What kind of mangoes do you have in your yard? Ours are only Indian mangoes, but they really are abundant this summer.

We have them in our own yard and they have lots of fruits. So, every after meal we would eat them sliced and we dip them in sauteed shrimp paste. But for the ripe ones we would just slice them and eat them as is.

In my parents’ house they have the “dayap” or lime and they are also fruiting. They also have the “kalamansi” , Philippines’ version of lemons. They also have the passion fruits and they have fruits also. Then, they also have guavas. They have “atis” also.

Summer can indeed be the season for these fruits and it is just one of the advantages of summer. Though, it’s the heat that I hate about summer, but I love the fruits it brings.

So sad, we do not have fruits in our yard.We lack space unlike in the province. When our property was not sold we had many fruits like papaya, juicy jackfruit, pomelo, bananas, avocados, and Indian mangoes. How nice to see them turning yellow ready to pick.I missed those days in the province.

There are lots of mangoes now; even in the market, they sell quite cheap. We are blessed with so much fruits all year round because of our climate.

That is nice, your children will grow mature, responsible and loving. At home my nephew kids ages 7 and 5 have pet rooster and hen.How nice to cook them hehehe.

In my parent’s house too, where my single nephews who are already professionals live, there are a lot of pets.

At the porch, there are hedgehogs and their house is in one corner of the porch, owned by my gay nephew. He also have 2 tsih tzu.

Then, there’s an aquarium, where there is a big Arwana, it’s also owned by my other nephew who lives in a separate house but on the compound of the family. There, they still have 2 aquariums too of different fishes. He also have a dog, a pincher.

Then another nephew have 2 Belgian Malinois, the female gave birth a year ago to 9 puppies, unfortunately recently they get afflicted by a virus and six died.

My parents have local dogs or aspins and they were all spread over the lawn at the backyards. We have 2 of them.

Before, the nephew who owns the aquariums, also have a parrot. Unluckily, it was suddenly gone from its cage.

So, my parents house too is full of pets. ha ha ha

We have to be extra careful this time.

I pray that the Martial Law declared in Marawi will turn out for the good of the place. For me, it is needed.

We cannot let those terrorists reign. We need to arrest their terrorism and I hope the armed forces will win against those groups.

I hope and pray that peace will reign again and pray also that those soldiers be safe from the fighting.

The problem of terrorism is increasing all over the world. Some religious organizations have promoted it. Now it’s time to eradicate them from the world. All countries should come together to resolve this problem.

Whether there is Martial Law or none, the government should do it’s best to eradicate the terrorists. I pity the affected civilians!

The Philippines has been through some hardships.It seems that history repeats itself. In World War II, The Japanese invaded the island and caused atrocities, destroying villages and other unspeakable horrors. Now we have ISIS, who are doing the same. The world need to take this example from our friends in the Philippians–Terrorism is real and needs to be stopped. Today it is them, tomorrow it might be in your back yard. Let’s pray for the Philippians and believe for protection and God’s grace for that beloved land.

The world is shaken with terrorism whe technology was introduced to the world. It is better to have no technology at all to avoid series of bombing incidents. Terrorists learne to manufacture bombs through internet.Yesterday might be better than today. We have different kinds of killings this time. Will there be hope for the children? Will there be safe grounds for them to play? the answer is yours should there be a ghost to drop by this blog of mine.LOLS.

I was wondering why “foolish people” in that state university would harbor those terrorists? It’s really foolishness! And terrorists or humans carrying bombs tucked in their bodies are doing the most foolish thing because it will end their life and the life of other people! I hope everything would be fine and peace will reign anywhere.

Those terrorists are really the people to run after in these different places of killings. And those ISIS together with the Maute Grp. who have reigned havoc to the city deserves to die too.

They made residents there fled their homes for fear that their lives be taken away by those terrorists.

For me, it is just right that our President declared Martial law on that place. It is to protect the people and the place to be further harmed by those terrorists.

I wish, they will all be wiped out on earth, so killings could be stopped already.

@Dina, you are right Din, they are deadly people and not worth to live on earth own by God. People in Marawi city evacuated to save their lives. We have here a very long traffic due to inspection in a detachment unit.It takes 30 minutes.I might late when class starts.They are so horrible; they are not afraid to kill even young and old.We are so afraid here.

We do not stay outside in the evening it’s scary.Let us us pray peace in Mindanao.

Everyone that feels threatened by us U.S Americans need to realize we are who we are can’t no state, county, country, or kingdom change what we are. We have rights, freedom of speech, and privileges. We take our country to heart we love the United States of American. We are of the free and opportunity. See, where am going wit these…..our ways and personality is different you can’t blame us for that nor change us for that.

@Latisha Perkins,Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings very much appreciated.We are facing with different problems this time, This insurgency problem in one big city In Ph, Marawi City, This city is zero ground for residents evacuated due to war Maute group claimed to have pledged allegiance to IS, now getting numerous, so the government tries to eliminate them, Almost 199 terrorists killed in Marawi city With those killed foreign terrorists from Indonsia, Singapire, Maaysia, so bad people.

I was surprised too, when I saw the two nodding dogs above the computer table that my hubby always work on.

When I asked him, he said he removed it already, because it’s one of those that were mentioned to be banned by the dashboard. Oh, they were just small and below the eye level of the driver , so how can they obstruct their sights, besides they are at the middle part of the dashboard.

Anyway, as to the rosary, I also am not in favor of them including that in the ban. It’s placed in such a way that it is not obstructing the mirror by the upper front of the dashboard.

But anyway, let us see how strictly this will be implemented. I hope the senators can suggest modifying the law.

A rosary does not create road accident, maybe those who recommend this are non-catholic.There are so many reactions. Anyway my car is clean.

Rosaries are no longer banned because many drivers opposed that idea. Rosaries do not block driver’s view, but provide them an inspiration to go on safely so they won’t hurt other people on the road too! It is a reminder for one to be good!

In the US, people also respect those people who are doing small works or heavy works. But this is not the case in India. The person who earns less money in India is considered to be trivial. Here the owner treats his servant as an animal. Even after hard work every day, he does not have so much money that he can buy food for his family. This injustice has been running for many centuries. Now it’s time to change. Everyone should get their correct pay.

That is so nice to know that such bill to protect the workers will soon be passed.

It’s high time that these workers should be given their due hazard pays especially those construction workers who work under the scorching sun.

The company I am employed with really follows the rules of DOLE with regards the pay, leaves and the like. They know the consequences when we are not able to abide by them, because before we were sued by workers.

Now, our company learned our lessons so we really abide by the laws of DOLE.