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MABUHAY!
The word mabuhay :
"mabuhay" is a Filipino verb in the form of a command: "live!" it is also a wish: "may you live!" whosoever says it wishes upon you the great gift of a long and full life
It is both a blessing and a lusty cheer. "mabuhay" (ma-boo-high) is such a large word that it lends itself to a wide number of secondary uses: welcome, congratulations, thanks, god-speed, hello, good luck, cheers, posit, sante, viva, kambei, aloha and many other expressions of goodwill, all these are a part of life; but it is the gift of life that makes them possible. "Mabuhay" in other words, is an invocation and a celebration of life itself. MABUHAY!!! |
|  | Manila Bay, famous for its beautiful sunset, is the best natural harbor in Eastern Asia and one of the finest in the world. The City of Manila is on the eastern shore of the bay, and on the southeast is the city of Cavite. The entrance to Manila Bay is divided by the island of Corregidor into two channels.
The Manila Bay area was the focus, during the early phase of World War II, of a desperate attempt to save the Philippines from Japanese conquest. In the Allied recovery of the Philippines (1944-45), many Japanese ships were sunk in the bay.
Situated on the western part of Luzon, Manila Bay is bounded by the provinces of Cavite in the south, Metro Manila and Rizal in the east, Bulacan and Pampanga in the north, and Bataan in the west and northwest. The bay has an area of approximately 1,700 sq km, a length of 60 km, and widths varying from 22 km in the mouth to 60 km at the widest portion. The average depth of the Bay is 17 m (volume = 30 x 109 cu m), and it receives drainage from nearly 17,000 sq km of watershed composed of 26 catchment areas.
The Pasig River Basin (area of 9,000 sq km) and the Pampanga River Basin (area of 3,900 sq km) make up more than 75% of the whole watershed. The Pampanga River contributes approximately 49% of the net fresh water influx into the Bay, while Pasig River contributes about 21%. The other river systems make up 26% of the freshwater source and the remaining 4% comes from net precipitation over the Bay.
The human population of the cities and municipalities within the catchment areas is constantly growing. Consequently, the organic pollution load into the Pasig River and Manila Bay that comes from domestic wastewater has been its biggest threat.
Ram Agapay
Source: N and P Budget of Manila Bay, Philippines
http://data.ecology.su.se/MNODE/Asia/Philippines/manilabay/Manilabud.htm>by G.S. Jacinto, M.L. San Diego-McGlone, I.B. Velasquez, and S.V. Smith |
| Boracay - where sea, sun and sand meet! |
| | One of the Best Beaches in the World and the Best in the Philippines - Boracay...
Boracay boasts of a sugary white sand beach and azure blue waters. The best part of the island is the four-kilometer White Beach known to be the "finest beach in the world." The surrounding water is shallow and the sand is finer and brighter than most beaches in the archipelago. White Beach is so fine it feels like treading on miles of baby powder!%s (WOW PHILIPPINES) |
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icunme Sun Sep 27, 2009 20:50 UTC
Hello Bernard - following the disastrous flood news - thoughts and prayers are with you - let us know you are OK when you can. Carol | Raimix Wed May 20, 2009 15:09 UTC
Happy Birthday! Wishes from Lithuania! Raimundas. | girladventure Thu May 24, 2007 18:43 UTC
Hey Bernz, Belated happy happy birthday!! Cheers! Hope it was a good one. I heard about the heatwave - hope it's better now that June is just around the corner. | blue_sky04 Mon May 21, 2007 01:07 UTC
Happy Birthday! Greetings from Indonesia. |
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