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Farms have been withered since the El Niño arrive the country. Seems all the farmers have been praying for the rain to fall. Farmers complain that irrigation is not enough to fill all the water needed by their plants, thus the reason for staple crops such as rice dying in the Country.

Our country depends on agriculture, it's the main source of income to our some fellows in the province. As they say we can't survive a day without eating rice, so now we see the current problems facing our farms, we became more concerned about it. Some already feared that we may experience rice shortage, but as the government states, there's still enough supply for everyone. Aside from rice farms crops like corn, potatoes, cabbage, onions, and other vegetables have been greatly affected by the dry spell.

The effects of El ñino dry spell, is not only causing so much problems in agriculture but also in tourism. Number of tourist who visited the country for the summer vacation has decreased due to the intense heat given by El Niño.

While I was studying during summer vacation, aside from watching TV shows, my favorite past time was playing RPG game in Nintendo. For some it will be very boring to spent your whole vacation just sitting in the couch while playing game console, but for me it's still the best way to use my vacation days.

It's fun and interactive, lots of twists and secrets to finds, the game I was talking about is Harvest Moon, it can also be played in PlayStation, but I prefer playing it in Nintendo. It has a lot of version, it started from friends of mineral town until upgraded to much enjoyable and interesting versions and story. 

The game is all about farm life, growing crops, raising animals, mining jewelries and precious stones, fishing, buying and selling items but aside from that the adventure of the character is in your hand, you are the one who will make him successful or even poorer. There are also town's people and sprites whom you would befriend, by being nice to them you will earn points and privilege. The character also have to choose from the town's bachelorettes or bachelors depending on your chosen character if your a boy or a girl. You have to court you chosen girl/boy to be your wife/husband, you will get married after she/he accept your proposal and after the wedding you will have a baby.

Events and festivals are also exciting parts in the game, you can also upgrade your wooden house into mansion and able to go in other town. You will be punish by the Harvest goddess if you're not nice to people and animals and also if you throw garbage in the streets. The character's journey, is up to you on how will you earn your success in farming and by building a happy family.

I write this post because of how I missed playing the game.  I always imagine how peaceful a life in a farm.

Summer vacation can be extremely fun or can be the worst and boring. Though countless video games are available now for kids and also for adults,it's still much fun to enjoy and explore summer.

Kids always love to go to different places, mostly to the places that they've never visited before. One of the best place for kids to visit, the Museong Pambata, which is located in Manila. Kids are able to explore and discover interesting but educating facts while they're having fun. They will be expose to the importance of nature, history, science, arts craft, and a lot more. For sure kids and their parents will love to spend a day here, because of it's very affordable admission fee.


Parents can also take their children to Manila Ocean Park, if they really have a plan and a budget for a nice travel trip this summer. Worth seeing places for your kid's exciting adventure in our famous oceanarium.

Exploring and making new friends, these are just several things for your kids to do to have a fun summer vacation.