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2010-10-24T16:05:00.000+08:00

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2010-10-24T16:03:00.000+08:00

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GK Robosnai Groundbreaking

2009-04-08T09:43:00.001+08:00

07 April 2009
Groundbreaking
Gawad Kalinga Robosnai
East Fairview, Quezon City
Philippines

Dangerously Beautiful

2009-04-03T10:49:00.000+08:00

GLIMPSES (2009-04-03)
Jose Ma. Montelibano

It is a drama that has captured a nation's attention. Three International Red Cross workers, two foreigners and one local, were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf bandits and are now trapped, together with their tormentors, in a mountain range in Sulu. A threat to behead one of them if government troops would not leave the area and contain themselves only in the Jolo area was not carried out. Having bought time, the kidnapped victims and government forces still do not know how the Abu Sayyaf will play out the drama. Neither does the public which follows the drama.

As I write this article, a deadly cat-and-mouse game intensifies. It does not threaten three lives but hundreds, both innocent and guilty alike. Around the mountain and the large band of bandits with their prisoners are the Marines and civilian militia coming from all the local government units. The Abu Sayyaf threatened to behead one of the kidnapped Red Cross workers because I believe they saw how they could all be massacred by the superior numbers and position of government forces. A simple threat put the Arroyo administration on hold. Once in a while in the Philippines, a life counts, especially if it is white and if it belongs to an international agency.

When Dick Gordon makes a plea for the lives of the three Red Cross workers, I cannot help but shed a tear with him. And what Dick may not be able to show in public but may be very much alive in his heart is a rage I cannot help but also feel. Sympathizing with victims is natural. What is not so clear is the cause of my rage, not just at the inhumanity of banditry for profit but the many lives that will be lost in the future if a settlement is reached and the kidnapped victims are returned alive and safe. What is not clear, even to me, is why a drama can whip up so much public sympathy for the Red Cross workers but almost nothing for the slain soldiers from the Marine Corps.

Are lives of ordinary Filipinos so devoid of value that the death of hundreds under the strangest circumstances that upset international human rights agencies create no public furor? Does it have to be like the case of Mary Jean Lacaba whose threatened life draws so much attention because she is part of the Red Cross? Even when we appreciate, or do not, one human life because it belongs to an ordinary Filipino, it is almost automatic that foreign lives, especially Caucasians, will elicit more importance from us.

I was in Sulu last week, part of a contingent from Gawad Kalinga visiting our first GK village in Patikul and preparing for our second in Panglima Estino. While media plays up the drama of an unresolved kidnapping and a most fluid situation which, in the end, can only end up with more lives lost, a miracle quietly unfolds where landless and homeless Tausug families in a barangay in Patikul discover that life is not all that hopeless. A generous landowner and just as generous a corporation produced land and homes for the poor.

From a very successful first initiative where the provincial government, Marines, civil society personalities, a municipal bureaucracy, and poor residents of a barangay converged in a Gawad Kalinga program, a template for replication is emerging and exciting those who have been traditionally frustrated at how things simply do not work in a conflict torn area. Panglima Estino is somewhere in the middle of Sulu, a place which most Filipinos may never have heard of. Yet, its mayor and the governor of Sulu asked Gawad Kalinga to establish a village in Panglima Estino after seeing how the residents in the first GK village in Patikul are so enthusiastic about their new homes and community.

Several more GK villages are planned for the next twelve months. Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan has been such a persistent advocate for GK in his province and is moving heaven and earth to produce funds for the houses and communities he wants to build with Gawad Kalinga. And the Marines led by Gen. Sabban and Gen. Ecarma believe that development the Gawad Kalinga way may trigger not just development but even friendship. It is unfortunate but somewhat anticipated that intermittent violence is still part of a pattern which is not so easy to break.

Sulu is dangerous not because of its terrain, which, by the way, is so beautiful with shores covered by white sands. Neither is it dangerous because it is home to the fierce and proud Tausug people. It is dangerous because we have allowed historical prejudice and religious competition to overtake the brotherhood that had been our birthright before being colonized and driven to fight against each other. And it will become even more dangerous if we do not struggle to dismantle four hundred years of Christian-Muslim conflict.

In the heat of the moment when bandits who terrorize for profit try to have their cake and eat it, too, what is beautiful in Sulu and its proud people remains hidden from view except from very up close. Sulu teaches us many lessons, many of them sad ones. Sulu reminds us how a divided people are not only weak but destructive to one another. How, then, can a Philippines ever be a strong nation with a fractious, quarreling population, jealous of their religions, resentful of their past and despairing of their future?

The road to peace in Sulu had long started. The path to friendship has begun between Christians and Muslims who are building homes and communities together. The passageway for the rediscovery of our fraternal bonds lies in our hearts if we choose courage over fear, generosity over greed, nobility over compromise.

When a friend from the military coined the phrase “dangerously beautiful” in reference to peace, he did not mean the usual meaning of danger. He was speaking about a personal experience, about how a beautiful land and people would captivate someone not from the place and make him giddy with infatuation. He was sharing, in two words, a love story that began from conflict and now wants to blossom in harmony.

Dangerously beautiful. Sulu.

My Bohol

2009-03-27T15:05:00.000+08:00

Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. It is the 10th largest island in the country, located in the heart of the Visayas. To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao.

Bohol is a popular tourist destination with its beaches and resorts. The Chocolate Hills, numerous mounds of limestone formation, is the most popular attraction. The island of Panglao, located just southwest of Tagbilaran City, is home to some of the finest beaches in the country. The Philippine tarsier, considered the second-smallest primate in the world, is indigenous to the island.

Boholanos refer to their island homeland as the 'Republic of Bohol' with both conviction and pride. A narrow strait separates the island of Cebu and Bohol and both share a common language, but the Boholanos retain a conscious distinction from the Cebuanos.

Hills dominate the island of Bohol. Two ranges run roughly parallel on the northwest and the southeast. An interior plateau is dominated by limestone hills. In Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan, these hills form near perfect cones in great numbers and are collectively referred to as the Chocolate Hills.

Bohol's climate is generally dry, with maximum rainfall between the months of June and October. The interior is cooler than the coast. Bohol is the home province of Carlos P. Garcia, the fourth president of the Republic of the Philippines (1957-1961) who was born in Talibon, Bohol.

GEOGRAPHY

Bohol is the perfect arena for scuba diving, kayaking, trekking and cave exploration. For the less adventurous, it offers leisurely pursuits like cruising, swimming, snorkeling or, simply, collecting seashells by the seashore.

The Island of Bohol is oval-shaped mainland surrounded with 73 smaller islands, having a gently rolling terrain, ideal for commercial and industrial site development. Bohol's mountainous interior is home to rare and endangered flora and fauna. At certain points, hills drop steeply to the coast from a maximum elevation of 870 meters above sea level. The interior uplands are fit for agro-forestry and high value agricultural production. The central and northern lowlands have also fertile grounds and abundant water supply. Over a hundred caves have been identified, the biggest of which is found in the eastern part which makes Bohol ideal for spelunking adventures. The Chocolate Hills in Carmen, Bohol are considered one of Philippine's natural wonders and Bohol is often referred to as the Jewel of the Philippines.

Most beaches are of white sand. The sand is often of such high quality that it is exported to other beaches in the world. The most well known of these beaches are in Panglao Island, and there, numerous islets have similar, yet untouched and pristine beaches.

The Loboc River is the most famous, running from the southeastern coast to the center of the island. It is famous for its River Cruise going up to its water source. The largest, Inabanga River, runs in the northern part of the province.

Numerous waterfalls and caves are scattered across the island, including the beautiful Mag-Aso falls in Antequera. Mag-Aso means smoke in the native tongue. The water is cool and often creates a mist in humid mornings which can hide the falls.

P 1 billion hydropower plant set to rise in Agusan del Norte

2009-03-17T09:30:00.001+08:00

By Mike U. Crismundo (Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2009)

Butuan City – Three lake towns in Agusan del Norte in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga region) are set for an economic boom as a P 1 billion hydro power plant is set to rise there.

The three towns around Laka Mainit are Jabonga, Santiago and Kitcharao.

A private investor is now currently closely coordinating with the provincial government for the final implementation of the said hydropower plant. Income and employment generation are foreseen once the plant is operational.

Governor Erlpe Amante has directed his technical development staff and engineering department head for proper and final evaluation of the said project.

According to flood experts, the setting up of a hydropower plant in Lake Mainit will also finally address the perennial flooding woes of the three lake towns.

Agriculture experts also observed that hydropower plant will also add income to farmers in terms of good water through irrigation project. “Our farmers can now regularly harvest their palay twice a year,” said an agricultural technician.

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2009-01-26T15:51:00.001+08:00

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2008-10-03

2008-10-03T09:40:00.001+08:00

pagbasa kuman

Kon kintahay mobisita sa ato lugar kuman si Hesus, uno kahay idja sultihon dato?

Pasidan-an kaha kita nidja parehas nan idja taghimo sa mga tawo sa lugar na idja tagkadtuan sa ebanghelyo?

Kada kadtuan ni Hesus, magmelagro sidja kay gusto Nija ipa-abot sa mga tawo na mahal sila nan Diyos.

Pero, uno man kaha na juhot man Sidja sanan bagan an tuno nan Idja sulti, nalu-oy man sab Sidja?

Kay gusto man Nidja na maghinulsol na sila sa ila mga saya sanan sa mga taghimo nila na kontra sa gusto nan Diyos.

Amo na kinahanglan magbag-o na kita samtang sadjo pa!

2008-10-02

2008-10-02T08:52:00.000+08:00

mga pagbasa kuman na adlaw

Mahal gadjud kita karadjaw nan ato Ginoo kay kada isa dato, may naka-assign man na angel de la guardia, anghel na magprotekta, maggiya sanan magbantay sa ato mga kinabuhi.

Nagtuo sab kita na an waya pay buot na mga bata, mga anghel pa sila kay kon mapatay an isa ka bata, molaong man dadjon kita na deretso iton sa langit kay anghel pa sidja.

Gusto nan ato Diyos na ad-oy ato paghuna-huna na parehas nan mga bata kon gusto nato na mahilangit kita.

Pero, magabuot-buot man kita paghimo nan mga butang segun sa to kagustuhan, na dili nato ikunsolta Didja antis kita moaksiyon.

An buot ipasabot nan ini na kinahanglan huna-hunaon gadjod nato na dili kon kita an in-charge nan ato mga kinabuhi kay una, may anghel man na permi magbantay dato, sanan ikaduha, na tinan-awan kita permi na ato Ginoo sa ato mga kunabuhi.

2008-10-01

2008-10-01T12:59:00.001+08:00

mga pagbasa kuman, mauyan na adlaw

Kon palandungan nato an imbitasyon ni Hesukristo na mosunod didja, bagan imposible karadjaw kay hamimis kaw na dili na man kita makauli sa bayay nato para makapanamilit sa ato mga mahal sa kinabuhi.

Sa tagsatagsa nato na kinabuhi, jaoy ato kagustuhan na mosunod kan Kristo para makaserbisyo kita para sa Kahimayaan nan Gingharian nan Diyos.

Pero, mahamok pa man lagi an ato ikonsidera antis kita makasunod Didja - an mga bayay, mga kabtangan, sanan an mga obligasyon pa sa kalibutan.

Masbale dili rakan nato paghunahunaon an ato mga kagul-anan.

Ugsa na ipresentar rakan deretso nato an ato kaugalingon Didja para sa Idja disposisyon kay Sidja ra man an magbuot para sa ato mga kinabuhi.

2008-09-30

2008-09-30T08:51:00.000+08:00

pagbasa kuman na adlaw

Para dako, an leskiyon kuman: pagkamapailubon, pagkamapahiubsanon.

Dinhi, tagpahinumduman o tagkasab-an pa man gani ni Hesus an idja mga tinudlu-an, si Jaime sanan si Juan, kay nanhambog man sila na gamhanan sila, na puwede nila sunugon an Samaritano na lungsod na dili dila maoabi-abi.

Sa ato kinabuhi, kinahanglan gadjud gamiton nato an ato pagkamapailubon bisan makahibalag kita nan mga madukag sa uyo na mga sitwasyon sanan mga prolema kay sa taglaong sa kanta na ‘matam-is kanunay ang magpahiubos.’

2008-09-29

2008-09-29T09:47:00.000+08:00

Text

Pista kuman nan mga arkanghel na sila Michael, Gabriel sanan Raphael.

Wayay ato pagpakabana karadjaw sa mga anghel kon unoy ila papel sa ato mga kinabuhi kay waya man kita katudloi mahitungod dila nan mga bata pa kita.

Sa katesismo sab, gamay ray tagtudlo dato nan ato mga titser.

Pero, sa ako inhibay-an, an mga angel an ato tagapanalipod kon ad-oy ato mga kotra, sila an maghatag dato nan balita pinaagi sa ato mga dam-go, sanan silay sab motabang dato para madadjaw kita sa ato mga sakit.

Sa tanan nato kinabuhi, permi kaibanan nato an ato guardian angel na tagapalipod dato kon ad-oy mga panhitabo sa ato.

2008-09-28

2008-09-29T08:33:00.001+08:00

Readings para sa Domigo

Kuman, Lunes, amo pay ako pagsuyat nan ako refleksiyon kay waya may lugar nako na maka-gamit nan kompiyuter kada Domingo - gamit nan ako mga anak an isa ra kabuok namo na yunit sanan besi sab karadjaw sa mga aktibidades sa simbahan.

Naghisgot an ebanghelyo mahitungod sa duha ka anak na tagsugo nan tatay para magtrabaho sa bukid nila.

Nag-oo an isa pero waya nidja tumana an idja tag-tubag sa tatay, pero an naglaong na dili sidja mokadto sa bukid, amo hinooy notuman sa sugo.

Nan nauso pa an kursillo (de colores) sa habungan, kami sanan an ako mga barkada an pinaka-una na no-entra sa grupo.

Pag-gradwet namo sa seminar, amo ra kami nan mga santo kay inka-obserbahan man kami nan mga tawo na mga buotan na mag-barkada.

Waya nay inom, hunong na nan panigarilyo, sadjo pa nan duyon, mouli na sa mga bayay, mahilom an lungsod kay waya na may samok kay waya man an mga masamok na mga ulitawo (kami jaon).

Pero, seguro, isa ka semana ra, balik sa dating mga gawi na sab kami.

Amo seguro ini an isa sa mga buot ipasabot nan Ginoo na kinahanglan bag-ohon nato sa ato mga kinabuhi - an baliktad na himoon kaysa sa tag-sulti.

'Dawa isulti gani, bakak iton,' amo ini an ako pagahidunggan permi sa mga mayaas sa habungan.

2008-09-27

2008-09-27T13:44:00.001+08:00

mga pagbasa kuman petsa-27, sabado

Wayay puyos, wayay puyos kuno an tanan mga butang sa kalibutan, laong pa nan isa ka pilosopo.

An ato kinabuhi dinhi sa kalibutan, ato lamang kahatagan nan kapuslanan kon mosunod lamang kita sa mga gusto ipahimo dato nan Diyos.

Nan mga bata pa kita (para sa mga may edad na), himoon lamang nato an mga butang na gusto nato.

Wayay ato pagka-bana sa epekto sanan resulta nan ato mga taghimo, ugsa na usahay, negatibo an mga epekto sana resulta - igkita nan away kay hubog man; makig-lalis kay hataas kuno an prinsipyo; maghagit nan sinumbagay kay maisog kuno; sanan mahamok pa mga panhitabo.

Kuman ra nako ma-realisar na unto nan bata pa ako, tagpreparar na nako an ako espiritwal na kinabuhi kay, sa labing-tinood, inin esprituwal na kinabuhi man gadjud an pinaka-importante nato na dadjawon sana adamon.

Pero, nagtuo ako na dili pa kon ulihi an tanan para mag-bag-o.

Bisan unoy numero nan imo edad, para sa mata nan Diyos, bata pa gihapon kaw kay ini pa man kaw sa kalibutan.

May higayon pa kaw na mag-utro nan imo kinabuhi.

2008-09-26

2008-09-26T09:54:00.001+08:00

mga pagbasa kuman na adlaw

Sa Ecclesiastes gihapon ako kuman mobase nan ako refleksiyon.

Tagpahinumduman kita kuman sa una na pagbasa na may panahon o oras para sa tanan, mapa-positibo man o mapa-negatibo, mapa-malipadjon man o mapa-masub-anon.

Sa ato kinabuhi sa habungan, kon ad-uy mag-birtdey, madali kita makigsandurot sa nagselebrar bisan unorakay idja mahigajang dato, sanan malipay man sab kita kay malipadjon man an celebrator.

Pero, kon ad-uy isab kamatjan sa ato, makig-ambit man sab dadjon kita sa kasub-anan nila sugod pa sa pagkamatay hangtud sa ika-kuwarentahan na pangadje. Dili kon parehas sa mga siyudad na pagka-tapos makabisita isa ka beses sa patay, waya na dajoy pakigsandurot sa mga ingka-matjan.

Dimudo, kita sab, gusto sab nato na hibay-an dadjon nato, kuman pa man, an unoy mahitabo sa sunod na mga gutlo, kon panahon man ato esturyahan.

Poreso, kinahanglan gadjud na permi kita andam sa ato mga kaugalingon kay kon moabot na an panahon, bisan uno orasa, wayay ato problema Didja na amoy mag-buot nan tanan

2008-09-25T09:04:00.000+08:00

Text nan mga pagbasa sa Misa kuman na adlaw

Nan an bata ako, pagakahidunggan nako kaya Nanay sanan sa idja mga kaestorya an word na banidosa kon paga-estaryahan sila na mga kakilaya nila. An pagtuo nako na an buot ipasabot nan banidosa, guwapa sanan esmarte. pero sa pagkonsulta nako sa diksiyunaryo, an meaning nan word: hambog, suplado, mapahitas-anon sana iban pa. Saato pa, negatibo badja an ila diskripsiyon sa ila tag-estoryahan, pero dili kon ipasabot nako na nag-tsismis ra sila mahirungod sa isa ka tawo.

Pero, sa ato pagbasa kuman sa Ecclesiastes, sa tan-aw nako, kon an kinabuhi nato, wayay ato komitment sa ato Ginoo, wayay puyos sab kay tanan nato parte sa ato kinabuhi, puro man gadjud gikan Didja.

Mas maradjaw seguro kon i-dedicate o consecrate nato an ato kinabuhi kan Kristo para sa adlaw-adlaw nato na kinabuhi, naka-ankla kita Didja permi. Kon ibale waya nan tawo an Diyos sa idja kinabuhi, hajupo ra an idja panlantaw sa kinabuhi sanan puno sidja nan mga kagul-anan.

2008-09-24

2008-09-24T09:04:00.001+08:00

Readings: Text

An pagpanambay nan mga sakit base sa tinuuhan, mahimo lamang kon ibanan nan pagsangyaw sab nan mga pulong nan Ginoo.

Sa ato inhibay-an na an mga tambajon sa lugar nato, bagan may mga gahum sila na makadadjaw nan mga sakit kay sa ila mga muno-muno, bagan ad-on may ila ka-estorya na gamhanan. Sa ila panambay, tag-tuuhan nato na makahimo sila kay de abilidad man sila segun sa ila mga gahum.

Pero kon an ila pagpanambay waya maka ankla sa ila hugot na pagtuo sa Diyos, na an Diyos lamang an makahimo nan pagtambay kay waya may imposible para Didja, wayay puyos gihapon kay kinahanglan, sa Diyos ra man gadjud kita magdepende nan tanan.

Ugsa na sa ato pangaliya, kinahangklan gadjud deretso sa Diyos an ato pakig-estorya sanan an ato mga pangadjuon na mga kinahanglan sa ato mga kinabuhi, ato gadjud mahipadayag didja. Himuon nato an pangadje sanan pagbasa nan mga pulong Nidja adlaw-adlaw kay amo may tawag nidja dato.

2008-09-23T08:57:00.000+08:00

Readings: Text

Segurado ako, siyento porsiyento, na dili nako mahimo na dili ko kilay-on an ako Nanay sanan mga lumon. Pero, sa ebanghelyo nato kuman, nahimo ni Kristo na mangutana Sidja kon sin-o'y Idja Nanay sanan mga lumon kay Ginoo man Sidjasanan may punto Sidja na gusto ipaabot sa mga namati Didja.

Kuman, mangutana na kita sa ato mga kaugalingon kon ato ba gadjud taningkamutan na himoon an mga kagustuhan nan ato Diyos, base sa kamatuuran na tagkilaya kita tanan ni Hesus na Idja mga igsoon?

Nan ulitawhay pa ako, hidumduman nako na magalinayas-layas ako para dili ako hikit-an ni Tatay didto sa Jaliobong kay nag-estambay ra man ako didto na waya mag-eskuyla. Sidja an prinsipal sa eskuwelahan didto. Pero nahibayo ako na gusto nidja na mouli na ako sa bayay namo kay inhibay-an man nidja na maniwang na ako kay pangka-pangka na man ako sanan permi hubog kaiban sanan mga barkada na waya sab mag-eskuyla.

Baliktad ini sa sitwasyon sa ato ebanghelyo kuman kay an pinakapunto man gud dinhi kay an pagsunod man nato sa mga kagustuhan nan Diyos. Paningkamutan gadjud nato na makasunod sa kagustuhan Nidja.

2008-09-22T08:18:00.001+08:00

Monday 22nd September, 2008
Proverbs 3:27-34. Whoever does justice shall live on the Lord’s holy mountain—Ps 14(15):2-5. Luke 8:16-18.

Readings: Text

Kuman na adlaw, magsugod na ako pagsuyat nan ako reflection sa hinabunganon, after all, amo may tudjo gadjud nako na mapreseraba ang ato sinultihan, an hinabunganon.

Mahitungod sa ebanghelyo kuman na adlawa an taghisgutan, an suga, gusto nako ipaambit didjo an ako gamay na experiyensiya nan bata pa ako didto sa habungan, na may relasyon gihapon sa suga.

Pagkatapos nan amo klase sa hapon nan mga elementarya pa kami, amo ra nan ingka-andan na namo mga mag-klasmeyt na mas-esturyahay anay sa kiosko sa may hasuod sa munisipyo. Sa kagana nan amo esturyahanay dili na namo usahay hibay-an na kahuyom na badja. Dimudo, ija-iaj balikwas na dadjon kami para maka-uli kay may mga obligasyon man kami sa amo tagsa-tagsa ka bayay, an magsindi na petromax.

Nan may suga na, sugod na dadjon si Nanay pagtawag sa tanan mga miyembro nan pamilya para mangadje nan orasyon.

An orasyon, o angelus sa englis, an pinaka-importante na parte nan "nightlife" namo sa habungan kay amo man ini an oras na magkatipon-tipon an tanan sa pamilya.

2008-09-11T09:40:00.001+08:00

boblourgie wrote on Mar 9, 2008

2008-03-21T16:59:00.000+08:00

boblourgie wrote on Mar 9

Hi Terence,

Thanks for your reply and it sounds great that you are the administrator of our webpage in http://jabonga.multiply.com. Actually, I am not working yet in Canada because it's not easy here to find a job especially I am a hairstylist in the Philippines. I can't work here as a hairstylist if I can't pass the written exam.and aside from that I need to get the recommendation from my old employers in Butuan City that prove that I have the capacity of this profession. Aside from that, I need to work also as an apprenticeship here for about 10 months before I will be given a Certificate as a Hairstylist in the province of
Ontario, Canada especially if my current employer here in Canada to whom I am working with as an apprenticeship can give a recommendation that I have a good performance, that's the time that I can work in the salon and then the Ministry of Trade, Colleges and Universities will give me a license or permit to work as a hairstylist. At present I am volunteering here at the Extendicare Retirement & Nursing Home in the town of Lindsay, Ontario as a PSW or Personal Support Worker and I really enjoyed working with the seniors. I am also volunteering at the John Howard Society, I am teaching to the Outreach Literacy Program as a tutor and I am teaching how to read and write and also a fundamental mathematic. Most of the adult learners there are canadian-indians or the native people here as what they call them here in Canada. The reason why I am volunteering here even if I am not get paid, but at least I have already a reference if I will apply for a job. I can easily work here in Canada if I am not picky when it comes to your job, just like in cleaning the house, baby-siting, doing the laundry but my husband doesn't want me to work in cleaning the house, because the rate for the house cleaner or the home maker is just like a slave according to my husband. He said to me, I need to work in a decent place and not as a maid.

Ok, next time I will post some pics in this website so that my friends in Jabonga and my relatives can see it. As of now, it's still snowy here in Canada, I really don't like the snow here just like tonight we will be having a snow storm and the snow will be expected to be 10 inches from the ground. I really feel very cold here not unless if the heater is on and if I can use an electric pad, I will be warm then. The pics that I put in my profile is located at Kirkfield and it's county. You can see the frozen leaves.

Just curious, do you know about Nong Edmund Serrano? he is living in the part of Laguna. If you can meet him, please say HI to him from me. If I can post our pics here in Canada, please show it to him. Please say HI to your family there in Manila especially to the people in Jabonga. Take care and talk to you soon. If you wish to chat with me, here's my yahoo id filipinacanadian38@yahoo.com

Hope to hear from you soon. Bye for now.

Your kababayan and friend from the cold country of Canada,
Lourgie Aguillon Monton-Newnham

jabonga.com

2008-01-30T08:45:00.002+08:00

Terence Quotes

2007-07-14T11:08:00.002+08:00

"As a person is so must you humor them."

"Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion."

"Extreme law is often extreme injustice."

"For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to ask advice on the rules of madness."

"Fortune favors the brave."

"He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection."

"How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for."

"How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy."

"Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own."

"I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me."

"I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me."

"I am human and let nothing human be alien to me."

"I believe because it is impossible."

"I do not give money for just mere hopes."

"I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad."

"I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing."

"In fact nothing is said that has not been said before."

"Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love."

"Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up."

"Moderation in all things."

"Nothing is said that has not been said before."

"Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong."

"Of my friends I am the only one left."

"Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist."

"Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not."

"She ne'er was really charming till she died."

"So many men, so many opinions; everyone his own way."

"So many men, so many opinions."

"The anger of lovers renews their love."

"Their silence is praise enough."

"There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right."

"They are so knowing, that they know nothing."

"They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head."

"This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess."

"To touch a sore is to renew one's grief."

"Too much liberty corrupts us all."

"We are all of us the worse for too much liberty."

"What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense."

"What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!"

"Where there's life, there's hope."

"While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse."

"You believe easily that which you hope for earnestly."

"You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time."

"You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it."

Didto Kami Sa Macau

2007-05-16T08:59:00.000+08:00

An Bantugan Na Danaw: Lake Mainit

2007-01-25T22:34:00.000+08:00

Waya gadjud karadjao masuta kon uno'y pinakasinugdan nan paghingayan nan danaw na kilaya kuman sa Lake Mainit. Pero kon diin man gikan an ngayan nan danaw, an mga lokal na naghuya sa Habungan (Jabonga, Agusan del Norte) nagtuo na an tag-gikanan nan ngayan nan danaw mahitagik sa mga estorya nan mga katiguyangan.

Nan una pa kuno na mga panahon, sa lugar na kon diin nahimutang an danaw kuman, may naghuya kuno na mga gamhanon na mag-asawa na taghinganlan Haring Kamig sanan Raynang Ding. Malipadjon karadjaw pirmi an mag-asawa adlaw-adlaw kaibanan an ila mga binuhi na mga ginhayupan sa ila gingharian. Duro an ila mga kaibanan ugsa bibo karadjaw pirmi an ila ginharian.

Kada buyanon, malipadjon pirmi karadjaw an ila lugar kay mapawa man an ila tag-huy-an. Pero isa ka okasyon, ingkasubrahan ra karadjaw an pagka-budjong nan kayaw na nakapuwesto hasuod ra karadjaw sa hari sanan rayna.

Nan jadto na tungora, ingka-sobrahan ra kabudjong nan iban pa na mga hadjup, sobra ra seguro karadjaw ang kalipay nila, ugsa nadjuhot an mag-asawa amo na nakadesidir sila na mupanaw dajon nan jadto na tungora, bisan jaon pa sila sa tunga nan pag-lipay-lipay nan mga ginhayupan nila.

Sa pagdayungali nila na pagpanaw, daya nila an tanan nila mga kabtangan sanan an ila lupam mahimo man jaon nila himoon kay mga gamhanon man sila. Sa ila pagdali, hingkalimtan nila an isa ka gamay na gahin nan lupa sanan isa ka usa (deer).

Hingkalimtan sab nila an ila pinasubo na tubig sa takuri na naka-takilid - ingkahubsan na nan tubig, sanan an ila buyawan na luwag, nahilabog isab nila.

Pag-abot nan hari sanan rayna sa may dapit nan Butuan Bay, pasingud sa Misamis, hindumduman ni Haring Kamig an isa ka gamay na luna nan lupa nila na nabilin. Gusto kuman nila na mobalik kay kuhaon.

Kon kuhaon nila ang lupa na ila hingkalimtan, kinahanglan na makabalik gadjud sila nan dili pa musidlit an suga kay may mahitabo dila, segun sa ila pag-tuo, na dili kon maradjaw an dangatan.

Nahitabo na hingkab-utan gadjud an hari nan pagsidlit nan adlaw, may hindangatan gadjud didja, an lupa na daya nidja, nahimo na isa ka gamay na lugar na kuman nakilaya sa ngayan na Tubay-tubay kay naka-abot man ini sa munisipyo nan Tubay.

Pagkatapos pagpamanaw nan mag-asawa, nagpahi-uyan nan akang ka kusog na amoy hinungdan kuman nan pagduro nan tubig sa lugar na tagkuhaan nila nan luna nan lupa na ila tagdaya pag-iwat nila didto.

Hikit-an na nato kuman ini na nahimo na danaw. An tubig na gikan sa nagsubo na takuri amoy kuman hinongdan na mapaso an tubig, ugsa na inhinganlan ini na danaw kuman na LAKE MAINIT.An usa na nabilin nan mag-asawa nan ila pagpanaw amoy nahimo na isa ka puyo (islet) na tagtawag kuman na Usa-usa kay kon tan-awon isab matuod, bagan usa an idja porma.

Tagtuohan isab kuman an Camiguin Island na an bag-o na gingharian ni Haring Kamig sanan si Raynang Ding. Kon tan-awon isab matuod kuman sa taas, hilabina kon sa bintana nan eroplano, an isla, amo ra isab matuod an idja mga baybay an porma nan danaw, taglaong sa ingles na directly proportional an danaw sanan an puyo nan Camiguin.

Tanan an mga tanum sa lupa sanan sa mga bukid sanan an mga langgam sa kakahudjan sanan mga hadjup sa mga bukid, parahes ra gadjud tanan sa duha ka lugar.

Kuman, an Lake Mainit an ika-upat na pinaka-dako na danaw sa tibuok nasod na an gidak-on, an area, moabot sa 17,060 ektaryas, an shoreline moabot sa 62.10 kilometros. Ini na danawa, tag-tungaan nan diha ka probinsiya sa northern side nan Mindanao – an Agusan del Norte sanan Surigao del Norte.

An pinakahalayum na lugar nan danaw, moabot nan 223 metros, sakto-sakto na ihimos an isa ka 52 andanas na building, may 28 ka suba na jaon tag-laong na tributaries, sanan 87,072 ektaryas na watershed area.

Bantugan ini na danaw kay duro man ang mga isda dinhi, hilabina kay duro an mga tayagsaon ra, parehas pananglit nan puyo na tawag sa ingles climbing perch sanan mga gabot. Dako an panginahanglan nan pidjanga na tagtawag sa ingles na goby kay kilaya man ini na delicacy nan mga taga-did-on, mga estranyo sanan mga bisita.

May kasili (freshwater eel), karpa, hayuan, bugwan, igi, tilapia, piguk, langub, kikilo, bayanak, sanan iban pa na mga endemic species na isda nan danaw.

Jao'y sab mga wildlife species sa area nan danaw na hikit-an sa mga kuweba, sa mga langub, an mga cave bats, paniki, mga Philippine deer, usa, baboy ihayas o wild boar sanan jaon taglaong na mga mighty hawk.

May mga freshwater sab na mga buyak parehas pananglit nan mga pink sanan white pagosi (sacred lutos) sanan duro isab an mga tabukali na kilaya isab sa ngayan na water hyacinth o water lily.Guwapo dinhi sa danaw mag-spelunking, canoeing, scuba diving sanan wind surfing sanan puwede pa gadjod mag-explore sa mga waya pa hikit-i na mga kuweba sa mga puyo, waterfalls, sanan mga guwapo na rock formation.

Ini na danawa, tag-konsidera na isa ka oligotropic lake na buot ipasabot, an tubig dinhi transparent, malinaw karadjaw sanan may low density nan mga plant life na jaon sa lain-lain na lugar, sanan halayum karadjaw ini, sanan amo ray ini danaw na wayay mga solid waste, dili kon maligtim.

time check

2006-11-16T13:14:00.000+08:00

The Late Jose Bermudez Grana

2006-10-03T10:45:00.000+08:00

The Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary

2006-08-16T07:52:00.000+08:00

The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

(15th of August)

Salve Regina, mater misericordiae: vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae. Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.

O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. Amen.

V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genetrix.

R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Hail holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us. And after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Amen.

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

The Pope

2006-07-09T21:07:00.000+08:00

One Minute Meditations

2006-07-01T08:05:00.000+08:00

Struggle

Your deepest love, your greatest esteem, your most heartfelt veneration, your most complete obedience and your warmest affection have also to be shown towards the Vicar of Christ on earth, towards the Pope.

We Catholics should consider that after God and the most Holy Virgin, our Mother, the Holy Father comes next in the hierarchy of love and authority.

– St. Josemaria Escriva, The Forge

Word of the Day: hierarchy (noun) - a ranking of people, things, or ideas from highest to lowest

Scripture Verse of the Day: 2 Corinthians 4:11 - For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Life in Christ: Catechism #2310

Public authorities, in this case, have the right and duty to impose on citizens the obligations necessary for national defense. Those who are sworn to serve their country in the armed forces are servants of the security and freedom of nations. If they carry out their duty honorably, they truly contribute to the common good of the nation and the maintenance of peace.

presenting..........

2006-06-27T08:40:00.001+08:00

Starbucko (sinangyag na maize)

2006-06-09T21:41:00.001+08:00

Colorado Jabonga Capuccino

Creative and expressive, you tend to match your Colorado Jabonga Capuccino flavor to your mood to have a good haircut at NEWSBARBERS. And a flavored syrup is always a must!

newsbarbers: Making The Right Cut

i am one of santa's reindeers

2006-06-09T20:59:00.000+08:00

I Am Cupid

A total romantic, I am always crushing on a new reindeer.

Why I am Naughty: I've caused so much drama, all the reindeers aren't speaking to each other.

Why I am Nice: I have a knack for playing matchmaker. I even hooked Rudolph up!

isa ka habunganon

Loving hands that build

2006-06-04T17:00:00.000+08:00

By Tintin P. Bersola-Babao
Last updated 03:41pm (Mla time) 05/31/2006

Have you ever experienced moving in and out of homes too frequently and having no real permanent address? I did as a young girl.

My earliest memory of eviction was when I was four years old. It was a small apartment in Cubao. We had no choice but to move out because my father had a falling out with his siblings.

The next years, my parents, only sister and I lived a nomadic life—living in apartments in Cubao, Matatag St., Parañaque, Fairview, White Plains, Greenhills, Loyola Heights, etc.

We must have lived in more than 25 apartments and houses in my lifetime!

Reasons

There were varied reasons. Most of the time, we were living in dire straits. When my parents sold everything from country club shares to chicharon to earn a living, we lived in cramped apartments. When they chanced upon a gold mine selling oriental furniture, we moved to a 1,000-sq m., corner house with a swimming pool in Greenhills.

Then the business went bankrupt. We sold the house and moved to a smaller home. That was 1987 —I was 17 years old. For the next seven years, the cycle of transferring homes continued.

One night I told myself, this is it: Someday, I will buy my own house and it will be my permanent residence.

So when I started earning my own money between 1993-1996 I took a leap of faith and acquired a loan for a house which I proudly called mine—bought with my blood, sweat and tears.

I moved out of that home only when I married and moved to my conjugal home with Julius. My mom and brother still live in that house today. It’s my gift to them.

It is because of my past that I donated and helped build a house through Gawad Kalinga.

Last year, on my 35th birthday, I convinced my high school best buddies that the GK house would be the perfect testament to our 22-year friendship.

They all agreed and contributed money; I took care of the rest of the project cost.

Volunteer

Thanks to my “Magandang Umaga, Bayan” co-host Bernadette Sembrano, who is also a GK volunteer, I got in touch with Issa Santos, GK Head for Partnerships, who furnished me with a list of families whose house I could sponsor. I chose Mang Manuel Cortes’ family in Kapamilya Village in Sitio Ruby Fairview.

The day I met the Cortes family was also when their house was going to be demolished to give way to a new one. I could not believe a space which measured a mere 20 sq m. could fit 16 people!

Aling Helen, Manuel’s sister, told me that they would sleep in a sitting position to fit in the old bunk bed.

Interiors

The interiors would get flooded. And when the water level rose, all of them would just climb onto the bed and stay there till the water receded. Almost directly underneath their charcoal “lutuan” was, to my horror, their toilet bowl. Simply put, this wasn’t the kind of home the Cortes family deserved.

That Saturday was an emotional day for them—they were going to say goodbye to the house that was witness to their lives’ many ups and downs. Yet they were all thankful: finally they would have a decent place to live. They would no longer be considered squatters.

We all joined hands and closed our eyes in prayer. Minutes later, the “demolition team” composed of GK volunteers pummeled away until the house was reduced to rubble.

My friends and I devoted four weekends to participate in the building process. We were there during the “palitada” stage.

I never knew how difficult this job was until I tried it myself. Mixing cement and gravel was easy at first, but try doing it for more than five minutes and your back will hurt!

Our third visit to the construction site was for the bricklaying stage. Julius joined our group and he enjoyed the experience so much—lifting hollow blocks and laying them with precision.

Our fourth visit to the site was a fun one — we painted the two-story house with the family’s choice of color, light lavender. The activity became even more special because the GK choir serenaded us.

Then, it was time for the ceremonial turn-over — an emotional moment for all of us. The Cortes family gave a very simple, moving message of thanks, and we thanked them in turn.

Helping build their house was an experience that nourished our souls.

The Bayanihan spirit is alive in the very concept and vision of building a GK house. Mang Manuel is a GK hero himself — he volunteers to build his neighbors’ houses. Now, with God’s grace, he and his whole family have a house they can proudly call their own.

I went back to visit the Cortes family last January when I accompanied my good friend, Dr. Vicki Belo, her daughter Cristalle, and the Belo staff to Sitio Ruby. They, too, donated houses beside the home of Mang Manuel. It was Dr. Vicki’s gift to others on her birthday. Cristalle also did the same on her natal day last April.

Last week Julius and I were at Sitio Ruby again, to judge a summer art contest empowering the youth and making them discover their true potentials. You see, GK is not just about building a house, it also means building lives—and character.

Thank you, Terrence and Thelma Grana, Couples for Christ cluster head, project director Gerry Santos, and his wife Chona, Ferddie Mendoza, SAGIP project manager – all for GK Sitio Ruby, plus all the good people of this GK Sitio. You have enriched our lives and contributed to our spiritual growth!

the kid brodkaster

2006-05-07T13:37:00.000+08:00

salamat gihapun.

the kid brodkaster

2006-05-07T13:22:00.000+08:00

salamat karadjao.

the kid brodkaster

2006-05-03T10:45:00.000+08:00

salamat.

the kid brodkaster

2006-05-03T10:39:00.000+08:00

salamat.