Power of the sea/Watery World Wednesday

Why do we love the sea?  It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think. ~ Robert Henri

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Fishing/Watery World Wednesday

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~ John Buchan

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Early morning @ Cansaga Bay

I stayed with my friend J for a couple of days on Holy Week when I was in Cebu.  J woke me up early on Maundy Thursday and we took a 15-minute ride on her husband's motorbike to get to the new bridge in Consolacion.  This 1.25-kilometer offshore bridge over Cansaga Bay provides a faster link between the sea and airports to the northern towns of Cebu.

The above photo is looking towards Mandaue City.  On the left side of the bridge is a locally-owned shipyard.

 

By the banks of Cansaga Bay and under the bridge was a makeshift fish market where local fishermen bring their morning catch.  Fish and other seafood were sold on bamboo tables under a half dozen of huts.   It was Holy Week and J and her family, like most Cebuanos, observe the no-meat tradition. We were hoping to buy shrimps and crabs for lunch. It was about 7 am when we got here, and I thought we were early. I later learned that most of the action here happens before sunrise.  Most of the seafoods were sold out and fishermen were already taking a break, some were taking a nap, and eating breakfast.

Luckily,  there was still some fresh catch coming in and we were able to bring home shrimps, crabs, oysters and shellfish.  

This reminds me of the early morning walks with my grandmother when I was a kid. My grandparents' house was about a kilometer away from the sea, and Lola (that's how we called our grandmother) would take us kids to the shores early in the morning to wait for fishermen to bring in their catch. And while our grandmother was negotiating with the fisherman, we were busy choosing small squids, shrimps and anchovies for ceviche. And the fishermen didn't charge us for our ceviche ingredients. Ah, it was a gentler time.

Cansaga Bay is an inlet where the mouth of Mactan Channel and Camotes Sea meet.

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Blue Monday

Monday Mellow Yellows

 Our World-Tuesday

Go for it!

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T.S. Eliot

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Journey/Mandarin Orange Monday

The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs. ~ Wally Lamb

Here's to new adventures in 2013!

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Blue serenity/Watery World Wednesday

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. ~ Joseph Addison

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Wordless/Water World Wednesday

 "What we've got here is a failure to communicate."

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Banca/Blue Monday

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.  The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore. ~ Dale Carnegie

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Distance/Watery World-Wednesday

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

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Outrigger Canoe/Blue Monday

I wonder if this canoe dreams of becoming a ship someday.:p

An outrigger canoe, locally known as banca, by the shores of Subic Bay.

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Journey/Watery World-Wednesday

Like you, they are headed to the same place and no matter what they may appear like to you, they have taken the perfect form for their journey.  How strong our relationships would be if we could see and respect that we are all perfectly imperfect for our journey.

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 and NF Waters

An ordinary day/Watery World Wednesday

An ordinary day in the lives of fishermen in Culion Island.  A mundane moment captured while waiting for our boat ride, witnessing the richness of everyday life.

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Sun-kissed Banca/SWF

A lone banca basking in the golden sunset.

The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places.  But still there is much that is fair.  And though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

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Banca/Blue Monday

A favored local form of transport has always been the banca, a type of outrigger boat native to the Philippines.  Bancas are used for fishing,  transporting produce and people.  This is just one of the options we use in getting around the islands.

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Blues/Blue Monday

I am missing these blues, and I am counting the days until my next trip to the beach.

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