Friday, July 3, 2009

Trail Run In My Own Land

My father died last May,this year. Although we never had a chance to have a real "father-son relationship" all throughout my formative years, he left us a vast farmland which eventually kicked-off my interest in farming.
49,749 square meters or roughly five hectares of land is enough to make my green thumb rise and say it's convincingly ok to be a farmer. Never been to farming before but the feeling of being with the plants and animals and the prospect of not getting hungry for the rest of my life is such an allure to me. So I went back to our province during the town fiesta last June 24 and started looking for the current tenant. I asked my Tiyo Ping to accompany me since he knew the guy and he happened to be one of his drinking buddies.But the man never mentioned about the land he tend for twenty years. We found him in far-flung barrio,sober.My tiyo introduced me to him as the son of owner of the land. I told him without batting an eyelash that I am now the owner of the land.From now on I will manage it and all the monthly proceedings should find its way to me in which he nodded over and concurred.Over a bottle of gin and beer we discussed the matter and it turned to be just fine. We left his house feeling tipsy and our faces red.
The land was situated in barrio of Aroyao in the town of San Miguel, Catanduanes and adjacent to a main road that leads to another town. The area also includes group of hills and a portion of a mountain replete with abaca and coconut. It can be reached by tricycle or by walking a good 10km distance starting from our house in the mainland. I just noticed that the road leading to that land is excellent for running and can be considered as a respectable route for cardio training. And hey,even the route going to the inner part of land would rival the trails used for races in Laguna. This keeps playing on my mind. I will invite my siblings to run with me going the place,everytime I'd pay a visit or whenever I'm in the province for a vacation. It is a going to be a trail run of my own making!

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