G&B 3j’s Farm
The place
G&B 3j's Farm in Laguna Province, Los Baños/Calamba area (Calabarzon, South Luzon, Philippines), at 338 m altitude, on the slopes of Mount Makiling/Laguna de Bay. Continuous Philippines Luzon cluster (batches 260-397). A tourist/agritourism farm-stay in Calabarzon (Mount Makiling, a 1,090 m dormant volcano and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 1970; Laguna de Bay, a 949 km² lake, the 2nd largest in Southeast Asia; Los Baños, "The Baths," a Spanish colonial-era spa town; Calamba, birthplace of José Rizal, 1861-1896, national hero; UPLB, the University of the Philippines Los Baños, founded 1908, and IRRI, the International Rice Research Institute, founded 1960, of Green Revolution fame) plus the heritage of the Tagalog people (an Austronesian people of 28 million, whose language became the national Tagalog/Filipino language in 1937; the Katipunan, founded 1892 by Andrés Bonifacio, which led the revolution against Spain; Emilio Aguinaldo and the First Philippine Republic, proclaimed 12 June 1898; the Philippine-American War, 1899-1902, with 200,000 deaths; the Treaty of Paris, 10 December 1898, in which Spain ceded the islands to the US for $20 million; independence on 4 July 1946 under Manuel Roxas; the Marcos Sr. martial law period, 21 September 1972-1986, with an estimated $10 billion plundered; the EDSA People Power Revolution, 22-25 February 1986, which brought Cory Aquino to power over Marcos; the Duterte presidency, 2016-2022, and its drug war with 30,000 extrajudicial deaths; and Bongbong Marcos Jr., who became president on 30 June 2022, marking the return of the Marcos dynasty).
The setting
Laguna, Los Baños/Calamba, Calabarzon, South Luzon, Philippines, 338 m, Mount Makiling/Laguna de Bay, continuous cluster batches 260-397, tourist/agritourism farm-stay, plus Mount Makiling 1,090 m dormant volcano UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 1970, plus Laguna de Bay 949 km² 2nd largest in SEA, plus Los Baños colonial-era spa town, plus Calamba/Rizal 1861-1896, plus UPLB founded 1908/IRRI founded 1960, Tagalog people, Austronesian, 28 million, Tagalog/Filipino national language 1937, plus Katipunan 1892/Bonifacio, plus Aguinaldo/First Republic 12 June 1898, plus Philippine-American War 1899-1902, 200,000 deaths, plus Treaty of Paris 10 Dec 1898, $20 million, plus independence 4 July 1946/Roxas, plus Marcos martial law 21 Sept 1972-1986, $10 billion plundered, plus EDSA 22-25 Feb 1986/Aquino, plus Duterte 2016-2022, 30,000 deaths, plus Marcos Jr., 30 June 2022.
