This article/case study has been made by my brother during his college days as one of his requirement in his class. As I browse my files in my laptop, it happened that I saw this one and I decided to post it in my blog for the reason maybe that someone from our province might read it. The content of this article mirrors the life of our fellow countrymen who have been taken for granted long time ago.
My apologies for some mistakes found in this article (if there is). I decided not to change the whole context of this aside from other minor proof reading I have made.
To my brother, congratulations. job well done.
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ISLAND HOPPING: MAGKABILANG DIMENSYON
(Part 2)
by: Nestler L. Lantita
Joannan Mae Rizo
THE TRUTH BEHIND ISLAND LIFE…
When we are talking about an island, what comes first to our mind? Someone will ask, what kind of life would it be living in a small island? Is there a great chance for survival?
We are living in the Philippines archipelago, composed of groups of islands. Marinduqe is one of the islands in the country which is also composed of group of islets. Gaspar in the town of Gasan and Maniwaya in the town of Sta. Cruz are the two particular places where we conducted our study about an island life.
Gaspar Island near Brgy. Pinggan at town of Gasan is an island which rich in aquatic and land resources. One of the sources of their living is fishing since they are surrounded by sea water while some of them do the kaingin system where they can plant corn, vegetables and different kinds of root crops. They spend their leisure time playing card games, Bingo and playing billiards. Gaspar Island is known for its caves, beautiful spots and enchanting beauty. But behind the wonderful view, people living there suffer from a perennial misery e.g. lack of water supply. So the people tend to travel from the island to the nearby barangay through motorboat to fetch water. Children only take a bath once or twice a week.
Another thing is that they don’t have sufficient supply of electricity. They were only provided generator by the municipality of Gasan which can only be used from 6:00 to 10:00.
They also don’t have septic tanks where they can eliminate their waste. In other words, even though Gaspar has beautiful scenery, still people there are lacking of supply of their needs that made them uncivilized.
Maniwaya Island, one of the islands in Sta. Cruz in between the islands of Polo and Mongpong. Like Gaspar Island, Maniwaya is rich in aquatic and land resources. Since, it was surrounded by sea water, fishing is the primary source of living of the people in there. They also have small farm where they can plant corn, rice, vegetables and other plants.
In Gaspar, there is one elementary school while Maniya both have elementary and secondary school. There are also beautiful spots that can be found in this island. The Japan House is located near the sea in Sitio Japan. Some of the houses of the people are concrete which are made of bricks and cements. Compared to the people of Gaspar, the people living in Maniwaya are more civilized.
This island also has its own supply of electricity that was why it’s not a big problem for them to work at night. The problem is the same with Gaspar, they do not have source of drinking water. They have to go to Buyabod or in some part of Quezon to buy water. They only use water from well in washing clothes because it was not potable.
It is really hard to live in a small island. You really have to work hard and use skills to survive.
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