House Blessing at Pine Hills, Bukidnon
A few days before July 17, 2008, Marissa advised me that there was a Mother Club Rotary Event in “Pine Hills, Bukidnon”. I tried to look the place up on the Internet and couldn’t find anything. I remember the last time I went to Malaybalay and Valencia that there was some kind of National Park that had waterfalls and such and without any real reason assumed the trip was to see some park.
Marissa also advised me that several other Rotarians would be attending along with their Ann’s. As it turns out, I was the only Rotarian Club of Cagayan de Oro member to attend. The rest of the entourage were Ann’s and and son of one of the members.
The lead vehicle was ex-vice mayor of Cagayan de Oro, Tony Soriano’s Fortuner,which was loaded to the max, so one of the other Anns elected to ride with us. We met at McDonald’s Limketkia, on the morning of January 17, 2008, for a quick breakfast before heading out.
From Limketkai Mall it is 30 kilometers to the rurn off to Camp Philips, which is not a military camp as I had thought, but instead it is virtually a town set up by Delmonte to run all their agrigultural endeavors in the area and there were many houses in the camp allocated to junior executives in the company.
It was 13 kilomenters from the main highway to Camp Philips. Then another 17 kilomenters of rough gravel and rock road to Pine Hills, which is not a park, but a subdivision. Here’s a short video of the road to Pine Hills from Camp Phillips.
Tony Soriano had built a house there, essentially out in the middle of nowhere, as a retreat house, a weekend, or vacation house.
The house had two bedrooms downstairs, and a loft, which could be used for a bedroom. There was one CR (comfort room = bathroom) upstairs, and one in each downstairs bedroom, and one additoinal one just off the kitchen. I have a 6-bedroom house and 6 CR’s. This one had bedrooms, all with CRs plus an extra CR, which impressed me at least a little bit. The view from the house was short of spectacular, but impressive all the same.
We were there for the house blessing. A Dominican priest did the blessing. We carried lit candles around the house, following him as he read some prayers and sprinkled Holy Water about the house. You can see the video of the actual blessing, below.
I was advised that they had bought the lot for PHP 1000 per square meter, when it had first opened, but that the price per square meter was now PHP 1500.
One hectare is 10,000 square meters or 100 meters by 100 meters,and is 2.47 acres. I’ll round that off to 2.5 acres per hectare for use in this blog.
The Philippines is considered a developing nation, and it is thought of as a poor country by World International standards, but let’s calculate this out. The current rate of exchange is about 44 pesos to 1 USD.
1500 pesos per square meter comes to about $340,000 USD per hectare, or about $136K USD per acre. And this is out in the middle of nowhere, Bukidnon. Land is not cheap in The Philippines. Which goes a long way in explaining why people buy such small lots.
In other places in The Philippines, I mean rural areas, but nice locations, like with beach-front or ocean side property sell for PHP 5000 per square meter on up to tens of thousands of pesos per square meter. I was just astounded by the price or real estate here.
Despite the fact that Tony Soriano’s house is only 60 Km from Limketkai mall, it takes a good 90 minutes to get there. We averaged about 25 kph from Camp Philips to Pine Hills beause of the rough road.
The location is ideal for reading, introspection, or spending quality time with kids without the distractions of a big and growing metropolis like Cagayan de Oro.
The subdivision has a nice clubhouse for large activities and also a “retreat house” that could easily accomodate a couple of hundred people. There’s also a small fishing pond. Security appeared to be on the serious side. Well-armed, scrutinizing, and they demonstrated they knew how to salute.
September 6th, 2010 at 7:38 am
Buy:Cozaar.Acomplia.Lasix.Zetia.Advair.Seroquel.Benicar.Female Pink Viagra.Lipothin.Zocor.Prozac.Amoxicillin.Lipitor.SleepWell.Wellbutrin SR.Female Cialis.Buspar.Ventolin.Aricept.Nymphomax….
November 10th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
…
BUY FASHION. TOP BRANDS: GUCCI, DOLCE&GABBANA, BURBERRY, DIESEL, ICEBERG, ROBERTO CAVALLI, EMPORIO ARMANI, VERSACE…
December 19th, 2010 at 12:47 am
████████►BUY LEVITRA◀███████…
▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲…
December 22nd, 2010 at 7:44 am
symbicort vs advair…
Buyno prescription…
December 23rd, 2010 at 6:15 am
Cialis UK…
Buygeneric meds…
December 24th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
abilify and orgasm…
Buygeneric pills…
December 28th, 2010 at 6:32 am
Actos@official.site” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buywithout prescription…
December 29th, 2010 at 10:58 am
aloe@vera.gel.indicatii” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric drugs…
December 29th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
altace@medication.now” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric meds…
December 30th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
tylenol zyrtec recall…
Buyno prescription…
December 31st, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Aricept@official.site” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buynow…
January 3rd, 2011 at 7:56 pm
abilify@vs.risperidone.dosage” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs…
January 5th, 2011 at 5:36 am
buy@viagra.in.london.england” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric drugs…
January 5th, 2011 at 8:09 am
< a href=”http://my.gardenguides.com/members/buy-Cialis? buy@Cialis.now…
Buygeneric drugs…
January 5th, 2011 at 8:41 am
< a href=”http://my.gardenguides.com/members/buy-Cialis? buy@Cialis.now…
Buydrugs without prescription…
January 6th, 2011 at 1:54 am
< a href=”http://my.gardenguides.com/members/buy-Tramadol? buy@Tramadol.now…
Buyno prescription…
January 6th, 2011 at 5:21 am
cheap@Viagra.now” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric pills…
January 7th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Risperdal@official.site” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buynow it…
January 21st, 2011 at 5:26 am
depakote@parkinsonism.now” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buyit now…
February 3rd, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Verapamil…
Buygeneric drugs…
February 6th, 2011 at 5:30 am
alternative for warfarin medication…
Buynow…
February 6th, 2011 at 8:07 am
diovan…
Buyit now…
February 6th, 2011 at 5:59 pm
zyrtec benadryl…
Buyit now…
February 6th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Zoloft…
Buygeneric drugs…
February 7th, 2011 at 4:27 am
asperger zoloft 100…
Buydrugs without prescription…
March 3rd, 2011 at 9:56 pm
zoloft works…
Buygeneric pills…
March 4th, 2011 at 2:31 am
Vitamin E…
Buygeneric drugs…
March 6th, 2011 at 9:05 am
purim wiki…
Buydrugs without prescription…
March 6th, 2011 at 10:10 am
claritin eye drops…
Buygeneric drugs…
March 8th, 2011 at 3:24 am
singulair hyper…
Buygeneric drugs…
March 8th, 2011 at 7:59 am
risperdal m-tab…
Buygeneric drugs…
March 8th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Purim…
Buyno prescription…
March 9th, 2011 at 4:29 am
Prozac…
Buygeneric meds…
March 9th, 2011 at 11:07 am
depo provera shot how young can you be to take it…
Buyno prescription…
March 9th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
is overdosing on seroquel painful…
Buydrugs without prescription…
March 9th, 2011 at 6:36 pm
buy orlistat alli…
Buygeneric drugs…
March 10th, 2011 at 4:54 am
rogaine for thicker eyebrows…
Buynow…
March 10th, 2011 at 10:34 am
Parlodel…
Buydrugs without prescription…
March 28th, 2011 at 9:00 am
……
Buywithout prescription…
March 29th, 2011 at 1:40 am
Purim@Purim.Purim” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buyno prescription…
March 29th, 2011 at 5:06 am
Synthroid@Synthroid.Synthroid” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buynow it…
March 29th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Slimfast@Slimfast.Slimfast” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric drugs…
March 29th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
Skelaxin@Skelaxin.Skelaxin” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buyit now…
March 30th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Synthroid@Synthroid.Synthroid” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buyit now…
March 30th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Cytoxan@Cytoxan.Cytoxan” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buydrugs without prescription…
March 30th, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Crestor@Crestor.Crestor” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buyno prescription…
March 31st, 2011 at 5:11 am
Prozac@Prozac.Prozac” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs…
March 31st, 2011 at 7:37 am
Provera@Provera.Provera” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buydrugs without prescription…
March 31st, 2011 at 8:53 am
Prozac@Prozac.Prozac” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs…
March 31st, 2011 at 7:10 pm
Seroquel@Seroquel.Seroquel” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buydrugs without prescription…
April 1st, 2011 at 9:51 am
coral@calcium.ultra” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric drugs…
April 1st, 2011 at 11:04 am
buy@human.growth.hormone.product” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric drugs…
April 1st, 2011 at 3:58 pm
.…
Buygeneric drugs…
April 1st, 2011 at 5:39 pm
..…
Buywithout prescription…
April 1st, 2011 at 9:59 pm
early@childhood.purim.crafts” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs…
April 2nd, 2011 at 3:07 pm
……
Buygeneric drugs…
April 2nd, 2011 at 10:45 pm
celexa@and.mda” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric drugs…
April 3rd, 2011 at 12:09 am
what@side.effects.does.abilify.cause” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric meds…
April 3rd, 2011 at 5:16 am
claritin@helps.poison.ivy” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buydrugs without prescription…
April 3rd, 2011 at 6:30 am
.…
Buywithout prescription…
April 3rd, 2011 at 10:18 pm
difference@between.medrol.and.prednisolone” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buywithout prescription…
April 4th, 2011 at 9:49 am
prozac@and.diflucan.drug.interactions” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric drugs…
April 4th, 2011 at 10:37 am
aleve@active.ingredient” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric meds…
April 4th, 2011 at 10:48 am
dilantin@hypoglycemia.alcohol” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buyit now…
April 4th, 2011 at 11:29 am
can@you.take.vicodin.with.prednisolone” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buynow…
April 4th, 2011 at 12:40 pm
effexor@drug.interaction” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric pills…
April 4th, 2011 at 4:27 pm
aloe@vera.gel.benefits” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buyit now…
April 4th, 2011 at 7:53 pm
is@prometrium.and.blood.clots” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buywithout prescription…
April 4th, 2011 at 9:22 pm
cutting@proscar.tablets” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric pills…
April 5th, 2011 at 5:02 am
……
Buydrugs without prescription…
April 5th, 2011 at 5:15 am
buy@online.amoxicillin” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buywithout prescription…
April 5th, 2011 at 9:05 am
arava@institute.for.enviornmental.studies.dr.elaine.solowey” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buynow…
April 5th, 2011 at 10:22 am
is@neem.safe.to.use.on.skin” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric pills…
April 5th, 2011 at 11:59 am
best@ay.to.take.extenze” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buyit now…
April 5th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
neurontin@dyskinesia.tardive.dystonia” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs…
April 5th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
how@well.does.nexium.cure.barretts.esophagus” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs…
April 5th, 2011 at 6:01 pm
.…
Buynow…
April 5th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
how@long.before.extenze.works” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric pills…
April 5th, 2011 at 7:50 pm
changing@from.paxil.to.paxil.cr” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buyno prescription…
April 5th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
femara@and.hives” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buyno prescription…
April 5th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
plan@b.skateboards.at.target” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buywithout prescription…
April 6th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
livingston@foot.care.bellmore” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buyit now…
July 18th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
buy@generic.LEVITRA” rel=”nofollow”>……
Need cheap generic LEVITRA?…
July 29th, 2011 at 5:50 am
Get@Coral.Calcium.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric drugs…
July 29th, 2011 at 7:29 am
Order@Abana.Online” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buywithout prescription…
July 30th, 2011 at 6:50 am
Buy@Discount.Acai” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buynow it…
July 31st, 2011 at 1:08 am
Buy@Generic.Acai.Without.Prescription” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric drugs…
August 1st, 2011 at 9:28 am
Cheap@Abana.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buyno prescription…
August 1st, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Purchase@Generic.Abilify” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buynow it…
August 2nd, 2011 at 3:53 am
Order@Coral.Calcium.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buynow it…
August 2nd, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Get@Abana.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buyit now…
August 3rd, 2011 at 1:07 am
Order@Abilify.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric pills…
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:42 am
Cheap@Abilify.5mg.10mg.15mg.20mg.30mg” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buywithout prescription…
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:27 am
Buy@Generic.Abilify.5mg.10mg.15mg.20mg.30mg” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric meds…
August 3rd, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Buy@Acai.Online” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buywithout prescription…
August 3rd, 2011 at 8:32 pm
Order@Cheap.Acai” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buyit now…
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Order@Discount.Acai” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buyit now…
August 4th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Order@Generic.Acai” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buydrugs without prescription…
August 5th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Buy@Accupril.Online” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric meds…
August 6th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Purchase@Accutane.Without.Prescription” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs…
August 8th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Buy@Generic.Aciphex.20mg” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buynow it…
August 10th, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Buy@Actonel.35mg” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric drugs lzt…
August 11th, 2011 at 4:58 am
Buy@Actos.Online” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs zfk…
August 11th, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Buy@Generic.Actos.Without.Prescription” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric drugs krg…
August 12th, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Order@Adalat.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric meds qhr…
August 12th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Get@Adalat.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric meds qmo…
August 13th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Buy@Generic.Abilify.Without.Prescription” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric pills zdg…
August 13th, 2011 at 9:58 pm
Cheap@Generic.Abilify.5mg.10mg.15mg.20mg.30mg” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buywithout prescription yyn…
August 14th, 2011 at 1:31 am
Buy@Acai.Online” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buydrugs without prescription vrg…
August 15th, 2011 at 11:59 am
Order@Energy.Boost.Online” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs axm…
August 15th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Cheap@Energy.Boost.Online” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buydrugs without prescription jlg…
August 15th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
Get@Energy.Boost.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buyno prescription jui…
August 19th, 2011 at 3:29 am
Buy@Aciphex.20mg” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs mby…
August 19th, 2011 at 6:00 am
Purchase@Generic.Aciphex.20mg” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buywithout prescription ccw…
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:41 am
Order@Cheap.Advair” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric drugs vbr…
August 23rd, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Order@Generic.Advair” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buydrugs without prescription hak…
August 25th, 2011 at 7:45 am
Buy@Albenza.Online” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buyit now ojb…
August 25th, 2011 at 11:45 am
Order@Albenza.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buydrugs without prescription faj…
August 25th, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Purchase@Discount.Albenza” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buynow fjl…
August 25th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Buy@Aldactone.Online” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs hwi…
August 27th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
aloe@vera.juice.benefits.best” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric meds…
October 16th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
hiv research being conducted in usa…
Buy_generic pills…
October 18th, 2011 at 10:31 pm
advair and contraindications…
Buy_generic meds…
October 19th, 2011 at 12:11 am
canine heat cycles…
Buy_without prescription…
October 20th, 2011 at 2:33 am
apo amitriptyline…
Buy_generic pills…
October 21st, 2011 at 10:44 am
conquer online hacking tools…
Buy_generic drugs…
October 21st, 2011 at 3:43 pm
symptoms of prescription drug abuse…
Buy_drugs without prescription…
October 26th, 2011 at 5:24 pm
working and twin pregnancy…
Buy_now it…
October 27th, 2011 at 8:25 am
how to embed pictures ms office…
Buy_drugs without prescription…
October 28th, 2011 at 9:24 am
adult survivors of childhood cancer…
Buy_generic pills…
October 29th, 2011 at 3:01 am
singapore secure psychiatric forensic unit…
Buy_no prescription…
October 29th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
mini insulin fridge…
Buy_generic drugs…
October 30th, 2011 at 12:37 am
cheap fetal heart rate monitor…
Buy_generic meds…
October 30th, 2011 at 8:02 am
avelox treats for bacteria…
Buy_drugs without prescription…
October 30th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
drug treatment for bipolar disorder…
Buy_generic pills…
November 5th, 2011 at 3:46 pm
build muscle mass diet…
Buy_drugs without prescription…
November 9th, 2011 at 2:19 am
free diabetes logbooks to print…
Buy_generic drugs…
November 10th, 2011 at 9:59 am
hiv quality of life survey tools…
Buy_drugs without prescription…
November 10th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
obesity in moorhead minnesota…
Buy_now…
November 12th, 2011 at 8:39 am
kim kardashian weight gain…
Buy_now…
November 12th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
breast cancer site is having trouble…
Buy_drugs without prescription…
November 15th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
boost metabolism foods…
Buy_now…
November 16th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
substitute for diovan hct…
Buy_now…
December 10th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Download@alternative.Rock” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Search rock UK Charts…