Featured Lucenahin: Angelito S. Abadilla, M.D.
This week’s featured Lucenahin is a Medical Doctor in Lucena City, Dr. Angelito S. Abadilla. He’s an Anesthesiologist and also the President and Chairman of the Board of Alpha Centauri Educational System, Inc. (ACES). What do you do as an Anesthesiologist? In simplest terms, Anesthesiologists are doctors that are trained in handling Anesthesia which generally helps patients undergo painless operations. We usually talk to...
Tiny World of Weeds: A Photo Essay
Did you know that the plants we often call weeds are also known as nature’s band-aid? Certain types of weed tend to grow in areas where they are needed while also providing food for wildlife. While I do not recommend letting weeds go wild in our gardens, I do believe that we don’t need to completely eliminate them either. Below are the weeds I took from the garden using my phone and a macro lens. I am only focusing on the...
How to start a Small Vegetable Garden in Lucena City
Have you ever wanted to grow your own vegetable garden? And you didn’t know where to start so somehow you just don’t follow through? It also doesn’t help that most search results in the internet are about growing plants in areas with 4 seasons when we generally only have two. Well, getting started now just got easier by following our guide to starting a small vegetable garden here in Lucena. Step 1. Prepare a garden...
Fun Adult Classes that You Can Take in Lucena – Part 2
In part one, we can find different dance and music classes offered in Lucena City and we’ll be exploring more in this post. Visual Art Classes There are many things that can help us see things differently. One of that is through art. Learning how to create art requires us to look at things and notice the details that we don’t usually see. In a painting class, Ronald Cortez asked something like: “Do you see that tree?...
Fun Adult Classes that You Can Take in Lucena – Part 1
It’s the end of June and the younger ones are now going to school. Are there any fun classes for us adults too? Whether it’s with food, music, fitness and so on, there’s certainly a lot of enjoyable classes in Lucena. Dance Classes If you’re like me who doesn’t enjoy working out on a treadmill, dance classes offer another way to exercise and burn those extra calories. Zumba classes are...
Basic Composting IV: Effects of Composting in our Garden
This is the final part of the Basic Composting Series. In this series, you’ll find easy and basic ways to make compost in your home. We have been composting for about a couple of years and with these three composting methods: How to compost fallen tree leaves, How to compost kitchen wastes with bokashi, And how to start a heap compost, we have significantly reduced our waste with the least effort and our garden has certainly...
Basic Composting III: Simplified Heap Composting
There are times when we have lots of brown and green materials that we need to dispose of. While typhoon Glenda brought massive destruction in Lucena and along her path, she also left us with a lot of compostable materials that we can use for Heap Composting. What else can we do with the cards we’ve been dealt, right? Although of course, if you have another source of green and brown materials (detailed below) then good for you....
Basic Composting II: Composting Kitchen Waste with Bokashi
We all produce kitchen wastes. Instead of sending them to landfills with our garbage, we can easily compost them for use in our garden. Composting kitchen wastes can be a little tricky to do especially with the wandering cats and pests that we might attract to the compost pile. To avoid having to deal with this, I settled on Bokashi Composting for our kitchen scraps. Using Bokashi bran, you will ferment your kitchen scraps before...
Basic Composting I: Composting Fallen Leaves
Composting is a must for every garden. When I started gardening, I thought sun exposure and water needs are the most important things I have to learn for my plants. But no, it was how to nurture the soil in our garden. A healthy soil produces healthy plants and composting is a great and natural way to add valuable nutrients back to our soil. I’ve tried different methods to find something that’s very easy to do and can...
Pasayahan 2015 Mall Events
It’s Pasayahan week and aside from the activities in Quezon Avenue, let’s see what the two big malls in Lucena have in store for all of us. In addition to mall-wide Festival Sales, there is a Job Fair, a couple of Dance Competitions and several Meet and Greets that await Lucenahins and tourists alike. Here’s the complete list of Pacific Mall and SM Lucena’s fun activities this Pasayahan week:...
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