One of the few songs that I love to listen to is the song “The Water is Wide/Deep River” as sung by Barbara Streisand. Click here to listen to her sing. The song has a relation to my entry, in terms of its lyrics, and NOT its interpretation.
Below is a photo of a river whose bed rose because of the sand deposits from the lahar flows as aftermath of the Mount Pinatubo eruption which happened in the early 1990s, after being dormant for 500 years.
Click here to read about its effect.
The Macolcol River was not a wide river before the volcanic eruption but it became so due to the forces of nature that men can not stop. The water has stopped flowing too. To think this river suffered only minor damage compared to other river system just shows how nature is really a force to reckon with.
Pardon the photo quality because we were in transit when I took a snapshot while on the new and taller bridge crossing the river:
The river is not flowing anymore, except maybe during typhoon season. It looks like a wide expanse of white desert with pine trees on either side and the mountains as its backdrop.
I wonder if Pomegranate trees will survive here?
The water should flow towards the sea, though I have not seen that happen in a long time.
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Tags: nature photo, Philippines, Photo Hunter, river, Zambales
Every Saturday, participants post photos based on a theme. The theme for this Saturday is METAL.
One of my son’s newer addition to his toy collection, a Matchbox Ford GT toy car. He doesn’t really get this brand since he likes another toy brand more than this but he could not resist not having a Ford GT. Who wouldn’t?
Matchbox toy cars, like the other toy cars being sold like this Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X which is my other entry, are made of die-cast metal
Here is a real Ford GT, my very first Photo Hunt entry, if I remember it right.
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Tags: Ford GT, Matchbox, Photo Hunter, toy cars, toys
Every Saturday participants post photos based on a theme. The theme for this Saturday is TOGETHER.
There are so many wonderful things that go well together: peanut butter and jelly, black and white, moon and stars, day and night, a couple, and paper and pencil are just very few possibilities.
There are endless possibilities of yummy things that go together too, like a few of the pairs I have in my other entry.
My entry is a bit unusual if it is unusual to some of you.
Here in the Philippines, rains, heavy and not-so-heavy, mean traffic jam. No kidding.
The reason? Roads,even major highways are poorly maintained that when rains pour, flood water rises and vehicles get stuck on the road. It gets ugly and sometimes, road rage or accidents happen. Sigh.
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Tags: EDSA, Philppines, Photography, traffic, travel
Presenting the BMW K1200R:
This motorcycle can be seen in the movie Resident Evil 3.
Read the specifications here.
Watch a video here.
Of course, this bike is uber expensive, being half a million in Philippine peso, without the tax and other financial obligations that needs to be paid when this is purchased. Maybe the overall price would be like a million pesos, enough to buy n AUV or Asian Utility Vehicle that can sit up to 9 people.
But when one thinks about the raw power, money is not an issue. If there is money to burn than just the wheels, that is 🙂
Tags: BMW K1200R, motor sports, motorcycle, motoring, racing
