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Bay Candi,

Ha ha. Murag didto galing ni angay ibutang sa ngan sa mananap da.

Quote from: Candijaynon on July 11, 2009, 11:03:12 PM
Tae ug kabaw, tae ug baboy, tae sa tawo, ite sa manok, ite sa langgam, etc.

Unsa man ang tsunami?

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on July 11, 2009, 11:07:20 PM
Awong - dagku nga balud apan walay puti nga crest
Kapaw - gagmay nga balud created by a school of fish just underneath the water's surface
Baludling - gagmay mga balud nga moligid sa lapyahan
Lana, galana - matang sa balud nga walay kisaw, morag naay film of oil over the water 

Unsay kalainan sa bahal ug tuba?

Quote from: Macky Ferniz on July 11, 2009, 10:18:03 PM

Bahal : Cabernet Chauvignon version of coconut wine.

Siete Viernes: This term itself is in Spanish. Class paminawon, but refers to Tuba.

Sugdi na Kod.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on July 11, 2009, 10:25:07 PM
Kana bitaw pung "balud" sa dagat, daghan man pud na'g ngalan, depende sa iyang movement ug kadak-on.

Human na ko'g kaon ug rice curry (ihulagway kung unsa'y sama niani nga klase). Mahimo na nimo sugdan, Macky. Kung lud-on ang mubasa, balhin na lang silas laing tanod.

Quote from: Macky Ferniz on July 11, 2009, 10:18:03 PM

Rich kaayo ang atong pinolongan to the extent nga naay ngan sa tanang clase sa Ta-e. Dili na lang nako nganlan dire basin dunay nangaon ug basin kabuhion or bidli-on. Hehehe

Miss you, too, Buddy. Don't melt away like your namesake... Daghan nang naghuwat sa imong mga tampo sa Lunsayng Binisaya.

Quote from: Lorenzo on July 11, 2009, 07:46:03 PM
(in the tune of the song: Where in the world is Carmen San Diego)
~ So where in the world is Glacier?

hahaha, hey, compadre, where are you at?
Been busy with work?
Chasing the chiccy dees? hehehehe

Just know that I did notice you haven't been in for a while.
Miss your posts, dude.


God Bless,
Always!~

BranLorenz

Padayon lang Dong Enzo. Taas man kag IQ busa pasaka pa nang imong learning curve sa mga pinulungan. Ako bitaw diri ra jud nakat-on sa atong Tubag Bohol. Mahinungdanon ang praktis aron muuswag ang kaalam. Suway daw suwat ug tampo nimo diri sa lunsayng Binisaya.

Quote from: Lorenzo on July 11, 2009, 08:56:03 PM
Thats one thing Im ashamed of that I grew up here in the USA, because I wasn't exposed to a greater form of Bisaya or even Tagalog. Thats one thing I wish i had, the ability to speak and understand bisaya to a greater extent. Growing up around Americans and speaking only English and the occasional Spanish (to my latino buddies), one grows up alienated from one's own Ancestral Culture and Ancestral Tongue.

This forum site, definitely, has re-awakened my Bol-anon blood. And to find and learn more of my culture, and most of all, my Native Tongue.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on July 11, 2009, 06:21:08 PM

"Kuyamoy" - fingerlers

Unsa ni siya Kod?

Ha ha. Delayed reaction ko. Murag nahibalik na ta sa thread ani, kay mao man ni ang pinakasinugdanan nga tonada sa discussion.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 09, 2009, 07:27:14 PM
Sa Pilipinas, ang "karamba" duha ang meaning, depende kon kinsay nagsulti:

1. Kon Katsila, kini expression sa kasuko, katingala, o kasakit. (As in, "Ay, karamba. Donde esta la silya tumba-tumba.")

2. Kon Hapon, ah, buot ipasabot kon diin matawo si Rizal. (So desu ka, Karamba, Raguna.)

Joke joke joke!

According to my Universidad de Chicago Diccionario, doncella means virgin, maiden; maidservant.

I wonder if upward class mobility has turned the "maidservant" to a "lady of the court" in 20 years, when I bought this dictionary.

Quote from: Lorenzo on July 05, 2009, 08:40:40 AM
Actually, no it does not.

The word Doncella literally means "Pretty Lady, Beautiful girl"

The meaning has changed over the years; and from region to region it is used.

It can be used as: Esa doncella es mi hija.  (My daughter is very pretty)
---This is the MODERN way of using it--

Historically, doncella would be used to refer to a lady of the court. A lady in waiting. Noble lady. Literally and figuratively.


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Again, remember that there are over 600 million Spanish speakers in the world. The majority of whom are in Latin and South America.

Only 40-50 million are from Spain.

Idioms that are used will differ from region to region. And every region will apply their own meaning for a particular word/phrase. hehehe.


Its pretty cool tho isn't it? The evolution of language. The transformation of the original.

I just hope that PGMA's visit to Bohol will not herald a change of political wind as far as Con-ass or Arroyo's term extension is concerned. We know of course that presently, there is fissure in the political landscape on Arroyo's 2010 plans, with Chatto and Cajes on one side and Aumentado on the other. Given the volatility of our politicians' loyalties, I hope this Bohol Day visit--coming on the heels of Aumentado's inclusion in Arroyo's official entourage to Russia--will not result in these politicians' consensus in favor of Arroyo's 2010 plans.

Sigurado ko nga mahimamat ra naku ni si Noli Bernaldez, kung nia pa siya sa Tokyo. Abi gani nakug si Josie Bernales Aranjuez nga naminyog Nistal ang imong pasabot, kay Bol-anon man pud ni gikan sa Mabini. Naa koy thread bahin ani, check out at http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=13484.0%3Ball

Daghan man Bol-anon, pero kung dili nimo pangutan-on, dili man magpaila. Ang asawa man gani sa Consul General diri nga si Sulpicio Confiado, taga Baclayon man nga si Madam Prescilla Ramo Opus Confiado.

Mike, Koddi,

Kung wa'y one-on-one equivalence sa Binisaya ug Ininglis aning mga pulunga, palihug na lang pud explain sa Ininglis para namo nga wa jud intawon bisag gamayng hanaw anang mga pulong nga murag gikan pa sa ngihib.

Lupig pa man nimo ang akong digital dictionary sa kaabtik, Bay. Daghang salamat. Gatikaw-tikaw pa diay ka ron Bay? Ako, gikan pa ko sa usa ka taas kaayong adlaw sa pag-interpret para sa Philippine Trade Mission sa International Accessories Trade Fair sa Tokyo. Naa ko'y mga nahimamat nga mga delegates nga Bisaya gikan sa Cebu. Hilabihan ang pagkakurat naku nga ang usa dorm mate pa naku sa college. Nalingaw kaayo kog Binisaya. Manghinambog ko nga ang booth nga akong gi-interpretan mao'y pinakadakug halin. Sayang lang kay wa man ko'y porsiyento, pero nalipay ko nga na-promote ang atong produkto.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on July 10, 2009, 09:06:22 PM
Unhan na lang tika'g dyutay:

Mamag or maomag        -  tarsius, tarsier
Pagpanalipod                 -  to protect
Pagpatunhay                  -  to sustain, to let live
Pagpalungtad                 -  to last
Bahandi                           -  wealth
Kalikopan                        -  environment
Kinaiyahan                      -  nature
Kinaiyanhong taknaan    - biological clock

Grabe pud ning imong nga nakubkub nga pulong, Bai Koddi. Sa lima ka lengwahe ug dialect nga akong masabtan (English, Japanese, Tagalog, Cebuano-Bisaya, Ilonggo), Bisaya-Binol-anon ra jud ang ing-ani kadaghan ang pulong para sa "harvest." Fruitful ug prolific jud ang atong kultura.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on July 10, 2009, 08:03:35 PM
"Tuba" (same pronunciation as the coco wine) also means "to harvest", BUT specifically for banana. "Nagtuba ko'g saging."  We have quite a lot of words that are equivalent to the word "harvest" or "pick". They are specific only to certain crops.

Examples:

Kutlo - kamunggay, batong, salingsing/buwak sa kalabasa, etc.
Pupu - prutas
Dughit - prutas (using a pole with or without a pouch)
Saka - lubi
Kubkub - kamote
Panglin - ubi
Ibot - sibuyas
Ani - humay
Sanggi - mais

Mananghid sa ko ninyo daan tungod kay naa na pud gipa-translate naku nga TV program bahin sa Corella Tarsier Sanctuary. Sigurado jud nga naay mga pulong nga dili naku masabtan. Patabang lang unya ko ninyo.

Dako jud akong kalipay Raquel, kay naa pa jud tay mga tinubdan sa atong lunsayng pulong sama ninyo ni Taga-Tigbao, Hubag Bohol, Koddi, Mike  ug uban nga ma-access sa internet. Padayon lang ta pagtigum aning mga pulong aron naa pa tay matunol nga kabahin sa atong mga apo aron masabtan nila kung asa kita naggikan.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on July 09, 2009, 05:58:44 AM
Taga Tigbao kinabiliban na jud ko sa imong lunsay nga binisaya.Nanumbalik jud sa ahong alimpatakan ang klase klaseng tanum ug mananap nga imong gipaambit diri. Salamat kaajo.Malipay jud ug dako ani si Benne San.Ugma damlag magamit jud ni atong contribution diri sa atoang mga apo ug mga apo sa atong apo.

Taga Tigbao,

Karon pa naho nahibaw-an kung unsa jud ka adunahan ang pulong nga Binisaya nga murag tanan tanum ug mananap naa diay tay ngan. Bilib pud ko aning imong catalog sa mga lunsayng pulong, mahimo ni gamiton sa taxonomy. Dili man gani in-ani ka-daghan ang nahibaw-an nakung  pundo sa pulong  nga Ininglis bahin aning mga butanga. Pasayloa lang jud ko TagaTigbao kay ako nagsugod pa ko'g tuon ug Binisaya, wa jud tawon koy maisalmot aning listahan. Daku kaajo akong pasalamat sa tanang tawo nga giampingan ang atong pulong nga mahimo nato ipasibantog nga bahandi. Padayon!

Day Misty,

Nihabog na jud ning thread sa imong balak ug layo na ang naabot kay ang mga banggiitan nato sa pinulungang Bisaya diri sa TuBo gisusi nag ayo ang unod niani--uban na ang linguistic typology. Imagine, si Hubag Bohol giila na ang imong "idiolect". Hapit na ka ilaray ni Lewis Carroll nga nagmugna ug kaugalingong diction sa iyang balak, "Jabberwocky" (may-ong ang pasabot sa "jamajama," naay dugong Bol-anon siguro si Carroll). Padayon lang Day.

Salamat kaayo, taga-Tigbao. Dali sabton ang mga gigamit nimong pananglitan. Kahibawo diay ka unsay "sentence" sa Binisaya?

Quote from: taga tigbao on July 06, 2009, 01:13:58 PM
ambungan - may hitsura o gwapo o gwapa ex. Ambungan kaajo ang anak ni Ya Dionisia.

banog - uwak o crow sa inglis ex. Nanagan ang mga piso sa dihang nilandong ang langit sa paglabay sa banog.

bilahan - 1.pelvic area sa tawo ex. Ajaw pabuka buka dihaa kay kita na nang imong bilahan.
               2. ang kuan ni inday ba, basta kanang kinatawo sa baje ex. WA MAN KOY MAHUNA HUNAAN KAY MURA MAG BASTOSON.

binuhagay- kusog pag-awas o pag-agas sa tubig o klase sa likido ex. Nibuhagay ang dugo ug tubig sa dihang gitusok ang kilid sa atong Ginoo.

buaw - kusog ex. Buaw mokaon ning bataa ba. Note:ang buaw kasagaran gamiton kung pagkaon ang istoryahan.

bugan - sa tinagalog mao ni ang singit ex. Kusion ang bugan sa batang siaw.

katap-kaylap o ni spread ex. Katap na kaajo ang A(H1N1) flu sa nasodnong Pilipinhon.

kinampay

kinuptanan - remembrance o memory (butang ni kasagaran) ex. Gibilin sa baje ang singsing sa ijang uyab isip kinubtanan sa dihang nilarga sija sa laing nasod.

duyog - accompaniment ex. Gidujogan sa musikero ang pagkanta sa batang maanindot paminawon sa dunggan.

hapyod - o hapjod, mao ang soft touch ex. Samtang natu'g ang iyang asawa gihapjod-hapjod sa bana ang buhok sa ijang asawa.

himungaan-daghang bunga ex. Himungaan karon ang among santol.

hugpa - pag undang ex. Namalik na mi sa among ba'y sa dihang nihugpa na ang unos sa bagjo.

nangalimyon - nangalisbo ang kahumot ex. Nangalimyon ang buwak nga ahong gibutang sa altar.

panon - group o flock ex. Naabog ang panon sa lapay sa dihang giduol sa among iro.

ping-it - namimilipit sa sakit ex. Naluoy ko sa batang nagping-it sa kasakit sa ijang tijan tungod sa kagutom.

salga- pagpakgang ex. Ato nang salgahon nang ilang mga plano nga dautan kaajo.

saling-it - sumingit ex. Nasuko ang tanang naglinya sa dihang misaling-it ang mga batan-on.

sunoy - rooster ex. Giligo sa akong amahan ang sonoy nga ijang itari ugma sa sabong.

tabisay - nagtu' o nagtulo ex. Nagtibisay ang laway ni Dodong nagtan-aw kang Inday.

tahas-mission ex. Kinahanglan nimong humnon ang tahas nga ahong gihatag nimo.

tubay-gisuklan ex. Gitubajan sa laki ang bata nga nanugsug nija.

           mao'y giuna ex. Gitubay hinoon na nimong imong manok kaysa pagkaon.

Koddi,

Mogamit man pod ang mga Tagalog sa pulong nga "hitik" nga sama ra sa Binisaya ang pasabot. Dili kaha ni usa sa mga "invasion" sa atong pulong, o kita'y nag-invade nila?

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on July 06, 2009, 11:39:32 PM

sense: Miduyog ang panahon sa gibati kong kaguol. Here the “panahon” is bad (raining).  Miduyog ang panahon sa gibati kong kapungot. Here the “panahon” is also bad (thunder and lightning).

”Himungaan” is chicken or mother hen, while “himunga” means having the tendency to bear a lot of fruit.  â€œAng himungaan nagpasilong sa himunga nga mangga.” Here the mangga does not necessarily bear fruit at the time when the himungaan seeks refuge under its shade. But when it bears fruit (anytime), maghitik (profuse, plentiful) gyud ang bunga niini.  

“Panon” also applies to a group of persons (many persons) usually moving towards one direction.  

Incidentally, this expression is never used by the Japanese. You see, language carries with it a cultural mindset, which in the Japanese setting, means to be humble, sometimes to intentionally put oneself down, if only for the sake of social courtesy.

A Japanese friend once made this observation on how an American (who speaks Japanese) and a native Japanese typically react to a compliment. This is assuming that both have the same level of skill in whatever they're doing.

Japanese: Anata ha sakka- ga jozu desu ne. (You're very good at soccer.)
American: Mochiron. Mainichi renshu shite iru kara desu. (Of course. I practice every day, that's why.)

Japanese: Anata ha sakka- ga jozu desu ne. (You're very good at soccer.)
Japanese: Iie, tondemoarimasen. Motto renshu shinakerebanarimasen. (No, not at all. I really need to practice some more.)

Therefore, to say, "Watashi ha kawaii desu" is grammatically perfect but culturally awkward, if not improbable.

Quote from: kiamoy on September 12, 2008, 12:26:42 AM
watshiwa kawaii des. hahahaha

Kono fora-mu ha kyu ni yomigaetta ne.

Hi Bedo,

I am in the middle of an important task, but couldn't keep myself from replying to this now. Maayo na lang I'm my own boss, wala'y mangasaba nako. You see, it's a rainy Monday (what worse combination can you get?) and I really need a lift-me-up for the week ahead. My son is leaving back for Bohol tomorrow, and I'll be alone again. Hopefully, I'll be joining my family for about 5 days in Bohol towards the end of this month.

I'm exactly in the same position as this guy when he called it "those were the days." I sent my family ahead of me, to see if they could adjust to the new clime and setting. After one year, everything is not perfectly smooth but they're getting by. Next year, I am thinking of moving there for good. Since I am self-employed and my work is consultancy and translation--the bulk of which can be done on the internet--I am now arranging a way for me to bring even half of my accounts and continue my work by internet, while teaching in one of the universities or colleges in Bohol for a few hours a week. I have anxieties that I may have to make major adjustments as far as level of comfort, but I decided I want out of the rat race and the bad economy.

I think we all come to a turning point, when we just say we're past the momentum and need a new impetus to move forward. When I was a child in Wao, near the boundary to Bukidnon, I spent weekends with my mother and sibling tilling the farm. We were poor but happy. I may not become the "Lettuce King" of Bohol, but I believe I'll be very happy to plant kamote in my backyard.

Quote from: BedoAdoSalada on July 06, 2009, 10:08:20 AM
Nice share there SiR Ben.

Livin' the good life is not fancy trips, and expensive jewels, and high brow country clubs.  Rather, livin' the good life is livin' the moment!

An inspiring story circulating many years ago that kept on nesting in my head  .  It is a story of a successfull career oriented individual who honed and polished his consultancy skills abroad.  After a challenging and adventurous 25 years, he decided to call it  "those were the days" by going back to his native place in the province.   There he enjoyed the company of his family, his parents and love ones and going fishing almost everyday at the seaside, reading books and enjoying the sunset.  As time goes by he find solace, peace and happiness that he never had during his entire life.  

One day his former boss arrived and convinced him to join him one more time for a long term project in Dubai.  The following transpired during their conversation:

John............ :  Would you join the group for a long term project in Dubai ?

Boholano.....:   I'm sorry John, I am already happy and contented here enjoying my life with my family.  I would definitely miss my fishing and staring this beautiful sunset.  Things that I missed before.

John............:   We'll you could do that and have all the time after 5 or 8 years when the project is completed!  And by then you go back here fishing with your family and do what you want to do in this wharf of yours everyday .

Boholano....:   Well if after 8 years that I'll be standing here again,  I might as well stay and enjoy the rest of my life.   I will surely miss what I'm enjoying  today.  I'm sorry John I can't join your group.  




Fore !

Kining naa na ta sa edad nga medyo "soul searching" na ug dili na gusto ug aksyon labina sa trabajo.  Naa koy kaila pud nga usa ka topnotch executive (tagawog) sa IBM pero naka asawa ug taga Bukidnon.  Karon nag farming sa manolo ug karong gitawag na sya ug "Lettuce King".  Na feature ni sya sa kang Korina Sanchez.  Nagsugod sila ug puyo  sa mga container vans pero elegante nga pagka design sa sulod.  Karon hayahay na kaajo.  Pa farming farming nalang (something that he loves)  ug mga vegetables ug nag  supply sa mga food chains in the Philippines and even abroad.  Karon pa golf golf nalang.  

Bedo

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My older sister just shared with me this reflection she wrote for her graduate school. After more than 22 years of juggling time between family and work and doing anything but academic, she decided to go back to school in her mid-40s in response to what she felt like "mid-life crisis." I am inspired by her strong determination for self-empowerment.

Turning forty years old was the great awakening period in my life. I reached the point of feeling discontented and unproductive with the lifestyle and career that had provided me comfort and happiness over the years. At forty, I was struggling with a career that had no chance for advancement despite my competence and hard work. Although I had the compassion needed in my job as a nursing assistant, I was caught in the dilemma of boredom, unproductiveness, stagnation and most of all, a career setback. I felt a great sense of remorse for my lack of persistence in pursuing my goal in life. At forty, I felt I could have achieved a more rewarding career. Instead, I procrastinated for many years even when I knew that I had the necessary skills and knowledge to pursue my career to a professional level.

Ashford, Leroy & Lortie elaborate that “adults at midlife are most typically characterized by a new perspective about their world, including a new definition of self, new expectations about what they want to accomplish, and new satisfaction in living.” (Ashford, Leroy, & Lortie, 2006p.509).
True to this observation, I decided to go back to school to empower myself and to find new perspectives in life. At this age, I was motivated to embrace Erickson’s theory of generativity where the focus in life is to provide goods and services for the benefit of society and reaching out to others in ways that guide future generations (p.509). Erickson likewise emphasizes that the development of generativity is essential for embracing effectively the stage of old age (Bergen, 2008). With time passing so fast, I felt that approaching old age was not far behind.

Reassessing my physical well-being was one aspect I considered important in my middle adulthood transition. Although turning forty was my awakening period, I was at the same time overwhelmed by insecurities and fears that I was losing my youth and beginning to show signs of age. For instance, wrinkles in my hands became noticeable, problems with eyesight emerged, and few gray hairs were appearing which I concealed with hair color.

Ashford (2006) states that significant physical changes occur in middle adulthood and most individuals are less fit and have fuller body shape. She further expounds that those additional years in middle adulthood create gray heads, lots of bald heads, and lined faces. The realities of these physical changes in middle adulthood challenged me to maintain a healthy lifestyle to remain physically fit. For instance, I work out regularly and maintain proper diet and nutrition. In fact, I am more physically fit and health-conscious now than I was in my younger years. But there are other aspects that concern me in my aging process, such as menopausal period, illnesses, and perhaps, death. However, my priority at this age is to have control over a healthful lifestyle to continue to improve my future health so that I will still be physically and mentally fit and competent in fulfilling my goal in life to be generative.

Kasimple ra baya ni nga scene, ubay-ubay man ang nibisita no, bisag di mga taga-Duero. Kita jud mga Bol-anon grabe ang attachment sa atong lugar. Ako gani hapit lima ka buwan pa lang wa diha, ig-uliay na pud rong buwana, kung itugot sa Diyos.

Asa man diay ka ron Day Misty nangitag tingusbawan sa imong mga balak?

Quote from: mistyeyed on July 05, 2009, 05:57:38 PM

Wow.I miss bohol.

Koddi,

Sir, basin mahimo na ipaliwum sa "poetic license" ang pagsagul-sagol  sa nominative/objective ba na ug possessive forms sa pronoun ni misty, aron mag-rhyme ang iyang balak.

Basig mamisty-eyed si mistyeyed. Hinuon, kung sa prose, bisag si Shakespeare di jud mopasar ang grammar. Pero daghan ko'g nakat-unan ning imong pasabot sa batadila sa Binisaya, nga nagpakita nga naa ta'y tarong nga lagda sa pinulungan.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on July 04, 2009, 09:48:49 PM
I notice that the phrase "sa imoha" (yours) is used instead of "nimo" or "kanimo" (you).

Please note the difference between the two in the following senses:

"Ganahan baya ko nimo." vs "Ganahan baya ko sa imoha." The first refers to the person YOU, the second refers to what YOU, the person, have or possess.  In fact, almost always, the latter means  "Ganahan baya ko sa imong b*s*ng."

Similarly, we should not use "sa akoa" (mine) if what we really mean is "nako" or "kanako" (me). Please notice the difference between these two sentences:

"Nganong nagsigi ka man og tutok nako/kanako?" vs "Nganong nagsigi ka man og tutok sa akoa?" The latter actually means "Why are you constantly staring at mine?". Almost always, this means "Why are you constantly staring at my genital?"

Same with "ato/atoa" (ours) and "nato/kanato" (us). "Nagsigi lagi na siya'g tan-aw sa atoa." (She's constantly staring at our genitals.) vs "Nagsigi lagi na siya'g tan-aw nato." (She's constantly staring at us.)

Gracious God! That this tragedy has been documented with a time series of photographs makes it so real, as though we ourselves were witnesses. Life is indeed frail and fleeting. What hopes and dreams were washed away with these young men? The ways of God are unfathomable. But we just have to trust that he is sovereign even when "the oceans rise and thunders roar." I am sure that God will have mercy and sustain the bereaved through this tragedy, letting them soar with Him above the storm.

Murag mahinumduman nako naay lutong humba nga nangka. Asa man nang dapita? Dili ba na sa Jagna?

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 04, 2009, 03:25:02 PM
Kanang humba mao nay morag adobo. Gani akong Nanay kaniadto molutog humba, adobohon una. Unja ang katunga ray humbaon kay ang uban nahong igsuon mas gusto ang adobo.

So you are based in Bohol? That's great. PM lang unya ko ug naa na ko diha.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on July 04, 2009, 10:16:33 PM
Here in Bohol, we have the Bohol Arts and Cultural Heritage (BACH) Council with divisions (music, literary arts, visual arts, theater, language, culture and governance, sites and monuments, archives and museums, etc.). I have been a member of the Literary Arts Division since 2000. 

Bisag dili kaayo financially rewarding, hilig lang jud nako ang languages. I took time to study English, Japanese, Filipino (Tagalog) and some Spanish, but I find myself most inadequate in my father's language (Binol-anon) and in my mother's tongue (Hiligaynon). Maayo na lang naay Tubag Bohol daghan kaayo kog nakat-unan. Ang column ni Mike Ligalig maoy akong basahon pirmi aron suwayan kung makasabot ba jud ko. Hapit na jud. Daghang salamat sa inyong mga tampo.

Bay Koddi,

Multi-disciplinary diay gyud imong background. Sunod tuig pohon, ug madayon ko'g uli for good, bisita sa Tagbilaran aron makaistorya ta kay murag daghan ta'g common interest. It's deplorable that the pure Binisiya is now spoken only among marginal groups. I was asked to translate a Japanese TV program last year that was shot in a village near Talibon. Nakurat ko kay daghang pulong nga di nako masabtan. Murag sakto jud ang panahom nga ang pinulungan nato is veering towards extinction faster than the tarsier. That time, I started a thread here to seek the help of members, and the inputs really helped in my job. Akong idugang to diri sa akong compilation. Sagdi lang kay basig makatabang pud ning akong compilation sa inyong lexicon.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on July 04, 2009, 08:36:44 PM
Agriculture, Law ug Media Management ang akong mga courses, Bay Ben. Naa pud koy mga short-term courses nga nahuman (Photography, Science Journalism, Development Communication, etc.). Kanang akong gugma sa pinulongang Binisaya namatuto (nurtured) lang na sukad sa bata pa ko kay Bisaya magazine man maoy among tigbasa sa balay, hinulaman sa silingan. Dili man mga professionals ang akong mga ginikanan, so wala miy stock of books sa balay. My first job even before I graduated from college was to translate agri-research-based information into Binisaya. It was very difficult considering that I had to deal with technical terms like parts of a plant and cultural practices in crop and livestock production.  It is observed that the truly (and more complete) Binisaya words are now spoken only among the fisherfolk, farmers and carpenters. Since I am associated with a heritage center, this will be part of our future research project, a lexicon of terms used exclusively by these groups.         

Samut gyud akong pagtahod nimo Bay. You can write 'indecent' poetry and quote the Old Testament in one breath. Bitaw, murag nisawum jud kag lawum sa pagsubay sa tinubdan aning idiom, kay naghuna-huna bitaw ko nga kung ang allusion ang unggoy, mang-ilog ra man nag saging pero di mangawat. (Insulto bitaw sa unggoy ning ubang politiko nato nga balhiboon ug kamot.)

Tungod sa imong pagpasabot, nisamot pud ang pagdayig naku sa atong pulong nga mapanulat ang gigikanan. Kinahanglan gyud ampingan nato ang Binisiya aron dili ni mahanaw.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 04, 2009, 03:20:31 PM
Ang akong nasabtan anang balhiboon ang kamot kay kiriwan. k******n ba, o kanang mo-take advantage sa sitwasyon para sa ijang kaugalingong benefit. Ambot kaha kon diin gikan ni nga idiom. Di man tingali ni Biblical ang allusion, kabahin ni Jacob ug Esau, kay si Esau nga balhiboon mao may gikawatan ni Jacob (sa birthright). Basi tingali ang allusion naa sa Philippine lower mythology, diin ang mga impakto gi-represent nga balhiboon!

Mari,

In-ana jud na Marie, creative people are usually introverts. But you know in the real world, 50% of the reason that a product sells is its intrinsic value and 50% is marketing. So if you can create but can't sell, find someone who can sell it for you.

Akong misis naa sa linya sa marketing. Di man gani na kahibawo mag-Binisaya pero tanang Bol-anon sa Tagbilaran murang naistorya na niya, mas daghan pag kaila naku diha. She started with 30K designing and creating accessories actually mga 2 months ago ra man diay, but the business is rolling on with 8 agents and outlets. Nalipay gani ko kay tunga na lang akong ipadala nga allowance nila, kay basig next year muuli na pud ko diha.

Pwede na kaayo na imong puhunan nga 150K. Hinay-hinay sa ginagmay, kay ug palaron di madugay, mahayahay!

Quote from: Mari on July 04, 2009, 08:17:59 PM

Kuya Bene, mao jud nay kulang nako 'sales talk'. I am not gifted with that, i am a backstage person. Naa pa gani koy freelance designing. Cge ingon si Steve visit hotels, resorts, restaurants and sell your skill for their calling cards, menus and other printed promo materials pero di kaya ng powers nako ang mangatubang. Mokaging jud ko...hehehe

Mao ba diay, kay ug hilaw ang mangga ang liso aslom man. Murag parehas sa expression sa nawong ni Hayden. Hinuon, hamis man ko'g agtang nga balhiboon ang ilawom (hunahuna ba), pero wa'y lami paakon. 

Bitaw Bay Hubag, basig badlungon na ta ani. Balik sa ta sa pagkalunsay.

Unsay buot-pasabot sa "kamot nga balhiboon" ug unsay gigikanan ana nga idiom?

Naa pud ko'y laing pangutana. Kanag sud-an nga humba, mao ba na ang pagkaluto murag adobo o kanang nangka nga gitunuan?

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 04, 2009, 02:26:07 PM
Ha ha ha.

Mangga tawon ang tubag ani. Di ba ang panit sa mangga hamis, unja ang liso nga balhiboon lami paak-paakon aron daginoton ang tam-is? Mangatol gani atong tunlan kay ang balhibo-balhibo makaon pud.

Pero kanang naa sa imong hunahuna, aw, sakto pud na para nimo.

Unsa man bi?

Quote from: benelynne on July 04, 2009, 01:47:33 PM
Bay, pang-Hayden cam man ning imong balak. Dili pang-TuBo, pang YouTube.  Makaagik-ik man ta ani.

Bay, pang-Hayden cam man ning imong balak-tigmo. Dili pang-TuBo, pang YouTube.   Makaagik-ik man ta ani.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 04, 2009, 12:09:06 PM
Ha ha ha. Bay Ben, nakamungna hinuon kog tigmo aning imong comment:

Ang panit nga lanoyon
nindot hapuhapon.
Ang ilawom nga balhiboon
lami paak-paakon.

Unsa man?

Bay Hubag,

Salamat sa way hunong nga tampo sa mga kuotonon nga pulong. Nahibong lang ko Bay nganong daghan imong maambit ug ang pulong mahitungod na sa mga piot ug pag-uliot. Maayo pud unta kung ang makuotan lanoyon, kay murag hilig man ka sa mga butang nga hamis. Bitaw, salamat kaayo Bay. Paabot lang ko sa padayon nga pagtampo ani nga thread.

Quote from: hubag bohol on July 04, 2009, 07:16:19 AM
Lanoyon - Hamis man tingali ang buot ipasabot ani. Kanang inighapjod bitaw way hait-hait.

Saling-it - Duhay posibilidad ani. Either "sangit" or "kaw-it" (Ipalihug kog saling-it sa basket.) , or something like "uliot" (mosulod sa huot ha ha--"insert" sa Iningles). Pananglitan naay nag-estoryahanay unja mosapaw kag komentaryo, "saling-it" na. Pwedeng sab tingali kanang mosuot kas nagdasok nga mga tawo para makalusot ngadto sa hawan.

Hahay. Kuoton man kaajo ning mga pulonga intawon.    

Koddi,

Bilib ko nimo, Bay. Mahimo sa kinulokoy, pwede pud sa soliloquy.

Bitaw, unsa'y imong kurso natiwas Bay? Murag linya pud nimo ang linguistics. Daghan kaayong salamat sa imong pag-ambit, nitaas-taas na gyud ang akong listahan. Basta kay ug matibuok ko na kini, padad-an ta ka ug kopya. Nahagit lang ko isip translator nga makabasa ug makasulat kitang mga Pilipino ug Ininglis, ug ako pud sa Hinapon, pero naglisod intawon ko sa Binisaya. Pinaagi sa inyong tampo, natino gyud ang mga pulong-Binisaya nga di nako masabtan. Mas paspas na ko mobasa ug Binisaya ron.

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on July 03, 2009, 10:54:51 PM
ambungan - goodlooking, handsome; "ambong" - to look beautiful; Ambong man pud diay tan-awon ang mga gidayandayan sa plaza.

banog - hawk

bilahan - the area near the the "b*lat", he he he.

binuhagay - from "buhagay" - to flow in torrents; also poetic "Mibuhagay sa iyang baba ang mga mabulukong pulong sa gugma".

buaw - (no direct translation); more than the usual, in excess of the ordinary, like "buaw mokaon"

katap - to spread (people, information)

kinampay - purple yam

kinuptanan - souvenir, more of a treasured item between two persons (friends or lovers)  

duyog - to accompany (music), to sympathize (miduyog sa kasubo), to go with (miduyog sa panahon)  

habig - to separate a throng to give way for somebody to pass through

hapat: hagpat? - to separate the leaves from the peduncle/midrib ("hagpata ang kamunggay")

hapat: apat? - no direct translation; an expression of mild disgust over a wasted opportunity or effort ("Apat kay mangadto ta, wa hinoon ta modayon. Makakaon unta ta'g humba.")

hapyod - to use the palm of the hand to press lightly the hair, fiber, or creased clothing

himungaan - mother hen; also " munga' "

hugpa - to attack as in disease or epidemic

lanoyon -

nangalimyon - to emit scent

panginda - frustration in soliloquy?

ping-it - to grimace in pain

salga - to fire a gun

saling-it -

sunoy - rooster

tabisay - to salivate

tahas - task, mission

tingusbawan - inspiration? the reason for being, the reason why one aspires for something; "Mga tingusbawan sa kinabuhi."

tipig - to store (for future use)

tubay - to respond, to discuss, to get involved. "Wala no ka motubay sa iyang gipanulti."

Mari,

Naa man pud negosyo nga pwede sa mas gamay nga kapital unya hilig pa nimo. Mas maayo nga dili nimo ihurot o isabwag tanan nga puhunan kay bisag unsa nga negosyo, naa may kauban nga risk.

Nahinumdum ko nga mahilig man ka sa beads ug uban pangborloloy sa mga baye ug pang-souvenir sa turista. Bisan gani 20 K pwede man ka magsugod ana. Akong misis nagsugod sa in-anang kantidad diha sa Tagbilaran. Mahilig man pud siya mag-design ug accesories, pareho nimo artistic daw kuno. Sa in-anang larang sa negosyo, mas kinahanglanon ang puhunan nga mamugnaong talento ug passion. Sa pagkakaron, 3 ka buwan pa man gani, nagligid na dayon ang iyang gipuhunan ug hinayhinay nakatabang sa pang-adlaw-adlaw nga kaon ug kalingawan sa mga bata. Dakung tabang pud isip sideline sa iyang mga ahente. Kinahanglan di lang ka maayo mo-design, maayo pud ka mu-market. Ug interesado pud ka ani, sabot na lang mo aron dili mo mag-compete kundi magtinabangay.

Sige, hagiton nato si Glacier aron mutungha dinhi, kay dugay na wa nanagad sa atong proyekto. Sa paguwapuhay hinuon, lupig ko ni Glazie, kay naa nay bangas, naa pa gyud buhok.

Quote from: taga tigbao on July 03, 2009, 01:38:13 PM

ulbo - buto ex. Niulbo ang balita nga si sir bennyleyne guwapo pa kay glazie. lol

Bay Taga Tigbao, Raquel, Koddi, ug uban pa,

Kanunay ko magpasalamat ninyo. Mas daghan na ko'g basahon nga balita ron sa Binisaya kaysa Ininglis aron mahinumduman nako ang mga pulong nga gitaya na sa akong hunahuna ug mapatik ang bag-ong nakat-unan sa akong alimpatakan. Batyag nako, OA na ning akong Binisaya pero pasayloa lang kay gapraktis pa ko. Nia pay dugang sa akong nabasahan:

ambungan
banog
bilahan
binuhagay
buaw
bugan
katap
kinampay
kinuptanan
duyog
habig
hapat
hapyod
himungaan
hugpa
lanoyon
nangalimyon
panginda
panon
ping-it
salga
saling-it
sunoy
tabisay
tahas
tingusbawan
tipig
tubay

Quote from: taga tigbao on July 03, 2009, 12:06:12 PM
ako pud sir benelynne ha. salamat

Salamat usab, Taga Tigbao. Sa Hiligaynon diay, ang pulong nga tigbao kay sagbot man na siya nga cogon sa Tagalog. In-ani ba pud sa Cebuano? Sige lang, kay ug muabot na ko'g 100 pages, tanang nisalmot ani, akong padad-an. Sige, naa na pud ko'y pangutana. Palihog lang ko otro.

amihanan
kaagni
kapasikaran
ituboy
lindog
mahi
pasad
tangdo
ulbo

Salamat, Raq. Nakugihan na hinuon ko ani pagbasa ug pagpaminaw ug Binisaya kay abtik kaayo ang magtutudlo. Sige lang, kay ug matibuok na nako ang compilation, i-forward naku nimo.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on July 03, 2009, 10:57:44 AM
aghat- na force... Na aghat nuon ko ug adto. Aghata murag relatives sad ni sa imbitaha. Aghata nga mo anhi sa bunyag.

amgo- realize... Naka amgo sa iyang binuhat nga dili mao

awhag- let them know... Awhaga ang tanan nga mosuporta aning atong kalihukan.Giawhag ko kamong tanan pagtabang aning atong proyekto.


bunok-or ingkusog. ingbunok ang ulan

bungat- ing bungat ug dakong kantidad nga salapi

gibaharan-warn ...Gibaharan sa tulisan nga dili magsaba.

han-ok- Gi han-okan sa daghang problema

labni- snatch gilabnihan ug bag ug kwentas
l
panton- to discipline... Pantona nang imong anak aron di mahisugamak sa dautang buhat.

paw-ot- blister... Gipaw otan ko sa akong sapatos

santa (verb) to stop ... Gi santa sa iyang dautang plano

sugamak-close raman sa victimize ...tungod sa imong kabuang nasugamak nuon imong igsoon.

raquel, tagatigbao, hubagbohol, koddi,

Daghan salamat sa inyong tampo. Naa pa ko'y dugang pangutana. Way kahangturan ni, samtang naa pa ko'y madungog o mabasa nga Binisaya nga di nako masabtan.

aghat
amgo
awhag
bagbot
bunok
bungat
gibaharan
han-ok
labni
lokton
nayon (verb) as in nagkanayon
pagkagar
panton
paw-ot
santa (verb)
sugamak

Sumpayi pa, Raq. You really rock!

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on July 02, 2009, 08:05:59 AM
Mga lunsay'ng bisaya sa sulod sa panimalay nga murag tagsa na nato madunggog

Panaksan- bowl man siguro ni

Jahong-big bowl... Ang tinuwa nga isda ibutang sa lawom nga jahong.

Sartin- klase sa plato... Kuhaa ang sartin butangi ug kan-on

Kalderin- nipis ni nga murag kaldero made of aluminum.... Ang kalderin ang sudli sa kan-on nga bawnon sa dagat.

Tagjaw-karaan ning sudlanan sa tubig made of clay.Bugnaw kaajo ang tubig imnonon ug isud ug tagjaw

Pantawan- Lugar ni sa balay nga didto maligo ug pwede pud labhanan

Sumpay please basin naa pay daghan


P.S ug gusto sa mo ug lunsay ug lawom kaajong bisaya try ug basa anang karaang Novenahan sa atong mga apuhan nga bisaya. Labi nang novena sa pangadje sa patay perti sa una moagok ok jud ko ug katawa sa kalawom.

Hi Bambi,

Mas nasabtan naku sa pagkagamit niya, busa sakto man tingali. Daghan kaayong salamat.

Quote from: Bambi on July 02, 2009, 06:40:05 AM
Sulayan ko kuno ug paghatag ug hinungdan kining mga pulonga:

damlag - to break away  - Ugma DAMLAG atong dawaton ang bag-o nga pagsulay sa atong
                                        kinabuhi.

dalit -  tender/offer -  Dunggon  ug dawaton mo  ang kinasing.kasing  ug  matam-is nga
                                 DALIT sa nangharana.
                                 
lakbit - alongside -  Ang  yuta nga gigahin sa ahong mga ginikanan LAKBIT lang sa suba.

pagtino - to make it clear -  Kinahanglan nga dunay masuheto  sa PAGTINO kon unsa nga
                                          kasoha.

pahat - portion/ share/ - Hala mga anak mag-PAHAT-pahat lang mo anang sud-an nga
                                      tinabal.

patunhay - prosperous/flourishing -  Ang pag-PATUNHAY sa atong kinabuhi inubanan kini
                                                       sa tulo sa imong singgot sa paningkamot.

tukbil - phase of life -  Mga higala isara ko na ang tilon sa unang TUKBIL sa drama sa akong
                                  kinabuhi.

tungkawo - to daff/fool around -  Unsay iyang gibuhat? Tu- a ra ga TUNGKAWO.

Pasensya kon sayop ang ahong mga bana-bana Sir bene

Raquel,

Sa kaabtik nimo mutubag, murag naa gyud kas Section 1 Row 1 sa Advanced Visayan Class. Daghan kaayo ko nakat-unan nimo. Daghang salamat kaayo. Nagsugod na bitaw ko paglaray aning mga pulunga aron ugma damlag, makagama tag diksyonaryo. Nagprint-out gani ko ron ug gipabasa nako sa mga higala gikan sa Davao nga gatudlo sa mga tunghaaan didto aron mahibaw-an kung unsang mga pulunga sa Binisaya ang susama o may-ong ang buot-pasabot  sa atong mga sinultian dinhi sa Bohol.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on July 01, 2009, 11:39:20 PM
Budhi- betrayal...  Nagbudhi ka sa akong gugma.

Dus-og

Hupay- heal ...Imong gihupay ang akong pagbangutan. Gihupay mo ang akong kasakit.

Nagliundok

Sud-ong- or tan-awa... Sud-onga intawon Oh pinalangga. Ako nag sud-ong sa imong tumang kalipay sa dihay ikaw nagpa uraray  sa kamot sa laing binuhat.

Suol or gasakit... Ga suol ang tijan kay gasagol ang gikaon.

tultol or nakit-an,nakaplagan- Tultoli ako hain ang diwa sa himaya. Natultolan ko na ang kinasuokan  nga bahin sa tagbilaran.

Bene San magorganize unta tag grupo nga magpublish ug libro aning lunsay'ng bisaya kay sa madali ug madugay mahanaw jud ni sa alimpatakan sa atong kabataan.Murag kugihan man ka morecord siguro ani so palihug ug record para ug madaghan na ning tampo nga lawom nga binol anol pwede na ni nato buhatan ug Libro.

Raquel, Koddi, Tagatigbao, Glace, ug uban pa

Palihog ko otro aning mga pulonga:

Budhi
Dus-og
Hupay
Nagliundok
Sud-ong
Suol
tultol

Salamat!

Bay,

Daghan salamat. Kahibawo ko nagtuon pud ka'g lawom nga Binisaya, pero naa ka sa Advance Class. Dakong tabang ni.

Quote from: taga tigbao on July 01, 2009, 05:09:20 PM
alingasa - giigang ex. Wa ko katu'g ug tarong kay alingasa ahong paminaw.
kahinangop - longing ex. Nakahilak ko dihang ahong nabati ang kahinangop nilang mama ug papa.
kasamtangan
Katakos - capacity o abilidad ex. Himuan sa mayor ug sulosyon ang problema sa iyang katakos.
katikaran - katukuran??
damlag
dalit
dangoyngoy - paghilak nga may tingog ex. Nidangoyngoy ang bata sa dihang nabunalan sa ijang nanay.
gahin - portion alloted for o gilain ex. Gigahinan ni nanay si tatay ug sud an.
hambin - pagda sa usa o mga butang gagmay gamit ang sinina ex. Gihambin nija ang mga santol nga ijang nasungkit.
iktin - paglukso nga mubo gumikan (kasagaran) sa kakurat ug pag likay sa uk-uk di gani ilaga ex. Miiktin ang baje sa dihang nangdagan na ang mga ilaga.
lakbit
lahutay - endure ex. Milahutay sija paghuman sa 5 km nga dagan.
lugak
lunggo - pagputol, kasagaran sa gamiton pagputol sa u' ex. Gilunggo namo ang ulo sa manok nga among ihawon.
lunlon - puro ex. Lunlon baje ra gajud ang makasud anang lawaka.
hakop - pagkuha sa usa ka butang gamit ang duha ka kamot ex. Gihakop nija ang tanang gibajang nga chocolate sa talad.
maibanan
nagbangotan - naminatay ex. Nagbangutan sija ug pila kaadlaw sa dihang mipanaw ang ijang ginikanan.
pagbangutan - pagminatay ex. Ang pagbangutan usa ka pamaagi sa pagpakita sa respeto sa namatay.
pagtino -
pahat
patunhay
sibo - fit, sakto, haum ex. Sibo kaajo ang takob sa garapon nga akong nakuha.
sakuban - takob sa sundang o bu ex. Akipa ug da ang sakuban para dili ka masamad pagda anang sundang.
sukaranan - base, measure ex. Ajaw ibalhin nang sukaranan sa dagan unja.
tanggong - napreso ex. Natanggong sa presohan ang kriminal.
tukbil
tungkawo
tipas - lahi ug dan, nitipas sa dalan nga akong giagian ang akong kauban.

Binisaya sa example? - pananglitan na bay

Salamat kaayo Raquel sa dakong tabang. Bilib gyud ko nimo, wa gyud nahanaw ang imong kahibal-an sa Binisaya bisag naa ka sa layong dapit.

Kanang sawang, pasabot poblasyon? Sa Bohol ra ba ni nga pulong?

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on July 01, 2009, 04:20:40 PM
Ang lungsod mao nay town.Kanang kinacentrohan sa lungsod mao nay gitawag ug Sawang man siguro.
Alingasa is init or igang.Kanang padung na mouwan mao na alingasa imong pamati.
Kahinangop mean excited ug happy ba kaha.Nahinangop ko sa imong pag abot.
dangongoy mao ni sa english sobbing.Ingdangoyngoy ug hilak
Gahin  is magbilin.Mag gahin ug binhi sa mais para itanum sunod tingtanum
Hambin like maghambin ug biyabas.Kung wala kay sudlanan hambina nalang na sa imong sinina or tshirt.
Lunggo means Putlan like gilunggoan ug liog or giputlan ug liog.Common ni nga term sa mga rebelde lol.
Dalit is unsay ikaoffer.Unsa may akong ikadalit nimo kape ba or juice
Lahutay-perseverance inglahutay bisan unsa ka init ang trabaho
Lonlon mean pareha tanan like lonlon manok tanan way sagol
Hakop is mga klase klaseng herbal leaves.Ihakop ug piang or ihakop sa buntis nga dahon.
Nagbangotan is nag antus sa tumang kasakit.
Sakuban mao ni sudlanan sa sundang
Tanggong means na stranded.Na tanggong kay naay bagjo wa kalagra ang barko
Tipas means nalain ug dalan.Ingtipas sa laing dan or agianan.

Sakto ba ni?

Ang buot-ipasabot sa lungsod sa Tinagalog city, sama sa "Lungsod ng Maynila."

Samtang ang lungsod sa Binisaya buot-ipasabot town? Kay muingon man lagi "lungsod sa Catigbian"? Ang city sa Binisaya dakbayan ba, kay muingon man lagi "Dakbayan sa Tagbilaran."

Kon mao kini, mas advance gyud diay ang Bisaya sa Tagalog, kay sa atoa ang lungsod, town lang, sa ila city na, ang laggam nato mulupad na, ila mukamang pa.

Dakong hagit para nako nga makatampo ko diri sama ninyo sa lunsayng Binisaya, busa nanlimbasog kong makat-unan ang inyong mga gipanulat. Naay mga pulong nga di naku masabtan. Palihog lang kung kinsay nakasabot ani nga mga pulong, apili pud ug example.

alingasa
kahinangop
kasamtangan
Katakos
katikaran
damlag
dalit
dangoyngoy
gahin
hambin
iktin
lakbit
lahutay
lugak
lunggo
lunlon
hakop
maibanan
nagbangotan
pagbangutan
pagtino
pahat
patunhay
sibo
sakuban
sukaranan
tanggong
tukbil
tungkawo
tipas

Binisaya sa example?

Got it guys? Don't be too serious about being happy!

Happiness: 3 amazing tips from the world's oldest case study
by Yeah Dave (David Romanelli), on Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:29pm PDT

We’ve all heard countless studies, articles and TV interviews on happiness. But the other day I stumbled upon something that is just now being revealed to the media for the first time.* It's a 72 year old study that began all the way back in 1937 when 268 Harvard University sophomores were asked to participate in a study measuring “a formula-some mix of love, work, and adaptation-for a good life.” And while many of those who were college sophomores in 1937 are now dying or in their fading twilight, this study continues to be diligently maintained to this very day.

And never before has science been able to report such fascinating and thoroughly time-tested results on happiness. Following are 3 powerful lessons from this study.

1. Have a Healthy Outlet

So many of the people in this study seemed to have all their ducks in a row. In their prime years in the 1950’s and 1960’s, they were making big money in powerful careers. They had beautiful families and lived in idyllic neighborhoods. Oddly enough, later in life, many of these fortunate people ended up breaking down mentally and physically. Why? If one didn’t have a healthy outlet for their fears, nerves, and struggles, it was only a matter of time before repressed demons erupted to the surface. The happiest people in this study had a healthy outlet. They were altruistic or had a rich sense of humor. They funneled their issues into sport, “their lust into courtship.”

It’s something important to consider. As the study proves, a human being can get away with sustaining daily nerves, fears, and doubts for a number of years. But ultimately, such a nervous nelly will crack. If you haven’t already, develop an outlet…find a sport, commit to helping others, lighten up, and laugh more often. A wise one said, "A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road."

2. Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously

This study, as reported in Atlantic Magazine, was summed up beautifully by the journalist Joshua Shenk: “Herein lies the key to a good life--not rules to follow, nor problems to avoid-- but an engaged humility, an earnest acceptance of life’s pains and promises.”

In other words, one can only carry the burden of a big ego and lots of pride for so long before your proverbial knees will buckle. Don’t take life too seriously. We all have weaknesses. Do you really want to battle your dark side year after year? Or might it just be time to lay down your arms, take a deep breath, and enjoy life. It’s shorter than you think.

3. Happiness Must be Shared

The other night I was watching the movie adaptation of Into the Wild, the true story of Chris McCandless (see above photo which is a self-portrait found undeveloped in McCandless's camera after his death). Fed up with the rat race, McCandless graduated college in the early 1990's, left his worried parents in the dust, sold all his belongings, and ventured deep into the Alaskan wilderness. Before dying of starvation, he seemed to regret his isolationist ways and wrote these last words in his journal, “Happiness only real when shared.” According to the 72 year old study, McCandless was spot on. In the study, those who spent too much alone time ultimately struggled. The happiest subjects in the study were those who sustained meaningful, healthy relationships with friends and family. One can never give enough hugs, say enough "I love you's," and send enough "I miss you's."

As I emphasize in my book and to my own crazy self each and every day: Livin' the good life is not fancy trips, and expensive jewels, and high brow country clubs. Rather, livin' the good life is livin' the moment!


*This study was reported in the media for the first time by ATLANTIC MAGAZINE, June 2009

Koddi,

You can re-launch your music career by singing "Ben" during our EB, not only for me but for all TB friends. It would make a wonderful theme song for the EB. We all seem to be long-lost friends gone our separate ways, and after life has dealt us our different lots are finally back to one another's company.

Ben

Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me
(you've got a friend in me)

Ben, you're always running here and there
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
If you ever look behind
And don't like what you find
[ Find more Lyrics on www.mp3lyrics.org/8dGf ]
There's something you should know
You've got a place to go
(you've got a place to go)

I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben
(a friend) Like Ben
(like Ben) Like Ben

Quote from: Koddi Prudente on June 26, 2009, 08:16:27 PM
Modesty aside, I was the best moonwalker while I was in college.  Earlier, when I was younger, people would cry when I sang "Ben" during programs. In high school I also sang "One Day in Your Life" in public. MJ was indeed one great influence in my aborted musical career.

It is rare for a man to live in both worlds within a lifetime: meteoric rise to unparelled fame and fortune, and equally abysmal fall from grace.

No matter,  his songs will always remain in everyone's heart. Nobody ever sang and performed with impact to as wide a scope of audience.

Honestly, I sort of felt relieved that he is now finally released from all the torments of a life gone haywire.  I also say a prayer of thanks for the obscure, ordinary life that He gives you and me--in which we can more freely take gasps of comfort for the everyday pains and pitfalls of living. May he rest in peace.

Dong Enzo,

Your incisive thinking in many disciplines--from medicine to languages to history (with Rizal-like breadth)--is amazing.

As to Ambeth Ocampo, if he can't tell moss from paint, he has no right to be the custodian of the country's historical treasures.

jamo2X,

There are about 180,000 foreign trainees in Japan across all categories. Many of them are technical trainees deployed to factories and farms supposedly to learn new technologies that they could apply back home. I know first-hand about their situation because some 20 trainees attend our church. The reality is that aside from the Japanese language classes that they attend so they could understand the procedures and commands in their workplace, they are really just ordinary laborers who are paid 1/3 the salary of their Japanese counterparts. The ones who attend our church receive better treatment than most, which means they have comfortable, free accommodation and day-offs. But many trainees live under oppressive conditions of long working hours, low pay and shabby accommodation.

The 34 deaths mainly from overwork mentioned in this news report refers to the trainees in general, and not just to the Filipino nursing trainees, who just arrived here last May. But given the load of work in health institutions in Japan, because this is known as a greying society (in 20 years time, there will be more people above 60 years of age here than below), it is not far-fetched that our health care trainees will themselves be exposed to health hazards of overwork.

You're right, Gloria Arroyo is spending millions of dollars peddling valuable Filipino labor for a pittance overseas.

Quote from: jamo2x on June 24, 2009, 11:23:39 PM
i've seen this 'nurse trainees' feature news thru abs-cbn; they showed Gloria as the heroine to make this negotiation a reality.
but they did not mention the death toll of this 'training scheme'.
WHAT!
what a shame...Gloria is kinda like selling our nurses to the japs for almost free service and some died for unknown reasons...that's baloney and terrible!

i can understand that some nurses would go for this almost 'no-pay' training due to the surplus of nurses in our country but hearing some of them died performing their duties. this ought to be investigated and govt should stop this program and bring back all the nurses here in pinas.

If you're poor and an orphan, you have to wait in line for a good soul to adopt you. If you're rich and have lots of fans, those who want to adopt you wait in line.

Welcome home, Luisa! Your smile alone certifies your Boholana blood! That kind of smile makes Bohol sunny--rain or shine.


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Quote from: luisa on June 24, 2009, 10:51:50 AM
sir benelyne, i did shed a lot of tears too, tears of happiness, i really can't believe it was that simple to find them after 45 years.. now, we can finally go home to bohol. .
the feeling was so overwhelming, it was joyous...
if you really pray hard for something, God will do the rest, sometimes in such a mysterious way, that you can't almost recognize it's done...
another thing is that, there are a lot of people who wants to help, they are God's miracle.

bohol, we're coming home

This is reassuring news. I was planning to trim down some more because I was a little concerned about my middle girth (32, and I want to go back to 30). My son says OK na daw sa akong edad. Indeed, this chubby medical opinion carries weight.

Glace,

Depende man tingali kung unsa nga parte.

Quote from: glacier_71 on June 20, 2009, 10:43:17 PM
akong tiyan chubby

pero akong ubang parte sa lawas skinny

unsa naman mahitabo nako ani

50-50?

Hi Belle,

Pahuway sa ko sa pressure diri sa Japan. I'm planning on a more slow-paced academic career in Bohol, tudlu-tudlo ug ginagmay sa mga universities. Akong mga kliyente sa translation nga kompanya, by internet na lang mi.

Naa pud mi gisugdan nga International Language Academy nga ang headquarters sa Paranaque City, pero abli kog branch sa Tagbilaran and/or Cebu.

I feel at this stage that I'm just standing still and sitting out at the same time. I just have the urge to take a leap of faith if only to feel I'm alive!

Proverbs 19
21 Many are the plans in a man's heart,
      but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

Ipatawag pud unta ni si Ambeth Ocampo sa kongreso for this unpatriotic act desecrating a national shrine. Mura man nig kiwi green, New Zealand's symbol. Whatever, it looks vulgar on a national symbol.

Unsa man atong buhaton sa EB, kita'y mag-inaugurate sa Best Western? Bitaw, next year, ako na'y tighulat ninyo sa Bohol. I'll be available for EB anytime, God willing.

Kudos! More awards may yet come, but you can never be the sum of all those trophies and plaques. Your service is a reward unto itself...

Bohol Daily News

INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno hailed local government initiatives here and candidly admitted Bohol should teach the department about how it is done in Bohol.

In his visit to witness the signing of pledge of commitment between the Republic of the Philippines through the DILG, Bohol Provincial Government and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Sec. Puno said he pays tribute to Bohol for dramatically moving from rock bottom to halfway to the richest of the provinces.

He called the LGSP LED as essentially what the department is teaching the Filipinos after the government ahs put up the institutional reforms to capacitate local governments of their devolved powers and their inherent corporate powers according to the local government code.

The LGSP LED in would be implemented in the Bohol Integrated Area Development Cluster 5 and would be piloted for interior towns in enhancing governance and stakeholder capacity and in local agri-eco-tourism development.

Over this, he thanks the CIDA for believing and recognizing the promise of Bohol.

Admitting as a hardcore local government empowerment advocate himself, he told the members of the Provincial Development Council. Peace and Order Council, Sangguniang Panlalawigan, League of Municipalities of the Philippines, Vice Mayor’s League Bohol Chapter and Association of Barangay Councils on a joint meeting that he had goose-bumps when he heard local leaders addressing in the parlance of professionals relishing the full empowered language of the local government’s corporate entity.

At the packed Dagohoy Hall of the Bohol Tropics Resort, Sec. Puno also noticed that Bohol has really gone so much since the enactment of the local government code.

He heaped praises for Bohol and capped it by urging local officials to make the national government realize that development must really start at the local levels.

For Boholanos, he said “whatever you are doing, keep doing it because it is working. (PIA)

Attorney,

Murag guba man tingala ang timbangan sa hustisya sa ato. Dili proporsyon ang mga sentensya sa kabug-aton sa sala.

Quote from: olintaha on June 23, 2009, 08:43:14 PM
Mao ni kahibulongan.
Apan dunay bodegero sa NFA in Cebu gi convict sa Ombudsman.  Ang sentence is dismissal from service with forfeiture of retirement benefits, and perpetual disqualification from reemployment in the government service.  Ang iyang atraso is shortage of about 500 empty sacks.

Nganong naapil man gyud ko sa listahan dayon.

Hinuon, basig naa na ko ani for good, starting February next year. Si Jun Ayag, naa na pud siya for good sa Tagbilaran.

Quote from: BedoAdoSalada on June 24, 2009, 09:11:53 AM
Sige, mag set ta ug mini EB one of these days dubbed as "Dakong ToBol ".   Kinsa gusto mo-apil sumpay lang.   

Preferrable time.............  December or May ;
Venue............................  Tagbilaran, specifics TBA ;
Fee................................   KKB   (Kina Kusgan Bayad).

1.   Grazie
2.   Ms. Da
3.   Benelynne
4.   Jamo2x
5.   Mike Ligalig
6.   Aaron
7.   Ginger
8.   Bedo
9.   Aduy
10. FDAray
11. Kodi
12.
13.
14.
15.
...

Kanang first 7 sa lista mao nay sagot sa tanan.  j/k 

Bitaw serious,  mag kinita-ay ra gud ta in the next few months. 

Mike, magparamdam ka naman... hehe

Fore!

Nangita man daw lagi siya ug investors ug bag-ong labor markets for OFWs.

After visiting Japan 7 times, curtsying before the Imperial Throne while stretching one hand backwards towards the Official Development Aid (ODA) people, she finally got some 300 nurses and caregivers in. (This is really a droplet compared to the 100,000 entertainers who were suddenly banned from Japan when Gloria gave in to the Iraqi terrorists and pulled out Philippine troops in exchange for Angelo Reyes' life.)   This time, she intended to press Japan to increase the quota for nursing and caregiver trainees under the Japan Philippine Econonomic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) which has just been ratified.

The Filipina nurses here come as trainees who are paid a measly allowance during the 3-year training program during which they have to pass the Japanese-language national nursing board or be deported.

It is impossible for a foreigner to pass the Japanese-language nursing board, whose passing rate even for the Japanese is not 100%.

The "training scheme" is just a ploy to make available free health care service to the Japanese, which is burdened by an increasing number of old people.

The trainees are the most abused foreigners here in Japan. Banner story yesterday says, "thirty-four foreign trainees died in Japan in fiscal 2008 through March this year, up 13 from the previous year to hit a record high, a survey by a government-linked body promoting a training program showed Monday." The cause of death is overwork.

Maybe Arroyo should do more than traipse through the imperial court and work alongside her nursing trainees the next time she comes around.

The degradation of our nurses into overworked, underpaid trainees is not worth the millions of dollars she spends on beggar diplomacy.

Quote from: Bambi on June 23, 2009, 10:36:45 PM
Maayo unta ug ang iyang pagbiyahe sa ubang kanasoran mangita siya ug mga investors para  sa atong nasod aron mataga-an ug trabaho ang atong mga katawhan.  

Well, the other lady collected thousands pairs of shoes and our present Lady collecting miles and more charged to the Philippine tax.

Jun,

Congrats! Kita-kita unya ta.

Editorial
Have gang, will travel


Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:05:00 06/23/2009


BY the time president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo returns from her swing through Russia, South Korea, Japan and Brazil, she will have made 52 trips to 30 countries in eight years and spent billions of pesos in taxpayers’ money. There can be no doubt that she is the most widely traveled president in Philippine history. If someone would only bother to authenticate it, she could very well bid for the title of the most peripatetic head of state in the world.

Here’s a list of the countries she has visited: United States, 10 trips; China, 7; Japan, 7; Malaysia, 6; Brunei, 4; United Kingdom, 3; South Korea, 3; Thailand, 3; Hong Kong, 3; Mexico, 2, Italy 2; Bahrain, 2; Dubai, 2; and 1 each: Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, Kuwait, France, Chile, Vatican City, Saudi Arabia, Macau, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Dubai, Peru, Qatar, Egypt, Syria, Russia and Brazil.

The President’s entourage on these trips has been almost invariably largeâ€"from about 30 to 192 (the 2007 trip to France, Spain and the United Kingdom). There is nothing to justify the travel of such huge delegations on presidential trips. The Philippines is not a world power, the trips were not of global importance and the Philippine president is just a dot in geopolitics, unlike the US president. The Philippines is not a rich country, unlike the United States.

A comprehensive estimate has not yet been made of the public funds spent on the President’s travels, but judging from the frequency and length of the trips, the great distances traveled, the people included in her entourage, the airplanes chartered to fly them and the posh hotels where they were billeted, the total could easily run into billions of pesos.

Just to give the readers an idea of the money spent on these extravagant trips: Senator Panfilo Lacson said about P800 million was spent on foreign travel in 2008. A news research report based on the Commission on Audit’s report on the Office of the President said in December 2007 that P482 million, or nearly a fifth of the OP expenditures, was spent on travel expenses in 2006. It was more than double the P210 million spent for travel expenses of the Office of the President in 2005.

In January 2008, Ms Arroyo flew to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with an 86-member delegation composed of Cabinet officials, legislators and local officials. Attending the Davos forum is not cheap. To give you an idea: The world’s largest businesses pay 42,500 Swiss francs (26,300 euros or $38,700 or P1.6 million) apiece for annual membership and an extra 11,000 euros (P668,646) per person to attend the meeting. A two-star hotel in Davos costs $300 a night.

Ms Arroyo has not allowed public opinion to get in the way of her proclivity for going on extravagant foreign travels. Last year, for instance, she continued on her trip to the United States even after Typhoon “Frank’’ battered Central Philippines, leaving thousands of people homeless, destroying millions of pesos in public works, crops and private property, and sinking the MV Princess of the Stars, with a loss of 807 lives. She is supposed to be the “mother of the nation,’’ but instead of returning home immediately to look after the needs of the typhoon victims and to commiserate with the survivors, she and her entourage traipsed off to foreign shores. She was like Nero who fiddled while Rome burned.

An observer of these presidential trips gets the impression of a chief executive who wants to squeeze the greatest personal, material and financial benefit from the perks of the office, and the taxpaying public be damned! Especially now that she is scheduled to bow out of Malacañang (actually, we don’t know if she will really leave the seat of power in 2010), she can be expected to go on more foreign trips paid for by taxpayers’ money up to perhaps April 2010.

It is well that the Senate committee on finance will conduct an inquiry into Ms Arroyo’s foreign trips. The taxpaying public will then get an idea of how profligate she has been with their money. Or how insensitive she has been to the suffering of the people whose urgent needs could have been ministered to with the billions of pesos that were spent on foreign junkets. Let the profligacy of Ms Arroyo be disclosed, and then watch the people weep and gnash their teeth.

Given the millions in taxpayers' money involved, this is just a slap on the wrist. Ug in-ani ka watered-down ang decision, gipa-dive na lang unta ni Provincial Irrigation Officer Engr. Calixto Seroje sa dam aron at least klarong basa siya.

Quote from: Tubag Bohol Dot Com on June 22, 2009, 11:30:44 PM
By the Bohol Chronicle

The decision, a copy of which was obtained by one of the main complainants of the case, Engr. Petronilo Sarigumba, still cleared five officials of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) but meted a one-month suspension against Provincial Irrigation Officer Engr. Calixto Seroje.

What came as a surprise to Sarigumba however is the similar content of the decision released in November last year with the same date and signatories â€" that of Graft Investigator Sarah Jo Vergara, Director Edgardo Canton and Visayas Ombudsman Virginia Palanca-Santiago.

The 25-page resolution, signed by Deputy Ombudsman Orlando Casimiro on November 11, 2008 but released only recently, dismissed the charges “for lack of substantial legal basis.”

What was changed from the first resolution is that Seroje, one of the five charged in the complaint, is “found administratively guilty of simple misconduct and meted the penalty of suspension for a period of one month and one day without pay and benefits…”

Seroje is likewise warned by the Ombudsman that a repetition of a similar infraction in the future “shall be dealt with more severely”.

Happiness is a decision we make.

Happiness is not a parade outside to which we are only spectators, but is a celebration that we decide to make in our heart.

Happiness is not all about the bright sun that shines on a cloudless day, but the confetti we throw in our hearts even when the sky is overcast.

It is remarkable that whenever Paul exhorts Christians to rejoice, he reminds them to hold on to joy through sufferings, grief, afflictions, distress...

We are happy when we decide to be happy, whatever our situation in life.  It springs from our hope in God, that whatever it is we're going through is simply a necessary rite of passage enroute to the glorious joy that awaits those who carry through to the very end.

I am for this. Unta sa Bohol itukod, kay mas luag pa ug limpyo ang environment. Kinahanglan lang gyud ang sports facilities.

Hi Beds,

Thanks for elevating not only the issue, but also us as "padrinos." Na-promote tawon ug kalit, murag naniguwang na ta ani.

Even as I personally consider the issue of international hotel chains making an entry into the Bohol tourist industry good news, I can also accept dissenting points of views on this matter. I think our LGU has to make and enact policy guidelines to enhance the stake of the locals in the tourism sector.

We can learn from Bea Zobel, who was initially pilloried by the locals for her otherwise great rehabilitation and preservation projects in Dauis and Baclayon, and changed tack midstream to incorporate the community in the projects.

The LGUs should launch skills training for the locals so that they can be employable in the world-class tourism sector. For example, our LGU can train tour guides who are conversant in English and other foreign languages (Japanese, European, etc.), have world-standard culinary skills, experts in rapelling, diving and other special tourism segments, etc.

The tourism industry--as a whole--should not be an enclave for the rich and famous, and foreign--let's leave this to Eskaya as its business strategy.

Unless there is sideward or lateral positive effects of tourism in the lives of Boholanos, we may just be aggravating the divide between the haves and the have-nots. But if tourism is steered so that it generates employment in the hospitality sector (hotels, resorts and resutaurants), stimulates related services (like retail, transportation, education, etc.) and local production (handicraft, food, etc.), I believe it will be sustainable in the long run.

Quote from: BedoAdoSalada on June 23, 2009, 08:18:16 AM
I think we're losing sight of the issue here. Let us put this "good news" in a higher perspective and I agree with TB padrenos' opinion below.
Fore!

P.S.  Grazie/Ms D.,  

Let this be an airing ground for the pros and cons of the candidates. Pulitika lang, walang personalan. Pwede ba kaha ni sa ato?

I can't help but cry tears of joy for this. Now I know why the string of messages in this forum are called "threads." It's because our lives are like threads that are enmeshed at certain points in the past, present or future, and this is the venue that spotlights those links.

I am also surprised by the many interconnections I have stumbled into since joining TB. I am surprised to learn that Jun Ayag's mom was a friend of my own mother, and that I was occasionally left to her care when I was just a toddler. Jun and I must have played with each other as kids. I don't really remember well...

That TB is able to connect new friends and reconnect old ties means that it has really penetrated not only Boholanos' lives but also people with ties to Bohol like Luisa. Motivated by his frustation at nobody ever answering any inquiry about or from Bohol, Mike must be truly happy that many questions, prayers and dreams are being answered daily in this forum. God bless us all!

It is common knowledge that all forms of corrupt practices have been used to sustain this administration through its term, and probably beyond.

But we have to check the source of this information, and not just take it hook, line and sinker. First of all, the language of this report is not typical of World Bank. Secondly, the tone is not objective and its allegations are left unsubstantiated. Thirdly, it just reads like the writer either has a personal grudge or has a political agenda against the Arroyos...

We've all fallen victims to circular or chain mails like this before because in this cyber-age, it's easy to attach any respectable name or byline to a document that really just intends to malign certain quarters.

Original ba ang Binol-anon nga accent ni Cesar? Basig pareho ni Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap nga nasobra-an pati ang Bohol gihimong Bojol sa YouTube(seryoso siya).

Bitaw Aduy, dinhi ra man ta sa Tubag Bohol makapadayag sa atong opinyon ug gibati sa kaugalingong pinulungan busa manglimbasog ta. Orig bitaw diay nang imong Binol-anon, mas trying hard pa ko. Salamat sa TB, daghan na pud ko'g bag-ong nakat-unan. Labi na sa mga pulitiko, dakong tabang ang kaugalingong pulong  aron mapasabot gyud sa katawhan ang ilang plataporma. Kay ug iniglison o tagalogon  pa ang mga tawo, didto na lang sila's kwarta. Money speaks.

Jun,

Relative man pud naku siya, murag ig-agaw man gani ang ingon sa akong mama. Di klaro naku kung by blood or marriage. Pasabot posibleng kadugo pud ta?

Mag-email ra ko nimo Jun kung makalugar ko ang be able to collect my mind. I just came back from the Filipino gathering in Tokyo on the occasion of Gloria Arroyo's 7th visit to Japan.

Quote from: junayag on June 19, 2009, 08:19:25 PM

Bennylene,

Si Engr. Edwin Vallejos taga Mabini (Lungsudaan/Baybayon) ang kagikan though namuyo na siya sa Tagbilaran.  He is my relative sa Ayag lineage ( 2nd or 3rd degree cousin ).

Nagpromote sila sa travel mart diri sa Tokyo, kay target lagi nila high-end nga market. Wala ma'y mutagad nila nga wholesale travel agents kay daku ilang singil sa kliyente, pero sinsilyo ra'y ilang commission.

Bitaw Ging. By and large, the people we elect to office reflect our values. The government is a mirror of the society that put it in place. You cannot condemn the government without pointing the finger back to yourself. We just can't give up hope. For as long as we have a chance to elect, we always have the hope of a better tomorrow for our children.

Quote from: grazie7y on June 19, 2009, 12:36:52 AM
Korek, Bene san!

We people always complain about the political ills of our country and yet we don't want to be inconvenienced by following simple rules, laws and regulations.  We hate our corrupt politicians and yet we are expecting these politicians to give us money for our vote. Some even shop for better deals unya reklamo kon mga kurakot ang mga politicians.  You put those corrupt policians in the first place!

Hi Jun,

Nice to see you back here. Wala kay plano sa pulitika? Yes, we do need voter education. We have to cut the vicious cycle of voting according to name recognition and money that puts corrupt men in office and make people's lives miserable.

Quote from: junayag on June 19, 2009, 08:31:09 AM
All the gubenatorial candidates have their own field of competencies.  And we voters must elect/select objectively and not be based on popularity or machinery.

We have to assess where their (Edgar, Julius, Cesar) competencies/skills be best suited in terms of governance.

Let us not focus on which parties they belonged ( Administration, Opposition, Independent ).  The thing is how their platfors (action plans) would bring great positive  impact / change to the majority of Bohol constituents.

Belle, in fairness to Imelda, bisag sa iyang pangidaron, regal gihapon iyang bearing ug carry man niya bisag fake iyang alahas. First three photos gani niya, nakapangutana ko nga nganong nakapuslit man nig items sa mga sequestered  collection. The 4th picture, taken after the broach incident, told the entire story--fake na lang diay tanan iyang gigamit.

Naa bitaw mga tawo, bisag signature o branded ang gamit, murag gikan gihapon sa ukay-ukay. Naa puy mga suki sa ukay-ukay nga abi nimog gikan sa legal outlet ang ilang sul-ob. Mao tingali nang giingon nga genuine ang gamit, pero fake ang nawong.

Si Imelda, fake ang gamit, genuine ang style. "Think only of the good and the beautiful," she projects what she genuinely feels.

Pero mutuo gihapon ko nga ang iyang mga alahas, kinahanglan ipadayon sa gobyerno ang custody ug i-dispose  sa mga nanginahanglan.

Quote from: ms da binsi on June 18, 2009, 09:33:36 PM

hala ka! kaluoy!

sa una baja si Imelda ra baja naay kinadak-an nga diamond sa tanang mga baje sa kalibutan! naa karon sa Smithsonian Museum ilang gi desplay. Originally dili daw na kang Imelda gikan daw to sa usa ka famous queen sa unang panahon.

pero like sa giingon ni Bene san, gi sequester man tanan sa gobyerno. mao tingali nga gamit nalang sha ug PEK nga alahas!

Maka-tension bitaw sa muscle sa liog ang mulakaw nga taas ang agtang. Maayo pa ko taas na kog agtang daan.

Indeed, it's easier and lighter to walk without an extra load of complexes about oneself. Unless you're a split personality, it's a hard act to play someone you are not. It's alright to be imperfect and admit it. It's a great turn-off to play perfect and be caught with one's pants down.

Asa niya ni gipanghinambog Cal, iyang gi-quote ang TB poll? Kung tinuod na, mainstream opinion leader na gyud diay ang TB, bigtime.

Quote from: calle on June 18, 2009, 06:28:02 PM
cesar na ko. now that its clear that the derby is between cesar, julius cesar and edgar, let's run a new poll who among the three are the preferred governor of boholanos based outside bohol kay nanghinambug ra ba jud si chatto nga siya nakadaog sa poll diri sa TB.

Murag di naku ni sila kaila. Ang mga nakaila naku diri sa una sa Japan sila dating DOTC Undersec Primitivo Cal, Tho Lidasan, Dayo Montalbo, etc. Pero wala na pud kaayo mi communication karon.

Quote from: buwadsanga on June 18, 2009, 04:59:35 PM
naa koy duha ka kauban dari gikas NCTS si mike rivera ur epang calimag. hup kaila ka nila.

Presyo ra man kuno ang five-star sa Eskaya. No. 8 ra man gani ang ranking sa Eskaya ani nga survey. Ambot lang pud kay wa pa man ko kapuyo sa Eskaya, bisag day tour lang. Kani diay ranking akong gisulti, based on traveler review sa Tripadvisor.

Check out http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g294259-Bohol_Visayas-Hotels.html

Quote from: aduy on June 18, 2009, 03:16:44 PM
bene, wala man lagi giapil nimo ang Eskaya nga mura man og five star ila accommodation

Bwad, naa ko'y mga migo sa UP National Center for Transportation Studies, basig nakahimamat nimo ang uban nila.

Bitaw, nganong ibalik pa man ni Imelda tawon? Istorya bitaw sa akong usa ka amigo sa NCTS, naay usa ka higayon giimbita nila si Imelda aron musulti bahin man tingali sa transportation aspect sa urban planning sa Metro Manila sa panahon ni Marcos.

Imeldific lagi gihapon ang poise ni Madam in green terno with matching emerald dangling earings, bracelet and broach. (Naay gi-forward nga litrato.)  Unya nikalit lang kahagbong iyang broach sa salog ug niliki pa gyud. Tininuod tawon nagpahuwas sa gibati sa Madam, "Ito kasi, nagtitiyaga na lang sa peke." Ang mga tinuod man gud niya diay nga alahas sequestered man. Mao tingali niingon siya nga makaluluoy na iyang kahimtang ron.

Quote from: buwadsanga on June 18, 2009, 02:36:10 PM
singit-singit(parehas singit ni maricar ;-) ) lang Ben. im assigned at transport planning and analysis group we're doing pre-feasibility study on future projects. medyo luag koron kay human na among study tua nas pikas section for feasibilty by outsourced consultants para pang utang sa mga lending institutions . soon we will change the manila skyline for good....

lain poy ato. unsaon naman tawon ning mga alahas ni imelda? ug pwede ibaligja nalang na para sa food feeding program sa mga bata sa public schools sa tibuok pilipinas.

Murag busy pa mas traffic sa Manila ang imong schedule diha, Bwad, kanus-a man pud nimo isuksok ang pagtan-aw sa imong Hayden collection?

Quote from: buwadsanga on June 18, 2009, 01:52:26 PM
yup, BOT and the concession is 25yrs. sauna, ang tag-ija mga lopezes and gi baligja mi sa MPIC of pangilinan group sa pldt/smart. maayo ang pagbaligja sa company because MPIC is very aggresive to expand. right now we are in the planning stage to connect north and south expressways thru PNR existing line. taas expressaway, ubos rail road. MPIC is willing to invest php 31B for the project. am sure this would help to decongest traffic in manila and and we could cut travel time from north to south from 1.5hr or more to 15minutes.  

Bwad,

Naa ka diay diha Bwad? Even public infrastructure facilities have to be run with cost efficiency standards, as most private enterprises are run. Ang sistema ba diha B'wad B-O-T pud?

Quote from: buwadsanga on June 18, 2009, 11:20:27 AM
tama ka ben. just like here in toll road industry. namatay ang nlex noon due to politics. politicians were dictating the toll fee for political interest without considering if the toll they want can handle the maintenance of the toll road facility.

nowadays here in nlex it seem that they are not dictating us on our toll fee but the service nlex now offers is world class. i hear, that a congressman in the south is demanding a lower toll fee at slex. for sure he could have a lot of votes in next years election if the concessionaire cave in and those malaysian investors knees will surely rattle  hadlok unsaon pagbawi sa investment nila!

Oras ng Bakasyon

By Manny Pacquiao
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 18 Jun 2009

BOHOL â€" Magandang araw po ulit sa inyong lahat, mga ginigiliw kong tagasubaybay, kaibigan at mga kababayan. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan saan man kayo naroroon.

Naririto po ako ngayon sa Bohol kasama ang aking pamilya upang ipagpapatuloy namin ang naudlot na bakasyon noong isang linggo. Kagagaling ko lang sa America, sa malaking siyudad ng New York, upang bigyang-pagpapahalaga ang mga importanteng bagay na napapatungkol sa aking boxing career, ang pagsipot sa awards night ng prestihiyosong Boxing Writers Association of America kung saan pinarangalan nila ako bilang 2008 Boxer of the Year.

Sinuportahan ko rin ang aking kababayan na si Rodel Mayol na nagbigay ng magandang laban sa wala pang katalo-talong si Ivan Calderon ng Puerto Rico. Tabla ang kinauwian ng laban ngunit maganda ang ipinakita ni Rodel kaya naman hiniling kong mag-rematch silang dalawa. Pinanood ko rin ang laban ni Miguel Cotto kontra kay Joshua Clottey na nauwi sa isang split decision. Mahalaga rin na mapanood ko ang laban na ito dahil si Cotto marahil ang susunod kong makakalaban, depende sa negosasyon ng aking promoter na Top Rank.

Pero bago ang lahat ng iyan, bago ako sasabak sa matinding paghahanda at ensayo muli, kinakailangan ko munang bigyan pagpapahalaga ang aking pamilya na palaging naiiwan ng matagal dahil na rin sa uri ng aking trabaho. Halos dalawang buwan ako kung mawalay sa aking mga anak kaya naman walang dapat na pumigil sa akin sa ganitong mga sandali dahil minsan lang magiging mga bata ang aking mga pinakamamahal na mga anak.

Lubos na masaya at maganda dito sa Bohol. Sariwa ang hangin at ang karagatan ay malinis. Puting-puti ang buhangin at sariwa ang pagkain. Ito ang pinakamasayang araw pagkatapos ng isang mahirap na laban.

Kahit na nagtapos ng dalawang round lang ang huling laban ko, kontra kay Ricky Hatton, marami ang hindi nakakaalam na ang pinakamahirap na bahagi ng isang pagpapanalo ay ang training. Dahil talagang ibinubuhos ko ang lahat sa paghahanda, nagiging mukhang madali na lamang ang nangyayari sa totoong laban.

Dahil na rin sa ako ang pound-for-pound No. 1 boxer sa mundo, kinakailangan ko ring pagpahingahin ang aking katawan dahil alam ko, maraming mga kalaban ang gustong humarap at maghamon sa akin. Mahalaga na sa pagsabak ko muli sa training, sariwa ang aking katawan, isip at spirit.

Natutuwa ako sa mga nangyari sa New York dahil nakita ko ang pagmamahal ng maraming tao sa akin bilang isang Pilipino at isang boxer. Sa gitna ng maraming Puerto Rican sa Madison Square Garden, nakita ko ang respeto na ibinigay ng mga fans sa akin kahit na hindi nila ako kababayan. Nakita ko rin ang matinding pagpupugay na ibinigay sa akin ng mga manunulat ng America na silang haligi ng aking pagiging matagumpay. Ngayon ko napatunayan na mahalaga ang respeto ng lahat ng tao sa pagsikat at hindi lamang dahil sa taglay mong kagalingan gaya ng pag-aakala ni Floyd Mayweather at Juan Manuel Marquez, na ang kanilang laban ay hindi masyadong sinuportahan ng boxing fans sa takilya.

Bago pa mapunta sa ibang usapin, maliligo muna ako sa dagat at mage-enjoy. Hanggang sa Muling Kumbinasyon. God Bless Us All.

Natural Reforestation Succeeds in RP Sites
Written by Willy Rodolfo III / Reporter   
Thursday, 18 June 2009 01:45

TAGBILARAN CITY, Boholâ€"Diosdado Abergosado is a typical farmer. Early mornings he usually goes to his small rice field in Danao town in central Bohol with his young wife and two kids.

This day, however, is different. Abergosado is meeting three other farmers and walking a few hours to the hills for their weeklong tour of duty.

Arbegosado and other farmers from San Miguel village take weeklong turns up in the hills, armed with lunch and a plywood board. Their objective is the pesky cogon grass. Their mission: to restore the once lush forest that they’ve heard of only in stories told by their elders.

“Our parents told us they used to see many animals in these forests. Now the forests are all grass,” he said. “I want my children to see those forests once again.”

The Philippines’ once-spectacular forests have by now disintegrated into patches or grooves mainly in Palawan and some parts of Luzon. Around 7 million hectares of forest remain in the country, a number that is dwindling fast. Rampant logging and burning by farmers to clear plots brought down the country’s forest cover to just around 20 percent of what it used to be.

There were efforts at reforestation, according to Environment Undersecretary Jeremias Dolino, particularly in the last two decades when the government spent billions of pesos to pay organizations and farmers to plant seedlings and take care of the trees.

He admitted, however, that the effort had their limitations. Once the funding stopped, the trees were left on their own. “The biggest challenge for us is to get the community involved,” Dolino said.

Farmer Arbegosado is part of a growing movement in Danao and in the Philippines to revive the country’s forests by not planting trees. Instead, he allows nature to run its course uninterrupted via a practical, cheap and sensible method called assisted natural regeneration (ANR).

According to Dr. Percy Sajise of Biodiversity International, ANR has long been presented as an effective way to revive Philippine forests but was put in the back seat by the more tangible tree-planting activities.

“Now ANR is getting the attention as the most cost-effective way to revive the forest,” said Sajise.

The ANR method helps nature rejuvenate herself. Sajise said by natural dispersion, seeds are scattered in random places and are left to grow and mature.

However, some of the saplings are covered by thick cogon grass so they wilt and die. To help ANR, volunteers look for these “naturally planted” seedlings, clear the pesky cogon, and allow the future tree to get all the nutrients and sunshine it needs to grow by on its own.

Sajise explained that with ANR, trees grow in their natural habitat, unlike tree-planting where new species are introduced in areas, which often leads to imbalance with other species. Most of all, ANR is cheap.

Conventional tree-planting requires the establishment of nurseries before transporting the seedlings to the mountains. Including the care for seedlings, the effort costs around P35,000 per hectare. ANR costs a little less than half of the amount.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) saw how important the forest is and ANR in supporting livelihood in rural areas. So it funded a three-year program to pilot ANR campaigns in Bohol, Davao del Norte and Bataan.

According to Kazuyuki Tsurami, FAO representative in the Philippines, the total project cost for the three-year program was P240,000.

“ANR is one of a few methods to revive the forest and mitigate the effects of climate change without affecting the livelihood of the people. In fact, ANR allows the people to earn more,” Tsurami said. “Most of all, it is very cheap.”

According to Patrick Dugan of Bagong Pag-asa Foundation, which is helping UN FAO implement the ANR pilot programs, the three sites in the Philippines are reaping the economic benefits from ANR. Bataan is having pineapples and bananas, rubber for Davao, and Danao is reviving its forest to support its bid to be an ecotourism destination in Central Philippines.

“There is no bigger motivator than the economic reward,” Danao City Mayor Louis Thomas Gonzaga said. “Talking about climate change and global warming is too complicated for the people. But when you tell them we will all benefit economically because of the project, they will all support it.”

And with ANR and other support mechanisms in place, Danao has already earned more than P2 million from its EAT Danao ecotourism project in the first few months of the year as adventurers, bikers and families from nearby urban centers like Metro Cebu and Tagbilaran City flock to the town for a green recluse and an adventure in nature.

Its tourism industry has earned more than the total income from taxes in its public marketâ€"usually the biggest-earning enterprise of any local government unit. The project has also employed 50 people.

Tourists come to Danao to go hiking, kayaking, water-tubing, mountain biking, and run down a zipline and visit caves. The sites are in prime condition because of efforts by the locals to protect the environment.

As is the case with other projects, the challenge for ANR in the three pilot areas is sustainability. At present farmer Arbegosado receives P40 in allowance for every tour of duty. It will soon be over as the project is over.

Mayor Gonzaga and his town council, however, vowed to continue the program. He said proceeds from the ecotourism revenues will be placed in a special fund to expand the ANR areas and protect them from fireâ€"the biggest threat to the young forests.

 The national government is also starting to see the benefits of ANR. For the first time, a P2-billion fund has been allotted for ANR across the country that includes a 50,000-hectare upland reforestation effort, according to Undersecretary Dolino said.

Tsurami said the UN FAO program opened the dam for funding agencies to get interested in ANR. UN FAO itself is considering extending the program in a second round.

In May, the UN FAO’s ANR project concluded with an international workshop in Bohol, attended by participants from Asia and Europe. Everybody agreed that ANR is the most sensible solution to recovering the lost forests of the world.

Arbegosado said he was happy to see a busload of foreigners and scientists visit his hilltop outpost in barangay San Miguel and see him work. But he couldn’t care less. For him, it’s all about his children and the forest that his family could see and enjoy in the future. Fortunately, that is more than enough.

Politics will always be imperfect, but if we let chaos rule, that's hell.

Let's lower our expectation on others, including politicians. Let's increase our expectation of what we can do (this is our own sphere of influence, according to Stephen Covey).

We can start cleaning our own backyard, making sure we don't buy vote, we choose the platform instead of what a politicians wears on his platform, we don't participate in dishonest and selfish political trading.

The key is in us, the voters.

Pardon me, but the series of political pardons (or declaration of guiltlessness) is bewildering.

Gloria has pardoned Erap, who was proven beyond reasonable doubt to have ill-gotten weath.

The same administration, through the proxy statement of Raul Gonzales, hints at the possibility of letting go of Imelda's ill-gotten wealth charges as well.

The unspoken statement seems to be directed at Gloria's future successors: I've pardoned others before me, so you have to pardon me (in case I can't find a way to stay in office).

In this country, even the dispensation of justice is a political act.

Sa ranking sa mga accommodation facilities sa Bohol, those in the top are Amorita and Amarela which have very limited number of rooms. BBC has slipped down to something like #16, even below the Nuts Huts along Loboc. To be able to accommodate high-end local and foreign tourists, who really spend more, we should really upgrade our facilities.

Quote from: aduy on June 18, 2009, 05:25:26 AM
kinahanglan jud five star ang accomodation arong magbalik-balik og modaghan ang mga turista dili parehas daanang uban nga mga beaches karon nga gitay-an na ang mga faucets sa comfort rooms.

pati sad pagkaon og mga workers kinahanglan pang five star arong walay reklamo ang mga turista og wala nay mga negative comments nga mabasa sa trip advisor.

Sakto ka Belle. Then the tourism bonanza will be distributed among the local stakeholders as well, dili lang ma-corner sa big players.

Ang problema daw sa Panglao ron kay wala daw block ownership ang mga yuta, pasabot walay area in the hectares nga usa ra ang owner nga pwede kapaliton sa mga hotel operators. Big hotels perhaps need at least one or two hectares. Pero mao lang pud lagi, murag strain sa Panglao natural environment ang mga dinagko na gyud nga establishments.

Quote from: ms da binsi on June 18, 2009, 02:29:21 AM
Ay maajo nalang ang Best Western! kaysa mga gipang kuting nga mga motels! Best westerns follow standards!




Ang katoyuan ani nga naay comfortable bedrooms ang mga turista. Kay ug ako ang papilion i would prefer good beds than resorts! Abi gud nimo  Bene san, ug Shangrila ilang himuon ang mga tawo di na mo appreciate sa natural beaches nato diha sa Bohol. Whereas ug hotel ra jud ang himuon naa jud tendency nga ang mga tawo mo adto sa mga beaches nga privately owned sa atong mga kasangkajan!

O well same thing ra oi! basta ako mas mo prefer ko ug nice bed and quite than a big resort...ang purspose gud sa mga resort kay di na nila pagawson ang mga tawo so sila ra jud maka dakop sa kwarta sa mga tawo.



Kumpara ani example, Reviera Resort and Casino (example ra na) ilang tuyo nga di na kagawas ang mga tawo. so ilaha ra jud ang balon nga kwarta sa mga turista...