tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21571327870567259472024-02-07T20:36:21.794+03:00Yusuf's Corneryusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-64791053522233118692012-12-07T14:23:00.000+03:002012-12-07T14:23:23.487+03:00Cyclone Bhopa and the amazing Philippine government
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">More
than 400 Filipinos dead, hundreds still missing from cyclone Bhopa. I have a
few people and agencies to thank for this amazingly tragic accident. They were
exceptionally efficient in carrying out their duties and responsibilities to
the Filipino people.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><br />
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<span class="usercontent">1. To PAGASA for having the science, technology and
skills to use for the maximum efficiency in forecasting the weather and
creating a disaster preventation or preparedness mechanism. It seems they know
that such amount of rain falling in such denuded forest would create mud and
log flow in geographically static low lying villages. Thank you PAGASA, your
amazing performance have resulted in reducing the population in New Bataan. The
count is rising.</span></span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">2.
Kudos to the Department of Interior and Logal Government or DILG for having
anticipated the disaster through their close coordination and highly
professional relation with PAGASA. The warning seems to have been efficiently
cascaded down to the lowest level of leadership... through to the baranggay
captains in the low lying villages and barrios. Thank you for using all necessary
tools to warn the public and for what seems to have been your absolute
preparedness by sending rescue teams complete with the latest gadgets and
equipments to save victims of the flash flood. Your efficiency have also
contributed to the grief of thousands of families who will not be celebrating
the holidays with their father, mother, children, brother or sister.</span></span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">3.
BIG Shout-out to all local government officials. The Senators, Congressmen,
Governors and Mayors. During election time, they spend millions of pesos in
ensuring all nook and crannies are reached with their message of candidacy,
that they are the savior and helper of the poor, that they are the super heroes
their town, province, district or baranggay needs. They go house to house
knocking on people's doors to shake hands and get the impression of a true
leaders. They were all too present this time. They may or may not have rented
jeepneys with loud speakers warning people to leave and vacate their homes
because of the impending catastrophe. They may or may not have used local media
to bring their message accross pleading people to save their lives. They may or
may have not print even photo copies warning notes and dropped them in choppers
to inform civilians of their impending possible death. Mr. Politician, Ms.
Politician, we now know that we can rely on you. That you are and will always
be here to protect us and allow us to have peaceful safe environment. We salute
you</span></span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">4.
To the media and the telephone companies like GLOBE and SMART and PLDT, for
using their facilities in spreading the news and possibility of the impending
doom that could result in death and destruction. These companies does not fail
to use our numbers in spreading advertisement and infomercials, letting us know
their offers and promos. This time, they may or may have not used the same to
tell people within the geographical path of the cyclone that they could be
burried alive and that they may not see 2013 in one piece or alive. Thank you
because we now know for a fact that we are not just statistics in your annual
reports, rather we are human beings who could benefit from your operations, not
just when we use them to get connected to our love ones, but also for us to get
connected to our future. Salute, high five and admiration to you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Finally
to the President, NoyNoy Aquino for having shown pride and confidence in the
amount of success his government has achieved in terms of disaster response but
failed to address the issue of disaster preparedness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">10
kgs of rice and few cans of sardines will not bring back the lives of the more
than 400 dead Filipinos nor the thousands whose tears will silently flow
because their mother, father, brother, sister or child will not be with them to
celebrate the holidays.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">I
am not sure if condolences will suffice instead of warnings and evacuation
plans prior to disaster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="usercontent"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">It
is more FUN in the PHILIPPINES, and what makes it funnier is not the people but
its leaders. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-21737514895010269772011-09-23T09:09:00.007+03:002011-09-23T09:31:00.176+03:00Osama and Omar's Trip to my farm.. I mean my balcony garden<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMv3P5JK0puu162zRLG9XaTq3kVfBbatSCubH_iM2_8aGFgAmEwvvs-_JrOdjsJ-x1BNq7layurfLtohG8wNMEvfCG197OqiI-i1CaQCVg4gZJ8f8SHMUijuU9YOhfsgOaObWMSUmEOYg/s1600/sml+tilapia+sep2011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655435258287577666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMv3P5JK0puu162zRLG9XaTq3kVfBbatSCubH_iM2_8aGFgAmEwvvs-_JrOdjsJ-x1BNq7layurfLtohG8wNMEvfCG197OqiI-i1CaQCVg4gZJ8f8SHMUijuU9YOhfsgOaObWMSUmEOYg/s400/sml+tilapia+sep2011.jpg" /></a> No! This is not actually a "harvest" from my Aquaponics system. They are accidental casualties when me, Omar and Osama bought new Tilapia for our Aquaponics system and they ended up aggressively attacking each other. To save them from further pain, I fried them and ended up with a healthy and tasty lunch for me and my friend Usman.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UHd2VuL0gxCA6ZufmVW_rIof0FDrvIU39QK2XzrmOskkD35WM7HJAP63B24WF8KRRuL0ZeBk1izevlHb0SWu1KGMrcxfak4I3Hs2mBbiFSh-Tv7w1BblNe-WepOp3GxdFZM3u_D5wLo/s1600/sml+osama+sep2011-kerela+garden.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655435257840894706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UHd2VuL0gxCA6ZufmVW_rIof0FDrvIU39QK2XzrmOskkD35WM7HJAP63B24WF8KRRuL0ZeBk1izevlHb0SWu1KGMrcxfak4I3Hs2mBbiFSh-Tv7w1BblNe-WepOp3GxdFZM3u_D5wLo/s400/sml+osama+sep2011-kerela+garden.jpg" /></a> Osama presenting the Kerela in the Aquaponics system, he and Omar have been helping me with.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjaEXBjfAoD1iRYxahR_-2-vANQgSuA9L8mNdRW6FzcVuuoagRjy55lQ3jIGrsMSUe7o4TW_XzQaoPcpc2wN__E2xRKV8dqTOtyn8iGeIQg2h2w63yZWcHp_wYCDKqq-oRfIzgC08m6o/s1600/sml+osama+my+ap+garden.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655435252656668530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjaEXBjfAoD1iRYxahR_-2-vANQgSuA9L8mNdRW6FzcVuuoagRjy55lQ3jIGrsMSUe7o4TW_XzQaoPcpc2wN__E2xRKV8dqTOtyn8iGeIQg2h2w63yZWcHp_wYCDKqq-oRfIzgC08m6o/s400/sml+osama+my+ap+garden.jpg" /></a> Above is Osama showing some fruits of the Kerela plant and just at the background is the Aquaponics system 2 with sweet potato, kangkon, swiss chard seedlings, pepper seedling, tomatoe seedling and lady finger.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9od8-ial2CVJBkaNMHWIns1Q0ueA9nroYWJ8KFBmn4zQpgge7JY4UgC9J_NA6ysRQWszHdiS7TW7A16qdCDN44Whk6XMbPfNLXEWcbqV4vgCyEhAoPLe86FOt71N4kQh9HUbxq-J19Ew/s1600/sml+osama+jasmine.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655435250379928386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9od8-ial2CVJBkaNMHWIns1Q0ueA9nroYWJ8KFBmn4zQpgge7JY4UgC9J_NA6ysRQWszHdiS7TW7A16qdCDN44Whk6XMbPfNLXEWcbqV4vgCyEhAoPLe86FOt71N4kQh9HUbxq-J19Ew/s400/sml+osama+jasmine.jpg" /></a> Osama enjoying the smell of freshly picked Jasmine (Sampaguita) in my self watering container garden.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIWU9p_J7jKlPPxwnzufsGxYpWCGX_imGx4GPyg-DQ0rlHJoXTl7im1QAgSIpVEkpDhXEaC4UHV603BDG72a0WEwYh3uOtmZ6fjORXnOAmaACIAHOilMx-wsNYHfKjv6hZUgPnuEcVi8/s1600/sml+osama+by+omar+serious+sep2011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655435248170844706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIWU9p_J7jKlPPxwnzufsGxYpWCGX_imGx4GPyg-DQ0rlHJoXTl7im1QAgSIpVEkpDhXEaC4UHV603BDG72a0WEwYh3uOtmZ6fjORXnOAmaACIAHOilMx-wsNYHfKjv6hZUgPnuEcVi8/s400/sml+osama+by+omar+serious+sep2011.jpg" /></a> Above is, you may not believe it, but a shot of Osama taken by Omar in my Kodak digital camera. I love it because Omar captured it perfectly. Actually, Osama was just watching TV, but I really liked the emotion, he looks like thinking deeply.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLv8WJW-zOxJivY8K9tePBgJ8N_NahUaoYpuA4E0fJ91fUjxpp81gvkwwvNxi2M3ZP0-7NrIIlfHzsdO1MeIpcv5z51ndyZm82yXScVe3hGJzrMDxSr56DYHJL35gGDm99ZHJjbhPr3Q/s1600/sml+osama+ap+garden+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655434772197054866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLv8WJW-zOxJivY8K9tePBgJ8N_NahUaoYpuA4E0fJ91fUjxpp81gvkwwvNxi2M3ZP0-7NrIIlfHzsdO1MeIpcv5z51ndyZm82yXScVe3hGJzrMDxSr56DYHJL35gGDm99ZHJjbhPr3Q/s400/sml+osama+ap+garden+3.jpg" /></a> Osama overlooking the self watering container garden.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLAMR867dQmD_mXaltCVn7QdfGiG2lGIJgacw77JDvgu87T-CSlXK-x1lnD3nOt4gY9fng5fEl9_Pfd4O2JizqA_A_h37deUgE5u94KZJYxLZ4vn11ApUHENirdzV6r4lxu5SDU6JI30/s1600/sml+osama+ap+garden+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655434771663338082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwLAMR867dQmD_mXaltCVn7QdfGiG2lGIJgacw77JDvgu87T-CSlXK-x1lnD3nOt4gY9fng5fEl9_Pfd4O2JizqA_A_h37deUgE5u94KZJYxLZ4vn11ApUHENirdzV6r4lxu5SDU6JI30/s400/sml+osama+ap+garden+2.jpg" /></a> Mashallah, two healthy boys... adding fresh vegetables to their diet would be a good idea!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwSa8GLrrWAZlMLAlQUtTO09IjF6VGappjz91CwK2x_kCQoaxC-vI3zlqAwYLz3XL5kKBEDW4OfSspFwcJKm-qT2zvhdCPzVsLWqmsbq188cycf2dmBwejPm1MMc5hlr3JVd1EXkZ6Vo/s1600/sml+osama+and+omar+ap+garden.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655434767435885970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwSa8GLrrWAZlMLAlQUtTO09IjF6VGappjz91CwK2x_kCQoaxC-vI3zlqAwYLz3XL5kKBEDW4OfSspFwcJKm-qT2zvhdCPzVsLWqmsbq188cycf2dmBwejPm1MMc5hlr3JVd1EXkZ6Vo/s400/sml+osama+and+omar+ap+garden.jpg" /></a> Osama and Omar.. happy and healthy! Mashallah, visiting "our" self watering container garden and aquaponics systems. Below is Omar showing Jasmine (Sampaguita) flowers, which he later picked.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXU1kyjfXdZ8v8g4UuyrgVnDIRhGQo5-oOi_E4Jlm26idRKOegqb6wQXAUK9IYCbeY-LxgN2A5PhjjfYEx0dDcw7gxm9H3ak7DfhckFMW-zjFxQfhX_jKjSvlxHtL8qx_rnQAW3nzDc8/s1600/sml+omar-jasmne.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655434769826897218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXU1kyjfXdZ8v8g4UuyrgVnDIRhGQo5-oOi_E4Jlm26idRKOegqb6wQXAUK9IYCbeY-LxgN2A5PhjjfYEx0dDcw7gxm9H3ak7DfhckFMW-zjFxQfhX_jKjSvlxHtL8qx_rnQAW3nzDc8/s400/sml+omar-jasmne.jpg" /></a>Just standing by the kerela-sweet potato-kangkong jungle! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIICtCFiwFek3M6tAdw9uHtmi2_9xdea1LJTVSizA_vfbNkM1Leoh3YzY7zxHfbOLky0qhqFW_7z6bWKi8JHozowE_QyGhl-p4wclAZxj1zFqllaStZqJFSTsgo2OQ7kn-YNnMqTcZGA/s1600/sml+omar+sep2011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655434765362253554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIICtCFiwFek3M6tAdw9uHtmi2_9xdea1LJTVSizA_vfbNkM1Leoh3YzY7zxHfbOLky0qhqFW_7z6bWKi8JHozowE_QyGhl-p4wclAZxj1zFqllaStZqJFSTsgo2OQ7kn-YNnMqTcZGA/s400/sml+omar+sep2011.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kK5yl-CgkM-oQ5zj1YR9L7DSbisfelIW0QHKWbo12GTuzbXNHPWCuF5uRd97HiiCGJYoQ5jv3nt3HZcsQE70aNcgaa0QC5fnVnLKbVNLhw6YXCckpn8_ZEiiomRQKfhuYDBaBSKQYSc/s1600/sml+omar+sep2011+-+kerela+fruit.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655434236503815666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kK5yl-CgkM-oQ5zj1YR9L7DSbisfelIW0QHKWbo12GTuzbXNHPWCuF5uRd97HiiCGJYoQ5jv3nt3HZcsQE70aNcgaa0QC5fnVnLKbVNLhw6YXCckpn8_ZEiiomRQKfhuYDBaBSKQYSc/s400/sml+omar+sep2011+-+kerela+fruit.jpg" /></a> Below, Omar fooling around with Jasmine, I mean the flower (sampaguita)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iifYGVkSBUw0xIXjTufNKXQ-Go8CCZ0wRchFPA5o-99h8XVfBq8LVmpAGe-7i8U9mOrF7WlGXbr_b9BTrZlX9ZKzwIbixpeQ6r5zFgSwmTyEHBIx5hH3CSk84X9GlQSbdqeNqle1Mvk/s1600/sml+omar+jasmine+fooling+around.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655434238159855986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iifYGVkSBUw0xIXjTufNKXQ-Go8CCZ0wRchFPA5o-99h8XVfBq8LVmpAGe-7i8U9mOrF7WlGXbr_b9BTrZlX9ZKzwIbixpeQ6r5zFgSwmTyEHBIx5hH3CSk84X9GlQSbdqeNqle1Mvk/s400/sml+omar+jasmine+fooling+around.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GpskliRGhbE4B0-_D6a3RhWkdxYp_2FfAF0Ht7fwCobiuI1NPU_VTXoSt7rfUgB9MWtNLolVnkpJUj6G6Cnr10FUFcqEIUlAmWUt8lu-APgM-HY_qbOZC4ABM75hjAV-ZmNKIZkf7dg/s1600/sml+omar+jasmine+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655434231482030978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GpskliRGhbE4B0-_D6a3RhWkdxYp_2FfAF0Ht7fwCobiuI1NPU_VTXoSt7rfUgB9MWtNLolVnkpJUj6G6Cnr10FUFcqEIUlAmWUt8lu-APgM-HY_qbOZC4ABM75hjAV-ZmNKIZkf7dg/s400/sml+omar+jasmine+2.jpg" /></a> Omar below, shot taken by Osama.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVXJxUt_RPfG0VC7GlYU5O-bIOo_3Q676cqfRWrL_CCbfbnwCYQER0jzjYg33glKbC78yzC_RdddB-FI-UanYK4Gc6-j5XztAQGc-TS9L51BHG4UspXyr8ZlY9O5-SBOdUjDJfDcnai4/s1600/sml+omar+by+osama+sep2011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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<br />yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-45140824676100729822011-08-06T22:04:00.003+03:002011-08-06T22:13:17.367+03:00WARNING to Aquapons....Tilapia could be a heartless killer of other fish!!!Hi there.<br />About 3 nights ago me and Osama finally decided to go get some Tilapia for our Aquaponics system. At first I was hesistant, worried how on earth we can bring them home....and the thought of telling the salesman that I need them alive... is something weird.. so we decided we will tell him its for a school project.. which is actually true..because we are preparing one Aquaponics system for his science fair 2 months from now.<br /><br />We got to Marhaba supermarket along Hail street in Ruwais and got 4 healthy and active looking tilapias for only ... 10SAR.. yes... all of them for 10SAR... whatta bargain... it took 3 plastic bags becuase their fins kept poking holes on the bag... finally we had to rush back home with 4 tilapias in a plastic bag.... the taxi driver gave us that strange look when the tilapias flapped.. from the bag...<br /><br />Upon reaching home, we put them in one small container and soon enough we realized we may need to separate them as ... because of hormone treatments in the farm..all of them seemed to be males and were fighting. That same night I put two of them separately in two of my other aquaponics systems, with already established goldfish groups.<br /><br />Friday morning.... i found two goldfish dead..obviously attacked because their tummies showed nipping or bites... scales were gone....skins were bruised... ay yayayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy... immediately i had to come to the rescue... we put some 4" pvc pipes in the container they were in to give each one some sort of territorial feeling.... but not after 4 goldfish dead 2 more dying... and they were not just goldfish... they were with me since i started aquaponics in january of this year.. so they are almost 8 months old... they have grown happy, healthy and they have been with me on this journey.... what a bummer.... it as a bad way to go......<br /><br />now.. i am thinking of getting a bigger tank for these 4 tilapias...and maybe come up with a better system for the school fair.... inshallah<br /><br />so lesson learned! ------- don't mix tilapia with goldfish..... it will be ugly!yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-15176412873205729672011-08-04T17:14:00.005+03:002011-08-04T17:35:46.931+03:00My indoor and outdoor aquaponics systems... Aug 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSS4FKaLSkB0_b6w2hERAJRUkhhSJkAh9esJY7LanoRox8zZRxNk4kCgyw96BEo3YEL8x5UBKHEHbbzRENkrOaZDS3-x-Du4cYOG4SIKQ_Y8PNtwrxz0K92jHGz9weHsJe0rVn1v7bs4/s1600/Photo0281.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSS4FKaLSkB0_b6w2hERAJRUkhhSJkAh9esJY7LanoRox8zZRxNk4kCgyw96BEo3YEL8x5UBKHEHbbzRENkrOaZDS3-x-Du4cYOG4SIKQ_Y8PNtwrxz0K92jHGz9weHsJe0rVn1v7bs4/s400/Photo0281.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637006210875576194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSS4FKaLSkB0_b6w2hERAJRUkhhSJkAh9esJY7LanoRox8zZRxNk4kCgyw96BEo3YEL8x5UBKHEHbbzRENkrOaZDS3-x-Du4cYOG4SIKQ_Y8PNtwrxz0K92jHGz9weHsJe0rVn1v7bs4/s1600/Photo0281.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFdcaOBHLK4AMqSIiPvfV4KZZx-sd5ZcqBpl7Ng6mjMWNILNvrWrREMcxaSlB9k8Hn3aC-qev7uUGm-qgULDyDW03m2-t-FJKBQpuHUl0OS2ib6NplU3h2lCo-poSxpxdpEqFEtP7sfY/s400/Photo0279.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637006202260773314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">ornamental flowering plant seedlings</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFr8X5d7siGiZTTuiZxFu9eYr4eypdkxogFyAfTfXyqr4pchgX-Frddf8CrSc0UA9jcXjUXUnnau1-Ym3xMLdM5zsQcAzUOnf3zJ9QCGquECdJlkvl0wQgEBKAj3g00KGN48IHDghVYdk/s1600/Photo0278.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFr8X5d7siGiZTTuiZxFu9eYr4eypdkxogFyAfTfXyqr4pchgX-Frddf8CrSc0UA9jcXjUXUnnau1-Ym3xMLdM5zsQcAzUOnf3zJ9QCGquECdJlkvl0wQgEBKAj3g00KGN48IHDghVYdk/s400/Photo0278.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637005858572551714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">swiss chard in the center and left is an ornamental flowering plant seedling</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEHKvxLyLQW6Yhg3fMvgUGiYosVgrp2pcMLt2qZSxe3FUyHN7LiVrFHvAbdOjUSL4H6cCdC8vkOMAhWkUExLylDoqd6szed_u9IH1hxaE2ZdUygsiRxeTP_BowQHBnoCECJ73FqeSPRg/s1600/Photo0277.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEHKvxLyLQW6Yhg3fMvgUGiYosVgrp2pcMLt2qZSxe3FUyHN7LiVrFHvAbdOjUSL4H6cCdC8vkOMAhWkUExLylDoqd6szed_u9IH1hxaE2ZdUygsiRxeTP_BowQHBnoCECJ73FqeSPRg/s400/Photo0277.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637005854307865122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">more ornamental flowering plant seedlings</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL421HoK7kkRzaaSwWbNKaeOz5QTLHfO4suJO7mD9Vz5BS4xgpKnApC7DxAzCnMyB3cZJZMJp5NnASDj7Q5uAcGObxzVXoQi0TZY_6F2cDfffr9eIjiKmI_r5WgeB15fldzzSxry2w9Ag/s1600/Photo0276.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL421HoK7kkRzaaSwWbNKaeOz5QTLHfO4suJO7mD9Vz5BS4xgpKnApC7DxAzCnMyB3cZJZMJp5NnASDj7Q5uAcGObxzVXoQi0TZY_6F2cDfffr9eIjiKmI_r5WgeB15fldzzSxry2w9Ag/s400/Photo0276.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637005851608330594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">outdoor balcony aquaponics systems with ampalaya, basil, tomatoe seedlings, sweet potatoe, swiss chard, celery, spinach and some ornamentals</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrCgVwc2dMwisM5xtrk-f39sttfDx9icuW4kEup4AVmEntXCv1r3XMtJbFbxHXwJ-OMcq9RNO_iuIOT-No-W434wrVXvCLmmFcBbKNVs8pwZhHgwCXkUD3A0o5C4iWP44IuUqI1pdWnY/s1600/Photo0275.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrCgVwc2dMwisM5xtrk-f39sttfDx9icuW4kEup4AVmEntXCv1r3XMtJbFbxHXwJ-OMcq9RNO_iuIOT-No-W434wrVXvCLmmFcBbKNVs8pwZhHgwCXkUD3A0o5C4iWP44IuUqI1pdWnY/s400/Photo0275.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637005845032801202" /></a>a view to the right side of my small balcony... aquaponic systems..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PIBrhduQP7BqEAktJZYQMzMjuzg69Onq5nJZDK2UPvhLzMpjaUMcNt7tTw_CsIHk00bPJv4MVz34jdeRH__LpFdCTHXR_DzGppiaBE4NSpu0nCwuJCxZmJHEyCKExOted5uTrYT7XcA/s1600/Photo0279.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PIBrhduQP7BqEAktJZYQMzMjuzg69Onq5nJZDK2UPvhLzMpjaUMcNt7tTw_CsIHk00bPJv4MVz34jdeRH__LpFdCTHXR_DzGppiaBE4NSpu0nCwuJCxZmJHEyCKExOted5uTrYT7XcA/s400/Photo0279.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637005840326910978" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>and here is a quick video upload on my growing garden planted in self watering container pots made out of used 6liter water bottles.. and one or two bigger ones... </div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3LnBS8u8Ami1t_nmRwgcNOJeoQ2S0VCtkfzNj7Ko6Plnvb4pW6kXozpVc59uz5KmOaUiT63QvookaREwV3A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-81642876877789915352011-07-25T21:40:00.002+03:002011-07-25T21:46:35.644+03:00Aquaponics Update 25July 2011 - Death of a Pangasius<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaXjluGkwg6BR3tpfqCHKjRrcUYaFsEBrfp6KsMQutcdUU0CU2RMMJM94hRVS68f_UpUTalQbEELrojY7QhngiYdMQSjhZl6fG6w0CkWhGL-K1m4Rib_TQt3eAoyLBb3B-G-91bHd8a0/s1600/Photo0269.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633363105217163570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaXjluGkwg6BR3tpfqCHKjRrcUYaFsEBrfp6KsMQutcdUU0CU2RMMJM94hRVS68f_UpUTalQbEELrojY7QhngiYdMQSjhZl6fG6w0CkWhGL-K1m4Rib_TQt3eAoyLBb3B-G-91bHd8a0/s400/Photo0269.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Bad news.....another one of my Pangasius died. It's the 2nd one in less than a month. </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>The first casualty was the smalled one. I noticed it was swimming afloat and not on the bottom as they usually do.... after 48 hours in quarantine, its dead.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>The 2nd one is the bigger one, it's almost 10" and like the smaller one, has been with me for more or less 3 months. </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>The same symptoms but in this one, there was more. I noticed the usual color (albino) became more pale and there were small lesions on the skin in the stomach area. It also appeared bloated or like the food it has eaten were not digested and were bulging. Immediately I put it in quarantine, bottled water, a lot of aeration and a little sea salt.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>One day, two days, finally it died this morning. It looked gruesome. I don't know what it is and why it happened and I will not stop searching for information.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-71149796691314824662011-07-15T20:38:00.004+03:002011-07-15T20:51:35.841+03:00Aquaponics in Jeddah update 15July 2011It was a sad weekend. Thursday was the funeral of my grandson (through my niece, the elder daughter of my oldest sister). Jam suffered childhood leukemia for a few years and his young fragile body (only 6) couldn't take it anymore. Inshallah and with all my heart's faith in Allah, that he is now safe in the arms of the Creator. Couldn't help but had a few hours in Thursday morning just on the net, crying while listening to some sad songs. Inshallah, I pray that my family will draw strength from the inspiration of our faith in Allah and His promise of eternal life.<br /><br />On my Aquaponics, I also lost my bell pepper and one small pangasius in Aquaponics sytem 2. Actually it was since early last week. The pump broke down, water was in the growbed and it probably drowned. I tried my best to revive it and in a few days it seemed to be recovering but it just gave up. I took it as a good chance to clean the growbed. This is my Aquaponics system #2 where I couldn't grow any new seeds and there are some insects that seemed to be eating the seeds before they can germinate.<br /><br />After cleaning it, i replanted a watermelon, a few brocollis, a cloned basil and threw in some new seeds of Bellpepper, hoping they would germinate.<br /><br />My other two systems are doing fine. #1 have the ampalaya, basil, okra and tomatoes. #3 have the ampalaya, spinach, bush beans which are drying up again - huhuhuhuh, parsley/cilantro just dried up...... but, but but... swiss chards germinated only after 3 days of sowing... huh.... very fast, i hope they tolerate the heat...<br /><br />No pictures or new video yet.. there will be inshallah aftter a few days or next week....<br /><br />Just started my Aquaponics system 4.. which will be indoors and will be some sort of germinating bed... but for the flowering plants.. lets see how well they do, today i just threw in a bunch of mixed seeds and hope they germinate this week.. will certainly post pics once this happens, inshallah.<br /><br />I posted some videos of my step by step instruction in making the self watering container pot, made out used 6L water bottle...glad that some of my friends already visited and promised they will try to do it... its nice if it could make their gardening life easier! Inshallah.yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-15523154848380696622011-07-14T09:13:00.003+03:002011-07-14T10:00:15.857+03:00Self Watering Container - Step by Step Tutorial<p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwfcHI67d51HWuZkh1Yf0_Tk5uIh84P3RwTfnyHLOMWuMeU9LEB1annoMiHp1Uci9S_cjUZqOiuoKe-Lh6N3Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyvmqKHzTZFZ7UxpFee87ONOQ5rpj4rvEwCf6qmo6oK2Yrh9VreUjVPtFlFXx80PvoLXkBbjTTHkHXTwTIixA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz_8N86ytlvp-wGL__zJGbdBjRpALtyNbAvEk9X2FZgV0QbUVYUBf8IwFqx7PZWTk8U-v05lpc10HGquZensA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw1mzSpdEIJRp3_l02UwrckWGpbunirrRRyc4Ggk89_m1o23PlblYzbPGFw2_stE-MLWIxPiUv7k8g59mdpeg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzCA6baJOTOd0UnIOotz43ao2o9Q0K8tFgoTsHNsuUdGxAN8VbkDa8Qul0_udIyPEnM4x1LVqyPemA2inVeDg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwz7gDPt28oWzOqwe_AFgfJz_mIv0SAqJnrukTH8yiFfS25dW2cXofxA6rEGIw37xZuS4tN8_dpzbiiHwM2JA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw92QEEPaegPOsxbJ-EGsVhMkvj4Uk0Iji0V0rdjB8QsVeY3RhOFATpJ8XHW1GyMfikfc3ModmXq4GzIANkag' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwZB9gvr5uEGuUVQLwJj-jtM7gIzeU3r4sZ3TgVfcyLq3ODdCYtLu9I2Tyu2SVoIwV3Wa-ijDoBcsFnY0HJ0A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-85172233350846782342011-07-07T11:29:00.011+03:002011-07-07T21:44:21.975+03:00Aquaponics and Self Watering Container Gardening in Jeddah - 07 July 2011 update<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3a2PlTTWKzhFC3NoiwywV5_lwtfOQ5AdGmgKT9Fd2ifeHmICPw-X3oR0lQMEihRLTkEO_hB4tLjN3_lbnWJomW0b3tx4gAkjP5GDyS43GHuyJ6vGCYW5woToEkXJGnkJ1zkosPgJ6tI/s1600/Continuous+flow+AP+with+ornamentals.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626531998388855330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3a2PlTTWKzhFC3NoiwywV5_lwtfOQ5AdGmgKT9Fd2ifeHmICPw-X3oR0lQMEihRLTkEO_hB4tLjN3_lbnWJomW0b3tx4gAkjP5GDyS43GHuyJ6vGCYW5woToEkXJGnkJ1zkosPgJ6tI/s400/Continuous+flow+AP+with+ornamentals.jpg" /></a> Continuous flow system, small container with ornamental plants from the nursery, cheap plants but beautiful, shares the same fish tank as AP System 2<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkmyfaFNyl875Y-9TJLg4omwOWAlQ7H4hTVc7zMV0n8SxPre1xIdKRD8N7t36JxIyRtA7vycwbaaIknrlQta37OWWhXYZ2CrRJ-FRGZcbcdlxaF3kyV_r8HUOk29ps0RE4rDDkcLMG50/s1600/AP+system+3+-+ampalaya+bush+beans+spinach+parsley.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626531258806662482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtkmyfaFNyl875Y-9TJLg4omwOWAlQ7H4hTVc7zMV0n8SxPre1xIdKRD8N7t36JxIyRtA7vycwbaaIknrlQta37OWWhXYZ2CrRJ-FRGZcbcdlxaF3kyV_r8HUOk29ps0RE4rDDkcLMG50/s400/AP+system+3+-+ampalaya+bush+beans+spinach+parsley.jpg" /></a> Aquaponics system 3 - ampalaya, bush beans, spinach, parsley, fish tank have koi and goldfish with one pleco<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bTsc5GCpICGJ02kr3wx42g3gqbsGGUL1OuppYmkSyBO6aj815746cz5YVnEpQRFCj3zaEfQ6KKEdOLdevZIdoz8NbeL0hLeYHNa7jW_5EcvE-9Oh0JuUTE973iYo3ziqy88_tIhMsFY/s1600/AP+system+2+-+bell+pepper+sweet+potato+ampalaya+celery.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626530540326359378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bTsc5GCpICGJ02kr3wx42g3gqbsGGUL1OuppYmkSyBO6aj815746cz5YVnEpQRFCj3zaEfQ6KKEdOLdevZIdoz8NbeL0hLeYHNa7jW_5EcvE-9Oh0JuUTE973iYo3ziqy88_tIhMsFY/s400/AP+system+2+-+bell+pepper+sweet+potato+ampalaya+celery.jpg" /></a> Aquaponics system 2 - with bellpepper, cloned basil, celery and ampalaya<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZdCaUjx6OmtqsgKd6ndNygBYAYO_YIUQLsxwaooH7o3lZ83CNprb57KsunFHT3sELVTG8hRQI2uO9nBT8AvRmWej_FOVJSSUsEKef-ZBt9GesqajbvItAdjJZP9VhKoyL0j6dpq2uoA/s1600/AP+system+1+-+okra+ampalaya+tomatoes+basil.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626530134212457538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZdCaUjx6OmtqsgKd6ndNygBYAYO_YIUQLsxwaooH7o3lZ83CNprb57KsunFHT3sELVTG8hRQI2uO9nBT8AvRmWej_FOVJSSUsEKef-ZBt9GesqajbvItAdjJZP9VhKoyL0j6dpq2uoA/s400/AP+system+1+-+okra+ampalaya+tomatoes+basil.jpg" /></a> Aquaponics System 1 with Ampalaya, okra, basil and tomatoes<br /><br /><br />Here are some pics of my Aquaponics systems 1, 2 and 3, plus my garden in Self Watering Containers.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">1. Aquaponics is the marrying of Aquaculture (raising of fish) and Hydroponics (soil-less gardening). I have been doing it since late January of this year and have developed 3 systems all in my small balcony in my flat in Jeddah.<br />2. Self Watering Containers - are pots with wick made to allow water to be wicked to the pot where plant is planted and its root system drinking on as needed basis.<br />AP System 1 - the ampalaya (bitter melon) plants are growing steadily and climbing now more or less 2 feet long, okra got new stem but no signs of flowers again, basils are budding because of some cuts i made to clone it, tomatoes are extremely slow growing and looks like gonna dry from the heat, fish are all doing fine, healthy and happy<br />AP system 2 - got a healthy and growing bell pepper, sweet potatoe or camote, new ampalaya seedling, cloned basil and some celery seedlings, this system i think have seed devouring insects because so many seeds i have sown didn't germinate, the growbed sits on top of a fish tank with 5 growing and healthy pangasius, also connected here is a continuous flow small bed with ornamental plants that seem to be growing and enjoying </div><br /><br /><div align="center">AP system 3 - is the newest system with 2 ampalaya, 2 bush beans, number of spinach, some parsley... so are ampalaya and bush beans are doing well, climbing and healthy...got 3 koi and some goldfish in the tank </div></div></div></div>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-34136628872329069302011-06-30T08:49:00.004+03:002011-06-30T09:03:27.553+03:00YUGE mini Home Aquaponics System<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZKhSHC4blLVmVKrt6qM8NxXGkuay5yT76gl8oRZBUCyKEeEImtSiZEb9DY6u3gfTFmBDv1D-eVlhHVYgF8nPhyphenhyphenPW8H3T8QZkdzcxdlXyJ6MfRh-A4QZlOPHpd-J0cK6BNv5brmWcPnU/s1600/YuGe-AP2011-+sml.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623889074054486978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ZKhSHC4blLVmVKrt6qM8NxXGkuay5yT76gl8oRZBUCyKEeEImtSiZEb9DY6u3gfTFmBDv1D-eVlhHVYgF8nPhyphenhyphenPW8H3T8QZkdzcxdlXyJ6MfRh-A4QZlOPHpd-J0cK6BNv5brmWcPnU/s400/YuGe-AP2011-+sml.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Includes:</div><br /><br /><br /><div>12 gallon fish tank</div><br /><br /><br /><div>7 gallon growbed</div><br /><br /><br /><div>water pump</div><br /><br /><br /><div>air pump</div><br /><br /><br /><div>plumbing</div><br /><br /><br /><div>siphon set</div><br /><br /><br /><div>seedlings or seeds</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>All you have to do is add water and fish! </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br />email: <a href="mailto:yes2fx@gmail.com">yes2fx@gmail.com</a> <br /><br /><div></div>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-71408398487395472612011-06-28T21:46:00.003+03:002011-06-28T21:52:53.215+03:00Aquaponics in Jeddah update 28 June 2011, TuesdayAP System 1 (after 5 months and 3 grow bed changes) :<br />- 2 Amplaya seedlings going on 8 inches tall and starting to climb<br />- Okra still holding on, showing new shoots on main branch, no flowers, no fruits for long<br />- Basil still holding on, cut a couple of stems and cloned<br />- Tomatoes all seemed to have halted growing, maybe because of the heat<br />- 2 new watermelon seedlings<br />- All fish happy and healthy<br /><br />AP System 2 (after 3 months and 2 growbed changes)<br />- with lone Bellpepper growing steadily, leaves bigger than my palm<br />- sweet potato climbing now and long at 2 feet<br />- new ampalaya seedling germinated 2 days ago<br />- Pangasius are healthy and happy....<br /><br />AP System 3 (after almost 2 months)<br />- cucumber steadily growing<br />- 2 ampalaya, almost 2 feet long now and started climbing<br />- 2 bush beans... long and healthy<br />- spinach, slow growth<br />- japanese parsley, slow growth<br />- 1 small goldfish died 2 days ago.. others are healthy and happy<br /><br /><br />Self Watering Container garden....<br /><br />All plants happy and healthy, periwinkles stopped blooming but growing<br /><br /><br /><br />That's my update and will share some photos lateryusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-44195359524052721682011-06-28T21:36:00.003+03:002011-06-28T21:37:54.532+03:00New Original Aquaponics LogoFish, plant, bacteria and me...... this is my Aquaponics.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmhG1kh9KM0OeWvwD5Q-EsIjS3MRyYp-flzh03uopawI-nruRtZO_AiD33q2ITp0hrTuUKebQdCS0-_FJ21MYo8SA9CpXH__Sxrq-LzWJnJBcNeG988_dsjOJc6XXYFyDUo5b4SQ1YD4/s1600/YuGe-AP2011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 220px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623341483731848770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggmhG1kh9KM0OeWvwD5Q-EsIjS3MRyYp-flzh03uopawI-nruRtZO_AiD33q2ITp0hrTuUKebQdCS0-_FJ21MYo8SA9CpXH__Sxrq-LzWJnJBcNeG988_dsjOJc6XXYFyDUo5b4SQ1YD4/s400/YuGe-AP2011.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-43542244922924192112011-06-17T13:30:00.011+03:002011-06-21T23:51:52.176+03:00Self watering container pot made from recycled 6L water bottle - Jeddah Saudi Arabia<div align="center">This is my instructional paper for making self-watering containing pot using 6L water bottle. I actually live in Saudi Arabia where the weather could become unforgiving, mid 30s to lower 40's.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">What you will need:</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Empty 6L Water bottles</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Cutter</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Scissor</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">7X4" 100% cotton cloth (old t-shirt or rag will do) </div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Hydroton or gravel/stones</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Potting mix/soil</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Packing or masking tape</div><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 283px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619298481975524082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkC6KeWQHa_faoX-u7qif63DKwQZwFrktReAXqFwxR02Nddzonaqzl6nuZauHQJ9A1_UklvN63V7sQbABBPbEWJwqPx3d-_5N7zVTwoeB1MAyhXGefBpIH9z0G_oj9ZdJJzuv92wODq2s/s400/SC-stepbystep1.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 310px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619298479317219474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvxTPYSbSr1Tt3Ka-SCtnve7telRcHZnrLLxQhyphenhyphenT3oG2uZaSciuuuiZM4QsO-rIPU3alr5j-pegeqE3v_EDDmSeyKRYABfSOcnV5zCBNaBynXU5gP1L9HcVwiYBSNKMAM2mheQF5QLAo/s400/SC-stepbystep2.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7OYpZ1m2B1b7qH1BZg9OGjnkAX0_4bbCb5CaGE5_-vqUMzELtbRKSPhgIyBelesAyIVfWl8O2-k4ndpYBQWJ_SqUFt4HXTHuKtG9dMaeJeSnIgUZeCwHuyChqcLFh6vKVml-KBJND_IA/s1600/SC-stepbystep2.jpg"></a>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-73139955618994285432011-03-25T07:46:00.006+03:002011-03-25T07:57:58.994+03:00Aquaponics in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia update 25 March 2011 --- more pictures<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRM908kyWlEvatfAmJwpXHgFO-SEie5hNyaOyhC2ppcyO2YOo0Rbeh2wQWShmVOQu8O-0TlFJDuxsmAtFgYGTzqM9-tUqn9FLXuonYi6zEG3bqdIo27IHUIqbciVzNRb19v3DU9fTKB0/s1600/AP250311-peppermints-.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587876180285090322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWRM908kyWlEvatfAmJwpXHgFO-SEie5hNyaOyhC2ppcyO2YOo0Rbeh2wQWShmVOQu8O-0TlFJDuxsmAtFgYGTzqM9-tUqn9FLXuonYi6zEG3bqdIo27IHUIqbciVzNRb19v3DU9fTKB0/s320/AP250311-peppermints-.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sprouting peppermints in a plastic cup. To avoid losing the tiny seeds, i lined the cup with tissue paper, seeds, one layer of hydroton...it worked!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOuvK5U5H2uCxwg-Z7pwxouQIaNeQKOHA1BSzhvzM8C8QvrEWtplgqPr3WXRSyjo-wHLBp1HbB1K75IYV4n35Sj-wL-UtR_Po8KUS98EHb6aOteqtk9bizmalMKfOPwfLss2nG1DpUBQ/s1600/AP250311-japanese+parsley.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587876173003108002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOuvK5U5H2uCxwg-Z7pwxouQIaNeQKOHA1BSzhvzM8C8QvrEWtplgqPr3WXRSyjo-wHLBp1HbB1K75IYV4n35Sj-wL-UtR_Po8KUS98EHb6aOteqtk9bizmalMKfOPwfLss2nG1DpUBQ/s320/AP250311-japanese+parsley.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sprouting basil in a plastic cup, lined up with tissue paper. This is going to be my germinating technique from now on.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcpy7osa8-1-lgZLMYyFW1i82lXH2xXVFx0r8GvkcCK6Xd55hM6VkbqPebR1UcTuITG560YrbzMhcA7YnMMQz4HGV6SLTVhszUu8uAKDnvLE-Lig92rbZ1dYQ4FTyd_CFtW91JW_tAtk/s1600/Container-+250311Cappucina.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587876165777770466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcpy7osa8-1-lgZLMYyFW1i82lXH2xXVFx0r8GvkcCK6Xd55hM6VkbqPebR1UcTuITG560YrbzMhcA7YnMMQz4HGV6SLTVhszUu8uAKDnvLE-Lig92rbZ1dYQ4FTyd_CFtW91JW_tAtk/s320/Container-+250311Cappucina.jpg" border="0" /></a> Cappucina in a small container with potting mix topped with hydroton. I want to experiment growing these flowering vines on conventional method and lets see if it works.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdGyb4dznHjgGHL_XRXrWmXxW5pMT3GvMUbaCPikScIYzIBb_frLj0GgtPELMfG0s03yCaLB9nH1aLV2XbYxiLk7cEIiZI4zqh6Vb-4U0OJA8ZCW9RgviBfr2TNeimK-M-B0MuiZoBn4/s1600/AP250311-Sys2-bellpepper.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587876161691924850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVdGyb4dznHjgGHL_XRXrWmXxW5pMT3GvMUbaCPikScIYzIBb_frLj0GgtPELMfG0s03yCaLB9nH1aLV2XbYxiLk7cEIiZI4zqh6Vb-4U0OJA8ZCW9RgviBfr2TNeimK-M-B0MuiZoBn4/s320/AP250311-Sys2-bellpepper.jpg" border="0" /></a> Bell pepper / siling prasko on my AP System 2. I was able to grow a few of them... i love bell pepper in spaghetti, noodles and mixed vegetables... i tasted it once also as topping for scrambled eggs!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xYsbYK2Zvl0GR4qcmsBWA8j619W9sqtt2plhuzbdIx6g9UvOtAlcRr76HcUuYUCnIT30pXMjEo6mxM2If6WKgVsQ9CbZrXkwufZpd3fDh4b5gkq_yyuMsfoyQ9pGNJmtZnIs4PKQ9i4/s1600/AP250311-Sys2-Brocolli.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587876157480542722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xYsbYK2Zvl0GR4qcmsBWA8j619W9sqtt2plhuzbdIx6g9UvOtAlcRr76HcUuYUCnIT30pXMjEo6mxM2If6WKgVsQ9CbZrXkwufZpd3fDh4b5gkq_yyuMsfoyQ9pGNJmtZnIs4PKQ9i4/s320/AP250311-Sys2-Brocolli.jpg" border="0" /></a>Brocolli on my AP System2 ... it takes ages for them to grow.. but they are OK.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5yBiVT0KwnwexpVRjVT40oAiyMc-TK6lCUp1jDJQI-ilYXelILqN0bKd_CGyTmCwz4oSNLohvnipmRR-W3sUGtn5AsDCaHX4Y_Uy4nfdHh4TG9Pb80pMe1NWj10_KM3-rsiDw6hlGJ6U/s1600/AP250311-Sys1-watermelon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587874978107371938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5yBiVT0KwnwexpVRjVT40oAiyMc-TK6lCUp1jDJQI-ilYXelILqN0bKd_CGyTmCwz4oSNLohvnipmRR-W3sUGtn5AsDCaHX4Y_Uy4nfdHh4TG9Pb80pMe1NWj10_KM3-rsiDw6hlGJ6U/s320/AP250311-Sys1-watermelon.jpg" border="0" /></a> Watermelon / Pakwan, crawling down. It has 3 new stems with flower buds. I have to wait for a few more months.. before i see fruits from it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxlMluxZboTMnAGb0TpIAMR8VFRSdf4BodHlHrXD0mODIzMWF2FV0zSv3UfTAomdRlxOfvvxJnnMlKnDXnvBi7syiCE4m38_HgwAjO7jgDoL80yvO4KR3A3YRRtZCEeuNG8GblH7irIQ/s1600/AP250311-Sys1-Taro.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587874973639473394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxlMluxZboTMnAGb0TpIAMR8VFRSdf4BodHlHrXD0mODIzMWF2FV0zSv3UfTAomdRlxOfvvxJnnMlKnDXnvBi7syiCE4m38_HgwAjO7jgDoL80yvO4KR3A3YRRtZCEeuNG8GblH7irIQ/s320/AP250311-Sys1-Taro.jpg" border="0" /></a> Taro/Gabi first leaf, 2nd leaf about to open... can't wait to have my first organic 'laing', not from the can!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCamdbH8Vogn7SkszxOKaus3cjz8L94fJI4WO1cG5D2_Hm7Y1ITW54K46rLX-0M2af8igrNkS8jege_Pp7enhjbgk21-Tsd4M5r3fc4Fy3fyoAKtaIe3562ATURTSNFLaU7moacBCE7k/s1600/AP250311-Sys1-Basil.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587874971491132370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCamdbH8Vogn7SkszxOKaus3cjz8L94fJI4WO1cG5D2_Hm7Y1ITW54K46rLX-0M2af8igrNkS8jege_Pp7enhjbgk21-Tsd4M5r3fc4Fy3fyoAKtaIe3562ATURTSNFLaU7moacBCE7k/s320/AP250311-Sys1-Basil.jpg" border="0" /></a> Basil - smells good in the garden! Tried to put a leaf in my hibiscus tea yesterday...tasted good.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-6z0OhmgMjdYYz79_wnNIMfeT9P2dNJsAoLgUc3Xt_maV6-0iw-taiou1S4V_NDalh0Yq7DHidrChJfhAG3aKNDiLsWu9pAsc9SWbtk7-R2nLkX0W0Job6qpqVvNga8fd-RODYOwcU8/s1600/AP250311-Sys1-Bushbeans.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587874967241895426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-6z0OhmgMjdYYz79_wnNIMfeT9P2dNJsAoLgUc3Xt_maV6-0iw-taiou1S4V_NDalh0Yq7DHidrChJfhAG3aKNDiLsWu9pAsc9SWbtk7-R2nLkX0W0Job6qpqVvNga8fd-RODYOwcU8/s320/AP250311-Sys1-Bushbeans.jpg" border="0" /></a> Bush beans / bitswelas - in the Philippines, I think these only grows in Baguio..well, let me try and grow them here and we'll see.... </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-86926438152962856452011-03-25T07:39:00.002+03:002011-03-25T07:46:01.929+03:00Aquaponics in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 25March2011 Update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZhk9W1P8TwOJlupWEZBPG-hB5QpvE4INpSNS_1039bI7opawCfl2KEP_4h5og9rAK6lWYjQGDfvtjqWL2ipq_ehewUnGHARK8zdd8DO6kZ3klxdS9p6k2ljJWqzA_e0StHThgecA_i4/s1600/AP250311-basil.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgCWnppQcvUTeKMkQXMDXpd-6rgn-in5pBqK98BdT9gvHuIvMWwskcnegLqDK2Z3KLmeWZzthBvVemLUDcpJanrD51PqO7CzJyhKJLF-xds0kiYjsnCSx1ItIe-8PeN2shFokeuQv9Qo/s1600/AP250311-Sys1-1stFemaleCucumber.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587873113235168802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgCWnppQcvUTeKMkQXMDXpd-6rgn-in5pBqK98BdT9gvHuIvMWwskcnegLqDK2Z3KLmeWZzthBvVemLUDcpJanrD51PqO7CzJyhKJLF-xds0kiYjsnCSx1ItIe-8PeN2shFokeuQv9Qo/s320/AP250311-Sys1-1stFemaleCucumber.jpg" border="0" /></a> 1st Female Cucumber Flower<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVVlsl_BobYhe5Ny2CV6seratU9qJnsdTbg9zUwz0ZXvA1iVVQ98XmCtfl4mWLp9t0m0AsN1UICGXyTFMqXlflL03sjNcRMVOfMlQZne6IkbaQSfg276y1chy8rAVCoks9d-BakhWxHg/s1600/AP250311-System1-Okrafruit%2526flower.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587873104110721490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVVlsl_BobYhe5Ny2CV6seratU9qJnsdTbg9zUwz0ZXvA1iVVQ98XmCtfl4mWLp9t0m0AsN1UICGXyTFMqXlflL03sjNcRMVOfMlQZne6IkbaQSfg276y1chy8rAVCoks9d-BakhWxHg/s320/AP250311-System1-Okrafruit%2526flower.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Okra 1st Fruit, 2nd Flower and more flower buds<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjsjl4eJld_3saV7jma7qMWQ6lVRVjrd1EZYTcQ0GEE2jm6X2qjA4F6mE243f2gMLboWYOQRy2jAEo-K1yvRWgea2Rp_qhzdN3q5n3J2kGxHzFuukTr_UQ0n19a9ad08ENrDlNjLtcNk/s1600/AP250311-System2Plants.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587873103246247346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjsjl4eJld_3saV7jma7qMWQ6lVRVjrd1EZYTcQ0GEE2jm6X2qjA4F6mE243f2gMLboWYOQRy2jAEo-K1yvRWgea2Rp_qhzdN3q5n3J2kGxHzFuukTr_UQ0n19a9ad08ENrDlNjLtcNk/s320/AP250311-System2Plants.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />My mini Aquaponics system 2 in the balcony of my apartment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2VYq6FfiVPKZGpKquOKyKtsOyhyT4_CJpl94LjSEM4vI9Ec91yoQldHq9WVR8BQMltX2tEsHusOP7eTDq2rEZTUnWCnsZe6lCrCdE_Bw38KnF5titxnLOLeMkoBU92yeJh0iY3adTh4/s1600/AP250311-System1Plants.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587873097984020674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2VYq6FfiVPKZGpKquOKyKtsOyhyT4_CJpl94LjSEM4vI9Ec91yoQldHq9WVR8BQMltX2tEsHusOP7eTDq2rEZTUnWCnsZe6lCrCdE_Bw38KnF5titxnLOLeMkoBU92yeJh0iY3adTh4/s320/AP250311-System1Plants.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />My 1st mini Aquaponics system in the small balcony of my apartment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This system has been running for 2 months now (began in 19 January 2011). I have six happy, healhty and active goldfish since I started. The plants are in individual .6 L recycled water bottles with hydroton and put in an Ikea Tote. For flood and drain, I applied AFFNAN Syphon, which has been working perfectly, without any blunder.. mashallah. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /></div>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-13575237253761698122011-02-17T22:57:00.003+03:002011-02-17T23:07:20.125+03:00Aquaponics updated videoThis is my updated video of my aquaponics system. Its small, but thank God, the plants are growing.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mk4DL0S8G0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mk4DL0S8G0</a><br /><br />for some reason i can't embed a youtube video in this post so you can just visit the linkyusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-75262875017976172722011-02-16T19:31:00.003+03:002011-02-16T19:41:48.988+03:00Aquaponics Update - 15 February 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oFfgd4AXS3uVEEdFm02pvOy_r80YnwhCajCmTUT6Qb-QLp-xlS0WRoYWGEOIsLRmO9ees9gMlUoc_WJosVEqdRJzuEkedICzyXfQwkuKKsbd7weM2J6ckakPIZMoaoDGkNZ_1P6lejA/s1600/AP-fish15feb11-6sml.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574327469305629762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8oFfgd4AXS3uVEEdFm02pvOy_r80YnwhCajCmTUT6Qb-QLp-xlS0WRoYWGEOIsLRmO9ees9gMlUoc_WJosVEqdRJzuEkedICzyXfQwkuKKsbd7weM2J6ckakPIZMoaoDGkNZ_1P6lejA/s320/AP-fish15feb11-6sml.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguays61xSn3Kp73WzLiAbRnZNLxDVIibRJVMlziyWasFd35jbMraUbx56t8cjAyJ1hLpWOGl3DZJTMbo-tDNCPsflclFG_JT8EDi8cgtzunkSRTYlgLwjfW5Oujqv4nVS3c9lWN-fRrpg/s1600/AP-fish15feb11-5sml.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574327466191801282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguays61xSn3Kp73WzLiAbRnZNLxDVIibRJVMlziyWasFd35jbMraUbx56t8cjAyJ1hLpWOGl3DZJTMbo-tDNCPsflclFG_JT8EDi8cgtzunkSRTYlgLwjfW5Oujqv4nVS3c9lWN-fRrpg/s320/AP-fish15feb11-5sml.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85EeQ5sBcQ4nAYBC-Z-4s1JK6_RKXiVwBU3ahkOli3gV1HANNl4I2eJGv79-a_NfBJ1GoNKeuRvpEZQZW_7sCv8xVPxVdPItpNr8wYhYYHNosAGSqmS5bAB7F7qog_9bc0soQH4XpUHE/s1600/AP-15feb11-5sml.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574327456289662194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85EeQ5sBcQ4nAYBC-Z-4s1JK6_RKXiVwBU3ahkOli3gV1HANNl4I2eJGv79-a_NfBJ1GoNKeuRvpEZQZW_7sCv8xVPxVdPItpNr8wYhYYHNosAGSqmS5bAB7F7qog_9bc0soQH4XpUHE/s320/AP-15feb11-5sml.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FQ1LYxyWVPOiedEB6wAlbd0X3Jw4b0Oe45ucRVRLsgJqAcIUxaQoXkiRc_K0sxQHFgCynkW3X-1sY3dyu0mKZhBBHhoFtPOkdPF4x9z2dB3EKrA0ric_lF-0AQY3jDqjO5tIMQNTlo8/s1600/AP2-15feb11-1sml.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574327453981417122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FQ1LYxyWVPOiedEB6wAlbd0X3Jw4b0Oe45ucRVRLsgJqAcIUxaQoXkiRc_K0sxQHFgCynkW3X-1sY3dyu0mKZhBBHhoFtPOkdPF4x9z2dB3EKrA0ric_lF-0AQY3jDqjO5tIMQNTlo8/s320/AP2-15feb11-1sml.jpg" /></a><br />this is my crazy aquaponics in my small balcony, i have 2 systems now.. and inshallah both of them will work out fine.. in the weekend i maybe putting the trellis for the cucumber to climb in... i hope the new seedlings in the last picture (system #2) will sprout by next week.. its got more bellpepper, peppermint, okra and a flowring plant... </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-45873646441585946912011-02-16T16:11:00.004+03:002011-02-16T16:39:03.698+03:00My recycled home-made plant tower - Aquaponics<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh___vsGZO4NF_q7hBFHUdUIV6M88uAKMIGOXSMhCZ0JPxVGxG6pViy0B7MxBoB5amzLKg-VD5yCaxmCULAUdDIzbSUBGOhDRrWpMJBfsU5-Up1qjHmzzFLk5-0AsaRq5yjRMR3VjGiGG4/s1600/YUPlanter2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574281336736832770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh___vsGZO4NF_q7hBFHUdUIV6M88uAKMIGOXSMhCZ0JPxVGxG6pViy0B7MxBoB5amzLKg-VD5yCaxmCULAUdDIzbSUBGOhDRrWpMJBfsU5-Up1qjHmzzFLk5-0AsaRq5yjRMR3VjGiGG4/s400/YUPlanter2.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA5QEeEVW4jqpzbO0xd-GzzZQBuSYKvngIagxf00eYZqRWgP26zA4X3IATJalGQSlEPZkkeK-4pM7a0Foztcq58bBUg6qFmBDerGK41W-0CHhiA-H2w_0gjc3VHzuresZg3yv4DSPBo4/s1600/YUPlanter.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574274767886802402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA5QEeEVW4jqpzbO0xd-GzzZQBuSYKvngIagxf00eYZqRWgP26zA4X3IATJalGQSlEPZkkeK-4pM7a0Foztcq58bBUg6qFmBDerGK41W-0CHhiA-H2w_0gjc3VHzuresZg3yv4DSPBo4/s400/YUPlanter.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><div>This is a crazy diagram of my version of a planter. On top of it is the actual plant tower. What I had in mind is to clone the strawberry tower using recycled 6L water bottles that I have at home. I did it and had it working but finds it hard to make it stand on the tank. I am going to revise this plan and make four stands and connect them with a 4-way PVC connector forming a square. I hope to work on it this weekend and post it, inshallah.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I now have 2 small aquaponics system running in my balcony. One with 7 goldfish and one with 4 guppies. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Will post some updated photos later on! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Can't wait to see those beautiful cucumber flowering and crawling in my balcony...inshallah!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-86166522012254823942011-01-26T22:50:00.002+03:002011-01-26T23:06:45.789+03:00Jeddah's amazing flood 26 January 2011I love rain. I love it when it rains. But this is really something different. Jeddah have been experiencing sporadic raining for several days now and today was the worst. It started in the morning around 10 or 11 am and soon after the streets were flooded. Until around 2 pm.. I decided to go home and I knew for a fact that I will have to walk all the way to my house as both Siteen Street and Madinah Road is expectedly flooded. <br /><br />Thank God there is IKEA plastic back to cover my head.. although I was wet from the rain from the chest down, I was able to keep my head and my hair dry and comfy with the IKEA plastic bag.<br />However, everything took me by surprise. I was just expecting maximum knee high waters, but that I already got on the corner of Madinah Road and Tahlia street. Upon going through that, I knew I will be in for greater surprise. <br /><br />Traffic was already building up close to the Baladia wooden bridge and you can see that a lot of cars including big trucks and bus were not moving. Things went from worse to worst... a few hundred meters approaching Palestine Street corner Madinah Road, everything just came crystal clear.. this is no ordinary flood, and it was no ordinary rain.<br /><br />Near the Ministry of Interior, cars were already left by their owners with alarms set off by water inside them. The traffic has come to a virtual stop. Nobody can pass by this place as water have gone to waist deep. WAIST DEEP...........<br /><br />Onwards to Balad, the water would only be down a few inches but maintained above knee deep.<br /><br />I had to navigate in and out of smaller streets, I realized that Madinah Road is lower as the water is cascading with strong currents towards it so I had to find my way away from it.<br /><br />Alhamdulillah got inside those smaller parallel streets to Khalid Bin Waleed, but not after I accidentaly submerged myself from head to toe!!!!!!<br /><br />This is after a small incident I had with a Yemeni guy sitting on the side of a big mosque, who I accidentaly wet a bit as I steppeed on a puddle.. he shouted "esh shada.. mafi shoof???" (you didn't see?".. I apologized, but it seems the man had already cursed me with his amazing evil eye... not a second after that, I find myself with a painful leg cramp and all wet... honestly, I thought I was going to be swept by the current.... That I think was my real life encounter with someone with an evil eye.<br /><br />Anyway, after 3 painful hours of continous walking, I finally got home at 5:30 after leaving the office at 2:30 pm. The underpass in Wali Al Ahd streets were full to the brim again, there were some helicopters hovering above, I supposed from the police to assess the situation. <br /><br />Traffic was lighter in the inner streets with shallower flooding.<br /><br />So many students are stuck in their school premises unable to go home. A lot of workers caught stranded also in strange places...<br /><br />I heard from a friend that there were some portions of Siteen street with chest deep water. My friend and her husband is now staying on the 2nd floor of their home near Abu Sinada hospital as flood water have gone to as high as shoulder deep - totally damaging their properties on the 1st floor of the house.<br /><br />At the end of the day, we can only say.. Alhamdulillah.. it could have been worse.yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-47890892469322592882011-01-16T20:31:00.005+03:002011-01-16T20:54:37.832+03:00Aquaponics - bringing me back to my childhood, with a benefit.About a few days ago, trying to search for some worthwile projects to do, I discovered Hydroponics - the science of raising plants, as in farming, without the use of conventional growing medium or SOIL. Many years ago, I have seen this on the news. Japanese city dwellers having amazingly healthy and greed garden in the rooftops withouth the need for soil. I thought, well, of course, its Japan and people are inately inventive. Fast forward to 2011. I was sort of drawn, you know, like a deep black hole - drawn, I could feel my eyes growing ever wide watching videos upon videos of people in youtube having their own hydroponic system at home, in an apartment, or with very little need for space. I've always loved plants. Growing up, I remember being the only one among my siblings who would take the responsibility of watering our plants at the front and backyard of our rented home in Cavite. We lived near a river so it really is hard to find the right ornamental plant to grow in a salty environment. We had a big Kalachuci trea in the left side of the front yard that bears white and yellow smelly flowers, and near the road just at the right side of the tall coconut trea in the corner of the front yard was the red Kalachuchi tree, thinner but gave more colorful flowers of bright red, almost like maroon. There was also Melendres, Palmera, Fortune, San Francisco, Espada, White Grass, Kutcharita. In the backyard was mostly vines grown by our 2nd Floor neighbor, Dr. Domingo, who also loves planting. <br /><br />As I got into highschool, little bit of college and finally worked, I could barely find time to care for the plants and mostly it was my Nanay who would do the gardening. We moved from one place to another until I came over to Saudi Arabia to work, but I would always find some plants around the house because of Nanay. <br /><br />Now living in Imus, Cavite - we still have a few plants, albeit not as much because of lack of space. I remember a few old orchid plants that my Nanay brought along wherever she moved and are alive until now. I also tried to buy new orchids and other plants whenever on vacation but it wasn't like before.<br /><br />Back to my research, I just found myself in a sudden positive switch as I discovered, then again another childhood passion = FISH! I learned about about Aquaponics.<br /><br />When I was young, the river near our house used to overflow to my Lola's backyard and the river water brings with it schools of Asube, Siliw, Tilapia, Bubondat etc. Me, and sometimes joined by my younger brother Gerry, would use traps to catch the fish and put them in bottles. Saltwater fish as they are, obviously, they would die within a few hours in freshwater from the Poso. Only the Tilapia, Martaniko, Hito or Gourami would survive for a few days but also succumb to death after because of, of course, poor living condition. Sometimes I would use the Labangan in the small babuyan as the pool to put the Tilapia, whenever we don't have Pigs to tend to. At an early age, because of the wisdom from my Tatay Ipe, I learned how the male and female Tilapia differs in physical appearance, and I would try to catch a pair hoping to breed them.<br /><br />Now more than several decades later, I am still carrying with me the bug of plants, fish and animals. After being here in Saudi ARabia for more than 15 years, I don't remember a single time that I did not have a plant and/or a small aquarium with fish and/or a few birds in the flat that I am living. For me, its a part of my life, I have to have a pet.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, going back again to Aquaponics.... am I glad to have found about it... I AM EXTATIC!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlPM0x8j9Es">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlPM0x8j9Es</a><br /><br /><br /><br />. . . to be continuedyusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-41590288211524340022009-04-27T10:08:00.004+03:002009-04-27T10:13:12.052+03:00Where did 'swine flu' start?<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">That is the big question. Where did it actually start and how?</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Now that the news is saying that its a cross between human,avian and swine flu virus, i can only theorize that this could have been cultured in a lab with the purpose of finding future medicine/cure and is now being tested.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Well, some people are inherently evil and cunning, this could not be a far possibility.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">People should start going back to healthy lifestyle. All natural alternatives.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">A soup made of onion, ginger, garlic and chili probed helpful to SARS and Bird Flu.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Cheap, simple, can be made at home.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-62757692668239142502009-04-06T08:51:00.001+03:002009-04-06T08:52:59.938+03:00Filipinos are not slaves!Mga kababayan ko,<br /><br />Mali nga ba ang paratang na ito. <br /><br />Bakit?<br /><br />Milyong Filipino ang nangingibang bayan para manilbihan. Bihira ang Filipinong umaalis ng bayan para maging amo sa ibang bansa at mag-empleyo ng ibang lahi. Milyon milyon tayong OFWs na humahangos araw araw para magtrabaho. Yung iba, minamaltrato, yung iba swerteng mababait ang kasama sa trabaho.<br /><br />Ilang porsyento nga ba ng OFW ang 'domestic helper', 'nanny' or 'driver'? Ilang porsyento ang office workers? Ilang porsyento ang middle-management? Ilang porsyento ang technical workers?<br /><br />Masakit aminin ang katotohanan. Mahapdi ang sugat pag nasanting.<br /><br />May bahaging katotohanan sa sinasabi ng nagsulat.<br /><br />Ang nakapagpanting lang ng tenga ko ay ang banta at hindi magandang statement sa sarili nyang kasambahay. Kung ganun pala ang pananaw nya eh bakit Filipino ang kinuha nyang kasambahay. Kailangang ma-black list ang taong ito na hindi na muling makakuha ng Pinoy sa kanyang empleyo.<br /><br />Ang sumulat, bagamat maaring kilala sa Hong Kong ay isang tungaw lamang kung ikukumpara sa opinion ng nakararami. Mas lalo lamang lalaki ang ulo ng taong ito, kung makakamtam nya ang kasikatang idudulot ng patuloy na pagpatol sa kanyang sinulat, na malinaw lamang na nagpapakita kung anong uri sya ng tao.<br /><br />Ang sumulat ay isang taong walang dunong, bagamat may pinag-aralan. Isang taong walang galang, bagamat may katandaan na. Isang taong, hindi naging maganda ang pagpapalaki ng magulang at hindi naging maganda ang karanasan na naging sanhi ng kanyang baluktot at mala-sinaunang pananaw.<br /><br />Hindi kailanman sya dapat makatuntong sa Pilipinas. Hindi kailanman dapat syang magkaroon ng 'aliping' Filipino sa hinaharap.<br /><br />Sa mga nasaktan. Alam nating ang nagdudumilat na katotohanang ang mga OFWs ay naging bahagi ng pag-unlad nang di lamang iisang bansa, kundi nang maraming nasyon sa buong mundo. Munti mang bagay ang maging kasambahay o tagamaneho, ang maging empleyado sa opisina o labor sa init ng araw. Hindi nating kailangan ang isang taong katulad ng sumulat (tao nga ba syang maituturing kung ang pag-iisip at pananaw nya ay masahol pa sa isang hayop), upang i-validate kung ano tayo at san tayo lumulugar sa lipunan. <br /><br />Sa ating mga sarili ay tiyak natin ang karangalan at kasiguruhang naging mabuti tayong bahagi ng ikabubuti ng buhay ng iba, masabi pang ito ay ating pamilya o pamilyang galing sa ibang bayan.<br /><br />Ang respeto ay magmula sana sa ating mga sarili. Sa atin sariling pamilya. Sa ating sariling pamahalaan.<br /><br />Hindi mawawala ang katulad ng taong(?) ito na sumulat ng maling pananaw. Lagi silang naandyan. Sa peryodiko, sa telebisyon, sa radyo kahit sa ibang sektor ng lipunan. <br /><br />Pero padadala ba tayo sa kanilang kutya? Pambabastos? Pagtatanong sa ating integridad bilang tao at bilang Filipino?<br /><br />May panahong dapat natin silang harapin. Ituwid ang maling paratang, itama ang maling akala at ibangon ang karapatang sinubukan nilang apakan.<br /><br />Sa pagkakataong ito, ang mismong pamahalaan ang dapat magtanggol sa milyon milyong Filipinong nangibang bayan para maitaguyod ang mahal sa buhay at magbunga ng katatagang tinatamasa ng ating bayan. Dahil sa kanila, ang Pilipinas ay nakatikim ng pag-unlad. Maliit na bagay lang ito kung tutuusin bilang pagtanaw ng utang na loob sa mga 'aliping' nasa ibang bayan.<br /><br /><br />Gumagalang<br /><br /><br />Yusuf (Mario) Germino<br />Jeddah<br /><br /><br /><br />*** that was my reaction to the letter below:<br />Re: Politically Incorrect column entitled “The War at Home” by columnist Chip Tsao, published in HK Magazine on March 27<br /><br />The publisher and editors of HK Magazine wish to apologize unreservedly for any offense that may have been caused by Chip Tsao’s column dated March 27. HK Magazine has long championed the rights of Filipinos working in Hong Kong. We note that Filipinos have often been unfairly treated in Hong Kong, and that they make an important contribution to this community. As a magazine, we would never want to say anything that would negate that belief. The column in question was satirical. One aspect of satire is that it can at times be read in different ways. In this particular case, many people have read meanings into this column that were never actually intended. We wish to assure our readers that we have nothing but respect for Filipinos, both living in Hong Kong and abroad. --ENDS--Asia City Publishing 301 Hollywood Centre, 233 Hollywood Road, Hong Kongyusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-14612275358324512762009-04-06T08:45:00.002+03:002009-04-06T08:48:59.250+03:00North Korea - testing the waters and succeededAll the rhetorics from Japan, the US and others fell on deaf ears and North Korea just went ahead with its missile launch, well supposedly satellite launch.<br /><br />In one statement, US said, the international community should prevent the proliferation of nuclear (weapons) technology.<br /><br />In effect they are saying, that it is the privilege only of some, not everyone.<br /><br />Iran can't have it. Israel can. India can have it. Pakistan shouldn't. South Korea can. North Korea must not.yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157132787056725947.post-29973196899231260342008-01-16T12:06:00.001+03:002008-01-16T12:06:43.156+03:00Technorati<script src="http://widgets.technorati.com/t.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><a href="http://technorati.com/blogs/{ygermino.blogspot.com}?sub=tr_authority_t_ns" class="tr_authority_t_js" style="color:#4261DF">View blog authority</a>yusufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11031527063977280846noreply@blogger.com0