just being… | Mindanao Writers' Blogs - Part 3
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GOIN’ PLACES: Wine should be like this

HAD a quick trip to Cebu, and while the Dabawenya in me occasionally raises her eyebrow as yet another sight is compared with Davao and Davao wins hands down, this week’s Goin’ Places only has praises.... for the wine.It was a busy trip and so we couldn’t get ...

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the flight of the gurnard

finally, i chanced on a flying gurnard before it fled. it was peewee who saw it and was already taking a video of it as i was still descending. it was a big one, and was pretty swift. i didn't have time to tinker with my camera and just clicked away. wasn't ...

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fish-kulit part 2

that someone with the yellow beamed flashlight turned out to be maeng who called my attention to a critter by one of the rocks. i was trying to get a photo of the critter, but fish-kulit turned up to play with our lights instead. see how maeng patted him to scare him ...

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fish-kulit part 1

this puffer was enjoying the light from my flashlight in our dive at babusanta last night, and so he was there as my escort for quite some time... until someone else arrived with his flashlight and scared my escort away. or so i

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Those moments… gone

I SOMETIMES have these inexplicable moments when something flits in and then lingers on in my mind, bothering me to no end. The only recourse is to understand what's happening...And that's how it was last week when I awoke thinking about this old white lady in a white dress whom I always ...

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marissa, midway, and babusanta

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Fuel or food, water or power?

(This is the editorial I wrote for Sun.Star Davao's October 9 issue)THE world is in a dilemma of sorts and a debate continues to rage among policy makers, a debate that meritted centerstage in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's The State of Food and Agriculture (Sofa) 2008, which FAO released ...