Here’s a a picture of a beautiful sayote painting by our blogger friend Nats Dalanao of Tabuk, Kalinga. You can view his other paintings here; we especially like Living Wonders and Innocence Caught Between Rivals of Urban Politicians which was Nats’ entry to the 2006 International Art Contest. Make sure you visit the links because we’re not sure if Nats’ will allow us to “steal” more of his paintings hehe. We “stole” this sayote painting without his permission and we don’t want to abuse him further. Great paintings, Nats!
Nats also heads the Kalinga Arts Guild (if we’re not mistaken). He also blogs at Kalinga, the Land of the Brave and is the owner of kalingatambayan.com which has a forum that is becoming more and more popular. Aba, hindi yata natatakot ang mga forumers na mag-expose ng mga kababalaghan hehe.
The Nashman shares with us a picture of a pack of sayote which he shot in Brazil where sayote is known as chu-chu. You should visit The Nashman’s delightful Brazilian adventures here, here, and here.
Sabi pa ni Nashman, this pack costs R$1 which is equivalent to 50 cents U.S. So medyo kapresyo siya ng binili kong sayote nitong linggo. Pero siyempre dito sa atin, hindi ganyan kaganda ang packaging kasi wala tayong concept ng packaging hehe.
Sayote a.k.a. chayote a.k.a. sechium edule is now selling at P20/kilo here in Manila. It’s a bit cheaper than cabbage and wongbok but it’s also much much cheaper to produce. Unlike the other highland vegetables which need a lot of farm input (those dangerous pesticides and commercial fertilizers), sayote is rather cheap and easy to raise. You just plant a seed anywhere, water it occasionally and it will bear fruit long after the end of Gloria’s disastrous reign.
Sayote is believed to have originated from Guatemala and Mexico. It might have reached our corner of the world during the days of the galleon trade when the Philippines was trading with Mexico.
Forget the fact that some of our kids have to walk three hours a day to go to school; this is not a great tragedy. Heck, it’s not even a tragedy. It is a big challenge for the kids alright but not a tragedy.
So what’s the greatest tragedy of our time? Well, it’s the fact that our kids who are attending public schools are using textbooks which are riddled with tons of mistakes. We should thank Antonio Calipjo Go for pointing out the errors (usually grammatical and/or factual) in our kids’ textbooks.
Do you remember Julian Chees? To refresh your memory, Chees is an iFontok who’s made a name for himself in the world of karate. He made it to the 6th installment of our List of Achievers where we stated that our kailiyan has won several karate titles.
Not a lot of us know about Chees’ exploits because he was representing Germany (where he is based and where he is known as kleine Phillippino) when he won his many titles.
Here’s a a picture of a beautiful sayote painting by our blogger friend Nats Dalanao of Tabuk, Kalinga. You can view his other paintings here; we especially like Living Wonders and Innocence Caught Between Rivals of Urban Politicians which was Nats’ entry to the 2006 International Art Contest. Make sure you visit the links because we’re not sure if Nats’ will allow us to “steal” more of his paintings hehe. We “stole” this sayote painting without his permission and we don’t want to abuse him further. Great paintings, Nats!
