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Deadline is on Saturday for the submission of entries for the 2nd Pres. Carlos P. Garcia Literary Awards for Poem Writing, J. Ning Literary Awards for Essay Writing, and Bob M. Mejorada Literary Awards for Short Story Writing.

The contests are open to all, except members of the Committee on Awards. Officers of the sponsoring groups, the Association of Writers and Radio Announcers Foundation, Inc. (AWRAFI) and the Bohol Literary Arts Circle (BLAC) are disqualified from joining the English category and officers of the Lubas sa Dagang Bisaya, Inc. (Ludabi), Metro Tagbilaran-Bohol chapter are disqualified from joining the Bisayan category.

All entries must be typewritten or encoded through the computer, double-spaced using short bond papers. Each entry must be produced in four copies.

Poem writing entries (English and Bisayan) must not be less than five stanzas but not more than 14 stanzas.
         

Essay writing entries (English and Bisayan) must not be less than 300 words but not more than 500 words.

Short story writing entries (English and Bisayan) must not be less than four pages, but not more than 10 pages.

An entry must have a title and it must not bear the name and address of the contestant. However, the complete name and address of the participant and the title of the entry must be written on a small piece of paper placed in a small sealed envelope. The small sealed envelope must be placed in a large envelope together with the entry which bears the title only.


more at this link : http://boholchronicle.com/2008/oct/12/comm5.htm

DWC HS Batch 95:

tHere will be a meeting on 31 October 2008 (Friday) in Dunkin Donuts-ICM at 6:00pm.

Please come. Your presence is highly appreciated.

this is how we've gone from sexy to vavaboom after 13 years

whack this link for photos and more: http://batchninefive.multiply.com/





Good tidings and great NEWS, este, JOY!!!
REUNION UPDATE:

here's a repost from Maleth Zafra:

Please see the details below >>>>

Proposed reunion date: 27-28 December 2008
Proposed activity:overnight party. yea baby!
Venue:beach
Assembly Time: 4:00 pm
Assembly Place: to be announced
Contribution: php500.00

Working Committees:

Communication
â€" Adonis Damalerio
â€" Ma. Leticia Zafra
â€" Fatima Mapesos

Venue
â€" Alfonso Alcala

T-shirt & batch banner
â€" Dominic Aparicio

Transportation
â€" Dominic Aparicio
â€" Egbert Galve

Food
â€" Jonathan Inojales
â€" Mary Ann Mapait

We are requesting everyone to broadcast this information to the rest of our batchmates in whatever possible means.

If it’s okay to ask, we also request everyone to please text or email us the contact numbers of our batchmates whom you know.

Moreover, we plan to do tri-media campaign (thru radio, newspaper etc.) while we have plenty of time to prepare for our reunion.

The floor is open for pledges. Keep those lechon and red wine coming! yey!

For more information, feel free to contact:

Dobap - 09187545835
Maleth-09185576609 / 09173040757
Fatima-09193281019.
Adonis-09173042463

From time to time, please check this bulletin for more updates.

Thank you.

lifted from: http://up.edu.ph/features.php?i=87


Only two RP universities made it to the world’s 500 best; but must the rankings be taken seriously? 
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Alicor L. Panao 




No doubt everyone wants to score well in a beauty contest for academic institutions. But should a university’s worth be judged on reputation alone?

In the recently released 2007 Times Higher Education survey only two Philippine universities made it to its list of the world’s top 500. The University of the Philippines, the national university, was ranked at 398, about a hundred notches down from its 2006 rank of 299. Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University came in at 451. The University of Santo Tomas and the De La Salle University, which were both included in the 2006 list, dropped from the radar.

It did not take long for the media reports to elicit reactions from academicians, policymakers and alumni. Journalists and columnists pitched their own speculations as to what has been dragging down the country’s universities. However, the question that was not being asked was: what was the basis of the ranking?

Published by The Times Higher Education Supplement in collaboration with Quacquarelli Symonds (THES-QS), the rankings are meant supposedly to serve as “the definitive guide to universities around the world which truly excel.” In evaluating institutions, however, the THES-QS computes half of the index based on its reputation as perceived by academics (peer review, 40%) and global employers (recruiter review, 10%). Since it is not specified who were surveyed or what questions were asked, the methodology is obviously vulnerable to manipulation.

Even peers need some standardized input data to review. But according to the October 2007 study International Ranking Systems for Universities and Institutions: A Critical Appraisal published in BioMed Central, the Times simply asks 190,000 experts to list what they regard as the top 30 universities in their field of expertise without offering input data on any performance indicators (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/5/30). Moreover, the survey response rate among the selected experts was found to be below 1%. In other words, on the basis of possible selection biases alone the validity of the measurement is shaky.

The other half of the index is based on such indicators as student-to-faculty ratio, the number of foreign faculty and students in the university, and the number of academic works by university researchers that have been cited internationally. Data for these indicators, however, typically depend on the information that participating institutions submit. An institution’s index, in other words, may be easily distorted if the institution fails to submit data for the pertinent indicators, or if it chooses not to participate.

According to UP Vice President for Public Affairs Dr. Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, the University of the Philippines manifested its refusal to participate in THES-QS survey in writing as early as July 2007 because Times could not explain where it got the figures on which UP’s rank was based in 2006. In response to UP’s objection, however, Quacquarelli Symonds research assistant Saad Shabbir simply wrote back that if it did not receive the information by the deadline then it would be “forced to use last year’s data or some form of average.”

Apparently for the QS researchers, old data would doâ€"data that had been questioned precisely because its source was dubious. UP has not participated in any international survey of academic institutions since 2000. To date, the country’s National University has neither released official statistics for survey purposes nor consented to any survey undertaking by a local or international body.

Ateneo de Manila University, whose current rank was supposedly an improvement from last year, cautions its alumni and the public to view the results with some degree of prudence. In her comments on the 2007 THES-QS survey published in the Ateneo de Manila University website (http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&aid=4489), Vice President for the Loyola Schools Dr. Ma. Assunta C. Cuyengkeng writes that the rankings do not even reflect Ateneo’s vision and mission. Instead of getting distracted, Cuyengkeng encourages its community to work instead towards strengthening the leadership and excellence of faculty and students as its contribution to national development.

Interestingly, THES-QS are causing quite a stir in other higher education institutions in many countries, not necessarily because of the controversial rankings it annually publishes, but because of what some experts deride as its remarkable flair for making mistakes.

The University of Malaya’s (UM) decline from 89 in 2004 to 169 in 2005, for instance, caused a political turmoil in Malaysia and cost the career of one of the university’s Vice Chancellors. It turned out that QS had counted all the Malaysian Chinese and Malaysian Indians as foreign students (one of the criteria in their rankings) in 2004. According to The Star on a Nov. 18, 2005 news report (http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/11/18/nation/12625998&sec=nation), QS was apparently under the impression that a larger number of foreigners were studying and teaching at UM when actually there were just a lot of Malaysian citizens of Indian and Chinese descent. QS tried to correct this mistake in 2005, resulting to a steep drop in the university’s ranking.

Meanwhile, between 2004 and 2005 Duke University’s rank rose dramatically in the THES-QS survey, thanks to a nasty clerical error. Duke was listed to have 6,244 faculty members, which was well beyond what the university had declared on its website. It turned out, according to Prof. Richard Holmes of the MARA University of Technology in Malaysia, that this was the number of undergraduate students enrolled at Duke in the fall of 2005 (http://rankingwatch.blogspot.com/2007/01/more-about-duke-on-january-23rd-i.html). Obviously, somebody made the mistake of copying the figure for undergrad students and counted them as faculty, giving Duke four times the number of faculty it actually had.

Quacquarelli Symonds is relatively new in the ranking business but the impact of its surveys can be far-reaching. Some institutions use their resultsâ€"their methodological flaws notwithstandingâ€"as basis for the distribution of finances over departments and to bolster rivalries among institutions. The October 2007 BioMed study cautions that this could actually be more harmful to science and education and may even encourage global brain drain. For instance, if ranking affects funding policies, institutions and scientists may seek to excel only in the specific criteria used to determine excellence.

There is no debate about the importance of defining, measuring, interpreting and improving institutional excellence. But current international rankings contained in the THES-QS cannot be taken seriously until it establishes its own credibility with the academic community.

if you are a part of DWC-T Batch Nine Five, meet us regularly at


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dwcthsbatchninefive/


Divine Word College of Tagbilaran (now Holy Name University)
High School Department at Janssen Heights, Dampas District, Tagbilaran City


Batch 1995 :: shifts gear for the FIRST HIGH SCHOOL REUNION in 13 years.

Rekindle old friendships (and perhaps old romance).
Be counted.
Join us.

Moderated by:
Ms. Pinky Obligado-Lumbre and Ms. Maria Letecia Zafra.

Happening on the 21st of December this year
(with monthly get-togethers taking place near you--i.e. Tagbilaran


Meanwhile, listen to the rehash graduation song, holy name march and what-not at

http://batchninefive.multiply.com/


padayun~

Quote from: insurectus on August 07, 2008, 08:42:34 AM
hala ka kita ra man jud ka batch diay, thanks sa link tamboka na sa mga taw oi
nagkita mi ni Pinky I think last May or April sa ICM with her family wla lang kaayo
mi nagka storya then naa na pari ato batch si Fr. Jonas Lubiano ordained last May gihapon
Im not sure if si Estomo made it pagka pari wla naman ko balita ato niya

i see. i see.
hala. kinsa man diay ni?
kinsa nga advisory class sa 4th year?

with monthly get-togethers taking place near you (i.e. Tagbilaran)
until 21 December 2008.


meanwhile, whack this link baby for photos and updates:

http://batchninefive.multiply.com

If you happen to know of anyone who belongs to DWC-T HS Batch Nine Five,
please spread the fever.

padayun!

to quote somebody whose name escapes me now: "The Philipines has a LEGAL SYSYTEM, but not a JUSTICE SYSTEM."

meanwhile, have a HAPPY MONDAY everyone...

Quote from: musiclover0526 on July 28, 2008, 01:34:33 AM
himoa nyang balbakua...lolz

it's not a good joke. YOU ARE SICK! absolutely effing SICK!

Quote from: nocturn on July 27, 2008, 08:45:44 PM
Scott... help me hunt this music lover down... cya moi dapat chop chopon...

I'm for justice and peace through nonviolent means...

Probably, the most that we can do is to assign warning to a commentator who, for the life of me, is not aware of that tremendous responsiblity that goes with this kind of forum or the internet in general.

Kung dili madala, aw, kick-arse mode.

hahays.

Quote from: musiclover0526 on July 27, 2008, 06:48:53 PM
comment ko  lang yan...d ba discussion man diri?

PUCH*!
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INFORMED COMMENT AND DIMWIT COMMENT!!!!
Bisan pag discussion ni, by golly! do your homework unta!

Pastilan!!!!!!!

Quote from: orChids on July 25, 2008, 09:58:48 PM
Hahahhahahaha so naa jod diay ko na belong sa gaseous?wee Aylabeet lang gihapon basta ikaw Scott.

aguy aya san. hehehehehe

Quote from: michael-ligalig on July 25, 2008, 08:51:52 PM
Scott, you've got realistic pictures here. Regards to Paris Hilton.

yes. ingon siya nga naa daw ka free accomodation sa any hilton hotel of your choice. heheheh

Quote from: grazie7y on July 25, 2008, 01:19:22 PM
aylabeeet!

hehehehehehe

Quote from: orChids on July 25, 2008, 11:56:54 AM
Hahahaha mas nagkatawa man noon ko sa inyong bahakhak oy.Aguy,i delete man kaha ko ni Scott sa iyang fan list.Sorry Scott,saon giunhan man ko ug katawa.

kahibalo na ko sa inyong official fan club logo design aya san. "camote"
aheheehheehehhehe

Quote from: Mari on July 25, 2008, 09:55:16 AM
nice work Scott...i love it!

thanks mari

Quote from: orChids on July 25, 2008, 09:36:30 AM
sa solid jod oy para uban gihapon mi ni ms dear.di ko diha sa gaseous kay mura ug pala utot ang dating,hahahhahaha.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. Atut. hahahahahahahahahahhahaha

Quote from: ms da binsi on July 25, 2008, 09:28:29 AM
Sa solid ko apil Scott!

hahahahhahha

hahahaha. naa na man daw chairmperson sa sampaguita committee in the tradition of german moreno's "that's entertainment" ug "GMA supershow" hahahahaha

Quote from: orChids on July 25, 2008, 07:49:15 AM
Oy Scott kanus-a pa man ka nsikat ha?Hala ilista ko sa fans club nimo,sa TB group ko.Aguy,kinsa bay presidente nimo kay muapil pod ko,hahahha.Nice ayo Scott.

hahahaha. asa man ka nga specific group ms orchs?
sa loyal scottonians, solid scottonians, liquid or gaseous scottonians. hahahhaha
morag noranians or vilmanians ba. naay say classification

Quote from: ms da binsi on July 25, 2008, 01:37:21 AM


bwahahhahahhahha!


AYLABEEEET!

mao nay mabuhat sa mga tawong walay lingaw. bisag unsa na lay mahunahunaan. hahaha

FUN is written all over the place.
so much fun!

pamahin niya sa bring house o paksiw

Quote from: kiamoy` on July 24, 2008, 11:10:44 PM
haha nice one scott!:)

hahaha. thanks.

COngratulations to my youngest brother and to my high school batchmate who are on the same list (E).

My family now has two registered nurses. I could have been the third if I didn't quit nursing school at the time when hiring slowed down in 1998. No regrets. I'm happier now. Just envious with my former nursing classmates in their condo units in South Beach, Florida. hahays. LOLS

........................................................................................
here goes:

Roll of Successful Examinees in the
NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATION
Held on JUNE 1 & 2, 2008
Released on JULY 23, 2008

...
9682 EBUENGA, ADELE VIVIEN MAJAROCON
...
10046 ESCATRON, MARK PAUL CALAMBA

i'm all over the place 

somewhere near upper west side

NEW YORK CITY.

here's my number one fan holding my debut album

LOS ANGELES.

backroom of louvre

PARIS.

posh spice is looking for me

LONDON

Quote from: teng on July 24, 2008, 04:01:41 PM
busy na guro ni sa asawa si scott....ahehehehe

ayg saba. atu atu ra na. hahahaha

Quote from: charie on July 24, 2008, 12:42:29 PM
halo scott, mustamos naman ka?

hello! busy char.

Quote from: ms da binsi on July 23, 2008, 10:34:50 PM

Hi Scotty! huy niay number ni Hazel, (908) 266-9220 tawaga... kay nangita to nimo!

salamat mis dabins


sige. i will holler

Quote from: orChids on July 23, 2008, 10:26:27 PM
Dalha tawon ko Scott.Hehehe Aw si Geisha mukuyog pod ba?Hain na man to ang igat sa TB ha?

ahehehehe. hapitun na lang tika mis orchs. silhig tali akong gamiton.

hi there pepols. i checked this thread only a few mins ago. please fill me in with info. i have a scheduled trip this weekend and is considering the idea of participating.

or is there a thread that contains all the info i need. please lemme know. thanks daan all

Quote from: lumine on July 14, 2008, 12:00:12 AM
oic! bright jud ni scott da kay naa pa syay synonyms kunohay.hehehe!

pero saun taman. wa man juy makalupig ni lumine. sa surf. wa-is. hhehehe

Quote from: lumine on July 13, 2008, 11:52:30 PM
maski na-absent scott,kabalo na sya mogamit sa lavoo da!

hahaha. classmate ang lavooo sa aylabeet. aylabeeet mine.

Quote from: ms da binsi on July 13, 2008, 11:22:53 PM


bwahahahhhah! Scoooooootie, lavoooo!

aylavoootu. aylavoootu ms. dabins. ahehehe
morag piskay nang sulod sa imong paper bag dah!
ako nang hapitun kay mag via ca. akong ruta padung germany. hahaha

Quote from: C2H4 on July 13, 2008, 10:12:29 PM
Scott, nganong karon ra man intawon ka pakita oist? Mingaw na mi nimo.

Nalingaw ko's imong Harry Potter pic. hahaha

got busy with graduate school and werk.
pastilan, i missed a lot of things here.

i hope makadalikyat ko sa sandugo. i hope. kung magkina unsa, mag silhig na lang ko

uyyy. ang kabaw. tumbahon. pakals na

Quote from: LanggamTamsi2 on July 13, 2008, 07:07:37 PM
hoy teng akong huwaman nang imong silhig beh, kay akong duawon akong mdstigolsna.

hala. nganong teng na akong ngalan tita tams. aherm.

it's a red letter day for Ms. Bams! yey! aylabeeet. aylabeeet!

grabbed photo, credits: Mari

Ms. Anne, hapi na, birtdi pa


more blessings to you on your path Ms. Bams--ang kinakusgang rayna sa tubag bohol-deutschland chapter

ahermm, where's the tagay this time?
pede ra pod ipa fedex akong share sa lager or ale or pilsen from Bundesrepublik Deutschland. hehehe

greetings from Hogwartz-Bohol Campus. yay! hehehe
I AM ON MY WAY TO GERMANY sakay niining silhig. MEET ME AT MUNICH. I'LL STAY IN THERE TAMAN OCTOBERFEST. heheheh


cheers!
tagay!

Quote from: ms da binsi on June 03, 2008, 11:04:43 AM
not much dear!

nalingaw ra ko sa imong gi post!

nga gipakapinan!

hahahahhah

unsa say sulud anang shopping bag?
ga shopping na ba para sa umaabot nga pasko? hehehhee

Quote from: grazie7y on June 03, 2008, 10:05:27 PM
aylabeet too sa imong post, Scott! hahahaha

labeeeet labeeet graz
hehehhee

Quote from: Happy on June 03, 2008, 03:26:57 PM
Scott, kahimuot pud sa imong post oi..

YEs, Denmark, si little mermaid yan

nalingaw ra si little mermaid maserena kay kung na simba of lion king pa siya, wala siya taas nga bukid dagan daganan sa denmark ms. haps kay matud pa sa mga education major nga taga denmark nga ga practicum sa school ang pinakataas nga bukid sa ila kay mora rag taas rag gamay sa chocolate hills? tanuud ba? hehehee

Quote from: kiamoy` on June 04, 2008, 12:25:59 AM
scott.. saw your multi page.. grabe imo wanderlust!!:)

hahaha. kiat lang ang agi. hahaha

Quote from: kiamoy` on June 04, 2008, 12:04:16 AM
ka nice dinha!!

mawu jud. aylabeeet!

Quote from: Mari on June 03, 2008, 06:14:19 PM
awww abi ko man og sa Valencia Bohol ra ni kay adtuon namo

there is a similar falls in Dimiao Mari. Layu layu pod kag lakwan. I dont know if nadevelop na ba tu. the last time i was there, mora pa man tug jungle.

Quote from: Bambi on June 03, 2008, 05:13:04 PM
thanks scott for the infos. ma-ibog lang mi nimo kay sayunan kay trabaho dalang siging suroy-suroy! next time you can guide us to any places in our own Phils. which is interesting and beautiful and still srange to us.  we are interested to travel Palawan. Have you been there na? Who knows in the coming years?

This additional hobby you have makes you more younger. Have an extra care my dear friend.

Palawan is a dream destination. GAWWWWWWD. Coron, Busuanga, Tubattaha and more. AYLABBEEEETTT there (in my dreams pa lang. hehehehhe). You should include it in your itinerary    next you visit country Ms. Bams.

Aju aju. Lemme know if you have plans to visit Negros Islands as well. We will rock the island with you guys

Quote from: teng on June 03, 2008, 01:37:19 PM
ahahhahhahaha pasuya ai...dalha daw mi diha beh..i add me sa imong students

hahhaha. aguy. overage na mo. hahahah

Quote from: B:) on June 03, 2008, 11:36:50 AM
Nice photos Scott.
Sus abi gyud nako nga Valencia, Bohol hehehe kay mangautana unta ko aha dapit sa Valencia.
Thank you for the clarification Mike.

Quote from: ms da binsi on June 03, 2008, 10:54:04 AM
Scott i think you have a better life compared to them! Scott pwerte nilang kajud diri hahahah ikaw diha pa kodak-kodak lang ka! palagaylay, sila diri sa ospital way pahuway pwerteng daghanang pasyente sa usa ka Nars!

But still i admired our Filipino Nurses and loved by the Merikans too!

If only for the travel and hopefully world domination Ms. Dabins. hehehe

Quote from: ms da binsi on June 03, 2008, 10:49:15 AM



Aylabeeet! hahahhahha

wassup one of TBs Hottest Momma?

Quote from: Lorenzo on June 03, 2008, 10:47:59 AM
The Root and Cause of the 'Filipino Miracle Worker' here in the United States.

There are thousands upon thousands of Filipino nurses in the United States, an integral part of the American Medical System. That have saved MILLIONS of American lives.

The Filipino Nurse. God Bless You All! All of You!

I took up nursing in 1995 when there was a BIG HUGE slowdown on the hiring of nurses. SO I QUIT. But my classmates who finished the course are now in many South Beach, Florida apartments.

Dang! I could only die green with envy. hhahahahahah

1. Iceland* a country of VOLCANOES!
2. Denmark*little mermaid, ikaw ba yan?
3. Norway* aylabeeet, the long bridge, spanning two countries
4. New Zealand* The Lord of the Rings. tee-hee!
5. Japan*SONY! aylabeeeet!
6. Ireland*too Catholic
7. Portugal*Lisbon! the Cathedral!
8. Finland*NOKIA baby~
9. Luxembourg* I was absent pag discuss ani ni Maam
10. Austria* Beethoven, Ikaw ba yan? Mozart? or Freud?
11. Republic of Bohol. PAK! apil apilun dyud. hehehe

Quote from: orChids on June 03, 2008, 10:39:07 AM
Hehehe naay commercial man oy.Bitaw nice view man jod oy.

the real beauty of the place is difficult to capture in photos. for lack of better word--mystical. yay!

Quote from: orChids on June 03, 2008, 10:33:56 AM
Aguy,faeta.Di man kaha ta madahili?ok lang.

way blema. kaya ra. kabaw ra may motiguwang.
oks na oks sa kunting zonrox

Quote from: orChids on June 03, 2008, 09:21:03 AM
Scott,beautiful view.Ubani unya mi diha ha?

No problemo Ms. Orchs :-)
jogging lang daan kay mag hike pa ug mga 20 minutos ug mukanaug pa ka ug 325 ka ang-ang  sa hagdanan :-)

Quote from: michael-ligalig on June 03, 2008, 09:19:07 AM
Thanks for Sharing the pictures, Scott. I guess this falls can be found in Valencia, Negros Oriental.

Yes Mike. It's in Valencia, Negros Oriental.

Quote from: teng on June 03, 2008, 07:37:22 AM
nice sad na imo work scott dah kay naa man trips each month...maka explore jod ka ug mga nice places

keep going!!!

vacation-like work. :-)
what more can I ask for? hahaha

Quote from: Bambi on June 03, 2008, 01:16:17 AM
WOW! kanindot ba didto diay Scott. Markus had asked whether you are also working as a tourist guide aside teaching.

nindot jud ms. bams! :-)

hi markus! full time teaching ko. this trip and the succeeding trips i will take are part of the curriculum. we have long trips each month which usually take 3-5 days away from the campus and short trips which actually take one day only.

my students take time to explore the world and feel the rhythm of the place.

collectively "a traveler" than a tourist :-)

kayak at Php150.00. kayak ha. hahaha

a brief story lifted from the net about Liwayway Corp. and bio of Mr. Carlos Chan, a Filipino-Chinese business tycoon


The history of Liwayway Marketing Corporation dates back to 1946, when a small family business engaged in the repacking of flour and coffee products was established through the efforts of Mr. Chan Lib and his wife, Mrs. See Ying. In 1966, the business was converted into a corporation, as it expanded into the distribution of pomade, candles, candies and sauces.

By 1974, under the second generation management headed by Manuel Chan, LMC diversified into the manufacturing of snack foods such as "Oishi Prawn Crackers" and "Kirei Yummy Flakes." The snack food business proved to be encouraging that the company eventually concentrated in this enterprise. Over the years, the company invested in more sophisticated equipment to upgrade the quality of their existing products and to develop new ones to introduce to the market. "Oishi" became the patent brand for all our product lines, and has since established itself as a major player in the Philippine snack food market.

In 1993, under the management of Carlos Chan, the company embarked on its first venture in China, beginning with two companies in Shanghai: Shanghai Liwayway Food Industries Limited and Shanghai Prawn Cracker Foodstuff Company Limited. Since then, the China operations have grown to more than 12 companies located all over the mainland under the head company, Liwayway (China) Company, Limited. Their products in China are marketed under the brand "Oishi Shanghaojia," which in 2001, received the Shanghai Famous Brands award, firmly establishing itself as a major brand in Shanghai, and the rest of China as well.

A few years later, manufacturing facilities were also set up in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (1997) and in Yangon, Myanmar (1999), where Oishi is now the leading snack food brand.

he is a philanthropist. the project is a corporate social responsibility sa iyang companya nga karun one of the few Filipino companies nga naka penetrate sa China, Vietnam ug Myanmar.

Quote from: benelynne on May 29, 2008, 11:37:57 AM
This is my first time to read Gamalinda, and I am profoundly intrigued by his existential predicaments.

Though all of us casually go through everyday life sometimes denying what we deny and affirming what we deny at other times, he seems to be allowing himself full indulgence to such whimsical ironies.

Was it Descartes who said, "I think therefore I am"? Our faculties of denial and affirmation are what make us human after all.

I am interested to know what his insights are on the differences between Japanese and Filipino consciousness. Available pa ba ni sa National Bookstore ang Confessions of a Volcano?

I have not gotten myself into unlocking the meaning of the poem at this time sir. but yes, i agree with you.

re: book, wala koy idea sir. you can check if there are copies available through powerbooks.com.ph <---- this is the "better" sister company of national bookstore

Quote from: ms da binsi on May 29, 2008, 10:13:05 PM
Scott taga dis-a na si Eric, the name sounded very familiar to me...

from Manila ms. dabins.
i heard he teaches at New York University

Eric T. Gamalinda was born on 14 October 1956 in Quezon City. He is a poet, a fictionist and an essayist. He took undergraduate courses at the UST for three years and the UP for a semester. He was a local fellow for poetry of the UP ICW in 1983. In 1990, he went to Great Britain to represent the Philippines in the Cambridge International Writers’ Conference and to attend the Hawthornden International Writers’ Retreat in Scotland, 1991. he got a Rockefeller Foundation residency in Bellagio, Italy. He participated in the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s Programme for the 21st century. He currently works with the Center for Investigative Journalism.

Gamalinda’s poems are collected in Fire Poem/Rain Poem (1976) and Lyrics From a Dead Language (1991). His stories have been gathered in Peripheral Vision (1992). His first novel, Planet Waves (1989), was set during the turbulent Martial Law era. A second novel, Confessions of a Volcano (1990), was written after a visit to Japan, and explores the differences between Filipino and Japanese consciousness. A third novel, The Empire of Memory (1992), is set against the momentous events before, during, and after the EDSA revolt.

Two of Gamalinda’s poetry collections won prizes in the Palanca. Ara Vos Prec won in 1985, while Patria y Muerte won in 1988. He also won Palanca awards for: Anatomy of a Passionate Derangement, a one-act play in 1980, "Mourning and Weeping in this Valley of Tears," a short story in 1988, and "The Unbearable Lightness of EDSA," an essay in 1990. His novel, Planet Waves received the National Book Award for fiction from the Manila Critics Circle in 1989.

lifted from Panitikan






Eric Gamalinda
Poem Not Written in Catalan


Out of everything that is not eternal
I deny the patience of water, the divinity of salt, and the persistence of the spider

I would like to write a suicide note in three and a half languages
and travel south on a Thursday towards
some form of life outside of earth

And although people will think I'm no longer there
I will live in geodesic domes
and count only in numbers less than zero

Sometimes when I walk past trees in the city I hear them denying me
Normally this doesn't bother me but today
I'm not going to take any conspiracies

I deny bodies of water smaller than the Great Lakes
I deny any planet larger than America

I deny the fact that when I kill time, time is actually killing me
I am air, light, sound, all of which I deny
I deny the Buddha, I do not deny the Buddha

An exact copy of my life is being lived a million light years away
If there's a way to prove it
If mathematics were the only religion

We are passing an era of turbulence
Make sure your souls are in the upright position

"I am afraid of the profound certitude of things"

Love like an arsonist
steals into my life and burns down all my tenements

(In a court of law, love will deny me
and the burden of proof rests entirely on me)






poem lifted from the internet

Eric Gamalinda
Corporeal



A skim of moonlight on these hills: a self-effacing moon.

Overnight, even the roads have lost their way.

I must have turned invisible myself: in the rearview mirror

my image is a pixel, a small gray speck.

It looks nothing like me.

Iridescent in disguise, lizards emulate the solitude of stones.

I’ve come back again and again to the sanctuary of wells,

but there is nothing there still;

the water will not reveal its sources.

No one speaks to the swallows.

Rain for a day, an afternoon, a dewdrop’s lifespan.

I will walk into the sunlight, if it ever comes, and disappear.

Perhaps my shadow, like my soul, will never recognize me.

It will wander aimlessly, buoyant, lifted by longing,

which is more than I have ever aimed to be.

Last night: a dream. And then a dream of a dream:

I have never learned to live inside this body.

I carry it like an instrument whose usefulness

has become arcane to me. I am tired of God,

tired of counting the cycles, the exactitude of stars.

There must be a constellation of nothing

where all things begin. A zero, motionless,

far from the spindrift of time.

I don’t expect to gain anything from these words;

I don’t think the rain, despite my praise, thinks itself dear.

Once again, my sorrow leads me where it will.

I am a target, a vector, a pair of wings.

Something massive is breathing: that’s what the thunder tells me.

I listen closely, like a hunter of songs.

I hope never to return.

unless there is board examinations for computer engineer.
once they pass, then, certified engineer already or whatever its title is.

there are teachers and there are professional teachers. that sets the difference.

Quote from: benelynne on May 28, 2008, 05:36:50 PM
Di man ta Palanca, pwede siguro if we go by looser rules. We pick the top five to ten, then ask the members to vote. The members' vote will weigh 60%, the judges' scores 40%, as the case may be. The judges should be non-TB members and will be given the unmarked entries.

Balak is the only literary form that is accessible to the masses, so it makes sense to involve not only the literati but also the general readers in the selection process.

Kaning coffeetable book, we need a working group. Apil na gyud ka diri Scott sa editorial ug production committee, kay valuable kaayo imong textual and graphic inputs. Si Mike pud, indispensable kaayo. Sa artistic and graphic design si Mari, Orchids, Belle, Bambi... Kinsa pa man intresado?

re: book project, nindut ni lingkuran sa grupo sir, asap :-)

Quote from: benelynne on May 27, 2008, 07:00:31 PM
Mahimo bang mupili na ta sa unang batch of winners bag-o mag-grand EB sa July aron i-recite sa mga mudaug ang ilang mga balak?

Mura sigurog mas may substance ang atong pagtigum-tigom kung dili lang socials and tour...

I am sure TB members like me who want to reconnect to our roots, by feasting on our cultural and linguistic heritage, will come home from the grand EB with even grander memories that will whet our appetite for the next TB gathering.

Saludo ko sa mga entries. Murag sayang ning inyong mga creative output kung dili ta mag-compile ug libro, published by TB. We have to mobilize ourselves to raise the funding for this. Kana bang coffee-table type of book nga ang text inyong mga balak ug ang graphics mga photos nila RV, Belle, etc. ug digital enhancements nila Mari ug Orchids, ug uban pang graphic artists nato diri sa TB.

Pang-regalo nato sa mga amigo ug amigo nga Bisdak sa sulod ug gawas sa nasod. I think this will be the first undertaking of its kind from the grassroots literati of Bohol courtesy of TB...

What do you think?

coffeetable book nga project, nindut sir

re: bangga sa balak, morag naa nay bias sir kay revealed na man ang writer daan :-)
per tradition, unmark entries jud :-)
unless we break the tradition. hahaha

re: i lurrvvveee the coffeetable book sir~
w00t w00t w00t

sponsors, anyone?

Quote from: yakiyeye on May 28, 2008, 04:07:31 PM
scott: palihog og post sa original english kay naa man ni sa iyang "third world opera".

yes but i don't have the book now. hinulman ra tu nako.

Quote from: michael-ligalig on May 28, 2008, 03:36:34 PM
Yaki, wala koy translation sa English ani. Basin ikaw maka-translate ka ani.

Scott, ni-retire na ba si Judge Dumdum?

basi sa akong nadunggan, wala pa mike.

Judge Simeon Dumdum is one of my Cebuano literary gods (Resil Mojares is the other). His "Third World Opera" poetry book is, for lack of better words, SMASHING!

TALIBON is a hands down winner.

Meanwhile, Tubigon's high traffic (though transit in mode, as gateway to other towns)  and it's proximity to Cebu comes close after Carmen and Ubay.

Panglao to be the next city is a wishful thinking within the next 5 years. Unless of course the much talked-about airport is operational and in full blast.

So there. My five cents.

Biga with loose translation/Libog




Biga



Ang biga         usa ka pulang tabanog

Sa madag-umong kahaponon



Hinam paminawon         ang adunay pahugong

Hagdyung         sa kilum-kilom



Moti-urok, mopasundayag kini sa hapak sa hangin

Mangidhat         sa gihidlaw nga kagabhion



Apan sa pagtagaktak         sa mga segundo, sa pagpakli,

Sa pagsidlak ug pagpahipi sa mga bitoon



Ang maung tabanog ikaw-it na lang unya

Sa lansang, sa luyo sa gipadlock natong pultahan



Dunay mga adlaw nga,         pwera buyag, lahi ang tabanog.

Paksit.         Modasdas kini sa kusog nga hapak sa hangin.



Paksit. Kay kung ikaw ang matungnan

Niining matang sa kuwang-kuwang nga tabanug



Inig human      ug tugpo, magtuyok-tuyok

Maglirung-lirong.      Magtuyok-tuyok sa tumuy sa tugot



Ug kung imo nang ihinay-hinay ug pulipot ang tangsi

Lisod na kini panaugon. Pastilan.



Apan kung imo kining anaron, pwede na nimong

Igaid sa haligi, biyaan ug ikaligo na lang sa kamig



Sa paglabay sa sayung kabuntagun.











ni RV Escatron, 25 May 2008













Filipino translation

Libog



Ang libog         ay isang pulang saranggola

Sa makulimlim na hapon



            Mainam pakinggan         ang may *pahugong

            **Hagdyong         sa takip-silim



            Sisisid, magpapakitang-gilas ito sa sampal ng hangin

            Kikindat         sa nalilibog na magdamag



At sa lagpak         ng mga segundo, sa pihit,

Sa pagkinang at pagtiktik ng mga tala



            Ang saranggola ay isasabit na lang

            Sa pako, sa likod ng ating kinandadong pintuan



May mga araw na         ***pwera buyag, iba ang tulin ng saranggola

Paksit.         Lulusob ito sa dahas ng sampal ng hangin.



            Paksit. Kapag ikaw ang madiskitahan

            Nitong praning na saranggola



Pagkatapos         ****itugpo, iikot-ikot

Tatango-tango.         Iikot-ikot sa dulo ng tali



At kung iyo ng dahan-dahang ipupulipot ang sinulid

Mahirap na itong ibaba. *****Pastilan.



At kapag ito’y iyong naamu, pwede mo nang

Itali sa haligi, iwanan at iligo na lang sa ginaw



Sa pagdaan ng madaling-araw.











*native sound-making device made of bamboo and banana skin attached to the kite

**buzzing sound

***Bisayan expression meant to drive away evil spirit

****take-off

*****by golly





Tr. by the writer

Quote from: Bambi on May 26, 2008, 12:09:50 AM
salamat scott...pastilan buloka na gjod naho ug lawom nga binisaya, have no bisayan dictionary.

OT: kumusta? will you attend the coming July Grand TB EB? morag bibo gjod kay daghang manguli.

paksit is actually coined lately. bag-u pa na nahimugsu, methinks
re: July event, i think makadalikyat siguro ko kay naay sked akong mga middle school students for an island tour. i hope ma timing

Quote from: Bambi on May 25, 2008, 11:58:49 PM
Thank you very much.  Hearing it from a distinguished Poet makes me satisfied at all.  Na hala..suwayi ug duna bay modawat aning ahong balak ug atong i-publish. 

yey!

i don't have the contact details pa.  but sayun ra na pangitaun. will let you know as soon as i have found them :-)

Quote from: Bambi on May 25, 2008, 11:56:57 PM
Sus...Scott pagka-igat gjod ning imong tabanog ikomparar sa akoa. Very sexy poem! Such compositions come from a lover boy. I also like this just the  same as your other poems posted in the past. By the way, sorry the first time I heard this Bisayan word "Paksit"?- as I understand malas ang meaning ni-ini. Or? 

ms. bam, paksit, loosely translated, is scarred or na kabhang or napanit (like for example, as a result of sunburn)

OT: hahaha. salamat kay nalingaw ka ug basa.
bigaun nga tabanug ang napatik. hahaha.

belated BEERthday greetings~

asa ang tagay tita?
pwede pa fedex na lang ang Aussie red wine. hahaha

more blessings to the whole family on your path~

Quote from: ms da binsi on May 25, 2008, 11:47:24 PM
hahahahhah

talakitok man jud ka Scott oi!

unsa naman imong kadramahan diha oi!

sigi ra man kag palami diha!

palami jud taman sa ginhawa samtang wala pa maningil ang rayuma. hahaha

Quote from: ms da binsi on May 25, 2008, 11:43:54 PM
Si Scott ija jung apil-apilon sa ka tralala nang bata!

Happy birthday ISA!!!

pwede sad tagay ug fruit shake na lang ms. dabins (para healthy) yay!

Quote from: michael-ligalig on May 25, 2008, 08:55:07 PM
Macky, Bambi, RV, Boylawas:

Nagbasa ko sa inyong mga balak and I feel proud sa inyong pagka-Bol-anon kansang sulab sa balak wala mahabol sa alangis-ngis sa English nga pinulungan.

Wala pa mo-intrada si Bisayantek, Sigbin ug GEC o kaha si Balong sa ilang mga balak mahitungod sa Tabanog.

padayun sano~

cheers from an island in the Pacific~




hapi na, birtdi pa~
more blessings to you on your path Isa

asa ang tagay? este, asa ang ice cream party diay? hehehe

Quote from: Bambi on May 25, 2008, 03:02:37 AM
Unsay  title sa atong balakon "Kabaw"?    Well, I will try to fly high up--up to the sky like the....

             
                         TABANOG

Bagti ang kasakit sa imong pagpikas sa akong lawas
Di-in ang kaha-it sa sanggot nga midulas,
Baga nga kubal sa imong kamot mihapuhap, mihapyod
Gilud-an, giga-idan  ang pag-bugkos sa kalipay gayod.

Katam-is, katunhay ang kaanyag sa kapula
Sama sa matam-is nga ngabil nga kanunay ginahagkan
Ampingi ang pag-gunit sa akong  talagsaong kadan-ag
Aron dili magisi ang kanipis ug kalunsay para ugma damlag.

Sa patag sa kadarohan imong akong gigunitan sa katapusan
Gihapuhap ang ikog sama sa nangalimyon nga buhok
Gitugpo aron ni Bathala makita, gustong aboton ang langit
Di-in sa gibating kalipay, kay gibuhian..way pugong ang pag-singgit.

Kasidlak sa ka-init sa adlaw, huyohoy sa bugnaw nga hangin
Milatay sa sulod sa kaunoran, ako miki-ay sa ganang dili na mapug-ngan
Maoy natagamtam aron ang garbo, kaanyag sa uban makit-an
Apan sa  kalit... sakit nga sagpa nga huros sa hangin misugat sa
Akong dalan...ulan, unos nga usahay sa tumang kasakit sa kainit
Sa akong kahidlaw kanimo, kanako nag-mugna ug nagpasakit.

Dili na mapug-ngan, kalipong sa kamingaw akong
Nahimuslan...nagisi kining kasing-kasing nga gi-ipit
Sa kagahi sa sanga nga maoy misugat sa pagbalik sa
Imong mga bukton, ang baga nga kubal sa imong kamot
Usab gikamingawang singgot ug ang iyang kahumot.

Ginahamdum.. mabati ang ka-init, mousab ug hapohap.
Aron ang nagisi, natun-as, di-in ang dun-as nga kaanyag,
Kining ngabil naluspad sa mabugnaw nga halok
Sa huros sa misugat nga hangin gipanamas-tamasan.

Bambi                 

What you think Mr. boylawas...okey na ni? Hala kamo napod.

di jud mabangbang ang depth sa imong balak Ms. Bams oist.
meanwhile, you might consider the publication of this poem in Bisaya or Sunstar Ms. Anne...

Ang Biga, Tabanug


Ang biga         usa ka pulang tabanug
Sa madag-umong kahapunon

Hinam paminawun         ang adunay pahugong
Hagdyung         sa kilum-kilum

Muti-urok, mupasundayag kini sa hapak sa hangin
Mangidhat         sa gihidlaw nga kagabhiun

Apan sa pagtagaktak         sa mga segundo, sa pagpakli,
Sa pagsidlak ug pagpahipi sa mga bitoon

Ang maung tabanug ikaw-it na lang unya
Sa lansang, sa luyu sa gipadlock natung pultahan

Dunay mga adlaw nga,         pwera buyag, lahi ang tabanug.
Paksit.         Modasdas kini sa kusug nga hapak sa hangin.

Paksit. Kay kung ikaw ang matungnan
Sa kuwang-kuwang      nga tabanug

Inig human      ug tugpu magtuyok-tuyok
Maglirung-lirung.      Magtuyuk-tuyuk sa tumuy sa tugut

Ug kung imo nang ihinay-hinay ug pulipot ang tangsi
Lisud na kini panaugun. Pastilan.

Apan kung imo kining anarun, pwede na nimong
Igaid sa haligi, biyaan ug ikaligo na lang sa kamig

Sa paglabay sa sayung kabuntagun





ni RV Escatron, 25 May 2008

cheers!

padayun sir sano!

Buayahon



Kwarenta      karun sa pangadyi

Alang sa      iyang mipanaw nga ikatulong bana.

Ubay-ubay      ang misabat, ubay-ubay pod ang

Nanglibak.



Dili na ikalimud      hunghung sa usa

Ngano man dyung wa gipatudlis

Pangutana      sa ikaduha.

ktapsang pangadyi na oist :-)

Text      pod sa laing silingan

Ngadtu      sa iyang mga kaila.



Paghuman      ug lituk sa katapusang linya

Sa litanya,      iyang gialsa ang iyang bagahe

Dayung      kadyikab sa habal-habal

Nga      modala kaniya sa landiganan.



Hamis      ang dagat karung gabihuna

Huyang      ang hapak sa bawud

Ang      dagat, alkitran sa iyang kaitum,

Miunong      sa iyang kasakit.



Miplastar siya      sa tihiras, gainusara

Ganahan      niyang i-tunglo

Silang tanan.      Basulon sa

Iyang      nahiaguman.



Apan      nasayud siya nga sa pagpakli sa mga

Panid sa kalendaryo,      numero nga gikwadradu,

Sa lilong      sa asul ug puwa, sa hunas ug taub



Ang dagan sa panahon

Napatik na sa iyang pad

Gipatik ug apil ang pagbutad sa angkla ug

Ang iyang pagtabuk

Sa damyu nga karun gihinay-hinay na ug saka.




ni RV Escatron








……………………………………..

Filipino translation

Buayahon



Kwarenta      ngayon sa dasal

Alay      sa kanyang yumaong pangatlong bana

Madami-dami      ang dumalo, madami-dami din ang

Nagtsismisan



Hindi na talaga ikaila     bulong ng isa

Bat di naman kaya pinatudlis

Tanong      ng pangalawa

Pnghulng dasalan na oist :-)

Text      naman ng isang kapitbahay

Sa      kanyang mga kakilala



Pagkatapos      bigkasin ang huling linya

Sa litanya,      kanyang binuhat ang kanyang bagahe

Sabay      na lumundag sa habal-habal

Na      magdadala sa kanya sa daungan.



Makinis      ang dagat ngayong gabi

Malumanay      ang sampal ng alon

Ang      dagat, alkitran sa kanyang kaitiman

Dumamay      sa kanyang pighati



Sumampa siya      sa tiheres, nag-iisa

Gusto      niyang isumpa

Silang lahat,      sisihin sa

Kanyang      pinagdaanan.



Pero      alam niyang sa pagbuklat sa mga

Pahina ng kalendaryo,      mga numerong de-kahon

Nakatago sa asul at pula, sa paglaki at pagkati ng tubig



                Ang takbo ng panahon

                Itinakda na sa kanyang palad

                Kasamang itinakda ang paghila ng angkla at

                Ang kanyang pagtawid

                Sa andamyo na ngayon ay dahan-dahan ng itinaas.

Quote from: Lorenzo on May 25, 2008, 12:22:04 AM
Belated Happy Birthday, Scott!

Cheers to your continued success, good health, good family and friends!

Take care and enjoy, pare.

daghang salamat bro
padayun!

Quote from: Barbaro on May 24, 2008, 05:42:09 PM
bai scott Happy Bday..

salamat bai

Quote from: benelynne on May 24, 2008, 04:53:33 PM
Hi Scott,

Belated Happy Birthday. Just yesterday, I remembered you and noted this in the thread of boylawas, who is our most recent resident poet from Davao.

Hope you continue to keep those creative juices flowing this way and to share those lensviews...

Again, belated Happy Birthday!

thanks sir ben.
here's wishing also you had a blast during your recent vacation in Bohol

Quote from: Brownman on May 16, 2008, 04:22:30 PM
wa ba diay nibangka ani Tams para mag disco na sad hangtud morning, Happy birthday Scott.

thanks brownman

Quote from: LanggamTamsi2 on May 16, 2008, 04:15:55 PM
heloo scott...!!!

thanks tita
paksiw na akong thank you

Quote from: mae_flor on May 16, 2008, 04:07:03 PM
Hapi Birthday to you Scott

thanks mae flor

Quote from: Happy on May 16, 2008, 04:02:42 PM
Happy Birthday Scott!

thanks Happy
paksiw na

Quote from: grazie7y on May 16, 2008, 11:30:29 AM
Happy birthday, Scott!  Enjoy your day, you year and the years to come! 

salamat grazie
sensya. late..

Quote from: orChids on May 16, 2008, 11:29:22 AM
                           

dumo arigatu gosaimasu Ms. Orcs
late. sensya.

Quote from: Mari on May 16, 2008, 11:20:25 AM
cheers Scott...more years ahead!

thanks Marie

sensya late...

Quote from: Bambi on May 16, 2008, 10:54:06 AM
Happy Birthday dear Scott.

Good luck, good health and God bless you! 

matsalams for the greet Ms. Bam~  karun pa jud ko nakabalik ug tambay dinhi

news lifted from: http://sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/05/04/news/14.lawmakers.tackle.federalism.bill.html

Sunday, May 04, 2008
14 lawmakers tackle federalism bill

LEGISLATORS from Bohol and Oriental Negros also want to make Cebu City the seat of the proposed Federal State of Central Visayas and will push for it when they file the Lower House version of the Senate’s proposal to shift to a federal system of government.

Fourteen legislators from Central Visayas will meet tomorrow to discuss their proposed amendments to Senate Resolution 10.

Rep. Antonio Cuenco (Cebu City, south district) said legislators from Bohol and Oriental Negros prefer to make Cebu City the seat of government, which will be one of the amendments they will make.

Seat in Bohol

They are also amenable to making Tagbilaran City in Bohol the seat of the Federal Legislature, where all senators from the 11 proposed federal states in the country will hold office and their sessions.

Central Visayas legislators hope to file the bill this month, but they don’t expect to get the support of Rep. Pablo “Pabling” Garcia (Cebu, 2nd district), who reportedly has his own proposal.

“Ever since, Congressman Pabling is not sold out to the idea of a federal system. I discussed it with him and he said he has his own proposal that he is still preparing. So I said we will just file our own proposal without him and he can propose his and we are all fine with that. At least we have broken the ice on this issue,” Cuenco told Sun.Star Cebu.

He said Garcia still has not told the other legislators the details of his proposal.

In a phone interview yesterday, Cuenco confirmed that as stated in the Senate resolution, senators are proposing to make Tagbilaran the seat of the legislature of the federal republic, and not just for the state of Central Visayas.

Retain

In the Lower House version of the bill, this provision will be retained since most legislators from Central Visayas agree to it.

“We are not averse to that provision but we will make Cebu City the seat of the federal government instead of Toledo City as proposed by the senators. The legislators from Negros and Bohol want it in Cebu City because they find Toledo too far,” Cuenco said.

Eleven senators filed last month “A resolution convening the Congress into a Constituent Assembly for the purpose of revising the Constitution to Establish a Federal Form of Government.”

They proposed to create 11 states with their own centers of finance and development, so that the country’s development programs are not centrally determined, planned, funded and implemented by the National Government in Manila as it is under a unitary system. (LCR)

Quote from: Macky Ferniz on May 02, 2008, 04:44:56 AM
OT: Scott, asa ka karon? Naa ka sa Tagbilaran. Adto sa among balay kay nag Fiesta mi. Bisan ugma way problema. Dia ko sa Saudi pero naa among balay kilid sa Cocacola. Ginagmay lang ang andam, naa akong parents didto. Namunga na kuno ang among Mangga ug Chiccos. Pangayo lang.

Back to the topic: Really, Central Visayas has the lowest rate of unemployment compared to Northern Luzon. Compared to Luzon and Mindanao, we have controllable crime rate, higher percentage of literacy, fewer problems on urban poor (squatters). On average basis, we have healthier, smarter, financially fit citizens compared to other areas of the Phils.

naa ko sa Negros Oriental karun. kasayang. hahaha


actually, the whole of Central Visayas is always a tourism destination. The strategic location of Cebu will always make it as the gateway and center of commerce in the region.

kung mahuman na ang mga inprastraktura sama sa airport, waterworks sa panglao ug more rooms (especially kung daghan na ug international hotel brand nga ga operate), sayun na kaayo pag agni sa mga bisita nga langyaw. ug mokambati na ta sa milyones nga tourist arrival sa Thailand ug Malaysia. kay sa pagka karun, iwit pa gihapon ta.

Quote from: Macky Ferniz on May 02, 2008, 03:42:25 AM

4. Negros - Education (Home of Siliman University), Agriculture

Actually Sir there is also a PNOC geothermal plant in Oriental Negros that exports power to Bacolod City, Aklan, Iloilo, Capiz, Antique and Cebu. And a biofuel source (through the jathropha plantation) in Tamlang Valley

Quote from: st. agnes on May 01, 2008, 12:06:48 PM


Cuz, how are you?
kana jud laban sa atong "sanu"
hahahahaha, bitaw.... imo kanang baruganan...

I'm good. (And will never tolerate condescending comments hehehe

Now busy trapping the positive vibes this part of the archipelago. hahahaha
Unsay aju dinha?

Quote from: orChids on May 01, 2008, 02:29:48 PM
Oy karon pa man lagi ko kita ani nga tanod.Aw unsa ba diay ni?Panahon pa man ni ni ANdrew E.
Mag best friend ra ni sila seguro oy.Awa amo pic ni Scott mas sweet pa man gani mi,di ba Scott?Pwede pakamalan ug uyab mi kung wa kaila.

ebidensiya jud na nga litrato sa kagahapon sa usa ka EB nga ga ki-at lang ang agi sa pito ka manukdukay. hahaha

Quote from: Ginger on May 01, 2008, 05:38:03 AM
wala sad. basin gi move ni arvin.

way ayo ang multiply if mag lift kag photos. mawala. waaaaaaaaa