Happy Earth Day!

I have just realized that yesterday was April 22 and Earth Day.

Despite being late, I have to greet the world a HAPPY EARTH DAY!  It’s still April 22 in other parts of the world, anyway.

Moreover, a lifestyle that is not destructive to our dear earth should be lived everyday.

I can’t write much about Earth Day, so here’s just an article I found in MSN — click here.

Leave No Trace

[Re-post from Crazy Paradise]

Everybody seems to love nature. Everybody seems to want to escape the urban jungle and seek refuge in the bliss of natural serenity. Yet, everybody seems to forget their responsibility in keeping our environment in this beautiful bliss of natural serenity.

Wait. Not everybody. Sherjo, in his Multiply site, just shared (and wants to continuously share) to everyone and anyone the Leave No Trace (LNT) principle.

“TAKE NOTHING BUT PICTURES..
LEAVE NOTHING BUT FOOTPRINTS..
KILL NOTHING BUT TIME..”
- Nothing But, John Kay

To quote his words:

para hindi masira ang lugar na pupuntahan.
para mapanatili ung natural na itsura ng lugar.
nang sa gayon ay maabutan pa ng ibang tao ung lugar na un na kung pano nyo ito nakita at nagustuhan.pag ikaw ba bumibisita sa bahay ng kaibigan mo, iniiba/dinudumihan/sinusulatan mo ba ung lugar na un?

dapat pag may ibang tao na pumunta sa lugar na pinuntahan nyo, di nila malalamang may ibang taong nagpunta dun.

Please, let’s all act to protect Mother Nature.

Got some questions? Got some stubborn dissenting argument? Click here http://www.lnt.org/programs/principles.php.

5 out of 5, and more

The UP Rifle Pistol Team is another reason for me to apply for the graduate studies in econ. Huhuhu, deadline of application is on Monday, yet I still don’t have a decent essay of why I want to apply and I still don’t have recommendations. That’s another story.

Last night, I went to UP Fair with Marcie, Bebang and Ed. Not as so fun as it used to be. (Maybe because I am — and should be — losing that college feel already; or that I don’t know the bands — it’s fun to hear Kadangyan from a distance, anyway; or that there are less activity booths this time.) But, still FUN (despite some heightened personal arguments on my way home — and that’s another story again.)

How would I not enjoy it when I was able to shoot five out of the five tiny targets of the UP RPT in their rifle shooting booth?! The last time (and that’s the only time) I tried shooting in their booth was about four years ago, where I missed only one target.

The RPT member who guided me was Ina, a sweet young lady who somehow managed to pressure me to shoot all the five targets. It almost felt like forever trying to find a comfortable position or stance or whatever to shoot the last standing little piece of wood shaped like a super small animal (was that wood?). By that time, my hands (and arms and legs) were already shaking and hard to control from the weight (and pressure) of that heavy rifle. I managed it. Ang tagal nga lang. Whoa!

So I got a bullet keychain. Yabang!

P.S. Ina, did I remember your name right? Peace!

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Astig pa rin ang UP Fair

I maintain another blog for the trips, event, celebrations and whatever happenings around me in this country. Prior to my (re-)posting of the 2008 UP Fair schedule, and that’s for about two months, my blog had an average of only four pageloads per day, or 292 in all. After that and until now, for only about two weeks, my blog got 742 hits or an average of 62 pageloads per day! ‘Recent keyword analysis’ proves that the sudden upsurge of pageloads is due to ‘up fair schedule.’

Oh, di ba?! That’s how UP Fair is loved. That’s to show that probably, it’s the only topic I’ve posted that many people think is worth posting. I’ll still write more about anything, anyway. I can’t be stopped! Hahaha!

The Pawikan Craze

In spite of everything, I joined the 2007 Pawikan Festival!

Click here for the full article.

Elison Hotel, Balanga, Bataan. This was where we stayed for the night.

While waiting for the Walk to start.

The Walk for a Cause, joining the force of the LANDBANK in Bataan, with scenic view feasting my eyes and senses.

At the Conservation Center in Nagbalayong.

A little baby pawikan in the hands of a young lady.

Bebang’s Chikiting waiting for the mini bus in Nagbalayong plaza.

In the old mini bus that we rode on our way to SBMA.

QUICK INFO

Transportation:

We took a cab — P105. Cheaper method — Take the MRT and alight at the Taft Station. The bus terminal is at the north-bound side of EDSA.

We rode the Genesis bus to reach Balanga — P136. In Balanga Genesis terminal, we took a tricycle to go to our hotel — P24 at P8 each.

From Balanga to Morong, we took the bus ride arranged by the tourism office. That was a long one-hour ride for a hungry person like me.
Accommodation:

We were supposed to camp in Morong. However, at 11:00 PM there was no transportation available anymore to get us there. Hence, we stayed for a while in a local hotel. Courtesy of the Bataan Tourism Office, we were booked at Elison Hotel.

The hotel was quite expensive for our budget — P1,350 for the three of us.
That’s an air-conditioned room with two beds, with an extra cushioned folding bed, cable TV, hot water, a couple packs of bath essentials and a nice comfort room.

Food:

For the Thursday dinner, we had Jollibee.

For the Friday breakfast, we had small ube breads in packs of 6 — P6 each or P12 for the two packs.

For the early lunch, we had pasta at a local small carinderia in Nagbalayong — P10 each for the pasta (palabok and spaghetti), P5 each pancake, and P7.50 for a bottle of Cheers. Our total bill was P55 — very affordable. The people were very warm, too.

Wait for the full blast chronicle of our trip when Ed and Bebang finally upload our pics.

GIG RUN

 

Green is Good

February 3, 2008

 

See Sherjo’s site for details.