It was a late 1890s year. The Spanish-American War was taking place when this sunny day occurred in the hills and fields of Banaue, Luzon, Philippines. In a rice field, a farmer from the Philippines was picking rice in solitude. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and proceeded to make her way to her hut in the village as she slung the rice bundles in baskets over her left shoulder.

As she left the field and headed down the dirt trail, she murmured to herself with a slightly relieved manner, "Sobrang init ngayon... at least maganda ang harvest." she sighed a bit as she walked