Or Trek to Mt. Lubi, Guinarona Eco Tourism, IV Photos by Rex L. Maray
Month: June 2012
A Paradigm Shift
Theses: Your reality, your truth, is what you make it. Time is a continuum, i.e. the past and future are NOW. Societal and institutional development can be maximized by combining physics and metaphysics. Namely the yin and yang, dark and light, body and spirit. A paradigm shift, if you will. We have heard that Nikola…
The Next Best Thing
Or Guinarona Eco Tourism in Action, III Photos by Daniel Maray Coronado, Rex Escal and Vivian Sacay
A Lesson in History. . .
. . . Oral history, that is. We were in Grade V, and Felipe Bayona, Jr., our teacher, gave an assignment for us to research into how Guinarona got its name. It was up to us how we would approach the problem or who would be our resource person(s). Whether it was the Teniente del…
On the Outskirts of Guinarona
Or Eco Tourism in Action, II. Photos by Valentin Raquel
Entrepreneurship It Is
From King Solomon to Steve Jobs to Bill Gates to Agus Go of Leyte–what do they have in common? What else other than being an entrepreneur! Entrepreneurship is the capacity and willingness to undertake conception, organization, and management of a productive venture with all attendant risks, while seeking profit as a reward. In economics, entrepreneurship…
Eco Tourism at Work
Or Tracking the Guinarona River from Its Source.
Anak ni San Pascual: Of Body and Spirit
“Anak ka gudman ni San Pascual (You truly are San Pascual’s child)” is a common greeting among Guinaronanhons. It defines a person who cares a lot about Guinarona, being proactive in its affairs, giving a damn about its development. Which is why Guinaronanhons are a cohesive lot, and when they put their hearts and minds…
What is Pilgrimage Tourism?
Question: What is Pilgrimage Tourism? Answer: This is a very interesting area. Since pilgrims often travel to areas that are notably important in history there naturally are many who seek to visit these areas for both the historical element and for the spectacle of pilgrims visiting. For example, Muslims that go on hajj to Makkah…
Our Trade Offs
They are a constant in the Universe. In the quantum level, no sooner does an atom spins and bounces off than it is replaced by another atom. When we retire, a replacement is there to take our place. When we work abroad, our family’s finances improve, yet we have to reckon with the homesickness that…