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My mother, indeed.

The night before my mother died, a stillness settled over the room that felt heavier than the humid August air. It was August 22nd, exactly a month ago and that night the world outside felt muted, as if the crickets themselves were holding their breath. In her final moments, with a strength that defied her frail body, she looked at me and smiled. “You know,” she whispered, her voice raspy, “you really do have long ears (palóng).” A laugh bubbled up in my chest, and I squeezed her hand. It was a familiar joke, a memory we had shared for a lifetime, yet her words, spoken then, hung in the air like a final, tender blessing. Those perhaps were some of her last intelligible murmurings. The second night of the wake, the house was filled with the soft murmur of grieving relatives, the scent of fresh flowers and burning candles. Old stories were shared, laughter mingling with tears, a testament to a life well-lived. My brothers and nephews, their faces a roadmap of shared history, began remini...
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A Fish Farm Trip

Just about 10 kilometers from our place is a fish farm that has been breeding tropical fish for aquarists and fish fans for a long time already. I had the chance to visit it as I was searching for newer species for my ponds. It was a wonderful trip and I was longing for more foot energy though because I haven't visited everything as it was just plain enormous. It was also incidental since I saw the largest Pleco in the farm. It was about 30 inches and it just costs 50 PP or about one dollar. I wanted a Pleco for my pond but not a monster like this. Anyway, I bought the shorter one though it still costs the same. Romaing around, I saw all types of Cichlid. Cichlids are actually not only very beautiful fishes but they are perhaps easy to breed and are not very demanding fishes. There were peacocks (Oscars), Angelfish, Auratus, Pindani, Ice Blue, Yellow Labs, and Zebras. There were also live-bearers like swordtails, guppies, mollies, and platys. There were also bettas and they're ...

Slimy Pond Pet

I was surprised yesterday by my cousin's new pond entity - a common river eel. He took the eel from a river about 22 km from us. Actually he wasn't the one who caught this. He only paid some kids on the area to catch something for him. He was surprised when they came back with the eel. If he hadn't paid for it the eel would surely find its way cooked and eaten by these kids as this is a usual catch for them. Talks of larger eels stimulated our interest into going back to the place again. Let's just see if there's something bigger waiting for us there. Eels can live on ponds as long as there is water movement and rocky crevices where it can hide in solace. I've had fire eels in my aquarium 2 years ago and it's fun to watch them pop their heads out to look for food. My cousin supplied apple snails to feed it. I doubt it takes that but normal fish pellets could be better alternative. This eel is about 18 inches long. A Big-headed slimy pet.

I hope you're not serious!

Got this from unexplained-mysteries.com and it made me laugh.

One Fine Day

Last night was irritating - imagine a road traffic to hold you for about an hour. And there's that strong rain that soaked me up while I crossed the streets. Moreso, I never had any jacket with me because I thought there won't be any rain since it was about 30 degrees Celsius yesterday morning. When I arrived home, I forgot to bring the DVD I was supposed to watch. "There goes another boring day...", I thought while slowly losing reality in 40 winks. Morning arrives and I woke up in one of the best morns I've ever had. Birds chirp, roosters cock, and those turkeys cackle from our neighbor. Immediately I grabbed my phone and took some shots...click... Here comes the sun, do-do-dodo, here comes the sun... I sure hoped that coconut trunk could have grown leaves. These carps are having coffee while that clam is waiting for cookie crumbs to fall over. I thought these clams won't survive but they did. It's a nice addition to my species-rich pond. This Albino Osc...

Rosa Parks and equality

My post would be worth giving tribute to a woman who has inevitably brought forth racial equality in the most powerful of nations. A woman of great courage and fair judgment, she will be missed and honored by the world as one of history's most important persons. I only hope that what she died promoting would forever be in our minds and that we may never get back to what we were before. I would always consider racism as deeds of barbaric and uncivilized nature. People like Mrs.Parks make us think better and go on living peacefully and beyond wars.

Me and my Moto

Life has been cruel to me - all I can afford taking pictures is a Motorola e398 and it's not a digital cam. Huh, but that wouldn't stop me from taking pics with everything. And should I tell you that my cat is also named Moto? That's a revelation - I'm promoting Motorola mobiles and cool-named Cats. Great week it was... here are proofs: This is Moto. And he's looking at me (of course dumbo!) I should call this "The Mysteries of Creation" (???????) Raining Friday. I believe this road leads to nowhere but getting wet! What could be ruining a beautiful natural shot? A view at the pier after island hopping Moto on a watchful eye over my tropical fish pond And this is my Flowerhorn fish. Not named yet. Maybe I'll call him Rola. I'm no professional photographer and I still wear glasses so don't ever judge my picture takes. Send me a digital camera if you won't stop complaining. :)