My friend and I just had conversation the other day and we were talking about the weather. He said that almost all Europeans are weather conscious and they finalize their schedules based on the weather forecast. Halimbawa, kung gusto ninda na magkawat ki football (their primary game just like basketball is to Filipinos), iniiling muna [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Siisay an mas maurag: Mga Pilipino o mga Europeo?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bicol, Culture, Beliefs & Traditions, Weather on March 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Sidelines: The stories beyond the frame
Posted in Uncategorized on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Below is my Albay Journal column for this week.) A picture paints a thousand words but in most cases, there are more words that a picture cannot hold. Early this month, the National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) released the latest official poverty statistics of the Philippines. The highlights include: the increase of poverty incidence in [...]
The Sidelines
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bicol Newspapers on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Election years are such a busy season. Kaya minsan na lang ako magsurat sa mga Bicol-based newspapers. Kadaklan kaya kan output ko, either for IPD or for selected clients. But since tapos na ang elections, I will be devoting some of my time to write again for a local paper — the Albay Journal. Aside [...]
The Poverty in the Bicol Region 3
Posted in Current Events, Economy, History, tagged Bicol Culture, poverty on March 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Poverty may be relative. As I told my colleague sometime ago, the Bicol Region may be economically depressed. Infrastructure-wise, it may remain uncomparable to Metro Manila, or least Cebu, or Davao. But if you consider the satisfaction of the Bicolanos with their way of life, the Metro Manilans may even be far below. In several [...]
Hilong pagkamoot
Posted in Arts & Literature, Songs & Lyrics, Uncategorized, tagged Bicol, Bicol Music, Bicol Songs, Legazpi City, Songs on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s break first the sad tale of poverty. Bobot Malaga of San Roque, Legazpi City renders a version of one of the songs I used to hear over rounds of bottles of gin. The title is “Hilong Pagkamoot” and is uploaded by “Tagatibo” in You Tube.
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