Thursday

REMEMBERING THE VIRGIN FORESTS

Joining this weeks Nostalgia at Nostalgic Marveling.


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This photo was taken back in the early 80s when my father still worked as a forester in a logging company in Sultan Kudarat. We went to visit him literally in the middle of the forest; there were access roads though so this humungous logging truck can pass through.

The community in the middle of the forest was composed of the family of those who worked also with the company. But since I was in school we seldom go up to the boondocks and visit him.

Gosh, I didn’t realize until lately that my father worked then as an agent to destroy those lush forests, LOL! Being a tree expert he identifies names of the tree, species of the tree, how old is the tree and many more about trees before it will be chained-sawed and loaded to this PiterBilt. But eventually my father resigned but he was recalled and stationed at the office and later retire. Glad I was able to pose as a remembrance that once those forests produced these huge logs and that once our motherland was robbed of these resources and only few mighty and rich had benefited and amass tons of money, destroyed our carbon sink that also made my father a small-time pensioner. LOL!

Thanks for dropping by on this side of town. See again for another Nostalgic Marveling at Roses’ blog.

19 comments:

  1. hahaha, isa pala sa mga salarin si daddy mo sa pagkakalbo ng kagubatan.pero sarap ng buhay sa bundok paminsan minsan.fresh air and food.

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  2. Hahaha sasabihin ko sana, hala nagcontribute pala si Papa mo sa pagbaha lol.. Joke lang tVerns. Ganda ng pose mo dyan ah. At least daming memories yung naging job ni Papa mo, kita mo nga nagpopose ka pa sa boondocks lol.. Thanks for joing this week.

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  3. i enjoy reading your story. in those days, we didn't know about global warming.:p

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  4. Well, that was the only way he knew how to make a living at that time. How huge are those logs. Which one are you, Vernz? The one in the dress or in bell-bottoms pants?

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  5. All in the name of progress and prosperity... little did they know (or care!) that they would be robbing our young ones of their future!

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  6. cute picture... love the pose... waaa in my younger days di man lang ako nakakita ng ganyan kalaking truck... taga bundok din kasi ako !

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  7. wow grabe gi scan pa jud ni nimo ate vernz ha! asa ka ani ate?

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    Thanks!

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  8. Whats amazing was, you guys had camera during your visit hehehe. the virgin forest, naa pa ba na karon Vernz? or na divirginized na sd sa mga ilegal loggers.

    http://www.tsangreqz.com/2010/06/nostalgia6-old-picture.html

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  9. namuot ko sa comment ni sis rose....lol! I like the pic te...nostalgic kaau...those are the days....kadako sa kahoy woi....will post mine later.

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  10. hahaha kadumdum nuon ko sa picture sa akong tatay Ate kadtong work pud siya as loggers.. ingun ana jud ba!

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  11. it's good to reminisce how beautiful the surroundings then. ngayon kailangan pa naming magbiyahe ng malayo at umakyat ng bundok ng tralala para makakita ng big trees.

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  12. Saan ka jan Ateh Vernz? Nakasaya o nakapants? Super laki ng mga log anoh? Bawal na ata ngaun magputol ng kahoy...

    Haha, my pagka MMK pala life ko..pero lahat naman ata my kanya kanyang drama sa life ..:)

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  13. LOL di bale, uso naman ang illegal logging nun diba.. Ang laki yata ng puno na nasa trcuk na yan, virgin pa yata.. I love the photo, 80's kasi ang dating...

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  14. Bahagi na nga ng nostalgia ang mga trees na yan, sis. :) Eh noon marami pa talagang puno unlike sa panahon natin ngayon, di ba? Kelan din lang nagputol kami ng punong manga sa tabing bahay namin, kahinayang pero nagiging cause naman siya ng headache kasi yung mga batang nangunguha ng bunga ng walang paalam ang kukulet!

    Thanks for dropping by. :)

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  15. ang laki ng puno a... nasaan ka nga ba dyan sa picture? ang ganda naman at natago mo pa yang picture na yan...

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  16. Great photo...
    Thanks for sharing your valuable story and thanks for visiting...

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  17. this is a very precious picture

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  18. wow, na save at scan mo pa picture na ito? funny sabi nila salarin daw si Papa mo :-), anyway, tapos na yun di ba?

    this is a very nosyalgic post and phto :-); thanks for sharing, Vernz.

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  19. Wow.. ang ganda naman ang posing mo dyan Te Vernz.. it's really great to have those pictures with the memories of it, right? I mean, yeah, surely.. Cool! Thanks by the way for visiting My Nostalgia: With Friends at Seagull Valley mommy Vernz.. muahhh!

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