EFFECTIVELY COPING WITH THE CRISIS USING THE LEAST RESOURCES
MY REPLY ON CAPS INSERTED
--- On Thu, 2/19/09, Franky Corne
From: Franky Corne
Subject: Just...
To: "Cocoy Laniba"
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 1:10 AM
Hi Cocoy,
How are you there in the Philippines?
JUST CAME FROM THE POST OFFICE TO SUBMIT ALL PAPERS REQUIRED AT LAST. BUT THE POST MASTER IS IN TAGBILARAN. SO I HAVE TO GO BACK MONDAY. I WILL TAKE THE CHEAPER CHARGE OF P300 + AND NOT THE 3-DAY RUSH WHICH IS P500. SO I CAN SAVE. AFTER I WILL HAVE FINISHED THE PAPERS WITH THE POST OFFICE, I WILL WAIT FOR 10 DAYS TO RECEIVE MY POSTAL ID. THEN, THAT IS THE TIME, I CAN GO TO THE BANK TO OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
Cocoy, Toti is without work for the moment and wrote to me that it is harder for him at over 35 years to find work. He was thinking of migrating to US or Canada but this is what I wrote to him:
"By the way, Toti, I really would strongly advice you not to immigrate to the U.S. The prophecies are frightening and I want you to avoid a lot of sufferings. Canada is next doors, so also not advisable, besides the fact that when you live in misery and have to suffer the cold, it is much worse. This is my opinion Toti, this is also what I feel and have to tell you. If necessary pray day and night for enlightenment to avoid making a terrible mistake. For the rest I do not know yet. But God knows, it may be better for you to stay in the Philippines."
FRANKY, CITY IS GOING TO BE A HARD TIME FOR US, ESPECIALLY FOR OVER 35 YEARS. BUSINESS OR EMPLOYMENT. THAT IS GOING TO BE HARD. THE LAST POSSIBLE OPTION WHICH IS MORE SPIRITUAL AND SAFER AND WOULD MAKE US CLOSER TO GOD IS THE LAND. THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU WOULD HELP OUR FRIEND BUY A CULTIVATABLE LAND, PREFERABLY AT LEAST ONE HECTARE SO HE CAN CULTIVATE IT PRODUCTIVELY. UP THERE IN A PLACE THAT IS FAR FROM THE CITY AND ALSO FERTILE. PROBABLY IN LUZON. THE FARTHER FROM THE CITY, THE CHEAPER. AND AFTER THAT, PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE HIM ALONE WITH THE LAND. I MEAN, HE WILL STILL NEED FURTHER HELP TO DEVELOP IT. IF THE LAND IS PLAIN, OR HILLY, AND THE SOIL IS THICK, THEN, WITH THE ADDITIONAL ORGANIC FERTILIZER, HE CAN EASILY ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY. HE MUST AIM TO MAKE HIS OWN FERTILIZER WITH THE HELP OF EARTHWORMS/ MICRO-ORGANISMS, AND/OR DUNG/MANURE FROM ANIMALS/LIVESTOCKS, AS WELL AS COMPOST LEAVES/WEEDS. LIKE WHAT I SHARED TO OTHERS, IF A FARMER CAN MANAGE TO MAKE HIS OWN ORGANIC FERTILIZERS TO CULTIVATE YELLOW CORN/SOYBEANS FOR FEEDS, THEN, HE CAN PROCEED OPERATING A POULTRY WITHOUT EXPENSES/CASH OUT, EXCEPT AT THE INITIAL STAGE. PRODUCING YOUR OWN FERTILIZER AND FEEDS WILL ENABLE YOU TO STAND ON YOUR OWN, WITHOUT ANY LONGER NEED TO BUY EXPENSIVE FERTILIZERS AND FEEDS, THE CAUSE OF MANY BANKRUPTCY AND FARM INFEASIBILITY.
WHY DO MANY OF US LEFT FARMING LONG AGO? BECAUSE THE SYSTEM OF EXPENSIVE FERTILIZER AND FEEDS RENDERED FARMING NOT FEASIBLE, NOT TO MENTION THE SHRINKING SIZE OF LAND PER PERSON, AND ALSO THE TEMPTING CALL OF THE CITY.
WE MUST TAKE BACK THE FERTILIZER AND FEED FROM THE HAND OF THE BUSNESSMAN. WE MUST COME TO MAKE OUR OWN FERTILIZER AND FEED, IF WE WANT TO ATTAIN SUSTAINABILITY.
WITH ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEM, IT CAN BE DONE. JUST LET TOTTI BE SURE TO FIND A PLAIN AND ALREADY MORE OR LESS FERTILE LOT.
IF THE LAW GOT FINALIZED THAT FOREIGNER CAN BUY AND OWN LAND IN THE PHILIPPINES, THEN, YOU CAN HAVE IT IN YOUR NAME. OR YOU MAY GIVE IT TO HIS NAME. IT IS UP TO YOU. OF COURSE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BALANCING BETWEEN THE NEEDS (NOT GREED) OF FOREIGNERS AND THE NEED OF THE STILL MANY LANDLESS NATIVES. I AM SORE AFRAID OF THIS NEW LAW ALLOWING SALE TO FOREIGNERS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE GREED OF MANY FOREIGNERS. THEIR GREED HAS BECOME A PHOBIA TO ME. BUT AS FAR AS THE NEED OF FOREIGNERS, I AM IN FAVOR OF GIVING THEM THEIR NEED. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS THE ONGOING RUSH OF OUR ARAB BROTHERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO RENT/LEASE OR BUY LANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES OR ASIA BECAUSE THEIR OIL INCOME IS GOING TO RUN OUT WHEN THERE IS NO MORE OIL. AND SO WHERE SHALL THEY GET THEIR LIVELIHOOD? SO THEY ARE NOW ASKING OUR GOVERNMENT TO RENT VAST SPACE OF LAND. I AM NOT YES OR NO. BUT I WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO BALANCE THE NEED OF THE STILL MANY LANDLESS FILIPINOS TO THE NEED OF FOREIGNERS. I FORESEE THAT THIS WILL PUT A STRONG PRESSURE TO THE HACIENDEROS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHICH ARE THE OWNERS OF THE BIGGEST TRACT OF LANDS HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
WHEN THE NEWSPAPER SAID "CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS ENCOURAGING THE SAVING-MINDED CHINESE PEOPLE TO SPEND, SPEND, SPEND AND HAVE A GOOD TIME" TO KEEP THE CITY-BASED ECONOMY MOVING, OTHERWISE MANY FACTORIES AND STORES AND OFFICES WILL CLOSE, MY REPLY TO THAT IS: SO BE IT! AND LET US COME BACK TO THE OLDER TIME WHEN NO ONE OWNS BIG LANDS, BUT EVERYBODY OWNS ENOUGH LAND. THIS WAS THE IDEAL CASE AT THE TIME OF OUR FIRST PATRIARCH ADAM ET AL.
I FEEL SAD ABOUT TOTI'S SITUATION NOW. LAND IS SURER THAN JOB IN THE CITY. EVEN BUSINESS IS GETTTING MORE SHAKY NOWADAYS. GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES OF THE PHILIPPINES NOT BEING AFFECTED ARE BEING CHALLENGED EVERYDAY BY THE DAILY REPORTS OF DAILY BANKRUPTCIES, OVERSEAS WORKERS DISMISSED AND GOING HOME JOBLESS, EVEN LOCAL JOBS ARE LOST BECAUSE EXPORTS ARE COMING TO A DREADFUL HALT IN MANY COMPANIES. FOR EXAMPLE, HUNDREDS OF FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS IN CEBU ARE CLOSING DOWN BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FOREIGN ORDERS. THEY USED TO EXPORT VOLUMES OF FURNITURE BEFORE.
I PREFER LAND TO HELP COPE THE CRISIS BECAUSE LAND CANNOT EVAPORATE LIKE CASH. YES, THE LAND IS HARD, I MEAN, IT IS NOT EASY FOR A CITY-RAISED OR AN EDUCATED MAN TO CULTIVATE THE LAND. AND YES, THE PAPER IS NOT EASY AS WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING. BUT AS SOON AS THE FIRST PAPER IS DONE (DEED OF SALE BETWEEN THE OWNER AND BUYER) THEN, THAT IS ALREADY SAFE. TO SECURE THE SECOND PAPER, E.G., LAND TITLE, WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT'S CONFIRMATION OF THE SALE, IS WHAT TAKES PLACE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE STILL STOCK WITH THE LOT IN THE HILL. BUT WITH THE DEED OF SALE, THE BUYER CAN PROCEED IMMEDIATELY TO TAKE POSSESSION AND USE THE LOT FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES. IT IS ALREADY SAFE.
SO, THAT IS HOW IT IS.
I AM TRYING HARD AS FAST AS I CAN TO DIG AS MANY HOLES I CAN (1.5 CUBIC FEET EACH HOLE) AND AFTER THESE HOLES ARE MADE, I RUSH TO COLLECT HUMUS, DO SOME COMPOSTING, COLLECT DUNG/MANURE, ANOTHER BEST MATERIAL IS COMPOST RICE HULLS WHICH LOOKS LIKE SOIL ALREADY AND ARE APLENTY AT THE BACK OF THE RICE MILLS IN TOWN.
ONE DISTANT AUNT TESTIFIED THAT SHE TOOK A TIN CAN WITH A DIAMETER OF 3 FEET, SOME 2 FEET HIGH AND FILLED IT WITH COMPOST RICE HULLS, AND SHE ONLY PLANTED ONLY ONE EGGPLANT. DO YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT ONE EGGPLANT? IT GREW INTO A SMALL SHRUB, WHICH IS NOT THE USUAL CASE, AND BORE FRUITS AT A RATE OF TWO KILOS EVERY OTHER DAY. SO, MANY WERE THE FRUITS THAT THEY GOT TIRED OF EATING THEM, AND DECIDED TO GIVE THE HARVEST TO RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YES, JUST ONE PLANT BECAUSE THERE HOUSE IS ALONG THE HIGHWAY.
THIS GROWING PILES OF TESTIMONIES OF THE EFFECT OF ORGANIC FARMING OR OF GOING BACK TO GOD'S WAY, IS ENCOURAGING US TO GO BACK TO THE LAND/SOIL.
IN MY CASE, I WILL FOCUS ON EARTHWORMS BECAUSE OF LESSER COST AND IN COLLECTING HUMUS, DUNG/MANURE. POULTRY IS FAST TO GIVE DUNG BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE AN ACCOMPANYING CORN FIELDS. I STILL HAVE TO WORK TO RENT OR FIND A PROBABLE FIELD. IT IS THE CORN FIELD AND THE POULTRY THAT WORK SYMBIOTICALLY - GIVE AND TAKE RELATIONSHIP.
WITHOUT THE CORN FIELD TO PROVIDE THE FEEDS (C0RN AND SOY BEANS, ETC.), YOU WILL BE LEFT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO BUY FEEDS TO SUPPORT YOUR POULTRY.
I WILL TRY TO PUT A CAP ON MY HIGH (SOMETIMES WILD, UNLIMITED) IDEAS. PROBABLY, I CAN LIMIT IT TO INTERNET PUBLISHING AND FARM. IDEAS AND SOIL.
LATEST REPORT IS: EXPECTED TOTAL OF JOB LOSSES IN ASIA = 113 MILLION! CHINA'S JOB CASUALTY IS RAISED TO 30 MILLIONS, FROM 20 M.
PLEASE DO NOT FORSAKE US YOUR FRIENDS. OUR EDUCATION AND DECISION TO DEPEND ON THE CITY HAS PROVED TO BE A MISTAKE AND IS MAKING ITS UGLY RESULT OF BECOMING HELPLESS AS THE DEATH AND COLLAPSE OF THE CITIES BECOME MORE AND MORE EVIDENT.
ON MY PART, I WILL WORK AS FAST AS I CAN TO ATTAIN SUFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY, MEANING: NO NEED OF OUTSIDE CASH/ CAPITAL INFUSION, PRODUCING MY OWN FOOD SUFFICIENTLY.
15 Pesos per hour for Internet is not expensive, is it? If I well remember when we were there it was 30 Pesos per hour? IT IS NOW P20.00 PER HOUR HERE IN LOON, BOHOL.
When you receive the box, let me know. There are some things I have to explain.
OK.
Concerning the many bankrupcies of Newspapers is apparently because of the lack of publicity. As the whole worldly economy is going down it is not surprising. And apparently this is only the beginning!
I know you have a lot of ideas, but Cocoy in this world it is not always (or rather 'rarely') that simple.
YES, SLOWING ENERGY AND GETTING OLDER CAN HELP MAKE ME MORE REALISTIC AND ACCEPT THE FACT THAT NOT EVERYTHING WE DESIRE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS GIVEN LIFETIME. IT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO HAVE THE BASIC MATERIAL NEEDS AND AT THE SAME TIME, ACHIEVE A RECONCILIATION WITH GOD AND OBTAINED HIS ASSURANCE OF SALVATION. THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS AS MATTER WILL NO LONGER MATTER, ONLY THE SPIRIT.
THE DEATH OF NEWSPAPERS WILL RISE THE PHOENIX OF INTERNET PUBLICATIONS. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE PREPARED. INTERNET PUBLISHING WILL BE THE FUTURE.
TILL NEXT TIME. GOD BLESS. AND THANK YOU FOR THE KINDNESS. I AM EMPOWERED BY YOUR HELP AND MAKE MANY MOVES.
Till next time.
Franky
P.S. I ASK YOU TO SENT A COPY OF THIS TO TOTI. I AM NO LONGER SURE OF HIS EMAIL ADDRESS. I SUSPECT IT IS NO LONGER THE ONE HE USES. LET HIM EMAIL ME TO UPDATE ME OF HIS ACTIVE EMAIL ADDRESS. I WILL ALSO EMAIL HIM AFTERWARDS.
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