Photo: Totskie Mosende
Post: Zimmbodilion
Pagusi (Nymphea sp.)
Pagusi or Water Lotus (Nymphea sp.) is very common in Mainit Lake.
The green mature fruits are edible (peanut-like) and are usually sold in the public markets.
Photos: www.fotolog.net
By: Zimmbodilion Y. Mosende
Mar 31, 2006
Categories: photos, welcome, lake, mainit, surigao, mindanao, philippines
The green mature fruits are edible (peanut-like) and are usually sold in the public markets.
Photos: www.fotolog.net
By: Zimmbodilion Y. Mosende
Mar 31, 2006
Categories: photos, welcome, lake, mainit, surigao, mindanao, philippines
Biko ni Ya' Mila
Photo: Monyx Libarnes (www.surigaoislands.com)
Post: Zimmbodilion (www.pidjanga.blogspot.com)
Nov 30, 2007
Tagbuyawan + Tambulayag - MAMATPA Paradise
Tambulayag view.
Tambulayag beach.
Tambulayag beach rock. (We can name it in Minainit too... suggestions please!)
A Mamatpa-hired tree planter. Background: Tambulayag.
Lake Mainit side. The sun was already high hence bad angle for the lens. But Pastor Casera says this is spectacular at night especially on a full moon.
The cemented road from the Mamatpa point, going down to Tambulayag.
The Mamatpa summit. We brought the Innova and in my calculation, Mamatpa is just less than 30 minutes from Poblacion Mainit.
Post: Zimm (www.pidjanga.blogspot.com)
Aug 30, 2007
Kayag -Kayag 2005 - Part 2
An dayan pasingud sa sementaryo, mapuno isab nan mga instant mini-tindahan nan kandila sanan iban mga gamiton para sa "pagdagkot" sama sa insenso, ugbp.
MDOer Ybong with the Montaner Family. Mamahuway sanan maglingkuray anay adecer o kaha pagkahuman mandagkot sanan mangadye.
Tipikal na pagbutang nan buyak para sa mga minatay... sa lata o kaha sa way suyod na botelya... Minainit gadjud! Pero an mga may garden o kaha an may access the flower vendors... naka-bouquet na kuman.
Nov 30, 2005
Photos by: Jo Marie Libarnes, John Mark Libarnes
November 2005
An Ato Danaw (Our Lake)
Photo credits: Monyx Libarnes, Joy Mosad, Ann Gatpolintan
Post: Zimm (www.pidjanga.blogspot.com)
Apr 30, 2007
Tinuya Na Bisaya na Manok (Native Chicken Broth)
A glimpse of a Pidjanga Artwork: PHOTOGRAPHY
Take at peek at the photography of MDOer Monmon Libarnes, MDO's award-winning and most versatile artist.
Visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73256777@N00/
He is a freelance IT Consultant, Web Developer, and Graphic Artist.
You contact him at jmlibarnes@gmail.com or (+63-906) 919-9487.
He owns the website: www.surigaoislands.com. His portfolio is also found there.
Enjoy!
By: Zimmbodilion Mosende
Jun 30, 2006
Categories: photos, news, mainit, surigao, caraga, mindanao, philippines
Lake Mainit... Philippines' Deepest Lake
Three-dimensional representation of Lake Mainit basin derived from GPS marked bathymetric and coastline data collected from September 2003 – February 2004 using Surfer V 7.0 (Golden Software Inc.).
Source: Tumanda, MI Jr., EC Roa,JG Gorospe, MT Daitia,SM Dejarme, RD Gaid (2005). Limnological and Water Quality Assessment of Lake Mainit. Mindanao State University at Naawan. (Thanks to LMDA for sharing the report).
Pidjanga notes: Indeed, at 219.35 meters maximum depth and 122.48 meters mean depth, Tumanda et.al (2005) confirmed that Lake Mainit is the deepest lake in the Philippines. The study says that the mean depth is a reliable morphometric indicator of trophic conditions of the lake with mean depth inversely related to production. It adds that shallow lakes are more productive than deep lakes. Lake Mainit is considered a deep tropical lake hence its water volume available for biological productivity is quite small.
Sige lamang... scientific facts like this are of great importance for planning. Let's hope that brilliant Mainitnon minds (or that of Lake Mainit communities) can find some ways to make the above fact bring positive developments to our beloved lake. We'd appreciate your comments and suggestions.
Anay pa... have you noticed the deepest parts of the lake? An mga kantil jaon banda sa south- west part. An study nila Prof. Tumanda (2005) nagsuporta na kun hain an baybay na wayay mga river tributaries, jaon an mga lagyom na parte nan danaw... jaon sa area nan Malimono range. An baybay na suod s Mayag River (northwest), sa Suba nan Mainit (north), sanan Magpayang River (northeast), mga mabaw.
Next feature: Lake Mainit as the CLEAREST lake in the Philippines, beating the 1974 record of Lake Lanao in Secchi disk visibility scale.
By: Zimmbodilion Mosende.
Jul 29, 2006
Categories: photos, references, lake, mainit, surigao, caraga, mindanao, philippines
Related link: www.lakemainit.com
Update: In early 2012, I discovered that at 600+ meters, Mount Pinatubo Crater Lake became the deepest lake of the country.
MonyxL Photography: Okra
(Photo by: MDOer John Mark (Monyx) Libarnes. This photo is also published at: http://screwface.multiply.com/photos/photo/13/8)
Locally known as okra (especially in Mainit).
Also known as Lady’s Fingers, Gombo, Okro, Ochro, Okoro, Quimgombo, bhindi, bindi, bamia, bamiya, and bamieh, this annual, herbaceous shrub originated in Africa, where it has been cultivated since antiquity and has been naturalized in the region. It belongs to the Malvaceae (mallow) family, along with cotton, hollyhock, hibiscus, etc. and is readily identifiable by its beautiful, pale-yellow flowers.
The pods and leaves are edible, and young pods can be used in stir-fry and soups either blanched or pickled. When cooked it resembles asparagus, yet it may be left raw and served in a cold salad.
Fruits have a very agreeable taste, but the fact that they are mucilaginous, which makes them suitable for soups, can be disagreeable to some while appealing to others. The ripe seeds have been used as a substitute for coffee; the seed can be dried and powdered for storage and future use. Stems have also been used to manufacture paper.
Source: http://www.geocities.com/pelionature/Okra.htm
Nov 28, 2006
Pangisda: LAJA
Laja-- amora nan pokot na porma nan muskitero (mosquito-net), pan-Pidjanga sanan Tilapia.
Pidjanga notes: Break anay kita sa election hu.
I've given up to temptation. I just got a whole set of lake fishing gears... one fishing pumpboat (10-15 seater with 9-caballos engine), 2 sets of laja (40ft x 40ft each), and a set of pokot (around 300 meters long). I initially planned to get a small boat (baroto) and a small pokot for "panud-an". I thought too that I can use the baroto for my occasional lake tours and photo shoots of our lake, and perhaps some pamingwit (fishing-rod). While looking around, I was overwhelmed with offers from friends and old colleagues... mostly I can not refuse, not only because they are my friends but because the offers are too low that the gears are almost given free.
I was on a dilemma too because it has been my personal advocacy to protect Lake Mainit especially addressing over-fishing and irresponsible fishing.
I hope that my decision is right. I justified to myself that the Laja (above) and the pokot do catch fish of legal sizes. Small ones just get through the holes. And I swear that this small plan turned into a "business" will be legally registered and should be operating with license.
Kamo an ako konsensiya... uman... payts ra?
Photo: Toto Mosende
Post: Zimm (www.pidjanga.blogspot.com)
May 27, 2007
Mainit is now 75 Years Old
Mayor Roger Gatpolintan inaugurated this Jubilee Marker last 20 September 2006 to celebrate the 75th year of Mainit's township. In 1931, by virtue of Executive Order 290, Mainit was created a municipality from being a barrio of the Municipality of Placer.
Photos by: MDOer Totskie Mosende
Sep 26, 2006
We have a NEW HOTEL in Lake Mainit!!!
Almont Lake Resort (Lake Mainit)
San Roque, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte
P1,300 per room (airconditioned) good for 2 persons. With hot and cold shower. Restaurant with 100 pax capacity function room for seminars and trainings. Soon to be available: Floating restaurant; Jet Ski; Speed Boat (P1,400 per hour); Kayaking (P300 per hour), Island Hopping; Fishing; etc).
I got the contact info of the owners and managers but I left it with Councilor Nonong. I'll upload these once I get them.
This is for a WOW Lake Mainit in action.
Cheers!
Post: Zimm (www.pidjanga.blogspot.com)
June 26, 2007
Nagpahulagway isab iban an kabataan nan mga Behagan. Kinugos nako si Noynoy (eldest son of Nonong), sanan inagbajan nako si Madi (eldest ni Maya). Kodaker namo an konsehal.
Kayape
These are Wild Rattan Fruits (locally known as Kayape) usually found in the hinterlands of Mainit and brought down to the poblacion by the native Mamanwas (Mainit's surviving indigenous people) in exchange of food or clothing.
By: Zimmbodilion Mosende
Aug 26, 2006
Categories: photos, mainit, surigao, caraga, mindanao, philippines
Mainit Lake's Kalinawan River (Tubay, Agusan del Norte)
"Kalinawan" comes from the visayan word "linaw" meaning clear. Kalinawan river must have been named when it was still clean and clear. This recent photo (probably taken in 2005) shows the opposite. What does it mean?
Photo courtesy of Lake Mainit Development Authority (LMDA).
Oct 25, 2006
Kapadjas
Bayle sa Luneta Circa 1960
Tan-awa nijo an petromax, an mga banderitas sanan mga taring-taring. Kanin-o kaha mga ginikanan ad-on mga sputing?Series: The Mainit of the Past
Oct 25, 2005
Source: Mosende Archives
October 2005
AnnG Photography: Kilum-Kilum sa Danaw (Twilight)
(Photo by: MDOer Rose Ann Gatpolintan. This photo is also published at: http://anngat.multiply.com/photos/album/30)
Visit the rest of Ann Gatpolintan's photos here.
Nov 25, 2006
Kayag-Kayag 2005
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Dagkot sa kayag-Kayag
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An ato sementeryo sa pagkakuman - November 2005.
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MDO Prexy Jo - leading the way!
For: http://www.mainit.org
Photos by: Jo Marie Libarnes, John Mark Libarnes
Nov 25, 2005
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