FRUITS.. anyone?
By Hazel Vee
@epiffanie (11326)
Australia
April 7, 2016 7:06pm CST
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I am feeling so grateful for the varieties of fruits , veggies and other delightful to eat produce that Mother Nature provides .. And very grateful for the taste buds and sense of smell and other senses that we are gifted with ...
How privileged are we humans! .. We should really try hard to live in harmony with Mother Nature ... Not abuse it .. Not drop bombs on it.. Not over fish the ocean and not over logged the forests.. And not over populate the planet..
Most of all eat to live, not live to eat..
Bess
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
9 Apr 16
Yes indeed! I always say that Mother Nature knows best ..
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
8 Apr 16
Oh, I love fruits like strawberries and grapes but they're costly here so I just have apples and papayas right now.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
12 Apr 16
I also only buy fruits that are in season so they cheaper ..
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
4 Jun 16
@MGjhaud I hope you are settling in comfortably in your new Apartment ;) ..
I haven't been online for a while because I had some personal issues to attend to ..
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
15 Apr 16
I am sure at times like this, you are also grateful for being born in the right country.
Many people in other countries do not have the money to buy all sorts of fruits to eat.
They just have enough to fill their stomach, and possibly pay electricity before it gets cut off.
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
16 Apr 16
@epiffanie Actually Philippines is a great country for agriculture.
There are all kinds of fruits and vegetables growing there, but the income of the people may not allow them to have all the food they like.
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
16 Apr 16
Yes I guess am lucky to live in this country ..But I wasn't born here so I know what it's like to have nothing as I was born in the Philippines in a desperate poverty .. I am grateful for the change of luck .. It's a fluke that I ended up in Australia .. I don't take anything for granted ..
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
16 Apr 16
@scheng1 Yes I know, but it is also true that many Filipinos don't like working on the land because they think it is not good job.. they look down on farmers over there.. Most of them would rather work in an air conditioned office ..Many don't even think that they can grow their own veggies in a pot if they want to so they don't have to buy..
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
12 Apr 16
those fruits can also be expensive here .. but I always buy the ones in season so they are sometimes half the price ..
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@LdeL0318 (6402)
• Philippines
12 Apr 16
@epiffanie Yes, those locally grown here are the ones cheaper.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
12 Apr 16
@LdeL0318 You know what, there are more varieties of fruits over there in the Philippines than here in AU.. I miss the fruits there like lazones and santol ..
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
9 Apr 16
Hmmm I love those fruits. But I think my favorite is mango.
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
12 Apr 16
@brokenbee oh yes you are lucky indeed that you have mango tree in your backyard.. we also have a couple of mango trees in our retreat but it's just starting to bear fruits... hopefully we'll get to try some when we go back there next year..
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
9 Apr 16
Yes mango is also one of my favourite ..but they are expensive here so I seldom buy them .. I eat a lot of mangoes though when I go back home there ..
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
9 Apr 16
@epiffanie hmm we are so lucky because we have mango fruits in our backyard. But our trees didn't have lots of fruits this season unlike last year.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
14 Apr 16
I love all fruits except for Kiwi . But the most that i like are mangoes , oranges , Davao pomelo and durian . Though here fruits such as those are so costly , we get to eat them sometimes only .
But we do have lots of pineapples and bananas . They are mostly our fruits at the house for desserts . 
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
15 Apr 16
@epiffanie Oh is that so ? I suppose you have tasted the Formosa type . I like it more than the Hawaiin type .
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
15 Apr 16
@SIMPLYD yes I think it was the formosa that I tasted on our last day I was in Sorsogon ..
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
14 Apr 16
I seldom buy fresh pineapples because it's expensive here .. so when I go back there, I have them almost everyday..
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
8 Apr 16
Yes indeed! would n't it be just wonderful to live in that kind of world? .. just dreaming ..
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
8 Apr 16
they are all sweet so you could be all of them
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@JMAndres (702)
• Zamboanga City, Philippines
8 Apr 16
True. :) Nature really provide us with abundance but unfortunately we don't take good care of it. Hopefully humanity will realize it before it is too late.
I really like fruits. I is delicious and healthy and at the same time. Your picture makes me crave for some fruits. :)
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
8 Apr 16
Yes, fruits are definitely a must for our everyday consumption ..
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@JMAndres (702)
• Zamboanga City, Philippines
8 Apr 16
@epiffanie true. I help me when I'm constipated or a little dehydrated. :)
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@Farcha (677)
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15 Aug 17
@epiffanie of course, I do like them so much, they are so tasty
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