It was in 2008 when buddy Carlos and I were still so hooked on the macro critters of Kaputian Beach in the Island Garden City of Samal. I picked up a coral rubble filled broken drinking glass and found myself staring eye to eye with … Continue reading My first poison ocellate octopus
I love stalking underwater critters with my Canon G9 with stock housing no strobes just the built-in flash. I enjoy it most when I am able to communicate with them such that they will pose for me. Here is my conversation with a cuttlefish in … Continue reading Conversation Series: Conversation with a cuttlefish
The camera clicked before it can focus on what I wanted to take a photo of. On autofocus, it apparently was looking not on my subject but on the swirls a diver sees in waters where different temperatures and currents meet.
“I look back with gladness to the day when I found the path to the land of heart’s desire, and thank Fate ceaselessly with a loud voice that she did not permit town to sap all the years away while the heart was turning to … Continue reading Sun.Star Davao: More about Padre Ninno
Here’s the Sunday cover story of Sun.Star Davao. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/weekend-davao/finally-real-farmers The story tells more about our friends, the Matigsalugs, one of the original residents of Davao City who now live in the fringes… After 40 years, agricultural technology finally reached their upland villages, the sloping agricultural … Continue reading Sun.Star Davao: Finally, real farmers
Not everyone who was born and lived in Davao has gone to the upland villages where these people dwell. Thus, even as theirs are such humble homes I feel privileged for I have been welcomed and remain welcome there. Marilog District comprises almost half of … Continue reading The Matigsalugs of Davao
The support system for persons with HIV-Aids is relatively sturdy in Davao City. But the individual belief that HIV-Aids cannot possibly infect one’s self makes for high awareness and concern only after positive diagnosis because that is when the support groups are able to identify … Continue reading Sun.Star Davao: Still in the shadows
My Sunday article on a field of frogs carved on rocks and earth is the March 4, 2012 Pullout Section main story of Sun.Star Davao, but it’s not available online since the article works best with photos. And so I am uploading the article here, … Continue reading Sun.Star Davao: Field of frogs
My Goin’ Places article last Sunday in Sun.Star Davao features Father Franco Uras, of the Boystown pizza fame, who has since found a farm in the borderlands of Davao and Bukidnon to tend to a ministry for the children of indigenous peoples with his pizza … Continue reading Sun.Star Davao: Padre Ninno’s goodies
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