Millet: If “kabog” means “bat” and assuming “budbod” has a similar meaning in Cebuano as it does in Tagalog, would that then translate to something like bat droppings? ;-)

Being gentleman farmers, we used to manage a small hobby-farm type in Mindanao. The elevation is about 2000 ft above sea level, so it gets Tagaytay-cold at nights. But we did not run the farm very well, and every year, we’d be in the red. We’d sell the mangosteen at the ridiculously low price of about 15 pesos per kilo, since that’s the distributor’s price. Well, that is, if we get lucky, and get to the fruits before someone else does.

Sadly, we gave that up. The farm is now being leased for a paltry sum per month. But the lessor (?) told us that we can go up there, to EAT what we can, anytime we want. Presumably she means we can’t cart down baskets of the stuff, and we have to consume it on the spot. I’ll see if that part of the agreement still holds true. Well, I can always buy the stuff from her, and that’s still gonna be cheaper compared to fruit stand prices.

So come to Davao anytime next month, MM! We’ll feast on Mangosteen. and we can still catch the tail-end of the Durian harvest.

And Hiya, Millet! Nice to see a fellow Davaoeno in this group.