Friday, February 5, 2010

OROQUIETA CITY, PHILIPPINES (MY BIRTHPLACE)


 


"WE DON'T SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE, WE SEE THEM AS WE ARE."  -A. Nin



SOMEWHERE HIGH ON THOSE MOUNTAINS GROW A LOT OF WILD STRAWBERRIES THAT HAS IN THEM POWERFUL ANTIOXIDANTS THAT HEALS ALL MALADIES THAT SOME VERY EXPENSIVE ANTIBIOTICS CANNOT - AND ITS HERE IN OROQUIETA CITY.  

 SUBANONS THAT LIVE IN THE VERY FAR MOUNTAINS OF OROQUIETA  CAN HEAL  MYSTERIOUS AILMENTS THAT ARE HARD TO DIAGNOSE. MAYBE GENETIC DEFECTS OR OTHER DISORDERS,  AND IF LEFT UNTREATED, COULD BE A FRIGHTHENING  THING TO LIVE WITH.  THEY (SUBANONS) COULD MINIMIZE DISEASE BURDENS AND IMPROVE A QUALITY OF LIFE  WHICH TO MANY CRITICS MIGHT BE QUACKERY BUT LEFT MOST WHO HAPPEN TO BE WITNESSES - AMAZED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

 


"MOST OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE WORLD HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE KEPT ON TRYING WHEN THERE SEEMED TO HAVE NO HOPE AT ALL." D. Carnegie




 

"OUR LIFE'S JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY IS NOT A STRAIGHT LINE RISE FROM ONE LEVEL OF CONCIOUSNESS TO ANOTHER INSTEAD IT IS A SERIES OF STEEP CLIMBS AND FLAT PLATEAUS, THEN FURTHER CLIMBS. EVEN THOUGH WE ALL APPROACH THE JOURNEY FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, CERTAIN OF THE JOURNEY'S CHARACTERISTICS ARE COMMON TO ALL OF US." -S. Wilde



 
"THE TRUE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CONSIST NOT OF SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES, BUT 
 HAVING NEW EYES."  -M. Maltz


FROM THIS FOTO...


UP TO THIS, SHOW  THE CLEANEST RIVER WATER IN THE PHILIPPINES THAT IS IN OROQUIETA CITY.




("IF YOU LOOK TO OTHERS FOR FULFILLMENT, YOU WILL NEVER BE FULFILLED. IF YOUR HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON MONEY, YOU WILL NEVER BE HAPPY WITH YOURSELF. BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE; REJOICE IN THE WAY THINGS ARE. WHEN YOU REALIZE THERE IS NOTHING LACKING, THE WORLD BELONGS TO YOU."  -L. Tzu)
  





"THE HISTORY OF FREE MEN  IS NEVER REALLY WRITTEN BY CHANCE BUT BY CHOICE; THEIR CHOICE!" -D. Eisenhower




THESE PICTURES SHOWING  SHORES...
 
UP TO THIS IS WHAT SOME USED TO BE IN SOME RECENT PAST. CHANGE WAS SO SWIFT SO AS IT TURNED INTO THIS IN ONLY A FEW WEEKS TIME.


("MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, I BELEIVE IT'S OUR DECISIONS, NOT THE CONDITIONS OF OUR LIVES, THAT DETERMINE OUR DESTINY.")



THAT HABITATS WERE LOST FOR THIS DELICACY THAT I USED TO HAVE  EVERYTIME THE TIDE WAS LOW. WHAT A VERY HIGH PRICE TO PAY FOR PROGRESS!


INCLUDING THIS


MAYBE BY LEAVING FOR ANOTHER VENUE WE COULD FIND SOMETHING HOPEFULLY BRIGHT ...


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"IF YOU WISH TO TRAVEL FAR AND FAST, TRAVEL LIGHT. TAKE OFF ALL YOUR ENVIES, YOUR JEALOUSIES, UN-FORGIVENESS, SELFISHNESS AND FEARS." G. Clark





AT LAST, WE ARE IN ANOTHER VENUE BUT WHERE ARE THE COCONUT TREES THAT USED TO DARKEN THIS PIECE OF LAND WITH THEIR SHADE TURNING DAYTIME INTO NIGHT?


"A LIFE LIVED WITH INTEGRITY EVEN IF IT LACKS THE TRAPPINGS OF FAME AND FORTUNE IS A SHINNING STAR IN WHOSE LIGHT OTHERS MAY FOLLOW IN THE YEARS TO COME." -D. Waitly


RUEL AND KRISHAN



THE BEST SECURITY BLANKET CHILDREN CAN HAVE ARE PARENTS WHO RESPECT EACH OTHER.


IF YOU CAN, HELP OTHERS; IF YOU CANNOT DO THAT, AT LEAST DO NOT HARM THEM.


THE OLD BELIEVE EVERYTHING, THE MIDDLE-AGED SUSPECT EVERYTHING, THE YOUNG KNOW EVERYTHING,  -O Wilde