a darkened part of the sky, apparently a hole (though this is not the ozone layer pierced by CFC pollution). It gives one a feeling that it is a tunnel to infinity as if to link both earth and heaven. Through this hole, one envisions a Higher Principle. From the foreground, which is the placid stream of a downward meandering river, its tributaries and banks lined with trees and thickets, the eye soon reaches the forested hills and mountains shrouded by clouds.<br /><br />But it does not end there. Here the cloud is a curtain laden with the radiance of the sun, and the life-giving provenance of rain, useless each without the other for life on earth to exist. This is the crossroad. The cloud opens with a backdrop of infinity. The universe, whose limit is unknown, bursts open a foreground that reveals a whole drama of life on earth. After that, the eye repeats the journey. In the process, the viewer becomes sensitive to the details of the painting. He searches for things familiar, or situations that later become a new experience.<br /><br />Creatures in the Forest</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Creatures in general are not as visible as they appear in books and on the screen. They blend with their surroundings mainly for predatory anticipation and protective camouflage. But there are other reasons too, that are not well understood. Take the case of the butterflies. Their beauty is extravagant for their basic function as pollinators. Fish jump for mere pleasure, dragonflies have wings that split light into prisms. Birds stay in the sky longer for the sheer joy of flying, and not just to cruise in search of a prey.<br /><br />Among the animals suggested to me while painting the mural are flying lemur, Philippine monkey, heron, monitor lizard, boa constrictor and hornbill. I painted these - and many more, the way I imagined them in their natural habitat. I put a touch of Noah’s Ark, painting them in pairs. For the rodents, ducks and doves I made them in amiable groupings that exude a familial atmosphere.<br /><br />Whenever I see viewers seriously searching for these creatures with walking fingers, I am tempted to add to the collection of creatures, making them even more difficult to find. But that might change the ambiance to fun and puzzle solving, rather than of meditation and recollection.<br /><br />People in the Mural</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The trees and the massiveness of the scenery dwarf the characters in the mural. They appear mindless of events and time. They care not for the chores of the day. Those who are engrossed fishing with a simple hook-and-line do not show excitement even as they land their catch. Others patiently wait for a bite. There is a sense of tranquility and peace to all characters, whether they are promenading or just passing the time away. Their faces show only the slightest hint of anger or sadness.<br /><br />I noticed viewers trying to identify themselves with the characters of the mural. Some construction workers envision themselves fishing. High school students are drawn by the promenades. But there are those who simply imagine themselves part of the scene. “This place is familiar to me,” one would say, apparently recalling provincial life. “We have flying lemurs in Davao,” says another.<br /><br />Where does the water flow, and what does the mural mean to us? Water is everywhere. It is free to flow. Tributaries abound as if there were no limit. Trees are everywhere and far into the backdrop is a vast virgin forest. There is no sign of man’s destructive hand. At the foreground is a placid pond where Nymphaea and lotus grow. It is in contrast to the lively pulse of the river. This is a corner where life is peaceful and serene. It is here that we draw strength in facing the river and beyond.<br /><br />What really is the message of the mural?<br />Quite often, images of nature enrapture us. These are reminiscences of childhood, a re-creation of a favorite spot we may have visited or seen, or products of the imagination greatly influenced by the society we live in.<br /><br />These images reflect a deep-seated biological longing to be part of nature. Putting it in the biblical sense, it is a natural searching for the lost paradise. They are a refuge from city living, a respite, and an escape from the daily grind.<br /><br />But these images do not only tell us of what we are missing. Rather, it reminds us what we are going to miss, perhaps forever, if we do not heed nature’s signal towards a fast declining ecosystem. If we do not change our way of life from too much dependence on consumerism, to one more closely linked to conservation of nature, we may end up building memories and future archives of a lost world.<br /><br />The warning is clear. The painting challenges everyone to do his part to save Mother Earth so that her beauty is not only kept in the form of images, but a scenery of real life enjoyed by us and future generations. ~</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br />Reference: Living with Nature in Our Times<br />Copyright 2007 Abercio V Rotor and University of Santo Tomas</b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 4 - The Arboretum - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Microcosm of a Tropical Forest</span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Living with Nature Center</span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiK6M517Lmmr64uITzRKZw4Xp9pE_O9UBgTHweDDBlubfFdDrHWrFueNWxjmdR09CZWjOmBcvcR_Ox4SywXJe15RItiURphKeWv1GRJIHhcPxGD-Mp0QB6vWgEhdMWN9JX6NfCyGvT7l4tZ_cE3wwc9_PAXjGt6i6XKXspfe5eSJxvW60YUPybMsoJPA/s2592/DSC04682.JPG"><img border="0" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiK6M517Lmmr64uITzRKZw4Xp9pE_O9UBgTHweDDBlubfFdDrHWrFueNWxjmdR09CZWjOmBcvcR_Ox4SywXJe15RItiURphKeWv1GRJIHhcPxGD-Mp0QB6vWgEhdMWN9JX6NfCyGvT7l4tZ_cE3wwc9_PAXjGt6i6XKXspfe5eSJxvW60YUPybMsoJPA/w465-h620/DSC04682.JPG" width="465" /></a></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">This towering native mango is more than four generations old. It dominates several heritage trees which include talisay (<i>Terminalia catappa</i>), caimito (<i>Chrysophyllum cainito</i>), and macopa (<i>Eugenia jambalana), </i>and other upcoming heritage trees in the arboretum. On its limbs and branches hang lianas and epiphytes like rosary bead (<i>Abrus precatorius</i>), philodendron, ferns, bromeliads, mosses and lichens. The tree in itself is an ecosystem, complete in biodiversity and dynamic balance season after season in a state of homeostasis. </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHQMClig1aK3Wj52KVeO0IbJVxl3eGeytBV1_WtFQIrKP5LmgTzwIV5TaFwYSIKKuaKIwWXX2qSLgCo23Y4aahUiEMXXu6WjH25-288-y3ul7IlJyeeW3wFjmr9R5t93L7oN2BxxwTBj4n0QHMOIFsnw0M8kkwcvH1ImiWfJZHyIVTFVPj0yllF8i8A/s2592/DSC04683.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVHQMClig1aK3Wj52KVeO0IbJVxl3eGeytBV1_WtFQIrKP5LmgTzwIV5TaFwYSIKKuaKIwWXX2qSLgCo23Y4aahUiEMXXu6WjH25-288-y3ul7IlJyeeW3wFjmr9R5t93L7oN2BxxwTBj4n0QHMOIFsnw0M8kkwcvH1ImiWfJZHyIVTFVPj0yllF8i8A/s320/DSC04683.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Onxsh2oP3u9JmIjNjJcU-gQh7UAjTEPjjbl41WJmgvvmuoh_OHAmnP1kDyKGHVVOrblNqPvJyKGvz1WTBL-pduuFM-SPYvSJpimPOPs0_cz_of4GGHn3h20z6JZ6BJcOfevJ_7weBXRSK9uIAeteYcwaLCj--jLLBfvFyS2N4Yx4jTjgQWYBHtQu9Q/s2592/DSC04684.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Onxsh2oP3u9JmIjNjJcU-gQh7UAjTEPjjbl41WJmgvvmuoh_OHAmnP1kDyKGHVVOrblNqPvJyKGvz1WTBL-pduuFM-SPYvSJpimPOPs0_cz_of4GGHn3h20z6JZ6BJcOfevJ_7weBXRSK9uIAeteYcwaLCj--jLLBfvFyS2N4Yx4jTjgQWYBHtQu9Q/s320/DSC04684.JPG" /></a></span></p><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A grove of heritage trees makes a fort-like wall against strong wind, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">flood and erosion - and irritating noise. (Trees are excellent buffers </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>of sound.) </span></b><b><span>It is the home of arboreal animals like gecko lizard, </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">bats, tree frogs, sparrows, wild honeybees, moths and butterflies, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">other arthropods notwithstanding. The trees also serve as seasonal</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> host to migrating birds like <i>tarat</i>, <i>panal</i> and <i>perperocka,</i> and </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>occasionally martinez, black crow and kingfisher, and hawk.</span></b><b><span> </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPpF7-tuVXvANvwFW8-VH2q6b59ZzCP1yTbLpsxFbIsFDlKRuekWL_Ozkbf7356VDWFVqDrN4zzB4pZiYNRlc4Ba0Um8E4J4O1NGTI3XM9fGJphwvQKtKmlPLyf9tLebtqSEdV6X9sMHnLWfoHxG8kMI3uwBBRWC0JFdK9eo_yzQCRtaplFopmLrCYw/s2592/DSC04685.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPpF7-tuVXvANvwFW8-VH2q6b59ZzCP1yTbLpsxFbIsFDlKRuekWL_Ozkbf7356VDWFVqDrN4zzB4pZiYNRlc4Ba0Um8E4J4O1NGTI3XM9fGJphwvQKtKmlPLyf9tLebtqSEdV6X9sMHnLWfoHxG8kMI3uwBBRWC0JFdK9eo_yzQCRtaplFopmLrCYw/s320/DSC04685.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHK2z_0-gh3xC60ZYTQj1JG1gI_0BAnBKP1WxMpavoMWMoKi4Lj2GanXJOH2bus3qZ9j8MASDuffUGiJtX82BfzbUUNmlj3l0YnJ4lO-YUmzUkicB6nV6SCeRKSq00IXmrC_W8SHh1_BO8yUxPj_X9Padwup_q0LIGXk6vLu9q-ykHVlaLdQz9kIh3iA/s2592/DSC04686.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHK2z_0-gh3xC60ZYTQj1JG1gI_0BAnBKP1WxMpavoMWMoKi4Lj2GanXJOH2bus3qZ9j8MASDuffUGiJtX82BfzbUUNmlj3l0YnJ4lO-YUmzUkicB6nV6SCeRKSq00IXmrC_W8SHh1_BO8yUxPj_X9Padwup_q0LIGXk6vLu9q-ykHVlaLdQz9kIh3iA/s320/DSC04686.JPG" /></a></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Heritage palm trees - anahaw (<i>Livistona rotundifolia)</i> and betel nut (<i>Areca catechu</i>) - rise as emergents through the canopy of the arboretum. They are the abode of bats, resting during the day </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> under their drooping broad leaves - a perfect base for their </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">nocturnal habit.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIcy3kNQBvLQmt5U6QPO4ihxI5fRkJPBahZeuBhd018Nfi-nkI8Co-LVmDlUfZgklPHALvDm-g5QdUzJ7iC0vI7QLwJmOOcU-VERmJSdGXUn4k5WErhJ84Y_5rUH2_BVK2EIlkwt9raygZQDMg1zqMPCA8UG1LAR3awlhVtTFLQOy3pmXqnDE9uSa4A/s5472/DSC08969.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5472" data-original-width="3080" height="839" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIcy3kNQBvLQmt5U6QPO4ihxI5fRkJPBahZeuBhd018Nfi-nkI8Co-LVmDlUfZgklPHALvDm-g5QdUzJ7iC0vI7QLwJmOOcU-VERmJSdGXUn4k5WErhJ84Y_5rUH2_BVK2EIlkwt9raygZQDMg1zqMPCA8UG1LAR3awlhVtTFLQOy3pmXqnDE9uSa4A/w472-h839/DSC08969.JPG" width="472" /></a></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">University of Northern Philippines students tour the arboretum</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> for their outdoor research and extension studies.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZx1kjk-l8aqHaNZOwhTpPywRAU7PxLHD0t2hKSD7i2xUjZZ0h58njDerT6n_B1bC4vUlB8s7n_bxBizpYHqkVvv4zSQt8VbAAKHlwCkQVMagXPb9fOZZEn8rWN50t9dcNoh-pWiqeqW6PiKSIpb6sq1IlN8JT78CYw1chEBdKFVVELO_Hc8u1xxNxug/s5152/DSC09333%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="223" 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style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>On-the-spot </span></b><b><span>painting </span></b><b><span>contest under the trees is a rare experience of children from different schools of the Municipality of San Vicente, Ilocos Sur, in celebration of Earth Day last April 22, 2023, sponsored by LGU </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and the Living with Nature Center. </b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJold4WruVLrn0cKFEVQc2nDfMyt28EwKqMGPiDIsigrsZZQ2ITV0UThS_QcSrT8D6pmnwFyMfsC0wrJoDwNUEbHNMBWxTbsEcoIBF-3dz9eMh-P0cjxlRw2FEHTY8USNTopewfdjdMA/w154-h205/DSC01773.JPG" width="154" /> <span><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz8K5mqiFzjucVe9K9cTonbi1BOhMSCegVx5AVN3O28Pm1iuVRUu0QZlUZe9mqemDquaC7JKZqThyphenhyphenQ6kSqKvXccItqwsGXk1cwdyuiR8zZ3R8Rp5bemSuYa-gtShFBkFubXSIG0GXLR_U/w153-h204/DSC01779.JPG" width="153" /></b></span><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVAD3Ed1TZMsClsuY17sC1pxmie0oDqlJ9OXBWmpmxUXcCl0TyUSS7yJRydV4Ox4bTJtsGd6NxwDZsbb3iBNVG9h0AwmdlJOnd_eq4BTw5eXPk1wbohw_juagmHrFbLoCyZ4zgrV2B30/s1600/DSC01784.JPG"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVAD3Ed1TZMsClsuY17sC1pxmie0oDqlJ9OXBWmpmxUXcCl0TyUSS7yJRydV4Ox4bTJtsGd6NxwDZsbb3iBNVG9h0AwmdlJOnd_eq4BTw5eXPk1wbohw_juagmHrFbLoCyZ4zgrV2B30/w155-h206/DSC01784.JPG" width="155" /></a><span> </span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span> </span><span>My grandchildren - Mateo, Mackie and Markus - enjoy </span></b></span></span><b><span>their summer </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">vacation in the arboretum, a different kind of adventure to the </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>young city-bred </span></b><b><span>generation. </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwRSva9pqEURpgU2skYoDBxYhkD6UGMXDtoZnHV0kwwf19yGjsfDT31Q_n8vkJa_3kUxbHS5dQdni55y4baGGb_Kp24Oj2CyFdvcpHnnYkLTokGT9jR-JMO-2tJA3PRtYDNticoyx8UXCe4KHYudUNnA2_pZ5irXm5QxtM4i51hzo3d_QTeKyZnjXnQ/s2592/DSC04728.JPG"><img border="0" height="188" 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sunlight to penetrate</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> and nourish the small trees, shrubs and ground plants. </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>This explains the dense vegetation of rainforests. </span></b><b><span>The </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">deciduous nature of most tropical trees, that is, seasonal </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">shedding of leaves, enhances this phenomenon. </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoji4iMycoXKDFATAQ9AplKZyFYYxckX5wdKTEcgT-6izg_q8NyPXK8orpyjOfsX4GzXjB4h2O3GKCI01VgLmaZ8nmdcINd-pxrqM2eJ1QvAK0c7KSfntthoeZRmcrrK2kbH3JMXh8hh3rcM2k16J6iKA_Uv1l5JpbS-wvms7ximkMqcyg5xZ49M6Nw/s2592/DSC04688.JPG"><img border="0" height="171" 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Breeze, mist and dew keep temperature and humidity stable.</b><br /><b>Music of nature - chirping of birds, shrill of cicada, fiddling of crickets, rustling of leaves, bass of toads and frogs - all these constitute a soothing and harmonious symphony. Mozart's Effect must have originated in such ambiance, so with Beethoven's famous symphony, Brahms's Lullaby and Grieg's Prelude to </b></span><b>Morning</b><b>. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4INqA2H7du-pGu2usr5ywcoeJeCv-b7h_M6mNsGiUDgQuzXky2Vn84pSuBAsS2zb_Ukl_hcf9WCPqWsGazZtb5HA4K6hnBAD8IFUYcFdw6PkGRf3ta4S2A6flbKxMyOKuZQ3u3UzYn3V5a4oIJRetwSK3dJuvlg3CR8jF6OMQsZTOYsUcM-rs-RE8g/s2592/DSC04710.JPG"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4INqA2H7du-pGu2usr5ywcoeJeCv-b7h_M6mNsGiUDgQuzXky2Vn84pSuBAsS2zb_Ukl_hcf9WCPqWsGazZtb5HA4K6hnBAD8IFUYcFdw6PkGRf3ta4S2A6flbKxMyOKuZQ3u3UzYn3V5a4oIJRetwSK3dJuvlg3CR8jF6OMQsZTOYsUcM-rs-RE8g/w169-h232/DSC04710.JPG" width="169" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3jnHrcM1D6NIwJS-OodbC-Y7ouUW_BZ_XGFbxhgmPHbUxnBM0mcD0rbFsdzqEUKC-dmAEsqxMXr1jAUsLX3TlIGKSrzECmFBtoYbt4lqdlCJrHCanv8Z8NktHhLFebHYjTsMa50TBGTKScEWoANVJgP-E1qw0Y2bRoyJ2K_afQitm5BILf1MY-aZcg/s2592/DSC04700.JPG"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3jnHrcM1D6NIwJS-OodbC-Y7ouUW_BZ_XGFbxhgmPHbUxnBM0mcD0rbFsdzqEUKC-dmAEsqxMXr1jAUsLX3TlIGKSrzECmFBtoYbt4lqdlCJrHCanv8Z8NktHhLFebHYjTsMa50TBGTKScEWoANVJgP-E1qw0Y2bRoyJ2K_afQitm5BILf1MY-aZcg/w174-h232/DSC04700.JPG" width="174" /></a><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLelsiikpae1jPR0GtzU6YFGC3oiAbSfgod3Fg0NLsLz_AioT9Ad7nrrmjr5Xg2UknuYkenlIRAigKo7LJqpRxZWdvgJTbkzlXCUwRBA0NOe-ADxbFuOCreWhbWZyAB5hlY29yn6zvvqiOi_8eC-tTpZSy5gKLFIqiNdW6jVQeur2bBITGAtAz-Gof-Q/w163-h232/DSC04701.JPG" width="163" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The Parthenon of Greece must have its origin from the imagination </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">of our ancestors who saw the beauty and grace of standing trees reaching for the sky. Nature is indeed the greatest architect, and </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>man </span></b><b><span>is but her student.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA96rQnIX-AmQBY2aoC03N8hdLkOAFTlWCjGzE9Jp6wq2c1fR0Z324hmxIXcrHw3cFik8Lyeu3iZTsw469e0JLIMi81t36RmsaK488mAVvPIP05fPmbdqfqijPf6hPZwR5j5633VcpxtAJyJ_fZ4EptS22uBkXyKuR6FReoDzKOxtFSvqf7BY8zH5AlA/s2592/DSC04723.JPG"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA96rQnIX-AmQBY2aoC03N8hdLkOAFTlWCjGzE9Jp6wq2c1fR0Z324hmxIXcrHw3cFik8Lyeu3iZTsw469e0JLIMi81t36RmsaK488mAVvPIP05fPmbdqfqijPf6hPZwR5j5633VcpxtAJyJ_fZ4EptS22uBkXyKuR6FReoDzKOxtFSvqf7BY8zH5AlA/w271-h342/DSC04723.JPG" width="271" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYM7pxujzd9ZSyXbUNgoBj6poGwbjCyGFz7-yD9VRHREUAY3QPcQRAPf8iC3iDB5IQC8vfPmKcGmVm_FssYwwSer_m33hnFTFgb_ldtt7iNorU59h1GoVBmwWLVaq-4jgX8cZtqFnWHPOQSNZOQTq7T_CALcNXRdmgA0aFza8gNhUSkcVXxdzMwuW6Q/s2592/DSC04725.JPG"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYM7pxujzd9ZSyXbUNgoBj6poGwbjCyGFz7-yD9VRHREUAY3QPcQRAPf8iC3iDB5IQC8vfPmKcGmVm_FssYwwSer_m33hnFTFgb_ldtt7iNorU59h1GoVBmwWLVaq-4jgX8cZtqFnWHPOQSNZOQTq7T_CALcNXRdmgA0aFza8gNhUSkcVXxdzMwuW6Q/w265-h342/DSC04725.JPG" width="265" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>The built-in knots, twists and crevices on trees are natural homes of lizards, bees, ants, birds, and the like. </span></b><b><span>They also serve as rivulets and waterholes that catch and store rain and dew, serving as arboreal pond for dragonfly naiads, tadpoles, and even certain species of fish. Shown here are macopa (<i>Eugenia jambalana</i>) and palomaria trees (<i>Callophyllum inophyllum</i>), which are among the heritage trees in the arboretum. </span></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">*An arboretum (plural: arboreta) is a botanical collection composed of trees and a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, many modern arboreta are in botanical gardens as living collections of woody plants and is intended at least in part for scientific study.<br /><br />In Latin, an arboretum is a place planted with trees, not necessarily in this specific sense, and "arboretum" as an English word is first recorded used by John Claudius Loudon in 1833 in The Gardener's Magazine, but the concept was already long-established by then. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Wikipedia<br /></span></span></b><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">San Vicente Botanical Garden</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Partial List of plants in their common and scientific names </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and family to which each plant species or variety belongs. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Not alphabetically arranged and classified as to type of </span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>growth </span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>and other botanical characteristics, </span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>June 12, 2023</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />1. Achiote or Annatto –<i> Bixa orellana</i> - Bixaceae</span></b><div class="WordSection3"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Anahao - <i>Saribus rotundifolius</i> - Caryophyllaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">4.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Apatot – <i>Morinda littoralis/citrifolia</i> - Rubiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">5.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Arios – <i>Podocarpus costalis -</i> Gymnospermae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">6.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></i></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Balete <i>- Ficus benjamina - </i>Moraceae<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">7.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bird’s Nest fern <i>– Asplenium nidus - </i>Aspleniaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">8.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bougainvillea – <i>Bougainvillea spectabilis </i>Nyctaginaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">9.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bromeliad – <i>Portea</i> spp - Bromeliaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">10.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Caballero plant – <i>Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Fabaceae</i></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">11.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Caimito – <i>Crysophyllum cainito</i> - Sapotaceeae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">12.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Calamansi – <i>Citrus macrocarpa</i> - Rutaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">13.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Chico – <i>Achras (Sapodilla) zapota</i> - Sapotaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">14.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Chinese Bamboo – <i>Bambusa multiplex</i> - Poaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">15.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Coconut – <i>Cocos nucifera</i> - Arecaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">16.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Creeping Fig – <i>Ficus pumila</i> - Moraceae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">17.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Cyperus – <i>C. papyrus</i> Cyperaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">18.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Dalandan – <i>Citrus decumana</i> - Rutaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->19.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Duhat – <i>Syzygium cumini</i> – Myrtaceae</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->20.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">False Bird of Paradise – <i>Heliconia psittacorum</i> – Heliconiaceae</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">21.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Giant Bamboo – <i>Dedrocalamus giganteus</i> - Poaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">22.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Giant Thorny Bamboo – <i>Bambusa bambos </i>Poaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">23.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></i></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Aplas<i> - Ficus hawili </i>- Moraceae<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">24.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kalachuchi – <i>Plumeria rubra/ P alba</i> Apocynaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">25.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Ilang-ilang – <i>Cananga odorata</i> - Annonaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">26.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Makopa – <i>Eugenia jambalana</i> - Myrtaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">27.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Mayana - <i>Coleus blumei </i>- Lamiaceae</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">28.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Red Anthurium – <i>A. andraeanum</i> - Araceae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">29.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Sanggumay – <i>Dendrobium anosmum</i> Orchidaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">30.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Bromeliad – <i>Guzmania </i>spp. Bromeliaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">31.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Gumamela – <i>Hibiscus rosa-sinensis</i> Malvaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">32.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Maguey – <i>Agave cantala</i> – Asparagaceae (sub-F Agavoideae)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">33.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> Mahogany - <i>Swietinia macrophylla</i> - Meliaceae</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">34.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Strangler’s Fig (balete) <i>Ficus benjamina</i> - Moraceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">35.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Molave – <i>Vitex parviflora</i> - Verbenaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">36.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Narra – <i>Pterocarpus indicus</i> - Dipterocarpaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">37.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">White Lauan – <i>Shorea contorta</i> - Dipterocarpaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">38.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bitaog - <i>Calophyllum inophyllum</i>– Calophyllaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">39.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bikal Bamboo – <i>Schizostachyum dielsianum</i> - Poaceae</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">40.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Staghorn Fern – <i>Platycerium bifurcatum</i> - Polypodiaceae</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">41.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Oak fern – <i>Gymnocarpium dryopteris</i> - Cystopteridaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">42.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Balimbing <i>– Averrhoa bilimbi</i> -Oxalidaceae </span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">43.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tubang Bakod – <i>Jatropha curcas</i> - Euphorbiaceae</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">44.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Jatropha (coral plant) – <i>Jatropha podagrica/multifida</i> - Euphorbiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">45.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Castor bean – <i>Ricinus communis</i> - Euphorbiacae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">46.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Calamansi – <i>Citrus microcarpa</i> - Rutaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">47.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sampalok – <i>Tamarindus indica</i> – Ceasalpiniaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">48.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Banaba – <i>Lagerstroemia speciosa</i> - Lythraceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">49.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Golden Shower – <i>Cassia fistula</i> - Fabaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">50.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Lobster’s Claw plant – <i>Heliconia rostata - </i>Heliconiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">51.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Soro-soro – <i>Euphorbia neriifolia - </i>Euphorbiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">52.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Buntot Tigre – <i>Cordyline roxburghiana - Agaveceae </i><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">53.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Barbados Cherry – <i>Malphighia emarginata</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">54.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kamachili – <i>Pithecolobium dulce -</i> Fabaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">55.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Pandakaki – <i>Tabernaemontana pandakaqui - </i>Apocynaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">56.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Pandan – <i>Pandanus amaryllifolius - </i>Pandanaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">57.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mahogany – <i>Swietenia macrophylla - </i>Meliaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">58.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Maiden Hair Fern – <i>Adriatum raddianum -</i> Pteridaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">59.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Lantana plant – <i>Lantana camara - </i>Verbenaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">60.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Nangka – <i>Artocarpus heterophyllus - </i>Moraceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">61.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Philodendron – <i>P. melanochrysum</i></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">62.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Indian Mast Tree – <i>Polyalthia longifolia</i></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">63.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Fishtail palm – <i>Caryota mitis - </i>Arecaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">64.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Shanghai</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <b>Beauty – <i>Jatropha integerrima</i> - Euphorbiaceae<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">65.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Selaginella –<i> S, lepidophylla/braunii </i>- Selaginellaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">66.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tsaang Gubat – <i>Ehretia microphylla - </i>Boraginaceae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">67.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Manga – <i>Mangifera indica</i> - Anacardiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">68.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mulberry – <i>Morus nigra - </i>Moraceae <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">69.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Yellow Bell – <i>Tecoma stans</i> – Bignoniaceae family<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">70.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Kamias – <i>Averrhoa bilimb</i>i - Oxalidaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">71.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Forget-Me-Not – <i>Myosotis scorpioides</i> - Boraginaceae</span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">72.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Rambutan – <i>Nephelium lappaceaum </i> - Sapindaceae</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><a name="_Hlk137792913"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">73.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Bromeliad – <i>Portea spp</i> - Bromeliaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">74.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sisal – <i>Agave sisalana</i> - Agavaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">75.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Thorns of Christ plant –<i> Euphorbia milii</i> - Euphorbiaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">76.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Mickey Mouse plant –<i> Ochna serrulate</i> Ochnaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">77.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Lagundi – <i>Vitex negund</i>o Verbenaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">78.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Lotus – <i>Nelumbium nelumbo </i>Nelumbonaceae </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">79.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Nymphaea – <i>Nymphaea alba/ colorata</i> - Nymphaeaceae</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">80.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Santol – <i>Sandoricum koetjape</i> - Meliaceae<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">81.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Tibig – <i>Fi</i></span></b><b style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><i>cus nota</i> - Moraceae</span></b></span></p></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>82. Fortune plant – <i>Dracaena sanderiana</i> - Asparagaceae<br />83. Gummamela - <i>Hibiscus rosa-sinensis</i> - Malvaceae<br />84. Palmera – <i>Borassus flabellifer</i> - Araceae<br />85. Talisay (Lugo’) – <i>Terminalia catappa </i>- Combretaceae ~</b></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 5 - </span><span>Woodland in the City </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">(Arboretum of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila)</span></b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div>An arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended as a "living gene bank" and field laboratory. As a park an arboretum adds beauty to the place, and creates a mini-climate in the area.</span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat2TOL9egyBwSd0b6sOu18q67Utc_Vqh5qwOysF5qcgS5jhaoj_KlIc3iNRJrWs6ksDIJDrs3jCBYa56Gp14dp4uKr-MB7dSHWle3gSg8ndJtTfLsOsU2ALvIa68vK-uxkzLVu7VM01M/w361-h481/DSC03163.JPG" width="361" /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDfSRBv1xmuvcJtDo-Jf-vZpxqrGvMG7xnjRfmXCJ4lky8eLzIGVFGLIpfqIPWu7ePgSBeNECz6YFo1ewcqqYVVjsf1WgjJdkIMFdEIa91cMb0sXm0Ki4uNxwSThx3gD7rLB9eEQwsoM/s1600/DSC09033+A.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDfSRBv1xmuvcJtDo-Jf-vZpxqrGvMG7xnjRfmXCJ4lky8eLzIGVFGLIpfqIPWu7ePgSBeNECz6YFo1ewcqqYVVjsf1WgjJdkIMFdEIa91cMb0sXm0Ki4uNxwSThx3gD7rLB9eEQwsoM/s320/DSC09033+A.jpg" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPUNIUOmIBobGtyhF7lJG-5NuKon4aZGPCRbsQsgT7OaJkjjsW7C5POU4p7YZ_l2nTLApc8wc-L0QLlnXblmKbvuFwmt4tmJJ1ooO-lv9R0ne0MCxg7kghqGNIYH_m1DaCMd0Y1DdVaU/s1600/DSC09035+A.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPUNIUOmIBobGtyhF7lJG-5NuKon4aZGPCRbsQsgT7OaJkjjsW7C5POU4p7YZ_l2nTLApc8wc-L0QLlnXblmKbvuFwmt4tmJJ1ooO-lv9R0ne0MCxg7kghqGNIYH_m1DaCMd0Y1DdVaU/s320/DSC09035+A.jpg" /></a></b></div></b><b><span>Chinese parasol, a relative of the Baobab Tree (tree mentioned in The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery', also the queer looking giant tree in The God's Must be Crazy). Lower photos show the tree in bloom which is usually in summer.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7PgPcKh8_TFStieqRDwe4wshTP0szFv-6HA8WEfZP3rFTpT1EBGFC4XnlMPpcgxuLSp9onx_0myLxYhYbe_p9tGd_uGZ54BH6tKRLTJRjhfYueDuVnY5djWlPHXLzlezF9bqlWY7qKU/s1600-h/What+37.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7PgPcKh8_TFStieqRDwe4wshTP0szFv-6HA8WEfZP3rFTpT1EBGFC4XnlMPpcgxuLSp9onx_0myLxYhYbe_p9tGd_uGZ54BH6tKRLTJRjhfYueDuVnY5djWlPHXLzlezF9bqlWY7qKU/s400/What+37.jpg" /></a></b></div></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Talisay tree (<i>Terminalia catappa</i>) or umbrella tree in its incipient deciduous stage. With the coming of <i>Amihan</i> season the leaves turn golden yellow to orange and red, then fall off to the ground leaving the tree a almost bare. New leaves will soon replace the crown.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbTMH16t-RKKFf6eA69HoC9cuLywEp3EktfDCd3KdCcKgh1GxQAKkYroQJI37lN2ieq6wndLmM0oH9mlJDhy__s_pXxn-PwoHQ3P-wao4XLMCK_P-cwrRUooujm7v_bx06eP7eEDpuwE/s1600-h/What+39.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbTMH16t-RKKFf6eA69HoC9cuLywEp3EktfDCd3KdCcKgh1GxQAKkYroQJI37lN2ieq6wndLmM0oH9mlJDhy__s_pXxn-PwoHQ3P-wao4XLMCK_P-cwrRUooujm7v_bx06eP7eEDpuwE/s400/What+39.jpg" /></a></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Fire tree (<i>Delonix regia</i>) during its non-flowering season is a lush towering tree, its leaves almost blocking the sun. At the onset of summer, its leaves fall off and are replaced by clusters of fire red flowers, hence the name of the tree.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppyqKKEpYEhr8ojj-ayMnjHPsen1cj0pom6UwKcnnOxd3TnxzJrqhu_Mb-X44ot2d_8CBFKVt58LNFN1PyKUBcXHLfZyYs9_S0QwiCgCy-bBLPJCSadpafdfJoGn3fYiWvqX8N4RJh-U/s1600-h/What+38.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppyqKKEpYEhr8ojj-ayMnjHPsen1cj0pom6UwKcnnOxd3TnxzJrqhu_Mb-X44ot2d_8CBFKVt58LNFN1PyKUBcXHLfZyYs9_S0QwiCgCy-bBLPJCSadpafdfJoGn3fYiWvqX8N4RJh-U/w300-h400/What+38.jpg" width="300" /></a></b></div><span>Dita (<i>Alstonia scholaris</i>) is the tallest tree on the campus, surpassing the height of the main building sans its tower cross.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpENYMQnkoaiEjxR_6qXrKAwjJbpOTT5m9qrg9EYy134bRSf7afDykBbV8hXj8BEdriX3ceFjrpo7ntMOLPR2q0-pvjP0lRBecKBMOb2UGgWS7UYbIpnKU8yoH6Hdv2j6Xl71213-TESU/s640/DSC09092+A.jpg" /></span></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Another dita tree, also in the Botanical Garden proper, is estimated to be one hundred years old. Dita is very resistant to pollution and to injury. It produces milky sap that immediately closes its wounds. The sap traps insects like a fly catcher entombing victim in the process. Fossil insects are made this way.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtEobaamvxqhtVsqCdRWp4SfoI1Te-IFCq4CxKxxnOWxmnP_apDrK31gTotUDrJx28mHzuDaLLvypp9It5Ysf9JW0H930aWaxC_z4Cih0pks2LaOGBMQJJC8J6_pHxgjM8vkXRwMXsYI/s1600-h/Plant+prop+roots.JPG"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtEobaamvxqhtVsqCdRWp4SfoI1Te-IFCq4CxKxxnOWxmnP_apDrK31gTotUDrJx28mHzuDaLLvypp9It5Ysf9JW0H930aWaxC_z4Cih0pks2LaOGBMQJJC8J6_pHxgjM8vkXRwMXsYI/w229-h344/Plant+prop+roots.JPG" width="229" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bSMFrxBbEarIsBfkiAAkPpt3vtBiJbzYndJEBCxoxtdQJ-XwoEeh0B-gKOPLGKzpDJcC2BfbOfAOhyphenhyphenfbGyqHs8qWp1uLlCjnMTni9WOWjA6SDe7xQT3H3ZF5lbSH1RQqx7e2LgNNJIs/s1600/DSC09131+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bSMFrxBbEarIsBfkiAAkPpt3vtBiJbzYndJEBCxoxtdQJ-XwoEeh0B-gKOPLGKzpDJcC2BfbOfAOhyphenhyphenfbGyqHs8qWp1uLlCjnMTni9WOWjA6SDe7xQT3H3ZF5lbSH1RQqx7e2LgNNJIs/w193-h343/DSC09131+A.jpg" width="193" /></a></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Left: Prop roots of rubber tree (<i>Hevea braziliensis</i>), a relative of the <i>balete</i> (right photo). They belong to Family Moraceae which also includes fig, <i>nangka</i> and breadfruit. Here graduate students examine the hanging roots which will eventually become prop roots or false trunks. As the tree grows these prop roots spread out of the central trunk making it appear to be "walking." Centuries old trees like the banyan (<i>Ficus benghalensis</i>) become so massive that they form natural arches and caves.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgYw0d2Fj7opcSTcyJj065Qr1zQsIOeV_S3thidP3hht2sTwCq0Cjfji9A4oIdKt5qzkD6PC7pzMKNverFsZcJDQ7r2Tn7S1IMXZOzgYuMgUFc5kucvNHSFUlDRZlaaOsABibEnVOP1E/s1600-h/Plant+anahaw+2.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgYw0d2Fj7opcSTcyJj065Qr1zQsIOeV_S3thidP3hht2sTwCq0Cjfji9A4oIdKt5qzkD6PC7pzMKNverFsZcJDQ7r2Tn7S1IMXZOzgYuMgUFc5kucvNHSFUlDRZlaaOsABibEnVOP1E/s400/Plant+anahaw+2.jpg" /></a></b></div><span>Anahaw palm (<i>Livistona asiatica</i>) towers over neighboring narra trees (<i>Pterocarpus indicus</i>). Anahaw as well as buri (<i>Corypha elata</i>) are now threatened species.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17oLLt9tM6-LONkNFBDZjTGso1_3UewWdmNr3FitQFAfZMFDj6H56gpGJ242QBJSNUyRJiQ2s5_jOKpISqpaRXdSd2XPVjJZ_CIyP78X3_wE9Byj4Gf2SmRk2cxKfzuDofL6BZMtjs50/s1600/DSC09040+A.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17oLLt9tM6-LONkNFBDZjTGso1_3UewWdmNr3FitQFAfZMFDj6H56gpGJ242QBJSNUyRJiQ2s5_jOKpISqpaRXdSd2XPVjJZ_CIyP78X3_wE9Byj4Gf2SmRk2cxKfzuDofL6BZMtjs50/s320/DSC09040+A.jpg" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNL_EfsauigfqVbXX0KIFkhsaP9BeD1c6Glv3J0VYfe-cTNzz_0CjZyfa1HYCPWYsedD-hUu-8XJiwZdyy0iAhjRj7Mt9LrrX6lVHz72x0eSfZdoER21ZOjYiorrFXfuUkbz1vgVlNYo/s1600/DSC09136+A.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNL_EfsauigfqVbXX0KIFkhsaP9BeD1c6Glv3J0VYfe-cTNzz_0CjZyfa1HYCPWYsedD-hUu-8XJiwZdyy0iAhjRj7Mt9LrrX6lVHz72x0eSfZdoER21ZOjYiorrFXfuUkbz1vgVlNYo/s320/DSC09136+A.jpg" /></a></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Camphor trees dominated the front lawn of UST until recently. <i>Cinnamomum camphora </i>(also known as camphorwood or camphor laurel) is a large evergreen tree that is a source of oil, pharmaceutical products and timber. Being sensitive to flooding and pollution, even the older trees such as these in the photo apparently exhibit premature aging. Right, camphor tree laden with climbing <i>Philodendron</i>.<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzDyhpZgVI_AbmnUwsdl00hY_sj7bwTDpk7uKTfGtWXhmrJSL8hCnBwRV0YfBJcuCYKcyZ7nlBt21Mtg94oaL9M_vxlfLIXgs5Stv8N0mufRAY9iFRQ-E-LA2lgyYKjHI__xIh6_6fbs/s1600/DSC09109+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUzDyhpZgVI_AbmnUwsdl00hY_sj7bwTDpk7uKTfGtWXhmrJSL8hCnBwRV0YfBJcuCYKcyZ7nlBt21Mtg94oaL9M_vxlfLIXgs5Stv8N0mufRAY9iFRQ-E-LA2lgyYKjHI__xIh6_6fbs/w121-h186/DSC09109+A.jpg" width="121" /></a> </b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKcFnefidIWR5jErmgCMmHs75qEX7Jq5IPCf2UYGgcupKmtIc0COnM8tO8G7ulrYx6k6P5FXOAM-JLUU1YAHXUZE5M8o7mVp3vU8Izy64wPETxUHgsOuL9NiNjCx3M6sgJJnZFIqLw6o/s1600/DSC09095+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKcFnefidIWR5jErmgCMmHs75qEX7Jq5IPCf2UYGgcupKmtIc0COnM8tO8G7ulrYx6k6P5FXOAM-JLUU1YAHXUZE5M8o7mVp3vU8Izy64wPETxUHgsOuL9NiNjCx3M6sgJJnZFIqLw6o/w331-h186/DSC09095+A.jpg" width="331" /></a></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Botong (<i>Barringtona asiatica</i>), produces nut-like fruits that bear seeds poisonous to insects and fish. Graduate students examine the unique shape and structure of the pod.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjUqfZczlVG_2u5HprPypPXi8-JZF3L463GdfqUZYiB6X6zkdMQ7sv6QKJjxvHg1h7inSbfLpgQpnRP6jMw6rpZW6ZL6Myx65kar3UgjtiTh_pvEzg5gWb__b5_qU2IwtyrjEC8sQI9k/s1600-h/DSC03496.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjUqfZczlVG_2u5HprPypPXi8-JZF3L463GdfqUZYiB6X6zkdMQ7sv6QKJjxvHg1h7inSbfLpgQpnRP6jMw6rpZW6ZL6Myx65kar3UgjtiTh_pvEzg5gWb__b5_qU2IwtyrjEC8sQI9k/s400/DSC03496.JPG" /></a></b></div></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Antipolo (<i>Arthocarpus</i> sp) tree has broad leaves, perhaps the biggest of the dicots. It is related to <i>nangka</i> and <i>rimas</i>, as well as figs.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-JZCYPhy2yCJjplFOlD9erzMmkFyv_rZe-Qy4Ar2iSSkfhoa4NKRmfC6ijMcw_RqePc_j-Ian-YMWDcCdbdfCZjhhdcE2YgUsz2aYg_5OmpP0hck5K3FdmLjNMR0GGWB4Xp-8S_nnEc/s400/DSC03494.JPG" /></span></b></div></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lianas make a natural curtain. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Here students conduct field studies in biology and ecology. They </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">study interrelationships of plants - competition, symbiosis, parasitism, succession, etc.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ11XYuUbiITKGhyphenhyphenOI_Hf0NR4f5G1FOcHExnc71tZJUBhpZiN6vVInkttzLjBn1nHQ1-cxspyOVrKAt7FKkNgwHBnMkZjL0VYf5OGprBjIWtIfqShKx2JxPvtF96WBd2nvVFyMqFLAII/s1600-h/DSC03492.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQ11XYuUbiITKGhyphenhyphenOI_Hf0NR4f5G1FOcHExnc71tZJUBhpZiN6vVInkttzLjBn1nHQ1-cxspyOVrKAt7FKkNgwHBnMkZjL0VYf5OGprBjIWtIfqShKx2JxPvtF96WBd2nvVFyMqFLAII/s400/DSC03492.JPG" /></a></b></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Top view of the Botanical Garden, formerly Pharmacy Garden. It is one of the few gardens in the heart of the metropolis. It is a sanctuary of wildlife displaced by urbanization. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Plants are allowed to grow naturally like in a forest. </span></b></div><div><b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">NOTE: In the strict sense, an arboretum is a collection of trees. Related collections include a <i>fruticetum</i> (from the Latin <i>frutex</i>, meaning shrub), and a <i>viticetum</i>, a collection of vines. More commonly today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended as a "living gene bank" and field laboratory. As a park an arboretum adds beauty to the place, and creates a mini-climate in the area. ~</span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part 6 - </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Holy Father plants a tree.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">In celebration of the Pope's universal call, <i>Laudato Si'</i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/7518290892184357195#"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAmzpaf4GEF0-WQ2bsFFLzYMe4OM5_0pVm9-jowQViqMFsnrR0e5WMh0QZYNxC182mEVVGeTlgK1AkXOGToZK6wlUgHm-ukHWlmrhvWohI6lM4ZidAXgsCdi99U9d0QEjjbL5BYqnsFtE/w378-h213/pope+Francis+-environment.jpg" width="378" /></span></a></b></div></b><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>I<span style="color: #cc0000;">n observance of the UN International celebrations: Earth Day (April 22), </span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Day of Biodiversity (May 22), and Environment Day (June 6). Above all, it is in keeping with </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">our everyday commitment to <i>Laudato Si'</i> (Care for our common home, the Earth).</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">1. When spring comes without stir, “don't go gentle into the night,” rise and find out where have all the birds gone to herald the new season, the new beginning of life.<br /><br />2. When the monsoon ends too soon, summer sets early, the land scorched, the rivers and ponds dried up, warn of the coming of a severe El Niño phenomenon.<br /><br />3. When algal bloom in make-believe proportion spreads in lakes, sound the alarm of fish kill coming to avert losses and hunger, and save the ecosystem.<br /><br />4. When people move to cities in exodus, convince them, advise government, it is a tender trap that takes them away from the real Good Life on the countryside.<br /><br />5. When clouds simply pass over the landscape, take the lead to reforest the hills and mountains, restore the watershed with a million and one trees.<br /><br />6. When flood sweeps the land taking with it lives and properties, and eroding soil fertility, be part of rehabilitation and planning; believe that flood can be tamed.<br /><br />7. When you find an abundance of lichens of different types on trees and rocks, assure residents of the pristine condition of their environment, and help them to preserve it.<br /><br />8. When and where wildlife areas are shrinking, backyards and idle lots can be developed as alternative wildlife sanctuary, initiate this as a community project.<br /><br />9. When asked what vegetables are safe from pesticide residues and chemicals from fertilizers, promote native species like <i>malunggay</i>,<i> kamote</i> tops,<i> gabi, saluyot</i>, and the like, they are also more nutritious and easy to grow.<br /><br />10. When asked of Nature's way of maintaining the ecosystem, explain the role of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms, composting, symbiosis, among other natural processes and cycles.<br /><br />11. When additives are found in food - <i>MSG, Nutrasweet</i> or any artificial sugar,<i> salitre</i> in sausage, <i>sulfite</i> in white sugar,<i> melamin</i> in milk, <i>formalin</i> in fish, warn the public against taking these, initiate through legislation and campaign to ban these additives.<br /><br />12. When children spend too much time before the TV, on computers, and other gadgets, offer alternatives more favorable to their upbringing and well-being by getting close to nature like camping, gardening and other outdoor activities.<br /><br />13. When old folks talk about traditional wisdom and values, demonstrate native skills, listen and translate them into useful applications, disseminate these in school and through extension.<br /><br />14. When animals are restless, reptiles and rodents coming out of their burrows and dens, fish attempting to escape, fowls noisy, suspect the coming of a force majeure such as earthquake, and be alert to face possible consequences.<br /><br />15. When pandemic like COVID-19 threatens mankind, or an epidemic threatens an area, say flu or cholera initiate community cooperation with health and other institutions to prevent further spread of the disease. Take the same action against Avian Flu, ASF of swine, Tungro of palay, and the like. <br /><br />16. When a child has little concern about the environment, teach him, guide him to explore the beautiful world of nature, and make him realize his importance and his role.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>17. When there is a worthy movement to save the environment, such as <i>Clean and Green,</i> <i>Piso sa Pasig</i>, or any local campaign, lead and extend your full support.</b><br /><br /><b>18. When there are farms and fishponds neglected or abandoned, find out how these are put back to their productive conditions, or converted into a wildlife sanctuary.</b><br /><br /><b>19. When at rest or in confinement for health reason, explore natural remedies with plants, pet therapy, and other proven remedies</b><br /><br /><div style="font-weight: bold;">20. When on a fine Sunday morning you hear birds in the trees, fish splashing in a pond, and plants bloom, say a prayer of praise and thanksgiving in music and poetry, painting, or simply a reflection of the magnificence of creation. ~</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><b><span>*In keeping with the Pope's universal call,<i> Laudato Si' </i>The key idea behind it is that of “integral ecology”, i.e. that people and planet are part of one family where the Earth is our common home. It invites people to protect God's creation for future generations, to embrace a lifestyle change for their own good, and to take care of people who are poor and more vulnerable. (</span><span>Internet</span><span>)</span></b></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Part 7 - The Living Christmas Tree</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Plant a tree this Christmas Season</span></div></span><p style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8La_LuZ8EsNhpU_vZrkLmtUWDOiAgPMaW14PSeYwB6BlL2W7ydKQdKPNANxcr1DSPwOqcKfk-eBoPVAUyYW-hsc-C_jxMqSQn-iefe_kUmTcyZqlq99dDJJ4azBtJkU2ulTF21VbzbXf7/s563/Christmas+Tree+4.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="563" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8La_LuZ8EsNhpU_vZrkLmtUWDOiAgPMaW14PSeYwB6BlL2W7ydKQdKPNANxcr1DSPwOqcKfk-eBoPVAUyYW-hsc-C_jxMqSQn-iefe_kUmTcyZqlq99dDJJ4azBtJkU2ulTF21VbzbXf7/s320/Christmas+Tree+4.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;">The living Christmas Tree gives food, water, shelter, energy, the basic provisions of life. Above all, it is a great expression of love this Christmas Season.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p style="font-size: 14pt;"></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">D</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>on't cut trees for Christmas, don't!</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Plant trees instead and build beautiful memories with the family as the trees grow Christmas after Christmas. In the process they become living Christmas Trees the year round, and year in and out. For Christmas is not just for one occasion where a tree top is decorated and thrown away after. Millions of trees are sacrificed every Christmas this way. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYreCqYnEZH4eSgA4aYPQ3exnhrIPAe6q5mBb0yrYO079tZSFiG7IxafxSvFmCZ2-6B1c9zX716KKAfnFipQk_By3mwXrQUBBXvmvXNJfAmvhXDnRrBsaQ7qloQYf5VpKsQZGVQ8pMZ1O/s259/Christmas+tree+5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span><b><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYreCqYnEZH4eSgA4aYPQ3exnhrIPAe6q5mBb0yrYO079tZSFiG7IxafxSvFmCZ2-6B1c9zX716KKAfnFipQk_By3mwXrQUBBXvmvXNJfAmvhXDnRrBsaQ7qloQYf5VpKsQZGVQ8pMZ1O/s0/Christmas+tree+5.jpg" /></b></span></a><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span><span style="text-align: right;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pine treetops for sale</span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p>T</o:p></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">his contributes to loss of vegetation, which in turn results in soil erosion and siltation, flooding and largely to global warming.</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Loss of trees decreases oxygen in the air, since trees absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. They are the earth's primary lungs. And they contribute to favorable micro climates in their domain. They catch the rain and store it as groundwater and spring. They feed the streams and rivers and keep the ponds and lakes full, and the estuaries in good condition.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Just a single tree, we may say, does not mean anything - and it's Christmas. Anyway and it comes once in a year. With millions, nay billions, celebrating Christmas, collective loss is unimaginable. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">What can we do to have an instant living Christmas tree? You don't have to go far if there is a tree in your backyard on along the sidewalk. </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You can have a potted tree seedling by the window with simple decor. No lights. Just some ribbon and colored cutouts.</span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrcvxKwRVu7nP9c8Yxe2KaReGHeSbtMD8LPs_QY6PEa1h_PxOdwRM4eaOefwLWbWaubMILhAedsD6x0GyseqlW_GSnqvpuUb27aoDzqpxSd0ctBb5Vufy2xZuhYAqrNKzn-wOowfD0d9K/s200/Christmas+tree+6.jpg"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrcvxKwRVu7nP9c8Yxe2KaReGHeSbtMD8LPs_QY6PEa1h_PxOdwRM4eaOefwLWbWaubMILhAedsD6x0GyseqlW_GSnqvpuUb27aoDzqpxSd0ctBb5Vufy2xZuhYAqrNKzn-wOowfD0d9K/w228-h163/Christmas+tree+6.jpg" width="228" /></a> <span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguisa66yCvaaPgWz7XwHtUrDZm-deVUBwntWxWdKKXQxqj05xJD8EGHD6TP0IDjHcGSgkxRpH0B5caZOQtQaHvCREhU0m5nodGp2-UVM3atALm2XAVjhyphenhyphenZ3NyZbdqeu1ErjGQhJZQkrflP/s320/Christmas+tree+7.jpg" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguisa66yCvaaPgWz7XwHtUrDZm-deVUBwntWxWdKKXQxqj05xJD8EGHD6TP0IDjHcGSgkxRpH0B5caZOQtQaHvCREhU0m5nodGp2-UVM3atALm2XAVjhyphenhyphenZ3NyZbdqeu1ErjGQhJZQkrflP/w250-h161/Christmas+tree+7.jpg" width="250" /></a><br />Tree planting to save Mother Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">If the tree is large, decorate sparingly with a dozen lights, preferably LED. Don't forget the traditional<i> parol </i>on its top, lighthouse effect of sort.</span></b></span></p><ul style="color: black; margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If there's a tree house, the ambiance of Christmas should be focused there. The tree itself may be sparingly decorated.</span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="color: black; margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Shrubs and small trees are not exacting to decors. Just don't over decorate.</b></span></li></ul><div style="color: black;"><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plant a tree this Christmas can be made as a community campaign. Decide the place of tree planting: a park, along the highway, on a watershed. Celebrate Christmas with this occasion. Don't forget to take care of the trees thereafter. </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plant trees that are adapted in the area. Conifers (pines) are temperate; get tropical species (e.g., narra) for the tropics.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Artificial Christmas trees are most convenient to have, but consider the cost and effect to health and environment. Recycled waste materials draws out artistic talent. This is fine, it reduces waste - or at least gives a "second life", beautiful at that of materials otherwise thrown away. Just be careful with the harmful effects of deteriorating second hand and recycled materials. Don't keep them indoor. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">The most meaningful Christmas is one that addresses our time and effort to solving problems concerning our well-being and the environment. The living Christmas Tree is one that gives food, water, shelter, energy, the basic provisions of life, above all it is a great expression of love to Nature and our fellowmen this Christmas Season. . </span></b></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>---------------------------</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY WITH POINSETTIA</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCcbPKh6Ak-Y0Z8G8CqKLg2-aTWfE1IaH9PLyWHC_dPW-byhMeHjZD8RXYw2y4FOKQiW5iMJSmlw0BP2Hs8mDrKR9JPO2FNLTMsGAWP7AfChZQTZU1OEKfo6SXRAmb0p9FJPgpl8iXKR4/s320/Christmas+tree+8.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span></span></a><span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><b><i> Poinsettia pulcherrima</i> cultivars</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbv7tKHF32G0EcjF7WgngDFN3lSON68xw4f8Rkef-7x7vxIgJS-ZgjSfRufw2kUU2sPWZY4KNmZk81w18HBsBOwg-dbcXmuR3qMt4QW1kBqz2m9He5dXsny-UjDTbHeJx08j4SYWt79QDp/w319-h191/poinsettas-white-red-and-pink.jpg" /> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3TfZcy0WcHNqM6VQGSwxApf40A9KMn1sOFr5La2eV0D5AZUa2ighQO4EpfU59oBChaB72u9EVmkZQSuAL_gibJZgo3nTZ56P2Q10CepLZr-hlJd72zPsnuWivf_OOIbrXUAm1nLQRit8/w128-h192/Christmas+tree+2+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdYttc_KPHVvtvboQH8c4rUttiJP9BSUDYdTzuqNoS5OGZK7qPq_vSNGPRHFQVExKVvIVDoVbvleunL3I7nlKfQV9Np49wDjzqTu1ilpw85sDip4Y3KiarY0MKKf4iX_oCsJz4jD6X0am/s640/Poinsettia+eb1_emgv_5012069_formatted.jpg"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdYttc_KPHVvtvboQH8c4rUttiJP9BSUDYdTzuqNoS5OGZK7qPq_vSNGPRHFQVExKVvIVDoVbvleunL3I7nlKfQV9Np49wDjzqTu1ilpw85sDip4Y3KiarY0MKKf4iX_oCsJz4jD6X0am/w226-h162/Poinsettia+eb1_emgv_5012069_formatted.jpg" width="226" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tquiCxEZg5ezE4AWYClOEAKCQ0WtXoXOvTON0TAi4RSGXdfxsFbMZuxVaTEVraUFdcEClRaRpviKq7yUf9sswuUlmac9rUEQL_EZItpEbq5gpoWGTEmqKrzU20xnISym1nmO_h6-_sHw/s259/Poinsettia.jpg"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tquiCxEZg5ezE4AWYClOEAKCQ0WtXoXOvTON0TAi4RSGXdfxsFbMZuxVaTEVraUFdcEClRaRpviKq7yUf9sswuUlmac9rUEQL_EZItpEbq5gpoWGTEmqKrzU20xnISym1nmO_h6-_sHw/w219-h164/Poinsettia.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGui4elIv43IITUy1uqvZlhRnSaBthMR-sr1ovVwJD9qMppnK0f0xejpzLnAB1XbUQHlvdwWLXSaqj6V-mfP8ae6nkEQ8gkIhATbIkv-IvNZ1C9GiI_X49aHHxyksixl4O5MgsKBvQZHw/w217-h160/poinsettia-autumn-leaves-1019-1200x900.jpg" width="217" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/6149097674825178268#"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTGTivApX7XAR1EYnuDFTF7xagknWAW86YtjTDwD11Iwr66bY5S0daO3MBvNWxNhoimMid4w5nJCiSG9hShX3kpMoJcgrNr9ASarz63xaDMHTj0ZKIr8qK9khABtOJoxdrW3IL-cshFic/w222-h158/Poinsettia+thumbnailer.jpg" width="222" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Acknowledgement: Internet Photos ~</span></div><div><br /></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 8 - </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Save the Trees this Palm Sunday</span></span><span> </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Christian world loses millions and millions worth of palm trees every Palm Sunday. Trees take a holiday with the Corona Virus pandemic.</span></b><br /><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0MZtmEsMdFNQ3Wq0DIFK5_ar2NH50dxeVctv2p8sXud4jV0BetKdXWlk9QFsij08WzhN2qfgCdJkXwopRGlkg8Bes7HhKCHsifFBnR_S2TQaSSVyu64SYJym0V78IhRzsjjNvThjmqiO/s1600/DSC09141+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: start;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0MZtmEsMdFNQ3Wq0DIFK5_ar2NH50dxeVctv2p8sXud4jV0BetKdXWlk9QFsij08WzhN2qfgCdJkXwopRGlkg8Bes7HhKCHsifFBnR_S2TQaSSVyu64SYJym0V78IhRzsjjNvThjmqiO/s1600/DSC09141+A.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Let's join the movement Ecological Reconciliation espoused by the Holy Father <i>(Laudato Si'</i> Encyclical), and local church leaders led by Fr Benigno Beltran SVD. This is a yearly appeal from this website addressed to the leaders of the Church, the faithful, and mankind as one. Let's plant trees instead and take good care of them.<br /><br />The Christian world loses millions and millions worth of palm trees every Palm Sunday. Coconut-based economy is the worst hit - the source of many domestic and export products, and the foundation of people's livelihood. The coconut is the most important tree in maintaining the balance of tropical ecosystems.</span></b></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Whatever happened to the sacredness of Palm Sunday!</span></span></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLhKK2TlOt7hLhQk2n4ZOIna_7-Z8R0LG0mgUYEfjf_iCD5US_IVPh-UT8q99joKn6dQLu-eso6STW6zUTvAqoH7fEN_E9bX8sQL_QpEejjR1wRmZ5aC9DVqQj0FatAL3AvZzU9ks3cY/s1600/Pope+Francis+16.jpg"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLhKK2TlOt7hLhQk2n4ZOIna_7-Z8R0LG0mgUYEfjf_iCD5US_IVPh-UT8q99joKn6dQLu-eso6STW6zUTvAqoH7fEN_E9bX8sQL_QpEejjR1wRmZ5aC9DVqQj0FatAL3AvZzU9ks3cY/s1600/Pope+Francis+16.jpg" width="400" /> </a></b></div></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Bundles of palm fronds (young leaves of coconut and other palm trees) attest to the massive destruction and decimation of palms in the Christian world.</b></div></b></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs4tTsDuaGhd6ADMBYqE1e2TqZvUAJmEJ5any9HTjAwWKCFFmcwytnuUnPIeGgeE_5xCW1Ji6hyGhVBCb4vzAwAvf329EDLGrtg7FUxinAvU4vh52M-c0Q1N4WGn1JQa_Ot0959XLlt8/s1600/Pope+Francis+14.jpg"><img border="0" height="273" 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/></a></div></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Let's join hands to save the trees </span></b></div><ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYV9gXCVOpRC7gTn2Tk7c096W9XVcBFy8EOCCHBuCiuFn_rnLaypMV7IyRKBqch9XqwkvYLdyTCL1U3nTi6-1D_E6rrO3l349SyuVj3hG6HuVLb7Cy2DATjiU2daoXakbU59zCJ6DDVg7/s1600/DSC03990+tree+oliva.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYV9gXCVOpRC7gTn2Tk7c096W9XVcBFy8EOCCHBuCiuFn_rnLaypMV7IyRKBqch9XqwkvYLdyTCL1U3nTi6-1D_E6rrO3l349SyuVj3hG6HuVLb7Cy2DATjiU2daoXakbU59zCJ6DDVg7/s400/DSC03990+tree+oliva.jpg" width="332" /></span></a><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't use young (bud) leaves of coconut for <i>palaspas</i>. You will kill the tree.</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Conserve the Oliva or the Cycads. They are living fossils, older than the dinosaurs. They are now endangered.</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></b></li></ul><b><span style="font-family: arial;">PHOTO: Oliva or Cycad, a living fossil is now endangered.</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: right;"> </span></b><br /></span><ul><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't strip the young leaves of <i>buri</i> and <i>anahaw </i>palms. They are now in the list of threatened species. </span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b>Get only the mature leaves - never the young leaves or bud. </b>Get only a small leaf or part of it. Don't be wasteful.</b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b> </b></span></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">There's no need for each faithful to carry palaspas. One for a whole family is enough.</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Get substitute plants that are not ecologically endangered and economically threatened. (Examples: MacArthur's Palm, palmera, Areca or betel nut, bunga de Jolo, and 101 non-palm plants from bamboo to ground orchid). Use mature or older leaves - never the young leaves and buds.</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Seek advice from your community and religious leaders, and environmentalists.</span></b></li><ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Religious Practices Effects to Health and Environment</b></span></ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYOlLgBrR5YIotdTj95gLKzZWNstqhO6RmIBVGIPBLmkordTK_uWPdiZqn-BPITD35EReZS-lg-85qGI0EtOmSBJSY478aW3fA_JwjLkUf9s9S4EBtub6qW0oI_EKsyydxv6BZvB6g7uo/s1600/buri.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYOlLgBrR5YIotdTj95gLKzZWNstqhO6RmIBVGIPBLmkordTK_uWPdiZqn-BPITD35EReZS-lg-85qGI0EtOmSBJSY478aW3fA_JwjLkUf9s9S4EBtub6qW0oI_EKsyydxv6BZvB6g7uo/s400/buri.jpg" width="400" /></span></b></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>• Retreat and reflection is therapy, helps the mind and body release tension and do away with the effects of stress.</b></span><br /></span><ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Buri palm <i>(Corypha</i>) is now classified as threatened species</b></span></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• <u>Abstinence </u>conserves animal population especially during the lean months, conserving breeding stocks - like seeds (binhi) – in order to multiply in the next season.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• To some religions <u>pork is banned.</u> Pork is a carrier of known parasites such as tapeworm, hookworm, and <span style="font-style: italic;">ascaris.</span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">•<u> On Palm Sunday trees are stripped off of their buds, leaves and stems</u>. This is detrimental to the environment especially in summer when plants face tight water regime. Millions of pesos worth of coconut trees, potential to provide nuts continuously for a period of up to 30 years, are simply sacrificed for a day's ritual. Endangered species such as the <span style="font-style: italic;">Cycad</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">Oliva</span>), are pushed to the brink of extinction.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Ancient religions regard certain <u>places and trees sacred,</u> thus enhancing their conservation. Such worship was replaced by later religions, thus losing their protection.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• The <u>washing of feet</u> is not only ritual, it is also sanitation, getting rid of germs and preventing their spread.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. <u>Avoid dipping your fingers into the holy water bowl, </u>and never wash your hands or face in it. Running holy water is best.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>. Take communion on your palm</u>, never with your tongue. Epidemic such as H1N1 (flu) can be spread this way.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><u>Holding hands</u> in prayer is discouraged also for health and sanitation, keeping ones privacy in reverence, notwithstanding. Kissing icons is likewise discouraged for the same reason. Wiping holy objects with handkerchief will only pick up germs.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. <u>Paying<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>last respect to the dead </u>should be done with extreme care, especially if the cause of death is highly contagious like anthrax, Ebola and SARS. Remember the tragic death of some religious sisters who contacted Ebola from their dead colleague?</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. <u>Don't walk on your knees to the altar</u>; kneeling in prayer is enough. Be kind to your knee tendon and kneecap; knee injury may incapacitate you permanently. "You re not growing younger," an elder advised me. Let's learn from athletes who retired early because of knee injury.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. <u>Removing shoes</u> before entering a house of worship is an expression of respect and reverence, as well as for purposes of maintaining sanitation in the place. Any footwear carries dirt and germs, and may be teems with bacteria and fungi from long and intimate wear. This practice may not be as strict in Catholic churches as in Muslim mosques and Buddhist temples. Removing shoes in other places like prayer rooms, wakes, even homes, are becoming a popular practice.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. Many religious ceremonies are without the use of <u>incense.</u> Incense smoke and scent usually produce a pleasant and calming effect to the faithful. It is also an effective fumigant against flying and crawling insects. Its repellant effect helped keep down the spread of bubonic plague during the Middle Ages. The causal organism which killed a third of the population in the known world is carried by flea (<span style="font-style: italic;">Xenopsylla cheopis</span>) that resides in rats. Incense comes in various preparations and offerings, candle sticks among the most common. Burning candles have similar but lesser effects. To get rid of flies around food, plant one or two burning candles to keep them at bay. Try it.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT87MRMJPS7DtfmOREhofub1SN6QTBUt9pHf2gmecdCW679sP-oKHnDTOT-PvgkcpnSFBz_I9Evhx9E9ndpznsg-z6IOvBcg3dBGc02T07zLa08tLHWKrMmlq1FytvCMLqaoea0ke4Aio/s1600-h/IMG_4150.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445698443920165458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT87MRMJPS7DtfmOREhofub1SN6QTBUt9pHf2gmecdCW679sP-oKHnDTOT-PvgkcpnSFBz_I9Evhx9E9ndpznsg-z6IOvBcg3dBGc02T07zLa08tLHWKrMmlq1FytvCMLqaoea0ke4Aio/s400/IMG_4150.JPG" style="display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></span></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sprinkling holy water with lotus flower before entering </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">the Buddha Shrine.</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(Grand Palace, Bangkok)</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATumpWKp_PJpPKT1d8_q6hld8R1fiOR9U49_50YK312hwETiv1NSJKQnwZBS50TmT4nSHEnKh_VBp82hA8lOv1DZqXc_0tx3chmLIafW1k6VRe-vl0tmi_Dh2Vtn6IE3wAP7nLQ2hDc/s1600-h/People+4.JPG"><b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445705599667181170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATumpWKp_PJpPKT1d8_q6hld8R1fiOR9U49_50YK312hwETiv1NSJKQnwZBS50TmT4nSHEnKh_VBp82hA8lOv1DZqXc_0tx3chmLIafW1k6VRe-vl0tmi_Dh2Vtn6IE3wAP7nLQ2hDc/s400/People+4.JPG" style="display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></b></a></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Candle offering is often wasteful and dangerous. It also makes </span>the place untidy. A lighted candle in an enclosed room reduces oxygen level while filling it with CO2 and the deadly Carbon Monoxide. (Our Lady of Manaoag Shrine, Manaoag Pangasinan.)</b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>NOTE: I invite the readers to list down other religious practices - favorable and not - and send them through Comments. It will indeed enrich this article.</b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Proof of destruction on the altar of faith could be as evident as after a typhoon and other <i>force majeure</i> on the economy and environment. </span></b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroNVA4Z97XXUgFx1UPXdKxS-_ShqqWKQgAjO2xyM6URn8r7ac2w10e_pC73Yi7dtd1rCyf0c1qXr-ZvSJielsJ2Ye8_FgNCGZgpsDB7Llfl-g0OulfmCPwipPGJiTfXi0LERtqYDviVGZ/s1600/coconut+AG127E10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroNVA4Z97XXUgFx1UPXdKxS-_ShqqWKQgAjO2xyM6URn8r7ac2w10e_pC73Yi7dtd1rCyf0c1qXr-ZvSJielsJ2Ye8_FgNCGZgpsDB7Llfl-g0OulfmCPwipPGJiTfXi0LERtqYDviVGZ/s400/coconut+AG127E10.jpg" width="400" 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style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>NOTE: This article served as a yearly lesson for 30 years on the defunct <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i> with Ms Melly C Tenorio as host and the author as broadcast instructtor. </b></span><b>738 DZRB AM, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday, linked with Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) network, and this Blog <span style="color: #cc0000;">avrotor.blogspot.com</span></b></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Part 9 -</span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trophies of Nature</span></span></b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trophies in vanity and pride,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">in gold and silver, huge and tall;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nature pleading on the other side,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">for man to remember the Fall. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieP7HVLbYPcEpnbohsk2LMgy0fkn3q1BXH6Br1hsThu_5P7cJnTbEcBk5eNIC-IoOO_XRENtwnLVu5QsoKCKT2Lt48RRm0P6pQglCkI4G4l4SXlxs2M92t8puIcSnP8HuUCyx_f51Tybc9-7xkYbiq8OaY0TVOcVw1rFA7E71kd_lVzDCIM6A71QI2GVI/s4540/DSC00426.JPG"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieP7HVLbYPcEpnbohsk2LMgy0fkn3q1BXH6Br1hsThu_5P7cJnTbEcBk5eNIC-IoOO_XRENtwnLVu5QsoKCKT2Lt48RRm0P6pQglCkI4G4l4SXlxs2M92t8puIcSnP8HuUCyx_f51Tybc9-7xkYbiq8OaY0TVOcVw1rFA7E71kd_lVzDCIM6A71QI2GVI/w465-h558/DSC00426.JPG" width="465" /></a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>A trophy - dead branch from a forest before, </span></b><b><span>its </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>message clear </span></b><b><span>to the logger, and slash-and-burn </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>farmer, c</span></b><b><span>ould their conscience bear? </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ah9YWwnlHhBouw7cHB8Q9JMJ3Ho5huDXh70zBlBUnjVA5PNDKrb2cvllwVh39vZpRRiyVze9gNeKGBpjhUkmIF9RX0OKImVXsiZ_Gstp9uoMpDujVwXLm7Dl4AJtzFMZXvblAlrE__dmGPbHLrYgJxI0s1j3d-rLcJlC8mfk4NAst8SzvF6b3ARWB8w/s4180/DSC00369.JPG"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ah9YWwnlHhBouw7cHB8Q9JMJ3Ho5huDXh70zBlBUnjVA5PNDKrb2cvllwVh39vZpRRiyVze9gNeKGBpjhUkmIF9RX0OKImVXsiZ_Gstp9uoMpDujVwXLm7Dl4AJtzFMZXvblAlrE__dmGPbHLrYgJxI0s1j3d-rLcJlC8mfk4NAst8SzvF6b3ARWB8w/w269-h338/DSC00369.JPG" width="269" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOF9ccohPDfosFGYlIFvrrif8B0JJ4izgS9KbolZR1H7IP_J6JSEMUBRKTDCfKg3sZFkyB3dZIxn7BAW0GLJ64bct2s_KmudFUW4gBj6f-wf-mFOG6OLM-EPNbDUby8D5Xkip5NVr-NBp0CBIEIBdzRSiAKVG_KJ4lIScAb7RnQvz6NehUqfyWrCPBWno/s4372/DSC00367.JPG"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOF9ccohPDfosFGYlIFvrrif8B0JJ4izgS9KbolZR1H7IP_J6JSEMUBRKTDCfKg3sZFkyB3dZIxn7BAW0GLJ64bct2s_KmudFUW4gBj6f-wf-mFOG6OLM-EPNbDUby8D5Xkip5NVr-NBp0CBIEIBdzRSiAKVG_KJ4lIScAb7RnQvz6NehUqfyWrCPBWno/w244-h338/DSC00367.JPG" width="244" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Left: Whatever happened to Noah's emissary - the blackbird, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">now extinct save its replica in the museum. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Right: Driftwood "fished out" from the sea bears fossils </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and empty burrows. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIb03oxiT9SYyHlWa_vrPxjZqMhutqixLMu_erat1NSUJ9gFdqaDS8P06z0RxNxEI9dCBExqOKWIjks9qmpkl5ROc-V7bELj_DNbGP4-4lF4y621_vJvj4qJH90gQIS-nXZWPYhTFpn5_1DGo_E6YTrCIv0tWEK_49kRupbBZj1PpUA3TNyOZts698-wc/s3964/DSC00370.JPG"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIb03oxiT9SYyHlWa_vrPxjZqMhutqixLMu_erat1NSUJ9gFdqaDS8P06z0RxNxEI9dCBExqOKWIjks9qmpkl5ROc-V7bELj_DNbGP4-4lF4y621_vJvj4qJH90gQIS-nXZWPYhTFpn5_1DGo_E6YTrCIv0tWEK_49kRupbBZj1PpUA3TNyOZts698-wc/w260-h332/DSC00370.JPG" width="260" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZqLMF97NAGMPQ1Jd3QYYisFaiRTWMqVAqrzInTvFck374U_ONW5WejJDaLSN0VVlGXgSdOhe_9KQO_AHp5R73ZyI0JLUdXJ9ZF9FPBkBBs8gFEbt3TFRgNpa2ZS0Z9a6VDkW2qVWWL26RyDq_uqwwvvrTP6e0iWeZUE56Ta5VkATv1qtVLQLJIFekjg/s3324/DSC00372.JPG"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZqLMF97NAGMPQ1Jd3QYYisFaiRTWMqVAqrzInTvFck374U_ONW5WejJDaLSN0VVlGXgSdOhe_9KQO_AHp5R73ZyI0JLUdXJ9ZF9FPBkBBs8gFEbt3TFRgNpa2ZS0Z9a6VDkW2qVWWL26RyDq_uqwwvvrTP6e0iWeZUE56Ta5VkATv1qtVLQLJIFekjg/w259-h334/DSC00372.JPG" width="259" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Left: Who is proud of having a souvenir - a head of a deer - on the wall?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Mirror of man's folly and cruelty, compassion if any at all.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Right: Splinters and shards, remnants of a once majestic tree, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">we openly call with pride as <i>heritage </i>tree.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJORoQj4f5P6ZpPGwjbfymnUg1xBtjloMQghJaYSNKnsQAUK5odtRCNsBfJyV2zJyB0VvW_PeN_lA9bOhGX9NqFCoKJFaMciOrdIIglxcdQPhSsqA3XiyAkRQVCMWqQQSZIht5waykHb_-q4GUUW6oYcHC-1T5nM6ZafF6vcm_uNrW0B91IhZmUi3zq4/s2592/DSC01202.JPG"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJORoQj4f5P6ZpPGwjbfymnUg1xBtjloMQghJaYSNKnsQAUK5odtRCNsBfJyV2zJyB0VvW_PeN_lA9bOhGX9NqFCoKJFaMciOrdIIglxcdQPhSsqA3XiyAkRQVCMWqQQSZIht5waykHb_-q4GUUW6oYcHC-1T5nM6ZafF6vcm_uNrW0B91IhZmUi3zq4/w270-h360/DSC01202.JPG" width="270" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGX-nRPfmDWKJD6wf6AESUj_BpVTsMwYghoL7u-RYNFDFrvnvZcrTRUPtiL59foXPj2CgiXvZi3Ar3vD6Mv2DSIbxbyF5C1EUqn-CqxBamy_fjR082lNDf3nDxqbf-NUPLNxLJ2mckxDGiH1PHduOp9lTXa8Ri6EuvRuVI14zQTHAKoLkOfLeeVXg9VQw/s2485/DSC01210.JPG"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGX-nRPfmDWKJD6wf6AESUj_BpVTsMwYghoL7u-RYNFDFrvnvZcrTRUPtiL59foXPj2CgiXvZi3Ar3vD6Mv2DSIbxbyF5C1EUqn-CqxBamy_fjR082lNDf3nDxqbf-NUPLNxLJ2mckxDGiH1PHduOp9lTXa8Ri6EuvRuVI14zQTHAKoLkOfLeeVXg9VQw/w241-h360/DSC01210.JPG" width="241" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Left: Trophy made of a thorny cherry - but why man's <i>enemy</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>when </span></b><b><span>it gives the sweetest jelly?</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Right: "Womb of a Tree" - abode of a symbiont in mutual </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">relationship with the host tree. Now both are gone.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0mTDUJQj1_E/XzjGdRmhpQI/AAAAAAAA91E/jg6ssSTLiBYeEhIYUa23ZLHveN8T_P8dACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/DSC09547.JPG"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0mTDUJQj1_E/XzjGdRmhpQI/AAAAAAAA91E/jg6ssSTLiBYeEhIYUa23ZLHveN8T_P8dACLcBGAsYHQ/w295-h210/DSC09547.JPG" width="295" /></a> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JfLrK357dMM/XzjGKhWbHGI/AAAAAAAA90Q/YwZPH8BKXvMdK50jJUgwqeXLCjpeSoUQgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/DSC09526.JPG"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JfLrK357dMM/XzjGKhWbHGI/AAAAAAAA90Q/YwZPH8BKXvMdK50jJUgwqeXLCjpeSoUQgCLcBGAsYHQ/w208-h209/DSC09526.JPG" width="208" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">We kill trees for their weird looks. Superstition prevails over </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>intellect. We can only surmise </span></b><b><span>who deserve to receive </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">these trophies?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b><span><img border="0" height="519" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqqzXOJnp5tZJVjml9qP4Wk-uvfo6m2S3UAOPB21TNns50kvB9IDFu9-cMdW8b0o_AVL_3xEz634tbEb1xN-bHMb0mPUiwyIaokDyzD8sMntdtFFqLrOm2ZxP71FVZL9L4Fi0JEwxTE8/w405-h519/cryptozoology+DSC00984.JPG" width="405" /> </span></b></span></div></div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Duck Head Figurine</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Once hunted on water and in air,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">now figurine, a grim reminder. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcrUSFlEEE-vEvsvzNLOcnbEoyDYuLjkJtIpV49PZfQu1pb9Ey9fUNp8iNR0JqFTsgAaWtIfRM5FxTkchXHOAM1Zg1Btk2SvNbh-ove6B6P-aAkCETabCS5UzwIWtEWcyzRZNpmDCPQxjjmA-tncJBurf7QNz4aqJ6PiwdsA1lAOgTeRbyaIMdjlK2qkWx" style="color: #336699; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="457" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcrUSFlEEE-vEvsvzNLOcnbEoyDYuLjkJtIpV49PZfQu1pb9Ey9fUNp8iNR0JqFTsgAaWtIfRM5FxTkchXHOAM1Zg1Btk2SvNbh-ove6B6P-aAkCETabCS5UzwIWtEWcyzRZNpmDCPQxjjmA-tncJBurf7QNz4aqJ6PiwdsA1lAOgTeRbyaIMdjlK2qkWx=w411-h578" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="411" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Driftwood trophy</span></b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> "You can hear the sea in the city." Does this giant shell </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">deserve this acclaim for its demise? </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4miwTCoqKyMWkgiY6hixabddxEMhQiZca5Tm_rghUYPmwbrbTOHGXgSoShqKpYWAuJ3LiMW2o8AKIOWlmyk2KrkHaY8pjIOZnN_9uPV-oO7eV4ZKvWs7Ry_NUYHHm1jsujg4WdMCzoQ/w501-h607/DSC00766.JPG" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Why gold or silver a trophy;</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">why not remnant of a tree,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> shells forgotten and empty,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to wake us up to reality?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwM6Dr6NrcN9BL7mWEC_RlzYJRac81zv95EMC2CResKXLr0dqApaBzzgRs5g7XSBPt3zbzb58X7ta4J30AyQmiKv4PX4EawZ0J-do16iQ7pXUiu2SR2RnqpZv6yCbhLASJLvxK9sJU40_ynmkRINiSiMuMFDc3BR84vqWg99PbXie3iczkpQbkOVq9EK61/s3616/DSC01073%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwM6Dr6NrcN9BL7mWEC_RlzYJRac81zv95EMC2CResKXLr0dqApaBzzgRs5g7XSBPt3zbzb58X7ta4J30AyQmiKv4PX4EawZ0J-do16iQ7pXUiu2SR2RnqpZv6yCbhLASJLvxK9sJU40_ynmkRINiSiMuMFDc3BR84vqWg99PbXie3iczkpQbkOVq9EK61/w392-h640/DSC01073%20-%20Copy.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="392" /></a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Driftwood Table Decor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Wasteland in the hall,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> a dreaded scene,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> aftermath of the Fall, </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>of man's first Sin.</span></b> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cdKv5_E_fL5ye5VFZFlVe7s9et7Y4b-oNWF3E7-p1s8fpeEcIUbY0DdRAISQHtQjXuQcY5Vvj_zCScp6vlU__PetmuHu5nOhVvVS1p9J53rYqMO6HsOPo8OXPkVSOcCB4z3jAHKCH6JqTqS7BG1rfidlDJbkXOj1IjalXsxhKrt1Gij6pZIr9C764Jw/s4160/DSC00396.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2564" data-original-width="4160" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cdKv5_E_fL5ye5VFZFlVe7s9et7Y4b-oNWF3E7-p1s8fpeEcIUbY0DdRAISQHtQjXuQcY5Vvj_zCScp6vlU__PetmuHu5nOhVvVS1p9J53rYqMO6HsOPo8OXPkVSOcCB4z3jAHKCH6JqTqS7BG1rfidlDJbkXOj1IjalXsxhKrt1Gij6pZIr9C764Jw/w507-h312/DSC00396.JPG" width="507" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Nature Trophies Unlimited</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A collection of Nature remains which resemble unique features of creatures and objects, a subject of pseudoscience called <i>cryptobiology</i>. On display at the author's residence at the Living with Nature Center in San Vicente Ilocos Sur. ~</span></b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2735229114732086804" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span> Part 10 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Trees in Winter in Brisbane, Australia</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #cc0000; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“It seems like everything sleeps in winter, but it’s really a time of renewal and reflection.”</span></b><b style="color: #cc0000; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">— Elizabeth Camden, <i>Until the Dawn</i></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Photographs and Painting by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUURQtSmMi3v-4l99dGsrh7292ekX3l8oUIKiMTOUueFAfLtz2S5y1ISWNH74TehcDoQGF3ZzJfnyqi8hdBD6p3o2-6KxHJ7i9-GUV5iobbaDmzJPWl6puBVhtJpsTEBG1H_lTJj30AKI-sqB6ao_jRnxf25RlEpuZJFDKoi2XwNqSN7j2JXTX-M0FVrs/s5472/DSC01141.JPG"><img border="0" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUURQtSmMi3v-4l99dGsrh7292ekX3l8oUIKiMTOUueFAfLtz2S5y1ISWNH74TehcDoQGF3ZzJfnyqi8hdBD6p3o2-6KxHJ7i9-GUV5iobbaDmzJPWl6puBVhtJpsTEBG1H_lTJj30AKI-sqB6ao_jRnxf25RlEpuZJFDKoi2XwNqSN7j2JXTX-M0FVrs/w535-h339/DSC01141.JPG" width="535" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>"With paintbrush and acrylic colors, half lying on the lawn, I tried to capture the scene on canvas, the sun overcast revealing the undergrowth as temperate trees are mainly deciduous, save the evergreens mainly gymnosperms - cypresses and pines." - AV Rotor</b></span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhg6Txw5YJ9GitaHRLWqOCtYGDMIO8QZwsjftYUyf11XqexcTVrJ3gj8Yontn3hkxndtqXYZNtFbjDpu4fxaoT6v6NmVIm8TyQ_BGL7ff3xtjGUCBVRBN4AO1YKZxS1X6VtEZXXXx95pV3o9jQK7LR7ck94_C77V4ira3s_MXMrh16EirXczMDSTmVc/s2726/DSC01106.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2045" data-original-width="2726" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAVhg6Txw5YJ9GitaHRLWqOCtYGDMIO8QZwsjftYUyf11XqexcTVrJ3gj8Yontn3hkxndtqXYZNtFbjDpu4fxaoT6v6NmVIm8TyQ_BGL7ff3xtjGUCBVRBN4AO1YKZxS1X6VtEZXXXx95pV3o9jQK7LR7ck94_C77V4ira3s_MXMrh16EirXczMDSTmVc/w402-h301/DSC01106.JPG" width="402" /></span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"I found new life in a dead tree, a pair of birds singing." - AV Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrVfpi3bf5VJfLETFQD-l9WSLIJ3ghBTdWKSYwd5vWIIc8pGTwXx6O2LkRCL5GMxrJDGVwdZbPR2pZlBsdSCsr9ztjOotJ206UR9O7tdNkau282WwRVTwDgGuhyHBi70fVRvyR336ZCSMslTxgAfnbkj-4k2YemODPkGQpq6kxlbk6n7EldjGeYabhD0/s5472/DSC01139%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrVfpi3bf5VJfLETFQD-l9WSLIJ3ghBTdWKSYwd5vWIIc8pGTwXx6O2LkRCL5GMxrJDGVwdZbPR2pZlBsdSCsr9ztjOotJ206UR9O7tdNkau282WwRVTwDgGuhyHBi70fVRvyR336ZCSMslTxgAfnbkj-4k2YemODPkGQpq6kxlbk6n7EldjGeYabhD0/w398-h224/DSC01139%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="398" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." — Victor Hugo</span></b></div><p></p><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH59yVi_nJO1RkMEmIe_I6VJtX8gtmGoEH8rMC1_eaLwFnsyE63Wdd13UwLE_ya6vGO-MBtoTQHi4EgcFdD11UAqiuVLu_ZyU78UU7TEDYV-YS1I_emWgDExquMheDkH7DQI5nOforGwG8s3F604ICy7lUk3tlj5arJbdnRgYf1WvWgNs-oZhwNdSp33I/s320/DSC01143.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqleiWEIwc_TTCCpndD77SS3pDZMeFfmUa0gouy8WniJEVU_4p1Wsa1sPUX9Bv-bWD1TNBXcVfhvPY3NHNDuccsy8xO6NnhNjVt9DocU4W-2GFsp59NImxsRcgZAaFdyIjHmQ0-EjRZ3sMs2904xNLZVv7OVi3Sh1oH8U8fw195n-PNmJ0yycSP46RDlY/s5472/DSC01136%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqleiWEIwc_TTCCpndD77SS3pDZMeFfmUa0gouy8WniJEVU_4p1Wsa1sPUX9Bv-bWD1TNBXcVfhvPY3NHNDuccsy8xO6NnhNjVt9DocU4W-2GFsp59NImxsRcgZAaFdyIjHmQ0-EjRZ3sMs2904xNLZVv7OVi3Sh1oH8U8fw195n-PNmJ0yycSP46RDlY/w179-h319/DSC01136%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="179" /></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>"</span><span>One can follow the sun, of course, but I have always thought that it is best to know some winter, too, so that the summer, when it arrives, is the more gratefully received.” — Beatriz Williams</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_AYGVHL-3M5mXLzfnn8VLndMv3e5lMeO0aGXUfCtptSHQ1m1NfCkcrSlymym8cOb_oy-OWZ4jtRhZxJEaa3dmkdTQFrvL_Ja-5zkMUJJrlWqDK8bGuAiZwpwF6Z7DghEqtmKImTSjMjzupuKtDyqcZTZjhua9IyghBADwOz33W4SkyqOU44lEvNuLic/s5472/DSC01146.JPG"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK_AYGVHL-3M5mXLzfnn8VLndMv3e5lMeO0aGXUfCtptSHQ1m1NfCkcrSlymym8cOb_oy-OWZ4jtRhZxJEaa3dmkdTQFrvL_Ja-5zkMUJJrlWqDK8bGuAiZwpwF6Z7DghEqtmKImTSjMjzupuKtDyqcZTZjhua9IyghBADwOz33W4SkyqOU44lEvNuLic/w188-h320/DSC01146.JPG" width="188" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jJOXYlkC57U8xpynRh-L1CPqc4jdec6YsqtA769s4o7xF-dluG8uMgOI_ySSOF4E6oW_NFw3UGfc5f0CsISpaZQnlgAwFJRrrrUij-SIJdDumBpwPU2Xy6SvxnOfB64tmhbWN1TpIcxOvZHC3Tp6CkeRSadFIqqGWNzUg3qrQwk0vCOROHe71xJ51sA/s5472/DSC01142.JPG"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jJOXYlkC57U8xpynRh-L1CPqc4jdec6YsqtA769s4o7xF-dluG8uMgOI_ySSOF4E6oW_NFw3UGfc5f0CsISpaZQnlgAwFJRrrrUij-SIJdDumBpwPU2Xy6SvxnOfB64tmhbWN1TpIcxOvZHC3Tp6CkeRSadFIqqGWNzUg3qrQwk0vCOROHe71xJ51sA/w185-h320/DSC01142.JPG" width="185" /></a></span></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">In winter meditate and reflect. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4HDjrAlQtXzbpM9KfcxHDY4a1RBRvaG1Ca7s2SPU9ZH9ADYsmJNtvZupWup7qObwkfO9SSpwoFjh4TF0nEI4RvC7k3MgDP56-4ytzD9e-g2sDpPZ4cjSg7YuNX0xLwOK_3i55Y6Ch5HaHPSpuT6HQsEI0_BYVNBBZ2f8k6cpl3cD98AmQ12sXIBjoVo/s5472/DSC01138%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4HDjrAlQtXzbpM9KfcxHDY4a1RBRvaG1Ca7s2SPU9ZH9ADYsmJNtvZupWup7qObwkfO9SSpwoFjh4TF0nEI4RvC7k3MgDP56-4ytzD9e-g2sDpPZ4cjSg7YuNX0xLwOK_3i55Y6Ch5HaHPSpuT6HQsEI0_BYVNBBZ2f8k6cpl3cD98AmQ12sXIBjoVo/w247-h172/DSC01138%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="247" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEerZHTplPKHaIiaBfEZAPjs-stL3O9GmMKTuT7GQ35GLB878U_H8sjc_9ljTJpYrQLs6PmWrLIXG6VsgzsyzJkstbnvLTddjkyBNEQS4lObpdprB3U-hjLjWcuG94XD_qAT3Xc8dEngu1bQK3aDal4cr3nLo44BlIL5XT1YH9Qj36KExuQFph4M0AHgg/s5472/DSC01140%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEerZHTplPKHaIiaBfEZAPjs-stL3O9GmMKTuT7GQ35GLB878U_H8sjc_9ljTJpYrQLs6PmWrLIXG6VsgzsyzJkstbnvLTddjkyBNEQS4lObpdprB3U-hjLjWcuG94XD_qAT3Xc8dEngu1bQK3aDal4cr3nLo44BlIL5XT1YH9Qj36KExuQFph4M0AHgg/w254-h172/DSC01140%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="254" /></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The woods, unlike our tropical rainforest, are sparse as the trees undergo hibernation in winter. In the Southern hemisphere the seasons are exactly the opposite of ours in the northern hemisphere, when it is summer, it is winter in Australia,* </b></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"Do trees, like many of us humans, feel lonely and alone in winter? There is a </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">difference </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> between being alone and being lonely. Being alone is being away </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">from others </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">because you choose to. Being lonely is when there is no one </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">there for you." </span></b></div></div><p></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFo1ueuk9CWD1SuykVf8kwJrauY6u1x4Wyi96sfNMuCRxkpb2PmBCUItm_QoxKNgQCOSwx-6iIqmzqv4YinTB47eFwa6wQijQRVrTSqk-9o-FbquMsl93axUXcPekTel89nVoAf-YccnK4vIN6-OgVyffnSdiGgV8TrbQgDaA47et2JZ--iiPXN_LJfU/w165-h293/DSC01155.JPG" width="165" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMHPWoHouUJmXKIActcKcvQGmY_K4d2d-sscXSLzNNntBFP9cgEjjOPwQZ8Z4W_uGIUBB1-SpX_gdit5M5V3Msl8DYHmvAM9Qr4rDEf6W8LKj-MIdHY8ZP3c8I636DDwz6CzohW1rOQhEyCi5fHE6Z9sp-uLpZgb1ioLithcjNPADamLxbtCoGoqrjkI/s5472/DSC01150.JPG"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMHPWoHouUJmXKIActcKcvQGmY_K4d2d-sscXSLzNNntBFP9cgEjjOPwQZ8Z4W_uGIUBB1-SpX_gdit5M5V3Msl8DYHmvAM9Qr4rDEf6W8LKj-MIdHY8ZP3c8I636DDwz6CzohW1rOQhEyCi5fHE6Z9sp-uLpZgb1ioLithcjNPADamLxbtCoGoqrjkI/w164-h292/DSC01150.JPG" width="164" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItOkRBP64mCYOaZMxayTCprDlo5J7f_pktOd-CzQlbNRiBTh5u38S1O3W3KGR6NYHEfesTo9kLbxNnwYfql5LT2Um3f94VceBbP9TKxTc0YMPIjj9_inJKgJX0fAFTmOxP7VTeHV78f2xvtxHPuhJ1s0xnHBacVnqKK_9ZAECqzmyaiSBasivJswp2bo/s5472/DSC01137%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItOkRBP64mCYOaZMxayTCprDlo5J7f_pktOd-CzQlbNRiBTh5u38S1O3W3KGR6NYHEfesTo9kLbxNnwYfql5LT2Um3f94VceBbP9TKxTc0YMPIjj9_inJKgJX0fAFTmOxP7VTeHV78f2xvtxHPuhJ1s0xnHBacVnqKK_9ZAECqzmyaiSBasivJswp2bo/w169-h291/DSC01137%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="169" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Winter is grace, winter is preparation. </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Meditate in the woods </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and learn more about life.</span></b></div></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”— Anne Bradstreet,</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.”— Paul Theroux</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Grace grows best in winter.” — Samuel Rutherford</span></div></span><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulKslgqcgjZkUmNXquXvzc0Ds06L7x_2v_VF_Ax4E8xPUDn2Ans4it1ZjcLVnIlOtUtGHBBMiSPFlOBHbhbObqFGDLft7-lg4T_RWCeoiPEJJ_3xeWJW7Z862qHj6gp2Izl5XfKEhYZjzjCUuDcG5bjHQur5zqCCK5Y2e-uc53frcmLbFchDqHNmelJ0/s3975/DSC01103.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2236" data-original-width="3975" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulKslgqcgjZkUmNXquXvzc0Ds06L7x_2v_VF_Ax4E8xPUDn2Ans4it1ZjcLVnIlOtUtGHBBMiSPFlOBHbhbObqFGDLft7-lg4T_RWCeoiPEJJ_3xeWJW7Z862qHj6gp2Izl5XfKEhYZjzjCUuDcG5bjHQur5zqCCK5Y2e-uc53frcmLbFchDqHNmelJ0/w496-h279/DSC01103.JPG" width="496" /></span></a></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Meditation with the trees. "The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood." - John Burroughs<br /><br />"I do an awful lot of thinking and dreaming about things in the past and the future - the timelessness of the rocks and the hills - all the people who have existed there. I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show.” — Andrew Wyeth</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlldAEW_HnjmcnHiCtAoH26MMWHHljy9UvcbP_9xrdNZ0uifbs0RtH9nazQ31SIzIJngNw5l4raiSHXJerMy2tSuk02QYxOqncHeHr0RBcrc3-qXluiphgCieSJ6blMLud1ThIzQfFC3pCI7xO4ozQyqAZT4j533g8p2XMrAhn-69f5LLViL8mOBL9iI/s5472/DSC01183.JPG" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlldAEW_HnjmcnHiCtAoH26MMWHHljy9UvcbP_9xrdNZ0uifbs0RtH9nazQ31SIzIJngNw5l4raiSHXJerMy2tSuk02QYxOqncHeHr0RBcrc3-qXluiphgCieSJ6blMLud1ThIzQfFC3pCI7xO4ozQyqAZT4j533g8p2XMrAhn-69f5LLViL8mOBL9iI/w166-h295/DSC01183.JPG" width="166" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_v6-EY0T4tHayE5YaJy_fx0FZUIjoLNSCEM4rwp3d9GNeEq9_MT5KeyF58jAadyc47oQmcTOQwGk3tZYpH-efYlauQnJchhKm9Oy5E7kqLhII4_yxdpBtqETpltjJ6eoE6ZSqpQoGeWMz9vTl_SW9kc3nbdPhkUvMb54b4K1R9Tpo9_mWyK0TDN-cSY/s5472/DSC01189.JPG" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_v6-EY0T4tHayE5YaJy_fx0FZUIjoLNSCEM4rwp3d9GNeEq9_MT5KeyF58jAadyc47oQmcTOQwGk3tZYpH-efYlauQnJchhKm9Oy5E7kqLhII4_yxdpBtqETpltjJ6eoE6ZSqpQoGeWMz9vTl_SW9kc3nbdPhkUvMb54b4K1R9Tpo9_mWyK0TDN-cSY/w165-h294/DSC01189.JPG" width="165" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CkAuAkWcV1v1uRBmNGuWEFoeEbvWNJPq9vPKr55LvZpcL9xyht7zVImvASVBex88n_lu7tczdolRDDaS9BmklhRjaIHUyEFhRikeHM0PGwllV2divoGE_YqXWmseFuqT3DXU9f3Osknr1-I5dxZXzez8WzFVZpV2gpk2z4NUJHvWN3FsPmOnzSFD1GM/s5472/DSC01149.JPG" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CkAuAkWcV1v1uRBmNGuWEFoeEbvWNJPq9vPKr55LvZpcL9xyht7zVImvASVBex88n_lu7tczdolRDDaS9BmklhRjaIHUyEFhRikeHM0PGwllV2divoGE_YqXWmseFuqT3DXU9f3Osknr1-I5dxZXzez8WzFVZpV2gpk2z4NUJHvWN3FsPmOnzSFD1GM/w154-h294/DSC01149.JPG" width="154" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"Signs of spring, though still a month ahead, are found in garden </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">plants growing in flower pots and plots cared by human hands."</span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Part 11 - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Music in the Trees in Wintertime</span></b></span></div><b><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Brisbane, Australia </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;">Each leaf a note with the wind and in falling to the ground, a firefly beams with flashes of notes, crawlers in cadence of their own, and the treetops like the grass sway in cantabile, the winter wind chills in vibration, the germinating seeds whisper - all in keeping with the baton of Nature.</span></span></b></div></span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZDp-mX5pyG2vjtKxLaAyG3TPe9FYEwOBzaso0E_DzY4-YCBZFcy7iGw-GL49nnLWjUVZ_jZmemIa_ndcUyjb6zIPHGF0UOkrX3Be5_wWnU9DM8Eko_NZ1QQ1QQvASa-enwKeNAoh7FiNzPkB_Qi5xo5J4MRZePF8XiHMT0VR-5iCNwbCvBnJFY84piY/s3636/DSC00743.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZDp-mX5pyG2vjtKxLaAyG3TPe9FYEwOBzaso0E_DzY4-YCBZFcy7iGw-GL49nnLWjUVZ_jZmemIa_ndcUyjb6zIPHGF0UOkrX3Be5_wWnU9DM8Eko_NZ1QQ1QQvASa-enwKeNAoh7FiNzPkB_Qi5xo5J4MRZePF8XiHMT0VR-5iCNwbCvBnJFY84piY/w437-h551/DSC00743.JPG" /></a></div><p></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Woods in Brisbane in Wintertime</i>, Painting in acrylic </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">by the author. July 2023</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">H</span>ow I love to paint the trees on the backyard of my daughter's family house in Brisbane, just across a railing to a park, kept in its natural state which I call "woods", reminiscent of Robert Frost's description of woods in his poem, to quote, "the woods are lovely dark and deep."</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>But the woods here are sparse as they undergo hibernation in winter, because in the Southern hemisphere the seasons are exactly the opposite of ours in the northern hemisphere, when summer to us is winter in Australia, owing to the inclination of the earth's axis.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>When I, my wife and son, took a vacation in Brisbane the temperature was less than 10 degrees Celsius on the average, with occasional gusts of wind and drizzle, and fog that would shroud the trees, rivers and lakes, yet as a whole the climate was invigoratingly fresh, though quite cool.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>There with paintbrush and acrylic colors, half lying on the lawn, I tried to capture the scene on canvas, the sun overcast revealing the undergrowth as temperate trees are mainly deciduous, save the evergreens mainly gymnosperms - cypresses, and pines, like <i>agoho</i> that we know.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The birds came to greet us, I supposed, or they were attracted by the music of my violin as I played some popular and semi-classical tunes, including our <i>Kundiman. </i> Isn't music universal, understood differently by all creatures, not only man but animals and plants - and the minutiae, as well?</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Each leaf a note with the wind and in falling to the ground, a firefly beams with flashes of notes, crawlers in cadence of their own, and the treetops like the grass sway in cantabile, the winter wind chills in vibration, the germinating seeds whisper - all in keeping with the baton of Nature. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I viewed my painting for a long time, long enough to meditate on its rendition, not for its incompleteness or simplicity, for after all, there's no end at aiming perfection, and it is the viewer who completes what the artist may have missed. Such is the mystery of art, it reflects upon us beyond our comprehension in awe and reverence. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">* The earth's vertical axis tilts by 23.5 degrees, equivalent to an angle of 66.5 from the orbital plane. The earth maintains this tilt throughout its revolution. This is known as the parallelism of the earth's axis which explains the reason for the occurrence of seasons alternately occurring in opposite phases between the northern and southern hemispheres.</span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">AUTHOR'S NOTE: The painting hangs at the sala of the home of my daughter, her husband, and their two young children who joined me, their <i>Lolo</i>, in this rare adventure with nature.~ </span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 12 - </span></b></span><b style="font-size: large;"><span>Greet Sunrise through the Trees</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>"Morning comes early as the sun peeps through the trees;</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>greet the birds and butterflies, lovers and artists." avr</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2735229114732086804" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>Wake up under the green umbrella of trees, </b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> cool and invigorating; </b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>Breathe freely, away from the stale city air,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> and catch the breeze passing.</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>Let the morning settle down on dewdrops,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> on mist like curtain parting;</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>Just let the world go by on Nature's scale,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> and life's sweet rhythm singing. </b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>Wake up from too much haste and worry,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> life's not a race for winning;</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b>You may have the happiest moment in life,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b> listen to the trees singing. ~ </b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p style="font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEffrAqs5GDfvf9UHXztogGuUyvj5h-K9HpanIVT9QP7piO22DWJ-EUnBhhFNMZbF0EJ_xZFT8ZI2hdkG7Xr4qt4WLIOlIv3znDSq2grkrOvgloHibQTBMy0FNNEMorhbgFYXY9VoGnE5J/w228-h320/DSC00363.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIyCS5Ez0GeA8J7J-uSq3uPWb9nzbkee81LGm-Pc6WKcWsZh8ZQsikGzaK2i8bQBR3iGazve67vsPN3IAGyxYOdw5OrelOYoMh5Y7rUxHijv_C4MjJpVByOw97xq8o989Tj-FaWlIy330/w240-h320/DSC00605.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Canopy of heritage trees laden with lianas and ferns, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Living with Nature Center, </b><b>San Vicente, Ilocos Sur </b></span></div><div style="font-size: 13.524px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMHyo1U-bgpxqXc0mu7LdTa8QzEFeBkqAzWIdMDyt6f_sbJEqdCCEl9ndF3s4u9KN3gQ_ebKjOAFKr82QVyNOZ5eMHh46J3krIrIfdgB4VSLC4iwC6OT4w_ROEvpzTbwXTBDG_-hEDHdb/s320/Painting+TreesDSC05283+A.jpg" style="color: #cc3300; font-size: 13.524px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="320" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMHyo1U-bgpxqXc0mu7LdTa8QzEFeBkqAzWIdMDyt6f_sbJEqdCCEl9ndF3s4u9KN3gQ_ebKjOAFKr82QVyNOZ5eMHh46J3krIrIfdgB4VSLC4iwC6OT4w_ROEvpzTbwXTBDG_-hEDHdb/w510-h371/Painting+TreesDSC05283+A.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="510" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Greet Sunrise Through the Trees</i> in acrylic by the author. ~</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>— Kahlil Gibran</span></b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Original Title - 2022 Year of the Trees</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Part 13 - </span></span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;">Listen to the T</b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>rees</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">"I like to take the time out to listen to the trees, much in the same way that I listen to a sea shell, holding my ear against the rough bark of the trunk, hearing the inner singing of the sap. It's a lovely sound, the beating of the heart of the tree."</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">- Author: Madeleine L'Engle</span><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">"</span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Photos by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvS-56WJBiCv4OtvC_t5J5pC68Td4JDBb7QihUDFzjA44FcHmhe5q7Fz5wH6d0J4uiI5F0G8SZbsFBp8-3sg7N5fUZHe_l2oPRKW3n1lB-iOeAgYRRYyndf7Oywy0t0qhAuGSZksL5hHyUYkvc5qN_PlE69xBYhOXD3uaPbrXaW49DEZa4lSJmBp4/w245-h327/DSC04731.JPG" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxDl96a7r98K1dZLtIdRkDqNHb61j7PEMIjg7_SMl70biDnDBJMOpyQDSN7rfJcG2QuYguQk62I6AOOV36_0-TY70oXV5tvin8K4_PaXOBjmSaaVqYLKllLdKGJoNGiCgPqOg_B7as0GxdK51-XVwOJWWTdpa-SVFS7ZPWTDZ10rxUn1rPHH8AUSr/s2592/DSC04684.JPG"><img border="0" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxDl96a7r98K1dZLtIdRkDqNHb61j7PEMIjg7_SMl70biDnDBJMOpyQDSN7rfJcG2QuYguQk62I6AOOV36_0-TY70oXV5tvin8K4_PaXOBjmSaaVqYLKllLdKGJoNGiCgPqOg_B7as0GxdK51-XVwOJWWTdpa-SVFS7ZPWTDZ10rxUn1rPHH8AUSr/w240-h328/DSC04684.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Caimito (<i>Chrysophylum cainito</i>); Talisay (Lugo Ilk) <i>Terminalia catappa</i>)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span>I'm a pygmy among giant trees,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span> like walls of a fort guarding</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span>against gust, noise, dust and glare,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span> whispering and singing.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span><br /></span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span>They greet me as the sun rises,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span> bid me before sundown;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span>to my forebears and my children,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span> bestow them the biggest crown. - avr</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfSHmrK2ZNfI2-fQcg3-CYFrf73BIqSC3AoLdD452ZDrPhpuINvFcJl8hgsXZqM60kucieWHhJDl8XI1JXgMvljOrtDMUJs6sb2YJNXJBCdSzevMNddraRZ7P9O5iW1edpldeLgVfQtGRcq9OsfRHF67rKYr9yYbEjyAvjppUfnaGU5JgpCcgM-77/s2592/DSC04698.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfSHmrK2ZNfI2-fQcg3-CYFrf73BIqSC3AoLdD452ZDrPhpuINvFcJl8hgsXZqM60kucieWHhJDl8XI1JXgMvljOrtDMUJs6sb2YJNXJBCdSzevMNddraRZ7P9O5iW1edpldeLgVfQtGRcq9OsfRHF67rKYr9yYbEjyAvjppUfnaGU5JgpCcgM-77/s320/DSC04698.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtPkVaFGEF_P94JloYQhzFKHIJuAYa7WfmgNTmcylLnASiO5N58nLVwu81r2meY6Xn0krzJJIrFg0vUkqjf81lydNw6CJAkavkG4zELcqXIxmHCkfIHuqSKXd_6SV0nNqCr-5997n1JX5y9b8ax1Jf-zXyweA-derIsgTZ2YZVDF7ZbXowpmJxsMW/s2592/DSC04699.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtPkVaFGEF_P94JloYQhzFKHIJuAYa7WfmgNTmcylLnASiO5N58nLVwu81r2meY6Xn0krzJJIrFg0vUkqjf81lydNw6CJAkavkG4zELcqXIxmHCkfIHuqSKXd_6SV0nNqCr-5997n1JX5y9b8ax1Jf-zXyweA-derIsgTZ2YZVDF7ZbXowpmJxsMW/s320/DSC04699.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Macopa or Wax Apple (<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; text-align: left;"><i>Syzygium samarangense</i>)</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span>"I hear them laugh with the breeze</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span>and make my life at ease;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span>I talk to them when lonely and sad,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span>and hush me when mad." - avr</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">"Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind." </b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">- Claude Debussy</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>"I love the sound of the wind in the trees and the song of the birds and the shuffle in the leaves of my many woodland friends." - </b>Jason Mraz</span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAGMA_fcbOB3p13rtWxbkhxRiLYnaipCrs1cSLsA02gB16u5keOOYUFzLC04cvUp6Cv73ILwnY4PTmAuUhywO4e13y_k4aXs1yShag-LMAKSWxhbmSpp75FLEOKtoT25kqI0UjPuaz1onqX2HeVGpkN-M-hTrkjEc_hwqv7G0YXUPe_5AUYZrjCFi/s2592/DSC05347.JPG"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAGMA_fcbOB3p13rtWxbkhxRiLYnaipCrs1cSLsA02gB16u5keOOYUFzLC04cvUp6Cv73ILwnY4PTmAuUhywO4e13y_k4aXs1yShag-LMAKSWxhbmSpp75FLEOKtoT25kqI0UjPuaz1onqX2HeVGpkN-M-hTrkjEc_hwqv7G0YXUPe_5AUYZrjCFi/w298-h220/DSC05347.JPG" width="298" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQ2EcqatmyUeQqnu8FdWXwRcwCi6euAaUmAX0tDIP3z3PVhI22ErqTWuqRHTRLXBR1_FsgDNQV2PObtQZJYurCKgwr_1D9ZiRa7wDWt7sdm5kZoxa1GI2-vZzrLH1bbd1x-NWu0aDZH6xOQITJmWQb9WIC5urhfFavFOKy92EtX8_QMbPDs1yGOXe/s2592/DSC05348.JPG"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQ2EcqatmyUeQqnu8FdWXwRcwCi6euAaUmAX0tDIP3z3PVhI22ErqTWuqRHTRLXBR1_FsgDNQV2PObtQZJYurCKgwr_1D9ZiRa7wDWt7sdm5kZoxa1GI2-vZzrLH1bbd1x-NWu0aDZH6xOQITJmWQb9WIC5urhfFavFOKy92EtX8_QMbPDs1yGOXe/w175-h219/DSC05348.JPG" width="175" /></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living stumps of <i>Gmelina arborea</i></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> felled by typhoon Lawin in 2016</i></span></b></div><div><br /></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>Knock, knock, who is there?</span></b></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>a toad, a skink, asleep;</span></b></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>whispers the passing wind,</span></b></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>wake up, it's time to eat. - avr</span></b></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjincs6FaZVAKwCfy96Va9fKTd62QKNXlcqU8wkpes3xXeuGWMjn8b3eYcUJwcuq1z9-3Kvf2b7ZN8yu5RK70rXFcAbPIKuWq78GEGU7aHNkO-igslcqmpzbhPUpi5aeCaxYlHji_t76NLdOgYvS6rvZHh5SnqRxzej68uw09Otc2N4GMfieSyDidgo/s2592/DSC04712.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjincs6FaZVAKwCfy96Va9fKTd62QKNXlcqU8wkpes3xXeuGWMjn8b3eYcUJwcuq1z9-3Kvf2b7ZN8yu5RK70rXFcAbPIKuWq78GEGU7aHNkO-igslcqmpzbhPUpi5aeCaxYlHji_t76NLdOgYvS6rvZHh5SnqRxzej68uw09Otc2N4GMfieSyDidgo/s320/DSC04712.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVAxJvQ2pbsL6o1JY4F6S7TwCUawQRG22KDzuyTDvx6hWHGJzyf6Z1C6n7S7eh0JJZ_HjJ0Oygsnezz6EBKrBTIIUV-sE1xA3XB5QtR42L2PiOq74D5o4kPFY5s-3eLria6ktSkkHFAoA-VLv-5FdY_AStAraJiYgiQdq8MmiKdbMAUtTWdCo9du8/s2592/DSC04715.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVAxJvQ2pbsL6o1JY4F6S7TwCUawQRG22KDzuyTDvx6hWHGJzyf6Z1C6n7S7eh0JJZ_HjJ0Oygsnezz6EBKrBTIIUV-sE1xA3XB5QtR42L2PiOq74D5o4kPFY5s-3eLria6ktSkkHFAoA-VLv-5FdY_AStAraJiYgiQdq8MmiKdbMAUtTWdCo9du8/s320/DSC04715.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><span><b>"There was no sound but the murmur of nasty little stinging insects, the occasional crack of a falling branch, and the whispering of the trees discussing religion and the trouble with squirrels." - </b>Author: Terry Pratchett<br /><br /><b>"With watercolour, you can pick up the atmosphere, the temperature, the sound of snow shifting through the trees or over the ice of a small pond or against a windowpane. Watercolour perfectly expresses the free side of my nature." - </b>Author: Andrew Wyeth<br /><br /><b>"Listen ... With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break free from the trees And fall." - </b>Author: Adelaide Crapsey<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXMmf2Dr6Rf2OP_g_tkN5_GIDaIg0y4PmcHL-VJEYLwRXodpJVKUb00IYQb1csHGF6IubKdIZ0bdABuqrGxfvQFBSnDUnNbYdRNV3dS9vOo0QysBHtkaXvgEEyGac8Jb6bJkWHEKs-MuatfkXtBJkZdrv7aGI87pYF5a4wd1XoOs18L2mH59bTqbP/s2592/DSC04700.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXMmf2Dr6Rf2OP_g_tkN5_GIDaIg0y4PmcHL-VJEYLwRXodpJVKUb00IYQb1csHGF6IubKdIZ0bdABuqrGxfvQFBSnDUnNbYdRNV3dS9vOo0QysBHtkaXvgEEyGac8Jb6bJkWHEKs-MuatfkXtBJkZdrv7aGI87pYF5a4wd1XoOs18L2mH59bTqbP/s320/DSC04700.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2OtYpFE7LpO_6liEfv0gXn_9Md1sEWXd0W_xWFKPU9oaH2rxsaA-YLx6mF4dBVtFbbRFPKLab0EPEQ-7c4nF4Gvdic_--9YTf-a_OgmIuLl6ySCOXIY2HQQp5PPeDT544T6AjZrYFV638V-e_Ih4pHn480vnXUYLzG95Yw_T0vy3gtjIRZY8J05n/s2592/DSC04701.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2OtYpFE7LpO_6liEfv0gXn_9Md1sEWXd0W_xWFKPU9oaH2rxsaA-YLx6mF4dBVtFbbRFPKLab0EPEQ-7c4nF4Gvdic_--9YTf-a_OgmIuLl6ySCOXIY2HQQp5PPeDT544T6AjZrYFV638V-e_Ih4pHn480vnXUYLzG95Yw_T0vy3gtjIRZY8J05n/s320/DSC04701.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Towering heritage anahaw (<i>Livistona rotundifolia</i>) </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>"Living towers you thrill us all,</b></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>sentinel, belfry, flagpole</span><span style="font-family: arial;">." - avr </span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span><b style="font-size: large;"> </b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><span><b>Trees do not preach learning and precepts. They preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life." </b>― Herman Hesse</span></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Part 14 - </span> <span>DON'T CUT THE TREES, DON'T </span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoHeading7" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoHeading7" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoHeading7" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUN2DzWe0pjJZ5OZz-VF7gWz5E0cSB53LrLYd3QwuJ7SJ2HhXkHi45MUP1Hm4c2e-v3cWUKrXvuGf9Y518enUuLJZJu9VFjnRR8hn7ZX8tY8vcd0PWpy2I6VvS9pt7OuxsFQFZqcX-meA/s1600/Trees+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUN2DzWe0pjJZ5OZz-VF7gWz5E0cSB53LrLYd3QwuJ7SJ2HhXkHi45MUP1Hm4c2e-v3cWUKrXvuGf9Y518enUuLJZJu9VFjnRR8hn7ZX8tY8vcd0PWpy2I6VvS9pt7OuxsFQFZqcX-meA/s640/Trees+3.jpg" width="424" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">“To see the world in a grain of sand</span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">And a heaven a wild flower,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">Hold infinity in the palm of your hand<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">And eternity in an hour,”</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">William Blake, </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Auguries of Innocence</span></b></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoHeading9" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">M</span>any years ago I recited this verse before my teachers in literature in high school, Mrs. Socorro Villamor and Miss Leonor Itchon, at the Colegio de la Imaculada Concepcion, now Divine Word College of Vigan. Hesitatingly I proceeded to interpret it.<br /><br />Because I lived on the farm, the world I knew then was a physical one and the kind of life associated with it was as simple as the passing of seasons - when the rains come and the fields turn into a carpet of green until harvest time comes when the grains turn gold. I recalled my childhood in this poem I wrote years later.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoHeading9" style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoHeading9" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqKGQ9FJNIGx1LCdInIzldMMJj-Q3NqZwOET1oqagnGA9U9wVQSdkzkvp030ToLyPFH0ozV3CPWsFY-7fslUmfgpm2d1_GQMrf5IDetN0gSJ0yv4BGpUbJe4c9sppimXLryuYFbgiQhA/w419-h336/trees.png" width="419" /></span></div><div class="MsoHeading9" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Ambiance of Autumn</i> in the Philippines in acrylic by the author c 2002</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 94.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Childhood is when nobody misses<br />The morning before the sun rises,<br />Before the herons stake for fish,<br />And finches chirp in the trees.<br /><br />War is fought with kites and fishing poles,<br />In hide-and-seek and barefoot races;<br />Faith grows with seasons the sky extols,<br />Virtues all that friendship embraces.<br /><br />Summer is short, rainy days are long,<br />All these are but passing imagery,<br />For the young can’t wait, yet all along<br />The years, remains a lasting memory.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>To recite again Blake’s verse brings out a larger view of life and the world. The innocence of childhood has given way to realities of adult life. The environment has lost much of its pristine nature. A revolution of knowledge has reached global proportion.<br /><br />The essence of the verse now touches the dimension of philosophy rising above its own literary meaning. Its humility has turned into a challenge, like Markham raising a social issue against society, viewing poverty in Millet’s romantic painting, The Gleaners.<br /><br />Indeed, progress has brought folly to man to dream of power – even to the point of transgressing creation, a dream that borders between reason and passion, temperance and lust, waking up a sleeping god in man that drives him to wrest control over time and space, pursue beauty and pleasure as he wishes. He has cracked the atom and the DNA, and amassed tremendous wealth and power. And he has started to probe the universe. Which only means man is playing God, the old sin of disobedience. <i>“Quo vadis, Homo sapiens?”</i></b></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaue4Jc5bbpQ2uYUpZxhii4-knOe5Qv4zZXDGQQt-y5bwH2LWXuQYQZ5mG5z57XERIbCUwNLmevqo7saNSiDO6h7zHGeE96-C1uHI0X4VAPmhGeRue_BiCjgNDYomq33JODQYLBSQQRU4/s1600/Trees+2+Picture1.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaue4Jc5bbpQ2uYUpZxhii4-knOe5Qv4zZXDGQQt-y5bwH2LWXuQYQZ5mG5z57XERIbCUwNLmevqo7saNSiDO6h7zHGeE96-C1uHI0X4VAPmhGeRue_BiCjgNDYomq33JODQYLBSQQRU4/s320/Trees+2+Picture1.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpOUv-TC0Q5YNA_SglORT5dAq-4Pp1CpQQc_A3ZsxIFEQI73fwy_NX-uPG42qB2dBE-eZpNh_CO-6J6h-5g_Vr4eyokDENsjyqHkZII4BjLXwOJQlowWEHpIUjm-o9qOkr8QUgu6QNSs/s1600/Trees+2.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpOUv-TC0Q5YNA_SglORT5dAq-4Pp1CpQQc_A3ZsxIFEQI73fwy_NX-uPG42qB2dBE-eZpNh_CO-6J6h-5g_Vr4eyokDENsjyqHkZII4BjLXwOJQlowWEHpIUjm-o9qOkr8QUgu6QNSs/s320/Trees+2.jpg" /></a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Heritage trees, Mt. Makiling, UPLB Laguna </b><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>After retiring from government service and subsequently finding a niche in the academe, I found time once again to read the works of my favorite authors such as John Milton’s <i>Paradise Lost</i> and <i>Paradise Regained</i> and Ernest Hemingway’s <i>The Old Man and the Sea.</i></b><i><br /></i><br /><b>I found again Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray, William Shakespeare, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - and of course, our very own Ophelia Dimalanta, Jose Villa, Sionil Jose, NVM Gonzales, Nick Joaquin, Rolando Carbonel, to name some local literary giants. From them I found valuable lessons, not only about nationalism, culture and the art of living, but techniques and style of using English, being a second language to many of us.</b><br /><br /><b>Henry David Thoreau (Walden Pond) and the great naturalist Charles Darwin (The Origin of Species), brought me close to Nature and led me to experiment in combining ecology and literature.</b><br /><br /><b>As I was writing this book, I could not help but ask myself, Will man ever regain his place in Paradise while he is on earth?</b><br /><br /><b>I can only imagine what the great French sculptor Auguste Rodin must have been thinking while at work at his masterpiece, <i>The Thinker.</i> What inspired Michelangelo's </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Creation</i><b> showing an omnipotent Creator reaching out for Adam at a spark’s distance from His finger? I remember other thought-provoking masterpieces like Salvador Dali’s </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Melting Clocks</i><b>, and Vincent Van Gogh’s </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Starry Night</i><b>. Perhaps Helen Keller who wrote, If I were given<i> Three Days to See</i>, saw more about the world than some people do who are not blind.</b><br /><br /><b>From where I was transfixed in reflection, absorbed in serious thoughts, a flock of pigeons soared into the sky. A chilly breeze whistled through the trees and joined the lilting children playing, and the sound of busy feet on the camino real. Time passed and a kind of stillness settled. I recited the old verse again. It brought nostalgic reflection of the past and the sinking sun.</b><br /><br /><b>As I prepared to leave for home I noticed a weed growing along the path that I was to take. I gently picked the lowly plant and examined it against the reddening sky. Why it bore flowers in disguise!</b><br /><br /><b>From here I began writing Don’t Cut the Trees, Don’t.~</b></span><br /></span><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8kOlMslWkcENmIKjB744vJn1kFhWgACS_8dqMbFZ-CWFFZ8ETQCe6Xdg_LBaZCAkXaRy5MpbxStYhLGCl7kzEpFsYIkyCXpS8fxGKV_SmZrIghhwRMSF0hGU-PCnAc8LcPmujPdOCuY/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8kOlMslWkcENmIKjB744vJn1kFhWgACS_8dqMbFZ-CWFFZ8ETQCe6Xdg_LBaZCAkXaRy5MpbxStYhLGCl7kzEpFsYIkyCXpS8fxGKV_SmZrIghhwRMSF0hGU-PCnAc8LcPmujPdOCuY/s320/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVNeNIjbHEwuY7SNp-yCaeLBPvraBgGIBsBti4Aim7am7n9HttlPRXNCBHYyNwEAQIq3KJ8BGl07Cb3xZ5befHuiVWlzLIzsAy46o1wDAd0Sn8GTphCYbydCXSXyzk_uVhvA7_Y0fgf8/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+H.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVNeNIjbHEwuY7SNp-yCaeLBPvraBgGIBsBti4Aim7am7n9HttlPRXNCBHYyNwEAQIq3KJ8BGl07Cb3xZ5befHuiVWlzLIzsAy46o1wDAd0Sn8GTphCYbydCXSXyzk_uVhvA7_Y0fgf8/s320/Philit+Ghost+Trees+H.jpg" /></a></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Haunting shadow of a standing dead tree (camphor, <i>Cinnamomum camphora</i>) UST campus; requiem to a giant balete tree (<i>Ficus benjamina</i>), Lagro Subdivision QC.</b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>--------------------</b></div></b><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">D</span></i><i>on’t Cut the Trees, Don’t</i> is a collection of ecology poems and paintings of nature. The tree is taken to represent the environment. Each poem and each painting is like a leaf of a tree each revealing a little of the many marvels of this unique creation. Each poem and each painting is a plea on behalf of this new vision and of this new ethics. Concealed behind each poem and each painting is the spirit of the author, Dr. Abercio V. Rotor, a man whose love and passion for the environment is well-known. (Armando F. De Jesus, Ph.D., Dean, <st1:stockticker w:st="on">UST</st1:stockticker> Faculty of Arts and Letters)<br /></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">I</span>t is a substantial collection, departing from the usual stale air of solitariness and narcissism which permeates most poetry today. It is therefore a welcome contribution to Philippine poetry in English, livened by visuals that add color to the poetic images. </b></span><span><b>The oeuvre is not only pleasurable because of this. The poetic ability of the poet himself enriches the whole exciting poetic experience, a blurring of the line separating man from the rest of the living creatures outside. Every poem indeed becomes “flowers in disguise” using the poet’s own words. (Ophelia A. Dimalanta, Ph.D. Director, Center for Creative Writing and Studies, <st1:stockticker w:st="on">UST</st1:stockticker>) ~</b></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 13 - </span></b><b>Trees are Benevolent Hosts</b></span></div></b><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Dr Abe V Rotor</div></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm07kF5uOODfBn6b2olhhnID23bnay1y3rcDAX25ITPQbgtJIG1eziBQGEJqn7E27oDvexcWr6MWlakenJ2TbHrsPe3s4xvCG5a-8TI7uz6b-8x2MQAV6TxZvpfpOoCJTO2XAAQQpxfE4/s1600-h/022.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708474223534418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm07kF5uOODfBn6b2olhhnID23bnay1y3rcDAX25ITPQbgtJIG1eziBQGEJqn7E27oDvexcWr6MWlakenJ2TbHrsPe3s4xvCG5a-8TI7uz6b-8x2MQAV6TxZvpfpOoCJTO2XAAQQpxfE4/s400/022.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 454px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 316px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The tree laughs, talks, with all the joys of </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">childhood.<br />"A tree is a joy forever."</span></span> <span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tandang Sora QC</span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-ozBkDwayZO6AwyDS_JaS1ThOOplG8zHVcLzQ2NhpwWGJzdBXshGDoqTKjaTaT82iEbz3dCrqhtlKz1MA9wh36AddMaVtKINRc0zdc2dMPk0okf-VeahMIk2wHQrbpYhkJvaHVqc5m4/s1600-h/127.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708480392249138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-ozBkDwayZO6AwyDS_JaS1ThOOplG8zHVcLzQ2NhpwWGJzdBXshGDoqTKjaTaT82iEbz3dCrqhtlKz1MA9wh36AddMaVtKINRc0zdc2dMPk0okf-VeahMIk2wHQrbpYhkJvaHVqc5m4/s400/127.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 467px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 313px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing hide-and-seek in a bamboo grove. The</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">spirit of the place gives quaintness to living.<br />Taal, Batangas</span></span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqLGiNiMTkRY9bYkVymQ3f8fa6WUYhkaJ2ACmPml8E3nXmCzn2aDoxJ2IZ7ioTLN7RVT4p56s1fXBm2HPS02UOFi4VXPVlc7LscPrfN_sacaWGi2lX-IcS4lOnbRYHEKBSVtPANO1Hq4/s1600-h/121.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708462517483634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqLGiNiMTkRY9bYkVymQ3f8fa6WUYhkaJ2ACmPml8E3nXmCzn2aDoxJ2IZ7ioTLN7RVT4p56s1fXBm2HPS02UOFi4VXPVlc7LscPrfN_sacaWGi2lX-IcS4lOnbRYHEKBSVtPANO1Hq4/s400/121.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 440px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 313px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A fallen mango tree makes a romantic</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ambiance. (Atimonan, Quezon)</span></span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8-2sABTWS3bV3AKbjMJImHBxW37AxkTUj6kvJcaTMZe5ogz_pVeNyKWqU8YrIyxGyKViNlQ7XB42mRcuWML2r0jj5Lis9gUCYjpuLY1rrMFua6IKdi5oXezQnAPSV3xa0iAlKShAZXU/s1600-h/environment+new+folder323.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386689554977094098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8-2sABTWS3bV3AKbjMJImHBxW37AxkTUj6kvJcaTMZe5ogz_pVeNyKWqU8YrIyxGyKViNlQ7XB42mRcuWML2r0jj5Lis9gUCYjpuLY1rrMFua6IKdi5oXezQnAPSV3xa0iAlKShAZXU/s400/environment+new+folder323.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 490px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 327px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Phylodendron gains foothold on Dita tree (</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Alstonia</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">scholaris</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">) as it reaches for the sun several m<span>eters high.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">UST Botanical Garden</span></span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5IYDw7iSZtCEV4Q5Bn_-L8uug4Ru6tTTC7qyf0oJOAUuMVReAXIolwyIllDblBMIPnDdUUZzJZPZ9XwaM6SgH8WXn4wZTVGzCnkND5iCMMYkLwmK3lTYsEZY1uYCDVDxeeM4BLv3aWk/s1600-h/e0171.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386689539753659538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5IYDw7iSZtCEV4Q5Bn_-L8uug4Ru6tTTC7qyf0oJOAUuMVReAXIolwyIllDblBMIPnDdUUZzJZPZ9XwaM6SgH8WXn4wZTVGzCnkND5iCMMYkLwmK3lTYsEZY1uYCDVDxeeM4BLv3aWk/s400/e0171.bmp" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 231px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 342px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Algae and mosses live on the spongy bark of </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">acacia,<br />providing nutrients to the tree, and</span></span> <span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">creating a<br />favorable microclimate. UP Diliman, QC<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmt6UPTF0hv85Y0btj7yuV9tJbfVDvVSssW_v9h5TbNvyye_s4Y-pOBxmJDUhu8HSlA9-7CzdNp8OWxMhwxiOM4c-n3rCRuQ4auDjNcuWHWD8oCeM0smlUroRIm-Lh2hTlUPInZx-tJ8/s1600-h/environment+new+folder356.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386689527225784226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmt6UPTF0hv85Y0btj7yuV9tJbfVDvVSssW_v9h5TbNvyye_s4Y-pOBxmJDUhu8HSlA9-7CzdNp8OWxMhwxiOM4c-n3rCRuQ4auDjNcuWHWD8oCeM0smlUroRIm-Lh2hTlUPInZx-tJ8/s400/environment+new+folder356.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 517px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 342px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Balete (Ficus benjamina</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">) strangles emergent tree<br />with interlacing roots and branches locking its host<br />to certain death, hence gaining a notorious name of<br />Strangler's Fig. Mt Makiling, Laguna</span></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_IqLrois7gJohqnpQwp45QWfEo6pvDsEiNn-G8iowOSFGdjLRf2i3skN2sJlqAQGvSpI4QL1Ews07SmPUeoxfepKdCTVVQiDyzmfoubohsD3j4Snb6EXhI8oqtNa2iMkUrhy9AvLW5s/s1600-h/IMG_1912.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386689519065074978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_IqLrois7gJohqnpQwp45QWfEo6pvDsEiNn-G8iowOSFGdjLRf2i3skN2sJlqAQGvSpI4QL1Ews07SmPUeoxfepKdCTVVQiDyzmfoubohsD3j4Snb6EXhI8oqtNa2iMkUrhy9AvLW5s/s400/IMG_1912.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 355px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Roots are exposed by slow erosion reveal tenacity</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">of this tree. The tree allows growth of plants and</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">animals like millipede and land snails, as well as</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">micro-organims, many are symbionts to the tree.<br />Mt Makiling Botanical Garden, UPLB</span></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8stHt1dI7VDeRjbK2FMnQVQg2uLxIk292507LEZXsg3xa8VSwwL76KgAeTax-Ms1OWaz0zXdGIk7U1Ucq9L7ocLYsGZhp231MWMjnsZ3ZFlDGHsSvh4a4IN0PQkMtTZmeo-VO0Ss2ky0/s1600-h/051.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708487517909762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8stHt1dI7VDeRjbK2FMnQVQg2uLxIk292507LEZXsg3xa8VSwwL76KgAeTax-Ms1OWaz0zXdGIk7U1Ucq9L7ocLYsGZhp231MWMjnsZ3ZFlDGHsSvh4a4IN0PQkMtTZmeo-VO0Ss2ky0/s400/051.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 257px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 363px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interlacing roots, principle of inarching, riprap</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">slopes and banks, provide abode to many organisms.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mt Makiling, Laguna.</span></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3aIpwvsW7cr-vB7K7hTlfTRo8IYOGM2fYOTy7Q0eIWAVzDWOil3Yvrn1ltNNgMhtyg0b8opch-u0BNrS8GjfuUYoOhIbNKU3akKIT_JoXTlZ09Z3WSWaGFZYkICZs7ZDFBMP4IBmpaQ/s1600-h/IMG_5338.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385627923945281522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3aIpwvsW7cr-vB7K7hTlfTRo8IYOGM2fYOTy7Q0eIWAVzDWOil3Yvrn1ltNNgMhtyg0b8opch-u0BNrS8GjfuUYoOhIbNKU3akKIT_JoXTlZ09Z3WSWaGFZYkICZs7ZDFBMP4IBmpaQ/s400/IMG_5338.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 554px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 370px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fruticose lichen clings on bark of tree. Lichens are</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">communities of algae and fungi. They aid in food</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">production and recycling of organic matter, as well</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">as help conserve water.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Caliraya Lake, Laguna</span></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPrs27otM3pHzFZgYSB0CmXZDImy3VtzdsffivgGO8WdFzN11bvJKbmuMPdyNjyB8ZT-tHuQcSFSgqBM-1fJ7mtjsWf-k7NTQA9JONJ5Ct0sXW_kNGc33zsIM2XUJF9cxqGeWxfsRQlk/s1600-h/IMG_8686.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385620971213276402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPrs27otM3pHzFZgYSB0CmXZDImy3VtzdsffivgGO8WdFzN11bvJKbmuMPdyNjyB8ZT-tHuQcSFSgqBM-1fJ7mtjsWf-k7NTQA9JONJ5Ct0sXW_kNGc33zsIM2XUJF9cxqGeWxfsRQlk/s400/IMG_8686.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 273px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 371px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">C</span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">rustose lichen coats trunk of young tree. Lichens </span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">are<br />important to the tree; they also indicate pristine</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />condition of the environment. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Caliraya Lake, Laguna</span></span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; text-decoration-line: underline;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hDwV9-tUAteh5qLE_QbCD1aJJTi4g-oXplKu5Ab_Tcnq_KAo9tU7N8N6tq67k-zaxzQcubWUZhvI14VQ18ZAqy8CrzgEY-cI13x2m1xGNdi5VS29WB7ihxULK19_X33RKiHiWOwMhno/s1600-h/DSC02151.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385620987640622482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hDwV9-tUAteh5qLE_QbCD1aJJTi4g-oXplKu5Ab_Tcnq_KAo9tU7N8N6tq67k-zaxzQcubWUZhvI14VQ18ZAqy8CrzgEY-cI13x2m1xGNdi5VS29WB7ihxULK19_X33RKiHiWOwMhno/s400/DSC02151.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 209px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 372px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Drynaria</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> fern as ephipyte helps conserve water, attract</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">wildlife that protects trees from pests and diseases.</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />It is not unusual that a branch gives way to the weight<br />of the tenant fern. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">St. Agustin Parish, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoMxhATu-i3AGFG64h_hhnDH6G_eEWSecAmJfuRqb4lBAy3W0-lmvJvgVjQzx5GZDjoinglHtY0DNB7sQnNdD9n4Gq11LgdEXhx3tNb3skcIFRkWcVJ95ur3vkdbHUL8bKxWIgDltDgM/s1600-h/002.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386708495719123954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLoMxhATu-i3AGFG64h_hhnDH6G_eEWSecAmJfuRqb4lBAy3W0-lmvJvgVjQzx5GZDjoinglHtY0DNB7sQnNdD9n4Gq11LgdEXhx3tNb3skcIFRkWcVJ95ur3vkdbHUL8bKxWIgDltDgM/s400/002.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 311px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 365px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Even after death the tree remains a host to red<br />mushroom, termites, other saprophytes and<br />decomposers, giving off its entire energy to<br />serve the living world.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Part 14 </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> A tree fell and took with it its tenants and symbionts.</span></b></div></span></b><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Everything was quiet, then came a gust of wind from nowhere. It sent a ten-year old <i>samat</i> tree crashing across the street.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL12yvy0QBlqnJk2oTHtmxoQZLwQawbe4Z6Oad4Y3zLSTrJOffQzna5RC_Ia5Ws1pMNY9VmMLoZ5KUCpo9lJBi6GWJgTkm_9vSppNFMjXkImCD_CxApkU3eU6RlUuSggcKn6s1uZmqFT3w/s1600/Tree+fell+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="1067" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL12yvy0QBlqnJk2oTHtmxoQZLwQawbe4Z6Oad4Y3zLSTrJOffQzna5RC_Ia5Ws1pMNY9VmMLoZ5KUCpo9lJBi6GWJgTkm_9vSppNFMjXkImCD_CxApkU3eU6RlUuSggcKn6s1uZmqFT3w/s400/Tree+fell+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBJyAmKpctMuZWz1BDck52jaj_bHy29D2QddftTJ7j2zLdhyphenhyphen7dsZOrcaY0OjnH2aeOKNLf5jLZSdwtMiYPfRFjVNOZrXKeeXmNWcU4a36rzVGGjHV83zGl3vMNiQ2jrteukndRV2EuUZG/s1600/Tree+fell+2.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBJyAmKpctMuZWz1BDck52jaj_bHy29D2QddftTJ7j2zLdhyphenhyphen7dsZOrcaY0OjnH2aeOKNLf5jLZSdwtMiYPfRFjVNOZrXKeeXmNWcU4a36rzVGGjHV83zGl3vMNiQ2jrteukndRV2EuUZG/s320/Tree+fell+2.jpg" width="177" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75cFIFFSRX9_16k8papUlvkUauNQ-jNMNNmxtkRaWF91OqA03-nRmw8hYTeUqsGHcWeKpzftVFt9D1zEkhbbJVeNzQAd4ijSIz9cE-Lvw0VNq4oAJckZ8Mm-_JJEj7zGALVKRpShmD23l/s1600/Tree+fell+3.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75cFIFFSRX9_16k8papUlvkUauNQ-jNMNNmxtkRaWF91OqA03-nRmw8hYTeUqsGHcWeKpzftVFt9D1zEkhbbJVeNzQAd4ijSIz9cE-Lvw0VNq4oAJckZ8Mm-_JJEj7zGALVKRpShmD23l/s320/Tree+fell+3.jpg" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Workers in the neighborhood in Lagro QC clear the blockage to restore traffic flow and electricity. <i>Samat </i>or <i>binunga (Macaranga tenarius</i>) though sturdy is no contest to the power of wind. But where did the cyclone-strong wind come from in a fine weather?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">I felt obliged to do my own research having been the one who planted the tree in 2003 from a seedling I got from our home in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. I needed the mature and yellow leaves in brewing wine and making vinegar. Marlo, my son needed the fruits in his thesis in the graduate school. The leaves are rich in tannin and other medicinal compounds. Its bark produces latex and resin.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Because of its thick crown the year round, the tree is a good shade and buffer against noise and dust. It was in this tree that birds that were not seen for many years suddenly appeared, among them the <i>kikiaw (kiaw</i> Ilk) or yellow and black oriole thought to have become extinct locally. Migratory birds would find the samat tree a lodging place in their long migration at the onset of winter in the North which marks our <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amihan</i> season when cold winds from Siberia sweeps across Asia down to the Pacific. </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Then there were house sparrows that found shelter in the tree's thick crown. And not to be outsmarted was the <i>pandangera</i> or fantail bird. It would complain when disturbed sitting in her nest. And when a cat would get near the tree, the pandagera together with her mate would swoop down and drive the intruder away. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>One time I released a gecko lizard on the tree. It did not stay long, when our parrot started imitating its mating call. Perhaps on discovering the hoax it left for the real call from its own kind in some trees in the La Mesa watershed which is very near us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>The green tree ants regularly built a nest or two in the tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was good because they controlled other insects, and they are good janitors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They glean on any food leftovers, and kept the surroundings clean, especially around the doghouse. Houseflies generally don’t thrive on clean environment. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>When the tree fell it took with it the lianas, orchids, ferns clinging of its limbs. So with the lichens and mosses that are natural indicators of good air by their abundance.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>You see, the tree is not just a tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a host.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A host of many organisms depending on it in various categories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Call it parasitism for feeding caterpillars, symbiosis for epiphytic bromeliads and orchids, commensalism for mosses and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lichens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Free board and lodging for the seasonal <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">perperoka</i>. Fungi growing on the tree’s dead branch are saprophytes, bees and beetles and butterflies as pollinators.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>When new leaves form, photosynthesis gets a boost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the tree produces more food, and more oxygen that replenishes the carbon dioxide that we in the animal kingdom expel. And what happens to the “food” accumulated in the tree?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is further made into complex organic substances – cellulose and lignin in wood which we harvest for construction, crafts and fuels. Tannin for cure of diabetes. Xanthophyll and carotene for vitamins and natural dye, and many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>All these attest to the tree’s role more than just a passive standing host.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a system in itself, an ecological system or ecosystem in short.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>The meaning of this is that when the tree dies the whole system also dies. And the sad thing is that the loss is irreversible.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">I mourn for the felled samat tree on behalf of the creatures that benefited from it that have too died, and luckily for others, they have migrated and may have found another benevolent host.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 130.1pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; mso-height-percent: 0; mso-height-relative: page; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-width-percent: 0; mso-width-relative: page; mso-wrap-distance-bottom: 0; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-top: 0; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 194.9pt; z-index: 251658240;" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:title="Copy of AVR Samat" src="file:///C:/Users/ASUS/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image005.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap></b></span></v:imagedata></v:shape><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">But the puzzle remains. Everything was quiet, then came a gust of wind from nowhere. It sent this ten-year old <i>samat</i> tree crashing across our street. </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjns6vT3yVQjiqpjmxCYl4zQB2Lp_-K_eQZW6XoKv5fFrlBRHVc6D46RCz5qRAFDYVLNWubkeaHyhE-JbXFWVIZQGb0oXE6cEQGxzNPA4QgXushhZ2SsnHNiZPVlUdRpsIeLKXQCD9RyuHh/s1600/Tree+fell+5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjns6vT3yVQjiqpjmxCYl4zQB2Lp_-K_eQZW6XoKv5fFrlBRHVc6D46RCz5qRAFDYVLNWubkeaHyhE-JbXFWVIZQGb0oXE6cEQGxzNPA4QgXushhZ2SsnHNiZPVlUdRpsIeLKXQCD9RyuHh/s200/Tree+fell+5.jpg" width="200" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Theories are not rare to explain the incident. The most plausible is poor foothold. The tree was virtually sitting on adobe bedrock characteristic of the geology of QC, so that its root system had no other way of spread but sideways instead of downward with a tap root as principal anchor. </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;">Author displays cured samat leaves used in brewing basi wine and making vinegar.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;">There is a nearby drainage through which various wastes flowed - oil, detergents, alkali and acid rain, ultimately finding their way into the root zone and destroying much of the roots. The tree however held on without apparent sign of weakness. </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">On the meteorological aspect, thunderstorms have become more frequent, as a consequence of global warming, a phenomenon that is not yet well understood. But global warming is spawning more - and stronger - typhoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes all over the world. Extreme weather is now felt more often. Too much rainfall in one place causes flood, while too little rainfall causes drought in another place. Freak weather disturbances are not unusual, among them was a sudden thunderstorm on that fine day that toppled my favorite </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">samat</i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> tree. ~ </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Part 15 - </span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span>Bonsai is Nature's Art</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Natural bonsai is Nature's art, that has for centuries inspired man to create miniaturized landscapes that fulfill his yearning for a connection to nature.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBX3LATFMgsfJRPKTHwxDoeTaYi0BuPCOp4B74BiqDJfColPn1rWScYCUqaO-IC1oPSj8Sma5GZy2MEr3C3dMjvVRY3x8G9wr8h5RLeqcabB4DLm3rnchlKLljoHpjxnZDrmkwNL7JNI/s1600/Home+Sweet+Bonsai+2+tamarind+.bmp"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBX3LATFMgsfJRPKTHwxDoeTaYi0BuPCOp4B74BiqDJfColPn1rWScYCUqaO-IC1oPSj8Sma5GZy2MEr3C3dMjvVRY3x8G9wr8h5RLeqcabB4DLm3rnchlKLljoHpjxnZDrmkwNL7JNI/w258-h344/Home+Sweet+Bonsai+2+tamarind+.bmp" width="258" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wok_RXrIFCEFID_-XNgIhgpSrrnefvgamr8fVcskim2aq9mR9xKcdtRGa4HHF9GlOfcXBBCGDqHv5YCXi5PY6A4MmmXT6iuyqjWALFa0br5ysXo-8WEYwxbsPaNoP6lQobhqM5lqG54/s1600/Home+Sweet+Bonsai+tamarind+bmp.bmp"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wok_RXrIFCEFID_-XNgIhgpSrrnefvgamr8fVcskim2aq9mR9xKcdtRGa4HHF9GlOfcXBBCGDqHv5YCXi5PY6A4MmmXT6iuyqjWALFa0br5ysXo-8WEYwxbsPaNoP6lQobhqM5lqG54/w258-h344/Home+Sweet+Bonsai+tamarind+bmp.bmp" width="258" /></a><span> </span></b></div></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Manicured bonsai tamarind trees. Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">When I saw the tamarind bonsai, it flashed into my mind the story of a wise man from the Orient who was asked, "What tree lives the longest?" to which he confidently answered, "The bonsai."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the same time a scientist from California was asked of the same question. To which he replied with scientific authority, "The Sequoia."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For a long time the world debated about the issue. I found myself a fence sitter in my college days. Until I became a biologist.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Centuries old bonsai trees grace many parks and homes in China, Japan and Korea, the origin of the art of dwarfing plants into what we know today as bonsai. They are of course minuscule to the giant Sequoia or redwoods in western United States which stand twenty to thirty storeys high.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some of these trees were already bearing cones at the time of Christ. That's more than 2000 years ago. So these trees held the record for a long time. Until...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The record gave way to gnarled dwarf trees, among them the Bristlecone, living on windswept rocky shores in the Mediterranean and other parts of the world where conditions of survival are extremely difficult.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Which brings about the puzzle - what really is the key to longevity?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I examined the tamarind bonsai in Thailand. Why they are pampered with care! By man, under the rule of monarchy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I read extensively about the redwoods. Why they are pampered by nature! They dominate the ground, space and sky. They are the monarchs of the forest.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And neither gives the convincing answer to the puzzle.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmnlpmH7ZBkladTZ62Su585lCl_kaqM27adDFSPcn6kbj79Eug0CFkxxOE7PJMETUPSbW2t6zGvbSfVHei3fmf7CCeSCXlojyVMNkowQcnSrob111xUZ57E0YWuc3Mk94gp_zvsKWlsk/s1600/Home+sweet+bristle+cone+1.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmnlpmH7ZBkladTZ62Su585lCl_kaqM27adDFSPcn6kbj79Eug0CFkxxOE7PJMETUPSbW2t6zGvbSfVHei3fmf7CCeSCXlojyVMNkowQcnSrob111xUZ57E0YWuc3Mk94gp_zvsKWlsk/w211-h318/Home+sweet+bristle+cone+1.jpg" width="211" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZXRRsV8JBCtroCnBkc0Ay55VBSWkVCFmbkrdFEe01Q2LPCCTPyIkS5_O0AZ3Jkxp8aChk0xQMXmX1mgwAKK5vkFXFFgMTWkOBEFL2e1tOFVXjGmUHSD6srnIG22LMMYkHqduOgHBV2w/s1600/Home+sweet+bristlecone+2pine.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZXRRsV8JBCtroCnBkc0Ay55VBSWkVCFmbkrdFEe01Q2LPCCTPyIkS5_O0AZ3Jkxp8aChk0xQMXmX1mgwAKK5vkFXFFgMTWkOBEFL2e1tOFVXjGmUHSD6srnIG22LMMYkHqduOgHBV2w/w266-h317/Home+sweet+bristlecone+2pine.jpg" width="266" /></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">It is because the longest living tree, the Bristlecone (PHOTOS), is left all </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">by itself to fend itself against the extreme conditions of the environment.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This strengthened by belief that natural resistance is the key to survival and longevity. It is natural resistance that enables the organism to survive and to live long. And here are the premises.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Controlled growth reduces need for food, water, space and nutrients.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Metabolism is slowed down when these requirements for growth and development are placed under restrictive control.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Extreme conditions "temper" organisms. Tempering is hardening of cells, tissues and organs, basically the protoplasm.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Tropisms are likewise honed under extreme conditions. Roots penetrate deeper to reach the source of water. Phototropism encourages the plant to reach out for the sun, chemotropism triggers survival tools such as chemical secretion. Latex and resin are protective substances.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. On the cell level, slower cell division lengthens life. Fast multiplying cells are shorter lived than slow multiplying ones. Chromosomes get shorter every time the cell multiplies, their telomeres shrink every time the cell divides. This leads to faster senility and early demise of the cell. These premises I believe, hold the key to the so-called "green thumb" in the bonsai expert.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">These premises are found in the giant Sequoia, although its size is deceiving. The truth is that the old Sequoia, like the bonsai, has reached virtual dormancy. Any organism in a state of dormancy or torpor undergoes very slow metabolism, which contributes to long life.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWAn6bxOCXNW2kbxiYIJLMeZA4QWhYufEhazriSlYLurkQvEsq4XyM3opg7yOVxZ06r1Lh-rMCW6n7zWfxkZ3kD_601ovhmT5QnpNqmI5jjf6Z71LOA6LpY9Pp8QwEGEwcLzPuuGuBJw/s1600/Home+sweet+sequoia+1.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWAn6bxOCXNW2kbxiYIJLMeZA4QWhYufEhazriSlYLurkQvEsq4XyM3opg7yOVxZ06r1Lh-rMCW6n7zWfxkZ3kD_601ovhmT5QnpNqmI5jjf6Z71LOA6LpY9Pp8QwEGEwcLzPuuGuBJw/s320/Home+sweet+sequoia+1.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41oBBjHSHVbhGxTrlLqqWn5OFi-9F8g-Ajsw3S3RBEzoIPZ7nc8QleAsqgcncjuvM7lZYBHhobsY-X9SmLsvPLJXY-OFok3TL-Lq6xok-1LH2gb5cQh8ABDnLe4TnWJ1dAD-UrnoJtbQ/s1600/Home+sweet+sequoia+2+.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41oBBjHSHVbhGxTrlLqqWn5OFi-9F8g-Ajsw3S3RBEzoIPZ7nc8QleAsqgcncjuvM7lZYBHhobsY-X9SmLsvPLJXY-OFok3TL-Lq6xok-1LH2gb5cQh8ABDnLe4TnWJ1dAD-UrnoJtbQ/w301-h201/Home+sweet+sequoia+2+.jpg" width="301" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beside, the Sequoia (PHOTOS) has other advantages in its natural habitat. It produces resin as a survival tool sealing off its attackers and healing the wound that they inflict. Here too, the Sequoia exhibits natural rejuvenation. It can recover from injuries to a point that a new tree may grow from the trunk and roots of a fallen one, like a tiller arising from its parent. It is natural tissue culture. Which leads us to the question, When does longevity end, when does it start?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I examined the bonsai tamarind trees and made reference to these factors. Well, I estimated their age to be about two centuries or so. Which is confirmed by the history of the Grand Palace. I compared them with the two bonsai tamarind trees at home which have shrunk into two-foot shrubs. An kindly old lady entrusted them under my care fifty years ago. Under natural condition tamarind grows into a very large tree.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This comparison points out that organisms of the same species don't only grow into different sizes in nature - they are actually controlled. More food and they grow fast and big, probably lanky and weak. On the other hand, starved them and they will become dwarf. Hardened and tough, and they live long.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">On hind sight, does this hypothesis apply to animals? To humans? If so, then deprivation and exposure to adverse conditions - and not a bountiful life - is the key to long life.</span><br /><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Indeed, longevity is a mystery. ~</span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 13.5pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Part 16 - </span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span>Trees for Peace </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Trees give peace to the souls of men.” - Nora Waln</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Paintings by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKtrDeWPF7OyPUqhhRvLEJpr8wLpUan0kqcGbxBdO5m0CFZKBFSSvNUKKEhczUuZiSGLvc-bcYTBZ2z_jEmszWB7GJVZ9Y8zmjqTyCriXiIWGDcrbq50q7PLswMkjbHtdlwYCWgUjl4IrE2uaij0AJ3On8LruEY0gOPRoFnJDcrlQ4W08KEeMWRjd/w469-h312/DSC05655%20-%20Copy.JPG" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Convergence</i> in acrylic by the author 2022</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3uHVkf7eDFTmrzmeAGiPDxWONPGTNtn5EgKzU3H3JWWDsqv2xAB9P9IbZ0lffoGJjv1R3PYvDJlfsfOLDfpTMkSOq1extfZeLQUIBl0oLsiNYOtVN4wtICNFnvdq-setRGwpy5SU1aNCMpWjfvPkjsnId62Z-vGmh7Ivf8-MnSkN_6uFSOOlEJ96/s2340/DSC03981.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2340" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3uHVkf7eDFTmrzmeAGiPDxWONPGTNtn5EgKzU3H3JWWDsqv2xAB9P9IbZ0lffoGJjv1R3PYvDJlfsfOLDfpTMkSOq1extfZeLQUIBl0oLsiNYOtVN4wtICNFnvdq-setRGwpy5SU1aNCMpWjfvPkjsnId62Z-vGmh7Ivf8-MnSkN_6uFSOOlEJ96/w469-h295/DSC03981.JPG" width="469" /></a></div><div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-weight: 700;">Tree of Liberty</i><span style="font-weight: 700;"> in acrylic by the author</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span>"All I need to do is to climb a tree,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span> and all the world knows I'm free." avr</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span>“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life.” - <i>Rumi</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPiFj02F_ZWfIgKk1Atk0zt4KxAOAgPE5n6fDQXrLWpDsy6Tb0EDyzTtOx4vkG1hvybmTs451Fgbq1DkV1Q31irfzf6bxNz89nojeoH3-WJcy8FbFUW4rWsnlJ_lA-I2zUmyISQ4F8mW2H083Y-gwHhq6CzFbIknXfvxG9HMbCsO-NeiWlUP04whx/s2592/DSC04201.JPG"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPiFj02F_ZWfIgKk1Atk0zt4KxAOAgPE5n6fDQXrLWpDsy6Tb0EDyzTtOx4vkG1hvybmTs451Fgbq1DkV1Q31irfzf6bxNz89nojeoH3-WJcy8FbFUW4rWsnlJ_lA-I2zUmyISQ4F8mW2H083Y-gwHhq6CzFbIknXfvxG9HMbCsO-NeiWlUP04whx/w151-h201/DSC04201.JPG" width="151" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSU06XRZOvAYNXGMfzZ7_hcy3S9YpNfOSM6Bu8GukTEUJ3y88PMfOcTwFtWN54pwShyPzkC1Hhe7DVprKynrOxgLyZ-ggx0a7dH8mckDta_ej5XfE7VCrxdBXJafuYjJSxwCRrLiEJoaYmkiiNO9BqxQovN7Vgaxhehtr4x-AJrxlIj-IbT2yYrblF/s2383/DSC04203.JPG"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSU06XRZOvAYNXGMfzZ7_hcy3S9YpNfOSM6Bu8GukTEUJ3y88PMfOcTwFtWN54pwShyPzkC1Hhe7DVprKynrOxgLyZ-ggx0a7dH8mckDta_ej5XfE7VCrxdBXJafuYjJSxwCRrLiEJoaYmkiiNO9BqxQovN7Vgaxhehtr4x-AJrxlIj-IbT2yYrblF/w316-h200/DSC04203.JPG" width="316" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>"White doves, emissaries of peace;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span> Trees, living monuments of peace." avr</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IURMcZ86bv_bOK0llNXsbKh8pj4Pq9oqkW7-V5v4fL82SukN2T-bn7wl862E2aYe5fYMKo7-xBj17_DmC0Z_8s2X9-wCY52XCKkhEXvNsqLfTT3gK87UL6JhoWoKdZ1SBBcK0W8PL0BeNRiAhTqJ18L2nrrVqDueSO-iwfVZ5ZzyblwfaxsIPj69Iw/s2478/DSC04254.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IURMcZ86bv_bOK0llNXsbKh8pj4Pq9oqkW7-V5v4fL82SukN2T-bn7wl862E2aYe5fYMKo7-xBj17_DmC0Z_8s2X9-wCY52XCKkhEXvNsqLfTT3gK87UL6JhoWoKdZ1SBBcK0W8PL0BeNRiAhTqJ18L2nrrVqDueSO-iwfVZ5ZzyblwfaxsIPj69Iw/s320/DSC04254.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs_bpXGwPoPCyy6V1EGQhepYTrctVP5N2hrwv2hL6Psfb4FHiV2UQQFrKVnUVYqufTTtIvX80qBDXyB1gVyCVMpWObQWdZMuSB5BFZEgsaQBpKOo059lpjJ_k2jVVyyR76ALHCD1cCV5mdv9lvPWMr8i3Ll_zJav90qct0yhq_d1Uzx_pkyX_C0plhw/s2592/DSC04255.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs_bpXGwPoPCyy6V1EGQhepYTrctVP5N2hrwv2hL6Psfb4FHiV2UQQFrKVnUVYqufTTtIvX80qBDXyB1gVyCVMpWObQWdZMuSB5BFZEgsaQBpKOo059lpjJ_k2jVVyyR76ALHCD1cCV5mdv9lvPWMr8i3Ll_zJav90qct0yhq_d1Uzx_pkyX_C0plhw/s320/DSC04255.JPG" /></a></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8RxK5mPws2DPaBFMZ3ZGtwPf2ubbrdj8O9zkS2b-6y839EfDm5YWhLoRzjQ7A3lLWKcg0Drj-ktpqBZElWTRrgmqHLjyujcUlj0xykoduW8sL_UrIPyyJVAfnQarmPF54b6lQDMLhtnl1G1G3RWyhloaCgNT4Q9ZgMGus7PAM7WBOyxK3Siu8PBb4w/s2540/DSC04247.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8RxK5mPws2DPaBFMZ3ZGtwPf2ubbrdj8O9zkS2b-6y839EfDm5YWhLoRzjQ7A3lLWKcg0Drj-ktpqBZElWTRrgmqHLjyujcUlj0xykoduW8sL_UrIPyyJVAfnQarmPF54b6lQDMLhtnl1G1G3RWyhloaCgNT4Q9ZgMGus7PAM7WBOyxK3Siu8PBb4w/s320/DSC04247.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF4FW6DMDCnqiuykBynGzr5T15nNTLLvDR2QvxN8LOmI9Ly0Sj92bBHXt89KBtTU6WqNe3gSx-uM0YP99eVsxv1OJawQembV0eh0Q9cBEyzkDPVEt00bRJLZAF8dE2k9JPdIgWTOG_Id_gxnSMU-FRELvtEaKKBETptlGoLO_b4aOMKfCfMWGaAUgMw/s2592/DSC04257.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF4FW6DMDCnqiuykBynGzr5T15nNTLLvDR2QvxN8LOmI9Ly0Sj92bBHXt89KBtTU6WqNe3gSx-uM0YP99eVsxv1OJawQembV0eh0Q9cBEyzkDPVEt00bRJLZAF8dE2k9JPdIgWTOG_Id_gxnSMU-FRELvtEaKKBETptlGoLO_b4aOMKfCfMWGaAUgMw/s320/DSC04257.JPG" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Somewhere between the valleys and mountains,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>caves and cliffs, streams and </b><b>rivers</b><b>;</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">man craves for something beyond his Being,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> in verses and songs - and prayers. - avr </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwScwV1LWdr9mDfyIRU3QnLJJoNpS4eCrQa8qkuruJEMpz1rN9q77uCuJVUZ-wgn0vvSc3inPgKjlnILEasW_8n1TjYaZaJ3f56_SVSxTYw-8VaVslIhhj2IwaQLbCY8bRwUpRgc5xNrnMYgpmpM3ri69dh5ZX-fK-yeYOdjJqplOplb-xnp3A64bkpw/s2448/DSC04028.JPG"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwScwV1LWdr9mDfyIRU3QnLJJoNpS4eCrQa8qkuruJEMpz1rN9q77uCuJVUZ-wgn0vvSc3inPgKjlnILEasW_8n1TjYaZaJ3f56_SVSxTYw-8VaVslIhhj2IwaQLbCY8bRwUpRgc5xNrnMYgpmpM3ri69dh5ZX-fK-yeYOdjJqplOplb-xnp3A64bkpw/w248-h312/DSC04028.JPG" width="248" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmNxDhVDLKmHXGRJuV5Oo4-l0DFqbgYNKSV8Wy9nn_cI7X_juVK8r60bjaBrYFtmoQOus9QTXygD8H5eJ9OAzXXCaA03sd73RyCE-JOgE1OxifoT_Cj62oICvDSx_rX3cJspLQcFQ-TK8-Pw8WwjuUDgTi2uOiax8fr2NXFGqXju_H92Xkd7p-rGt0A/s2592/DSC04026.JPG"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmNxDhVDLKmHXGRJuV5Oo4-l0DFqbgYNKSV8Wy9nn_cI7X_juVK8r60bjaBrYFtmoQOus9QTXygD8H5eJ9OAzXXCaA03sd73RyCE-JOgE1OxifoT_Cj62oICvDSx_rX3cJspLQcFQ-TK8-Pw8WwjuUDgTi2uOiax8fr2NXFGqXju_H92Xkd7p-rGt0A/w234-h312/DSC04026.JPG" width="234" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeArdQh0QmTYLJ_jKa8mQtRP70PiQVrfcoKrOQHpDqsciEH2AEaIOXAr1M5ukhs5dtJn9u5MrMK4mprbmq6n_23wbgxxg1mUvFR7McUZAJVXzsrrzctRY-mBJM8jSR1uDvDiKMQSPBgW75uOxQCDFcNnxG05RWDaPpLrHQ7OrQKZX1Kp3La_ll3EupHQ/s2592/DSC04023.JPG"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeArdQh0QmTYLJ_jKa8mQtRP70PiQVrfcoKrOQHpDqsciEH2AEaIOXAr1M5ukhs5dtJn9u5MrMK4mprbmq6n_23wbgxxg1mUvFR7McUZAJVXzsrrzctRY-mBJM8jSR1uDvDiKMQSPBgW75uOxQCDFcNnxG05RWDaPpLrHQ7OrQKZX1Kp3La_ll3EupHQ/w246-h186/DSC04023.JPG" width="246" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Hg6ES8Jo6_AdbxWIXacyF8NN5o9lizaMdiRFNxr_lIPU_Ubi-rH6Tvt7OpTkEjfVHgU8L6Ymfc1MBJT0oTHN1b_4xxV51W_hX87EUs83G2G14B8XoW4Le9IKvHb-LWeNv1l3MHF4JY2QKpdrJD6VB7UkPvCrlnXjpwi5lvDKFzcHJOa-QYiYmKcSaA/s2592/DSC04022.JPG"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Hg6ES8Jo6_AdbxWIXacyF8NN5o9lizaMdiRFNxr_lIPU_Ubi-rH6Tvt7OpTkEjfVHgU8L6Ymfc1MBJT0oTHN1b_4xxV51W_hX87EUs83G2G14B8XoW4Le9IKvHb-LWeNv1l3MHF4JY2QKpdrJD6VB7UkPvCrlnXjpwi5lvDKFzcHJOa-QYiYmKcSaA/w242-h185/DSC04022.JPG" width="242" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Wonder how birds in the sky see us down,</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">how minuscule we are, like their kind;</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">wonder how we look at them in the blue sky,</span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">worlds apart we say yet we are one. -avr</span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">“The bird who dares to fall is the bird who learns to fly.” - D. W. Journals ~</span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Part 17</span> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Do you believe in tree spirit?</span></b></div></span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living with Nature - School on Blog (<span style="color: #cc0000;">avrotor.blogspot.com</span>) </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Also open <span style="color: #cc0000;">Naturalism -the Eighth Sense</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqs9CMLU7xKmGDmByguqceX87mq8XoKgrlnZeTDdILuKAjMpsOh_mSyamGpY96S-_Bm_4URYJ8J3aC9BTUnTeKJi3ttdfMuv82CJtj5pa2SaIGSoe_8WDdbptbUY0mTdMmEhE5-xZs7Xp4eAwN6JpqAIUUXuRJw3u7xjz6cMXh49JMzi0i5fvmKl7gkA/w467-h358/AVRF%20Col%20painting%20eyes%20nature%20DSC09541A.jpg" width="467" /></span></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> Children playing at the edge of a forest </i>in acrylic by the author</span></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Call the<i> kapre, dwende, tikbalang</i></b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> to scare or just for fun;</b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>call goddess <i>Maria Makiling</i>,</b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> and <i>Helios</i>, the sun;</b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Imagine the world without them</b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> - without them around.</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Children wouldn't be home before dark;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and dogs at night wouldn't bark.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">why sunflowers always face the sun,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and go to sleep when gone,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">trespasser, beware, take the road instead,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">else on some spirit you might tread;</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">over the hills and valleys thunder rolls</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">when angry Thor growls;</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and mushroom spontaneously appear</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">breaking the ground like spear;</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">phosphorescence fascinates us, </span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">after the fire has gone into ash;</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">look up they're but one - fireflies and stars,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">fireflies are the missing stars;</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">holiest is the altar of nature unspoiled,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">where logging was foiled,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">where the <i>kapre </i>lives in big trees,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and scares with a sudden breeze;</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">paddies sigh, bamboos creak and whisper,</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">unseen - creatures or not - slither.</span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The world is alive with tales and legends;</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> untrue yet true, for they are a twin;</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and if you pass by a tree, stop and listen</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> to the spirit that throbs within. ~</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="1600" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKuFOJV5hUnNcLaY59GuUrxBw7xE9U-I2pirBc8W-0MNlbS63Su4SW6zDgLbZ7U16SGIfQdC8BZ9t9yBWIJEATxV5SFepH-c3Cawa-S_rUZiLRmKD0oV7N-sy9kh811HY1DyPzFCD-qvEefchfNsfD_xsseZxEHklrvsmXjaLbRrY7pEeCLYf_cM16g/w369-h292/Painting%20Forest%20birds%20fishing%20DSC08350%20A.jpg" width="369" /></span></div></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Children Camping by a</i><i> Forest Stream</i> in acrylic by the author </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 18 - </span><span> </span><span>Nativity in the Forest</span></b></span></p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></b><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWmoY-TrwU9XbqxrGjn-CT4pz6IFdsuWxKuqxLvEfRFjMx6ppfNp93f9Hydx-gBdGca2y03UL6ZJ04yiOy_1wgLjkruEjF5HjBlIZG8J_ajydzLl7M3HQoZAqJhSCwV-sRN1CjtIUmLg/s1600/DSC03337+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWmoY-TrwU9XbqxrGjn-CT4pz6IFdsuWxKuqxLvEfRFjMx6ppfNp93f9Hydx-gBdGca2y03UL6ZJ04yiOy_1wgLjkruEjF5HjBlIZG8J_ajydzLl7M3HQoZAqJhSCwV-sRN1CjtIUmLg/w512-h384/DSC03337+A.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Nativity Scene, Christmas 2012. Forest mural by the author, 2010</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Creatures in the forest welcome a holy guest: </span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> the wild and tough wake up to a stirring,</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the feathered and furred, the mimicked and camouflaged,</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> follow a beam of light in a clearing. </span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It is an altar hemmed by a cathedral of giant trees,</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> curtained by the living art of the vine;</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and marked by emergent towers, the home of the eagle</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> that proclaims the birth of a child divine.</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Woodsmen there who live in communities ever since, </b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> join their children sing the songs of the trees,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>fiddling crickets and hooting owls and playful primates,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> the wind tamed into the whisper of the breeze.</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Here the sun is sieved into moving shadows and art,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> the rains nourish life from ground to the sky,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>epiphytes of liana and orchid in grandiose bloom,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> shower the newly born, birds singing up high.</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>How benevolent the wild, how humble the creatures,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> how simple the scene created by nature;</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>here beauty is simple, </b><b>unspoiled by civilization,</b></span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> it offers comfort and refuge and nurture. </b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Unconventional the forest seems the bastion of faith</b></span><b> </b></span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> for those seeking life's meaning here and far,</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>for lack of a manger for the spirit of modern man,</b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> to find here a Child and protect the green altar. ~</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Part 19 - <span style="text-align: center;"><span>Towering <i>Anahaw</i> Palm Trees </span></span></span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living with Nature Center</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyepRTvOp67g0XhWbZR5LkVd5rV-fFD5slxivsJ_oKsj__eGTnBDORgfx1_DFWUVSNCxpUjESKtqBB-pcQ7w8C5tHJP3au_wZE7tufV6kOlvQPE2gpDu7hbGl5LqkvfR1FQTJfStpJj9CwwVNkwN4r3JEPYH3z7N6BP5aJPTDaABZaDQ4ZmO4axDlQJ6E/s5152/DSC09841.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyepRTvOp67g0XhWbZR5LkVd5rV-fFD5slxivsJ_oKsj__eGTnBDORgfx1_DFWUVSNCxpUjESKtqBB-pcQ7w8C5tHJP3au_wZE7tufV6kOlvQPE2gpDu7hbGl5LqkvfR1FQTJfStpJj9CwwVNkwN4r3JEPYH3z7N6BP5aJPTDaABZaDQ4ZmO4axDlQJ6E/w480-h640/DSC09841.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rising up to more than fifty feet through the canopy of nearby trees, and into the sky as emergents, these heritage palm trees are a living treasure of the arboretum of the Living with Nature Center. Their trunks are virtually perfect Parthenon columns of nature, the leaves shaped into a huge umbrella. Old leaves remain hanging in the crown drooping like a well-knit skirt, which serves as abode of fruit bats, their sleeping quarters in the day, and working station at night, indeed an ideal home for these unique nocturnal residents of the local ecosystem.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P8qSshL_D4-3k5v5G4tSAB0SkY2NAWKYD6aafLQCkn4v99ZZmDZK4PU7kmSgrnu7HQeNUXqvLWFpDqfIXFGWAODNWrIbCtneKl2Mc2A3XEIrZQMKmCvfFe8e0IqX6yXv2V567v-PBVY7CHfxxEgVLxnLB32cNmx7hNb30I1XGlCLMzBeMFFg3ncoGvE/s5152/DSC09839.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0P8qSshL_D4-3k5v5G4tSAB0SkY2NAWKYD6aafLQCkn4v99ZZmDZK4PU7kmSgrnu7HQeNUXqvLWFpDqfIXFGWAODNWrIbCtneKl2Mc2A3XEIrZQMKmCvfFe8e0IqX6yXv2V567v-PBVY7CHfxxEgVLxnLB32cNmx7hNb30I1XGlCLMzBeMFFg3ncoGvE/s320/DSC09839.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1EQ4ABQ28HuuuMVUCuPuFLg903tJbsKaRwUnPunhXIcNOVe_SNRs5UpMNZ6Y4-f_3OKCouP6MCblnvxcYuJXSf5ROzPTlAP4YJMIJHLJ2ZecBP5ZVHasLaCXD1r6K8dPNOL3eTAuqlPvlgWCURmQHzo77p417JPEkFUKcveNi83KK9iIwM0YacIOOhU/s5152/DSC09843.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1EQ4ABQ28HuuuMVUCuPuFLg903tJbsKaRwUnPunhXIcNOVe_SNRs5UpMNZ6Y4-f_3OKCouP6MCblnvxcYuJXSf5ROzPTlAP4YJMIJHLJ2ZecBP5ZVHasLaCXD1r6K8dPNOL3eTAuqlPvlgWCURmQHzo77p417JPEkFUKcveNi83KK9iIwM0YacIOOhU/s320/DSC09843.JPG" /></a></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><i>Anahaw</i> (<i>Livistona rotundifolia</i> or<i> Saribus rotundifolia</i>) is regarded as the Philippine national leaf. Anahaw leaves are also a widespread symbol in the Philippines that is often used in awards and medals to represent high achievement, strength, and loyalty. The Anahaw leaf features a large, round outline and is glossy green in color. Livistona is used as natural parasol in Malaysia. In Australia.* The young nuts, the size of marble, are picked and eaten in their soft stage. The rind is trimmed with knife, the inner membrane peeled by hand, and the white soft core finds its way to the palate one after another. It was a popular snack in our time as kids when anahaw abound on the upland and forested areas. Today, <i>Livistona</i> is a threatened species; in fact endangered in many populated areas even on the countryside. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span> </span></b></div></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPFYBPTTjAWTh_EtLgvko1gAmDxTIm52GtgLNH2B110drHUntSwZ7slNNmeYswyY9nR0mSKDEh1f1mKZgzd3Q33SwthWc2gqQjDrksoy5MwqEfkQlCcNjp3dDA0IEJKPD_19d7hW1DbVQMtd_lxnoYQXCQv75hGTYmfo51zH0ffJhecKsGCLD4s42_Iw/s2592/DSC00710.JPG"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPFYBPTTjAWTh_EtLgvko1gAmDxTIm52GtgLNH2B110drHUntSwZ7slNNmeYswyY9nR0mSKDEh1f1mKZgzd3Q33SwthWc2gqQjDrksoy5MwqEfkQlCcNjp3dDA0IEJKPD_19d7hW1DbVQMtd_lxnoYQXCQv75hGTYmfo51zH0ffJhecKsGCLD4s42_Iw/s320/DSC00710.JPG" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Radially arranged leaves of anahaw are made into shingles for roof thatch, superior in coolness, beauty and durability to the traditional nipa (<i>Nipa frutescens</i>) and cogon (<i>Imperata cyclindrica</i>). In my time, </span></b><b><span>in pre-plastic era,</span></b><b><span> the whole leaf was crafted into free-hanging raincoat (<i>annanga</i> Ilk), an indigenous wear on the farm, and in going to school and market as protection from monsoon rain. It was worn with woven hats made of the same material, or from leaves of coconut, <i>pandan (Pandanus tectorius) </i>or<i> buri (Corypha elata</i>). Imagine how the outfit looked like, complete with wooden </span></b><b><span>clogs (<i>bakya*</i> or <i>suekos</i> Ilk), and <i>abel </i>shirt and short pants (<i>puruntong</i>) made from cotton. </span></b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div>* Internet. The Bakyâ or wooden clogs were once the most commonly used footwear in the Philippines before the introduction of rubber sandals.</span></b><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> Part 20 - The Tree that Wears a Veil </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Verse and Photos by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i3AYQLcwbLP4U77XlXxFGZGLu0swXkSsTzCslxaJOWZvGil_FbFHyshusNouyZYeVLCC6JS76n8C8rtOTr0vIgFbRWIYuFcUgkzTbrfbzEWwveg3OXuOOAOCkpQeSCwkrbi9N6RiG7s/s1600-h/DSC00701.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314423759685495106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i3AYQLcwbLP4U77XlXxFGZGLu0swXkSsTzCslxaJOWZvGil_FbFHyshusNouyZYeVLCC6JS76n8C8rtOTr0vIgFbRWIYuFcUgkzTbrfbzEWwveg3OXuOOAOCkpQeSCwkrbi9N6RiG7s/s400/DSC00701.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 217px; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to shield the sun,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to keep from rain,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to buffer the wind,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to hide the view around,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to muffle sweet sound.</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">When you wear your crown.</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to let the sunshine in,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to welcome the rain,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to dance in the wind,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to view far beyond,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to free those in bond,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">When you lose your crown.</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to clothe the naked,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to comfort the lonely,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to feed the hungry,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to house the lost.</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A veil to welcome the dawn,</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">When you gain back your crown.</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><b><span><br />NOTE: These photos were taken at a time when this acacia tree was in its deciduous stage giving the epiphytic liana a chance to grow luxuriantly without harming the host tree. Soon new leaves will form as summer approaches, and the liana once more becomes dormant. It will resume vigorous growth come next deciduous period. Acacia trees shed off their leaves completely once or twice a year. Ateneo de Manila University QC campus.</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 21 - </span></b><b><span><span> Lost Forest</span></span></b></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span> Dr Abe V Rotor</span></span></b></div></b><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP161cjLb1KR0P3pYiJO2HmEC9pTFLCXmLsRKQtNObVz54PqcSmja4NI61kGrL7Rq0ujibLLCFBvJaJ7Lyos5O1WaDnu4vxX9KO26rSracz5n_yMOJ7PhioMiDhBLZXAqINqgN8TKMDttkDHFLyi-6mtSGhLTSYjUHlE6NFl3PNG6SKNNbsedwtQk_fKGb/s2592/DSC09350.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP161cjLb1KR0P3pYiJO2HmEC9pTFLCXmLsRKQtNObVz54PqcSmja4NI61kGrL7Rq0ujibLLCFBvJaJ7Lyos5O1WaDnu4vxX9KO26rSracz5n_yMOJ7PhioMiDhBLZXAqINqgN8TKMDttkDHFLyi-6mtSGhLTSYjUHlE6NFl3PNG6SKNNbsedwtQk_fKGb/s320/DSC09350.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtyMBnhZ_YfhxQZva0YRmHXPuWZo0RjZN3OB1BlcFFcKDJa7_uq8pkkIwFNgHb22FdYzWvUMlfAe0JxC0FB6umEIGvwqOJmKlVAoW18GruJ6MklKZs-eJ6zcF9WXRB85XDS2zd_c8ga30izOmzmhgs2ObVhUQv2QDn1EY0KNprBF8mMCmGydKmEMitGnQ/s2592/DSC09353.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtyMBnhZ_YfhxQZva0YRmHXPuWZo0RjZN3OB1BlcFFcKDJa7_uq8pkkIwFNgHb22FdYzWvUMlfAe0JxC0FB6umEIGvwqOJmKlVAoW18GruJ6MklKZs-eJ6zcF9WXRB85XDS2zd_c8ga30izOmzmhgs2ObVhUQv2QDn1EY0KNprBF8mMCmGydKmEMitGnQ/s320/DSC09353.JPG" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Table model of a "Lost Forest" from termite nest, by the author</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />A staccato of chirping meets the breeze and sunrise,<br />Rushes the stream where fish play with the sunbeam,</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Waking the butterflies, unveiled by the rising mist;</span></b><b><span><br />And the rainforest becomes a stage one can't miss.</span></b></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> John Milton wrote his masterpiece of Paradise,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Ludwig Beethoven composed minuet at sunrise;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Jean Fabre and Edwin Teale with lens to see,</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> Discovered </span></b><b><span>an </span></b><b><span>inner world Jules Verne did agree, </span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> And Aldo Leopold's world in unity and harmony.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">That was long time ago, now it's a race for progress,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Taking the streets, marching uphill up to the forest - </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">There giant machines roar, ugly men at the helm;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Folly, ignorance and greed are one and same.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Reference: <i> Sunshine on Raindrops</i> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span><b>Copyright 2000 </b></span><b>Abercio V Rotor and Megabooks Company</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Part 22 - </b></span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><b style="text-align: center;">Driftwood Strange Creatures</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>- Emissaries of Ecological Destruction</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>An artist's view of c</span></span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span>reatures sculptured by Nature on driftwood*. The message is clear with the unabated and wanton destruction of our environment in the hands of man. </span><span> </span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>It is a rare kind of hunt - looking for the likeness of living creatures in deadwood in logged areas. Driftwood is the remain of trees likened to the skeleton of animals and humans. The haunting feeling of this experience runs through the artistic mind leading </b></span><b>to the psyche and ultimately, collective consciousness. <i> </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRCv3o53T0SS2su9lbtb-nra-ZLpr_CCqvP9qeM96Zk0_NnNgEuf6xxxZX7T4b0o3Rsy-mR2lchvty2BNBeDpUlhp508pDH8R81kxc1eOLVvnzgH8JuP1pAePb7FlTFQgRSQ4DhWO4ao/s1600/DSC09360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1600" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRCv3o53T0SS2su9lbtb-nra-ZLpr_CCqvP9qeM96Zk0_NnNgEuf6xxxZX7T4b0o3Rsy-mR2lchvty2BNBeDpUlhp508pDH8R81kxc1eOLVvnzgH8JuP1pAePb7FlTFQgRSQ4DhWO4ao/s400/DSC09360.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Have you seen a black dove in real life? </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Remember Noah's Ark? </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3A0PQo4KoU-nDLKnWXpDzJr5ilZLCzXzngm3QKt1EtUsK8GayrFIKh1jqwF_ZQO7bOhN_192pBFzaHUFiGzSeKgssmslWR4yW2hmddE8XhHiYxnDT2LMA2dTphrpjbsgaOW3hv50-8DM/s1600/DSC09527.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3A0PQo4KoU-nDLKnWXpDzJr5ilZLCzXzngm3QKt1EtUsK8GayrFIKh1jqwF_ZQO7bOhN_192pBFzaHUFiGzSeKgssmslWR4yW2hmddE8XhHiYxnDT2LMA2dTphrpjbsgaOW3hv50-8DM/s400/DSC09527.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T5dq6WumImqjPIMO4w8qEnsfpY6U-Y-jdEFK6ZqBw8bqAHR69lESaenu-mMIGpIEJnMDnjnORyYBA9zrYjU4YqznpK9hM06gD0nrmasz3Rus6N63PFqSt6cEtzPEPgsvg4NPAaXHj_s/s1600/DSC09596.JPG"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T5dq6WumImqjPIMO4w8qEnsfpY6U-Y-jdEFK6ZqBw8bqAHR69lESaenu-mMIGpIEJnMDnjnORyYBA9zrYjU4YqznpK9hM06gD0nrmasz3Rus6N63PFqSt6cEtzPEPgsvg4NPAaXHj_s/w214-h214/DSC09596.JPG" width="214" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXETsb8CDovdjHuwaJczK3jiI15wnhHwlp3Nhhdv6gVoKtm9IIFAAM5iB7E9yjWUet_aMJAzWqe4WWDYw60qlFBwOKRgcyejQnfemMtJ4oqTGz3q9iCCiuZDs4RViI29yEMg1s4M-1uu4/s1600/DSC09531.JPG"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXETsb8CDovdjHuwaJczK3jiI15wnhHwlp3Nhhdv6gVoKtm9IIFAAM5iB7E9yjWUet_aMJAzWqe4WWDYw60qlFBwOKRgcyejQnfemMtJ4oqTGz3q9iCCiuZDs4RViI29yEMg1s4M-1uu4/w178-h213/DSC09531.JPG" width="178" /></a></div></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Transition of the dinosaur <i>Archaeopteryx</i> to </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">birds </span></b><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">and fowls leaves behind a fossil - or </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">creates </span></b><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">an imagery </span></b><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">in the artist's mind.</span></b></div></span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YuvS-mnKVHlL4U_lgwAWRti1q6anxtqVjviex9Js5d5tuLZcmMaSU-13BxDJPq7ZP-1frgdjVKVkonbhxiklpwvkDca3iOqXvEwWJ81HQcJMkdqxwKi5h2YFk2lV_50SB4_Ixqod0WE/s1600/DSC09595.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> The legendary and biblical dragon is virtually alive, </b><br /><b>venerable </b><b>in our postmodern art and culture -</b><br /><b> a perfect model of reality and fantasy combined.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCS8Oe0kBSRCo8DmgZdyvn4SLyUzIVXRIMqcTEnfwuxGc4sUmNY1HPZrdL8tdx4KQXjB5zkKvXhDFMDqKS18oa4f0L5R7xYoYMr2P4r60LhE3F1TNAWl6OhY4FpVPCHnSesXUq3HxRpk/s1600/DSC09547.JPG"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCS8Oe0kBSRCo8DmgZdyvn4SLyUzIVXRIMqcTEnfwuxGc4sUmNY1HPZrdL8tdx4KQXjB5zkKvXhDFMDqKS18oa4f0L5R7xYoYMr2P4r60LhE3F1TNAWl6OhY4FpVPCHnSesXUq3HxRpk/s400/DSC09547.JPG" width="400" /></a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Like the dragon this serpent has found a secured place in the </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>minds of children in cartoons and virtual reality in fantasy </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>land and on TV screen - a friend, an outcast, a villain.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VJ5bKU13w9E_aOgOaJgzQ_X594F5XtTq4FRS1pp0x28UqGAPyL6SoOkP6EHgXGObplWhOoZMisUX-s-pVcZLPNfane1IzgDQG8IjMkDcTnKaFyJkspFZhAQarKEjPJ6l_3n3xli4yCg/s1600/DSC09543.JPG"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4VJ5bKU13w9E_aOgOaJgzQ_X594F5XtTq4FRS1pp0x28UqGAPyL6SoOkP6EHgXGObplWhOoZMisUX-s-pVcZLPNfane1IzgDQG8IjMkDcTnKaFyJkspFZhAQarKEjPJ6l_3n3xli4yCg/w416-h294/DSC09543.JPG" width="416" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Driftwood Eye</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Begging for a rightful place and peace,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">this creature</span></b><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> tells a tragic story</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">of man's cruelty, greed and folly,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">its eye watching us never at ease. ~</span></b></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMge-bKqhj1DvRDzdwYuW0-3-oGJj0k7j33hKrVvievZUTBLVVyxvtprk_T4simND8FYbHBNK5VTpksYYGzOyhDp7qh9_a5fNcJTbGV6aNO9zEswqpT995wmHw4sc0BVM2P3FueA8JDY/s1600/DSC09750.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMge-bKqhj1DvRDzdwYuW0-3-oGJj0k7j33hKrVvievZUTBLVVyxvtprk_T4simND8FYbHBNK5VTpksYYGzOyhDp7qh9_a5fNcJTbGV6aNO9zEswqpT995wmHw4sc0BVM2P3FueA8JDY/w392-h523/DSC09750.JPG" width="392" /></span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Sacred </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tre</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">e Relic </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></div></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Relics - imprimatur of holiness, venerated by the faithful; </span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> fossils - museums' treasures, science's glory;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Wouldn't the remains of a once magnificent tree sacred, too, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> to stand sentry of a forest lost in our memory?</span></b></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><br /></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Made of driftwood mounted on coral rock, red base symbolic of fatal destruction of our environment and its consequences. On display at the Living with Nature Center, San Vicente Ilocos Sur. ~</span></b></div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>* Enhanced sculptural pieces and mural background by the author.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>Part 23 - </b></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><b style="font-size: large;">Trees on the Campus</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>- William Shakespeare</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1eu7Q3fe9tnlu1XRqHNHH0qsBEaOg0M4dOWAxlX7plMHgBCh7QttkWsr_P3qBPh8TvErmAtE0uwNlmb31fBTqxNUJDgjOTH8jytxYD54l_Vibi1cO4KGfcF61ctyhEcalJM1zBzeBdU/s1600/UST+tree+A.jpg"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1eu7Q3fe9tnlu1XRqHNHH0qsBEaOg0M4dOWAxlX7plMHgBCh7QttkWsr_P3qBPh8TvErmAtE0uwNlmb31fBTqxNUJDgjOTH8jytxYD54l_Vibi1cO4KGfcF61ctyhEcalJM1zBzeBdU/w473-h355/UST+tree+A.jpg" /></span></b></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">University of Santo Tomas, Manila</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living cradle to while away the time,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to catch up with many a lost sleep;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">watch out, a nap gone over the clime,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">where time and opportunity slip.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv7GOZ3DrdnaUaqmNJKBCgeb_5sVvySMUDY8DPfpJ27eWcWsRhB9hy_gKcq5ZS1ToGt0InHFGOvjhfz40OTTtgHdm0nofBYg-MpjftSruxXnno7tZLQqK1TIcRsC185mh1TO85_DvH_Q/s1600/Trees+nature%27s+p151.JPG"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv7GOZ3DrdnaUaqmNJKBCgeb_5sVvySMUDY8DPfpJ27eWcWsRhB9hy_gKcq5ZS1ToGt0InHFGOvjhfz40OTTtgHdm0nofBYg-MpjftSruxXnno7tZLQqK1TIcRsC185mh1TO85_DvH_Q/w400-h258/Trees+nature" /></span></b></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ateneo de Manila University, QC</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Pendants you wear in the night,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">blinking with the chilly air,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">bring tidings beyond your shade,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to far places poor and fair.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_ovx7L0aVPcSlsvSJjz75oAxNu2BcPOjNUpUxiHIP2ltq2v8epBQ05T0amhA3aveUopB9eCkwf8MYideSrkszK918ZvrgDpRlvRiG-AYHBWn0YR_EPVf95oh_syXRoQ9dHRFt7al4X4/s1600/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_ovx7L0aVPcSlsvSJjz75oAxNu2BcPOjNUpUxiHIP2ltq2v8epBQ05T0amhA3aveUopB9eCkwf8MYideSrkszK918ZvrgDpRlvRiG-AYHBWn0YR_EPVf95oh_syXRoQ9dHRFt7al4X4/s400/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg" /></span></b></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Central Luzon State University, Muñoz, NE</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">When in bloom golden, only for a day or two;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">confetti follows where the bees have gone,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in every flower is born a new life, the embryo,</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>seed to a tree in another place in the sun.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhja9hvnbGkKopYyfq6FFUbp37RbwGC3PaoehFZBaSqLTzDPUi-IwLpKX6U9jNbVHDaksprWdghf6J7iEELTwJgHHzoLF86KvuS0wC-hA4svxfNL0K493j4ttJKvVlzSbqN6Rqymo0r_x1_ouGJt6lAMvo74smtolsrxAHgOG596-0zP1MwsJI-N43_2QeZ/s399/Pic%20select%2026%20acacia%20drynaria.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="399" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhja9hvnbGkKopYyfq6FFUbp37RbwGC3PaoehFZBaSqLTzDPUi-IwLpKX6U9jNbVHDaksprWdghf6J7iEELTwJgHHzoLF86KvuS0wC-hA4svxfNL0K493j4ttJKvVlzSbqN6Rqymo0r_x1_ouGJt6lAMvo74smtolsrxAHgOG596-0zP1MwsJI-N43_2QeZ/w400-h226/Pic%20select%2026%20acacia%20drynaria.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Drynaria</i> fern on acacia tree. Saint Agustine's School. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Tagudin, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span></b><span><div><b><i>Drynaria</i> fern makes a natural cover</b></div><div><b>in summer when the tree lays bare. </b></div><div><b>It's like a new crown in the making.</b></div><div><b>Behold! the symbiosis of </b><b>sharing. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Part 24 - </b><b><span>I talk to the trees - and they listen to me.</span></b></span></div></span><span><br /><b>"When in bloom golden, only for a day or two;</b><br /><b>confetti follows where the bees have gone,</b><br /><b>in every flower is born a new life</b><br /><b>in another place and time."</b><br /><br /><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRk2AIArUaXnbTl_9YHi80hBhNQsl2SioYzVUQS5mhJkX0v00dtujaYJ5kRfjuZuoGbVOPdEl9lF6RK_aTbqeYswz3mCVl_fA9BoPP0BTuhwoiPL69ZwUXNsY8RJRTlFA_a-Ynmkn2nk/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+G.bmp" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfRk2AIArUaXnbTl_9YHi80hBhNQsl2SioYzVUQS5mhJkX0v00dtujaYJ5kRfjuZuoGbVOPdEl9lF6RK_aTbqeYswz3mCVl_fA9BoPP0BTuhwoiPL69ZwUXNsY8RJRTlFA_a-Ynmkn2nk/s400/Philit+Ghost+Trees+G.bmp" /></a><br /><b>Kaohsiung, Taiwan</b><br /><br /><b>Re-encarnation - this elephant tree had been</b><br /><b>once roaming around in band;</b><br /><b>threatened, endangered and gone,</b><br /><b>what would it become the next time around?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcFTO5gcujwAwXViV7JW0XN67WbD9zUF-IXIfXcgBj1Tw-LSuNoVd1dztZP5hkuY8jlbFv_OBOyJuUgBt3ictH-aSmpUi7TTKbBkqzUFbtlht0Tq5jbbsB5tDMUkpl4Ru8lHLIqpjYG8/s1600/IMG_8301.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcFTO5gcujwAwXViV7JW0XN67WbD9zUF-IXIfXcgBj1Tw-LSuNoVd1dztZP5hkuY8jlbFv_OBOyJuUgBt3ictH-aSmpUi7TTKbBkqzUFbtlht0Tq5jbbsB5tDMUkpl4Ru8lHLIqpjYG8/s400/IMG_8301.jpg" /></a><br /><b>Tagbilaran, Bohol</b><br /><br /><b>Saplings race to meet the sun,</b><br /><b>lanky to posts they shall become;</b><br /><b>sans branches but bole and round</b><br /><b>soon fall to the ax one by one.</b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAU2iC1HZvyUs6wt50dLtF_j-9RjYxPycZZ9AJ9VZne0TMhI7UvUy8J337YeVOlOkoGlF4GA2qcN5X7DEpgVXM5iNw5ge8k8B8AkSSfBSv8wRAMddkANZ0jIbY9NYDHy1Ddy9i0AOYbdM/s1600/kamagong+tree.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAU2iC1HZvyUs6wt50dLtF_j-9RjYxPycZZ9AJ9VZne0TMhI7UvUy8J337YeVOlOkoGlF4GA2qcN5X7DEpgVXM5iNw5ge8k8B8AkSSfBSv8wRAMddkANZ0jIbY9NYDHy1Ddy9i0AOYbdM/s400/kamagong+tree.jpg" /></a><br /><b>Mt Makiling, Laguna</b><br /><br /><b>You bear the hardest wood -</b><br /><b>ebony in deep shiny black;</b><br /><b>your foes no less my kind</b><br /><b>feeling and love we lack.</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIuuAHxi3pf3KsjtqBMm9VVkVuIv5bef_qcpjW7zQU5gaCR12amQXprNDNWZXe873gqX1ToAaA42rScaBcSUgx57BrotEP_MEM3qGKYMZ0Kq0_TPZqaQfrlkCMO4epACLwAjnCYfYut3U/s1600/PH+Intro+2+tree+calumpang.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4vZTv7n9cmZzmlxPfTaApCPnNCpg7fO3Y6br0YiN-0QQFA3bRKWDTW5GicAe57EbeKsrf-VdnbhTK5oqawiNanFFvwqId00VHAdmwJT6fcVc65JBzxbBrRG5l3WB37Rn0jWoeE1wTUo/w261-h400/Philit+Balete+tree+A.jpg" width="261" /></a><br /><b>Mt Makiling, UPLB Laguna</b><br /><br /><b>Black and white makes you bold and real</b><br /><b>of your strangler's reputation,</b><br /><b>climbing on your host tree to the sky,</b><br /><b>a piece of mystery of creation.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipgBB8gnsWb_2IfpDOmnYnPmaUSuErLS3nAls8R5rnIB1D2d_LN5rHDEY_-nouCAQRY3EdCF-lYwqLzLjmezmoTWfDomu02mua-LDhHzcBOXz9Mmrw1glHcbZ4B-pDr34B8u3DHqCMRS8/s1600/Basi+Label+9+Tree+house.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" 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all.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bleS3tLDQ8N6ZfZW4UOOztBHIlNr1SrpQUN9fc3RJzI4udqNBlg9COoRpLUMIZK2Rdtf_AazJ_c2PcNd9QDtHlbTbZp37idi3zc4l3dvh_9Q1-OXZdFRsLL1IQMG0TIxcmf73guE9-A/s1600/Balete+DSC05119+A.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bleS3tLDQ8N6ZfZW4UOOztBHIlNr1SrpQUN9fc3RJzI4udqNBlg9COoRpLUMIZK2Rdtf_AazJ_c2PcNd9QDtHlbTbZp37idi3zc4l3dvh_9Q1-OXZdFRsLL1IQMG0TIxcmf73guE9-A/s400/Balete+DSC05119+A.jpg" /></a><br /><b>Lagro QC</b><br /><br /><b>Whoever felled this old<i> balete </i>tree,</b><br /><b>drove the deities away;</b><br /><b>and the spirit of the tree shall not rest,</b><br /><b>no prayer can repay.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikbECSEic7GGklU9L1VqpP8KbyAG-zxf2M_XayNJpQdbhHgkPuh9tBfsoacE2EvTHPMVJPEOSAsnUSneAY8Zz_pLc32BblGS2pg74_oGFuhyAFT7btrsGJn-2uUXS5MDOWXKdTMk_e_Y/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikbECSEic7GGklU9L1VqpP8KbyAG-zxf2M_XayNJpQdbhHgkPuh9tBfsoacE2EvTHPMVJPEOSAsnUSneAY8Zz_pLc32BblGS2pg74_oGFuhyAFT7btrsGJn-2uUXS5MDOWXKdTMk_e_Y/s400/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg" /></a><br /><b>UST Manila</b><br /><br /><b>Shadow of death I see across the lawn,</b><br /><b>save the sun all mourning;</b><br /><b>haunting the playground empty and quiet,</b><br /><b>save a dead tree walking.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL2BybMrVBYwEkXU37pu26TRheAzTkVuZ10_MefsbVaUBnlAimf_MffheyYSaU5SF3f6ulODlI0lS7Rfl82w2_8a4jYJTKceHCAoxilSVwt64Gy1gHZiUMiOL_ooq9i2oHjDthuuXkPo/s320/Acacia+Ateneo.JPG" /></a><span><br /><b>Ateneo de Manila University QC</b><br /><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>To the conscious passerby,</b><br /><b>in the morning holy,</b><br /><b>in the evening scary,</b><br /><b>a veil to laugh or to cry.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVUBrlzhbXndFxrEgh6w8edINLKJYTsCIY-1GBtEdkF0U7h2DS9jPupu6VrquP_M3XBrk6DfjfIV5yDnQog7Y3Oj_2Jwkk8DZCZphzoD0K4n0aNGqoqw3t_B_k5zOYBY63FpIE6BpIt4/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+F.bmp" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVUBrlzhbXndFxrEgh6w8edINLKJYTsCIY-1GBtEdkF0U7h2DS9jPupu6VrquP_M3XBrk6DfjfIV5yDnQog7Y3Oj_2Jwkk8DZCZphzoD0K4n0aNGqoqw3t_B_k5zOYBY63FpIE6BpIt4/s400/Philit+Ghost+Trees+F.bmp" /></a><br /><b>St Paul University QC</b><br /><br /><b>Young devil tree, but you aren't;</b><br /><b>your eyes but holes to your heart;</b><br /><b>your arm raised to praise, to call</b><br /><b>a friend, such is nature's art.</b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6KC9x_grwHSjTkOGaH7_sHqXfzaK5CIoORDasThXVaXTQ-9dms5NWxOQe2KuHqouoec4_p7SO0VCZ77FHqqEaHQDfu8Ye8e_bn35DQC3YaKx4oudSlicvTIrPRv-4ToLoMkTJMGbCPI/s1600/DSC06258.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6KC9x_grwHSjTkOGaH7_sHqXfzaK5CIoORDasThXVaXTQ-9dms5NWxOQe2KuHqouoec4_p7SO0VCZ77FHqqEaHQDfu8Ye8e_bn35DQC3YaKx4oudSlicvTIrPRv-4ToLoMkTJMGbCPI/s400/DSC06258.JPG" /></a><br /><b>Agoo, La Union</b><br /><br /><b>Over laden, if all these fruits,</b><br /><b>a burst of a lifetime -</b><br /><b>young to die like a mother</b><br /><b>cut in her prime.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1eu7Q3fe9tnlu1XRqHNHH0qsBEaOg0M4dOWAxlX7plMHgBCh7QttkWsr_P3qBPh8TvErmAtE0uwNlmb31fBTqxNUJDgjOTH8jytxYD54l_Vibi1cO4KGfcF61ctyhEcalJM1zBzeBdU/s1600/UST+tree+A.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1eu7Q3fe9tnlu1XRqHNHH0qsBEaOg0M4dOWAxlX7plMHgBCh7QttkWsr_P3qBPh8TvErmAtE0uwNlmb31fBTqxNUJDgjOTH8jytxYD54l_Vibi1cO4KGfcF61ctyhEcalJM1zBzeBdU/s400/UST+tree+A.jpg" /></a><br /><b>UST Manila</b><br /><br /><b>Living cradle to while away the time,</b><br /><b>to catch up with many a lost sleep;</b><br /><b>watch out, a nap gone over the clime,</b><br /><b>where time and opportunity slip.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv7GOZ3DrdnaUaqmNJKBCgeb_5sVvySMUDY8DPfpJ27eWcWsRhB9hy_gKcq5ZS1ToGt0InHFGOvjhfz40OTTtgHdm0nofBYg-MpjftSruxXnno7tZLQqK1TIcRsC185mh1TO85_DvH_Q/s1600/Trees+nature%27s+p151.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" p151.jpg="" s="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv7GOZ3DrdnaUaqmNJKBCgeb_5sVvySMUDY8DPfpJ27eWcWsRhB9hy_gKcq5ZS1ToGt0InHFGOvjhfz40OTTtgHdm0nofBYg-MpjftSruxXnno7tZLQqK1TIcRsC185mh1TO85_DvH_Q/s400/Trees+nature" /></a><br /><b>Ateneo de Manila University QC</b><br /><br /><b>Pendants you wear in the night,</b><br /><b>blinking with the chilly air,</b><br /><b>bring tidings beyond your shade,</b><br /><b>to far places poor and fair.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_ovx7L0aVPcSlsvSJjz75oAxNu2BcPOjNUpUxiHIP2ltq2v8epBQ05T0amhA3aveUopB9eCkwf8MYideSrkszK918ZvrgDpRlvRiG-AYHBWn0YR_EPVf95oh_syXRoQ9dHRFt7al4X4/s1600/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_ovx7L0aVPcSlsvSJjz75oAxNu2BcPOjNUpUxiHIP2ltq2v8epBQ05T0amhA3aveUopB9eCkwf8MYideSrkszK918ZvrgDpRlvRiG-AYHBWn0YR_EPVf95oh_syXRoQ9dHRFt7al4X4/s400/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg" /></a><br /><b>St Paul University QC</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>When in bloom golden, only for a day or two;</b><br /><b>confetti follows where the bees have gone,</b><br /><b>in every flower is born a new life, the embryo,</b><br /><b>seed to a tree in another place and time. ~</b></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 25 -</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Put Life into a Dying Tree</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A Lesson on Ecology Through Art</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC31uRWKSdpCzx_txtMvRVcpur1MjVWvozgbWyK6ui-clgGCoSk6hhQWxMI5ERNorBjC_JmAMshAVsQnoonhIfu-crBlO1LYe38fqf0IjAuflUT8CZkVTJMnFLZLe2inPSgrJsdOBrMNc/s1600/Tree+SilhouetteA.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC31uRWKSdpCzx_txtMvRVcpur1MjVWvozgbWyK6ui-clgGCoSk6hhQWxMI5ERNorBjC_JmAMshAVsQnoonhIfu-crBlO1LYe38fqf0IjAuflUT8CZkVTJMnFLZLe2inPSgrJsdOBrMNc/w452-h361/Tree+SilhouetteA.jpg" /></a></span></b></div><br />AUTHOR’S NOTE: As a background to this article, I was requested by the National Council of Educational Innovators (NCEI) to conduct a teaching demonstration whereby art, specifically drawing/ painting and music, is integrated with the teaching of ecology before the first International Congress of Educators in Manila. Recently I presented the original approach before teachers in a Faculty Development Workshop. <br /><br /> Allow me to start with a simple drawing exercise. The exercise is about a dying tree. I invite everyone to complete the scenario, using the attached outline of a tree skeleton. The idea is to bring back the life of the tree, hence, the title of this exercise. This exercise introduces us to understand the basic nature of living things, and the essence of ecology as a subject.<br /><br /> As a guide let us imagine that solar energy is transformed by plants into chemical energy, which is then shared by different organisms. In nature, organisms interact with each other on one hand, and with their environment on the other. Scientists say, this interrelationship comes so naturally that there is in fact no need of human intervention. On the other hand, it is of the general opinion that man is the custodian of creation. If this is so what is its role? How can he help maintain the so-called “balance on nature called homeostasis?”<br /><br /> How much are we aware of this role? We will know it by evaluating the drawing once it is finished using ten (10) criteria scored on the Likert scale (5 is very good, 4 good, 3 fair, 2 poor and 1 very poor). But I suggest that the criteria should be read only after the drawing has been done. It is an individual work that takes around ten minutes.<br /><br />These are the criteria.<br /><br />1. There is the sun in the drawing. The sun is the source of life, the source of energy- solar energy- where is then transformed into chemical energy.<br /><br />2. There is water – clouds, rain stream, river, pond, lake, etc illustrating the Water Cycle. The importance of water as an element of life is next to the sun. <br /><br />3. The tree is has leaves, branches, flowers and fruits. The tree is not only a living thing; it is a tree of life, the source of food and oxygen, and other things, aesthetic beauty, notwithstanding.<br /><br />4. There are other trees, including those of its kind. There are other plants as well. This illustrates the concept of a family and a community.<br /><br />5. There are animals and other living creatures. This shows relationships such as mutualism or symbiosis, commensalism (e.g. a bird’s nest, ferns and orchids on the tree), and competition (e.g. insects feeding). Certain relationships may be interpreted on a philosophical level such as benevolence, unity, cooperation and altruism.<br /><br />6. The tree, as well as other members of the community, is part of the landscape. The drawing has a perspective of a larger whole; it is an integral part of Nature represented by mountains, valleys, pasture, rivers, fields, etc.<br /><br />7. The presence of man is important. The drawing may show a happy family, children playing, man taking care of the tree, or his presence manifested by a drawing of a house or community.<br /><br />8. The drawing shows life. It is natural; it exudes a feeling of reality. The colors are real, so with the subjects. I call this aspect naturalism.<br /><br />9. The drawing has good artistic quality. Is the drawing appealing? Does it conform to a good sense of balance, harmony, contrast, and perspective?<br /><br />10. Maximum use of space. This refers to the whole world of the tree. It is the total “view from the window”, the vantage point the participant views his subject and the world. Did the participant use the space wisely? There is no wasteland, so to speak.<br /><br />The scores of the ten criteria are added. To get the average score, divide the total with 10. A score of, say 3.6 to 4.4 is Good, while 2.5 to 3.4 is fair. College QC is 3.3, or Fair.<br /><br />I have noticed that high school students and freshmen in college who participated in this exercise did not get high scores. They have limited exposure to the subject. But this is a good exercise to develop the power of imagination and logical thinking. In a number of cases the drawing shows the influence of cartoons, animae and advertisements. This exercise follows a deductive-retrospective approach, which fits well with the use of art medium.<br /><br />During the 10-minute exercise I usually provide a background music by playing the violin with popular, native and semi-classical compositions which the accompaniment of re-recorded Nature sounds (e.g. birds singing and running stream). To facilitate the work, I prepared an hour long extemporaneous CD, “Violin and Nature,” which is easier to carry with me on out-of town lectures, otherwise I resort to play the original compositions of the following well-known composers.<br /><br />· “Hating Gabi” by Antonio molina<br />· “Maalaala Mo Kaya” by Mike Velarde<br />· “Meditation,” from the Thais by Massenet<br />· “ Serenade” by Tosselli<br />· “ On Wing of song” by Felix Mendelson<br /> <br /> What contributions have the arts to the effective teaching of science? I consider the following premises important.<br /><br />1. Fuller use of the senses. Art provides other than visual and auditory, an opportunity to use touch and smell, say on the specimens during hands-on and field observation.<br /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Amalgamation of knowledge and imagination, a concept of learning where facts and experiences rise to a level of thought or theory level, yet sets the boundaries of fantasy. Art provides a better means of expression of the imagination.<br /><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>3. Search for Formula-Values relationship. I call this concept “ valueing”, that is, answering the question, “For what purpose?” on a higher plane over material or physical. Art discusses Renaissance, the revival of culture and values. Art talks of harmony and unity. Can science adopt art in creating subject appeal?<br /><br />4. Left brain-right brain tandem. Logical and creative integration is important, the left brains thinks and reasons, while the right brain images, creates.<br /><br />5. Mind-Feeling Duo (Head-Heart). “Science is reason, art is emotion.” It is true. Art appeals to the emotion. One must “feel” a work of art such as the climax of a story, the color of sunset, the graceful movement of a ballet dancer, or Rodin’s melting human figures symbolizing suffering.<br /><br />6. Skill is applied knowledge and art is basically skill. Studying art is merely the pathway to its application. Art is an excellent medium of applied science.<br /><br />After evaluating the exercise, “Put life in a dying tree,” we can try similar exercises in biology and ecology, other disciplines notwithstanding. These were selected from a manual in three volumes which I use in conducting Art Workshop for Children.<br /><br />1. Green Valley - this shows the structure of a watershed in relation to a valley. Hoe can one efficiently keep the valley green and productive? How good are we as mangers of the environment?<br /><br />2. Waterfalls - the river drops and continues down below the fall, so is life. Hoe wide, how high, is our own waterfall? It is a good lesson in analogy and resolve - the ecology of our life.<br /><br />3. Let’s build a house - but where are the neighbors? A lesson of human ecology, the concept of community.<br /><br />4. Make this dog happy - this exercise a sharpens our values of kindness and concern. Ecology has a heart.<br /><br />5. Road of Life - by tracing our own road of life, we known what we want in life, where we are going and how we get there. Here we plot our future. The human side of ecology is apparent in this exercise.<br /><br /> The criteria for scoring these exercises can be devised by the teacher or resource person, using the first exercise as a general guide. For specific purposes he can emphasize on certain aspects he deems necessary to arrive at his objectives. The idea why I am presenting these exercises is that a teacher can prepare similar exercises whereby art can be integrated with the subject of science, and “valueing” is incorporated in the lesson.<br /><br /> But first, let us put life in a dying tree. ~</span></b><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 26 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Dita,</i> the tallest tree in Manila</span></b></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A living sentry that reminds us, "Only God can make a tree."</span></b></div></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It is home of insects and reptiles, foothold of orchids, ferns and lianas, abode of birds that celebrate life with their young and beautiful songs. </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-uvbPOeuQYcdHVVO1DLarRjW9w-zayb-nVUOGyOO8z6mhuNGdk-j3MFLMwBqKfbMk7H7tqXMa1GqLs2k4EhHCkdQT4wLMEOun_iU2SUtM9cZPBWcWDTs73bD5r6anVKC-ugPNN-0gUg/s1600/Plant+art+DSC06984+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-uvbPOeuQYcdHVVO1DLarRjW9w-zayb-nVUOGyOO8z6mhuNGdk-j3MFLMwBqKfbMk7H7tqXMa1GqLs2k4EhHCkdQT4wLMEOun_iU2SUtM9cZPBWcWDTs73bD5r6anVKC-ugPNN-0gUg/w370-h494/Plant+art+DSC06984+A.jpg" width="370" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Dita (</span><i>Alstonia scholaris)</i><span> the biggest member of the Apocynaceae</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> family stands overlooking the sprawling UST campus and its environs,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Older than most structures except the main building, it rises with the tower cross, sharing the lofty height from afar, on the front and back. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Scarred by war and by fire it is a veteran of events in history, witness to the university's many activities and celebrations, . </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">While graduates pass through the Arch of the Centuries, this tree stands firm and proud; it is a sentry, a guardian, and a symbol, too. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Its crown is the biggest umbrella on the campus, filtering the sun, the dust and rain; it captures carbon and gives off oxygen in turn. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It captures the fog into morning mist, and makes a rainbow with the showers, and cushions the sun set into gentle breeze and subdued gray. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It does not respond to autumn even if other trees lose their leaves and gain a new crown; instead it retains its canopy green. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It is home of insects and reptiles, foothold of orchids, ferns and lianas, abode of birds that celebrate life with their young and beautiful songs. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">And when it is winter in cold countries, it is time for its pods to mature, popping out myriads of tiny lints like parachutes that float in the air. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">And children run after them like snowflakes, and wish like wishing upon a star - and strangely lints daintily fall into their palms. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The dita wakes up earlier than anyone else on the campus, sings with the carillon, and joins the whispers and laughter on the campus.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The day ends just like any day, the campus sleeps - and there stands a silhouette that reminds us, "Only God can make a tree." ~ </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 27 -</span></b><b style="text-align: center;"> Symbiosis of Drynaria Fern and Acacia Tree - More than Commensalism</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I like Drynaria, for caring its host and vice versa through symbiosis - a perfect bond that humans have yet to learn someday.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></b><b>Living with Nature - School on Blog <span style="color: #cc0000;">[avrotor.blogspot.com]</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_S5_rcu0uPU0aU1rc6KLVojTt2cu4Q4Cl9HM7N6gNC5E6UFtbFFt8kGkSKueBik6FUeEI1JvFh9P65yMJ_TiXTgng-RKL4tPRukTS4G6D_i-0IkN8BjRPdTgMlI8u3y2Bag-F5nhnUW6/s1600/DSC02151.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="276" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587176201400717986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_S5_rcu0uPU0aU1rc6KLVojTt2cu4Q4Cl9HM7N6gNC5E6UFtbFFt8kGkSKueBik6FUeEI1JvFh9P65yMJ_TiXTgng-RKL4tPRukTS4G6D_i-0IkN8BjRPdTgMlI8u3y2Bag-F5nhnUW6/s400/DSC02151.JPG" style="display: block; height: 310px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 449px;" width="400" /></a></b></b><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Drynaria</span> fern covers the limbs of an acacia tree. Tagudin, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I like the <i>Drynaria </i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for her feathery foliage in the distance like the proud peacock and the turkey trotting to win favors of their flock;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for her sturdiness in the wind, cooling the summer air and keeping the coolness of the Amihan in December;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for her resiliency, bending with the limbs and branches, turning upside down and up again the next season;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for sleeping through the dry months while her host takes the show, verdant green, robust and free;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for resurrecting from a state of turpor, as if she defies death and perpetuates life while others simply die;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for her economy in sustenance, living on captured dirt and rain, yet discreet of such austere living;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for touching the clouds with her host taming it to fall as rain and shared by all creatures around;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for her ability to multiply fast through invisible spores, in one sweep of the wind are sown in far places;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for its benevolence to many creatures, tenant and transient, keeping their brood in her bosom;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynari</i>a giving the <span style="font-style: italic;">martines </span>birds a home, where it sings in joy and praise and thanksgiving for a beautiful world;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i> for keeping company to passersby, to tired souls in the shadow with her host, in dark and unlikely hours;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria </i>for giving off oxygen and taking in carbon that poisons the earth and living things, among them no less than I;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>I like <i>Drynaria</i>, for caring its host and vice versa through symbiosis - a perfect bond that humans have yet to learn someday. ~</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9E57157VJRLiY0MJDdv4oBYL7hcAtc7jAgBFmtSE11kxvrZWLpzTQXIVM9_y-M4Y3KJ3xqeOeNxibYgEhn6B_gzrTepNJdtpq9VSHHgvUuqCtD5ZNdYiNe3Ul5DtlduW9KOkGQNbLQb6F/s1600/Martines+abc.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587183199672907602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9E57157VJRLiY0MJDdv4oBYL7hcAtc7jAgBFmtSE11kxvrZWLpzTQXIVM9_y-M4Y3KJ3xqeOeNxibYgEhn6B_gzrTepNJdtpq9VSHHgvUuqCtD5ZNdYiNe3Ul5DtlduW9KOkGQNbLQb6F/s400/Martines+abc.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px;" width="389" /></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Martines</i> birds, long thought to be extinct locally, find shelter </b></span><b style="font-size: small;">and home with the <i>Drynaria</i>, and the host acacia tree.</b><br /><b style="font-size: small;"><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> <span style="font-size: medium;">Part 28 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mythical Forest </span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”</span></b><br /><span>― Chris Maser, Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest</span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Painting and Verse by Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b> </span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWjCfjDn1YEVCnozSXwnqPnTUudcyv9jJf5XOWiX152YPXGYx7el6BOaEKOfd-YhSswY6MAH5m8e8XYKFqqcVGMCnCE0dl4WLsZrY75pX0voaxehzQOSTDHP0I1b6eI8ws-C9ognR4xXjFcQb_i2lf6uYvp9zcNjrgxKDATlQsFJmrfliUnCtOggH/w367-h574/DSC06378.JPG" width="367" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Mythical Forest</i> in acrylic by the author, 2022</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>She saw only the trees, not the forest;</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> spots of red, not the loving pair,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>flowers, orchids, fluttering butterflies,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> and the peeping sunset but a glare.</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Thus we see ourselves more than others,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> Narcisian* syndrome we've fallen,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>leaving but Echo reverberating and dying;</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> the forest, the lake all forsaken.</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>*In Greek mythology proud Narcissus fell into the lake and died </b></div></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>leaving Echo whose love for him was unrequited.</b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Part 29 - </b></span><b>Queer Looking Trees from Another World</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Photos and Poem by Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Living with Nature School on Blog</b></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both;"><div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cxWJebg7141p7Wym75diOS7sK8K-70Dhp1032YhSbphVu66r_fqIoMyJaYt3SPk7edKUmVT2vqeO3AnLwHCILJrp-LxXOYdNyvlm-1PlxYuqEc2HupseTFiLVyCr-A5CzUI3o7_UQ9Y/s1600/Balete.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cxWJebg7141p7Wym75diOS7sK8K-70Dhp1032YhSbphVu66r_fqIoMyJaYt3SPk7edKUmVT2vqeO3AnLwHCILJrp-LxXOYdNyvlm-1PlxYuqEc2HupseTFiLVyCr-A5CzUI3o7_UQ9Y/s640/Balete.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Balete (<i>Ficus benjamina</i>) strangles own host (acacia - </b><br /><b><i>Samanea saman</i>), hence called Strangler's Fig, UST Manila</b><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees friendly or queer,</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">they whistle with the breeze;</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">they sigh in summer air, </span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and make me feel at ease.</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees real or fancy,</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">tall, small, and spreading;</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">lining the shore, or foothill,</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">atop a mountain like king.</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees in all seasons,</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">even with their grotesque crown;</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">buds in spring fullest in summer;</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and in autumn red and brown. </span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees, their make-believe faces,</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">dare to imagine in the evening, </span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the legendary white lady;</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">or beauteous Maria Makiling. </span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees they are like people,</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">senses, language of their own</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">are universal to all creatures,</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">even before man was born. </span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I love trees because I see myself</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in them today as it was before;</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and if i think trees are really queer,</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I think I should love them more. ~</span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE52iOx_PkCqE3_1pe-FnFOcI0jEP7Kfw2MQhh9fqvAv9nVsg8LqS6j7eEEANbzdo5z7omjHdAn0yZdoVRRyJP_kNd6t-I-hikmMq9KkGgn39_Cbx7k6qN4gtsHyFPY-qiPVAoOsWSvs/s1600/DSC00683A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNE52iOx_PkCqE3_1pe-FnFOcI0jEP7Kfw2MQhh9fqvAv9nVsg8LqS6j7eEEANbzdo5z7omjHdAn0yZdoVRRyJP_kNd6t-I-hikmMq9KkGgn39_Cbx7k6qN4gtsHyFPY-qiPVAoOsWSvs/w365-h640/DSC00683A.jpg" width="365" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ghost singers under a huge banyan tree, Sacred Heart Novitiate, QC </b><b>(Photo taken after a wedding reception, unedited photo.) </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdiO_iDNSLo0bNTiZGJYu97qMFGjc31MDVFZvYdNfGjor9qTXjpcS4bEdruu7pTEf0of51iWx6aqLIyV6zAtaJzx9vP4wXEwVg2OsQ4uuwuxEUs1Sb6_MhppI7ihvF8Q9txPYmbzyHhc/s1600/11252008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxdiO_iDNSLo0bNTiZGJYu97qMFGjc31MDVFZvYdNfGjor9qTXjpcS4bEdruu7pTEf0of51iWx6aqLIyV6zAtaJzx9vP4wXEwVg2OsQ4uuwuxEUs1Sb6_MhppI7ihvF8Q9txPYmbzyHhc/w364-h485/11252008.jpg" width="364" /></span></a></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Ichabod Crane</i> Tree, SPUQC (Fiction character in a </b><br /><b>short story </b><b> of the same title by Washington Irving)</b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-nnW8lezVHxumByKrPXfYOHLyhNao4PSG7lu9dMVflVR70UM9I-0GTO6rTIErFC69s3dF64zyE5AVylPAxJjq8NObl23MV4UttO1KOcrKYri6Apfi87AORSt8j30yYXo0wOpZwxTfug/s1600/DSC00637.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Young devil tree, but you aren't;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">your eyes but holes to your heart;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">your arm raised to praise, to call</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a friend, such is nature's art.</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="661" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-nnW8lezVHxumByKrPXfYOHLyhNao4PSG7lu9dMVflVR70UM9I-0GTO6rTIErFC69s3dF64zyE5AVylPAxJjq8NObl23MV4UttO1KOcrKYri6Apfi87AORSt8j30yYXo0wOpZwxTfug/w372-h661/DSC00637.JPG" width="372" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Who is knocking on my window sill? (<i>kalachuchi - </i></b><br /><b><i>Plumera acuminata</i>), </b><b>Sacred Heart Novitiate, QC</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_8i5DdRG5NiL1g82hYH90eP9diWuOrlQg1wzou46zT75kGfpkImJ9rGw36yWPPgQcm0Tr7zLshkcBdrupwf9FblOQla6QAh-0YHNL7LiBkvaBzNho6hUzXNf2rCuk8Uhc_X3gBdcG48/s1600/Tree+haunting+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_8i5DdRG5NiL1g82hYH90eP9diWuOrlQg1wzou46zT75kGfpkImJ9rGw36yWPPgQcm0Tr7zLshkcBdrupwf9FblOQla6QAh-0YHNL7LiBkvaBzNho6hUzXNf2rCuk8Uhc_X3gBdcG48/w379-h506/Tree+haunting+1.JPG" width="379" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tree casts its own shadow of death before its early </b><br /><b>demise </b><b>following Ondoy flood in 2010 , UST Manila</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5z1sMfEDnUMmdDNlh0702L-KcQ_JaF3jthVVgzbEs0ngBk6-LPjp7CWc63PINEoyHIdhhlN4hQqtEg_dALqFTcpLaCC62eECWe71URRiQRHAo2dXUKksPTtozC90fUiyx3jtY1n5ySGg/s1600/DSC00715.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5z1sMfEDnUMmdDNlh0702L-KcQ_JaF3jthVVgzbEs0ngBk6-LPjp7CWc63PINEoyHIdhhlN4hQqtEg_dALqFTcpLaCC62eECWe71URRiQRHAo2dXUKksPTtozC90fUiyx3jtY1n5ySGg/s400/DSC00715.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Python Tree, an overhanging limb of acacia covered</b><br /><b> with epiphytes, </b><b>Ateneo de Manila University, QC</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix07BPJ3gwfnAtmrEgTQUVRWgh7eZVdLPPoz2qqpxA39T0GY9bHtoLRB-D9T2qKTNQLvqcIFUjkN17w-EypABWlYACqQDfIh0_sqpsZ_fSuPbKRKVaMhgr4Q-QfwXAhMuMslpT0dsKWG0/s1600/DSC00740.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix07BPJ3gwfnAtmrEgTQUVRWgh7eZVdLPPoz2qqpxA39T0GY9bHtoLRB-D9T2qKTNQLvqcIFUjkN17w-EypABWlYACqQDfIh0_sqpsZ_fSuPbKRKVaMhgr4Q-QfwXAhMuMslpT0dsKWG0/s400/DSC00740.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Haunting Fig Tree <i>(Gmelina</i>), Church of the Ascension Parish Church, </b><b>Lagro QC. Its broad prop roots produce a dull gong sound when struck. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxce8vTD0Ux94VvlZDJ2gFywj7INtUpPv6Z0AHlRJLNxH9WApPC2Px34NYaDoi-vSkxFv5TEQsEveP2Df4n05I-LjEsBGozC6mNQsl5oyBze8Jf0cBgqO2c7GLOzKWxxwf0eG1BG7zxOQ/s1600/Firetree+leaning.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxce8vTD0Ux94VvlZDJ2gFywj7INtUpPv6Z0AHlRJLNxH9WApPC2Px34NYaDoi-vSkxFv5TEQsEveP2Df4n05I-LjEsBGozC6mNQsl5oyBze8Jf0cBgqO2c7GLOzKWxxwf0eG1BG7zxOQ/s320/Firetree+leaning.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Leaning Pisa</i> tree (Fire tree - <i>Delonix regia</i>) leans 45 degrees </b><br /><b>over busy Regalado Avenue, QC. NOTE: the tree was cut down </b><br /><b>to clear power lines, and eliminate possible accident.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAuix2fKGgrzNy6SfekI1B-RMrdEt8UHWhuF_6PV8pNT_ngcSWs2i-AY9Vn9iN-tlwu33CGimvJJMlJ4Z4MhMBtdHNdY69wdYQzvFuKH292xdradH5y_WB25QZh08-H7wSAaL6vVA5lQ/s1600/Lichen+fence.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAuix2fKGgrzNy6SfekI1B-RMrdEt8UHWhuF_6PV8pNT_ngcSWs2i-AY9Vn9iN-tlwu33CGimvJJMlJ4Z4MhMBtdHNdY69wdYQzvFuKH292xdradH5y_WB25QZh08-H7wSAaL6vVA5lQ/w363-h485/Lichen+fence.JPG" width="363" /></span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> Bearded Eucalyptus Tree, Angels' Hill, Tagaytay City. Clinging moss </span></b><b><span>is actually lichens of the fruticose or hanging type.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsiWesYQKYo_5PQbK-eX6A4XPv1UpO18muqao1BdGvDzRUMrKXra4I_MChfpLd4gTQhyphenhyphentsXPMryhEyWoOLQ0boEM0YOVP_2buPpYxCJ_Cat7RY41774Na8Ym9oQ1-9A9aBBXLAlTFzBE/s1600/Balete+DSC05119+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjsiWesYQKYo_5PQbK-eX6A4XPv1UpO18muqao1BdGvDzRUMrKXra4I_MChfpLd4gTQhyphenhyphentsXPMryhEyWoOLQ0boEM0YOVP_2buPpYxCJ_Cat7RY41774Na8Ym9oQ1-9A9aBBXLAlTFzBE/w323-h458/Balete+DSC05119+A.jpg" width="323" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Lagro QC</span></b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Whoever felled this old <i>balete</i> tree,</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">drove the deities away; </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and the spirit of the tree shall not rest,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">no prayer can repay.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9fWCPm12F05wp0l9mXm8obofcZBPcONATN7mWP47Ue58XKVvzN9tRcHWwdKEaGbBmFqMdlF0lfy-iSgKVr3jEfCAmfYs52qbWPw6C5NuNfKp7Yb9Nr3DouYToLB1uzdBlz6FyN7EViU/s1600/kamagong+tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip9fWCPm12F05wp0l9mXm8obofcZBPcONATN7mWP47Ue58XKVvzN9tRcHWwdKEaGbBmFqMdlF0lfy-iSgKVr3jEfCAmfYs52qbWPw6C5NuNfKp7Yb9Nr3DouYToLB1uzdBlz6FyN7EViU/w314-h448/kamagong+tree.jpg" width="314" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Mt Makiling, Laguna </b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>You bear the hardest wood -</b></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>ebony in deep shiny black;</b></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>your foes no less my kind</b></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>feeling and love we lack.</b></span></span></span></div><div><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKv9DCl4Ek0tLFu73BAt7RZEszAfXyqBHV7BcVtnNQmyJVyc3xvwcB1gq62SaC_EPINe1RbDVso9flbpqHSLnCoZ1dvwJtpl0QnO2gFpNZc4iK2l0tK5EFlAiCw2CvcWcFXYgrOX43Kx8/s1600/PH+Intro+2+tree+calumpang.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKv9DCl4Ek0tLFu73BAt7RZEszAfXyqBHV7BcVtnNQmyJVyc3xvwcB1gq62SaC_EPINe1RbDVso9flbpqHSLnCoZ1dvwJtpl0QnO2gFpNZc4iK2l0tK5EFlAiCw2CvcWcFXYgrOX43Kx8/w334-h469/PH+Intro+2+tree+calumpang.jpg" width="334" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Tierra Pura, Tandang Sora, QC</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Sunrise, sunset, the ground is alive,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">lilting children under your care </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">that make up for your loneliness </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in a world with so little to share. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cpJS-0HuLVNk-5fgUD4hdQLEJUnwgRcZeEIE23CoLFTAFvleHbUk5wf4iLkHORXcJJ2yLEnmKaVDDESm4VoWMVwvtlIuG-sU2-xGaMG9iX7TkQL6ssytgJY88cZLNuaaJoIrHvekh7w/s1600/PL+Intro+8+tree+reclining.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cpJS-0HuLVNk-5fgUD4hdQLEJUnwgRcZeEIE23CoLFTAFvleHbUk5wf4iLkHORXcJJ2yLEnmKaVDDESm4VoWMVwvtlIuG-sU2-xGaMG9iX7TkQL6ssytgJY88cZLNuaaJoIrHvekh7w/w324-h457/PL+Intro+8+tree+reclining.png" width="324" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Masinloc, Zambales</span></b><br /></span><b><br /></b><b>You were once doomed by the wind,</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">but benevolence saved you;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">by your fruits and resting limbs,</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>sanctuary and playground, too. </b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP73BaZ3N1SVJEYy2ZOVly_ULDy6hPbUBVHbbRg65egQfcFACovLNrF5zPK9SJyARgIXIri8IGFHLEbrmWtaAaKEY50Lcib3rZjzx7KznovUnhR3NGJUhsT38CoJOslyynt6ZuJsdATk/s1600/Philit+Balete+tree+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP73BaZ3N1SVJEYy2ZOVly_ULDy6hPbUBVHbbRg65egQfcFACovLNrF5zPK9SJyARgIXIri8IGFHLEbrmWtaAaKEY50Lcib3rZjzx7KznovUnhR3NGJUhsT38CoJOslyynt6ZuJsdATk/w338-h516/Philit+Balete+tree+A.jpg" width="338" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Mt Makiling, UPLB Laguna </span></b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Black and white makes you bold and real</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">of your strangler's reputation,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">climbing on your host tree to the sky,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a piece of mystery of creation.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mvZH8c6WoYtYQt7U5ocn1W871J2_RsqzAgp5L3P5idFas0WKC8S-0UowvRAYZdExevkgU1lYdSwHywgsLTUqW5QEFTHHt0Ml3Jop4pJjUrDtpgg_UlceVDtOBbPtNs-kYAIFhdBG4Hw/s1600/Basi+Label+9+Tree+house.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mvZH8c6WoYtYQt7U5ocn1W871J2_RsqzAgp5L3P5idFas0WKC8S-0UowvRAYZdExevkgU1lYdSwHywgsLTUqW5QEFTHHt0Ml3Jop4pJjUrDtpgg_UlceVDtOBbPtNs-kYAIFhdBG4Hw/s400/Basi+Label+9+Tree+house.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Burgos, La Union </span></b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Tree house I see built on your limbs</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">has stolen your view on the scene, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the breeze in your leaves hushed away, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a living monument unseen. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NGdYe2pU4PP1dEyk2UkdeqCgTGC3zFosOWbrTnQNritMVE2mvn5QXlwkQdU5r6nREcs7EuPHrWiHHtS5wXnfZwHDpIfUKuGWPy1l0erfaihTNLylPPgN_TF3DabpFxGGQ1w3gbs6jGc/w396-h297/Tree+020+A.jpg" width="396" /> </span></div><div><b style="font-size: small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Cebu City</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b>Embroidered leaves by the bagworm,</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">turning to crimson and fall;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">mutual indeed is host and tenant,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">nature and creatures all. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio956GWRzZDDB3lf4r-s2RwvE9BseKkBwl5Y67uGgxIxJi1J_aP0gk1-eVR5gLAB5zJ_RBzN-jTt2CL-FjZcnfxAeJSKq8V7bFDJGADEAvsrK8VPxJX_Xj87r5JILUP1CSvI8yYuTNU90/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+G.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio956GWRzZDDB3lf4r-s2RwvE9BseKkBwl5Y67uGgxIxJi1J_aP0gk1-eVR5gLAB5zJ_RBzN-jTt2CL-FjZcnfxAeJSKq8V7bFDJGADEAvsrK8VPxJX_Xj87r5JILUP1CSvI8yYuTNU90/s400/Philit+Ghost+Trees+G.bmp" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Elephant Tree, Kaohsiung</b></span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, Taiwan </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Re-incarnation - this elephant tree had been</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">once roaming around in band;</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">threatened, endangered and gone, </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">what would it become the next time around? </span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="text-align: left;" /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw26fAzl1EpPFizyRdmG8mSAt2rUAMxpSRWPhWPIJUHXuCezhkilZjoXgUpuTQtTnw0dYTA0NmcJWNLfa9hnPmNyGKTji5tstYYUu53h0j-prFjGkuDyHfknGw9rZy78f0AAjed3EJVHA/s1600/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw26fAzl1EpPFizyRdmG8mSAt2rUAMxpSRWPhWPIJUHXuCezhkilZjoXgUpuTQtTnw0dYTA0NmcJWNLfa9hnPmNyGKTji5tstYYUu53h0j-prFjGkuDyHfknGw9rZy78f0AAjed3EJVHA/s400/Philit+Ghost+Trees+B.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>UST Manila </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Shadow of death I see across the lawn,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">save the sun all mourning;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">haunting the playground empty and quiet,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">save a dead tree walking. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDdygWtb4RI4OR5yp2uL-HQn3sOi6PYGu-MaMYwwflAuuVYmGziQEa0Nm-wqHRt4wktBQ0FxZZNGlrdJgfSvFtZA6nVv4D0gxmfNi7tr89CQ8AfyU7eToG9d5sBP2UIP_Q-bLY2i4dyA/s1600/Acacia+Ateneo.JPG"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisDdygWtb4RI4OR5yp2uL-HQn3sOi6PYGu-MaMYwwflAuuVYmGziQEa0Nm-wqHRt4wktBQ0FxZZNGlrdJgfSvFtZA6nVv4D0gxmfNi7tr89CQ8AfyU7eToG9d5sBP2UIP_Q-bLY2i4dyA/w294-h476/Acacia+Ateneo.JPG" width="294" /></a></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Ateneo de Manila University QC</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">To the conscious passerby,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in the morning holy, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in the evening scary, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a veil to laugh or to cry. </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplDVK_C4O9vSmzosohLvtLvvjTJBAC5ayYcDb8ceaC8pj24Itvo7z3NdH1281IqeAL8yhyphenhyphentSThE6EraTPhgHMG54kXDSGgSTtWE36RXm2DvLZzI50qqPRU4aOwPvx6WNrfkGvevFLEbc/s1600/IMG_8301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplDVK_C4O9vSmzosohLvtLvvjTJBAC5ayYcDb8ceaC8pj24Itvo7z3NdH1281IqeAL8yhyphenhyphentSThE6EraTPhgHMG54kXDSGgSTtWE36RXm2DvLZzI50qqPRU4aOwPvx6WNrfkGvevFLEbc/w334-h502/IMG_8301.jpg" width="334" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Tagbilaran, Bohol</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Saplings race to meet the sun,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>lanky to posts they shall become;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>sans branches but bole and round</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>soon fall to the ax one by one. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuqVH9UVKGjgUH6fuBoDBnGPmAfUFOvcAG0cX-Wa5ryf8ZWSVvjzu1bo-x7WuURgQJOds7Ro8rmjrq0SF3xzfQ-5HMaCUCdWQ3nP1Gox3TOxFXFE46hFNbIfmxXRbudZW2nagWdtvKYQ/s1600/DSC06258.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuuqVH9UVKGjgUH6fuBoDBnGPmAfUFOvcAG0cX-Wa5ryf8ZWSVvjzu1bo-x7WuURgQJOds7Ro8rmjrq0SF3xzfQ-5HMaCUCdWQ3nP1Gox3TOxFXFE46hFNbIfmxXRbudZW2nagWdtvKYQ/w342-h456/DSC06258.JPG" width="342" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Agoo, La Union </span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Over laden, if all these fruits,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a burst of a lifetime -</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">young to die like a mother </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">cut in her prime. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-BGgN2zZx-hU3Ggm5s9FF0-gyEWy2HNmDXRygyqWpfg8dl6cMWTcCRe9i0Sqoqirk9Ft8o1sPzcaJ021U95b9aGlTwz_JSFWpYrtLSkpnf3qCgosikGiiFBx6reUBgBNPn4-W7dhzMI/s1600/UST+tree+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-BGgN2zZx-hU3Ggm5s9FF0-gyEWy2HNmDXRygyqWpfg8dl6cMWTcCRe9i0Sqoqirk9Ft8o1sPzcaJ021U95b9aGlTwz_JSFWpYrtLSkpnf3qCgosikGiiFBx6reUBgBNPn4-W7dhzMI/w400-h300/UST+tree+A.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">UST Manila </span></b><br /><b>Living cradle to while away the time,</b><br /><b>to catch up with many a lost sleep;</b><br /><b>watch out, a nap gone over the clime,</b><br /><b> where time and opportunity slip. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMBU85Qn7Bt30eQaymUUxt5T-w1U9uC2to-2G_37-BW2LKlFXsLapUy-x6m3sR44JwcAk0C0669CIHmeBGn-Ia1mOZO2VuPwpd8AIiN90PrXen8-dvLamJPA-TnXGjXULKT8eth1KT0I/s1600/Trees+nature%27s+p151.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMBU85Qn7Bt30eQaymUUxt5T-w1U9uC2to-2G_37-BW2LKlFXsLapUy-x6m3sR44JwcAk0C0669CIHmeBGn-Ia1mOZO2VuPwpd8AIiN90PrXen8-dvLamJPA-TnXGjXULKT8eth1KT0I/w400-h225/Trees+nature's+p151.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">AdMU QC</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">P</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">endants you wear in the night, </span></b><br /><b>blinking with the </b><b>chilly air,</b><br /><b>bring tidings beyond your shade,</b><br /><b>to far places poor and fair. </b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTy6SKMKxh7ul0Zqb9C5eE2eWxYVP2RMiLBm0r0fuvbPnRA6lLkmPabEW1me9MR-xDhlz7IcF29JgZLdJiybS5jZVOIrPH9Rkk2__0953IPLj5KU1etG4BDuZ5fpFoopZAV09EqTknjCI/s1600/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTy6SKMKxh7ul0Zqb9C5eE2eWxYVP2RMiLBm0r0fuvbPnRA6lLkmPabEW1me9MR-xDhlz7IcF29JgZLdJiybS5jZVOIrPH9Rkk2__0953IPLj5KU1etG4BDuZ5fpFoopZAV09EqTknjCI/w400-h271/Narra+Tree+p64.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">When in bloom golden, only for a day or two;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">confetti follows where the bees have gone, </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in every flower is born a new life, the embryo,</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>seed to a tree in another place and time. ~</b><br /><b> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part 30 -</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Where have all the native fruits gone?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCeHQSZ4OKv40wlxBpK0EXwGNUs5LGO5VjLnYFBJDjwpSk2FxAZGgZkA2xsCU2JUmqlcdnn_YKSeYuO8wyM-Isd3HpG6QIJUawA_CMaD27vKb6E3lMSmbCIiRfuEvjLWqJlCn49_Qqn7I/s1600/macopa+images.jpg" style="color: #336699; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinCeHQSZ4OKv40wlxBpK0EXwGNUs5LGO5VjLnYFBJDjwpSk2FxAZGgZkA2xsCU2JUmqlcdnn_YKSeYuO8wyM-Isd3HpG6QIJUawA_CMaD27vKb6E3lMSmbCIiRfuEvjLWqJlCn49_Qqn7I/w359-h281/macopa+images.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="359" /></a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b> </b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Macopa (<i>Eugenia jambalana</i>), Family Myrtaceae</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span>here have all the native guava gone,</span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>the bats and birds and the young one?</b></span></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the sweet <i>nangka </i>gone,</span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">its fruits buried under the ground?</span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the old <i>piña</i> gone,</span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">on the upland, sweetened by the sun?</span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the red papaya gone,</span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">solo by name, the only tree of a kind?</span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Where have all the pomegranate gone,</b></span></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>friendly though like the deadly one.</b></span></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the <i>pako</i> mango gone,</span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to cook the finest sinigang?</span></b></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the big pomelo gone,</span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">its rind made into jelly and jam?</span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the red <i>macopa</i> gone,</span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the laughing children in its arm?</span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the native santol gone,</span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">set aside for a large-seeded one?</span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Where have all the tall <i>mabolo</i> gone,</span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>sapote</i> and <i>caimito</i> that ripe into tan?</span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Gone to the genie everyone,</span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">technology’s child becoming man. ~</span></b></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div></div></div></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568.4px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhby7s7E0aF9JJ3fLchOmPKoQQNTOL1BAkUf5Re5zGdKwJC1fRRMAGc2r2EiwsnjLyVY9rLVcmI-UGRA52_TGusE412rco4AO4lUtok4hdlStNkGGRw9bNqAXHRCf9zxht88049SHSHeM/s1600/fruits+siniguelas.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhby7s7E0aF9JJ3fLchOmPKoQQNTOL1BAkUf5Re5zGdKwJC1fRRMAGc2r2EiwsnjLyVY9rLVcmI-UGRA52_TGusE412rco4AO4lUtok4hdlStNkGGRw9bNqAXHRCf9zxht88049SHSHeM/s1600/fruits+siniguelas.jpg"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhby7s7E0aF9JJ3fLchOmPKoQQNTOL1BAkUf5Re5zGdKwJC1fRRMAGc2r2EiwsnjLyVY9rLVcmI-UGRA52_TGusE412rco4AO4lUtok4hdlStNkGGRw9bNqAXHRCf9zxht88049SHSHeM/w228-h196/fruits+siniguelas.jpg" width="228" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFF7BbJsLw0zzFLIVklaeDP4lwMb-1eYgernCbeKFR66KCV4Z7zmM3QgFZKu2FO5hvei_kOhs7kxZ8I8OSIupPDS9MlK4pfLumie9oRCGAPw9x59MUtLgEsV6XtCdxlMCbcKjImI2oKw/s1600/Fruits+tiesa.jpg"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFF7BbJsLw0zzFLIVklaeDP4lwMb-1eYgernCbeKFR66KCV4Z7zmM3QgFZKu2FO5hvei_kOhs7kxZ8I8OSIupPDS9MlK4pfLumie9oRCGAPw9x59MUtLgEsV6XtCdxlMCbcKjImI2oKw/w222-h194/Fruits+tiesa.jpg" width="222" /></a> </span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Siniguelas (Spondias purpurea); tiesa</i> (Lucuma nervosa),</span></b></i></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fJBhWL0NIWKSY_kKBA1LGKOsHvO9MluENJQnmPosvaGeixhBxGEku6sL9ocmp0ZRMKsiGrhVzz4DS5LXGdvx4hy9xjeB6TFXESP_LB68WxSCbGVCtzBgdHpO5L5Canb4oGLplhpij5k/s1600/Fruits+atis.jpg" style="color: #336699; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fJBhWL0NIWKSY_kKBA1LGKOsHvO9MluENJQnmPosvaGeixhBxGEku6sL9ocmp0ZRMKsiGrhVzz4DS5LXGdvx4hy9xjeB6TFXESP_LB68WxSCbGVCtzBgdHpO5L5Canb4oGLplhpij5k/w233-h168/Fruits+atis.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="233" /></a><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGjVl-wzFGiBr5_zjEDNDpX-NoajWfIjvfPnq-Bf-ligCRmduL_DlGFMn-09mvNNEiT8ZCSIOsE1sKo8GtIvvDBTW3bITUaIfDyvT6y_pWKsNDVBjoVjMRA5s3SI6PSKjDEH0iwN50GKM/s1600/fruits+ca303da38e3d538f745431f26861b0a7--exotic-fruit-tropical-fruits.jpg"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGjVl-wzFGiBr5_zjEDNDpX-NoajWfIjvfPnq-Bf-ligCRmduL_DlGFMn-09mvNNEiT8ZCSIOsE1sKo8GtIvvDBTW3bITUaIfDyvT6y_pWKsNDVBjoVjMRA5s3SI6PSKjDEH0iwN50GKM/w216-h167/fruits+ca303da38e3d538f745431f26861b0a7--exotic-fruit-tropical-fruits.jpg" width="216" /></a></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Atis (Anona squamosa)uava (<i>Psidium guajava</i>); </b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">native sampaloc (<i>Tamarindus indica)</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLBritCMV7XqVMRHiY_sWc5mbpjjmF1Y8CthBHbpX9FydH1fjk8pwtOxiHEDMRrX7arrC3bkq9brLNtOwh6E7HKLEMjCBcqcMbZmA0MCMpMuygl8pgm08yjqk85cfnPXr7xhI2Hk0ikMa5d_i7VkvmVC2MiFNVz0HpdL4zZMkyZ3f3znZA-Zd2iGdfZL-/s2592/DSC06703.JPG"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtLBritCMV7XqVMRHiY_sWc5mbpjjmF1Y8CthBHbpX9FydH1fjk8pwtOxiHEDMRrX7arrC3bkq9brLNtOwh6E7HKLEMjCBcqcMbZmA0MCMpMuygl8pgm08yjqk85cfnPXr7xhI2Hk0ikMa5d_i7VkvmVC2MiFNVz0HpdL4zZMkyZ3f3znZA-Zd2iGdfZL-/w264-h198/DSC06703.JPG" width="264" /></a> <b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTET053NNqRszjD1rGt3omsphuupS4o5amSKIbPp95qOXUlxERvYg6sbWf6da0PPkMMe7zRbsU8Z5RIjgOPr_XviKRNkhNC-UciDyaPRpA1-BGd9UKidP52FsDTJHMC_pAt1t8ORu7J0XsqvIWBlWK4KO-3xAwlL0nDN8Ek3CiROshCAZ94AgFBS0fgP86/s247/fruits%20bignay.jpg" style="font-weight: 400;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTET053NNqRszjD1rGt3omsphuupS4o5amSKIbPp95qOXUlxERvYg6sbWf6da0PPkMMe7zRbsU8Z5RIjgOPr_XviKRNkhNC-UciDyaPRpA1-BGd9UKidP52FsDTJHMC_pAt1t8ORu7J0XsqvIWBlWK4KO-3xAwlL0nDN8Ek3CiROshCAZ94AgFBS0fgP86/w170-h196/fruits%20bignay.jpg" width="170" /></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Native papaya (<i>Carica papaya</i>); Bignay (<i>Antidesma tenuis</i>)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJ9sLpZJW-qHrtdBHEc6NU1qqSaui0Pxmqx-atgmlthxxvjgRQv2SK3IyW8UsTmykrrCPzZmBK8QjlJlcrSHjPYZeJRFjHo_l7ozaHb_sFDaHD61zEII31jabAUyukQK4NWi3iar31WsfcSV-x3bmAj7hxuYIfrJ8IrUIIAWsAHhyHuVIyN3OtV5m5kUY/s400/fruits%20summer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJ9sLpZJW-qHrtdBHEc6NU1qqSaui0Pxmqx-atgmlthxxvjgRQv2SK3IyW8UsTmykrrCPzZmBK8QjlJlcrSHjPYZeJRFjHo_l7ozaHb_sFDaHD61zEII31jabAUyukQK4NWi3iar31WsfcSV-x3bmAj7hxuYIfrJ8IrUIIAWsAHhyHuVIyN3OtV5m5kUY/w444-h333/fruits%20summer.jpg" width="444" /></span></a></b></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Top left, clockwise: Native saba variety (<i>Musa paradisiaca)</i>; </span></b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">avocado (<i>Persia americana</i>); camachile (<i>Pithecocobium dulc</i>e); </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">sineguelas (<i>Spondias purpurea</i>); </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and duhat or lomboy Ilk </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">(<i>Eugenia jambalana</i>) </span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/3535503475343557130#"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUcFzqWJo2E4uXUG3P8ytBQXw83Y489GsbexfXsyyRxW_XJMjJboAYAh9vUcx9ybvPqO_cbYGlk_TynPCUf4jl9pN3_a-_rVMxRpd7BgXDtWV1fKqy-gi0L9dlu35BMSB5epm9VZCSF0k/w211-h159/fruits+dcc701ac1d35cc95335220ff0c81a9ef.jpg" width="211" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/3535503475343557130#"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdBjLvetCPdt-ez9s61fGvJuW3ExXI_x87WP6UHtbhJBX_kq3k5uN0GUj1ZVreN3UPXJBUwQAypAXrhoewWFiS7if8N1AI2YICCB4p5uKOx-U05RZ9iL0ca8YM9NfzGYe7IVLNR0p09Nd/w209-h157/sapote.jpg" width="209" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Black sapote (<i>Diospyrus nigra), Family Ebenaceae</i></span></b></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> <span> </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></b></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDy1SugRtqNbwsS5cT-tos_FAkTyzWN5GC5y9NFM2aXLzSzXeF4k6NGOgSunhUHXXTd6gjyN3VMxDrnpR2rbQw8ufDwLGW3Mjdt_a60veLgxIfuCtKZJib3JAiy_R0PCEjSk8peWFNtab/s2592/DSC01160.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDy1SugRtqNbwsS5cT-tos_FAkTyzWN5GC5y9NFM2aXLzSzXeF4k6NGOgSunhUHXXTd6gjyN3VMxDrnpR2rbQw8ufDwLGW3Mjdt_a60veLgxIfuCtKZJib3JAiy_R0PCEjSk8peWFNtab/w207-h155/DSC01160.JPG" width="207" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhDNjMhGh2GO604sTHyD8zWUxWB53tlPw9nTHmz90xAWR7v0PjFjkV6YEvbgSfXJx_DUtNRyyWjWwR2TpsFUd378I3JRjRjsXT5FGcWxT3Q7mjWJrgc00o5YDgnN5_dvKArQ25lJ5OXbf/s400/Kamachile.png"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhDNjMhGh2GO604sTHyD8zWUxWB53tlPw9nTHmz90xAWR7v0PjFjkV6YEvbgSfXJx_DUtNRyyWjWwR2TpsFUd378I3JRjRjsXT5FGcWxT3Q7mjWJrgc00o5YDgnN5_dvKArQ25lJ5OXbf/w205-h154/Kamachile.png" width="205" /></a> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pomegranate (<i>Punica granatum</i>), family Lythraceae; </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>camachile <i>(Pithecollobium dulce</i>) Family Leguminusae.</b></span></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3j0q301MlhvHm26q_RkKi51AuC_YpVfA8L8kjC2swy1B2Dlic-0DtSsSqlBdM8LVK43I9MK-UwjIRGmYhRwGKmjVO6Oj00F3TK3ej_Sb2SCKS3TcJBFG1up-b7wNux4JIUX6MRufryUes/s237/mabolo.jpg"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3j0q301MlhvHm26q_RkKi51AuC_YpVfA8L8kjC2swy1B2Dlic-0DtSsSqlBdM8LVK43I9MK-UwjIRGmYhRwGKmjVO6Oj00F3TK3ej_Sb2SCKS3TcJBFG1up-b7wNux4JIUX6MRufryUes/w232-h208/mabolo.jpg" width="232" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYC_zK_Cqlxpc9ewSB1bu43koc1oJTwG9muPWbZ7K77TZ402vrj5-EgbcWPiYckMjmpHkhZofV04M7D934WIUJcONgpNnGJjiz-AoVIffqM1GhmWDGRHU7_jdl599tmTqrI_vOIwQAEDF/s235/mabolo+2.jpg"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYC_zK_Cqlxpc9ewSB1bu43koc1oJTwG9muPWbZ7K77TZ402vrj5-EgbcWPiYckMjmpHkhZofV04M7D934WIUJcONgpNnGJjiz-AoVIffqM1GhmWDGRHU7_jdl599tmTqrI_vOIwQAEDF/w193-h207/mabolo+2.jpg" width="193" /></a></span></div></div></div></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mabolo (<i>Diospyurus blancoi</i>), Family Ebenaceae ~</b><b> <br /></b></span><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-327411802015447132024-03-11T03:47:00.000+08:002024-03-11T03:47:05.619+08:00 Life is a River Flowing <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> <b style="text-align: center;">Life is a River Flowing </b></span></p><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b>Mural and Poem by Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50EHocTN-Z-POTToCtjEWXnaj_EKbY5JOc24qMF3MoBFFMMuAso5BVLOXRIGCWQAD07IaKJcUf1N8_GS5lTwiRY6eNkYjxBP5M3TlLdkx9gDxlfVqGDuTKynbk_OxSUS4svHug803WNQ/s1600/Copy+of+painting1A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50EHocTN-Z-POTToCtjEWXnaj_EKbY5JOc24qMF3MoBFFMMuAso5BVLOXRIGCWQAD07IaKJcUf1N8_GS5lTwiRY6eNkYjxBP5M3TlLdkx9gDxlfVqGDuTKynbk_OxSUS4svHug803WNQ/s640/Copy+of+painting1A.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Nature Mural by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">AVR</span> 2005</span></b></div><div face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Life is a river flowing,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>its source the sky and dream;</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>clouds rising, falling as rain,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>and running downstream.</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Life is a river flowing,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>from mountain to sea;</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>the bounty of the living,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>kingdom and the free.</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Life is a river flowing,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>nature's free energy,</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>prime mover of the living</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>world of synergy.</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>Life is a river flowing</b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>incessantly through</b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>fields and plains and ravine,</b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>all year through.</b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>Life is a river flowing,</b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>flowing with laughter,</b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>whispering, hissing, roaring,</b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>more so in summer.</b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Life is a river flowing</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>to a sweet union -</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>the spirit and nature rising</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>to every occasion.~</b></span></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-37800326583006062352024-03-09T08:13:00.017+08:002024-03-18T14:30:07.188+08:00BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS - A Revival in Our Postmodern World in 10 Parts<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">- A Revival in Our Postmodern World in 10 Parts</span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> I</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">n celebration of</span></span></b> </div></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Book Week February 23 – Printed Book Day</span></b></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">March 2 – Unesco World Book Day</span></b></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">March 2 – UK World Book Day</span></b></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">March 28 – Children’s Picture Book Day</span></b></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">April 2 – International Children’s Book Day</span></b></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">April 23 - World Book Day (Also, Copyright Day </span></b></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> and International Book Day)</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">October - National Book Month</span></b></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">November - National Reading Month in the Philippines.</span></b></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoORNQyAcHqI5EkxImfAdxmrxnzIR4IVUhL3vmfio8nWqmsuslMn-mb0HDHc6WA1m5zrnuRhtF4fcNiUs0QSC0gsYDZTuNq36kUG9UqXQaxUp28JwwhMeG17lcONXav7UbbXM0461Yexw/w257-h170/Blog+AVR+books+IMG_4032+-+Copy.JPG" style="text-align: center;" /><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMu3gdaUFaIbROqi0JmL2Dc0JKSpE2ijPTWumZ9hVAsC5F3oh3t_hYx15J53e17kAyoQJQwUHAdWQtCCPfaeZdilsco11YRf_uyHp6bt-0Z_rkfOP4rOS-Pw4nw9cgTCWe6egg5bwbVpau/s400/Books+AVR+display+IMG_9238-238+-+Copy.jpg" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMu3gdaUFaIbROqi0JmL2Dc0JKSpE2ijPTWumZ9hVAsC5F3oh3t_hYx15J53e17kAyoQJQwUHAdWQtCCPfaeZdilsco11YRf_uyHp6bt-0Z_rkfOP4rOS-Pw4nw9cgTCWe6egg5bwbVpau/w264-h171/Books+AVR+display+IMG_9238-238+-+Copy.jpg" width="264" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Author inspects award winning books on display at the Yuchengco Museum Makati, during </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the awarding ceremonies of National Book Awardees, 2012.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><b style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Living with Nature - School on Blog</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Please visit <span style="color: #cc0000;"><span>avrotor.blogspot.com</span> </span> and <span style="color: #cc0000;">Naturalism - the Eighth Sense</span></span></b></div></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"Books, the greatest treasure of mankind, its collective attributes as humanity, the very stimulus of man's rationality to rise above other creatures - and himself." - avr</span></b></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span><div style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Part 1 -</b><b> Books - the Greatest Treasure of Mankind</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">Part 2 -</b><b style="text-align: center;"> Books Written by Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">Part 3 - "The Reasons I Write.." - avr</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">Part 4 -</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b style="text-align: center;"> </b><span> </span><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Build Your Home L</span></b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span>ibrary </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>Part 5 - 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Part 6 - Four Books by Early Naturalists</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Part 7 - Aesop Fables in Our Times</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Part 8 - </b>Proper Maintenance of Books - 12 Ways</div><div style="text-align: left;">Part 9 - Designing a Book Cover <b style="text-align: center;">- PHILIPPINE LITERATURE TODAY </b></div></span><div><b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Annex - Blogs </span></b></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span>hailed as agents of change, </span></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;">relevance, hope</span></span></b></div></span></b></b></div><b><span><div><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Part 1 -</b><b> Books - the Greatest Treasure of Mankind</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">B</span>ooks, once the privilege of a few in pre-printing machine era, each page painstakingly handwritten, each book a well-kept treasure.</b><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;" /><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;" /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, the authority, the final say, unquestioned, un-refuted, else any one rising contrary faces punishment, including death or damnation.</b><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;" /><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;" /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, the diary, the ledger, the document of conquest and discovery, of battles fought, often in favor of the writer and party.</b><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsgmWfXw3ADF4slfeXpWoTSZUMnVfVvwfKO7McoX4SElb249Hj8LVsA2qx70u_7cDNKpodzml406MIptEYl7Vh0KWmj-DZpUoQbP12eHc5VNgKDCq_L51mepY4phqNfoh9GSYDQ9X3AjJ8dt45B18-B9uAWNfFdQ7bqU4_iCfMGgOF026dOsRPuSOtw/s2460/DSC06905.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2460" data-original-width="1764" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsgmWfXw3ADF4slfeXpWoTSZUMnVfVvwfKO7McoX4SElb249Hj8LVsA2qx70u_7cDNKpodzml406MIptEYl7Vh0KWmj-DZpUoQbP12eHc5VNgKDCq_L51mepY4phqNfoh9GSYDQ9X3AjJ8dt45B18-B9uAWNfFdQ7bqU4_iCfMGgOF026dOsRPuSOtw/w159-h222/DSC06905.JPG" width="159" /></a><b style="font-family: arial;"></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, the novels that carry the greatest stories of all times are called classics, for which they are regarded timeless for their universal values.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, the epics of Homer, stories of the Grimm Brothers distilled from oral literature passed through generations to the present.</b><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUln51uUftt3OxNleR8GSVL4LkgfLCdrY35keNIXlCTr96sLMGrkf9rlykgf2WMBgppcaxCQlXl0EefEVkrKZjZ64LJeSnlTFOA7n5sw3tdrMY5n2L1a62Yq4eiMWhadlRstNlyd79jH5A3-G3ywaGoVEHjc2hIJrO8bHqW5-lU7uPq7pydh7UVk1RA/s2592/DSC06269.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUln51uUftt3OxNleR8GSVL4LkgfLCdrY35keNIXlCTr96sLMGrkf9rlykgf2WMBgppcaxCQlXl0EefEVkrKZjZ64LJeSnlTFOA7n5sw3tdrMY5n2L1a62Yq4eiMWhadlRstNlyd79jH5A3-G3ywaGoVEHjc2hIJrO8bHqW5-lU7uPq7pydh7UVk1RA/w159-h213/DSC06269.JPG" width="159" /></a><b style="font-family: arial;"></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, written ahead of their time - Galileo's astronomy, Darwin's evolution, Martin Luther's Protestantism ignited dis-pleasured of the Church.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, bedtime stories, baby's introduction to the world, legends and fantasies that take young ones to the land of make believe.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, the record of ultimate scholarship, are the epitome of the greatest minds in</b><div><div><b style="font-family: arial;">thesis and dissertation, theories and principles.</b></div><div><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, the precursor of the Internet, the framework of the i-Pod, Tablet, Galaxy, and other gadgets that man becomes a walking encyclopedia.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, the progeny of the earliest forms of writing like the cuneiform, hieroglyphics, caves drawings, etchings, scrolls of the Dead Sea.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, that gave the idea and structure of the Wonders of the Ancient World, and the significance and belief for which they were built.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, that grew with knowledge, brought new schools and movements in arts and philosophy, in unending search for truth.</b><div><br /><b style="font-family: arial;"></b></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, the most widely read, the Bible; the shortest, Albert Einstein’s e=mc2, and book-to-cinema versions of Spielberg, Lucas, Cecile de Mills et al.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, the greatest treasure of mankind, its collective attributes </b><b style="font-family: arial;">as humanity, the very stimulus of man's rationality to rise above other creatures - and himself.</b></div><div><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books, that brought about man's disobedience to his creator, playing god, and questioning if god made man, or that man made god.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Books that enlighten man to care for the environment, guide the young and future generations to a better future, and lead man to save his own species from extinction.</b><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">-----------------</b><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">Author's Note: Herein below is one of the lists of top 100 books of the world. There is no standard for comparison, only preferences by different sources. However, there are books that consistently appear in many lists.</b><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: arial;"></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoORNQyAcHqI5EkxImfAdxmrxnzIR4IVUhL3vmfio8nWqmsuslMn-mb0HDHc6WA1m5zrnuRhtF4fcNiUs0QSC0gsYDZTuNq36kUG9UqXQaxUp28JwwhMeG17lcONXav7UbbXM0461Yexw/s1600/Blog+AVR+books+IMG_4032+-+Copy.JPG"></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMvKBi-md1U089KF7n7xG5cmUpV3l9LfDoZLuZh-4zjjcGkPJZ5X0R0dCj2bfrqj2K4ewC25vF8YjgsftJwm3O9mX1IQ_FYcNVeVw831_fT99uGRIMLdfHJ2y3oLq5OCY0iylHg52GHg/s1600/Old+books+DSC04985+A+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMvKBi-md1U089KF7n7xG5cmUpV3l9LfDoZLuZh-4zjjcGkPJZ5X0R0dCj2bfrqj2K4ewC25vF8YjgsftJwm3O9mX1IQ_FYcNVeVw831_fT99uGRIMLdfHJ2y3oLq5OCY0iylHg52GHg/w194-h194/Old+books+DSC04985+A+-+Copy+-+Copy.jpg" width="194" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mLXxt1bMQ_XbkPa0NE1CMbUclw7cbJzJZsPSy9NX4mdl2lU6Fc1gZMMVcaWQxj8ZnSKnRV83VSFOL1o2xrh30gYG4ArVM5cn4N844AsHMt32tAfmNVxYjthyphenhyphenE4PEXBuPsLrOZ0kTj0k/s1600/old+books+DSC04994+A+-+Copy.jpg"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3mLXxt1bMQ_XbkPa0NE1CMbUclw7cbJzJZsPSy9NX4mdl2lU6Fc1gZMMVcaWQxj8ZnSKnRV83VSFOL1o2xrh30gYG4ArVM5cn4N844AsHMt32tAfmNVxYjthyphenhyphenE4PEXBuPsLrOZ0kTj0k/w145-h149/old+books+DSC04994+A+-+Copy.jpg" width="145" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuC6rHSovhHHCAjK5nZsIcTG_Z-twhr2nWV7c7j7-BQXWHOsnH3aRWnzprCgrj2zBhXKjwx5BMEeb_273GrK3jsMPLHxJrEslroG7JdYqZTMpx8HYd5qKZEaxn2z3QXo2ywyrdk8r1Pxw/s1600/old+books+DSC05001+A+-+Copy.jpg"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuC6rHSovhHHCAjK5nZsIcTG_Z-twhr2nWV7c7j7-BQXWHOsnH3aRWnzprCgrj2zBhXKjwx5BMEeb_273GrK3jsMPLHxJrEslroG7JdYqZTMpx8HYd5qKZEaxn2z3QXo2ywyrdk8r1Pxw/w151-h151/old+books+DSC05001+A+-+Copy.jpg" width="151" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Author inspects books for his home library in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMK9oGU_Gbw_xYduvgeg4UXgXxRT7oVpiyCqMLVs2ivearZ1-FRxUX4YDxutaTlcdDS8WjQultbOLfHGYzg9de6eRp2TNbszCTD88vld1T1iDYFWTWsFZRQzOmQF6rNoGn734POLtwfuiOAnoP6ajcfcXzIQXXZEXWmqioZghno-4S4J33OqhAxwYGMQ/s750/library%20adult-book-store-bookcase-279222.jpg"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMK9oGU_Gbw_xYduvgeg4UXgXxRT7oVpiyCqMLVs2ivearZ1-FRxUX4YDxutaTlcdDS8WjQultbOLfHGYzg9de6eRp2TNbszCTD88vld1T1iDYFWTWsFZRQzOmQF6rNoGn734POLtwfuiOAnoP6ajcfcXzIQXXZEXWmqioZghno-4S4J33OqhAxwYGMQ/w263-h150/library%20adult-book-store-bookcase-279222.jpg" width="263" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnqe5M4o_uRd0WANxKGwlWn_F7E58o2qlCAz7qGe_uJzTrBNbtIBSK3vJAJaLRFqbQf1ETxlHeWQ0XrrkenSLgLNACyzAmSlqMHOaCxN_-aybDe0mn_1d0EXoXqR_mMJmZpoLMOwkb9wJcRP8TclijKdsmYXXLcTQVqvc6s8ndz4R0WKmiv9jkXmAgg/s800/library%20onlineclass22020-10-1721-13-47_2021-03-02_19-31-01.jpg"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnqe5M4o_uRd0WANxKGwlWn_F7E58o2qlCAz7qGe_uJzTrBNbtIBSK3vJAJaLRFqbQf1ETxlHeWQ0XrrkenSLgLNACyzAmSlqMHOaCxN_-aybDe0mn_1d0EXoXqR_mMJmZpoLMOwkb9wJcRP8TclijKdsmYXXLcTQVqvc6s8ndz4R0WKmiv9jkXmAgg/w228-h151/library%20onlineclass22020-10-1721-13-47_2021-03-02_19-31-01.jpg" width="228" /></a></div></span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Author's Note: Expand your home library by linking it with online libraries here and abroad. A simplified digital system would make access easier and wider, and for purposes of saving old books electronically, among other advantages. Create a conducive-to-learn "library" ambiance with properly arranged and catalogued materials. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Internet photos)</span> ~</b></span></div></div></div></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">*Also celebrated on World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day or International Day of the Book, an annual event organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing, and copyright. April 23, 2023. </span></b><b style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Each year, on 23 April, celebrations take place all over the world to recognize the scope of books - a link between the past and the future, a bridge between generations and across cultures.~</b></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> Part 2 -</b><span><span> </span><b>Books Written by Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">avrotor@gmail.com</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></span><div class="post hentry" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWOdIywAJ0LTWWdGYEHoaISrqCneQmJH2wL9gtAyvcYBy9rIWgHdJDvEl4PhRj-a4J98PNQAaFSC6sdKeNXzQlgv0sxK3d_7sRWXmi0Moo6Riat4HCBDZGhyphenhyphensODHwHPcgbpX5XqWPyvLPt/w416-h277/IMG_4204.JPG" width="416" /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Winner of National Book Award 2007,<i> Living with Nature in Our Times</i>, </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">a </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">sequel </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">to <i>The Living with Nature </i>Handbook [Winner of <i>Gintong Aklat</i> </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"> (Golden Book) Award 2003]</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhzMJoDADu3J60TaDdCgoLBKXHFgIN0livq5KWNTj-q8Yv57-jXLUh72ohEBdMMLNwdk0iE6vkCzjH1xVsXF9Iz_WovtCIiOeEMNgiAr4YUfgDjT520GSefVeH7VaD6GIyvAR8ZuPr5c/s1600/Phil+Lit+cover.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhzMJoDADu3J60TaDdCgoLBKXHFgIN0livq5KWNTj-q8Yv57-jXLUh72ohEBdMMLNwdk0iE6vkCzjH1xVsXF9Iz_WovtCIiOeEMNgiAr4YUfgDjT520GSefVeH7VaD6GIyvAR8ZuPr5c/w339-h244/Phil+Lit+cover.png" width="339" /></span></a></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">P</span>hilippine Literature Today: A Travelogue Approach </i>(c</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">o-authors </span></span></b><b><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">Abercio V Rotor and </span></span></b><b><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">Kristine Molina-Doria, C and E Publishing Co.)</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px;">aims at </span></i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px;">guiding students, in the light of present day trends, to trace back the foundation of literature’s basic tenets and principles and preserve its integrity and true essence. Four pillars of Philippine literature stand sentinel to help the students answer the question <i>“Quo vadis?”</i> To where are we heading for? </span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px;">Four great Filipinos are acclaimed vanguards of Philippine Literature. The cover of the book, conceptualized and made by artist Leo Carlo R Rotor, depicts the theme of the book - travelogue in literature with these heroes. </span><span style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">Jose Rizal on politico-socio-cultural subjects, including ecological, Rizal being an environmentalist while in exile in Dapitan, Misamis Oriental, Mindanao;</span><span style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">Francisco Baltazar or Balagtas on drama and performing arts in general, fiction novels and plays, evolving into stage show and cinema;</span><span style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">Severino Reyes or </span><i style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">Lola Basyang</i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> on mythology, children’s stories</span><i style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">, komiks</i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">, and a wealth of cartoons and other animations and L</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">eona Florentino, the Philippines’ Elizabeth Browning, Ella Wilcox, Emily Bronte</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><i style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">et al</i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;">, epitomize the enduring classical literature. </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="line-height: 18.1818px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KIB1zPIjX2IdKqAyqe_2hGn-FWHf-RdfXgZRTESQDyh0fgzBbYtNOVWgalR_bm8H9sFgnjYMrnDCCpANW-WNrq1BMHfY7O0H5ceKbDd3K1DEgDS6-YjMiXPLOzzLNC8RTz4ZjugAD1E/w196-h295/Image0002.jpg" width="196" /></span><b></b></div><div><b><span> </span></b></div><div><b><span>"<span style="font-size: medium;">T</span>he humanities hold the greatest treasure of mankind." Co-authored with Dr Kristine Molina-Doria, the book, in summary, makes Humanities, a basic 3-unit subject in college, interesting and attractive to students. The book is distinct from conventional textbooks by being experiential in approach - meaning, on-site, hands-on, and encompassing of the various schools of art - old, new and postmodern. Learning is further enhanced by viewing an accompanying compact disc (CD), and by having easy access to a wide range of references principally from the authors' works on Facebook and Blog. [<span style="color: #990000;">avrotor.blogspot.com</span>] It is a publication of C&E, one of the country's biggest publishers and distributors of books. Launched in February this year it is now adapted by several colleges and universities.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8819865648838456230" itemprop="articleBody"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaaPQ-jVziUd3E9vcjcLOHM1tpmhYQTC7GF9JVmTcIquJLHg-vrvtJEw9zeIjcE3-aIGYa0Rp1hg95c1QwDC_upRgFWZuwuz7AgTMfmEC_9Fk2TcEaM_j3dsVTRty2nnvS1d2gshpjEE/s1600-h/DWCVi+%28CIC%290022.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="377" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440475619878197922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaaPQ-jVziUd3E9vcjcLOHM1tpmhYQTC7GF9JVmTcIquJLHg-vrvtJEw9zeIjcE3-aIGYa0Rp1hg95c1QwDC_upRgFWZuwuz7AgTMfmEC_9Fk2TcEaM_j3dsVTRty2nnvS1d2gshpjEE/w251-h377/DWCVi+(CIC)0022.JPG" style="display: block; height: 424px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 282px;" width="251" /></a><span><b></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8819865648838456230" itemprop="articleBody"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">" '<span style="font-size: medium;">D</span>o unto the land as you would the land do unto you. Treat the land with request, if not with reverence.' <span style="font-style: italic;">xxx </span>The tree is taken to represent the environment. Each poem and each painting is like a leaf of a tree each revealing a little of the many marvels of this unique creation. Each poem and each painting is a plea on behalf of this new vision and of this new ethics." (Excerpt from the Message by Dr. Armando F. De Jesus, Ph.D. former Dean, Faculty of Arts and Letters, UST 2010)</span></b></div></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"What makes this poetry collection specially significant is its ecological slant which gives it an added dimension rarely attributed to other poetry collections. xxx to “get out of the house” and bond with nature. It is a departure from the usual stale air of solitariness and narcissism which permeates most poetry today. Every poem indeed becomes a “flower in disguise” using the poet’s own words." (Excerpt from the Foreword by the late Ophelia A. Dimalanta, Ph.D. Director, Center for Creative Writing and Studies, UST). </span></b></span></div></span><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8819865648838456230" itemprop="articleBody"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88lnUEf4eOk8sqz88gw_V88cpzSspqj0U9DYYbpzP64NkXHrBOp3IpGONsmJp0hwh5QmLdihvQgeXV-EKJmM19Ij-UVLreVjq_TU6LIyY43ubVx4sEyGUSO7fRiWZB1lvxa3kMqZwb60/w251-h351/DWCVi+(CIC)0080.JPG" /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8819865648838456230" itemprop="articleBody"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div>T</span>he book contains 170 poems and verses with accompanying photographs and images, 190 pp, in easy reading font, Times New Roman, bold type. </span></b></span><b>Published by University of Santo Tomas, launched 2008 Manila International Book Fair, SMX Mall of Asia, 220 pp. </b></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88lnUEf4eOk8sqz88gw_V88cpzSspqj0U9DYYbpzP64NkXHrBOp3IpGONsmJp0hwh5QmLdihvQgeXV-EKJmM19Ij-UVLreVjq_TU6LIyY43ubVx4sEyGUSO7fRiWZB1lvxa3kMqZwb60/s1600-h/DWCVi+%28CIC%290080.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><br /></span></span></span></a><span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>"<span style="font-size: medium;">T</span>he book is a compendium of indigenous technical knowledge complemented with modern scientific thinking. The narratives offer an exploration into the world of ethno-science covering a wide range of practical interest from climate to agriculture; medicine to food and nutrition..: (Excerpt of Foreword by Dr Lilian J Sison, dean UST Graduate School).</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><b>" For the science educator and communicator, here is a handy volume to help you reach the popular consciousness. You will find here more than ample number of examples for making connections between lived experience and scientific information." (Dr Florentino H Hornedo, UNESCO Commissioner)</b></span></div><div>--------</div><div><span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oA_H51ClTRAnX2PMfhK9E11y9cIi8d4_7QrW7gA5FPwnu0BUofLRiNpidrlfkA-SJVqPBPS6qI_MzeBbYQeO8M5GGd8L4dgi_HMs-ZzqI4XH4RL1q6zAaI40BSkmeMZQM3mHwIQa5JiX/s1600/DSC04108.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oA_H51ClTRAnX2PMfhK9E11y9cIi8d4_7QrW7gA5FPwnu0BUofLRiNpidrlfkA-SJVqPBPS6qI_MzeBbYQeO8M5GGd8L4dgi_HMs-ZzqI4XH4RL1q6zAaI40BSkmeMZQM3mHwIQa5JiX/w212-h297/DSC04108.JPG" width="212" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrEEU4MsXqgzdL6SrRxkQH59EktD3_JYvEV97-6MaJsyJnnOz6__AhS8Hrdr3lK8Cvl7rEwcuj5G50lZAOPzRNVnBaFiZFYSieKpVNBQc6GEeGvvEqww8ZhLkU5lomgRawSqxvUzepAo/s1600-h/avr+books003.jpg"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrEEU4MsXqgzdL6SrRxkQH59EktD3_JYvEV97-6MaJsyJnnOz6__AhS8Hrdr3lK8Cvl7rEwcuj5G50lZAOPzRNVnBaFiZFYSieKpVNBQc6GEeGvvEqww8ZhLkU5lomgRawSqxvUzepAo/w201-h296/avr+books003.jpg" width="201" /></a></div></div><div><b><span>Winner of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Gintong Aklat</span> Award 2003 by the Book Publishers Association of the Philippines. The book has 30 chapters (189 pp),divided into four parts, a practical guide on how one can get closer to nature, the key to a healthy and happy life. Second printing, 2008.</span></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span>"Once upon a time, nature was pristine, undefiled, and unspoiled. We used to live in a dreamlike world of tropical virgin forests, and purer hidden springs, calm ponds, and serene lakes with majestic purple mountains, crowned with canopied trees. That was when people took only what they needed, caught only what they ate, and lived only in constant touch with a provident earth." (excerpt from the Introduction by Dr Anselmo Set Cabigan, professor, St Paul University QC and former director of the National Food Authority)</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJKAz_7q4I1gmjFbJHsR270lrTJCBxaUajj71R4QHXoIc3Pr6Um_Zu6W9CJIh80fD_sm7ce8NtWO6B7dgNdKuoFLYSW6XuFo4Emd3eDGieaEeGF5IG6AvvcW7UdigxiFnhh4gKL9MMrY/s1600-h/avr+books005.jpg"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJKAz_7q4I1gmjFbJHsR270lrTJCBxaUajj71R4QHXoIc3Pr6Um_Zu6W9CJIh80fD_sm7ce8NtWO6B7dgNdKuoFLYSW6XuFo4Emd3eDGieaEeGF5IG6AvvcW7UdigxiFnhh4gKL9MMrY/w185-h281/avr+books005.jpg" width="185" /></a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinG6-KLgEseBbMGXNQJPjtCOfux1tR0NjnM-QrQrLPS4TMqBwTWF-n2KBv39Thuy4vxRz_hsXjL9Ef3rExaXnG5xcsAAo30Cvo3722eT6_DPNULCmdnaJU0ktf2o6tM6T38woQ-CdtPibb/s1600/DSC04081.JPG"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinG6-KLgEseBbMGXNQJPjtCOfux1tR0NjnM-QrQrLPS4TMqBwTWF-n2KBv39Thuy4vxRz_hsXjL9Ef3rExaXnG5xcsAAo30Cvo3722eT6_DPNULCmdnaJU0ktf2o6tM6T38woQ-CdtPibb/w222-h281/DSC04081.JPG" width="222" /></a></div><div><b><span><span style="font-size: medium;">A</span> Sequel to the <span style="font-style: italic;">Living with Nature Handbook </span><i>(312 pp), </i>it was launched at the Philippine International Book Fair. It won the 2006 National Book Award by the National Book Development Board jointly with The Manila Book Circle and the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts. Published by UST Publishing House, the book has 35 chapters divided into four parts. The book can be aptly described in this verse.</span></b></div></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-style: italic;">"Nature shares her bounty in many ways:</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-style: italic;">He who works or he who prays,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-style: italic;">Who patiently waits or gleefully plays;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-style: italic;">He's worthy of the same grace."</span></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCErn2oXogRGcnCbkyav-HcYVXJP_lzT6YnAxe6Y8D_LeIpXasHJi2snSmSpoLwTyPUKarjHbTJUvrqaPi5GqEQm8YIdo0SqvZ0Id-ICJST57bK2e43o96B5yRD5mkc6bqXI-hedecQT0/s1600-h/DWCVi+%28CIC%290082.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="245" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307689192687742978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCErn2oXogRGcnCbkyav-HcYVXJP_lzT6YnAxe6Y8D_LeIpXasHJi2snSmSpoLwTyPUKarjHbTJUvrqaPi5GqEQm8YIdo0SqvZ0Id-ICJST57bK2e43o96B5yRD5mkc6bqXI-hedecQT0/w363-h245/DWCVi+(CIC)0082.JPG" style="display: block; height: 270px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="363" /></a><span><b></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">T</span>he principal author is Dr. Belen L Tangco who wrote the verses and prayers. Each verse or prayer is accompanied by an appropriate painting by AV Rotor. Full color and handy, it is useful as a prayer book and reference in the Humanities.</b></span></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span>"Indeed, God speaks to us in the little details of nature - through the trees and the flowers, in the drip of rain, in the blow of the wind. He speaks to us in all of His Creation..." (Excerpt from the Foreword by Fr Tamelane R Lana, UST Rector</span></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCm3gFz9ZDM7Uf5o6EhHutxYxJwv0ucq7LLYP0DBY2kf4DpXKroacaROvDwpDO17Vmjxk46e_mxSiTuJl-CIkJsY68zEUKDaG6eUNcL1NLnek1Ck7tXlwWzAD04nGiRleqrWhJdkpkcRE/s1600-h/avr+books015.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="282" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307682365982574722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCm3gFz9ZDM7Uf5o6EhHutxYxJwv0ucq7LLYP0DBY2kf4DpXKroacaROvDwpDO17Vmjxk46e_mxSiTuJl-CIkJsY68zEUKDaG6eUNcL1NLnek1Ck7tXlwWzAD04nGiRleqrWhJdkpkcRE/w386-h282/avr+books015.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 292px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="386" /></a><span><b></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A </span>coffee table book, full color, published by Megabooks in 1995. It was dedicated and presented to the Holy Father, John Paul II, on his visit to the Philippines by the late Jaime Cardinal Sin, Sister Teresita Bayona SPC, and Fr. James B Reuter, SJ.</b></span></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span>" <i>Doctor A.V. Rotor is an extraordinary man - scientist, painter, musician, photographer, poet. With these verses he becomes something more than an artist. He is an apostle - trying, in his own gentle way, to bring man to God. and God to man, through beauty."</i> (Message by Fr James B Reuter, SJ in his own handwriting)</span></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bqbtGzxFr6G1OtfmGVBrEKffMBdAyQQGhvUXP_vdc1uKVihgpaLZiv1WW2o6pYqeJBsaGkWCcSONHBmbzHE0S0ZCL5dgqMZ44hCa5E0WQ-fgWBQ_ANlJG7ln4HbEn3ErQ2VGqVe0jrE/s1600-h/avr+books013.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307682359682541746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bqbtGzxFr6G1OtfmGVBrEKffMBdAyQQGhvUXP_vdc1uKVihgpaLZiv1WW2o6pYqeJBsaGkWCcSONHBmbzHE0S0ZCL5dgqMZ44hCa5E0WQ-fgWBQ_ANlJG7ln4HbEn3ErQ2VGqVe0jrE/s400/avr+books013.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 324px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span><b></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A</span> collection of 18 essays about life and living, 216 pages. Published by UST in 2000 with the Preface written by Fr. Jose Antonio Aureada, regent of the Graduate School.</b></span></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span>"What is considered <span style="font-style: italic;">a religion of disconnection</span> betrays man's inability to see sensuality through divinity and divinity through sensuality... It was Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychotherapist-philosopher, who popularized <span style="font-style: italic;">logotherapy</span>, a word of Greek origin which literally means <span style="font-style: italic;">healing through meaning.</span> Dr Abe. the poet-musician-painter-scientist rolled into one, reminds us of the Franklian inspired principle: The unheard cry for meaning if only well-heeded in all aspects of life - from the least significant to the extremely necessary, from the most commonplace to the phenomenally sublime - can only restore authenticity back to living life beautifully."</span></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL96CmR0eSEJgfnFDH8oWj2L9HLUpgmwavuO94R97d_DxQkSXdThmRf7icijhyr4ka6c2VLL8NwEHYpQhxnISXzyOIGDOAoo7JOTUhL6uEjxukY41bOiOEMo9P6mu_F22nM0ZsYou3V2w/s1600-h/avr+books011.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="419" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307681093395577202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL96CmR0eSEJgfnFDH8oWj2L9HLUpgmwavuO94R97d_DxQkSXdThmRf7icijhyr4ka6c2VLL8NwEHYpQhxnISXzyOIGDOAoo7JOTUhL6uEjxukY41bOiOEMo9P6mu_F22nM0ZsYou3V2w/w311-h419/avr+books011.jpg" style="display: block; height: 410px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 305px;" width="311" /></a><span><b></b><b><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">T</span>he book is in full color, 75 pages, written by a very young student of then St Paul College QC. In the words of Sr Mary Sarah Manapol in the Foreword, "Viva is a youthful poetess who thinks and writes about pain and loss, friendship, joy and love, music and the arts, nature, math and literature, war and piece - these belie her age of 17 summers."</b></span></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span>Dr AV Rotor as co-author, provided the photographs and paintings that fit harmoniously with the poems. More than this, he encouraged the young poetess to write her first book which was launched on her debut. Here is a verse from an anonymous admirer.</span></b></div><div><b><span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />"After reading Light of Dawn,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />How can I live without poetry and art?<br />From the love that I shall find,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Shall not my heart depart</span>."</span></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwNIq0n5demnpwTwoWbUN_QEHSf58saAIOAFkImNR5GGKY9mus5PSK6W7FpSZau4t63QoT4kbVuukoY2z_8r6fnDb6VEpMJvoifTcvBfnaVGAzOm2HTfeYEtYKMDxeiupnRabXGkAbc4/s1600-h/avr+books008.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="396" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307681086980199682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwNIq0n5demnpwTwoWbUN_QEHSf58saAIOAFkImNR5GGKY9mus5PSK6W7FpSZau4t63QoT4kbVuukoY2z_8r6fnDb6VEpMJvoifTcvBfnaVGAzOm2HTfeYEtYKMDxeiupnRabXGkAbc4/w303-h396/avr+books008.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 414px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 317px;" width="303" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">P</span>oems, poems, poems, 72 pages, a handy book, colored and black and white, published by Megabooks 2000. The late secretary of justice Sedfrey A Ordonez wrote in the Foreword "... it is inescapable that after reading his poetry and after examining his paintings which accompany his verses one is led to the conclusion that the man who created the multi-disciplinary <span style="font-style: italic;">tour de force </span>is a Renaissance man, one who reveals his reverence for nature by means of music, verse, and painting."</b></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WDH04RSOzbieyPmrV33N9g5A-2-iCSymBqo-pG86wwrJclVdgi8FASOraXExtmncCOT3dIMhD1CEaDHopgy6zfMoBNDN8OsDx0PNkLt1x1VarEXgma8UZ6xtfrkeTvnPRcsNRtS8eiM/s1600-h/avr+books019.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307682375358226370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8WDH04RSOzbieyPmrV33N9g5A-2-iCSymBqo-pG86wwrJclVdgi8FASOraXExtmncCOT3dIMhD1CEaDHopgy6zfMoBNDN8OsDx0PNkLt1x1VarEXgma8UZ6xtfrkeTvnPRcsNRtS8eiM/s400/avr+books019.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 436px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 309px;" /></a><span><b></b><b><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div>The authors have embarked on this task of providing people with more information about the many uses of some plants. While herbal plants have long been recognized because of their nutritional and medicinal qualities, their other uses are not fully exploited... May we continue to promote <span style="font-style: italic;">alternative medicine</span><span style="font-style: italic;">...</span> The prices of medicine and health products remain unaffordable to most of our countrymen and herbal plants are the best alternative as most of these have been proven to be effective." (Excerpt from the message of Dr Juan M Flavier, former senator and secretary of health)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwh5I9zosXTtDnc6ysfRkvCkNOYbmPaeUc13dw8GU7NdcPDPnw8pNGkgzAsfk7ffeu551-QNBZ-h3LDKLC5j5qlrRZr4Zcd0ODZjZQUnB_Bi-nRRYJT9S1YEsgnp-Eifofq60pMxA4X0/s1600/DSC00653+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><br /></span></a></b></div><div><span style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="355" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307681071511660930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXDqKwI0wEpXkU6xAjvnnmJ53R3CApWjCKjWr6A92se1dULmbLexi6azNkOp3oZLkkNcpeZgx2fpZYDSgN4rrpzjq9hCUJpMl1akDkOhJAtd1rwrREPMJ5Z9Vqw4kFRLIBAY0Fsievv0/w256-h355/avr+books002.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 429px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 309px;" width="256" /></span><b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><br /></div><span>A</span> Giraffe Book, it contains 72 verses, mainly four-liners, each verse accompanied by a photograph or painting. Most of the photos were taken by students in the Humanities at then St Paul College QC. The school president wrote the Foreword, an excerpt of which reads as follows:</b><b></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span>"It takes deep reflection to arouse one's inner child to take notice of the undistinguished buds, hyacinth, date palms... and it takes a trusting, affirming, and enlightened teacher-artist to lead and inspire..." </span></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b></div><div><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwh5I9zosXTtDnc6ysfRkvCkNOYbmPaeUc13dw8GU7NdcPDPnw8pNGkgzAsfk7ffeu551-QNBZ-h3LDKLC5j5qlrRZr4Zcd0ODZjZQUnB_Bi-nRRYJT9S1YEsgnp-Eifofq60pMxA4X0/w229-h320/DSC00653+A.jpg" style="text-align: center;" width="229" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh6RBPadINQOuzSffFQVbgsXIKmJuIuAB4yLQmZl0UGpAP_eELCj3C6Dt2kQ3ERQudkfnsmJqqfIqdonsScsA2EKj7UiCp3QgYD-nCL03FA3aE6wnHy9woV5B6Ec_A3xM2v72qbH4OvuQwpGdRyQ64VrWy7OZHlG5iLwGVHzzmnmy9CQFtYTywCQA4g/s2354/Book%20bioethics%20DSC06306.JPG" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="1694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh6RBPadINQOuzSffFQVbgsXIKmJuIuAB4yLQmZl0UGpAP_eELCj3C6Dt2kQ3ERQudkfnsmJqqfIqdonsScsA2EKj7UiCp3QgYD-nCL03FA3aE6wnHy9woV5B6Ec_A3xM2v72qbH4OvuQwpGdRyQ64VrWy7OZHlG5iLwGVHzzmnmy9CQFtYTywCQA4g/s320/Book%20bioethics%20DSC06306.JPG" width="230" /></a></span><b></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span>P</span>eacemaking in Asia </i>(350 pp), contains papers presented in the 7th General Assembly of different religions in Asia held at UST in 2008. The proceedings were compiled, edited and published into a book by AVRotor, now in circulation among participating religions. Copies were made available at the Interfaith Center, TARC Building, UST. </span></b></div><div><b><span><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><b><span><i><span>C</span>elebrating the Gospel of Life - Basic issues in Bioethics - e</i>ditor and contributor (Anthropological Perspective of Environmental Ethics: Human Life and the Environment.)</span></b></div><div><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><b><span>Other books and manuals written by Dr Rotor</span></b><br /></span><ul><li><span><b>Farm Marketing in Asia and the Pacific</b>, Asian Productivity Organization Tokyo Contributor and book editor, 1992</span></li><li><span><b>Our Generous Fragile Earth</b>. Mimeographed 1991</span></li><li><span><b>Economic Entomology Manual</b>, De La Salle University (Araneta) 1965</span></li><li><span><b>Plant Morphology and Physiology,</b> De La Salle University (Araneta) 1965</span></li><li><span><b>Farmers' Digest</b> (publisher and editor 1963-66)</span></li></ul></div></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="comment-footer"><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwqGGrWUJ6P6yh9GPogFZGnJ19Sa8xA2y8sHGsek_2_8MqNu5VyxVngiTbumrnbf6JYJbiOD_EaT1wpaSL2xyyER26yX36H4MvCKAlbPnQ7hXAwg6PKM6kKb4vNfJqPnr8OGzKBWIEiw/s1600/Philit+AVR+Award.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwqGGrWUJ6P6yh9GPogFZGnJ19Sa8xA2y8sHGsek_2_8MqNu5VyxVngiTbumrnbf6JYJbiOD_EaT1wpaSL2xyyER26yX36H4MvCKAlbPnQ7hXAwg6PKM6kKb4vNfJqPnr8OGzKBWIEiw/w410-h273/Philit+AVR+Award.jpg" width="410" /></span></a></b></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><b><span>AVR receives first copy of <i>Don't Cut the Trees, Don't</i><br />from UST Fr Vice-Rector, and Secretary General<br /><br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipiTcCy8lswDPQ9qrCfov0SyrAJiQeyeH7jjM86O6zVBJ7D5kkEvllBT1sxl50XBJrNjMHDMSwfQsdu-djOe34RdrVCX7u1KXMhwe5xExo8g-e-IrupHIeVbCvikjImKHDLgPTvJGcyg/s1600/Literary+giants.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipiTcCy8lswDPQ9qrCfov0SyrAJiQeyeH7jjM86O6zVBJ7D5kkEvllBT1sxl50XBJrNjMHDMSwfQsdu-djOe34RdrVCX7u1KXMhwe5xExo8g-e-IrupHIeVbCvikjImKHDLgPTvJGcyg/s400/Literary+giants.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span> </span> Philippine literature greats, (L to R) Sedfrey Ordoñez, Ophelia </b></div></span></div><div class="comment-footer" style="text-align: center;"><span><span><b>Dimalanta, </b></span><b>Hortencia Santos Sankore, </b><b>Larry Francisco, </b></span></div><div class="comment-footer" style="text-align: center;"><span><b>and </b><b>Jose Garcia Villa </b></span></div><div class="comment-footer"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div class="comment-footer"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1N-kpTB0Wfxmoo1yXx2hEiXxvv9Erl_CfVv-rKpBYWLKX0cFaP0GBLwuK44m755AL_AcaT3U93bH3tNux6WA64mN6kzcuDlj7HK9kK3fv4ulnVLqAidtuiYNJEL9Unwv_drOpV67FgQc/s1600/Philit+author+with+Melly+DZRB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span><img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1N-kpTB0Wfxmoo1yXx2hEiXxvv9Erl_CfVv-rKpBYWLKX0cFaP0GBLwuK44m755AL_AcaT3U93bH3tNux6WA64mN6kzcuDlj7HK9kK3fv4ulnVLqAidtuiYNJEL9Unwv_drOpV67FgQc/s400/Philit+author+with+Melly+DZRB.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> AVR (center) with Ka Melly C Tenorio (seated) co-host of <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i>, co-authors Dr Felipe Briana and Dr Kristine Molina Doria, and </b></div></span></div><div class="comment-footer" style="text-align: center;"><span><b>Mrs Cecille Rotor (in yellow) at DZRB radio station.</b></span></div></span><div class="comment-footer"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5KD4Zo1yVGjFI1XCi6dse-KSZLuJIshQtsl8u5W0bqhymtl_niL0ERiYy_fqUa5r4fSM6TvOlXwTUT7bYGd9T_tyy4GCYbuXhDp9diw6FhU0KnHJRAsQkyDRJYn456Vjmno3TFBM2Pw/w328-h246/Philit+avr+henares.jpg" width="328" /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">AVR w</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ith veteran journalist Larry Henares, and Mrs Cecille Rotor</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2KDhIVtyeR_INfe1ahBpwyO32TGNtRnsqQfSrpCd9FBGpff8VnZgnSd4EejVDljFqU-ZHvDUVWgG2VQlirDkk7l03laza4qaRt3TwedkZ-hjOGd7hPULUszFpuLw4IRuL28jDcNK6jA/s1600/Philit+AVR+Reuter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2KDhIVtyeR_INfe1ahBpwyO32TGNtRnsqQfSrpCd9FBGpff8VnZgnSd4EejVDljFqU-ZHvDUVWgG2VQlirDkk7l03laza4qaRt3TwedkZ-hjOGd7hPULUszFpuLw4IRuL28jDcNK6jA/w345-h444/Philit+AVR+Reuter.jpg" width="345" /></span></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> AVR with the late Fr James Reuter SJ, author, dramatist, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">spiritual adviser, at age 94.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwiPC6d8MG5Job2P362wXPiM7r67GiB7URenLBULwqym7r0MF7Oko6pjb4TmvSVDaLS0to3ZlIILlgHT8-_n0MLZ5pCGLcKEgY_1mfnSlvHilHcNU9K0u7ktnwPBiX5EWClMGNqttZkiHl/s1600/IMG_4030+-+Copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwiPC6d8MG5Job2P362wXPiM7r67GiB7URenLBULwqym7r0MF7Oko6pjb4TmvSVDaLS0to3ZlIILlgHT8-_n0MLZ5pCGLcKEgY_1mfnSlvHilHcNU9K0u7ktnwPBiX5EWClMGNqttZkiHl/w378-h251/IMG_4030+-+Copy.JPG" width="378" /></span></a></b></div></span><div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">With Senator Edgardo Angara, author of National Book Development Board, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">sponsor of </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the annual National Book Awards. AVR won the <i>National </i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Book Award for Science</i> for 2007 </span></b></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXy1BZJiWkcO80QqgoCoGEWx1muYF23HhkpvBGR2OMWj6QEJrlb8V4cDtVSoeKiXjTLPMjs86YcBbKgjogVigR3i5mieIwcw_tFnneCCtboPjKMP8EVLK2lh_RK7XF_UE41hYtM4vY7RB/s1600/IMG_9202-202.jpg"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXy1BZJiWkcO80QqgoCoGEWx1muYF23HhkpvBGR2OMWj6QEJrlb8V4cDtVSoeKiXjTLPMjs86YcBbKgjogVigR3i5mieIwcw_tFnneCCtboPjKMP8EVLK2lh_RK7XF_UE41hYtM4vY7RB/w230-h150/IMG_9202-202.jpg" width="230" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOL7xzvbYPknA5zxCJfHZsqdcXUZ2COsXQZwwyGyVIbCH68qqK9A8pJ7hWoa5qW86tpETv3AWMj55YFWju_tUGjk2yD5bVs0ghj3zTSPLbjrqTKjuRMkD5-eRFAGreb97V6Kj60DjOoXEL/s1600/IMG_9230-230+-+Copy.jpg"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOL7xzvbYPknA5zxCJfHZsqdcXUZ2COsXQZwwyGyVIbCH68qqK9A8pJ7hWoa5qW86tpETv3AWMj55YFWju_tUGjk2yD5bVs0ghj3zTSPLbjrqTKjuRMkD5-eRFAGreb97V6Kj60DjOoXEL/w226-h150/IMG_9230-230+-+Copy.jpg" width="226" /></a></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">AVR with Dr Alfredo Co., internationally acclaimed author, and </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">the late </span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Dr Micheline Manalastas, former director of the UST Publishing House </b></span></span></div></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsfXvYui9EUx4xw-_10slv3p9VWkMhU3excNCenQSoCDmZFhkKouC-fzw2UKTtwIMuwcg4b9GTn9GrazqW8QKt1NZaun_9O0R0BZ-J6q4jbZSK78nrCJ94xP2YULwCKStH89kqeJ5W20F/s1600/IMG_3990+-+Copy.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsfXvYui9EUx4xw-_10slv3p9VWkMhU3excNCenQSoCDmZFhkKouC-fzw2UKTtwIMuwcg4b9GTn9GrazqW8QKt1NZaun_9O0R0BZ-J6q4jbZSK78nrCJ94xP2YULwCKStH89kqeJ5W20F/w220-h146/IMG_3990+-+Copy.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJekV1Ze-9UskNQ4fPn4o5ZiGaF_tsVc6cZkS-L-yxPF_l_fYI2PnbfEjylnQwwELFsM8gh7GjlDXn7zBxDM9Zt0V9-qO1ndoK6zu_8J3zATjcF23GGsN8bTn7iu58uPbHixaNawyaEBX3/s1600/IMG_4039.JPG"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJekV1Ze-9UskNQ4fPn4o5ZiGaF_tsVc6cZkS-L-yxPF_l_fYI2PnbfEjylnQwwELFsM8gh7GjlDXn7zBxDM9Zt0V9-qO1ndoK6zu_8J3zATjcF23GGsN8bTn7iu58uPbHixaNawyaEBX3/w220-h147/IMG_4039.JPG" width="220" /></a> <b><span> </span></b></span></div></div><div class="comment-footer"><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: center;"> With nationally famous authors Abdon Balde (left), and Isagani Cruz, </span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="comment-footer"><b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: center;"> National Book Awards 2008</span></span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><b>1 comment: </b></span><b><span dir="ltr"><a class="avatar-hovercard" href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14390080331863615656" id="av-0-14390080331863615656" rel="nofollow"><img alt="" class="delayLoad" height="35" longdesc="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_IHeXHoJq6kp6HWCF4jQeRikXx3FdDImdBut8zsa_WiaSJPT4_xAHTCVBH9zwExObKRPtrQi8C-kvEwT814y4TQeytbJFBFLb1zwr4rXnf_OqDBxNyXHZ1HNmn9zqquw_qk0317BjJ9c/s45/ARIEL+PORTRAIT+for+blog.jpg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_IHeXHoJq6kp6HWCF4jQeRikXx3FdDImdBut8zsa_WiaSJPT4_xAHTCVBH9zwExObKRPtrQi8C-kvEwT814y4TQeytbJFBFLb1zwr4rXnf_OqDBxNyXHZ1HNmn9zqquw_qk0317BjJ9c/s45/ARIEL+PORTRAIT+for+blog.jpg" title="Ariel Sotelo Tabag" width="35" /></a></span></b><b><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14390080331863615656" rel="nofollow">Ariel Sotelo Tabag</a> said... </span></b><b><span>Nagadu gayamen a libroyo, Manong! Lugay, lugay! </span></b><b><span class="comment-timestamp"><a href="http://avrotor.blogspot.com/2011/06/books-authored-and-co-authored-by-dr.html?showComment=1309275016642#c2201966339346615101" title="comment permalink">June 28, 2011 8:30 AM </a></span></b></div></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Part 3 - "</b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>The Reasons Write." - avr</span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V. Rotor</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">"I write to rediscover indigenous knowledge and folk wisdom which enlarges and enhances our sense of history and tradition..." -avr</span></b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88lnUEf4eOk8sqz88gw_V88cpzSspqj0U9DYYbpzP64NkXHrBOp3IpGONsmJp0hwh5QmLdihvQgeXV-EKJmM19Ij-UVLreVjq_TU6LIyY43ubVx4sEyGUSO7fRiWZB1lvxa3kMqZwb60/s1600-h/DWCVi+%28CIC%290080.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307689197181914642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88lnUEf4eOk8sqz88gw_V88cpzSspqj0U9DYYbpzP64NkXHrBOp3IpGONsmJp0hwh5QmLdihvQgeXV-EKJmM19Ij-UVLreVjq_TU6LIyY43ubVx4sEyGUSO7fRiWZB1lvxa3kMqZwb60/s400/DWCVi+(CIC)0080.JPG" style="display: block; height: 431px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 308px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Published by University of Santo Tomas, launched 2008 Manila International Book Fair, SMX Mall of Asia, 220 pp. "The book is a compendium of indigenous technical knowledge complemented with modern scientific thinking. The narratives offer an exploration into the world of ethno-science covering a wide range of practical interest from climate to agriculture; medicine to food and nutrition..: (Excerpt of Foreword by Dr Lilian J Sison, dean UST Graduate School).</span></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">" For the science educator and communicator, here is a handy volume to help you reach the popular consciousness. You will find here more than ample number of examples for making connections between lived experience and scientific information." (Dr Florentino H Hornedo, UNESCO Commissioner)</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">M</span>y friends would exclaim and even if they don’t, I could read their eyes. “Why you are still alive!” And I would return a wide grim. And we rejoice. There are many things in this world to be happy about and rejoice. </b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><b>Twenty-two years ago today I was dying in a hospital. After two major operations, I left everything to Providence. I was supposed to deliver a response being an author of a book published by UST, </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Light from the Old Arch</i><b>. My daughter Anna stood before the audience on that occasion and gave the response on my behalf. It could not have been any better if I did. She is a brave daughter, and I believed she was guided by the Light I saw and wrote about – </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Light from the Old Arch. </i><br /></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>And so, since that day and everyday thereafter I would rise before the sun does, and write my thoughts in the creeping light of dawn. Thoughts come beautifully in the morning of a new day, which I simply call a “bonus” – a term I couldn’t define, much less understand. Every morning is a beautiful morning, and there is nothing more beautiful than it because it is a bonus of an extended life. It is an extension of a breathing, thinking and feeling soul. Above all it is a bonus of thanksgiving. </b><br /><br /><b>It was only then that I began to understand who and what is a writer, but why should one write remained elusive, beyond my understanding. I have read about Scheherazade the story teller of "a thousand and one nights," I have read a part of the book </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Walden Pond</i><b> of Henry David Thoreau who wrote it far away from society. Or the Brownings in their exchange of romantic feelings in classical poetry. How powerful are the themes of Ernest Hemingway, and I did not expect how his life was ended had I not read what Van Gogh did when he had painted everything, except death. Hellen Keller wrote in the light of darkness because she was blind. So with John Milton who wrote Paradise Lost, and later Paradise Regained when he was already blind. How could Rachel Carson had written if she didn’t see Nature like a woman being raped and trampled? </b><br /><br /><b>Before I simply wrote. I looked on all sides for what every event or action there was. Until I saw a dim light coming from the window of an old house. I traced it. It was far and dim yet penetrating in the mist of time, and obscured by the passing views of change. </b><br /><br /><b>But it is almost magic. It’s a miracle, if I would say so, because I am still alive today. Thought after thought, page after page, chapter after chapter I was able to write a book, and another. And another that my alma mater, and the UST Publishing House are launching with other new books. </b></span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6ZLlo_rnCt28sLZR6JIFNiH8Yt2cEUrjlyAK62gtlxnuM2CvVkjMYXPj1al5zO7AVCCDiLyfGmddpErLe72LRv5c55cWEYfgmRbSWa5MVdP6sEyZ8TjY02QAqmAw207dB_zqkE3GCsHA/s1600/Something+of+Value+images.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt6ZLlo_rnCt28sLZR6JIFNiH8Yt2cEUrjlyAK62gtlxnuM2CvVkjMYXPj1al5zO7AVCCDiLyfGmddpErLe72LRv5c55cWEYfgmRbSWa5MVdP6sEyZ8TjY02QAqmAw207dB_zqkE3GCsHA/w185-h269/Something+of+Value+images.jpg" width="185" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b><b>I write because I believe in Robert Ruark’s </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Something of Value . </i><b> He said</b><br /><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;">“If a man does away with his traditional way of living and throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain that he has something of value to replace them.”</i><br /><br /><b>· I write because I believe in Lola Basiang relating folklore to children. We imagine a campfire, around it our ancestors exchanged knowledge and recounted experiences, with spices of imagination and superstition. It was a prototype open university. Throughout the ages and countless generations a wealth of native knowledge and folk wisdom accumulated but not much of it has survived. </b><br /><br /><b>. I write because I believe in Homer’s epics, the</b><i style="font-weight: bold;"> Iliad</i><b> and the </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Odyssey,</i><b> which in the same way as Aesop’s fables, survived after two or three thousand years.</b></span><br /></span><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Homer_and_his_Guide_(1874).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" data-file-height="1748" data-file-width="1192" height="289" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Homer_and_his_Guide_%281874%29.jpg/220px-William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Homer_and_his_Guide_%281874%29.jpg" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Homer_and_his_Guide_%281874%29.jpg/330px-William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Homer_and_his_Guide_%281874%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Homer_and_his_Guide_%281874%29.jpg/440px-William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_Homer_and_his_Guide_%281874%29.jpg 2x" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); vertical-align: middle;" width="196" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>Homer and His Guide, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905), portraying Homer on Mount Ida, beset by dogs and guided by the goatherder Glaucus (as told in Pseudo-Herodotus)</span><br /><span><br /><b>· I write because I would not look farther than the timelessness of Christ lessons in parables? </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Sermon on the Mount, The Prodigal Son, the Sower, The Good Samaritan </i><b>- these and many more, continue to live in the home, school, pulpit as it had persisted in the catacombs in the beginnings of Christianity. </b><br /><br /><b>· I write because Homer, Socrates, Aesop, Buddha, Christ and other early authors did not write. I am the lesser teacher so that I will enshrine the teachings of these great teachers. I am aware that it is through oral history, in spite of its limitations and informal nature that these masterpieces were preserved and transcended to us - thanks to our ancestors, and to tradition itself. </b><br /><br /><b>· I write because I am one of those who inherited and benefit today of the valuable basic scientific knowledge such as the </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Pythagorean Theorem </i><b>(all philosophies are resolved into the relations of numbers), the</b><i style="font-weight: bold;"> Law of Buoyancy</i><b> from Archimedes, the Ptolemaic concept of the universe (although it was later corrected with the Copernican model), Natural Philosophy of Aristotle (Natural History), not to mention the </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Hippocratic Oath</i><b>, the ethics that guide those in the practice of medicine which our modern doctors adhere to this day. </b></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPCfBHOEQxFl2I7eqWz1Nmv9nxRZtfGsZ4q9aH8PGOC3zXi-vicOwJFRJvBNH5p7jT7ocunV4dQNONmzGIfc38nTz6BfCIHtO_PMgIXmPo6XYzGBhz9SIFAclsoOfHkYmibcsKFcJJ9E3/s1600/Banaue_Rice_Terraces_%2528Viewpoint%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPCfBHOEQxFl2I7eqWz1Nmv9nxRZtfGsZ4q9aH8PGOC3zXi-vicOwJFRJvBNH5p7jT7ocunV4dQNONmzGIfc38nTz6BfCIHtO_PMgIXmPo6XYzGBhz9SIFAclsoOfHkYmibcsKFcJJ9E3/w300-h229/Banaue_Rice_Terraces_%2528Viewpoint%2529.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>· I write about Tradition and Heritage. Just as the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans – and even the remote and lesser ancient civilizations like the Aztecs and the Mayas had their own cultural heritage, so have we in our humble ways. Panday Pira attests to early warfare technology, the Code of Kalantiao, an early codification of law and order, the Herbolario, who to the present is looked upon with authority as the village doctor. And of course, we should not fail to mention the greatest manifestation of our architectural genius and grandiose aesthetic sense – the Banawe Rice Terraces. (photo)</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>. I write for adventure because I was a boy once upon a time, and the Little Prince in me refuses to grow old. On my part, like other boys in my time, boyhood could not have been spent in any better way without the science fictions of Jules Vernes – <i>Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Eighty Days Around the World</i> – and the adventures of Mark Twain’s <i>Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.</i> It is the universality of human thoughts and values that is the key to the timelessness of tradition – indeed the classical test </b><b>of true masterpieces.</b><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/78/9b/38/789b38d1eeedb6bde6a296c056d81b0b.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="20,000 Leagues Under the Sea illustrated by Paul Wright. This is a link to books by or about Jules Verne:" border="0" height="232" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/78/9b/38/789b38d1eeedb6bde6a296c056d81b0b.jpg" width="174" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>· I write about children’s stories. I can only wonder with awe at the determination of the Grimm Brothers roaming the villages of Europe soon after the Dark Ages began to end, and the light of learning began to dawn again, the two scholars retrieving the fragments and remnants of stories surviving the darkest period of history of mankind. And what do we know? These stories, together with the stories from the 1001 Arabian Nights, and Hans Christian Anderson have kept the flame of human hope and joy alive in cradles, around the hearth, at the bedside – even as the world was uncertain and unkind. </b><br /><br /><b>. I write because I often ask myself if it is only truth that can withstand the test of time. Or, if only events that really happened constitute history. And if there were any tinge that these stories were based on the culture of a people in their own time, would we not find them, we who live on the other side of the globe and in another time? </b><br /><br /><b>· I write to explore and retrieve traditional knowledge from records of the past, archaeology, and testimonies of old folks. It is indeed an enormous task not only what but how we can gather the fragments of knowledge, distinguish facts from myths, reality from imagination, and draw out the threads of wisdom and weave them into a fabric we call science. Today with modern science and technology, we create virtual reality scenarios on the screen and in dioramas, reliving the past and deliver them right in the living room and in the school. </b><br /><br /><b>· I write to rediscover indigenous knowledge and folk wisdom which enlarges and enhances our history and tradition. Even beliefs and practices, which we may not be able to explain scientifically, can be potential materials for research. And if in our judgment they fail to meet such test, still they are valuable to us because they are part of our culture and they contribute immensely to the quaintness of living. </b><br /><br /><b>· I write because I am inspired by the beautiful novel </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Swiss Family Robinson</i><b> written by Johann Wyss nearly two centuries ago. It is about a family stranded in an unknown island somewhere near New Guinea and during the many years they lived in the island, they learned to adapt to a life entirely disconnected from society and devoid of the amenities of modern living. When finally they were rescued, the family chose to stay in the island – except one son who wanted to study, promising that he would return to the island. </b><br /><br /><b>· I write because of similar stories of the same plot such as</b><i style="font-weight: bold;"> Robinson Crusoe</i><b>, a classic novel by Daniel Defoe, and recently,</b><i style="font-weight: bold;"> Castaway</i><b>, a modern version of a lone survivor shown on the screen. We can only imagine what we could have done if we were the survivors ourselves. </b><br /><br /><b>· I write to challenge the young generation if such stories have lost their appeal, more so of their relevance. It is as if we have outlived tradition in such a manner that anything which is not modern does not apply any longer. What aggravates it is that as we move in to cities we lose our home base and leave behind much of our native culture. </b><br /><br /><b>· I write because I hope to help hold the tide of exodus of people moving into cities, whether in ones own country or abroad, and the lure is so great nearly half of the world’s population is now living in urban centers. Ironically the present population explosion is not being absorbed by the rural areas but by cities, bloating them into megapolises where millions of people as precariously ensconced. And now globalization is bringing us all to one village linked in cyberspace and shrunk in distance by modern transportation. We have indeed entered the age of global homogenization and worldwide acculturation.</b><br /><br /><b>· I write to take a good look and compare ourselves with our ancestors from the viewpoint of how life is well lived. Were our ancestors a happier lot? Did they have more time for themselves and their family, and more things to share with their community? Did they live healthier lives? Were they endowed - more than we are - with the good life brought about by the bounty and beauty of nature?</b><br /><br /><b>· I write to raise these questions that analyze ten major concerns about living. In the midst of socio-cultural and economic transformation from traditional to modern to globalization - an experience that is sweeping all over the world today - these concerns serve as parameters to know how well we are living with life. </b><br /><br /><b>· I write to raise the consciousness of the reader as he goes over the various topics in this book and help him relate these with his own knowledge and experiences, and they way he lives. </b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />· Simple lifestyle </b><br /><b>· Environment-friendly </b><br /><b>· Peace of mind </b><br /><b>· Functional literacy</b><br /><b>· Good health and longer active life</b><br /><b>· Family and community commitment </b><br /><b>· Self-managed time </b><br /><b>· Self-employment</b><br /><b>· Cooperation (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">bayanihan</i><b>) and unity</b><br /><b>· Sustainable development </b><br /><br /><b>· Thirty years ago I began to gather and put into writing many things about living. Primarily these are ethnic or indigenous, and certainly there are commonalities with those in other countries, particularly in Asia, albeit of their local versions and adaptations. It leads us to appreciate with wonder the vast richness of cultures shared between and among peoples and countries even in very early times. Ironically modern times have overshadowed tradition, and many of these beliefs and practices have been either lost or forgotten, and even those that have survived are facing endangerment and the possibility of extinction. It is a rare opportunity and privilege to gather and analyze traditional beliefs and practices. </b><br /><br /><b>I write for the old folks to whom we owe much gratitude and respect because they are our living link with the past. They are the Homer of Iliad and Odyssey of our times, so to speak. They are the Disciples of Christ’s parables, the Fabulists of Aesop. They are the likes of a certain Ilocano farmer by the name of Juan Magana who recited <i>Biag ni Lam-ang </i>from memory, Mang Vicente Cruz, an <i>herbolario</i> of Bolinao Pangasinan, whom I interviewed about the effectiveness of herbal medicine. It is to people who, in spite of genetic engineering, would still prefer the taste of native chicken and upland rice varieties. It is to these people, and to you in this hall, that this little piece of work is sincerely dedicated. </b><br /><br /><b>I would like to read the excerpts of the writings of the critics about my new book. </b><br /><br /><i><b>“Very common people, in very common settings, with very simple objects, now tell us how to keep in touch with nature. For instance we rejoice in the bounty of leafy vegetables growing on discarded tires, sustained with compost from a city dump. We also find relief from a burning fever through a cup of lagundi tea, or savor broiled catfish fattened at a backyard pond. Sometimes, we painfully ponder the fate of a dog headed for slaughter, or grieve at the gnarled skeleton of a dead tree, or awe in at the metamorphosis of a cicada, or immersed in the lilting laughter of children at play.”</b></i></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Anselmo S. Cabigan, Ph.D.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i></i><b><i>“Cultural anthropologists affirm culture as the soul of civilization where people attain their identity, value orientation and aesthetic sense. Culture gives the people their perceptual apparatus and orientation of understanding. It is the reservoir of life-wisdom of the people. Today, the concept of integral sustainable development includes cultural progress which starts from a positive social self-definition and identity. Hence, local history and cultures provide a glimpse of the indigenous wisdom of the people that speaks of their religious worldview and deep connection with the Earth.”</i></b></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Professor Ronel P. dela Cruz, Ph.D.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Professor, St. Paul University Quezon City</i></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i><b>I thank all of you most sincerely for being part of this memorable occasion.</b></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;">Part 4 - </b> <b style="text-align: center;"><span>Build Your Home L</span></b></span><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span>ibrary </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> "Nurture knowledge to grow into wisdom." - avr</span></b></div></span><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>On display at the Living with Nature Center</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Collection of Dr Abe V Rotor </b></span></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHNJRAfQgV62Fqf2bRpqtRQ1pmXkH5gkqRKtuiYM5xnlOeYEO6w3gWDi0CqmAGLtOSORICmigrMUXw_Cz-3fOAF53Hvl3ypzdQE-1C1-eu2LTHcIYuRjXAt0qgKA_8IeXqJJlwAqffXU9T_fOyTrwErWAlv1EIeIO7jtyNBnPBBHBkJmfZHzE5Xpr/s4468/DSC09450.JPG"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHNJRAfQgV62Fqf2bRpqtRQ1pmXkH5gkqRKtuiYM5xnlOeYEO6w3gWDi0CqmAGLtOSORICmigrMUXw_Cz-3fOAF53Hvl3ypzdQE-1C1-eu2LTHcIYuRjXAt0qgKA_8IeXqJJlwAqffXU9T_fOyTrwErWAlv1EIeIO7jtyNBnPBBHBkJmfZHzE5Xpr/w244-h282/DSC09450.JPG" width="244" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQDPHLdamXrjJit8ltrlPNlnJEwTBIA2fz6AqNwNGHsPKgH6VFEutE4boM8g682Vnd9VSxiTxLOQu2TqHC480e2JRoy8FIwibf70eXTXP8_AO8crVfidV9450NDXyn8OwzxNlAvNvpSjZjqA24OwJd2bz_J-8iO_WS43tCxEm-pY8eSJJQuMgdDoi/s4720/DSC09460.JPG"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQDPHLdamXrjJit8ltrlPNlnJEwTBIA2fz6AqNwNGHsPKgH6VFEutE4boM8g682Vnd9VSxiTxLOQu2TqHC480e2JRoy8FIwibf70eXTXP8_AO8crVfidV9450NDXyn8OwzxNlAvNvpSjZjqA24OwJd2bz_J-8iO_WS43tCxEm-pY8eSJJQuMgdDoi/w230-h281/DSC09460.JPG" width="230" /></a></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"</span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>"Books are the greatest treasure of mankind, its collective attributes </b><b>as humanity, the very stimulus of man's rationality to rise above other creatures - and himself." - AV Rotor</b></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">"Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. </span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">It should be offered as a gift." – Kate DiCamillo</span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelk1P-X9uFMHeGyua9Wqi9Ij3fzVLCEnv1RDgl_jc_rxTpDPHFxXAVlS2HLgqpWigNMvP3M7ZCMSrei_wxuK58zxlYNVa-JSExDLLBogFdWORRphIdwnQH2AH6Ia3jWNlkblaa_PzBLbwDJazBwaIke-YJ16Y1b9YyPM5iLulEWQKCLyVK2HtfJhd/s5152/DSC09455.JPG"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelk1P-X9uFMHeGyua9Wqi9Ij3fzVLCEnv1RDgl_jc_rxTpDPHFxXAVlS2HLgqpWigNMvP3M7ZCMSrei_wxuK58zxlYNVa-JSExDLLBogFdWORRphIdwnQH2AH6Ia3jWNlkblaa_PzBLbwDJazBwaIke-YJ16Y1b9YyPM5iLulEWQKCLyVK2HtfJhd/w262-h199/DSC09455.JPG" width="262" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiET8VMS6PES8ceQauUakmJlqqYOUikf8IdcaPrhZr-iUN6bX3PnCy5K5-R6b6hOoQYipo-nhv0e2JrLd4sVviv2rH1yASjPkctna-PdMcel20mkyMu7Mnd9bG9IwAFcVQQQ3bbut6Ph7RB6p3B1BqzOGInuxTa49OltX8NNqi2DV-usl8ni3dfbOBJ/s4384/DSC09461.JPG"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiET8VMS6PES8ceQauUakmJlqqYOUikf8IdcaPrhZr-iUN6bX3PnCy5K5-R6b6hOoQYipo-nhv0e2JrLd4sVviv2rH1yASjPkctna-PdMcel20mkyMu7Mnd9bG9IwAFcVQQQ3bbut6Ph7RB6p3B1BqzOGInuxTa49OltX8NNqi2DV-usl8ni3dfbOBJ/w218-h200/DSC09461.JPG" width="218" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Books are the novels that carry the greatest stories of all times called classics, for which they are regarded timeless for their universal values." - AV Rotor</span></b></div><div><br style="text-align: left;" /><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Books are the epics of Homer, stories of the Grimm Brothers distilled from oral literature passed through generations to the present." - AV Rotor</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">"I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">in your life when you most need them." – Emma Thompson</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigamOpP6qTesxujCesnC5tKsdBaHoOZQE2jU8mpTUdXszNncr_uzJotT-4oEZkmm2JiYP1OpAU9F8Ww2CxazyIfs5ZfFGM4wUxVvDvXSqYLWpWWnofYTPlmqBNLLgwxkeXjbzwaEiKH3XCiztF5JzxPh17cMlR7DE_LElCfg_3FfBJOLP76Hi7VNj_/s4416/DSC08919.JPG"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigamOpP6qTesxujCesnC5tKsdBaHoOZQE2jU8mpTUdXszNncr_uzJotT-4oEZkmm2JiYP1OpAU9F8Ww2CxazyIfs5ZfFGM4wUxVvDvXSqYLWpWWnofYTPlmqBNLLgwxkeXjbzwaEiKH3XCiztF5JzxPh17cMlR7DE_LElCfg_3FfBJOLP76Hi7VNj_/w477-h231/DSC08919.JPG" width="477" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2mqXS9-Ybft7K1zmJHqDysdyXD41I9KT1ZSxP2OXEF8DBbu_egrtQgcpw1wwwEpk_MytRHE9QxeYqiAbXTyXZaF-sfIhrifBmvHK3SRETfu8h73DC7q3iMXX3I1vY89_5Wa-p_Yr0YMVKj-w4FalvCbchkgMuPxl-ChUeMP1cP2BL-gQ8EkxQ-MG/s4984/DSC08918.JPG"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2mqXS9-Ybft7K1zmJHqDysdyXD41I9KT1ZSxP2OXEF8DBbu_egrtQgcpw1wwwEpk_MytRHE9QxeYqiAbXTyXZaF-sfIhrifBmvHK3SRETfu8h73DC7q3iMXX3I1vY89_5Wa-p_Yr0YMVKj-w4FalvCbchkgMuPxl-ChUeMP1cP2BL-gQ8EkxQ-MG/w472-h292/DSC08918.JPG" width="472" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Books are the record of ultimate scholarship, the epitome of the greatest minds in </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">thesis and dissertation, theories and principles." - AV Rotor</span></b><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">"A room without books is like a body without a soul.”</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">― Marcus Tullius Cicero</span></b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzDzzCeD793YUowx744noGxneMwgY4_KyLKfryLzF847tOXqSyLTlBEzVwmDxrKQB9TrC5-dl_nUHVK9mE8ENJTk2NnUl_-z4xx2JufDNtiPxY3XXDEZJHplGn3f5gU4Vp7XZpTfBVZSEbgVGBkaaCFOnY4K4-ujf_LaNkbiqrr0Uq3lOQzfI47kV/s5472/DSC08916.JPG"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzDzzCeD793YUowx744noGxneMwgY4_KyLKfryLzF847tOXqSyLTlBEzVwmDxrKQB9TrC5-dl_nUHVK9mE8ENJTk2NnUl_-z4xx2JufDNtiPxY3XXDEZJHplGn3f5gU4Vp7XZpTfBVZSEbgVGBkaaCFOnY4K4-ujf_LaNkbiqrr0Uq3lOQzfI47kV/w469-h264/DSC08916.JPG" width="469" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXCdCFhfQdcSF8kermWjGHUmhBJNvDWO7vxjPd0c772uJgDy211gcy_MtSvNJM4f3f4cQAGviYb6X3L0nHDRX31OxQI088MsxQrfPbYvFS0lANj2stAezEwBEaNvafQ6JGWMQWVLeaLmmZQnzsoSY9i4YOOpF1KxUynyxTZpOP9QfF44uIt0_njOO/s5472/DSC08914.JPG"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXCdCFhfQdcSF8kermWjGHUmhBJNvDWO7vxjPd0c772uJgDy211gcy_MtSvNJM4f3f4cQAGviYb6X3L0nHDRX31OxQI088MsxQrfPbYvFS0lANj2stAezEwBEaNvafQ6JGWMQWVLeaLmmZQnzsoSY9i4YOOpF1KxUynyxTZpOP9QfF44uIt0_njOO/w467-h263/DSC08914.JPG" width="467" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-align: left;">"Books are the precursor of the Internet, the framework of the i-Pod, Tablet, Galaxy, and other gadgets that man becomes a walking encyclopedia." - AV Rotor</b><br style="text-align: left;" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">"Books are a uniquely portable magic." – Stephen King<br /></span><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VW5BpGH8FoFRk6TSs5T843cH2jJmMkwG2uKcTUOpRtuaRfMhHY0Mft93EP0cVmKUoDrkCKV3UmP6zzIMuVkh_EKKIc4NnRzWSIt7qPo4-TCFTl6ZaFK1Ot4PuUcwaU6oGZo4keCI60iTOLqxCc5B-scpPboRJUh09RKWSlLNFpgUSghJ-2qy8P-R/s5424/DSC08913.JPG"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VW5BpGH8FoFRk6TSs5T843cH2jJmMkwG2uKcTUOpRtuaRfMhHY0Mft93EP0cVmKUoDrkCKV3UmP6zzIMuVkh_EKKIc4NnRzWSIt7qPo4-TCFTl6ZaFK1Ot4PuUcwaU6oGZo4keCI60iTOLqxCc5B-scpPboRJUh09RKWSlLNFpgUSghJ-2qy8P-R/w468-h197/DSC08913.JPG" width="468" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfKaaza4bSyQ9bsL07nNK3LyCxmhP9-nOC17_9o8xX-y3heqMkBvltXKR_yfhP92ikzdriAxsDEaDKjWZuTNneKVuKvdNR9glCYrqc01t9FV91AGVT4B2ZxdMpnITldf2xrDb9HnxKt06DPdqVKdDpP0dLEGlTr3m-XsLmTt53jFKf_-KKdQENHNE/s5472/DSC08912.JPG"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfKaaza4bSyQ9bsL07nNK3LyCxmhP9-nOC17_9o8xX-y3heqMkBvltXKR_yfhP92ikzdriAxsDEaDKjWZuTNneKVuKvdNR9glCYrqc01t9FV91AGVT4B2ZxdMpnITldf2xrDb9HnxKt06DPdqVKdDpP0dLEGlTr3m-XsLmTt53jFKf_-KKdQENHNE/w465-h261/DSC08912.JPG" width="465" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Books grow with knowledge, bring new schools and movements in arts and philosophy, in unending search for truth." - AV Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">"Books are mirrors: You only see in them what you already </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">have inside you." – Carlos Ruiz Zafón</span></b></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_BYzblMvToMeQGe0YHgKWFQUE_cuZCyI10q5cV5n_h4J_OsXggJfwg4FYVeUT1ncoKX5nJGCSNFOPA1P2AlMgROaGu_OQD9a3aqI2dsjycKslHWzYa8HFMtilkwYOPWRqKwRm9rL0eFDYq8IZ1kWk-xhtBI1giBYgjh5oQWSSC1e8HtM3NRlph-eg9c3/s2533/Books%201.JPG"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1_BYzblMvToMeQGe0YHgKWFQUE_cuZCyI10q5cV5n_h4J_OsXggJfwg4FYVeUT1ncoKX5nJGCSNFOPA1P2AlMgROaGu_OQD9a3aqI2dsjycKslHWzYa8HFMtilkwYOPWRqKwRm9rL0eFDYq8IZ1kWk-xhtBI1giBYgjh5oQWSSC1e8HtM3NRlph-eg9c3/w400-h300/Books%201.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Books are the progeny of the earliest forms of writing like the cuneiform, hieroglyphics, caves drawings, etchings, scrolls of the Dead Sea." - AV Rotor</span></b><br style="text-align: left;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kBw-VjXlyL0Tcc32LkOCbe0PZzgm46R0xmzdkI6f4mjz6YcaWUzgi4zdMFDwJ7NBRhmgF1oeOVr7FIjshJLj-_5To31LdqsRAnqSjmuHPADr2YVY200-KkQbzV9B0SqVNw_JhioNLirSviLg87b7zH_oqp8hm_HW-hvMnR0VS8sRgv4zTSkJTt1V7EGW/s4806/DSC09475.JPG"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kBw-VjXlyL0Tcc32LkOCbe0PZzgm46R0xmzdkI6f4mjz6YcaWUzgi4zdMFDwJ7NBRhmgF1oeOVr7FIjshJLj-_5To31LdqsRAnqSjmuHPADr2YVY200-KkQbzV9B0SqVNw_JhioNLirSviLg87b7zH_oqp8hm_HW-hvMnR0VS8sRgv4zTSkJTt1V7EGW/w120-h169/DSC09475.JPG" width="120" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWH8d27IrrCaLzQe9Kj9pCrfDJinchhn5hqTuc0Np86hyOBl_EQdfZ9n_hGY1kzLckYgUzVr_zhQbaL-0I948DwFdWmH-Ur7cEgWp8CdUrvrBsGFyol7_pyYQ8sNIBbC16KAJiVO_IFIkYZNzXL12qV5Cnf1umJyW1JVTvpm6JxfemMJaQRnv_bGo6You_/s4340/DSC09465.JPG"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWH8d27IrrCaLzQe9Kj9pCrfDJinchhn5hqTuc0Np86hyOBl_EQdfZ9n_hGY1kzLckYgUzVr_zhQbaL-0I948DwFdWmH-Ur7cEgWp8CdUrvrBsGFyol7_pyYQ8sNIBbC16KAJiVO_IFIkYZNzXL12qV5Cnf1umJyW1JVTvpm6JxfemMJaQRnv_bGo6You_/w118-h168/DSC09465.JPG" width="118" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15dFcmJSMxO1tTqduZ2ZOdz41_191WnUQYJ86U2Ncgvez7gcRU4adyXcwk2yd-FrcKPmUTsI57ZceJiAffM-8wLY8FaS89FUKJdNO5IFFPc_EcKBzph6xCvcStQBUm27LyGdPPX-g11JGJ2NImwZ6thm6j4nyDVZbz4utqSIi5t7KXbLL7oAqA3GMr6gq/s4746/DSC09477.JPG"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15dFcmJSMxO1tTqduZ2ZOdz41_191WnUQYJ86U2Ncgvez7gcRU4adyXcwk2yd-FrcKPmUTsI57ZceJiAffM-8wLY8FaS89FUKJdNO5IFFPc_EcKBzph6xCvcStQBUm27LyGdPPX-g11JGJ2NImwZ6thm6j4nyDVZbz4utqSIi5t7KXbLL7oAqA3GMr6gq/w120-h172/DSC09477.JPG" width="120" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>"Many books have been written ahead of their time - Galileo's astronomy, Darwin's evolution, Martin Luther's Protestantism ignited dis-pleasured of the Church." - AV Rotor</b><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pwk5ZxWjeKN4T234vIRribiZ6N-_KyIcbn0is3FpQioF33hKWUGdGYSy6F4D0affwSTZtP5oENRdkzi6Bdn3sww4ETcQgaKBCrR8xKDUVpnxi_wajhr3_MC5462EwmRQqsyE_9TFUd8t6nrWxE9n8jJ3q-uIqhnPE-BrZqJKMSrxhnErCLfFJI8GSdhI/s4970/DSC09476.JPG"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pwk5ZxWjeKN4T234vIRribiZ6N-_KyIcbn0is3FpQioF33hKWUGdGYSy6F4D0affwSTZtP5oENRdkzi6Bdn3sww4ETcQgaKBCrR8xKDUVpnxi_wajhr3_MC5462EwmRQqsyE_9TFUd8t6nrWxE9n8jJ3q-uIqhnPE-BrZqJKMSrxhnErCLfFJI8GSdhI/w161-h250/DSC09476.JPG" width="161" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmpKcJK0qjO3SI8dn3mm8fF239grr-oPJkhLhyE2gCEyJ953KV2kZwAOjeWIu3GjB-tpuoaUksD5uAulRp6JQOrA0KS8jnQhoQJtXrVrw4WfcWPVlnHO_v2fZDPhmT-2ohBIexCtIAwBYOsRaC8IrMuNjw35u6ODjjhQ8ozAQSWGjY9wyMo5ee_lgXO9x/s4720/DSC09460.JPG"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmpKcJK0qjO3SI8dn3mm8fF239grr-oPJkhLhyE2gCEyJ953KV2kZwAOjeWIu3GjB-tpuoaUksD5uAulRp6JQOrA0KS8jnQhoQJtXrVrw4WfcWPVlnHO_v2fZDPhmT-2ohBIexCtIAwBYOsRaC8IrMuNjw35u6ODjjhQ8ozAQSWGjY9wyMo5ee_lgXO9x/w203-h248/DSC09460.JPG" width="203" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-align: left;">"Books are about bedtime stories, baby's introduction to the world, legends and fantasies that take young ones to the land of make believe." - 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class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Part 5 - 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written</span></b></span><br /><b style="font-family: arial;"> by Martin Seymour-Smith</b><br /><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Note: This list is in chronological order. I've gotten e-mails from people who complain that there are too many religious books on the list. Say what you want, but you cannot deny that religion has been influential in human history. I'm sure that's what Seymour-Smith had in mind</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZrDRhcPsXvZfdBzbtys8WOyKkMDIP6gAXRV8bFq2rQ2yT3m0ijXvxXta1SUBWV7C4buxeBF_wD0pLEye5mfBxWIUJHFR26DA7Euk44JIIEmw2ZqHcFvhv98iMuXqKrrBiUSjv9KkfKdIESNNyLN-_3Dp0byJpgP49CxEBqZxeePp3NBNHMU8bTrLPwQ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="194" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZrDRhcPsXvZfdBzbtys8WOyKkMDIP6gAXRV8bFq2rQ2yT3m0ijXvxXta1SUBWV7C4buxeBF_wD0pLEye5mfBxWIUJHFR26DA7Euk44JIIEmw2ZqHcFvhv98iMuXqKrrBiUSjv9KkfKdIESNNyLN-_3Dp0byJpgP49CxEBqZxeePp3NBNHMU8bTrLPwQ=w168-h223" width="168" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />1. The I Ching</b><br /><b>2. The Old Testament</b><br /><b>3. The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer</b><br /><b>4. The Upanishads</b><br /><b>5. The Way and Its Power, Lao-tzu</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />6. The Avesta</b><br /><b>7. Analects, Confucius</b><br /><b>8. History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides</b><br /><b>9. Works, Hippocrates</b><br /><b>10. Works, Aristotle</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU9T7uCmTWWvj0_0AUuwXBfrsy5dpcoe-hBEsPwFN8Kb39u9JanaH2ijZxxJb3SAifoDcvTjF6fKr_vGsnimYEytpe1IE2al2kxXFmPo2YY7p9JHuAYkEuT_MelNXifFSWTuhRRWtiIu1OJnNux7wZTHLsC80-xMq5mOGspbb0UtyJ-v_lMuSRH9Dhjw" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="177" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU9T7uCmTWWvj0_0AUuwXBfrsy5dpcoe-hBEsPwFN8Kb39u9JanaH2ijZxxJb3SAifoDcvTjF6fKr_vGsnimYEytpe1IE2al2kxXFmPo2YY7p9JHuAYkEuT_MelNXifFSWTuhRRWtiIu1OJnNux7wZTHLsC80-xMq5mOGspbb0UtyJ-v_lMuSRH9Dhjw=w169-h240" width="169" /></a></div>11. History, Herodotus</b><br /><b>12. The Republic, Plato</b><br /><b>13. Elements, Euclid</b><br /><b>14. The Dhammapada</b><br /><b>15. Aeneid, Virgil</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />16. On the Nature of Reality, Lucretius</b><br /><b>17. Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Laws, Philo of Alexandria</b><br /><b>18. The New Testament</b><br /><b>19. Lives, Plutarch</b><br /><b>20. Annals, from the Death of the Divine Augustus, Cornelius Tacitus</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />21. The Gospel of Truth</b><br /><b>22. Meditations, Marcus Aurelius</b><br /><b>23. Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Sextus Empiricus</b><br /><b>24. Enneads, Plotinus</b><br /><b>25. Confessions, Augustine of Hippo</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />26. The Koran</b><br /><b>27. Guide for the Perplexed, Moses Maimonides</b><br /><b>28. The Kabbalah</b><br /><b>29. Summa Theologicae, Thomas Aquinas</b><br /><b>30. The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV61bPz_rI2KWF6sv0APuFhVjgeqOJkdZScwozc2Cxzv5FSYdTUnQ-7jG_wyNs3gfH_C46JyxoxXQjlq_oOxbSZRqc9-dh98jNcNs0v8FPJpgy_o7UxdQo9fNv1I5e-ouQcza1IgxPpfo50ZGdqncJwbrrHvS8-ey5O50d9TUN8Q6OGc_SPlhVeg0r7Q" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="130" data-original-width="97" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiV61bPz_rI2KWF6sv0APuFhVjgeqOJkdZScwozc2Cxzv5FSYdTUnQ-7jG_wyNs3gfH_C46JyxoxXQjlq_oOxbSZRqc9-dh98jNcNs0v8FPJpgy_o7UxdQo9fNv1I5e-ouQcza1IgxPpfo50ZGdqncJwbrrHvS8-ey5O50d9TUN8Q6OGc_SPlhVeg0r7Q=w155-h222" width="155" /></a></div>31. In Praise of Folly, Desiderius Erasmus</b><br /><b>32. The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli</b><br /><b>33. On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, Martin Luther</b><br /><b>34. Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais</b><br /><b>35. Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />36. On the Revolution of the Celestial Orbs, Nicolaus Copernicus</b><br /><b>37. Essays, Michel Eyquem de Montaigne</b><br /><b>38. Don Quixote, Parts I and II, Miguel de Cervantes</b><br /><b>39. The Harmony of the World, Johannes Kepler</b><br /><b>40. Novum Organum, Francis Bacon</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />41. The First Folio [Works], William Shakespeare</b><br /><b>42. Dialogue Concerning Two New Chief World Systems, Galileo Galilei</b><br /><b>43. Discourse on Method, René Descartes</b><br /><b>44. Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes</b><br /><b>45. Works, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkXkBYipAG8g7asUqC6l4OhVHuP3RKDMj3aPmUmGF39jo_bESrsGKe18SaLRWLDtKPbV2Jjv00dJKyEVQ-T8cRf67EzyxOnRUSLUT-CzKMLmTJjBdRCmgD7mt9i5D2kegwiva9eG326YqDoQ60hjR_I89jOfJnucd3lRbQhQwY9cq-JzavWqzld4FCQQ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="177" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkXkBYipAG8g7asUqC6l4OhVHuP3RKDMj3aPmUmGF39jo_bESrsGKe18SaLRWLDtKPbV2Jjv00dJKyEVQ-T8cRf67EzyxOnRUSLUT-CzKMLmTJjBdRCmgD7mt9i5D2kegwiva9eG326YqDoQ60hjR_I89jOfJnucd3lRbQhQwY9cq-JzavWqzld4FCQQ" width="157" /></a></div><br />46. Pensées, Blaise Pascal</b><br /><b>47. Ethics, Baruch de Spinoza</b><br /><b>48. Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan</b><br /><b>49. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Isaac Newton</b><br /><b>50. Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />51. The Principles of Human Knowledge, George Berkeley</b><br /><b>52. The New Science, Giambattista Vico</b><br /><b>53. A Treatise of Human Nature, David Hume</b><br /><b>54. The Encyclopedia, Denis Diderot, ed</b><br /><b>55. A Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />56. Candide, François-Marie de Voltaire</b><br /><b>57. Common Sense, Thomas Paine</b><br /><b>58. An Enquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith</b><br /><b>59. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon</b><br /><b>60. Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />61. Confessions, Jean-Jacques Rousseau</b><br /><b>62. Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke</b><br /><b>63. Vindication of the Rights of Women, Mary Wollstonecraft</b><br /><b>64. An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, William Godwin</b><br /><b>65. An Essay on the Principle of Population, Thomas Robert Malthus</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgJitRk-bM6MIfDhSbi9lz7V7_8IHpJkMM1AZzLKm3UcFv-zIgCy2MPcmibn7ir3wNxITx4_ag2gqTk-mi_j1ztgWZT1NGhXS6lARzYK75fXt6U1gcBsMYrvGFYbZK_OD1wVQLDgmq-EEiIGVEELa3dt4f2s52hoX7_RcXYsI3igY8VnDMJPprKqF4dQ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="191" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgJitRk-bM6MIfDhSbi9lz7V7_8IHpJkMM1AZzLKm3UcFv-zIgCy2MPcmibn7ir3wNxITx4_ag2gqTk-mi_j1ztgWZT1NGhXS6lARzYK75fXt6U1gcBsMYrvGFYbZK_OD1wVQLDgmq-EEiIGVEELa3dt4f2s52hoX7_RcXYsI3igY8VnDMJPprKqF4dQ=w237-h163" width="237" /></a></div></b><b>66. Phenomenology of Spirit, George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>67. The World as Will and Idea, Arthur Schopenhauer</b><br /><b>68. Course in the Positivist Philosophy, Auguste Comte</b><br /><b>69. On War, Carl Marie von Clausewitz</b><br /><b>70. Either/Or, Søren Kierkegaard</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />71. The Manifesto of the Communist Party, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels</b><br /><b>72. "Civil Disobedience," Henry David Thoreau</b><br /><b>73. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Charles Darwin</b><br /><b>74. On Liberty, John Stuart Mill</b><br /><b>75. First Principles, Herbert Spencer</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />76. "Experiments with Plant Hybrids," Gregor Mendel</b><br /><b>77. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy</b><br /><b>78. Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, James Clerk Maxwell</b><br /><b>79. Thus Spake Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche</b><br /><b>80. The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxR9e0hv8C3kqGh6Ufg-M_Zs-gEaYvNQF2G6eoEfqrzNgfDkG32r5ehkxZ3K4Qc7uqvVOOsoxrRw6nEUwcqqNlJ4bCdMAz0ynXB_vuVEIPB98kJwupxMR5wJr-HNLr52ePt-jnGBf3b1zjVz7GGJwbhy2NUXIYB9Pp6tluYvE8NFTWIvVgaD9eW9sLhQ" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="160" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxR9e0hv8C3kqGh6Ufg-M_Zs-gEaYvNQF2G6eoEfqrzNgfDkG32r5ehkxZ3K4Qc7uqvVOOsoxrRw6nEUwcqqNlJ4bCdMAz0ynXB_vuVEIPB98kJwupxMR5wJr-HNLr52ePt-jnGBf3b1zjVz7GGJwbhy2NUXIYB9Pp6tluYvE8NFTWIvVgaD9eW9sLhQ=w170-h264" width="170" /></a></div>81. Pragmatism, William James</b><br /><b>82. Relativity, Albert Einstein</b><br /><b>83. The Mind and Society, Vilfredo Pareto</b><br /><b>84. Psychological Types, Carl Gustav Jung</b><br /><b>85. I and Thou, Martin Buber</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />86. The Trial, Franz Kafka</b><br /><b>87. The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Karl Popper</b><br /><b>88. The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, John Maynard Keynes</b><br /><b>89. Being and Nothingness, Jean-Paul Sartre</b><br /><b>90. The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich von Hayek</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />91. The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir</b><br /><b>92. Cybernetics, Norbert Wiener</b><br /><b>93. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell</b><br /><b>94. Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff</b><br /><b>95. Philosophical Investigations, Ludwig Wittgenstein</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinE_waYKMJueSZTbgDpHPHA_5cV27BEageYQh-5z_KTkDos2kEaTDxv5XC61Ojukl3ppMTiTSznrgTpbmCKjTZr1DClxe4lJ4OHFMdrPNYOdU9TTefwLqS2FEqev79-PW5YpCy6Eh4OalQOLMnpCAx_45tWlwGrkkjYtSqE06IixK6cxSSvR3Rt8qOwg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="187" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinE_waYKMJueSZTbgDpHPHA_5cV27BEageYQh-5z_KTkDos2kEaTDxv5XC61Ojukl3ppMTiTSznrgTpbmCKjTZr1DClxe4lJ4OHFMdrPNYOdU9TTefwLqS2FEqev79-PW5YpCy6Eh4OalQOLMnpCAx_45tWlwGrkkjYtSqE06IixK6cxSSvR3Rt8qOwg=w207-h211" width="207" /></a></div><br />96. Syntactic Structures, Noam Chomsky</b><br /><b>97. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, T. S. Kuhn</b><br /><b>98. The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan</b><br /><b>99. Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung [The Little Red Book], Mao Zedong</b><br /><b>100. Beyond Freedom and Dignity, B. F. Skinner</b><br /><br />Source: Seymour-Smith, Martin. 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written. Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel Press, 1998. © 1998 Martin Seymour-Smith. List from the Internet ~</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part 5 - Four Books Written by Early Naturalists</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Living with Nature book collection of Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Four Levels of Understanding and </span></b><b><span>Experiencing </span></b><b><span>Nature:</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><ul><ul></ul><li><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span>On the level of Philosophy - <i>Walden</i></span></b></li><ul></ul><li><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Experiential or <i>in situ</i> - <i>Adventures in Nature</i></span></b></li><ul></ul><li><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Point of view on Natural History - <i>Flowering Earth</i></span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">B</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">iographical form - <i>Social Life in the Insect World</i> </span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPY89fVRcNvC5HeaoKnkaNUi-Rl80B5NRB7915HE8UTWq7lUV7CyqX9SY4ZA2bJxCK0wF0_zusQBvRhDDoUQEHMcOB_VOI9nU5BCmsap2pWxbIpIzf7YHg4Kd2HLJKITuc2cH_MwT6uGSbxmeU95eyQaLbW6rC6YfoijcpTXfHsHIlJM6s3uL0MLhYg/w264-h400/DSC06946.JPG" width="264" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Simple living in a natural environment</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Walden</i> is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and—to some degree—a manual for self-reliance. Originally published: August 9, 1854. </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">"Thoreau is our national conscience: the voice in the American wilderness, urging us to be true to ourselves and to live in harmony with nature."</b></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="LrzXr kno-fv wHYlTd z8gr9e" face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/2387451511257856179#" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupP0n1PvIuCfFzNQXUkdaVCgIzINi_5AF8NZshXCi8Ih2-7jkw9DZND2xwlPBdAesFBmf9o-m6M2hbUjwmslRt8EaJ7l0dz-Y7GXTuZisBkbjSFx7IrbLqXz5V_U0N7B3TcvYMk6I-eMFNEnrjwzinrMc9Zqt8u7vcoBd0r_LXC2XkYmCsM7Lm8IO-w/w277-h400/DSC06947.JPG" width="277" /></a></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A compilation of 31 on-the-spot essays in easy </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">reading style </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">on adventures in Nature </span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Edwin Way Teale was an American naturalist, photographer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Teale's works serve as primary source material documenting environmental conditions across North America from 1930 - 1980. He is perhaps best known for his series <i>The American Seasons</i>, four books documenting over 75,000 miles (121,000 km) of automobile travel across North America following the changing seasons. Teale and his wife, Nellie, planned on breaking away from the city and becoming nature writers, a dream both had held for many years. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Internet)</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYAem6sgxS71CA1bLdsZptZ8E4MzGFHWYOCf758zxzZnCEJU47pSUkhcVf7Yem_w6gsuu989FxnvvvtQrydTt8V8EFAfDsgdtE87eoQuiY57-tG739NIajAyw2DX5I1wkf1x2mxDRA-IGVmF6YbDYyrFJLPZuatgeyIRpocrd3-wEkz_io8NcoW-INg/s2365/DSC06960.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2365" data-original-width="1615" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYAem6sgxS71CA1bLdsZptZ8E4MzGFHWYOCf758zxzZnCEJU47pSUkhcVf7Yem_w6gsuu989FxnvvvtQrydTt8V8EFAfDsgdtE87eoQuiY57-tG739NIajAyw2DX5I1wkf1x2mxDRA-IGVmF6YbDYyrFJLPZuatgeyIRpocrd3-wEkz_io8NcoW-INg/w287-h400/DSC06960.JPG" width="287" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The origin and significance of plant life, </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"... much more than the fascinating story of plant life." - Audubon </span></b></div></span></b></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Flowering Earth </i>is an extraordinary work in which Peattie explores the origin and significance of plant life with an unmatched sense of astonishment and reflection. According to The New York Times, his prose in Flowering Earth is pervaded by a continuous sense of beauty and illuminative insight, and is hailed as a piece for people who are refreshed by any sort of emancipation from the trivial.” </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It is a book about the resilience of life itself, the mystery and power of the unseen energy appearing in the visible world in a marvelous variety of forms." -<span style="font-size: x-small;">-Audubon Naturalist News</span></span></b><div><div style="text-align: center;"><p></p></div></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlfhxkesUdVbPmrTRbB1OPTtRM1VpmxaFRZrlWLi2yPN9fHolhsovfvJWhEmrwSW0HxGC657njPzNBXDmI69ZQ0mrSH821MP_Vq3aTmvLJDfO8gq7A6DbKZXn_LxlQ0SQon6MJj6tNCD06pXJ8LAXc-KlRzPvXvj36MqMUBmg070O0B8EVJLK38lOxw/s499/Fabre%20insects.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlfhxkesUdVbPmrTRbB1OPTtRM1VpmxaFRZrlWLi2yPN9fHolhsovfvJWhEmrwSW0HxGC657njPzNBXDmI69ZQ0mrSH821MP_Vq3aTmvLJDfO8gq7A6DbKZXn_LxlQ0SQon6MJj6tNCD06pXJ8LAXc-KlRzPvXvj36MqMUBmg070O0B8EVJLK38lOxw/w268-h400/Fabre%20insects.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: start;">"Fabre's </b><b style="font-family: arial;">scholarly achievement lies in </b><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: start;">writing about the lives</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: start;"> of insects in biographical form." </b></div></b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b>Henri Fabre (1823 –1915) was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. However, he is probably best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered to be the father of modern entomology. His <i>Souvenirs Entomologies</i> is a series of texts on insects and arachnids. Much of his enduring popularity is due to his marvelous teaching ability and his manner of writing about the lives of insects in biographical form, which he preferred to a clinically detached, journalistic mode of recording. </b></span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">He influenced the later writings of Charles Darwin, who called Fabre "an inimitable observer".</span></b><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Acknowledgement" Internet for images and text references ~ outstanding </span></b></div></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 6 - Aesop's Fab</span></b></span><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span>les in Our Times</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div style="font-family: arial; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>A. <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Are fables still relevant in our times?</span></span></b> <b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbKUPBzgfeKUqr5dWftXIQzK158x-StkEQzhNmeBmIiWGcNSSGa5efmJaVhzGEGBcwkpWIRBjPPymdql08i7uZ93vNYncUpsz3QhMGJryHaY6ta0m-R-OHCvdvDDLCkqqgFfYqREa9AI/s1600/Aesops-Fables-228x300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbKUPBzgfeKUqr5dWftXIQzK158x-StkEQzhNmeBmIiWGcNSSGa5efmJaVhzGEGBcwkpWIRBjPPymdql08i7uZ93vNYncUpsz3QhMGJryHaY6ta0m-R-OHCvdvDDLCkqqgFfYqREa9AI/s1600/Aesops-Fables-228x300.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Aesop's Fables have been told and re-told, then written and re-written countless times as a form of entertainment and education. Anecdotal and comic sketches were everyday forms of amusement in ancient Athens and Delphi. Today these works envelop many realms of life including psychology, politics, spirituality, education, health and well-being. Whether the man himself or Aesop the modern construct of scholars, his influence and commentary on human behavior has been firmly established. (C.D. Merriman) </span></span></b><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>esop did not write down his fables. He told many people the stories and they remembered them. It was nearly two hundred years before the stories were collected together and published. The fables were not published in English until the 15th century, but since then they have been read by people all over the world. Their moral lessons are as true today as they were 2,500 years ago when Aesop was alive.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyi9D4XfEbZ55SyAqFEkv8W1-yFZ3qeJ7Ij8Oq2iSZRvYIyxOOqRbOjvaQ4rtpzkeEiH562jMZWEMdfaAucbGuMOwAFh4PBrPo3yaY7UvKF9FUPUE9DqIlgmsaM3_68G4BQFCMvUyPOw/s1600/Aesop.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyi9D4XfEbZ55SyAqFEkv8W1-yFZ3qeJ7Ij8Oq2iSZRvYIyxOOqRbOjvaQ4rtpzkeEiH562jMZWEMdfaAucbGuMOwAFh4PBrPo3yaY7UvKF9FUPUE9DqIlgmsaM3_68G4BQFCMvUyPOw/s200/Aesop.jpg" width="138" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbKUPBzgfeKUqr5dWftXIQzK158x-StkEQzhNmeBmIiWGcNSSGa5efmJaVhzGEGBcwkpWIRBjPPymdql08i7uZ93vNYncUpsz3QhMGJryHaY6ta0m-R-OHCvdvDDLCkqqgFfYqREa9AI/s1600/Aesops-Fables-228x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Childhood Lessons from Fables</span></span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />The first lessons I learned from my father came from Aesop’s fables. Quite a number of them are still fresh in my mind nearly fifty years after. Fable or <i>fibula</i> in Latin is a story or tale, especially a short story, often with animals or inanimate objects as speakers or actors, devised to convey a moral. So simple and universal are fables that no one could possibly miss the lesson of each story.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Before I proceed let me say a few words about the genius behind this ancient art of storytelling. Aesop, the founder of fables, was a native of old Greece, a former slave who earned his freedom out of his genius and wit, a master in allegorical philosophy. It is for this natural gift that he also gained fame – and ironically, it is also for this that he met a lamentable end in the hands of enemies whom his fables created.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Aesop is the greatest fabulist of all time, and if there are other prominent fabulists after him and at present, there is likely a trace of Aesop in their stories. Even modern fables like the movie Babes, about the pig that gained its right to live by learning to be a"sheep dog," reminds us of Aesop. Or take the case of George Orwell’s <i>Animal Farm</i>, a story about man’s folly and greed for power and wealth and lavish living.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />But little can we perceive the original morals of Aesop in most of today’s animations. There is simply too much fantasy that masks the lesson, especially so with the versatility of technology that emphasizes scenarios that heighten the plot as if fables are running entertainment stories. What technology misses is that it fails to capture the refinement of presentation and the purposeful message that lingers in afterthought. Aesop has a unique way of making his reader to first look within himself before casting judgment upon others. Like many philosophers in his time, he believed that change is basically internal and often, discreetly self-atonement and non-effacing. <i>Aesop is Aesop</i> for such extraordinary character as can be gleamed from records about the man. To wit -.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />“It is probable that he was of a low and diminutive stature, though agreeable in his complexion, and polite in his manners. It is however, certain that he had a great soul, and was endowed with extraordinary mental qualification; his moral character approached to a degree of perfection to which very few have attained. He appears to have had a true sense of morality and a just discernment of right and wrong; his perceptions and feelings of truth were scrupulously nice, and the smallest deviation from rectitude impressed his mind with the greatest antipathy.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />“No considerations of private interest could warp his inclinations to as to seduce him from the path of virtue; his principles are steadfast and determined, and truly habitual. He never employed his great wisdom to serve the purposes of cunning; but, with an uncommon exactness, made his understanding a servant of truth.” (Oliver Goldsmith, Life of Aesop)</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />While we recognize Aesop as the father of the fable, there were fabulists ahead of him like Archilochus who wrote fables one hundred years before. But it is certain that Aesop was the first that brought that species of teaching into reputation, building upon the style of using animals and inanimate objects to describe the manners and characters of men, communicating instructions without seeming to assume authority of a master or a pedagogue.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Here is a story from which we can gleam the Aesop’s indomitable reputation. He adopted a unique strategy to reconcile his master and his estranged wife who had left him. It is said that Aesop, then a slave of Xanthus, went to the market and brought a great quantity of the best provisions, which he publicly declared were intended for the marriage of his master with a new spouse. This report had its desired effect, and the matter was amicably settled. And at a feast to celebrate the return of his master’s wife he is said to have served the guests with several courses of tongues, by which he intended to give a moral to his master and wife, who had by too liberal use of their tongue almost caused their permanent separation.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />In another occasion, Aesop astounded the sages of Greece. An ambitious king having one day shown his vast riches and magnificence, and the glory and splendor of his court, asked them the question, whom they thought was the happiest man. After several different answers given by all the wise men present, it came at last to Aesop to make his reply. He said: “That Croesus was as much happier than other men as the fullness of the sea was superior to the rivers in his kingdom.”</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />If we were to base Aesop’s sagacity and severe morality his answer would rather be one of sarcasm rather than compliment, but he was undoubtedly understood by the king to be a great compliment, that in his vanity exclaimed, “The Phrygian had hit the mark.” Afterward, alone with a friend, Aesop commented, “Either we must not speak to Kings, or we must say what will please them.”</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />While he was living at the court of King Croesus, now a free man, celebrated and famous, he was sent on a journey to the temple of Apollo at Delphi. There he was accused by the Delphians of sacrilege, and he was convicted by an act of the greatest villainy. They concealed among his baggage, at his departure, some golden vessels consecrated to Apollo, and then dispatched messengers to search his baggage. Upon this he was accused of theft and sacrilege, and condemned to die. The angry Dephians pushed him over a steep cliff to his death.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Aesop’s ironic death is not the first among respected citizens of Greece, paradoxically when Greece was at its peak of power, as we can only imagine with this aphorism “the glory that was Greece.” Not far after Aesop’s time, Socrates, the greatest philosopher of Athens in his time and one of the greatest minds the world has ever known, was condemned to die by drinking poison hemlock for “corrupting the minds of the youth.” Socrates opened the gate of enlightenment; the concept of the Lyceum or university.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />I have selected a number of Aesop fable to suit the purpose of conveying important messages related to contemporary issues in a manner that they can be understood at the grassroots. This is the purpose of <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i> (school-on-the air) to impart functional literacy to the masses. It is not the intention of the lessons to impose moral authority, much less to proselytize our society of its failures and weaknesses. It merely seeks to elevate awareness for change, in the humblest manner we may find ways to reform, through the lessons in the fables Aesop related more than two thousand five hundred years ago.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Here are some of the popular fables of Aesop with the morals they convey.</span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Popular Aesop Fables</span></span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />1. The fox without a tail – Wise people are not easily fooled<br />2. The shepherd boy and the wolf – If we tell lies, no one will believe us when we speak the truth.<br />3. The boastful traveler – People who boast are soon found out.<br />4. The crow and the fox – Beware of people who say nice things they do not mean.<br />5. Who will bell the cat – Some things are more easily said than done.</span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />6. The crow and the swan – Think well before you copy other people.<br />7. The wolf and the lamb – People who want to do something bad can always<br />find an excuse.</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mK7aHnm8bgDTPd4ZZHAlgW68oIPLrlaww7gTU7CNacsBq7EPoyWC8po7XAKI4DYQnz4ihKbslfcsgjBJI9WJvD7mASZz9yGW0YPfB83jLut0iqjk9IW9FJXcoBNtyKNTmtsgO5bLw4Y/s1600/Aesop+fox+Rooster.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mK7aHnm8bgDTPd4ZZHAlgW68oIPLrlaww7gTU7CNacsBq7EPoyWC8po7XAKI4DYQnz4ihKbslfcsgjBJI9WJvD7mASZz9yGW0YPfB83jLut0iqjk9IW9FJXcoBNtyKNTmtsgO5bLw4Y/s320/Aesop+fox+Rooster.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fox and the Rooster </span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">8. The lion and the hare – It is sometimes wiser to be content with what you have.<br />9. Brother and sister – It is better to be good than to be just good looking.<br />10. The goose that laid the golden eggs - A greedy man can lose all he has.</span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />11. The wind and the sun– Kindness often gets things done more quickly than force.<br />12. The trees and the axe – Be careful when you give way over small things,<br />or you may have to give way over big ones.<br />13. The dog and his reflection – If you want more because you are greedy, in the end<br />you might find you have less.<br />14. The fir tree and the bramble – People who are too proud may be sorry later.<br />15. The ant and the dove – No one is too little to be helpful.</span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />16. The boys and the frogs – Do not do things to other people that you would not<br />like to be done to you.<br />17. The raven and the jug – If you try hard enough, you may find you can do something<br />that at first seems very difficult.<br />18. The dog in the manger – Do not stop others having what you don’t need.<br />19. The fox and the grapes – It is silly to say that you do not want something just<br />because you cannot have it. (idiomatic expression: sour grapes)<br />20. The wolves and the dog – Those who cannot be trusted deserve to be treated badly.</span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />21. The fox and the lion – Things are not always what they seem to be at first.<br />22. The bear and the travelers - A real friend will not leave you to face trouble alone.<br />23. The fox and the stork – If you play mean tricks on other people, they might do<br />the same to you.<br />24. The man and the partridge – No one loves a traitor.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Versions and Interpretations of Aesop’s Fables</span></span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />The interpretation of an Aesop fable may vary. For example, The Fir tree and the Bramble, has this earlier interpretation, from Oliver Goldsmith, citing Bewick’s version.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Poverty secures a man from many dangers; whereas the rich and the mighty are the mark of malice and cross fortune; and still the higher they are, the nearer the thunder.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />To have a better view of the moral, let me cite the fable from Bewick’s. The fable starts with a verse, as follows:</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Minions of fortune, pillars of the state,</i></span></span></b> <b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Round your exalted heads that tempest low’r!</i></span></span></b> <b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>While peace secure, and soft contentment wait</i></span></span></b> <b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>On the calm mansions of the humble poor.</i></span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />So the story goes like this. “My head, says the boasting Fir-tree to the humble Bramble, is advanced among the stars; I furnish beams for palaces, and masts for shipping; the very sweat of my body is a sovereign remedy for the sick and wounded: whereas thou, O rascally Bramble, runnest creeping in the dirt, and art good for nothing in the world but mischief. I pretend not to vie with thee, said the Bramble, in the points that gloriest in. But, not to insist upon it, that He who made thee lofty Fir, could have made thee an humble Bramble, I pray thee tell me, when the Carpenter comes next with the axe into the wood, to fell timber, whether that hadst not rather be a Bramble than a Fir-tree?”</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br />C</span>ompare the same fable with this simplified version for children. Here it goes.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />One day, on a hill top, a fir tree said to a bramble bush. “Look at me. I am tall, strong, graceful and very beautiful. What good are you? You are small, ugly and untidy.”</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />This made the bramble bush very unhappy because it knew the fir tree was right. But next day some men carrying axes came up the hill. They started to chop down the fir tree. They wanted to use it to make a new house.</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />”Oh dear!” cried the fir tree, as it started to fall. “I wish I were a bramble bush, then the men would not have cut me down.” x x x</span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>B. The Little Red Hen – A Modern Fable</b></span></span></div><b style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span></span></b></span></b><br style="text-align: left;" /><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span><b><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">O</span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vG63B2G9Aa5aFYbVQ9IeP5J2OMIm3GWGVcGcjIKRA02zss9ESfdIejy9v5vGe9rZA3RrC3HFFQOLu5Yia568RgPOylz3O_dYiTYWrixWHfN4ZBZCaRbq3FSEPU4Fevpkc0LipUJV_wBZ/s1600/Red+hen+61MJ7hEiXzL.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="461" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vG63B2G9Aa5aFYbVQ9IeP5J2OMIm3GWGVcGcjIKRA02zss9ESfdIejy9v5vGe9rZA3RrC3HFFQOLu5Yia568RgPOylz3O_dYiTYWrixWHfN4ZBZCaRbq3FSEPU4Fevpkc0LipUJV_wBZ/s320/Red+hen+61MJ7hEiXzL.jpg" width="294" /></a>nce upon a time there was a little red hen that lived in a farmyard, and one day found some grains of wheat which she took to the other animals in the farmyard – cat, rat, pig. He asked who of them can help her plant the grains of wheat. None wanted to, so the little red hen planted the grains, and the plants grew tall and strong until it was time to harvest them.</span></b></span></b><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>Again he asked her companions if they are willing to help. Just like before, none of them was. So the little red hen did the harvesting. And she did all the work – brought the grains to the miller and to the baker, and when the bread was baked he asked her friends, “Who will help me eat the bread?”</b></span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>“I will,” said the cat.</b></span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>“I will,” said the rat.</b></span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>“I will,” said the pig.</b></span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>“No you will not,” intoned the little red hen. “I shall eat it myself.” So she did.</b></span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>The Little Red Hen and the Grains of Wheat is a modern fable which evolved into philosophy that touches sensitive issues of modern living such as capitalism and socialism. <i>Animal Farm</i> by George Orwell may be different in presentation and philosophical connotation, from the traditional style of a fable. It is a socio-economic and political thesis in the guise of animals acting like humans do under a system which they themselves created.</b></span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>Even as Aesop fables are taking a new dimension as viewed in a changing world, the essence is as fresh as ever. All one needs to realize them as relevant as they were in Aesop’s time is simply to reflect on them himself. For human character and behavior have not really changed since then.</b></span><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>x x x</b></span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">References: Goldsmith O (1973) - Treasury of Aesop’s Fables Avenel Books, NY 139 pp<br />Stuart M (1974) A First Book of Aesop’s Fables (Vol 1 and 2) Ladybird Books</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 7 - </span></b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Proper Maintenance of Books - 12 Ways</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"> Dr Abe V Rotor</span><br style="text-align: center;" /><br style="text-align: center;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn5Sa4HPmlg_KXVFR2jznZf25ah4v-IACybbtKS0q9FxHbCepzuD0c96l1LzL4JCt_YB2cD984UrMN39ptYv3Jj5ffA3MPyog3xfc20TmLzdotHFg3gHZb63b6v6xYkqEirOUOpxJWV7n/s1600/Great+Books+download.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRn5Sa4HPmlg_KXVFR2jznZf25ah4v-IACybbtKS0q9FxHbCepzuD0c96l1LzL4JCt_YB2cD984UrMN39ptYv3Jj5ffA3MPyog3xfc20TmLzdotHFg3gHZb63b6v6xYkqEirOUOpxJWV7n/s1600/Great+Books+download.jpg" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">Books will always be a part of our lives and culture, even if we claim to be living in the electronic age. We still uphold publication in print - hard copy. In fact books will survive the electronics; they are indelible and will continue as living proof of history. Learned men and women will always cherish them in their study and collection.</div></span><br style="text-align: center;" /><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><b>1. Keep books in enclosed shelves, arranged according to topic.</b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">2. Be sure the title and author can be read easily.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">3. Don't stack books too tight or loose.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">4. Avoid making "dog ears"; use markers instead.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">5. Eating while reading predispose books to pest like cockroaches and rodents.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">6. Keep books always free of dusts. Wipe with dry cloth, vacuum regularly.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">7. Return books to their proper places after use.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">8. Don't expose books to direct sunlight and high humidity.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">9. Refrain from lending books, unless it’s your job to do so.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">10. When photocopying be careful not to damage the pages, Don’t strain the book's binding.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">11. Don't dispose old books; they can be made part of your collection, and archives.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">12. Maximize the use of your books before they become outdated.</div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">NOTE: There are people who are allergic to books, physically that is. Free your bedroom from books. Be sure your study room has good ventilation. * Lesson TATAKalikasan Ateneo de Manila University 87.9 FM Radyo Katipunan, every Thursday 11 to 12 am; and</div></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Lesson on former Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid Dr Abe V Rotor</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">and Ms Melly C Tenorio 738 DZRB AM, 8 to 9 evening class Mon to Fri</div><div style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Part 9 - <b style="text-align: center;">Designing a Book Cover </b></span></div></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>- PHILIPPINE LITERATURE TODAY </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Published by C and E Publishing Inc for the new General Curriculum (K2-12) 2015</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfv55LUMNtO5P0hx_lidPbGgDNXR1k7PBkmEWGpqg6vuy-QHzrwjtlTdjqGJiAwCAFEuWZnwMy0mmwGWwiVaLDGZ_tCo-UtW5PM6Ib1lC3TD3e-10gTyWMvwrQ6rzRNCpR1XECHSmgfLT/s1600/DSC03727+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfv55LUMNtO5P0hx_lidPbGgDNXR1k7PBkmEWGpqg6vuy-QHzrwjtlTdjqGJiAwCAFEuWZnwMy0mmwGWwiVaLDGZ_tCo-UtW5PM6Ib1lC3TD3e-10gTyWMvwrQ6rzRNCpR1XECHSmgfLT/s640/DSC03727+A.jpg" width="428" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6pxUzydczxxR_9VTgRnvu7DOOlzwhgO1ddlZ0JXpBjaw9pu86raA39Du1jLQLKXvcKYkoj2CFVYASHsVKZJWzZgIR8gWzpB9bTPXuJJarXCeIAxWssgkW6XInCj9WIt0ZqZdN3zjH9o1/s1600/PL+Fore+1+cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6pxUzydczxxR_9VTgRnvu7DOOlzwhgO1ddlZ0JXpBjaw9pu86raA39Du1jLQLKXvcKYkoj2CFVYASHsVKZJWzZgIR8gWzpB9bTPXuJJarXCeIAxWssgkW6XInCj9WIt0ZqZdN3zjH9o1/s400/PL+Fore+1+cover.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">About the Cover</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The artist, Leo Carlo Rojas Rotor, BSFA-ID (UST), MIT (AdMU), redefines a difficult subject like literature on two fronts: the classic-tradition emanating from the beacon of a sacred temple on one, and the post-modern at the other extreme to which the beacon fades into the unknown. In between the periodicity of time and space hangs in limbo the question, “Quo vadis?” (Where is literature going?)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The artist answers: Like in defining good government as government <i>of, for</i> and <i>by</i> the people, so is good literature. As a binding force of a culture, literature<i> is</i> about people, their history, their beliefs and ideas. Literature is the mouthpiece of the people that carries their stories alive and beautiful from generation to generation. Literature is their collective masterpiece, their imprimatur. Literature is agent of change, never passive, never submissive; it is a pathfinder, a sailing vessel that brings “the promise of the tides.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The artist’s confidence in his concept is seeing Rizal alive today, his ideas bearing fruits in a free world, Lola Basyang keeping children happy like in his time with mythology’s eternal magic, Balagtas in a new Renaissance in cinemas and the Internet, and Leona Florentino the muse of Philippine literature, unquestioned, undefiled.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Annex - </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Blogs hailed as agents of change, </span></span></span></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">relevance, hope</span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />By: Yuji Vincent Gonzales<br />@YGonzalesINQ INQUIRER.net</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Living with Nature </i><span style="color: #cc0000;">avrotor.blogspot.com</span><br />wins Best Web Log (Blog) for Nature and Environment<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-lZkRotJmMv2UllserII-Oo_cd7qzIyjON_cdFNHFa11-il-CVksbDQqsvnpn8cGXs4hw75lmioQ8HIEfuo1Xv2nE47YdQ2c8F9lG2L6_dO6aDsJ3hms_Yb9a_A5tEMRmzOopB7JxzwS/s1600/DSC06986+AB.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-lZkRotJmMv2UllserII-Oo_cd7qzIyjON_cdFNHFa11-il-CVksbDQqsvnpn8cGXs4hw75lmioQ8HIEfuo1Xv2nE47YdQ2c8F9lG2L6_dO6aDsJ3hms_Yb9a_A5tEMRmzOopB7JxzwS/s320/DSC06986+AB.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1mEV30tL_BVbCcAe33paqiKlnIwoWN1og3CU_2m9xN4YNFGxlPxjZMLzjIUme0ZJupGf7823eUS9BVpEiuJDl4Lb2dWOECFIoprT9Dupbj-fR6PBwWxz6y0-__gmsRUxs_SudBT3OIY-/s1600/DSC07008+A.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1mEV30tL_BVbCcAe33paqiKlnIwoWN1og3CU_2m9xN4YNFGxlPxjZMLzjIUme0ZJupGf7823eUS9BVpEiuJDl4Lb2dWOECFIoprT9Dupbj-fR6PBwWxz6y0-__gmsRUxs_SudBT3OIY-/s200/DSC07008+A.jpg" /></a><br />Dr Abe V Rotor expresses gratitude to the judges, organizers and audience after receiving the award of Best Blog for Nature and Environment 2015 during the Philippine Blogging Awards night at the SMX Aura, Taguig last November 22, 2015. With him is program's dynamic master of ceremonies, Mr Cris Urbano.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQzvcRZsTwl-jygkIwGtjGfcicRm9H2pjdzvRBguxoYq1sCUSyMcp5osCnnQBpmFcPDfj7Y49l-6m3_zeuNBzN8DAM8t8uUuwLYRcqWVPKaout0OISpn2WRwZArlGI9siBeB10nd_NmVx/s1600/DSC07003+A.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQzvcRZsTwl-jygkIwGtjGfcicRm9H2pjdzvRBguxoYq1sCUSyMcp5osCnnQBpmFcPDfj7Y49l-6m3_zeuNBzN8DAM8t8uUuwLYRcqWVPKaout0OISpn2WRwZArlGI9siBeB10nd_NmVx/s640/DSC07003+A.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Whoever said that blogging is only for the young?<br /><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">For 75-year-old Abe Rotor, age is not a hindrance to make the most out of the digital media. In fact, at his age, Rotor is currently maintaining three blogs, and has a total of about 5,000 posts since he started blogging in 2008. “I tell you, I enjoy blogging even in the middle of the night, or wake up early in the morning to finish a lesson or two,” he said.<br /><br />Rotor, who won the best nature and environment blog in the Bloggys 2015 Awards for <a href="http://anvotor.blogspot.com/">anvotor.blogspot.com</a>, told <a href="http://inquirer.net/">INQUIRER.net</a> that blogs should be used as instruments of compassion, interconnectedness and universality.<br /><br />“The blog is one avenue you can express many things—you can express your creativity, your thoughts, your feelings, and things we think that the computer may lack like love and compassion. That’s not true. Use the blog and put your feelings there,” Rotor said in an interview during the Philippine Blog Awards Night at SM Aura in Taguig City on Saturday.<br /><br />“Have compassion with people. Have your advocacy, just don’t be moralistic. Blog is the modern way of publishing. And you are always right when you blog on the condition that you are truthful and you do your research,” he added.<br /><br />Rotor, award-winning author of “The Living With Nature” handbook and a former professor at the University of Santo Tomas, said bloggers should be guided by “universal values” and channel their emotions in telling their stories.<br /><br />“You’ll see that the blog creates universality. So you have to be guided by universal values if you want to maintain your blog and appreciate it. You must not only address your blog to Filipinos, to your friends, but to the whole world,” said Rotor, who also served as scientist at the Department of Science and Technology, director of the National Food Authority, and Senate consultant on food and agriculture.<br /><br />“You know how to blog, you know how to use social media, but don’t make it as a robot. Make it alive. Make your blog speak—speak of truth, speak of happiness, speak of sorrow. But in the end, it will have to show some kind of hope, a new determination, a new life. Don’t stop your story by being tragic at the end,” he added.<br /><br />Added-value<br />For e-commerce advocate and Bloggys 2015 judge Janette Toral, blogs are relevant in this day and age because they share additional insights and knowledge that “usually goes beyond what the traditional media would cover.”<br /><br />“I think blogs are relevant the moment they add value to their readers. The moment readers get entertained, the more readers get informed and get additional insight, and at the same time they were also able to change the lives of their readers in one way or the other, whether in perspective or in the way they do things, I think that’s when a blog becomes relevant,” Toral told INQUIRER.net.<br /><br />“It has to establish a niche and go beyond just publishing a brand story. It’s about how they put themselves in the story, their insight, and how they exert effort to become relevant to their readers. Their story should not be about them but how their story will help their readers make a better decision,” she added.<br /><br />Torral said bloggers should see their interest or hobby as an opportunity to foster goodwill and to promote “ideas that will make our country better.”<br /><br />“Sometimes bloggers are afraid to do certain things because they saw others doing it already and they don’t want to be accused of copying. At the end of the day we all have our different audience… A blog needs to establish a certain relationship to their readers and the people who believe in them,” she added.<br /><br />Meanwhile, investigative journalist Raissa Robles, who won the award for best blog in the society and politics category for raissarobles.com, said blogs can be agents of change in the “crossroads” that is the 2016 elections, as she sought the support of her fellow bloggers for a special project.<br /><br />“We have to choose wisely and we have to choose well. Freedom is very much alive in this country,” Robles said in a short speech after accepting her award.<br /><br />‘Alive, well, and world-class’<br /><br />Highlighting the “talent, passion, and impact” of the entries, INQUIRER.net editor in chief and judge John Nery shared how the panel had a difficulty in picking the winners because many blogs have world-class quality.<br /><br />“The Philippine blogging scene is alive and well,” Nery said in his closing remarks.<br /><br />“Precisely because of the quality, I think it’s important to stress that each of the finalist should be considered as a winner, too,” he added.<br /><br />Bloggys, a nationwide blogging event, recognized the “most relevant and engaging” blogs owned and written by Filipinos. Bloggers and readers started nominating entries in September.<br /><br />Aside from Rotor and Robles, this year’s Bloggys winners include <a href="http://googleygoeys.com/">googleygoeys.com</a> for arts and entertainment, <a href="http://projectvanity.com/">projectvanity.com</a> for beauty and fashion, <a href="http://tycoon.ph/">tycoon.ph</a> for business and finance, <a href="http://asksonnie.info/">asksonnie.info</a> for corporate and brand, <a href="http://teachwithjoy.com/">teachwithjoy.com</a> for family and relationships, <a href="http://michaelsshadesofblue.blogspot.com/">michaelsshadesofblue.blogspot.com</a> for fiction and literature, <a href="http://pepper.ph/">pepper.ph</a> for food and dining, <a href="http://pinoyfitness.com/">pinoyfitness.com</a> for health and fitness, <a href="http://wheninmanila.com/">wheninmanila.com</a> for lifestyle and hobbies, <a href="http://thedailypedia.com/">thedailypedia.com</a> for news and events, <a href="http://sawrites.blogspot.com/">sawrites.blogspot.com</a> for personal diary, <a href="http://two2travel.com/">two2travel.com</a> for photo blog, <a href="http://pinoymountaineer.com/">pinoymountaineer.com</a> for sports and recreation, <a href="http://backtogaming.com/">backtogaming.com</a> for technology and Internet, and <a href="http://biyaherongbarat.com/">biyaherongbarat.com</a> for travel and places.<br /><br />Pepper.ph was also awarded as the best designed blog and the overall Bloggys champion. TVJ</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-74809856042271023402024-03-07T20:02:00.000+08:002024-03-07T20:02:02.806+08:00Article in Progress)<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Nature Crucified </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIEZnTCiIxRz8IJNOcRNGmBYnQlFHKuagpU7c6nSV32Eo1XUCXbaQcPFK5jldr3krUeORcSScdEW2pvdKn-CjV_WhpFKj8A1id31L8RvFUpq4ZGmh3GKbwsqL9FMIPmGf6hyyrpFDEU56sODBU1miMTArm3HHmfn9M6W7U9oAT6mt3rWNILpd4DdvGWde/s4972/DSC01424.JPG"><img border="0" height="709" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIEZnTCiIxRz8IJNOcRNGmBYnQlFHKuagpU7c6nSV32Eo1XUCXbaQcPFK5jldr3krUeORcSScdEW2pvdKn-CjV_WhpFKj8A1id31L8RvFUpq4ZGmh3GKbwsqL9FMIPmGf6hyyrpFDEU56sODBU1miMTArm3HHmfn9M6W7U9oAT6mt3rWNILpd4DdvGWde/w485-h709/DSC01424.JPG" width="485" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9N9MBIA_PQ31nvjEktTfsqetefc7kLVoelrYVNahpZTjfMi9Wi_Bkz0AOvXYZHf98aIOmQM7le8xR2DB4Lwhpb360oqOocwnGaG4DfrV3P2lPDrTx9YHS6N4xXxGRwJqd9tcIsGkMQhFEgXhjI5QQc2v4xP4qeZGb0ilazVzgOd1erDmc9DzCEpb5b-1/s5152/DSC01422.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9N9MBIA_PQ31nvjEktTfsqetefc7kLVoelrYVNahpZTjfMi9Wi_Bkz0AOvXYZHf98aIOmQM7le8xR2DB4Lwhpb360oqOocwnGaG4DfrV3P2lPDrTx9YHS6N4xXxGRwJqd9tcIsGkMQhFEgXhjI5QQc2v4xP4qeZGb0ilazVzgOd1erDmc9DzCEpb5b-1/s320/DSC01422.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7uel3sqyYsKzbOsczoSPnhLJTfDg9q1gi1LcZKx1tldmELXfczsxg_BB36463dRBqFb7lIkPcxuZ15348K2MwoYAYKybQraDgQrf-0UrJk4O9abzXeopdK9ifU9LfFn0BPAF1moxjqmmLzKbIgw5YX6jKdnqha8_ms4WQ32Xhwstzh1tcJocCxEc0uYw/s5152/DSC01423.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7uel3sqyYsKzbOsczoSPnhLJTfDg9q1gi1LcZKx1tldmELXfczsxg_BB36463dRBqFb7lIkPcxuZ15348K2MwoYAYKybQraDgQrf-0UrJk4O9abzXeopdK9ifU9LfFn0BPAF1moxjqmmLzKbIgw5YX6jKdnqha8_ms4WQ32Xhwstzh1tcJocCxEc0uYw/s320/DSC01423.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRLZ9zXCBIIMSmrK9gTlsXQPfu8WbX_pFRaW8nuNQMXJ0ZW_efcpzc2SREF7PVyb4rNcW1XkgGeM15oJQSttIwIcfSBOB-DF4cudKMYA8MTvE30QB8yi3whquS1Uyedcg09RY6uAOi2qgQib3-gLiGPESWLjlS9pbfGl69EFmsA-tldIkQwmUzaMiFCWS/s5152/DSC01425.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixRLZ9zXCBIIMSmrK9gTlsXQPfu8WbX_pFRaW8nuNQMXJ0ZW_efcpzc2SREF7PVyb4rNcW1XkgGeM15oJQSttIwIcfSBOB-DF4cudKMYA8MTvE30QB8yi3whquS1Uyedcg09RY6uAOi2qgQib3-gLiGPESWLjlS9pbfGl69EFmsA-tldIkQwmUzaMiFCWS/s320/DSC01425.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHEKRcm3B7SNdYY0AozpnMGylr5mehc7JEz8QZzcVFW9Yuz_Xl13fusffpRv2hruqR8u2Pp7_AVv_TkGlayU75bWIbgnHeY1J-jcNuVjNv-5mLX6b2b7foItRf1z0XGJpJDwzG7c7tXjRDrHjvSYygryvRQ8J0Hciiaq_FVyMrWCYpBO8Jmh77hWTu30Y/s5152/DSC01494.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieHEKRcm3B7SNdYY0AozpnMGylr5mehc7JEz8QZzcVFW9Yuz_Xl13fusffpRv2hruqR8u2Pp7_AVv_TkGlayU75bWIbgnHeY1J-jcNuVjNv-5mLX6b2b7foItRf1z0XGJpJDwzG7c7tXjRDrHjvSYygryvRQ8J0Hciiaq_FVyMrWCYpBO8Jmh77hWTu30Y/s320/DSC01494.JPG" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p>arbor</p>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-13431193975547894922024-03-06T20:00:00.005+08:002024-03-07T06:40:06.945+08:00 International Women's Day March 8, 2024: Apo Baket' - Keeper of Time-Honored Tradition and Values<p> <b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: center;">International Women's Day March 8, 2024</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Apo Baket'</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Keeper of Time-Honored Tradition and Values</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsa0mt2tSfr0pTfDMRc7ZMm2rWwZ7xVWbbfV78KdW-gsbOBdh8w1KShVC-JJJEoePy459b2EqqH-byQMyEvJSvzbTze2zQ-8_koNyHRUB3OLfJA29EDJSfHYhcgwMeJXO_QBj3ei_Wyd_oR3L0JhmxiR293FjmNVmjUbR6XUrTXu3f3q_EsJja5S3Q9-w/w477-h357/DSC00534.JPG" width="477" /></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><span>Life size concrete icon of an old woman, keeper of time-honored traditional values, enshrined at the Living with Nature Center </span></b><b><span>under the care of the author. San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. Sculptured by</span></b></span><b style="text-align: left;"><span> Francisco "Boy" Peralta, and restored by Bhoy Adora. </span></b></span></div><div><p></p><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">S</span>he is mother, grandmother, guardian, of countless children through generations throughout the world, teaching them the true values of growing up, to adapt to the ever changing environment, save those values that must <u>not </u>change.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>She leads the community, church, school, in fact all facets of life, side by side with men, and behind their struggle, in the likes of Tandang Sora, Fe del Mundo, Gabriella Silang, Leona Florentino, along with Florence Nightingale, Saint Mother Teresa. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">She is the ever-loving mother in the <i>Pieta</i>, symbol of universal love and compassion, dedication, and asceticism on the highest level; the ever-loving partner in marital life vowed "till death do us part," core of the family as the primordial social institution. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">She is the widow of honored men in the battlefield, or by circumstances beyond her control, accepting such fate and bravely taking over the responsibility not only for her own sake, but for those under her care, and society itself. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>She keeps the kitchen of old alive and invitingly delectable as ever - <i>pinakbet, kare-kare, ginatan, sinigang, bulalo, la-ing, papaitan, kilawin, </i>surpassing fast foods, extravagantly labelled foods, culinary preparations </b></span><b>lavishly advertised. </b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">She is the storyteller <i>Lola Basyang</i>, pen name of Severino Reyes, around her, children gather to listen to folktales and make-believe stories, including versions of stories from the Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Anderson, and Scheherazade in One Thousand and One Arabian Nights. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">She is the mother or grandmother of overseas workers who leave behind their families to secure a better socio-economic status of their families; and under her care their children grow up properly in spite of the absence of father and mother.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>She is the <i>yaya</i>, the traditional </b><b>nanny, who other than taking care of the nursery and growing children, does varied household chores - cooking, cleaning, laundry, errand, marketing, making housekeeping light on the part of parents and children as well. </b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>She is the weaver of <i>abel</i> (Ilocano blanket), and many household items made of <i>pandan, </i></b><b><i>buri, and tikiw</i>; maker of the </b><b>finest </b><b>dress and formal wears made of <i>pina; </i>maker of fine pottery and china wares; and keeper of the old aparador of antiques and </b><b>memoirs.</b><b> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Lola<i> Usta </i>who painstakingly applied all local remedies to revive me born a blue baby amidst extreme danger of WW II breaking out. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">She is the <i>First Lady </i>of a president of state; queen beside a king, or head of state; saint of the church; on the other hand, victim at the gallows; maligned old woman, the butt of jokes and unkind stories, yet she stands her ground brave and perseverant as the world goes round. ~</span></b></div></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPv6Qj9xWCq5N_xomRzEQ2LT6i_AMvw9mSF14V9J64c_RkX5N_rZChf7gXzJYkkAZOGhFNLKtGDmCddT0U0sSaI4uN3vZHcTV6IA9cbO3doe2pNPpiN9WMnfDOAC6ma4VHU1dSjt6VhH6l/s2048/DSC03212.JPG"><img border="0" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPv6Qj9xWCq5N_xomRzEQ2LT6i_AMvw9mSF14V9J64c_RkX5N_rZChf7gXzJYkkAZOGhFNLKtGDmCddT0U0sSaI4uN3vZHcTV6IA9cbO3doe2pNPpiN9WMnfDOAC6ma4VHU1dSjt6VhH6l/w230-h274/DSC03212.JPG" width="230" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkwh9_GP871V0NRm0u99Az5GtbE-jXM4EFc2AoLQUr4_QMHjIx94c-nF1zygXZH2DkQNJT4oikFCs4Ab5_vFSuDnVTPW046RJpctFow2sa_82nMlW07VE-LWh1wfFUOU6giO1PD2EKXas/s2592/DSC03260.JPG"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkwh9_GP871V0NRm0u99Az5GtbE-jXM4EFc2AoLQUr4_QMHjIx94c-nF1zygXZH2DkQNJT4oikFCs4Ab5_vFSuDnVTPW046RJpctFow2sa_82nMlW07VE-LWh1wfFUOU6giO1PD2EKXas/w225-h275/DSC03260.JPG" width="225" /></a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Restoration by local sculptor, Bhoy Adora,</span><span> of the icon</span><span> originally an unfinished work </span><span>of the late </span><span>Francisco "Boy" Peralta, also a native of San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>*In celebration of International Women's Day March 8, 2024. Theme: </b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress.</i></span></b></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-67538689299274472352024-03-05T08:08:00.004+08:002024-03-05T08:38:26.699+08:00Ipon and Padas - Ilocano Rare Delicacies are Ecologically Threatened<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Ipon </i>and <i>Padas</i> - Ilocano Rare Delicacies</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">are Ecologically Threatened</span></b></div></b><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b>Part 1 - </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Ipon (dulong,</i><span> Tag.) is a Rare Delicacy of Ilocanos </span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Ipon (dulong </i>Tag) is a Rare Delicacy of Ilocanos. </span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Old folks know exactly when</b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">ipon</i><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial;">arrives, by the phase of the moon and coolness of the Siberian High. The news spreads like wildfire, and soon people crowd the fishing grounds and market. For </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>ipon</i></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i> i</i>s a delicacy of the Ilocanos.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAzt25xoqb-OlKsepb6M1FMfJP4qdoflmp6phIct82n3qIHyD5aJaUXnPurdppT5GQdGr9iGgkgFDzwNuNJ-dXNC5bl95D1lqBaVI9bhqXX7BIVPi5MvneFSBh4TAakgWXjLlIdxOia5W/s1600/IMG_20181004_114953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAzt25xoqb-OlKsepb6M1FMfJP4qdoflmp6phIct82n3qIHyD5aJaUXnPurdppT5GQdGr9iGgkgFDzwNuNJ-dXNC5bl95D1lqBaVI9bhqXX7BIVPi5MvneFSBh4TAakgWXjLlIdxOia5W/w339-h419/IMG_20181004_114953.jpg" width="339" /></a></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyM8KE7tpt5nNURoyrxb2uEac0nxexiTPFZ8LuVgT44eQlZoQCC0tzabhcKpW_Pr7lE4T5ZOwnCxdJcjAt3pxkivCgjIjh8ruYKRijQjQuOPxgr-DipmkOs7MBtMPfsLWiMsg-H5Gals/s1600/Ipon+1+IMG_6975.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyM8KE7tpt5nNURoyrxb2uEac0nxexiTPFZ8LuVgT44eQlZoQCC0tzabhcKpW_Pr7lE4T5ZOwnCxdJcjAt3pxkivCgjIjh8ruYKRijQjQuOPxgr-DipmkOs7MBtMPfsLWiMsg-H5Gals/s200/Ipon+1+IMG_6975.jpg" /></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhworlM_ueIX0863v7s9kqXZd138q_rQLmq6wiffb_-6RaLrT6b85KZzsIgpLRQhZwxOG8IYziBgDEFMXd-dN8ZTEZGSm8HD6WxVspJM7aQ46kzA1J_ORugekTksJtsJA-mpgp_-UPb5ko/s1600/Ipon+3+IMG_7006.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhworlM_ueIX0863v7s9kqXZd138q_rQLmq6wiffb_-6RaLrT6b85KZzsIgpLRQhZwxOG8IYziBgDEFMXd-dN8ZTEZGSm8HD6WxVspJM7aQ46kzA1J_ORugekTksJtsJA-mpgp_-UPb5ko/s200/Ipon+3+IMG_7006.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Author displays three recipes of ipon. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6jrzp7E0qLWV1k9ziyB5zEMLnLHH6KzizOxBOFdgfzI5iJLXKuhM3M7HpC9pov3p4ETzAiXGND6yIXKbMDovSrEuFUuzej47ZJnvyDn_koTCGB_-ESbshV_xVZfvptpCt2GluTFXvtM/s1600/Ipon+2+IMG_6960.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6jrzp7E0qLWV1k9ziyB5zEMLnLHH6KzizOxBOFdgfzI5iJLXKuhM3M7HpC9pov3p4ETzAiXGND6yIXKbMDovSrEuFUuzej47ZJnvyDn_koTCGB_-ESbshV_xVZfvptpCt2GluTFXvtM/s1600/Ipon+2+IMG_6960.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Ipon (<i>Glossogobius giuris</i>). It is collectively the fries of anchovies, gobies, including commercial species of fish Top photo: newly caught ipon (it is eaten raw fresh with onion and ginger). ipon is cooked dry or with broth (<i>sabaw</i>) spiced with tomato, ginger, onion, and green or bell pepper). <i>Ipon tamales</i> (wrapped with banana leaves) is a popular recipe. So with<i> ipon bagoong.</i> Try <i>ipon torta </i>for breakfast. Juvenile and adult ipon are best cooked in <i>sinigang</i> with liberal amount of tomato and onion, and green pepper - and served piping hot, picnic style. (Note: The fish caught with ipon are <i>susay</i> (Ilk), shallow water dwellers at the estuary.)</b></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneSNwnnjaZpoFVPe_XtQS6ahDzBkpPidqnQb5LMovDA3_6x_arbTVoCDmDxZT6KUZMLGH562uUVmMBl1YIxgaLEaFCbEqZhyphenhyphen084DACjYL68n-ioTrYnrnGEMdhoQKIqzlcUUGtl9cubo/s1600/Ipon+images+(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneSNwnnjaZpoFVPe_XtQS6ahDzBkpPidqnQb5LMovDA3_6x_arbTVoCDmDxZT6KUZMLGH562uUVmMBl1YIxgaLEaFCbEqZhyphenhyphen084DACjYL68n-ioTrYnrnGEMdhoQKIqzlcUUGtl9cubo/w400-h156/Ipon+images+(2).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_qWGiaNp9nv8KeACu38PqL7hAjJjBK4XtU55juT2QfIyvUPrLqhWSd_BfrQ-7b0tQdfy4hP28KLmUuY4wC4KxoNOuGiDiz5ezHXx4spboCAsMfGEGj8hTwemQmHmwGSVpEFTBzqMeXw/s1600/ipon+Glossogobius_giuris.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_qWGiaNp9nv8KeACu38PqL7hAjJjBK4XtU55juT2QfIyvUPrLqhWSd_BfrQ-7b0tQdfy4hP28KLmUuY4wC4KxoNOuGiDiz5ezHXx4spboCAsMfGEGj8hTwemQmHmwGSVpEFTBzqMeXw/s1600/ipon+Glossogobius_giuris.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ipon reaches maturity to become one of the many species of freshwater and marine fish, such as these two specimens. When we were kids, we used to catch them with tiny fishhook and throw net (<i>tabukol</i>). Or we use seine net <i>(lambat)</i> across the river, and drag it upstream, trapping the fish in the process.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />Local folks have a way of classifying them like i<i>pusan</i> (long tailed) TOP PHOTO, <i>butubot </i>(big bellied), LOWER PHOTO <i>birut</i> (juvenile ipon), and<i> bunog </i>(closely similar to but quite bigger than the specimen in the lower photo). The fry of many more species may be part of the collective migration upstream called ipon-run.</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">By the time the run is completed - or disrupted - the survivors are on their own, or they form smaller schools, this time of their own kind. I believe that among the survivors are those that become<i> sidingan</i> (spotted),<i> malaga (samaral), banak or purong</i> (mullet),<i> kapiged </i>(relative of the <i>malaga)</i>, and others like <i>ar-aro (martiniko), bagsang, gurami,</i> and carp that either go farther upstream or move down to the sea, while others remain at the estuary where freshwater and seawater meet in varying and changing levels according to the tides and river flow.</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span>hen I was a kid I used to call <span style="font-style: italic;">ipon</span> fairy fish, because of its similarity with fairy shrimp or <span style="font-style: italic;">alamang</span>. This enigmatic fish when caught measures only half centimeter long, arriving in schools at the mouths of rivers like the mighty Banaoang River in Santa (Ilocos Sur), and Bauang River in La Union. </span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here the natives know exactly when it arrives, by the phase of the moon and coolness of the Siberian High. The news spreads like wildfire, and soon people crowd the fishing grounds and market. For ipon is a delicacy of the Ilocanos.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-style: italic;">Dulong</span> or ipon appears as a composite school, mainly fries of anchovies and gobies, Family Engraulidae and Family Gobiidae. There are also different species which later become distinct after some time. But the enigma of the ipon remains.</span><br /><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">For example, what trigger spawning and migration? How effective is collective survival? When does weaning take place? Where? Or do members remain in school until they are adults, and continue on to produce to the next generation? Do they occur proportionately with the amount of food in the area?</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">If this is so, then we may offer some explanation to the annual population explosion of anchovies (<span style="font-style: italic;">dilis</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">munamon</span> Ilk) along the coast of Peru which is the world's number one supplier of anchovies and fish meal. This area is characterized by upwelling, that is, upward current that brings back to the surface nutrients that was washed to sea. These are mainly guano droppings of migratory birds that feed on the anchovies. Here in the photic zone - the depth sunlight can penetrate the water - plankton abound that trigger the biological engine of food web. It is so powerful that half of the world's fish caught comes from this region. Indeed the Peruvian coast constitutes the highest marine biological density and diversity in the world.</span></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Here the population density is such that when fish kill occurs as a result of warming of the sea surface caused by El Niño phenomenon, the water turns black which navigators in early days called<span style="font-style: italic;"> tinta agua</span>. The hull of passing ships become black as if painted with coal tar.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Unlike Peru we do not have rich upwelling for anchovies aggregation. In fact we can hardly trace the dulong-anchovy cycle. If we do, these are in pocket areas where we fish anchovies for local consumption, which is mainly for food.</span><span><br /></span></span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdFDT79bPbxEtijy-EeYWjFvQ-yEylkdETJmXF1RICm4XRH9imzVBmORy6gyLvQIUwDGD8Kz1SuytJQFYcFVTJ49QATlQGToRRd68QXBru8TjlKRubLmya40mv3iOmkUQr9uXQnKHYhJN/w494-h321/DSC09488A.jpg" width="494" /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Principal spawning ground of ipon - </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Banaoang through which the great Abra river flows out to sea. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Painting of the <i>Old Bridge across Banaoang Pass</i> in acrylic (60" x 41") by the author. Courtesy of Dr Laurence (Rencie) Padernal), April 29. 2012</span></span><br /><span><u><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></u></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On the first day the newly hatch fish enter the estuary, they are transparent and very tiny. You can hardly count how many individuals make 100 grams. It is at this stage that ipon is best eaten fresh with ginger, tomato and onion (<span style="font-style: italic;">kilawin</span>). Ipon caught on the second day onward is usually made into <i>bagoong,</i> or cooked into<span style="font-style: italic;"> torta, tamales</span> (wrapped in banana leaves), or<span style="font-style: italic;"> sinigang </span>(broth). Old folks believe that ipon make them healthy and live long. They also believe in its aphrodisiac power, and why not? Spawning stimulates sex and growth hormones.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On the second and third day, as the fish continues to travel upstream and gain in size, they acquire spots, their body turning gray, and eyes and other body parts becoming prominent. By now their number has dwindled as fishing continues, and predators - other fishes, and birds - have their fill, and soon the whole school is thinned out and finally dispersed, with a measly number surviving to maturity. Here there are no longer traces of the ipon or any other species mixed in the school.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But this explanation coming from direct observation and testimonies of old folks is inadequate to tell us what really happens from spawning, migration to dispersal, movement from sea to river and back. We don't know the extent of distribution in the countless river systems in the world, the diversity of species of what generally is called <span style="font-style: italic;">ipon </span>or <span style="font-style: italic;">dulong</span>.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In 1992, a bill was filled in Congress to prohibit the catching of dulong, ipon, or any similar kind. I had the chance to read and comment on it. The rational is that ipon is actually a complex spawn aggregate, which contains the young of commercial species. It is the potential loss of these species the proposed law intends to prevent. It's like the law prohibiting the harvesting, sale and transport of bamboo shoot (<span style="font-style: italic;">labong</span>). One shoot valued at 10 pesos at that time would grow into a mature pole in a year's time with a value of 100 pesos or more.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But ipon fishing is an age long tradition, and tradition is very difficult to break. Even then, it is important to unlock the mystery of this fairy fish so that we can assign it into the ecosystem where it rightfully belongs, before satisfying man's fancy and unending appetite.~ </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Acknowledgement: Internet, Wikimedia</span></b></span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Part 2 - Patronizing <i>Padas</i> is ecologically unfriendly</b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Ecologically we are destroying the species every time we patronize <i>padas bagoong. </i>One kilo of padas probably amounts to several hundreds of individual fish that potentially mature in six months time reaching up to one kilo apiece. The mature padas is <i>malaga</i> (Ilk) or <i>samaral</i>, one of the tastiest fish in the world. It is prized by the Chinese in celebration of the Chinese New Year. To Filipinos - and other Asians - serving samaral during Holy Week and fiestas is a status symbol. The price of <i>samaral</i> in the market is twice or thrice that of ordinary fish.</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-family: arial;">Living with Nature School on Blog</span></div></div><div class="sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-header" style="padding: 10px 10px 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuM4GpIXba9GdZZuTzSpukP26dJOwpad2Mxay6Q9GbLKINqoLIR1JG4Jm38Sc_nvCupjvtAh0ANy18s3QebMEQafGXiSYXITBHBapBCdK2NysO_HxSMVYviDcuk3No_2HeEmgAMZ8jos/s1600/padas+1306385348338.jpg"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuM4GpIXba9GdZZuTzSpukP26dJOwpad2Mxay6Q9GbLKINqoLIR1JG4Jm38Sc_nvCupjvtAh0ANy18s3QebMEQafGXiSYXITBHBapBCdK2NysO_HxSMVYviDcuk3No_2HeEmgAMZ8jos/s200/padas+1306385348338.jpg" width="200" /></a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHDCECnpPjFQz5T7FeDBOesCjuykRX2HwVKPoKZVhIaR1r7c3UHmU39X9yjbQASUgQPMliRkB7jn6qpzBPDNiBTeyxKSDrpnhC0bWW3BAs0Z_Uc_nZs77XQyBJu6kNRgaO3vSUfKrFM8/s1600/Padas+110920111732.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHDCECnpPjFQz5T7FeDBOesCjuykRX2HwVKPoKZVhIaR1r7c3UHmU39X9yjbQASUgQPMliRkB7jn6qpzBPDNiBTeyxKSDrpnhC0bWW3BAs0Z_Uc_nZs77XQyBJu6kNRgaO3vSUfKrFM8/w239-h151/Padas+110920111732.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Padas</i></b></div></span></div><div class="sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-header" style="padding: 10px 10px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Padas is the fry of spinefoot or rabbitfish, locally known as <i>Malaga</i> or <i>samara</i></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>l </i>(right), mainly of the species </span><i>Siganus canaliculatus</i><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> and </span><i>S. concatenates</i><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> and </span><i>S corallinus</i><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> and </span><i>S. spinus. </i></span></div><div class="sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-header" style="padding: 10px 10px 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iOfRanugpldENmbqauPnowNrpSM5pfmn3lIlrYeaKuztDxBQRmjP8bEnfSRsJSf3nRmcUMmhyphenhyphenmE7LL5hRiipAwShbDnfM3FK0Poavly_zOcy1UrSGvjUX8x4HH_kESC7SUBv0NS0Yv8/s1600/Padas+Danggit.jpg"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iOfRanugpldENmbqauPnowNrpSM5pfmn3lIlrYeaKuztDxBQRmjP8bEnfSRsJSf3nRmcUMmhyphenhyphenmE7LL5hRiipAwShbDnfM3FK0Poavly_zOcy1UrSGvjUX8x4HH_kESC7SUBv0NS0Yv8/w222-h150/Padas+Danggit.jpg" width="222" /></a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QXP8BFB8Du6kAiN2jfYTSnW6wfMjy2OenmM4XNG4mktyDap-hDZm5km2IgkMGz4TfqXfwpTy21O-OsesMcuD8Y3JjKDHeUZiElzcQ_kHzL6XdKpDQKN7agYs7KDSlOhVPq4s0H67SyI/s1600/Padas+danggit-2.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QXP8BFB8Du6kAiN2jfYTSnW6wfMjy2OenmM4XNG4mktyDap-hDZm5km2IgkMGz4TfqXfwpTy21O-OsesMcuD8Y3JjKDHeUZiElzcQ_kHzL6XdKpDQKN7agYs7KDSlOhVPq4s0H67SyI/s200/Padas+danggit-2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i> Danggit</i></span></b><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The white spotted siganid <i>Siganus canaliculatus</i> (Park, 1797), locally known as “<i>danggit”,</i> is one of the most important and heavily exploited fish species in the country, with adults and juveniles often targeted for boneless production, and post-larvae sizes (padas) for fish paste or <i>bagoong,</i> a popular condiment. Right, dried fish market of <i>danggit, dilis </i>(anchovies), <i>alamang</i> (small shrimps)</span></span></div><div class="sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-header" style="padding: 10px 10px 0px;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">P</span>adas</b></i><b style="font-family: arial;"> is the fry of spinefoot or rabbitfish, locally known as Malaga or samaral. mainly of the species <i>Siganus canaliculatus</i> and <i>S. concatenates </i>and <i>S corallinus</i> and<i> S. spinus</i>. These species occur in schools in coastal areas around rocky and corals feeding on phytoplankton and browsing on seaweeds and seagrasses. They grow up to 280 mm. They tolerate a wide range of salinity that they enter rivers or go down to the open sea.</b></div><div class="sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-header" style="padding: 10px 10px 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Spinefoots or rabbit fishes are members of the Siganidae family. There is only a single genus, Siganus with 32 member-species worldwide. They are found in the Indo-Pacific and eastern Mediterranean oceans, living in shallow coastal waters to a depth of 50 meters. They can be recognized based on pelvic fins with 2 spines (one strong inner and one outer spine, with 3 soft rays in between). Spinefoots are diurnal herbivores that feed on benthic algae. They can be found living in pairs or in school of up to 15 members.</b></span><br /></span><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">---------------------------------------------------------------</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Caution in handling the fish based on the author’s personal experience: The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>samaral</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>very sharp and venomous spine on the dorsal, anal and pelvic fins. The spines can cause a very sharp pain, bleed and numbness (especially when the fish is alive), but they are not fatal. Handling of the fish with hand is done by holding the gill covers, or the widespread dorsal fin. In this way the fish becomes docile and normally does not attempt to struggle.</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">---------------------------------------------------------------</span></b><br /></span><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><b>When passing through Urdaneta and Villasis towns of Pangasinan you find padas bagoong in bottles sold on the shelf or by peddlers. Sometimes the small fish is beautifully arranged in rows covering the entire bottle. How skillfully and patiently is the art done considering how small the fry is. Those familiar with the product prefer seasoned bagoong over a newly made one. Like wine, seasoned bagoong is better. They know it if the fish are well settled in the bottle with an appreciable amount of <i>patis</i> appearing as a distinct layer on top. On the other hand, the <i>patis</i> of raw bagoong is at the bottom or middle of the bottle, and if there is too much of it, they know that the product is diluted with water.<br /><br />Next time a vendor offers padas, think of the tiny fish as the potential tasty malaga or samaral which grows up to a kilo apiece. Harvesting the fry (padas) and its juvenille (<i>danggit</i>) is an opportunity loss for the fish to increase in number and maintain a stable population level, and to grow fully and become affordable to the ordinary consumer. Harvesting of <i>padas</i> and <i>danggit </i>should be regulated, if not banned. Conservation of this threatened species starts with us.~</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Acknowledgement: Wikipedia, Internet; </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Conlu P V 1986 </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Fishes</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">: </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">Guide to Philippine Flora and Fauna Series.</span></span></b></div></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-50051226690540819402024-03-04T10:18:00.005+08:002024-03-04T10:21:21.460+08:00 Lesson on TATAKalikasan: Attain Peace of Mind with Nature in Ten Ways <div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lesson on TATAKalikasan Ateneo de Manila University</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">97.8 FM Radyo Katipunan, 11 to 12 a.m. Thursday March 7, 2024</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Attain Peace of Mind with Nature</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">in Ten Ways</span></b></div></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">With Fr JM Manzano and Prof Emoy Rodolfo, AdMU</div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 1 - A Walk with Nature - Leisure and Therapy</span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part 2 - </b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Excellence is next to Perfection</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 3 - Discover Nature and Discover Yourself</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 4 - In Pursuit of Happiness - A Self-Assessment</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 5 - In Praise of Nature</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 6 - Capture the Happy Moments</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 7 - Kids' World of Nature - Where childhood is forever</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Part 8 - </span><b style="text-align: center;">MOTHER is the sweetest word in any language.</b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part 9 - Home, Sweet Home in 50 Ways</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Part 10 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;">Key to Peace of Mind</b></span></blockquote><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></div><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></div><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></div><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></div><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b><span></span></span><div><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> Part 1 - A Walk with Nature - Leisure and Therapy</b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">When was the last time you took a nature's trail? Camping in the wood? Walking down the beach? Nature invites you to relax, to find peace of mind - and to be healed.</span></b><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnubEJrdCIaKywBxCpMLuNcdad9SHseAwzk_DvujyGXp7JKjq-ZwESmu5L6NTOtCy9cbrxqVUn-MExIeXkbmGLC8lyiRjO0VvCHAAX791gY3mcbxNeUUzAlBHm7NDCGxcMvK6wTY9elBU/s1600/AVR+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595341423753170274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnubEJrdCIaKywBxCpMLuNcdad9SHseAwzk_DvujyGXp7JKjq-ZwESmu5L6NTOtCy9cbrxqVUn-MExIeXkbmGLC8lyiRjO0VvCHAAX791gY3mcbxNeUUzAlBHm7NDCGxcMvK6wTY9elBU/s400/AVR+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span><div style="text-align: center;">Author walks through a grove of pine tree saplings. Tagaytay 2008</div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">W</span>alking is leisure and therapy when you combine and harmonize your body, mind and spirit with nature. It is an exercise that restores gait and adds strength, and it brings inner peace. The mind becomes sharper; sensitivity is honed. And just like what the Greeks believed to be the fountain of youth, it could be the missing key to “a healthy mind in a healthy body.”<br /><br />They say that to keep yourself healthy and active you must exercise regularly. It is one way to keep yourself fit with the environment. But more than physical fitness, the psyche must be given equal treatment. They must be exercised altogether. And the catalyst is Nature.<br /><br />This is particularly true to one approaching middle age or old age. It is important to slow down, harmonizing the body and mind. Slow down in the same way jogging comes to the pace of easy walking. Make exercise not as a task but leisure.<br /><br /></b></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>To achieve this, first you must condition yourself to</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• have peace of mind,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• be positive,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• be keen with nature’s presence and rhythm, and</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• remember, it’s your day.</b></span></div></blockquote><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />While the body responds to the physical world such as the condition of the road, and presence of people and objects, the mind is keen on the beauty of the surroundings. It creates images only the person concerned personally experiences. Here environment and imagery become one.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Listen to the Songs of Birds</span><br />One morning on the grounds of the University of Santo Tomas I heard a Philippine black-headed shrike or <i>tarat </i>or <i>panal (Lanius schach nasutus</i>). Its crispy calls signal the arrival of the Siberian High. It tells of harvest time and kite flying. The chilly air is exhilarating to breathe. Listening to its rhythmic calls, I soon found out that its kin had arrived at the same tree, and soon I became an audience of their concert. I stopped walking to hear and watch them until they moved to another tree.<br /><br />At one time I saw another bird –<i> pandangera (Rhipidura javanica nigrotorquis</i>), named after its tail that constantly moved and opened like a fan. I searched for it in a nearby fire tree about to shed its leaves, and while it sang and danced, sent showers of yellowing leaves to the ground. Happier and more musical than that of the <i>tarat</i>, it also came with the annual migration of birds as the Northern Hemisphere approached winter.<br /><br />What an unusual experience to find these rare creatures in the heart of a crowded metropolis – indeed a sanctuary in a concrete jungle. To me there is nothing sweeter than recollection of farm life, giving zest to urban living.<br /><br />Take time to appreciate the creatures of the air - the epitome of freedom. Watch them soar and ride on the wind. Play hide-and-seek with them among the trees. Listen intently to their songs. Pick up a tune, imitate and put them into notes. Observe their kinship. Search their nests. Birds are among the most beautiful creatures, especially the males. Study their plumage. Marvel at how nature engineered them for flight and arboreal life. Reflect on this, “If I have wings, will I find freedom and peace?”<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Understand the Ways of Nature</span><br />While strolling along the water edge of the man-made lake at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center, I stopped to rest beside a mudflat where water had earlier receded. Seeds had begun germinating while minute snails combed the slimy surface, leaving trails glistening in early sunshine. Holes suggested there were creatures living underneath it. And yet the mudflat looked like a wasteland – a paradox, because there was much water around.<br /><br />Not far away was another mudflat, much older than the first because plants have colonized it and were vigorously competing for sun and space. I saw grasshoppers trapped in spider web, a house lizard stalking for its prey, beneath it was a toad, eyes half open. The mudflat was a mini forest of sort.<br /><br />Taking the same route in the weeks that followed, the bare mudflat turned into greenery, while the older mudflat become part of the lakeshore which was to become part of its bank. I pondered on the gradual transformation of the mudflats into grassland every time I took the same route.<br /><br />The ways of nature are mysterious. Learn to adapt to its laws and order continuously and without end. While you will never fully understand them, you will find them useful to living in many ways, enriching life with many blessings.<br /><br />Some years ago I wrote a verse and I quote:<br /><br /></b></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>“You are alone at your lowest ebb.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> At low tide the sea reveals her shore</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> That bathes under the sun to its edge.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> Go to the sea and learn its chore.” </b></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">A.V. Rotor, Nymphaea: Beauty in the Morning</span></span></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>Learn the realities of life as may be gleamed from the mudflats – or from the seashore in this poem. You realize that renewal is a fact and is happening everywhere. There is renaissance everyday. The cycle of nature is dynamic, aimed at rebirth and stability - so with your life.</b><br /><br /><b>The mudflat became part of the shoreline and soon enough, became strong to protect the lake from erosion and siltation. How do we compare this with life? Similarly the foundation of life undergoes an orderly process, seasoned with time, and aimed at a goal. Stop now and then, and reflect on the dynamic evolution of the landscape and life itself.</b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">A Short List for Sharing</span><br /><b>How do we share our experiences with others?</b><br /><br /><b>Take these practical clues. Take notes and seize the moment. A scribble here, a scribble there will certainly refresh thoughts and memories. They enshrine feelings and capture imagery. Here is a list I made from my observations on the UST campus and while strolling at the Parks and Wildlife Center.</b><br /><br /><b>1. I discovered germinating seeds along the sidewalk and under the trees, pale green in the early sun rays, shy and delicate but daring to meet the world. Get close to them and observe the beginning of life.</b><br /><br /><b>2. It is the olfactory sense that works this time: the white, clustered flowers of </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">dita (Alstonia scholaris</i><b>) are most fragrant at dawn and dusk. They are inconspicuous during the day. Stop and smell their fragrance.</b><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b><br /><b>As the mind keeps us up in our work, so does it makes walking with nature an enjoyable experience.</b><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b><br /><b>3. Nymphaea water lilies come in white, yellow, red and purple, and are most beautiful if they come out spontaneously in the same pond. The flowers open slowly with sunrise. Sit down by the pond and observe them. Bees hover and alight on the open flowers, taking time to gather pollen, and kissing the dew and nectar.</b><br /><br /><b>4. The fire tree (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Delonix regia</i><b>) casts a dainty veil in the sky. What a contrast with the fire it breathes in summer! Shy, the veil is the finest of all foliage, filtering the morning sunlight into long fine rays converging in the misty air below. Such are the contrasting characters of this tree – one associated with fire and blood, the other of calmness and humility.</b><br /><br /><b>5. The traveler's palm (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Ravenola madagascariensis</i><b>) is supposed to guide a lost traveler, providing him direction and precious water. But the fan-like arrangement of its leaves are in disarray, apparently because it has lost its sense of direction in the crowded garden. How many of us have also lost direction in our lives in crowded cities?</b><br /><br /><b>6. A giant African snail (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Achatina fulica</i><b>) leaves a slimy trace during the night, and remains docile during the day. Introduced by the Japanese soldiers during WW II, it has become an orphan and a pest, an enemy of gardeners. What a way to live!</b><br /><br /><b>7. A house lizard darts on flies and gnats. Either it is a late or early feeder. For the house lizard is nocturnal and sleeps during the day. But early morning finds them still on their prowl. Creatures have different biological clocks.</b><br /><br /><b>8. Balete (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Ficus benjamina</i><b>) – I find it a villain, strangling its host tree with massive prop roots. The parasite uses its host as prop and trellis until it has gained enough body to stand by itself like any tree. Man can be as cruel as the <i>balete</i>. Don’t get within the strangler’s hold of the <i>balete</i>.</b><br /><b>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b><br /><b>Being a biped is an advantage of man over all other creatures, for at this level we are most keen to what is happening around.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b><br /><b>9. The Philodendron is kinder, it is a soft vine, it snakes up into the branches to catch the sun, its roots clinging on its host, but not harming it. As summer arrives, it retreats, leaving but some stems from which new buds grow the next season.</b><br /><br /><b>10. Old camphor trees are as old as two generations, I saw them for the first time I came to Manila in the sixties. They were already mature trees then. Now they are senile and dying. It is the polluted air that is killing them. So with the <i>agoho</i> trees (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Casuarina equisitifolia</i><b>). I don’t find the old ones anymore.</b><br /><br /><b><i>Oasis: Fancy or Myth?</i></b><br /><b>I used to stroll at the Sunken garden of the University of the Philippines in Diliman. On a couple of occasions I conducted an on-the-spot painting contest for a summer workshop here. Even during summer this one place remains like an oasis in the desert. It is because it is the basin of the surrounding watershed. The ponds are always full. Ducks are friendly to picnickers, cicadas sing in the trees unafraid, and frogs even croak in the day. Some people throw something in the water, a coin perhaps, wishing for something.</b><br /><br /><b>I looked at the calm water. It was perfect mirror. I took a piece of paper and wrote my thoughts.</b><br /><br /></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tell me your throes,</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Worries and woes;</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>And to the fishes</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Your wistful wishes.</b></span></div></blockquote><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I laughed at what I wrote and threw a pebble. Ripples erased my thoughts.<br /><br />Now and then you look for a “oasis” because there is drought around. Here you feel detached, even while others suffer, even if the world is in trouble. While you prefer the lighter side of life, you can’t remain in the comfort zone of the oasis forever. Otherwise you miss the many challenges of life that bring about its true meaning.<br /><br />Walking is not a means of escape. It is not one when there is trouble at home, or when we want to evade responsibility. It is not recourse either. You simply can’t reason out, “Sorry it’s time for my leisure.” Even if it is in keeping with good health and groom. There must be something bigger that we should aim at.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vU1CoK7FxOK-xrIS4A_qTAKF0YdGLEQYzMOtu6q4IR05WCxH3aAFMubRdRITfDzQYwUIXl7zfTLToay6K1uepmZ9preP9X6yPrS8dWV39UMhSTpalcVb5xwN0yw3vOm_uNvNYf-iQDDq/s1600/IMG_1906.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-vU1CoK7FxOK-xrIS4A_qTAKF0YdGLEQYzMOtu6q4IR05WCxH3aAFMubRdRITfDzQYwUIXl7zfTLToay6K1uepmZ9preP9X6yPrS8dWV39UMhSTpalcVb5xwN0yw3vOm_uNvNYf-iQDDq/s400/IMG_1906.jpg" /></a></b></div></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Teachers on field trip follow nature trail on Mt. Makiling, Laguna</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><b><span>Keep on walking. Pass through the UST botanical garden, walk on the banks of the Parks and Wildlife lake, and promenade in lush greenery of the Sunken Garden. While you take time in these places, keep on walking into a bigger world to meet people, to share with them the great experience of walking with nature. It is yet the best walk you ever did on earth. ~</span></b></span><br /></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><span>Part 2 - </span></b><b><span>Excellence is next to Perfection </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> Human Nature's Test and Goal </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at twenty</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"> or at eighty.</span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHH8-g6BxJvkvtfMi1YSU40OQwaENWbb4EMp6Xmno5bUknZt8ev4lKVCFESeMz_YzHw6mt2CITsC9yIf67vyDw7ZLcNZmx6Y5KY4b2RaGRuHc01AWa9-dhwfmiueZpf1tE1J5PRqzIl6K/s338/vitruvianman.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHH8-g6BxJvkvtfMi1YSU40OQwaENWbb4EMp6Xmno5bUknZt8ev4lKVCFESeMz_YzHw6mt2CITsC9yIf67vyDw7ZLcNZmx6Y5KY4b2RaGRuHc01AWa9-dhwfmiueZpf1tE1J5PRqzIl6K/s400/vitruvianman.jpg" width="281" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I</span>n response to several requests, I am writing down this third part of <i>Excellence. </i>The first and second part are posted in this blog. </b><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian man, circa 1490 is also called the Canon of Proportions or Proportions of Man. The drawing is based on the correlations of ideal human proportions with geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius who described the human figure as being the principal source of proportion among the Classical Orders of architecture.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>1.<u> "There is more to life than increasing speed."</u> (Mahatma Gandhi)</b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>"Haste makes waste," <i> Stop-look-listen</i>, has saved many lives. "He who runs fast cannot see the countryside." "Who walks fast gets a stabbing wound." "Stop before you reach deadend." These are some lessons I learned early from my dad.</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>I remember a story about a trader driving a cart loaded with coconuts for the market.</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>"How can I get there quickly?" he asked an old man on his way.</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>"Just go slow." quipped the old man.</b></span><br /><b><br /></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Foolish old man," he muttered and galloped on the dirt road. The nuts spilled and rolled, he had to stop now and then to retrieve his nuts. </span> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He reached the market late.</span></b><br /><b><br /></b><b> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2<u>. We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.</u></span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Novelist Ernest Hemingway's favorite photo is one showing him kicking an empty can on the road, football style.</b></span><br /><b><br /></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>The lost pilot in Antoine de Saint-Exupery's novelette, <i>The Little Prince</i>, found company with a "little prince" in the desert while trying to repair his plane. The child turned out to the little child in oneself, the one who never grows old, who never loses hope and idealism. It is this child that enabled him to go back to civilization.</b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3. <u>Whatever we possess becomes of double value when we share it with others. </u></span></b><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>And if that possession is more than its material value such happiness or love or compassion, it does not only double but will multiply every time we share it with others. Good deeds defy mathematical law. Kindness, in fact is the highest wisdom. (Talmud)</b></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYPMJUHdwDjquNjTmY7Dm3w-gSHdvvgQDXI5IfwHmPjd5L1zrCcCgJ33DymrP1P873xHHTNAKKZ_u12B270ud96w2_c_ENmPpdzPIAXukZ94gikd5v8nbc1VLkV6lxgLGmSwsUzTIL5z7/s320/MV5BMjE1MTk0MTE5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMTUxNzg4._V1._SY317_CR2,0,214,317_.jpg" width="216" /></span>What makes Gone with the Wind an all-time top grosser is its superb portrayal of human frailties that continue to haunt us</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.</span></b></div></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4.<u> "Although the world is very full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it." </u>Helen Keller.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Helen Keller was blind since infancy. She rose to fame to become one of the world's greatest women - author, teacher, philosopher - and proved that no infirmity in a person can prevent him or her to live fully and be of service to others. </b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Many great men and women were able to overcome their own limitations. Beethoven was totally deaf when he wrote his musical masterpieces. Claude Monet was losing his sight when his painted <i>Water Lilies</i>, his ultimate masterpiece in huge murals. We know of people around us who succeeded in life in spite of their sufferings. Suffering to them could be the compelling reason for success. They took the least trodden path of life that is most challenging, yet the most rewarding. </b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">5<u>. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at twenty or at eighty.</u></span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><u>People struggle <i>to learn to earn, to earn to learn</i>, but the most difficult is<i> to learn to learn. </i></u></b></span></span><b style="font-family: arial;">If we do not open the door to knowledge, the world closes and leaves us behind. </b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">6.<u> In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. <i>It goes on</i>. </u>(Robert Frost) </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In fact it is Frost's theme in many of his poems such as <i>Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening</i>, which ends with this stanza. </span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i> The woods are lovely dark and deep,</i></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i> But I have promises to keep,</i></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i> And miles to go before I sleep, </i></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i> and miles to go before I sleep. </i></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><br /></i></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">7. <u>"From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own."</u> Publilus Syrus</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>This is not often the case. Developing countries follow the path of industrialization of advanced country and commit the same mistakes. There are more broken families today than before, and in fact, increasing. </b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">8. <u>When opportunity knocks, some people are in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.</u></span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Many people take the four-lobed clover leaf as a symbol of good luck like marrying a rich guy, winning the Lotto's jackpot, stumbling on a gold mine. Mother luck is one-in-a-million chance, a castle in the sky, a wish come true in a falling star.</b></span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eFamlaa-jDRuFdZLcc1S-oifoZTed7yog4QqhDdEI1VsP-W5zUSo5ts-Ccrg-zMEhy7TkrgWZTe767w2mhbOR3qk35E21D8csxUmNoCrKoL9WyHusNBbkN3yj7G3WCsWI-nbMqWKz2Nw/s640/makahiya2+wiki.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eFamlaa-jDRuFdZLcc1S-oifoZTed7yog4QqhDdEI1VsP-W5zUSo5ts-Ccrg-zMEhy7TkrgWZTe767w2mhbOR3qk35E21D8csxUmNoCrKoL9WyHusNBbkN3yj7G3WCsWI-nbMqWKz2Nw/s200/makahiya2+wiki.jpg" width="200" /></span></b></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Luck is opportunity you take by the horn, so to speak. it is the fruit of labor. Or one we read on a jeepney, "<i>Katas ng pawis</i>," a reward from perspiration. Or "<i>Katas ng Saudi</i>" (Oversea's earning) </b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>Mimosa pudica (makahiya)</b></span></i></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I pulled a joke on my students in a field lecture, "Whoever can pick an unfolded leaf of <i>makahiya </i>(<i>Mimosa</i>) will find his or her wish come true." Meantime I took a rest under a tree.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></i></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">9. <u>To some people truth is not only stranger than fiction, but it's a total stranger. </u></span></b><br /><b></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>A survey revealed that more and more Americans believe the Holy Bible as fiction. Others, to the extreme, detached themselves from organized religions. They call themselves <i>nones. </i></b></span><br /><b><br /></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>I remember a story of two friends. One said, "I don't believe in a God." Evidently he is an atheist.</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>"Oh, I see!" quipped the other, as they continued walking on the golf range.</b></span><br /><b><br /></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>The sky was heavy. Suddenly a bolt of lightning cracked nearby. The atheist automatically crossed himself and mentioned God. </b></span><br /><b><br /></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>"I thought you don't believe in God." </b></span></span><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsD5F0LJAAynI0bHOfbwh9togpvnCr6hIa9nwNqpkiKmrvCROQcj_Xgm82lxiWE5z_rHR9yjYpTGMHoCBeB_2yoogVLnrUYwKprKIiwkPZRCE2gy1WjuLLk97P13Wuyd3Kk_LaaXiOFszY/w226-h302/Picture16.jpg" width="226" /></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>"Reflex action, <i>lang yan</i>."~</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />Ignorance is false reflection of truth. (UST Fountain of Knowledge)</span> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">10. <u>Nothing makes an argument more interesting than ignorance.</u></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br /></u><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A debate may go on and on in the name of justice and honesty and love,</span><i> ad infinitum</i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. And quite often, ignorance hides under the skirt of Motherhood Statements where no one appears to be wrong. And truth becomes more difficult to find.</span></b><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegPTKr9FLM-BBkSBmsdoJ48YtYo94NSyKSCjEhW3F2xIxoNytded-CnQv9Ld5p6yagiijrhWp3MK7Zr0IJPkbNouxSA7qOHicukuSl_E5natUcDUFNvMzuvJzd1BAqw6qpmy6TDDsFTu4/s500/war+and+peace.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegPTKr9FLM-BBkSBmsdoJ48YtYo94NSyKSCjEhW3F2xIxoNytded-CnQv9Ld5p6yagiijrhWp3MK7Zr0IJPkbNouxSA7qOHicukuSl_E5natUcDUFNvMzuvJzd1BAqw6qpmy6TDDsFTu4/w282-h256/war+and+peace.jpg" width="282" /></span></b></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Argument for the sake of finding the truth tells us why Socrates, the father of philosophy and the most revered citizen of Athens in "the glory that was Greece" was condemned to die. Why Aesop, father of fables - moralism in animal stories - was pushed to his death from a cliff? Ignorance is truly dangerous. the enemy of truth. It is not falsehood. </b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>In the list of the world's best political novels are Tolstoy's <i>War and Peace</i> and Rizal's <i>Noli Me Tangere</i>. Excellence has its own time and often accompanies a great idea whose time has yet to come. </b></span></span></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Lesson on former <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid </i>(People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio 738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday<span style="color: #cc0000;"> [www.pbs.gov.ph]</span></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><p style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Part 3 - Discover Nature and Discover Yourself</span></b></p></span></span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Get out of your confine, find a place in nature, live with her beauty and bounty, her people and community, you may yet find the meaning of life.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/#"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5968eeAWCaESHMnh6mLWTnKweMwsN8n70Ew0-f8kJyhHYf6HFGSIAl4JcZ5LPb_Tahftf7W2pwUaYsHJpsYgy8tCNKSErXZ2W-7NCehdppE1ud1fGt4v8rr3wMGeqY_YOqG54TS0eKm8/w502-h326/recycling+13+A.jpg" width="502" /></span></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Idyllic Farm Life</i> mural by the author, circa 2002</span></b></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></span></span></b></div><b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">I</span>f you've been in all your life living on the fast lane, trying to beat everyone, though you know you'll never win this nameless race;</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>If you've been residing in a high rise building, taller than everything around,</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>and touching the clouds, and you know your feet is off the ground;</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>If you've been missing the passing of seasons, the wonders that each brings,</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>though you keep the holidays and weekends;</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>If you've been constantly bothered by ailments that medicine can only relieve,</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>and not cure, and doctors can only advise;</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>If you've lost contact with your roots through the years of searching for fame,</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>wedging farther your connection, feeling like an orphan;</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>If you've succeeded in your career, rising to the top to the awe and admiration</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>of your colleagues, yet deep inside is a feeling of emptiness;</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>If you've reached retirement after all the years of work and its responsibilities,</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>but trapped in a dull, prosaic life of boredom;</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>If you've lost your loved ones, alone you gather the pieces of happy memories,</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>nostalgic they are the rest of your life;</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>If you've been a good and loving guardian to your own children and other children,</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>and they call you dad or lolo, and feeling being young again;</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>Get out of your confine, find a place in nature, live with her beauty and bounty,</span></b><br style="font-weight: 400;" /></b><div><span><span><span><span><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>her people and community, you may yet find the meaning of life. ~</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div><p style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Part 4 - <span>In Pursuit of Happiness - A Self-Assessment </span></span></b></p><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index has recently gained a place in measuring the level of development of a country by inputing an elusive parameter which is <i>happiness</i>. GNH Index can be downsized for local application, individually or by group or community that is closely knit.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkzVd0uAz_60VXyt_BS7Pr-Xlj1atYMIAm4gk7o1R-qtzkMmZBXdaaqdwNtfjaSwdo4gzE41Rn9HOOdHEtQvTWKZ6vaJ9c4EW2X8ELe7AJ2dHnjAmpLMIo3XhDYxXibpvMS3PLEHemIRb/s1600/Picture+614.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkzVd0uAz_60VXyt_BS7Pr-Xlj1atYMIAm4gk7o1R-qtzkMmZBXdaaqdwNtfjaSwdo4gzE41Rn9HOOdHEtQvTWKZ6vaJ9c4EW2X8ELe7AJ2dHnjAmpLMIo3XhDYxXibpvMS3PLEHemIRb/s320/Picture+614.jpg" width="320" /></span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Relationship is still the Number One source of happiness</span></div></div><div><b><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">However, the standard development index remains: Gross National Product (GNP) Index, the annual total value of goods and services generated by a country within and outside its shores, as differentiated from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total value generated within the country only.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This was modified to include Human Development (HD) Index, in order to determine how a country's wealth and earnings are used for the welfare of its citizens in terms of health, education, housing, and the like.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span>Parameters of Happiness of GNH Index:</span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjbtu9zaDHOL32j5VVM4sdH6zAWgRWdSAO4PXCjccRJyW5neMH73CDKZt4g7Uhwpl3IYZTw3o8hp34wAkdYxLByfpqwfjtmNFRUBzN7S25fMwVB6CeyurncuIbDGnIeCWltFjE8hbAnAJ/s1600/Ilocos+Coast+4.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjbtu9zaDHOL32j5VVM4sdH6zAWgRWdSAO4PXCjccRJyW5neMH73CDKZt4g7Uhwpl3IYZTw3o8hp34wAkdYxLByfpqwfjtmNFRUBzN7S25fMwVB6CeyurncuIbDGnIeCWltFjE8hbAnAJ/s320/Ilocos+Coast+4.JPG" width="320" /></span></b></a><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Psychological Well-Being</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Health</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Time Use</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Education</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">5. Cultural Diversity</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Good Governance</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">7. Community Vitality</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">8. Ecological Diversity and Resilience</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">9. Living Standards</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>10. Family</i></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>11. Spirituality</i></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>12. Sense of Achievement</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enjoying the beauty and bounty of Nature </span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbN2Iq4kO6HcaPwaVwEm_jCl2INgagPnj1UWbpB2vjpned9XCspW7NvnPf1SvyYlels6rgJtyC-dad2EkMU7ncTPg0l-Pg73ScRB0AN_5UHY-ZzEPW0118WBKYu-BbGQ09IwG60qRpQ0X/s1600/DSC08376.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbN2Iq4kO6HcaPwaVwEm_jCl2INgagPnj1UWbpB2vjpned9XCspW7NvnPf1SvyYlels6rgJtyC-dad2EkMU7ncTPg0l-Pg73ScRB0AN_5UHY-ZzEPW0118WBKYu-BbGQ09IwG60qRpQ0X/s320/DSC08376.JPG" width="320" /></b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Quaintness of friendship and working together (Bannawag Magazine staff) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i>Individual perception of course, varies, so that it is suggested that a kind of self-evaluation be conducted using the Likert Scale: </b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1 Very Poor, 2 Poor, 3 Fair, 4 Good, and 5 Very Good. </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Compute the average by adding the values of all the parameters, and divide the total with 12. This is the general perception of happiness of the person concerned. What is equally - if not more important - is in being able to find out the main source of happiness, at the same time, the least. This exercise therefore, is aimed at re-affirming our sense of values in the pursuit of happiness. So does a community or country.</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span><span>NOTE: The Gross National Happiness Index was coined by the fourth king of Bhutan, a small country on the Himalayas, claimed to be the place where "the fountain of youth can be found." Anyone who has seen the movie <i>The Lost Horizon - </i> better still read the novel - will certainly wish to live here. Bhutan started using GNH as a broader measure of national progress than GNP, following an old Eastern philosophy. </span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Lesson on former <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid </i>with Mc Melly C Tenorio</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>738 DZRB AM Band 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday</b></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Part 5 - <b><span><span>In Praise of Nature </span></span></b></span></p><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.” </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">—Leo Tolstoy</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsztWgZO9_iyOv1kJ11RGSb96tS_kfy6Mlbfcdqq2jTQ4AJwEf4Kfbk_gXYpKWCM9sndXJ8HWNeZtntb_6qziSZJpffy7y2Aau-nSvznsnq501NjrkTiQHr9BLiqgDHKpnzGycOJc-9s/s1841/DSC04180.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="1826" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsztWgZO9_iyOv1kJ11RGSb96tS_kfy6Mlbfcdqq2jTQ4AJwEf4Kfbk_gXYpKWCM9sndXJ8HWNeZtntb_6qziSZJpffy7y2Aau-nSvznsnq501NjrkTiQHr9BLiqgDHKpnzGycOJc-9s/w481-h470/DSC04180.JPG" width="481" /></a></div><span><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b><i>Green Planet,</i> acrylic on wood, by AVRotor, 2021. On display </b><b>as </b></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b>chandelier at San Vicente Botanical Garden, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><b>Lifeless, our planet turned green in a billion years;</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><b>another billion into a living world,</b></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><b>in chains and webs and pyramids, and ecosystems, </b></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><b>with man arriving late in accord. </b></div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Convergence in Nature</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMP53yFZZaGUCRQdOrOcvBQh0TXZVhHK6UYKTBFch87MsvZtfKBTdqFNmsXklMFcMv3FlY-4HmuGb8YXdj5dDjfOQSmdAABvfcCM_SekAxNMheoP9l2w1r8bVRW53_kJgRuDNmgokdUdc/s1600/DSC07037.JPG" style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMP53yFZZaGUCRQdOrOcvBQh0TXZVhHK6UYKTBFch87MsvZtfKBTdqFNmsXklMFcMv3FlY-4HmuGb8YXdj5dDjfOQSmdAABvfcCM_SekAxNMheoP9l2w1r8bVRW53_kJgRuDNmgokdUdc/w429-h322/DSC07037.JPG" width="429" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <i>Convergence in Nature</i>, detail of painting by AV Rotor 2017</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To see the world in every living tree,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And Heaven in dawn’s solemnity;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hold infinity in birds flying free</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And eternity in peace and unity.</span></div><br /><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Adapted from William Blake’s </span><i>Auguries of Innocence</i></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Dimorphic <i>Drynaria </i>Fern</span></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyXSFvuhQEVAvO20S9kYrpX34WDEIko7KNFlWrOSkTkik_jNFwF_JEBcm18MZ5xd2-OgTFD_7SKqLNMEKyv_0U1se_kjz5omzT9Amuw2MybXkJOgwe0e17S9ZWsyvAe96ZO7D-VWNuOk/s1600/DSC05017+A.jpg" style="color: #336699; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyXSFvuhQEVAvO20S9kYrpX34WDEIko7KNFlWrOSkTkik_jNFwF_JEBcm18MZ5xd2-OgTFD_7SKqLNMEKyv_0U1se_kjz5omzT9Amuw2MybXkJOgwe0e17S9ZWsyvAe96ZO7D-VWNuOk/s400/DSC05017+A.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" /></a></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Dimorphic Drynaria</i> Fern in acrylic by the author, 2014 </span></b></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two kinds of leaves have you to catch the sun,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">rain and organic matter;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">when in summer time, one dies into cap and pan</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">to give life to the other.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Spring on the meadow</span></b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTwbCjBqkB66Ja3f9hjs0dERwiZTVBBpCV0B78WM86Qaw3K8iixEczcumGkut-F8PmCteAQ_4TxWbWLDvzSwQbOfycbBu3LJuUBB8GZYBphx5nDThpjpdQWW3g1E0n2GWoQSc4RI1kV0/s2048/DSC04172.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTwbCjBqkB66Ja3f9hjs0dERwiZTVBBpCV0B78WM86Qaw3K8iixEczcumGkut-F8PmCteAQ_4TxWbWLDvzSwQbOfycbBu3LJuUBB8GZYBphx5nDThpjpdQWW3g1E0n2GWoQSc4RI1kV0/w400-h268/DSC04172.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Spring on the meadow in acrylic by the author</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mist into dewdrops like beads of pearl,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">cling on grass before the sun is up,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">else vanish in the air and lost forever;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">come and drink from my little cup.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rainforest Stream</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSYSf5lPkVjmO2ae2KSj8p-xQjsTScX1v_XP6bPUewm8QKH6Up7G9mghZNVaml3GkCJcscvGddap9PAsmBOY0TXtyN9KB_3PWRQGwS2cQAsQEjhd9kqYgUu_-ef796Ze99Jgv_iYcBj4/s1600-h/Picture+354.jpg"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSYSf5lPkVjmO2ae2KSj8p-xQjsTScX1v_XP6bPUewm8QKH6Up7G9mghZNVaml3GkCJcscvGddap9PAsmBOY0TXtyN9KB_3PWRQGwS2cQAsQEjhd9kqYgUu_-ef796Ze99Jgv_iYcBj4/w447-h297/Picture+354.jpg" width="447" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Rainforest Stream.</i><b> A composite wall mural by the author of a running stream </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>through the </b></span></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">woods, apparently near human habitation as shown by the </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">presence of </b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">promenades and fishing enthusiasts enjoying themselves </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">as in a park. </b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Also, the stream empties into a pond of <i>Nymphaea</i> and <i>Lotus</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> (fore</b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">ground} giving the impression that the scene is at the edge of a clearing. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Nonetheless the whole scene speaks of an undisturbed ecosystem. The </b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">presence of wildlife shows that this is their natural habitat. (9ft x 12ft) </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">St. Paul University, QC</b></div><span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Gather the clouds into fog and mist,</b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b> rain and stream;</b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Gather the fish, the birds and the beasts</b></div></b><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b> to a peaceful reign. ~</b></div></b></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">- John Muir</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 6 </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Capture the Happy Moments </span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“A good life is a collection of happy moments.” -</span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> Denis Waitley</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy moments are fleeting like passing cloud,</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">hovering with hope of rain falling;</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">though at times they come along like a shroud, </span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> full of surprise or just sweet nothing. - avr</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"> </div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTefjsFA1607k4yXN2Se9dBnN5byXFIlNqoemw_dCYjAFAzYfCshm0D_Pj0-GTqs8u4ubOAGXWhkTcxNpMi0asezXoidhaZSmlD74M5HAfsiDU04vF5-LwhtI7zMouP5SxSebtd2kTpXkztiqXyaamd5__5Juqpwx_SWCNUTBL7RPNXv5utkNPBS9/s2592/Best%20photo%206v.JPG"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTefjsFA1607k4yXN2Se9dBnN5byXFIlNqoemw_dCYjAFAzYfCshm0D_Pj0-GTqs8u4ubOAGXWhkTcxNpMi0asezXoidhaZSmlD74M5HAfsiDU04vF5-LwhtI7zMouP5SxSebtd2kTpXkztiqXyaamd5__5Juqpwx_SWCNUTBL7RPNXv5utkNPBS9/w505-h378/Best%20photo%206v.JPG" width="505" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">“A happy moment can last a lifetime if you remember to smile when </span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">you think of it.” </span></b><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">― Anonymous</b></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rzIO9CwxedorsH6LkN99uPvOJuKTTHn1P2rnZOJm5o6ePq-zMXOph8JY4s2PkAoQCv_zrWY7tN54rQ8A5hO7R5lCG-0aCPIWSVYvBzixZ-eKOa5JC79kzhTF7p54THeTgvOuRtd9Vx5khfwOgwfYB2jCJleOqx3CECptb70P1kdkKapbf7E5BftO/s2592/Best%20photo%206u.JPG"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rzIO9CwxedorsH6LkN99uPvOJuKTTHn1P2rnZOJm5o6ePq-zMXOph8JY4s2PkAoQCv_zrWY7tN54rQ8A5hO7R5lCG-0aCPIWSVYvBzixZ-eKOa5JC79kzhTF7p54THeTgvOuRtd9Vx5khfwOgwfYB2jCJleOqx3CECptb70P1kdkKapbf7E5BftO/w259-h194/Best%20photo%206u.JPG" width="259" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIpHHdd3_z9QxdbKLZjVWTojuf8-PW2NKrVCPjRWktARoihoGRUyX_LLuiSb-5Ljy0FCG2mTZCGUtZikO_dTqPT-b_zti0J84U52ITAtI2BWyro5ittD9mKn57O6G-SnmiVqkkvkih5setPwFpOmlwfZYJSzwvRSaYZTWbDHZOaz72Pc3CRabKU1R/s2308/Best%20photo%207u.JPG"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIpHHdd3_z9QxdbKLZjVWTojuf8-PW2NKrVCPjRWktARoihoGRUyX_LLuiSb-5Ljy0FCG2mTZCGUtZikO_dTqPT-b_zti0J84U52ITAtI2BWyro5ittD9mKn57O6G-SnmiVqkkvkih5setPwFpOmlwfZYJSzwvRSaYZTWbDHZOaz72Pc3CRabKU1R/w242-h195/Best%20photo%207u.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">you do </span></b><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">are in harmony." —Mahatma Gandhi</span></b></span></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Smile makes the world smile, too;</span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">weep, and you weep alone, they say;</span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">while playing or whatever you do,</span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> create an aura of love to stay. - avr </span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyKnwLuhz0w_TzXguDh62MxEEFfLFIfbNjj27FIMXnbDIhVTfkoYwik6oh0EdeqGi20WEUAcLDq1eJzKHZIoXCq851C1xLWTqjabZlBTsHKml2IcL4oYAiymLtigAyf9TgEajMhb0yBsWWEUyzUxFdcwD4g6lnFLYElqVu2-TQMg9Q9yxN0i2uZvw/s2592/Best%20photo%206b.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyKnwLuhz0w_TzXguDh62MxEEFfLFIfbNjj27FIMXnbDIhVTfkoYwik6oh0EdeqGi20WEUAcLDq1eJzKHZIoXCq851C1xLWTqjabZlBTsHKml2IcL4oYAiymLtigAyf9TgEajMhb0yBsWWEUyzUxFdcwD4g6lnFLYElqVu2-TQMg9Q9yxN0i2uZvw/s320/Best%20photo%206b.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95HlkhaGqrNgMY76-R4vQKPFO16rt7BbTBaHNWcFMRTIodM1_n0iR8nI8c5XPhLOfenX9799aBKgSSqhKDJITzllfXEyLJua-61RwjJsuPR5j_Zp2CK5kCCAF2J_n8riSHPW8Ug0O4mQhfGSdRGsA0SlehiWWICebR5ToWxm9ik9XM6_uT9-Qm9iU/s2592/Best%20photo%206n.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95HlkhaGqrNgMY76-R4vQKPFO16rt7BbTBaHNWcFMRTIodM1_n0iR8nI8c5XPhLOfenX9799aBKgSSqhKDJITzllfXEyLJua-61RwjJsuPR5j_Zp2CK5kCCAF2J_n8riSHPW8Ug0O4mQhfGSdRGsA0SlehiWWICebR5ToWxm9ik9XM6_uT9-Qm9iU/s320/Best%20photo%206n.JPG" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJQeg7v6MrWc0uGI4aglqmoIChWgbLrFusYYz5xYhL1BUda_wpPDdzCEvEodJhq1w2DmYJAaQlHbIGgPzw_zNvIvCd0CW4Gjq43LDjisAHoDVYyk1S9boMM2F31QoTf40Yk5cFr5-Flp42Al3AGuogyCFcUbof4bSn2ED-Efe-VLKo3nCqoFHMsQI/s5152/Best%20photo%207s.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJQeg7v6MrWc0uGI4aglqmoIChWgbLrFusYYz5xYhL1BUda_wpPDdzCEvEodJhq1w2DmYJAaQlHbIGgPzw_zNvIvCd0CW4Gjq43LDjisAHoDVYyk1S9boMM2F31QoTf40Yk5cFr5-Flp42Al3AGuogyCFcUbof4bSn2ED-Efe-VLKo3nCqoFHMsQI/s320/Best%20photo%207s.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLS7hilezZRaYqx_XS-xcWFpIm6XT9Uop7lgG2UY6U835_xDaP4aqURHXKPQ43EiOALvZmCMuqop2js3u6phJUSPJ5kqzejlJTJXeaByOYwLWpU71Q3okW0GOSbU7IckXXVkxlc7Qi7C3nSZnUZBYc3TVd9gwfrmcEhu_c4i9CZW52RISJl9Gq7CL/s255/Best%20photo%2032.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLS7hilezZRaYqx_XS-xcWFpIm6XT9Uop7lgG2UY6U835_xDaP4aqURHXKPQ43EiOALvZmCMuqop2js3u6phJUSPJ5kqzejlJTJXeaByOYwLWpU71Q3okW0GOSbU7IckXXVkxlc7Qi7C3nSZnUZBYc3TVd9gwfrmcEhu_c4i9CZW52RISJl9Gq7CL/w246-h320/Best%20photo%2032.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Little things mean a lot may be a simple phrase,</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> yet no deed is too small to deserve the praise. - avr</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends </span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">will leave footprints in your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt</span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLB5AMsWsPv0B706KXsVqPBHSEVN_gtR-6ql2EEz0hrlO6RbM1n4DIJ74UUW3KfYriUzAOHdJXFk5OnaM6V5PQtLkyKpUMrhTfNAuvz6iXdw7P2J-Y8OutkCF3Nmft6ljWryRrzCmWIJdqxW9vYy_zdH-vxk5uzSHqEZDiZk4WFoD9_808nbilfJey/s2156/Best%20photo%208k.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLB5AMsWsPv0B706KXsVqPBHSEVN_gtR-6ql2EEz0hrlO6RbM1n4DIJ74UUW3KfYriUzAOHdJXFk5OnaM6V5PQtLkyKpUMrhTfNAuvz6iXdw7P2J-Y8OutkCF3Nmft6ljWryRrzCmWIJdqxW9vYy_zdH-vxk5uzSHqEZDiZk4WFoD9_808nbilfJey/s320/Best%20photo%208k.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmmOKCB4z-aIvf48DOolL6VBrfRHRgUMgAbB38iAOeyIgrId-Vstfy_Ac5q358RDXmeeAeP1MSfNmhcY63UicD1Ig5PjSDN1x1ACOCAVtWBEGPmylQWOGdPTrWSWk79i4b0P4THZJlqh9QYmmzyMDFzCTp61-ueRd0S_-p_TGOypco-xyFgAz-nJx/s5152/Best%20photo%208h.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmmOKCB4z-aIvf48DOolL6VBrfRHRgUMgAbB38iAOeyIgrId-Vstfy_Ac5q358RDXmeeAeP1MSfNmhcY63UicD1Ig5PjSDN1x1ACOCAVtWBEGPmylQWOGdPTrWSWk79i4b0P4THZJlqh9QYmmzyMDFzCTp61-ueRd0S_-p_TGOypco-xyFgAz-nJx/s320/Best%20photo%208h.JPG" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Each to his or her own, goes the saying;</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> perhaps in quiet moments and prayer;</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>but not when others are around sharing </b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> the joy of the occasion altogether. - avr</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget </span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial;">about it." - </span></span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jaques Prevert</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_m4CtzZsPSMxNjGg5IeM8z0g_VAPCgxQRVKJWjLBbKeMhB3rfDLBz6DZURsoZAKuWLadHljGyOt2aWeuQJ52XonDVlkJBhjkwHTQk4ZGsVIAMGyqivqcyfZ1jJvac8Q4vfAWDnEGUEvp52nw0vlbxzGS-LNC3qMnoR6vWLFnCgR3vHXCvSu9JZSyY/s1935/Best%20phoyo%208a.JPG"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_m4CtzZsPSMxNjGg5IeM8z0g_VAPCgxQRVKJWjLBbKeMhB3rfDLBz6DZURsoZAKuWLadHljGyOt2aWeuQJ52XonDVlkJBhjkwHTQk4ZGsVIAMGyqivqcyfZ1jJvac8Q4vfAWDnEGUEvp52nw0vlbxzGS-LNC3qMnoR6vWLFnCgR3vHXCvSu9JZSyY/w275-h299/Best%20phoyo%208a.JPG" width="275" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiUGlNsQadFQN_4tM10RiiR2lebQ9djMRh30z-bjo05c1nZItIVAzGBUlCZwOy1WCcmf49NBG9nYHTpLP48pgDr3AIkYqKFdTVxTar3j06zNaNoYSGIsiEv1HniDyetQw6V0q9Dlwjk4fwmZQMondPj01RfGEAdYvdzJQuiMLath2H7F6jDW6HQ3KO/s2592/Best%20photo%208b.JPG"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiUGlNsQadFQN_4tM10RiiR2lebQ9djMRh30z-bjo05c1nZItIVAzGBUlCZwOy1WCcmf49NBG9nYHTpLP48pgDr3AIkYqKFdTVxTar3j06zNaNoYSGIsiEv1HniDyetQw6V0q9Dlwjk4fwmZQMondPj01RfGEAdYvdzJQuiMLath2H7F6jDW6HQ3KO/w226-h300/Best%20photo%208b.JPG" width="226" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;">“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley</span><br style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; text-align: start;" /><br style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; text-align: start;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUPlms3R_mp154vnjJHSNXoMy1c9o7nufBUAQ83_ekgwXiMl37wFaQK3fS718Z3RpySU_WnScDyhDw7wiHhcjYb8yuGlpVY-HO-GAtBpi5iHkhaGbWJMRFTfVUv2TucLiJZbVNOZPpsSGcPeI63wLwRMvKXu806wZSNgsIdUd8lBdMqQ7DzNS7P1w/s2592/Best%20photo%207t.JPG"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUPlms3R_mp154vnjJHSNXoMy1c9o7nufBUAQ83_ekgwXiMl37wFaQK3fS718Z3RpySU_WnScDyhDw7wiHhcjYb8yuGlpVY-HO-GAtBpi5iHkhaGbWJMRFTfVUv2TucLiJZbVNOZPpsSGcPeI63wLwRMvKXu806wZSNgsIdUd8lBdMqQ7DzNS7P1w/w258-h344/Best%20photo%207t.JPG" width="258" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidp8vT3vNLpwn8tErQCj5oEoryir0ZSMwfHRkEM77o0X4ZZaLWPMfz6zNsVC8frlyY9W464-vZEEbl60-MmGZjvfmD9UXXavNGVpnzlczrwyKpzhZ4xygJvKJ67JeL1bv4VUarpTvPhrtShwCBjbNv_gMjwyErHePj4W9yJfKXQS0HBAzeH6lYG09d/s4656/Best%20photo%206p.jpg"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidp8vT3vNLpwn8tErQCj5oEoryir0ZSMwfHRkEM77o0X4ZZaLWPMfz6zNsVC8frlyY9W464-vZEEbl60-MmGZjvfmD9UXXavNGVpnzlczrwyKpzhZ4xygJvKJ67JeL1bv4VUarpTvPhrtShwCBjbNv_gMjwyErHePj4W9yJfKXQS0HBAzeH6lYG09d/w195-h346/Best%20photo%206p.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Who is brave, who is humble,</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> matters not in peace or trouble;</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> the world will little note the joy,</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> the innocence of a little boy. - avr</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us." —Ashley Montagu</span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyday4Kvw2T7ZdkmuVgwJGzib3enLlEkPluhmS5_Vs6JlnO8Tbpk1GI1BB36sFC5opVtpDSGCpjot-T3EtiQRwDBrosDq5sRyKl3kCErhcPk-y-_chjKAQWedKkS0IDsnZEvQ91rKYFVmmWjjU3birG0EgziS_Zf-xdtFCL21UmMHONilpPtQDINB/s472/Best%20photo%207r.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyday4Kvw2T7ZdkmuVgwJGzib3enLlEkPluhmS5_Vs6JlnO8Tbpk1GI1BB36sFC5opVtpDSGCpjot-T3EtiQRwDBrosDq5sRyKl3kCErhcPk-y-_chjKAQWedKkS0IDsnZEvQ91rKYFVmmWjjU3birG0EgziS_Zf-xdtFCL21UmMHONilpPtQDINB/s320/Best%20photo%207r.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXG9bEggbwIjc_8QnSiRpSY2RO5_fZDOD54defU0AxYaE2lOIfg0daIasbrBNIHmMoZWVCL9grIBLdFsRzOUUE5etfa-gJMOttpMdwhYiQ1ep7ufD4riVBLnghkB1kHRQHOmyf8hKNRre1lCyfonf6IQ4D2o4Ebc75aEqsghO04YK2j9GG9kZEZsX/s2214/Best%20photo%207c.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXG9bEggbwIjc_8QnSiRpSY2RO5_fZDOD54defU0AxYaE2lOIfg0daIasbrBNIHmMoZWVCL9grIBLdFsRzOUUE5etfa-gJMOttpMdwhYiQ1ep7ufD4riVBLnghkB1kHRQHOmyf8hKNRre1lCyfonf6IQ4D2o4Ebc75aEqsghO04YK2j9GG9kZEZsX/s320/Best%20photo%207c.JPG" /></a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">“Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, </span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">as you will always find me yours.” – Ludwig van Beethoven</span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KrDUF4r9h_iTZX5oBRF0x0rJsx6UHmm24miIhLcN-IwsgQQ0Gz4pDfu_pT4npur4BU8i9yJnnluntXQhnYrCKhEHo-kCyrG0e4LoWf5nVRijTLoJrq1BsZbfMvDis06hbXDWLM_zI-O6-H5VR5iCk7PHtTgmvZmaP9--TIAGjQlftBhVuTPfIYpg/s386/Best%20photo%2050.JPG"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KrDUF4r9h_iTZX5oBRF0x0rJsx6UHmm24miIhLcN-IwsgQQ0Gz4pDfu_pT4npur4BU8i9yJnnluntXQhnYrCKhEHo-kCyrG0e4LoWf5nVRijTLoJrq1BsZbfMvDis06hbXDWLM_zI-O6-H5VR5iCk7PHtTgmvZmaP9--TIAGjQlftBhVuTPfIYpg/w453-h255/Best%20photo%2050.JPG" width="453" /></a></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3DhrlPdXOYPQo-Q3JmNxuqbh9QJAuN5n60YyoytvjkMXEo7mTUb3ogdMTQG6CKtZrukIMdO4f_JA12LSsErcFL3xpVfeDVw70mGsEHz_iGjUydwxDtFgW5VlbXvIXRe-Oxt4xNWUw46n56-JLWrd4Bc656kHRE5b9xKFJOHG6t2AqWgHYy_lu7PC/s234/Best%20photo%204.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3DhrlPdXOYPQo-Q3JmNxuqbh9QJAuN5n60YyoytvjkMXEo7mTUb3ogdMTQG6CKtZrukIMdO4f_JA12LSsErcFL3xpVfeDVw70mGsEHz_iGjUydwxDtFgW5VlbXvIXRe-Oxt4xNWUw46n56-JLWrd4Bc656kHRE5b9xKFJOHG6t2AqWgHYy_lu7PC/w455-h471/Best%20photo%204.jpg" width="455" /></span></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">We don't outgrow sweet memory,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> whether real story or fantasy. </span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Oh! how time flies - and today -</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span> it seems to be only yesterday.</span></b></span><b><span> </span></b></span><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">- avr</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></b><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span> </span></span></b></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">“Go on! Live a true happy life – in spite of odds, difficulties and pains – and proudly say at Angelus time, “Yes, I have had a successful life.” This is the highest form of prayer and thanksgiving you can offer to the wonderful, benevolent Creator. “ - AV Rotor</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span>Part 7 - </span></span></b></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span>Kids' World of Nature -</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Where childhood is forever </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">(In celebration of UN Children's Month, November 2023)</span></div><span><br /><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kids' World of Nature -</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Where childhood is forever</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Fleeting moments are most precious,</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ephemeral yet eternal. The child in you</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">lives to the golden years of your life."</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Dr Abe V Rotor</div></span><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHh_PCVGIvkJvKA5erNhe5tESMY-LvUGXsJCPja_RSkIBTclZqcs46ttuiCKRgWCUNJRGa5b8EIZEA1Yg3ZPNJ1V5iLpBJQ8X_AQaG3QTm0h6mEhyChtOMj_wPNTESs1ZhoYIRK1x0tMY/s1600/IMAGE0026.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHh_PCVGIvkJvKA5erNhe5tESMY-LvUGXsJCPja_RSkIBTclZqcs46ttuiCKRgWCUNJRGa5b8EIZEA1Yg3ZPNJ1V5iLpBJQ8X_AQaG3QTm0h6mEhyChtOMj_wPNTESs1ZhoYIRK1x0tMY/s640/IMAGE0026.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Catching land crabs with a bamboo trap. Palauig, Zambales</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">How I love to catch <i>gammarong </i>(Ilk) crab</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">when I was like my son Leo Carlo;</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">he learned the skill early from me, passed on</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">by old folks by the sea; Leo in turn</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">shall teach others before the art is lost,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">as treasured trade and tradition.</div></span></span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptppQPiN7bTr60sYVtcEixI-jiporAOM2v1GEUKJ59oM2T7m6T8AXmeGxHqHKKOzjVhaOMw-ld4JE1kUg_3pCQVaDnnMW0gh0DGHG1RsfzpbSxlFG5cUbBzCD8MUeq18ZwlK-24iYCcc/s1600/IMAGE0027.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptppQPiN7bTr60sYVtcEixI-jiporAOM2v1GEUKJ59oM2T7m6T8AXmeGxHqHKKOzjVhaOMw-ld4JE1kUg_3pCQVaDnnMW0gh0DGHG1RsfzpbSxlFG5cUbBzCD8MUeq18ZwlK-24iYCcc/s400/IMAGE0027.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Building sandcastles. Morong, Rizal</div></span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Building sandcastles, building dreams,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">on waking up are gone, but they return</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">as sandcastles and dreams again</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">throughout youth, higher and bigger,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">crumbling leaving ruins of memories,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">ruins where castles once stood proud,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">uniting reality and fantasy into a happy,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">wonderful and fulfilled life.</div></span></span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOD-34hOURN0gGsQfGjDkD9pynK68eRlChnR6QOJNZRw77OBLt7m3xzM3JIXhb0m1CrfKUQ4_a4bxV1a4p7TiDZmKhi0XiuHfdB-8HiUgVRkxJT5-XhSFysmfEhWQLaaO0BSzoAKX8SM/s1600/IMAGE0028.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOD-34hOURN0gGsQfGjDkD9pynK68eRlChnR6QOJNZRw77OBLt7m3xzM3JIXhb0m1CrfKUQ4_a4bxV1a4p7TiDZmKhi0XiuHfdB-8HiUgVRkxJT5-XhSFysmfEhWQLaaO0BSzoAKX8SM/s400/IMAGE0028.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Summer fun on the beach. San Juan, Ilocos Sur</div></span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Frolic in company with the waves and tides,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">when the sea is as blue as the sky, and wish</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">boyhood is forever and never dies;</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">or you'll always tarry in later years if you don't;</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">for fleeting moments are most precious,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">ephemeral yet eternal in that child in you</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">who lives into the golden years of life.</div></span></span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivreI86xuiiNTM_Tffjl0pwRyrbmYD4h-VF4RV5L6vjgp48AhUM2zdoDgGq-sn7jQ-oPYGHTbu5E0qVKP4ARdnVcgw-htYR6vy2rf0vcbJvRF0riee3tnddhFUNLFUCa_6jTB3eNSsAjM/s1600/IMAGE0031.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivreI86xuiiNTM_Tffjl0pwRyrbmYD4h-VF4RV5L6vjgp48AhUM2zdoDgGq-sn7jQ-oPYGHTbu5E0qVKP4ARdnVcgw-htYR6vy2rf0vcbJvRF0riee3tnddhFUNLFUCa_6jTB3eNSsAjM/s400/IMAGE0031.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas for under-the-bridge children. Pasay MM</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">The bells of Christmas sound louder among the poor;</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">the Bethlehem star shines brighter, too.</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">The angels come earlier in their homes without door.</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">in exchange of a simple lantern or two.</div></span></span><br /><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8pq9ZZd4U6Kf4zyKAxQpTQKpS2a4TUC0eXZ0RLKaj5r8G6UY7gvUtpCcXTQZ1wvfQPK1H0pekot8_-2watMFErSQD7iMKclTvRzYBY1-i5_HGU19LZ7BnfqCDAaywwnOOGOePirtKIw/s1600/IMAGE0029.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8pq9ZZd4U6Kf4zyKAxQpTQKpS2a4TUC0eXZ0RLKaj5r8G6UY7gvUtpCcXTQZ1wvfQPK1H0pekot8_-2watMFErSQD7iMKclTvRzYBY1-i5_HGU19LZ7BnfqCDAaywwnOOGOePirtKIw/s400/IMAGE0029.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Instant swimming pool from busted pipe. Sta. Mesa, MM</div></span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">A swimming pool in the middle of a street,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">a busted pipe blessing to a dozen kids</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">in the neighborhood in frolic and laughter;</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">like a Riviera or Thoreau's Walden;</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">it's a children's world, a corner of Eden.</div></span></span><br /><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxOdoBIQMlOA9CBaniOlw1hRAzcp-6IClEz8nCvMgBdx_Vsyx5GN8hDtYUPGv6nNspcclN25OlXdM_GW7XSeRV14ykzr2I6r_sv4If8dcp82gdDvT-Ii609GuL7_TDTg3MBLEMEbk3kA/s1600/mushroom.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxOdoBIQMlOA9CBaniOlw1hRAzcp-6IClEz8nCvMgBdx_Vsyx5GN8hDtYUPGv6nNspcclN25OlXdM_GW7XSeRV14ykzr2I6r_sv4If8dcp82gdDvT-Ii609GuL7_TDTg3MBLEMEbk3kA/s400/mushroom.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mushrooms growing on a tree stump. UP Diliman QC</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Mushrooms on a stump, home of the dwarfs:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">red, yellow, white, or in disguise,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">each color a character, a foe or a friend,</div></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">to find where the pot of gold lies.</div></span></span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkI07xRtQgY2L6jOkTtXtpiqIVFTALekQLgYNwTrxUV8KbHEmu5HvPNpL412KcBzc-C3npsw5K10vSFwSilDUk-ViqXZX8ZnQLsQqHIxOtywmhMxMxmbmctSRvvWzwYnm0kcBE-JdRc-M/s1600/Frolic+1.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkI07xRtQgY2L6jOkTtXtpiqIVFTALekQLgYNwTrxUV8KbHEmu5HvPNpL412KcBzc-C3npsw5K10vSFwSilDUk-ViqXZX8ZnQLsQqHIxOtywmhMxMxmbmctSRvvWzwYnm0kcBE-JdRc-M/s400/Frolic+1.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Nipa Hut by the river, Tagbilaran, Bohol</div></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Frolicking - game of the vibrant and the young,</span></b></div></span></span></span><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">recreating a primordial social bond;</span></b></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">where innocence means freedom and adventure,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">In sweet abandon, here and beyond. ~</span></b></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Part 8 - </span></b></span><b style="font-size: x-large;">MOTHER is the sweetest word in any language.</b></span></div></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial;">In Celebration of Mother's Day May 14, 2023</b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUz2bykmal0ODV49HFqYVYOl3jLBpj-PL28X1ZKVYMAKGv081iqsS4XX-sXXpjif-lztDp0cFDSqvpk8rlKNc9clDfvtz4w474QZek-inhz6H4uXSHU79EZJhf0PT4D4v9Mk4yHqdnLlE/s1600-h/DSC01120.JPG" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="222" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333971250741887602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUz2bykmal0ODV49HFqYVYOl3jLBpj-PL28X1ZKVYMAKGv081iqsS4XX-sXXpjif-lztDp0cFDSqvpk8rlKNc9clDfvtz4w474QZek-inhz6H4uXSHU79EZJhf0PT4D4v9Mk4yHqdnLlE/w394-h222/DSC01120.JPG" style="display: block; height: 225px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" width="394" /></a></div><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;">8.1 "</b><span style="font-weight: bold;">M</span><b>y mom is a never-ending song in my heart."</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Author's spouse, Cecille, and their daughter, Anna Christina, </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">on the latter's graduation day at Ateneo de Manila University </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;">with an MS degree in Information Technology, 2010 </span></span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">M</span><span style="font-family: arial;">other is perhaps the most popular subject in all fields of endeavor and in all walks of life.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It is one of the most powerful words, specially when used in personification, analogy, simile and other figures of speech. It is used to describe both animate and inanimate objects, often putting "life" in an inanimate thing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Mother pertains to origin and everything has an origin - innate and immanent, and from the time of conception, be it biological, idea or thought. The meaning of mother is readily absorbed in the human mind without undue restraint it is closest to love itself.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Of the definitions of a Mother I have chosen these quotations from famous men and women whose success is undoubtedly traced to the greatest queen and ultimate image of Mother Earth.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">But how little do we know the vast goodness, beauty and magnificence of a Mother! Lo, to us who only see them through a keyhole, and not have the key to unlock the door.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The sweetest sounds to mortals given</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven. ~William Goldsmith Brown (author)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine - she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights. ~Adabella Radici (author)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving (author)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. - Abraham Lincoln (US President)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ~Pearl S. Buck (author)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes (philosopher, historian and author)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ~Honoré de Balzac (philosopher)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">My mom is a never ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~ Graycie Harmon</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty (actress)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Happy Mother's Day!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">M</span><span style="font-family: arial;">other's Day for the year 2023 is celebrated/ observed on Sunday, May 14th. Mother's Day is observed the second Sunday in May. It is a time to honor mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers for their contribution to family and society. Since it is not a federal holiday, businesses may be open or closed as any other Sunday.</span><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">8.2 - "A boy's best friend is his mother."</span></b></div><div><b><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">There has never been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between the mother and a son. (Unknown)<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjUR01JmJR6lVq2AkP3Ajedos4NrNeyUgeT2CoVL5fJygefG5bKPEngNvjYf3XJXY-rroQI92Jd12cJG9ILm6SNBh0u1PsC0rVRnjur45w0xTWFzPqJRU6Z-7gZ8PL9gSPNlHzpJNcs2Y/s1600/DSC00961.JPG" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjUR01JmJR6lVq2AkP3Ajedos4NrNeyUgeT2CoVL5fJygefG5bKPEngNvjYf3XJXY-rroQI92Jd12cJG9ILm6SNBh0u1PsC0rVRnjur45w0xTWFzPqJRU6Z-7gZ8PL9gSPNlHzpJNcs2Y/s400/DSC00961.JPG" /></a></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"> Markus 3, and his mom.</span><br /><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Mother - the sweetest sound:</span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">mommy, mama, mom, <i>nanay, inay;</i></span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">there's mother in all languages,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">her breath, whisper the same thing,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">her face, smile, all her images.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Mother Earth, motherland,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">universal, living and non-living,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">mother's forever, in everything;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">when in comfort, when lost,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">there's always a mother calling.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Great men, a mother behind,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">angel on earth or hereafter,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">mother, first word in the cradle,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">mother, last word on the dying bed,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">first and last rays of the candle.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A Song for Mama, Ave Maria,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">on her birthday, on Mothers' Day;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to Ceres, mother of good harvest,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">with Gaia, goddess of the earth,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rhea, mother of all goddesses.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Mother, guardian and teacher,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to her own, orphans, abandoned,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">faith is but one, so with love,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">old and young, any brethren</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>are seen as mothers Above.</b></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> - </b>avrotor </span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69WBfbmKRaJb7_CcvqBBclw0Nh0yGw_B-5Ci_CMh-vHhqe3iZ2jvj9RzEGwefJCxARrh7o9wy2Ki2jRSOnXfcnazGVqS1A9Ax78BFZuBRE4wjBRrUTWjc258s0Nt4TWH0Qir2Ld6F7Uk/s200/DSC00959.JPG" /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5x-GSxRTCNEiHVsqkpEjckGjHxBvt1Uq70n8dU_VfU8KcyuBKM09dMtZWs69Ol8R6G8mVPKDMloJVFPl-Uf39la3wIgqEqwMs6nLhfQQALeYEySl5IRarUVW_C2Jq8ambQnncIBLWpAI/s1600/DSC00972.JPG" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5x-GSxRTCNEiHVsqkpEjckGjHxBvt1Uq70n8dU_VfU8KcyuBKM09dMtZWs69Ol8R6G8mVPKDMloJVFPl-Uf39la3wIgqEqwMs6nLhfQQALeYEySl5IRarUVW_C2Jq8ambQnncIBLWpAI/s200/DSC00972.JPG" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ib1_FVvRfCND20H_KXbIWwLci1h1hidcVq5ZHa8GgB6RUjOJZMs8qKLX9LNkiMml4AT9fxrcNcYu4mYN057AvgNmu8mKouvEB0ou4T8OXXyFZqruK3QkJx45T3_TovcdXQC5Qa7e-I4/s1600/DSC00968.JPG" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ib1_FVvRfCND20H_KXbIWwLci1h1hidcVq5ZHa8GgB6RUjOJZMs8qKLX9LNkiMml4AT9fxrcNcYu4mYN057AvgNmu8mKouvEB0ou4T8OXXyFZqruK3QkJx45T3_TovcdXQC5Qa7e-I4/s200/DSC00968.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAFNthd2Yw66uDI7jPGa0tjuQ67MTXZtGTnA08p1-1XqOVW39ULDdKADtMt9mQ-l_vkBN0O84gLxKPLYrdWPjez4qYQhlWaCoZnxSvSBLM1Xe0A-HZ1VKdsB8XJsLc8UsSiiZ3lxfpo8/s1600/DSC00963.JPG" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAFNthd2Yw66uDI7jPGa0tjuQ67MTXZtGTnA08p1-1XqOVW39ULDdKADtMt9mQ-l_vkBN0O84gLxKPLYrdWPjez4qYQhlWaCoZnxSvSBLM1Xe0A-HZ1VKdsB8XJsLc8UsSiiZ3lxfpo8/s200/DSC00963.JPG" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEA_-IcntIr3kGuj8BN809kDlVPnjCTjCo9hIz96DQIBBnaO_0h5SYReO3SIaAEdWLidgYt9w5rKjDIfVLNWaWhFyJssG9jhlK7YnZY-EPlqNE-MjLawx8Y_X85P-cSTk_rbqwDK9y-IA/s1600/DSC00969.JPG" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEA_-IcntIr3kGuj8BN809kDlVPnjCTjCo9hIz96DQIBBnaO_0h5SYReO3SIaAEdWLidgYt9w5rKjDIfVLNWaWhFyJssG9jhlK7YnZY-EPlqNE-MjLawx8Y_X85P-cSTk_rbqwDK9y-IA/s200/DSC00969.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRhV_jA8zozRJc-P0Szq_fcqHUgXknRdPWGJeLbj0TxB94Vzg4amkQ72qOhGX4m7K-D84N_zAgJ0YygDxZEFqbxRpJYDaZh1BLa9fZQC77sKR50kP50vazdqTIa1GA3e3mQ2YWEvQ9R4/s1600/DSC00970.JPG" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRhV_jA8zozRJc-P0Szq_fcqHUgXknRdPWGJeLbj0TxB94Vzg4amkQ72qOhGX4m7K-D84N_zAgJ0YygDxZEFqbxRpJYDaZh1BLa9fZQC77sKR50kP50vazdqTIa1GA3e3mQ2YWEvQ9R4/s200/DSC00970.JPG" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUinxThPwkmtyAa8thXKJRCv42UDU5p0nQXR9Mw4bRsWDj2Knsd09zdrtBIn5eHtwwaq3knZ-3_GbHHmbOlhN-u8hUCbTUMf2xxM3T80zVO9pjCm3vU2SVbnQdqKb5GlbaBbv2h0v_A0/s400/DSC00971.JPG" /></b></div></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8e/e2/45/8ee2457edf09e9206488a9280e0d5331--queens-princesses.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8e/e2/45/8ee2457edf09e9206488a9280e0d5331--queens-princesses.jpg" width="200" /></a><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Markus, on his 3rd birthday, with his mom. During the first 3 years of life, a child’s brain develops at an astonishing rate. By age 3, the brain has reached 80% of its adult size. Developmental experiences determine the organizational and functional status of the mature brain. It is therefore critical during this time to focus on quality care taking and building a strong and healthy attachment, particularly with the mother or guardian who takes care of the child as a biological mother does.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">8.3 Favorite Quotations about Mother</span></b></div></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1. A boy's best friend is his mother. - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Joseph Stefano (Screenwriter, Black Orchid, and Hitchcock's Psycho)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Sons are the anchors of a mother's life. - Sophocles (Ancient Greek writer-dramatist,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Oedipus the King)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">3. A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. - Irish Proverb</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged. - Louisa May Alcott (author of The Little Women)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">5. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">A good son will never allow sorrow to befall her mother...and act as if he is an only child that cares...protects when no one dares...serves with his life in return...and most of all finds a wife that will love his mother too. - Helen Rebibis Ramos (Philippine author, Bluemoon of Memories)</span><br /><br /></b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> Part 9 - </b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Home, Sweet Home in 50 Ways</b></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="color: red;">"Home provides gives us the sense of belonging and comfort. Home takes the cold out of the body and spirit."</span></span></b></div><div><b><br /><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJTssKTSPym-ObgJoiIY98QBVArROHcMPr4E79MZAzMweeermTmvH1pvQ3wnqCmoqQg4R9RdpcYRTJOH3OBJ4CBzeY7yGlA4sVisrNRurb0K12VmGC7QMUHAXL7TfOvxF-FwpQVQ0ePY/s1600/Painting+Brick+house.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJTssKTSPym-ObgJoiIY98QBVArROHcMPr4E79MZAzMweeermTmvH1pvQ3wnqCmoqQg4R9RdpcYRTJOH3OBJ4CBzeY7yGlA4sVisrNRurb0K12VmGC7QMUHAXL7TfOvxF-FwpQVQ0ePY/s1600/Painting+Brick+house.jpg" /></a></span></b></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Home on the Farm in acrylic by the author, 1999 Here is a beautiful poem to start the lesson. In the movie, The King and I, Anna the English teacher sang the theme of the song, Home Sweet Home. It was typical in her time when Europeans left their homes and became pioneers in the New World, which was to become the United States of America. Others found the Orient, and for Teacher Anna, it was a special arrangement for her to serve the King of Siam (Thailand) as tutor to his children.<br /><br />Home Sweet Home<br />John Howard Payne<br />Music by Henry Rowley Bishop (1786-1855)<br />(Arranged for the violin and piano by Henry Farmer)<br /><br />‘Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,<br />Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home;<br />A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,<br />Which seek through the world, is ne’er met with elsewhere.<br />Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home!<br /><br />An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain;<br />O, give me my lowly thatched cottage again!<br />The birds singingly gaily, that came to my call –<br />Give me them – and the peace of mind, dearer than all.<br />Home, Home sweet, sweet Home.<br />There’s no place like Home! There’s no place like Home!<br /><br /><br />There are 101 definitions of home. Here is a short list, compliled from our radio audience and website visitors.<br /><br />1. Home is a roof for everyone, residents and guests.<br />2. Home is a wall with large windows that let the sun and the breeze in.<br />3. Home is where fish in the aquarium sparkle in the morning’s sun.<br />4. Home is a baby smiling, of children playing.<br />5. Home is a faithful husband and wife.<br />6. Home is a “place for everything and everything in its place,” but not always.<br />7. Home is dad and mom waiting for us from school.<br />8. Home is a workshop for hobbies and inventions.<br />9. Home is where our dog lies on the doormat waiting for its master.<br />10. Home is a litter of puppies and kittens.<br />11. Home is a rooster crowing, nature’s alarm clock.<br />12. Home is a house lizard’s crispy announcement of a guest coming.<br />13. Home is a frog croaking in the rain.<br />14. Home is a safari of wildlife – from insects to migratory birds.<br />15. Home is a warm embrace of a cat.<br />16. Home is a cup of coffee, a sip of wine, a newspaper.<br />17. Home is a warm bath, a cold shower, a bath tub.<br />18. Home is National Geographic, Time Magazine, Daily Inquirer.<br />19. Home is ripe tomato, succulent radish, dangling stringbeans,<br />20. Home is a brooding mother hen in her nest.<br />21. Home is fresh eggs everyday.<br />22. Home is the sound of birds and crickets.<br />23. Home is the sweet smell of flowers, falling leaves, swaying branches in the wind.<br />24. Home is the sweet smell of the earth after the first rain in May.<br />25. Home is a singing cicada in the tree.<br />26. Home is a swarming of gamugamo in the evening.<br />27. Home is a sala too small for so many friends.<br />28. Home is a cabinet of books, a study table, a computer.<br />29. Home is Beethoven, Mozart, Abelardo, Santiago.<br />30. Home is Charlotte Church, Josh Groban, Sharon Cuneta.<br />31. Home is Amorsolo. Picasso, Van Gogh.<br />32. Home is potpourri of appetizing recipes, of the proverbial grandmother apple pie.<br />33. Home is pinakbet, lechon, karekare, suman, bibingka.<br />34. Home is a garden of roses, a grass lawn to lie on.<br />35. Home is an herbarium of plants, a gene bank.<br />36. Home is home for biodiversity, a living museum.<br />37. Home is doing repair that has no end.<br />38. Home is disposing old newspapers, bottles, metal scraps, used clothes.<br />39. Home is a midnight candle before an exam.<br />40. Home is a shoulder, a pillow, to cry on.<br />41. Home is Noche Buena.<br />42. Home is fireworks on New Year.<br />43. Home is general cleaning on weekends.<br />44. Home is a soft bed that soothes tired nerves and muscles.<br />45. Home is a fire place, a hearth, which takes the cold out of the body and spirit.<br />46. Home is a Prodigal Son returning, Good Samaritan.<br />47. Home is a round table where thanksgiving prayer is said.<br />48. Home is laughter and music, prose and poetry.<br />49. Home is forgiving, rejoicing, celebrating.<br />50. Home is angelus and rosary hour.<br /><br />To sum it all, Home is Home Sweet Home.~</span></b></div></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Part 10 - </span></b><b>Key to Peace of Mind</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>How balanced are you today?</b></div></b></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Yes, you </b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">can earn and enjoy the most elusive state of happiness - Peace of Mind. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4WiOFK6YCBDqKeMfNiZnApk23t1WocjuzjBG6g88oVdn1oyJqRY7ahfvnsv2weTYX17-RHIOadFih091FC68irWaK1_Q3F_G2OoR2HPbkfWoTKIOrgFvy9pmRVgjsh56FjjcrQ187L66W/s320/DSC07530AB+Tanchanco.jpg" width="241" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div><b>When you wake up in the morning, go to the mirror so to speak, and look at yourself. Imagine you are at the center of a square. In a perfect square setting you find Peace of Mind. POM has four attributes, which are associated with positive feelings, such as happiness, feeling of good health, mental alertness, calmness, resoluteness, and the like.</b></div><b><br /></b></span><span><b>A hearty laugh</b></span><span><br /><br /><b>At one time science tried to devise a biorhythm clock to indicate the ups and down of each of the four attributes. The premise is that every person has his own biological clock greatly influenced by body physiology. A woman's menstrual cycle, for example influences physical condition and temperament. Transition in life stages is a major factor such as the age of puberty, and mid-life crisis which is beautifully expressed, "Life begins at forty." And how about reaching the golden years and the sunset of life?</b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></b></span></span><br /><b>The coming and passing of seasons dictates the shape of our "square." Winter is generally the loneliest, thanks to Christmas. Spring brings pep and hope, when buds peep from the bare trees, when the birds herald its coming. Summer is vacation, it is a time for loafing and respite. Autumn is sad, but it is a beautiful season.<br /><br />Then there are circumstances beyond human control such as tragedy in the family, sudden loss of health, broken relationships, and frustration over failures in personal goals.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYOhpBPgLwWhxX8TcOrDb_K6walrQ9WQSsRMgH2keoJbtfTZZfRkfpQxsOKQdxeZznyYsxyqNsKO44283jkOJrd9bpnPyq1YElXkHxnw16ID5sd2rr73o9BMObA1sAI_7P_WzEjMmuno/s1600/001161.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYOhpBPgLwWhxX8TcOrDb_K6walrQ9WQSsRMgH2keoJbtfTZZfRkfpQxsOKQdxeZznyYsxyqNsKO44283jkOJrd9bpnPyq1YElXkHxnw16ID5sd2rr73o9BMObA1sAI_7P_WzEjMmuno/w415-h202/001161.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Whatever conditions you are in today, go to the mirror and see for yourself who you are today.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></u></b></span></span></span></b><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The Magic Square.</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">1. Intellectually, are you sharp or dull?</span> Have you been forgetful lately? Maybe you have to postpone making a major decision if you are not mentally prepared. On the other hand, make full use of sudden mental alertness. Deliver a paper in a conference, call a staff meeting. Finish a chapter of the book you are writing. It's a new idea, it comes as a spark of genius. Capture it! Just don't submit to your intellectual mood - create one that would bring you the best mind for the day.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">2. Psychologically what's eating you?</span> Hold your horse away from anger or aggression. You'll only regret if you submitted yourself to unguarded moments, spurts of emotion which when uncontrolled will lead you to trouble. On the other hand, get out of bed, go to nature, there is a calming effect when you are close to her. Don't deny your genuine feelings though, for good reason. People will love you for being kind, for being compassionate. Remember. "Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone." (The Way of the World, Ella Wheeler Wilcox).<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">3. Physically, are you fit for the day? </span>Assess the rigors you have to face. If you have been exercising regularly, keeping away from smoking and drugs, and taking the right food, your fitness is not only for a day. True fitness is a long term reward of strict regimen of good health. And remember to keep a positive disposition, just like the Greek philosophy, "A healthy mind in a healthy body."<br /><br />4. The spirit - <i>the Little Prince</i> in every person (The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery) - is key to attaining an ideal square of your life. <span style="color: #cc0000;">Feeling of emptiness is traced to a spiritual vacuum </span>- when the inner person is neglected. When the "why" in life gets more and more difficult to answer, when life's true meaning comes to a crossroad - or even to a dead end. When spirituality can be neglected even in the midst of religious fervor, and therefore will not grow. When winning is not a win-win equation, when the pedestal is out of reach, the spirit fades away. Take heed, don't wait for the day you get lost in the Sahara desert.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Balance yourself today, the best way you can. Continue doing so day after day, until it becomes a discipline - self-discipline. Only then can you earn and enjoy the most elusive state of happiness - Peace of Mind. ~</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>---------</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Lesson on former <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i> (People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio </span><span>738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class Monday to Friday</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-43865492560653811422024-03-03T03:27:00.022+08:002024-03-06T07:31:29.728+08:00National Women's Month March 2024 Theme: “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” Features San Vicente, Ilocos Sur<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">National Women's Month March 2024 Theme:</span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">“Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">and Inclusion.” </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Featuring the Women of San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><span style="color: #cc0000;">AUTHOR'S NOTE: These featured personalities are among a good number of woman-citizens in different fields of endeavor, who likewise deserve recognition for their various contributions in helping build a prestigious image and reputation of San Vicente, declared <i>Heritage Zone of the North</i> under </span></b></span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Republic Act No. 11645. </span></b></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>1. Sister Mamerta: A Religious and Scientist <br /></span><span>2. Maestra Caridad Rocero-Lazo: Model Mother and Teacher<br /></span></b><b><span>3. Marian Rocero Lazo: Care for the elderly in the family in our postmodern world </span></b></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4. GRETA (The Pearl) - Greta Mario Manlapig</span></b></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial black" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">5. </span></b></span></span></span></span><b><span><span> Beatriz R Riotoc: </span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Challenges in Education in an Integrated School</span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">6. </span></span></span></b><span style="font-weight: 700;">Francisca Trinidad, SPC - "Manang Madre"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">7. </span></span>Virginia Lagasca - Centenarian and WWII Veteran</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>ANNEX - </b></span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b> </b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Apo Baket' </i></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span><i>- </i></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Keeper of Time-Honored Tradition and Values</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>1. Sister Mamerta: </span></span><span>A Religious and Scientist </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr. Abe V. Rotor</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br />Sister Mamerta Rocero SPC, </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">holds a doctoral degree in biology (PhD Biology, <span style="font-style: italic;">meritissimus</span>) from the University of Santo Tomas. Her dissertation, "<span style="font-style: italic;">Ethnobotany of the Itawes</span>." was published by the National Museum. It explored extensively the importance of plants to the ethnic community as food, medicine, among other uses, their significance to rituals and beliefs, notwithstanding.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGI2AG3QWG9eSMoVmP02wQOpK4JZgAkstMlLzUssfPCjOnUA9Bma2XRwsRlBUjW_Q_A2WnpuheeCe-QUvDJZ4VRYT2lmV9mAPzLh9yDkVGtVMlaD0co0VglAU0Im7p4vSKsjUSNBwZTJc/s1600-h/IMG_1296.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289895410910995458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGI2AG3QWG9eSMoVmP02wQOpK4JZgAkstMlLzUssfPCjOnUA9Bma2XRwsRlBUjW_Q_A2WnpuheeCe-QUvDJZ4VRYT2lmV9mAPzLh9yDkVGtVMlaD0co0VglAU0Im7p4vSKsjUSNBwZTJc/s400/IMG_1296.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 311px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 465px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 12.48px;">Author with Sister Mamerta Rocero, SPC, PhD</span></b></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">“The undulating valley below,</span></span></b></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The river serpentine, a moving silver sheen,</span></span></b></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Take my breath away in the ecstasy of their beauty,</span></span></b></span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Because You are in them, Lord.”</span></span></b></span></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.48px;">-<span> Sister Mamerta Rocero</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12.48px;"></span><span style="font-size: 12.48px; font-style: italic;">Because You are in Them, Lord</span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 28.8px;">C</span>lose your eyes and you can see the imagery – that inner mind, in the quaintness of Amorsolo, stillness of Corot, freshness of Renoir, faithfulness of Rembrandt and passion of Van Gogh.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Yet it is the last line that gives meaning to all these attributes – <span style="font-style: italic;">Because You are in them, Lord. </span>It is submission, reverence; it is prayer.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sister Mamerta, being a religious, takes us to fathom deeper the meaning of a poem. Shakespeare is perhaps the ultimate in classical style and richness of words – she can’t compare with that. The Brownings may be the most romantic in the world of poetry – she may fall short of that, too. Edgar Allan Poe’s abandon <span style="font-style: italic;">(Annabelle</span>), Lord Byron’s melody, Whitman’s vernacular – her poems may only have a shade of these. But she exudes here and there Alexander Pope’s morals (A little learning is a dangerous thing), Robert Frost’s simplicity (And miles to go before I sleep…), Longfellow’s values (<span style="font-style: italic;">The Arrow and the Song</span>), and Shelley’s musical lines (<span style="font-style: italic;">To a Skylark</span>).</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She can take you to meditation like in Thomas Gray’s masterpiece, <span style="font-style: italic;">Elegy on a Country Churchyard</span>. Her poetry, like John Keat’s, possesses an urgent cause and awareness that beauty exists in a world “where pain is never done.” Yet unlike this medieval English poet, Sister Mamerta finds hope, radiating hope to any suffering.</span><br /></b></span></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">"I meet the poor, the suffering,</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">the abandoned, the unwanted –</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">And my heart, deeply touched,</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">Goes out to them –</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-style: italic;">Because You are in them, Lord.</span><span>"</span></span></b></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">She may not all agree of grace falling down like manna from heaven. The moral is her poetry is for man to find God, for He is everywhere. But who is this God in her poetry? It is a universal God of goodness, goodness in the true sense of Christian philosophy, Christianity in action. It is the essence of the Messiah, of Matthew 25 (What you have done to the least your brethren, you have done it to me.)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">You may find Him hidden in some abandoned hospital ward…</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">He may be the shrunken little woman, sitting all alone…</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">Nay, He may be the frustrated man with ambitions thwarted,</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">Or the humbled rich so suddenly bereft of his great wealth.</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">And so, you will find the Lord, not amidst glitter and wealth.</span></b></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.6px;">- Sis. Mamerta Rocero</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Recognize Him</span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Browsing over her poems, one is lead to think that ours is a fatalistic world. Artists generally are like that. The more they perceive their subject to the core, the more intense their expression becomes. Suffering is dominant ingredient of art, and one can unmistakably perceive its expression, say in Eugene de la Croix’s colors of black and red in <span style="font-style: italic;">Victory Leads the People</span>, or in Pablo Picasso’s plaza mural, <span style="font-style: italic;">Guernica</span> that inflamed a revolution in the Basque territory of Spain, his mother country. One is familiar of course with Vincent van Gogh’s painting of Starry Night, which was transcribed into a song – <span style="font-style: italic;">Vincent</span> - more than a century after his death.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Gleaming on the lighter side, our poetess exudes the touch of naturalism, the healing secret of a doctor who attends kindly to her patient, whose assurance for recovery comes first before the book and technology. She draws imagery from the inner self where tranquility resides – and springs in times of haste and trouble.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">“The mountains before me –</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">majestic, verdant-hued,</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">their cascading, glistening falls,</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">envelope me with awe</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">and sheer wonder…”</span></b></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sister Mamerta is a living witness of man’s inhumanity to man during the Second World War. But you can only glimpse like through a keyhole the sufferings of war in her writings. It takes a contrite yet courageous heart to take the road to forgiveness and bury the past. Yet she warns that history has the capability of repeating itself, and shares with Wilfred Owen’s <span style="font-style: italic;">The Pity of War </span>or Ernest Hemingway’s <span style="font-style: italic;">Farewell to Arms</span>, the tragedies of Shakespearean dramas, notwithstanding.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">How about the pessimism of Matthew Arnolds who foresaw the dark side of industrialization that molded our modern world? Arnolds laments -</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">"To lie before us like a land of dreams,</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">So various, so beautiful, so new,</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">And we are here as on a darkling plain</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">Where ignorant armies clash by night."</span></b></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.6px;">- Matthew Arnold</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Dover Beach</span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">How frail is human! But how does Sister Mamerta look at this prophesy-come-true? This is what divides the grains - whole and broken. More people see the broken grains of life. No, not our Paulinian laureate. “I would rather look at John Donne,” she said. Donne wrote, encompassing the heritage he left to the world. When somebody dies, a little in each of us also dies – because humanity is interrelated, it is one.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And from here Sister Mamerta, riding on Donne’s philosophy almost always makes reference to afterlife. She is at the forefront of values formation and reformation, while writers most often talk about here and now, of this earthly life, its realities and fantasies. True to her mission as a Paulinian, she believes that one must prepare his soul’s journey to everlasting life. But earn he must, for neither by a Tower of Babel nor material affluence can one be able to reach that beautiful destiny. The mortal part of our being, is but the springboard to this great, remarkable travel, which all peoples - irrespective of culture and religion – firmly believe in. This is universal faith that binds the human species. The core of our being as <span style="font-style: italic;">Homo sapiens</span> is therefore, our spirituality.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">"<span>You’ve need to ask His grace and His spirit of enlightenment,</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">If you have to pierce through the clouds hiding Him from view -</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">But the reward is great – He is there waiting to embrace you!"</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Indeed, an unsung saint has spoken in the beauty of poetry and in the peace of a cloistered life, candle light streaming through the convent’s window. Out there the wind blows and blows on some mountain tops and down into the valley. And dawn is a child. ~</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Author’s Note: This article is dedicated to the memory of Sister Mamerta Rocero, SPC, who died on January 7, 2009 at the age of 93. This is a critique of her poems and verses which I obliged upon her request five years before her death.~</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span><br /></span></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;">Note:</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Sister Mamerta wrote eight books: two in poetry, two essays (<span style="font-style: italic;">Talking with God and His Friends,</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">God Bless the Family</span>), a compilation of her speeches, a biography of her late sister, Sister Mary Nathaniel Rocero, SPC, also a Ph.D. holder, (My Sister Mary Nath), and several scientific papers. <span style="font-style: italic;">Ethnobotany of the Itawes, </span>her doctoral dissertation earned the honor of </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-style: italic;">meritissimus </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">from the University of Santo Tomas. It was published by the National Museum in 1985. I have known Sister Mamerta since I was a child in our hometown, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. She and my father were cousins on the maternal side, Robero</span>nta. ~</span></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>2. Maestra Caridad Rocero-Lazo</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>- Model Mother and Teacher</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000;">"If angels search for a most precious thing,<br /> It is a teacher, the monument builder,<br />the mother in school and home, epitome </span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span> and bridge of the young and the elder."</span></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> - avr </span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkS-3GDqLSEaM_QN2N3Y42YCEoAfdsysz584U9REcO2lgYpxpyNm6p9iZFD5wfyOBAp8L1j70reOXmdxsUtPhipP4FRLQpO49l89OiuPQK98adYMCBwTv-icov5EP08APLD1j3TV9z_qt/s1600/Auntie+caring+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkS-3GDqLSEaM_QN2N3Y42YCEoAfdsysz584U9REcO2lgYpxpyNm6p9iZFD5wfyOBAp8L1j70reOXmdxsUtPhipP4FRLQpO49l89OiuPQK98adYMCBwTv-icov5EP08APLD1j3TV9z_qt/w255-h250/Auntie+caring+A.jpg" width="255" /></a></span></div></div></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Author, former Grade III pupil of Auntie Caring, </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">at San Vicente (IS) parish church in 2012.</span></div><div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Three generations, this great teacher taught:</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><b><span> in her own, mine and the present time;</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>and teaching still the lesson of life,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> in her golden sunset, across the clime. </span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>Under<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>thatched roof and battered wall, </span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> from the ash of war a Phoenix rose,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>she said, "Peace with hope conquers all,"</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> and we tread on the right path she chose.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>That was long time ago in fresh memory,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> from blackboard to traversing cyberspace,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>and looking back the sage in her beams</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> to say "Just look back awhile in a race."</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>Wisdom truly is to hold on tradition </span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> as the world goes round - to anchor change</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>to hold on to life's meaning than adrift,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> floating with neither a goal nor range. </span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>Philosophy to hold on to search for <i>why</i>,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> knowledge to skill transformed, <i>what </i>to <i>how</i>;</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>the course of events’ periodicity, history,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> that made great men, values then and now.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>Strange these are to the mind and heart</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> of the young that we were then, and today,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>the crucible of teaching that makes heroes</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> though unknown, rings triumphant someday.</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>What among lessons is truest yet sublime?</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> we look back who molded us a living clay;</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>herself the tutor and model, ‘til all of us</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> cured and hardened to the hour and day. </span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> </span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>If angels search for a most precious thing,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span> It is a teacher, the monument builder,</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b><span>the mother in school and home, epitome</span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 85.5pt; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> and bridge of the young and the elder. ~ </span></b></div></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">What makes a universal teacher?</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Years passed since Maestra Caring was my teacher in Grade 3 at the San Vicente Central Elementary School. Sixty five years ago to be exact, and I too, became a teacher. I learned what qualities a teacher must have in order to be effective, and recognized as outstanding. I based my findings on those of a joint research project of CHED and the National Council of Educational Innovators (NCEI), with the support of non-governmental organizations and various colleges and universities. The first aspect I came across are the four areas of expertise as an outstanding teacher.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Subject matter expertise, which means that the teacher has a mastery of content-specific knowledge and the organization of this knowledge for effective instruction.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Classroom management expertise, that is, the teacher maintains a high level of on-task students’ classroom behavior, which prevents or eliminates learning disruptions, while it creates an environment conducive to learning.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Instructional expertise, which means that the teacher has both implicit and explicit knowledge on various teaching strategies and methods to attain pre-defined instructional objectives.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Diagnostic expertise, which refers to the ability of the teacher to know both the class and individual needs and goals, abilities, achievement levels, motives, personality attributes, and emotions, which influence instruction and learning.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Maestra Caring demonstrated all these areas of expertise on a high plane few teachers can equal. She was able to elevate her expertise by advocating on certain educational philosophies which she knew well how to balance each one as the situation and need would arise.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The first is eclectic* educational philosophy, which means that the teacher does not subscribe to just one philosophy; she shifts her roles from being a facilitator of learning to a transmitter and interpreter of knowledge. While at times she may be a perennialist** – one who is an authority in the classroom, transmitting and interpreting knowledge.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">As a realist she focuses on the here and now, stressing knowledge as how it is applied or observed. For example the laws of nature are better understood through observation and research, more so with an outdoor setting.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">As an idealist she views education as a means of developing students’ intellectual abilities. Influenced by the Greek philosophers Socrates and Plato. She stresses the importance of logic and philosophy.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Holistic Mentor-Learner Interaction</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The key to effectiveness in teaching is a holistic approach whereby there is a mutual and orderly interaction in the teaching-learning process, with the teacher placing a high premium on the development of thinking and understanding. Educators attribute teaching expertise to the teachers’ affectionate interactions with the learners, and to their efforts towards developing learners’ responsibility for learning. There are of course many other factors that influence effectiveness in teaching because of the wide diversity in culture, affected by certain economic, ecological and political conditions.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Today’s criteria of an outstanding teacher may be on the extent of educational preparation, preferably one with a masteral or doctoral degree holder, the use of modern teaching and management tools, and the prestige of the institution she represents. Not in Maestra Caring’s time. WWII had just ended. The Phoenix had just risen from the ashes of war, so to speak. Things were simple if not rare. This was the greatest test of a teacher.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking back through the years, I realized that the attributes of a teacher – true and devoted to her vocation – lie on just simple things.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">· Logical and creative thinking, the left and right brain in perfect balance</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">and tandem.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">· Demonstration as model personal virtues and character that nurture</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">favorable teacher-student relationship;</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">· Drawing inspiration from within and outside the school, from members</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">of her family and community.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">· Positive and cheerful disposition in pursuit of goodness and service as</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">a guardian guided by the wisdom and humility of the Good Shepherd.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Because of Maestra Caring, I strive to be a teacher too, so with many other disciples, and follow her footsteps all the way.~</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b>3. </b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span>Marian Rocero Lazo</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Care for the elderly in the family </b></span><b>in our postmodern world </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcFF5T8tFIzdsN2aZECVpR3aIMC3H7Td1eFdT4NpXRwpWZdqryqUmv2rD_6iIX9_TKJdqGWnQsRUCW4pB2jJpIUdksKSLRRQNmS1VFJXlv1YcpDBVTcacEyd5xBVNgGsRanCS0LHr8JAW/s1600/FB_IMG_1563699112361.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcFF5T8tFIzdsN2aZECVpR3aIMC3H7Td1eFdT4NpXRwpWZdqryqUmv2rD_6iIX9_TKJdqGWnQsRUCW4pB2jJpIUdksKSLRRQNmS1VFJXlv1YcpDBVTcacEyd5xBVNgGsRanCS0LHr8JAW/s400/FB_IMG_1563699112361.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">D</span></b><b><span>emographic pattern, in the absence of devastating global conflict since WW II, has vastly changed: the young have broadened the base of the pyramid, while the old have pushed its apex to greater heights, both at an unprecedented rate – these being traced to population's rapid growth, and increasing life span or longevity. </span></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Marian poses with her mother, Mrs Caridad Rocero Lazo, then 101 years old, at their home in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The world is getting older and older each day; longevity has increased virtually two folds since then. Traditionally the <i>old</i> used to take care of the young; now the <i>able </i>ones <i>must</i> take care of their old folks. The world must adjust and learn to accept this inevitable reversal of roles soon enough in order to save the integrity and role of the family;<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Longevity is not only the extension of life span, but adding active years in one’s life, the postponement of retirement itself. By Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, self-fulfillment and actualization become the prize of longevity, an opportunity of man to express ultimate respect and worthiness to his Creator;<br /><br />Mother – generic address to anything akin to a real mother: Mother Earth, Motherboard, Motherland, Mother Formula, and the like; yet the term is often taken for granted, blamed for fault, desecrated in profanity. Yet the gene prevails, carried on generation after generation,<i> ad infinitum;</i></span></b><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mother and Child – once the most revered piece of art from painting to tapestry to photography used to be found virtually everywhere since the Renaissance, a bond across beliefs, cultures and generations. Wonder what can replace the image, more so the reverence, piety, love and happiness it conveys!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />Love in its ideal essence is reciprocal from birth to death, encompassing three stages of life – and beyond. This is the timelessness of love, the exemplary love and passion of Nightingale, Browning, Wilcox, St Mother Teresa, and innumerable “unknown soldiers” of humanity immortalized in history and kept alive in faith and hope;</b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tested by ambition and opportunity, war and survival, ideals and imperfections of society, a family clings on values to keep wholeness and sanity, where wisdom of the old folks takes the backseat, while change takes their children to unknown frontiers;<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span>Quo vadis</span></i><span>? Where forth do they go? The old counting the hours, the young the years; the old on rocking chair, the young on swivel chair; the old writing memoirs, the young planning ahead. Incompatibility separates generations, where has love between them gone? In some corner an old recites a prayer - what could it be? <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>It is a prayer transformed into blessing every time someone takes her hand and presses it on his or her forehead, calls her <i>lola</i>, and gives the primordial hug that cuts through time, that brings back the happy memories and make them immortal, submits to nature’s periodicity and </b></span><b>God’s gift of creation;<br /><br />The newest social invention - Home for the Aged, is hailed a second</b><b> home, but whose home? Wonder if this is the family’s final end, if the home is like a bird’s nest torn and blown away, and the mother gone soon after her brood has learned to fly away, each sibling to its own;</b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Home in a high rise condo - how cold, how dearth the naturalness of a rural home! Imprisoned within walls, hanging above the city, buried in smog, old folks in dirgeful chime of the clock wait for the final hour, wondering if their children would drop by for a visit, or simply send a greeting on the Internet;<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Abandoned in her sunset years, a mother sadly waits for the curtain of life to close, yet to her very last breath calls inaudibly with tears running through the furrows the years have made – names familiar, lovely, in prayerful reminiscences;<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Engraved on stone graying by forgetfulness and overgrown by weeds hides a name, once sweet and tender as the first word of a baby – how time has undermined the essence of Mother and Child like a passing wind!<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">“<i>Unang yakap - Huling yakap</i>” (first embrace - last embrace) are the most significant moments in the life of a family.</span></b><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Wonder what <i>The Good Life</i> is all about without unity and harmony within the family! It cannot be just a product of science and technology, or so-called progress, of postmodernism which is “living in advance”. These are but material things that cannot be equated with the wholeness of the family;<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Growing old is not pain of loneliness and sense of abandon. On the other hand comfort and joy, as the last rays of life, like a burning candle is brightest before dawn, shortly thereafter comes the glow that heralds another day. </span><span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span>Scenario: a kindly lady standing firm and resolved, who has unconditionally dedicated her life to taking care of her mother, then past one hundred years old. She has opened an unconventional, yet primordial, field of heroism, addressing millions and millions all over the world, in our postmodern way of living: </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> <i>Take </i></span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i><span>Care of the Elderly in the Family. </span><span> </span></i></span><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><i> </i></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br /><span><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUBcmIy7qgkS6DZP4OGoJzwdm9dBDBbzueF8YxBL73fw7MkaHQpTh35zR93_-_IdFzodyZK5MtqwVGPlrp-gkrbzolHQd4sm6v8rJ7mRAjN_dy6ooKp-UTfgM2l-O9xSwApHtPq3HqVJj/w216-h287/DSC03741.JPG" width="216" /></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUBcmIy7qgkS6DZP4OGoJzwdm9dBDBbzueF8YxBL73fw7MkaHQpTh35zR93_-_IdFzodyZK5MtqwVGPlrp-gkrbzolHQd4sm6v8rJ7mRAjN_dy6ooKp-UTfgM2l-O9xSwApHtPq3HqVJj/s1600/DSC03741.JPG"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="text-align: justify;">Marian at 65, peacefully contemplates over contemporary and modern paintings of the author which are reflective of today’s fast evolving society. </span></span><br /><span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Miss Marian Rocero Lazo holds two degrees (BSE and AB) from St Paul College Manila, and pursued advance studies while teaching in her alma mater and at Jose P Laurel High School in Manila for 23 years. She joined the faculty of St Paul College of Ilocos Sur in order to be near her old mother, a former public school teacher. (The author was pupil of Marian's mother in Grade 3 at San Vicente Central Elementary School just after WWII.) Maan as she is fondly called is the third in a family of eight siblings who are all professionals. Her father, the late Angel Lazo, was also a teacher. She had two aunties – Sr Mamerta Rocero spc, and Sr Nathaniel Rocero spc, both doctoral degree holders in science and education.<br /><br />On and off campus Marian has been involved in various activities during the transition period of the new curriculum (K12), in values formation through community service and catechism. She is an advocate of youth development through values formation.<br /><br />At home is Marian - the nurse, therapist, dutiful daughter, loving, caring, and whatever wonderful words one can describe the multi-task role of Marian. Two worlds has she, two roles she plays, two blessings she deserves – a loving family and a successful career, two generations she serves (plus the youngest generation of today – Phoenix Generation) - all these are rolled into one super woman. </b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X0AYWT_hApSXYrecoUxg10xGj7s6SZ-I32FDDHzS61qBnzyVoUbL5QspCEQ94WLCnLPTLF8F8fRB2UH34W5wykIi3vriPExEcQAb-1MwEe63xWfdSvVZd1a-EkSf-D-gbe1wHt_wXIsw/s1600/DSC03748.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X0AYWT_hApSXYrecoUxg10xGj7s6SZ-I32FDDHzS61qBnzyVoUbL5QspCEQ94WLCnLPTLF8F8fRB2UH34W5wykIi3vriPExEcQAb-1MwEe63xWfdSvVZd1a-EkSf-D-gbe1wHt_wXIsw/w357-h269/DSC03748.JPG" width="357" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Auntie Caring, as I always call Maan’s mom, being a relative on the Roberonta side, is a gem of our town. She is not only a model teacher, but a <u>universal teacher</u> – a title I wrote in a feature story about her. As a veteran of WWII, she is regarded a patriot for standing firm against the desecration of the Philippine flag, for which she was honored hero in her funeral. Behind all these accomplishments is a humble daughter, equally honorable and worthy of emulation the world over. ~ </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">Marian with relatives pray before an icon of the Resurrection at the author’s home art gallery in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><span>*</span><i> </i><span><i>San Vicente Ilocos Sur to the World Series</i> feature is </span><span>In celebration of Mother's Day May 9, 2021</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">3. GRETA – The Pearl</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Greta Mario Manlapig</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span style="color: #cc0000;">Humility is symbolized by the pearl, the way it was created by Nature, within it is peace and like the heart it throbs, the source of its glow and luster, and message when hope dims, “Don’t fear, don’t regret. Treat yourself well. Don’t let yourself become miserable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be happy and thankful!”</span></span></b></b></span></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt;"> Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOJn-5T8BIvqAFCTT6qUzGVJKK3VAr3Dwg-kV-T_4g5-xw8k92TLUVWo5-8P2uiGjsDvnqTIlgdWR14jlEHbiX6jqVC7F3Urz48uWvSgND_Ltbz5Bh4tjDFhBZtJ1oho5YF2KHGMtKUVE/s1600/Greta+1.jpg"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOJn-5T8BIvqAFCTT6qUzGVJKK3VAr3Dwg-kV-T_4g5-xw8k92TLUVWo5-8P2uiGjsDvnqTIlgdWR14jlEHbiX6jqVC7F3Urz48uWvSgND_Ltbz5Bh4tjDFhBZtJ1oho5YF2KHGMtKUVE/w152-h237/Greta+1.jpg" width="152" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2F9XohseFMfNPIoSGDyogtqgq7VrDleleyBsB5RY3hajA-Q27BLd_6jIONJVXAS7ZPFWic2__kmsUKa5pKrb4Coh_qCD41hSbWR3kJc7T1DS2Vms9bueRkI3HAC7KH6ds7hLin4braOS/s1600/Greta+2.jpg"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2F9XohseFMfNPIoSGDyogtqgq7VrDleleyBsB5RY3hajA-Q27BLd_6jIONJVXAS7ZPFWic2__kmsUKa5pKrb4Coh_qCD41hSbWR3kJc7T1DS2Vms9bueRkI3HAC7KH6ds7hLin4braOS/w351-h240/Greta+2.jpg" width="351" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Greta M Manlapig in her younger days; a living wall of honors and joyful memorabilia at her residence in QC.</span><br /></span><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>“Greta, a name that sweeps the gymnast floor, reverberates in roar and applause, breath-taking so swift the whole scene in a rarefied atmosphere flashed like passing wind, defining the finest body language in sports - gymnastics;”</b><br /><br /><b>Gymnastics, the ultimate test of balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, endurance and control – of alertness, precision, daring, the lesser would cower - – but not Greta who stood tall on the pedestal, the champion ;</b><br /><br /><b>Greta carried the torch to the ASEAN regional meet, shoulder to shoulder with other champions of the world raised the flame of international competition, not merely in the test of skills, but in strengthening the bond of member- countries; </b><br /><br /><b>There is a spring, an eternal spring, the source of such great achievement, Greta the pioneer blazed the trail of an expanding metropolis with other pathfinders, founders of the Lagro Elementary School and later the Lagro High School;</b><br /><br /><b>Primordium, the seed of any social institution to Greta, is based on “nature and nurture principle” yielding the true harvest of The Sower, under the ambiance of a beautiful family and home, she as model wife, mother and community leader; </b><br /><br /><b>If effective leadership is gauged through sacrifice and altruism, Greta would attest to that as teacher, coordinator, organizer, weaving the threads that secured the institutions now serving thousands of students, hundreds of teachers, the community as a whole;</b><br /><br /><b>Like the pearl, layer after layer, in brilliant luster, with varying tints, this gem grows with time, ever patient and understanding, Greta the guardian, preferred over residency in New York, to stay put here with her brainchild, in three generations now; </b><br /><br /><b>Greta writes a column in the Greater Lagro Gazette, she too, is a pioneer in community journalism - Enjoying where you are – an experiential- spiritual approach to keep traditional values in the midst of inevitable change; </b><br /><br /><b>Moralism in postmodern times, our era today with three generations in a chain, yet divided in domicile and transience, by opportunities, travel and affluence, confronts Greta in her golden years of life, yet unyielding to move out of the frontline; </b><br /><br /><b>In Enjoying where you are, Greta does not settle on neutrality, but only for the truth, never to, Go gentle into the night, but Rage, rage, rage, in the power of the pen, in the tradition of the elders, in the righteousness of formative conscience, in Carpe diem; </b><br /><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;">Carpe diem</i><b> - seize the moment - while the clay mold is still fresh, love and be loved, smile, share your time with others, connect with old and young alike, keep memories fresh in laughter, reflection, and affection – to Greta these are lessons to live by.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>he dichotomy of aging – its biological inevitability and its golden rays of wisdom and counsel – makes life truly holistic and fulfilled, to Greta ageing is also reaping the greatest gifts of the Great Maker, gifts He gave though mostly were never asked;</b><br /><br /><b>To Greta these gifts are graces on condition they are reciprocated by goodness which she traces from childhood, from a large brood, a wholesome family, strict parents ruled by values of old, in a hometown where San Vicente Ferrer, one of the most learned saint is venerated;</b><br /><br /><b>It is a small municipality, now suburb of Metropolitan Vigan, seat of fine art (painting, sculpture), crafts (carpentry), vegetable bowl (cabbage, cauliflower, onion), above all, likened to a little Florence, a Renaissance center of arts, music, tradition, religious vocation, and various careers; </b><br /><br /><b>All professionals Greta takes pride of her family and clan in the fields of education, medicine, law, business, and others – models for today’s millennials and Igens (social media generation) - she, like Storming of the Bastille, raises the flag still - </b><br /><br /><b>Her arms, tired like Moses’ in the battle of good over evil, are sustained by her philosophy, that life must go on, never to surrender to a cause, gargantuan it may be, and the pearl, like a candle throughout the night, sends its brightest glow before dawn; </b><br /><br /><b>The pearl is an all-seeing eye, a symbol of divine omniscience and not sinister influence, its subdued radiance and luster humbles all stones because it speaks of humility - humility that cautions the world from chartless, drastic and unbridled change;</b><br /><br /><b>Humility is symbolized by the pearl, the way it was created by Nature, within it is peace and like the heart it throbs, the source of its glow and luster, and message when hope dims, “Don’t fear, don’t regret. Treat yourself well. Don’t let yourself miserable. Be happy and thankful!”</b><br /><br /><b>Enjoying where you are speaks: there is no retirement of the mind, heart and spirit, true to Greta’s gemstone its eternal flame speaks of immortality, in a Holy Triad of Connectivity with fellowmen, Nature, and a benevolent and omnipotent God, which is the basic pattern of all great religions;</b><br /><br /><b>Immortality is never losing the person whose life is an icon, whose thoughts touched the thoughts of others, her heart compassionate, her reverence and trust in God like Job, her family carrying the gifted genetic line and strict discipline expressed in the way Greta lives – that others may also live this way. ~</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7ibalA-miNWtxFKughMJ79REzliaRl4HJQfqShm538AQkEDlprF49uQqliv4rYLKrzIlx5l6_YkkZ6XXvGhvXxxB6LDbBBC_IuvDjx-20lLSoicBlaYtAwUuHtqsq90ZRUJVjC9THHe8/s1600/Greta+8.jpg"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7ibalA-miNWtxFKughMJ79REzliaRl4HJQfqShm538AQkEDlprF49uQqliv4rYLKrzIlx5l6_YkkZ6XXvGhvXxxB6LDbBBC_IuvDjx-20lLSoicBlaYtAwUuHtqsq90ZRUJVjC9THHe8/w431-h292/Greta+8.jpg" width="431" /></a></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial black" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">NOTE: Greta and the author are natives of San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. Their parents were contemporaries, so with the siblings of Greta and the author. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial black" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial black" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">5. </span></b></span></span></span></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span><span>Miss Beatriz R Riotoc</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial black" , "sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> Principal, San Vicente Ilocos Sur Integrated School</span></b><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">. </span></b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span>Challenges in Education in an Integrated School</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GYNA-xkhKzTkMxG9T6lmLC7G7Ry5afEuBIN45twjUVr7rq9q3DslgSGuWOy1dW_llLN0Ago_anCXRvd8t9oChrExK3pbNlIDDkHvmQajG7tdNS-WpMjQmJCYXj8lapfdAfe2eawaqwpu/s1600/DSC04661+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GYNA-xkhKzTkMxG9T6lmLC7G7Ry5afEuBIN45twjUVr7rq9q3DslgSGuWOy1dW_llLN0Ago_anCXRvd8t9oChrExK3pbNlIDDkHvmQajG7tdNS-WpMjQmJCYXj8lapfdAfe2eawaqwpu/w253-h220/DSC04661+A.jpg" width="253" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9C_Op2x326EtQN7ocndU0y7AVsbldGv5S84-LxaE4YhJUcvHiv_72a35aXISzwTvP1rxu2FCiIttBexfNKHhF7CoP-bldbERvl8m4Ya36UIJPh9b6fzj0-fX7HGIWO_P3CzuriiCJc4DU/s1600/DSC04664+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9C_Op2x326EtQN7ocndU0y7AVsbldGv5S84-LxaE4YhJUcvHiv_72a35aXISzwTvP1rxu2FCiIttBexfNKHhF7CoP-bldbERvl8m4Ya36UIJPh9b6fzj0-fX7HGIWO_P3CzuriiCJc4DU/w260-h221/DSC04664+A.jpg" width="260" /></a></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A memorable visit to the school where I finished elementary education in 1953. Receiving the books I authored for the school library are Miss Retoria Riotoc (center), principal and Miss Seferina T Reclusado, master teacher. Right: With a sense of gratitude I presented the award I received - the 2015 prestigious 2015 Fr Jose Burgos Achievement Award, an honor I </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">share with my alma mater. NOTE: Miss Riotoc has been recently assigned back to SVIS as school principal, a post she held for many years.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;"><b>In defining a <i>principal</i> in our time, some seventy years ago, he was strict, in fact very strict, the mere mention of his name, made an erring pupil virtually sweat out of fear. For the word by itself was associated with strict discipline. He was the like of Mr. Sebastian Ruelos, our principal then, who believed that the school is but a step away from home, and the teachers are the alter ego of parents. It was not unusual to see him carrying a symbolic stick in his daily routine on the campus.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6vJ7A790slM2a_1TQb1mMsK0_RNXodqkTdHxky0OnHQCga_LeHQXAx-7HhrDa70MU2Azb9pndbFw_xnM7yzP0KQrovx39HN7z1grSOjOpMFTUduSOjwR8G0_aUfbKwmacIZ-p8IKzg-U/s1600/San+Vicente+Integrated+School+10155137_709164915806815_2121184209_n.jpg"><img border="0" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS6vJ7A790slM2a_1TQb1mMsK0_RNXodqkTdHxky0OnHQCga_LeHQXAx-7HhrDa70MU2Azb9pndbFw_xnM7yzP0KQrovx39HN7z1grSOjOpMFTUduSOjwR8G0_aUfbKwmacIZ-p8IKzg-U/w120-h117/San+Vicente+Integrated+School+10155137_709164915806815_2121184209_n.jpg" width="120" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7t_I3364dUmO3-mBRs-lMGmFiT5S2yDLdQap0Cy3Kym10NiDILppP3O0E_xYAhTXNMQIaFmYG-pEoRFLsQWkjGGZbnSaJ9HgTIdxpEgmJAefEr2awduKlv6aBQXE4OBxwoTHmKHNO06Z/s1600/San+Vicente+Intyegrated+school+1opening.jpg"><img border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7t_I3364dUmO3-mBRs-lMGmFiT5S2yDLdQap0Cy3Kym10NiDILppP3O0E_xYAhTXNMQIaFmYG-pEoRFLsQWkjGGZbnSaJ9HgTIdxpEgmJAefEr2awduKlv6aBQXE4OBxwoTHmKHNO06Z/w163-h122/San+Vicente+Intyegrated+school+1opening.jpg" width="163" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwu6ypj7JaEtD4FgTCBM1pdlNigwAtul4rUeNB-lB79wJbruA5VU86JxCM0I-Kvs99NlDNDl3zYp6OwSYAzVKs4ChqaDOnMFkvdtlOgFWd7t16En3e8igp22q85TEheU92FUC0TgBPnnH/s1600/DSC04655+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwu6ypj7JaEtD4FgTCBM1pdlNigwAtul4rUeNB-lB79wJbruA5VU86JxCM0I-Kvs99NlDNDl3zYp6OwSYAzVKs4ChqaDOnMFkvdtlOgFWd7t16En3e8igp22q85TEheU92FUC0TgBPnnH/w199-h119/DSC04655+A.jpg" width="199" /></a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FnzXuRSmgovXTRr16J33ztZ4D2JUYLLA_Vf3owQQZmq1N_z36fyisjhgH8LYg3oZ7tpkFPnOq5dBHYZSInQ5jDF8ZSySzRMpby0jI6K4ucZVSiBA8yRIkq3h0_x-bYGmyRN17H7jpe-5/s1600/DSC04656+A.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FnzXuRSmgovXTRr16J33ztZ4D2JUYLLA_Vf3owQQZmq1N_z36fyisjhgH8LYg3oZ7tpkFPnOq5dBHYZSInQ5jDF8ZSySzRMpby0jI6K4ucZVSiBA8yRIkq3h0_x-bYGmyRN17H7jpe-5/w189-h111/DSC04656+A.jpg" width="189" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulkghcA6K1bahLrMPSuxEmFhK-PfPRCkthBhg3m9xyg3txJ30vu6nxYXKyURVAjaxih5Jwi8kvYgmSB-OzpKI1HerZiECKw3bTsMDSJ0okPOz-_opzXouPRBaM7AnrsNUXVwvTu-n5qL4/s1600/DSC04658+A.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgulkghcA6K1bahLrMPSuxEmFhK-PfPRCkthBhg3m9xyg3txJ30vu6nxYXKyURVAjaxih5Jwi8kvYgmSB-OzpKI1HerZiECKw3bTsMDSJ0okPOz-_opzXouPRBaM7AnrsNUXVwvTu-n5qL4/w192-h113/DSC04658+A.jpg" width="192" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphpYR5yltHNSa6HMfWQYuDJTsiIEfRX5PBb0pHNxwtjWKCPAeEGcaS3LQHOQogk8fSL6Uhk2slKVA3aQrJf_4VKYYApstaRaaBKqpuglm_wpIdk5Tt3jg7JFrgvkx4in0zx_kDN7UMWI-/s1600/DSC04659+A.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphpYR5yltHNSa6HMfWQYuDJTsiIEfRX5PBb0pHNxwtjWKCPAeEGcaS3LQHOQogk8fSL6Uhk2slKVA3aQrJf_4VKYYApstaRaaBKqpuglm_wpIdk5Tt3jg7JFrgvkx4in0zx_kDN7UMWI-/w99-h113/DSC04659+A.jpg" width="99" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">San Vicente Integrated School today as it was during my time some seventy years ago - same building, same playground. Where has education changed and gone? One can only surmise what lies ahead for these school children. It is the duty of us, we who have spent the formative years of our lives in this sch</span><span>ool, to guide our younger brothers and sisters, our children, and grand children. </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>T</span><span>he picture of a principal has changed in many ways since then. She is the like of Miss Beatriz Retoria Riotoc today. She represents the women dominated field of education, earning her way to the top with a deep commitment to the teaching profession as a vocation to the point of considering teaching as a ministry. It is on this level that one like her is committed to a personal educational philosophy. </span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div>But to understand ones philosophy in life and career, you must draw out the threads from a ball of years-long experience, so to speak, about the person. It is not an easy diagnostic research, since many teachers, particularly the younger ones have yet to develop a particular philosophy clearly their own. Educators call this eclectic, a transitional kind of philosophy, characterized by the adoption of various methodologies - personal and adapted – with the end in view of attaining a particular objective or goal.<br /><br />An integrated school has the elementary and secondary levels combined into a continuous system; whereas, in the conventional system, elementary and high school are separate entities. Under the new curriculum (K to 12), San Vicente Integrated School presently has 548 pupils in the elementary (Kinder to Grade 6) and 247 in the secondary (Grade 7 to 14), assigned to 35 teachers, 24 in the elementary and 11 in the secondary. (Data not updated)<br /><br />On the other hand, there are teachers identified as perenialists or authoritarian in their field of expertise and methodologies. But with the expanding fields of education more and more teachers are pursuing other philosophies such as realism, idealism, and existentialism.</span></b><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />Miss Riotoc, for one, is a <i>realist</i>, and<i> </i>an<i> idealist </i>as well.<i> </i>This can be traced to her background having been raised in a rural community, by a close-knit family where work, education and discipline are primordial values. She is a product of private and religious institutions (St. Paul College of Ilocos Sur and St Louis University in Baguio), and a state university (University of Northern Philippines, where she finished a master’s degree in education). As a homegrown model in her teaching career in lineage, culture, language and education, it is not difficult for teachers and pupils under her care to adjust to real life situations. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />But times have changed and change is accelerating. Miss Riotoc may be traditional, if you call it that way, if you are living in the city where conditions are not only changing fast but transient in many ways, what with students flocking in from various regions and classrooms are not getting bigger, and students' diminishing attention to lessons and incidence of breakdown in discipline as real problems reminiscent of the 1987 movie, <i>The Principal</i>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The movie was a big hit because the plot depicts the eroding discipline in many school campuses in the US. A high school principal played by a tough guy, James Belushi, slugged it out with the hardened school gang members disturbing the peace on the campus. He won their respect at the end. The happy ending upholds the school’s principle and thrust in education given the worst scenario. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>We don’t find such scenario in our schools, much less in the countryside. Not to the extent as depicted in the movie. The epilogue leaves an important lesson to school authorities. It poses a great challenge to a school principal like Miss Riotoc as disciplinarian, catalyst to learning, vanguard, guardian, friend - roles perhaps no other profession can claim to be as many, as urgent and as vital. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>We admit that there are many things that cannot be learned – and even if we do, the more we are led to wonder, puzzled yet humbled by the enormity and magnificence of the world we live in. It is like going up a mountain. The higher you go, the wider and farther your eyes can see but cannot decipher.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Where does education start, and where does it end? The<i> Binhi</i> principle gives a symbolic explanation. The teacher is <i>the</i> biblical Sower (<i>Parable of the Sower</i>). She sows the seed of knowledge, and provides it with all the necessary conditions for its growth and development so that it will bring in bountiful harvest. In another analogy, the teacher is the lamp holder in the night. She holds it proudly and high this lamp of knowledge, and passes its light onto the waiting lamps of others. They too, shall pass on the light until the world is illuminated. The light to the world is the collective light of knowledge of humanity, adapting Rizal's concept of education as the source of enlightenment and freedom.</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Current Issues that Challenge a Teacher </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />However good a teacher is, or any leader for that matter, she is aware that these are but general statements of truth and wisdom. They are seldom scrutinized or raised in debates. And yet in the very core of these motherhood statements lie vital issues that now and then creep in surreptitiously in the middle of the night and disturb the good sleep of teachers, educators, scholars, governments .Take these cases.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">How can social media enhance education? Can e-learning suffice and not require one to go to school?</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">There is an explosion of knowledge, but how much can we absorb? How can we separate the grain from the chaff from a growing heap of knowledge? Which leads us to a coined word, <i>infollution</i>. (AVR).</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Infollution</span></i><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> or Information Pollution – how can we clean up the garbage in cyberspace, <i>sanitize</i> learning before it contaminates and spreads into epidemic?</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Whatever happened to the family where the principle of trinity is put to practice - the family where society begins, where its foundation lies? </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">If “a little learning is a dangerous thing,” so with too much learning. While Darwinism has gained acceptance in the biological world, how can it apply in politics and commerce without disturbing society? If science is good why does it create a Frankenstein.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">And values? Socrates is too far out and too old to remember his teachings, Plato is "too pure", the Church is divided and the faith alienated. Transience of domicile and purpose in life has changed values radically, perhaps irreversibly. </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Who and how many are aware of the phenomenon of <i>autotoxicity</i> or progressive self destruction? Not so many, others adamantly do, that nature's laws when violated result in unimagined destruction likened to an Armageddon. Today we are not only witnesses, but victims, of global warming, species extinction, mass poverty, epidemic diseases, and others. . How are these be taught in school, and "save the world." </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Return to basic does not mean fundamentalism, today's root of conflict and terrorism (ISIS, Buko Haram, Al Qaeda, Hamas) that threatens world peace. Isn’t good education enough to lay down the basics of life and living? </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The 3Rs of Literacy (Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic</span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">) cannot meet the criteria of today’s requirement for literacy, a challenge posed to schools, to social media and globalization. Scientists argue whether or not our world is getting truly literate. If literacy is the magic wand that bails a person out of being poor, why is it that half of the world’s population remains poor? (While the other half has more than it needs.) </span></b></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Strengthening the interconnectedness of home, school, church and community as the four pillars of a true and lasting education. </b></span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Education and Formative Conscience</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />How does education of young children mold not only their mind, heart and spirit, but their conscience, the seat of ethico-morals of everyday living, which former UST Rector, Fr Tamerlane Lana calls <i>formative conscience</i>? <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />Does it ring the conscience when we destroy the environment, waste food, pollute the air, unkind to the old, indifferent to general welfare, commit dishonesty, abandon our children, and the like? <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Functional Literacy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A tribesman living in the of Kalahari Desert in <i>The Gods Must Be Crazy, </i> turned out to be the teacher of a lady teacher, a PhD holder at that. “To where the wind blows a predator can sense you,” he warns in his native tongue, then he wet his finger with saliva and raised it up for a few seconds like a barometer. “It is not safe to be here,” He urged his special guest to move to safety. To which we ask, what is literacy?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>What is literacy when a culinary expert fails to produce a precise boiled egg using modern gadget? When producing rice is more theory than practice, succeeding to produce half of the targeted crop yield? How many children fail to reach <i>functiona</i>l literacy level that enable them to understand the world around them, interact with people, understand events, take good care of themselves, raise families of their own properly. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">E</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">ducation must take us back to our heritage, the valued wisdom of our old folks. Whatever education is today characterized by new curriculum, distance education (e-learning), accreditation to “Center of Excellence,” high-tech, and the like, education must be integrated by all means into the holistic attributes of man - <i>Homo sapiens</i> (the Thinking Man), <i>Homo faber</i> (Man the Maker), <i>Homo ludens</i> (the Playing Man) and <i>Homo spiritus</i> (the Praying Man). </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Wab2h2Sa6SHfjFqYtUUDTQHNlnRrl145UVgTbC3KSnUrYBEPU5m1SVY9EzwmnaNV8JSDArmxwAjAPQyHtJoOZ5dlIxB_fNJUXXp9jtzRwXH9wlwO-mACn2noL48hVkhfCab96TKO-Bew/s1600/Good+shepherd+3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Wab2h2Sa6SHfjFqYtUUDTQHNlnRrl145UVgTbC3KSnUrYBEPU5m1SVY9EzwmnaNV8JSDArmxwAjAPQyHtJoOZ5dlIxB_fNJUXXp9jtzRwXH9wlwO-mACn2noL48hVkhfCab96TKO-Bew/s1600/Good+shepherd+3.jpg" width="200" /></b></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLcVGk_VimgkxF7DsAK0WlSmFH4xQOrFBSvRtyIH35ZqKAdu1u6LwzzKKoWQ3KfbMPNTsUryLPp9Sro53WMtZXkGaty9CvKz6diX726C9rtMbbB7oY7qJoDZ-vCfEe5FSrpih-YOjkisZ/s1600/Gandhi.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLcVGk_VimgkxF7DsAK0WlSmFH4xQOrFBSvRtyIH35ZqKAdu1u6LwzzKKoWQ3KfbMPNTsUryLPp9Sro53WMtZXkGaty9CvKz6diX726C9rtMbbB7oY7qJoDZ-vCfEe5FSrpih-YOjkisZ/s1600/Gandhi.jpg" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="text-align: center;">In parting, Miss Riotoc cited the great Mahatma Gandhi, </span><i style="text-align: center;">Man of the Last Millennium. </i><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="text-align: center;">"</span><span style="text-align: center;">You must be the change you want to see in the world." </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />And to the Greatest Teacher of all who walked the Earth, education is alive, very much alive, in all of us; it is<i> the </i>way of life. ~ </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>6. </b></span></span><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">Francisca Trinidad, SPC- "Manang Madre"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: left;"> Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9bN8EI23vJRxuFtox02k2Rqm_vjBUitAG5o0uscHkqckaiDtCyuobSwAJsgPhMjT51HMO8oEjcM7TYBpF4KHoF_X1PW_nAv6jC4coYmp7m17ccBmJ41e_4Txy_znedwbNR9lRy_5-2ai/s1600/CANON+PHOTO+CONTEST+96+AsiaPacif0004.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550339613775406706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9bN8EI23vJRxuFtox02k2Rqm_vjBUitAG5o0uscHkqckaiDtCyuobSwAJsgPhMjT51HMO8oEjcM7TYBpF4KHoF_X1PW_nAv6jC4coYmp7m17ccBmJ41e_4Txy_znedwbNR9lRy_5-2ai/s400/CANON+PHOTO+CONTEST+96+AsiaPacif0004.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 376px;" /></a></span><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">All from San Vicente, Ilocos Sur: Manang Madre with Rotor clan:</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"> Fe (former UP professor)</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">, Cely (retired teacher), </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Veny (Franciscan sister)</span><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">San Vicente is a small town, three kilometers west of Vigan, the capital of Ilocos Sur. The town takes pride in honoring its outstanding sons and daughters, among them, a diminutive, frail looking religious sister, who devoted her whole long life to the development of children through education and devotion. Author's Note: Search in this Blog, the life of Sister Mamerta Rocero, SPC, also a native of San Vicente. </span><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />There is always the last of a distinct breed, reminiscent of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Last of the Mohicans</span>, a novel written by James Fenimore Cooper. After that a new breed emerges.<br /><br />Manang Madre is among the last of a fine breed of religious sisters.<br /><br />She lived a full missionary life with the zeal and dedication of a Mother Teresa. She was simple and humble, and remained a trusted friend, mentor and spiritual adviser.<br /><br />This is Manang Madre to us. We knew how good and courageous she was even at a very early age. She would warn us of approaching Japanese soldiers, and lead us into an underground hideout, hushing us into complete silence. Like a sentinel she knew when it was safe to go out and resume our chores and play. We would have known more fear and uncertainty were it not for her assuring presence and company.<br /><br />There was this incident just after the war that Manang Madre risked her life in saving my sister and brother who were trapped in a live charcoal pit. This is the dugout stove chamber used in boiling sugarcane juice to become <span style="font-style: italic;">muscovado</span> or red sugar. It was a miracle, Dad and the people who came to the rescue afterward, likened her to a "guardian angel,"<br /><br />Manang Madre remained our older playmate and guardian of sort. Mother died at the onset of the war, so that having Manang Madre around filled a vacuum in us. Dad always reminded us to be good to her.<br /><br />There was a time Manang Madre invited us to see her glass aquarium. There beside the window, the morning sun cast a prism on the green <span style="font-style: italic;">Hydrilla</span> and <i>Elodea </i>plants with numerous tiny bubbles forming and clinging on their leaves. One by one the bubbles rose and popped daintily. A dozen colorful fish gleefully played in the sunbeam. This indeed made a lasting impression in me to become a biologist someday. When I became a professor, I devised an laboratory project for my students, a <i>natural home aquarium </i>without electric-driven pump and filter. It was patterned after Manang Madre's aquarium.<br /><br />It was peacetime. Things were going back to normal. Wounds healed, so to speak, leaving but scars. School reopened. Manang Madre soon entered the convent without our knowledge. But she wrote often, sending us cards,<span style="font-style: italic;"> stampita</span> and religious medals.<br /><br />It was many years after when I saw Manang Madre in the former Vigil House at St. Paul University Quezon City campus. She had retired and was wearing an implanted heart pacer. I too, had retired from government service and was teaching part time in that school.<br /><br />In spite of her conditions she helped me build the school museum with her collection of stamps. She was a a philatelist. She helped me in the eco-sanctuary, the botanical garden of the school. She was a gardener. So with the school's outreach program in Barangay Valencia. She taught for many years children and adults alike. Why don't we map our family tree? I asked. She had indeed a very good memory to the third generation and fourth consanguinity. I treasure the <i>map</i> she made.<br /><br />The last time I saw her was in 2009 at the new Vigil House at Taytay, Rizal. I was attending the annual school retreat. It was a bright morning. We were walking among the flowers that lined a big fountain pond fronting the modern edifice.<br /><br />Manang Madre and two other religious sisters formed a triumvirate in the family. They all belonged to St. Paul of Chartres congregation.</span></span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Sister Nathaniel Rocero, SPC, the intellectual, sometimes branded activist for her concern for the poor, a Ph.D. holder in English and Literature, proponent of traditional and classical philosophy.</span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Sister Mamerta Rocero, SPC, the scientist, biologist, researcher, she revived the ethnic values of plants, humanist, also a Ph.D. holder (<span style="font-style: italic;">meritissimus</span>). Her dissertation: "Ethnobotany among The Itawes," published by the National Museum.</span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Sister Francisca Trinidad, SPC, educator, school administrator, extension specialist, teacher to countless children as if they were her own, as if they were like us who once grew under the her protection.</span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Across the fence roared countless vehicles, smoke rose from smokestacks in the distance. The air was heavy with smog. A parade on wheels displayed colorful banner, amidst blaring announcements and reverberating music, while Manang madre was being laid to final rest in the SPC sisters' cemetery. I remember the last part of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Last of the Mohicans.</span> To quote:<br /><br />"We are not alone. We may be of different races, but God has placed us so that we journey on the same path."<br /><br />Sister Madre and her kind, assure us that we are not alone. They are the bridge of unity, ages and generations. They have placed us in that same journey, leading us all on the same path to God." ~</span></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>7<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlenSabNxYAQGQJtvHTuls6i0PX8M1GBw-Wa5MKlZd8VjKiLOsL-s77Doq-HFeuOlyxAXaswLvdBDREW6eOLWRizhzHZ918cTLGd5tTnx9jqZnkTrbUt4QqaMqqz-Aae0lpEjbJLCkzGEk/s320/DSC07884+A+-+Copy.jpg" width="320" /></span>. Lola Virginia Lagasca - Centenarian and WWII Veteran</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Lola Virginia “Virgie” L. Lagasca, 98, entrepreneur, philanthropist, lives a Spartan life, the key to a long and fulfilled life. As a WWII veteran and guardian of a successful family, she keeps on going with three generations in a row, remarkably at the forefront to caution change with priceless values and tradition. Background mural - Living with Nature - by the author at his residence in Greater Lagro QC.</span></b></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b> ANNEX: </b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><b> </b></span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Apo Baket' </i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span><i><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> - </span></i></span></b></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Keeper of Time-Honored Tradition and Values</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living with Nature Center, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsa0mt2tSfr0pTfDMRc7ZMm2rWwZ7xVWbbfV78KdW-gsbOBdh8w1KShVC-JJJEoePy459b2EqqH-byQMyEvJSvzbTze2zQ-8_koNyHRUB3OLfJA29EDJSfHYhcgwMeJXO_QBj3ei_Wyd_oR3L0JhmxiR293FjmNVmjUbR6XUrTXu3f3q_EsJja5S3Q9-w/w406-h304/DSC00534.JPG" width="406" /></span></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span>Life size concrete icon of an old woman, keeper of time-honored traditional values, enshrined at San Vicente Botanical Garden </span><span>under the care of the author. San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. Sculptured by</span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span> Francisco "Boy" Peralta, and restored by Bhoy Adora. </span></span></span></div><div><p></p><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>S</span>he is mother, grandmother, guardian, of countless children through generations throughout the world, teaching them the true values of growing up, to adapt to the ever changing environment, save those values that must <u>not </u>change.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>She leads the community, church, school, in fact all facets of life, side by side with men, and behind their struggle, in the likes of Tandang Sora, Fe del Mundo, Gabriella Silang, Leona Florentino, along with Florence Nightingale, Saint Mother Teresa. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">She is the ever-loving mother in the Pieta, symbol of universal love and compassion, dedication, and asceticism on the highest level; the ever-loving partner in marital life vowed "till death do us part," core of the family as the primordial social institution. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">She is the widow of honored men in the battlefield, or by circumstances beyond her control, accepting such fate and bravely taking over the responsibility not only for her own sake, but for those under her care, and society itself. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>She keeps the kitchen of old alive and invitingly delectable as ever - <i>pinakbet, kare-kare, ginatan, sinigang, bulalo, la-ing, papaitan, kilawin, </i>surpassing fast foods, extravagantly labelled foods, culinary preparations </b></span><b>lavishly advertised. </b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">She is the storyteller Lola Basyang, pen name of Severino Reyes, around her, children gather to listen to folktales and make-believe stories, including versions of stories from the Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Anderson, and Scheherazade in One Thousand and One Arabian Nights. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">She is the mother or grandmother of overseas workers who leave behind their families to secure a better socio-economic status of their families; and under her care their children grow up properly in spite of the absence of father and mother.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>She is the <i>yaya</i>, the traditional </b><b>nanny, who other than taking care of the nursery and growing children, does varied household chores - cooking, cleaning, laundry, errand, marketing, making housekeeping light on the part of parents and children as well. </b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>She is the weaver of <i>abel</i> (Ilocano blanket), and many household items made of <i>pandan, </i></b><b><i>buri, and tikiw</i>; maker of the </b><b>finest </b><b>dress and formal wears made of <i>pina; </i>maker of fine pottery and china wares; and keeper of the old aparador of antiques and </b><b>memoirs.</b><b> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6-Yc7hnWcD7ukata6Bbxwnw5FtKMsjZh4aQa1-8KKrLRmdoxtOswypA9_nCKLbOpwcweMDREXL2dORac8VGXPrQGGzfJd-FByJo_BXbOzfPWJjHaDe8a9idL-WeeJztUyVEd2exxLD6QyOKNk3_LozmRl_t-9UgTcavYoaS-_dmPzA_6h1mCe6NEdX1E/s5152/DSC00533.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6-Yc7hnWcD7ukata6Bbxwnw5FtKMsjZh4aQa1-8KKrLRmdoxtOswypA9_nCKLbOpwcweMDREXL2dORac8VGXPrQGGzfJd-FByJo_BXbOzfPWJjHaDe8a9idL-WeeJztUyVEd2exxLD6QyOKNk3_LozmRl_t-9UgTcavYoaS-_dmPzA_6h1mCe6NEdX1E/w248-h330/DSC00533.JPG" width="248" /></span></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>She is the grandmother in Johanna Spyri's novel <i>Heidi;</i> Madame Curie, greatest woman scientist; Mary Shelly, author of <i>Frankenstein,</i> world's scariest bedtime story; </b><b>Florence Nightingale, the Lady with a Lamp who kept vigil on the sick in the wee hours. </b><b> </b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">She is <i>Basang,</i> my <i>auntie-yaya</i> from the time my mother died when I was only two until I went to Manila for college; Lola<i> Usta </i>who painstakingly applied all local remedies to revive me born a blue baby amidst extreme danger of WW II breaking out. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">She is the <i>First Lady </i>of a president of state; queen beside a king, or head of state; saint of the church; on the other hand, victim at the gallows; maligned old woman, the butt of jokes and unkind stories, yet she stands her ground brave and perseverant as the world goes round. ~</span></b></div></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-78505404906032881632024-03-01T08:21:00.002+08:002024-03-01T08:48:28.887+08:00Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery (Handa, Laban, Bangon) FIRE PREVENTION MONTH MARCH 2024<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>FIRE PREVENTION MONTH MARCH 2024 </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">Lesson in 4 parts on TATAKalikasan, Ateneo de Manila University</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">87.9 FM Radyo Katipunan, every Thursday) 11 to 12 a.m.</span></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>(Handa, Laban, Bangon) </i></span></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part 1 - Always Be Prepared: Typhoon, Flood, Tsunami,<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Earthquake, and Other Disasters<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part 2 - 13 Frankenstein monsters roaming in our midst </span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part 3 - Our lives are being outrun by Science and Technology!</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part 4 - Triumvirates of Doom: (Nuclear, Chemical and</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Biological Warfare)</span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">ANNEX - 10 Fire Prevention Tips You Need to Know Now</span></b></blockquote><div><b></b><div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Co-host, TATAKalikasan, with Fr JM Manzano and Prof Emoy Rodolfo, AdMU</span></b></div><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">In Afghanistan, a series of earthquakes on October 7, 2023, killed 2,400 people. Several hundreds were reported missing, 1,714 houses destroyed, and 11,066 people left homeless. </span><br /></span></b><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">On September 8, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Morocco, with more than 3,000 people confirmed dead, and thousands injured. The disaster was Morocco’s most powerful earthquake in more than a century and its deadliest since 1960</span></b><br /><br /><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>More than 33,000 people have died across Turkey and Syria since a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6, 2023.* </b></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The quake is one of the strongest to hit the region in more than 100 years. Thousands of buildings collapsed. </b></span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgpPZ0irRmC5lRj_TF6zRCNVt6ech6dKqiK3TjaKvZcf6jLdYuQG0nJFkXCuXlYy9YusxUYYa5K8kUsHcQ3eoCP3w5ti2ho1TGgcOQuTyTfFFh3QoNTL9ov6c_kCGCYPx6N-wKHY2d_Pb/s1600/Flood+1.1.1.0+Tab+2+of+4_1.jpg" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgpPZ0irRmC5lRj_TF6zRCNVt6ech6dKqiK3TjaKvZcf6jLdYuQG0nJFkXCuXlYy9YusxUYYa5K8kUsHcQ3eoCP3w5ti2ho1TGgcOQuTyTfFFh3QoNTL9ov6c_kCGCYPx6N-wKHY2d_Pb/w456-h188/Flood+1.1.1.0+Tab+2+of+4_1.jpg" width="456" /></a><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryfw0ch5sRD_TNOuDhmETb6Z56j5gPjorJAzqmV_Ghf4NiEz87tUfhq8bbwvAV6INsh5-WM8YFGpXsjjfgQ1VrTdZjvSQNsxcyNfsDh7zH3vANim6PBp9SKNOqAQk5l_o0OewxwC07L5V/s1600/Flood+102405.JPG" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryfw0ch5sRD_TNOuDhmETb6Z56j5gPjorJAzqmV_Ghf4NiEz87tUfhq8bbwvAV6INsh5-WM8YFGpXsjjfgQ1VrTdZjvSQNsxcyNfsDh7zH3vANim6PBp9SKNOqAQk5l_o0OewxwC07L5V/w210-h158/Flood+102405.JPG" width="210" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6H_ndtzlnBSJdhhsDvD8MTde7t4_VHMX8Clrx8cetgligTHuklMu5HI_n0gSSY8WaAztsKU-yGcx-bTh1wrEqsI7obSfWJeQht_H56Dzc_zKLSPJKjPrkkgZgkRtPiV7s8bbfLIiQmpa/s1600/Blog+Espana+flood+Picture1.jpg" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6H_ndtzlnBSJdhhsDvD8MTde7t4_VHMX8Clrx8cetgligTHuklMu5HI_n0gSSY8WaAztsKU-yGcx-bTh1wrEqsI7obSfWJeQht_H56Dzc_zKLSPJKjPrkkgZgkRtPiV7s8bbfLIiQmpa/w242-h158/Blog+Espana+flood+Picture1.jpg" width="242" /> </a><br style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Typical flood scenes </span></span></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span>T</span>his article is an update of an earlier post on how we <b>prepare, respond </b>and <b>recover,</b> in times of calamity. Here is a checklist to follow. Add to this list other necessary measures, particularly those that fit into the conditions of your place.</span></h3><div><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">1. Keep informed and abreast</b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> – Radio, TV, Internet, Telephone, neighbors, cellphone. Social media in action.</span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> <b>2. Know at fingertips emergency numbers </b>for disaster, fire, earthquake, police, NDCC, DECS, DOH, others. Be emergency response conscious of evacuation sites, fire exits, hospitals and clinics,</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">Secure appliances and items (furniture, documents, books, toys, etc) on second floor or on safe area. Move heavy objects away from harm’s way, these include apparador, potted plants, heavy tools, etc.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXXQ3GWuK0QXQx667BmeKn3xJ8w_vkDRZPz4DeAT0L52qdfrgZBpzO_vNCZboPMQVmwog6afiPZ4rg6Wzx7nFzfvGXXKPLPZwGNifG6Ms02CHlJLH9go_VOnYqvaBSHuYs6w3ySJASxj6/s400/quotes+-Petra-Nemcova-we-cannot-stop-natural-disasters-but-we-26729.png" width="400" /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>3. Prepare for power cut off. </b>Set your freezer to the coldest temperature setting to minimize spoilage if the power is cut off. Have on hand flashlight, candles, batteries, etc. Charge cellphones and emergency lights. Have enough LPG during the emergency period. Keep a spare tank. In the province be sure you have sufficient stock of dry firewood.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>4. Have your car, motorbike, ready for emergency</b>. If water rises, secure them to higher ground.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">Always see to it that they are at tiptop condition.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>5. Check windows and doors, walls and roofs.</b> Reinforce and seal them if necessary. Have handy towels, rags and mops. Seal leaking walls and roof even before the typhoon season.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>6. Stay at the strongest and safest place in the house </b>if the typhoon gets severe. Keep away from flood water, electrical outlet and wire, china wares and glass windows.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>7. Seal off broken window or door</b> with mattress or sofa over as typhoon gets severe. Secure it there with a heavy piece of furniture. Dra</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">w curtains across the windows to prevent against flying glass. Release trapped pressure by allowing it to escape opposite the direction of wind. My experience is to open a window just enough to maintain equilibrium.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;"><br />8. Remember that a typhoon has an eye of calm. </span></b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black;">Don’t be deceived; it may appear that the typhoon has passed. It is only half of it. The winds then pick up again, now in opposite direction.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />9. When the typhoon is finally through, check for hazards - broken glass, fallen trees and downed power lines, dangerous damaged structure.</b></span><br /></span><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><b>10. Observe hygiene during and after a typhoon.</b> Make sure your drinking water is not contaminated. Boil if necessary. Make sure that food properly prepared and stored. Avoid eating food from roadside vendors. Protect yourself from WILD, acronym for <i>Waterborne, Influenza, Leptospirosis,</i> and<i> Diarrhea</i>. Include <i>Dengue</i>, and other diseases.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>11. Give priority attention to infants, children and the elderly.</b> Provide them with whatever measures of safety and comfort. Keep them out of danger. Evacuate, if necessary, before the typhoon strikes.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>12. Get rid of breeding grounds of mosquitoes, flies, rats and other vermin.</b> Drain stagnant pools, dispose containers with water. Dispose garbage properly. Use pesticide only if necessary. Application of insecticide, rodenticide, and fumigant needs expert’s supervision.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>13. Protect yourself from toxic waste </b>if you are living in an industrial center, these include toxic metals (mercury, lead, cadmium), hydrocarbon compounds, pesticide residues, oil spills.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>14. Wear protective clothing</b> like boots when wading in flood water, raincoat, jacket, had hard during clearing and construction, gloves, etc. Be careful with leptospirosis, a disease acquired from rat waste through flood water.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>15. Protect yourself from road accidents.</b> Chances are higher during and after a calamity because of fallen trees and poles, damaged and slippery roads, non-functioning traffic lights, obstructions of all sorts.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br /><b>16. Have your damaged vehicle repaired and cleaned</b> as soon as possible to prevent further damage, specially those submerged in flood. So with other appliances – refrigerators, TV sets, furniture, etc.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>17. Have an adequate supply of food and water</b> for the foreseeable period of emergency. No panic buying, please. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>18. Medicine cabinet, first aid kit.</b> Check regularly and replenish the needed medical supplies, principally for the treatment of common ailments, and victims of accidents.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>19. Protect your home from burglars</b> (<i>akyat bahay</i>). Don't fall unwary victim to rogues. Bad elements of society usually take advantage on the hopeless, like refugees in a calamity. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCe5E97g7LzpI9BSiA1NovVmWQdoLh8TlRuafujB5X8cPJM46OfmWccSt3L0qWrvFBQT86aKIaGi3ZfgG6w25_jk47Q4-4Gj5HBfLTUHk8B1sEHGeFt1jHlJ-0QsKRCyUUHbU6sNSpx99/s1600/coconut-trees-yolanda-afp.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCe5E97g7LzpI9BSiA1NovVmWQdoLh8TlRuafujB5X8cPJM46OfmWccSt3L0qWrvFBQT86aKIaGi3ZfgG6w25_jk47Q4-4Gj5HBfLTUHk8B1sEHGeFt1jHlJ-0QsKRCyUUHbU6sNSpx99/s400/coconut-trees-yolanda-afp.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /><b>20. Keep in touch with loved ones, relatives, friends </b>to relieve anxiety. It is timely to text some kind words to the the infirmed, lonely, aged. Offer whatever help you can extend. These are times to exercise neighborliness in action.~</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span class="st"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Typhoon</i> Haiyan (Yolanda), the strongest storm to make landfall in recorded history, </b></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>flattened coconut trees like match sticks. 2012</b></span></span><br /><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Deadliest Cyclones</span></span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rank</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Storm</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dates of impact</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Deaths</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">September 1881 typhoon</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1881, September 27</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">20,000</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Haiyan/Yolanda 2013</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2013, November 7–8</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">6,241</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">3</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Thelma/Uring 1991</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1991, November 4–7</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">5,101<sup><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoons_in_the_Philippines#cite_note-autogenerated1-17">]</a></sup></span></span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Bopha/Pablo 2012</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2012, December 2–9</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1,901</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">5</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Angela Typhoon</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1867, September 22</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1,800</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">6</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Winnie 2004</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2004, November 27–29</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1,593</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">7</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">October 1897 Typhoon</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1897, October 7</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1,500</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">8</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ike/Nitang 1984</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1984, September 3–6</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1,492</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">9</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Fengshen/Frank 2008</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2008, June 20–23</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1,410</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">10</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Durian/Reming 2006</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2006, November 29-December 1</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1,399</span></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: small;">Typhoon Lando - </span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="f">Oct 22-28, 2015 - </span>In terms of sheer strength and scope of destruction, <i>Typhoon Lando</i> (international name: Koppu) was the worst storm to hit <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">the </span>Philippines, with USD11 billion loss, 464 death.</span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Most destructive</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 391px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="5" style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /></span><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></td></tr><tr><td style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll rgb(204, 204, 255); padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rank</span></b></div></td><td style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll rgb(204, 204, 255); padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Name</span></b></div></td><td style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll rgb(204, 204, 255); padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Year</span></b></div></td><td style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll rgb(204, 204, 255); padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">PHP</span></b></div></td><td style="background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll rgb(204, 204, 255); padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">USD</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Haiyan (Yolanda)</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2013</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">89.6 billion</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2.02 billion</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Bopha (Pablo)</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2012</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">42.2 billion</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1.04 billion</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">3</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rammasun (Glenda)</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2014</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">38.6 billion</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">871 million</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Parma (Pepeng)</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2009</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">27.3 billion</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">608 million</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">5</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Nesat (Pedring)</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2011</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">15 billion</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">333 million</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">6</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Fengshen (Frank)</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2008</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">13.5 billion</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">301 million</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">7</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Megi (Juan)</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2010</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">11 billion</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">255 million</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">8</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ketsana (Ondoy)</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2009</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">11 billion</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">244 million</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">9</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Mike (Ruping)</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1990</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">10.8 billion</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">241 million</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">10</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Angela (Rosing)</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1995</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">10.8 billion</span></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">241 million</span></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" style="padding: 0.75pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></b><br /></span><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWKYMt1F3VfIM-vuS0z5oQPXMAnaenrgFQawhPwbPRDwcFFJeiNZNXRrwumKd9nz0gs0SQCSG73RrDRlaMXSaAg9_yH3bWwqSN3j5fRnvRHDV1t1Qo0dV0jMiHyo3w6kXEQLO1KIZV1Ee/s400/Tsunami+Sumatra+Dec+25+2004+1024px-US_Navy_050102-N-9593M-040_A_village_near_the_coast_of_Sumatra_lays_in_ruin_after_the_Tsunami_that_struck_South_East_Asia.jpg" width="400" /></span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Indian Ocean </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tsunami, </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dec 26, 2004 (Christmas Tsunami)</span></b></span></b></span><br /><b style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span><b style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2004 Indian Ocean earthquake</span> occurred on 26 December with a</span>n epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia resulting a disastrous tsunami </span></b><b style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">killing 230,000 people in 14 countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 metres (100 ft) high. Hardest hit are </span></b><b style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. With a magnitude of 9.1–9.3, it is the third-largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. <i>Photo of a village in Sumatra</i></span></b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">The earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 centimetre (0.4 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska. A worldwide humanitarian response amounted to US$14 billion in humanitarian aid.</span></b><br /></span><h3><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-XgtaJ8wL__zU0HE4_f_e4bXMaJxAH-8HscfLsyx26_8EA_4r5Hck0lPJvS8BoMT0Hjb3dVi5ul5FCL-PD8i0OeLlIR8HSVMycXdAIoLqBH8l0qJO0xMrik2HxUn8ghqIWksRgwu08lsh/s400/Fukushima+article-0-1DA8D58000000578-744_964x542.jpg" width="400" /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Fukushima Japan Tsunami, March 11, 2011</span></span></h3><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">It was a city known for its beautiful beaches and boasts one of the longest cherry blossom tree tunnels in Japan. But after a tsunami and a nuclear disaster both struck in the space of 12 months, Tomioka near Fukushima was turned into a ghost city.</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">More than 15,000 residents living in 6,000 houses were forced to evacuate in March 2011 because of safety fears concerning dangerous radiation levels. Three years on, schools and business are still prevented from returning while parks, playgrounds, roads and the city's train station have been left covered in overgrown grass.</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"">A total of 300,000 people have been evacuated from the east coast of the country since the disasters and 15,884 have died. <i>(Photo shows a</i></span></b><i><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> boat left on a highway for three years on the outskirts of the deserted city, which was evacuated because of radiation fears following the nuclear disaster</span></b></i><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><i>.) </i></span></b></span><b style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acknowledgement: Internet, Wikipedia</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="font-family: arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: x-small;">-----------------</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span style="font-family: arial;">*Do you believe in miracles?</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">A 10-year-old girl named Cudi was rescued after spending 147 hours trapped under rubble in southern Turkey’s Hatay province. In the same region, a 35-year-old survivor identified as Mustafa Sarıgül was freed from the ruins of a six-story apartment building after 149 hours.</span></b></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Part 2 - Thirteen (13) Frankenstein monsters</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">roaming in our midst</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzM4K4bWWKtS1yMBJk2F44Pf5H4Sp9XZBp4YNd2hEqdbxMF3tMwmS3zvn2IC_Qv4abD_0YQ6U0qs7mcQSQ-PNei0vjzkd5FQsrEjlwhgoK2AY_phORPIawZ1TlcSjeQUqHPYRpmvyftk/s800/Covid+d41586-020-01048-7_17843652.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzM4K4bWWKtS1yMBJk2F44Pf5H4Sp9XZBp4YNd2hEqdbxMF3tMwmS3zvn2IC_Qv4abD_0YQ6U0qs7mcQSQ-PNei0vjzkd5FQsrEjlwhgoK2AY_phORPIawZ1TlcSjeQUqHPYRpmvyftk/w200-h200/Covid+d41586-020-01048-7_17843652.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="text-align: left;">"The coronavirus </span><span style="text-align: left;">COVID</span><span style="text-align: left;">-</span><span style="text-align: left;">19 pandemic</span><span style="text-align: left;"> is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have faced since World War Two." </span></b></div></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyone who has read Frankenstein cannot forget the frightful scenario of a monster created in the laboratory that eventually turned against his master and terrorized the world - a reminder of the unpredictable conseque<span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><span><span>nces of science-on-the-loose.</span></span></span></span></b></div></div></span></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span>e have revived the Frankenstein monster in many forms, such as these.</span><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">1. The invention of the atomic bomb and its subsequent progeny - hydrogen bomb, neutron bomb and cobalt bomb - that are far more deadly and destructive, and their stockpiling into a power keg that still exist today even after the Cold War has ended in 1989.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksHUMv9I83_GrICLIzJRyAaT8U9Sr-D8oadnTcJyC1v8VGgR8NL-fENNGjkTVnlg4gw974bKVrVt0Tku_oAdBpk5VGjOAYBnohs3iuuKgT3B1Bwy8Lv5wrtdB98JcXIdKPZk36sArTdQ/s630/Fukushima+-Daiichi-Nuclear-Plant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="630" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksHUMv9I83_GrICLIzJRyAaT8U9Sr-D8oadnTcJyC1v8VGgR8NL-fENNGjkTVnlg4gw974bKVrVt0Tku_oAdBpk5VGjOAYBnohs3iuuKgT3B1Bwy8Lv5wrtdB98JcXIdKPZk36sArTdQ/w363-h272/Fukushima+-Daiichi-Nuclear-Plant.jpg" width="363" /></span></a></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b>Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, 2011</b></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5635472651655896198/7287430167078225388#"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8NU4uWWkfMe2RD5Ok99N8jwaMgVHkfqUOuZrY2iLm8dmWHWAnOX90hv204TdiSTtmStSO07JvsMgXAOdfCBTNPriGIJIOS3dMzMjTTWXpWbzsqYaMhCp11z9xBltX8cwElc68Irv0fDg/w132-h200/Picture4.png" width="132" /> </a> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyj_B2S-qTHXuSYQw01A7gr4UXnXPPqGmQ4JYAJ5MPBdzoTaWZYn6d80zHM8ZNr0YiUAiBnwvH1VhxRQpXKanax0VQVHU2pQGKqZVgipOdWdwYloI_N4HC3C73K8jRbCcCe5P_2e52EA/w320-h231/220px-Manila_Walled_City_Destruction_May_1945+(2).jpg" /></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b>Hiroshima atomic bombing, and aftermath, 1945<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBsK6G-XCKEh2SVUawuQvp6q_3ActqTR_vmCTaugBXlkg4jHevgUSSG4hcHjxNMmdQOJiR7GgyTWH9tL6jGSIVRhq7ZEcD0nb4m8LkeAQ7e9On5gk_Ce7vrPWLlcwbu8rj-HVt63qnZs/s1600/holocaust-pictures.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBsK6G-XCKEh2SVUawuQvp6q_3ActqTR_vmCTaugBXlkg4jHevgUSSG4hcHjxNMmdQOJiR7GgyTWH9tL6jGSIVRhq7ZEcD0nb4m8LkeAQ7e9On5gk_Ce7vrPWLlcwbu8rj-HVt63qnZs/w361-h281/holocaust-pictures.jpg" width="361" /></a></b></span></span><br /><a href="#"></a><br /><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Holocaust, Nazi Concentration Camp in Auschwitz,194<span>4</span></span></b></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Scene of Dr Frankenstein and the monster he created (Wikipedia),</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">based on the celebrated novel by Mary Shelly in the 19th century</span></b></div></span></div><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkynTBj1WfQHn6Bxvk128UjrsVttt9_vlglp6m4sQSP_dmCpevZnIDb2pxL_z8v4LKA7FP2b_ANsuw7R-b0Namo5aQZq519fdac3TpyVhyphenhyphenpdmm_z_FFJXwih7Ugd_O6EQ0lhrbQBhD14_/w320-h245/frankenstein_revive.jpg" /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>2. Medical breakthroughs in saving lives and extending life span contribute to the population explosion and demographic imbalance where societies are burdened by too many young who are unproductive and highly dependent, and elderly group, with increasing healthcare-dependent members.<br /><br />3. Organ transplantation and replacement which is leading us farther and farther to a new frontier called bionics; a combination of the rational being and the robot, natural and </b></span><b style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">ificial intelligence.</b></span><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b>4. Genetically modified organisms (GMO) whereby it is possible to combine genes of organisms outside their kind, irrespective of species - or kingdom, for that matter. Bt Corn carries the gene protein of a bacterium - <span style="font-style: italic;">Bacillius thuringiensis</span> - that parasitizes caterpillars that feed on corn crop. New strange life variations are sprouting defying identity and classification. They are nameless like the monster created by Frankenstein. </b></span></span></div></span><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJV5hALW8P9YmKiJ1-yl_gna2dBrhFQORFmGK6M0YoGdhsxbejmvmeAX11KOc775RJ-BLaXIeM_Po5FfoEG57DPohQv_lnsF4fMThK2W_VpKxb5zeNoFSUFnhQOoek0IfGwx12MwC0Og/w320-h264/GMO+frankenfood.jpg" width="320" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b><br /><br /></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b>5. Mega-industrialization that has resulted not only in the demise of natural environments (ecosystems) and many species of organisms, but the destruction of the ozone layer and the gradual and steady buildup of atmospheric gases and temperature known as <i>global warming. Global warming </i>has alarming effects in changing climate patterns worldwide, spawning more frequent and more destructive <i>force majeure</i> from drought to f</b></span><b>lood to </b><b> typhoons and tornadoes. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b>6. Urbanization leading to the growth of <i>megacities</i> which continue to destroy the homeostasis of rural-urban relationship, spawning poverty and leading to the degradation of human life at the source of migration on one hand, and at the burgeoning centers on the other.</b></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5635472651655896198/7287430167078225388#"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP17wy-uQArkTvckAqRm9OHu1jq03RLpxqy6fkPeS4PZiza_6-dD2LlSY40tEh75Hz2dRm2-9VhhG2qYGm-_EQIYLQTq_BkmYUySpq_blcvJZYgR_5VFRWVSa-urJEB-Ew3kPz3m8T0kM/w285-h171/Population+growth-007.jpg" width="285" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5635472651655896198/7287430167078225388#"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbHi4JjCTdOP9Xr7gfNNTMC0lQFQBeZ-CCoDJjhkB6ttc32B4zdbp_V0VjsiOQoIJrX9S_O51okdtOLf5FU37D2UjfD7pOsaigAKrhru7vtFApC4FE9hggdFTG-bZiWBCO_rU5280xJHE/w270-h162/Population-and-food-c-006.jpg" width="270" /></a><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">7. Population explosion setting a record of 7.7 billion people today and doubling in less than fifty years if left unchecked - indeed a grim reminder of the ghost of Malthus two hundred years ago (Malthusian Theory), and a proof that the natural laws that govern survival has been radically changed. (Internet photos)</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />8. Consumerism on which capitalism flourishes in the guise of progress and the good life, but in effect creates massive pollution, imbalance of the economy of nations, dividing them into power-wealth categories, and have and have-not, loss of values, and abusive exploitation of resources at the expense of Planet Earth.<br /><br />9. Gold rush syndrome resulting in the <i>Tragedy of the Commons</i>, a principle that is based on Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale, a story that illustrates that greediness and wanton destruction has always a tragic end, as evidenced today by the declining fish catch in the ocean, dwindling freshwater supply, logged over forests, spent farms and pastures, near exhaustion of fossil fuels, and the like.<br /><br />10. While ecumenism bridges religions, cultism is divisive and segregative. There is a rise of the so-called hybrid religions which have lost their dogmatic identities, and are gaining popularity as a kind of religious liberation. On the other hand, more and more people around the world are drawn into the world of <i>nones</i> (people who have lost faith in organized religions) - if not the atheism, particularly those overwhelmed by the influence of postmodern living.</b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b>11. Substance Abuse comprises of prohibited drugs, alcohol and tobacco. </b></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2nKgP8YDaOuus_l12DRvHAg5avU91TdIcUonz3K-peo2gIK3DUDf23bc14XEzL2egAd0-IQarp7ZT-x_hYgSr7IdbsU_zfdkLzxXgXDDKetMD8ps8AgPeBuF3aCBczfherRNzsNwZ-8/s2048/Drug+gettyimages-166310998-2048x2048.jpg"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2nKgP8YDaOuus_l12DRvHAg5avU91TdIcUonz3K-peo2gIK3DUDf23bc14XEzL2egAd0-IQarp7ZT-x_hYgSr7IdbsU_zfdkLzxXgXDDKetMD8ps8AgPeBuF3aCBczfherRNzsNwZ-8/w296-h197/Drug+gettyimages-166310998-2048x2048.jpg" width="296" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_r6t-hd7E6lY7neeAFsm0MkOgRuYjqlrWsNypw5tmNmmUByC95VTdzjucVmfmnVF_wNQqfCYZvTKhR38EiuZ75dHHx8i5jKLKYe5hiGTIb3LiZzTZyjCRFCTfPv_NbOxDnaoJx2vMvH4/s612/Drug+2+gettyimages-508579061-612x612.jpg"><img border="0" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_r6t-hd7E6lY7neeAFsm0MkOgRuYjqlrWsNypw5tmNmmUByC95VTdzjucVmfmnVF_wNQqfCYZvTKhR38EiuZ75dHHx8i5jKLKYe5hiGTIb3LiZzTZyjCRFCTfPv_NbOxDnaoJx2vMvH4/w228-h152/Drug+2+gettyimages-508579061-612x612.jpg" width="228" /></a></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCqX-fJ-vuHzFrPJPwyI60ObN-ydl7onxWgdgrQAlQ4X5oxvvdkYtAjfrl_y4Al8AIG7sk0GMUrZxK7ukwpt3WBDB5vUfRFkx1junFvdM05E5Bo-vGRs7ejTHRGtZM-tYxg1zFS53Abg/s1280/COVID+1.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCqX-fJ-vuHzFrPJPwyI60ObN-ydl7onxWgdgrQAlQ4X5oxvvdkYtAjfrl_y4Al8AIG7sk0GMUrZxK7ukwpt3WBDB5vUfRFkx1junFvdM05E5Bo-vGRs7ejTHRGtZM-tYxg1zFS53Abg/s320/COVID+1.png" width="320" /></a></div></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b>12. Corona Virus Pandemic (COVID-19)</b> </div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Coronavirus pandemic continues to grip the world</b></span><br /><div><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">"I don't believe that this infection really is being transmitted in waves. It's more like a coronavirus forest fire where in fact, it just burns, burns and burns. But then as soon as you let up the break, then it all comes back again." </span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">CBS News, Oct 13, 2020<br /></span></b><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>13. Massive pollution worldwide on land , water and air as a result of population explosion, rapid industrialization, rise of megacities, destructive agriculture, unabated affluence, among other factors in the way we live today in a postmodern world, seemingly untenable by present governance and management. </b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div></div></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfG2oHJQTJ_NgjKjIZOw-7r1m4WF4XT4Gh0-sWkEcT63alApYorN-yF7BkFNKo8hk1a51zB7DR5xsJfF4-Li-6ET0MqDAGaBJ7c2GsBtmmInvQ1jdys5W56aryAdP-ARhQQ9BcIlvD5c/s310/pollution+chimney.jpg"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfG2oHJQTJ_NgjKjIZOw-7r1m4WF4XT4Gh0-sWkEcT63alApYorN-yF7BkFNKo8hk1a51zB7DR5xsJfF4-Li-6ET0MqDAGaBJ7c2GsBtmmInvQ1jdys5W56aryAdP-ARhQQ9BcIlvD5c/w227-h153/pollution+chimney.jpg" width="227" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-seLRtyG0EQ_DjYTbXPknl_EQ0P29QXnObCEAhmNKNSZfNkcy_TsEdwmHoGb-BKIoZ7q2gWSv6ARpDXZJyNQ5ucy6E5f3-gXnrV5CIjqeuL9ypY5-dIM2FJeRcUvEpbyt2BhwVltTew/s640/Canada+pacific_ocean_garbage_patch_pollution_plastic_net_tangle_q_1_49471.jpg"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-seLRtyG0EQ_DjYTbXPknl_EQ0P29QXnObCEAhmNKNSZfNkcy_TsEdwmHoGb-BKIoZ7q2gWSv6ARpDXZJyNQ5ucy6E5f3-gXnrV5CIjqeuL9ypY5-dIM2FJeRcUvEpbyt2BhwVltTew/w278-h156/Canada+pacific_ocean_garbage_patch_pollution_plastic_net_tangle_q_1_49471.jpg" width="278" /></a><br /><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Industrialization greatly contributes to climate change, acid rain and health problems; plastics being non-biodegradable "survives the age of the earth." </span></b><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>-------------------------------------</b></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: rgba(139, 197, 63, 0.1); color: #333333;">“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.” </span><span style="background-color: rgba(139, 197, 63, 0.1); color: #333333;">—Leo Tolstoy</span></span></b><br /><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">-------------------------------------</span></b></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;">These 13 attributes of a modern Frankenstein haunt modern man and his society today exacerbated by his aim at globalization. The shrinking of the planet into a global village so to speak, through scientific breakthroughs, expansion of commerce and industry, opening of new frontiers of human settlement and habitation which sooner or later include the building of cities under the sea and in space, and the proliferation of multimedia making information accessible anywhere in any place of the globe - all these make the avenging monster closer to his creator, and therefore making him vulnerable to its evil intent. Such is the story of Mary Shelley's fiction that has a tragic ending - the destruction of both monster which never bore a name, and its creator - the young genius, Frankenstein. ~</b></div></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> Part 3</span> - </b><b style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our lives are being outrun</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>by Science and Technology!</b></span></div><h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">Dedicated to Peace in the current Russian War on Ukraine.</span></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">In advanced meditative observance of the 77th anniversary of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan</div></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>In our age of modern science and technology, of automation and computerization, of globalization and space travel, will we finally find peace and prosperity?</b></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> Dr Abe V Rotor</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmIwCUWJzGBffBXHMxULzWCeo8GxcqQV5_PQtxD0jfUxZ0or5tcLd5s2t4s1ZB9jAZvZ9KqsYGGaRktnhtxLFJYYYoT2GtXRO4d4Wy6_GaxxlSNRZ0c2oVP0QbcCGFt6X0h_Iw0TWrHRq/s1600/Hiroshima.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1200" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmIwCUWJzGBffBXHMxULzWCeo8GxcqQV5_PQtxD0jfUxZ0or5tcLd5s2t4s1ZB9jAZvZ9KqsYGGaRktnhtxLFJYYYoT2GtXRO4d4Wy6_GaxxlSNRZ0c2oVP0QbcCGFt6X0h_Iw0TWrHRq/w477-h282/Hiroshima.jpg" width="477" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Left: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Right: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, taken by Charles Levy AP</span><br /><br />On August 6, 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, following up three days later with another bomb on Nagasaki. As per records, approximately 80,000 people were killed directly by the explosion of the atom bomb. Another 35,000 were injured and maimed for life. By the end of 1945, another estimated 60,000 people lost their lives under the impact of harmful radiations emanating from Little Boy. By the end of 1945, Little Boy had killed more than 1,40,000 people in Hiroshima, which turned into heaps of mangled concrete and metal.</span></b><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A self-examination on the real meaning of life </span></b></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">the way we live in today.</span></b></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></span></div><span>I proceed by presenting to you two challenges posed by our increasingly complex scientific and technological world.</span><br /><br /><span>The first challenge is to keep up with the pace of scientific and technological change. At its present rate, we are virtually grappling with the pole vault to cope with the leaps and bounds of discoveries and inventions which are pushing us to change our ways, and our very lives. </span></b></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">It is no longer us who dictate science and technology; it is science and technology that dictates us.</span></span><br /><br /><span>The second challenge calls for a conventional approach. It is to find the means with which to cushion the impact of rapid change of science and technology on our lives by clinging on some anchor of values. If we have a choice of priorities, of looking back at history and tradition, or by simply standing rationally firm to what is good not only to us but for all mankind, then we just can not become easy victims of “progress”.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Our lives are being outrun by Science and Technology</span></b></span></span><div><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span><br /></span></b></span></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span>In so short a time – virtually just within a life span of many of us in the elder generation - the world witnessed three important unprecedented discoveries which have changed human life and our society forever. There is no turning back now. Science and technology marked the milestone of no return, a point of irreversibility as we race for industrialization, and plunge into the “third wave” of progress<br /><br />The three scientific breakthroughs are<br /><br />1. Splitting of the atom (nuclear power, atomic bomb);<br />2. Invention of the microchip (electronics, computers); and<br />3. Cracking the DNA code (Human Genome Project, genetic engineering).<br /><br />The applications of these breakthroughs cannot be overemphasized. as we witness today or in the near future the following:<br /><br />1. Man’s landing on the moon;<br />2. Information highway via satellites and the Internet;<br />3. Cloning and genetically modified organisms (GMO);<br />4. Universities without walls (distance education);<br />5. Robotics and nanobotics (microscopic robots);<br />6. Frankenfoods, (modified foods);<br />7. Test tube babies, menopausal childbirth;<br />8. Gene therapy and immunotherapy;<br />9. Extended life span (now 78 years on the average, to 140 by 2500); and<br />10. Cryonics or human hibernation, which prepares man for space travel.<br /><br />We just can not be bystanders, an advice as old as the Renaissance, when Shakespeare said, “The world’s a stage, each one of us has a role to play.” We are participants in this “modern” drama of life heretofore known only in fiction.<br /><br />Virtually there is no place to escape from our high tech world. Imagine life if there were no cell phone, cable TV, video-games, malls, hospitals, e-mail, solar watch, MRT/LRT, ATM, and the like. And if we think about today’s process in making many products we use everyday - from ball pens to cars – imagine computers and robots at work in place of man.<br /><br />Scenario: You are awakened by a quartz clock. You switch on the light, tune in the TV or radio, take a shower, pick up the phone, cook breakfast, read the morning paper, dress up, take the elevator, drive the car, etc, etc, etc. All this is not surprising to most of us.<br /><br />But hear this. The milk you drink is genetically modified (human embryo hormone was injected into the cow to produce more milk), the corn flakes you eat comes from BT corn (corn with a gene of a bacterium – <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i>), your potato and onion are irradiated for longer shelf life, your lettuce carries a trace of dioxin, the deadliest toxin ever synthesized, your tuna carries a residue of mercury, the microwave emits rays that are not good to health, the paint in your condominium contains lead, plastic deteriorates into microplastics and nanoplatics, and you may not know you are absorbing the by-products, synthetic fabric is the cause of your allergy, there is nitrate (<i>salitre</i>) in corned beef and in <i>tocino</i>, MSG (sodium mono-glutamate) in noodle, <i>aspartame </i>in soft drinks, sulfite in sugar, <i>potassium bromide</i> in bread. And the list goes on,<i> ad infinitum.</i><br /><br />Again we ask, “Where will all this lead us to?”<br /><br />Well, read again Dylan Thomas poem, “Do not go gentle into the night” purporting everyone to become vigilant and not settle into comfort and take a license for freedom. It is the road often trodden. Why can't we take the road less trodden?<br /><br />This masterpiece reflects an experience the boy Dylan had one Christmas. He was given a beautiful book that told him everything about the wasp, a relative of the bee. Everything about the insect - except “Why?” And the boy wondered, “Is this all?” Rage builds up the more we ask “Why?” – and we find no satisfactory answer.<br /><br />Does it strike you sometimes that knowledge – even the knowledge we obtained from the university - does not bring true satisfaction - much less enlightenment? It is because our education, especially in science and technology, emphasizes the “How?” rather than the “Why?” Instead of searching for meaning we are searching for causes, or cause-and-effect. As we study phenomena we seem to underestimate the question, “Why?” which is the foundation of values.</span></b></span></span><div><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Search for life’s meaning or values on a historical perspective</span></b></span></span><span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Maybe it would be good to our searching mind to reflect on life’s meaning or values on a historical perspective. Consider these<br /><br />1. Socrates model, the right to seek, to awaken from ignorance. (birth of the university)</b></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />2. Communal enterprise which gave the vitality of the Renaissance, brought West to conquer the East (colonizing and civilizing)</b></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />3. Voltarism – “reach for knowledge and share the experience of civilization”. (Post-Alexandrian concept of one civilization, one world)</b></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />4. Enlightenment spawned by the French revolution (birth of democracy and nationalism). Trilogy of the French Revolution: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity</b></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />5. Capitalism-consumerism, the world is a global village (economics today).<br /><br />We have been disciples of Voltaire too long, believing that the greatest achievement of mankind is civilization. We do not dispute that civilization is a prerequisite of progress. But recently we began to raise disturbing questions.<br /><br />Before going farther let me interject a tale of B. Traven, <i>The Treasure of Sierra Madre</i> which is reminiscent of an earlier story, <i>The Pardoner’s Tale</i> by Chaucer. In both tales, the plot is about men who meet by accident and join together in search for gold. They take mortal risks for one another in their community of search. But when they find the gold, they are filled with suspicion and end up fighting each other - and losing their treasure in the process. This syndrome still haunts us today.<br /><br />Now let us consider these issues.<br /><br />1. Two world wars, nuclear armaments, unending armed conflicts, and now Russian War on Ukraaine</b></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />2. Domino effect spawned by super economies which toppled the lesser economies (Asian crisis) </b></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />3. “How the Other Half (of the population) Dies” (a book exposing inequitable distribution of wealth, as the reason of mass hunger and poverty, by Susan George)</b></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />4. “Silent Spring” (a book by Rachel Carson, an expose’ of deadly chemicals, specially pesticides, which are destroying wildlife and the environment)</b></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />5. Pollution, global warming, Ozone hole, and now Plastic pollution in air, water and land, and the making of Plastic Continent and Islands. These are consequences of man’s quest for a better life through industrialization</b></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />6. COVID-19, AIDS, EBOLA, Wide-spread Cancer, drug abuse, all on worldwide scale.</b></span></span></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b> </b></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />7. Mass poverty, widespread ignorance, </b></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>broken homes, erosion of values</b></span></span><br /><span><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />8. Destruction of the ecosystems</b></span></span><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />9. “You do not find sacredness anymore,” Rise of "nones" - no organized religions. </b></span></span><br /></span><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span><br />10. “Death of privacy,” A question of "brotherhood. self respect, <i>community</i>, "</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">The deleterious by-products of today’s science and technology exacerbate the problems of mankind. Paradoxically, science and technology have not successfully eradicated the ancient scourge of mankind – disease, poverty and ignorance. While man may have a grasp of history and his society he has apparently lost control of his destiny. ~</span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBVV4EuIf_-YnWMHBL5VDxAGmFWdkeic0Ck6kmcG50Wu0P3wEgaF0RKguLrDJW2-FhD_tdzFiUbC-JAeA0dWaO0XBxoELchK2ZDQgXFssLxooYPYQ1IQjxITFWiI_kpE8NZIFuEUyY0JX/s1600/Hiroshima+5+2500.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBVV4EuIf_-YnWMHBL5VDxAGmFWdkeic0Ck6kmcG50Wu0P3wEgaF0RKguLrDJW2-FhD_tdzFiUbC-JAeA0dWaO0XBxoELchK2ZDQgXFssLxooYPYQ1IQjxITFWiI_kpE8NZIFuEUyY0JX/w234-h310/Hiroshima+5+2500.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFj83wvH6FPf97IUsD3K1li0w8VtLnnBJQroXVaFXhEhyyUfj9gw8J8ZOYXDersUorDOB-fH7qJyTnA_KmpTGuHdcRvt1fBeteG-1SkHl7v0N7llrTZtbsd_3PfhuiyK2L9t7ZHfpJ86f/s1600/Nagasaki+2.jpg"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFj83wvH6FPf97IUsD3K1li0w8VtLnnBJQroXVaFXhEhyyUfj9gw8J8ZOYXDersUorDOB-fH7qJyTnA_KmpTGuHdcRvt1fBeteG-1SkHl7v0N7llrTZtbsd_3PfhuiyK2L9t7ZHfpJ86f/w231-h305/Nagasaki+2.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b></span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki in ruins and today </span></b></div></div></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> (Internet Photos)</span></span></b></div></div></div><span><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span> Part 4 - </span><span style="text-align: center;">Triumvirates of Doom</span></span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>(Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Warfare)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">In our modern world an all-out war is likely to employ all kinds of warfare – nuclear, chemical and biological.</span></b></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span><b style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></b></span></b></span></span></div> Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></b></span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJp0NUxmRogJ4efj9izjVE5N8PHgoyLRdP2FUhGTE-sGO8-uEYrDGhSJSkwNVGabSo8Gt9t-4NtkgQkkHiAH_ydouthpkX4BSvvhx4DHIApVqpeERfHwbJ82ofbSi26Qgof3bVauHkwMO2/s1600/DSC09351.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1093" height="609" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJp0NUxmRogJ4efj9izjVE5N8PHgoyLRdP2FUhGTE-sGO8-uEYrDGhSJSkwNVGabSo8Gt9t-4NtkgQkkHiAH_ydouthpkX4BSvvhx4DHIApVqpeERfHwbJ82ofbSi26Qgof3bVauHkwMO2/w415-h609/DSC09351.JPG" width="415" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> <b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">City Ruins,</span></b></i><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> made of termite's nest remnants mounted </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> on acrylic painting by AVRotor 2020</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">As an aftermath of the catastrophic 9/11 bombing of the Twin Towers in New York, the US Postal Service ordered gloves and masks and irradiation systems for key mail-sorting facilities </span>in Washington, New York and New Jersey, but questions as to whether these measures to prevent anthrax from spreading via mails are effective or not remain unresolved. Does zapping letters and packages with radiation really kill anthrax spores? What is the downside to irradiation? Are the postal workers really protected from anthrax and other biological warfare germs?</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQhztPDzm_sXpMS64R4uhRuXY0wwq_mQi7EA7zWGVGpmNNNUxyE9wf1WIBlL5WZhx5U3txbNLFuRW9VJVP57MlQUql5KL058oh8tDLlJXErVyaAtrtRFSuQNIgOpppEtSMI1SUlxW6QwF/s1600/DSC09320.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="1600" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQhztPDzm_sXpMS64R4uhRuXY0wwq_mQi7EA7zWGVGpmNNNUxyE9wf1WIBlL5WZhx5U3txbNLFuRW9VJVP57MlQUql5KL058oh8tDLlJXErVyaAtrtRFSuQNIgOpppEtSMI1SUlxW6QwF/s400/DSC09320.JPG" width="400" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Hypothetical model of the Corona Virus, </span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">cause of the</span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"> current </span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">COVID-19 p</span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">andemic. Model </span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">by AVRotor 2020</span></b><br /><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- As a precaution the US government has accelerated the delivery of 40 million doses of smallpox vaccine to add to the 15.4 million doses already stored. These will be enough to inoculate every American. One drawback is the possibility of side effects of the vaccine particularly to those receiving other medical treatments such as chemotherapy.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- African killer bees (<span style="font-style: italic;">Apis mellifera scutellata</span>) claimed to have escaped from a laboratory have interbred with the domestic species creating an equally deadly hybrid that now threatens the US after spreading throughout Brazil, Central America and Mexico. A colony is made up of some 70,000 ferocious bees with the queen bee reproducing up to 5,000 a day to maintain this enormous population.</span></b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- <span style="font-style: italic;">E. coli </span>is a familiar intestinal parasite. Naturally occurring outbreaks of Escherischia coli typically the result of fecal contamination in anything from hamburgers to swimming pools, sicken hundreds of thousands of people each year. What really trigger the outbreak of <span style="font-style: italic;">E. coli</span>? What caused the epidemic that hit Tokyo three years ago?</span></b><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1XzoneMJeEORn2UsGaMju6QWvkzEjydB6JcoQh1jVM02XJZWc_cdx0uvcC1S6TueOvIlTIF-2mf5rJ4sSYkZ1_IohaQZ91k_uMU4Dqvv2z2pz2VIYfpNX9VB98lYLnkx6km4cOF7dTs/s1600/warfare+6+biological-warfare-4-728.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="728" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1XzoneMJeEORn2UsGaMju6QWvkzEjydB6JcoQh1jVM02XJZWc_cdx0uvcC1S6TueOvIlTIF-2mf5rJ4sSYkZ1_IohaQZ91k_uMU4Dqvv2z2pz2VIYfpNX9VB98lYLnkx6km4cOF7dTs/s320/warfare+6+biological-warfare-4-728.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As I ponder over these scenarios I remember when I was a child seeing many people who were survivors of smallpox epidemic. The center of the epidemic was a town whose population was decimated. The mere mention of its name rings the sad memory of the early 1900s’ disaster. Lapog became virtually synonymous with the name of the dreaded disease. It was later renamed San Juan (Ilocos Sur).</span></b><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dCiaRv8UewiS44GPlYhf4w1YMhINKRlus3_MGBYw5tQ1F8GE-MJv6Z0Jt3sglH0fCwmiHgNQFg_PNQa-lqKdrLL4dZW-n3QMaO36ljc23JQRonHpIPiydpvGQkSqDQrhUWD4Rg0XSWU/s1600/bioterrorism-3-728.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="728" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dCiaRv8UewiS44GPlYhf4w1YMhINKRlus3_MGBYw5tQ1F8GE-MJv6Z0Jt3sglH0fCwmiHgNQFg_PNQa-lqKdrLL4dZW-n3QMaO36ljc23JQRonHpIPiydpvGQkSqDQrhUWD4Rg0XSWU/s320/bioterrorism-3-728.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">My father told me that of the eight siblings in the family, only two of them </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">survived the disease. Uncle Leo who was the oldest miraculously survived, and my dad who was the youngest was born after the epidemic had subsided.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In my mind I still can picture the faces of a dozen survivors. Pockmarks cover their faces, and may also cover the body, arms and legs, including the ears, nose, eyelids and lips which become somehow disfigured. Fingers and toes are deformed in serious cases.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">But I remember how these survivors continued to live normal lives. I remember them as happy and hardworking in spite of the traumatic experiences they went through. Psychologists say there are many survivors of tragic experiences who find the new lease in life a new opportunity. Stories on how whole communities rise with these survivors uplift the spirit. I saw this miracle happen in the family and community I was brought up. Many people in many places I believe, can overcome painful experiences with this kind of spirit.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Conquest and Diseases</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Christopher Columbus and his men allegedly introduced syphilis in the New World. The meeting of East and West during the era of colonization also resulted in the exchange of diseases. James Michener’s novel, <span style="font-style: italic;">Hawaii,</span> relates how smallpox caused death and sufferings to the natives. To the novel’s principal character, the Reverend Hale, it was a manifestation of God’s wrath on the sinful and the non-converts. While this incident helped him in his mission, the end proved that the English missionary was wrong - that God is not a God of vengeance. Whole settlements in the New World just perished to indigenous diseases that were unknown in their countries of origin. Scientists explain that these pioneers lacked the natural immunity to the diseases, in the same manner that diseases introduced into the Old World killed many people similarly because they did not have the natural resistance. This is the basis why for many years until recently, the World Health Organization and many countries required the vaccination of travelers against certain diseases as a requirement in obtaining passports and visas.</span></b><br /><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">"Throughout history, war has been the scourge of man, the evidence of man’s inhumanity to man. It is the antithesis of culture and civilization that are supposed to uphold the dignity of man and his society." -avr</span></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />These are of course incidents that we can dismiss as force majeure or historical events, which our faith and culture may accept. But what about in the case of war when man is pitted against man, nation against nation?</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Man’s Inhumanity to Man</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">How different it is to think about war. Since biblical times war has always been associated with inhumanity – man’s inhumanity to man. It is the antithesis of culture, of civilization, the very institution that is supposed to eliminate this treat to society. Ironically war has plagued every civilization, and many a great civilization has been the center of human conflict like the epicenter of an earthquake. According to the historian Gibbon twelve great civilizations that include the Greek and Roman civilizations fell because of war. They never recovered again.</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>History is not replete of the fact that the more civilized societies have been the cause of the loss of peace, if not the whole destruction of the less civilized ones. The great Spanish conquistadors forever destroyed the great civilizations of the Aztecs and the Mayas, in the same way that the pioneers in the West forever destroyed the American Indians.</b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Early Biological Warfare</span></b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzd_Lh2K2PPts_dVizdeMBn7oWT7tiiyJkUiFA-4MAxCRFTbittcKNWfy1OL5PJcClehK7axmfHBE0vsedFd7c9UB_iMkUhS2bRJvYOIvntUPqvUQyEDZ6KBH9tbc3UHx7eYGKxdB8Wc/s1600/bioterrorism+images.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzd_Lh2K2PPts_dVizdeMBn7oWT7tiiyJkUiFA-4MAxCRFTbittcKNWfy1OL5PJcClehK7axmfHBE0vsedFd7c9UB_iMkUhS2bRJvYOIvntUPqvUQyEDZ6KBH9tbc3UHx7eYGKxdB8Wc/w331-h220/bioterrorism+images.jpg" width="331" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Carthage (PHOTO) a thriving agricultural and trading center during the times of the Roman became swamp and subsequently into desert that we know today. How did this happen? The invading Romans drew saltwater into land flooding settlements and fertile lands, thus finally putting to end the powerful enemy.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-style: italic;">How The West Was Won,</span> is a story of the destruction of the American Indian civilization which had been flourishing for many centuries. The natives fought fiercely at the European invaders and defended their “nation” for years. But the pioneers knew exactly the key to their victory over the powerful Indian tribes - to annihilate the buffaloes, millions of them that roamed the Great Plains or what is known as the prairies. Because buffaloes provided the Indians their basic needs from food to shelter, famine ensued and the great American Indian civilization was ultimately reduced into marginal settlements. Buffalo Bill is reported to have killed more than three hundred buffaloes in a single day for which he earned his name and “reputation.”</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What if China’s threat to send one million Chinese to fight and die in Vietnam had come true? I heard of this story during the Chinese-Vietnam conflict that preceded the Vietnam war. Should such unthinkable strategy happen, the task of burying the dead alone, more so in controlling pestilence, would certainly render the enemy country defenseless and economically bankrupt. On the part of the triumphant country it shall have somehow reduced pressure on its burgeoning population and rid the misfits. Many believe that war is a purification process of a society. Definitely it is not. The Germans lost thousands of scientists in World War II. Many soldiers who died in the Vietnam War were among the finest of the youth of their time in their respective countries.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmppc8fzYxvL3X9-Ihkbo3VDIE_iz38T4yTRcgzN99Tg1ThcsZW1mpE7soKY5GxDZw1BsJIgkbeEx15eItV5p4-AHZSk7yGLT9iccbEd2bjTvn6JWcEeswZ7c1zQkSJcMD3NNkVv7W0I4/w561-h239/bioterrorism+environment.jpg" width="561" /></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Agent orange was used as defoliant to flush out Vietcong guerrillas from their </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">stronghold in jungles during the Vietnam war. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>But man has not had lessons enough. And war in its most ugly form using chemicals, biological agents, nuclear and ultramodern tools, is with us and it is all over the world now. For nuclear arsenals alone, the world’s total stockpile has the capacity to kill three times the whole population of the world. The world is witness to the recent wars in Iraq, Bosnia and Macedonia, Uganda and Angola and Afghanistan. It is happening with the Tamil Guerillas in Sri Lanka, along the Pakistan-Indian border, the Basques guerrillas, the IRA in Northern Ireland, and other parts of the world. It is happening in our home ground with the Abu Sayyaf and the NDF-NPA. War has many faces indeed.</b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">War Without Borders</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Something unexpected and different happened. On September 11, 2005 year the World Trade Center, a 110-storey twin-tower was erased from the skyscraper map in matters of minutes shortly after two planes commandeered by terrorists smashed into the superstructure signaling the vulnerability of our present system of capitalism. It challenged the economic powers of the world, particularly America.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The world woke up into a new age hitherto unpredicted - the age of Terrorism and the birth of a new nation without political boundary, but an invisible organizational network with its tentacles reaching global proportion.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This time intrusion into the enemy’s territory or defining the place of battle does not follow the conventional rules anymore. In fact there are no specific rules when we refer to the modus operandi of terrorists. Scenarios of war have thus changed after the September 11 attack.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This article concentrates on the tools of biological warfare. Here are some of them.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">First there is anthrax, the most serious and the first to hit the headlines after the bombing of the World Trade Center. It leads a dozen of similarly devastating epidemics of biological warfare potential.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Second, there is an attempt to revive bubonic plague that killed one-third of the world’s population in the Middle Ages. It was the Japanese who experimented in the making of bubonic flea bombs intended to spread the plague in major USA cities. The project was to breed the fleas which harbor the plague bacteria in its body, then scatter these to infest rats and other animals in the target area where they in turn multiply and transmit the pathogen to the residents. The bomb was successfully tested in China with hundreds of Chinese succumbing to the bubonic plague bacteria. Preparations were then made to attack the US. But the US had decided to drop the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bubonic flea bombs were never used. Japan hastily removed all the evidences of its evil experiment even before its surrender to the US.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Q2LdtKzoN9FOxd-UVUfmQgntfryoyahyC1ztXegONO9mAWtkyNFiirmDU9mhkLDpah9cqtlKLgUbC1DrIV0JZejVzOmwtHTbcdx9FRaX6DTpNIhTRXtRrly2PR_Ynf2Y32cJSM0x4os/s1600/bioterrorism+vaccinepigbird.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="566" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Q2LdtKzoN9FOxd-UVUfmQgntfryoyahyC1ztXegONO9mAWtkyNFiirmDU9mhkLDpah9cqtlKLgUbC1DrIV0JZejVzOmwtHTbcdx9FRaX6DTpNIhTRXtRrly2PR_Ynf2Y32cJSM0x4os/s400/bioterrorism+vaccinepigbird.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Third, the threat of influenza (PHOTO) which killed several millions at the first part of the twentieth century in the US and many parts of the globe has caused alarm as early as the 1980s after discovering a new strain of virus, a hybrid of the chicken and human influenza viruses. Based on the ratio of victims with the population in the first epidemic, scientists are looking at the possibility that some 60 to 100 million people could die of the new influenza virus strain should it strike in our times. In spite of utmost precaution to stave off the epidemic, scientists believe that we are not yet off the hook.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Biological warfare intends to use germs with historical epidemic background. Here is an outline of the basic facts about these most important potential epidemic diseases.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Anthrax</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Also known as malignant pustule, malignant edema or woodsorters’ disease</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Most common in South America, Australia, Africa and Russia</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Highly infectious disease of animals, occurring especially in cattle, sheep and other ruminants, horses and mules as well.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Transmitted to humans through contact with any part of the inside or outside of the animal carrying the infectious agent</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Caused by <i>Bacillus anthracis</i> whose spores which are resistant to disinfectants and heat, may remain infectious even after 15 years in soil. Grazing animals can accumulate spores contained in the droppings of infected animals</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Humans acquire the disease through cut or wound of the skin, by eating infected meat, or by breathing in the spores contained in the dust emanating from the sick animal’s hide or hair</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Skin infection characterized by severe itching and appearance of boil, usually on the arm, face and neck. The inflamed area grows into an ulcer called a malignant pustule, which eventually bursts and produced a black scab. Fever, nausea and swelling of the lymph glands are accompanying symptoms</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Internal anthrax acquired through inhalation results in acute pneumonia. When infected meat is ingested symptoms of acute gastroenteritis occur</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Anthrax is effectively treated with antibiotics. Immunization against the disease has been made possible through the use of vaccine. Effective livestock management is key to the control in the spread of the disease.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bubonic Plague</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">o Known as the Black Death in the Middle Ages which ravaged Europe and Asia</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">o In some places as many as two-thirds of the entire population died</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">o So-called from the blackening spots which broke out from the skin during the course of the disease</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">o Characteristic symptoms are fever and swelling of the lymph nodes mainly the groin and armpit</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">o It is caused by the plague bacillus (<i>Pasteurella pestis</i>) which is transmitted from sick rats (<i>Rattus rattus norvigicus</i>) to humans by flea bites (<i>Xenopsylola chopis</i>)</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Small pox</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Highly contagious, often fatal that once ravaged mankind in epidemics. Just one infected person could cause the virus to radiate from a family to a neighborhood to a city in a matter of months.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Smallpox cannot be treated effectively once symptoms begin. 30 percent of those infected will die.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• WHO declared the eradicated of smallpox in 1980. Routine immunization for protection against the disease was stopped as early as 1971.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• First signs: chills and high fever, severe headache and backache, followed by rash which eventually covers the entire body and turns into pus-filled blisters</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• The blisters in turn dry up to form scabs which very often leave pockmarks.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• The disease may be accompanied by vomiting, convulsion and diarrhea Complications include other skin infections such as boils and abscesses, ear infections, pneumonia and heart failure</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Disease is not transmitted by animals</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Disease has been eliminated through world wide vaccination programs, although a mild form still exist in Ethiopia</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• The disease has been largely eliminated by extermination of rats. Antibiotics such as oxytetracycline, streptomycin and chloramphenicol are effective in its treatment</span></b><br /><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Other Potential Bio-Warfare Organisms</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are many organisms that can be used in biological warfare. A terrorist attack aimed at crops and livestock would be less dramatic but might cause more disruption in the long run.</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Potato Blight – also called late blight, a worldwide serious disease of potato and tomato in cool humid countries caused by a fungus, <i>Phyhtopthora infestans</i> In Ireland 30 percent of the population starved to death, died of typhoid fever that followed - or emigrated during the period 1845 to 1860. Tomato blight caused by the same fungus destroyed 50 percent of the crop in Eastern US in 1946.</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Rust Fungi - There are species of <i>Puccinia</i> affecting cereals and among them which is</b><i style="font-weight: bold;"> Puccinia graminis tritici </i><b>consists of 200 such races to which wheat varieties are differentially susceptible. Although rust fungi are host specific and can only complete their life cycle in the presence of alternate host such as barberry in wheat rust, the potential fore biological warfare is great to consider that cereals comprise the staple of the mankind. The narrowing down of varieties for commercial cultivation exposes greater danger of rust diseases to spread out into epidemics.</b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Salmonella - In 1984 a cult in Oregon set off a wave of food poisonings. Gastroenteritis caused by natural contamination and careless food handling afflicts millions and results in 5000 deaths each year. Salmonella is a large group of rod shaped bacteria that invade the gastrointestinal tract, among them typhoid and paratyphoid germs.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Antibiotics are recommended to combat Salmonella infection. A recent incident happened in Rizal when hundreds of children who ate spoiled spaghetti were hospitalized. The religious group, which sponsored the feeding program, admitted fault to the incident. A similar case also happened two years ago. The owner of seven-eleven apologized for the incident and paid the victims.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Foot-and-Mouth Disease – The disease affects hoof animals from hogs to cattle. Its natural occurrence is worldwide and we have our own season in the Philippines that is during summer. Although the pathogen is not transmitted from animals to humans, losses incurred are usually heavy with the infected animal economically worthless.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Like in the case of mad cow disease, and chicken flu that affects humans, the infected animals are destroyed to prevent infection. Quarantine and an extreme sanitation program are the best defense in curbing the spread of the disease.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mad Cow Disease – It is called <i>bovine spongiform encephalopathy</i> or BSE that has been determined in 1996 to infect humans in the form of a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD). Eighty people in Britain have died of CJD and there is no data to show how many more will die because there are initial signs of acquiring the disease are not clear and that the gestation period of the virus before it reaches the brain is up to 15 years. It originated in Britain crippling the country’s giant cattle industry, then spread to the European and now it has reached Japan threatening some 4.6 million cows.</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Other biological warfare agents include potato beetles, which Britain suspected the Germans for dropping small cardboard bombs filled with the beetle pest on English potato fields. In the 1980s Tamil militants threatened to target Sri Lankan tea and rubber plantations with plant pathogens.</b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">HIV-AIDS – So far 17 million have died and at least 25 million may follow. The heart of the epidemic is at the lower quadrant of Africa. AIDS is anti-Darwinian – it is society’s fittest who die, not the frailest, thus leaving the children and old behind. But recently more and more children become victims. There are 3.7 million children who have died of AIDS and AIDS has orphaned 12 million children.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">An estimated 8.8 million adults in Africa are infected with HIV/AIDS and in the seven countries in Africa 1 out of 5 is living with HIV and 3.8 millions Africans are infected every year. There are 36 million adults and children in the world living with HIV/AIDS. Bioterrorism may be eyeing at the spread of the disease in the industrialized countries through the blood donation and immunization channels, other means notwithstanding.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrSU86K8c_H8_8d7_PgjwLyHPf0jJF4BAUb6OniBBQVLHR8yiZWVZtpcof4KbMHkJ4AMOai_b1IrJvqADANN8XRE5Su6T1LMs7h0GVbjHbZJKeqL6c6PUqYmQIfgxGDvpH7uzsqHcyD0/s1600/bioterrorism+viruslarge2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="480" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrSU86K8c_H8_8d7_PgjwLyHPf0jJF4BAUb6OniBBQVLHR8yiZWVZtpcof4KbMHkJ4AMOai_b1IrJvqADANN8XRE5Su6T1LMs7h0GVbjHbZJKeqL6c6PUqYmQIfgxGDvpH7uzsqHcyD0/w320-h191/bioterrorism+viruslarge2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ebola (PHOTO, EBOLA VIRUS) – It is a highly virulent disease caused by a virus that originated in Africa infecting human and primates. Much of the information about the disease is a mystery but one thing sure is that it is almost one hundred percent fatal once a person gets the virus.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Contact of any kind, and even only through inhalation, the virus can be acquired in no time. One incident showed a member of a religious congregation who had been treating ebola patients suddenly died. Ignoring warnings other members attended her funeral. One of them got the virus and died later.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">African Giant Snail (<span style="font-style: italic;">Achatina fulica)</span> – brought by the Japanese to the Philippine during WW II. Pest of garden and field crops. Damage can lead to crop loss and consequently starvation. The pest persists to this day but seldom develops into epidemic proportion. The introduced Golden Kuhol thought to provide livelihood on the farm became a major pest affecting more than 50 percent of our lowland ricefields.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Protection Guidelines</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here are guidelines to protect yourself.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1. Keep distance from possible sources of biochemical materials such as spores of the deadly anthrax. Be wary of suspicious parcels.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2. Get help from authorities to get rid of suspicious looking materials. Curiosity kills the cat.</span></b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1RkBwZVBYwXZRt21Hk5Q4SvR7IzTypS5xS7chHsnj2gl4jLc_P5S2_biWUwTtYEWfqdkfL6qQyKcSwukLIkMLP15vZVkDbhtoNBKUakKd9JkHzEXTPFld4YtHUd3jswEUAgNCTlaSWA/s1600/bioterrorism+1445928665_b351ms6vl9.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="780" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1RkBwZVBYwXZRt21Hk5Q4SvR7IzTypS5xS7chHsnj2gl4jLc_P5S2_biWUwTtYEWfqdkfL6qQyKcSwukLIkMLP15vZVkDbhtoNBKUakKd9JkHzEXTPFld4YtHUd3jswEUAgNCTlaSWA/s400/bioterrorism+1445928665_b351ms6vl9.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3. Be familiar with the locations of Bomb Shelters (PHOTO). Such shelters are found in big cities like New York, Tokyo and Tel Aviv. We do not have one in Manila, but there are places and buildings you can find temporary shelter in case of attack.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4. Don’t loiter in centralized air-conditioned places like malls. Avoid crowds and busy streets if you can.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">5. Early symptoms should be treated immediately by a doctor. Anthrax for example has flu-like symptoms.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">6. Keep resistance high all the time. Good rest, balanced diet, regular exercise are key to resistance against diseases.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">7. Don’t be a victim of psychological war. Terrorism thrives on it. We have yet to coin a word for biochemical phobia.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">8. Like Boy Scouts, remember “Always be Prepared” – for your own protection. Equally important be prepared always to help other people.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">On September 11 (9/11) many people thought Third World War had started. Well, the big wars we know started small. In our modern world an all out war is likely to employ all kinds of warfare – chemical and biological – and worst is the use of nuclear weapons. There are no defined borders and everyone is a potential victim. It will be difficult to detect the enemy and the tools of war he will use. The “morning after” exposes further destruction. Nuclear weapons have long years of half-life. It means radioactive materials will continue to kill, to make people sick. Even to this day, there are people in Japan where the atomic bombs were dropped 45 years dying due to radioactive fallout.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is also true with bacterial spores. They have the capacity to re-infect and cause a second or third wave of epidemic. Even after the white flag is raised, still many people continue to get sick and die – physically and psychologically. In many cases it is beyond medicine to cure – or science to explain.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In early 1960s I was part of a research program at UPLB, then UP College of Agriculture, in promoting modern agriculture to farmers. Among the farm chemicals I handled were herbicides. By coincidence the US was developing a chemical called Orange Agent that I found out later was to be used in Vietnam. While this chemical can maim or cause death, its intended use is as a defoliant. By spraying the chemical trees lose their leaves, in fact their entire crown. When this happens a jungle would easily catch fire and in no time spreads out flushing the Vietcong guerillas from their hideouts.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It was my first encounter with biological warfare. The memory does not only linger, it has remained fresh.</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERFECT BIO-WEAPON<br /><br />The "perfect biological weapon" would have these characteristics:</span></b></span></span></div><div><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqgW4amTi1DA3qImYTrwfd0oGCEmNClQrJUqnQ_Zw8WHX6_x2XQzy_g6ZMcdnjZEqeoJaI3yC5sH5xNjePRsShkKqHne7wpEyBxkrPFc1_XFWgw8887DoHBQLTTEIgsmV9MJZjEuFxoQ/s1600/bioterrorism+32ff5102bafb149abcf557a99869e84f.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqgW4amTi1DA3qImYTrwfd0oGCEmNClQrJUqnQ_Zw8WHX6_x2XQzy_g6ZMcdnjZEqeoJaI3yC5sH5xNjePRsShkKqHne7wpEyBxkrPFc1_XFWgw8887DoHBQLTTEIgsmV9MJZjEuFxoQ/s320/bioterrorism+32ff5102bafb149abcf557a99869e84f.jpg" width="320" /></a></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>· Be infectious and contagious in a large percentage of those expose<br />· Cause severe long-term debilitation or death of the infected organism<br />· Have few available antidotes, preventives or cures<br />· Be easily deliverable to the area or population targeted<br />· Have low likelihood of causing damage to those using the agent<br /><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>THE USUAL SUSPECTS</b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />Some candidates for use as biological warfare agents include Anthrax, Smallpox, Viral hemorrhagic Fevers (Ebola, etc.), and Pneumonic Plague.</b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>----------------------------------------------------------</b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor - Award-winning author of "The Living with Nature Handbook" (<i>Gintong Aklat </i>Award 2003) and "Living with Nature in Our Times" (National Book Award 2008); Recipient Father Jose P Burgos Achievement Award (2016); professor, University of Santo Tomas, De La Salle University-D; columnist <i>Bannawag</i> Magazine, former Director, National Food Authority; and Consultant on food and agriculture, Senate of the Philippines.</span></b></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div></span><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">ANNEX - 10 Fire Prevention Tips You Need to Know Now</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">MONEYMAX EDITORIAL TEAM</span><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (Internet) </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Last updated March 21, 2023 </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">What are the Goals of Fire Prevention? </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">A fire prevention program is considered successful when these three goals are met: </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> 1. Prevent the loss of life </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> 2. Protect properties from damage </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"> 3. Avoid downtimes caused by operational disruptions </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">What is a Fire Triangle? </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">For a fire to ignite and maintain combustion, three elements are needed: fuel, heat, and oxygen. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">When at least one of these is missing or is present but only at low levels, a fire can’t start or spread. That’s why one of the basic strategies for preventing fire is to isolate sources of fuel or heat. Needless to say, removing oxygen from the equation is most of the time nearly impossible </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">What are the Top 10 Fire Prevention Tips to Remember? </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are 10 fire safety tips for keeping your home or workplace safe from disasters:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">1. Avoid Electrical Overloading </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Overloading your circuits is a big fire hazard—this is one of the most important fire safety reminders you shouldn't overlook. Avoid plugging too many devices into your electrical outlets to keep them from overheating and catching fire. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">High energy-consuming appliances like refrigerators and air conditioners should also have their own outlets to prevent electrical overloading at home. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Also, practice unplugging your devices and appliances when not in use. It's a good practice whether you’re just going to bed for a few hours or leaving your home or workplace for an extended period. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">2. Check Electrical Connections for Faulty Wiring </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Faulty electrical wiring can cause a fire. To prevent it, have a licensed electrician periodically check your appliances for exposed or worn-out wires. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Even on your own, you can easily spot some signs of damaged wiring, including out-of-place flickers and a burnt smell. When you spot frayed wires, damaged sockets, or defective electrical equipment, have them fixed or replaced immediately. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">3. Fireproof Your Kitchen </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">You can never get too many fire safety tips in the kitchen, which can be a fire hazard all on its own if not properly maintained. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Whatever you do in the kitchen, don’t leave a gas stove on unattended. Even if you have to leave momentarily, just turn off the stove until you can attend to it again. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Another crucial fire safety tip is to not lean over open flames when wearing loose clothing to keep it from catching fire. Also, keep your cooking area free of combustible objects like potholders and towels. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly, after using charcoal for cooking, make sure to extinguish the embers completely. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">4. Turn Off Gas Tanks When Not in Use </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It only takes an errant spark to cause your gas tank to ignite. To avoid a terrible accident, close your liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) every after use. It's one of the most important safety tips for fire prevention that you must take to heart. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Also, constantly check the LPG for any leak or damage to avoid not only fire but also health risks. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">5. Keep Your Light Sources Secured </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is another of those fire safety tips that seem easy to do but are still somehow ignored. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s common for Filipinos to light candles or gasera (kerosene kamp) during a power outage. If this is something you do as well, make sure that you use sturdy candle holders that can keep your candles in place. Also, look for a clear spot where candles and gaseras won’t be tipped over. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Also, keep your candles away from things that can easily catch fire, including curtains, carpets, bedsheets, and paper. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">For safety against fire, use a rechargeable lamp or flashlight as an alternative light source during a power outage. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">6. Remove Common Fire Hazards </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Not all fire hazards are blatantly noticeable. A pile of leaves in your front yard looks harmless until extreme heat turns it into a bonfire. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Sometimes, what sets off a fire could be a stack of old newspapers, a mound of empty plastic bottles, or a clump of overgrown shrubs. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Fires are hard to foresee, so some people prepare for the unexpected. For example, they get mortgage redemption insurance to ensure that their outstanding mortgage debt is paid in the event of total disability or death during a fire. It may sound grim, but it’s actually a good measure in addition to fire prevention. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">7. Practice Good Housekeeping Habits </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This is one of the top 10 fire safety tips at home that you can incorporate into your lifestyle. Practicing good housekeeping habits not only prevents fire but also improves your overall well-being. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">As a rule of thumb, keep aisles, walkways, and stairways clear of any trash. Having clean and clear pathways at home or in the office can prevent the spread of fire. It also gives people enough space to move and evacuate during emergencies. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Properly labeling items is also a good exercise to avoid misplacing flammable substances and corrosive liquids. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">8. Observe Proper Smoking Etiquette </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">If you’re tempted to smoke inside the house, just don’t—unless you have a designated smoking area at home designed to prevent fires. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Smoking in bed should be avoided at all costs. Linens and mattresses can catch fire easily, so you want to stay as far away from them as possible when smoking. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Also, use an ashtray to crush your cigarette stubs and dispose of them properly, ideally after dousing them with water. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">9. Install Smoke Alarms</span></b></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLOMFHQRC6HUru6x6iT4zZpl8rQC859Ht_b-UucxryGMy9S2qNKYWAmXJ-vzcAR97a_2R-fjm1ljp0VCzJ1zHOgmZx4QRUd36ELrjkZyXe9dn8T8P2u6aYJkYsfdMS5Y2O5DPuaUCTjBSmtXu-pllSwVZsvySyQ1RjftOKhCtNNgiAk6h_9TbAiaM5NdI6" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="208" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLOMFHQRC6HUru6x6iT4zZpl8rQC859Ht_b-UucxryGMy9S2qNKYWAmXJ-vzcAR97a_2R-fjm1ljp0VCzJ1zHOgmZx4QRUd36ELrjkZyXe9dn8T8P2u6aYJkYsfdMS5Y2O5DPuaUCTjBSmtXu-pllSwVZsvySyQ1RjftOKhCtNNgiAk6h_9TbAiaM5NdI6" width="320" /></a><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Fires can happen anytime, so it’s good to have smoke alarms in place to alert you when a fire breaks out. </span><br /></b><b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">When a smoke alarm rings, it’s not yet too late. There’s still a lot to do. However, depending on the situation, smoke alarms sometimes do nothing but announce impending doom. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">In such situations, it’ll give you a little peace of mind to have a contingency plan like fire insurance to protect yourself financially in the aftermath of a fire. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1<span style="color: #cc0000;">0. Get a Fire Extinguisher</span></span></b><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-75018432849919631532024-02-23T16:52:00.011+08:002024-02-29T10:44:23.618+08:00Lesson on TATAKalikasan in 4 Parts: Self-Evaluation & Reflection<div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Lesson on TATAKalikasan Ateneo de Manila University</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">97.8 FM Radyo Katipunan, 11 to 12 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></span><div><b style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Lent </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">2024</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Self-Evaluation and Reflection</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor with Prof. Emoy Rodolfo, AdMU</span></b></div></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><b style="text-align: left;"></b></div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part 1 - Priorities and Choices in Life<br />Part 2 - A Study of Rembrandt's "Return of the Prodigal Son"<br /> Part 3 - The Power of STILLNESS</span></b><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Part 4 - Fifty</span><b style="text-align: center;"><span> Verses for Reflection and Meditation</span></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part 1 - Priorities and Choices in Life</span></b></div><div><br /></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JBXY59wLb0p9GOfcWXDz9KF3S0VJij8Se4iqypzVuYUUCfFtvgovfcIJetVrXzMRsOjFikUxGq4MHyguIdgsfXEbWIfuDosVN6GS16517JRUIEpxu5KF79ZWK3VAvrRDHkoTE4LuSPY/s1600/helen+keller.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JBXY59wLb0p9GOfcWXDz9KF3S0VJij8Se4iqypzVuYUUCfFtvgovfcIJetVrXzMRsOjFikUxGq4MHyguIdgsfXEbWIfuDosVN6GS16517JRUIEpxu5KF79ZWK3VAvrRDHkoTE4LuSPY/s1600/helen+keller.jpg" /></a><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Helen Keller, deaf-blind since infancy became a role model for millions of people. She wrote a moving essay that challenges us who have the power of vision on how we would value “Three Days to See” if we were blind like Helen Keller blind since infancy. (The Story of My Life)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Try this exercise. If you were given Three Days To See just as Helen Keller told in her essay, how would you prioritize these? (Please indicate the day after each item; or it is not applicable.) Please refer to the answers below<br /><br />1. Lives of people everyday<br />2. Theater – concert, performing art<br />3. Transformation of night to day<br />4. Views from top of a high building<br />5. Loved ones and friends<br />6. Nature - landscape and garden<br />7. Museum of arts and natural history<br />8. Historical records of man & society<br />9. Things at home, favorite books, etc<br />10. Comedy, the lighter side of life.<br /><br />After checking your work with the answers guide below, compare it with the priorities of Helen Keller.<br /><br />1st Day - Loved ones, Favorite Things, Nature<br />2nd Day - Natural History, History, Humanities,<br />3rd Day - The Business of life. (NOTE: The lighter side of life closes the episode.)<br /><br />Three Days to See challenges us to look into our priorities and choices in Life<br />• City or countryside life<br />• Aesthetics or materialism<br />• Permanence and transience<br />• Love and Friendship<br />• Spirituality and faith<br />• Computer graphics or fine arts<br />• Perception or sensitivity<br />• Affection or companionship<br />• Vice or hobby<br />• Knowledge or Wisdom<br />____________________________________________<br />Answer Guide: <br />Lives of people everyday - 3rd day<br />Theatre – concert, performing art –end of 2nd day<br />Transformation of night to day –opening of 2nd day<br />Views from top of a high building – 3rd day<br />Loved ones and friends – 1st day, immediately.<br />Nature - landscape & garden – 1st day pm to sunset<br />Museum of arts and natural history – 2nd day<br />Historical records of man & society – 2nd day<br />Things at home, favorite books, etc – 1st day<br />Comedy stage play - End of 3rd day<br />____________________________________________</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">From this exercise we can better appreciate Helen Keller’s philosophy of life.<br /><br />“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am, therein to be content.”<br /><br />“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen and even touched. They must be felt within the heart.” ~</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part 2 - </span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Study of Rembrandt's</span></b></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"Return of the Prodigal Son"</span></b></div></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcD8oGCdN_uJc5LA4kRtKPKaw7GtSZ6EKnj2DlW87LGNv4004vuRmBF6JVU1Bgm8fWhhtVYnjsf9RZCIGj8GX51JUUopuAe-ofPQ48EfwIWMhwetHFwpFgV5EEwj9qL7P3xWIqBWHLJ7y/w309-h405/prodigal+son+2A+Rembrandt_Harmensz_van_Rijn_-_Return_of_the_Prodigal_Son_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" width="309" /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor </b></div></b></span></span><div><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This masterpiece leads us to ponder on the deeper sense of sin which is pride and unforgiving attitude of the "righteous" brother over his returning prodigal brother. And on the part of the mother, what role had she as a mother? How about the wealthy guest, who apparently like the mother were unmoved, indifferent, cold?</span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />In 1976 I had a chance to visit the Netherlands. There I stood at the center of Amsterdam plaza facing a monument of Rembrandt, the greatest Dutch painter rivaled only by Vincent Van Gogh who - two centuries later - revolutionized the romantic and classical schools the former brought fame worldwide.<br /><br />The works of Rembrandt are distinctly unique. His colors are almost divine, combining warm and cool colors into something which make Rembrandt paintings Rembrandt - unmistakable, alluring, devotional. Painters all over the world followed his style, even up to the present. But none has ever claimed success. Rembrandt is original.<br /><br />Juan Luna's Spolarium bears Rembrandt's influence in color, style and subject. Like the great master, Luna knew how to create special effects. For example the heads of the dead gladiators are smaller compared to their torso, creating a massive yet undistorted view, a kind of foreshortening effect. A diagonal perspective adds to forward movement, and common direction. A distant view of the mural draws spectators like Rembrandt's murals. </b></span></span></div><div><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><b style="font-family: arial;">The hidden characters (like in Rembrandt's Return of the Prodigal Son) adds mysticism to the scene, combining romanticism and realism. Luna inspired people to fight for freedom. He influenced later works like </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Millet's</b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"> <i>Man with a Hoe</i> becoming a model of ideological movement against social injustice.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">This is where Rembrandt is left in peace with his subject and theme, for Rembrandt was not a reformist of this nature. His own way of changing the world, so to speak, through his painting is by love and compassion as shown by this masterpiece - The Return of the Prodigal Son - unparalleled, universal, timeless.</b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xf7UZknIWXY7oM37PrPtyke-xHpae9du9qwUub9FcOIDWtW9fFZgiFXxmnoOehfPMc0L2IvQzPCxIX49uFVFAdMQvVew6yy6knhnsv3s8Hj30jmtZTyX_MgGy7s2tPpbK9Fg8zVd5r_P/s1600/Prodigal_son3A+by_Rembrandt_%28drawing,_1642%29.jpg" style="background-color: white; clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xf7UZknIWXY7oM37PrPtyke-xHpae9du9qwUub9FcOIDWtW9fFZgiFXxmnoOehfPMc0L2IvQzPCxIX49uFVFAdMQvVew6yy6knhnsv3s8Hj30jmtZTyX_MgGy7s2tPpbK9Fg8zVd5r_P/w359-h297/Prodigal_son3A+by_Rembrandt_(drawing,_1642).jpg" width="359" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;">The Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1661–1669. (262 cm × 205 cm) by Rembrandt van Rijn, Hermitage Museum, St. Peterburg, Russia. (Unedited as it appears on the Internet).<br /><br /><b>The Return of the Prodigal Son demonstrates the mastery of Rembrandt. His evocation of spirituality and the parable's message of forgiveness has been considered the height of his art. “Monumental,” is perhaps the highest praise by Rembrandt scholars led by Rosenberg. “The painting interprets the Christian idea of mercy with extraordinary solemnity, as though this were his spiritual testament to the world.” Historian Kenneth Clark, exulted the work, "A picture which those who have seen the original may be forgiven for claiming as the greatest picture ever painted."</b><br /><br /><b>It is among the Dutch master's final works, likely completed within two years of his death in 1669. It depicts the moment of the prodigal son’s return to his father in the Biblical parable. In the painting, the son has returned home in a wretched state from travels in which he wasted his inheritance and fell into poverty and despair. He kneels before his father in repentance, wishing for forgiveness and a renewed place in the family, having realized that even his father's servants had a better station in life than he. His father receives him with a tender gesture. His hands seem to suggest mothering and fathering at once; the left appears larger and more masculine, set on the son's shoulder, while the right is softer and more receptive in gesture.</b><br /><br /><b>A stream of light bathes the whole body of the repentant son, and strikes directly the face of his father in anguish and joy. The light extends to reveal the expression of the face of the older brother (standing at right) pathetic but unmoved as his body is unbent, and his hands freely crossed over a guided cane which is symbol of authority and affluence to. This further projects extreme comparison. With worn out sandals, one foot bare, clothes tattered , and head shaven - all makes wretchedness real. Rembrandt purposely hid the other characters in dim light and little details to focus the singular encounter. Yet viewers have the idea who they are in their own guesses and conclusions as they contemplate on the painting.</b></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYacfScwEExuoZcv7jDtex0OD6_cQ0GPTTJdwB00xIloULEIuTRWatY5iPDyickBEJaWGJPp20K_fFoy5tqrPOllKprseWx4ybKsCQcTzsB-_pObz7m28VuvnQJ1VUIC5i5yoLAh7ZL1l/s1600/prodigal+sonA+-Rembrandt_Harmensz_van_Rijn_-_Return_of_the_Prodigal_SonA_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYacfScwEExuoZcv7jDtex0OD6_cQ0GPTTJdwB00xIloULEIuTRWatY5iPDyickBEJaWGJPp20K_fFoy5tqrPOllKprseWx4ybKsCQcTzsB-_pObz7m28VuvnQJ1VUIC5i5yoLAh7ZL1l/w321-h419/prodigal+sonA+-Rembrandt_Harmensz_van_Rijn_-_Return_of_the_Prodigal_SonA_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" width="321" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This is the same photo as above with Adobe Photoshop editing on lighting and contrast to show a clearer background in order to expose the characters. The woman at top left, barely visible, is likely the mother, while the seated man, whose dress implies wealth, may be an advisor to the estate or a tax collector.The standing man at center is likely a servant.</b><br /><br /><b>The prodigal son's older brother crosses his hands in judgment. In the parable he objects to the father's compassion for the sinful son.</b><br /><br /><b>But he answered his father, "Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him." (Luke 15:29–30).</b><br /><br /><b>The father explains, "But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found" (Luke 15:32). World English Bible.</b></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLegrKmySNZ0M0lEcZYR6wDg95-etpLRpE4ElC6T7k7uspKcpK5uXZIQxNw7ctzp8vatGkXX6NTJhfcIe2-6TObV05DJR3RMAL3cJh8N8ZBJbmwDQOr0RFUKGKTEH8JkfpimIRxBaDaqP1/w315-h370/Prodigal+son+4A+Rembrandt_-_Syn_marnotrawny.jpg" width="315" /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />Rembrandt was moved by the parable, that he made a variety of drawings, etchings, and paintings on the theme that spanned decades, beginning with this 1636 etching.<br /><br />Dutch priest Henri Nouwen (1932–1996) was so taken by the painting that he eventually wrote a short book, The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Meditation on Fathers, Brothers, and Sons (1992), using the parable and Rembrandt's painting as frameworks. He begins by describing his visit to the State Hermitage Museum in 1986, where he was able to contemplate on the painting alone for hours. Considering the role of the father and sons in the parable in relation to Rembrandt's biography, he wrote:<br /><br />Rembrandt is as much the elder son of the parable as he is the younger. When, during the last years of his life, he painted both sons in Return of the Prodigal Son, he had lived a life in which neither the lostness of the younger son nor the lostness of the elder son was alien to him. Both needed healing and forgiveness. Both needed to come home. Both needed the embrace of a forgiving father. But from the story itself, as well as from Rembrandt's painting, it is clear that the hardest conversion to go through is the conversion of the one who stayed home. (Wikipedia)<br />--------------------------------------</b></span></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweV-dIIsQcz_rOSiXa_x9Z88u0nFxjuLRi71P_q36X0A5BJgsYIn0viusWPCHfqg3MvP75EiNB0IhDdlWxgr0gRvvlmoCj9GB7RNgFrbuhnfRCrK34rdsct-hD3yyJxMbPJrSsVaqCnNj/s1600/pope+francis+book+AP3249102_LancioGrande.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweV-dIIsQcz_rOSiXa_x9Z88u0nFxjuLRi71P_q36X0A5BJgsYIn0viusWPCHfqg3MvP75EiNB0IhDdlWxgr0gRvvlmoCj9GB7RNgFrbuhnfRCrK34rdsct-hD3yyJxMbPJrSsVaqCnNj/s320/pope+francis+book+AP3249102_LancioGrande.jpg" /></a><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Pope Francis' 100-page new book released in 86 countries (12 Jan 2016), to start the Francis Holy Year of Mercy The Holy Father criticized the self-proclaimed righteous, the doctrinaire-minded rigorists, the scholars of the church laws and rules, who in the long history of the church have challenged Christ's unconditional love and mercy. He offered "We must avoid the attitude of someone who judges and condemns from the lofty heights of his own certainty, looking for the splinter in his brother's eye while remaining unaware of the beam in his own." Pope Francis said<br /><br />Which leads us to ponder on the deeper sense of sin which is pride and unforgiving attitude of the "righteous" brother over his returning prodigal brother. And on the part of the mother, what role had she as a mother? How about the wealthy guest, who apparently like the mother were unmoved, indifferent, cold?<br /><br />The book rallies the church and her leaders to go out from the confines of the altar and pulpit, to reach out for the needy, the suffering, the hopeless.<br /><br />To quote Pope Francis in his new book:<br /><br />“I often say that in order for this to happen, it is necessary to go out: to go out from the churches and the parishes, to go outside and look for people where they live, where they suffer, and where they hope. I like to use the image of a field hospital to describe this “Church that goes forth”. It exists where there is combat. It is not a solid structure with all the equipment where people go to receive treatment for both small and large infirmities. It is a mobile structure that offers first aid and immediate care, so that its soldiers do not die.”<br /><br />“It is a place for urgent care, not a place to see a specialist. I hope that the Jubilee [The Holy Year of Mercy] will serve to reveal the Church’s deeply maternal and merciful side, a Church that goes forth toward those who are “wounded,” who are in need of an attentive ear, understanding, forgiveness, and love.”<br /><br />Which leads us back to The Prodigal Son. Wouldn't the father have taken the road to look for his prodigal son? A good father is not only forgiving, he is a missionary. Thousands, nay, millions out there are proverbial prodigal sons. ~</b></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b> Part 3 - <span>The Power of STILLNESS</span></b></span></p></span></span><div class="date-outer"><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/1kt/watermark/post_background_birds.png"); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: initial; border: 1px dotted transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 15px 20px;"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2003480834495759809" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 518px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">"The sun sets with the Angelus,</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">as creatures go to their lair,</span></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">stillness reigns in the night</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">until the return of light. " - avr</span></b></div></span></b><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></b></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFDWUDWVA9Oebmwy-R9D9SmxeXKfrYJbEaNdA0p9UEL0CRehFJNsNzG_JvZYEYeJHm8IXF35LzzPkJgx6lQ9pD8g08dRx5ndqu-BNbkJhagG1cbtTes654iFcAcYXpNwbOiSf_SHJcW4/s1440/Amorsolo+homeward.jpeg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFDWUDWVA9Oebmwy-R9D9SmxeXKfrYJbEaNdA0p9UEL0CRehFJNsNzG_JvZYEYeJHm8IXF35LzzPkJgx6lQ9pD8g08dRx5ndqu-BNbkJhagG1cbtTes654iFcAcYXpNwbOiSf_SHJcW4/w385-h301/Amorsolo+homeward.jpeg" width="385" /></a></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2003480834495759809" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 518px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Homeward Bound</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> by Fernando Amorsolo</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2003480834495759809" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 518px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">1. Stillness and Meditation<br />Silence, oh elusive silence,.<br />take me to your realm divine<br />where good and evil part,<br />that I may find a new start, <br />that begins in the heart. <br /><br />2. Stillness and the Loving Heart<br />Throb oh heart, throb the magic of love,<br />lest desire may turn into lust,<br />blinding the senses in Freudian ido;<br />Browning, Ben Jonson, come<br />with your art of love on hand. <br /><br />3. Stillness and the Arts<br />Soar into the heavens for peace and quiet,<br />let imagination rule over reason,<br />creativity reigns supreme in stillness,<br />spawning the great masterpieces.<br /><br />4. Stillness and Scholarship <br />Fishing not for fish but ideas,<br />the rod bends, the line quivers -<br />a big fish bites, pulls, rages,<br />oh stillness, tool of the sages.<br /><br />5. Stillness and the Longing Heart<br />When the heart throbs for someone far away,<br />of a place you can't go for the moment or nevermore,<br />of things lost and can no longer be found,<br />or wishing the good old days were here,<br />stillness, stillness must reign, <br />in fullness and profound. <br /><br />6. Stillness and the Weary Heart <br />When doubt clouds the mind and shrouds the view,<br />which road to take of the two,<br />take the less trodden, more so the fresh path;<br />stillness – but never the heart to a halt.<br /><br />7. Stillness and the Grieving Heart <br />In the dark hours of life the night is long,<br />the dawn comes late or seems it never comes,<br />grief and pain they are inseparable:<br />the mind, body and spirit;<br />stillness brings back the joy and wit.<br /><br />8. Stillness and the Raging Heart<br />When rages the heart cascading wild,<br />chartless in a sea of tempest,<br />seeing the shore no more,<br />stillness shall give you rest. <br /><br />9. Stillness and Nature<br />Calm is the sea but a sleeping volcano,<br />the sky is blue, the river meandering to the sea,<br />a child of creation I'm from the stillness of the womb, <br />to the stillness of hereafter. <br /><br />10. Stillness and Angelus<br />The sun sets with the Angelus,<br />as creatures go to their lair,<br />stillness reigns in the night<br />until the return of light. ~<br /><br /><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPR8lsNJlch8hppg1-_xZgCNAlTjDTxVWCOR-Ik-CXoeN2tOzsUrjmYPhW640CpXg-H4udvQ5XT9w6qMn2XffKr0K6pLcY8hRl1BbkPxqJxqjga0X9nP_C943kRS0Dw7rY6YTrFvrty7dz/w397-h268/Angelus+Millet.jpg" width="397" /> </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2003480834495759809" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 518px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><i>Angelus</i> by Jean Francois Millet<br /><br />"Silence, oh elusive silence,.<br />take me to your realm divine<br />where good and evil part,<br />that I may find a new start, <br />that begins in the heart." - </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">avr ~</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2003480834495759809" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 518px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2003480834495759809" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 518px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Part 4 - </span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">50 Verses for Reflection and Meditation</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">These verses may be read as prayer for this Lenten season, preferably with background music of <i>Meditation</i> (From the Thais), by Massenet. <i>On Wings of Song </i>by Mendelssohn, and <i>Ave Maria </i>by Schubert and by Santiago. Leader sets the sequence in meditative mood.</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmy4cVvwm9QBkmLCpCDoNlGalofUHkLwk4-DUlk2DzFQ7PXs1xnyVMa2PmBnshR2FUqauhTQ09AAXsPW0VeT4YGXAx7tTIiI31f5iIg7NtxGuUiSE564mLNo394O5NacG1MawUhhRzP0/s1600/DSC08141.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmy4cVvwm9QBkmLCpCDoNlGalofUHkLwk4-DUlk2DzFQ7PXs1xnyVMa2PmBnshR2FUqauhTQ09AAXsPW0VeT4YGXAx7tTIiI31f5iIg7NtxGuUiSE564mLNo394O5NacG1MawUhhRzP0/s400/DSC08141.JPG" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. When the skies cry and tears fall,</span></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The grass is greener, so with the soul.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. The rain pelts on the faces of children</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Turned heavenward. Look my brethren.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A slice of rainbow</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Walks he alone in the rain singing,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whether the wind's cool or the sun peeping.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. If I'm responsible for what I tame,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Would I have a choice of only the lame?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. A gentle breeze came through a lid;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where's the window when the wall's solid?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Pray, but if Thor holds back the lightning bolts,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We may not have mushroom and the jolts.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Hush! Suddenly the world became still;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gone is the lark or the raven on the sill.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Saxon wall, each turret a guard-</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Now empty, lonely is war afterward.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. Radial symmetry starts from the center,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">That balances an outside force to enter.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10. What good is a lamp at the ledge?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wait 'til the day reaches its edge.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11. In seeing our past we find little to share,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If the past is the present we're living in.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12. In abstract art you lose reality;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How then can I paint truth and beauty?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13. Brick wall, brick roof, brick stair,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glisten in the rain, dull in summer air.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14.What's essential can't be seen by the eye</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Like the faith of Keller and Captain Bligh.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15. Similar is rainbow and moth in flight</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">When you see them against the light.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">16. From respite in summer fallow,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The fields start a season anew.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">17. From green to gold the grains become</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">As they store the power of the sun.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">18. Not all sand dunes for sure</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ends up on empty shore.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">19. One little smoke tells the difference,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Like a faint pulse is life's reference.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">20. It's collective memory that I'm a part</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">To write my life's story when I depart.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">21. Lost time, lost opportunity and lost gain,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">like passing wind that may not come again.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">22. Who sees silver lining of clouds dark and bold</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">seeks not at rainbow's end a pot of gold.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">23. A clenched fist softens under a blue sky</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">like high waves, after tempest, die.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">24. When a flock of wild geese takes into the air</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">a leader must get ahead to break the barrier.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KguLpZDyz4ooPoTlbgyQYjUiox9sJ0NpB4kwK_z3eFgnagv38s-zoHI000ictrJBrq-Iw7UW50Xjoa8ctiH_qWnPyGNwxQCtMg_UUbRnsAeGVU9rSp0ZdFS1OqxWaUqbbO_midNBJ3s/s1600/IMG_2721.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KguLpZDyz4ooPoTlbgyQYjUiox9sJ0NpB4kwK_z3eFgnagv38s-zoHI000ictrJBrq-Iw7UW50Xjoa8ctiH_qWnPyGNwxQCtMg_UUbRnsAeGVU9rSp0ZdFS1OqxWaUqbbO_midNBJ3s/s400/IMG_2721.JPG" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">25. Even to a strong man, a little danger may create</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">the impression he's small or the problem is great.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Swallows on wire. Florida Blanca, Pampanga</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">26. In the doldrums or during sudden gusts,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the ship is much safer with a bare mast.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">27. Wind, current, and keel make a perfect trio</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">only if they have one direction to follow.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">28. You really can't tell where a sailboat goes</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">without keel, but to where the wind blows.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">29. The sound of a yes may be deep or hollow,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">and knowing it only by its own echo.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">30. Walk, don't run, to see better and to know</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the countryside, Mother Nature and Thou.~</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">31. We do not have the time, indeed an alibi</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">to indolence and loafing, letting time pass by.</span></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMZRbeJYHx2eNVbsRGjAT9wp1y5uM1vjt4jRaqaKlanlcO32eSXIHZ4sFAGm7HYAG8sMj3ZRooK3bgo-mD3STXtY6FPHgUffKXTTXomkbr6IBxveZmDxZ9QFzc3WUW8UaiS62bxhHhtY/s1600/IMG_0474.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMZRbeJYHx2eNVbsRGjAT9wp1y5uM1vjt4jRaqaKlanlcO32eSXIHZ4sFAGm7HYAG8sMj3ZRooK3bgo-mD3STXtY6FPHgUffKXTTXomkbr6IBxveZmDxZ9QFzc3WUW8UaiS62bxhHhtY/w348-h340/IMG_0474.jpg" width="348" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">32. As we undervalue ourselves, so do others</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">undervalue us. Lo, to us all little brothers.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sun on a hazy day</span></div><div><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">33. Self-doubt at the start is often necessary</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">to seek perfection of the trade we carry.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">34. What is more mean than envy or indolence</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">but the two themselves riding on insolence.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">35. The worst kind of persecution occurs in the mind,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">that of the body we can often undermine.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">36. How seldom, if at all, do we weigh our neighbors</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the way we weigh ourselves with the same favors?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">37. Friendship that we share to others multiplies</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">our compassion and love where happiness lies.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">38. Evil is evil indeed - so with its mirror,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">while goodness builds on goodness in store.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">39. That others may learn and soon trust you,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">show them you're trustworthy, kind and true.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">40. Kindness and gladness, these however small</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">are never, never put to waste at all.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">41. Beauty seen once breaks a heart,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wait for the image to depart.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">42. Being right and reasonable;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Black or white, and measurable.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">43. She's coy who speaks soft and light;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Smoke first before fire ignites.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">44. Every promise you can't keep</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drags you into a deeper pit.</span></span><div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXC2Wmieq4FU6xMTLV0v-5pONuHMkLtn9gGPvJlzHxlHiQ3J_Nu4mx8QQF59xmKs5kVvVVx7sF6Z99hHvJffAJZD5Q8E2r9uN9YFebDxjc_USRA1YBT0Ix2PtRtZdoOWTQgDJCYHsoBI/s1600/UST+Benavides+1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXC2Wmieq4FU6xMTLV0v-5pONuHMkLtn9gGPvJlzHxlHiQ3J_Nu4mx8QQF59xmKs5kVvVVx7sF6Z99hHvJffAJZD5Q8E2r9uN9YFebDxjc_USRA1YBT0Ix2PtRtZdoOWTQgDJCYHsoBI/s640/UST+Benavides+1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">45. To endure pain of hatred,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A leader’s wisdom is dared.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">46. Make believe prosperity;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sound of vessel when empty.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Fr Miguel Benavides, founder University of Santo Tomas (1611)</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">47. Take from the ant or stork,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patience is silence at work.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">48. Good wine grows mellow with age;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Good man grows into a sage.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">49. He finds reason for living</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who sees a new beginning.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">50. Beauty builds upon beauty,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Ad infinitum to eternity. ~</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-43479779067058324972024-02-22T20:06:00.006+08:002024-02-22T20:14:58.307+08:00I walked among young artists in their unique world <div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I walked among young artists</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">in their unique world</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist." - Oscar Wilde</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3g5vSzweOtS9T_VTU3LnA-eekyE-yxXAPqD8sV0xWwv3C7ldGs9M2GH3_WDWAmizATRkiNWXiscm8A18yHQvq4kRxDjnt5T2eSFV3iq17Tv3BSYhXrM-zPkHof9jb_Tdn9dgeLg-TGL_/s1600/Photo0301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3g5vSzweOtS9T_VTU3LnA-eekyE-yxXAPqD8sV0xWwv3C7ldGs9M2GH3_WDWAmizATRkiNWXiscm8A18yHQvq4kRxDjnt5T2eSFV3iq17Tv3BSYhXrM-zPkHof9jb_Tdn9dgeLg-TGL_/s320/Photo0301.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEruj1Q16n2HXc8-6wBSh-vuDxNcEI9YLWHWTyRRTlgf-zcW2w0tpU23Z7BbVNz5j5knVnJx9eF178uCC0V1uDfF6J6zhk8UdEoXrUHj616P4vgBtyCHQKMOwi-kOSfk_Xu7e2UflLPlo/s1600/Photo0260+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEruj1Q16n2HXc8-6wBSh-vuDxNcEI9YLWHWTyRRTlgf-zcW2w0tpU23Z7BbVNz5j5knVnJx9eF178uCC0V1uDfF6J6zhk8UdEoXrUHj616P4vgBtyCHQKMOwi-kOSfk_Xu7e2UflLPlo/s320/Photo0260+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">First, Cubism - </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cezanne, founder of Impressionism, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">to Van Gogh's crossroad to Expressionism; </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Picasso's three movements to Fauvism </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">to Dali's Surrealism.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKyOy3GddWL-ld-TPVPz5OxZ-gAh8EmUuaQVUYxxsTV2VtA0qc3HBT0m-UgtJSivTGlnp-QC1JV7KS7NXQrSne73_SV8Gf_F-lMjBZOLsG2UuRje0gH34ahski4cFDAVv5E0zmlV_95GA/s1600/Photo0263+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKyOy3GddWL-ld-TPVPz5OxZ-gAh8EmUuaQVUYxxsTV2VtA0qc3HBT0m-UgtJSivTGlnp-QC1JV7KS7NXQrSne73_SV8Gf_F-lMjBZOLsG2UuRje0gH34ahski4cFDAVv5E0zmlV_95GA/s320/Photo0263+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGXWjE7xEpfslFmgmQWtuJa1n3ovDCAq2RoJ5wjqYT9bPUxC-Kh1q7j8NtidVAiKg9fSCYrdg024al2CiZWw7_lC23yKTcvG7ugNQ2XkE2h26Am9xG6HbEHRDLAhc3fdNBmiUXub1g5y3/s1600/Photo0265+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGXWjE7xEpfslFmgmQWtuJa1n3ovDCAq2RoJ5wjqYT9bPUxC-Kh1q7j8NtidVAiKg9fSCYrdg024al2CiZWw7_lC23yKTcvG7ugNQ2XkE2h26Am9xG6HbEHRDLAhc3fdNBmiUXub1g5y3/s320/Photo0265+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Silence and quiet -</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>the artist's unspoken dialect;</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>eerie to us, and very strange, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>we living on short range. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtuZgQdZCfSZ_nQ8ADivtinLcU2A2IP7WeVjqKaFQgKcno2hYKPXHw6Mrh_BfqyFqRDF_SWyUkidVVAozTNnqpFkEqzkWSZ4XO5U9gHz-y-CC8YDm4-IZQ5qil4Zqi0UpD3doMXdCcxAR/s1600/Photo0266+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtuZgQdZCfSZ_nQ8ADivtinLcU2A2IP7WeVjqKaFQgKcno2hYKPXHw6Mrh_BfqyFqRDF_SWyUkidVVAozTNnqpFkEqzkWSZ4XO5U9gHz-y-CC8YDm4-IZQ5qil4Zqi0UpD3doMXdCcxAR/s320/Photo0266+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkyjdRR87rYVeKaqDS8fih4rL4xvBVrjjpK5GVf66iX4as9BQGmyGvbZrK8Gtv8trHg3xVSr0G7sD-4LOJTwfFj40qdOMqlneUtYy-eT9PdrO1hgR0RYVHpi4WlLD01oMY4BRXeRr-r1x/s1600/Photo0267+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkyjdRR87rYVeKaqDS8fih4rL4xvBVrjjpK5GVf66iX4as9BQGmyGvbZrK8Gtv8trHg3xVSr0G7sD-4LOJTwfFj40qdOMqlneUtYy-eT9PdrO1hgR0RYVHpi4WlLD01oMY4BRXeRr-r1x/s320/Photo0267+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Beauty in ugliness,</span></b><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">could it be otherwise?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ask the artists,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">the dumb and the wise.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWzLnJFM1tlMpIJyUaelsWyOL9BBmuW_U_zeXzPjA5YiflJmsNdNfDJWCib73HkNQMuFhLyiwJk_-j_xlobQ6V972slOl0ibjlEhsjPAUcjBmsza1FaJIOGkNi1tojfYWe9QwfIFFGFQU/s1600/Photo0268+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWzLnJFM1tlMpIJyUaelsWyOL9BBmuW_U_zeXzPjA5YiflJmsNdNfDJWCib73HkNQMuFhLyiwJk_-j_xlobQ6V972slOl0ibjlEhsjPAUcjBmsza1FaJIOGkNi1tojfYWe9QwfIFFGFQU/s320/Photo0268+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTc2Puk8oriiffCpJXBEXRi_twO-y1p7gLqCgNgKHUJczGH4hQzufJZR_EAOraHXqxTx-39w0SgQKzcpbCDkcpiGVt-4HePiJxAOgVVUpOCPPPzs44bORsGRUoaUIHFFZt1QTen4scg8yA/s1600/Photo0269+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTc2Puk8oriiffCpJXBEXRi_twO-y1p7gLqCgNgKHUJczGH4hQzufJZR_EAOraHXqxTx-39w0SgQKzcpbCDkcpiGVt-4HePiJxAOgVVUpOCPPPzs44bORsGRUoaUIHFFZt1QTen4scg8yA/s320/Photo0269+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">In art there's no time out,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">and there's no turnabout; </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">wait for the artist's signature, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">his imprimatur.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBaIK5a8Y62WHqfZhgN-yv8RwEuShWmcveiJY_d7c33tcfz2IBc6YanMuF96GvDR4nBukrhSOc-YQP2gNv6YrqFE-qjVwR952rHIfbvSgekntF8b0f7ulyVhS07TF769aQ9Thxh65dRkS/s1600/Photo0270+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBaIK5a8Y62WHqfZhgN-yv8RwEuShWmcveiJY_d7c33tcfz2IBc6YanMuF96GvDR4nBukrhSOc-YQP2gNv6YrqFE-qjVwR952rHIfbvSgekntF8b0f7ulyVhS07TF769aQ9Thxh65dRkS/s320/Photo0270+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgFFWfW6Xf4FbQ7LLQg8joobkt2dDDC9c5jWBuSVA93P3IlnVFZicC_XCNK4EW3MJxuSvvT9cLgPn4Cmn19R3McATF9dINskzV8Cuv18o1N1L8CFFmHXBTlV8rIMvS7sHq17PNPeFM73o/s1600/Photo0271+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgFFWfW6Xf4FbQ7LLQg8joobkt2dDDC9c5jWBuSVA93P3IlnVFZicC_XCNK4EW3MJxuSvvT9cLgPn4Cmn19R3McATF9dINskzV8Cuv18o1N1L8CFFmHXBTlV8rIMvS7sHq17PNPeFM73o/s320/Photo0271+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Concentration? </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is meditation, reflection;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">the artist works best </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">in the worst condition.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwO9XuovRPpr7fsXIQKvRRg5muW3JG822qMwBNVYi2HwQXKdfNtQgvw2VzHKpSzrFqfg3qbR6v-CtPHf-_loygwcPBw_DJoWAeKqM6dtthskPzIQRxpP4NV2vvdnylyQGPsLNzw8-UvIz2/s1600/Photo0272+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwO9XuovRPpr7fsXIQKvRRg5muW3JG822qMwBNVYi2HwQXKdfNtQgvw2VzHKpSzrFqfg3qbR6v-CtPHf-_loygwcPBw_DJoWAeKqM6dtthskPzIQRxpP4NV2vvdnylyQGPsLNzw8-UvIz2/s320/Photo0272+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6mrKH9h83zURNGSmwwKal0Q-Z56MWaaTRwaagP0-6P8p942gblLQDJXPCmSDeEc14E2HSFABogWIVsmz9n015FNZN0sinq4ThZf72qKWhQLZxToB58tGsOYSXoYxUokJ4r8_t_avem1c/s1600/Photo0273+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6mrKH9h83zURNGSmwwKal0Q-Z56MWaaTRwaagP0-6P8p942gblLQDJXPCmSDeEc14E2HSFABogWIVsmz9n015FNZN0sinq4ThZf72qKWhQLZxToB58tGsOYSXoYxUokJ4r8_t_avem1c/s320/Photo0273+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make a hero, a saint, a queen,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">that person who<i> </i>could have<i> </i>been;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">not obliging to the throng</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">even if he may be wrong.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAteMTIgBJjfh3PR3Xsal3xjpV_v5oOiKdUEwNjLCWYNxeeCl6G637rNpQDHQQrC8gLTCxxUxle2bvhrroc7TxnRvzfv2K_Qp0_ug-skHMAlGo1AC7Kk73dp7Er3bxm9b8ZawSDGs3Bh2/s1600/Photo0275+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAteMTIgBJjfh3PR3Xsal3xjpV_v5oOiKdUEwNjLCWYNxeeCl6G637rNpQDHQQrC8gLTCxxUxle2bvhrroc7TxnRvzfv2K_Qp0_ug-skHMAlGo1AC7Kk73dp7Er3bxm9b8ZawSDGs3Bh2/s320/Photo0275+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzGgrOs0ykwvi7cixGU68LCGczQ_TuMyLFt2Tv_ompNb7cD-9pCaxA2IzatYE0ngCrq4CeBl4QslZURsFw5-IttNGihp9sdm04eNtD6qF5IUDejb3GuOnvjDs8GombVkvZAoPLebS_fQf/s1600/Photo0274+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzGgrOs0ykwvi7cixGU68LCGczQ_TuMyLFt2Tv_ompNb7cD-9pCaxA2IzatYE0ngCrq4CeBl4QslZURsFw5-IttNGihp9sdm04eNtD6qF5IUDejb3GuOnvjDs8GombVkvZAoPLebS_fQf/s320/Photo0274+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Singular mind, crowded mind,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">would not at all make a difference;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">art lives on boundless images to bind, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">on dusty volumes of reference. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Critics, spectators - </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">deep inside a longing </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">to be also actors,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">wishing, </span></b><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">seeking. </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7-jrHMIExskwQCqP4Ggf81EnyrEQOH3at2pD4rKUIqfTa-KWVpgkNqPHa9yi0EFaKqddC6iQqNgtmeEpkAT2HFo_v5qLeD-p7wYQRzzge0XPtandb6o6MM8II_hMaQF3i8jRpEbkRHLc/s1600/Photo0280+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7-jrHMIExskwQCqP4Ggf81EnyrEQOH3at2pD4rKUIqfTa-KWVpgkNqPHa9yi0EFaKqddC6iQqNgtmeEpkAT2HFo_v5qLeD-p7wYQRzzge0XPtandb6o6MM8II_hMaQF3i8jRpEbkRHLc/s320/Photo0280+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqX9nJdlDYFMWB5tiFfDYgptsI4ddwwxDpf-uaIqCJHDl2_arTMLsUekz15JjfGkN2Rj9C1T5Aa8IQweVzYBntL641njX6Q-tUlEnvhVnhZETV-3UflH-kncaSd1kepbif75GmzEreONXA/s1600/Photo0282+-+Copy.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqX9nJdlDYFMWB5tiFfDYgptsI4ddwwxDpf-uaIqCJHDl2_arTMLsUekz15JjfGkN2Rj9C1T5Aa8IQweVzYBntL641njX6Q-tUlEnvhVnhZETV-3UflH-kncaSd1kepbif75GmzEreONXA/s320/Photo0282+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The work is done, the day is gone,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">it's worth getting up and retiring;</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">whether complete or not well done, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">there's no perfect painting.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVr0rJfTNRoMvydfa0bc7o4DNzth8XT9TMsTGeU-rGyuBp25n273I2eqnI9r1XaRe0ccETgd4Ml82ejRh5tehScTlOsjIqcI4tx9sHTkHgi2jBYS-WWbvLJj-kFa8IlLiQvBZuO_gRIS38/s1600/Photo0281+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVr0rJfTNRoMvydfa0bc7o4DNzth8XT9TMsTGeU-rGyuBp25n273I2eqnI9r1XaRe0ccETgd4Ml82ejRh5tehScTlOsjIqcI4tx9sHTkHgi2jBYS-WWbvLJj-kFa8IlLiQvBZuO_gRIS38/s320/Photo0281+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwsSJIRxUl9aH-P38f3nDidmXoHKa8JJtF_kYuJiu7Yy3hvl2-sCqRxvpJKx2DApM1LJ3pDy3C9mpDueb8zD-4HOHenthLvio7Y3TYYUiEJhAwEkv-TvQ6CS-CTU9_2nMawkmhRzTqZFJ/s1600/Photo0285+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwsSJIRxUl9aH-P38f3nDidmXoHKa8JJtF_kYuJiu7Yy3hvl2-sCqRxvpJKx2DApM1LJ3pDy3C9mpDueb8zD-4HOHenthLvio7Y3TYYUiEJhAwEkv-TvQ6CS-CTU9_2nMawkmhRzTqZFJ/s320/Photo0285+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Where is the artist ?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">his paints are fresh, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">his brush idly sits - </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">he deserves a rest.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46gfXM8lcEGDYURsc0YeXd5h5Z8qwU61kGIWbSdGuOuzwDFyUUchDy5YaeEtROnOE8AcYd4qbAdnYoXsxXzAmg-vYyCI6QA6fj58qrPwmzZjhNzQDbd2u0ENk7-2_gVJUOhHA4ml2rtCN/s1600/Photo0278+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46gfXM8lcEGDYURsc0YeXd5h5Z8qwU61kGIWbSdGuOuzwDFyUUchDy5YaeEtROnOE8AcYd4qbAdnYoXsxXzAmg-vYyCI6QA6fj58qrPwmzZjhNzQDbd2u0ENk7-2_gVJUOhHA4ml2rtCN/s320/Photo0278+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmKedxE9mUVuFXu1mNr4IxkIH0i_pHKTXiK7hyphenhyphenomzT3BsJHpJi4ipDNbeXSsJ2l-HEBsYogjDqDwsST2IZYazSuoHElwEzth0-Rcl2C61hhNv9cas5clMYoxLqWinZtrhBXLWAq3KXkjq/s1600/Photo0287+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmKedxE9mUVuFXu1mNr4IxkIH0i_pHKTXiK7hyphenhyphenomzT3BsJHpJi4ipDNbeXSsJ2l-HEBsYogjDqDwsST2IZYazSuoHElwEzth0-Rcl2C61hhNv9cas5clMYoxLqWinZtrhBXLWAq3KXkjq/s320/Photo0287+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">One last look - near and far -</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">which has a better view?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">look again but refrain</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">from too much review. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirC8no-lkcQLXxGeO26cS3bIarBqav5ZZ5SDOCCB9FEaZ8CnYFsrwkpaNlTk_JZuJ1KeyizzkxncjC-79TR4YCNASkukvxhQbb1C2Z4QFet5vIFk1T9h8Ae59pef0EJmhneiRMGC28vfdr/s1600/Photo0286+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirC8no-lkcQLXxGeO26cS3bIarBqav5ZZ5SDOCCB9FEaZ8CnYFsrwkpaNlTk_JZuJ1KeyizzkxncjC-79TR4YCNASkukvxhQbb1C2Z4QFet5vIFk1T9h8Ae59pef0EJmhneiRMGC28vfdr/s320/Photo0286+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4c5Zxhnh5eLzzx6Zbm0r9uPJ3K4pLsoFcI0t5fCVHdTsTFRjLKMpHauuHRG3W8Q9U65t5UPHh4Z8hBRmEovLdd1-eyjUHxcgw25CoPPRCA9t5AaHe6ruPUPIBIvzkbsX0RqHi6E0bQE0Y/s1600/Photo0289+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4c5Zxhnh5eLzzx6Zbm0r9uPJ3K4pLsoFcI0t5fCVHdTsTFRjLKMpHauuHRG3W8Q9U65t5UPHh4Z8hBRmEovLdd1-eyjUHxcgw25CoPPRCA9t5AaHe6ruPUPIBIvzkbsX0RqHi6E0bQE0Y/s320/Photo0289+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Respite - to us, it's recess; </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">take it easy, have composure, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">when too much stress</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">steals away the picture. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazBx-6vQmtoYwJW5DO6HsOIP-61SadldU_4zLYEN_f4KBt-K19-8BmLN7Xr5t-JP2wA8mwfZdJoA0HOmkfKxoTMulN1Rj-sfTI806GSV-rHMmk8-Zyy-RGypPjSQ4fDXeEAiG63Zakyym/s1600/Photo0288+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazBx-6vQmtoYwJW5DO6HsOIP-61SadldU_4zLYEN_f4KBt-K19-8BmLN7Xr5t-JP2wA8mwfZdJoA0HOmkfKxoTMulN1Rj-sfTI806GSV-rHMmk8-Zyy-RGypPjSQ4fDXeEAiG63Zakyym/s320/Photo0288+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETKi8J9vlmApq71jeyLwms3bttt5qfwIlwCqqTvSSwPq49YsZtbsVpsJ3IWUGaC0XB9FV2FErOBMYVg5YQeWtPq4Pevj_FwUOfNCbg5__QKgH-z9tlCIc5pARCv_TgzW7jYxK19braKFs/s1600/Photo0294+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgETKi8J9vlmApq71jeyLwms3bttt5qfwIlwCqqTvSSwPq49YsZtbsVpsJ3IWUGaC0XB9FV2FErOBMYVg5YQeWtPq4Pevj_FwUOfNCbg5__QKgH-z9tlCIc5pARCv_TgzW7jYxK19braKFs/s320/Photo0294+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Late to start? </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">not always to the smart;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">art takes time to incubate,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> on canvas to recreate. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_U_2R47kFqPxQBBswSNt7w8w11UKAYWZSW4pvm621LtUIYqviYB_8D-5zzPjFsgZuT4VCW6lU10wm08TDoh7141dLdK0bvQ2yQLjAmMQEfust8zxP7l_VEGVYrEA_kcp3CEobvzUMWGgV/s1600/Photo0300+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_U_2R47kFqPxQBBswSNt7w8w11UKAYWZSW4pvm621LtUIYqviYB_8D-5zzPjFsgZuT4VCW6lU10wm08TDoh7141dLdK0bvQ2yQLjAmMQEfust8zxP7l_VEGVYrEA_kcp3CEobvzUMWGgV/s320/Photo0300+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArjaPolm5MtMcL7jwKOorzbfnBLCZYjo84414Bza0ckDhPrz7hIWttZxJBrvID8XC-U4VfKbQv2cQkpNbmrCf7o0qIjUVWctd9oxJgYNtm2XRKUwuwLzQwspe6YNo6m0V3YuDMSqBb2SD/s1600/Photo0295+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArjaPolm5MtMcL7jwKOorzbfnBLCZYjo84414Bza0ckDhPrz7hIWttZxJBrvID8XC-U4VfKbQv2cQkpNbmrCf7o0qIjUVWctd9oxJgYNtm2XRKUwuwLzQwspe6YNo6m0V3YuDMSqBb2SD/s320/Photo0295+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finishing touches,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">prudence, prudence,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">one false move loses</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">the whole essence. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrnMI8lCETAPoxMXBpLPXZQeEdrNoB6oV9P-88Scps6Wsnl0ALQsii-LW-MWI0zLr6-yhBobRrY3E-sHIRmOQVcImiVt3_PA8exehNrraYi5XQ9P4-cJ84bWqgU1dZTr4Ihjnphj0RPTV/s320/Photo0302+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_FjCusRCNCSjH9xJrvhlzj2rCMWehKDnYNNSOhQXSlEylDF5ihVz4FoofONZsJ3uVleRGqBPK90ZSAv6FPW8zRaZAeQpyIgX30PoLH8ZDUp7ZTs8MO2D_MG6S9LOebLSPiyQhC3CdGoj/s1600/Photo0304+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_FjCusRCNCSjH9xJrvhlzj2rCMWehKDnYNNSOhQXSlEylDF5ihVz4FoofONZsJ3uVleRGqBPK90ZSAv6FPW8zRaZAeQpyIgX30PoLH8ZDUp7ZTs8MO2D_MG6S9LOebLSPiyQhC3CdGoj/s320/Photo0304+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Giving up ones art?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Absurd? Hark! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">artist and his art</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">shall never part. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NHaqK9HBxNG8qfYkT3MTxsRtzjdQKFplrFLFBgbpIZL0ouxpGLXPNdD9OYjiW8EauYrMaSDWj_yTPFJj6Gzi5oYNlyZsoOp2Og0Sr-KG-QjcYxR3dgGQZ5XXJpx1yD8nk-3qcjk25yPM/s1600/Photo0303+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NHaqK9HBxNG8qfYkT3MTxsRtzjdQKFplrFLFBgbpIZL0ouxpGLXPNdD9OYjiW8EauYrMaSDWj_yTPFJj6Gzi5oYNlyZsoOp2Og0Sr-KG-QjcYxR3dgGQZ5XXJpx1yD8nk-3qcjk25yPM/s320/Photo0303+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHk5fmpJUxwMqi_azM8LNmSNtbZrg5kYckIIeqeto1vguBt0Dhg0jAcyUtHF0uSsyRKiU_5zv2EF1_mePk70QXzwrkZH1Ni-BY4X_BMHJs-hbVuIBq1pkt_WrhJmbw2StbXXqEONJ7VJX/s1600/Photo0305+-+Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHk5fmpJUxwMqi_azM8LNmSNtbZrg5kYckIIeqeto1vguBt0Dhg0jAcyUtHF0uSsyRKiU_5zv2EF1_mePk70QXzwrkZH1Ni-BY4X_BMHJs-hbVuIBq1pkt_WrhJmbw2StbXXqEONJ7VJX/s320/Photo0305+-+Copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The contest closes with the day,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">leaving the world on canvas to say,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">our prayer of thanksgiving,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">in each artist's painting. ~</span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Inter-collegiate painting contest held on the University of Santo Tomas grounds, December 2012. Note: These photos are unedited. Taken with ordinary palm size digital camera. No flash, no tripod, no filters used.</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Living with Nature School on Blog</span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lesson on former<i> Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i> (People's School on Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio <span style="text-align: left;">738 DZRB 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday</span></div></span></span></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-41290068050571980332024-02-19T14:00:00.006+08:002024-02-20T07:41:06.502+08:00Lesson on TataKalikasan: Let's Enhance Religious Practices Favorable to Health and Environment<p> <b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Lesson on </b><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><i>TataKalikasan</i> Ateneo de Manila University</b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><b>February 22, 2024 (Thursday) 11 to 12 a.m.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><b>87.9 FM <i>Radyo Katipunan</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Let's Enhance Religious Practices Favorable to Health and Environment</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Former title: Save the Trees on Palm Sunday</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Living with Nature School on Blog</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> with Fr JM Manzano, AdMU</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfATumpWKp_PJpPKT1d8_q6hld8R1fiOR9U49_50YK312hwETiv1NSJKQnwZBS50TmT4nSHEnKh_VBp82hA8lOv1DZqXc_0tx3chmLIafW1k6VRe-vl0tmi_Dh2Vtn6IE3wAP7nLQ2hDc/w293-h194/People+4.JPG" width="293" /></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Religious Practices' Effects to Health and Environment</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is time to review them in the light of health warnings and environmental concerns, particularly in these critical times of global warming and environmental degradation. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is in line with the Holy Father's encyclical, <i>Laudato Si'</i></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;">Avoid </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;">wasteful</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;"> candle offering. It is harmful to health and environment.</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">1.Retreat and reflection is therapy, helps the mind, body </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">and spirit </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">release tension and do away with the effects of stress.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">2. Abstinence conserves animal population especially during the lean months, conserving breeding stocks - like seeds (binhi) – in order to multiply in the next season.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">3. The washing of feet is not only ritual, it is also sanitation, getting rid of germs and preventing their spread.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">4. Dipping your fingers into the holy water bowl is now seldom practiced. Never wash your hands or face in it. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />5. Take communion on your palm, never with your tongue. Epidemic such as H1N1 (flu) and COVID-19 can be spread this way.<br /><br />6. Holding hands in prayer is discouraged also for health and sanitation, keeping one's privacy in reverence, notwithstanding. </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">7. Kissing icons is likewise discouraged for the same reason. Wiping holy objects with handkerchief will only pick up germs.<br /><br />8. Paying last respect to the dead should be done with extreme care, especially if the cause of death is highly contagious like COVID-19, Ebola and SARS. Remember the tragic death of some religious sisters who contacted Ebola from their dead colleague?<br /><br />9. Don't walk on your knees to the altar; kneeling in prayer is enough. Be kind to your knee tendon and kneecap; knee injury may incapacitate you permanently. "You re not growing younger," an elder advised me. Let's learn from athletes who retired early because of knee injury.<br /><br />10. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Removing shoes before entering a house of worship is an expression of respect and reverence, as well as for purposes of maintaining sanitation in the place. Any footwear carries dirt and germs, and may be teems with bacteria and fungi from long and intimate wear. This practice may not be as strict in Catholic churches as in Muslim mosques and Buddhist temples. Removing shoes in other places like prayer rooms, wakes, even homes, are becoming a popular practice.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />11. Many religious ceremonies are without the use of incense**. Incense smoke and scent usually produce a pleasant and calming effect to the faithful. It is also an effective fumigant against flying and crawling insects. Its repellant effect helped keep down the spread of bubonic plague during the Middle Ages. The</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Plague bacillus, <i>Yersinia pestis,</i> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">which killed a third of the population in the known world is carried by flea (<i>Xenopsylla cheopis</i>) that resides in rats. Incense comes in various preparations and offerings, candle sticks among the most common. Burning candles have similar but lesser effects. To get rid of flies around food; one or two burning candles keep them at bay. Try it.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>12. To some religions pork is banned. Pork is a carrier of known parasites such as tapeworm, hookworm, and Ascaris. It contributes to obesity, and related ailments. </b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">13. Ancient religions regard certain places, objects such as trees sacred, thus enhancing their conservation. Such worship was replaced by later religions, and modern living, thus losing their protection as a result.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">14. On Palm Sunday trees are stripped off of their buds, leaves and stems. This is detrimental to the environment. Millions of pesos worth of coconut trees and other trees are destroyed. Endangered species such as the Cycad (Oliva), are pushed to the brink of extinction.</span></b></div></div><div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: normal;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/1344075227723168184#"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLhKK2TlOt7hLhQk2n4ZOIna_7-Z8R0LG0mgUYEfjf_iCD5US_IVPh-UT8q99joKn6dQLu-eso6STW6zUTvAqoH7fEN_E9bX8sQL_QpEejjR1wRmZ5aC9DVqQj0FatAL3AvZzU9ks3cY/w240-h149/Pope+Francis+16.jpg" width="240" /> </a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/1344075227723168184#"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs4tTsDuaGhd6ADMBYqE1e2TqZvUAJmEJ5any9HTjAwWKCFFmcwytnuUnPIeGgeE_5xCW1Ji6hyGhVBCb4vzAwAvf329EDLGrtg7FUxinAvU4vh52M-c0Q1N4WGn1JQa_Ot0959XLlt8/w220-h151/Pope+Francis+14.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/1344075227723168184#"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1Hp_lzHvHhRo3bLtIQQwG4qK2XKQr0CjWcwERnabqnf3DVrqGJzJSRVZ-gjg5F88OHy-Cqwi1G2TtEPZtmlxBs5zWczOZHFCmaM55Yz3rAH-QLgiTbufAz3doJ3LHF815dgcxUIL5zs/w223-h161/palm+sunday+2+-blessing.jpg" width="223" /></a><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/1344075227723168184#"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCi0JOTjy_tt05GTmMmV7QiR5MSLZiNEcoWo6tts2_UXSn_y6VHznTb-uuj43pGUcXwzYHGuEsaM2qkSjAXSvs4rtK4wx8ciw4RHagL1xqq6sDlB6KXnBCkxig_wFvxPamayZLGFx64s/w240-h161/palm-sunday-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bundles of palm fronds (young leaves of coconut and other palm trees). </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lavish and wasteful observance of Palm Sunday, while Nature suffers and </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span style="font-family: arial;">people </span></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;">lose their livelihood. </span></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">The Christian world loses millions and millions worth of palm trees every Palm Sunday. Coconut-based economy is the worst hit - the source of many domestic and export products, and the foundation of people's livelihood. The coconut is the most important tree in maintaining the balance of tropical ecosystems.</span><div><ul><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/1344075227723168184#" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></a><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't use young (bud) leaves of coconut for <i>palaspas</i>. You will kill the tree.</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Conserve the Oliva or the Cycads (<i>Cycas</i> spp). They are "living fossils" which lived in the dinosaur era, and now endangered as species.</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't strip the young leaves of <i>buri</i> and <i>anahaw </i>palms. They are now in the list of threatened species. </span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The<i> buri (<b>Corypha elata)</b></i> is the largest native palm species found in the Philippines, with trunks attaining a diameter of 1 meter, height of 20 meters, and with large fan-shaped leaves from which buri braids, raffia, and <i>buntal </i>hats are made. </b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><b>Get only the mature leaves - never the young leaves or bud. </b>Get only a frond or small leaf, or part of it. Don't be wasteful.</b><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b> </b></span></span></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">There's no need for each faithful to carry <i>palaspas</i>. One for a whole family is enough.</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Get substitute plants that are not ecologically endangered and economically threatened. (Examples: MacArthur's Palm,<i> palmera, Areca</i> or betel nut, <i>bunga de Jolo,</i> and from hundreds of non-palm plants from bamboo to ground orchid and<b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i>fern</span></b>. Use mature or older leaves - never the young leaves and buds.</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Seek advice from your community and religious leaders, and environmentalists.</span></b></li></ul><ul><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/1344075227723168184#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYV9gXCVOpRC7gTn2Tk7c096W9XVcBFy8EOCCHBuCiuFn_rnLaypMV7IyRKBqch9XqwkvYLdyTCL1U3nTi6-1D_E6rrO3l349SyuVj3hG6HuVLb7Cy2DATjiU2daoXakbU59zCJ6DDVg7/w161-h192/DSC03990+tree+oliva.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6695466954982201673/1344075227723168184#"></a><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYOlLgBrR5YIotdTj95gLKzZWNstqhO6RmIBVGIPBLmkordTK_uWPdiZqn-BPITD35EReZS-lg-85qGI0EtOmSBJSY478aW3fA_JwjLkUf9s9S4EBtub6qW0oI_EKsyydxv6BZvB6g7uo/w252-h191/buri.jpg" width="252" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Oliva or <i>Cycas</i>, a living fossil is now endangered. <i>Buri</i> palm </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">(<i>Corypha)</i> </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">is now classified as threatened species</span></b></div></ul></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">5 Benefits of Religious Practice for Your Health</span></b><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">1. It reduces the risk of death </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Lower rates of depression </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Religious experiences provide a cognitive framework for dealing with traumas </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Religiousness is better for mental health than sports among older people</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">5. It keeps young people away from alcohol and drugs </span></b></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /></b><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Review and Summary </span><br /></span></b><br /><b>1. On Palm Sunday trees are stripped of their buds, leaves and stems. This is detrimental to the environment especially in summer when plants face tight water regime.</b><br /><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span>2. Fasting is cleansing, it helps the body stop the accumulation of unwanted substances such as cholesterol, and allows the body to eliminate toxic materials.<br /><br />3. Retreat and reflection is therapy, helps the mind, body and spirit to release tension and do away with the effects of stress.<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b><br /><b>4. Abstinence conserves animal population especially during the lean months, conserving breeding stocks - like seeds (<i>binhi</i>) – in order to multiply in the next season. Abstinence protects us from infectious animal diseases such as anthrax.<br /> </b><br /><b>5. To some religions pork is banned. Pork is a carrier of known parasites such as tapeworm, hookworm, and Ascaris. It is known to contribute to obesity and many ailments.</b><br /><b><br />6. Ancient religions regard certain places and trees sacred, thus enhancing their conservation. Such worship was replaced by later religions, and modern living style, thus losing their protection. </b><br /><b><br />7. The washing of feet is not only ritual, it is also sanitation, getting rid of germs and preventing them to spread. </b><br /><b><br />8. Walking on knees, a form of penitence, usually along the aisle to reach the altar, is harmful to the knee joint and cap (patella).<br /> </b><br /><b>9. Self inflicting of wounds imitating the scourging at the pillar, practiced by flagellants may lead to loss of blood, serious infection, and even death.</b><br /><b> </b><br /><b>10. Communal holy water may become a breeding place of vermin and germs causing ailments and epidemic diseases.</b></span></div><div><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">11. Receive holy communion with the palm of your hand to lessen the possibility of disease transmission. </b><br style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;" /><br style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;" /><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">12. Kissing or touching the dead is discouraged. Diseases like COVID-19, Ebola, SARS, MERS-CoV must be strictly quarantined.~</b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>How do you classify the following practices? Add on to this list for livelier sharing with your family and church </b><br /></span><ul><li><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Removing shoes and slippers before entering a temple of worship</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Viewing the bright sky and even the sun - to witness a miracle </span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wearing robes and habits of holy persons</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wearing veil when attending mass or any ritual inside the church</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Baptism by immersion in a pool or river</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Offering flowers at the altar, especially in the month of May</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Walking barefoot as penitence, usually under the sun on rough road..</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Actual crucifixion on Good Friday as "ultimate penitence" </span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Joining a huge religious assembly or procession such as the Black Nazarene. </span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kissing icons for intercession or expression of reverence. ~</span></b></li></ul><div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for (Laudato Si' Encyclical)" height="209" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md;BUYwVb:QT8fkf;LsLGHf:iSvHDf;DdQV6c:QT8fkf" jscontroller="R3fhkb" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSkMrjb2Kr5tEAIfYGGd51nWzUpxpdgTvwf17omSf8XJUBnAJOtq93TupEI3w&s" style="display: block; height: 160px; text-align: right; width: 182px;" width="238" /></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;">*<i>Laudato Si'</i> is an encyclical of Pope Francis published in May 2015. It focuses on care for the natural environment and all people, as well as broader questions of the relationship between God, humans, and the Earth. The encyclical's subtitle, “Care for Our Common Home,” reinforces these key themes</b><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></div></div><div class="MBtdbb" data-ved="2ahUKEwiGt4fM76f9AhXP-jgGHRlMBygQ7NUEegQIaRAD" id="exacc_qmH1Y4a6Fs_14-EPmZidwAI_6" jsname="rozPHf" style="position: absolute; width: 652px;"><div class="ymu2Hb" jsslot="" style="position: relative;"><div class="t0bRye r2fjmd" data-hveid="CGkQBA" data-ved="2ahUKEwiGt4fM76f9AhXP-jgGHRlMBygQu04oAHoECGkQBA" id="_qmH1Y4a6Fs_14-EPmZidwAI_74" jsname="oQYOj" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; opacity: 1;"><div class="uhHOwf BYbUcd" data-bla="" style="height: 160px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 182px;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>** Burning incense can help boost creativity and flow state by clearing and stimulating the mind. Purify your space. Buddhist monks have been using incense to purify their atmosphere for thousands of years. Amazingly, one study showed that burning incense for an hour reduced the bacteria in the air by 94%!</b></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NOTE: This article served as a yearly lesson for more than 30 years on the former <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i> with Ms Melly C Tenorio as host, and the author as broadcast instructor. </span>738 DZRB AM, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday, linked with Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) network, and this Blog <span style="color: #cc0000;">avrotor.bloforgspot.com</span><span> and</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Naturalism - the Eighth Sense</span></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Acknowledgement: Internet, Radio Katipunan, Ateneo, UST, San Vicente IS Parish</b></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>Replay on 87.9 fm Radyo Katipunan, February 23, 2023</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-28267072705966942012024-02-19T05:37:00.000+08:002024-02-19T05:37:23.136+08:0050 Verses of Reflection and Meditation for Lent 2024<div class="separator"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Lent 2024</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">50 Verses of Reflection and Meditation</span></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">These verses may be read as prayer for this Lenten season, preferably with background music of <i>Meditation</i> (From the Thais), by Massenet. <i>On Wings of Song </i>by Mendelssohn, and <i>Ave Maria </i>by Schubert and by Santiago. Leader sets the sequence in meditative mood.</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmy4cVvwm9QBkmLCpCDoNlGalofUHkLwk4-DUlk2DzFQ7PXs1xnyVMa2PmBnshR2FUqauhTQ09AAXsPW0VeT4YGXAx7tTIiI31f5iIg7NtxGuUiSE564mLNo394O5NacG1MawUhhRzP0/s1600/DSC08141.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmy4cVvwm9QBkmLCpCDoNlGalofUHkLwk4-DUlk2DzFQ7PXs1xnyVMa2PmBnshR2FUqauhTQ09AAXsPW0VeT4YGXAx7tTIiI31f5iIg7NtxGuUiSE564mLNo394O5NacG1MawUhhRzP0/s400/DSC08141.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. When the skies cry and tears fall,</span></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The grass is greener, so with the soul.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. The rain pelts on the faces of children</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Turned heavenward. Look my brethren.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">A slice of rainbow</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Walks he alone in the rain singing,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Whether the wind's cool or the sun peeping.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. If I'm responsible for what I tame,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Would I have a choice of only the lame?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. A gentle breeze came through a lid;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where's the window when the wall's solid?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Pray, but if Thor holds back the lightning bolts,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We may not have mushroom and the jolts.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Hush! Suddenly the world became still;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gone is the lark or the raven on the sill.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Saxon wall, each turret a guard-</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Now empty, lonely is war afterward.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. Radial symmetry starts from the center,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">That balances an outside force to enter.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10. What good is a lamp at the ledge?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wait 'til the day reaches its edge.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11. In seeing our past we find little to share,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If the past is the present we're living in.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">12. In abstract art you lose reality;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How then can I paint truth and beauty?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13. Brick wall, brick roof, brick stair,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Glisten in the rain, dull in summer air.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">14.What's essential can't be seen by the eye</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Like the faith of Keller and Captain Bligh.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15. Similar is rainbow and moth in flight</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">When you see them against the light.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">16. From respite in summer fallow,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The fields start a season anew.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">17. From green to gold the grains become</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">As they store the power of the sun.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">18. Not all sand dunes for sure</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ends up on empty shore.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">19. One little smoke tells the difference,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Like a faint pulse is life's reference.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">20. It's collective memory that I'm a part</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">To write my life's story when I depart.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">21. Lost time, lost opportunity and lost gain,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">like passing wind that may not come again.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">22. Who sees silver lining of clouds dark and bold</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">seeks not at rainbow's end a pot of gold.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">23. A clenched fist softens under a blue sky</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">like high waves, after tempest, die.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">24. When a flock of wild geese takes into the air</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">a leader must get ahead to break the barrier.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KguLpZDyz4ooPoTlbgyQYjUiox9sJ0NpB4kwK_z3eFgnagv38s-zoHI000ictrJBrq-Iw7UW50Xjoa8ctiH_qWnPyGNwxQCtMg_UUbRnsAeGVU9rSp0ZdFS1OqxWaUqbbO_midNBJ3s/s1600/IMG_2721.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KguLpZDyz4ooPoTlbgyQYjUiox9sJ0NpB4kwK_z3eFgnagv38s-zoHI000ictrJBrq-Iw7UW50Xjoa8ctiH_qWnPyGNwxQCtMg_UUbRnsAeGVU9rSp0ZdFS1OqxWaUqbbO_midNBJ3s/s400/IMG_2721.JPG" /></a></div></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">25. Even to a strong man, a little danger may create</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">the impression he's small or the problem is great.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Swallows on wire. Florida Blanca, Pampanga</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">26. In the doldrums or during sudden gusts,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the ship is much safer with a bare mast.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">27. Wind, current, and keel make a perfect trio</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">only if they have one direction to follow.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">28. You really can't tell where a sailboat goes</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">without keel, but to where the wind blows.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">29. The sound of a yes may be deep or hollow,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">and knowing it only by its own echo.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">30. Walk, don't run, to see better and to know</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the countryside, Mother Nature and Thou.~</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">31. We do not have the time, indeed an alibi</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">to indolence and loafing, letting time pass by.</span></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMZRbeJYHx2eNVbsRGjAT9wp1y5uM1vjt4jRaqaKlanlcO32eSXIHZ4sFAGm7HYAG8sMj3ZRooK3bgo-mD3STXtY6FPHgUffKXTTXomkbr6IBxveZmDxZ9QFzc3WUW8UaiS62bxhHhtY/s1600/IMG_0474.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMZRbeJYHx2eNVbsRGjAT9wp1y5uM1vjt4jRaqaKlanlcO32eSXIHZ4sFAGm7HYAG8sMj3ZRooK3bgo-mD3STXtY6FPHgUffKXTTXomkbr6IBxveZmDxZ9QFzc3WUW8UaiS62bxhHhtY/w348-h340/IMG_0474.jpg" width="348" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">32. As we undervalue ourselves, so do others</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">undervalue us. Lo, to us all little brothers.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sun on a hazy day</span></div><div><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">33. Self-doubt at the start is often necessary</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">to seek perfection of the trade we carry.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">34. What is more mean than envy or indolence</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">but the two themselves riding on insolence.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">35. The worst kind of persecution occurs in the mind,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">that of the body we can often undermine.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">36. How seldom, if at all, do we weigh our neighbors</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">the way we weigh ourselves with the same favors?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">37. Friendship that we share to others multiplies</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">our compassion and love where happiness lies.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">38. Evil is evil indeed - so with its mirror,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">while goodness builds on goodness in store.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">39. That others may learn and soon trust you,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">show them you're trustworthy, kind and true.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">40. Kindness and gladness, these however small</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">are never, never put to waste at all.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">41. Beauty seen once breaks a heart,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wait for the image to depart.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">42. Being right and reasonable;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Black or white, and measurable.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">43. She's coy who speaks soft and light;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Smoke first before fire ignites.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">44. Every promise you can't keep</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drags you into a deeper pit.</span></span><div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXC2Wmieq4FU6xMTLV0v-5pONuHMkLtn9gGPvJlzHxlHiQ3J_Nu4mx8QQF59xmKs5kVvVVx7sF6Z99hHvJffAJZD5Q8E2r9uN9YFebDxjc_USRA1YBT0Ix2PtRtZdoOWTQgDJCYHsoBI/s1600/UST+Benavides+1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXC2Wmieq4FU6xMTLV0v-5pONuHMkLtn9gGPvJlzHxlHiQ3J_Nu4mx8QQF59xmKs5kVvVVx7sF6Z99hHvJffAJZD5Q8E2r9uN9YFebDxjc_USRA1YBT0Ix2PtRtZdoOWTQgDJCYHsoBI/s640/UST+Benavides+1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">45. To endure pain of hatred,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A leader’s wisdom is dared.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">46. Make believe prosperity;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sound of vessel when empty.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Fr Miguel Benavides, founder University of Santo Tomas (1611)</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">47. Take from the ant or stork,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patience is silence at work.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">48. Good wine grows mellow with age;</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Good man grows into a sage.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">49. He finds reason for living</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who sees a new beginning.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">50. Beauty builds upon beauty,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Ad infinitum to eternity. ~</span></div></div></div></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-52663395015238635662024-02-18T22:06:00.006+08:002024-02-19T05:17:48.599+08:00 The Living Jar <p> <b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"> The Living Jar</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"> </b><b style="color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Life is a game, play it; Life is a challenge, Meet it; Life is an opportunity, Capture it. ~ Unknown</span></b></p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></b><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj88PH1MlaUhto1RHLHqgiSsb_qoP7wWZwnZZGDKvSVwWajuC5U4JyeK0sZ6bHhmh0dUjSvd_Wq3HYnf_8BOdUAlbXoPxJM3Q_toowPYy3SWtp4fpIxo_tWMAE2pFfxH7sj0I29pcLBTZJ8ZXw2PlxzfpDd8ilH-17UlvHJbLZG3MeQZEIbghbnQSi=s1866"><img border="0" height="439" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgj88PH1MlaUhto1RHLHqgiSsb_qoP7wWZwnZZGDKvSVwWajuC5U4JyeK0sZ6bHhmh0dUjSvd_Wq3HYnf_8BOdUAlbXoPxJM3Q_toowPYy3SWtp4fpIxo_tWMAE2pFfxH7sj0I29pcLBTZJ8ZXw2PlxzfpDd8ilH-17UlvHJbLZG3MeQZEIbghbnQSi=w439-h439" width="439" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quickly gather the kids flying kites with nature,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>with their </b><b>dreams</b><b>, else it will be never,</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">while childhood is fresh and full of adventure;</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">keep the living jar the greatest gift ever. </span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp3LFeS0dOSS1SOsgkQAzMwDuFIdmAuIZXyrLnz2XyuW9OMhp6Y7wpg6rjIZP_y5wG_gDFBlKIOH42CfjqADImUDL_kaO6geeZgwTvdo1Jz7fbxebqJXicjH0D_ZgP2AApUFiwMrC2Vyyde3fCmGypGRRAct3-_dkYFT7jeaPChJ6J_JpkP_MUENCM=s1800"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgp3LFeS0dOSS1SOsgkQAzMwDuFIdmAuIZXyrLnz2XyuW9OMhp6Y7wpg6rjIZP_y5wG_gDFBlKIOH42CfjqADImUDL_kaO6geeZgwTvdo1Jz7fbxebqJXicjH0D_ZgP2AApUFiwMrC2Vyyde3fCmGypGRRAct3-_dkYFT7jeaPChJ6J_JpkP_MUENCM=w434-h434" width="434" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> Climb over the hills on to the mountain peak </b></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>while you are young and strong;</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>fill the jar of youth with adventure and daring,</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>and rise above and over the throng.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZd_Pru1fzrdB3uD9E1N53ur7lx9gJRYcfAFC_8woAJND312IHHA0R3G4X4EhfpVroTttWYPU5IED9P-NL7fo-VaOTatlxMW43Y7p2iG7MFBumWEKIMzeSkIgN5Hf_wSo_WGoXBx8a1Po16AnJhXX6mHvdPnbsxA0hAbao2cPBV7ZboimCbVL5ZW72=s1836" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="1836" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZd_Pru1fzrdB3uD9E1N53ur7lx9gJRYcfAFC_8woAJND312IHHA0R3G4X4EhfpVroTttWYPU5IED9P-NL7fo-VaOTatlxMW43Y7p2iG7MFBumWEKIMzeSkIgN5Hf_wSo_WGoXBx8a1Po16AnJhXX6mHvdPnbsxA0hAbao2cPBV7ZboimCbVL5ZW72=w426-h426" width="426" /></a></div><br /><b>Keep always the jar of life filled with love and care, <br /></b></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">the greatest values are found in nature;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">revere and respect her, she is your greatest teacher, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">as she nurtures you, you must nurture her. ~</span></div></span></span></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-71171212930450414472024-02-17T10:52:00.002+08:002024-02-28T21:04:56.311+08:00 Pudoc Elementary Schoolchildren Join Study Tour with Their Parents and Teachers<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b> Pudoc Elementary <span style="text-align: center;"><span>Schoolchildren </span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span>Join Study </span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span>Tour </span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span>with Their Parents and Teachers </span></span></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Living with Nature Center</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">San Vicente Ilocos Sur, February 10, 2024 </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor </span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Host and Study Tour Guide <br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8gxiODdTmIC966joPjX7kVtM3_JkFiMddKeR-DibexcRKVJ7ToswsmeF18_NKX5oEdvvSQ-3E3BOw-ZwtaEB4FYPHn6SXcDujnga3vhW5E7S8msen5o5hd_S-mTqBMq2ON9-FuON_GrB_MQDaTZ21xgMAsPqafapfBO3IAmnE-cpB0pkmLLeRUNCMwc/s5063/DSC01235%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8gxiODdTmIC966joPjX7kVtM3_JkFiMddKeR-DibexcRKVJ7ToswsmeF18_NKX5oEdvvSQ-3E3BOw-ZwtaEB4FYPHn6SXcDujnga3vhW5E7S8msen5o5hd_S-mTqBMq2ON9-FuON_GrB_MQDaTZ21xgMAsPqafapfBO3IAmnE-cpB0pkmLLeRUNCMwc/w501-h277/DSC01235%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="501" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ik7HeOYpt10ZP9TNjz4v5uNbdZjtW7KpMqptCVOu23o0qYpm59FddGGUHk_RIK6HXwg4trvDHTR-YCAzfoB1ANwvl4w74_iOIm07LNyQ8tC8CCS9sZXF242ukay0UntEYtkAdXfLlyepwWT28EyLGr2hyhe5aNtpOSQRBQRKM4ZCtbrz7jNwmH2bJlQ/s5152/DSC01234%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ik7HeOYpt10ZP9TNjz4v5uNbdZjtW7KpMqptCVOu23o0qYpm59FddGGUHk_RIK6HXwg4trvDHTR-YCAzfoB1ANwvl4w74_iOIm07LNyQ8tC8CCS9sZXF242ukay0UntEYtkAdXfLlyepwWT28EyLGr2hyhe5aNtpOSQRBQRKM4ZCtbrz7jNwmH2bJlQ/w241-h154/DSC01234%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="241" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk_cqrNFBkQPEpNkueJ7IW78EmXz1gpAKdfVnoM9h6zqRaOUgNyFBbpjKIR4us91Xl6kBsuAkgIyBEmr9yovPPMH-NPOoTZWgy_UrLObKiuqjQ5k4PKPQ7pI8GjkaB4GuLMZAIzkFDuuGwtPEch78wfy0k-UEynVN77yrHyiwHtaELRb338MH3-s44vQ/s4972/DSC01233%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXk_cqrNFBkQPEpNkueJ7IW78EmXz1gpAKdfVnoM9h6zqRaOUgNyFBbpjKIR4us91Xl6kBsuAkgIyBEmr9yovPPMH-NPOoTZWgy_UrLObKiuqjQ5k4PKPQ7pI8GjkaB4GuLMZAIzkFDuuGwtPEch78wfy0k-UEynVN77yrHyiwHtaELRb338MH3-s44vQ/w259-h154/DSC01233%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="259" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtge_bx5L5MgNz7C4px5QwksJsms1sFhlewOM59cDRLOqPtOYtsvzgG3hLAcVfwvCkl0U_38WL11oE8MDTlwFa4MC0t1tbaeoGOJv8YvRfYYXJrBkMT3M5NSNQ4foT24zhn6dkVT-dcDSGS7V8MTH1h2Bp84K6QT-Hn0hKJKTLF8o8d62-VTUk4upT32I/s4659/DSC01239%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtge_bx5L5MgNz7C4px5QwksJsms1sFhlewOM59cDRLOqPtOYtsvzgG3hLAcVfwvCkl0U_38WL11oE8MDTlwFa4MC0t1tbaeoGOJv8YvRfYYXJrBkMT3M5NSNQ4foT24zhn6dkVT-dcDSGS7V8MTH1h2Bp84K6QT-Hn0hKJKTLF8o8d62-VTUk4upT32I/w139-h196/DSC01239%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="139" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2FOjkaOo4NG1o9lOywomOnsauQbgEDw2jLq5qCGfPF6oyRf6yCtjuR_vV63_ly2m0C2qw8UMR6fjE27CRBEfgjt8kNzj4w7zsOLknH3oLTxhzHwHUyNDxbjzUVmwJGzr9Tfbbk6SRV4ZvAeZTRU6GnAsqx4uakT2UCdu7N6RzyOLW1nQyfeefC_s3Fc/s4780/DSC01237%20-%20Copy.JPG"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd2FOjkaOo4NG1o9lOywomOnsauQbgEDw2jLq5qCGfPF6oyRf6yCtjuR_vV63_ly2m0C2qw8UMR6fjE27CRBEfgjt8kNzj4w7zsOLknH3oLTxhzHwHUyNDxbjzUVmwJGzr9Tfbbk6SRV4ZvAeZTRU6GnAsqx4uakT2UCdu7N6RzyOLW1nQyfeefC_s3Fc/w359-h196/DSC01237%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="359" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>School children from Pudoc Elementary School (San Vicente, Ilocos Sur) </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>join an educational tour at the Living with Nature Center, an on-site and lecture-demonstration learning experience. They were accompanied by their </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">parents and teachers, who find the experience a kind of continuing and integrated learning, which educators term as <i>open-school, distance learning, school-without-walls, continuing education</i>, and the like. </b><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafMB5lPI-XHxIuXfcObhT56iNY3_rztP7DnnPbyQbtRuFgFSlhs2p6VCcxJoG92C34ZkRbp8l1xJ5hl9BU3fvCReJLyYuhriY_nc_lD-ZeMb8x0Yc_RaHkWFUaM2fS5XHMog-9ViAxo7B_HPS_J6CsEh-Hyldwa2jdSZNcRmRqKstYXm_R6PnHkYLN8U/s4943/DSC01231.JPG"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafMB5lPI-XHxIuXfcObhT56iNY3_rztP7DnnPbyQbtRuFgFSlhs2p6VCcxJoG92C34ZkRbp8l1xJ5hl9BU3fvCReJLyYuhriY_nc_lD-ZeMb8x0Yc_RaHkWFUaM2fS5XHMog-9ViAxo7B_HPS_J6CsEh-Hyldwa2jdSZNcRmRqKstYXm_R6PnHkYLN8U/w269-h168/DSC01231.JPG" width="269" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDid1PS5dcAhyQTom7yOfv38qzfgccBPRn46-1pmEYU7Jv1At4e8oW8NvrK5mwSF6INhas3PD_bNGnc5j-n1SPtUFvVfne8ZbiMdm19LrhsIMJtGrMax6DsO6usST9LIKR3iRu4uaekk9dAwqipZWKd04F7j9nh4MOsrx4rhMvPr6p0DxHK9krgcYNb68/s5152/DSC01226.JPG"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDid1PS5dcAhyQTom7yOfv38qzfgccBPRn46-1pmEYU7Jv1At4e8oW8NvrK5mwSF6INhas3PD_bNGnc5j-n1SPtUFvVfne8ZbiMdm19LrhsIMJtGrMax6DsO6usST9LIKR3iRu4uaekk9dAwqipZWKd04F7j9nh4MOsrx4rhMvPr6p0DxHK9krgcYNb68/w222-h169/DSC01226.JPG" width="222" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvcp9tUpWm_jT6JMeUxAa0xfrl68qGRicm_YmcfXfs0NUsplvCd3uH1nZvrsOscX2qwuss3j8vE3lBnbtemIi0q9vIu8HTzGEQD7zHhA5N_XA5GqeYiuHeuIj8jrF0H0qfgrzfupuj1ApzZPu3lOtnJVLRWuLPFBLt4blTp3TImRclcnJuh6KL1gSvkE/s5152/DSC01228.JPG"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvcp9tUpWm_jT6JMeUxAa0xfrl68qGRicm_YmcfXfs0NUsplvCd3uH1nZvrsOscX2qwuss3j8vE3lBnbtemIi0q9vIu8HTzGEQD7zHhA5N_XA5GqeYiuHeuIj8jrF0H0qfgrzfupuj1ApzZPu3lOtnJVLRWuLPFBLt4blTp3TImRclcnJuh6KL1gSvkE/w246-h184/DSC01228.JPG" width="246" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42kV-glXn9eaLZg3V708Mg9eTjiWsrzGbX7WLk20EI-8XQCPQlJUiz9sxKwOc_0gg79S3ubJw83Z8T05IGVp0kKTRAOkZXSXhFbKFKEaq9QlOdmtGCkmeYau9Vj-JAl0_hZAmKI_JrMNjLc7XEvL6BsSlNzm7TRn8r92qc6zMJtEtxGGMHeb-EjBNvug/s5152/DSC01229.JPG"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42kV-glXn9eaLZg3V708Mg9eTjiWsrzGbX7WLk20EI-8XQCPQlJUiz9sxKwOc_0gg79S3ubJw83Z8T05IGVp0kKTRAOkZXSXhFbKFKEaq9QlOdmtGCkmeYau9Vj-JAl0_hZAmKI_JrMNjLc7XEvL6BsSlNzm7TRn8r92qc6zMJtEtxGGMHeb-EjBNvug/w246-h185/DSC01229.JPG" width="246" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Top photos: A visit to the Living with Nature Center's museum, and an 18th century <i>Basi</i> wine cellar. Lower photos: Author gives briefing at the start of the tour; parents and teachers pose with a wooden head of Philippine deer now a threatened wildlife.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3mAAL8L_lCQvZTKEJ_xj5rzUsJSlmptiQnMkql653cVpmBfsq7C3M969s8hgV8bu5sVxSbYUaG95Qr_lYY7BgAEpPTTCEmuR-BJQ64yEWx77wdPPYW7kaSOqMSVP4pLUmxdqFemPGfb-dEUq-2fitz6pxU8i6KPghm-uhZJgVetkuXe1qsM4v1w0JVg/s960/Pudoc%20cont..jpg"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP3mAAL8L_lCQvZTKEJ_xj5rzUsJSlmptiQnMkql653cVpmBfsq7C3M969s8hgV8bu5sVxSbYUaG95Qr_lYY7BgAEpPTTCEmuR-BJQ64yEWx77wdPPYW7kaSOqMSVP4pLUmxdqFemPGfb-dEUq-2fitz6pxU8i6KPghm-uhZJgVetkuXe1qsM4v1w0JVg/w228-h171/Pudoc%20cont..jpg" width="228" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzsoUNQjUt9RwcsFfYbmkTPe1AhvTUpItCT9hmT61E3FJbmkMWqz3jTi4scDeKsABr4AddMaEVa5924nY99upW1WbmReyY8_068gcCOUYtAnk_QCZVoGPFubW0NdL95OMhUbqP17KbBwv9Qh467LseNtX4B45ZNjhM4jZQrgC4wseQ_wOjB8Tnd9yZSI/s5008/DSC01224.JPG"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzsoUNQjUt9RwcsFfYbmkTPe1AhvTUpItCT9hmT61E3FJbmkMWqz3jTi4scDeKsABr4AddMaEVa5924nY99upW1WbmReyY8_068gcCOUYtAnk_QCZVoGPFubW0NdL95OMhUbqP17KbBwv9Qh467LseNtX4B45ZNjhM4jZQrgC4wseQ_wOjB8Tnd9yZSI/w255-h171/DSC01224.JPG" width="255" /></a></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Left: Author plays traditional Ilocano compositions like <i>No Duadua-em Pay</i> (If You Doubt Me), and <i>O, Naraniag a Bulan</i> (Oh, Bright Moon) to instill the importance of classical Ilocano music revival. Right, group picture of study tour members - school children from Pudoc Elementary School, with their parents and teachers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxd7Pxbod5bWcYrXlmcmbsZP5NkD0s0ucyHNpu-QB_5CzSLAReCvRfHERdgOQu66ev5ZSZ0cx_IQY2SJdUTiQDishOHHT0wLjIkwipLiIe_hYyeFkK1ZOD48qdZuNvAFNnFehSqHrUBsnRCR-ArtwVW6ICpFhRlehr_N9uaqfvPj2lGjuRP4kOMjae/s2592/DSC04683.JPG"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxd7Pxbod5bWcYrXlmcmbsZP5NkD0s0ucyHNpu-QB_5CzSLAReCvRfHERdgOQu66ev5ZSZ0cx_IQY2SJdUTiQDishOHHT0wLjIkwipLiIe_hYyeFkK1ZOD48qdZuNvAFNnFehSqHrUBsnRCR-ArtwVW6ICpFhRlehr_N9uaqfvPj2lGjuRP4kOMjae/w221-h286/DSC04683.JPG" width="221" /></a> <img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxz0t9jUcTN7WMZzxr4R7I-3ZQlRV8RjPv1ZT3vAMyQP1MGhH59VDHmQIPyoEuGo4UY0gJd-V2mu1QfiiZ_goyXuO9nJcQzL8_SAuqtCM2Ycf5oJqUn3dXQppqs_YBQnavnK42hiAKFGjwvw4FVcn14ZnNpijly2Y-3KiNJFlyzD8pDc7H36wu9miY/w210-h279/DSC04686.JPG" width="210" /></div></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pjtPWVYut9AKmFBiXomABze_OsJPmdF0409R_QxwxlYd_fU11K5I42SU1yW0ttgc4t4mChHGC5r570EN68awciRfld5dXSn7BT0HFYMw-glaJqauHd38WNeaqhWPQE4ByrGpXuP44ezF875ztG-F7BZa0IowPvbWEuLkORb2BHlAWPuxRM-V1omw/s2592/DSC04688.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0pjtPWVYut9AKmFBiXomABze_OsJPmdF0409R_QxwxlYd_fU11K5I42SU1yW0ttgc4t4mChHGC5r570EN68awciRfld5dXSn7BT0HFYMw-glaJqauHd38WNeaqhWPQE4ByrGpXuP44ezF875ztG-F7BZa0IowPvbWEuLkORb2BHlAWPuxRM-V1omw/w213-h284/DSC04688.JPG" width="213" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_8YZb5r_AyI2YevEiyEO8Ml5bKjYpOY0DB-TW15YnMveTI0Cwy4u0d31MvqcYNVHY09EMMjLa3gihb1vKbV2WgVu5tBRlZCavnJ24i8C_UeaaqTqTNpAKg7Kdm2Tp3lVrRALtkPoMwTF2QUu-rXF6KHBlu-CexvBBrK8FUBLthymDbclHcSMqujL/s2592/DSC04689.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_8YZb5r_AyI2YevEiyEO8Ml5bKjYpOY0DB-TW15YnMveTI0Cwy4u0d31MvqcYNVHY09EMMjLa3gihb1vKbV2WgVu5tBRlZCavnJ24i8C_UeaaqTqTNpAKg7Kdm2Tp3lVrRALtkPoMwTF2QUu-rXF6KHBlu-CexvBBrK8FUBLthymDbclHcSMqujL/w224-h286/DSC04689.JPG" width="224" /></a></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Arboretum</i> (mini forest) is dominated by <i>h</i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>eritage trees </i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">of </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">three generations (native mango<i>, macopa, santol, caimito, </i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>anahaw, </i>and other trees) at the Living with Nature Center</span></b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnReB0Erf5wP5GZ73HKcnx3i1xpjHdxIwziyQ4PcNQQQghhUQQ83j2Kqp-NpG4rvK2qwbsK57b3svADjkKypANJ6os0Fu7URG_gztF-kZlfklpT5zfnMa9AzNFbPrjQevjHVVUQlFKVOeg5yvv5nrT4YT6TEDZkKUhrUOBfGXKlvlUqezZ0QNC5z9pGEk/s4869/DSC01344.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnReB0Erf5wP5GZ73HKcnx3i1xpjHdxIwziyQ4PcNQQQghhUQQ83j2Kqp-NpG4rvK2qwbsK57b3svADjkKypANJ6os0Fu7URG_gztF-kZlfklpT5zfnMa9AzNFbPrjQevjHVVUQlFKVOeg5yvv5nrT4YT6TEDZkKUhrUOBfGXKlvlUqezZ0QNC5z9pGEk/w472-h330/DSC01344.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Childhood with Nature Lives On, </i>acrylic</b><b><span> painting by AV Rotor, 2024.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Painting with accompanying poem is donated to Pudoc Elementary </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>School, compliments of the Dr AV Rotor and Family* </span></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxa9anPajbc2FIlQ5frx2jBT7gqU69p7VgZO7f0cmnMbvGoeqFfrYsrvUTDUWavb17DAZO9qDgcfVL_VglFULyNQDTwTEwkz_q2tgHIjUk9JUEiGt_-RHz-z2DG3AUlaezd-2Rt1jjrx8liIOiAYQ2Xdaw6Xpt-Qu77AvQof82gaEWs6ljd17vn61jHk/s4816/DSC01346.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxa9anPajbc2FIlQ5frx2jBT7gqU69p7VgZO7f0cmnMbvGoeqFfrYsrvUTDUWavb17DAZO9qDgcfVL_VglFULyNQDTwTEwkz_q2tgHIjUk9JUEiGt_-RHz-z2DG3AUlaezd-2Rt1jjrx8liIOiAYQ2Xdaw6Xpt-Qu77AvQof82gaEWs6ljd17vn61jHk/w223-h177/DSC01346.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BpqIKbZasdkXMktagIoJEKV94R8OCrkAwhIMEKpCQIj8D5TDp1hD78zgEJyb_roLApxReJfuOMfICwaDUtP7g5mMLRW5X_TsAMwDcKTbUPYHJMxVTvkO0CIuWpSpFSTPxia8iPGkFxrMY-WskPMJCzZz7zfneXJbUD0zcpgJHhK2Zvbh9w0kPNUBu6Q/s5152/DSC01345.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BpqIKbZasdkXMktagIoJEKV94R8OCrkAwhIMEKpCQIj8D5TDp1hD78zgEJyb_roLApxReJfuOMfICwaDUtP7g5mMLRW5X_TsAMwDcKTbUPYHJMxVTvkO0CIuWpSpFSTPxia8iPGkFxrMY-WskPMJCzZz7zfneXJbUD0zcpgJHhK2Zvbh9w0kPNUBu6Q/w248-h176/DSC01345.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuasRGY5wIq00sJpdIuoXeGcFYoFRCu36IQWWUKFW_tkCb5kPUDmxJk6pkVksCKVSTNqno-azuNpsVVQOU0Vi5IyqZROXPM4q4gFt0pkSCdfmFnNnzCT2YPK15CqKrRqn-KuPh01Q8W5tB9WwF1X_vbqmxIyhSvFtC1Ph_qV5LrAGxum2l4fyDeHfCpkk/s5152/DSC01347.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuasRGY5wIq00sJpdIuoXeGcFYoFRCu36IQWWUKFW_tkCb5kPUDmxJk6pkVksCKVSTNqno-azuNpsVVQOU0Vi5IyqZROXPM4q4gFt0pkSCdfmFnNnzCT2YPK15CqKrRqn-KuPh01Q8W5tB9WwF1X_vbqmxIyhSvFtC1Ph_qV5LrAGxum2l4fyDeHfCpkk/s320/DSC01347.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ854I28UUi8aYrjy6x-f9uQRLbST6om7GRaBtf6SnYqqP9dneW5aPanUeYfjt9CPpiFyms34-DgezGyVs6LQnieYSpuRLzPOwavnS3fhJTFFMkD3qvetKJWqBV_lWgm5MAVL0EdFLVx2dEMr_7BbD__M8FIqmoO0AjiExDYeZaxujL1jWUfyX3KQKUB8/s5152/DSC01348.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ854I28UUi8aYrjy6x-f9uQRLbST6om7GRaBtf6SnYqqP9dneW5aPanUeYfjt9CPpiFyms34-DgezGyVs6LQnieYSpuRLzPOwavnS3fhJTFFMkD3qvetKJWqBV_lWgm5MAVL0EdFLVx2dEMr_7BbD__M8FIqmoO0AjiExDYeZaxujL1jWUfyX3KQKUB8/s320/DSC01348.JPG" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Closeup views showing <span>Nature's unity </span><span>and harmony </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">with children.</span></b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Childhood with Nature Lives On</span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">To us grownups in our golden years reminisce</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">this childhood scene beautiful, young and fresh,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">for we have kept Nature deep in our hearts,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">her pristine beauty we nurtured to our best.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">The trees now heritage for three generations,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">from seeds we sowed now high rise in the sky,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">singing with the breeze and birds in their nests,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">sweetly taking care of their young 'til they fly.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">They come back the next season, now a flock,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">year after year in the same scene and order,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">searching for their friends once in their prime,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">but they've grown up, and are no longer there.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">We wonder where have all the children now,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">and where is this place once called Paradise?</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Like us they followed the stream to the sea,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">in search of the Good Life's grandeur and prize.</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">They too, shall listen to Mother Nature calling,</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">like birds migrating from afar returning</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">before the sun sets, its rays golden in the sky;</span></b></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">childhood lives on, listen to the trees singing. ~</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">* Through the kindness of the teachers and parents who accompanied the schoolchildren in a study tour at the Living with Nature Center, February 10, 2024. </span></b></p>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-27838115561967362072024-02-15T14:04:00.024+08:002024-03-09T20:20:15.517+08:00Living with Nature Center Flora - A Botanical Treasure, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur (Article in Progress)<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Living with Nature Center Flora</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- A Botanical Treasure</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Katuray - Queen of Asian Flower Vegetables</span></b></span></li><li><span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Karimbuaya</i> or <i>Soro-soro </i>is best stuff of lechon <i>baboy</i> and <i>manok</i> </span></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Food and Nutritional Value of Kulitis, Amaranth, Alugbati, and Talinum </b></span></li><li><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Some Wild Food Plants: </span> <i>Kalunay, Ngalog...dagiti atap a mulmula a mabalin </i></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>a kanen wenno sidaen</i></span></b></li><li><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Malunggay </i>- Miracle Tropical Tree</span></b></li><li><b><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Takip-kuhol </i>(<i>Centella asiatica</i>) </span></span></b><b><span><span style="font-family: arial;">- a Panacean home remedy</span></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A Philippine Indigenous Orchid</span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="text-align: center;">Backyard Garden as Ecological Sanctuary</b></span></li><li><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Twilight* in the Garden </span></b></span></li><li><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>Practical Composting</span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>15 Common Ornamental Plants </span></b><b><span>at the Living with Nature Center</span></b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Pictorial Presentation of Plants as they appear on-site at the Living with Nature </span></b><b><span>Center</span></b></span></li></ul></div><div><span><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Katuray - Queen of Asian Flower Vegetables</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzedu60MSqstmfX-IJ7LAaucyDxvBI74Rk-mg3uucLIh2GcTLHpao4mlgF7cfCsa-ccmM3KXnPe7WGAm4Nzfl1sJ0ILIKd9Cgatu0KT_GgF2JZUeoLYHywAablpytl6gCAxvtqMAUXyGJrsijqAQky1ik4rMgM3juQ2cXKG_BSPXCYRhxBseQlr7YVLk/s3864/DSC00917.JPG"><img border="0" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzedu60MSqstmfX-IJ7LAaucyDxvBI74Rk-mg3uucLIh2GcTLHpao4mlgF7cfCsa-ccmM3KXnPe7WGAm4Nzfl1sJ0ILIKd9Cgatu0KT_GgF2JZUeoLYHywAablpytl6gCAxvtqMAUXyGJrsijqAQky1ik4rMgM3juQ2cXKG_BSPXCYRhxBseQlr7YVLk/w437-h429/DSC00917.JPG" width="437" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0BHxWt83oCcQLOoDD4tf9AK44Yw4Yhfuu0N4VOxp8ni4hU5t2F-LlST8lKDFOFcBNATxCZk_Ck5TZmmf8qB4b26RRsCVxN-Y7JtD8l7XceyDW3s8yIA-YMxU6fhA8qdZ0azjCwJR9UCEPN1TqReaByfhxUPxNNSpmpZdQnfP6IwmTmdFMvcX99sBsTw/s4367/DSC00880.JPG"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0BHxWt83oCcQLOoDD4tf9AK44Yw4Yhfuu0N4VOxp8ni4hU5t2F-LlST8lKDFOFcBNATxCZk_Ck5TZmmf8qB4b26RRsCVxN-Y7JtD8l7XceyDW3s8yIA-YMxU6fhA8qdZ0azjCwJR9UCEPN1TqReaByfhxUPxNNSpmpZdQnfP6IwmTmdFMvcX99sBsTw/w436-h342/DSC00880.JPG" width="436" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><i>Katuray</i> in Pilipino and Ilocano is scientifically called <i>Sesbania grandiflora.</i> "</span></b><b>Grand flowers" indeed, immaculate white and shy, glisten in the sun. Then as the day wears off, shrivel and fall to the ground, leaving clusters of blossom to open the next day, so in the next, in succession through the <i>amihan</i> season until summer. Pods dangle like chime in place of the flowers. Angie Tobias 18, picks katuray flowers from the tree at the Living with Nature Center, author's residence at San Vicente, Ilocos Sur. Photos taken by the author.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpBu-v_bB5BdqJHxolQvvPKcWbcg1gp4YQidZULkXiNQRwOz-Js_tIP_TM1U3fj2V4bisOJppjlldti9vQOdI5MdYB2aqyoO0_40SfV8Eh5ATsdfApMTz1flZHFGOp31ifYNs02LcKhKStP_mZwXiyGVLqSFEtC9OmnEuM1O-tqBzeK46nXraIZ4cVEs/s5152/DSC00915.JPG"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirpBu-v_bB5BdqJHxolQvvPKcWbcg1gp4YQidZULkXiNQRwOz-Js_tIP_TM1U3fj2V4bisOJppjlldti9vQOdI5MdYB2aqyoO0_40SfV8Eh5ATsdfApMTz1flZHFGOp31ifYNs02LcKhKStP_mZwXiyGVLqSFEtC9OmnEuM1O-tqBzeK46nXraIZ4cVEs/w274-h209/DSC00915.JPG" width="274" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-h7jya5bl8oUnMyQPS_V9gPgvuJdRTSZNHwrX30F6ms2A-02uTSosJnzL_BlqVMGbkk7EAQNSgIyHMCbc0TJ2-xpKoR30K39nWr-P8YSdzZMfCSgZhgvLBaaBrUngDvVgoSmI86MYPgMjBlLi5byt-Kj-L1BFxUu96KxZkUAslGRwFcICuX6iZDtTvs/s4744/DSC00916.JPG"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-h7jya5bl8oUnMyQPS_V9gPgvuJdRTSZNHwrX30F6ms2A-02uTSosJnzL_BlqVMGbkk7EAQNSgIyHMCbc0TJ2-xpKoR30K39nWr-P8YSdzZMfCSgZhgvLBaaBrUngDvVgoSmI86MYPgMjBlLi5byt-Kj-L1BFxUu96KxZkUAslGRwFcICuX6iZDtTvs/w157-h209/DSC00916.JPG" width="157" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrK0iMjRA_a_Y4aYmZHBvHmGRTm6EfW9eB5Uyv2nIq_kxfUj3QbuKd6fU0yTEC-CYmoUsCPxzw8g5SaYmADdqV7syhDIWPaVVb3HXJpcQSAfbSW0GhaNxsNmXTJziBCRCXGMT0eZ307qVP8So1yugTX5RtksMSzuWBzwzh6O15Xs8fSzno8Yt-ADTdiS4/s2720/Katuray%201%20.JPG"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrK0iMjRA_a_Y4aYmZHBvHmGRTm6EfW9eB5Uyv2nIq_kxfUj3QbuKd6fU0yTEC-CYmoUsCPxzw8g5SaYmADdqV7syhDIWPaVVb3HXJpcQSAfbSW0GhaNxsNmXTJziBCRCXGMT0eZ307qVP8So1yugTX5RtksMSzuWBzwzh6O15Xs8fSzno8Yt-ADTdiS4/w179-h179/Katuray%201%20.JPG" width="179" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Br4ZCIS1c-XzzSkomGs54VasmO1WdvK4IQ7u4pn-L_aDoVMyKbZxFV-jJTgNE9xNkAPqhF5manKBe9BdNCkhr9KGfX70SAO5sE-QvNac-j6A0o_yOK7uWLBSVity9ij-97qwHzIDlV4Uo5mrmw9bcpqXx9Mf1IZWOxgh04FsimMXulja5OsUj18Mo0I/s5152/DSC00921.JPG"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Br4ZCIS1c-XzzSkomGs54VasmO1WdvK4IQ7u4pn-L_aDoVMyKbZxFV-jJTgNE9xNkAPqhF5manKBe9BdNCkhr9KGfX70SAO5sE-QvNac-j6A0o_yOK7uWLBSVity9ij-97qwHzIDlV4Uo5mrmw9bcpqXx9Mf1IZWOxgh04FsimMXulja5OsUj18Mo0I/w246-h179/DSC00921.JPG" width="246" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span>Flowers - in any stage, crescent to fully opened - are picked by hand or with bamboo pole, as often as daily during the flowering season. Young succulent pods, and in other countries young leaves, are also gathered as vegetables cooked into salad, <i>diningding</i>, for stew and broth- perfect with broiled fish, thickened in <i>buridibud</i> (<i>kamote</i> or sweet potato paste). It's a typical dish of Asians, specialty Ilocanos. Move over culinary greats of the Western world. Author with newly harvested unopened katuray blossoms ready to be cooked into salad, cum fresh red tomato, a dash of salt or patis, with option to include sliced shallot or <i>sibuyas tagalog</i>. Try this perfect side dish for lunch and dinner. </span></b></div><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span><br />Is S<i>esbania grandiflora,</i> as grand as its name when it comes to its nutritional value? Why not? Take a quick look at this approximate analysis per 100 grams, based on young leaves. Likely not far from flowers (author's note). <br /></span></b><blockquote style="border: none; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><ul><li><b><span>Calories: Around 62 kcal</span></b></li><li><b><span>Protein: Approximately 7.7 g</span></b></li><li><b><span>Carbohydrates: Roughly 11.5 g</span></b></li><li><b><span>Dietary Fiber: About 3.3 g</span></b></li><li><b><span>Fat: Around 0.5 g</span></b></li><li><b><span>Vitamin C: Approximately 38 mg (about 63% of the recommended daily intake)</span></b></li><li><b><span>Vitamin A: Roughly 1130 IU (around 22.5% of the recommended daily intake)</span></b></li><li><b><span>Calcium: Approximately 130 mg</span></b></li><li><b><span>Iron: Around 1.2 mg</span></b></li></ul></blockquote></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A glimpse on this set of data assures confidence on the Health Benefits of Sesbania Grandiflora, as food and natural medicine owing to these properties: Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-Helminthic, Anticoagulant, Hypotensive, and others, and if I may add - Anti-Aging and Relax-Promoting. </span></b><span><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span>Author's Note: A variant of <i>Sesbania grandiflora</i> produces shades of pink and purple colors. It produce flowers year round, particularly in the rainy months when the white variety is virtually flowerless. Local folks say colored flowers are more nutritious, likely because of xanthophyll and carotene pigments. Plant katuray on your backyard, and open areas as long as the soil is loamy, relatively fertile, and safe from flood. Stick a branch into the ground and make it grow into a tree. Include </span><span>katuray among the plants in the Bahay Kubo garden. ~</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span>Acknowledgement: Data from Internet.~</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div></span><div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Karimbuaya</span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> or <i>Soro-soro </i>is best stuff of lechon <i>baboy</i> and <i>manok</i> </span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>To Ilocanos, no lechon is complete without karimbuaya. When combined with herbs and spices, karimbuaya lends the lechon a distinct taste and aroma. The milky sap of the plant has medicinal properties and helps remove the unpleasant odor of meat and fish.</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span>Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFft-Bp8nY07oMamvb-xrRLQ2v4-2-sk8dpsP0FOfh2DNuj8uXZdvUdbrhl2CNQJv_McD3RnMNtkXdZp5zDhwKWDvI1lNoXFc5UcoIXouhG7Hb4JZjPVtxdQeow3Ryroaqtz33e0C6Bh0/w207-h254/DSC00208+A.jpg" width="207" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFodBWolcPNI4rb4lU98dJi4Fi3gKqPwDqSKcRSnzJjdIX5PaT7jtNpR-x13Sxe8KapuQ7RR8DnSHMf_M8zXn64OsvjmW0J5OhpzW3KD__tdaWUCChruhISqMZIWcaodwV9ZRo-6tK-_dXTeHhFkUQcG2X3waIbtKGbLoZWsAgF4M-UXMGBTsynhvi3Z8D"><img height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFodBWolcPNI4rb4lU98dJi4Fi3gKqPwDqSKcRSnzJjdIX5PaT7jtNpR-x13Sxe8KapuQ7RR8DnSHMf_M8zXn64OsvjmW0J5OhpzW3KD__tdaWUCChruhISqMZIWcaodwV9ZRo-6tK-_dXTeHhFkUQcG2X3waIbtKGbLoZWsAgF4M-UXMGBTsynhvi3Z8D=w228-h330" width="228" /></a></span></div></span><span><b style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngVJ_M9pks-Mx-qU89xxWsOPo9gAg8svWL59EGuyCyuiCnCDyY0VT5Dh2viOud6QbWwqdKI9tqYfiyC-hfwUxG_a1_ERuWxZxIV_xkjcLvw3OnHKr-tgglauZEnccL5pqHWRakiPp6ocH/w177-h118/lechon+manok+images.jpg" width="177" /><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlau2E5aTBJxWKbtd7NZ1E0hsye64mgQ7-O6YeMtDA1ehEjU5WuthcIjjJ1-qcNimrSftG1FVtKiarYwS8wkCMF5MUG6YuLx-Fg_3Pw_aHyE0Hyo7MElvZ6SbpFlTvoQEx2wGEfo_Wzhce/w261-h190/Lechon+2.jpg" width="261" /></b></div></b><b style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cebuanos and Manileños stuff lechon with t<i>anglad</i> or lemongrass, </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>the Ilocano style is to put in a native plant, </b><i><b>karimbuaya.</b></i></div></b><br /><b><span>N</span>ot so many people know that <i>karimbuaya</i> or <i>sorosoro (Euphorbia</i> <i>neriifolia</i>) makes an excellent stuff for lechon and relyenong bangos. The mature leaves are chopped tangential and stuffed into the prepared pig to be roasted, so with dressed chicken - and bangus for broiling. It has high oil content in its milky sap. It leaves a pleasant taste and it serves as a salad itself. It has a slight sour taste. Like tanglad, sorosoro removes the characteristic flesh and fishy odor. Add chopped ginger, onion and garlic as may be desired.</b><br /><br /><b>One word of caution: The fresh sap of sorosoro may cause irritation of the eye and skin. Wash hands immediately. Better still, use kitchen gloves.</b><br /><br /><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpP614fqh-bpfVpeDsxM2-RURWqH4hHVegkJuN5-H-ba1NOc-i1yMmw83Fp512dVaHRVBsArWiQo3yy02vbn3SO2vU0cw-RCf0z2Z7DzGepdBDmhfuHExObzySX5_-hO_H7SLAKkvm0Sa/s1600/DSC03595.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpP614fqh-bpfVpeDsxM2-RURWqH4hHVegkJuN5-H-ba1NOc-i1yMmw83Fp512dVaHRVBsArWiQo3yy02vbn3SO2vU0cw-RCf0z2Z7DzGepdBDmhfuHExObzySX5_-hO_H7SLAKkvm0Sa/w288-h164/DSC03595.JPG" width="288" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQIdqL0EvrJEEIJJaRwlX3yvSYDNbFYZcClWBng9QtiZWrL6LW9y1_JVlGjVj_Q_rpb2rQGP8gkLuFUCcKF2GuuMKDEqB3Yqchbsbc2Jj0t5lfbGDiQwpNJEhVqfVnldOJavjjkHv5SU6/s1600/DSC03598.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQIdqL0EvrJEEIJJaRwlX3yvSYDNbFYZcClWBng9QtiZWrL6LW9y1_JVlGjVj_Q_rpb2rQGP8gkLuFUCcKF2GuuMKDEqB3Yqchbsbc2Jj0t5lfbGDiQwpNJEhVqfVnldOJavjjkHv5SU6/s200/DSC03598.JPG" /></a></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgol1AT0oiQctqoSaQG4tS0JKUaLYGU1okvMmFozaCNIH7fweSqD_pG4mpvwfbthHDgF2aAKmWfMlfHtWCAMQ33wUT-qCc8gRr-z68tZdVs05wrGau2tMAs1-qi2ts5pI980hIAGohLIFfp/s1600/DSC03600.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgol1AT0oiQctqoSaQG4tS0JKUaLYGU1okvMmFozaCNIH7fweSqD_pG4mpvwfbthHDgF2aAKmWfMlfHtWCAMQ33wUT-qCc8gRr-z68tZdVs05wrGau2tMAs1-qi2ts5pI980hIAGohLIFfp/s200/DSC03600.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L_smN_vZB_afsr6b4x_5cz4rNRtu4gsWG6G5yZL3_KN40Ojo4jFM8_bQ6UfyVZrOYjhcV1WJcxSMYa8NCrQXNmDKbA00E_uFM9Y3Rcsb7TJX4Xg931x1OM5WVIc_4QK5ptS13agJ4GnC/s1600/DSC03601.JPG" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L_smN_vZB_afsr6b4x_5cz4rNRtu4gsWG6G5yZL3_KN40Ojo4jFM8_bQ6UfyVZrOYjhcV1WJcxSMYa8NCrQXNmDKbA00E_uFM9Y3Rcsb7TJX4Xg931x1OM5WVIc_4QK5ptS13agJ4GnC/w292-h164/DSC03601.JPG" width="292" /></a></div><b style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Relyenong bangos</i> with karimbuaya</b></div></b><div style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><i><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyAlGXTgV6phbq3al9qo2l-UUC5O5oC5kkIhQFRgBjxn1NRgHwwRsAoS1VYbMFWVM7k0Mp3NWPUNkPEOnGwYnyOvQjnb4917IvgTdQiEyDAOCAwJouEuORvU-ioyKBkhelsJ1A-MU8SJNA/w398-h216/karimbuaya.jpg" width="398" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>Adobo</i> with <i>karimbuaya</i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(inquirer.net)</span></b></div></i></div><br /><b style="font-size: large;">Facts about <i>Karimbuaya or Sorosoro</i></b><br /><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></span><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><b>Philippine Medicinal Plants (Internet)This information is helpful to medicine, pharmacology, botanical research, and to the public in general. It is the intention of this program, Paaralan Bayan sa Himpapawid to encourage the use of natural medicine and food, and to potential scientists to direct their attention to our own indigenous resources as the subject of their study.</b><br /><br /><b>Botany</b><br /><b>Soro-soro is an erect, shrubby, branched, fleshy, cactus-like plant growing to 2 to 4 meters. Trunk and older branches are grayish and cylindric; medium branches slightly twisted and stout, fleshy, 4- or 5-angled or winged, the younger ones usually 3-winged, the wings lobulate, with a pair of stout, sharp, 2- to 4-millimeter long spines rising from the thickened bases of each leaf or petiole-scar. Leaves, arising from the sides of wings towards the end of the branches, are fleshy, oblong-obovate, 5 to 15 centimeters long; in young plants, longer pointed or blunt at the tip. Cymes are short, solitary in the sinuses, and usually of 3 involucres. Involucres are green or pale yellow, about 6 millimeters in diameter, with the lobes fimbriate.</b><br /><br /><b>Distribution</b><br /><b>- Cultivated in gardens as a hedge plant.</b><br /><b>- Nowhere spontaneous.</b><br /><b>- Also occurs in India to Malaya.</b><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b style="font-size: medium;">Constituents</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Studies have yielded euphorbon, resin, gun caoutchouc, malate of calcium, among others.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Phytochemical studies have yielded triterpenes like nerifolione, cycloartenol, euphol, euphorbiol, nerifoliene, taraxerol, ß-amyrin among others.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Fresh latex yields 10.95% solid with 18.32% total resinous matter, and 24.50% and 16.23% of total diterpene and triterpene respectively.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Phytochemicals yielded steroidal saponin, reducing sugar, tannins, flavonoids in the crude extract.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Phytochemically analysis of leaves yielded flavonoids, phlobatannins, saponin, tannins, cardenoloids, phenol, and terpenoids. (see study below) (18)</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Study of an ethanol leaf extract isolated a new flavonoid: 2-(3,4-dihydroxy-5-methoxy-phenyl)-3,5-dihydroxy-6,7-dimethoxychromen-4-one. (see study below) (21)</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Study isolated eighteen new diterpenoids, names eurifoloids A-R (1-18) including ingenane (1 and 2), abietane (3-7), isopimarane (8-12) and ent-atisane (13-18) types, along with four known analogues. (see study below) (22)</b><br /><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">Properties</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Considered purgative, rubefacient, expectorant.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Leaves considered diuretic.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Root is considered antiseptic.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Latex considered purgative, diuretic, vermifuge and antiasthma.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Studies have reported cytotoxic, antiarthritic, anti-inflammatory, wound healing and immunomodulatory properties.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">Folkloric Uses</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Roots have been used for snake bites.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Fluid from roasted leaves used for earache.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- The milky juice used for asthma, cough, earache. Also, used as an insecticide.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Mixed with Margosa oil and applied to limbs in rheumatism.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Tumeric powder mixed with the juice applied to piles. Thread steeped in the same mixture used for ligaturing external hemorrhoids.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Milky juice used internally as purgative; rubefacient, externally. Applied to glandular swellings to prevent suppuration.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Externally, applied to sores, cysts, warts, and calluses.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Used as a drastic purgative.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- For internal use: decoction or infusion of 10 grams for 1 liter of water, 2-3 cups daily.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Juice of leaves used for spasmodic asthma.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- Leaves used as diuretic.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- In India, used for bronchitis, tumors, leukoderma, piles, inflammation, fever, earaches, anemia and ulcers.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- In Malaya, used for earache.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- In French Guiana, leaves are heated, squeezed, and the salted sap used for wheezing in babies, colds and stomach upsets. Also used for infected nails, fevers, coughs and diabetes in NW Guyana.</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">- In Ayurveda, whole plant, leaf and roots used for abdominal complaints, bronchitis, tumors, splenic enlargement, coughs and colds.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">Acknowledgement: Philippine Medicinal Plants</b><br /><b style="font-size: medium;">Lesson on former Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School on Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio 738 DZRB 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday</b><br /><br />Author's Note: <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Soro-soro grows in the wild, particularly on uplands and along field borders as long as the soil is well-drained. Farmers, gardeners and old folks readily know this fleshy shrub in the area and may help explain its uses, including its propagation by cutting. It may be cultivated as ornamental plant, and can be potted as well. - avr </b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></span><div><span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Food and Nutritional Value of <i>Kulitis, Amaranth, Alugbati,</i> and <i>Talinum</i></span></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span>A - <i>Kulitis:</i> A super food!</span></b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><div style="text-align: left;"><b>B - Chinese Spinach and Spiny Spinach</b></div></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><div style="text-align: left;"><b>C - </b><b>14 Health Benefits of <i>Alugbati</i> Leaves</b></div></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><div style="text-align: left;"><b>D - </b><b><i>Talinum</i></b></div></span></b></div></blockquote><p style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <b><span>Researched and Posted by Dr Abe V Rotor in response to queries on wild food vegetables to augment people's food and nutritional requirements, particularly the young generation.</span></b></span></p><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">A-</span><i style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> Kulitis</i><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">: A super food!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><div><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Acknowledgement with gratitude - avr</span></b></div></span><div><span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYPpiXhVaOgA27KCq0TVlXouGwiTCjAZka89njziuHgXPXqOc2G3M2BkGIJ6_kEZaUfYdt6w4cO0EhlVXRKKR-IDmI2XT2HiheVLrgpKXDYuOvhtr5Yd5OarSQYe9A4ZQFu4-p9PLMqQEa9ZD6PXphu1jKKxb-Wnw6xJUXTMGR_xFJHcP_8iZNBpJKbOh/s580/Kulites.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="580" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYPpiXhVaOgA27KCq0TVlXouGwiTCjAZka89njziuHgXPXqOc2G3M2BkGIJ6_kEZaUfYdt6w4cO0EhlVXRKKR-IDmI2XT2HiheVLrgpKXDYuOvhtr5Yd5OarSQYe9A4ZQFu4-p9PLMqQEa9ZD6PXphu1jKKxb-Wnw6xJUXTMGR_xFJHcP_8iZNBpJKbOh/s320/Kulites.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></b></span><span><b>Kulitis as we locals call it or the Amaranth, is an edible plant that is easy to grow, grows everywhere and can be found especially in a tropical country like the Philippines. It is an upright annual plant that belongs to the amaranth family and can go as tall as 2.5 meters. According to the Wikipedia, Amaranths as what it is collectively known is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants also known as Amaranthus. Some of its species are grown as ornamental plants, pseudocereals, and leaf vegetables.</b></span><span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Kulitis is mostly grown for its leaves, it is widely used as a component in our dishes. You can be creative in making a dish out of its leaves.</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">The benefits of this Super Food!It rich in minerals like iron, zinc, magnesium, potassium, phosphorous, copper, and calcium.</div></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>It has an Antioxidant</li><li>Low in Calories</li><li>High in Dietary Fiber</li><li>Rich in Vitamins A, C, K,</li><li>Rich in B Vitamins</li><li>Gluten Free</li><li>Rich in Protein</li><li>Rich in Lysine</li><li>Reduces Bad cholesterol</li></ul></div></span></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Better grow your own pot or bed of Kulitis to have a ready supply of ingredients to include it on your dishes, then ingest and have all of these nutrients for our health and wellness. Also, growing your own pot of Kulitis ensures you of consuming organic produce and free of commercial pesticides that can do harm to our health.</span></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">With all of these benefits that came from this super vegetable you just can’t resist including this staple food on your daily diet. <span style="font-size: small;">AA I Floricel N. Denopol, RND</span></span><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">B - Chinese Spinach and Spiny Spinach</span></b></div><div><b><i>Amaranthus dubius</i> and <i>Amaranthus spinosus</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgikMJkzwGPYu2UoKqhvsTaB44_NplsUesiU-METo_Tb9UjUYjtbXrk8ZB0GC_zxsgZfd7AzhWSb5tx33sMyu6LkS0hE-CE2cpqOcf1FyYFZ5Ri9_Fqy2EX_9CCBcyjBnAdMoOaf0y6ls/s1600/Amaranthus_dubius.jpg"><img border="0" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgikMJkzwGPYu2UoKqhvsTaB44_NplsUesiU-METo_Tb9UjUYjtbXrk8ZB0GC_zxsgZfd7AzhWSb5tx33sMyu6LkS0hE-CE2cpqOcf1FyYFZ5Ri9_Fqy2EX_9CCBcyjBnAdMoOaf0y6ls/w202-h289/Amaranthus_dubius.jpg" width="202" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWV20PBxD6dUzqxNjnch2DheB8m1EM2_og4jIMDTAy_3WX3_3IlLN-qIZzdOnrOUqhsAOf9-OpGjJ9wzbVoyBlnFcBuVGHkXvUocEhTo1DuCdNQkSvC6jKL4K1_lxSoKnmzTMg_aS6XY_PwsR1RZHfU3OcERa87CQFc0PJzxDVNg1sfkrrJv1-lQTVfoA"><img height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWV20PBxD6dUzqxNjnch2DheB8m1EM2_og4jIMDTAy_3WX3_3IlLN-qIZzdOnrOUqhsAOf9-OpGjJ9wzbVoyBlnFcBuVGHkXvUocEhTo1DuCdNQkSvC6jKL4K1_lxSoKnmzTMg_aS6XY_PwsR1RZHfU3OcERa87CQFc0PJzxDVNg1sfkrrJv1-lQTVfoA=w205-h289" width="205" /></a></div><span><div><b>LEFT PHOTO, </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Amaranthus dubius</i><b>, the red spinach, Chinese spinach, spleen amaranth, <i>hon-toi-moi, yin choy, hsien tsai,</i> or <i>Arai keerai</i> belongs to the economically important family Amaranthaceae, native to South America, Mexico, and the West Indies, however; it is widely introduced throughout the world. The species occurs locally in France and Germany and is naturalized or invasive in tropical and subtropical regions of the United States (Florida and Hawaii), Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific. Usually it grows to a size of 80–120 centimeters (31–47 in). It has both green and red varieties, as well as some with mixed colors. The green variety is practically indistinguishable from <i>Amaranthus viridis.</i> <i>Amaranthus dubius </i>is very close genetically to <i>Amaranthus spinosus </i>(RIGHT PHOTO) and other Amaranthus species. This species is valued as a leafy vegetable throughout South and Southeast Asia and also in Africa. It is commonly cooked with onions, tomatoes and peanut sauce. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>NOTE: </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Amaranthus spinosus</i><b> is gathered in the field as vegetable in its seedling stage, before the spines develop and become tough.</b></div></span></div><b><span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span><span style="font-size: medium;">C - </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">14 Health Benefits of Alugbati Leaves </span></b></div></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">– Philippine Super Food</span></b></div><b style="font-size: medium;"><span>rachelleignacio (Internet)<br /></span></b><b style="font-size: medium;"><span>Acknowledgement with gratitude - avr<br /></span></b><b></b><b style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img height="213" src="https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://steemitimages.com/DQmNZaBHwaoNzCT4sPAwvUxcbqzqm6QrmKLrb4L6nfDZ6zu/2769625410_26aa5ea48f_z.jpg" width="302" /></span>Alugbati leaves are also known as Malabar Spinach. It is named after the place where it is found. Malabar is a place in Philippine. Although people call it spinach, it is actually not spinach at all.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Nutritional information of alugbati leaves</span><br />Just like the other green vegetable, this leaves also have high level of iron. However, it also has ample of nutrition which is beneficial for health. To make it detail, the nutritional information of each 100 grams of alugbati leaves are listed as follow.<br /><br />Calories 19Carbohydrate 3.4 grFat 0.3 grProtein 1.8 grVitamin A 160%Magnesium 16%Vitamin C 170%Iron 6%Vitamin B6 10%Sodium 24 mgPotassium 510 mgCalcium 10%<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Health benefits of alugbati leaves</span><br />So, let’s just call it alugbati leaves. This is heart shaped leaves which grow along in the purple stem. Alugbati is a succulent plant. It can be found in tropical Asia and Africa countries.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">.</span><span> Control blood pressure</span><br />. <span>Prevent constipation</span><br /><span>. Relieve ulcer</span><br /><span>. Prevent cancer</span><br /><span>. Prevent anemia</span><br /><span>. Lose weight</span><br /><span>. Release toxins</span><br /><span>. Improve eyesight</span><br /><span>. Boost immunity</span><br /><span>. Soften skin</span><br /><span>. Anti aging property<br /></span><span>. Reduce swelling<br /></span><span>. Good for pregnancy</span><br /><span>. Help you sleep</span><br /><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img height="204" src="https://steemitimages.com/DQmedkBDzunZBVogeA7jeBemsfEsm5rRtCbX8ge3KurKzbA/e204b8dc-alugbati-1024x576%20(1).jpg" width="361" /></div></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Recommendation in consuming alugbati leaves</span><br />People in some Asia countries commonly use this leaves as vegetable to any kind of cuisine. However, the selection is also important step before we cook the leaves. To choose the perfect leaves, make sure to choose the fresh leaves with shiny leaves and firm stems. Avoid sunken, dry and discolored leaves.<br /><br />In preparing the leaves, don’t forget to wash the leaves in cold running water to get health benefits of alugbati leaves. We can include some soft stem of it. Just like health benefits of Water Spinach , alugbati leaves produce some water when it is cooked. In addition, it produces thick glue like consistency to the cooking. Therefore, it is good to include this tender leaves into soup, stew, or stir fry vegetable.<br />i<span style="font-size: x-small;">mage source </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">#colorchallenge#life#nature#philippines<br />5 years ago in #food by rachelleignacio (60)</span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">D. Talinum</b></div></span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyUupYdzC022GFS4OEYUC2TJA_UPu5zNiY5Ke3xv_nCqVrIEScrsoqB-2EecQmolAahjgapfOreBw5enyvcECo3vN1a-XmKxh8q8kylqQ_DKDlUg-HzzJw7SAruk4pD5JlMYW9FgTzoydcA1LIkf3ELGrJPozKwN_tcAJsAmiRe0wXXFeXa0g3yJKfOWO/s2852/DSC00357.JPG"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyUupYdzC022GFS4OEYUC2TJA_UPu5zNiY5Ke3xv_nCqVrIEScrsoqB-2EecQmolAahjgapfOreBw5enyvcECo3vN1a-XmKxh8q8kylqQ_DKDlUg-HzzJw7SAruk4pD5JlMYW9FgTzoydcA1LIkf3ELGrJPozKwN_tcAJsAmiRe0wXXFeXa0g3yJKfOWO/w274-h285/DSC00357.JPG" width="274" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lu4PmzfBkiB1W7WnE8lNhI5Hd8TBih9Pk6wfPNjU1RNqFtf4Z7rUBnQ6Y23Zxt8QxhO8EVHzuFxi5d3jJaPu0aftOMVe2vx9LAyb7ZQDpr7iXJOv_ta_7uNQIlCgu_mKiHxdUj6nyQfWfF5VDuznG_xtmuwJ7NON_Vhmh00bnqV8COUlB2cJR28TVWU5/s5152/DSC00381.JPG"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lu4PmzfBkiB1W7WnE8lNhI5Hd8TBih9Pk6wfPNjU1RNqFtf4Z7rUBnQ6Y23Zxt8QxhO8EVHzuFxi5d3jJaPu0aftOMVe2vx9LAyb7ZQDpr7iXJOv_ta_7uNQIlCgu_mKiHxdUj6nyQfWfF5VDuznG_xtmuwJ7NON_Vhmh00bnqV8COUlB2cJR28TVWU5/w215-h287/DSC00381.JPG" width="215" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>Talinum planted on compost bag at the Living with Nature Center, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span>Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd., popularly known as waterleaf, is a fleshy-leaved perennial herb grown widely in the humid tropical countries as a leaf vegetable (Swarna and Ravindhran, 2013).<br />Laxative effects: Waterleaf is packed with essential antioxidants and soluble fibres that act as mild laxatives. It is, therefore, recommended for use when constipation is an issue. Regulates blood sugar Level: Joshua et al. (2012) reported that Talinum triangulare is essential for managing diabetes mellitus</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span><b><br /></b></span><span><span><div style="font-weight: bold;">References: Internet,<i> Living with Folk Wisdom</i>, AV Rotor (UST}, Living with Nature, AVRotor (UST), Living with Nature in Our Times, AVRotor (UST), former <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i> (People's School on Air) DZRB</div></span></span></div></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span>Some Wild Food Plants: </span> <i>Kalunay, Ngalog...dagiti atap a mulmula a mabalin a kanen wenno sidaen</i></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Dr Abe V Rotor</span></span></b></div><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" height="257" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427932337882732850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQSjcidPnva4VfqdDndyBEmPtPxAoVB_WWywCwbcOh8P4XVz373kW42iUs8TJEhER4SEiqLGCQN17Wwmv_c5wC_hAKUec8OlG1IuHmtJTFwPSMlzh6rX5yWYjmKT945vxnYc_vBMBtUY/w320-h257/Wild+plant+ampalaya.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 321px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" width="320" /><span><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Wild ampalaya, eggplant, native <span style="font-style: italic;">patani</span> and </span><span style="font-style: italic;">alukong (himbaba-o</span><span>)</span></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CIq_SO0ojDFxU9NRGOFODd_SxyrdKY50JzSIYWRZQ4H-RRAR6J7mvgCqOpQEPGkh8-Sam-e6iZh5X5Vxfbk2prItQcUkul4HBvJZ2hXWtCjfX8ez3BiLTn726YAcirQznay0RmIYwxM/s1600-h/Wild+plant+ngalog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427932324957355714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CIq_SO0ojDFxU9NRGOFODd_SxyrdKY50JzSIYWRZQ4H-RRAR6J7mvgCqOpQEPGkh8-Sam-e6iZh5X5Vxfbk2prItQcUkul4HBvJZ2hXWtCjfX8ez3BiLTn726YAcirQznay0RmIYwxM/s400/Wild+plant+ngalog.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 283px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Ngalog </span><span>or</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Portulaca</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTCmKLb13HWOPWwSpR_j5Rj7GLdo3P4OgD0RY9waqAq_xx6urfWjkWNl89tph9A-KLg7GJJEg9H2uOZ_s76Oz3KUFfrG-hw-jfUa0iOU6cRNlV9dZ504b7vR5iWxHIGBoOGubWLmuCCA/s1600-h/Wild+plant+dampalit.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427932318132510802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTCmKLb13HWOPWwSpR_j5Rj7GLdo3P4OgD0RY9waqAq_xx6urfWjkWNl89tph9A-KLg7GJJEg9H2uOZ_s76Oz3KUFfrG-hw-jfUa0iOU6cRNlV9dZ504b7vR5iWxHIGBoOGubWLmuCCA/s400/Wild+plant+dampalit.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 288px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span>Dampalit</span></span></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpsnuG-XU8KOxHfGJmjGIJdVfW37ua7lWcclOhLMiB_PzagdyPcxjjfR8AWchdm3ErgwYxBZp24Mh_JgCKbCKZV0SHRws7fqKxa_5Vfp-4MQTMDNxuS4uBFQ1mQmHztZPXoHfWNZahlM/s1600-h/Plant+Talinum.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427932313264762370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpsnuG-XU8KOxHfGJmjGIJdVfW37ua7lWcclOhLMiB_PzagdyPcxjjfR8AWchdm3ErgwYxBZp24Mh_JgCKbCKZV0SHRws7fqKxa_5Vfp-4MQTMDNxuS4uBFQ1mQmHztZPXoHfWNZahlM/s400/Plant+Talinum.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 596px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 398px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span>Talinum</span></span></b></span></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fortunately Ilocano has remained vigorous and progressive. This is principally because of one distinct trait of the Ilocano - his loyalty to his language, and pride he carries with it as Ilocano. He carries it across the oceans and plant it in the community in which he is integrated. He is so regionalistic that he influences people around him, more than the other way around.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span>No only that, Ilokano is integrated with culture like horse and carriage. No language can best describe </span><span style="font-style: italic;">pinakbet, basi</span><span>,</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Biag ni Lam-ang, Angalo, Apo Lakay,</span><span> and a thousand-and-one indigenous terms that describe native practices and beliefs, historical places and events, heritage and values of this proud regional race.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span>This article and other articles in Ilokano which I wrote in this blog were inspired by Dr Nicholas L. Rosal, author of </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Understanding an Exotic Language - Ilokano (1982)</span><span>. His work explores the significance of the syntactical structures and grammatical forms of Ilokano, a language spoken by (more than) three million Filipinos and recognized among the eight Philippine languages amidst eighty-some dialects. I had the opportunity to visit Dr. Rosal many years ago in his residence in New Jersey where he and his family reside. Dr. Rosal taught graduate education courses at Seton Hall University, and became director of the Perth Amboy Adult Bilingual High School, one of its kind in New Jersey and elsewhere in the world.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">I invite the Ilocano reader to interpret this article and share it with fellow Ilocanos and non-Ilocanos as well.</div></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------</div></span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span>A</span>du dagiti atap a mulmula a mabalin a kanen wenno sidaen. Ammo da apongtayo daytoy.</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Ti saluyot (<span style="font-style: italic;">Corchorus olitorius</span>), gagangay laengen ta saanen a kas idi a dagiti laeng agtubo iti babaet dagiti mula a tarong ken kamatis ti tarayen a kettelen. Ita, addan dagiti agmulmula iti ilakoda.</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Adda met dagiti mabalin a kanen a ganggannaet iti imatang wenno di ammo a kanen ti adu kadatayo ita. Kas pagarigan, ti nami (<span style="font-style: italic;">Dioscorea hispida</span>) wenno karut. Makasabidong daytoy ngem ammo dagidi apongtayo nga ikkaten ti sabidongna sa lutuen (salapusopan) a kanenda.</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Idi met panawen ti Maikadua a Gubat, napilitan dagiti tattao a mangan kadagiti dati a dida kankanen a kas iti bunel ti saba (nangruna ti balayang) ken magey tapno mapedped ti bisinda. Adda met dagiti mangmangan iti bunel ti wild taro wenno aba a paminduaenna ti tayag ti tao ti tayagan dagiti lupakna. Pispisienda daytoy sa lingtaenda iti mabayag tapno di makaulaw.</div></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Kadagupan dagiti atap a mula a mabalin a kanen, adun ti dandani maungaw. Maigapu daytoy iti panangipamaysatayo iti panagpatanor kadagiti mula a gagangayen nga am-ammo dagiti aggatgatang, dagiti nakairuamanen ti dilatayo ti ramanda.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Ita, aglatlatak manen dagiti makmakan a kunkunada nga organic—saan laeng a ditoy Filipinas, no di pay ket iti ballasiw-taaw a kas idiay America— adu manen ti maibaw-ing ti imatangna kadagitoy a naipakpakanigid a mula. Kayat ngamin a liklikan ita dagiti tattao dagiti makmakan a narnek iti abuno ken pasuyot iti pestisidio, wenno dagiti mula a kunada a GMO (genetically modified organism).</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Isu a makitkita manen kadagiti tiendaan dagiti lako a ngalog (<span style="font-style: italic;">Portulaca</span>), <span style="font-style: italic;">dampalit, katuday, papait, kalunay</span> wenno <span style="font-style: italic;">kuantong, balleba </span>wenno <span style="font-style: italic;">ballaiba</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">Vallisneria)</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">tartarabang, talinum,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">alugbati, kumpitis, rosil, gulasiman,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">atap a paria </span>wenno ti aw-awaganda iti <span style="font-style: italic;">simmaron</span>, ken <span style="font-style: italic;">alukon.</span> Adda payen aglako iti bunga ti<span style="font-style: italic;"> singkamas.</span> Awan met ngata ti makitkitayo a mapaspasuyotan iti insektisidio a bunga ti singkamas, ania?</div></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">* * *</div></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Okeyka, Apong!</span></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Dagiti Tawid a Sirib ken Adal</span><span>Column of Dr Abercio Valdez Rotor, Ph.D.</span></div></span><span><div style="text-align: left;">Bannawag Magazine</div></span></span></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Malunggay - Miracle Tropical Tree</span></b></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><div style="font-size: x-large;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzKHR9sWVV3bBqRgd_T6d4u_Ndvp1c3OEQ2rtHl1rezut8-bmRxND4TelmC6-ifwOVPQLfCHHYXnOtjFD4gcmAxo8b0ONMhdvkM-4nWma1X5zOMOwRts5bmLwa7RrHlNDfZ5cmORhvs5B/s1600/Plant+malunggay.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="451" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509329225843625970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzKHR9sWVV3bBqRgd_T6d4u_Ndvp1c3OEQ2rtHl1rezut8-bmRxND4TelmC6-ifwOVPQLfCHHYXnOtjFD4gcmAxo8b0ONMhdvkM-4nWma1X5zOMOwRts5bmLwa7RrHlNDfZ5cmORhvs5B/w344-h451/Plant+malunggay.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 520px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 397px;" width="344" /></a></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><span>A sapling of Malunggay (<span style="font-style: italic;">Moringa oleifera</span>) propagated from cutting. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>This tropical tree vegetable grows up to twenty years or more on well-drained loam soil. No home is without malunggay in the province. Leaves, flowers, young and mature pods are made into various recipes. The tree needs no attention virtually - no spraying, fertilization, and it is self regenerating after a typhoon or heavy pruning. It grows on borders, fences and hedges and becomes part of the landscape.</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-O9bNbPexh8PFFsSx6Ce13o-veC11uhK3tNHMVx8aodgbUiRkDG5st2drWe4EY2lfHCCQDajoq29YV20lRxsM3IYgbJTYpQ6_lUSIZQZDxQA8PC_UTYGNIeJihsRppxN7SCXxJ7RXsHL/w246-h185/DSC00631A.jpg" width="246" /> </span><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZ101aIB3eCcn2eXjZyMj3KEWTKe__rSbDl2ADlQGRZWj2HYKhtDYzzZJJr68smupms33h7jGUg2wN3M-p76PMJLs7cEP0v4JjW35_9JQHUAEJln7QskESdfpZmVw7sUnl9LJlaiP7sfg/w248-h186/DSC00636A.jpg" width="248" /></span></b></div><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">There is a technique in preparing the pod, and it needs practice to do it: deftly skin the pod with a knife on its three sides one after another, then de-rib the edges, as shown in this photo. Cut into the clean pods into </span></span></b></span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"> pieces.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: start;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQTMpM6xJ8PikrBdAcFC6zIQFJtxJf-nZrzhYbWcJQycvwCMXsv6nb1lhb9UKEgsRL7jHtYaSYGJkejTnPO8d7F4DDYCEvS1t4q4TguqN_Y-K1LWLaU3ZP14NKs14ov2WnPdNyKYp8z5q/w297-h167/DSC01084.JPG" width="297" /></b></div></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Malunggay pod is cooked into</div></span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">bulanglang </span><span style="font-size: small;">or </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">diningding. </span><span style="font-size: small;">To thicken the soup add </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">kamote </span><span style="font-size: small;">(sweet potato) tuber sliced or in cubes, which is first cooked and softened to paste. The cleaned pod is then added, followed by</span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;"> sahog</span><span style="font-size: small;">, say broiled or fried <span style="font-style: italic;">tilapia,</span> or pork, as may be preferred.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: small;">What nutrients do we get from malunggay? </span></span><b>Malunggay pod is skinned, and cut into pieces, cooked into </b><b><span style="font-style: italic;">dinengdeng</span>, with kamote (<span style="font-style: italic;">buridibud</span>) and <span style="font-style: italic;">alukong</span>.* (PHOTO) Broiled </b><b><span style="font-style: italic;">tilapia</span> or<span style="font-style: italic;"> bangos</span> is excellent <span style="font-style: italic;">sahug</span>.</b></span></div><div><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is a comparison of the food value of the <span>fresh leaves</span> versus <span>green pods</span>, in percent. (Marañon and Hermano, Useful Plants of the Philippines)</span></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>• <span>Proteins</span> - 7.30 vs 7.29<br /></b></span><span><b>• <span>Carbohydrates </span>- 11.04 vs 2.61<br /></b></span><span><b>• <span>Fats</span> - 1.10 vs 0.16<br /></b></span><span><b>• <span>Crude Fiber</span> - 1.75 vs 0.76<br /></b></span><span><b>• <span>Phosphorus</span> (P2 O 5) - 0.24 vs 0.19<br /></b></span><span><b>•<span> Calcium</span> (CaO) - 0.72 vs 0.01<br /></b></span><span><b>• <span>Iron </span>(Fe2O3) - 0.108 vs 0.0005</b></span></span></blockquote><p><span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Owing to these properties and other uses, rural folks regard malunggay a “miracle tree.” Take for example the following uses.</span></b></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• The root has a taste somewhat like that of horse-radish, and in India it is eaten as a substitute to it.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Ben oil extracted from the seed is used for salad and culinary purposes, and also as illuminant.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Mature seeds have antibacterial and flocculants properties that render drinking water safe and clear.</b></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span><span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">From these data, it is no wonder malunggay is highly recommended by doctors and nutritionists for both children and adults, particularly to nursing mothers and the convalescents. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Make it a family habit to serve a dish of malunggay regularly. ~</span></b></span></span><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">-----------</span></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><i>*Alukong</i> (Ilk) or <i>Himbaba-o</i> (Tag) is a favorite vegetable for <i>dinengdeng</i> or <i>bulanglang. </i>It is actually the staminate or male flower of a large tree.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: arial;">. In observance of World Food Day October 16, 2016</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">. Lesson on former <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid </i>(People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio 738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class Monday to Friday</span></div><div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div></div></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Takip-kuhol </i>(<i>Centella asiatica</i>) </span></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- a Panacean home remedy</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;">Dr Abe V Rotor</div></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSqeL8bGjRhS4FXrbvIhdX96zufXebkcYh2P2iTdJMzNOEzA9RuYlyO6CkI0YBsy3INMukON779lTCzSHO6Eqja5l2kk4gkSXuAIzFZ8JjyItXwXGywMe6Ec2eUZhSAbA2bRI02XOg4o/s1600/takip+kuhol++4.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSqeL8bGjRhS4FXrbvIhdX96zufXebkcYh2P2iTdJMzNOEzA9RuYlyO6CkI0YBsy3INMukON779lTCzSHO6Eqja5l2kk4gkSXuAIzFZ8JjyItXwXGywMe6Ec2eUZhSAbA2bRI02XOg4o/s400/takip+kuhol++4.jpg" /></a></span></b></div></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Takip-kuhol</i> (<i>Centella asiatica</i>) - a Panacean home remedy</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;">Takip kuhol</i><b> which means literally the operculum of gastropods or snails, grows wild, often as weeds in the garden and field where the soil is moderately damp. It is easy to raise it in pots such as this sample (At home, QC)</b><br /><br /><b>Takip kuhol is a highly regarded plant of many uses; in fact it has a panacean reputation in folk medicine. Ask an herbolario, a bona fide housewife, or a village elderly. And they would say, "</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Takip kuhol lang ang kailangan diyan.</i><b>" (All you need is<i> Centella asiatica</i>, the scientific name of the plant.)</b><br /><br /><b>Of course they are talking about common ailments, referring to ordinary colds, fever, flu, skin infection, sore throat, boil (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">pigsa</i><b>), headache, constipation, blows and bruises. The herbal may be prepared as decoction (boiled) or fresh. It may be toasted and served as tea or infusion.* For external use, the leaves are crushed and applied as ointment or liniment with Vaseline or coconut oil.</b><br /><br /><b>In a research conducted, takip-kuhol leaf extract was found to be an antibacterial agent against three common infectious bacteria, which explains the efficacy on the plant against infectious diseases which these bacteria cause.</b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>· <i>Escherichia coli,</i> a type of bacteria that lives in our intestines.</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> Most types of <i>E. coli</i> are harmless. However, some types can</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> make us sick and cause diarrhea.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>· <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, a bacterium frequently found in the</b></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> human respiratory tract and on the skin.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>· Salmonella enterica. <i>Salmonellosis </i>is an infection with bacteria</b></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> called Salmonella. Most persons infected with Salmonella develop</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; font-size: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps</b></span></blockquote><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pure extract of Takip-kuhol leaves is effective against Escherichia coli, <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and <i>Salmonella enteritidis</i>. Boiled extract is not as effective, especially against E coli.</b><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Panacea is often referred to as cure-all, which is mythological, Panacea being the Greek goddess of healing. There is no single remedy for all ailments. As a caution, takip-kuhol should not be used as a prescription to serious ailments and diseases, specially those that require medical attention.~</b><br /><br /></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Botany of Takip-kuhol</span></b></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Family: Apiaceae</b></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Scientific name: <i>Centella asiaticaa</i> (Linn) Urb</b></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Synonym: <i>Hydrocotyle asiaticaa</i> Linn</b></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div><div><div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Other common names: <i>Gotu kola, hydrocotyle</i>, Indian pennywort</b></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMipkCA8wTN5Pkcd0g-fB0Qnjc7cjfK8TsJgMuOljDZlzq5yFczLjcNBYlhxZ8WSTb7TGm8puYbyzZzVEtsDVk1RUgkE4KNzdrcdOPVK8uEOQ_oW3QSx6mfT54b3300d3BJ8ItncJiRpk/s1600/takip+kuhol+1.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMipkCA8wTN5Pkcd0g-fB0Qnjc7cjfK8TsJgMuOljDZlzq5yFczLjcNBYlhxZ8WSTb7TGm8puYbyzZzVEtsDVk1RUgkE4KNzdrcdOPVK8uEOQ_oW3QSx6mfT54b3300d3BJ8ItncJiRpk/s1600/takip+kuhol+1.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTldwXLUcJJtM7D0oK8i6xtc4z8o-Bgd-moo07q4P1wlJm1SHNf9zbjOvG_prxMVfpwJLJcxauifx-NmQ3jDYQGCXMFaEgWRfxLmjXvRRXBjYtCMzpRxaVsOVXwt3ndNto1yyO99QCxaM/s1600/takip+kuhol+2.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTldwXLUcJJtM7D0oK8i6xtc4z8o-Bgd-moo07q4P1wlJm1SHNf9zbjOvG_prxMVfpwJLJcxauifx-NmQ3jDYQGCXMFaEgWRfxLmjXvRRXBjYtCMzpRxaVsOVXwt3ndNto1yyO99QCxaM/w291-h218/takip+kuhol+2.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Illustrated life cycle of <i>Centella asiatica</i>; plant in bloom</b></div></b><br /><b>Traditional Use: Crushed leaves aare commonly consumed by Sri Lankans as salad or hot beverage. More recently the herb acquired a considerable reputation as an aphrodisiac, a agent that stimulates sexual vitality.</b><br /><br /><b>Phytochemicals: ALKALOIDS, ALKALOID CHLORIDES, ASIATICOSIDE, BRAHMINOSIDE, BRAMOSIDE, CALCIUM, DEXTROSE, Fe2O3, MADECASSOSIDE, MUCILAGE, PECTIN, P2O5, RESIN, SAPONIN, TANNIN, VELLARINE, VITAMIN B</b><br /><br /><b>Other properties/actions: Hypotensive, longevity promoter, sclerotic, stimulant, tonic, treatment for abscesses, dysentery, fevers, headaches, high blood pressure, jaundice, leprosy, mental troubles, nervous disorders, rheumatism, skin eruptions, ulcer.</b><br /><br /><b>Plant Description: Slended, creeping plant with stems that root at nodes. Leaves are rounded to kidney- or heart-shaped at the base. Flowers are 3 sessile. Fruits are minute, ovoid, white or green and reticulate.</b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>- Reference: Rotor AV, De Castro D and RM Del Rosario, <i>Philippine Herbs to Increase Sexual Vitality</i></b><i><br /></i></span><br /><b>*Infusion is the process of extracting chemical compounds or flavors from plant material in a solvent such as water, oil or alcohol, by allowing the material to remain suspended in the solvent over time (a process often called steeping). An infusion is also the name for the resultant liquid. The process of infusion is distinct from decoction, which involves boiling the plant material, or percolation, in which the water passes through the material as in a coffeemaker. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Wikipedia</span></b></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Philippine Indigenous Orchid</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>(<i>Cymbidium Finlaysonianum</i>) </b></span></div><div><span><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Dr Abe V Rotor</span><br /></b></span></div></span></span></div><span><div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR64GxYPue9WULW5ElvGinddCg8qJPK18koS-LMP6TlNxqX9MdtJr170ZOT03dFbPIs054Qk9w-tyGjVZrp6QX59ZgLEmOa8dnbPQu6qUp2g1VP6VJYnwmGgSN8_FL1OaJYRIaLbPR2XI/s1600-h/DWCVi+%28CIC%290177.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395009061472406722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR64GxYPue9WULW5ElvGinddCg8qJPK18koS-LMP6TlNxqX9MdtJr170ZOT03dFbPIs054Qk9w-tyGjVZrp6QX59ZgLEmOa8dnbPQu6qUp2g1VP6VJYnwmGgSN8_FL1OaJYRIaLbPR2XI/s400/DWCVi+%28CIC%290177.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 294px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>Inflorescence of </span><span style="font-style: italic;">C Finlaysonianum</span><span>; closeup of flower</span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66pQSJzYkDQOAw6fDWwi9jdV9xW0HIiclpXgVAgO1eUizkse4Jxct3vCht8imTPrcpJ1Kln_zKSuT6WFgtGvxcxIflXauehkqDE_w1LIUZpip_gX7ba7C9t7HuoP6G71TiCaZKDxKWO8/s1600-h/DWCVi+%28CIC%290178.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395008331600909522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66pQSJzYkDQOAw6fDWwi9jdV9xW0HIiclpXgVAgO1eUizkse4Jxct3vCht8imTPrcpJ1Kln_zKSuT6WFgtGvxcxIflXauehkqDE_w1LIUZpip_gX7ba7C9t7HuoP6G71TiCaZKDxKWO8/s400/DWCVi+%28CIC%290178.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 299px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">Growth habit of the indigenous epiphytic orchid, and pods</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span>It is a native orchid. I found it clinging on a fallen branch of a big tree in Mt. Makiling forest. Being an epiphyte I tied it on the trunk of a talisay (<span style="font-style: italic;">Terminalia catappa</span>) tree. It was not difficult for the new transplant to find a new home - in our home. </span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Among the five <span style="font-style: italic;">Cymbidium</span> species, <span style="font-style: italic;">C. Finlaysonianum</span> is the most widely distributed throughout the Malaysian area, It was collected by Finlayson in Chin-China in the nineteth century. It was dedicated to him by Lindley, who originally described the plant in 1832. There is also a close relative, <span style="font-style: italic;">Cymbidium atropurpureum</span>, its name taken from its dark purple flowers. Because of its closeness to <span style="font-style: italic;">C. Finlaysonianum</span> in all morphological aspects, botanists consider it to be a variety of the latter.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>The leaves of this species are leathery and coarse, 35 to 40 inches long and 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide. The raceme is pendulous, about two to four feet long and many-flowered. The flowers are two inches in diameter, sepals and petals rather narrow, long, and colored dull tawny yellow with a reddish-brown median line. The labellum is three-lobed, the center lobe being whitish with a yellow disk and purple-crimson apical spot.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Unlike most domesticated and hybrid orchids that bloom any time and for long periods, I observed that this wild orchid is sensitive to photoperiodism. It blooms usually in summer - in March and April - and the flowers last about two weeks. I like the characteristic mild fragrance specially in early morning.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Orchids are among the easiest plants to propagate, vegetatively that is, either by tillers (shoots), or by tissue culture, a specialized laboratory procedure. This compensates for the extreme difficulty in propagation by seeds. The seeds of orchids are the most difficult to germinate. Even if they do, survival rate is very nil. It is because the viability of orchid seeds is very short and difficult to monitor.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span>I have yet to succeed in germinating the seeds of <span style="font-style: italic;">C Finlaysonianum</span>. Even if I fail, I am delighted to have a wild orchid luxuriantly growing in my home - its home. ~~</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">References: Philippine Orchids by Reg S Davis and Mona Lisa Steiner[</span></b></span></span></div><span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Living with Nature in Our Times Copyright 2007 Abercio V Rotor and University of Santo Tomas</span></b></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b style="font-size: x-large;">Backyard Garden as Ecological Sanctuary</b></span></p><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">"One day I found leisure watching a spider span a huge web - a beautiful tapestry!" avr.</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><p style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h-f3np5a9XrCCFxyfCt2gxtVRgCyQlwQi2T-Q3zUvSicVOeungAF8x62MRn-RBcY-J7f8GqxlxW4JoPwpbjUTj5BWQBoY87_p99NJQW-N4KcYXKCHvJl2WDV9RBPKFXIPCKFxTKUKz-x/s1600/avr+105.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img alt="" border="0" height="295" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566408419869473970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h-f3np5a9XrCCFxyfCt2gxtVRgCyQlwQi2T-Q3zUvSicVOeungAF8x62MRn-RBcY-J7f8GqxlxW4JoPwpbjUTj5BWQBoY87_p99NJQW-N4KcYXKCHvJl2WDV9RBPKFXIPCKFxTKUKz-x/w429-h295/avr+105.jpg" style="display: block; height: 275px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="429" /></a></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dr Abe V Rotor</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Orchard-garden in our ancestral home, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</span></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Everyday birds from the watershed come to our garden. They perch on the trees singing melodious songs for hours. They are a gentle alarm clock and at sunset draw out the tension of the day and put it to rest. For some 25 years now with the children spending their childhood and adolescence, memories come spontaneously alive at nature’s presence. We look for nature, but nature comes to you, too. We can make the backyard a sanctuary of living things. It becomes a corner of Eden so to speak, in the inner eyes of the English poet John Milton, in the soul searching music of Beethoven, and in the quasi-spiritual reverence for life of John Muir and Also Leopold.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">What makes an ecological garden? Here are some guidelines.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Let nature do the arranging of the plants – their kinds, growing habits, seasonal occurrence, and niches. This principle must prevail over our plan to make the garden Italian or Japanese in which man dictates the plan of the garden.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">The garden serves six important functions.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSjxDSPatyvJJXzlIwwqHaF8vZ_8bk68N9bMrtcISrzFv8mLxyF6vLy4e3NfEQadhpCRuqHzVJI1fQ4tCLp9hCqw5JpuHH0Rme4gFo3Y7dVMuSP9hxHGlqtsQo02OpLQb26cekehW9v1e76BVGPXKl4RGs-m9oZeJtX7aEbAHWKRq-q5Vz6c8AsNTSOA" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSjxDSPatyvJJXzlIwwqHaF8vZ_8bk68N9bMrtcISrzFv8mLxyF6vLy4e3NfEQadhpCRuqHzVJI1fQ4tCLp9hCqw5JpuHH0Rme4gFo3Y7dVMuSP9hxHGlqtsQo02OpLQb26cekehW9v1e76BVGPXKl4RGs-m9oZeJtX7aEbAHWKRq-q5Vz6c8AsNTSOA=w282-h212" width="282" /></a></div><br /></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">• Cooling effect. A 10-year old acacia tree (PHOTO <span style="font-size: x-small;">Internet</span>) for example, has the capacity to provide the cooling power of ten 10Hp air conditioning units. Trees make a huge umbrella that protects us from heat stroke.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">• Windbreak. Trees, especially if planted in group or rows, and in combination of other plants, can withstand the strength of strong wind.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">• Sound barrier. Foliage serves as acoustic, absorbing echoes, and filtering unwanted sound waves, and resonating the good ones like in an amphitheater.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">• Dust filter. Plants eliminate particles in the air with their leaves trapping and moistening them with transpired water, thus sending them back to the soil.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">• Radiation filter. Plants serve as buffer against ultraviolet rays as well as cosmic rays. So with other forms of radiation, visible and invisible, that are harmful to health and environment.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">• Color filter. Plants act like a giant prism, but unlike the lens, colors are pooled into a common color - green – the coolest of all colors, neutral and soothing to the eyes and other senses.</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">A </span>garden is not a garden if it does not smell like one. <i>Ilang-ilang</i> exudes sweet scent throughout the year. It is sweetest in early morning and evening, and a soft breeze spreads the scent in the neighborhood. The best scents in the garden come from Eucalyptus, <i>binunga (samat) PHOTO<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Internet</span> , pandan mabango</i>, sweet basil, roses, <i>rosal, dama de noche</i>, and of course, sampaguita.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcvhOj1djz6geSb3zH0vzcGTHPV_euPAe8fwZwqKE4_-inD__9Mdf-875NeWaRT1noGwX3X74E-lu7F45r0qU7IEp7PY3SMP0KJFyJ5WAzHtX78cFg7zF5CWQW04j3r9PA9ZQvZAFAGBZDP3vPlVAScVBYm9FLNfV-gmVeji_ww_lV9vHTkhzeuTKHng" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="694" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcvhOj1djz6geSb3zH0vzcGTHPV_euPAe8fwZwqKE4_-inD__9Mdf-875NeWaRT1noGwX3X74E-lu7F45r0qU7IEp7PY3SMP0KJFyJ5WAzHtX78cFg7zF5CWQW04j3r9PA9ZQvZAFAGBZDP3vPlVAScVBYm9FLNfV-gmVeji_ww_lV9vHTkhzeuTKHng=w333-h228" width="333" /></a></div><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">One day I found leisure watching a spider span a huge web. It is a giant spider called Haring Gagamba working of a tapestry. I remember the story of the Irish hero, Robert The Bruce, watch a spider making a web. The spider failed in several attempts to construct the primary frame. It gave the downhearted hero the heart to win back the crown.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">In the garden, there are unceasing battles between and among living things. . Birds eat on caterpillar, frogs have their fill on flies, dragonflies hover and devour flying gnats, spiders entrap grasshoppers, preying mantis prey on unwary insects. I have observed <i>hantik</i> or green tree ants (<i>Oecepalla smaragdina</i>) build nest in the upper branches of <i>talisay. </i>Their colony is closely knit and their nest is an architectural wonder. The green leaves are sewed together by the workers stroking the larvae to secrete a sticky substance that dries like paper. The larva is actually carried by an adult like a tube of epoxy as other workers hold the leaves to be sewed together. These ants attack as an army that even a caterpillar is subdued in an instant and sooner or later cut into pieces which the ants carry to their nest to feed the colony.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Yet in the same spot ants and termites live together. It is a demonstration on how two different niches work, bounded by biological rules. The ant colony stays above ground to up the foliage, while the termites in an anthill called<i> punso.</i> Yes, the termites – they are an engineering genius. They build their mound at the foot of the big <i>talisay </i>tree – then, when dug out move to another place overnight, and when we think they are no longer there, it is likely that they are virtually sleeping with us inside the house. And true, we discovered a colony of termite in an<i> apparador</i>, and another in a roof beam. It is here that man turn against a destructive organism.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Plants kill other plants to maintain their boundaries. They abort germinating seeds even of their kind that become threat to their existence. Allelopathy is a phenomenon plants harm one another, in order to enhance success in competition for sunlight, nutrients, water and space. Plants secrete chemicals in their roots, stems, and leaves. To illustrate, we have a ten-year old <i>malunggay</i> that is slowly being choked by coconut and <i>binuga </i>tree (<i>Macaranga tenarius</i>). All the cultivars of <i>mayana</i> I planted were lost, due to inter competition, and then they were overrun by carabao grass. Ube (<i>Dioscorea alata</i>) takes advantage with its viny habit virtually leaping out into space, its leaves covering much of the trees and wall, then after rainy season it all disappears leaving but a five-kilo tuber ensconced in the soft earth and mulch.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">But wonder what those plants are clinging on the trunk of trees. These are epiphytes, a relationship called commensalisms. The epiphytes benefit from their tree host. They gain foothold and elevation to reach sunlight without harming their host. We have a talisay tree that carries on its trunk a cluster of native orchid that blooms with a dangling inflorescence appearing like giant leis.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Lest a garden is misunderstood as purely aesthetic and ecological. One coconut tree can provide an ample supply of <i>walis tingting,</i> sweets, coconut milk (<i>gata</i>), husk for the orchids, firewood, and <i>buko</i>, but we love this tree of life most whenever birds build their nest on top and unfold a primitive sense of family love and care.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgayTNpLQGRZra829-tVnUhrFqfM81xKsPue7bmj_kAh7LujYNIcc4XWyEhtVFltcrv-_ez6xOA_9wgoi-WmRK1mLLIvAvpsw0Cr416nh2jBZnn6CDJLqgH1nI-vqq6Xl5I0zefRT6YeWMtlhAfxgG7oTsjR9byMtLVdlQWLEjMHw7fX42WViWXj7U9Ww" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgayTNpLQGRZra829-tVnUhrFqfM81xKsPue7bmj_kAh7LujYNIcc4XWyEhtVFltcrv-_ez6xOA_9wgoi-WmRK1mLLIvAvpsw0Cr416nh2jBZnn6CDJLqgH1nI-vqq6Xl5I0zefRT6YeWMtlhAfxgG7oTsjR9byMtLVdlQWLEjMHw7fX42WViWXj7U9Ww=w247-h185" width="247" /></a></div></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">At night bats come and gather the ripe fleshy fruits of<i> talisay (Terminalia catappa</i>) PHOTO, and would accidentally drop a fruit or two hitting the roof of our house, and if we are not aware of the cause, we would attribute it to a prankster – or a spirit who wants to disturb our sleep.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Do you believe in spontaneous generation? S<i>aluyot,</i> amaranth, <i>kamkamote, Portulaca</i> – these and other wild growing vegetables pop out of the ground following the first heavy rains in May, and believe it, after two weeks they are ready for the kitchen. Their succulent leaves and stems are rich in vitamins and minerals. But we do not gather the plants entirely; we simply trim down the leaves leaving the plant to reach maturity. How these wild species survive the dry months is a proof of their sturdiness which guided their successful evolution.</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhh8eOBxUOsbJWf2FUzB3TBUswyHj1wE_WQcT-AYtEz9Qz5r_NFLCwR80bDkSAx0pKpQk1UUKJLMKHw1ywB_XDHDyCr1GpecJhAI5WoK63nHYfaij3b2mk1hcbiL2_fiaNlGN8nLyvBj2Vxx0MzewlQDsY6JTWKD1GVrL9VGE8jAx4l5RefMYmViKcWXg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="239" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhh8eOBxUOsbJWf2FUzB3TBUswyHj1wE_WQcT-AYtEz9Qz5r_NFLCwR80bDkSAx0pKpQk1UUKJLMKHw1ywB_XDHDyCr1GpecJhAI5WoK63nHYfaij3b2mk1hcbiL2_fiaNlGN8nLyvBj2Vxx0MzewlQDsY6JTWKD1GVrL9VGE8jAx4l5RefMYmViKcWXg=w211-h186" width="211" /></a></div></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">How high can a tree reach? Well, our<i> ilang-ilang </i>(PHOTO) grew and grew and grew, and then one day a strong wind decapitated it. Then the upper branches dried up one by one until the tree has but a bunch of low branches. We know that there is always limit to growth, and the very same factors that favored it also created its liabilities. I am reminded of the syndrome of bigness whether it be an animal or tree or business. We call this Dinosaur Syndrome. ~</span></span><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: right;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">'</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>'Tranquility, serenity, and beauty of nature taught me how to find happiness in life and in the silence of eternity.'' - </b>Debasish Mridha</span></span></div><p style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Twilight* in the Garden </span></b></p><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Living with Nature Center</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>San Vicente, Ilocos Sur</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">"Twilight is the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the refraction and scattering of the sun's rays from the atmosphere."</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7ekYHL5ojDOGTsq33Q2KDyHX4mftlws9FdqqNPd1DuYjH0aa2lJAq3MUZIItuLhyphenhyphenbHMJVetcKdoHzKCf4a3ics6aA6iYq6jyylRMqf8jMgOSrMemUVDHZy272ZPqMI6MTN96Kek1k3FA2gd15_4Dyj4JmqWpswItXvrzY3ErAZ3ftdNH5Qja_kXqKlY/s4138/DSC00911.JPG"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7ekYHL5ojDOGTsq33Q2KDyHX4mftlws9FdqqNPd1DuYjH0aa2lJAq3MUZIItuLhyphenhyphenbHMJVetcKdoHzKCf4a3ics6aA6iYq6jyylRMqf8jMgOSrMemUVDHZy272ZPqMI6MTN96Kek1k3FA2gd15_4Dyj4JmqWpswItXvrzY3ErAZ3ftdNH5Qja_kXqKlY/w163-h228/DSC00911.JPG" width="163" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYYROR8DB0vMY0DuXMmfwtET84kCaa5obB2Xbj0_q77v9gbL5Bm8-39jeeDSb9N5aUa1HXUo2m0QeTBwopXPmJ_5NDGCQ-s9hYkNgJf5vESZFhOAS5aN3Lr5q3NsUpUa0_jRTGBhp_ST7KQVmx1rmePm3sCs25dkFGuEDVGPLzQu3mOLDfNQ5-llUUvM/s4372/DSC00912.JPG"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYYROR8DB0vMY0DuXMmfwtET84kCaa5obB2Xbj0_q77v9gbL5Bm8-39jeeDSb9N5aUa1HXUo2m0QeTBwopXPmJ_5NDGCQ-s9hYkNgJf5vESZFhOAS5aN3Lr5q3NsUpUa0_jRTGBhp_ST7KQVmx1rmePm3sCs25dkFGuEDVGPLzQu3mOLDfNQ5-llUUvM/w164-h229/DSC00912.JPG" width="164" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLn2LHvhDGWvIvs35V6aptV27rCPkyY4H6HA-QriiBXs0NY9pkbBDC8nKoQHjL16Fjf8CYat8hBfElz0HpqRVQzJs-STktTG2H3VrafTGtuqcOwYGCxdUgcxkgQoIGXbL8hciUIpc2rYf0Wye6v-y5gRR1DZxZBJnbr1UmWTBpWWNu-UCHisOiFsiJmU4/s5152/DSC00913.JPG"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLn2LHvhDGWvIvs35V6aptV27rCPkyY4H6HA-QriiBXs0NY9pkbBDC8nKoQHjL16Fjf8CYat8hBfElz0HpqRVQzJs-STktTG2H3VrafTGtuqcOwYGCxdUgcxkgQoIGXbL8hciUIpc2rYf0Wye6v-y5gRR1DZxZBJnbr1UmWTBpWWNu-UCHisOiFsiJmU4/w172-h229/DSC00913.JPG" width="172" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNz5NQz3aDQI_ay-J1cSz1tsWeC19E-rdt3FCtnW2fZZRI_avuOIxyiBXEJdEZPGPB6BGW_sSKgfrSaW-4GflwJLaSRG98MDbQKxEe4Qe5CuR-9EOeEbWotihLtDkVkCWcsP6b5TuiARpCkxgparD7mhoZADUFg5_RTJMEkLpMoHgngGmvoou3HiBwgUI/s2592/DSC00605.JPG"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNz5NQz3aDQI_ay-J1cSz1tsWeC19E-rdt3FCtnW2fZZRI_avuOIxyiBXEJdEZPGPB6BGW_sSKgfrSaW-4GflwJLaSRG98MDbQKxEe4Qe5CuR-9EOeEbWotihLtDkVkCWcsP6b5TuiARpCkxgparD7mhoZADUFg5_RTJMEkLpMoHgngGmvoou3HiBwgUI/w245-h320/DSC00605.JPG" width="245" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHU1ljpbX3tYLBhfHVSmdVtOJ9symclGAuV6w2YDGcsv1lynt-pUmh8zYbgvQt67zExPUVkntbO5Mb4wGBpHONT1Wf_KNLGYrYZzThwvf8VLe8GBy5qlC4dyYZBba7njm5e0Y7j8l2nzjDn6eh8hYd4_lnQGlAxlR3GYFEEt5OuuLRWI3AMrVW0Y_2w84/s2592/DSC00674.JPG"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHU1ljpbX3tYLBhfHVSmdVtOJ9symclGAuV6w2YDGcsv1lynt-pUmh8zYbgvQt67zExPUVkntbO5Mb4wGBpHONT1Wf_KNLGYrYZzThwvf8VLe8GBy5qlC4dyYZBba7njm5e0Y7j8l2nzjDn6eh8hYd4_lnQGlAxlR3GYFEEt5OuuLRWI3AMrVW0Y_2w84/w255-h320/DSC00674.JPG" width="255" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span><b><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>wilight is the time when the color green begins to be perceived as black in a gradual transition until darkness engulfs all colors and ultimately all the </b></span><b>light </b><b>over the place as the sky loses its glow, ultimately becoming dark, as the stars slowly emerge. </b></div><div><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><b>Twilight is the emergence of crepuscular creatures, active during this narrow time frame - the ephemeral transition of day and night - exemplified by the skipper, relative of the butterfly and moth which are </b></span><b> respectively </b><b>diurnal and </b><b>nocturnal</b><b>.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Twilight is a time leguminous plants, commonly known as beans but which include trees like the acacia and tamarind "sleep", so to speak, their leaves automatically folding and drooping as dictated by nature's built-in mechanism called <i>pulvinus.</i> </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Twilight is a time the garden is most fragrant - ilang-ilang, source of one of the most fragrant perfumes here and abroad; sampaquita, the Philippine national flower; <i>dama de noche</i>, enchanted plant rich in fairy tales, bedtime and folk stories. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Twilight is a time nocturnal creatures like bats, owls, moths, and many others '</b><b>wake up" from their abode and hiding places in search for food, mate, company, and other needs, keeping sentry and creating a unique world of their own in the night. - AV Rotor</b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0G9o1q4BvWe9y33jsIkuvn-OpOWqtawroaCk7Cp8eTzi-yTDrqy5xY3fjUjNtHoaNyT5mJFQi3jYsKiP7h_o48wLpe2RTIpoLSwqdxb8Nfthb6uiE_dzB-VcGI67lNpp2oGkp7Eqfi2f_AhyeloCknelBcnKU2Kx5FvVJjPrdMFWEXs5z9pBakLIqEw/s5152/DSC00839.JPG" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0G9o1q4BvWe9y33jsIkuvn-OpOWqtawroaCk7Cp8eTzi-yTDrqy5xY3fjUjNtHoaNyT5mJFQi3jYsKiP7h_o48wLpe2RTIpoLSwqdxb8Nfthb6uiE_dzB-VcGI67lNpp2oGkp7Eqfi2f_AhyeloCknelBcnKU2Kx5FvVJjPrdMFWEXs5z9pBakLIqEw/w145-h209/DSC00839.JPG" width="145" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2o4-G4ACsTpTZuCduW6SYJDsLKbT3Doc-eWcwgH_X2DUztyaS8M2x9zvRIhcH-7vr0kVsjlZ4UBg0ayTU-czuOes7_2pVBKfOjy4tO1BMyTZMXZcDsMX4OkGUXjzbLyE2ufpFbZESICgFqU2ln5ym_U9tkhm7jTbmxaSBk2ysSBZbs6UwTtzchL2YSx4/s5152/DSC00874.JPG" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2o4-G4ACsTpTZuCduW6SYJDsLKbT3Doc-eWcwgH_X2DUztyaS8M2x9zvRIhcH-7vr0kVsjlZ4UBg0ayTU-czuOes7_2pVBKfOjy4tO1BMyTZMXZcDsMX4OkGUXjzbLyE2ufpFbZESICgFqU2ln5ym_U9tkhm7jTbmxaSBk2ysSBZbs6UwTtzchL2YSx4/w256-h209/DSC00874.JPG" width="256" /></a></div></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin6nuv_ZvhYeGtiiqeEkF9AP27r9EHRFH475wEvFPP6cUa7H3kSCOVrJiBzl8pbdE1D_1Rozdfj_j6BZJsnIxyDoj6hkMkvxrutgA4lCqPuq2v8gNozMQ-eeriiRt46Az27NscL3DmB1bSTYhDRci5gQaCyDRu9Rk7RCUchI40-xlSwUMMWxxh93k8bY/s5152/DSC00879.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin6nuv_ZvhYeGtiiqeEkF9AP27r9EHRFH475wEvFPP6cUa7H3kSCOVrJiBzl8pbdE1D_1Rozdfj_j6BZJsnIxyDoj6hkMkvxrutgA4lCqPuq2v8gNozMQ-eeriiRt46Az27NscL3DmB1bSTYhDRci5gQaCyDRu9Rk7RCUchI40-xlSwUMMWxxh93k8bY/w400-h300/DSC00879.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">Twilight is a time white is purest, standout of all colors, emerging from some dark corners in the garden, from the flowers of <i>pandakaki,</i> <i>rosal</i>, native <i>santan</i>, sampaguita, <i>kangkong</i> - reflecting the glow of the sky in subdued radiance, immaculate and naïve.</b></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>“Sunsets and the twilight often inspire us. As nature changes through periods like dusk to dawn, we can refresh our minds. This is why you’ll see many photos on social media displaying individual views of that period between day and night. You’re in the right place for calming and inspiring dusk quotes.” </i></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSn6r0wbAvFOxhoC1K8ET_JfUkY6GuOXnlwVqUwfrlqX-_cJxLlHHxhnIO7Kar4xYEdNxLYJyy9guShVxVY3x7vSHKd0s1D8WeYi4-ezc3tBBVthmKGyZ2YgPbHmMxEESfSOZBM3u4br_uTzxyg16B1Q7fZCz2LNWTQ6tEB5DRaJq710D3FsxpdcJefg0/s5152/DSC00534.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSn6r0wbAvFOxhoC1K8ET_JfUkY6GuOXnlwVqUwfrlqX-_cJxLlHHxhnIO7Kar4xYEdNxLYJyy9guShVxVY3x7vSHKd0s1D8WeYi4-ezc3tBBVthmKGyZ2YgPbHmMxEESfSOZBM3u4br_uTzxyg16B1Q7fZCz2LNWTQ6tEB5DRaJq710D3FsxpdcJefg0/w293-h221/DSC00534.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjke54TJUQUQOvo-_S_F4sY_WzLybU8ttiPTFY9WEwBT7xrQGb5YxYRDyCv40Hym5ZZC0TTXM3C5DlhcMoxArPfdU0eE4l0hzh0btrNatZNWYN-1PAK4LHGye0CZJziHzmqeCkByl9HvwoG2SnkZPxV6qdJZhKRAEPJQPtb7miugNIVaikhREb9doZgXb4/s5065/DSC00537.JPG"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjke54TJUQUQOvo-_S_F4sY_WzLybU8ttiPTFY9WEwBT7xrQGb5YxYRDyCv40Hym5ZZC0TTXM3C5DlhcMoxArPfdU0eE4l0hzh0btrNatZNWYN-1PAK4LHGye0CZJziHzmqeCkByl9HvwoG2SnkZPxV6qdJZhKRAEPJQPtb7miugNIVaikhREb9doZgXb4/w188-h250/DSC00537.JPG" width="188" /></a></div><b style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span>Twilight is a time the icons </span></b><b><span> in the garden </span></b><b><span>- Rizal, Aguinaldo, Mama Mary, <i>Apo Baket</i> (likeness of a grandmother), and the Unknown <i>Yaya </i>(Nanny)<i> </i>- "glow" in a kind of reverence and glory for their being models </span></b><b><span>for their deeds and unique achievements. </span></b><b><span>to </span></b><b><span>man and society, </span></b></div></span></b><b style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></b><b style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">“I like the night. Without the dark, we’d never see the stars.” – Stephenie Meyer</span></i><br /></span></b><br style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;" /><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8MdpV36f3IVj4WzCkB6X2SOmD5MEdjnaV5k0GBcYLjRSyC4ZxU4xpOEJ8UGldQmODB32lwD2Fr3B7QJBvflwgET14aAeNiK2FMkK_ia3RBvExlBWeKKyx21im4QeuWQuvTQzmOzX3KQSKq5VxdmKE-Jct_ABNx2In0cSaGWMdEyWcYIYRrGdI8szKts/s4108/DSC00545.JPG"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8MdpV36f3IVj4WzCkB6X2SOmD5MEdjnaV5k0GBcYLjRSyC4ZxU4xpOEJ8UGldQmODB32lwD2Fr3B7QJBvflwgET14aAeNiK2FMkK_ia3RBvExlBWeKKyx21im4QeuWQuvTQzmOzX3KQSKq5VxdmKE-Jct_ABNx2In0cSaGWMdEyWcYIYRrGdI8szKts/w260-h313/DSC00545.JPG" width="260" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEartXxG3gZna0yUJ6d-K-YQAtyUx441Mit66878jV1waFb5Yb5Dz3QbXz8s__Z7cqdRHf7a8vcjxGrTnZF8lhZ68MoqDPWTU1AIrJ4Kbu_EitHyukSog6mAl0mnxdiVJxSiBIPDMJqL-QxuLV60WV6HGmc0itjQ6CVy9jYNVE0z8LqKHinpb4SNI4oX0/s4828/DSC00540.JPG"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEartXxG3gZna0yUJ6d-K-YQAtyUx441Mit66878jV1waFb5Yb5Dz3QbXz8s__Z7cqdRHf7a8vcjxGrTnZF8lhZ68MoqDPWTU1AIrJ4Kbu_EitHyukSog6mAl0mnxdiVJxSiBIPDMJqL-QxuLV60WV6HGmc0itjQ6CVy9jYNVE0z8LqKHinpb4SNI4oX0/w209-h311/DSC00540.JPG" width="209" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span>Twilight is a time to pray the Angelus, prayer of thanksgiving for the day, and prayer in preparation for the night in sweet surrender to all cares and worries, a time of reflection and meditation, and a time to gather the family together.</span></b><b style="text-align: start;"><span> </span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>“The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.” - George Edward Moore</i></span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fA-Gt3h4rj90Zsdgoeju5cPMiZLbrn7P1PYb5m5KSS1Y2sJON5JlZW2dIhaZjYw3RttUFF9FmzO3yCH7u0afNErjcjft9ezikR0g2v7hKD6R8ucQJuWoW0hdgtmTqTtiB_GxLsHz9APCMy0HfGDIQXZIAvCmsFGVpKZxDXNwjGy9Rfslv-8IajiwzM4/s5152/DSC00546.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fA-Gt3h4rj90Zsdgoeju5cPMiZLbrn7P1PYb5m5KSS1Y2sJON5JlZW2dIhaZjYw3RttUFF9FmzO3yCH7u0afNErjcjft9ezikR0g2v7hKD6R8ucQJuWoW0hdgtmTqTtiB_GxLsHz9APCMy0HfGDIQXZIAvCmsFGVpKZxDXNwjGy9Rfslv-8IajiwzM4/s320/DSC00546.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnaqJEceFKxqKHHqen5pz7uUAUYPnqcAWHlUQSRRLL4CSBzZFTJtPrhyA99lropAGg1r8VzNt9W8kFKyzJDwVXUhdwLPIb7kkpKRMhcsJo9LPFQhJVbvL28oKi5sqmysmIi0M_xfaW__jDWB3ZUxFkKkuoLDQH1N20BVqSFU8CyKg6Ma3SFyk92CxoYU/s4420/DSC00547.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnaqJEceFKxqKHHqen5pz7uUAUYPnqcAWHlUQSRRLL4CSBzZFTJtPrhyA99lropAGg1r8VzNt9W8kFKyzJDwVXUhdwLPIb7kkpKRMhcsJo9LPFQhJVbvL28oKi5sqmysmIi0M_xfaW__jDWB3ZUxFkKkuoLDQH1N20BVqSFU8CyKg6Ma3SFyk92CxoYU/s320/DSC00547.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium;"><br /></div><b style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">Twilight is a time to be at home particularly in the countryside; old folks would warn of the <i>kibbaan</i> (bad spirit) lurking, reminding children to be home before dark, to join the family in supper and prayer, and for </b><b style="text-align: left;">the whole family</b><b style="text-align: left;"> to have a peaceful night. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: left;">Twilight is a time to examine our ways of treating Mother Nature as we reflect on one hand the biblical Lost Paradise, and on the other, how that Garden may be "regained" in some small corner by own own hands, by being true to "Man's Treaty with Nature."</b><b style="text-align: left;"> - AVRotor</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>“Twilight - a time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not.” – Howard Thurman</i></span></b></div></b><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">------------------------------</div><b><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Twilight is the period between sunset and dusk. During twilight there is still light in the sky. There are three types of twilight: civil, nautical and astronomical. Dusk is the point when the sun is at 18 degrees below the horizon and there is no longer any sunlight in the sky.</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></div></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><i>Karamay </i>(Ilk), <i>Karmai</i> or<i> Iba</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">- The "Acid" Fruit</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Latin: <i>Cicca acida</i> (Linn.) Merr. Family Euphorbiaceae</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dvtmtVAjK1Jib2f8OWKumxlxq-GWE2X-HkSd4A1ggcISSX_fPsbh96bfQa4PmcO57XhdNbN7BIdgyQb2eS2YhL_K6TKzdkhlVMHpG4GLS1TCGQkYEOUrZ9GrHGu8z0QoPjoon8YL0zST/s1600/DSC03431.JPG"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dvtmtVAjK1Jib2f8OWKumxlxq-GWE2X-HkSd4A1ggcISSX_fPsbh96bfQa4PmcO57XhdNbN7BIdgyQb2eS2YhL_K6TKzdkhlVMHpG4GLS1TCGQkYEOUrZ9GrHGu8z0QoPjoon8YL0zST/w172-h228/DSC03431.JPG" width="172" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zYO5uktttpX4-MYhoP51Si3m3d4JEKDEWlgnkmTZGSO1CUwNYduC_gIIxomyH2rF9wagkkxBYHUO1k17lbHZOncPMnrfMR8FRDg5-zpsZXEVzoUm9OWTftP9LPiNK4UNeKO-qKg_mv0Q/s1600/DSC03430.JPG"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zYO5uktttpX4-MYhoP51Si3m3d4JEKDEWlgnkmTZGSO1CUwNYduC_gIIxomyH2rF9wagkkxBYHUO1k17lbHZOncPMnrfMR8FRDg5-zpsZXEVzoUm9OWTftP9LPiNK4UNeKO-qKg_mv0Q/w320-h229/DSC03430.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdgKnGk4l1Y0ge5qT6OatCWnv1WoRdt77wrXP9f1Cy4cRaC8ojUPSmQVwbW5oyPnulOmmSWLiFf7EHXH96F2mTO3ztaLDPGdIY8dvQyhw-jXL6-wis4NSEwc2PRbKhind0KTbBvsFq6x5/s1600/DSC03433.JPG"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdgKnGk4l1Y0ge5qT6OatCWnv1WoRdt77wrXP9f1Cy4cRaC8ojUPSmQVwbW5oyPnulOmmSWLiFf7EHXH96F2mTO3ztaLDPGdIY8dvQyhw-jXL6-wis4NSEwc2PRbKhind0KTbBvsFq6x5/w246-h185/DSC03433.JPG" width="246" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X4IPLfIt0c2Zv4zj1NWOsz_AQdyD7ldWBZ-ZxUZsyzoGbXcetOhTZoQOpxu0gyRP7040_N7t3uReQWhloYijWxKHQzCJ7TH4hcvRYYQHKpffQi4JRsI8BJIgeesjUpSrhsFN7wOvBr-j/s1600/DSC03460.JPG"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X4IPLfIt0c2Zv4zj1NWOsz_AQdyD7ldWBZ-ZxUZsyzoGbXcetOhTZoQOpxu0gyRP7040_N7t3uReQWhloYijWxKHQzCJ7TH4hcvRYYQHKpffQi4JRsI8BJIgeesjUpSrhsFN7wOvBr-j/w250-h188/DSC03460.JPG" width="250" /></a></div></span><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span><b>A bountiful harvest of <i>Karmai (Karamay</i> Ilk), Sn Vicente, Ilocos Sur</b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2b3gbaZM9UXzNvYc8XJtzApc09UA0iX3X8PSyW1wJ-3AMB-jaEjLE4m6l7VZf5uFJK0_MDN3fmOM955MlIEgHr681zXErp4UJ-uDg-w3m-9ckwk_k5BRdWkoF8vl27fstUsZ61ry2hyphenhyphenID/s1600/Karmai+tree.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2b3gbaZM9UXzNvYc8XJtzApc09UA0iX3X8PSyW1wJ-3AMB-jaEjLE4m6l7VZf5uFJK0_MDN3fmOM955MlIEgHr681zXErp4UJ-uDg-w3m-9ckwk_k5BRdWkoF8vl27fstUsZ61ry2hyphenhyphenID/w317-h251/Karmai+tree.jpg" width="317" /></a><span><b><span style="font-size: large;">Y</span>ou don't have to climb the tree, just shake a branch - or the small tree - and pronto, you have a shirt- or skirtful of this fruit curiously known by its scientific name - <i>Cicca acida, </i>which means in Latin, acidic seed membrane. It got a stone hard core surrounded with thick cartilaginous flesh that is very sour. In botany they call this kind of fruit, <i>drupe</i>. And would you think you can have your fill even with the ripest pick? </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Kids we were in our time, would simply relish the fruit, fresh or pickled. Our folks would join cautioning us not to eat too much especially with empty stomach. But in the process, they compete for the choice sizes leaving the small and immature ones. You see, when you harvest, ripe and young fruits fall at the same time to a waiting inverted umbrella, or a stretched blanket, unless you handpick only the ripe ones - which is tedious. When pickled with <i>sukang Iloko</i> (native Ilocos vinegar) and salt, all sizes, mature and immature, become grossly inviting. </b><br /><b><br /></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">What do you get from karmai? It may be poor in food value but it contains appreciable amounts of minerals and vitamins the body may need. Per </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">100 g of edible portion examined, 92 percent is water. It is low in protein (0.155 g), fat (0,52 g), fiber (0.8 g). It got some calcium (5.4 mg), phosphorus (17.9 mg). iron (3.25 mg), </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">ascorbic acid (4.6 mg), and </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">traces of carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin. </span></b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Other than pickled, karmai is made into sweets, either sweetened and dried, or as jelly or jam sans the seeds. Preparation is not easy though because of the high acid content which is first neutralized with salted water for a day or two, before it is drained and dried, then candied or jellied. </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>But have you tasted <i>sinigang </i>with karmai instead of <i>kamias (Averrhoa) </i> or tamarind (<i>sampalok)</i>? Try it with the unripe fruits and savor the pleasant sourness and mild acrid taste. Then after meal have a dessert of pickled karmai to remove the </b><b>aftertaste of </b><b>fish or meat. And for a change, try the young leaves cooked as green, like malunggay and kangkong. </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Karmai may not be popular in times of plenty, when imported fruits - apples, oranges, grapes - dominate the fruit stand, when in our life of haste we would rather pick from the shelf packed fruit juices, when schools and communities seldom promote the "lesser" fruits native to our country. </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>The revival of <i>ethnobotany</i> - the study of plants and man on a historical and evolutionary perspective - has started in schools and research institutions. It can be a significant approach in providing indigenous food, medicine, and curbing environmental degradation, including global warming in a broad sense. Karmai grows best in Ilocos and other regions </b><b>on uplands and hillsides, </b><b>favored by a long dry season. It blooms in the peak of summer, and may have more fruits than leaves to our delight in childhood days. </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>Remembering the author of Alternative Medicine,responsible in its passing into law, Senator Juan Flavier, I did a little research on the medicinal properties of karmai. Here is a short list among many potentials which pose a challenge to the scientific mind. These may be folkloric and therefore tested in certain societies. </b><br /><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>- Decoction of leaves is used externally for urticaria, the fruit given at the same time to eat.<br />- Decoction of the bark used for bronchial catarrh.<br />- Some believe the roots to be poisonous, but the Malays boil it for steam inhalation in use for coughs.<br />- In Java, root infusion used for asthma.<br />- In Borneo, used with pepper<br />- Poultice of leaves for lumbago and sciatica.<br />- Root used for psoriasis.<br />- Used in chronic liver diseases.<br />- Decoction of leaves is diaphoretic.<br />- Leaves used for gonorrhea.<br />- In Burma, fruits are eaten to promote appetite; sap swallowed to induce vomiting and relieve constipation.</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><b>- In Indonesia, leaves are used as counter irritant in sciatica and lumbago. </b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><b>- In Malaysia, vapors from boiling of roots inhaled for coughs and headache.<br />- In Bangladesh used for skin diseases - eczema, abscesses, acne, etc.<br />- In India, fruits are taken as liver tonic. Leaves, with pepper, are poulticed for sciatica, lumbago or rheumatism. Leaves taken as demulcent for gonorrhea.<br />- In Maharashtra, India, decoction of seeds used twice daily for asthma and bronchitis.<br />- In Malaya, root infusion, in small doses, taken for asthma. The root is used for foot psoriasis.<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> NOTE: For more details about the medicinal uses of karmai, medical advice is recommended. </span> </b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><b>Next time you see a karmai tree, take time to study and appreciate it. It is not really a handsome tree. In the first place it is small and may not provide a good shade. But truly karmai deserves a place in the orchard and in the wildlife. </b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reference and acknowledgement: Internet, Living with Nature AVR</span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span>Practical Composting</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span>"Composting is Nature's recycling, </span></b><b><span>organic to inorganic matter,</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>breaking compounds back into elements, for the use of the new set of living things." - avr </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwJGmgkkQ39xkH4x9XRW7l5425K98r-JbF9fEy0gqkvW0JSAT5PtoHPS39_-gRWw4LMaufPvsIV0grFd_8f0-2fk44etNfn5OIYdg_ipZVoFj1SwSRlt1PpEr1PFAfsAEXt6zutjTMLGtccNIgIGiGogO9Ral6ZbxIgNZPnedFDlNBup6Hkt5HS0CrAc/s5152/DSC09914.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwJGmgkkQ39xkH4x9XRW7l5425K98r-JbF9fEy0gqkvW0JSAT5PtoHPS39_-gRWw4LMaufPvsIV0grFd_8f0-2fk44etNfn5OIYdg_ipZVoFj1SwSRlt1PpEr1PFAfsAEXt6zutjTMLGtccNIgIGiGogO9Ral6ZbxIgNZPnedFDlNBup6Hkt5HS0CrAc/w269-h358/DSC09914.JPG" width="269" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Converting dead parts of living things like leaves, into soil is the key to composting. All you have to do is help Nature do the process. Don't interfere by burning, or throwing them as waste. Rather, provide the necessary conditions. Take the case of composting mango leaves as shown in these photos. </b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rake the leaves into a pile under the trees, and keep the file damp. The rainy season favors composting. This is pile composting, <i>in situ,</i> which keeps the nutrients in place. </b></span><b>Do not ever build fire on the pile. Meantime, prepare a pit nearby. Dump the undecomposed leaves after harvesting the mature compost pile. Continually replace the pile every time you rake the surroundings. Your pit compost will soon be ready for harvesting. See photos. </b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b>Composting is a continuous process. Include other </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>compostable</b></span><b> materials like stems, fruits, weeds, stalks, but never plastics and glass. Composting continues in the sacks. Partially decomposed leaves will soon catch up in time. Avoid exposing harvested compost to direct sunlight. Don't allow compost to dry up in the sacks. Use soonest you can. Ideal compost has the typical earth smell. Foul odor and signs of heat mean the compost is not mature, or done by installment. There is a saying, "garbage in, garbage out." Composting is an art, it is a virtue to convert potential waste into a valuable product - more so, in helping Mother Nature keep the environment clean, healthy and balance. This is a key to sustainability, which in the long term is called homeostasis. ~ </b></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s0QB4C9cU9hYLuFh9YsobgNckRAYJjSi2LT5gqH9B99tLKgnZSPZ4Oa_znN3jXwtW4nwXg9OG6Ro8OuvSe2bqdBMD_ynfFFptfZr_iTYggU-FsHqo1fm9xxSVsqI977vHfVennx4qAmI11ds1OWEr7J64YfX32Q1RfS546Yz4AkBbYKWEgBgyIdwdXY/s5152/DSC09916.JPG"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s0QB4C9cU9hYLuFh9YsobgNckRAYJjSi2LT5gqH9B99tLKgnZSPZ4Oa_znN3jXwtW4nwXg9OG6Ro8OuvSe2bqdBMD_ynfFFptfZr_iTYggU-FsHqo1fm9xxSVsqI977vHfVennx4qAmI11ds1OWEr7J64YfX32Q1RfS546Yz4AkBbYKWEgBgyIdwdXY/w238-h179/DSC09916.JPG" width="238" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnamP14qmX8tSKl8dVGeHnn8v8xcs_V5hhm5LE7W7_7LmNa7GpFWP8Lof3SineNBEj-Frq1xupcee4bTIOE7GZ_Qnv3F17hbru9srTsru72ThfGazPG8KbUe6UA9NgWDfvN3Dq0HtmzJOG63anzwrvPDCMRsQwEfX7SAj2-Cwtz_kcV212NGQGftLksWY/s5152/DSC09922.JPG"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnamP14qmX8tSKl8dVGeHnn8v8xcs_V5hhm5LE7W7_7LmNa7GpFWP8Lof3SineNBEj-Frq1xupcee4bTIOE7GZ_Qnv3F17hbru9srTsru72ThfGazPG8KbUe6UA9NgWDfvN3Dq0HtmzJOG63anzwrvPDCMRsQwEfX7SAj2-Cwtz_kcV212NGQGftLksWY/w239-h179/DSC09922.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rA0MvqiH2Ft-vPWWKpaXpLcnoIcAEwW8LbugnIEXmWUKcDJ2J5PS5IhLxMJxuQn0NR4wQ9gLNwkwpj115s8JF-e1owJBZAOF0uyKmbZPBFXVnxcXqX8shwF4RrcLyBpnJijQ00O3Dgt3KQniBYRi6AsoH2A32aLA_w9xh7ZhcCUMPqN54pj9phkpa5I/s5152/DSC09917.JPG"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rA0MvqiH2Ft-vPWWKpaXpLcnoIcAEwW8LbugnIEXmWUKcDJ2J5PS5IhLxMJxuQn0NR4wQ9gLNwkwpj115s8JF-e1owJBZAOF0uyKmbZPBFXVnxcXqX8shwF4RrcLyBpnJijQ00O3Dgt3KQniBYRi6AsoH2A32aLA_w9xh7ZhcCUMPqN54pj9phkpa5I/w240-h182/DSC09917.JPG" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNVU0ZHEgotlO_ceUsB10YbHcSNlqlAH-foiCdALzfU_zHBNofd-yVeF7m7xcrfB5dRV4qGQ3l_3GtH9q1ivN1e-kFzRuoNNF5xY3M9zV9hCXlKPZfES9IThsufuU98l2716vnrVpCjlIwFvHQA9L8Yuw7Jf5M1SrKIcN6o4nWCYX_kGkPdLk6e-UKfs/s4598/DSC09915.JPG"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNVU0ZHEgotlO_ceUsB10YbHcSNlqlAH-foiCdALzfU_zHBNofd-yVeF7m7xcrfB5dRV4qGQ3l_3GtH9q1ivN1e-kFzRuoNNF5xY3M9zV9hCXlKPZfES9IThsufuU98l2716vnrVpCjlIwFvHQA9L8Yuw7Jf5M1SrKIcN6o4nWCYX_kGkPdLk6e-UKfs/w237-h178/DSC09915.JPG" width="237" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Compost commonly contains 2 percent nitrogen, 0.5–1 percent phosphorus, and about 2 percent potassium. It promotes healthier growth of plants, and balances soil density, increases retention of soil moisture, and discourages pests, diseases, and weeds.<br /><br />Compost is cheap and can be made at home from farm and home wastes, as compared to chemical fertilizer which is expensive, and a poor farmer can barely afford it. Compost is environment friendly. Chemical fertilizer on the other hand, is harmful to the environment. It pollutes waterways and increases acidity in soil which is harmful to most crops. Compost harbors beneficial soil organisms like nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and earthworm. On the contrary, chemical fertilizer, which is often used with chemical pesticide, destroys these organisms. ~</b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Practical Composting</i> helps in reducing pollution and global warming, and their attendant ill-consequences. It is also a personal and collective means in contributing to food production, and keeping our environment balance, healthy and clean. </b></span></div></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span></div></div></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">15 Common Ornamental Plants </span></b></div><div style="font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">at the Living with Nature Center</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBywFY_8orL52MiSIe-quNCLJ1Sdtfs8KTL_JpqjXoVDkYLYgRsvirf1eDI2Pq4eKSQDJidZ5SidHE8Rv5M0Ab0ke4CsMnbMasNJ5E4jAy4xsXoWgUQeftvZcxieN1TQqOJlHVtNQV_8oiONvapuGv2fj7LGrvGvIctm5d08f8xMxOA-A_8AAsPKq/s209/plant%20stick.jpg"><img border="0" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBywFY_8orL52MiSIe-quNCLJ1Sdtfs8KTL_JpqjXoVDkYLYgRsvirf1eDI2Pq4eKSQDJidZ5SidHE8Rv5M0Ab0ke4CsMnbMasNJ5E4jAy4xsXoWgUQeftvZcxieN1TQqOJlHVtNQV_8oiONvapuGv2fj7LGrvGvIctm5d08f8xMxOA-A_8AAsPKq/w383-h383/plant%20stick.jpg" width="383" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Consuelda or Stick Plant - </span></b><i><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Euphorbia tirucalli </span></b></i><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Family Euphorbiaceae</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHXJaYLfpKU87bFodBhluAmbE_ZgoCBCyAnG_4klgcrD2Bo--jxfZmM3r9W0pWlV40f88ngx9wywxSMogH6zX9x4c802wlOtgk4rMtr4dmSqRPbp6zgJxqXZyYbDhua3_DQ_Z_VRlG1dJ0s8yzWRFZOy6wwxiR7ghUiBxE5dFgfumjGl1bVX87cP/s382/Plant%20physic%20nut.jpg"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHXJaYLfpKU87bFodBhluAmbE_ZgoCBCyAnG_4klgcrD2Bo--jxfZmM3r9W0pWlV40f88ngx9wywxSMogH6zX9x4c802wlOtgk4rMtr4dmSqRPbp6zgJxqXZyYbDhua3_DQ_Z_VRlG1dJ0s8yzWRFZOy6wwxiR7ghUiBxE5dFgfumjGl1bVX87cP/w400-h300/Plant%20physic%20nut.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Jatropha plant - <i>Jatropha curcas </i></b><b style="font-family: arial;">Family Euphorbiaceae</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgGsvHJA6rGTvKGfzRHDT-c0Kfp48s94eQo2Kp4q4HZq-dg2sVOKe7_w1S7e56oqlyw93npfNrsq75ZLmEjeUCLPoOZPUEZiB5GK_CG0WTx8ZnsKLRn2haLjehKWcLbs6nCgTAyIi-eNE_iYq4VDj_8Fvco2e-sdjgeVw_pVdDuUm1ZsopkQASutV/s300/Plant%20kiapo.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgGsvHJA6rGTvKGfzRHDT-c0Kfp48s94eQo2Kp4q4HZq-dg2sVOKe7_w1S7e56oqlyw93npfNrsq75ZLmEjeUCLPoOZPUEZiB5GK_CG0WTx8ZnsKLRn2haLjehKWcLbs6nCgTAyIi-eNE_iYq4VDj_8Fvco2e-sdjgeVw_pVdDuUm1ZsopkQASutV/w400-h400/Plant%20kiapo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Water lettuce or water cabbage - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Pistia stratiotes</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Family Araceae</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmYF72-Vl3MDAkKwV_rgdKii_DFq32jrlLmo3u5nUo0fjAn0LjpBVfje4_An9CxcCj0h5kuba7LTgKnvDKo7cf2UniAvCBe48CwAOdBGuDgzj-8jtRX6VhRvmlNMGaVq5HANwbzKjIuZSlQziwg0_IuPhC6FTuenMnc6CNsHy0fnOF1s5JC0Ub5fC/s259/Plant%20Jatropha.jpg"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmYF72-Vl3MDAkKwV_rgdKii_DFq32jrlLmo3u5nUo0fjAn0LjpBVfje4_An9CxcCj0h5kuba7LTgKnvDKo7cf2UniAvCBe48CwAOdBGuDgzj-8jtRX6VhRvmlNMGaVq5HANwbzKjIuZSlQziwg0_IuPhC6FTuenMnc6CNsHy0fnOF1s5JC0Ub5fC/w400-h300/Plant%20Jatropha.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Physic Nut - <i>Jatropha multifida </i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Family Euphorbiaceae</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwoHf3I6rXyFAO4JohMaE_ewH-sUUu6IcU67lfpUIj1g3X12xHLe7gBNuOnytUytpKZUx9_5ih5hW_XGbJfufXpr8ipwKLNJ79aMZgNtZGHbEWDiUZE8IO8AZnbcynqGYY7hjjBdU_A_5KvVnPZ3L3McVlk-V0pdgujSO-SnGc3aJNjy7MR5UC29W/s186/Plant%20aroma.jpg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwoHf3I6rXyFAO4JohMaE_ewH-sUUu6IcU67lfpUIj1g3X12xHLe7gBNuOnytUytpKZUx9_5ih5hW_XGbJfufXpr8ipwKLNJ79aMZgNtZGHbEWDiUZE8IO8AZnbcynqGYY7hjjBdU_A_5KvVnPZ3L3McVlk-V0pdgujSO-SnGc3aJNjy7MR5UC29W/w358-h400/Plant%20aroma.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Aroma - </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>Acacia farnesiana</i> (L) Willd </b><b style="font-family: arial;">Family Fabaceae</b></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JbXVNntiLFDFm9c8uidQYX28CSh82OdINB25zJ_VVloDcLpjvErwTXKQcDKqnqmjVHVrRpI0622hDW3O87ang8ajNmhOa1BxY9JUusPjk7YtL4qFb2XiIuiN9ANDegtavR6Iv7AW3vmET0xqkrUlNhsuKJlWmEM__LZ6-qulbYBGpuDr-sCCdt7H/s266/Plant%20Euphorbia.jpg"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JbXVNntiLFDFm9c8uidQYX28CSh82OdINB25zJ_VVloDcLpjvErwTXKQcDKqnqmjVHVrRpI0622hDW3O87ang8ajNmhOa1BxY9JUusPjk7YtL4qFb2XiIuiN9ANDegtavR6Iv7AW3vmET0xqkrUlNhsuKJlWmEM__LZ6-qulbYBGpuDr-sCCdt7H/w314-h442/Plant%20Euphorbia.jpg" width="314" /></a></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Antique Spurge - <i>Euphorbia antiquorum </i></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Family Euphorbiaceae</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_g_95XB3xsj6qMgpvgjI2u2xOKa2GaafdJ32XYWqfZOlGSsILpbqN1qgbLfJvWcGlU7thlFnVAUHIisS2-Z-Bopt5q4W-mSyYnV7295D8z-svqhj3iSX9QoZtldsVnTGhrLYx-wKVGwXq3gZfCVkKXkAno0hvQXbwb9OPDPPhRz0cIxX5YlCFd9Ya/s277/Plant%20Baston.jpg"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_g_95XB3xsj6qMgpvgjI2u2xOKa2GaafdJ32XYWqfZOlGSsILpbqN1qgbLfJvWcGlU7thlFnVAUHIisS2-Z-Bopt5q4W-mSyYnV7295D8z-svqhj3iSX9QoZtldsVnTGhrLYx-wKVGwXq3gZfCVkKXkAno0hvQXbwb9OPDPPhRz0cIxX5YlCFd9Ya/w307-h307/Plant%20Baston.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Baston ni San Jose – </span></b><i><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Corydine fruticose/terminals</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Family Agavaceae</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym5QHXz8qEck-twY9Zz5q2c07hPM5L0MLPgSo-uFwtElV7FJtly0QHKoZ5vPExWhkI8ESG998OCxgE2CdHf6uI4xnhFruCfcC85hI_4a_5qVFnWW1G0qCuPMSnbVseutHNZGf1X8RwrB_4k9Pncm3hkHmYk2kFzOTGWxvLe-kNEG7YVRRveqEd1gz/s275/Garden%20Zigzag%20plant%20images.jpg"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiym5QHXz8qEck-twY9Zz5q2c07hPM5L0MLPgSo-uFwtElV7FJtly0QHKoZ5vPExWhkI8ESG998OCxgE2CdHf6uI4xnhFruCfcC85hI_4a_5qVFnWW1G0qCuPMSnbVseutHNZGf1X8RwrB_4k9Pncm3hkHmYk2kFzOTGWxvLe-kNEG7YVRRveqEd1gz/w400-h266/Garden%20Zigzag%20plant%20images.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Zigzag plant - </span></b><i><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Pedilanthus tithymaloides variegatus</span></b></i></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Family Euphorbiaceae </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqa8cjrXd44o9ApFzQLSRW1-Jv_hEKTCll8zqjXJYwycIPwyDXVEyjipu1Mmx0Oh6g4q-toLg2Oufgu-QxwT0gfW6ariTCL4-0I-UxV7o7Fa9HKwBwc3WvmRV8anUh10n_n_OgSBbYpwGFXtv2_voayyF8Vu7J-I7Azy09EreTQqkNWS7oVcaJB05j/s1024/castor%20bean.jpg"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqa8cjrXd44o9ApFzQLSRW1-Jv_hEKTCll8zqjXJYwycIPwyDXVEyjipu1Mmx0Oh6g4q-toLg2Oufgu-QxwT0gfW6ariTCL4-0I-UxV7o7Fa9HKwBwc3WvmRV8anUh10n_n_OgSBbYpwGFXtv2_voayyF8Vu7J-I7Azy09EreTQqkNWS7oVcaJB05j/w400-h278/castor%20bean.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Castor Bean - </span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Ricinus communis </span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Family Euphorbiaceae</span></b></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a 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Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-74312402018156082892024-02-12T20:48:00.005+08:002024-02-14T18:39:59.209+08:00Lesson on TATAKalikasan in 5 Parts: All About Food: Be healthy and happy with the food you eat<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Lesson on TATAKalikasan Ateneo de Manila University</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">97.8 FM Radyo Katipunan, 11 to 12 a.m. Thursday</span></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Be healthy and happy with the food you eat</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Co-Host with Fr. JM Manzano and Prof Emoy Rodolfo, AdMU</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Part 1 - 10 Healthy Food Rules</span></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span>Part 2 - </span></span><span>Natural Food and Natural Farming </span></span></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span>Part 3 - </span></span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span>Simplify food preparation for enjoyment, </span></span>health and economy</div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>Part 4 -</span> </span></span><b style="text-align: center;">Rare Dishes of the Ilocos Region, Philippines </b></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 5 - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't waste food, don't!</span></b></span></b></b></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Annex A - A touch of Philippine culinary arts in Australia* </span></b></b></div></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Annex B - </span></b></b><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b><span style="text-align: justify;">Tips on how to minimize the effects of pesticides on your health </span></b></span></div></span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b><span style="text-align: justify;"> and the environment</span></b></span></div></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Part 1 - 10 Healthy Food Rules</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="#"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08h7md5XDIvBTY8DBtJog1jAeoyBfdDWnLNdKgaeJNs_nUySjTNohs49HjgQSYiuUQ5cuNqPurT46wOIZpHDmydkv5wAKZMwt5JGypLwhdUHCbwOU2QVcOCWSwRESWHzd-GaFevEu7fE/w245-h184/Okoy+1.JPG" width="245" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5635472651655896198/1086946535089233858#"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmM3ZQI1cu4oYzUCdWIHyBShi0IYKxNe5vndJdWEF291YGaFNDc1bLSHSqKL53TCNRqQAZoO1hCRy8CWhrbz6VSTAv0ceiK1-JpJKrd3OvNWo_wHOhZXN1y3S-RLV3nDyBL638ydIzZKg/w210-h185/Okoy+2.JPG" width="210" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i> Ukoy na kalabasa</i>, with egg and small shrimp. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="#"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI5n8dHyVE953kBV5yS-DIc9jWMc9IleFR6diU38rUxtY9eUCzi-XqCie3kkMCnDcixNuZv5L-QYN2gSFAZ0lfoKTcY5TA9AVLwUBKktQCdcd5JjSORdYFQd20rKOzCM8JGp4OUCJTV8/w275-h262/okoy+3.JPG" width="275" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5635472651655896198/1086946535089233858#"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1RZ4dAQiFwKWybsUEsdNBKGosmQq_-RdA3eRhgCDOMBIxLx-STbzgXoaDflHdBWe__En-ju90q1e0jgi9tANJZXyzBSb4J6N1MkLxh388DzEX9SuIOyEhWiGewNjoOtivrdtFCOygbQ/w169-h262/DSC04093+A.jpg" width="169" /></a></div></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">It is served in patties, or rolled like <i>lumpia </i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NSEddGkwX0Y4OuXD-cFDfCBLHgLlzEVGF42FD_L2hUh-a_55q8ux5zQRqef6l4DQhZcQhUlsiI6daLHYvvrSMLjBFQ1xjhxiWfp7jrvtc6ADUGmYbM3CRdXaZKCsqbHuDseTXJD-kqo/s1600/DSC04094+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NSEddGkwX0Y4OuXD-cFDfCBLHgLlzEVGF42FD_L2hUh-a_55q8ux5zQRqef6l4DQhZcQhUlsiI6daLHYvvrSMLjBFQ1xjhxiWfp7jrvtc6ADUGmYbM3CRdXaZKCsqbHuDseTXJD-kqo/s400/DSC04094+A.jpg" width="400" /></span></i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Bulanglang</i> or <i>diningding:</i> young pod of <i>batao</i>, <i>malungay</i> pod, soup </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">thickened with <i>kamote</i> or sweet potato, topped with sea weed (<i>Gracillaria</i>). </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkAmE7Yu1LYNbc5zn2sg1rfpt8Z3uLLYlQpuU9mOFK8wuoMxigRbLRy88SffXUEnYoZS8Qi3ahUsf2wV_5cmEHXaddRlKJ9PJ4gP_vo6MgXejpgo-odzv4UT61FoEfVoCtkLUEQbCTMc/s1600/DSC04087+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Sweet potato paste (<i>suman) </i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeH7IPNmEpdodIlG_G2oeW3NcNAkrvE-EKeXI0HqGXDunFsEyQDtjdRt2KrSIR5vDazkKXKsthra59QeJQZRJH2B0x0V_PyniqlEND06CBkC78ffxSvfPm_fA47zQyJb30CDBTi0B2zM/s200/DSC00816.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5635472651655896198/1086946535089233858#"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VWhMqS7Pscd0BvW-aZ61x5Dz6tfBBTo8Eor4FJitB_bckRXlnQjd63rBibF_7M110HOl_sBWZxeB4PkAWOwMGkk9Y6yE-0-8OSzwJtDgoeEO0IqoO9lNGJ0rM8PfXMBRHrZWTG3XVtk/w236-h150/DSC00825.JPG" width="236" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Tamales,</i> fish with onion, tomato black pepper, salt and ginger,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b> wrapped </b></span><b>with banana leaves - steamed. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="#"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQLaJJ26lU7VU4gQrVev6NAD_5FILG8zDJaEjKn2F60jULcaQ4tO6tRBQslm6t8JHdqOeQra8X2Qz8fTOz7vsYQKWjcgRZWEZbKJ_XCcTwBmRD5zmapuAhbZ1kArGW6GRedSbeLFSGII/w177-h236/DSC00820.JPG" width="177" /></a> <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5635472651655896198/1086946535089233858#"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-8HL-CxEEjTDcIiS7xKsU7hZ_NEzVMpm4gbIBt_wr0cikGW7EGsG7FcFCpJAVRl1m9x_gqWElmvAzImnBG4DAEN9Q-gVVlPGdkPHBlnp_tkDrib6zMEmAyhmmOEnrJhP6ghKkYHkiyU/w176-h234/DSC00822.JPG" width="176" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Sinkamas</i> or yam with natural vinegar and salt.</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOzcSoSabS0AoWku5jPvpIXoG_rpFXVsO_S_1mf7v9_C36qMu4T9jgnEpBqUzFKuPmwngPuE-6s2_jwrJqBg8s5dV0QBQBEY1RPass8YUZ2xPFltcPySSiF3mqCgoZn-f4lgkd6AYGuI/s1600/04092007(011)+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOzcSoSabS0AoWku5jPvpIXoG_rpFXVsO_S_1mf7v9_C36qMu4T9jgnEpBqUzFKuPmwngPuE-6s2_jwrJqBg8s5dV0QBQBEY1RPass8YUZ2xPFltcPySSiF3mqCgoZn-f4lgkd6AYGuI/w361-h275/04092007(011)+A.jpg" width="361" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Buko </i>- direct from the young nut </span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Health Food Rules</b></span></div><div align="center" style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Rule 1 -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>There is no substitute to freshness.</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> Perishable food must be prepared and served without delay:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>newly caught fish (better if alive), animals and fowls direct from the slaughter house (better if butchered or dressed at home), newly picked fruits and vegetables (fully mature when harvested). </span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />Rule 2 - The less processed your food is, the better.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> Reduce if not avoid eating processed food (canned, preserves, dairy, etc), heavily spiced, overcooked, over decorated, culinary loaded - they are unhealthy, They burden body physiology from digestion to circulation to excretion. Besides they are very expensive and unfriendly to the environment. </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />Rule 3 - Food residues are harmful, if not poisonous. Antibiotics residues in meat and poultry, eggs and dairy; sodium in salted products, instant noodles, sauce; chemical residues in fruits and vegetables from insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, nematocide; and hydrocarbon from fossil fuel and smoke emissions. The miracle insecticide against malaria mosquito - DDT (Dichloro-diphenyl-tetrachloro-ethane) remains banned because it is not degraded even as it passes from one organism to another in the food chain. Thus it accumulates in predators - among them humans. DDT poisoning builds even after years from ingestion. </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />Rule 4 - Metal poisoning causes permanent impairment, or results to death.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> Lead is the most common toxic metal around from, china wares to car batteries. It damages the central nervous system and internal organs. Mercury poisoning is more severe. Cadmium is a recent introduction with cell phones and other electronic devices. Other than direct contamination, these metals are absorbed by plants and animals and find their way on the dining table. Kitchen wares made of aluminum, tin, nickel, antimony are being phased out. </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br />Rule 5 - Avoid particulates in food, water and air</span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">. Car and factory emissions scatter particulates in the environment which we can only observe in the form of smog, sediments and dusts. Tar from cigarette and asphalt, asbestos from car brakes, unburnt carbon from tires, and old and faulty engines, metal particles in factories, silica from cereal mills. </span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br />Rule 6 - Avoid synthetic food and additives, they are harmful, and affect mainly the nervous system and senses.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> The Number One food additive to avoid is Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) or Vetsin, and many surreptitious names or brands. It is the cause of Chinese Food Syndrome. A friend of mine died of vetsin overdose. It is also used in dognapping by simply throwing a piece of bread saturated with vetsin. Avoid sweeteners - NutraSweet, saccharin, aspartame and other concealed brand names. Another is Olestra - fatless fat. The fat molecules are so large the villi cannot absorb them. So the unbroken fat simply leaks and causes discomfort - and quite often, embarrassment. Go natural, like brewed rather that decaffeinated coffee.</span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />Rule 7 - Beware of the invisible poison: radiation.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> The worst kind of radiation is from fallout following a nuclear explosion (Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945), and nuclear plant meltdown (Three-Mile Island in the US, Chernobyl in Russia in the seventies, and Fukoshima Japan following a massive tsunami in 2011). Radioactive decay slowly takes hundreds of years, thus it can cause harm to the members of the food chain. (grass to cow to milk to baby, back to the same or similar cycle). Radiation from high voltage lines, transmission towers, electronic gadgets may get into the food we eat. So with hospital waste containing radioisotopes. The innocent looking microwave oven is now being phased out in many countries. </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />Rule 8 - Beware of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Frankenfood<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). Frankenfood is named after the creator of the monster in Mary Shelley's novel –<i>Frankenstein</i>. Examples are <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> Corn (Bt Corn), GM potato, GM soybean, SavrFlavr tomato, and golden rice which contains the yellow pigment gene of daffodil.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Pharmed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>food has built-in medicine or drug. An increasing number of food grown in the laboratory includes <i>in vitro</i> stem cell burger which is dubbed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>lab meat. </i></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Rule 9 - Drink natural instead of distilled water.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Manufacturers call </span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">bottled water as mineral water because the process did not take away the naturally occurring minerals which are removed through distillation. But why buy mineral water when you can make your own at home with seeds of <i>malunggay</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>(Moringa oleifera)</i>, and through simple water treatment?</span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Rule 10 - Don't overeat, and eat the right food with the proper nutritional value.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> Eat more fruits and vegetables and less of meat and meat products. It is best to grow or procure your food, cook at home and serve it yourself to your family. The family that eats together stays together happy and healthy. Food indeed is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>santa gracia. ~</i></span></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>LESSON on former Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Part 2 - </b><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;">Natural Food and Natural Farming </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"Natural farming is the key in the pursuit of this global trend. It is important in sustaining economic production, above all, the integrity of our ecosystems." - avr</span></b><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG0TxaVmkmutUdPXBE5etRUZmdyjFuvJhnlwykj3trbV1y5EMZsBgPdbSJfotxvbssgeTjHqpO6TeUuUzaTwTToR47vvYmDizjDEhN5gJ89pHWEwFpRgnNAy_Zvq5GNr6zmW6Y9JNK3kP/s1600/home+garden+environment+new+folder183+A.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG0TxaVmkmutUdPXBE5etRUZmdyjFuvJhnlwykj3trbV1y5EMZsBgPdbSJfotxvbssgeTjHqpO6TeUuUzaTwTToR47vvYmDizjDEhN5gJ89pHWEwFpRgnNAy_Zvq5GNr6zmW6Y9JNK3kP/s400/home+garden+environment+new+folder183+A.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Home Gardening, author's residence QC</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></div><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Good health and good food go together, doctors all over the world tell us. Even our children quite often explain to us the importance of proper nutrition, balanced diet, fortification with vitamins and minerals. They tell us to take high protein food, or ask us if we are taking adequate calories. Lately such terms, beta-carotene and good cholesterol have come into the picture.</b></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Now I hear a new term, <i>probiotics. </i>The way I understand these substances is that they keep our body always on the alert to fend off stress as a result of overwork and diseases. They are front liners and act as defense shield, Now if <i>probiotics </i>and <i>antibiotics </i>(substances that directly kill germs) work together, can we then say we can have better health and longer life?</b></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Apparently yes, confirmed a <i>balikbayan</i> United Nations official who is working on a new food source from <i>cyanobacterla </i>or blue green algae. Again, this is a revolution in food and agriculture by the fact itself that we are now taking unconventional food such as <i>Spirulina, </i>an ancient organism probably the first kind of living thing that appeared on earth.</b></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Going back to the main topic, I would like to see the other side of the fence. There are many reported ailments and abnormalities, which are traced to the food we take, and it is not only for the lack of intake. Cancer for instance, is often related to food. So with high uric acid which leads to kidney trouble. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, high sugar level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Aftatoxin </i>causes <i>cirrhosis </i>of the liver. Ulcers are food related. So with many allergies.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Given these premises, I would like to discuss a new frontier of agriculture which I believe is also the concern of other sectors of the food industry. It is not only that we must produce <i>enough </i>food. We must be able to produce quality food, which ensures good health, reduces risks to diseases and ailments, and prolongs life. This is the topic that I would like to take up with you in this special occasion, the 40<i>th </i>anniversary of NFA that I was once a part. I am going to talk about food, which should contribute to good health, long life, enjoyment, and peace of mind.</b></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b></b></span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Here then are seven postulates to address this challenge to present day agriculture. We reckon the Green Revolution in the sixties which ushered production gains from improved varieties and techniques, followed by another wave in the seventies and eighties which was responsible in opening the fields of mariculture (farming the sea), and conversion of wastelands into farmlands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We soon realized that there is need<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“to go back to <i>basics". </i>Thus ecological farming was born. It is also farming with a moral cause: the enhancement of quality life, good health and long life on one hand, and the maintenance of an ecologically balance environment.</span></b></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p4" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO EAT FOOD GROWN UNDER NATURAL CONDITION THAN FOOD GROWN WITH CHEMICALS. This statement can be captured with one term "natural food". All over the world this is a label is found on food grown without chemicals. People are afraid of becoming sick because of the chemicals introduced into food. They know that chemical fertilizers and pesticides go with the crops and are passed on to the body destroying our organs and systems.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqozeSzF6xoLWv_EXAgQ7PSLa-9PRuspibAo-Q81Omu5Mxjxw06ORxmrgDNslrrDj2ISlK9AQ9LXWhCHK3Rcm7y8kYxPoEbPvHKoK7wdeFN5B3JtUOcWers-kQND2tmKMB3bK2RO5ds3_/s320/DSC08194.JPG" width="320" /></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b> </b><span style="font-size: small;">No artificial additives, please. </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Additives such as food colorings and fillers are looked upon with suspicion.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="p4" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>PEOPLE ARE AVOIDING HARMFUL RESIDUES AND ARTIFICIAL ADDITIVES IN FOOD. A trace of certain farm chemicals is enough to condemn a whole shipment under the rules of the US Food and Drug Administration. One kind of residue that people are avoiding is antibiotics. Poultry and hog farms maintain high antibiotic levels to safeguard the animals from diseases. In so doing the antibiotics is passed on to the consumers. In the first place our body does not need antibiotics. But every time we eat eggs, chicken<span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">, </span>pork chop, steak, and the like, we are taking in cumulatively antibiotics. This makes our immune system idle. This punishes certain organs like the kidney and liver. To others, antibiotics cause allergy.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Another culprit is radiation. Traces of radiation can be hazardous. Many countries immediately took drastic action to avoid contamination following the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident ten years ago. Then we have toxic metals emitted from manufacturing and from vehicles. These are mercury, cadmium, and lead, to name the most common pollutants in our waters today.</b></span></span></div></div><div class="p4" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE NUTRITION VALUE OF FOOD RATHER THAN ITS PACKAGING AND PRESENTATION. Many people now reject junk foods, even if their packaging is attractive. Softdrinks have taken the backseat, courtesy of fruit juices and mineral water. People have even learned that plant varieties have different levels of food value even if they belong to the same species. To a lesser extent this is also true among the different breeds of an animal species.</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div class="p4" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>FRESHNESS IS THE FIRST CHOICE CRITERION FOR PERISHABLE FOOD. Indeed there is no substitute to fresh-ness, a function of handling and marketing. The farmer has the first and direct hand in enhancing this quality. If he keeps his plant; healthy, their products will 'have longer shelf life. Products free from pest and diseases stay fresh longer.</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>5. FOOD PROCESSING MUST BE APPROPRIATE AND SAFE.</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Processing such as drying, milling and manufacturing, is key to higher profit. The profit that is generated from it is referred to as value-added to production. Economists tell us that there is money in postproduction and marketing.</b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>6.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>FOOD MUST BE FREE FROM PEST AND DISEASES.</b></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b></b></span><br /></span><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>It is shocking to find certain pest in food. So with the possibility that food is a carrier of disease organisms. Reports about infested NFA rice needs serious attention. Poor rice is an insult to the Filipino whatever is his economic status.</b></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>There has been news of food poisoning too, as a result of food deterioration, or contamination. Remember the Seven Eleven Store mass food poisoning? For a reputable establishment, such an accident deserves something to look deeper. What is the truth behind image building and advertisement?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>7. </i>FOOD PRESERVATION MUST ENSURE QUALITY, AND ABOVE ALL, SAFETY. Be aware of the fish that is stiff yet looks fresh. Be keen with formalin odor. <i>Salitre</i> is harmful, so with <i>vetsin</i>. Too much salt is not good to the body. I saw a <i>puto</i> maker use<i> </i>lye or sodium hydroxide to help in the coagulation of the starch. Sampaloc or tamarind candies are made bright red with shoe dye. So with <i>ube</i> to look life real <i>ube.</i></b></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Now I am going to discuss in details each postulate as it applies to the farmer, and the condition of his farm. I will try to relate the issue with actual practices so that we can draw up innovations to improve them, as we explore technologies that would settle certain issues.</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">8. AVOID AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOOD FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS OR GMO. There is an increasing awareness worldwide on the potential harmful effects of taking GMO products as food. Bt corn for example carries a gene of the bacterium </span><i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, golden rice carries the yellow gene </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">of the daffodil, m</span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: start;"><b>ilk contains recombinant bovine growth hormone. Other GMO food include soybeans, papaya, squash and zucchini, which carry "foreign" genetic material. </b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: start;"><b>Here is a list of countries that have banned both GMO imports and GMO cultivation: Algeria, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan, Madagascar, Peru, Russia, Venezuela, Zimbabwe. EU members are selective in banning GMO. Most countries require labeling of GMO products, and are strict in their quarantine laws, and land use policy against GMO. </b></span><br /></span></div><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>NATURAL FARMING</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><b style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;">C</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>The other name of natural farming as we all know is organic farming, that is the use of organic fertilizers instead of chemical fertilizer such as urea and NPK or complete fertilizer. In the US and Europe, people go for organically grown food. Lately in malls and big groceries, we find rice in package or bag labeled "organically grown rice". Let me point out that the use of organic fertilizer must be complemented by other factors.</b></span></span><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAFLvSPyRZTXtT2cqJrjcvc3JUfihwJ_yfbmYL63U-Z_5TqGhhnpJdIiXvESTTo5y1Pte9JTvFl8woiU6jCX33jcvu55_JzX_8LB5DbHbtLxehhCqygm_0tvrbTRvpbhO98Sx1R4gQ-2W/s1600/Plants+gardening+1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAFLvSPyRZTXtT2cqJrjcvc3JUfihwJ_yfbmYL63U-Z_5TqGhhnpJdIiXvESTTo5y1Pte9JTvFl8woiU6jCX33jcvu55_JzX_8LB5DbHbtLxehhCqygm_0tvrbTRvpbhO98Sx1R4gQ-2W/s320/Plants+gardening+1.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="text-align: right;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"> Community gardening, QC </span></span></b></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>First, the organic fertilizer must be free from pathogen that causes diseases. </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Second, it must not carry toxic waste or metal as this kind of fertilizer is manufactured from waste materials.</span></b></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>And third, It must go hand in hand with no spraying, or if it can not be helped, at least the spray used is biodegradable, such as substances that are of botanical derivatives like derris, neem and chrysanthemum.</b><br /><br /></span><div class="p3" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Let me give you scenarios of natural farming.</b></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p11" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 21.75pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.75pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><i>Payatak </i>method (Samar) - This is a local version of zero tillage. No plowing, no harrowing. A herd of carabaos trample of the soil until it turns puddle, then the one-month old seedlings are transplanted. No spray, no fertilizer. This is natural farming in the marginal sense, a carryover of traditional farming.</b></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p11" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 21.75pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.75pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Mixed orchard (Zambales) - A mixture of several kinds of trees, orchard, firewood trees, forest trees grow together without any apparent planning. Yet these trees follow a natural pattern of arrangement. They have no common pest, they need soil fertility differentially, they have their own space niche, they make up several storeys. Management is very little. Nature takes care of everything.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="p11" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 21.75pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.75pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>3. Multiple cropping model (Sta. Maria. Bulacan) - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here the farmer engages in the production of three commodities. For Narciso Santiago, national outstanding farmer, <sub><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sub>his 2.5-ha farm produces frults,<sub> </sub>vegetables and rice. He has several heads of carabao and cattle grown on homelot, pastured between the orchard trees. A pond supplies irrigation, as it produces tilapia and mudfish. Why three commodities? It is because they are closely integrated. This is the key to natural farming where there are a number of products to be desired. First the animals produce, other than meat and milk, manure for the plants, the plants produce food for the family and market, and they together with their residues give feeds to the animals. The pond is source of irrigation for the plants, principally rice and vegetables. It is a waterhole for wildlife for biological control. Because of its integrated structure and management. the farm itself becomes a balanced system. This is the key to sustainable production. This is ecological. farming.</b></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p12" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 21.75pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.75pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4</span>.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Sloping agricultural land technology or SALT (Bohol) Call this natural farming even if the farm is a logged area. Precisely the idea is for the farmer to return the land to its natural state as much as possible. How does he do it? If one sees the model, the land has a grade of 20 to 40 degrees. The steeper the grade the more difficult it is to apply the system. Over and above 45 degrees the model may not work at all.) Here the contour of the slope is marked and outlined so that the sole of the plow, so to speak, will be level at all times. The contours are spaced uniformly, and the rows which follow the contour are planted at interval of annual and permanent crops.</b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGzuKu-8AzvUsd4zu-mj_dMLXqffW28B92vxfw9IAYRWJ7W_98Gi_OASSPFe0ajxiCFTXGeFyCRysdsbWVlUc0nr_MQzb4_-Fzmzr4rUC80BNjuSLopCHkAZf9Fv2wKx62f8JVoKi8eTr/s1600/biotech+12.bmp"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiGzuKu-8AzvUsd4zu-mj_dMLXqffW28B92vxfw9IAYRWJ7W_98Gi_OASSPFe0ajxiCFTXGeFyCRysdsbWVlUc0nr_MQzb4_-Fzmzr4rUC80BNjuSLopCHkAZf9Fv2wKx62f8JVoKi8eTr/s320/biotech+12.bmp" width="320" /></a></b></span></span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBnSSBd81E6intYMQE_c7mSKQGTknOf98GgQXXTWu6O6sZPGGNCIES7-RoAn3rHQFlOB2XL6oMa9yDnbqxoPUPC9d8S1DkMP57rhI72FX__rvn6EKt-GIsxgn8IslMyS-e3Vwvm7Dp97t/s1600/biotech+10.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBnSSBd81E6intYMQE_c7mSKQGTknOf98GgQXXTWu6O6sZPGGNCIES7-RoAn3rHQFlOB2XL6oMa9yDnbqxoPUPC9d8S1DkMP57rhI72FX__rvn6EKt-GIsxgn8IslMyS-e3Vwvm7Dp97t/s200/biotech+10.bmp" width="132" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b> Mushroom growing:<i> Auricularia, </i></span></span><i>Pleurotus,</i><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></span><b style="text-indent: -21.75pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>The idea is for the permanent crops like fruit trees and firewood trees to sandwich the annual crops like peanut, rice, corn vegetable. The herbage of, say ipil-ipil, is used as organic fertilizer. Neem tree is used for pesticide. Lantana is a natural pest repellant, so with Eucalyptus. Legume intercropping and crop rotation replenish the soil of Nitrogen.</b><br /></span><div class="p12" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 21.75pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.75pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="p12" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 21.75pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -21.75pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">6</span>.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span>Modified models (rice and corn areas).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rice farming can be modified to suit the conditions of natural farming. There are farms today that rely entirely on homemade or commercial organic fertilizers. These are contracted farms to supply organically grown rice. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="p12" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>An equally important aspect of successful farming is cleanliness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means no weeds, trimmed waterways, properly disposed farm wastes, efficient drainage, well arranged rows, properly scheduled farming activities, and the like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All this requires but low technology that is also affordable, and contributes to good health to both producer and consumer, and the whole community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="p1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Genetically resistant varieties are chosen. Proper time of planting and harvesting is needed. We should know that clean farms, healthy plants and good management, are basic. What we are saying is that the use of chemicals is dispensable. To a single farmer, this is easier said than done. There is<i> </i>a need for collective and community effort, in which case farming , especially if it intends to shift to organic, likewise becomes more efficient as cost of production can be brought down.</b></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Coconut farms (Southern Tagalog and Bicol). Seldom do we hear of coconut cultivation that follows the agronomic practices of other major crops<i><sub> </sub></i>like sugar cane or corn. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Perhaps there is no plant more resistant than coconut. It is because it perfectly fits our soil, climate and latitude. It is indigenous to us. In fact it evolved with our islands and our culture. Evolutionarily and historically what I am saying is that natural farming is not new. And more importantly, it is a product of long years of development. It is not just acclimatization. It is co-evolution.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div class="p1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The message is that let us explore the richness of our biodiversity and our culture as a people to be able to understand the working of nature. Nature shows us the way. Nature, the way our ancestors knew then, is the nature we know today, except that we have embraced many changes in farming as well as in life style. Many of these changes had not passed the test of time.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="p1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>In Laguna and Quezon, coconut is the dominant species of an ecosystem. The presence of man in the ecosystem has modified it to suit to his needs. For example, he has chosen only the trees and plants that grow between the coconut trees. Unknowingly he raises animals, which reduce the richness of plant species diversity.</b></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="p1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>We still see around well-established, stable coconut areas where man's intervention is<i> </i>kept low, but my fear is the current practice of logging old coconut trees for lumber.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="p1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 15pt;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Natural farming then is important as a way of farming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also important in sustaining economic production, and above all, the continuity of our ecosystems that we have placed in our hands. Given these premises the farmer today faces a new challenge worthy of the title, "the backbone of the nation." ~</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>-------</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">LESSON on former <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid </i>(People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio 738 DZRB AM, [www.pbs.gov.ph] 8-9 evening class Monday to Friday</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b>Part 3 - Organic Farming - Today's Green Revolution for Health and Environment</b></span></div><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">While organic food accounts for 1 to 2 percent of total food sales worldwide, the organic food market is growing rapidly, far ahead of the rest of the food industry, in both developed and developing nations.</span></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Y626TIQlLZpcrNpF8hpQn46Me0XxkJwLqlitPzIJMtGGZcLlkYyFevhmsW13A5q-FE20kvK6Vs6ef3_rY2ysuGYvirwUcjwWSNBOJv3KlBg6N1vt_xpACbimLAgUpjNLOHhEBUHInQ/s1600/DSC05323.JPG"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8Y626TIQlLZpcrNpF8hpQn46Me0XxkJwLqlitPzIJMtGGZcLlkYyFevhmsW13A5q-FE20kvK6Vs6ef3_rY2ysuGYvirwUcjwWSNBOJv3KlBg6N1vt_xpACbimLAgUpjNLOHhEBUHInQ/w320-h240/DSC05323.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqyUwMi3_Hvsz9dDcTmVdtfhKW_zQbW36v3Bjhi8OstyZTRyCsXWStTNzyq-mgSs_lcOmAK5xeOW5rWYD-Fy_RqqBeSGAa_1LIRqF-mLkHSy01XY3LcvNVf9s2sOIAVUlAQU5p62A7G0/s1600/DSC05325.JPG"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqyUwMi3_Hvsz9dDcTmVdtfhKW_zQbW36v3Bjhi8OstyZTRyCsXWStTNzyq-mgSs_lcOmAK5xeOW5rWYD-Fy_RqqBeSGAa_1LIRqF-mLkHSy01XY3LcvNVf9s2sOIAVUlAQU5p62A7G0/w183-h243/DSC05325.JPG" width="183" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFU-uKke98J27nb3bQHOVcY2iiW16h57KAbFY2PJLSfCTaOGvZHlgG0WMdsTm54SH3mhLQL7ur87wf1KodrVe-wAUZb7HgzRLa0Z9lVMC9yFnXndluySyhJWsSAzdNpUtM5fiEaPMRLog/s1600/DSC05329.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFU-uKke98J27nb3bQHOVcY2iiW16h57KAbFY2PJLSfCTaOGvZHlgG0WMdsTm54SH3mhLQL7ur87wf1KodrVe-wAUZb7HgzRLa0Z9lVMC9yFnXndluySyhJWsSAzdNpUtM5fiEaPMRLog/s1600/DSC05329.JPG"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFU-uKke98J27nb3bQHOVcY2iiW16h57KAbFY2PJLSfCTaOGvZHlgG0WMdsTm54SH3mhLQL7ur87wf1KodrVe-wAUZb7HgzRLa0Z9lVMC9yFnXndluySyhJWsSAzdNpUtM5fiEaPMRLog/w320-h240/DSC05329.JPG" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJdeWlvrXizYw2uESe-G2W3xXH6GvrSGaRaGoU-rkJBxyGqI0FhK15M6fEws9Njua1Qe3NHICZb_mR0TboRM9BgK5zrxrq5yAdEm06cHoP6dDJMChiQ6n_lebtZPgaxp6m3E-X0b1HPw/s1600/DSC05322.JPG"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJdeWlvrXizYw2uESe-G2W3xXH6GvrSGaRaGoU-rkJBxyGqI0FhK15M6fEws9Njua1Qe3NHICZb_mR0TboRM9BgK5zrxrq5yAdEm06cHoP6dDJMChiQ6n_lebtZPgaxp6m3E-X0b1HPw/w180-h240/DSC05322.JPG" width="180" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Senior citizens attend to the barangay garden where most of the vegetables are organically grown. Lagro QC</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b></span></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Above all concerns about organic farming, you gain peace of mind in eating products that are friendly to your health and the environment. Your fears of toxic metals like cadmium, lead and mercury are eliminated. So with residual toxicity from pesticides and chemical fertilizers. There are no antibiotic residues, induced hormones, engineered genes from bacteria and other organisms. You keep fields and waterways free from harmful runoff of chemical substances. Biologically, you keep down chances of pest and disease organisms to mutate and develop resistance.</b></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><b>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b></span></span></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span>E</span>at more fruits and vegetables, those grown organically – without chemical fertilizers and pesticides, antibiotics, and the like, and above all – not genetically modified. You will live a healthier and longer life - and kind to Nature, too.</b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It is true. The whole world is going green and organic. It is the current Green Revolution that provides the foundation of sustainable agriculture, balanced ecology, and healthier and longer life.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here is a basic comparison between conventional farming and organic farming:</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Conventional farmers vs Organic farmers</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Apply chemical fertilizers to promote plant growth. /Apply natural fertilizers, such as manure or compost, to feed soil and plants.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Spray insecticides to reduce pests and disease. /Use beneficial insects and birds, mating disruption or traps to reduce pests and disease.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Use chemical herbicides to manage weeds. /Rotate crops, till, hand weed or mulch to manage weeds.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Give animals antibiotics, growth hormones and medications to prevent disease and spur growth. /Give animals organic feed and allow them access to the outdoors. Use preventive measures, such as rotational grazing, a balanced diet and clean housing, to help minimize disease.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">As one who grew up in a farm and practitioner of organic farming, here are other features of organic farming, which I would like to contribute.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1. Minimized wastage. Example: gleaning of grains is done by chicken.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2. Milling of grains practically leaves no waste, even the hull is ground with bran to serve as natural fiber and roughage for animals and fish.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">3. Less mess and odor on the farm through efficient recycling. Farm wastes – crop residues and animal waste - immediately go to composting.</span></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>4. Organic farming is key to tri-commodity farming – crops, animals and fish farming.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>5. Agribusiness is highly profitable through organic farming. Farm produce is immediately processed like natural fruit puree, natural vinegar, natural fish sauce, and the like.</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihirpzqqrQTEFNLUCsxZcWStNLt2yJxmxNyjOCoqE_sj5wmEa6fZMYgUPP-8GKORIdIK-X64T2eVG4QrAq9gi81f1-s7QeH6cWkzvI-08BEgpm6i2Bx5-vaGh6yz_il2sIeULiM6_2dNs/s1600/Mushroom+Untitled-Scanned-70+A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihirpzqqrQTEFNLUCsxZcWStNLt2yJxmxNyjOCoqE_sj5wmEa6fZMYgUPP-8GKORIdIK-X64T2eVG4QrAq9gi81f1-s7QeH6cWkzvI-08BEgpm6i2Bx5-vaGh6yz_il2sIeULiM6_2dNs/s1600/Mushroom+Untitled-Scanned-70+A.jpg" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnjc3sC2Ft6C7YKon1rSXs5L-fBbRN61FtrQ_FFFR3CjMin3jvAlTwwEkTGO1YtlLAkKQMNQ0bVmYIB1TuqGhwFI5FkmIJw0rg_emZ5EqoGBmlw4P_6Xm-3IouJ0KN9Ka9fFtYxI2wr8/s1600/Mushroom+Untitled-Scanned-71+A.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnjc3sC2Ft6C7YKon1rSXs5L-fBbRN61FtrQ_FFFR3CjMin3jvAlTwwEkTGO1YtlLAkKQMNQ0bVmYIB1TuqGhwFI5FkmIJw0rg_emZ5EqoGBmlw4P_6Xm-3IouJ0KN9Ka9fFtYxI2wr8/s1600/Mushroom+Untitled-Scanned-71+A.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnjc3sC2Ft6C7YKon1rSXs5L-fBbRN61FtrQ_FFFR3CjMin3jvAlTwwEkTGO1YtlLAkKQMNQ0bVmYIB1TuqGhwFI5FkmIJw0rg_emZ5EqoGBmlw4P_6Xm-3IouJ0KN9Ka9fFtYxI2wr8/s1600/Mushroom+Untitled-Scanned-71+A.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Mushroom is a health food, it has anti-cancer properties. It is the only vegetable that </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: small;">grows in total absence of sunlight. </b></div></div><b><br /></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>6. Freshness of farm harvest and products is enhanced, hence requires no preservatives.</b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">7. Community-based farming is ideal with organic farming.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">8. Direct marketing linkage with outlets and endusers.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">9. lesser risk to human health.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0jsOaIRa3tM2lgt3X6_RFoPYev33QXWssg-z_7jtOhCTHxobffOCyF2fR_4N5yK2fXbcgsgpDCituM5oxJRj18gTGvvqaoHpVj30_f2Gsc1Yxy8ylymy0az43m46c6yPHBjLNhG2sZk/s1600/Photo0397+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0jsOaIRa3tM2lgt3X6_RFoPYev33QXWssg-z_7jtOhCTHxobffOCyF2fR_4N5yK2fXbcgsgpDCituM5oxJRj18gTGvvqaoHpVj30_f2Gsc1Yxy8ylymy0az43m46c6yPHBjLNhG2sZk/w240-h320/Photo0397+A.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqa-sCTL1K68P0PJbYaVDGruBJmF2unEYErANBgU-meWlxpcbI_LWWF1Hnq3IR8oFGQBcJ5uR-dKO17DMrEms7Mqa0l1E5WjkO4k4M6w2E8hMAotNjV-e18cmTkrVzaeZA_EQrF-ao6CM/s1600/DSC04101.JPG"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqa-sCTL1K68P0PJbYaVDGruBJmF2unEYErANBgU-meWlxpcbI_LWWF1Hnq3IR8oFGQBcJ5uR-dKO17DMrEms7Mqa0l1E5WjkO4k4M6w2E8hMAotNjV-e18cmTkrVzaeZA_EQrF-ao6CM/w240-h320/DSC04101.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><b style="font-size: small;">Avoid giving commercial formulated food to babies. Prepare it yourself from fresh fruits, squash, sweet potato and other native plants. It is safer and cheaper. </b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">10. More environment friendly. It enhances ecology, that is, it promotes welfare of the ecosystem.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">11. Less dependent on fossil fuel, favors tapping alternative and renewable energy sources.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">12. Integrated with farm life, managed by family or by small and medium enterprise.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">13. Aesthetics and quaintness of farm life through organic farming.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">14. Farm becomes a tourist attraction as model in agriculture, ecology and sanctuary of wildlife.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">15. Low technology, affordable and practical, thus less expensive.</span></b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYlW78AxShVvf2P0z_qQl8TLLv6qYfZCIrS9uMioeuLkkv1-5vx4TryXTEI9VyoFxnOOiWu1Oxs-adkBM235_v9yljRM50DLB-0Eb5YJewzatTUF2HmxHTTb9tF1EMxp1d-sd4ViOvEo/s1600/Photo0390+A.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><b><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYlW78AxShVvf2P0z_qQl8TLLv6qYfZCIrS9uMioeuLkkv1-5vx4TryXTEI9VyoFxnOOiWu1Oxs-adkBM235_v9yljRM50DLB-0Eb5YJewzatTUF2HmxHTTb9tF1EMxp1d-sd4ViOvEo/s1600/Photo0390+A.jpg" width="200" /></b></a><br /><b><br /></b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Organic food has higher nutritional value and better taste.</b></span><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">There is no substitute to <i>buko</i> (young coconut) as food and drink. The roots of coconut sieve toxic metals and other harmful substances from getting into the plant system. </span></span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Results from Quality Low Food Input (QLIF), a 5-year integrated study funded by the European Commission, confirmed that the quality of crops and livestock products from organic and conventional farming systems differs considerably. Specifically, results from a QLIF project studying the effects of organic and low-input farming on crop and livestock nutritional quality "showed that organic food production methods resulted in:</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(a) Higher levels of nutritionally desirable compounds (e.g., vitamins/antioxidants and poly-unsaturated fatty acids such as omega-3);</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(b) Lower levels of nutritionally undesirable compounds such as heavy metals, mycotoxins, pesticide residues and glyco-alkaloids in a range of crops and/or milk;</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(c) A lower risk of fecal Salmonella shedding in pigs.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Regarding taste, a 2001 study concluded that organic apples were sweeter by blind taste test. Firmness of the apples was also rated higher than those grown conventionally. In the market, organically grown fruits and vegetables look fresher and more solid.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Organic food may also have potentially higher amounts of natural biotoxins like solanine potatoes, as to compensate for the lack of externally applied fungicides and herbicides.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Organic farming favors community farms where the produce is geographically closer to the consumer. Local food is seen as a way to get fresher food and invest in one's own community.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Facts and statistics about Worldwide Green and Organic Movement.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• While organic food accounts for 1–2% of total food sales worldwide, the organic food market is growing rapidly, far ahead of the rest of the food industry, in both developed and developing nations.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• World organic food sales jumped from US $23 billion in 2002 to $52 billion in 2008.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• The world organic market has been growing by 20% a year since the early 1990s, with future growth estimates ranging from 10%–50% annually depending on the country.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Organic food is the fastest growing sector of the American Food market. Organic food sales have grown by 17 to 20 percent a year for the past few years while sales of conventional food have grown at only about 2 to 3 percent a year.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• In Canada, organic food sales surpassed $1 billion in 2006, accounting for 0.9% of food sales in Canada. Organic food sales by grocery stores were 28% higher in 2006 than in 2005.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• In the European Union 3.9% of the total utilized agricultural area is used for organic production. The countries with the highest proportion of organic land are Austria (11%) and Italy (8.4), followed by Czech Republic and Greece (both 7.2%). The lowest figures are shown for Malta (0.1%), Poland (0.6%) and Ireland (0.8%)</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• In Austria 11.6% of all farmers produced organically in 2007. The government has created incentives to increase the figure to 20% by 2010. Some 4.9% of all food products sold in Austrian supermarkets (including discount stores) in 2006 were organic. There were 8000 different organic products available in the same year.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• In Italy, since 2005 all school lunches must be organic by law.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• In Poland, in 2005 168,000 ha of land were under organic management. 7 percent of Polish consumers buy food that was produced according to the EU-Eco-regulation. The value of the organic market is estimated at 50 million Euros (2006).</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• In UK, organic food sales increased from just over £100 million in 1993/94 to £1.21 billion in 2004 (an 11% increase on 2003).</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• In Cuba, after the collapse of the USSR in 1990, agricultural inputs that had previously been purchased from Eastern Bloc countries were no longer available in Cuba, and many Cuban farms converted to organic methods out of necessity. Consequently, organic agriculture is a mainstream practice in Cuba, while it remains an alternative practice in most other countries. Cuba exports organic citrus and citrus juices to EU markets. Cuba's forced conversion to organic methods may position the country to be a global supplier of organic products.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Organics Olympiad 2007 awarded gold, silver and bronze medals to countries based on twelve measures of organic leadership. The gold medal winners were:</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Australia with 11.8 million organic hectares.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Mexico with 83,174 organic farms.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Romania with 15.9 million certified wild organic hectares.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• China with 135 thousand MT of organic wild harvest produce; and with an increase of 1,998,705 organic hectares.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Denmark with 1805 organic research publications recorded.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Germany with 69 members of. International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), the worldwide umbrella organization for organic agriculture movement, uniting more than 750 member organizations in 108 countries.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Liechtenstein with 27.9% of its agricultural land certified organic.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Mali with an 8488% annual increase in its organic hectares, and with a 10.9% 4-yearly increment of the organic share of its total agriculture.</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Latvia with an annual 3.01% increase in its organic share of agricultural land.</span></b><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">• Switzerland with a per capita annual spend on organic produce of 103 Euros.</span></b><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Eating the right food enhances happiness, peace of mind, good health and long and active life - and the quality of your environment. This is a primordial Human Right. It is also the best you can contribute in saving the earth. Enjoy the quaintness of Farming with Nature.</span></b><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold;">References: Living with Nature in Our Times, Food and Fertilizer Technology Center publications, Internet.</span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span>Part 3 - </span></span></span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Simplify food preparation for enjoyment,</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> health and economy</span></b></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span>"The greatest dishes are very simple." </span>- Auguste Escoffier</b></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XexelD9fKvVSHrdNeLURi8DEyggHzztJ2M3XOcknGjSqnKzebggO7FqLoh8baJvkRrgLl2q8eGzKfegMBb07T2R486MzmxjnFrzlb_CazGIZupS50zAJcPdk7wpdQnmdNfHkdkQLkF0/s1600/DSC01035.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XexelD9fKvVSHrdNeLURi8DEyggHzztJ2M3XOcknGjSqnKzebggO7FqLoh8baJvkRrgLl2q8eGzKfegMBb07T2R486MzmxjnFrzlb_CazGIZupS50zAJcPdk7wpdQnmdNfHkdkQLkF0/s1600/DSC01035.JPG" width="360" /></span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1. Edible fern salad (with red egg, tomato, onion rings, vinegar, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>and a dash of </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">salt.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhjzbS4kOIgaXD8c0qlqKLOpLxEkz13YGdnJ0szZtxf_SBXcsjfOZ77tz9a0DVnyX3AKtn0sNTEotTwzFsyH7KeqzoWkZXTGr_T7ettwG2SlVfYQ3zmTQM126c0gRoNB5rITckifd2F8/s1600/DSC01040.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhjzbS4kOIgaXD8c0qlqKLOpLxEkz13YGdnJ0szZtxf_SBXcsjfOZ77tz9a0DVnyX3AKtn0sNTEotTwzFsyH7KeqzoWkZXTGr_T7ettwG2SlVfYQ3zmTQM126c0gRoNB5rITckifd2F8/s1600/DSC01040.JPG" width="400" /></span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> 2. Twin fried eggs over brown rice (onion leaves topping)</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8lnxdvRSZBcvZ_EZ5ZF3TnTi4w3R7oud7a9Xmd0dTzRLBbW6nASErvLAJIUc9dWp3G41oH530KgxErV2_hp9y_-dpzoDGeJa8Yq6uHI4a9Mq3fM0WgyBXdmH4_hPyJNK4w4Bq3uWfNk/s1600/DSC01048.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8lnxdvRSZBcvZ_EZ5ZF3TnTi4w3R7oud7a9Xmd0dTzRLBbW6nASErvLAJIUc9dWp3G41oH530KgxErV2_hp9y_-dpzoDGeJa8Yq6uHI4a9Mq3fM0WgyBXdmH4_hPyJNK4w4Bq3uWfNk/s1600/DSC01048.JPG" width="400" /></span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i> 3. Halaan</i> shell soup with <i>sili (</i>pepper) tops (thickened with corn starch)</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aIJn-uHFut-JiVxAnEdIvSg9C9wRVvROPuGFylKNgKrt5IFlsbWMkLfUVrFd2X5Dh1grqEMjsClpt67pZOGnf-FpDSsECeElUKExZxDnv-JPnqbAthJPcJ5qjZw4Zdwr_HcPXFewSxk/s1600/DSC07733.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aIJn-uHFut-JiVxAnEdIvSg9C9wRVvROPuGFylKNgKrt5IFlsbWMkLfUVrFd2X5Dh1grqEMjsClpt67pZOGnf-FpDSsECeElUKExZxDnv-JPnqbAthJPcJ5qjZw4Zdwr_HcPXFewSxk/s1600/DSC07733.JPG" width="400" /></span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>4. Green corn on the cob (Serve with <i>buko </i>or young coconut juice or just water)</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgaDpvFzDZv8wyjiKsjuI7fFl9dclLESROJ3Q4D5grjaAFLZUzNQAhGhsxrH68PmoZ-m-wCa0kbhL8GcC1RJ9ghSJH4Drut3B1Acjz4sAmdboibx3e2jGBQDJElFfE9xnI6AzKupge8Y/s1600/AVR+family++Nangka+Untitled-Scanned-67.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgaDpvFzDZv8wyjiKsjuI7fFl9dclLESROJ3Q4D5grjaAFLZUzNQAhGhsxrH68PmoZ-m-wCa0kbhL8GcC1RJ9ghSJH4Drut3B1Acjz4sAmdboibx3e2jGBQDJElFfE9xnI6AzKupge8Y/s1600/AVR+family++Nangka+Untitled-Scanned-67.jpg" width="400" /></span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">5. <i>Nangka </i>served as whole fruit</span> </b><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUfP7b2Ca0SB3Qk3XGIc2OwrHG4XpZPAFGrvNhPqMy0S9cDd-iI8NQqjn3zNsajP_G1WxB0X8j_fsFhVDtuQvo6y3w6KKqbX0CjLc9I53bM9BY-VFLyKu2nXpPBlSpXJ0FsR8aLVDx0g/s1600/avr+139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUfP7b2Ca0SB3Qk3XGIc2OwrHG4XpZPAFGrvNhPqMy0S9cDd-iI8NQqjn3zNsajP_G1WxB0X8j_fsFhVDtuQvo6y3w6KKqbX0CjLc9I53bM9BY-VFLyKu2nXpPBlSpXJ0FsR8aLVDx0g/w324-h448/avr+139.jpg" width="324" /></span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>6.<i> Empanada</i> and <i>ukoy </i>(Eating while cooking)</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cMAtT10ykUZ9DJzqu-hgpzUF5BktuIn-KPk3RVEcpvOIP1KgEF1WbJP1TsUK5BZtjXScEsG6GD2YZXIqxjggCyGETueodXcsIW2nNnSEfogGojmmBDfkNgX-sTw5SvcBqqR7D1EZhmg/s1600/DSC05314.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cMAtT10ykUZ9DJzqu-hgpzUF5BktuIn-KPk3RVEcpvOIP1KgEF1WbJP1TsUK5BZtjXScEsG6GD2YZXIqxjggCyGETueodXcsIW2nNnSEfogGojmmBDfkNgX-sTw5SvcBqqR7D1EZhmg/s1600/DSC05314.JPG" width="400" /></span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>7. Broiled tilapia cum scales (Burnt scale removes fishy taste and smell)</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7VWhMqS7Pscd0BvW-aZ61x5Dz6tfBBTo8Eor4FJitB_bckRXlnQjd63rBibF_7M110HOl_sBWZxeB4PkAWOwMGkk9Y6yE-0-8OSzwJtDgoeEO0IqoO9lNGJ0rM8PfXMBRHrZWTG3XVtk/s200/DSC00825.JPG" width="400" /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><i>8. Tamales</i> (fish steamed in banana leaves, add tomato, </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>ginger, </b></span></span><b style="font-family: arial;">onion and a dash of salt)</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><img height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwksr2yVKzSWwvRAPIpDLN95-9gIwpKaSUX0jb9wG5yLG5XezfzZ3ahV5xYH-Q9FpvN2t2SnQ7aLkaCz2sT0KRkk3WquyxiIVaVtp11IAG4hdn8FRhsOlSErJVvYLX1sp5fiYcktrSU_I/s1600/DSC08195.JPG" style="text-align: start;" width="400" /></b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><i>9. Paksiw</i> sapatero fish (Just don't overcook)</b></span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnxSBcST8Qs9FFdIHpfz8C_ftWErGXJ5joF1wRgEgRpTgT1AxRHfIyzL2fMmKF7nUrfPXvL14pKWuL83r1z_-i_w4X7F0Ns7nLvtVKChO44d9SoMuh_oVmorvArjmFZLatrMdDk8pECs/s1600/Seaweed+arusip.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnxSBcST8Qs9FFdIHpfz8C_ftWErGXJ5joF1wRgEgRpTgT1AxRHfIyzL2fMmKF7nUrfPXvL14pKWuL83r1z_-i_w4X7F0Ns7nLvtVKChO44d9SoMuh_oVmorvArjmFZLatrMdDk8pECs/s1600/Seaweed+arusip.JPG" width="400" /></span></b></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><i>10. Arusip</i> or <i>lato </i>(<i>Caulerpa</i>) most popular sea vegetable. (You may add red<br />tomato and onion)</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b>Simplify food preparation with these guidelines</b></span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>1. FRESHNESS: There's no substitute to freshness - </b></span><b>fruits picked from the tree, newly harvested vegetables, newly dressed chicken and slaughtered meat. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">2. CLEANLINESS: free from contamination, healthy source of crops and animals, strict sanitation and quarantine.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">3. SIMPLE PREPARATION: broiled, steamed, boiled, blanched, and the like.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">4. AVOID PROCESSED PRODUCTS: canned, hammed, pureed, and the like.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">5. HOMEMADE: direct choice and preference of recipes, others</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">6. ECONOMICAL: less handling, less processing, less advertising.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">7. EDUCATIONAL: to children, members of the household and immediate community.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">8. PEACE OF MIND: food security from <span style="color: #cc0000;">vetsin (MSG</span>)*, aspartame, olestra or fatless fat, decaf, enhancers. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">9. HEALTH: investment and legacy to children and future generations.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">10 PRODUCTIVITY: enjoyment in life and good health = high productivity. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">11. BONDING: with family, friends and neighbors</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>12: VALUES: </b><b>free from guilt and fear</b><b>; </b><b>fulfillment, and confidence.</b><br /><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>*<span style="color: #cc0000;">Vetsin or MSG comes in different names and brands, It is </span></b></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>claimed to cause asthma, headaches and even brain damage, other ailments notwithstanding. </b></span><b>On the other hand, it is also claimed safe. Don't put </b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>yourself</b></span><b> and your family, especially children, at risk. The best way is to avoid using MSG! </b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"><br /></b><b style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">LESSON on former </b><b style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"><i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid </i>(People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio</b><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b style="font-size: small; text-align: start;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small;">738 DZRB AM, [www.pbs.gov.ph] 8-9 evening class Monday to Friday</span></span></b></span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Part 4 - </b><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Rare Dishes of the Ilocos Region, Philippines </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"I, a prodigal son, I atone</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> for my past;</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> join me,<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> for the world's a stage of fun.<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"</span> </span></span></span></span></span></b></span><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WNFj5XzX1m-qiidlL_lBKxLq8_IZv0LTdo5rsal6GAZWgNXI-19hLCEeG_zuajoYVD4zGlQReGwLxDffwNUxlGrlno266zkx_SEaRAuH00NeOIfZzzJNEhdGfkEaCqPvQdxXeVroSnw/s1600-h/DSC02014.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324538489856590290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WNFj5XzX1m-qiidlL_lBKxLq8_IZv0LTdo5rsal6GAZWgNXI-19hLCEeG_zuajoYVD4zGlQReGwLxDffwNUxlGrlno266zkx_SEaRAuH00NeOIfZzzJNEhdGfkEaCqPvQdxXeVroSnw/s400/DSC02014.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 277px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Caliente</span><span><i>, </i>ox hide. Hide is cleaned, and </span><span>softened under low fire for hours, sliced thinly, spiced heavily with onion and pepper, and salt.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMzCrNa2asUZ1fQAwKnT8EVHBXRfizCY8ZhBsolNZve0ErEgvyix2PH9jhR2kfJCz4Mp-lgoN7CaaDrbZUtv6Ej9OwTryGpe6DsCtJFNUqLcQM_vhXbXFBpmN1fHiiOKKFhmTlGr9Q5a4/s1600/DSC01355.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692671809802739170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMzCrNa2asUZ1fQAwKnT8EVHBXRfizCY8ZhBsolNZve0ErEgvyix2PH9jhR2kfJCz4Mp-lgoN7CaaDrbZUtv6Ej9OwTryGpe6DsCtJFNUqLcQM_vhXbXFBpmN1fHiiOKKFhmTlGr9Q5a4/s320/DSC01355.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 226px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 401px;" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Favorite goat recipes: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">kilawin</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (left) or medium rare; and</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> pinapa-itan</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (soup made of entrails and <i>chyme</i>, which gives the bitter taste. Chyme is extracted from the partially digested grass, and heated to pasteurization temperature, around 70 degrees Celsius. Gall is often used as substitute.)</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKosM0AOrVJPTm7gwNX3aaxTceu9pqQCBgOiewIjYZAjuLH_NLOgm5G-it9rzfeZyPhhlGRdvsP4UiI7gIuojI64BE7k19E9tDarrYkC-2sCgajWRvfqK_XNx3yGfoD3ZF2-hESvE26I/s1600-h/Copy+of+IMG_1740.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324547212267515906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKosM0AOrVJPTm7gwNX3aaxTceu9pqQCBgOiewIjYZAjuLH_NLOgm5G-it9rzfeZyPhhlGRdvsP4UiI7gIuojI64BE7k19E9tDarrYkC-2sCgajWRvfqK_XNx3yGfoD3ZF2-hESvE26I/s400/Copy+of+IMG_1740.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 212px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-style: italic;">Ngarusangis</span> shellfish is washed and cooked until shell opens. Skillful winnowing completely separates the shell. This shellfish is gathered in unpolluted </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>shallow </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">estuaries.</span></span></span></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Let me go back to my origin</b></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>with old folks of my time;</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>only then can I claim myself a GI,</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>and all the world's mine.</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>I live in the past with <i>pinapa-itan,</i></b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>jumping salad and<i> ipusan</i></b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>caliente, pulutan</i> and <i>basi</i> wine</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>my version of Bacchanalian.</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>With the vernacular <i>Bannawag,</i></b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>live the great Angalo and Lam-ang,</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>heroes always are to the Ilocano,</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>with <i>pinakbet</i> and <i>pinulpugan.</i></b></span></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Ay, kakabsat</i>, take a break just now,</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>I am your <i>kail-lian, a balikbayan;</i></b></span></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>a prodigal son I atone for my past;</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>join me, for the world's a stage of fun. ~</b></span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><ul><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>GI</i> - Genuine Ilocano</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Jumping salad - live shrimps served on the table with salt and calamansi</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Ipusan </i>- long tail guppies caught on the river</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Caliente</i> - oxhide (carabao hide) softened with prolong coiling, garnished with red pepper, Ilocos vinegar, chopped onions and ginger, and a dash of refined salt (asin ti Ilocos).</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Pulutan</i> - appetizer that goes well with<i> basi</i> (Ilocano wine)</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Bannawag</i> (Dawn) - weekly magazine in Ilocano language read locally and internationally.</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>pinakbet</i> - a potpourri of native vegetables notably eggplant, ampalaya, with sweet potato (camote) to thicken the soup. Cooked with bagoong (fish paste) and topped with <i>bagnet </i>(<i>lechon kawali</i> - roasted pork in kettle)</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>pinulpugan (imbaliktad)</i> - medium rare fresh meat or large fish, such as <i>dalag</i> (snakehead)</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Bacchanalian - lavish feast in honor of Greek God Bacchus</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Angalo, Lam-ang - Ilocano epic heroes</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Kabsat </i>- brother; in a brotherhood perspective <i>(kakabsat</i>)</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Balikbayan - an overseas resident or transient visiting his homeland</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Kail-lian </i>- town mate</span></b></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span><span><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><span>Have you tried Jumping Salad?</span></span><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""> </span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><b></b></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJWRRCpJ4hNfuAINy7D35ScCbyENHLYRKtcDgQySleOI0t_wgajnKk94bqVID8CRKhJcBhdEHURV7uTQgcZGZlCF3skenL8I7E7cTLmaeFl_S7_QlxLx7SeIsWM9Z5dbCRy9aM8fTTMM/s1600/jumping+salad+2.jpg" style="clear: left; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJWRRCpJ4hNfuAINy7D35ScCbyENHLYRKtcDgQySleOI0t_wgajnKk94bqVID8CRKhJcBhdEHURV7uTQgcZGZlCF3skenL8I7E7cTLmaeFl_S7_QlxLx7SeIsWM9Z5dbCRy9aM8fTTMM/w320-h238/jumping+salad+2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: start;">This is a favorite dish of Ilocanos known as “jumping salad.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>What is it really? In <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i> (school-on-the-air) program, five callers phoned in to give their answers. Except one who said he learned about this rare dish from a friend, the callers apparently Ilocanos, said they have actually tasted jumping salad.</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />Newly caught juvenile shrimps, promptly dressed with tomato or <i>calamansi</i> and a dash of salt. Pick them up individually by the head, put it into the mouth in reverse, severe the rostrum (unicorn) and antennae with the teeth to avoid injury. It is the kicking in the mouth that gives this unique dish its name jumping salad.</b></span><b><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif""><br />This dish is prepared from newly caught small to medium shrimps from the estuaries and rivers, and while they are still very much alive are served right there and then with calamansi and salt, momentarily agitating the ill-fated creatures.<br /><br />Pronto! The shrimps, on removing the cover, frantically jump out of the plate, save the dazed ones. You should be skillful in catching them from the table (and even on the floor) deftly picking them by the head, taking caution so as not to get hurt by their sharp rostrum. You can imagine the danger you face as the creature makes its last attempt to escape. You must get a firm hold before putting the struggling creature into your mouth, tail first and quickly bite off the head, severing the sharp dagger in your hold. The creature wriggles in the cave of your mouth and you can actually feel its convulsion fading as it undergoes the initial process of digestion.<br /><br />Being an Ilocano myself, eating jumping salad is an adventure and rarely do you experience having one nowadays, unless you are living near the sea, river or lake, or a good friend brings live shrimps to town in banana stalk container to keep them alive.<br /><br />Try jumping salad. It’s one for the Book of Guinness.~</span></b><br /><span><br /><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Other Favorite Ilocano Food</span></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvuIcsmZTbEaagDxaUYqxw17O8oZaNMwqxIs_5CUrefTFscLszpTzVH3rtWEJkddGQL0oHhOYJeWziA-6hf0KQYfFa7tPu6PK1IBDuAJcmkJNpLG97zBa0wEGIn3tR9Hh6_OIQKdyuucg/s1600/DSC00818.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692659433768599090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvuIcsmZTbEaagDxaUYqxw17O8oZaNMwqxIs_5CUrefTFscLszpTzVH3rtWEJkddGQL0oHhOYJeWziA-6hf0KQYfFa7tPu6PK1IBDuAJcmkJNpLG97zBa0wEGIn3tR9Hh6_OIQKdyuucg/s320/DSC00818.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 295px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 398px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Singkamas</span><span> or yam is eaten fresh with Ilocos vinegar and a dash of salt. It is also an ingredient of fresh l</span><span style="font-style: italic;">umpia</span><span>, and fruit cocktail.</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY2PjblVDS6nT4DU3KS3OzJxbXAoNjWEABEmt4ZkkEeogMjZtbW8mOovvhV_8uoHEGB1-ko7m6QAveaxYpbYsBRdoNzZoIDNm13HAy2rzVa-dakADGfOFJ9_rKBl4kr8PLBBjY4pvWd7m/s1600/DSC00810.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692659428979742002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY2PjblVDS6nT4DU3KS3OzJxbXAoNjWEABEmt4ZkkEeogMjZtbW8mOovvhV_8uoHEGB1-ko7m6QAveaxYpbYsBRdoNzZoIDNm13HAy2rzVa-dakADGfOFJ9_rKBl4kr8PLBBjY4pvWd7m/s320/DSC00810.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 283px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 399px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Tamalis</span><span> - this mixture is divided into small packs wrapped with wilted banana leaves, and cooked in earthen pot (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">banga</span><span>).</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZ101aIB3eCcn2eXjZyMj3KEWTKe__rSbDl2ADlQGRZWj2HYKhtDYzzZJJr68smupms33h7jGUg2wN3M-p76PMJLs7cEP0v4JjW35_9JQHUAEJln7QskESdfpZmVw7sUnl9LJlaiP7sfg/s1600/DSC00636A.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692659424604354562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZ101aIB3eCcn2eXjZyMj3KEWTKe__rSbDl2ADlQGRZWj2HYKhtDYzzZJJr68smupms33h7jGUg2wN3M-p76PMJLs7cEP0v4JjW35_9JQHUAEJln7QskESdfpZmVw7sUnl9LJlaiP7sfg/s320/DSC00636A.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 296px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 395px;" /></a><span>Malunggay pod is skinned, and cut into pieces, cooked into </span><span style="font-style: italic;">dinengdeng</span><span>, with camote (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">buridibud</span><span>) and <span style="font-style: italic;">alukong</span>. Broiled </span><span style="font-style: italic;">tilapia</span><span> or</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> bangos</span><span> is excellent </span><span style="font-style: italic;">sahug</span><span>.</span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKosM0AOrVJPTm7gwNX3aaxTceu9pqQCBgOiewIjYZAjuLH_NLOgm5G-it9rzfeZyPhhlGRdvsP4UiI7gIuojI64BE7k19E9tDarrYkC-2sCgajWRvfqK_XNx3yGfoD3ZF2-hESvE26I/s1600-h/Copy+of+IMG_1740.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324547212267515906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKosM0AOrVJPTm7gwNX3aaxTceu9pqQCBgOiewIjYZAjuLH_NLOgm5G-it9rzfeZyPhhlGRdvsP4UiI7gIuojI64BE7k19E9tDarrYkC-2sCgajWRvfqK_XNx3yGfoD3ZF2-hESvE26I/s400/Copy+of+IMG_1740.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 212px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span><span style="font-style: italic;">Ngarusangis</span> shellfish is washed and cooked until shell opens. Skillful winnowing completely separates the shell (right). This shellfish is gathered in shallow estuaries.</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkz1EPCElP-rRLe0wEheG0HMujufRI2Cs3TO7sxH3WXey7zR6CjzrktdQXKFOoGef0P3MxKE8G11J561a-7rBrJFDn4MGuNKyegAX7GdQaHFHW9mArZlom8vFdgv_lpGjr86PjM2LJI4/s1600-h/DSC00545.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324547205594519362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkz1EPCElP-rRLe0wEheG0HMujufRI2Cs3TO7sxH3WXey7zR6CjzrktdQXKFOoGef0P3MxKE8G11J561a-7rBrJFDn4MGuNKyegAX7GdQaHFHW9mArZlom8vFdgv_lpGjr86PjM2LJI4/s400/DSC00545.JPG" style="display: block; height: 352px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span>Squash </span><span style="font-style: italic;">ukoy. </span><span>Squash is grated like noodles, used fresh or partially dried. Cooked with egg, small shrimps, and condiments, like any <span style="font-style: italic;">ukoy </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaACLzd79pa5zQJXDnC0NLvl18PSf55KqNHaamHWR91aqhIVkz5yoTpQh9QFLwNn1NGMMphsq-THsc1emB-l5GbdfWbkjpkjItHdMBJFcH9pVbU8XZW_aC0BuMHZviiB2qEkHT2yglNo/s1600-h/DSC02202.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324547202537649890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaACLzd79pa5zQJXDnC0NLvl18PSf55KqNHaamHWR91aqhIVkz5yoTpQh9QFLwNn1NGMMphsq-THsc1emB-l5GbdfWbkjpkjItHdMBJFcH9pVbU8XZW_aC0BuMHZviiB2qEkHT2yglNo/s400/DSC02202.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 201px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span><i>Tupig</i></span><span> being cooked</span>. <span>Ingredients: glutinous rice flour, coconut milk and sugar.</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVa96-fwF3xZTA_Gtq4ut7yIPZYLr1ClktO2K-_2XvuKhRcxJVEFcCcY5NZlLO0UdOaWWCDaZj4V0g8weRGMHCBMqsgJT7TwNM7uVSaB7Egy4nsJ2gxuSZU5pND2I9NY0-ShpJQBWHvG9/s1600/Food+Rice+patupatA.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692671826707074722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVa96-fwF3xZTA_Gtq4ut7yIPZYLr1ClktO2K-_2XvuKhRcxJVEFcCcY5NZlLO0UdOaWWCDaZj4V0g8weRGMHCBMqsgJT7TwNM7uVSaB7Egy4nsJ2gxuSZU5pND2I9NY0-ShpJQBWHvG9/s320/Food+Rice+patupatA.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 260px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 390px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sinambong</span><span> - glutinous rice in woven coconut leaves, cooked with sugarcane juice during the manufacture of</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> muscovado</span><span> sugar.</span></span><br /><br /></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6-Vi0DlGmJd2owHqkYhd5PjGc3Qk0mLMpsGgDjLEe6Ubp1_tLsaCE-U5HsWsh_6_hZlFv1V9ZXovBMJmIhEOTifaxzNDBB8IE3PQeoTU6D-wVcpDiiFpibxY8EzyHvTZENyNIkm11BK8/s1600/IMG_2659.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694501862497416466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6-Vi0DlGmJd2owHqkYhd5PjGc3Qk0mLMpsGgDjLEe6Ubp1_tLsaCE-U5HsWsh_6_hZlFv1V9ZXovBMJmIhEOTifaxzNDBB8IE3PQeoTU6D-wVcpDiiFpibxY8EzyHvTZENyNIkm11BK8/s320/IMG_2659.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 260px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 388px;" /></a><span>Two kinds of suman</span></b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNbSuHKgJ_eDNPRc-DFdb8MiHL2cxpByo2-hG3zwDtvdkJlb7vFkdWl9fSGhKYRhgqG8SvFJ_BEkVaL2QccHh7HQeR9J59mPjnfSsXdDNddF8YiW6s42gMg3x71odrtYFcfqHIsIzYAg/s1600-h/DSC02017.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324538494754793442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNbSuHKgJ_eDNPRc-DFdb8MiHL2cxpByo2-hG3zwDtvdkJlb7vFkdWl9fSGhKYRhgqG8SvFJ_BEkVaL2QccHh7HQeR9J59mPjnfSsXdDNddF8YiW6s42gMg3x71odrtYFcfqHIsIzYAg/s400/DSC02017.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 260px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Ar-arusip,</span><span> a green seaweed (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Caulerpa racemosa</span><span>)</span> <span>is served fresh with tomato,</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>often with onion</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWyhBHXP_GkY7HrK6ZeLL-0vMdLqSFElm8ugOZ2OFfElP9j652kKdAyNYIzIoI4WgjuJc6Q03J6gNIeaMByPKIHmzeM6aaLOS24LOM1Yz9XZkuV_C35XLXMHTvK1uiEQ9WA4OqdXN5Vk/s1600-h/DSC01796.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324538486051356402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWyhBHXP_GkY7HrK6ZeLL-0vMdLqSFElm8ugOZ2OFfElP9j652kKdAyNYIzIoI4WgjuJc6Q03J6gNIeaMByPKIHmzeM6aaLOS24LOM1Yz9XZkuV_C35XLXMHTvK1uiEQ9WA4OqdXN5Vk/s400/DSC01796.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 238px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sinigang na malaga</span><span> (Ilk),</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> samaral </span><span>(Tag)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc7_sGvG1z2J1IBr-yaxkHq12qMokusBo82e0JPTZKtMsIdEGSDFCMNtDKKksX67j3ENqDERz40hcJjNSow9dR2TJdJ82xRfbeOweiXm9F17F_iasmKR0JdGPsb7EoSKu4SIjfTSKpMT_/s1600/DSC01103.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692671838712769090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc7_sGvG1z2J1IBr-yaxkHq12qMokusBo82e0JPTZKtMsIdEGSDFCMNtDKKksX67j3ENqDERz40hcJjNSow9dR2TJdJ82xRfbeOweiXm9F17F_iasmKR0JdGPsb7EoSKu4SIjfTSKpMT_/s320/DSC01103.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 294px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 392px;" /></a><span>Ilocano-inspired cooking and serving chicken</span></b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7_vgnTJGhZAt-77K1SjwBV_QPz-FxQZyyrI7oR8JPX2MAXm4xq2pOgQ0-Huq-V4O40MiM4qWqUoD9lJu8qDDQKDdGze4sWsJe0KtyB0vcNH68_QOl03szRozJo9kK9CoFcIFFip6YoDx/s1600/IMG_2646.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694501887210860594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7_vgnTJGhZAt-77K1SjwBV_QPz-FxQZyyrI7oR8JPX2MAXm4xq2pOgQ0-Huq-V4O40MiM4qWqUoD9lJu8qDDQKDdGze4sWsJe0KtyB0vcNH68_QOl03szRozJo9kK9CoFcIFFip6YoDx/s320/IMG_2646.JPG" style="display: block; height: 256px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 384px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Alimasag</span> crab</b></span></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ilocano dishes include <span style="font-style: italic;">pinakbet, tinubong, saluyot, imbaliktad</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">dinakdakan </span>(medium rare beef or pork)</b></span></div></div></div><b style="font-size: small;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Acknowledgement: shrimp photo<br />Lesson, former <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i> with Ms Melly C Tenorio<br />738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday</span></b></span></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Part 5 - </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't waste food, don't!</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;">Yes, children there is a </span><i style="color: #333333;">Santa Gracia</i><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9k9mpwaTl2fkKSNmzdu9Nt-LOb0uGn6rBqFH-zCdJNG3PUGXJL9LUHhH_DtDEDQD1OWWqo5K9Xytosx-CZS2-XMQnMvNoA-LkaHg4Y3qhkuUItF-yH7tW3-bbHd1XJZ9GHuxkckAVLjE/s1600/food+waste+don't.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9k9mpwaTl2fkKSNmzdu9Nt-LOb0uGn6rBqFH-zCdJNG3PUGXJL9LUHhH_DtDEDQD1OWWqo5K9Xytosx-CZS2-XMQnMvNoA-LkaHg4Y3qhkuUItF-yH7tW3-bbHd1XJZ9GHuxkckAVLjE/s1600/food+waste+don't.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr Abe V Rotor<br /></b></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="color: #333333;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;">D</span>on't throw away food left on the table. Please don't.</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: small;"> </b><span>Recycle leftover in a different presentation</span><b style="font-size: small;">.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: small;"><br /></b></span></span></div></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">• Food is <i>Santa Gracia</i> (holy grace) as old folks reverently call it.</span></span><br /></span></b><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: small; text-align: right;"></b></span></span></div><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">• </span>Food waste could otherwise go to millions who have not enough to eat.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">• Food waste breeds pest and disease, sickens the air. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small; text-align: right;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>• Anything that goes to waste draws down the economy.<br /><br />• Waste widens inequity in resources.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Here are some things to do with food leftovers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">1. </span><i>Sinagag</i><span style="font-size: small;"> - fried rice mix with bits of bacon, ham, fried egg, fish, and the like.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> 2. </span><i>Torta </i><span style="font-size: small;">- tidbits like those mentioned in scramble egg. Include veggies like carrot and onion.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">3. </span><i>Pickle</i><span style="font-size: small;"> – excess veggies and fruits plus vinegar, sugar and salt, and spices. Good for carrot, bell pepper, cucumber, green papaya, yam (<i>sinkamas</i>), others.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">4. </span><i>Paksiw</i><span style="font-size: small;"> – if not consumed is fried, makes a new menu.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">5. </span><i>Daing</i><span style="font-size: small;"> – fish in season is dried, cooked with <i>gata’</i> (coconut milk).</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">6. </span><i>Suka </i><span style="font-size: small;">– fruit vinegar from overripe pineapple, banana, others, but not tomato and kamias.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">7. </span><i>Pudding</i><span style="font-size: small;"> – bread not consumed on time is also made into pizza bread- bread crumbs, garlic bread.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">8. </span><i>Sopas</i><span style="font-size: small;"> – Grind bones, shrimp head for soup and broth. <i>Bulalo'</i> for whole bone.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">9.</span><i> Pastillas</i><span style="font-size: small;"> – milk p</span><span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Description: Italic" height="1" src="file:///C:/Users/Leo/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2" width="1" /></span><span style="font-size: small;">owder not consumed on time, also grated hardened cheese.</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>10. Veggie and fruit peelings – for animal feeds, composting. Include solids from brewing (coffee) and juicing fruits. Ultimately, inevitable food waste is collected for feeds in poultry and piggery.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Food waste also emanates from carelessness in handling, food preparation and serving. Much is also lost due to lack of proper processing, transport and storage facilities. Estimated loss in postharvest alone runs from 10 to 37 percent of actual harvest of crops.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>In "Give <i>us</i> this day our daily bread..." in the Lord's Prayer, us here is regarded as <i>thanksgiving</i> and <i>remembering</i> the millions people around the world who may not have the food they need.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />I believe in the wisdom of the old folk who reminds us of the value of food. They have experienced hunger during war, drought, flood, crop failure, pestilence - even in normal times. They have not lost sight of the presence of <i>Santa Gracia.</i></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Yes, children there is a </span></b><i><b><span>Santa Graci</span>a</b></i><span><b> . </b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span><b>*In observance of </b></span></span><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span color="windowtext" style="text-underline: none;">World Food Day</span><span> October 16, every year.</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #333333;">~</span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">ANNEX </span></b></div><div><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> A touch of Philippine culinary arts in Australia* </span></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn-1wXPvMAd_QDFfFLaEhJgCHd-tA--X0xy9u963BmKXW33FQSX-ACIcnhRetHdT3MdxUFw54u7x4smQGLJ-8OEm7sFf0U-SgVNWE74y6mwJJj2kR6smbvicgZy6a65xwt_E71fG5W_SrCNa95KJiXCTEJc7cPk75j7en0bfUQMUOGxg_AXuzswQp5Ug/s5472/DSC01092.JPG"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKn-1wXPvMAd_QDFfFLaEhJgCHd-tA--X0xy9u963BmKXW33FQSX-ACIcnhRetHdT3MdxUFw54u7x4smQGLJ-8OEm7sFf0U-SgVNWE74y6mwJJj2kR6smbvicgZy6a65xwt_E71fG5W_SrCNa95KJiXCTEJc7cPk75j7en0bfUQMUOGxg_AXuzswQp5Ug/w409-h230/DSC01092.JPG" width="409" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Diningding</i> - an indigenous Philippine recipe - a complete one-dish </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">meal, rich and </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">balanced in ingredients and nutrition,</span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> a healthy diet.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZYuCdVJU2xDD1xZiFSOicwXqkXbsIj9FAa4sju0-Hbw-ePzvI4Gb0cEG0IDFyJGb2w0iSklz-8CZRRTf-emJeGQDinrI-Pk-Mflbu5Az8ro4S-zAJFodwcL5JJUAIdiQhQyktVZpknwiI4ubYFhSYv_Dzh-2hgw-cUj5CcbHVAm40uCWlK7bQ-yQEXo/w200-h133/DSC01091.JPG" width="200" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1Lh47HP9M7jK1jhTNnVNw3DPoQIeApTL8EKutm-gmPGhhFNi1GOMR93-8MEWDApmB_BKoB9MdVwuhVJTquEhvSTalK-6d1TpUDpFuEjYMqqzCCTd5RviZcysMhRMBV0xsOGAxH1Uzr9WszroEAwJao6z1AZ5wGF6ogKHN-ezUtfWHS5r_ELR1N8wFHE/s4864/DSC01094.JPG"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1Lh47HP9M7jK1jhTNnVNw3DPoQIeApTL8EKutm-gmPGhhFNi1GOMR93-8MEWDApmB_BKoB9MdVwuhVJTquEhvSTalK-6d1TpUDpFuEjYMqqzCCTd5RviZcysMhRMBV0xsOGAxH1Uzr9WszroEAwJao6z1AZ5wGF6ogKHN-ezUtfWHS5r_ELR1N8wFHE/w200-h130/DSC01094.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVL1b3WWbqUsPlqJo0l8DcxKNjXcbUsi3Anf7FiPDkUbWR5E72eEeZFqcz2PPRhAdVP4AMN4AqBT9O6yFeq7Y_e5dugrMGv0-jKkx-RHjpPGHLigqTYpAZbl6A8cZlO5c4AFTCEAbKffSEY1EOJh5CeW6hM7EgIbsDBFEkARJ38BbAYBcSIvW_JYaT-2U/s4568/DSC01093.JPG"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVL1b3WWbqUsPlqJo0l8DcxKNjXcbUsi3Anf7FiPDkUbWR5E72eEeZFqcz2PPRhAdVP4AMN4AqBT9O6yFeq7Y_e5dugrMGv0-jKkx-RHjpPGHLigqTYpAZbl6A8cZlO5c4AFTCEAbKffSEY1EOJh5CeW6hM7EgIbsDBFEkARJ38BbAYBcSIvW_JYaT-2U/w200-h135/DSC01093.JPG" width="200" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtfTcpR3r7MvSbalMe6lkc8QSQLlTJDJFNsCn3NJHf0-1NTWK20Bwnq79ycYgFJFH871dW1ICpkvWPSRCkdV8KHa2LDkiOW3gz-yxln542duCqtINNdUEpkI0RGqlvKMYgnOz6sSzsty9Dzwe0uVIswSIgG6DmagR9hYr0jafTqYEcUjcPyiS8By5k3o/s4696/DSC01095.JPG"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtfTcpR3r7MvSbalMe6lkc8QSQLlTJDJFNsCn3NJHf0-1NTWK20Bwnq79ycYgFJFH871dW1ICpkvWPSRCkdV8KHa2LDkiOW3gz-yxln542duCqtINNdUEpkI0RGqlvKMYgnOz6sSzsty9Dzwe0uVIswSIgG6DmagR9hYr0jafTqYEcUjcPyiS8By5k3o/w200-h133/DSC01095.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Top, clockwise: A tray of <i>lumpia, </i>squid rings, chicken nuggets, and </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">green pea salad; </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>papait (</i>beef-entrails with cud-enzyme), Ilocano </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">signature recipe; </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">ground beef </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">topped with fresh eggs; fried s</span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">almon. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08yC95Oy3ns6gKeD4W2At8tltIRzRfLKgcAsbnm0rMZM0qMCCXBvad8HZ4Y2xh8Q2A9vyGK4q0X9fNP4fr17DgVfyD6ykCMeWk0jPwwLuKR-w4ZKQf766ABNk4aycnfpT2VRzgxbAEMtAKFPkFJaILFOHqwUICLRQbiHoadl_1MNjOarY-kGlcDmb3YE/s2592/DSC09773.JPG" style="text-align: start;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08yC95Oy3ns6gKeD4W2At8tltIRzRfLKgcAsbnm0rMZM0qMCCXBvad8HZ4Y2xh8Q2A9vyGK4q0X9fNP4fr17DgVfyD6ykCMeWk0jPwwLuKR-w4ZKQf766ABNk4aycnfpT2VRzgxbAEMtAKFPkFJaILFOHqwUICLRQbiHoadl_1MNjOarY-kGlcDmb3YE/w209-h149/DSC09773.JPG" width="209" /></a><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIyZCJb8oNrjhT8HLDndIY60HzcwOUHCnNsDE8GZGGpg-XhvJfCln-1W9pIvMoEoNe01_lQUUlJHbtBq03jucvvFXYO_L_onsEZLKDyTe7pgDjspxV2flYNsCrEehvZARgic0LIOxTAfbm-UUQDxuRQ6sxm2ePyrxy2eOn-YFrZh9iZX5YKI4m44b_nE/s2592/DSC06051.JPG" style="text-align: start;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIyZCJb8oNrjhT8HLDndIY60HzcwOUHCnNsDE8GZGGpg-XhvJfCln-1W9pIvMoEoNe01_lQUUlJHbtBq03jucvvFXYO_L_onsEZLKDyTe7pgDjspxV2flYNsCrEehvZARgic0LIOxTAfbm-UUQDxuRQ6sxm2ePyrxy2eOn-YFrZh9iZX5YKI4m44b_nE/w197-h148/DSC06051.JPG" width="197" /></a><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Philippine fruits: papaya, <i>santol, calamansi, karamay, saba</i> banana,</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">pineapple; </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">right, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>pichi-pichi</i>, a variety of rice cake (<i>puto, kuchinta</i>) </span></b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM635d2yDT8KIvSjObE3GtMN0Twf0RJuLeK3D2l7zb8hpFWJEjd9c7STXM8VFxAn10v5e4T6gxzp1KvKt8HUeqFM5WbGKd_pa6UuScm_D5nDKl0mrqrLHvvvFKiTD7GHszhjZEJw0M9-JkDvDWYGWY8rise_oVWzZchwZ143KDdgXGJonL2pomyBtdlM/s5472/DSC01112.JPG"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM635d2yDT8KIvSjObE3GtMN0Twf0RJuLeK3D2l7zb8hpFWJEjd9c7STXM8VFxAn10v5e4T6gxzp1KvKt8HUeqFM5WbGKd_pa6UuScm_D5nDKl0mrqrLHvvvFKiTD7GHszhjZEJw0M9-JkDvDWYGWY8rise_oVWzZchwZ143KDdgXGJonL2pomyBtdlM/w410-h231/DSC01112.JPG" width="410" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Barbecue and fish in alum foil, marshmallow on stick - campfire style. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBt5GOwEzLeHo31LyrLOr4k5hLqLU-lvrmW1108EiDn3pM-MRqV6bVtRJ_vbReJTSiIH_eHSZ5kwoo4-2UhfIayjYUxSov33IJQ-F1cblLvqNDs-SI0xgM060CEQF63KhdBH45qrxW_43MJs6_RxZepShTFSVd1zTg1P7K-eWMN979QZhbuyFRrU32vhE/s5472/DSC01090.JPG"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBt5GOwEzLeHo31LyrLOr4k5hLqLU-lvrmW1108EiDn3pM-MRqV6bVtRJ_vbReJTSiIH_eHSZ5kwoo4-2UhfIayjYUxSov33IJQ-F1cblLvqNDs-SI0xgM060CEQF63KhdBH45qrxW_43MJs6_RxZepShTFSVd1zTg1P7K-eWMN979QZhbuyFRrU32vhE/w406-h228/DSC01090.JPG" width="406" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Author and family are house guests of their <i>kababayan </i>and </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">neighbors </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in San Vicente, Ilocos Sur, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">now residing </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">in Brisbane.</span></b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2ucy5BavXmduyXxaFcrPGC8wLrRco100CxPs_JMPxh1IYHlww_yEBVPKL9K2HWrTXto-QGourv2JR2gupOQVAgA6lR7YkHQpt0VSpLeNw-s_RFXU9eYNALv8y3BkR975S0NZPGPeYVOnYcxZXtTgzlZjpHWEyu6U-aqTubrJC9HgjrLxc9rpJtRMlVE/s5472/DSC01111.JPG"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2ucy5BavXmduyXxaFcrPGC8wLrRco100CxPs_JMPxh1IYHlww_yEBVPKL9K2HWrTXto-QGourv2JR2gupOQVAgA6lR7YkHQpt0VSpLeNw-s_RFXU9eYNALv8y3BkR975S0NZPGPeYVOnYcxZXtTgzlZjpHWEyu6U-aqTubrJC9HgjrLxc9rpJtRMlVE/w408-h228/DSC01111.JPG" width="408" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Outdoor barbecue adds quaintness to a get-together of former </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">co-workers in the Philippines </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">before they moved in </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">to </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Brisbane, </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">the author's daughter and her family </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">among them,~</span></b></div><br /><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">* <i>Culinary art</i> is a broad term that refers to the preparation, cooking, plating, presentation, and service of food. It applies to meals and their components – like appetizers, side dishes, and main courses.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">ANNEX B</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> - </span></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tips on how to minimize the effects of pesticides to your health and the environment</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAVXMvWMmUDljfHdoYMui0Eg2zZvzKmHxH8jFAVZjV4Q7cRNPPaOy1T3kOgfYzdEX7u3KPyhsBSHdVUKeVu8qcB__ZZ5jdrTau3_uGsv_YJMXiu2t7ZIl_SAQsDk8S2zVOkjJIdXDghQ-/s1600-h/DSC01796.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354694975478779682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAVXMvWMmUDljfHdoYMui0Eg2zZvzKmHxH8jFAVZjV4Q7cRNPPaOy1T3kOgfYzdEX7u3KPyhsBSHdVUKeVu8qcB__ZZ5jdrTau3_uGsv_YJMXiu2t7ZIl_SAQsDk8S2zVOkjJIdXDghQ-/s400/DSC01796.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 238px; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px;" /></a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span>A healthy one-dish meal, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">sinigang na</span></span><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: italic;">samaral </span><span>fish with local vegetables</span></span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>What should we do with vegetables under the second category – those that are raised with chemical spraying as a prescribed horticultural practice? Here are some tips of getting the least effect of the pesticide used.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>1. Avoid the organophospates. Get advice from the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority, or from your agriculturist. Organophosphates are the most poisonous of all pesticides. Examples are <i>Parathion, Azinphos, Bromophos, Demethon, Diazinon, EPN, DDVP, TEEP, Thiomethon.</i> There are 70 organophosphates packed and marketed under different brand names in the FPA list. Read the label carefully and check for the kind of active ingredient.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. Carbamates have lower lethal dosage and are therefore comparatively less toxic to human and animals. Examples are <i>Aldicarb, Benomyl, Carbaryl, Carbufuran, Carboxin, Methomyl, Cartap, Thiobencarb. </i>FPA listed more than 20 carbamates, which carry different brand names in the market.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>3. Intermediate in toxicity between the two groups (organophosphates and carbamates) are the organochlorines or chlorinated hydrocarbons such as <i>Endusulfan. Pertane, Heptachlor, BHC Toxaphene.</i> Because the residual toxicity does not only stay long but persists in the organism it is carried through the food chain. Many of these organochlorines are banned. This is particularly true with DDT and Chlordane. Under FPA regulation the presence of these in the market is considered illegal.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>4. Herbicides belong to two groups: chlorophenoxy compounds and nitro and chlorophenols. One big disadvantage of herbicides is their destructive effects to living things and the environment. But when it comes to toxicity, gram for gram, rodenticides or rat poisons are the most dangerous. Keep them away from humans and animals. Dispose used baits and containers properly, particularly the acute rodenticides (e.g. zinc phosphide and sodium cyanide). Note: these are highly regulated by FPA<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>5. Remember, spraying with chemicals is an ultimate recourse in pest control. <st1:place st="on">Pest</st1:place> control must be integrated with good farming. That is why the government is pursuing Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Successful IPM models in other countries have drastically reduced the use of chemical pesticides. Follow the threshold level formula which means, spray your field only when the pest has reached the destructive phase. Do not spray because of its mere presence of the pest.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>6. Choose botanical pesticides, such as nicotine, rotenone, neem and pyrethrum because they are biodegradable and very much less expensive. In fact they can be formulated on the farm. Ask your agriculturist how to use them.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>Here are additional tips to both growers and consumers:<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>1. Do not harvest newly sprayed crops even if the market is good. Through laboratory analysis, samples of <i>pechay (Brassica chinensis)</i> coming from four Metro Manila markets are positive to contain residues of the highly toxic organophosphate insecticides. One is positive in 15 pechay for methyl parathion (0.1 mg/kg), and one is positive in 15 for<i> endosulfan</i> (.01 mg/kg).<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. Washing may help reduce the poisonous residue, but systemic poisons remain in the body of the plant. Avoid eating vegetables, which are heavily protected with pesticide.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>3. There are laboratories that determine pesticides residues. These are: Pesticide Analytical Laboratory of the Bureau of Plant Industry, the Pesticide Residue Laboratory of UPLB, <st1:placename st="on">Food</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Development</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Center</st1:placetype> of the National Food Authority, the Department of Science and Technology, <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Siliman</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>, and the Philippine Atomic Research Center. If you are in doubt with your favorite vegetables, consult any of these centers, or have your vegetables analyzed.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>4. Better yet, plant your own vegetables and practice organic gardening. Spend time outdoor with your plants. Enjoy true freshness of vegetables. One thing you are sure of, they are pesticide-free.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b>But if you do not have time and space to raise vegetables, it is good to have the list of pesticide-free vegetables always ready on hand. They are not only health-friendly, but environment-friendly as well. ~</b></span></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-64869735811085439152024-02-12T04:42:00.002+08:002024-02-12T04:42:57.821+08:00Apostles for the Environment: 25 Tenets<p><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Apostles for the Environment</span></b></p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7oye-uf5IZ8c1L0vOb5__rhHQ-lP-_ADet64LVxVjTzBJzM5WdkVAy8ZiSIrSZufRweNG_9xclJpxy219RyOBR3_pXwiJz4M6XqrXklrfkKQEe3GI71ONDv1ACA1t5-FOE9Zol24rfX7/s1600/DSC01607+A.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7oye-uf5IZ8c1L0vOb5__rhHQ-lP-_ADet64LVxVjTzBJzM5WdkVAy8ZiSIrSZufRweNG_9xclJpxy219RyOBR3_pXwiJz4M6XqrXklrfkKQEe3GI71ONDv1ACA1t5-FOE9Zol24rfX7/w539-h411/DSC01607+A.jpg" width="539" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Graduate students in Environmental Science pose with their professor ( second from right) on a field lecture on the university campus.</span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF3OfgxLBFzgHqfP5iX_uhTh5nvbSsNkeumimsxf415vOTGyvdpWI3Z2322YwTmuS4iLHpMR-rGE32Iuc8qcK6rf-VhQJPPaqKK7LNlkZxUB0HHKcFYXGzqdrh980w66uTtYyDbOacPTq/s1600/DSC01549+A.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF3OfgxLBFzgHqfP5iX_uhTh5nvbSsNkeumimsxf415vOTGyvdpWI3Z2322YwTmuS4iLHpMR-rGE32Iuc8qcK6rf-VhQJPPaqKK7LNlkZxUB0HHKcFYXGzqdrh980w66uTtYyDbOacPTq/w230-h138/DSC01549+A.jpg" width="230" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi7gmZZzwcVNU84qyoLVyQfasLz8C7ahMsIiOmfbJuDmInrnRTm1KKLwrVAtW-Q-VBPTL33u8ubsWiiIsX245CI70nNGgfoLBP2r5CUHtUuJ0pMrUMwBHXa9k8Lvi2CZnDWha2MuR6Vxz/s1600/DSC01545+A.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi7gmZZzwcVNU84qyoLVyQfasLz8C7ahMsIiOmfbJuDmInrnRTm1KKLwrVAtW-Q-VBPTL33u8ubsWiiIsX245CI70nNGgfoLBP2r5CUHtUuJ0pMrUMwBHXa9k8Lvi2CZnDWha2MuR6Vxz/w169-h139/DSC01545+A.jpg" width="169" /></a></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tt3eSpgyIvS5fakAI8ZTyYdwgnRy8ZBKmYjcv2_FevfsxYgnIe4woez6kB5-E6Xg44t6o5NlAfidr7HZGZTMKj58akENZ1eIcsYdO__AoQbh80thvrl4Q3rlg5glcWTznmkvudPK3FRG/s1600/DSC01542+A.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tt3eSpgyIvS5fakAI8ZTyYdwgnRy8ZBKmYjcv2_FevfsxYgnIe4woez6kB5-E6Xg44t6o5NlAfidr7HZGZTMKj58akENZ1eIcsYdO__AoQbh80thvrl4Q3rlg5glcWTznmkvudPK3FRG/w97-h140/DSC01542+A.jpg" width="97" /></a></b><b><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">UST Botanical Garden is the oldest plant sanctuary in Manila, originally specializing in pharmaceutical plants.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><img height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNaUlIMUN4LdP6YKg_N0gu1iwORPsRdwdtlfQgtvblZJGQ-NqZQQIipQqdZwB6b6pD7BvY9FyJqipU7oi4aLGXqqVWwQQdJlT3qrxi7LpsIx64ewAWsoGfRAxkaoqp7xaApKgnGn8TfVm/w424-h425/UST+GS+DSC02270+A.jpg" width="424" /></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">University of Santo Tomas – The Graduate School First Semester, 2012-2013</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Environmental Science – Professor: Dr Abe V Rotor</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1. ADIVOSO, Angelica Cyril Cruz “AC” Faculty, College of San Benildo, Cainta, Rizal,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2. ARENAS, Minerva C “Mines” Faculty, Nueva Ecija High School, Cabanatuan City</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">3. CALIPJO, Arleen M “Arlene” Faculty, Cavite State University, Silang, Cavite</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">4. CHAO, George Y “George” Faculty, College of Engineering, UST</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">5. DE GUZMAN, Romualdo B Jr “Jun” Faculty, Bataan Peninsular State University</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">6. DELIMA, Precila C “Precy” Faculty, Isabela State University, Cauayan City, Isabela</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">7. DEMAUSA, Mary Joy C “Mary Joy” Staff Laboratory, University of the East, Caloocan</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">8. MANUBAY, Frederick Ray A “Fred” Faculty, High School, UST</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">9. ORDOñEZ, Maria Manuela P “Marie” Faculty, San Sebastian College, Recoletos, Cavite City</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">10. PANGANIBAN, Citadel Faculty, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Batangas</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">11. SANTOS, Hetdiliza A “Hydie” Faculty, Navotas National High School</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">12. VILLANUEVA, Laarni M “Lani” Faculty, Lyceum of the Phil U, Batangas</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apostles for the Environment Tenets</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">1. When spring comes without stir, “don't go gentle into the night,” rise and find out where have all the birds gone that herald the new season, and the new beginning of life.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">2. When the monsoon ends too soon, summer sets early, the land scorched, the rivers and ponds dried up, warn of the coming of a severe El Niño, a cyclical phenomenon.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">3. When algal bloom in make-believe proportion spreads in lakes, sound the alarm of fish kill coming in order to avert losses and hunger, and to save the ecosystem.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">4. When people move to cities in exodus, convince them, advise government, it is a tender trap that takes them away from the real Good Life on the countryside.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">5. When clouds simply pass over the landscape, take the lead to reforest the hills and mountains, restore the watershed with a million and one trees.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">6. When flood sweeps the land taking with it lives and properties, and eroding soil fertility, be part of rehabilitation and planning; believe that flood can be tamed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">7. When you find an abundance of lichens of different types on trees and rocks, and fireflies at night, assure residents of the pristine condition of their environment, and help them in preserving it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">8. When and where wildlife areas are shrinking, backyards and idle lots can be developed as alternative wildlife sanctuary, initiate this as a community project.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">9. When asked what vegetables are safe from pesticide residues and chemicals from fertilizers, promote native species like malunggay, kamote tops, gabi, saluyot, and the like, they are also more nutritious and easy to grow. And promote natural or organic farming, too.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">10. When asked of Nature's way of maintaining the ecosystem, explain the role of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms, composting, symbiosis, and the like. These natural processes and cycles have been taking place even before the arrival of the human species.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">11. When additives are found in food - MSG, Nutrasweet or any artificial sugar, salitre in sausage, sulfite in white sugar, melamin in milk, formalin in fish, warn the public against taking these, initiate through legislation and campaign to ban these additives.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">12. When children spend too much time before the TV, on computers, and other gadgets, offer alternatives more favorable to their upbringing and well-being by getting close to nature like camping, gardening and other outdoor activities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">13. When old folks talk about traditional wisdom and values, demonstrate native skills, listen and translate them into useful applications, disseminate these in school and through extension.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">14. When animals are restless, reptiles and rodents coming out of their burrows and dens, fish attempting to escape, fowls noisy, suspect the coming of a force majeure such as earthquake. Be alert to face possible consequences, and to extend assistance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">15. When epidemic threatens an area, say bird flu, hepatitis, dengue, cholera, initiate community cooperation with health and other institutions to arrest the spread of these diseases.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">16. When a child has little concern about the environment, teach him, guide him to explore the beautiful world of nature, and make him realize his importance and his role in maintaining a balanced environment.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">17. When there is a worthy movement to save the environment, such as Clean and Green, Piso sa Pasig, or any local campaign, lead and extend your full support.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">18. When there are farms and fishponds neglected or abandoned, find out how these are put back to their productive conditions, or converted into a wildlife sanctuary.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">19. When at rest or in confinement for health reason, explore natural remedies with herbals, through pet therapy, aromatherapy, and other proven remedies, in consultation with your doctor.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">20. When in doubt if civilization is disguised evil, which is the root of war, poverty, environmental degradation, and the like, remember that it is also civilization that is responsible in building the great institutions of mankind, so that it is the obligation of each member of society to maintain the integrity of these institutions – indeed a noble mission to lead.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">21. When appreciating the vastness of creation such as the seas, valleys, mountains, and entertain the idea that their resources are unlimited, view these in their microcosm like a pond or hill - for what can happen to this minuscule could be the same on a larger scale and proportion – be the prophet, but not of doom.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">22. When you shall have found success in scholarship, wealth, power, family, etc., the task of integrating all these for the purpose of sharing with those in dire need, and for posterity and sustainability, becomes a greater challenge, indeed this is the price of success.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">23. When devoting your time and energy and talents to the service of community and environment as dictated by your profession and as a good citizen, do not neglect your obligation to yourself and family, and by so doing, build a model on which you are looked up to by those you serve.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">24. When hope dims in this troubled world, with continued disregard to protect Mother Earth, human abuse and indifference in pursuit of economic gains and affluence, violation of order and harmony of society, degradation of values, “don’t go gentle into the night” – be the sentinel ever vigilant, the guardian ever righteous, for opportunity awaits you in your greatest hour.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">25. When on a fine Sunday morning you hear birds in the trees, fish splashing in a pond, and plants blooming, say a prayer of praise and thanksgiving in music and verse, painting, or simply through reflection of the magnificence of creation. ~</span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />NOTE: To my students in particular, please recruit twelve (12) followers from your family, community and organization, who believe and are willing to carry on the tasks we have set. These 25 tenets serve as guide in your recruitment and selection. This invitation is open to all viewers here and abroad.</span></b></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-18093344477042810242024-02-11T19:28:00.003+08:002024-02-11T19:41:10.062+08:00Allergy, the Silent Epidemic of Our Times: In observance of the World Day of the Sick, February 11, 2024<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">World Day of the Sick, February 11, 2024</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Allergy, the Silent Epidemic of Our Times</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Balanced Environment - Key to Allergy Control</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoHeading8"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Dr. Abe V. Rotor</b></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>LIVING with NATURE CENTER</b></div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>San Vicente, Ilocos Sur </b></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoHeading9"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dr. Arturo B. Rotor Memorial Lecture 11<sup>th</sup> Biennial Convention, Sept 9, 2008, Philippine Society of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Theme: <span style="text-shadow: none;">Understanding Allergies Across Specialties. Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Manila</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoFooter"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dANzbTj5tb-XAeg0FNYrecpoA-TKe_PWaLpskvwsejLkAKlsO3dxYGOVih6MC2a9ow33rrkSXgonXUYLpeYlL3FIPupVjx0O5iAroYXzJ5bfN3bt0wvTMoWc5XF6rdlwLxcZtxptl-Q/s1600/Arturo+Rotor+allergy0006.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dANzbTj5tb-XAeg0FNYrecpoA-TKe_PWaLpskvwsejLkAKlsO3dxYGOVih6MC2a9ow33rrkSXgonXUYLpeYlL3FIPupVjx0O5iAroYXzJ5bfN3bt0wvTMoWc5XF6rdlwLxcZtxptl-Q/s1600/Arturo+Rotor+allergy0006.jpg" /></span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Allergy, the <i>Silent Epidemic</i> of our times is masked by the <i>Good Life</i>. It is surreptitiously leading millions of people all over the world into various complications and diseases that may even lead to death. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;">Dr Arturo B Rotor (1907-1988)</span></b><br /><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>To bring medicine to the understanding of the people, to make themselves well in their own capacity is perhaps the biggest challenge of medicine today. Thus, the three contending areas of medicine should work together like a tripod. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Conventional medicine </i>from which<i> modern medicine</i> grew and developed well into computerization and genetic engineering.</b></span></li></ol><ol start="2" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Alternative medicine,</i> being part of Filipino culture and closest to local remedies, time-tested and practical remedies - the mainstay of folk medicine which caters to the grassroots.</b></span></li></ol><ol start="3" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Environmental Medicine, </i> the most practical and original to the point of being primeval, if I may say so. Its rules are universal and as natural as Nature’s laws. It is dependent on ecological principles in the conservation of a clean and balance environment</b></span></li></ol><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Environmental medicine was born out of the rush of modernization and apparent lack of concern on our deteriorating environment. As we prosper economically we seem to have forgotten a basic equation of weighing the deleterious by-products of progress, and keeping them out of harm’s way. Basic as it is, we have forgotten the equation of oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange that keep the biosphere in balance, energy-matter relationship that maintains steady energy supply, organism-habitat balance that protects species and ecosystems, acid-alkaline balance that prevents formation of acid rain, and the like.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>In fact we have grown too progressive – we call our era <i>Postmodernism,</i> as if we are living in the future. It has become difficult for us to distinguish – much more to separate – our <i>needs</i> from our <i>wants</i>. There seems to be no end of affluence. We <i>want</i> power, wealth, pleasure, in a materialistic way. But we have homogenized them too, with pollution, allergy, acid rain, AIDS, diabetes and many other sources that destroy our health and our environment. Through globalization we heat the atmosphere a frying pan, warming it up to spawn hurricanes, floods, cyclones – even tsunamis. We pierced a hole through the ozone layer as if the amount of sunlight entering the earth is not enough.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">How little would one give importance to ailments and discomforts, while fighting for survival, and loneliness and despair. People who are placed in such a dilemma may not even care, and they may not even know the difference between being healthy or sick, much less between colds and <i>allergy rhinitis</i>, simple indigestion from <i>candidiasis</i>, rashes developed from different causes. Phobia, anxiety, disease, malnutrition, loneliness, are difficult to decipher and separate when one is suffering of physical, mental and emotional distress. AVR</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Indeed our world has changed a lot in the past century, and continues to accelerate as towns grow into cities, cities into megapolises, opening settlements to an exponentially growing population. There could be no better conditions for allergy to flourish - modern living in the city. It is Pandora’s box. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>It is the microcosm of many other cases, perhaps in lesser degree or worst, older or more recent, that prevail in many cities around the world where the same recipe of allergy is supplied by the by-products of industrialization, high-rise buildings, affluent living style, that characterize progress, and exacerbated by lack or inefficient Governance.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>But this is the pulse beat of trade and commerce that has taken over the healthy and vigorous biological clock; it is the signature of modernity that capitalism has brought into the life of modern man. This is the circulatory flow of money and goods, men and ideas, survival and affluence reaching all levels, nurturing the organism, determining what we gauge as growth and development.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>--------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr. Arturo B. Rotor, the first Filipino Allergist, tells us that the human being should be regarded holistically, therefore too, when it comes to attending to his health – body and spirit, psyche and intellect. And we realize that man is truly divine with these attributes: Man the Thinker (<i>Homo sapiens</i>), Man the Maker (<i>Homo faber</i>), Man the Player (<i>Homo</i> <i>ludens</i>) and the Man the Reverent (<i>Homo spiritus</i>). <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>--------------------------------------------------------</b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>At this point allow me to cite the case of Germany, considered a classical case about allergy. For 45 years Germany was divided by a wall. Economic wise, West Germany was very progressive, while East Germany was poor. The West Germans enjoyed one of the world’s highest standards of living. They live in luxurious homes, drive Mercedes-Benz as they pleased.</b></span></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> The East Germans on the other hand, were living under extreme poor living condition, with housing and consumer goods always in short supply. They had to wait years to be able to buy a second hand automobile. In short West Germany was a capitalist Utopia, while East Germany was a socialist Third World country. It was a case of one people living on separate and unequal planets. Then in 1990 Germany was reunited. The Cold War was over.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Now, what has this historical event to do with allergy?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Scientists compared the two extreme environments and came up with startling results. </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Robert Koch Institute came up with a revealing finding: <u>allergies were far more common among Germans from the affluent West.</u> West German baby boomers were up to 83 % more likely than their East German counterparts to have allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and asthma. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Since there was no such differences in allergy rates were found in German born before World War II, the researches suspected that West Germany’s postwar lifestyles had somehow sensitized its children to pollen, mold, dust mites, and other types of allergens.</span></span></b></div><h5 align="left"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">West Germany represents a microcosm of a global <i>Silent Epidemic, </i>and <i>c</i>ountries that adopted the same lifestyle have more allergy cases than countries, which like East Germany, have remained, for one reason or another, underdeveloped.</span></h5><h6 align="left"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">What makes an affluent society have more allergy cases as compared to a marginal society?</span></h6><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Let me present twenty (20) </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">scenarios of our changing environment. Which of these fall under West Germany’s condition? And which ones fit East Germany’s?</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1. As the growth of i</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ndustrialization increases, so with the amount of pollution. Pollution is the by-product of industrialization. Industrialization is key to modern living; pollution is its scourge. Pollution has no boundaries; it rides on water and wind, it moves on land. It contributes to global warming, stirs climatic change and severe weather disturbances, not to mention the thinning of the ozone layer, worsening effect of acid rain and many others.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pollution allergy cases arise directly from garbage, smoke from factories and vehicles, acid rain contact, sudden changes in temperature and humidity, ultraviolet rays below and near ozone hole.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. Modernization brought about affluence, first in industrialized countries, now in countries, which followed the path of development of Western economic formula. People <i>want</i> goods and services beyond what they actually <i>need</i>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Living above and beyond necessity has tremendous impact on the environment in the form of depletion of natural resources and pollution. Affluence is wasteful living. <o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3. Population increases geometrically, it is now 8 billion. At its present trend, another billion people will be added in the next 25 years. <i>New settlements, crowded cities, increasing population density predispose people to various forms of allergy.<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>4. As exodus to cities continues, the ratio of city dwellers to rural dwellers will soon reach equal proportion, and will favor the former thereafter. Already there are metropolises and megapolises, each containing as many as 20 million people ensconced under crowded condition. Meantime villages grow into towns and towns into cities.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>People crowd subdivisions, condominiums, malls, schools, churches, parks, in great numbers sharing common lifestyles and socio-economic conditions. Thus predisposing them to common health problems and vulnerability to disruptions (brownout, water interruptions, force majeure). <o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>5. Destruction of the environment as a consequence of increasing population and affluence, leads to loss of not only the productivity of farms, but loss of farmlands to industry and settlements, ultimately resulting in the irreversible destruction of ecosystems like lakes, rivers, forest, and coral reefs.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 101.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Loss of health of environment is loss of health of living things. Loss of environment is loss of life itself.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>6. The ecosystems bear the brunt of development and progress. Wildlife is reduced in size and in biodiversity. Species are threatened to extinction as they are driven out of their natural habitats. The worse is when their habitats are lost forever.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Our existence and quality of our life depends on a complex interrelationship of the living world. Disturbing the balance of this interrelationship also disturbs the balance of biotic and abiotic components of the biosphere, thus affecting not only humans, but all members of the living world. <o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>7. As wildlife shrinks, species are threatened or endangered. They need shelter, a new home.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Wee are adopting wildlife species, sharing with our homes, backyards and farms. Unaware they are transmitting deadly diseases like SARS, HIV-AIDS, Mad-Cow, FMDE, Ebola, and Bird Flu which can now infect humans</i>, allergies notwithstanding.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>8. “Good Life” has spawned obesity and other overweight conditions to millions of people around the world with USA the most hit. The spawning ground of obesity is the city.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Victims suffer of complications in their health and difficulty in adjusting to a different life style. Because of their conditions they are merely spectators, rather than being participants, in games and other physical activities. Many are virtually immobilized by their condition.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>9. Global warming is changing the face of the earth. As sea level rises shorelines are pushed inland, islands sink, lowlands turn to swamps, icecaps disappear, polar ice melts. In fact, there is need to re-draw local maps, and the map of the world as sea level continues to increase, and glaciers are disappearing. More importantly there will be need to review and modify land use policy, settlement plans and relocation.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Adaptation is key to allergy resistance and immunity. Displacement of settlements and change in living conditions predispose people to ailments and allergies.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>10. Globalization is the name of the game in practically all aspects of human activity – trade, commerce and industry, agriculture, the arts, education, politics, religion and the like.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The world travels on two feet- communications and transportation. The world has shrunk, so to speak. Traveling from one place to another across latitudes and longitudes predispose one to unimaginable kinds of ailments, allergies, and discomforts.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>11. Homogenization involves pooling of genes through inter-racial and inter-cultural marriages resulting in various “<i>mestizos</i>” like Eurasian, Afro-Asian, Afro-American, Amerasian, and the like. Mélange of races is fast increasing in complexity as East and West continue to weld genetically.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Native genes provide resistance to pest diseases, adverse conditions of the environment. Native genes through intermarriage is beneficial, but the benefit they carry may be thinned out in the gene pool. Mestizos of subsequent generations are likely affected. </b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>12. Science and Technology as the prime mover of progress and development has also brought doubt and fear to human’s future. The first breakthrough created the nuclear bomb, the second brought the globe to the size of a village with the microchip, and the third, Genetic Engineering now enables man to tinker with life itself.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> A. Splitting of the atom - nuclear energy and nuclear bomb<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> B. Microchip - modern communication and transportation<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> C. Genetic Engineering – Genetically Modified Organisms, cloning, Gene Therapy, biological warfare.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Human conditions too, have vastly changed. Radiation related death still occurs in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, more time is spent by our children with the computer than with nature, Gene Therapy – curing gene-link diseases before they are expressed – will revolutionized medicine. Naturally all these have repercussions on human health and welfare.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>13. Pioneer industries are born out of these breakthroughs and related discoveries linking them with the business world and society, giving rise to <i>in vitro</i> fertilization or test tube babies, surrogate motherhood, Human Genome Project (HGP or gene mapping), multiple childbirth, DNA mapping, etc.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The prototype human robot is born, and he is not defect-free. In fact he is more dependent on medicine and could not possibly withstand the conditions of the natural environment as we do to the extent of pampering him. Indeed he will lead a very dependent life.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>14. Globalization is changing the concept of nationalism dissolving rigid walls to give way to regional and international cooperation such as European Union, ASEAN, APEC, CGIAR with seven members such as ICRISAT, CYMMIT, IRRI and the expansion of the United Nations to include WTO, ILO, and others.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Fighting global diseases – so with asthma and allergy - needs cooperation on all levels. In the same way a community fights Dengue, so with whole continents arresting the spread of COV-19, HIV-AIDS, SARS, Bird’s Flu. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>15. Green Revolution opened up non-conventional frontiers intruding the seas, deserts, watersheds, highlands, swamps. GR pioneered in Genetic Engineering, the splicing of genetic materials between and among organisms that may not be at all related, pooling desired traits. Thus the growth of GMOs and Frankenfood, and cloning experiments.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Aerophonics (farming rooftops), hydroponics, urban greening, reforestation, organic farming, are among the measures to bring nature nearer to settlements, and insuring people the bounty of nature.</b></span></i><br /><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b> </b></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>16. Agriculture today depends heavily on Post Harvest Technology. To bridge the production source with the consumption end, the farm and the market, is no easy task, especially with perishable goods. Thus the proliferation of processed goods, supermarket, fast food chains, ready-to-eat packs, sophisticated culinary art.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Many food additives and adjuncts are allergenic, from salitre in longganiza to pesticide residue in vegetables, MSG in noodles to Aspartame in fruit juice, formalin in fish to dioxin in plastics. <o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>17. Modern medical science is responsible in reducing mortality and in increasing longevity. But it is also responsible for many ills today, from genetically linked abnormalities to senility related ailments. It made possible the exchange of organs and tissues through transplantation, and soon tissue cloning. </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Evolution culls out the unfit in any stage of life. This is true to all organisms. Only man, or his influence on other living things, can modify Darwinism. <o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>18. Exploration has brought man into the fringes of our world – the depth of the sea and expanse of our Solar System, ushering the birth of inner and outer space science, and preparation of man for interplanetary travel.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>We are learning to live outside of the confines of our planet earth. We have succeeded in probing the bottom of the ocean. We have put up a city in space - the Skylab. Now we are aiming at conquering another planet – a long distant goal of assuring the continuity of mankind after the demise of the earth. (Meantime we have yet to know the cure of the common colds.) </b></span></i></div><h2 align="left"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;">Let me present some cases of allergy that are commonly encountered. These were gathered from our radio listeners on <i>Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid</i>.</span> </span></h2><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Smoking. Drivers, office workers, mechanics, farmers, writers, teachers, name it, and the habit is widespread. I know one whose only <i>bisyo</i> is <i>paninigarillo</i>. He didn’t live long.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="2" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>“Canned entertainment” such as parties in fastfoods predisposes kids to various ailments and psychological trauma, and to certain kinds of allergy. It is devoid of the natural environment that builds resistance to allergy as the children grow up.</b></span></li></ol><ol start="3" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Some common allergens are pollen from flowers of trees and annuals - <i>kasoy</i>, <i>kupkupyes, macopa</i>, and <i>tapilan</i>.<i> Lipang Kalabao</i>, a very itchy plant that grows into a tree. The sap of aldelfa and yellow bell may cause paralysis of the pharynx leading to asphyxiation.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="5" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mushroom Allergy. There are spores of fungi like <i>Auricularia </i>or “<i>tainga ng daga</i>” and wild tree mushroom even when they have dried up.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="6" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Fowls and wild birds are common causes of allergy, from their feathers and parasites, to their droppings. The filthiest bird second to the vulture is the crow carries vermin from carcasses of animals and garbage. Allergy from reptiles – from skin casting to vermin attracted by their food and droppings.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="7" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Don’t play with spiders. Spiders cause allergy with the hair coverings of their body, and web or silk of certain species. The Black Widow is one of the few poisonous species.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="8" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Allergic to trees like <i>Ipil-ipil</i>? It’s<i> due to “plant lice” like Psylla,</i> a minute insect pest that wiped out <i>ipil-ipil </i>plantations in the seventies and eighties. They build dense colonies on a single tree, sapping its vitality until it dies.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="9" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mealybugs and scale insects (Order Homoptera) produce waxy covering layer for protection and camouflage, as well as casing of their eggs and young. Cottony mealybug (<i>Pseudococcos</i>) on guava leaf; the insect without waxy covering.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="10" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pesticide Residue in fruits. Fruits may carry pesticide residues of dangerous chemicals like Folidol, BHC and Malathion. </b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pesticide residues on vegetables, particularly on crucifers – cabbage, lettuce, pechay, cauliflower – register above allowable levels. Lack of monitoring may predispose consumers to the effects of pesticides. </b></span></li></ol><ol start="12" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Kapok</i> or Cotton Tree (<i>Ceiba pentandra</i> L) releases seeds covered with lint from the mature pod The fiber is gathered mainly for pillow. It is cool and preferred over synthetic fills. Dehiscence period is towards the end of the year. </b></span></li></ol><ol start="13" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Fire Tree (<i>Delonix regia</i>) Both flowers and caterpillars attacking the tree may cause allergy. <i>Higad</i> or the hairy caterpillar of Tussock moth causes irritation of the skin which may last for days. A common remedy is to apply vinegar on the affected skin. If the sharp hairs are imbedded, apply candle drops and allow to solidify. Then peel off with the encased hair. Mosses, algae, ferns and short growing annuals may cause allergy, including their substrates that undergo transformation by weathering.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="14" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Allergic to Termites? It may be the termite or the mushroom in farms in its chamber - or both - that cause the allergy. Termites work with lignin-breaking fungi that soften the wood. Inside their guts are protozoa that break up cellulose, aiding digestion – a classical case of symbiosis. </b></span></li></ol><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b></div></span><div class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></o:p><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">Global Warming and Climate Change increase incidence </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">of Asthma and Allergy cases around the world.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><b>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><ol start="15" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Pesticide Residues. Poisonous hydrocarbon and phosphate compounds find their way through the food chain – in the case of frog from sprayed insects that serve as its prey. Pesticide residues accumulate in its tissues and transferred to the its predators, including man. </span><o:p style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></o:p><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: justify;"> </span></span></b></li></ol><ol start="16" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Are you allergic to native delicacies?<i></i></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Sinanglaw</i> (left) is a favorite Ilocano dish from internal organs of carabao or cattle cooked in slow fire and heavily spiced with hot pepper, paminta and ginger. <i>Pinapaitan</i> and <i>kilawin </i>prepared<i> </i>from goat’s meat are a native delicacy in many parts of the country. Other delicacies include <i>kaldereta</i> and soup “number 5.”</span><o:p><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></o:p><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span></i></span></b></li></ol><ol start="18" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Tulingan</i> or <i>Tanggigi</i>is a common cause of allergy to many people. It is a practice to drain the blood by cutting the tail, and carefully removing the entrails before the fish is cut and served raw or cooked. The danger worsens when the fish is no longer fresh. There People who are also allergic to <i>tuna</i>. </span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="19" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Shellfish – <i>tahong, talaba </i>and <i>halaan </i>may harbor the red tide dinoflagellate is large quantity that may lead to Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) in man.</b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">PSP symptoms may first appear as allergy, and may be lethal if not treated immediately.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="21" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Allergy is caused by insects</b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Banana and mabolo (left) attacked by fruit fly (<i>Dacus dorsalis/cucurbitae</i>). It attacks dozens of popular fruits and vegetables, including mango, citrus, guava, macopa, cucumber, ampalaya.<o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ol><ol start="23" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The domesticated honeybee (<i>Apis melifera</i>) normally does not sting unless provoked, unlike the notorious African honeybee which threatens the US honeybee industry today. There are as many deaths due to bee sting as snake bites. People vary in reaction to bee sting, from swelling to difficulty in breathing.</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="24" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Millipedes (Class Diplopods) exude Cyanide gas to stun their prey as well as repel their predators. Thus children should warned not to play with the “<i>diken-diken</i>,” playing possum by curling its body into a tight ring.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="25" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Off! Avoid obnoxious and annoying insects - all kinds of bugs, plant lice, aggressive Insects such as wasp and<i> hantik </i>ant. Hemipterans- the bugs – exude an obnoxious odor which is caustic to the skin and eyes, a chemical offensive that wards off would-be predators attracted by their brilliant colors and attractive designs.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="26" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Perfectly camouflaged, these insects lie surreptitious to their prey and predator and people may be unwary of them. Lepidopterans – butterflies, moths and skippers – are covered with scales of of chitin, a very resistant cellulose-like compound. The practice of releasing butterflies in place of throwing rice on a newly married couple has been discouraged because of the danger the chitinous scales cause such as irritation of the skin and eyes.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="27" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">There are various allergic reactions to fowls and birds, not only for their feathers, but mites and lice belonging to two Orders <i>Anoplura</i> (sucling lice) and Mallophaga (chewing lice) - that reside in their bodies and nests.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="28" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Ngarusangis</i> is a very small bivalve that occurs in colonies in estuaries. The shells are gathered for food and for ducks in raising <i>balot</i>. Allergy cases have been reported by eating this favorite soup of the Ilocanos. Below, increasing lead pollution has forced the shutdown of many salt beds in the country. Salt made near cities and industrial sites may pose danger to health. </span> </span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Does radiation cause allergy? Radiation emitted by radio transmitters have been found to be the cause of a number of ailments from insomnia to sterility. It is also associated with cancer, abnormal blood levels and heart conditions which may be related to allergy or allergy symptoms.</b></span></li></ol><ol start="30" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Danger lurks in murky water – diseases, vermin, etc. Heavily polluted waterways such as the Pasig River contain high levels of Hydrogen Sulfide, Ammonia, Methane, other gases, and toxic metals.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="31" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Allergy to plastics and other synthetic materials. Stuffed toys may cause allergy, so with many things put into the mouth.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="32" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Aflatoxin in peanut, corn and others go unnoticed with the preserved food.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="33" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Believe it or not – <i>kapre</i> lives in old <i>balete</i> tree. <i>Naan-annongan</i> is different from <i>nakasagsagid</i> , but the symptoms are quite similar - profuse sweating and feeling of general weakness.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="34" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Allergy from yeast and young wine.</span> </span></b></li></ol><ol start="35" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Are you allergic to fireworks, and on New Year’s Eve?<o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>To what extent does nature provide immunity? Fortunately as children grow to maturity, particularly so under natural environment, they acquire the defense the body systems need against a host of health problems from allergy to physiologic and pathological diseases, albeit adaptation to emotional and psychological stress. </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Homogenization is likened to Globalization – one economy, one media, one culture, one car, one MRT, one computer, one bank. There’s one thing we are missing – the environment. In fact we are missing Nature in our lives. Our children are now spending more and more waking hours with the computer as if it were man’s best friend. Come to think of the computer as the root of allergy and many ailments. Spending more time with the computer deprives millions especially children of participating in health promoting games and resistance-building exposure to nature.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>It is a scenario that we see everywhere, a scenario of our own making. And yet, like artists before the canvas we have the power to create one that is beautiful and conducive to our well being. But we do not or we refuse to do so, although we are aware that a healthy environment is primordial to good health and a happy life. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ever wonder what it means to enjoy childhood outside of the confines of air conditioned room? Many children look forward to the first rain in May. Boy scouts and girl scouts do. To the athlete, the naturalist. And many boys and girls wishing to play outdoor.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>But our children are no longer children of nature; they are captives of education and media, of malls and cafes. They like to think that the mind is like the computer, that the more information it acquires the better of is the individual. This is not so. Not when it pertains to health, not with the ability to arrive at correct decisions, not when and where survival is the name of the game. And not when it comes to matters of love.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Which reminds me a story of a young man who was in love. So he asked the computer, “What is love?”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Whereupon, came a prompt answer – not only one or two, but in many definitions, technical and literary.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>“How does it feel to be in love?” the young man continued. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>This time the computer did not respond. He entered his query once more, and again, but still there was no response. After several attempts, the computer finally gave up. “<u>I cannot feel</u>.”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>And here are our children spending most of their waking hours with an “intelligent” thing in the shape of a box, a thing that has no feeling at all! Even when the computer can tell us of all kinds of the sickness in the world, it cannot comfort you. Because a robot has no feeling.</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: center;"><b>xxx</b></span></span></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-91058591383930729192024-02-08T20:55:00.017+08:002024-02-13T21:50:59.888+08:00ETHNOBOTANY: Natural Relationship of Man and Plants - A Revival in 14 Articles<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ethnobotany</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Natural Relationship of Man and Plants</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">- A Revival in 14 Articles</span></b></div><p></p><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">Superstitious beliefs and ethnobotany are closely associated. On closer examination such beliefs have greatly enhanced the relationship of man and the unseen that shapes his life, drawing from it a rich collection of folklore, songs and prayers. Indirectly such relationship has helped in the preservation of his environment.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1. Growing Applications of Ethnobotany</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. Herbals as First-Aid and Home Remedy</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3. Ethnobotany and Economic Botany</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>4. Ethnobotanical Researches at UST Graduate School</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>5. Plant Introduction and Wild Food Plants</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>6. Viewpoints on Pharmacology</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>7. Plants and Ethnic Beliefs and Superstition</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>8. Ethnobotany and Gene Piracy</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>9. Age of Natural Medicine</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>10. Ethnobotany of Seaweeds</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>11. Thirteen (13) practical researches on ethnobotany you can try </b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> at home and in your community</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>12. Ethnobotany and Nata de Coco as leather substitute</b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>13. Self-Administered test on Ethnobotany. </b></span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> Can you identify these indigenous plants?</span></b></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">14. Outlook of Ethnobotany </span></b></blockquote></blockquote><div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ayw-GJrHCUk9XWaqIzfmIz3ybEWIUo5e5m7f6TnkDlw5Gqg_ruWNQ_kXiZy28b-GxvqNbAts3Zl8vulBUtac-gQtFgUZJOaBQusCtL_GYjwYvz5W1QdauHJoIOza_DSNAghNe8kKbg8s/s1600/Dr+del+Rosario.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ayw-GJrHCUk9XWaqIzfmIz3ybEWIUo5e5m7f6TnkDlw5Gqg_ruWNQ_kXiZy28b-GxvqNbAts3Zl8vulBUtac-gQtFgUZJOaBQusCtL_GYjwYvz5W1QdauHJoIOza_DSNAghNe8kKbg8s/s1600/Dr+del+Rosario.jpg" /></a></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>1. Growing Applications of Ethnobotany</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">In rural areas, there are wild and cultivated plants used as home remedies against common ailments, a time-honored ethnic practice associated with customs, beliefs and tradition. This is the field of ethnobotany – the study of the natural relationship of man and plants through evolutionary time.</span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-size: small; text-align: right;">Dr Romualdo M Del Rosario (left) foremost Filipino ethnobotanist poses with author </b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>But as people move to towns and cities, and development continues to spread to remote areas, ethonobotanical studies may become just documents for future archives. The irony is that we have barely scratched the surface, in discovering the many uses of plants for medicine, agriculture and industry - sociology and art, notwithstanding.</b><br /><br /><b>Whole forest and ecosystems are natural gene banks. But with the fast shrinking wildlife, a technology in gene banking has been developed. Today genes can be banked and patented. This was pioneered by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the International Center for Wheat and Maiz Research (CIMMYT).</b><br /><br /><b>On the viewpoint of pharmacology, ethnobotany has paved the discovery of potent drugs and medicine, validating ethnic practices while leading into the formulation of new drugs. The trend today is that more and more people are going for natural medicine and food. There is a blossoming industry of herbal medicine and organically grown food. And people are willing to pay the price so long as they are assured of good health and a long and happy life. In many ways ethnobotany is helping pave the way toward this direction.</b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2. Herbals as First-Aid and Home Remedy</b></span><br /><b>There is always oregano (<i>Coleus amboinicus</i>) at home, ready to ease cough and sore throat. I imagine myself wearing a handkerchief wrapped around my forehead, advising my family and neighbors not to take cough drops or antibiotics for simple colds.I tell them to pick a young leaf of Oregano, chew it with fruit juice or soft drink. Or blanch it, extract the juice, and add sugar and warm water. It is practical and there are no side effects. And what a feeling! No wonder the plant’s name comes from the Greek words, Ore/Oros which means mountain, and ganos joy. “Joy on a mountain.”</b><br /><br /><b>Pliny the Elder used oregano to ease bad digestion. To Italians, it is the secret of their cooking and pizza, just as the Mexicans added it to <i>chili con carne. Dinuguan</i> tastes best with this aromatic herb.</b><br /><br /><b>On the other hand, I found out that Oregano is an insect repellant. Notice that mosquitoes, flies, fleas and roaches are kept away by its aromatic scent. It can be prepared as a natural pesticide, by simply crushing a few leaves in water, and applying the solution on the plants to control common garden pest. Oregano has essential oil and thymol, which is a strong antiseptic and disinfectant.</b><br /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;">-----------------------------------------------------</span></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>Ethnobotany is the study of a region's plants and their practical uses through the traditional knowledge of a local culture and people. An ethnobotanist thus strives to document the local customs involving the practical uses of local flora for many aspects of life, such as plants as medicines, foods, and clothing. <span style="font-size: x-small;">Internet</span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">------------------------------</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>I have observed many rural homes surrounded by other useful plants such as soro-soro, a species of Euphorbia, used to control ringworm. It is also an excellent meat tenderizer and vegetable. The leaves are chopped and stuffed in lechon and relyeno. Lagundi is good for fever and flu, alovera (Aloe vera) for burns,</b><i style="font-weight: bold;"> pandakaki (Tabernamontana pandacaqui</i><b>) for minor cuts. Tanglad is a condiment for kuhol. Young leaves of native bayabas (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Psidium guajava</i><b>) are good for skin infection and allergy. Ilang-ilang (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Cananga odorata</i><b>) and sampaguita (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Jasminium sambac</i><b>) are natural air fresheners in the surroundings. A home garden is very useful indeed as it provides fresh vegetables and herbals as home remedies. </b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Ethnobotany and Economic Botany</span><br /></span><br /><b>The uses of plants have expanded and more and more species are placed under cultivation for their uses. When they become commodities of commerce, the place of these plants are no longer under ethnobotany but Economic Botany. As ethnic communities gave in to larger, invading cultures, the original man-plant has changed into one that is economic in nature. The practice of kaingin and overpopulation also contribute to the decline of an ethnic community. Ethnic members become integrated into the more progressive society which would offer them better chances of survival, and possibly better life. Because of this ethnobotany has become one of the sciences that records the inevitable and dynamic changes our world has been undergoing, more so during this age of accelerated industrialization and modernization.</b><br /><br /><b>It is a race time, before we lose the opportunity to record the shrinking ethnic communities, and the knowledge about the plants that shaped lives and culture through countless generations. Ethnobotanical studies at the UST Graduate School, point out that there is no longer a “pure ethnic community.” Immigration, marriages with lowlanders and exposure to the latter’s way of life through the influence of media and school, have contributed to the modification and subsequent loss of ethnic identity. Apparently such loss is irreversible because the cultural base which largely consists of ancestral lands are opened to development and other forms of exploitation. </b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">4. Ethnobotanical Researches at UST Graduate School </span><br /><br /><b>Let me cite some studies in ethnobotany conducted at the UST Graduate School with Dr. Romulado M. Del Rosario as professor and thesis adviser. Dr. Del Rosario introduced me into this field, and with him I worked on the Ethnobotany of Maguey in the Ilocos Region, and the Ethnic Practices of Basi Wine Making in the Ilocos Region.</b><br /><br /><b><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2GL_qNyYvuFaGTpktgJDnFXUbwEtWh1Zn3MWINz8TQcW20cvy5V-PqiCHyD6pRa1BN-ZTxE9LeKH_ILbTF-l_j8q5uQ9gDkPCdiEWZkkjmnx4Ca7zQAbusmjXc4CElO0N9oxqIFhTDzO/s400/Dr+Del+Rosario+2.jpg" /></b><br />Old camphor trees at UST campus Manila<br /><br /><b>One of the pioneering works is <i>Ethnobotany of the Itawes</i>, a dissertation by Sister Mamerta Rocero SPC, which was published by the National Museum in 1982. Ethnozoology soon followed. <i>Ethnozoology of the Itawes</i> by Generosa Balubal. (MS Biology 1996) is a pioneer research in our country.</b><br /><br /><b>Wilfredo Vendivil (1994) worked on <i>Ethnomedicinal Plants in Ilocos Norte</i> along the borders of Cordillera and Cagayan. He reported 141 species of plants, 58 percent of which grow in the wild, while the 42 percent are cultivated, mainly on the backyard. The study reported 228 uses of these plants on 56 kinds of diseases and ailments, which include fever and flu, diarrhea, stomachache, boils, toothache, colic, dysmenorrhea, and rheumatism. The list also includes anemia, general weakness, numbness, gall bladder trouble, convulsion, paralysis, tuberculosis, intestinal worms, heart problem, poisonous bites, scabies, lumbago, beri-beri, and fungal and bacterial infections.</b><br /><br /><b>Vendivil reported that the local residents believe there is no plant growing in their area that does not have any importance. This implies that there is a wealth of knowledge these people have on plants, and their belief in the curative power of plants - which brings to mind that healing and faith go hand on hand.</b><br /><br /><b>Lolita O. Uy (1994) worked on the <i>Ethnobotany of the Ilongots in Nueva Viscaya</i>. She described 141 species of plants belonging to 136 genera and 108 families, of which 42 species are for food, 9 for construction, 10 for animal feeds. The rest are used for cleaning, making toys, preservative, masticatory, soap and shampoo, ripening agent, perfume, fish poison, insect repellant and ornamental purposes. The tribe’s local economy is centered in the forest and there are 9,000 hectares of virgin forest they claim as their ancestral land. Like other ethnic tribes, they feel threatened by lowlander intruding into their territory.</b><br /><br /><b>Reny Casanan (1997) conducted a similar study with the Gaddangs of Isabela. Among the 167 plant species she studied, 88 are food to the natives, 47 as medicine, 18 for construction, handicraft, furniture and the like, and 56 for various uses from toys to perfumes, rituals and ceremonies. The Gaddangs are now a heterogeneous group through inter-marriage and cultural integration with the nearby population centers.</b><br /><br /><b>Alma Poblete (1999) worked on <i>Ethnobotany of Bamboo among the Aetas in Orion, Bataan</i>. There are four important species of bamboo for their edible shoot, and two species as an occasional source of drinking water (water is stored in the internodes). The leaves of <i>Bambusa blumeana</i> is used in curing kidney disorder, while <i>Schizostachyum lumampao </i>is used to bring a patient from relapse, and as cure of fever and malaria. It is this species that the Aetas use in cooking rice and other food. Three species are used in making flute, toys and different kinds of basket that they sell on the lowland. Bamboo is indispensable to the Aetas. Aside from the uses mentioned they depend on bamboo for transport, weapon, fish trap and even riprapping river banks. Because of this they have learned to propagate bamboo, intercropping it with bananas, thus indicating a departure from fundamental ethnobotany.</b><br /><br /><b>Meet Maria Dulce Pototoy-Bunquin who worked on <i>Wild Food Plant Resources of the Batak Tribe in Palawan</i> and lived with these natives during her study to learn their culture and dialect. There are 24 uncultivated plant species belonging to 15 families utilized by the Bataks as food, the most important is Arecaceae or the Palm Family. But the use of wild food plants has become infrequent in the presence of cultivated crops in the settlement. The utilization of wild plants and their method of kaingin farming are part of their indigenous culture. The Bataks are no longer a homogeneous ethnic group, although they are still very much dependent on the forest for their subsistence.</b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span>5. Plant Introduction and Wild Food Plants</span></b><br /></span><br /><b>Let me turn back the hands of time. Many of the plants that give us food today, from cereals to fruits and vegetables, fibers we make into clothes, and hundreds of products, are not indigenous. These include the popular coffee, cacao and tea. Drugs and medicine, derived from plants, were once growing in the wild. The primordial turning point of human society is in the discovery and subsequent development of useful plants by our primitive ancestors. As communities grew, demand increased and many of these plants became important items of agriculture and commerce.</b><br /><br /><b>Remember Mutiny on the Bounty? A shipload of breadfruit or<i> rimas (Artocarpus communis</i>) seedlings was being transported to England’s prison-islands in the Pacific when the mission was foiled by the uprising. Breadfruit could be a cheap and ready source of staple for the convicts.</b><br /><br /><b>Similarly, many plants were actually introduced into the places they are growing today. Grapes, apricot, grapes, oranges and the like, were introduced into the United States continent from the Middle East and Europe, Mexico and South America by the colonizers and pioneers. Before the Europeans found the Orient, many plants of Asian and Pacific origin were already growing throughout the region, an indication that they were introduced by earlier cultures. </b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">6. Viewpoints on Pharmacology </span></b><br /><br /><b>Only about 20 percent of the population in developing countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific Ocean benefit from modern drugs. People in these areas generally use traditional and natural remedies in curing ailments. Even in the next millennium, it is believed that plants will remain as the main source of materials in the manufacture of drugs and medicine.</b><br /><br /><b>Rhodora Escalada-Gonzales worked on the anti-inflammatory properties of three common weeds - parol-parolan (<i>Cardiospermum halicacabum), vanatnid (Indigofera tinctoria) and tahebteb (Vitex trifolia).</i> She found out that these plants are a potential dual inhibitor of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase based on their strong anti-inflammatory activity. The significance of this finding is that it confirms the reported effectiveness extracts by herbolarios. Having identified the active principles, the essential chemical moieties can lead into the manufacture of a new drug.</b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">7. Plants and Ethnic Beliefs and Superstition</span></b><br /><br /><b>Superstitious beliefs and ethnobotany are closely associated. I still remember many of these beliefs learned from old folks, the curious boy that I was, surrounded by fields and woodlands. While passing through a thicket where no path is visible you should utter repeatedly,<i> bari-bari,</i> an apology for trespassing into a place guarded by the unseen.</b><br /><br /><b>The following superstitious beliefs were selected from <i>Ethnobotany of the Itawes,</i> a doctoral research of Sister Mamerta Rocero, SPC. These beliefs are not only confined among the Itawes of Cagayan Valley but are shared by other cultures as well. These are translations from the Itawes dialect.</b><br /><br /><b>1. A conceiving mother should never pick fruits from a tree otherwise the tree will die.</b><br /><br /><b>2. A papaya plant in front of a house brings bad luck.</b><br /><br /><b>3. A pregnant mother who eats twin bananas might give birth to twins.</b><br /><br /><b>4. A tree surrounded by fireflies during the night brings good luck.</b><br /><br /><b>5. Plant coconuts during starry nights so they will yield abundant fruits.</b><br /><br /><b>6. Plant coconuts during moonlight nights so they will produce big nuts.</b><br /><br /><b>7. Hang empty bottles on the trellises of upo (white squash) so that it will bear more fruits.</b><br /><br /><b>8. Eating from stocks intended for seeds will bring poor harvest.</b><br /><br /><b>9. Burying a little sugar with the seeds of ampalaya (bitter gourd) will prevent the fruits from becoming bitter.</b><br /><br /><b>10. Anyone dreaming of something tragic, such as death in the family should, upon waking up, strike the trunk of any tree with a bolo so that the dream will not become a reality.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiQCNkQ_WEbXWXc-tudVRIGy_ZAxP_leKQ-nTZbQo3HcsNfQPzbG3C94cbTsSpkfdfKgMYiqueJPFa7Ho20ZG56CxzrPhh6iU0UELBbXRIXrTfYjjkiANixDHsvuymlDc36MliLFBfqYH/s1600/Balete+default.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiQCNkQ_WEbXWXc-tudVRIGy_ZAxP_leKQ-nTZbQo3HcsNfQPzbG3C94cbTsSpkfdfKgMYiqueJPFa7Ho20ZG56CxzrPhh6iU0UELBbXRIXrTfYjjkiANixDHsvuymlDc36MliLFBfqYH/s320/Balete+default.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>11. If a Fortune plant received as a gift bears flower, it is a sign of good luck; if it dies it is an omen of bad luck.</b><br /><br /><b>12. The <i>balete (Ficus benjamina)</i> is the home of bad spirits which cause those who go near the tree to become sick.</b><br /><br />White lady haunts balete tree on Balete Drive QC, a popular ghost story<br /><br /><b>13. A woman on her menstrual period should not visit a garden or orchard otherwise the plants will become sick and ultimately die.</b><br /><br /><b>14. Avoid laughing while planting kamote (sweet potato) otherwise the roots will become liplike.</b><br /><br /><b>15. One who has incomplete teeth (<i>bunga</i>l) should keep his mouth closed when planting corn, otherwise the plant will bear empty or poorly filled cobs.</b><br /><br /><b>16. Stoop when planting coconuts so they will not grow very tall.</b><br /><br /><b>17. When planting a tree seedling, avoid looking up so that the plant will not grow very tall.</b><br /><br /><b>18. Place the first fruits harvested from a plant in a large container and pretend to carry them as if they were very heavy so that the plant will be heavy with fruits.</b><br /><br /><b>19. A spiny cactus inside the house drives the witch away.</b><br /><br /><b>20. Someone will die if the fire tree blooms.</b><br /><br /><b>21. Talking while preparing gabi (taro) for cooking will make the it itchy when eaten.</b><br /><br /><b>22. Eating chicken cooked with squash will cause leprosy.</b><br /><br /><b>23. A person who eats any ripe fruit that is partly eaten by a bird will become talkative.</b><br /><br /><b>24. Bringing salt under a sour-fruit-bearing tree will cause the fruits to fall.</b><br /><br /><b>25. When planting sitao (long bean), place a comb on your hair to induce the production of abundant long fruits.</b><br /><br /><b>One of the common beliefs among rural folk is <i>maan-anungan</i>, a case when a person suddenly becomes indisposed, characterized by cold sweating and general weakness, often accompanied with stomach cramp, because “a spirit might have chanced upon person.” This is attributed to somebody who has been dead, or a living person who has the power to <i>mangan-annung. </i>Relief is sought by brushing or lightly whipping on his or her body with branches or leaves of malunggay (horse radish tree), atis (sweetsop), guyabano (soursop), or dayap (sour orange). Or let him or her be touched by the suspected mangan-annung, or wiped him with any clothing of the suspected dead person.</b><br /><br /><b>Then there is the belief that garlic cloves hung above the door will ward off the <i>mananangal</i>, a vampire who hovers around dwellings and attacks unwary victims. Then there are stories of the <i>duwende </i>(dwarfs) who bring either luck or misfortune, depending on the world they belong to. Next time you answer the call of nature under a tree, say, bari-bari, and don’t forget to spit on the spot after your relief.</b><br /><br /><b>Reny Casanan, in a similar study, relates these beliefs which are found among the Gaddangs of Isabela. The first items to carry with when moving into a new house are rice, a bundle of fuel, salt, sugar and coffee so that family will not run out of basic needs. Another belief is that, if harvest has been good, offer <i>atang</i> which consists of rice, viand, wined and <i>palaspas</i> (palm) as an offering, so that next year’s harvest will be as bountiful.</b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>8. Ethnobotany and Gene Piracy</b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Sound the alarm. The pirates are coming! These pirates are armed with the latest tools of genetic engineering, and shielded by patent laws in their country Across the world, prospectors are sampling the local flora and fauna, and the genes of ethnic peoples, in search of new miracle drugs. An ethnical battle rages as prospectors scour the globe to find - and profit from - organisms that could cure the world’s worst diseases. According to Time, some ecologists are sounding dark warnings of a coming “gene war” between industrialized and emerging nations.</b><br /><br /><b>The idea is not really new. It started with IRRI when it put up a Gene Bank which houses today some 100,000 cultivars and varieties of rice. IRRI’s counterpart, CIMMYT in Mexico has a similar gene bank for wheat and corn. With genetic engineering today, genes banking and patenting have become mighty political and economic weapons of highly developed nations and giant trans-national corporations.</b><br /><br /><b>I had the opportunity to review and comment on a proposed bill to patent plants in the Philippines, under the title Plant Patent. The Senate of the Philippines remained firm to this date not to allow the passage of this bill. It believes that it is not only a matter that involves moral turpitude, but that the new law will adversely affect small farmers - millions of them, say in planting a patent-covered variety without paying the corresponding obligation to the patent holder.</b><br /><br /><b>This is the reported <i>modus operandi </i>of gene pirates. Foreign scientists disguised as tourists or volunteer workers, steal indigenous plants and animals - even human genes - develop useful products out of them which they then patent in their own country. According to Isidro Shia, a pharmacologist at UP, scientists posing as anthropologists have been gathering tissue samples from ethnic communities in the country known for their immunity to cancer and diabetes. The late Senator Juan Flavier called this exploitation a form of piracy and is rampantly committed in many parts of the world. Drug companies and agribusiness firms have been tapping genetic resources without even paying anything to countries where these genes are found.</b><br /><br /><b>Here are some examples of drugs manufactured from pirated plants. Taxol came from bark of a tree from a tropical rainforest, a cancer preventer. <i>Jeevani </i>is a drug from Kanis’ berries. It is a rich energy source, an anti-fatigue drug. “Old man’s cure” came from an <i>African Pygeum</i> tree. Sales of the bark reached $ 220 million a year. <i>Sandeimmum/Neoral (Cyclosporin) </i>another drug came from Kava plant, a <i>Dioscorea </i>species, which is a tranquilizer safer than Valium.</b><br /><br /><b>Actually we have just started for a long search because only one percent of the world’s flowering plants has been tested of their curative powers. But prospectors are all over like in a gold rush. Pirating is pocketing a gift God gave to all, and patenting is putting a tag on an act of God. There must be something to be done before these pirates loot our natural resources and heritage.</b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">9. Age of Natural Medicine</span></b><br /><br /><b>According to Time, the sale of herbal and botanical supplements in the US in 1994 was $2 billion. It doubled in 1998, and by the following year it rose to $6 billion. There are 7.3 million Americans who swallow capsule made from Echinacea <i>(Echinacea purpurea</i>), a purple petalled daisy particularly during the cold and flu season. Some 7.5 million more take <i>Prosac</i>, an extract from a bright yellow flower called St. John’s wort. And there are 10.8 million people who are worried of fading memory so that they remind themselves to take regularly Gingko (<i>Gingko biloba</i>), a tree with fan-like leaves, and the only survivor of a large Family (Gingkokales). PHOTO</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVm8L2qRBR66J2xUYyqaFKiyfGglsG1LaRoTrm7uob-Qne65aivv1LbmKR8JWhUwPB_q6DIrutFG_jFWyba3uqBtutlc5UijokOEvSBnCD1AaDZMXplObUX1t-mqqDQc6IQ_qT8SS9N4I/s1600/Ginkgo+2.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVm8L2qRBR66J2xUYyqaFKiyfGglsG1LaRoTrm7uob-Qne65aivv1LbmKR8JWhUwPB_q6DIrutFG_jFWyba3uqBtutlc5UijokOEvSBnCD1AaDZMXplObUX1t-mqqDQc6IQ_qT8SS9N4I/s1600/Ginkgo+2.jpg" /></a> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRr5jY-8vznwZeMag3ynSXwGKi8LnOBISAnMgWHUTu4Ac9a0WRhLKhE1grNg9DCJT6naWie6kbdMmPoGM7sUTmZH2rJUxBczJapXs6-C3QVHHKe5riLFTA-9n81KQmNZW1oDf_a-ZHp9iV/s1600/Ginkgo.jpg" style="font-weight: bold;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRr5jY-8vznwZeMag3ynSXwGKi8LnOBISAnMgWHUTu4Ac9a0WRhLKhE1grNg9DCJT6naWie6kbdMmPoGM7sUTmZH2rJUxBczJapXs6-C3QVHHKe5riLFTA-9n81KQmNZW1oDf_a-ZHp9iV/w213-h185/Ginkgo.jpg" width="213" /></a><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><br /><b>Millions of people are now taking in dose routinely, from various preparations of herbs, to stave off disease, brighten their moods, rev up their sex life or retain their youth. In the US alone the annual value of natural supplements amounts to more than $12 billion. This blossoming market is all over the world. People simply go for natural – natural food, pest- and fertilizer-free products, organically grown crops, native animals and fowls. Awareness is growing high against pesticide-treated fruits and vegetables, and high level of antibiotics in poultry and livestock products. People shy away from irradiated food, microwave-cooked food, and products of genetically engineered plants and animals (GMOs). And they are willing to pay the premium as long as they are certain the food and medicine they are taking are free from adulterants and other substances that are deleterious to health.</b><br /><br /><b>People today make more visits to non-traditional physicians, including faith healers, herbolarios, and naturopaths, who claim expertise in herbs and other natural therapies. In the Philippines, more and more people seek natural remedies, and a proof to this is the sudden emergence of <i>apatot</i> (<i>Morinda citrifolia</i>), a locally growing wild plant found to be the source of <i>Morinda</i>, a health drink among the Tahitians. The fruit is sold in the market and made into fruit juice. Recently, the Bureau of Food and Drug banned the taking of seeds of mahogany (<i>Swietenia macroloba)</i> as cure of rheumatism, arthritis and heart problem. Senator Juan Flavier warned the public that the seed contains cyanide which can cause damage to the brain, kidney and liver.</b><br /><br /><b>Because of this trend many pharmaceutical companies are changing their products and strategies. There has been a proliferation in the market of various health food and natural medicinal preparations, many of which are exaggerated. Laws and regulations on drugs are being reviewed. The sudden revival of thousand-year-old remedies focuses the importance of ethnobotany. It buoys the sagging faith of people in conventional medicine, and kindle and hope quaintness of healing using time- tested remedies, remedies instilled in the live and culture of our forebears. The perceived coldness and remoteness of sophisticated, computerized, and red-taped medicine, are driving people away to look for a humane, practical, community-oriented alternative - a kind of healing that touches the human spirit.</b></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>10. Ethnobotany of Seaweeds</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Scientists point out to the importance of algae; they produce more oxygen than all land plants combined. And their use as food to augment limited food supply opens a new field of farming, including future space travel. Algae hold the key in cleaning up our wastes, a process called bioremediation.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr Abe V Rotor</b></div></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPVgjXuJNfswlXdzPmVGcFFFLyILoxgYYpAwwmMH1Iy0bJdwiFhaJCEW57ZZCz8PxF_EFRFOWjpqtWfbwHqvLG7Iavu4qnJBHOM6GKfDw_IpAh76OhQgwfRA5g9ql1-BWr-T89za_-50_/s1600/Photo0431+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPVgjXuJNfswlXdzPmVGcFFFLyILoxgYYpAwwmMH1Iy0bJdwiFhaJCEW57ZZCz8PxF_EFRFOWjpqtWfbwHqvLG7Iavu4qnJBHOM6GKfDw_IpAh76OhQgwfRA5g9ql1-BWr-T89za_-50_/s320/Photo0431+A.jpg" width="209" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqaAKqqqEkFojh6RNEZGjMdhfw_4U0qTrv4PdFpxQaxBaML106-LxBXn7nSJL4QdJVzgA_WHMW8BVlBbVNv0qz2Pb7Pl-o8Phjz2MfPCejl_jGs_iu_eztVNrnK-psPPjwcC9qZsTsU0Q/s1600/Photo0418+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqaAKqqqEkFojh6RNEZGjMdhfw_4U0qTrv4PdFpxQaxBaML106-LxBXn7nSJL4QdJVzgA_WHMW8BVlBbVNv0qz2Pb7Pl-o8Phjz2MfPCejl_jGs_iu_eztVNrnK-psPPjwcC9qZsTsU0Q/s320/Photo0418+A.jpg" width="278" /></a></div></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Understanding the living world of minutiae. Summer Workshop </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>for kids </b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b>conducted by the author. Lagro, QC</b></span></span></span></span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKB2ozSEyWiU-Ie18ABmf2Sx0DovGHEIJml7m7nuCQTQ9uRisUbyDZIHnvQQhPHoJvBW9ZYz5U2jl-fGYYTbPzahaEYlSIRSnXAJm5TqB1nf4t_xAOA2ZhRSKmyoE2evKkkBvTmGJMLTM/s1600/Alga+Volvox177380457.jpg"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKB2ozSEyWiU-Ie18ABmf2Sx0DovGHEIJml7m7nuCQTQ9uRisUbyDZIHnvQQhPHoJvBW9ZYz5U2jl-fGYYTbPzahaEYlSIRSnXAJm5TqB1nf4t_xAOA2ZhRSKmyoE2evKkkBvTmGJMLTM/w274-h182/Alga+Volvox177380457.jpg" width="274" /></a> <span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOJwmNsRkzI23dheztby5FiQkkj-2mRFdG_T9DHqZo6tRIy6l-3unVsoGTg6818ZW0A3LGap2wsj5kkqjJZe3LFSPb5Cibg_o67hzzECvIIEXAI_nFc_6euZSgpRT7ZCYlq-CGMVrAtkY/s1600/alga+cultivation.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOJwmNsRkzI23dheztby5FiQkkj-2mRFdG_T9DHqZo6tRIy6l-3unVsoGTg6818ZW0A3LGap2wsj5kkqjJZe3LFSPb5Cibg_o67hzzECvIIEXAI_nFc_6euZSgpRT7ZCYlq-CGMVrAtkY/w246-h180/alga+cultivation.jpg" width="246" /></a></span></span></span></div></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Volvox a c</i>olonial alga; </b><b><i>Spirulina</i> Farm</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Algae such as </b><b><i>Nostoc, Spirolina, Anabaena Ocillatoria</i> grow into communities; they form into mass rich in nutrients for plant growth (eg Nostoc), grow in association with plants (<i>Anabaena</i> in symbiosis with <i>Azolla </i>fern), or form composite communities. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Algae being the first photosynthetic organisms, did not only provide the food base of a prototype food chain, but increased the oxygen level of the air vital to animals under the principles of <i>Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle</i>, and <i>Organic-Inorganic Cycl</i>e as well.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Algae of the protist group or the green algae, populate the lighted layer of the ocean comprising the phytoplankton, that feed the zooplankton (microscopic animals), which feed the small fish, the large fish in this order, onto our dining table. Since 70 percent of the earth's surface is water, more food and oxygen are produced than on land. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Algae are soil builders, agents of weathering of rocks, pioneers in converting wastelands, setting favorable conditions for the growth and development of plants and other organisms, leading to the formation of ecosystems. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Algae comprise the base of food pyramids in ponds, lakes and oceans. They are the link of the inorganic and the organic world, capturing the sun's energy through photosynthesis. From hereon, different organisms depend for their food on the main and by-products. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="clear: both;"><b>Algae in their macroscopic forms - the seaweeds - make the forests of the sea. They grow into enormous size and volume on coral reefs, these are the counterparts of the forests on land, particularly the rainforest.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEDGkbPrq1Js-gwOj4ovlxvYKQzjV_l7jrtLLYDrupRwSY2wCEVlLrDq0-LeNN3o_SdonpGevybIjDs6hVpJuix8VyQ-ltPd6PCUO8WU-MqQuRbDAHEAGua50TSlHqIF6L_VGHZaK0W-5/s1600/Seaweeds+Eucheuma.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="500" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEDGkbPrq1Js-gwOj4ovlxvYKQzjV_l7jrtLLYDrupRwSY2wCEVlLrDq0-LeNN3o_SdonpGevybIjDs6hVpJuix8VyQ-ltPd6PCUO8WU-MqQuRbDAHEAGua50TSlHqIF6L_VGHZaK0W-5/s320/Seaweeds+Eucheuma.jpg" width="320" /></a><b><br /></b></div><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Marine algae or seaweeds are divided into three groups: Brown Algae (Phaeophyta, eg <i>Sargassum</i>), Green Algae (Chlorophyta eg <i>Caulerpa, Codium</i>). Red Algae (Rhodophyta, eg <i>Porphyra</i>). Seaweed farming has developed into a major industry for their many uses in food, medicine, agriculture and industry. (PHOTO: Euchema, Chlorophyta)</span></b></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gfaLogXw1I673qds5ZbSLldliaRzrzf3oylnhVdG0JGcuiVneWKk9D0dBNcaHd2GuBt2cj3MiQMEiAI7CPxHf4eoKZHSYXOzVtPKb-6lMMfA8axNdDx85N8e-tB0Xag34gI2U0YM1Jy2/s1600/diatom.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gfaLogXw1I673qds5ZbSLldliaRzrzf3oylnhVdG0JGcuiVneWKk9D0dBNcaHd2GuBt2cj3MiQMEiAI7CPxHf4eoKZHSYXOzVtPKb-6lMMfA8axNdDx85N8e-tB0Xag34gI2U0YM1Jy2/s320/diatom.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Fossil of diatoms (PHOTO), a division of algae under Chrysophyta, called diatomaceous earth is mined for many uses particularly as filters and ingredients of toothpaste, cosmetics, pesticide, etc. It is important in the food web since many organisms need the element for their development. Diatoms have excellent patterns and designs that inspire artists and builders.</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Algae form thick mats and layers on land, fertilizing the land in the process, and protecting it from destructive elements such as sudden changes in temperature, erosion, desiccation and the like, vital in keeping environmental balance. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div></span></span></span></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>11. Thirteen (13) practical researches on ethnobotany you can try at home and in your community</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />This article is reprinted in memory of the late Professor Eduardo de Leon of the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santo Tomas. These 13 researches were conducted during his administration as head of the Department of Botany, with the author as thesis adviser. This post is also dedicated to the thesis students who are now professionals in the fields of medicine, education, business, science and technology.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jDNvfkQnjTioGU1ofb92p83kVL5M7gjF3fKIDQsZV1YgS95PQ1PvCW3R52ncnr7-quVueiZSAQ5BlEVxPACVXDKRrwVz8qujhCRF9aAWUQ3CsXiKepl668JVTVDsHUiAXjJ64n88uho/s1600/UST+botanical+garden+a.JPG"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jDNvfkQnjTioGU1ofb92p83kVL5M7gjF3fKIDQsZV1YgS95PQ1PvCW3R52ncnr7-quVueiZSAQ5BlEVxPACVXDKRrwVz8qujhCRF9aAWUQ3CsXiKepl668JVTVDsHUiAXjJ64n88uho/w344-h271/UST+botanical+garden+a.JPG" width="344" /></a> </span></b><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QZuoBk3MVByS5KMnZapklMbWULgaCIpxS1-mczg6rvpYlI6e5f-ksgEY98-bu6-4ry-7-Z6BKqz0PuQmZvZ20gXkC0S4cDDL7MxheR6g9cio6_8ljCOytT2xq1nQKbgqhT1zA3a2CnU/s1600/UST+Garden+1.JPG"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QZuoBk3MVByS5KMnZapklMbWULgaCIpxS1-mczg6rvpYlI6e5f-ksgEY98-bu6-4ry-7-Z6BKqz0PuQmZvZ20gXkC0S4cDDL7MxheR6g9cio6_8ljCOytT2xq1nQKbgqhT1zA3a2CnU/w152-h271/UST+Garden+1.JPG" width="152" /></a></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiovXwWhkVkQ3HAnlGLlhVVlLKDzhFd7ll_sICbAeKPj8TIe-iOJKK-EsVIbS9kqLoL7Eb3erNtUMmjdQ5vM3S_nYPYlMhGbfuEkdzXe1ruDPD7RcpHXblhStXNatUa2H0Ps5gP-Kl0PgAiFfsnX2g9MR6fnYN4G31377XN4BCo1SOrMMhEujKuZktYTICK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="535" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiovXwWhkVkQ3HAnlGLlhVVlLKDzhFd7ll_sICbAeKPj8TIe-iOJKK-EsVIbS9kqLoL7Eb3erNtUMmjdQ5vM3S_nYPYlMhGbfuEkdzXe1ruDPD7RcpHXblhStXNatUa2H0Ps5gP-Kl0PgAiFfsnX2g9MR6fnYN4G31377XN4BCo1SOrMMhEujKuZktYTICK=w497-h305" width="497" /></a></div></span><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> UST Pharmacy Garden<br /><br />These researches explore the vast uses of plants as food and source of useful products for pharmacology and industry. They offer alternatives to natural healing as well as in tapping the hidden wealth of plants as antibiotics, elixir and many other uses.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU129At2MB1I4gU-iTOTwmeZJa7SUmt5RcC6LYJyLx1rVVNySvWD2Fyu_PXQ56286X_p4QyJOah3g7PmBVXvzG7_duthALlNi5AJ63GBCjs63dqkpUX7w2xfKHoIJNqbwNTh-4jO5diuS3L-PcY9_MjkYUtKWyabdmXYcJd9jheeLfbRjfvm_e7JB2jlaD" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="243" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU129At2MB1I4gU-iTOTwmeZJa7SUmt5RcC6LYJyLx1rVVNySvWD2Fyu_PXQ56286X_p4QyJOah3g7PmBVXvzG7_duthALlNi5AJ63GBCjs63dqkpUX7w2xfKHoIJNqbwNTh-4jO5diuS3L-PcY9_MjkYUtKWyabdmXYcJd9jheeLfbRjfvm_e7JB2jlaD=w288-h176" width="288" /></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000;">1. Yes, you can grow pechay and tilapia in an aquarium.</span> Del Rosario L, De La Calzada GR, Javillonar C, and V Roquero<br />This research is based on <i>palay-isdaan,</i> an indigenous practice in low lying ricelands where rice and fish naturally grow together during the monsoon months. Thus, the researchers experimented on growing pechay (<i>Brassica chinensis</i>) in an aquarium medium, which can at the same time sustain the normal growth of tilapia (<i>Tilapia nilotica</i>). The result promises another aspect of urban green revolution where hobbyists can combine the growing of fish in home aquarium with the production of vegetables. The idea may be the answer to having fresh and safe food supply for the home and neighborhood, and in maintaining a balance aquarium with lesser cost.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">2. Beware of<i> Ganoderma</i> food supplement</span><br />Africa MA, Abulencia HM, Bautista A and AM Bebanco</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbV5fPjq6D0xdpuPGWv5Xn9XSVXy-e7JDVx_hyLBbRQFCfpiKYWdKOPhICDkN2KR7fl4RNkOZEOLBaA0n-XaX71HYwfBjJD3TnKc-aLGyO26rOMkpd2M4_EJo_f_FA1opJHna6VBJNpdQ/s320/Mushroom+06.jpg" /><br /><br /></span><b></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>This shelf fungus comes as food supplement, mainly as pre-packed coffee and tea, and advertised in several names. White mice fed freely with the raw fungus died after a few days. Even those given with limited amounts showed adverse physiologic effects like loss in weight, thinning of hair, and progressive weakness. Many died after two or three weeks. The results indicate that the fungus has toxic effect. It will be recalled that among the most poisonous materials occurring in nature come from fungi, the classical example is the Amanita mushroom which when mistakenly eaten by humans can cause instant death. There is no known antidote of mushroom poisoning. At minimal dosage however, not exceeding 10 mg per 1 kg body weight, the test animals gained weight faster than those not given with Ganoderma. Thus the researchers recommend judicious use of the food supplement, as it may be deleterious to health contrary to the claims of its manufacturers and distributors.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9j0Asqh-77QY2BE46ohl0NdnKDUPeN063L1cy3vbWg7xmzwVEG3_rWMOj1lKZEfBpxcn8toc6YxjaRjsWffE-PvJQykC1toyMzXmVwPSL9TIACqfSl49FNk3vceOC9y1w0xHKaiPXfwwVNr2X1DSkE6rqNFJxIcPHUqZzYP4ae56aMQVORiDW51H_mlzy" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="347" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9j0Asqh-77QY2BE46ohl0NdnKDUPeN063L1cy3vbWg7xmzwVEG3_rWMOj1lKZEfBpxcn8toc6YxjaRjsWffE-PvJQykC1toyMzXmVwPSL9TIACqfSl49FNk3vceOC9y1w0xHKaiPXfwwVNr2X1DSkE6rqNFJxIcPHUqZzYP4ae56aMQVORiDW51H_mlzy" width="297" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">3. Make your own Marker Ink from <i>Mayana.</i> </span> Galang E, Cu MV, Constantino A and C Flores. Marker inks or colorants come in bright green, pink, blue and in different hues and shades. They are used to highlight keywords and sentences, terms or simply for arts and graphics. Commercial highlighters as these markers are commonly called, are imported from Japan, US, Germany and China. Local brands make use of imported colorants. <i>Mayana (Coleus blumei) </i>is a colorful annual plant, dominantly red, maroon, green pink, yellow in various patterns and combinations. The researchers extracted the pigment using volatile solvents. Comparing the different cultivars of mayana, they came up with two dominant colors. Flesh to brown color appeared to be the best among the colors tested. Drying time compared to the commercial brands is the same. The researchers recommend other possible plant colorants such as Carissa, <i>duhat (Syzygium)</i> and bright petalled plants like Hibiscus.<br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br />4. Is it true that <i>Caulerpa </i>seaweed eaters live healthier and longer lives?</span><br />Chua AG, Fancubit AL, Flores F and MR Liwag<br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnlLIEBYlB7vk1RIJl_5gAHFLfiW5X_CvTEO7sz41KvcwmHEduXcL_M1-g3_YeY2inIpb5SKMlcQ4UYtVTcy88A4ztrSTSjqp1RiqDMyiPt35uOkoFA15X2iB9taN8QqTgmYRYRY4vug/s1600/Seaweed+arusip.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnlLIEBYlB7vk1RIJl_5gAHFLfiW5X_CvTEO7sz41KvcwmHEduXcL_M1-g3_YeY2inIpb5SKMlcQ4UYtVTcy88A4ztrSTSjqp1RiqDMyiPt35uOkoFA15X2iB9taN8QqTgmYRYRY4vug/w265-h216/Seaweed+arusip.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span><i>Caulepa racemosa</i></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Ilocanos in particular, who love to eat lato or ar-arusip are known to enjoy healthy and long lives. Is it a myth? The researchers found out that this green seaweed sold commercially in two species, <i>C. lentelifera and C. racemosa</i>, possess antibiotic properties. Raw extract has been found effective in destroying bacteria, such as Pseudococcus and Escherischia coli, common pathogens causing human ailments. Aside from this property, <i>Caulerpa</i> contains <i>caulerpine</i> that to many people has relaxing effect, but excessive intake of the vegetable may cause dizziness. It is the only known edible seaweed that causes this symptom. This active principle may be tapped for its tranquilizing effect.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO3D9kvpk4icMWmjZmz-PCYGEkutm8oB1bprHlRXZyWf52m1aZijX3zgc8PidRUAVfHQRP2oLRE0LwD216Oe5gHRpa87cJjAbl8dKHiDS8xaUtqwS7pWBMmTrox3HHdAPOSiOMpelcOM8UEikTDWyl4iRRkKvnAprH6wKNt4LMifjDO0wR2YJ5Hdcm9D2F" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><img alt="" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO3D9kvpk4icMWmjZmz-PCYGEkutm8oB1bprHlRXZyWf52m1aZijX3zgc8PidRUAVfHQRP2oLRE0LwD216Oe5gHRpa87cJjAbl8dKHiDS8xaUtqwS7pWBMmTrox3HHdAPOSiOMpelcOM8UEikTDWyl4iRRkKvnAprH6wKNt4LMifjDO0wR2YJ5Hdcm9D2F=w275-h207" width="275" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000;">5. Alginate from <i>Sargassum</i> can increase the shelf life of fruits. </span> Tumambing K, Santok G, Seares A and V Verzola<br />If you happen to be walking along the beach those dry brown seaweeds washed ashore could bring in a lot of profit, not only as source of algin and alginic acid which are extracted for food conditioner and for industrial use. The researchers found out that by extracting the alginate substance by ordinary means, the extract is effective in delaying the spoilage of fruits such as mango, papaya and banana. The extract is diluted 5 to 10 percent with water before the ripe or ripening fruits are immersed, then allowed to dry. The alginate compound leaves a coating on the fruit that delays ripening from two to four days, at the same time protects it from microorganisms that cause rotting and spoilage.<br /><br />6. <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Makabuhay </i>and <i>Neem </i>tree extracts are effective in control cockroach <i>(Periplaneta Americana)</i></span> Tenorio RW, Nudo L, Roxas R and AC Uichanco<br />Neem tree</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><img height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaWjR4QV6ZlaPlM52b-CH8PlYQmpCGfXZYjps9mRK22PzVRpKIlHuMaP1ShtQHg0bGJpmUuoU2xeJuXvqoz3AMrBKUceBLV_JoAMvltW1ktRexEEIswz1DHuXkD1q82a6dyd_JkAbm4XTqQbxYVk1dNhvdV4n_K5j5ihCMFd7BnLnnOekdPRl60mflfrAY=w234-h199" width="234" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjym340lRU0nw7wBtxJ1LO0b_kumpC-WEPaHI-LmuEtkWODUoGqcPe16nE3gsNX3uxNQzjPH0fyn-GzJI_AuGLmQ-ezcoJjg2haYheqT0sgub7Ae6ey4aKSxXe2d4oXZZjOpDO0Agxmel4/s1600/neem-treeA.jpg"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjym340lRU0nw7wBtxJ1LO0b_kumpC-WEPaHI-LmuEtkWODUoGqcPe16nE3gsNX3uxNQzjPH0fyn-GzJI_AuGLmQ-ezcoJjg2haYheqT0sgub7Ae6ey4aKSxXe2d4oXZZjOpDO0Agxmel4/w259-h201/neem-treeA.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Makabuhay and Neem</span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><br /></span></b></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><i>Macabuhay (Tinospora rhumphii)</i> is a liana that grows in the wild. Previous experiments proved that its extract is effective in controlling common rice insect pest and the golden kuhol. Could it be effective in controlling the tough and elusive cockroach? The same question was raised on <i>Neem (Aziderachta asiatica)</i>, known as insecticide tree that was introduced into the country from India in the sixties. According to the researchers, extracts of both plants proved effective as direct spray on cockroach. Comparative effectiveness showed that the diluted extract of makabuhay gave a higher mortality that the pure extract, indicating the synergistic effect of water solvent, but only for makabuhay. Neem extract at low level dilution is more effective than that of makabuhay at the same level. While synthetic chemical sprays are more effective than these herbal extracts, the advantage of the latter is their being safe to humans and the environment and does not leave toxic residues.</b><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">7. Rat Poison from the Seed of <i>Botong</i> (<i>Barringtona asiatica</i>)</span></b><br /><b>Perez R, Dela Cruz K, Rivera M and J Santos</b><br /><b>If <i>botong (Barringtona asiatica)</i> is effective as fish poison, could it be effective as rat poison just as well? The researchers found it to be effective, but the problem to lure the rodents to eating the bait is a problem. This is because of the shy nature of rats and their oliphagous characteristic that is they eat a wide range of food under natural field condition. When starved rats may consume any available food and this may include poison baits. The advantage of using plant poison is its safe nature to humans and the environment. Presently used compounds include arsenicals, anticoagulants under the brand names Dethmor, Racumin, Dora, and the deadly “1081” a zinc phosphide compound which is now banned in the market.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgutTfq2UWfdIyX1b-PrLgaTs4kg385Kn1b7TAhCXn-dY8chqpUIvxkJV9p75uuI9nZvV6Ia4j17a7w_vR51W-YBjdqQuGMiljHuiXvKpTa0WkS3k05IgAbkfDRuuc7rYnmEl0xFnyGFfAICmPYZ7jOJ8fZEMpLJWd4Va3I0nffFsAwDvfJPxpY2z_c2ULB" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgutTfq2UWfdIyX1b-PrLgaTs4kg385Kn1b7TAhCXn-dY8chqpUIvxkJV9p75uuI9nZvV6Ia4j17a7w_vR51W-YBjdqQuGMiljHuiXvKpTa0WkS3k05IgAbkfDRuuc7rYnmEl0xFnyGFfAICmPYZ7jOJ8fZEMpLJWd4Va3I0nffFsAwDvfJPxpY2z_c2ULB=w294-h221" width="294" /></a></div><b>8<span style="color: #cc0000;">. Botong (<i>B. asiatica</i>) is safer poison against fish pest. </span> </b><b>Dequina MJ, Castro JC, Limtin R and J Patawaran</b><br /><b>This is the rational of the experiment: Is there a safer compound than synthetic pesticides to clean up fishponds in order to eliminate fish predators at seeding time? It is a known practice among fishpond owners to use Malathion, Endrin, and other chlorinated hydrocarbon, as well as phosphate compounds to eliminate fish such as tilapia,<i> dalag</i>, and<i> Poecillia</i> after harvesting a fishpond. These remaining fish pose danger as predator of bangus fries raised in the next season. The researchers found out that the extract of botong seeds (<i>Barringtona asiatica</i>) is an effective substitute. Like other plant extract, it is environment friendly and leaves non-toxic residue to the incoming fries and fingerlings.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhfIV7M8nR9UWD5oQLjHqJHlqbtkvwV0TnYE4DcALio3QCpywyiKzylpC-o433GtnWJ43Guo_i0LxOY4UBdA3WgKuAyNQxFV4SJTxfAaz39ShCmc4YwAaTH5PIFPlsec7BXHuo3izgxDVJQpqToWCyglWHeraJoyM10MyL7GAaxD_LurdasHkPbfnJxSAQ" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhfIV7M8nR9UWD5oQLjHqJHlqbtkvwV0TnYE4DcALio3QCpywyiKzylpC-o433GtnWJ43Guo_i0LxOY4UBdA3WgKuAyNQxFV4SJTxfAaz39ShCmc4YwAaTH5PIFPlsec7BXHuo3izgxDVJQpqToWCyglWHeraJoyM10MyL7GAaxD_LurdasHkPbfnJxSAQ=w252-h183" width="252" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">9. Antibiotics from papaya seeds</span></b><br /><b>Casas JM, Cadiz RI, Calvelo AM and MC Cremen. </b><b>With the increasing resistance of bacteria to the group of Penncilium antibiotics, scientists are looking into more potent antibiotics. Modern antibiotics however, are expensive and are not readily available particularly in the countryside. But natural antibiotics abound in nature. One such source is the ordinary papaya, specifically the native or solo variety. The researchers claim that the papain in papaya has an antibiotic property and the most likely part where the active compound is concentrated is the seeds, which are thrown away for no use except as propagation material. The seed oil is potent against both gram negative and gram positive bacteria, such as Staphylococcus. . This explains why papaya is a health food. Although the oil has also shown anti-fungal effects, the researchers recommend further studies in this aspect. They also recommend further studies in the preparation of the seed oil as antibiotic drop or ointment.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-Y1lQUOTUNHW2u51aBg3h1JKW078lugJe62szD3P8WzZq7zp_ToagFA9zAPmHmModi7KyukU-aJTC6yKtY1KDgmDyokfwX9JgPAuFo3fkH7s2hYFAM1qaAB-G32SsIX6bWcQo70HD__SnBT6Ohbz36RAyNEQEjG2SHO-KSTYADP9MAeaKjGCkJMi4I8id" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-Y1lQUOTUNHW2u51aBg3h1JKW078lugJe62szD3P8WzZq7zp_ToagFA9zAPmHmModi7KyukU-aJTC6yKtY1KDgmDyokfwX9JgPAuFo3fkH7s2hYFAM1qaAB-G32SsIX6bWcQo70HD__SnBT6Ohbz36RAyNEQEjG2SHO-KSTYADP9MAeaKjGCkJMi4I8id" width="192" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">10. Mosquito repellant from bottle brush (<i>Salix</i> sp)</span></b><br /><b>Clemente R, Landan RP Luquinario MI and P Padua</b><br /><b>If there is a way to rid mosquitoes from attacking us without net or special paraphernalia, it is that advertised “Off” mosquito repellant. But the commercial products are synthetic compounds and reports claim that they are carcinogenic affecting not only the skin but internal organs as well since poison can be absorbed by the skin and into the blood stream and other tissue of the body. The researchers collected the volatile oil of the weeping willow which is also known as bottle brush for the formation and shape of the leaves. With ethyl alcohol as solvent, the preparation was tested against house mosquitoes <i>(Culex pipens</i>) in the same manner as the advertised commercial product is used. The results are positive.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwz0UJ70MCRS_t0-JUNITRU2m4BQ8oaif85vxV8J4pxXbTmXsD_Z1Sj8ijpK4xS0Akd5Nau15RLaFf26Qe87JjCgQSw9TDRwUzLkCsdvXdWDuSC9XyEfWRlPNTL8umVezbCen3GyOM8jcRYD-PXeb8Hwep5YgTQLHSS57lP0oixMgczXelA1SIt13rBgk/s5152/DSC09917.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwz0UJ70MCRS_t0-JUNITRU2m4BQ8oaif85vxV8J4pxXbTmXsD_Z1Sj8ijpK4xS0Akd5Nau15RLaFf26Qe87JjCgQSw9TDRwUzLkCsdvXdWDuSC9XyEfWRlPNTL8umVezbCen3GyOM8jcRYD-PXeb8Hwep5YgTQLHSS57lP0oixMgczXelA1SIt13rBgk/w280-h210/DSC09917.JPG" width="280" /></a><span><b><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">11. How good are commercial organic fertilizers as claimed by their manufacturers? </span>Olivenza CR, King A, Reyes CJ and A Young</b></b></span><span><b>There are a number of organic fertilizers in the market manufactured from various raw materials. As such there is no standard set particularly for their nutrient content. They are advertised with various advantages which the researchers in this study say only by experimentation on at least one plant indicator can resolve – pechay (<i>Brassica chinensis)</i>. The results of the experiment are varied and therefore support the theory that organic fertilizers in the market do not have standard effects on the growth and development patterns on the test plant. The researchers believe that fortification of organic fertilizers with chemical fertilizers improves the formula and helps solve nutrient deficiency.</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBzmS7WwE2aGar4TQpXudn9Rjs2uL23Nu3RlTVTKmS7QNCxZPJJz5bbHG_jF1X5w6eUOKguTbnuLFAGO8DEP54BRvLa46_Qm6hY4Nu4IPc5NIBFGY8mK1K82rIVYf_sEdqjGMEXDMuHstVin8RkoT-HgVR0zkjcYK63evA-hb4op0yaJ_ln3rrWYlkhNYC" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="590" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBzmS7WwE2aGar4TQpXudn9Rjs2uL23Nu3RlTVTKmS7QNCxZPJJz5bbHG_jF1X5w6eUOKguTbnuLFAGO8DEP54BRvLa46_Qm6hY4Nu4IPc5NIBFGY8mK1K82rIVYf_sEdqjGMEXDMuHstVin8RkoT-HgVR0zkjcYK63evA-hb4op0yaJ_ln3rrWYlkhNYC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">12. Bunga de Jolo is a potential bactericide.</span></b><br /><b>Villaluz MC, Enebrad K, Garcia R and V Guzman. </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Vetchia merillii,</i><b> a palm relative of the bunga (</b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Areca catechu</i><b>) was found to have a unique potency against the bacterium, </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Bacillus proteus</i><b> as well as others pathogens causing infection. Direct extract from the seed showed potent inhibition against the test organisms, a feat the control (<i>Penicillium</i> type) failed to show. This explains the usefulness of bunga de jolo as a substitute of Areca in the absence of the latter. Both produce nuts, which are used by older people for mastication with or without the betel leaf and the occasional lime that goes with the preparation.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitVeZ_5N8wtNVOsmfti6jMIneyQFo0cEMMoNse-0zwaQ0dTO2rkFJAVRAuk7oD0gtTC3uHFuKJdkGBrk3RnXbq8oaUhHpN02SnMylKu6OMGfnGjTuhM7wFakXKBONq18p4FTHQSpYYZnYLaYoWcn3Z-Jim-VRQxy2RSpmy8Cnzww3c38BfEBIbDf9b-kbh" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitVeZ_5N8wtNVOsmfti6jMIneyQFo0cEMMoNse-0zwaQ0dTO2rkFJAVRAuk7oD0gtTC3uHFuKJdkGBrk3RnXbq8oaUhHpN02SnMylKu6OMGfnGjTuhM7wFakXKBONq18p4FTHQSpYYZnYLaYoWcn3Z-Jim-VRQxy2RSpmy8Cnzww3c38BfEBIbDf9b-kbh=w236-h166" width="236" /></a></div><br /><u><span style="color: #cc0000;">13. Common moss as a practical source of antibiotics. </span></u>Nabong W, Aquino M, Orlino C Ramos J and H Sumabit<br />The common moss often used in its dried form as substrate for orchids has a puzzling characteristic. It resists rotting and does not arbor the breeding of microorganisms that are pathogenic to the orchid. From this observation coupled by the fact that indigenous people use dried moss to cover wounds and skin diseases, led the researches to conduct an experiment on the antibiotic properties of mosses. The results are positive to bacteria causing skin infection, but the range of antibiosis has yet to be determined. The researchers recommend that further studies be conducted on methods of extraction, other than the use of ethanol, in isolating the active principle which is the key to the antibiotic property of mosses. ~<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwstopoZOBdpeMhTiDg7TTSwfA7gq3Wvou6scfUE6XI1JvfGBguBy_ojb-H6phAl6D1Sz3PkWxUlFo20-xDhwT03gEZ0hQit_wI61uHiy_jekm1bowPowHN-ixnlUHxsPV4wcC0k9cnXg/s1600/DSC01540+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwstopoZOBdpeMhTiDg7TTSwfA7gq3Wvou6scfUE6XI1JvfGBguBy_ojb-H6phAl6D1Sz3PkWxUlFo20-xDhwT03gEZ0hQit_wI61uHiy_jekm1bowPowHN-ixnlUHxsPV4wcC0k9cnXg/w210-h279/DSC01540+A.jpg" width="210" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwstopoZOBdpeMhTiDg7TTSwfA7gq3Wvou6scfUE6XI1JvfGBguBy_ojb-H6phAl6D1Sz3PkWxUlFo20-xDhwT03gEZ0hQit_wI61uHiy_jekm1bowPowHN-ixnlUHxsPV4wcC0k9cnXg/s1600/DSC01540+A.jpg"></a></span></b><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOh1AhUnet5sn5JL8L-JtkkyOMM9KaVwpfABik-BU9kjxm-va6SInn3NEL2LgwnGh-dzVjOb5Yf0gE-ZgoWy30IZckmOp6mFOXoZCeLuU9aslmIAqUkgMkl6YnxUYXu2WjE2Ciktn-nRA/s1600/DSC01544+A.jpg"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOh1AhUnet5sn5JL8L-JtkkyOMM9KaVwpfABik-BU9kjxm-va6SInn3NEL2LgwnGh-dzVjOb5Yf0gE-ZgoWy30IZckmOp6mFOXoZCeLuU9aslmIAqUkgMkl6YnxUYXu2WjE2Ciktn-nRA/w208-h277/DSC01544+A.jpg" width="208" /></a></span></b></div></span></b><b><span>Graduate students study the uses of </span></b><b><span>Banaba Tree (<i>Lagerstroma speciosa</i>), and </span></b><b><span><i>Selaginella</i> as antibiotics. ~</span></b></div></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> 12. Ethnobotany and <i>Nata de Coco </i>as leather substitute </span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Nata de coco shoes, surgical thread, and wallet, too.</span></span></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Bacterial cellulose as substitute of leather and plastic </span><span>is the brainchild of Filipino scientist, Dr Anselmo S Cabigan former Director for Research, National Food Authority, and professor in biological science at St Paul University QC. </span></span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>Nata de coco shoes is f</span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>irst of its kind in the world, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">one for the Book of Guinness Record.</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDY2ed9VAf6EulAbzIT2dFblSGR5JwFtoHK0gnys03s76bGAc6cMEr9AuPj_ZvRAJpCfd8M-JhKbOoFEp5r_5lRFHuL9Rz-q0fWtKMkpGRkrkTUCI9C4qP4E-ZpR0S6PhhUJe87V1sgWiZ/s166/Cabigan+AS.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="166" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDY2ed9VAf6EulAbzIT2dFblSGR5JwFtoHK0gnys03s76bGAc6cMEr9AuPj_ZvRAJpCfd8M-JhKbOoFEp5r_5lRFHuL9Rz-q0fWtKMkpGRkrkTUCI9C4qP4E-ZpR0S6PhhUJe87V1sgWiZ/w286-h227/Cabigan+AS.jpg" width="286" /></a></span></b></span></div></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Nata is a culture of <i>Leuconostoc mesenteroides,</i> a bacterium that forms a mass of gelatinous material from a medium of sugar and acetic acid. When thick enough, this layer is harvested for dessert or fruit salad mix. This time it is made into laminate, a leather-like material.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">At St. Paul University QC, Dr. Anselmo S. Cabigan and his thesis advisee, the late Miss Amparo Arambulo, developed shoes made from nata laminate. The laminate is actually compressed nata de coco, dried and layered like plywood, then subjected to standard tanning procedure. It is cut and made into shoes. </span></b><b style="font-family: arial;">The nata "leather" is produced by gradual pressure and drying until a leather-like consistency is attained. This undergoes curing and tanning, and dyeing like leather. Which is then made as uppers of shoes and slippers, cut into belt, surgical thread, and even fabric substitute. </b><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Nata laminate is stronger than leather, according to results of a test conducted by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It also gives a good finish like real leather.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgYVQpLz1Mbd2DMGwMrhyh9GuOfrvZ24VS8tAGbR5HVS0TqJ33hew51LdsufI5xDUZRFE5dB1I08zIs5gKXLzwbtYOvo3V95hVkj3iWoaLcWnJYWO9aF4WEkKEJYQIvtiJoCPF5K-ic4/s1600-h/environment+new+folder255.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgYVQpLz1Mbd2DMGwMrhyh9GuOfrvZ24VS8tAGbR5HVS0TqJ33hew51LdsufI5xDUZRFE5dB1I08zIs5gKXLzwbtYOvo3V95hVkj3iWoaLcWnJYWO9aF4WEkKEJYQIvtiJoCPF5K-ic4/w234-h313/environment+new+folder255.jpg" width="234" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Nata laminate is also a healthy and environment-friendly packaging material. It easily decomposes without leaving any trace of harmful residue - unlike plastic, which in the first place is synthetic and non-biodegradable. Nata offers a solution to plastic materials accumulating in garbage, and scattered all around.<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;">The author is shown with the late Amparo Arambulo who </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> conducted a </span><span style="font-family: arial;">thesis in BS Biology, </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Nata de Coco as Substitute of Leather</i><span style="font-family: arial;">. Note nata de coco leather sheets at the foreground.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>In another thesis research, nata was made into surgical thread. Again, since nata is a natural product, it is soluble and absorbed in our system without any harmful effect to health. Thus, it is a good substitute for expensive commercial surgical threads.</b><br /><br /><b>"You can have nata shoes and eat them, too." I said jokingly to my friend. "You can have nata for writing and reading," my friend Dr Cabigan added to my joke. Nata is used to make drums, speakers, wallets. The list continues with other possible uses: belt, diploma sheepskin, parchment paper, thread and rope."</b><br /><br /><b>It's true - nata is a versatile material that can save animals, especially those in the endangered list. And save the world from being buried by a mountain of plastic wastes. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />The technology of nata growing in culture medium is ancient and universal in process. It is a microbial process, a kind of farming with a bacterium L<i>euconostoc mesenteroides, </i>and a complex of other microorganisms, including <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Acetobacter aceti. </i>It is Nature's microbiological chemistry which man has learned to produce useful materials, vinegar, herbal tea, and of course, nata as food. The innocula grow on a wide range of substrates. If it is pineapple, the product is nata de piña. It is possible that other countries have nata products from their indigenous fruits and nuts. Biologically, the process is nature's way of disposing organic residues by converting them into more stable forms preparatory to their final degradation, ultimately returning to their elemental forms ready for the next cycle.</b><br /><br /><b>The encapsulated bacterium is the main agent in the process, leaving its gelatin or cellulose shell to form layers and thick mass which is the nata. This is made into mats and when finally cured becomes laminate, firm and soft (even after a few years), cool to the feet, and other tests for leather. There are yet many other tests were not done or completed.</b><br />------<br /><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">This work is ahead by more than ten years of one of Time magazine's featured of inventions in 50 Best Inventions of 2010 (November 22, 2010, page 53, Invention No. 15 BioCouture).</span></b><br /></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>13. Self-Administered test on Ethnobotany</b></span></span></span></div><div><div><span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Can you identify these indigenous plants? </span></b></div><b style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dr Abe V Rotor</span></b></div></b></span></span></span><div><span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUI708z0XO6ttUHqRM8MoEDiZdlJhPpM30NwmpdCdoj-9HPM653UghRKNnYCOPuIrb9IUHZuGf1K0QIdRJCgQB8-t6tQjHAd7rnDnfa3PrsoLZgxv0J2MnxEhIVAEDdOQ8FKM6ihzZjd3/w240-h320/24032007.jpg" width="240" /></span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">(2)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDYjnuSEGfEReV8YgOZOAvMGr_bPDhM4QdkKiq8Cmy1BU-PE_G4firC5oUULr82zF99blUs1mAs2Xyf5ihyCY3zU2wf_e0tvj2nv60g4vD8Ekh5zMwgL2hh685ZnwVeOE9e5QsaIhzwxZ/s1600/Bagbagcong+4.jpg" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDYjnuSEGfEReV8YgOZOAvMGr_bPDhM4QdkKiq8Cmy1BU-PE_G4firC5oUULr82zF99blUs1mAs2Xyf5ihyCY3zU2wf_e0tvj2nv60g4vD8Ekh5zMwgL2hh685ZnwVeOE9e5QsaIhzwxZ/w301-h201/Bagbagcong+4.jpg" width="301" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(3)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ufKplALL4RYstqhEUsif9BKx0R2VJGXnlj02u3sLvVRayMyu_Bc_iJTGGbvRCm9VOTMR7b4XuCfP10m4hW0UNP6Tj4HJKoGEwXiAXdchDNAS4OuctUxgGxBW7ACUZD21ffhS8L8EKs_D/s1600/Plant+Saluyot+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ufKplALL4RYstqhEUsif9BKx0R2VJGXnlj02u3sLvVRayMyu_Bc_iJTGGbvRCm9VOTMR7b4XuCfP10m4hW0UNP6Tj4HJKoGEwXiAXdchDNAS4OuctUxgGxBW7ACUZD21ffhS8L8EKs_D/w320-h213/Plant+Saluyot+1.jpg" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(4)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOp7IoO675PSsI36Fv3WSMfEgd2IyGYXtb1FMTO3NOMqbQSNlPsPEbL4V2gi11iaiHLkP35O-1DQYnHz8jrVTEkJ4Yn3v8ei5tqKPm6ZOSqSLpqKm_ethA4suVi5Zr2lm_nmFd428bjTs4/s1600/Plant+alugbati.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOp7IoO675PSsI36Fv3WSMfEgd2IyGYXtb1FMTO3NOMqbQSNlPsPEbL4V2gi11iaiHLkP35O-1DQYnHz8jrVTEkJ4Yn3v8ei5tqKPm6ZOSqSLpqKm_ethA4suVi5Zr2lm_nmFd428bjTs4/w320-h226/Plant+alugbati.jpg" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(5)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-hJT1tdA4j5mLHUx6OPXoam75MH1GegqzrSckRt0w_eLt-X8BkYPmtMylu7bwIAYFwT01pAp9i5u1nBVoVoDYIoT7OjLau8Q7OSYArQ9odSCxXtG0LwZxXZCBd6bWLE0Cw4kca4KHvMP/s1600/Plant+dampalit.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-hJT1tdA4j5mLHUx6OPXoam75MH1GegqzrSckRt0w_eLt-X8BkYPmtMylu7bwIAYFwT01pAp9i5u1nBVoVoDYIoT7OjLau8Q7OSYArQ9odSCxXtG0LwZxXZCBd6bWLE0Cw4kca4KHvMP/w320-h214/Plant+dampalit.bmp" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(6)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUNkoK6e-3CuQCIiOk0WOzO8SrWCVcA_hmOjkdhZAx3GuqWrOr8YQFPQc_eYGy3jQWCQwfzKPGTjfIPL1oIZ6vLHjKbrX_FiZ7tJDbL3KxiG33BcV50PPJhwhMKv2EOXdNint54qNu8iH/s1600/Plant+kamias+a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUNkoK6e-3CuQCIiOk0WOzO8SrWCVcA_hmOjkdhZAx3GuqWrOr8YQFPQc_eYGy3jQWCQwfzKPGTjfIPL1oIZ6vLHjKbrX_FiZ7tJDbL3KxiG33BcV50PPJhwhMKv2EOXdNint54qNu8iH/w213-h320/Plant+kamias+a.jpg" width="213" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(7)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQH1VzB10VvptDFc_XBiK4f6xQJUeM0YCKoHCcdgDzxf4DpY1RwDAX9kugj2fA6s1GQocrIQIlP8MM7TA6ah3QcM5KyZ_dLOOMfvORiQ1q5eUwJkQck9CxY7k-cLgaA4i6DxQpPs96HzL/s1600/Plant+kutsai1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQH1VzB10VvptDFc_XBiK4f6xQJUeM0YCKoHCcdgDzxf4DpY1RwDAX9kugj2fA6s1GQocrIQIlP8MM7TA6ah3QcM5KyZ_dLOOMfvORiQ1q5eUwJkQck9CxY7k-cLgaA4i6DxQpPs96HzL/w320-h212/Plant+kutsai1.jpg" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(8)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiAM4rHzcx55PJQKg74Ce-WybS0qLXSgp1fpJjD4gZAizTiKBe9ihS4WVt8ww6evgVYI8XJQ4J9u1qtK8CfyGv5uAAoNAPagEKWLVDNNWbDxqMBYd65QP7thyphenhyphena4aFg3PZJQWN3QfYo614/s1600/Plant+pandan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiAM4rHzcx55PJQKg74Ce-WybS0qLXSgp1fpJjD4gZAizTiKBe9ihS4WVt8ww6evgVYI8XJQ4J9u1qtK8CfyGv5uAAoNAPagEKWLVDNNWbDxqMBYd65QP7thyphenhyphena4aFg3PZJQWN3QfYo614/w320-h240/Plant+pandan.jpg" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(9)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fqXICni3oS2GVlE3mSXp9VFROtPCh_JvtcKsCAA6c-ZyEqXZNTkeyFK9lx2176__6x9BWvYQeXJ9BlfKKNpmHggMymlQnVRhrxP1G9BO9DlytEuI3vWkGuuyovNFInJDSyt88XKO00Mc/s1600/Plant+papait.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fqXICni3oS2GVlE3mSXp9VFROtPCh_JvtcKsCAA6c-ZyEqXZNTkeyFK9lx2176__6x9BWvYQeXJ9BlfKKNpmHggMymlQnVRhrxP1G9BO9DlytEuI3vWkGuuyovNFInJDSyt88XKO00Mc/w320-h186/Plant+papait.jpg" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />(10)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV89HLwGgP_W9fVa75DVzVtkuUTqE2ilhtaQtPK2zZ63CKj1kBujGfkmdqPHp3adcDYjGAIVZTm7lLP7rfgYKMaVx5oAaNrzsgRkkvbM_jf-q6FwdLSNbqjS41zcSiNVI6q9LrpTkVc-I/s1600/Plant+sili.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV89HLwGgP_W9fVa75DVzVtkuUTqE2ilhtaQtPK2zZ63CKj1kBujGfkmdqPHp3adcDYjGAIVZTm7lLP7rfgYKMaVx5oAaNrzsgRkkvbM_jf-q6FwdLSNbqjS41zcSiNVI6q9LrpTkVc-I/w212-h320/Plant+sili.JPG" width="212" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(11)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKi4xyfptMjip_ykpvX3bR4xKVKXPhm_5iillTLPoLDVXAVsbiV8hqGh7r8611PNF-atnproi5nihawRAeq5ZLGgJhAqHtuDLiQrkffBoRM0YwSO_FtWpQ7ueKHqGYfBtlZz2CBM2RxHk2/s1600/Plant+sorosoro.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKi4xyfptMjip_ykpvX3bR4xKVKXPhm_5iillTLPoLDVXAVsbiV8hqGh7r8611PNF-atnproi5nihawRAeq5ZLGgJhAqHtuDLiQrkffBoRM0YwSO_FtWpQ7ueKHqGYfBtlZz2CBM2RxHk2/w213-h320/Plant+sorosoro.jpg" width="213" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(12)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7vg2-bOWcSQTh9fU0ho4gPHnYmZiTB6hVuOb4O3H6OIgA9adGOsDH8-YYTUKRjmgeP450_dWx8YXS8MzWGzjyTuNRMaUkqNeVFjRWUvAaYHLToUbgWfTYbae2eb-NkGpYt1pqiKXISuC/s1600/Plant+talinum+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7vg2-bOWcSQTh9fU0ho4gPHnYmZiTB6hVuOb4O3H6OIgA9adGOsDH8-YYTUKRjmgeP450_dWx8YXS8MzWGzjyTuNRMaUkqNeVFjRWUvAaYHLToUbgWfTYbae2eb-NkGpYt1pqiKXISuC/w212-h320/Plant+talinum+1.jpg" width="212" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(13)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzmJcypUo3aXTZrN1zFUW3yoRWYaUyEy7GtlfxFOhIXVfhjIwrb2L8va9vZTSPCHIqQDRaHd35ZG81K-N275S4dwRbjxubqeAdUwi5X5haGUVnNpObrvvXCWADbNjw-Z9TYAaFQuo_qFE/s1600/Plant+tanglad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzmJcypUo3aXTZrN1zFUW3yoRWYaUyEy7GtlfxFOhIXVfhjIwrb2L8va9vZTSPCHIqQDRaHd35ZG81K-N275S4dwRbjxubqeAdUwi5X5haGUVnNpObrvvXCWADbNjw-Z9TYAaFQuo_qFE/w320-h240/Plant+tanglad.jpg" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(14)<br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPnTm_oszg_ZyqixUTBpirynqdoTuDPRFlli36TMzkmZ07RCD6b_qWMx0KyOtVLPI2z04s5f6CglMYmx3PQi-Hn1RUtlZTBGQTDxAfO_z11OhZOa_QDTZzZ6diJ_1Q1lZDwvSk0mov5p8/s1600/Seaweed+arusip.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPnTm_oszg_ZyqixUTBpirynqdoTuDPRFlli36TMzkmZ07RCD6b_qWMx0KyOtVLPI2z04s5f6CglMYmx3PQi-Hn1RUtlZTBGQTDxAfO_z11OhZOa_QDTZzZ6diJ_1Q1lZDwvSk0mov5p8/w320-h261/Seaweed+arusip.JPG" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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Chayote - <i>Sechium edule</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>2. Papait (cultured) - <i>Mollugo oppositifolia</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3. Bagbagkong - <i>Telosma procumbens</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>4. Saluyot - <i><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">Corchorus olitorius</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>5. Alugbati -<i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">Basella alba</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>6. Dampalit (wild) - <i>Sesuvium portulacastrum</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>7. Kamias - <span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;"><i>Averrhoa bilimbi</i></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>8. Kuchay -<i> Allium ramosum</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>9. Pandan Mabango -<i> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><i>Pandanus amaryllifolius</i></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>10. Papait (wild) - </span><i>Mollugo oppositifolia</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1</b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1. Siling Labuyo - <i>Capsicum annuum</i><br />12. Karimbuaya - <i>Euphorbia neriifolia </i><br />13. Talinum - <i>Talinum tiangulare</i><br />14. Tanglad - <i>Cymbopogon citratus</i><br />15. Ar-arusip - <i>Caulerpa racemosa<br /></i><br />16. Pokpoklo - <i>Codium edule</i><br />17. Squash Flower (male) - <i>Cucurbita maxima</i><br />18. Dampalit (cultured) - </b></span><b><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Sesuvium portulacastrum</span></i></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />19. Pako' (edible fern) </b></span><i><b><span style="font-family: arial;">- Diplazium esculentum</span></b></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />20. Himbaba-o (alokong Ilk) - </b></span><i><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Allaeanthus luzonicus<br /></span></b></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />21. Ulasiman (ngalog Ilk) - <i>Portulaca oleracea</i><br />22. Wax gourd (tangkoy Ilk) - </b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Benincasa hispida</i></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />23. Tainga ng daga mushroom - <i>Auricularia </i><br />24. Kutchay flower - <i>Allium tuberosum</i><br />25. Sinkamas - <i>Pachyrhisus erosus</i><br /><br />26. Native ampalaya (<i>Momordica charantia</i>) and upo (<i>Lagenaria leucantha</i>) </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>27. Malunggay -<i> Moringa oleifera</i><br />28. Red ginger - </b></span><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Alpinia purpurata, </b></span></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />29. Bignay - </b></span><i><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Antidesma bunius</span></b></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br />30. Achuete - <i>Bixa orellana</i></b></span><span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">14. Outlook of Ethnobotany </span></b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">These viewpoints present a Janus’ vantage point from where we stand today. Ethnobotany is besieged by advancing culture, seen on the screen of a computer, serving the needs of modern medicine, and globalization in terms of commerce and intercultural exchanges. On the other hand, ethnobotany offers us an opportunity to turn back to an unspoiled landscape where we study, even under extreme pressure of time and change, the drama which has been taking place many, many years ago, an enduring natural man-plant relationship vital to our success as a species, to be what we are today, our lifestyle and society. In our approach to the subject we may undermine the wealth of indigenous knowledge about the subject, which we must admit, we know so little about.</b><br /><br /><b style="font-family: arial;">We should take time out and beat a path out there, bidding the unseen with whispers of<i> bari-bari,</i> as we seek and enter the Shang-rila of health and plenty, a place, a natural order of things, where our ancestors must have lived a full life. </b></span></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695466954982201673.post-3358842402755828592024-02-06T07:46:00.007+08:002024-02-07T07:00:05.141+08:00Letters to Our Children and Grandchildren on Recollection Day<b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Letters to Our Children (Marlo, Anna, Leo)</span></span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">and Grandchildren (Mackie, Markus, Mateo)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">on Recollection Day<br /></span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">From Papa and Mama</span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana;">(Lolo and Lola)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dr Abe V Rotor<br /></span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Living with Nature School on Blog <br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">To Matthew Marlo, 16 July 15, 1997</span><br /><b>When you open and read this letter you shall be in uniform, seated comfortably with your classmates, your teacher giving instructions that you devote some precious minutes of concentration.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjly5E5KgjaO-9QZRoD5thOrUGrU77RlM-DNsjMKU525rbSo6M5iTSwooawXWQPwcFgysxigsBcNi38RUCVG8gjImqM7VZOf94KPfslKLibjJY1PpbUgwgGhGY6GJcD-rPIFCf8WIzw45YK/s1600/violin+anna+marlo+DSC05876+A.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: start;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjly5E5KgjaO-9QZRoD5thOrUGrU77RlM-DNsjMKU525rbSo6M5iTSwooawXWQPwcFgysxigsBcNi38RUCVG8gjImqM7VZOf94KPfslKLibjJY1PpbUgwgGhGY6GJcD-rPIFCf8WIzw45YK/s280/violin+anna+marlo+DSC05876+A.jpg" /></a></div><div><b style="font-family: verdana;">It shall be a moment out of 365 days, two-thirds you spend in school, and a spark out of 17 to 25 years of schooling. May this letter therefore, contribute to the significance of this occasion. </b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b>Marlo plays the flute with sister Anna on the keyboard, and father with the violin.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><b>You live in two different worlds. One world is found in the school, the other outside its walls. The first is the ideal, the other is the real one. One is kind and patient, the other cruel and demanding. One emphasizes principles and theory, the other practice. One teaches you never to indulge in vices, the other even advertises vices. In one you play the music by notes, in the other you play by ear. In one you keep your trash in the waste can, in the other, on the street.</b><br /><br /><b>You find a homogenous, fine company in school; outside is a heterogeneous society. In one you can hear the echo of your voice mixing with other voices in vibrant, happy sound; in the other, it dies in thin air, or in a crowd. Or it mixes with cries and moans. You have the privilege of education; outside millions of children are deprived of this opportunity.</b><br /><br /><b>For the coming years until you become 21 or so, you will be witnessing the daily drama in these two worlds, and you will realize their great disparity. Do not allow yourself unprepared, more so to be caught between two rocks, so to speak. We have seen failure in those who waited for the wall to dissolve, failure in those who crossed it too soon, and failure in those who simply became prisoners behind it.</b><br /><br /><b>You are in your right direction and your pace is just right. Just trust in us to guide you. Be as obedient as you are. Be as industrious and sincere. Be kind always to your sister and brother. Study your lessons harder. Keep faith in the Almighty and mankind. Be healthy and strong. Keep your chin up even in defeat.</b><br /><br /><b>What we are saying is that you must prepare yourself early in life to adopt yourself to the outside world. Do not be just a witness or spectator, be that actor on the stage of true life. Our responsibility to you, as well as to your sister and brother, is one more than that of your teachers. As father and mother, we will strive to help you cross the bridge of life more than the care of anyone or any institution. We will strive to fill the gap in whatever way we can to make it less difficult for you to succeed.</b><br /><br /><b>May you find this special moment a time of reflection. Remember to read this letter again when you are not in school, where the world is real, and reflect once again. Keep the message in your heart and mind as you walk through life’s rosy and thorny path.</b><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">To Anna Christina, 15</span></b><br /><b>January 24, 1998 </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>We are writing you a day after your recollection. What a strange arrangement. Shouldn’t parents write or send gifts to their children on the day of celebration? We can imagine how you sat down there alone in your seat while your classmates were reading their parents’ letters, or opening the gifts they received.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LCUqy_w7ib78k_inA9YHcs-Dkj4oEhvzXGcjmpwDw2akCDnpmZ1IZxEf2m6Xpko2y2b0sbA19Q9sP8Z-6QIqwd0ccyNg2QJBckYXUzgugeq8KDKfVJgonDN6eeVxeZL9aR9jhvR1YdDr/s1600/DSC02419+Anna+Banahaw+A.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LCUqy_w7ib78k_inA9YHcs-Dkj4oEhvzXGcjmpwDw2akCDnpmZ1IZxEf2m6Xpko2y2b0sbA19Q9sP8Z-6QIqwd0ccyNg2QJBckYXUzgugeq8KDKfVJgonDN6eeVxeZL9aR9jhvR1YdDr/w287-h221/DSC02419+Anna+Banahaw+A.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><div><b style="font-family: verdana;">This incident can be easily dismissed because people who are bound by love and respect easily find forgiveness.</b></div><div><b style="font-family: verdana;"> </b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anna at a botanical garden on Mt Banahaw,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Laguna-Quezon provinces</span></div><div><b style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="font-family: verdana;">Lest we forget however, that the very things that bind people could be the same things that can break them apart. We have known many a pampered child fail in life. We have read true stories of friendship gone sour. What an irony that the very things that set progress could be the very cause of destruction. So with the cause of breaking friendship. So with love. Brotherhood. Peace. Taking things for granted on the other hand, can generate similar catastrophic results. Why many an accident happened from taking things for granted. A conflagration can be traced to a single matchstick.</b></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><b>What we are telling you is a lesson, which we want you to reflect upon, on this post recollection day. There are many young people who get spoiled because they fall victims to this triad of errors, which are as follows:</b><br /> <br /><b>1. Too much care can lead to over protection,</b><br /><b>2. Overprotection stifles the mind, and</b><br /><b>3. A mind that is not challenged takes things for granted.</b><br /><br /><b>You may be brilliant, but you may not be using this gift well. You may be loved, but you may not be aware that you are not reciprocating properly. You may find the world exciting, but not challenging. You may have many friends but friendship may lead you away from your path of success. You may have many things at fingertip command but you may be passive.</b><br /><br /><b>You will realize as you grow up that failure of life is hidden behind too much of the good life. Rich countries, it is true, provide the good life, but look at the present problems with the new generation. And if we think that nobody is poor in a rich country why is it that there are millions of impoverished people in the US whose conditions may even be worst than in our country? How can a genius professor turn into a world terrorist? .</b><br /><br /><b>On the other hand, how can Helen Keller see the world clearer than most of us who are not blind? How did honest Abe Lincoln pass the bar when he did not formally attend law school, and became president of America? Why did Augustine renounce his rich inheritance just to live a monk’s life? Life indeed is full of contradictions, and this is what makes it go round.</b><br /><br /><b>In your post recollection, get a whole sheet of paper. Draw a vertical line at the center and list down on the left side people you know who made it in life the hard way. On the right, list down people you know who did not make it because they became willing victims of the triad syndrome.</b><br /><br /><b>Where do you place yourself? Think deep and write your resolution.</b><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">To Leo Carlo, 14</span></b><br /><b>July 28, 2000</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UMKmyhJrMYUNu9FG09LLHXGyY8mkmPg8722JOOrrq_lSviMGmngfft-kKCiA6BRr9ohataL3DXGxX1M6q0PM_Urflng0R4UsGFaOisVAK2SlPJC9jEWsW_jzlCtmQnFiigVeHXSJww6Z/s1600/Nature+%2526+family.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UMKmyhJrMYUNu9FG09LLHXGyY8mkmPg8722JOOrrq_lSviMGmngfft-kKCiA6BRr9ohataL3DXGxX1M6q0PM_Urflng0R4UsGFaOisVAK2SlPJC9jEWsW_jzlCtmQnFiigVeHXSJww6Z/w242-h161/Nature+%2526+family.jpg" width="242" /></a></div>Every day is a day of celebration with you, and with your brother and sister around. Our home is complete. But there is one thing that makes our lives unique. It is having you around doing a lot of things by yourself, from caring pets to inventing gadgets, which only you can understand. Then there are your paintings, mural in size for your early age.</b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YAF9i7SfM1SMUCNQpFToOrdPb8WWYzSGw17gcAEH69e_R83Ijgxsk33lw8nar9tOwVADlsqMF2ab_YrDmZU5TqweT_XrqFgVrS6FaOIelHfIxmN_B27UMbjhNpPov9wcVk3LIfc3sByQ/s1600/Philit+animae+Carlo.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YAF9i7SfM1SMUCNQpFToOrdPb8WWYzSGw17gcAEH69e_R83Ijgxsk33lw8nar9tOwVADlsqMF2ab_YrDmZU5TqweT_XrqFgVrS6FaOIelHfIxmN_B27UMbjhNpPov9wcVk3LIfc3sByQ/w241-h201/Philit+animae+Carlo.jpg" width="241" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Leo with Papa and Mama; Leo's art</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div> <b>When we asked ourselves what you would become, we just said, “He will become what he wants to become." It is because you are talented, creative, and in many ways, responsible. The best gift a child can give to his parents is confidence.</b><br /><br /><b>But there is a lot to learn in this world. Ours is a very complex one, and it is going to be more difficult to live with. That is why we want that confidence to be anchored deeply and properly to withstand the harsh realities of life, which do not spare anyone - except perhaps the strong and prepared.</b><br /><br /><b>Let us reaffirm our commitment to you, as we have done the same to your brother and sister. And as the youngest, we will double our efforts if needed, this we can proudly say to you on this special occasion: We stand by you at all times, until we can do no more - or when you say you can already face life. ~</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>------------</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Grandchildren's Adventure with Nature</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTulIBH-FECUlP_6ooa-bfLfFLtbRAvMtkVoZwaluTSRf10k3VZo9_s3FSu67SpBpipp_2rBdKXOsu6rQ1yDLlNMp9SiQB8Yq9_bvjcUVvW2pTSvbnmHqHzopHCrBlgzv0890ym3ZGUFcTn1lAgrUeJh0HqnWNfDX35BKEGo9Fw-Fti4DJDyLxjPQ8sgq_=w300-h400" /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiffFPN6Lz7Syw2qcWBqiFH9whFubvkBe0FGJx1UfF6EyvTqnuVkvjBOvNVwT4qYsGsJzAyGBYqbkNS2JBB1VzOARYhUX0g84clTeCO2wVz5L_TGbOwyxcLG0ikAIl170lkrvxAw_2P1nHxHbln3yodPSDBpnXgwfGqv9fq2u2m4j1R0OxaY_hTK6IAdK4D" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><img height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiffFPN6Lz7Syw2qcWBqiFH9whFubvkBe0FGJx1UfF6EyvTqnuVkvjBOvNVwT4qYsGsJzAyGBYqbkNS2JBB1VzOARYhUX0g84clTeCO2wVz5L_TGbOwyxcLG0ikAIl170lkrvxAw_2P1nHxHbln3yodPSDBpnXgwfGqv9fq2u2m4j1R0OxaY_hTK6IAdK4D=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Markus (in blue), Mateo, and Mackie spend a summer vacation </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in <span style="text-align: left;">their ancestral home in San Vicente, </span><span style="text-align: left;">Ilocos Sur, </span>2019</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQoHR54vPiAQ_jEI_TK5v-AOO97RlI9XpwSc9HIcJSfJdFahb1yVfJN-T4EP-wM-84upYY4PfC2Y7e14CzsYrfwef9XwOkHnYdqdixvjjZUUZoAAswIJHY_HUNWrWg_3-onIcMUn7VtFs8SqgRnAlckI3SVn1jAZwp722P32-v3eSAX0St1w6-nOnXLxbu"><img height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQoHR54vPiAQ_jEI_TK5v-AOO97RlI9XpwSc9HIcJSfJdFahb1yVfJN-T4EP-wM-84upYY4PfC2Y7e14CzsYrfwef9XwOkHnYdqdixvjjZUUZoAAswIJHY_HUNWrWg_3-onIcMUn7VtFs8SqgRnAlckI3SVn1jAZwp722P32-v3eSAX0St1w6-nOnXLxbu=w258-h344" width="258" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgckOgHokBSUaUyxPAWOD36FyzHthbyEnJOgNJ_5kWCvi-UqMNKk0LZJ6v96U3stVOntBcAl3gZAhEZLLUXVHrzMpi3fwBP2J0i9ZGDkJifQ2woa98fX7dO1heJbp1eM74xMINaMsA8-8db-Neo_US-ai0ik4Vafv6AJPume0KSwp9RN3-kEVM2TBy7ToZ1"><img height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgckOgHokBSUaUyxPAWOD36FyzHthbyEnJOgNJ_5kWCvi-UqMNKk0LZJ6v96U3stVOntBcAl3gZAhEZLLUXVHrzMpi3fwBP2J0i9ZGDkJifQ2woa98fX7dO1heJbp1eM74xMINaMsA8-8db-Neo_US-ai0ik4Vafv6AJPume0KSwp9RN3-kEVM2TBy7ToZ1=w213-h343" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Markus and Mackie stroll with their Tita Veny under heritage mango trees;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">"priming" a deep well pump under the watchful eyes of their mom.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lesson on former </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">Paaralang Bayan.sa Himpapawid </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">(People's School on Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio 738 KHz AM 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday. Lesson on </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">TATAKalikasan</i><span style="font-family: verdana;">, Ateneo de Manila University 87.9fm </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">Radyo Katipunan</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 11 to 12 a.m. every Thursday</span></div></div>Abe V. Rotorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09163591655638418481noreply@blogger.com0