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As I mentioned in my previous contributions, I would be sharing a video about my walk around the venue of the recently held Philippine Blockchain Week and my visit to the hotel where I was staying temporarily. I will now upload the clips of the video that I put together, starting from the Marriott Grand Ballroom gazebo where we can see the view of its neighboring establishments as well as the spectacular sunset in Manila, and my actual walk along Newport Boulevard, which is dotted with various hotels like the Belmont Hotel, Hotel Okura, and Manila Hilton Hotel, to name a few. All of these videos were taken at night, so you can see the area in its lovely evening splendor.

I hope you like watching the view, which I submitted for this week's Wednesday Walk Community by @tatoodjay. Regards!

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Just attended a musical event in connection with our town's Surfing Break for this year. Since the venue is near my house and can be reach by walking just about 15 minutes, I was able to catch up the Chocolate Factory band about to start to play their respective musical pieces and according to their vocalist, the song "Paglipad" or literally translated in English as "The Flight," is their first time to be sung live in front of an audience. The song is about a person's perseverance of reaching their goal and or ambition in life as it says in the song that no matter how hard our struggle is, we must remain to be steadfast to reach our goals.

Here is more information that says ablut the band:

Chocolate Factory, a five-piece reggae band from Angeles City, Pampanga, the Philippines, combines jazz and blues roots with classic rock and contemporary instruments.

They are the ideal combo to go with their dance-inducing tunes because of their unquestionable charm, outstanding proficiency, and command of their instruments. The hit songs "Ilalim," "Letra," "Sexy Lady," and "One Love" by Chocolate Factory went viral and were eventually played on radio stations, catapulting the band into rapid celebrity.

They consistently achieve their aim of being one of the top musicians in the Philippines by winning over the hearts of the audience at each performance and by continuing to soar high.

I will upload more videos of their performance and I hope that my fellow Filipinos will be proud of this musical band.

Thanks for reading and Godbless!

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This was taken on the 21st day of September, 2023 when I attended the Philippine Blockchain Week Conference held at the Marriot Grand Ballroom, Pasay City, Philippines and the topic being discussed is about Protecting Traders' Mental Health and Wellbeing as moderated by renowned cryptovlogger, Chris Tan,; and the panelists are: Coach Miranda Miner of GMMG FEASTGOLD; Chinkee Tan of CHINK POSITIVE; and Manfred Chew of COINSTORE.

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We walked with my buddy along the riverside this morning. Since it is cloudy, we grabbed the opportunity to walk further where we can see the carabao as well as ride a bamboo raft. As soon as we reached the place, I immediately asked a farmer who is doing post harvest activity, to allow me to borrow the bamboo raft. At first, I am not sure if I still know how to make the raft cruise the river. After we are done we resumed our walked and headed for home.

This is my Actifit report card for today and thanks for watching.

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Though I've been to the metropolis several times, the buses that I frequently rode are of "ordinary" and "deluxe" and/or of "VIP" class, and the service provider that I'm going to share with you today is about the bus I rode going to the venue of the Philippine Blockchain Week event held at the Marriott Grand Ballroom in Pasay City, Metro Manila recently.

It's my first time to rode a vehicle that is categorized as "tourist bus." All of this started while I waited at the bus station in my hometown of Bacnotan, La Union, for a bus to take me to Pasay City, Metro Manila. Nighttime prevented me from noticing that the bus I flagged down had the word "Tours" marked on its side along with the word "Partas," the name of the company which operates the bus.

The name of the company, "Partas," is a reverse or palindrome of the Persian term "Satrap," which in the ancient language means "governor," as the owner of the company, Luis Chavit Singson, served as the governor of Ilocos Sur for a number of years. The proprietor and operator of Partas also goes by the name Satrap for his building business. The Ilocano term for "speed" or "being fast," pardas, is pronounced similarly to partas.

I was able to learn, however, that the bus I had been riding was a tourist bus when I got off to stretch my legs at the bus stop in Sison, Pangasinan. Then, since this is one of the best buses that gives me a comfortable ride every time I travel to Metro Manila, I took some video clips to document this kind of first-time experience. I also recorded a video of the bus' interior so I could share the level of comfort the bus can offer while in transit. The Partas Transport Company's buses are all fully airconditioned, have reclining seats, and most come with music or movies to watch while traveling. The personnel and staff of the bus company are generally courteous and approachable.

Early in the 1990s, when its rivals Fariñas Transit, Inc., Times Transit Corporation, and Philippine Rabbit Bus Co. were in charge, the bus firm had modest beginnings. A few years later, the activities of Times Transit were briefly interrupted owing to labor issues. It eventually changed its name to Dominion Bus Lines, and Philippine Rabbit Bus Co. was also pummeled by labor problems, which caused its operations to cease. It later restarted its operations in a few select cities. Partas Transportation Co. remained to be at par with its existing rivals throughout the years and their fleet keep on improving to meet the demands of the riding public. Their major terminals in the city of Cubao and Pasay respectively have passenger's lounge that are comfortable to stay while waiting for the appropriate bus to ride and have charging stations for phones.

This is my contribution for this week's ***Market Friday*** hosted by Ma'am @dswigle. Thanks for taking some time to read my humble composition.

***POSTSCRIPT***

***For those who want a much cheaper but comfortable ride going from Northern Luzon provinces to the Metropolitan Manila and vice versa, they can avail the services of Viron Transit, Inc. and their buses are shown at the first part of the video.***

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It was a stormy day, and I was making my way towards our outpost along a meadow when I noticed something along a trail where lantana bushes are abundantly grown. It appeared to be a golden thing floating over the wildflowers. When I got closer to look, it became clear that they were made of the yellow pigments from a butterfly's wings, which are still visible in bad weather.

When I noticed that they were docile on a rainy day, flying from flower to flower and not seeming to mind that I was there, as opposed to when it was fine and they flew away right away when they noticed human presence and preferred to fly up in the air to evade predators, my heart seemed to leap with excitement.

I stopped briefly to capture images and videos of this breathtaking splendor because I had been longing to see this species of butterfly, which I had previously only seen flying with other butterfly species over my grandmother's santan plants when I was a child. They are the most beautiful butterfly I have ever seen.

* I later discovered that this kind of butterfly is known as the golden birdwing thanks to our friends at Philippine Lepidoptera, a Facebook group that focuses on the identification, study, and conservation of butterflies that are found in the Philippines. That they are native to my country, the Philippines, makes me joyful.

The golden birdwing, Triodes rhadamantus, is a magnificent dancer when in flight; both sides of the forewings are black streaked with white, while the hindwings are bright yellow edged with black; the underside of the abdomen is bright yellow, but the rest of the body is black; the common name, "birdwing," derives from this.

Good day everyone, and I appreciate you taking the time to go at my modest items.

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It was my day off yesterday, a Wednesday, here in rhe Philippines and I spent it to look for edible wild mushrooms and I went to the other mound which is the nearest site from my place. In between my mushroom hunting spree, I took some videos to record my walk as well as the view that can be seen below upon reaching a portion of the slope overlooking the West Philippine Sea.

The first view that can be seen is the view of the packing and hauling area of the industrial zone with the sea at the background. Then after walking for a few meters under a vegetated trail, the view of the neighboring vilages can be seen. At this mound, this is where I get most of the mushrooms I had in that day. The final phase of this walk was at the other mound of which I called Dalipaoen Point due to the presence of towering Dita (Alstonia scholaris) trees that dominates the landscape and it is one of the highest elevation in my locality. I only found a few mushrooms here though last year I picked up lots of them on the western slope of this mound.

This is my contribution for this week's Wednesday Walk hosted by @tatoodjay and thanks for spending time reading my humble content.

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An Old Norse adage once said, "There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing." For a seasoned mountain dweller like me, that adage is absolutely true because in tropical countries like the Philippines, the weather is so irratic during the wet season because sometimes the rain will fall unexpectedly even if there is sunshine, so if we are planning for a mountain walk in a rainy season, always bring rain gears and some extra clothing. However, these things can bring an extra weight in our backpack so we should be wise enough to only bring items that we needed most while we stay in the boondocks so that we travel lightly on foot and enjoy every progress we made while walking and yes, bringing an extra reusable plastic bags is advisable because who knows, there are some edible wild mushrooms along the way but be extra careful though because there are species of mushrooms that are not safe to be consumed. Let's go back to the walk I had this week, generally, I made this walk being soaked in liquid most of the time as I often walk while drzzling and have to wear my raincoat when the drizzle turned to rain and while I am wearing the raincoat, it makes me prone to perspire so I have about three extra t-shirts and ample suoply of bottled drinking water to replace the fluids I lost and some biscuits. I also bring an insect repellent lotion to protect myself from mosquitoes that are very active on rainy days. About the weather, well, it rained most of the time even though if I saw the sun rose on my ascend and only yesterday that I was able to see the sunset. We have also to look for signs of upcoming thunderstorm like the presence of cottony clouds or what they call cauliflower cumulus clouds that suddenly become gray.

This is my Wednesday Walk for this week and hope enjoyed reading and learned something from my content. Thanks and have a nice day.

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The Philippines is once again under the spell of the wet season especially in most parts of Luzon, the northernmost and biggest island that composed the Philippine archipelago whereas incessant rainfalls brought by the monsoon winds are being experienced in the said area and for a mountain dweller like me, the monsoon weather is synonymous with the mushroom season because this is the best time for these species of fungi to spawn and grow on forested places and this occurrence is what every mountain dwelling people awaits as edible wild mushrooms will become in abundance at the boondocks. Aside from the edible ones, a lot of non-edble species will grow of which I should be very careful with as non-edible mushrooms are toxic however, they are one of the best subjects for photography.

Shown in the video is my actual walk to look for edible wild mushrooms and other stuff that can be consumed as food like leaves of bitter gourd, bamboo shoots, wild papayas and jute leaves which become in abundance during the rainy season. This is also the best time to watch butterflies especially when the sun shows up for a while after continuous days of raining and I included clip of golden butterfly flying in the meadow with its striking yellow and black color combination of its wings. Last but not the least, are the route I made on that day and my Actifit activity count.

This is my video share for this week's Wednesday Walk hosted by our good friend @tatoodjay. Thanks for giving time to my ccontent and good day everyone!