School's out

You wonder where the people of Koronadal - the city being landlocked - get their daily source of cheap protein. I have the answer - they get it straight from their own public market!

"School is out" for these two common food fish of the Filipino - the bilong-bilong or moonfish (above, in B&W) and the tulay of the scad family (below) as they lie to serve their purpose in this circle called life.

Joy Ride

Good thing they were all seated. I could have titled this photo, "The circus is in town", had one stood up on one leg and placed the baby on his shoulders. I took this photo in October of 2008, while cruising the highway in General Santos City. Lest you accuse me of being reckless myself, I was not the one driving my car.

Old sew

There's a tailoring shop in Koronadal City awkwardly named Aurora Sari-Sari and Marketing Center. It's where I took this photo of an old sewing machine. I remember my mother (who's about to turn 79 in a couple of months), who used to sew our clothes using a similar but differently-branded tool. She hardly uses it now as its already too laborious for her to just push the thread into the eye of the needle.

End of the road

I had to stop when I saw this motorcycle ablaze in the middle of the highway in Tupi, South Cotabato sometime in April 2009. The driver was beside me helplessly watching when I took this photo. He escaped the mishap unscathed but was out of words as to what happened.

Freedom

"We only ask that freedom be returned; we ask nothing more but

we will accept nothing less." - Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.