loaded...

we finally loaded sunshine chicks in our farm yesterday, august 29, 2008... pictures to follow.

last touch

came from the farm yesterday with my handy man, mang fernan.

he and mang william are making the final touches to the brooder... installing the the light bulbs, some wall panels and the doors to the brooder.

hopefully we get to load the chicks before august ends. =)

am excited at the same time nervous... whoo..

what made me smile today

this has nothing to do with la ferme but la ferme made this moment happen.

when i set up the mulitply site of la ferme organique, i sent invitations to all of my contacts from my pan pacific email add ( FREE AD...our fuel retail and distribution company. diesel? galsoline? kerosene? anyone?) to join la ferme's multiply site.

the response was touching.

A NEW INSPIRTION. one of my friend, who i dearly value and hold in high respect, responded to my invitation and told me that one of their child was recommeded to have an organic diet. he congratulated me in advance and told me that they would surely be my customer. i was so touched by the warm greeting but more than that,it moved me... gave me more motivation to pursue this project. am so happy that this project will not only give me fulfiilment but also help and make other people happy.

to my dear friend and his child, thank you for adding to my inspiration. you made my smile today.

MISSING MY STUDS. a lot of you might not know that i had a one year teaching stint in De La Salle University. i taught business and specifically handled business plan writing and implementation. i invited some of my students to join my multiply site and they accepted. i would have invited others but i do not know all their email addresses.

anywayz, i visited some of their sites and saw their pics and their products. left some messages and started writing this blog. why? coz i miss my students and miss teaching. Sorely! coz i know i would not be able to teach again in the near future. it took a lot of time from me and our business.

LUXURY. my one year teaching stint gave me a lot of fulfillment but affected our business. exapansion was delayed and sales took a toll. teaching took so much time from me but i enjoyed it. i was tired but was happy and fulfiiled. well, as my guru tatay ed morato once said. teaching is a luxury. well, yes tatay ed. it is indeed.

PROUD. i am proud to have taught them, more proud of their thesis but most proud of my students. yes, i miss them indeed. all of them. i taught them life not only business, learned with them and spent one year of my life with them. (a big, big smie!)

SAME FULFILLMENT. i know that organic will give me the same fulfillment but would never replace teaching in my heart. i hope to see my studs one day, hopefully at the farm over a bottle of wine and a lot of organic food. that would be a good day for organic farming. =) cheers!

it's all good!

poso negro... deep well... water...

anybody has any idea of how much the labor cost of drilling a deepwell is?...

i was quoted for 5,000/ pipe. somebody told me that it is too expensive... he said i can get it for 2,500 to 3,000/ pipe. i also thought so... but do not know anybody who would do it for that price.

sad... i feel that the person who quoted is trying to jack up the price coz the initial quote was 8,000/pipe.

any contacts? anybody out there?