i-am-me: Pag-ibig prayer garden

i-am-me: Pag-ibig prayer garden: " If you are in Infanta Quezon & wants to have a peaceful & quiet moment with the Lord, I recommend you to visit Pag-ibig Prayer Garden ..."

Pag-ibig prayer garden

     If you are in Infanta Quezon & wants to have a peaceful & quiet moment with the Lord, I recommend you to visit Pag-ibig Prayer Garden located in Bgy. Tudturan. Tudturan is a barangay of the municipality of Infanta in the province Quezon in CALABARZON which is part of the Luzon group of islands. The municipality Infanta with a population of about 60,346 and its 36 barangays belongs to the partly urban areas in the Philippines.
    
    This Garden is a private property owned & maintained by the Abcede Family. The Family are very religious & generous enough to share the place to the individuals who wants to visit the garden.
     Before you start exploring the garden you should visit first the chapel which is just located near the Garden's entrance. It is mostly made of wood including the walls. The benches are carved in a unique design that makes it more relaxing to sit & pray and also to admire. 


    The prayer garden have station of the cross , life size image of the saints & other events/place that you can see in the bible like  Baptism of Jesus, Noah's Ark, Jesus walks on water, sea of Galilee and many more. In the center of the place, you can see a long table  with a life size statue of Jesus during the Last supper.

        The place also have cottages & benches in where the tourist can have a rest and at the same time eat their snacks and imagine that they are eating together with the Lord.
       
     It's Good Friday when we visited the place & i feel so blessed spiritually renewed after that.

i-am-me: Lawis, Burdeos Quezon - an undiscovered paradise

i-am-me: Lawis, Burdeos Quezon - an undiscovered paradise: " Burdeos, Quezon is the native land of my brother-in-law & our family have a chance to visit the beautiful place. It took us 5 ho..."

Lawis, Burdeos Quezon - an undiscovered paradise

     Burdeos, Quezon is the native land of my brother-in-law & our family have a chance to visit the beautiful place.
      It took us 5 hours to travel by motor boat from Infanta, Quezon to Lawis, Burdeos Quezon. (Actually the ride will only took 2 hours but there are many passengers from the other island going to our destination so the boat pick them up). Its tiring but we are very lucky because the weather that day is great for sea travel.

     

     The place is remote & lack of modern facilities but the people are very warm & accommodating.

• There are no toilet,but our host constructed a toilet because they know that we will arrive (thank you Lord)
• There are no potable water .Deep well are available in the vicinity but the water is salty because the place is just near the beach. There is a spring in which the villagers get water for drinking, bathing & laundry but it is located near the foot of the mountain. They say its far and we are all overwhelmed when we saw two drums already filled with water when we arrive.
• There are no electricity but there is a generator shared by households to give light during the night (they can only watch tv during the night when the generator are on. Few people got tv sets and their houses are open to neighbors who like to watch.
• And lastly, there are no cell sites but the people know each other & the place is small so communication is not a problem within the area. (you can really relax because your boss & office mates can't call :-) )

     

     The island offers great beaches & mangroves. People's source of livelihood includes fishing, snail(balirit) gathering & other land produce like banana & coconut.

locals gathering shells & snails during low tide

  

man & child on a boat

 We also saw a peculiar crab called kurai who live even beside peoples houses. Its hairy & the clamps are big. We catch & cook some.Its very delicious and tasty and got different taste compared to the crabs can be normally bought in the market.

Kurai

       Its also my first time to see Kibal - a nipa fruit. They will peel the outer layer and boil the inside then caramelize before eating. Its is a good ingredient for halo-halo.

kibal

       

     The ocean is just in front of the house doorsteps so we can swim whenever we want. We can also pick some shells & snails during low tide & ride a boat to visit the other island.

     Our 4 days stay seems short & i really wanted to go back to that island to see more of natures creation.This island is really a paradise.

things that can make people happy

I attended Bo Sanches "The Feast" last Sunday , i feel inspired after hearing the talk and i just wanted to share 

THE 3 THINGS THAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY

1) If you have some things to do - People who are doing nothing are the unhappy one's because they feel bored. So to ease that boredom, do something worthwile

2) If you have some one to love - Living a life alone without love is lonely. Its difficult to live a life even in abundance if you have nobody to share it with.

3) If you have something to look forward to - a great and abundant future here on earth or in heaven