The Life in the Province

Do you still remember the first time you went in a place full of trees and other plants and animals? How do you feel living in that place? How do you feel about the environment? Is it fresh? or polluted? You can answer these questions if you have lived in a province.

I can still remember the first time I went in our province. In the house of my aunt, located at Tamiao, Bantayan Island, Cebu, I lived there for almost six years. It was so nice living there because everything is there except for money. But in spite of poverty, we can still live there happily because my relatives are there and my uncle has a farm there. My uncle is also a fisherman because we live not just so far from the seashore. Every dawn, before the sun rises up, my uncle always go fishing . After my uncle left the house, I always wake up and I don't know why. When I wake up, it is still dark but I can clearly see the sun's rays near the sea.

During six in the morning, I always take a bath and after we our breakfast, I always play and play in the farm not so far from the house. In the farm, there is a wide area of land which was divided into two parts. The first part was planted with corn while the other part was planted with "chicos trees". It was so nice wandering around the farm because the air is so fresh and you can't see any house and the sky seems so close to you. It feels like you're the only one living in this world. Every afternoon, my friends and I always play near the big "sinegwelas" tree at the back of our house. There were also banana trees all around the place. After I play, together with my cousins, we went to the well and then take a bath.

As the years passed, I didn't think of going back to Cebu City where my family lives. But one day, my brother came and told me that i should go the city because I'm turning six and they want to have my elementary there. So, I have no choice but to go with my brother in the city. When we came in our house, it is not so small but it is fit for my family.

I have so many difficulties in adjusting to my new life because I like fruits but I can't even see any fruit-bearing trees except for coconut trees. The environment, it was so noisy not like in the province. But my father promised that we will go back in our province so we went back in our province. Sometimes I think that it is better to live in the city because you can find money there but in the province, nothing will happen in your life. But if you can find money or money can be easily earned there, then why not live there?