The day I left for college
I've been going to Manila ever since I was a boy in the 60s. I don't remember exactly how many times. In all of these trips, I've always been going with either my mother or father or both. Most of these trips were for the purpose of visiting my elder sister who was then already going to the university, and a few trips were actually for some sight-seeing, e.g. Manila Zoo, Quiapo, etc. I remember we always had to pack as early three or four days before and all of our luggage will be neatly lined along the hallway all zipped-up and ready to go (and not to be touched by anyone, except by my mom, of course). But there is one departure that will forever remain in my memory - the day I left for college. On the day of my departure for college, Conching went through the same meticulous preparation except that this time a few more items were added to the things we're bringing on the trip - a basket full of half-ripe bananas, half a sack of ...
The webpage is a part of the website of Ateneo De Naga HS Batch 1975 - http://www.adenhs75.org.ph/ - which will be launched on September 11, 2010.
ReplyDeleteoo..interested ako sa food culture nila...:-)
ReplyDeletedaming mahuhusay na writers and poets from Bikol, halos lahat trilingual.
ReplyDeleteBicol archbishop healed by Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Penafrancia) http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20100831-289773/Bicols-ailing-archbishop-claims-to-have-been-healed-by-Virgin-Mary
ReplyDeleteAng kanilang slogan of helping the needy parang "Man for Others" pa rin. Babalikan ko na lang ang site na yon, mukhang kailangan nang seryosong oras at pagbasa. Basta alam ko maraming magaling na Bicolano, hindi lang sa literatura.
ReplyDeleteBoboy, mayroon ka bang recipe ng laing?...yan ang the best food na dinadala nung kaklase ko nung nasa college pa kami...tagal ko ng di natikman yun...pero kung wala ka siguro sa google mayroon ano?...
ReplyDeleteHehe, Boboy wouldn't know the first thing about cooking laing. But the best bet to ask is Chito himself. He brings to our Kayumanguito EBs the best laing and pinangat I have ever tasted. Miss ko na nga yun eh. Paging Chito! =)
ReplyDeleteThanks for this link, Chito. I went to the site and, like Boboy, will go back to read at a more leisurely pace. Suffice it to say that I consider myself a bicolana on account of my father who hails from Naga. If he was alive today, he would be mighty proud of the adenhs75 website. He was very proud of his Bicol heritage.
ReplyDeleteTry navigating this - http://www.gobicol.com/index.cfm?action=forum.thread&forum_id=491
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll also be entertained with the local dialect.
You're absolutely right Angelo. I personally know one - Marne Kilates. He was a former officemate back in Bicol.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link Angelo. There are indeed many stories of miracles and healing by the Patron Saint of Bicol. Many of them are published in a souvenir book entitled, "Ina: Little Stories of Faith," launched earlier this year in commemoration of the 300th year celebration of Our Lady of Peñafrancia. Related site - http://monkshobbit.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/book-on-our-lady-of-penafrancia-ina-little-stories-of-faith/
ReplyDeleteYes, Boboy, there are other Bicolanos who excel in other fields such as painting, etc. Jonah Salvosa, a UP Fine Arts alumnus, and cartoonist and indie film-maker Roxlee, to name a couple.
ReplyDeleteYes, Angie. There are indeed sources of info on the net (google). By the way, sino or taga saan sa Bicol yung ka-klase mo? I ask kasi Bicol cooking carries certain unique character depending on from which part of Bicol it is cooked.
ReplyDeleteHi Gwiz. Na-alala ko tuloy malapit na naman ang Desyembre. Baka nga pala dumating si Jack mga late December of early January. EB-time na naman!
ReplyDeleteAbout Laing and how it is cooked, hayaan nyo't I have a plan to post a video on that, but I can't say when specifically.
You are as Bicolana as any, Gwiz. Probably even more. Your Dad will be very proud of how so Bicolana you've turned out to be, like wanting to go personally to the market and enjoying haggling with the vendors. I suspect you Bicolanas are world champions at that if there's ever such a contest. My own Mom will probably be a contender, hehehehe...
ReplyDeleteAy siya!...sorry pala Tochie at napangalan kitang Boboy!...di ko na alam kung anong lugar, pero, ang pangalan ay, Nellie Jiminez, at maganda siya, balita ko noon nasa Canada at may 2 kids na...di ko lang alam yung mr niya...wala na kaming contact mula nung naggraduate na kami...pero si Che Avengosa taga Bicol pala siya...di ba?...maitanong ko nga rin..."magayun", di ba maganda ang meaning?"...tsaka, "sain ka maduman"...ano yun?...hehe
ReplyDeleteJimenezes are mostly from Naga (although they have roots in Albay). So the food you may have tasted is that of the Naga variety.
ReplyDeleteMagayun is maganda in Tagalog. "Sain ka maduman" is a question which translates to "Saan ka pupunta" in Tagalog.
What a small world, Chito! Isa si Marne K na hinahangaan kong trilingual na makata. Wala akong masabi sa husay niya. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tochie for the translation...appreciat it...i always heard those!....
ReplyDeleteMarne Kilates hails from Albay. Their Bicol is quite different from mine and but I like listening to their's more. They are more expressive.
ReplyDeleteMagayon is the Naga word. Magayunon is the Albay equivalent. And Magayununon is how they say it in Sorsogon.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. May differences at nuances. The other poet I know is Jun Balde, and younger poets I know are Jason Chancoco, Kristian Cordero. But who hails from your side of Bicol? (aside from Rudy A)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I am not so familiar with the new breed Angelo. But my own friends, some of whom dabble in poetry, have few poems of their own. See http://adenhs69.multiply.com/journal. There's more from them but the site is not updated.
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