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Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on August 23, 2010, 11:41:55 PM
8 killed on hijacked Philippine tourist bus

MANILA, Philippines â€" A 12-hour hostage stand-off on a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed Monday, with officials saying at least seven Chinese tourists were dead along with the disgruntled ex-policeman who seized their vehicle in a bid to get his job back.

At least six captives survived, four of whom were seen crawling out the back door of the bus after Philippine police stormed it Monday evening when the hostage-taker started shooting at the 15 Chinese tourists inside, said police Senior Superintendent Nelson Yabut.

He said the hostage-taker was killed with a sniper shot to the head after he wounded a police sharpshooter.

Police and ambulances were lined up next to the vehicle in the pouring rain after the standoff ended. Local hospitals reported seven bodies of hostages were brought in. One other hostage was hospitalized in critical condition, and five others were unharmed.

Officials have yet to disclose the fate of the two other hostages.

The crisis began when the dismissed policeman, Rolando Mendoza, 55, armed with a M16 rifle seized the busload of Hong Kong tourists to demand his reinstatement in the force.

According to newspaper reports from 2008, he was among five officers who had been charged with robbery, extortion and grave threats after a Manila hotel chef filed a complaint alleging the policemen falsely accused him of using drugs to extort money.

The gunman released nine hostages during the afternoon â€" leaving 15 inside â€" and demanded his job back to free the rest. Despite hopes that negotiations might bring the stand-off to a peaceful conclusion, tensions escalated as night closed in.

Police said they stormed the bus after they saw Mendoza open fire on hostages.

Moments before the commandos moved in, the Filipino driver fled. Police officer Roderick Mariano cited him as saying Mendoza had opened fire at the tourists.

This man should have been treated for depression. This is a textbook case of histrionic behavior seen in many clinically depressed individuals, desperate ones. How he was able to access an M16 is beyond me since he was released from police service...

Quote from: kiamoy on August 23, 2010, 11:34:55 PM
the bloodbath started when his brother was taken in by police force..

@loz LOl sa expression "santa..."

In his desperation, he committed heinous acts , and his actions led to the deaths of many innocents.
""Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword."
(Matthew 26:25)

May The Lord have mercy...

"The wolf catcheth and scattereth the sheep." - (John 10:12)

The wolves that catch and scatter the sheep of Jesus Christ, are the authors of scandal, who, not content with their own destruction, labour to destroy others. But the Lord says: "Woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh" (Matt. 18:7). Woe to him who gives scandal, and causes others to lose the grace of God. Origen says, that "a person who impels another to sin, sins more grievously than the other." If, brethren, there be any among you who has given scandal, I will endeavour this day to convince him of the evil he has done, that he may bewail it, and guard against it for the future. I will show, in the first point, the great displeasure which hte sin of scandal gives to God; and, in the second, the great punishment which God threatens to inflict on the authors of scandal.

First point. On the great displesaure which the sin of scandal gives to God.

1. It is, in the first place, necessary to explain what is meant by scandal. Behold how St. Thomas defines it: "Scandal is a word or act which gives occasion to the spiritual ruin of one's neighbour" (2, ii. q. 45, art. 1.) Scandal, then, is a word or act by which you are to your neighbour the cause or occasion of losing his soul. It may be direct or indirect. It is direct, when you directly tempt and induce another to commit sin. It is indirect, when, although you foresee that sinful words or actions will be the cause of sin to another, you do not abstain from them. But, scandal, whether it be direct or indirect, if it be in a matter of great moment, is always a mortal sin.

2. Let us now see the great displeasure which the destruction of a neighbour's soul gives to God. To understand it, we must consider how dear every soul is to God. He has created the souls of all men to his own image. "Let us make man to our image and likeness" (Gen. 1:26). Other creatures God as made by a fiat - by an act of his will; but the soul of man he has created by his own breath. "And the Lord breathed into his face the breath of life" (Gen. 2:7). The soul of your neighbour God has loved for eternity. "I have loved thee with an everlasting love" (Jer. 31:3). He has, moreover, created every soul to be a queen in Paradise, and to be a partner in His glory. "That by these you may be made partakers of the divine nature" (II Peter 1:4). In Heaven He will make the souls of the saints partakers of His own joy. "Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord" (Matt. 25:21). To them He shall give Himself as their reward. "I am thy reward exceeding great" (Gen. 15:1).

3. But nothing can show the value which God sets on the souls of men, more clearly than what the Incarnate Word has done for their redemption from sin and Hell. "If," says St. Eucharius, "you do not believe your Creator, ask your Redeemer how precious you are." Speaking of the care which we ought to have of our brethren, St. Ambrose says: "The great value of the salvation of a brother is known from the death of Christ." We judge of the value of everything by the price paid for it by an intelligent purchaser. Now, Jesus Christ has, according to the Apostle, purchased the souls of men with His own Blood. "You are bought with a great price" (1 Cor. 6:20). We can then say, that the soul is of as much value as the Blood of a God. Such, indeed, is the language of St. Hilary. "Tam copioso munere redemptio agitur, ut homo Deum valere videatur" (So plentiful a redemption was given, that man might seem to be worth God.) Hence, the Saviour tells us, that whatsoever good or evil we do to the least of His brethren, we do to Himself. "So long as you did it to one of these My least brethren, you did it to Me" (Matt. 25:40).

4. From all this we may infer how great is the displeasure given to God by scandalizing a brother and destroying his soul. It is enough to say, that they who give scandal rob God of a child, and murder a soul, for whose salvation He has spent His blood and His life. Hence, St. Leo calls the authors of scandal murderers. "Quisquis scandilizat, mortem infert animae proximi" (whosoever scandalizes, brings the soul of his neighbor to death). They are the most impious of murderers; because they kill not the body, but the soul, of a brother, and rob Jesus Christ of all His tears, of His sorrows, and of all that He has done and suffered to gain that soul. Hence the Apostle says: "Now, when you sin thus against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ" (1 Cor. 8:12). They who scandalize a brother, sin against Christ; because, as St. Ambrose says, they deprive Him of a soul for which He has spent so many years, and submitted to so many toils and labours. It is related, that St. Albertus Magnus spent thirty years in making a head, which resembeled the human head, and uttered words; and that St. Thomas, fearing that it was done by the agency of the Devil, took the head and broke it. St. Albertus complained of the act of St. Thomas, saying: "You have broken on me the work of thirty years." I do not assert that this is true; but it is certain that, when Jesus Christ sees a soul destroyed by scandal, He can reprove the author of it, and say to him: "Wicked wretch, what have you done? You have deprived me of this soul, for which I have laboured thirty-three years."

5. We read in the Scriptures, that the sons of Jacob, after having sold their brother Joseph to certain merchants, told his father that wild beasts had devoured him. "Fera pessima devoravit eum" (Gen. 37:20). To convince their father of the truth of what they said, they dipped the coat of Joseph in the blood of a goat, and presented it to him, saying: "See whether this be thy son's coat or not" (v. 32). In reply, the afflicted father said with tears: "It is my son's coat: an evil wild beast hath eaten him" (v. 33). Thus, we may imagine that, when a soul is brought into sin by scandal, the devils present to God the garment of that soul dipped in the blood of the Immaculate Lamb, Jesus Christ - that is, the grace lost by that scandalized soul, which Jesus Christ had purchased with His Blood - and that they say to the Lord: "See whether this be Thy son's coat or not." If God were capable of shedding tears, He would weep more bitterly than Jacob did, at the sight of that lost soul - His murdered child - and would say: "It is My son's coat: an evil wild beast hath eaten him." The Lord will go in search of this wild beast, saying: "Where is the beast? where is the beast that has devoured My child? When He finds the wild beast, what shall He do with him?

6. "I will," says the Lord by his Prophet Osee, "meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps" (Osee 13:8 ). When the bear comes to her den, and finds not her whelps, she goes about the wood in search of the person that took them away. When she discovers the person, oh! with what fury does she rush upon him! It is thus the Lord shall rush upon the authors of scandal, who have robbed Him of His children. Those who have given scandal, will say: My neighbour is already damned; how can I repair the evil that has been done? The Lord shall answer: Since you have been the cause of his perdition, you must pay me for the loss of his soul. "I will require his blood at thy hands" (Ezech. 3:20). It is written in Deuteronomy, "Thou shalt not pity him, but shall require life for life" (Deut. 19:21). You have destroyed a soul; you must suffer the loss of your own. Let us pass to the second point.

Second point. The great punishment which God threatens to inflict on those who give scandal.

7. "Woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh" (Matt. 18:7). If the displeasure given to God by scandal be great, the chastisement which awaits the authors of it must be frightful. Behold how Jesus Christ speaks of this chastisement: "But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea" (Matt. 18:6). If a malefactor dies on the scaffold, he excites the compassion of the spectators, who, at least, pray for him, if they cannot deliver him from death. But, were he cast into the depths of the sea, there should be no one present to pity his fate. A certain author says, that Jesus Christ threatens the person scandalizes a brother with this sort of punishment, to signify that he is so hateful to the angels and saints, that they do not wish to recommend to God the man who has brought a soul to perdition. "He is declared unworthy not only to be assisted, but even to be seen" (Mansi., chapt. 3 num. 4).

8. St. John Chrysostom says, that scandal is so abominable in the eyes of God, that though He overlooks very grevious sins, He cannot allow the sin of scandal to pass without condign punishment. (...text omitted...)

9. For the sin of scandal Hell was created. (...text omitted...)

10. On the words of Ezechias, "Behold, in peace is my bitterness most bitter" (Isa. 38:17), St. Bernard, in the name of the Church, says: "Peace from pagans, peace from heretics, but no peace from children." At present the Church is not persecuted by idolaters, or by heretics, but she is persecuted by scandalous Christians, who are her own children. In catching birds, we employ decoys, that is, certain birds that are blinded, and tied in such a manner that they cannot fly away. It is thus the Devil acts. "When," says St. Ephrem, "a soul has been taken, she becomes a snare to deceive others." (...rest of paragraph omitted...)

11. Miserable wretches! the authors of scandal must suffer in Hell the punishment of all the sins they have made others commit. Cesarius relates (l. 2, c. 6) that, after the death of a certain person who had given scandal, a holy man witnessed his judgement and condemnation, and saw, that, at his arrival at the gates of Hell, all the souls whom he had scandalized, came to meet him, and said to him: "Come, accursed wretch, and atone for all the sins which you have made us commit." They then rushed in upon him, and like so many wild beasts, began to tear him in pieces. (...rest of paragraph omitted...)

12. Behold, then, the miserable state of those who give scandal by their bad example, who utter immodest words before their companions, in the presence of young females, and even of innocent children, who, in consequence of hearing those words, commit a thousand sins. (...text omitted...)

13. Perhaps some father of a family among you will say: "Then, am I lost because I have given scandal? Is there no hope of salvation for me?" No; I will not say that you are past hope - the mercy of God is great. He has promised pardon to all who repent. But, if you wish to save your soul, you must repair the scandal you have given. (...rest of paragraph omitted...)

14. Be careful, then, never again to give the smallest scandal. And if you wish to save your soul, avoid as much as possible those who give scandal. These incarnate devils shall be damned; but, if you do not avoid them, you will bring yourself to perdition. "Woe to the world because of scandals," says the Lord (Matt. 18:7). That is, many are lost because they do not fly from occasions of scandal. But you may say: Such a person is my friend; I am under obligations to him; I expect many favours from him. But Jesus Christ says: "If thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. It is better for thee, having one eye, to enter into life, than, having two eyes, to be cast into Hell fire" (Matt. 18:9). Although a certain person was your right eye, you must withdraw for ever from her; it is better for you to lose an eye and save your soul, than to preserve it and be cast into Hell.

Quote from: taga tigbao on August 19, 2009, 01:43:51 PM
Second class language?
By Antonio Java
Cebu Daily News First Posted 16:55:00 07/31/2007 Filed Under: Education, Culture (general)

I was reading a friend’s blog last week where she made quite an interesting point about the Visayan language: It is a language spoken by a great majority in the country, yet it has become relegated to a sort of second-class tongue.

I’ve stressed in previous columns that the Visayan language or Binisaya is, as languages go, more evolved than most major languages in existence, according to language scholars. The fact that Binisaya is a couple of hundred words larger than, say, Tagalog or English is proof enough of its age and flexibility (just the other day, my barkada was wracking our brains trying to translate the Visayan word “hata” to English. Finding no direct translation, the closest we got was “feint,” though we had to note that to feint is more of a movement meant to mislead or to deceive, while hata is a movement more related to indecisiveness rather than deception).

Some would argue that there is no such thing as a “superior” language. I’d actually tend to agree, since the idea of a language is to communicate ideas. Though one has to admit that certain languages make the transfer of ideas easier and faster than other languages. However, for the transfer of ideas to work, one particular language has to be common between two or more people. So, logically, if a language is spoken by more people, then more people can share ideas, and an idea can spread faster. Right.

Well then, here’s the premise in the Philippines: Tagalog is taught in school. English is taught in school. But when it comes to sheer population, there are more natural Visayan speakers in the country than there are natural Tagalog speakers or English speakers.

So then why, oh why, isn’t Visayan â€" one of the most beautiful, most evolved, most ancient, and most widely spoken languages in the Philippines â€" NOT taught in school?

In fact, over the past few decades, Visayan has, unfortunately, been given a stigma or sorts as something inferior. Even some of us Visayan natives refer to something as “Bisaya kaayo” to derogate something. In fact, in many schools, speaking Visayan is practically banned, sometimes with a fine imposed on every instance a student speaks Binisaya.

Can someone please tell me when Binisaya or being Bisaya became something so “wrong” that we have to be fined for it?

It would be easy to blame “imperialist Manila” for the state of Visayan today. Tagalog is spoken in the capital city of Manila, hence, the capital city’s language should be the language of the entire country. I could also easily blame the influences of those who sought to colonize us: The Spanish and the Americans. In attempting to establish a colony here, they had to impose their own culture and language on the natives. No doubt, these things are partly to blame.

But I also blame the Visayans themselves, among whose number I am included, for slipping over the past few decades. I would hardly say that we Visayans were quick to abandon our own in lieu of something new and foreign. If that were so, Binisaya would have been lost to history generations ago. But neither have I seen any major effort for us to retain and educate ourselves of our own native culture. Not Asian culture, not Filipino culture, but Visayan culture.

Now I’m not saying we all start tattooing ourselves and make like our Pintados ancestors; for a culture to survive, it must also evolve. But at the very least, we should teach ourselves our own history, and we should especially teach ourselves our own language. But in this aspect, we are slipping. We’re slipping so much, in fact, that Cebuano, a dialect of the Visayan language, is already so full of words from other languages that while native Cebuano speakers can still understand pure Binisaya, most Cebuanos can’t speak Binisaya fluently.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that we should stop teaching English in school. English is already the widely accepted “global” language and without it, we miss out on the world. I’m not even saying we stop teaching Tagalog (or what some would like to call “Filipino,” though any Filipino worth his tongue knows that the Filipino language is just what they call Tagalog in an attempt to make it more nationally appealing… emphasis on “attempt”).

What I’m saying is that we Bisayas should not leave out our own native tongue when it comes to the languages we teach our children in school. I’m not merely proposing to allow, or even standardize the use of Bisaya as a language of instruction wherever Bisaya is natively spoken. I say we should have Bisaya classes, where students are TAUGHT proper Binisaya in all its native glory. It’s the most widely used language in the country. WHY NOT?!

And by extension, along with teaching ourselves the proper way to SPEAK Binisaya, perhaps we should even teach ourselves the proper way to WRITE Binisaya. That’s right: Alibata classes, which is applicable to both Binisaya and Tagalog. From my meager experience with Alibata (or Baybayin as it was called in olden times), I’ve discovered that one is actually able to preserve intonations and stress points in the written words through visual representations where it would otherwise be lost if Bisaya words were written in the Roman alphabet (compensated only by a reader’s actual knowledge in Binisaya).

But as it is, no schools I know of teach Binisaya. And I suspect only the most specialized of libraries have literature that teaches a person Alibata.

Well, here’s a factoid for you all: UNESCO estimates that half of the world’s languages are endangered because they are no longer taught or spoken.

When was the last time anyone remembers having Bisaya classes?

I am definitely proud of being Bisaya and a student of Bisaya (still learning, still perfecting!).
I definitely do not consider Bisaya a 'second class language', rather a 'first class language'.

Bisdak, for sure.

Mendoza’s travails began with illegal bust
BY RAYMOND AFRICA

ROLANDO del Rosario Mendoza was a senior inspector (equivalent to captain in the military) of the PNP and deputy chief of the Manila Police District’s mobile patrol unit.

Mendoza, 55, was dismissed from service on Feb. 16, 2009 after he and four other members of the Manila Police District’s Mobile Patrol Unit â€" Insp. Nelson Lagasca, SPO1 Nestor David, PO3 Wilson Gavino, and PO2 Roderick Lopeña -- were involved in robbery, robbery-extortion, grave threats and physical injuries involving a chef from Lipa City, Christian Kalaw.

Kalaw accused Mendoza and Gavino of concocting drug charges against him. This was after a visit to a relative at a condominium unit at Taft avenue and Vito Cruz, Manila on April 9, 2008.

Kalaw said he was accused by Mendoza and Gavino of illegal parking. They then inspected his vehicle and declared finding drugs in it.

Kalaw said Mendoza and his group then asked him to pay P200,000 so he would not be charged. Without money to give the policemen, he said he was then brought to an area near the Ospital ng Maynila where he was forced to "swallow" shabu. He was then brought to and held at the WPD Mobile Patrol Unit on UN avenue. He was released the following day after payment of P20,000.

He was meted a 90-day suspension (June 16, 2008 to Sept. 14, 2008) for the case filed by Kalaw, until his dismissal from service in February 2009.

Part of the PNP’s sanctions on Mendoza for his dismissal from service were forfeiture of retirement benefits and perpetual disqualification from government service.

Mendoza was one of the Ten Outstanding Policemen awardee by the Jaycees International in 1986.

Mendoza, born on Jan. 10, 1955 in Naic, Cavite, got a degree of Bachelor of Science in Criminology at the Philippine College of Criminology in Manila.

Mendoza became a probationary 2nd lieutenant on May 30, 1980, and then became a patrolman on April 30, 1981. He was absorbed in the PNP as a senior police officer 3 (equivalent to technical sergeant in the military) on Jan. 2, 1991.

Mendoza rose to become a police inspector (lieutenant in the military) on May 23, 2002, and was promoted to senior inspector on Aug. 16, 2005.

Mendoza has a brother assigned at the MPD Traffic Bureau, SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza, and a son, Insp. Bismark Mendoza, assigned with the Bangued PNP.

Quote from: kiamoy on August 23, 2010, 11:07:55 PM
Background information obtained by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Mendoza shows he has been facing charges for manhandling a suspect before the Office of the Ombudsman.

According to records in Camp Crame, Mendoza was dismissed by the Office of the Ombudsman early in January together with four other policemen

Mendoza was relieved from his post as chief of the Mobile Patrol Unit in 2008 for his alleged involvement in drug-related crimes and extortion, and was demanding to be reinstated, police said.

Mendoza took hostage at least 22 Chinese tourists from Hong Kong and three Filipinos after seizing a tourist bus at the Quirino grandstand Monday morning.

Mendoza, who has reaped awards for his work in the police service, was protesting his dismissal early this year for allegedly forcing a hotel chef to swallow shabu and for allegedly attempting to extort P20,000 from him during interrogation. Mendoza has denied the charges and has filed an appeal with the Ombudsman.

Negotiators have hooked up a phone line to the bus to facilitate negotiations with Mendoza. He wants to be reinstated into the police service.

-inquirer

Reinstated into the police service via criminal activity?

Santa Maria Madre de Jesus Cristo!

TFC mentioned how the shooter was an ex-PNP officer. His actions were unwarranted, and innocent civilians did not deserve this, no matter their origins.

Rest In Peace to all the innocent civilians that were killed in this tragic event. May God have mercy on the soul of those whom were killed this day, including the shooter.

Quote from: ginesdemafra on August 28, 2009, 09:01:26 PM
It will help us all around if we pause and read what Fr. Francisco Combes really wrote. Here is his 3-paragraphs on Limasawa:

“The first time that the royal standards of the Faith were seen to fly in this island [of Mindanao] was when the Archipelago was first discovered by the Admiral Alonso de Magallanes. He followed a new and difficult route [across the Pacific] , entering by the Strait of Siargao, formed by that island and that of Leyte, and landing at the island of Limasaua which is at theentrance of that Strait. Amazed by the novelty and stangeness of the [Spanish] nation and the ships, the barbarians of that island welcomed them and gave them good refreshments.
   “While at Limasaua, enjoying rest and good treatment, they heard of the River of Butuan, whose chieftain was more powerful. His reputation attracted our men thither to see for themselves or be disillusioned, their curiosity sharpened by the fact that the place was nearby. The barbariqan [chief] lived up to our men’s expectations, providing them with the food they needed….Magellan contented himself with having them do reverence to the cross which is erected upon a hillock as a sign to future generations of their alliance….The solemnity with which the cross was erected and the deep piety shown by the Spaniards, and by the natives following the example of the Spaniards, engendered great respect for the cross.
   “Not finding in Butuan the facilities required by the ships, they returned to Limasaua to seek further advice in planning their future route. The Prince of Limasaua told them of the three most powerful nations among the Pintados [Visayans], namely those of Caraga, Samar, and Zebu. The nearness of Zebu, the facilities of its port, and the more developed social structure (being more monarchial) aroused everyone’s desire to go thither. Thus, guided by the chief of Limasaua, passing between Bool and Leyte and close to the Camotes Islands, they entered the harbor of Cebu by the Mandawe entrance on the 7th of April 1521, having departed from Limasaua on the first day of that month.”  Translation of Spanish text of Combes by Fr. Miguel Anselmo Bernad, one of the foremost advocates of the Limasawa=Mazaua hypothesis.

Now, let me ask, is there any mass mentioned in Combes' story? Is his Limasawa the port of Magellan's fleet from March-April 1521?

The Limasawa story was written by someone who had not read a single primary account of Magellan's voyage. He read a faithful story of the Mazaua incident by Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas. Combes dismissed this as fake. Instead he opted for the account by Giovanni Battista Ramusio which wrongly pointed to Butuan as the port instead of Mazaua.

To have an idea of what Mazaua was pls. go to www.xeniaeditrice.it and scroll down to the article "Mazaua." Or go to Wikipedia, click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_mass_in_the_Philippines and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:First_mass_in_the_Philippines

Vicente Calibo de Jesus
ginesdemafra@gmail.com

Dear Mr. Vincente Calibo de Jesus,
Thank you for this post as well as the links that you've provided. We here in Tubag Bohol Dot Com are appreciative of this post and historical tid bit.


Best,
Brando Lorenzo Lucino

Quote from: hazel on March 21, 2008, 08:43:43 PM

Saw Limasawa during our drive from Padre Burgos to Pintuyan, Southern Leyte.

One new thing that Fr. Francisco taught me in our very lively and fond discussion(s):

The Art of Liquor Mixing. LOL!

He taught me how to 'properly' drink Matador. "I will teach you how a Spaniard drinks a matador, Brando!"
He poured me a glass of Matador (half glass) then filled the rest with sprite and 2 ice cubes. Twirled it twice.
"Drink, my son, tell me what you think."

Amazing. So it was matador that fueled our conversation(s), which was in Spanish and Bisaya.

Note: It's really amazing how you meet people when you don't expect it, and especially when you meet them, the conversations are filled with so much substance, spirit, moral, ethic, politic, everything. Its as if I've known this man for a while, its just amazing how paths cross in this life. But what makes it more special is that Fr. Francisco was not afraid to share about his life, his growing up, and so did I. Meeting him confirmed alot of what I already believed in, but most of all, him being an Evangelist Priest--with very strong messages that he shared with--only confirmed my own feelings. Meeting him and talking to him, and befriending him was a sign from the Holy Spirit.

On August the 12, 2010 , I attended the 14th wedding anniversary of Mr & Mrs. Fiel Angeli AraoArao-Gabin, and to my surprise and delectation , was introduced to a Catholic Evangelist priest from Spain, whom also was invited to the party, the most kind and benevolent Fr. Francisco S. Cabon. Upon entering the home, Fr and I started talking about the situation in the Philippines, the current Catholic Churches needing evangelizing and how the Spanish Catholic Church is working with the Filipino Catholic Churches in re-evangelizing each other as well as in priestly duties. Our conversation was varied, wide and eclectic. Thanks be to God! I met another kind and good man, priest at that!

Our conversations were carried in Spanish, and a bit of Bisaya, as Fr. Francisco had some mastery in the language of Bisaya

He was kind enough to tell me about his home province of Andalucia, Spain. So it was quite amazing how I was able to test and use my Spanish while in the Philippines--thanks be to God! hahaha!

He surprised me with a question before we parted ways, "My son, are you a seminarian? "
I replied, "No, Fr., but am a mere student!"
He kindly laughed and said, "you would make a good priest, my son."
I laughed in return. LOL!

Some of our pictures taken by an anonymous cameraman:






Fr. Francisco and I. Mi amigo nuevo!



This goes to say: "You are who you meet, you are who your friends are."

Upon arriving in Bohol, i found out that a cousin of mine, MatMat (Mathias Lucino) was trying to visit me and meet me , but was apparently shy to do so. After finding out, I personally called him and requested him to come to our family home in Tagbilaran so we could meet up. It was amazing how he bears similar resemblance to my grand uncle, Papa Punso. Who was the barangay captain in Manga a while ago. Family. Blood is indeed thicker than water. 

I was proud to hear that he is a student at PMI in Tagbilaran City.

Family pictures (Lucino Clan):



Posing with my Nanay, wife of my Lolo Ade (grand uncle). This was the first time i had seen her in over 20 years. Upon seeing me, she kept on saying how i look like Rico, my father. My entire family members kept on saying how i look like my dad, sound like him, as well as laugh like him. The warmth of family, love of family, and to be surrounded by their attention and old family stories brings warmth to the heart, and to the soul.

Lorraine celebrated finishing her 1st year of Medicine.

We are so proud of her. Another budding doctor of the Lucino Dynasty. 

Man. Bem, dont you wish you had a career change?
Looking at these numbers, i somehow wish i could get paid that kind of amount.

LOL.

Out about in NYC's subway. My brother Andre, sister Angeli and I pose for a bit.

Beautiful!!

sige, ha. I should be coming back in 1-2 years. So this gives you time to find the best non-touristy areas to take me to. hahaha!
Bem, Cebu is awesome.

I'll tell you this, when i first arrived at SM Cebu City, i didn't want to leave. Love that place.
Another place that i loved was going to the PAGCOR--the casino, they have an awesome piano bar there--i stayed there for 2-3 hours just sipping away sangria and a bottle of sauvignon blanc with my friends. Of course, enjoying the songs that we requested to the pianist.

My song that evening was: DANDANSOY. Yours truly singing it. ha ha

had i had your number, i would have called you. I also tried getting in contact with Hazel, but to no avail.

Quote from: kiamoy on August 23, 2010, 09:08:58 PM
aba aba. nganu wala ko gi text?!!!!

my sweet Bem, my total apologies as i did not have your number. trust me, next time i am in town, we will have to have an EB.

Puaha! S'il vous plait..une fois un nympho toujours un nympho.

yeux dehors, Monsieur

Am watching it now. 

Our handsome German-Shepherd , Kaiser Wilhelm "Kaiser".

Quote from: www.tubagbohol.com on December 14, 2009, 04:56:29 PM
Why you still love/hate Ginamos?

This ginamos actually tastes good. Uyap also tastes good.

Dear Lord!

This is unbelievable. All of them dead, Bem?   

I was amazed by these guys (performers). These guys started in the pantalan and walked throughout the entire city. Amazing day, btw.

This was my first time ever seeing a genuine Filipino Parade. My uncle, Dr. Rene Lucino, was taking most of the pictures. I credit most of the pictures that i will be posting here in this thread to him.

Thanks again, 'cle Ren. 

Lots.

I went to North Towns subdivision to visit a lady friend of mine, she came to visit us with her mother (her mother and my mother were classmates during their Nursing School days). So since i was in town, was invited to see her and her family. I must say that North Towns Subdivision in Cebu is a great place to build a home.

I also went to visit my uncle, Dr. Rene E. Lucino (a General Surgeon--now based in the U.K), who was staying in Cebu for vacation at his new home in a private subdivision there. I was invited to visit his new summer home there. Beautiful home, btw. They were purchasing new Italian-made furniture and organizing their mansion, err, i mean, home. lol!

While I was in Cebu, I stayed at his house, and then rented a room in Cebu City's Crown Regency Hotel (their tallest building, btw). Not bad. The price for a night was about 5,200 pesos. All inclusive: spa, massage, pool, cafes etc. I stayed there with a very good friend.

I went to SM Cebu City, Ayala , Colon Street, Antique shopping, visited the Basilica Minor de Santo Nino (twas more of a pilgrimage), visited CIT (Cebu Institute of Technology)--my father's alma mater. Went to clubs, cafes, piano bars, wine bars etc. City life.

I also ended up EB with some of my old friends that are medical students in CIM (Cebu Insitute of Medicine, Velez College), as well as talked to some friends who are based in Chong Hua Hospital and Cebu Doctors'.

By Tomblot Street.


















More to come!

Only in the Philippines. Where people eat a 'meal' for lunch.

Taken in my swing in Cebu. I stayed in Cebu for 4 days and some pictures at a random lunching with a good friend.

Precision.

Super Fast Katana

This July 2010 , the Province of Bohol celebrated the Sandugo Festival in Tagbilaran City. Eight towns (lungsods) took part in this event. The following pictures were taken by yours truly as the parade came by Tomblot Street near the Caltex Station. Enjoy.

(pictures will follow)

Quote from: kiamoy on April 04, 2009, 04:09:50 PM
whats the diference of deseo or quiero for i wanT?

Well both those, bem, are in the present indicatives regarding 'self'.

Main difference is that deso is the personal indicative of the word Desear, which means : To wish, and or desire

The present indicative verb, "quiero" stems back from the word Querer, which means:
To Love.


An example of sentence formation involving the two said verbs:


1) Los soldados desean armas para la guerra con los rebeldes y inusrectisimos.

2) Nosotros quieremos la biblia porque la biblia es de Dios.

Let's resume studies. Shall we?

The Keris (Kris) Sword is one of the most beautiful swords in the world, with its groovings sharpened to the teeth. The form of the Keris resembles the story of the Naga (7 headed God-Snake in old Hindu folklore) . Its shape and size made it ideal for the people of the Malay archipelago (Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei). This is the sword that is associated with the Maranao, Tausug in Muslim Mindanao.

This is a beautiful sword. A strike from this can easily disembowel a man.

Presentation of Keris 53 cm Yogya

The Golok sword is used by the muslims in southern Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.
It is a beautiful sword that bears semblance to the Kris, however, a bit longer and less the weight.


Presentation of the Double Golok with black horn handle

Japanese Martial Art Form (Kendo) vs Filipino Martial Art Form (Escrima)

Kendo vs. Escrima

Amazing.

Impact Taekwondo - Black Belt Grading - Arnis Group Demonstration

Submission , definitely.


Taekwondo Master

Perfect.


Taekwondo - fly kick

Perfect Knock Out.




TAE-KWON-DO Tornado Kick!!!!!

Tae Kwon Do


KICK ASS - TAE KWON DO

Perfect break.


2nd Dan Soo Bahk Do Break

The perfect martial art form: Tae Kwon Do






taekwondo KO best

Sublime.



Judo

Kendo the Japanese fencing art form is presented. Amazing.


Kendo in High Speed Camera(Slow Motion)

This is a result of a lack of law enforcement personnel. Boarding homes and complexes should have security personnel present.

Quote from: buenavista on June 26, 2009, 09:29:56 PM
Pair had a huge argument right after civil ceremony, wanted annulment



BERLIN - A Polish couple living in Germany fell out after tying the knot and decided to end their marriage on the same day.

"He said he never wanted to see her again and wanted an immediate annulment, and she said the same thing," a spokesman for police in the northern city of Hanover said Thursday.

Right after the civil ceremony Wednesday, the 50-year-old man began rowing with his bride and tried to cut her hair with a kitchen knife, police said.

The 34-year-old woman called police, who issued the man with a restraining order, which he readily accepted, police said.

Two attempts at a rapprochement later that evening by telephone ended in more shouted exchanges before the man went to spend his wedding night in a local shelter for homeless people.

Sounds like a script for a bad movie 

DMS

Di mo sulti


... 

hahaha LOL!

Another rendition by kalikocat,


Unchained Melody - Ghost - Piano - Stereo

Another version sung by Kenny Bee,


ä½ çš,,影子 (Nide Yingzi - Anak)

Sung in the Mandarin Dialect.

ä½ çš,,影子 (Nide Yingzi - Anak) - Kenny Bee (鍾鎮濤)

Beautiful.

ANAK, sung in the Japanese Language.


Beautiful!!


息子/ ANAK japanese version with lyrics

å­©å...' (Hui Yi - Anak) - Alan Tam Wing Lun (譚詠麟)


Sung in Cantonese Dialect (my great-grandfather's native dialect) 

Beautiful song!


å­©å...' (Hui Yi - Anak) - Alan Tam Wing Lun (譚詠麟)

This type of music is called Lamvong, which is a music of Northern Thailand and Laos.

This is a traditional-type of song that is akin to the kundiman of the Visayan Philippines.

~

Thai Song. Lam Vong Sa La Wan- ANGKANA & RUNGFAH

Beautiful Song.

haha. Is that so? Never knew that! Now that shames me since an American GI knew how to speak in SAMA and wrote a song and I can't even understand the dialect. lol!

Reading that post, i realize 2 things:

1. There are so many dialects in the philippines--and thus makes our country really beautiful. Region to region there are so many unique traits.

2. American GIs or Americans in general truly do have a 'thing' for Filipina women. lol.

This is an example of their dialect, the name of the following song is "Susulan Tawi Tawi".

People in Malaysia can understand what they are saying more than Tagalogs and Visayans can.

11 susulan tawi-tawi

~~

Compare this to the following Malay song called "Bermohon Sembah Berhajat".

malay song

Pilipino gihapon, Tawi-Tawi (SAMA) dialect lang. Pero the location of Tawi Tawi is closer to Malaysia. The dialect they are singing in is called 'SAMA' and this dialect is much closer to Bahasa Malay (the language of Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia) than Tagalog.

The shrine to the Virgin Mary in Barangay Calma, Garcia Hernandez, Bohol.

Quote from: kiamoy on August 23, 2010, 01:53:19 AM


can somebody tell me what this Moslem song means? or if this is a Filipino song?

Yes it is a muslim Sama song. It's much closer to bahasa malay than it is to Visaya.

The original song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvYsIkl18D4&feature=player_embedded#!


The Bahasa Malay translation/lyrics:

Ku sayang kepadamu
Dayang cinta kamu

Hatiku dihantui bayangan mu
Sejak mula kita bertemu
Hatiku sembuh dari luka
Bila memandang wajahmu
Kuhanyut dibuai rasa rindu padamu
Kuinginkan kau dekat bersama dengan ku selalu…

Korus:
Ku sayang kepadamu
Dayang cinta kamu
Bilakan dapat bertemu
Kusayang kepadamu
Dayang perlukanmu
Kau pengubat di kala pilu

Kata-katamu sentiasa membuatku
Tertawan pada kamu
Ikhlas dilafazkan tulus
Dari hatimu buat ku cinta kamu
Ku hanyut dibuai rasa rindu padamu
Kuinginkan kau dekat bersama
Denganku selalu….

Rap: Buatku melayang-layang
Terbayang-bayang
Sentiasa oh di depan mata
Merata-rata, sini sana
Impiku bawa mu terbang
TInggi di angkasa
Petik bintang berkelipan
Seakan aura yang diberikan
Lihat lengkung bulan seperti tersenyum
Melihat kita berdua
Bisikan jiwa masih tertanya-tanya
Adakah Dayang masih tidak percaya
Yang aku cinta dia?
Mungkin ya? Ucapan ku tidak sempurna
Mungkin ya? Belai mesraku tidak seperti mahunya

Ku sayang, kucinta tiada apa dipinta
Oh kita berdua akan terus bersama

Rap: Ya, sudah pasti sudah tentu
Itu yang ku mahu, yang kau mahu

Dayang sayang kamu

This song is sung in the Sama dialect in Tawi-tawi, and its not Tausug at all.

I have no idea what the lyrics means at all, tho they do have the bahasay malay version of this song, which can be translated into tagalog.

It's good to read medical miracle stories like this.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on August 22, 2010, 09:42:49 PM
In Manila. Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication.

I've heard of this school before. A friend of mine who was interested in pursuing a master's education in AIM (Asian Institute of Management) in Makati briefly mentioned the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication during our table conversation.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Colossians 3:2

Arguments and quarrels breed division and distrust, however, forgiveness cements that division. A heart that seeks forgiveness must itself learn to forgive in order to find salvation one longs for.



If Christ can humble Himself by dying for sinners, as a man. Then we are capable of being like him in the spirit of mercy..


Be not a heart of stone, but heart that seeks humility through passionate mercy.

Quote from: islander on August 23, 2010, 01:25:49 AM
a real saga.   - my face after realizing that our dogs ransacked my fridge for my special aldente pasta

(g'night.  or good morning...)

You're wrong. They weren't after the aldente pasta, but after the half-empty coke bottle. lol.

Good night. Sweet dreams.

Another rendition of this beautiful timeless classic.


ã,¢ãƒ³ãƒã,§ã,¤ãƒ³ãƒ‰ãƒ¡ãƒ­ãƒ‡ã,£ãƒ¼ã€€Unchained melody ghost soundtrack

sweet ecstasy.

Soothing to the soul.


Ahsing 阿é†' Piano plays Unchained Melody


Whoa! My love, my darling,
I've hungered for your touch,
A long, lonely time.
And time goes by, so slowly,
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?

I need your love.
I need your love.
God speed your love to me.

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea,
To the open arms of the sea.
Lonely rivers sigh, wait for me, wait for me,
I'll be coming home, wait for me.

Whoa! My love, my darling,
I've hungered, hungered, for your touch,
a long, lonely time.
And time goes by, so slowly,
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?

I need your love.
I need your love.
God speed your love to me.

lol~! im sure it would be just like islander's face when she finds out that her fridge was ransacked by her dogs.
Imagine all her italian hot bread missing, especialmente con botilia de coca cola.

Epic.

   

Beautiful rendition of the pop hit.





Down - Jay Sean (Piano Cover) Music Video

Quote from: vrglguapo on August 23, 2010, 01:02:39 AM
Si Slyvester pa nga ang dialog ano kinatas-an na nang five sentence...Mama mia..Bello..Bello..Itallani kusog kaon spaghetti..

lol , mama mia horible' horible'

no bravo no bravo.  

lol. over the top.

Quote from: vrglguapo on August 23, 2010, 12:51:24 AM
if he can do that i will be a rich man,i will be his talent manager on the TV and movie show..

haha rich na rich. perhaps you can even be a guest in 'Pilipinas Win na win' and have your dog remove pokwang's fake hair doos.
that'd be a hit. im sure.

Quote from: islander on August 23, 2010, 12:46:50 AM
my dog, gwendolyn (r.i.p.) knew how to shell and eat peanuts.  i didn't teach her that.  also, she didn't eat bread without coke.  the bread had to be dipped in coke first.  cute!

that's what i call spoilage. dog eating coke-dipped bread?

as for the shells, perhaps thats the reason why you woke up to peanut shells all over your bed.

lol maybe we can teach ur dog to load your cell.

Virgil,

Did you also train your pooch to use a cell?

ha ha. Well in this case, being the interviewer would require one to choose the best 'most qualified' candidate.

In my brief experience in the work place, essential to an effective work force is to properly encourage other coworkers, and to evade in divisive programs. One needs to implement a positive outlook approach to things. Everything emanates from that.

Because they wanted to offer me a managerial position, when in actuality, it was supposed to be a summer position.

Quote from: mzM460 on August 22, 2010, 10:48:27 PM
dapat nga proud tau we have this subjects,  coz we know daghan sa atoa ang nanginabuhi sa Arab countries so in order for us to be civilized with them we must know first how to be with them and learn their ways of living

Good point.

For the city night life.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on August 22, 2010, 09:40:18 PM
Mas daghan man tingaling abogado kay sa doktor dinhi sa Pilipinas.

I would say. From visiting St. Jude Hospital, Borja Family Hospital, Ramiro Hospital, Gallares Hospital and Tagbilaran Community  Hospital, it looks like most of the docs are old, or are leaving the Phils for abroad. My uncle, for example, was a Surgeon based in Ramiro & Gallares, but is now practicing in the UK.

Taken on the way towards Balicasag. This picture was taken at Alona Tropical Beach Resort, where I stayed for a couple of days.
(their resort is pretty cheap/affordable, a room for two was as low as 2,800 pesos a night!!)
All inclusive with their pool, spa, etc.








Leaving for Balicasag.


Heading towards the Blackforest diving spot, close to Balicasag
 

Fr., i must say that the kinilaw nga nokos looks really good. When I was in Leyte, my relatives in Padre Burgos prepared a dalupapa that was about 1 meter long for us. We sunugbage'd it, then we also had some part of it kinilawed, and some of it was cooked via adobo-style. Delish!

The pictures you posted look great.

I must recommend this one place in Maribojoc called "Aup Aup". They serve really good fish tinola, sinigang etc.

Quote from: fdaray on August 22, 2010, 02:46:22 PM
Tungod sa ka bright sa mga abogado, nahimong  "abogago."mao nga wala pay decision sa Magindanao Masacre.   

hehe. The same is present in the United States. Too many lawyers.

Quote from: kiamoy on August 21, 2010, 09:50:30 PM
asin the Cokefloat? 

never had this before. lami?

Quote from: tohnichi007 on June 10, 2010, 12:47:04 PM
lami mosuway sa firing range sa balilihan 

Tohn,

I never knew there was a firing range in Balilihan. I'll have to take advantage of this next time in Bohol. Thanks.

What city and what are the reasons.

Escribir!

List the reasons why you like to visit Cebu.

hahaha 

mo ask lang ka ni Dona Sra Manay.




~~

On a serious note: Where is the graduate school located , Rey?

Southern Philippine Medical Center

lami pood ni sila i-castrate-on.

LOL. Probably so, Pops. Looking at the locale now, i probably dozed off that night.

Taking a break from our hike. Now setting up a bonfire.

(im wondering what im doing in this picture; either im praying , or in serious thought. lol)

Quote from: chicogon on August 22, 2010, 10:36:31 AM
Do you remember what colour it was? Not green? Basin green... it would be used for green tea, ahihihi. 

LOL. nakalimot na jud ko, Pops. Sigoro brownish green or green. Hahaha

A hobby of mine: Hiking.

Here are pictures with me and a group of other medstuds climbing/hiking.


group pic


posing again. lol.





Clinging to dear life as we hike down. (whoever took this camera is hardcore)

This reminds me of a side note of a story that i heard back when i was but an innocent college student (Muahahaha!)--so we went to Allegheny State Park which is located north of our campus, then to the Woodcock Dam basin when a group of ecology students and I (yours truly was a Biology Teacher's Assistant at the time) saw a classic example of hermitry. A hermit was literally weaving remnants of tree bark into baskets and then coloring them--which i assumed was to be used for domestic use or possible sale??

It brings to mind the saying, "don't waste what nature provides.."

Needless to say that experience, tho not outside the fringes of all things 'Ecological' , was subject to discussion and talk during our drive back to campus.

Quote from: chicogon on August 22, 2010, 10:01:33 AM
What? Take pictures of Maple Leaves? Or coloring Maples Leaves? hahahaha!!!

LOL the former, i think..err..i hope so.

Now to think of it, is it possible to paint maple leaves ? hahaha maybe with a permanent marker

Quote from: chicogon on August 22, 2010, 09:58:22 AM
Like the old movie (White Men Can't Jump) insinuated, "old men can't jump... but he can still shoot!!!" 

LOL!!