The final Count down……

5…4…3…2…1…So, I guess this is it…Good bye civilian life…Hello military life… 3^rd May 2003, the day when I entered Fernando Air Base, Lipa City. The moment when I step into its hollowed ground everything was never been the same, as if I passed into some kind of a portal that brings me to another dimension…All I can recall was that, there were lots of people on the stage as if they were expecting something big about to happen…and my instinct was right…as 30 of us marching towards the center of the hollowed ground the command to halt was ordered…”Left face…” we were welcomed with a short speech by a general and as the speech was over, he ordered…”upper class take charge…” as the bit of the drums started, the upper class men starts shouting and running towards us as if they’re going to eat us alive and swallow us intact…whew..! Longest day of my life…1..2…1..2…1..2…The start of a never ending punishment and great ordeal…But no am not gonna give up…am ready for this…This is a once in a life time opportunity, not being offered to everybody…

A Paradise in Hell?

A Paradise in Hell?

War zone area…Abu Sayyaf…Kidnapping…Military operations…Displaced civilians…etc…For the past years these has been the headlines of the news papers, and just recently…The abduction of a reporter and her team…What else? Anymore?

It is sad to note that many of us foreign and locals upon hearing the name Jolo, Sulu Philippines it always enters into our intelligent mind the headlines that made hit in the newspapers stand and TV news for the past years…

From the bandits and ground troops who are playing hide and seek in the forested mountains of this magnificent but melancholic island, to the flying iron bees that made witness from above of its virgin beaches and vigor natural resources that compiles the very beauty of this Paradise in a savage circumstance. I rejoin you all, in promoting the bliss of this island and the uniqueness of its culture.

The powdery white sands of its shorelines that can highly compete with some of the famous beaches in the world, with a culture that displays a colorful history, once dubbed as the seat of government of the Sultanate of Sulu, with an abundant natural resources (wild bore and sea foods it’s the best), What else is missing?

“A paradise in hell…” are we going to let this to happen? Brothers, ask yourself…