The popular saying that “all work and no play makes jack a dull boy” proved to just become a saying.
The purpose-driven and result-oriented Gift2Life group motored off to Bgy. Lico, San Rafael, Bulacan last Jan 5, 2008 to meet with Nanay Solita who personally steered this planning meet.
With Obet on the wheel and Debbie as the Navigator, Gilynne, Arlene, Dulce, Doc Tina and yours truly enjoyed the scenery all the more with Dulce’s freshly-prepared sandwich and cold foiled-pack juice. What a treat!
LIFE IN COMPARISON. Despite the government’s modernization and industrialization approach, I am still thankful that traveling northward, I can still enjoy a true country ambience- golden ricefields and verdant trees, fresh air, flowers in bloom and I even saw carabaos too!
Modern edifice, giant billboards caught my attention. Could these really be signs of progress? What about the welfare of the people? How about those residents in far-flung barangays who cannot afford to go to the city for better education and more so, medical intervention? It crossed my mind that maybe this is why we are traveling this far.
CORNS, CORNS AND MORE……..We were at Bgy. Lico by 10am. Celia and Nanay Solita (distant relatives and both cancer survivors) welcomed us. Trayfuls of boiled corn, sweet and succulent, were offered to us.
It was almost lunchtime and the smell of fried tilapia whet our appetite. Lunch al fresco! We feasted on steamed crabs, vegetables, kare-kare and who wouldn’t get lost with sautéed shrimp paste (bagoong alamang)matched with grated green mangoes, onions and tomatoes? It was also a sight seeing Doc Tina enjoyed rounds of fermented (buro) fish. Custard candy (yema) for dessert, anyone?
The gentle breeze swept upon my face, I’m being lulled. I know every- body wants to find his nook for a nap but Doc Tina started to prepare her gadgets for presentation.
TOWARDS COMMON GOAL. In a little while, Nanay Nenita (a cousin of Nanay Solita and Celia) came with somebody seeking medical advise. Doc Tina willingly rendered breast examination.
The meeting was done by 4pm. The group left shortly for Manila hoping to pass by Gloria’s Take Home Store by the highway for Bulacan’s famous melon and squash seeds, preserved beans, fish and pork crackers but wasn’t lucky enough.
We stopped by Jollibee instead and grabbed a burger bite.
Manila before dusk. We hope to go back to Bgy. Lico soon- this time for implementation of the project.
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