Sold Some MBT Shares

Good day everyone!

I sold some MBT (Metrobank) shares today because I need additional funds for our watermelon (pakwan) venture. It is just a little amount of shares as I buy and sell stocks in the PSE whenever I have extra money left in my salary.

I still have some MBT shares left in my stock trading account which I have earned as stock dividends last month. Aside from that I also earned cash dividends from them thus giving me three ways of earning when I bought MBT shares before and selling it at a higher price today. 

Maybe you are wondering how I was able to start trading/ investing in the stock market even if I am very busy working. It would be cool if you could visit my previous blog, http://everyonecaninvestinstocks.blogspot.com/ as I have shared there how I was able to start in the stock market. It was not updated anymore as I wasn't able to trade that much when I went home to the Philippines after I finish my contract abroad.

As of the moment I still have other stocks which I bought before but at a higher price compared to their current price. Although they are at a loss at the moment, they are just considered as paper loss. It will be true loss once I sell them at their current price. 

I will be updating my stock trading/ investing adventure also in this blog and I hope I could give you some idea about it and you'll be interested investing in the Philippine stock market.

Watermelon (Pakwan) Planted for 2013 Season

Today I just wanted to discuss about what watermelon varieties my people planted in the farm. There are so many watermelon (pakwan) varieties that are available in the market. And to be sure for a profitable venture, you need to know what wholesale buyers prefer. Last year we had 3 varieties planted; Kaneko, Sugar Ball and Diana. Kaneko is an old time favorite variety because of its sweetness and red flesh with green skin. Diana variety is a yellow skinned watermelon with red flesh and is a high priced variety in the market. While Sugar Ball is a new variety with green skin and stripes.

This year, my people will be planting 3 variety once again; Kaneko, Diana and Gold Lady according to them.

 

Diana Watermelon (www.seedquest.com)

The third variety, Gold Lady, will be planted only for the first time that's why I still have no idea about it. I will just post a photo of its fruit after some time.

What variety of watermelon do you prefer? Have you ever tasted other variety of watermelon? Please share your comments and who knows maybe we could try to plant that particular variety next season!

Watermelon (Pakwan) Planting Time

So here is my update about our watermelons.My people started transplanting watermelon seedlings already after cleaning the needed area. The lower parts of the rice which were left after harvesting rice were removed for digging soils. They had two rows of seedlings planted with a canal in the middle which will serve as a waterway in case there will be a strong rain fall which will flood the field.










It is a must to have this waterway this early even there is still no strong rain or storm in sight in order to avoid any problem in the future. There have been instances before that some planters forgot to prepare waterway in their watermelon farm which caused some of their seedlings to rot after being under water for some time.

Another picture to show how my people planted watermelon. Notice the waterway that they have dug in between 2 rows.