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| Did I say I now declare my self a vegetarian? |
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| Among the main produce of Catanduanes are softbrooms. Tiger Grass or "Lasa" are being grown in the uplands and harvested for broom making. |
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| I'd been shooting the brooms at the stall when this Arabo suddenly popped into the frame. |
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| It was market day. Locals from the hinterlands bring their produce to the market, most are root crops, coconuts, firewood, bananas, vegetables. Most fruits and vegetables come from the mainland. |
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| Coconut milk (gata) is one of the traditional dishes of the Bicolanos, almost all vegetables are cooked with coconut milk. |
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.
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.
These kids beg for coins from the ferry passengers as the boat has docked along the pier.
Life been so hard and unfortunate at times...no matter how we toil under the sun. But there are chances, luck and opportunity are twins. We ought to know how to face and manage them. 
