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Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

Sila’y nabuo dahil sa hampas ng mga alon, kahit may matinding unos sila’y di nakakaahon, at di nakakaligtas sa bagsik ng panahon! Kahit yari sa batong-apog, di halatang sila'y marupok. Sa gitna ng mga pagsubok, angking kagandaha'y kanilang naabot!

Wala silang mga palamuti o magarang kasuotan, subalit sila’y may angking gandang talagang hinahangaan!

Sila’y di kasinlaki at di kasinlawak ng mainland Australia (7.74 million sq. km.) pero ang kanilang katanyagan ay di naman mapantayan. Sa mga mapa madalas sila’y di nakikita, at kung sila nama’y naisama palagi namang nasa ibaba. Sila’y nandoon sa ibaba, ngunit sila’y tinitingala!

Sila’y di nakakaalis sa kanilang kinatatayuan, at napakalayo ang kanilang kinalalagyan (190 km. southwest of Melbourne) pero sila’y hangad masilayan at sadyang dinadalaw ng karamihan!

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Sabado ng gabi pa ako nakarating dito sa Aking Tahanan galing sa pamamasyal sa Victoria ngunit hindi kaagad ako nakapag-update dito. Pakiramdam ko biglang huminto ang mundo dahil sa trip na ‘yon! Sa nakalipas na tatlumput-walong oras kapag may maisip naman akong isulat, hindi ko naman alam kung paano ko ito isusulat. Whew!

Natuwa ako pagdating ko rito sa Aking Tahanan dahil matapos ang 15 linggo gumana na rin sa wakas ang aking aircon matapos ayusin ng napaka-abalang technician! Kaya kahit summer na summer sa labas ngayon, pwede na ring maging winter dito sa loob!

Sinorpresa rin ako ng taga-AAACOM, dahil matapos ang isang buwang paghihintay, naikabit na rin nila sa wakas ang satellite dish para sa aking The Filipino Channel!

At... ang kanang gulong sa unahan ng company vehicle na (gamit ko at) palaging flat sa nakaraang 3 linggo, ay naipa-vulcanize na rin sa wakas ng farm manager! Daming naganap habang wala ako rito. Napakagandang aginaldo ngayong Pasko!

Tapos na ang pamamasyal, balik na ako sa trabaho, at balik na rin sa pagba-blog.

Preoccupied

I’ve been spending my 4-day paid break from work since yesterday after half a million chickens were all gone to the dressing plant the other night. Amidst the very risky condition of working alone late at night and early morning, staying alive and kicking after a long period of chicken harvesting is truly a blessing!

It was actually my plan to travel to

Victoria so I can personally see the beauty of The Twelve Apostles as well as the entire Great Ocean Road, but eventually, I’ve decided to cancel it after knowing that the Melbourne Cup 2008 has been scheduled this week. Customarily, the plane ticket and accommodation are, during this time, very costly. I could see some impracticality of spending much penny to pursue this trip urgently considering my target of an indefinite stay in this country. Besides, a Filipina friend from Quezon invited me to come to Glenelg as she and her long-time Australian lover are scheduled to utter their marriage vows on Saturday, the 8th of November. [I am quite excited, this will be my first time to attend a wedding ceremony here in Australia.]

Meanwhile, it’s time to relax, read and leave some comments in my favourite blogs. It’s almost summer Down Under but here I am, hibernating inside my quarter.

While I’m lying down in bed to hibernate in my shed,
Manure and litter are moved out of the CHICKEN’S SHELTER—
its walls and ceiling will undergo intensive washing,
with the feed- and drink-line; disinfection is next in line!

Yes, it’s time for recreation, and fine relaxation!
But MY MIND can’t find an opportunity to unwind!
My brain is loaded with heavy dust of anxieties,
My wits are infected with malignant uncertainties!

My thought, like the chook shed, is grubby and contaminated!
Yet unlike the chook shed, it can’t be washed and disinfected!