Children of Baras

These children requested me to take a picture of them. It was fun, just pointed my camera and pressed the shutter and they ran away. I just wondered, they didn't bother to see how they look like. Or maybe they were not aware that the image can be readily viewed on the lcd. I examined their photo on the computer, it was good, and could have been better if I cared to direct the pose. Opportunities like this is rare, I should bear in mind next time. Somehow, they look natural. This will be treasured.

On the Fence

Little boy on boat

Child Play

Smokin' Joe

Full Packed

An ordinary day

Fisherchildren

 These children tied a rope to their waists to pull the fishnet from the shore. The other end of the rope was also attached to a boat that will drag the net sidewards. This method of fishing is locally termed Ambit. A photo taken a year ago (April 8, 2011).

Ambit

The Catch

Absorbed

Life gets busy everyday...often do we wonder how fast the passing of a week, a month or a year, we nearly hadn't noticed, still wondering what were the things we have done that really matter. Some people can't remember any but it really does matter for them to say they're still alive, they've worked hard to eat 3 times a day, lucky to have sent their children to school.

Afternoon swim

Spotlight

All of us live on the spotlight, between light and darkness.

In the Mountain

 This old woman and the rest have found treasure out of the refuse or garbage that were dumped in an open landfill. I heard there had been around fifty families who depend from this particular dump for a living. They collect scraps, metals, plastics, bottles, glass, etc and sell these to local junk shops. There is a standing law of the country which orders the closure of open dumps and converting the same to sanitary landfills or the local governments to venture to more environmentally safe modes of waste management and disposal.

For the Coins

It has been a usual sight children at the piers ask for coins from the passengers of a docked ship or ferry. When a coin or coins were thrown, these children will dive and fetch them in the water. Authorities prohibit the passengers to do that, but some do not abide as the kids beg by saying..."Sir..., Madam... Piso please...!" Piso stands for any amount of coin, a peso, 5 or 10.