incessant rambling

i dug up old photos and realized that i practically have pictures for every calendar day (January 1 - Dec 31) spread over various years. i didn't realize that february is some sort of travel month for me. Malaysia, Guimaras, Shangri-la. I'm posting a new set of pictures from my trip to Guimaras last Feb 5, 2006. a family by the beach loading up the motorcycles on the boat-ferry crossing the panay-guimaras channel early morning, looking out to the sea iris and friends riding the jeep and taking a self portrait.

before pasig river became a mutant life-form, it used to have clear running water, fish swimming along and people taking a swim. few can remember that time when "mutya ng pasig" (muse of pasig) meant pure and virginal. nowadays, mutya ng pasig can be bought for Php 200 short time, and when business is really bad, free. except that no one would even care to enjoy pasig, we end up holding our breath till we are blue on the face so we avoid smelling the putrid gas that float to the surface and "pop". as citizens, that is how we mutilated and raped our own land. almost a year ago, guimaras was considered to be the next "mutya" on the rise. luscious mangoes can be had and virginal white coasts extend from the northern to southern tip of the province. until solar 1 sank off the coast of nueva valencia (11 august 2006) and leaked black blood that tainted the white sands and destroyed marine reserves along the southern coast. i am posting memories of a now unnamed...