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00:00 Balhag or Pagbalhag is a term we use in the way we plant rice.
00:10 We use the plant mustard or phyllo.
00:16 We also call it Balhag.
00:23 When I was a child, I started learning how to plant rice.
00:30 We call it Rambal.
00:34 It's like when you're planting rice, you just have to make the soil white.
00:43 That's what we call Rambal.
00:47 We also use 14-inch cut balsahag.
00:55 Now, it's almost gone.
00:59 We use 12-inch balsahag.
01:06 There are many famous brands of balsahag like Maycursong, El Toro.
01:14 It's almost gone now.
01:17 Maycursong is still available but the original is rare.
01:22 Almost all are imitation.
01:25 Stanley is still available but you can buy the imitation.
01:36 The substandard.
01:39 It's easy to break the leaves of the balsahag.
01:46 The price of balsahag is per piece.
01:53 The natural size is 9 pesos.
02:00 The longest size is 2-3 pesos.
02:05 The three of them are equivalent to two natural size.
02:10 That's why we call it 2-3.
02:12 The other one is 12-50 pesos.
02:15 The natural size is 8 pesos per piece.
02:23 The smallest one is 7 pesos per piece.
02:35 If you have a lot of work to do in the afternoon, you can earn 900 pesos.
02:44 If you start in the morning and work till afternoon.
02:48 I have a lot of income in this job.
02:52 Back then, there were no grinder used.
02:58 Unlike now, there are almost grinder.
03:03 Some use angle grinder.
03:06 I use bench grinder.
03:08 Back then, it was really common.
03:11 They only use the blade.
03:14 No other tool.
03:16 Now, to make the work easier,
03:19 and faster,
03:21 we thought of a way to make the work easier.
03:25 That's why we use grinder.
03:28 Some people don't like it because it's not beautiful.
03:33 They will grind it first.
03:35 For us, we don't see anything that's not beautiful.
03:42 What you're looking for is to have a lot of work and make your work easier.
03:48 So, as a way, we use grinder.
03:57 The work is easier.
04:01 My body is not painful yet.
04:04 Because the blade is sharp.
04:10 Just a little bit of grinding, and we're done.
04:14 Depending on the blade,
04:18 you can't finish the work immediately.