Back in September 2012, my family and I were at the Mines View Park in Baguio City after the passing of many years and I was surprised that the place now looked different with all the many small shops all over the place. It was kind of disappointing somewhat. Parking space was somewhat of a challenge too.
Anyway, I still enjoyed taking photos using my Nikon Coolpix S640 point-and-shoot camera. In this photo, I took a shot of a bunch of everlasting flowers sold in one of the stalls. It was interesting to me because there was in insect—a moth or something—and its colors blended well with the flowers. Really nice.
I got hold of Dr. Gary Deddo’s handout (pdf file) from one of his lectures showing what John Calvin wrote in his commentaries about universal atonement. It is interesting to note that according to Dr. Deddo, Calvin’s best works are found in his commentaries and not in his Institutes.
I’m sure some Calvinists who believe in limited atonement will wonder what John Calvin was talking about in his commentaries. With a little research, one can find John Calvin’s commentary about the Bible on the internet. Anyway, here’s Dr. Gary Deddo’s lecture handout at this link. Have fun reading and learning!
Yesterday, I once again used my old 50mm Nikon lens attached to a Lumix GF1 camera body. I continue to be amazed at how good this old lens can capture photos but once again, I found it difficult to focus manually by just looking at the LCD screen at the back of a modern digital camera. My camera doesn’t have a lens viewfinder. And the old lens doesn’t have an electronic connection to the digital camera body. Oh well… I still am pleased with the result of the photo I took of the sunset yesterday. It really is a challenge to use manual settings. But it was fun.
My wife buying durians and sweet pomelos in Calinan, Davao City.
My family and I once lived in Davao City for some seven years and there are so many good things I love about the place. For one, I really love the many varieties of durians in Davao that are available almost the whole year round. My wife and I loved to eat this fruit which for some “smells like hell” haha! Not for us. In so far as my wife and I are concerned, this fruit “tastes like heaven” haha!
In this photo, my lovely wife and I dropped by at Calinan to buy some sweet pomelos and durians. Calinan is known to produce some of the best durians in Davao. And the pomelos are really great too. Davao’s pomelos are the best I’ve tasted so far. We were on our way to Cagayan de Oro from Davao City on this trip sometime in 2003.
Boys at the foot of Mt. Apo in Baracatan enjoyed playing in a stream of water coming down from the top of the highest peak in the Philippines. (Click to zoom)
Back in November 2003 (if I remember the date correctly), I was invited to be one of the facilitators of a missions training program organized by the Asian Center for Missions (ACM) in partnership with the Living Springs International (LSI). It was held high up in the mountains in Baracatan, Toril, Davao City. It was actually at the foot of Mt. Apo, the highest mountain (or stratovolcano) in the Philippines.
In this first photo above, there were two local boys playing in the stream water flowing down from high up in the mountain. The atmosphere was cold out there. A nice place for solitude and contemplation. For this shot, I was using a point-and-shoot camera with unknown brand called Mercury. But it took good shots nonetheless!
In this second photo, this was the retreat house and training center and the fog shows how cold it can be out there! Brrr….
And oh by the way, your car has to be in top shape and you have to be a good driver to be able to climb quite a steep slope on an uphill drive as you approach the camp. Quite an experience.
