Chance is always powerful.
Let your hook be always cast;
In the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.
- Ovid, Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)
This is one of my favorite pictures in my stock. This was taken sometime in May, 2005.
While strolling along the outskirts of Ilaya in Lapulapu City, I passed by a man squatting in the side of the road dike, fishing in the cleared-out mangrove swamp of the now abandoned Coral Reef Hotel. He was having a blast as his hook does not stay long in the water. Fish kept on biting for their doom. I chatted with him for a while and when he warmed up to me I asked if I could take a picture of one of his catch.
The fish was very much alive when the picture was taken. It flipped out of the man’s palm several times and he kept on picking it up. This explains the grains of sand in his fingers.
Like the quotation. Life is full of little surprises indeed.
i never experience fishing. Gusto ko gid. Maybe some other time.
I least expect to blog or “publish publicly”. Now, im blogging like a bull kicked on his behind, hihi. It takes some pain for the fish to be hooked up I imagine. Blessings of more comfort kapatid…
Kapatid, pasensya na at ngayon lang uli ako nakadalaw dito. I spent many days, in silence, sa isang lugar na walang signal ang phone at walang internet connection. Surprisingly, I enjoyed those days.
Ipinaaabot ko ang aking pakikiramay sa pamilya mo, bagama’t huli na ako.
Looking at the picture above, I remembered a similar photo I took several years ago with my point and shoot film camera. I submitted it to the school paper nung high school pa ako and it got printed. Ngayon hindi ko na mahanap ang picture na yun hehehe. Nakatutuwa, di ba, para sa isang mahilig kumuha ng litrato na sa iyong ordinaryong paglalakad ay makakita ng isang interesting subject.
Nice shot, you even captured the hardworking hands of this fisherman.
ganda ng image at saka yung quotations…chance indeed…..always passes by least unexpectedly….be ready as always…..be patient….unwavering and steadfast amidst the test of times….
ayy buhay pa to? ^^
It looks like the man has worked hard to make his way in the world. His hand is weathered and worn. I love the picture.
i remember going fishing in the open sea when i was a kid. gee, i missed that when i saw your pic.
ang isda sa palad ng mangingisda.. galing!
Mark, that is a great picture of simple life, I really love it. And the quotation you chose is really apt, yes, let our hooks be always cast!
PS….I finally decide to have an independent blog, you can find me blogging now at http://www.thejoysofsimplelife.com/
Sorry, if I had been jumping, I guess that’s what happens when we are exploring and growing, and welcomes change. I hope to really keep it longer since it is not easy to write and lose them again.
oh, i did not know if my first comment went through Mark, I did not get the confirmation which I usually get. Anyway, that is really one great shot of an otherwise simple happening, yet very meaningful.
PS….my new blog home is http://www.thejoysofsimplelife.com/
parang dama ko yong hirap ng mangingisda..kita ito sa palad nya. ang galing!
ano pong tawag sa fish na yan?
ang ganda ng pagkakakuha dun sa palad ni manong.. nagrereflect talaga yung pagiging hardworking nya kase parang banat sa work talaga yung palad, at kuhang-kuha sya ng camera mo. buhay na buhay yung dugo.
i don’t know who passed away but you have my sympathies just the same.
“One short sleep past, we wake to eternity.” – John Donne
btw. the flower pictures? I took took them with my point and shoot. i discovered the macro features and had more fun since then.ü
napaka gandang larawan, kawawang mga mumunting isda, kahit sila hindi nakakalusot sa sima ng kamatayan.
ngunit alam ko ang isdang yan at ang lola mo, kasama na ni God sa langit.
wow congrats tol. you are really a no-nonsense blogger. Being featured in circulars, journals and newspapers is one of the fulfillments of being a serious blogger.
More power to your blogging prowess!
ay teka mali. dun sa isa ako dapat magcocomment hindi dito. dun sa tree planting article mo na na feature hindi dito. malabo na talaga mata ko…