Davao Farms

Pic of the day:

Today's pic was taken the moment Moses entered class this morning carrying a big box of chocolate certificates. Yes, a BOX of certificates.

It turns out that there's this YMCA competition that requires its contestants to compile all their achievements and certificates throughout their high school life. It's kinda like MOHSG (Most Outstanding High School Graduate) except that this competition has more to do with compiling than speaking.

I don't know much about the other contestants, but I'm quite sure that no one else is going to come up with a BOX of chocolate certificates and awards like Moses. I just wonder how he's going to turn the box into a book for the competition. xD

Anyway, I know that Moses can win this thing. Just keep your head in the game and remember to do it for God, bro! :D



Now, on to the real blog. xD



Today, my class and I went to Davao Farms for our Entrep Field Trip. :D

For our tour, we had a guide named Kuya John Mark (the GUY in blue). And it's just a weird coincidence because I also have a classmate named John Mark. xD

Anyway, Davao Farms is one of the biggest farms in Davao and throughout our tour we saw a mix of awesome and not-so-awesome stuff.


Here are some of the AWESOME:

THE EGG SUCKER

The Egg Sucker is something developed by the owners of Davao Farm to improve the operations in the plant. It was made to suck and hold all 36 eggs in a tray in order to transfer them faster to the conveyer belt for sorting.

EGG PICKING

This actually reminds me of the Strawberry picking experience I had in Baguio, it's just that this time, we're picking eggs. :D

And to make sure that no one misses out on the fun, Ma'am Jocy, the teacher responsible for CANCELING OUR CLASSES bringing us to Davao Farms, told us all to pick at least 36 eggs before we were allowed to leave the pen. :D

FUN FACT: Kuya John Mark said that Davao Farms has about 1 million chickens and produces about 400,000 eggs a day. o.O

But despite of the cool stuff in Davao Farms, there were still some things that we wish we could "unsee"..

DEAD CHICKENS

FLIES... LOTS OF FLIES

Yes. Those "dots" are flies.

CRYING CHICKEN

The eggs we were picking aren't fertilised because Davao Farms uses feeds to make their chicken lay eggs so that means that the eggs will never become chicks and are only suitable for the market. But nevertheless, it's still kinda painful to see animals crammed up in cages. These chickens were born to eat and lay eggs. That's it. And when I think about what Kuya John Mark said, having 400,000 eggs per day means that if I were a chicken, I'd have to lay at least one egg every two days. I don't know much about animal cruelty, but I do hope the facilities in the farm improve for the sake of the chickens. The dead chickens in the cart were already horrifying enough, I don't ever want that cart to turn into a warehouse of dead chicken..

On the way out of Davao Farms, I saw some new equipment coming in, hopefully for the chickens. Maybe in the next few months, a better home can be created for them. :)

Anyway, dad is home and it looks like he brought pizza! I guess this is all for now. Until next time! ^^

*BOW*

Current mode: HAPPY!!! ^^

And here's a picture taken at Davao Farms to prove just that. :D

Since it was raining, everyone with an umbrella had to take a passenger with them. My passenger was Natz. And the smile on our faces is enough to tell you that the deadline of our papers was moved to MONDAY!!! woO!!! XDD