Foot and Fire

  The Regional Rehabilitation Center for the Youth (RRCY) in Guimaras has an impressive location and services and plans for further infrastructure. I had the privilege of visiting the center last May 2018 and it was my third time to visit it. The first two visits I had were about 20 years ago when I was still a college student, and I can say that the center has gone a long way in developing from mere semi-concrete halls to concrete, permanent buildings.    RRCY now has infirmary, office/administration building, mess halls, lodging halls, a guest house, prayer hall, basketball court and grounds filled with grasses and trees.  RRCY caters to law offenders who were minor at the time of the commission of the offense but were sentenced to imprisonment. Their sentence is suspended, on condition that they get rehabilitated. So, instead of being incarcerated, they were given the chance to rehabilitate. One teacher I chanced to talk with while I was joini...

Celebrated every May of each year, Manggahan Festival is not fully experienced if one does not experience the Eat-all-you-can offerings of the folks of Guimaras. In this file photo of this year's festival, I am showing you how to get to eat a lot of mangoes in one setting and how to slay each fruit tenderly but swiftly. Sweet with no hint of sourness, plump, and juicy are all marks of this sunny fruit. If you pass up this eat-all-you-can, you can't get away with it. You will have it in your Daiquiri, in your fruit shake, in your lunch table, in your cake, in your candies everywhere in Guimaras. It is even found in your ref magnets. :) :) :) See you next Manggahan!!!