A month or so ago, I wrote about the Kaya ng Pinoy balangay project of the Philippine Everest team. By this time, it was set to sail off to other parts of our archipelago in emulation of our seafaring ancestors. But as we Pinoys say, "weather-weather lang". It translates to the idea that everything has its time same with the changing of the weather and the shifting of wind directions. This couldn't be truer in the case of the Balangay. sir Art (Valdez) wouldn't risk it and he relates that our ancestors didn't either as they brought their families along with them on the journey. So they practiced prudence, patiently waiting for better weather before sailing.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Testing The Waters Aboard The Balangay
A month or so ago, I wrote about the Kaya ng Pinoy balangay project of the Philippine Everest team. By this time, it was set to sail off to other parts of our archipelago in emulation of our seafaring ancestors. But as we Pinoys say, "weather-weather lang". It translates to the idea that everything has its time same with the changing of the weather and the shifting of wind directions. This couldn't be truer in the case of the Balangay. sir Art (Valdez) wouldn't risk it and he relates that our ancestors didn't either as they brought their families along with them on the journey. So they practiced prudence, patiently waiting for better weather before sailing.