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[Guest]

Shiela, Amo kay… ag sa lagi magkinawat kawat di ag mag dali-dali. Pagkatapos tuslok taraw dayon palusot . Haw lugwa na sa site. Iton nan isa na adlaw pag balik ko, uno sa inin ako pm kanimo ini sa yahi bandilyo. Kanaman paga unahan ko dakan dayon pangayo nan pasaylo kan Borag kay adoy basi mahilamit ka pospusan nan tulo ka gikay nan silhig sus sakiti raba gayod yaon. Sori Rag ! ! !

[Guest]

Shiela, Amo kay… ag sa lagi magkinawat kawat di ag mag dali-dali. Pagkatapos tuslok taraw dayon palusot . Haw lugwa na sa site. Iton nan isa na adlaw pag balik ko, uno sa inin ako pm kanimo ini sa yahi bandilyo. Kanaman paga unahan ko dakan dayon pangayo nan pasaylo kan Borag kay adoy basi mahilamit ka pospusan nan tulo ka gikay nan silhig sus sakiti raba gayod yaon. Sori Rag ! ! !

Abb

[sheilap]

Shiela, Amo kay… ag sa lagi magkinawat kawat di ag mag dali-dali. Pagkatapos tuslok taraw dayon palusot . Haw lugwa na sa site. Iton nan isa na adlaw pag balik ko, uno sa inin ako pm kanimo ini sa yahi bandilyo. Kanaman paga unahan ko dakan dayon pangayo nan pasaylo kan Borag kay adoy basi mahilamit ka pospusan nan tulo ka gikay nan silhig sus sakiti raba gayod yaon. Sori Rag ! ! !

Abb

kay unoy taraw abay mo ad-on dali, bawal baya mag-internet ngaton? sa office kaw mag-internet? Basi sab office hours kaw magagamit?

[Guest]

Shiela, Amo kay… ag sa lagi magkinawat kawat di ag mag dali-dali. Pagkatapos tuslok taraw dayon palusot . Haw lugwa na sa site. Iton nan isa na adlaw pag balik ko, uno sa inin ako pm kanimo ini sa yahi bandilyo. Kanaman paga unahan ko dakan dayon pangayo nan pasaylo kan Borag kay adoy basi mahilamit ka pospusan nan tulo ka gikay nan silhig sus sakiti raba gayod yaon. Sori Rag ! ! !

Abb

kay unoy taraw abay mo ad-on dali, bawal baya mag-internet ngaton? sa office kaw mag-internet? Basi sab office hours kaw magagamit?

Dili sa hino-an kon bawal. Bisi lamang kanaman ag da modalikyat. OO usahay sa office, kuman adi sa bay. Usahay kon da kon laptap bisan hain hilang-ban na may connection. Bagan bibo sa Tago kuman all souls day kay arang san manguli amo? Uli kaw?

Abb

[cordapya]

Hello BANG,

Ikaw BANG dili kaw mo-uli sa ALL SOULS DAY? madayaw gayod sa Tago mangalag-kalag kay mabibuhirs gayod, abo na kon magkatipon an mga kagupa nato na mga Tagon-on bata kon tiguwang. SUS! ya-imagine ko an plaza hasta an mga beaches, abo na an menteryo, bibuhir gayod, abo na kay an kadaghanan nan mga bloggers/posters, kon di tanan, mangoli sa baya.

Na hala hina-ot unta na mahamok an iyo kalag na matabangan nan iyo mga pag-ampo, na para ma-discharge na sila kon ha-in man galin sila kuman, na mahi-abot na nila an gitawag na LANGIT which is their FINAL DESTINATION.

LAYBS, dili sa gayod kita ka-uli, mangadji dakan kitan nganhi. Magiya-iya dakan kita kay very far away sa kaw isab kanako.

Baboo.....'til next tym - amigo. hasta manyana.

[Alibangbang]

Hello Cordaps,

Musta nakaw, hain nakaw anhi. Yaka balik nakaw sa Chicago? Anay lagi kadayaw sa garo adto kon maka uli isab kita pero pitsido sa lagin panahon sa sunod dakan. Sakto kaw gayod lahi da sa ato an mga kalag-kalag astan pasko. Mabibuhi sa gayod amo? Sus mag karuga sa gayod tapos iton mag hurom huroman.

Amo kay sakto kaw, manalangin, mangaliya dakan kita kay dili sa kita ka uli na an ato mga kalumonan na adto pa sa purgatoryo, taga-an na nan kagawasan para sila mahi-abot na sa paraeso.

Bagan mabibu gayod an Tago kuman na kalag-kalag. Hala mga bloggers pag ayo-ayo dakan kamo tanan sa iyo biyahi.

Paaboton dakan nako an iyo balita nganhi sa ato site.

Abb

[kampanaryo_spy]

DAAN kamo ni bonsal, nanga anhi na isab kamo inmino?

permi sa gayud bibo an pistan minatay sa tago. nah, make that BIBUHIRS! cordaps, when chicago hosted the reunion, i have an article about pistan minatay that i emailed to the late mike montero that he printed in your local mag there.

but i have an article, GRAVEYARD REMINISCENCES, that the philippine daily inquirer published few summers ago. paglaong lang kamo ni abb haw ganahan kamo na ako i re-encode nganhi kay tigayunon ko dayon. pero pag-uli ko na sa tago kay yadi pa sa lagi ako sa kahawgan.

[sheilap]

Shiela, Amo kay… ag sa lagi magkinawat kawat di ag mag dali-dali. Pagkatapos tuslok taraw dayon palusot . Haw lugwa na sa site. Iton nan isa na adlaw pag balik ko, uno sa inin ako pm kanimo ini sa yahi bandilyo. Kanaman paga unahan ko dakan dayon pangayo nan pasaylo kan Borag kay adoy basi mahilamit ka pospusan nan tulo ka gikay nan silhig sus sakiti raba gayod yaon. Sori Rag ! ! !

Abb

kay unoy taraw abay mo ad-on dali, bawal baya mag-internet ngaton? sa office kaw mag-internet? Basi sab office hours kaw magagamit?

Dili sa hino-an kon bawal. Bisi lamang kanaman ag da modalikyat. OO usahay sa office, kuman adi sa bay. Usahay kon da kon laptap bisan hain hilang-ban na may connection. Bagan bibo sa Tago kuman all souls day kay arang san manguli amo? Uli kaw?

Abb

Na amo pa sa lagi ako min-uli nan September, bana-bana ko an gasto, madako sa, mag sa dayon kita kagidan Naman dili dakan sa December dakan. Pero kay gustuhi ko gayod mouli kay adto sa lugar si tatay hastan si lola abe og uban pa na lumon na adto na sa laing kalibutan. Dugayi na gayod ako wa makapistan minatay ngadto LAin da sa lagi gayod agaw ngadto sa ato kay mabibo sa. Mag sa dayon kamo magkahirugop nan mga lumon ug uban pa na tao na panagsa mo da isab kit.i Na hala. kanya-kanya dakan lamang kita anhi nan ampo.

[sheilap]

Abb lain pay ato, yabasa mo adton ako in post na account number para sa donation for the uniforms of PS's varsity players? Inlang-an ko na si Sir Clyde na gusto kaw mag-donate

[Guest]

Abb lain pay ato, yabasa mo adton ako in post na account number para sa donation for the uniforms of PS's varsity players? Inlang-an ko na si Sir Clyde na gusto kaw mag-donate

Sheilap , ok da kadayaw... ipa hatod ko da kan Clyde diretso.

Segi enjoy nan weekend,
Abb

[Abb]

DAAN kamo ni bonsal, nanga anhi na isab kamo inmino?

permi sa gayud bibo an pistan minatay sa tago. nah, make that BIBUHIRS! cordaps, when chicago hosted the reunion, i have an article about pistan minatay that i emailed to the late mike montero that he printed in your local mag there.

but i have an article, GRAVEYARD REMINISCENCES, that the philippine daily inquirer published few summers ago. paglaong lang kamo ni abb haw ganahan kamo na ako i re-encode nganhi kay tigayunon ko dayon. pero pag-uli ko na sa tago kay yadi pa sa lagi ako sa kahawgan.

GRAVEYARD REMINISCENCES - K-spy -Ako ganahani. . . segi i "re-encode nganhi. Si Cordaps wa sa mag paugin-tok... bagan bisihi pani-id ko kay wa sa kadalikyat nganhi. . Hope she's ok...
Paabot dakan kami sa article.

Abb

[kampanaryo_spy]

abb, basin i post ini ni bonsal sa main page. but here goes:


GRAVEYARD REMINISCENCES
By k_spy

As a child, I never liked the creepy feel and smell of cemeteries, and the sight of fractured tombs was enough to make me lose my appetite for days. In the few times that I had joined funerals, I had to puke my succeeding meals along with my entrails. Thus, All Soul’s Day would have been a non-event to me if not for theme writing.

In elementary, we were required to write a composition on how we spent All Soul’s Day. And to ensure factual writing, a classmate was assigned to check the attendance at the big white cross which was guarded by two pockmarked, sightless angels.

I used to write about making a ball out of candle drippings which our maid would later use to oil the old flat iron to keep it from rusting and to wax the narra floor in circular motions like a pulled spring binder of a Golden Gate notebook. Not much later, I decided to join my friends in their shenanigans, if only to add zing to my subsequent compositions.

The secret to bigger candle balls, my friends told me, was to switch strategy from passive to active mode. As in, instead of waiting for candles to burn trickles, I had to steal the whole stick when no one was looking. (Understand that if I heeded them it was because the then 10-year old me had yet to develop scruples.) Splitting the loot later under the thick canopy of a balete tree, we’d melt it onto our waxy orbs which, at 11 a.m., was already the size and color of a dappled softball.

Then off we went to the “great candle buffet.” This was at the big white cross whose circular pool at the base was a blazing inferno of candles lit by people whose dead relatives were entombed elsewhere. As provincial buffets went, one had to wedge between clammy and stinking bodies or climb on someone’s back to get to the main course. The latter was risky as one could be thrown off into the lake of fire like what happened to our friend who ended up with more blisters than a board of Chinese checker. Young and agile as we were, we always managed to get a piece of the action.

At twilight, after seeing the last wisp of smoke reach for the pastel sky, we’d start foraging for food that was originally offered for the dead. The living always made sure to uncover these foods to make it easier for the dead, who’d lost their sense of touch, to eat. The food was usually placed alongside candles on top of tombs where ants attacked them quicker than the spirits could say—bon appetit!

By this time everything had gone stale—the soda crackers no longer cracked, the soft drinks no longer foamed, and the biko no longer glistened. But just the same, my friends devoured them, saying the food were not stale but were only so because the spirits had already partaken of them. As I watched ant-coated food vanish into my friend’s parched mouth, I puked so hard I had to tuck my eyeballs back to their muggy sockets.

But most things, like people, do change. I now look forward to All Soul’s Day because after our parents died, it means reunion with relatives and friends. In fact, it no longer agitates my gut, what with the fortune Tagon-ons spend on graves and the makeover they do to celebrating things with the dead.

In our town of Tago in Surigao del Sur, All Soul’s Day is a frenzied nine-day run up to November 1 where Tagon-ons troop to the cemetery at night to watch an eclectic show that includes a prayer rally, a rock concert, a ballroom dance contest, a masquerade, a fire blowing contest and a Miss Gay Tilt.

Creeping with people, our cemetery becomes a perfect venue for showing off one’s belongings and fashion sensibilities. TV, VCD players, lechon, gourmet food, wines and flowers have become staple tomb-top items, giving the place the chaotic ambience of a tiangge.

But amidst all these, children still shape candle balls even if times have made the pursuit tougher. Candles, you see, have become so expensive that they remain unlit, especially those that are colored and scented and come in the shape of either a luxuriant cabbage rose or a winking cherub in diapers.

I wonder what the children write about now in their English composition class.

(Note: This was published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on 3 November 2002.)

[Abb]

K-sky, another great piece of work ! ! ! Thank you. You see, I had forgotten, thanks for bringing this piece of memory alive. Was deep in thought, didn’t realize that a colleague was standing along side me. She got curious, so I shared your article. She was dumbfounded and totally bemused. She keeps asking “really??? …. you people did that?”. I said, “yes of course. . . we people from that far end of the globe knows how to make clean fun of things….add a dash of harmless mischief, and everyone will have a marvelous time” She looked at me funny and said…”you filipinos are something else” with a touched of smile that I can only take as a compliment. She left my office with a newfound knowledge from our far distant land, which you just brought closer to our hearts.

Abb

[cordapya]

K-Spy, Laybs, Alibangbang & everyone:

I'm back. kapu-ir pa gayod. Matignawi nasa gayod sa east coast. Korog-korog kay gayod ako nan katignaw na, abo na adto kami permi ga sakay nan ila pagatawag na yatch. Martha's Vineyard is a very nice place. Believe ako na lugar, mahamogaway, silinciyo pero lugar sa lagi nan mga hayahay na mga ta-o sa kalibutan. Pero bahala na dili kopa gayod ibaylo an ako Tago kay ka lami nan Tago tungod sa mga Tagon-ons. Sa Martha's Vineyard ok kadayaw an lugar pero waray ako mga kagupa na Tagon-ons an ila lahi layo-ir da isab sa Tago. So Tago is the best because it's the place where I belong. Home sweet home la-ong pa ni Iyo Fidel "There's no place like home". Kanaman dili gayod siya ganahan maghuya sa Manila kay mo-uli gayod siya sa Tago. Langoti na si Makay hasta si Auntie Madre (Sr. Fideliza)

K-Spy: Lingawi sa ako magbasa na inin imo article parti sa All Soul's Day. Wara say lagi amo ngadi Pistan minatay. May Haloween. Sus! big deal gayod isab ini ngadi sa America - Haloween. pero wara say oso ngadi nan suga suga nan kandila sa menteryo. Bagan an ila pistan minatay kay Memorial Day kay bagan. which is May 30th. Di ba Laybs?

Na hala, maglibog na-ay ako sa iban na topic kay bagan hamok ko nakay anhi na okadonon.

[sibs]

ay ay cor /k spy kabibuhi nan iyo topic kagana dayun isuba.


cor ,mingaw na kay ako sa imo.kahagkuti sab na anhi .wa na sab ako kaligo.kandingon na sab ako.

wa ko na gayud makontak c mana tats permi bc an linya or way mutubag.sayang an ipadahay ko.sa balikbayan dakan.


miss you!