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Visited my former office today and was happy to see that pineapple is still alive! Here it is - now with another plant accompanying it in its pot.

plant update!

Fern, 2 weeks ago:

(November 20)
with his friends Coke Zero bottle and small Coke bottle

(November 22)
after his first "haircut" 

Pineapple!

11 May 2011
before I left for Japan

03 November 2011
My (former) officemates trimmed its leaves.
Pineapple also has a new potmate, a sili plant. :)

My sister is growing oyster mushrooms in our kitchen! These were taken 2 weeks ago (November 22); we have already harvested the mushrooms and are waiting for new ones to grow again. :D

pineapple update!

Pineapple still lives! :) It has a pot-mate now and it looks like they're both healthy. Thanks to Phoebe for the photo and to Ms. Linda for styling pineapple. :D

photo taken last July 8

Friends are one of the best 'things' in life.
*Hi to my former officemates! Miss ko na kayo! See you in a couple of months!*

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Calvin and Hobbes for today:

April 7

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Bago kayo ma-excite, Happy April Fools' Day! :D

Above photo was grabbed off Wikipedia.

I don't think Rachelle's pineapple, our office pet, will ever bear fruit. :(

Anyway, here's how it/he/she looks like today:

pineapple, post-Valentine's

February 10 sunrise

Got to the office extra early today and caught this!

6:29 a.m.

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We "fed" it pomelo peelings. :D

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Sir Steve of one of our Carmen Planas branches sent us some chestnuts... and pineapple got to enjoy some of them. :D Balat nga lang.

I can smell Christmas! It's the most wonderful time of the year! :)

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pineapple update!

month-end pineapple

Hindi na siya mukhang healthy. Rachelle says never na siya magkaka-fruit because it hasn't been growing in a good environment. :'(

of dolphins, sharks, and whale sharks

Thanks to Mela, I recently finished watching "The Cove", a documentary on the killing of dophins in Taiji, Japan. I recommend you get hold of a copy of it and watch it too. Nakakakilabot. Got teary-eyed in some parts, it was difficult at first to believe that the scenes I was seeing were not from a fictional Hollywood movie. Nangyayari talaga! And September is the start of dolphin killing season again.

This huge effort to save the Taiji dolphins (and people who could be at risk for mercury poisoning, from intake of dolphin meat) was started by Ric O'Barry, the guy who trained dolphins for the Flipper TV series back in the 1960s. He feels it is his fault that there is now an increased number of dolphins in captivity, because of the demand for dolphin shows and swim/interact with the dolphins in various marine parks all over the world, which all started with the popularity of the Flipper series. His shift to an anti-captivity stance started the day Cathy, the bottlenose dolphin who played Flipper, "committed suicide" in his arms. That day, the idea that having animals in captivity wasn't right finally sank in. He has since devoted the last 2 decades of his life fighting for this cause.

There is more effort to save dolphins because it seems dolphins are of a higher sensory level compared to other animals. They are aware of themselves. And, their "singing" and sound/musical conversing abilities are probably of some higher type of intelligence. One of the guys in the documentary said, the focus should not be on what/how much we can teach the dolphins (to do) but on what the dolphins can teach us, what we can learn from them. I believe dophins are more intelligent than we think.

Natamaan naman ako sa anti-captivity stand. I like visiting zoos (captive animals galore!) :( and interacting with the animals there, e.g. feeding the elephants in Singapore Zoo, feeding the tigers in Zoobic, feeding the giraffes in Calauit, pestering the monkeys in zoos wherever, etc. I think zoos are good mediums to educate and promote awareness about animals (and the issues they face) and develop, especially in children, a love for animals (and creatures other than their own selves). Trips to the Manila Zoo and San Diego Zoo were important parts of my childhood. Haay, But then, oo nga, captivity is not healthy for them. Paano na yan? Nasa bucket list ko pa naman ang:
[ ] ride an elephant

[ ] hug a panda

[ ] swim with the whale sharks in Donsol

[ ] see the dolphins in Tanon Strait

I think the latter 2 I can still do without feeling any guilt, since it doesn't involve animals in captivity. I will save up for that African safari (and learn how to be a jungle ranger?) and I think I will just make Ronjie wear a panda costume. :D Hmm... I think zoos are OK naman, I'd still bring my future kids to them, but I guess I won't promote them as much. I just hope the zoos around are doing their part in conservation efforts. Let's all promote the maintainance of balance in our ecosystem.

As for the dolphin killing in Taiji, I hope that through this blog post I have somehow helped raise awareness on the reality of the situation. PLEASE VISIT http://savejapandolphins.org/.

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P.S. Pineapple update!

as of 08 September 2010

P.P.S. Dahil kay Lou, nagreminisce tuloy ako ng Battle City.

pineapple update

11 August 2010

17 August 2010

19 August 2010

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steadily growing pero mukhang payat siya :(

Rachelle's been "feeding" it orange peels

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Steadily growing... It takes 1.5-2 years for pineapples to flower and fruit! Tagal pa! This one has not yet even been in existence for 6 months.

Some information from Wikipedia: "The pineapple is a herbaceous (has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to soil level) perennial (lives for more than 2 years) plant which grows to 1-1.5 meters (3.3-4.9 feet) tall with 30 or more trough-shaped and pointed leaves 30-100 centimetres (1-3.3 feet) long, surrounding a thick stem. The pineapple is an example of a multiple fruit: multiple, helically-arranged flowers along the axis each produce a fleshy fruit that becomes pressed against the fruits of adjacent flowers, forming what appears to be a single fleshy fruit. The fruit of a pineapple are arranged in two interlocking helices, eight in one direction, thirteen in the other, each being a Fibonacci number."

Earlier today pala I saw a moth-like insect by the MRT station.

Is this a moth?

pineapple moves to a new home

We transferred it to a bigger pot. :)

more room for its roots to stretch

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Rachelle removed the "weeds" na. Doesn't it look cleaner?

pineapple after the long weekend