Living in Miagao
It's amazing how time flies and we are left wondering if our life had meaning. We are sometimes so caught up with the things that need to be done that we forget the essential things in life. How many times have we stopped to smell a flower, looked at the lovely hills beside our home or even feel the soft sand upon our feet?
I live in a place where the sky, land and the sea seem to be hewn together in majestic harmony. Located at the heart of the Philippines, in an island called "Panay" where the premier University in Fisheries and Ocean Sciences is located, Miagao is a province of Iloilo.
My father moved here in 1987 when the College of Fisheries was moved from U.P. Diliman to U.P. in the Visayas in Miagao, Iloilo. It was a difficult time for a lot of people from Manila, relocated to an isolated place where people sleep at 7 p.m. and transportation is scarce. I remember that we lived in Villa for about a year... I was in my second year of College when I could only stay there for a week at the most. I would find a good excuse to leave, and go back to Manila, where my friends were. I would enrol even during summer so I would not have to stay in the house during the break. I was always glad to go back to the hustle and bustle of the metropolis, rather than being in the province. That was ages and ages ago. Now, I have come to appreciate the serenity of the province, sincerity of the people and the fresh air. The skies are always bluer here, the water is cleaner and the people are kinder.
I used to abhor the very thought of staying here for good. Now I wonder if I would ever leave at all.
Amidst the many stories of people and many places I have been around the Philippines, there is really no place like Miagao. We fondly call it "Miami" since we feel it's a different country all together and students feel as if it's such a far, far away place, especially when you are there for the first time.
My father spent most of his retirement money for his own home in Miagao. He has his own garden, with vegetables like saluyot, okra, talong, kamote; fruit-bearing trees like lanka, atis, mangga, santol, avocado and saging; some ornamental plants and orchids, a few roses and a bermuda grass to cover the front yard. He has his own poultry with at least three dozen chickens of different varieties. He has the native, bantam and huge kaber chickens.
I have come to love this place, we now call home. My two children have also been immersed in the native language, Kinaray-a and even after seeing many different places from Baguio, Boracay and Tagaytay, the children prefer to stay in Miagao, play with our dog Mica and bask in the beauty of God's creation under the moonlit sky, where the stars seem to shine brighter and the moon seem to kiss the ocean on a clear cloudless night...
I live in a place where the sky, land and the sea seem to be hewn together in majestic harmony. Located at the heart of the Philippines, in an island called "Panay" where the premier University in Fisheries and Ocean Sciences is located, Miagao is a province of Iloilo.
My father moved here in 1987 when the College of Fisheries was moved from U.P. Diliman to U.P. in the Visayas in Miagao, Iloilo. It was a difficult time for a lot of people from Manila, relocated to an isolated place where people sleep at 7 p.m. and transportation is scarce. I remember that we lived in Villa for about a year... I was in my second year of College when I could only stay there for a week at the most. I would find a good excuse to leave, and go back to Manila, where my friends were. I would enrol even during summer so I would not have to stay in the house during the break. I was always glad to go back to the hustle and bustle of the metropolis, rather than being in the province. That was ages and ages ago. Now, I have come to appreciate the serenity of the province, sincerity of the people and the fresh air. The skies are always bluer here, the water is cleaner and the people are kinder.
I used to abhor the very thought of staying here for good. Now I wonder if I would ever leave at all.
Amidst the many stories of people and many places I have been around the Philippines, there is really no place like Miagao. We fondly call it "Miami" since we feel it's a different country all together and students feel as if it's such a far, far away place, especially when you are there for the first time.
My father spent most of his retirement money for his own home in Miagao. He has his own garden, with vegetables like saluyot, okra, talong, kamote; fruit-bearing trees like lanka, atis, mangga, santol, avocado and saging; some ornamental plants and orchids, a few roses and a bermuda grass to cover the front yard. He has his own poultry with at least three dozen chickens of different varieties. He has the native, bantam and huge kaber chickens.
I have come to love this place, we now call home. My two children have also been immersed in the native language, Kinaray-a and even after seeing many different places from Baguio, Boracay and Tagaytay, the children prefer to stay in Miagao, play with our dog Mica and bask in the beauty of God's creation under the moonlit sky, where the stars seem to shine brighter and the moon seem to kiss the ocean on a clear cloudless night...
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12:37 AMHi Maybs, I get such a sense of peace from you. Blessings always.
and hugs :)
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