“Can You Live A Simple Life?”
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (140119)
Philippines
May 20, 2017 11:22pm CST
If you have the chance to live with the local tribes in Kalinga Philippines, you can able to appreciate simple things in life. The local tribes’ lifestyle is not complicated as we experienced in the city. They have their basic necessity within their area. They have water to use, consume rice harvested from their paddies and other crops for personal consumption.
I had lived with the local tribes for almost one year. I never thought I can live with simplicity. I am a city boy and never been away from the city that long. I had enjoyed living with them and had learned so many things from them.
“Are you willing to live a simple life?”
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
21 May 17
@Shavkat Yes,I would have liked that when I was younger and without my family.
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@andriaperry (117141)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 May 17
Yes I can, I am actually trying to get back to the old ways.
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@Slayqueen (918)
• India
21 May 17
It would be hard for me at first.. but I always dreamed of living in a calm place, away from the city's hustle and bustle.. it would be great experience for me..
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
21 May 17
@Slayqueen You would love seeing the sceneries in this place.
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@Slayqueen (918)
• India
21 May 17
@Shavkat wow.. it's such a beautiful place out there..
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@shebish (775)
• Egypt
21 May 17
I live a part time simple life, as we spend three months of the year at my husbands family home which is a very traditional old style house, but not quiet the same as living with the the local tribes in Kalinga Philippines,
My Egyptian family are fully self sufficient growing crops and rearing their own animals,they have stayed more or less living the same lifestyles their Grandparents lived.
I really enjoy staying with them but three months a year is enough for me,
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
22 May 17
I agree. We can live a simple life, not in a particular place. I had experienced living in Kalinga with a purpose. I had helped the local tribes to implement their community project under the local government agency. I took advantage of living with simplicity.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
21 May 17
I had tried living for 3 months in a very remote sitio (smaller part of a barrio) in the remote island of Antique, Southern Philippines in between the sea, river and mountains, and I loved it and I could survive there and blend with the locals but that was before I had kids. Can't do it now because the children go to school and money is hard on those places, only food is easy
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
21 May 17
Yes of course we can live a simple life, provided with the basic supplies
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
21 May 17
I feel that I could do it 100% because I would trade my convenience for no stress any day of the week in a heartbeat and I would not care about internet.
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
21 May 17
I think you can do it, my friend. When I was in Tajikistan, I don't have internet connection for a year. I had lived without it. At that time, I was able to think for myself and refrain from having any distractions.
In Kalinga, I had tried to be as simple as possible. The local tribes taught me to appreciate simple things in life. I had learned to appreciate their way of living and still, they managed to stay happy.
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
22 May 17
@TiarasOceanView Some of my teammates are still working there. Perhaps I can visit them if time permits. It is nice to visit here. Some foreigners love to have tattoos from a "mambabatok" in Buscalan, Tinglayan, Kalinga.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
21 May 17
@Shavkat Will you ever return there Shavkat?
It is beautiful there the scenes you have share here are astounding.
I feel privileged to see the insiders look.
Is this the place?
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
21 May 17
That's nice you can still do that. When I was living with the local tribes, I also washed my clothes manually. I think it is better to know and apply what's life being simple before. I also remembered my mom used to wash clothes at the riverside before.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 May 17
i lived a simple life when there was no electricity yet here in the barrio, in 1972. then when we were the very first family to have the black and white television, all the children in our neighborhood would watch, and our door was filled with so many pairs of slippers.
now that technology is giving the life easy and comfortable, i still like to go back too simple living.
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
21 May 17
I had experienced that scene in my granny's hometown. Some of the neighbors love to watch on a single black and white TV in the house. As a city boy, I was so surprised seeing them in the window. I had enjoyed experiencing this.
We can eat some fruits while chatting with the neighbors.lol
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
21 May 17
yes definitely.........having 10 buffaloes and few acres of land will do
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
22 May 17
@spaceseed That would be a picture perfect. Playing with flute and the local tribes can sing "salidumay."
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
21 May 17
@Shavkat and playing flute when buffaloes are grazing.
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@TheInvisibleMan (17597)
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21 May 17
@Shavkat As experience I would find valid, but not permanently.
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
21 May 17
@TheInvisibleMan I agree. Personally, I cannot live in this place permanently.
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
21 May 17
Where is your hometown? I do agree that it is so troublesome during a typhoon in the local provinces of the Philippines. In the mountain, there is no flood but the wind and rain are so heavy.lol The good thing some of the villages have their footpath. It will not be slippery while hiking back to the village or going down from the village.
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
21 May 17
I also tried to live in a simple life during my childhood years. My parents had taught me how to live simple and can change myself without hesitation. It is a life cycle that it might change, either going to success or failure.
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@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
21 May 17
@Elisa1234 Where are you in our country? That's a long time that you didn't go home.
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