just passing through: Guimaras

10 January 2012

Guimaras

After lunch in Iloilo, we took the 10-minute boat ride to Guimaras and reached Jordan, the capital town, without any hassle. At the provincial capitol, we were welcomed by no other than the governor who is also a medical doctor. It was a privilege to visit next the mango processing plant of the Magsasaka Siyentista of FITS OPA Guimaras. There were assorted bottled products and delicacies made from mango, the top produce of the province.

Going back to Iloilo, we took the 50-passenger boat ride this time from Buenavista Wharf. One has to balance on a wooden plank less than a foot wide to board and get off the pump boat. And sway as you do so because of the waves.

Sail On

"Life here on earth is a temporary assignment." - Rick Warren

They say that we are just like passing ships. Wherever we go and drop anchor, we learn something that makes our lives never the same again.

Life may have brought us disappointments, failures, discouragements, broken hearts and other negative thoughts and emotions but life goes on.

Along the way, we meet people who touch our lives one way or the other. Some become true friends. Most of them just acquaintances.

We are here in this world temporarily. We are not yet home.

Whatever happens, the Lord will never leave us nor forsake us. He always knows what's best for us.

Everything happens for a reason.

Quotable Quotes

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein

You don't have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you do have to know the few great things that matter, and then be willing to live for them and die for them.
- John Piper

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln