Kwentong Sine

Ang post na ito ay inspired ng Kwentong Sine episode ng Kantotambs Tayo! The podcast nina Jerald Napoles na pinakinggan ko kagabi sa Spotify. Napag-usapan nila yung mga memories nila sa sinehan at sa panonood ng sine kaya naalala ko yung panahon na nagsisimula pa lang akong mahilig sa pelikula.

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Where were you when Hidilyn Diaz won the gold? A historic win just when we all needed some good news after a generation defining pandemic and the last SONA by you know who.

Tropical Hut Hamburger Alabang, sarap na binalik-balikan

Malungkot na balita, sarado na pala ang Tropical Hut Hamburger sa Alabang.

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Sampinit

Walang pasok kahapon kaya lumabas lang ako sandali para pumunta sa grocery. Napadaan sa overpass sa may Starmall, Alabang kaya nakita kong muli ang nagtitinda ng prutas na bihira natin makita sa merkado, ang sampinit o raspberry sa Ingles.

Pastillas de Masbate

Masbate’s Carmelado, their version of pastillas de leche is unlike the soft, creamy ones we are accustomed to. It’s more of a milky nougat but nonetheless delicious. The harder texture increases its shelf life, and that’s a good thing right? 🙂 ‪

Earliest Memory

We tend to forget things that have happened to us back when were very young. Those memories are locked in a vault somewhere where everything goes, much like an eternal hard drive we wish we could just open from time to time to see what we were doing before cynicism and other adult problems invaded our lives.

My earliest childhood memory is of me and my mother planting kamote (sweet potato) tops up on a mountain in Easter Samar. Maybe it was just a hill but for the three year old me, that was a steep climb on a mountain that resembled an expedition to Everest. I don’t know why it’s the thing that I always remember, we were dirt poor Warays who welcomed the arrival of typhoons as the norm, planting talbos ng kamote was to make sure that we’ll have food on our table. My mother use to tell our relatives, which she actually still does until now, that the reason why I don’t like living in our province was because “walang kanin doon” (there’s no rice there)

I don’t plant camote tops anymore but it will always be my comfort food, cooked in coconut milk (probably anything cooked with gata), I would choose it over caviar or any of those trendy dishes. And as a friend said it should be paired with fried galunggong, the small ones are the best as you can eat everything including the tinik (bones), now who would be sad when you can eat such simple but delicious fare?

Till my next rant. Peace and stay fresh.

#ThrowbackThursday Philippine Primetime TV Schedule Circa 1990

No teleseryes, no Koreanovelas, Kris Aquino had her drama anthology on the Kapamilya Network. GMA which was still the Rainbow Network and not the Kapuso had my favorite “Mission Impossible.” Yes kids, way before Tom Cruise starred in the movie version, there was the TV series which actually aired from 1966-1973.  Eric Quizon was in not one but two shows, I know Buddy en Sol but Computer Man? Eric Quizon was Computer Man, what did he do? Was he running on DOS?

The Padapadakam Ritual of Ilocos Region

To honor, welcome, or celebrate the birthday of a person or a group significant to a community, the padapada is performed within the circles of an Ilocano community, whether in the nuclear region or in a dispersed urban situation. A similar celebration is practiced in the island of Marinduque called putungan, meaning to confer a crown.

The celebrator is seated in front of the central gathering of the community. Sprigs of flowers are distributed among those present. The rites start with the placing of a garland of flowers on the head of the celebrator, simultaneously with the singing of the padapadakam song, repeated continuously as the proceedings go on. The community lines up in a single file and then, one by one, present the celebrator with a spray of flowers. He keeps all these in hand until the flower presentation is complete. Sometimes, the celebrator is then asked to say a brief message. After the feting, the celebrator receives a shower of rice grains for more blessings. (JTP)

Source: PINAGMULAN: Enumerations from the Philippine Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage, NCCA and ICHCAP, 2013 Photos: © Norma A.. Respicio

 

Taoid 2014: National Heritage Month Celebration sa Bicol

Ano ang naiisip mo pag nababanggit ang Bicol? Malamang ay Bulkang Mayon, pili nuts, laing, lugar ng mga uragon ang ilan sa agad na papasok sa iyong isipan, tama ba ako? Ngunit maliban sa mga bagay na ito ay punong puno rin ng kasaysayan ang rehiyon na ito ng ating bansa. Kaya nga napili ito ng Pambansang Komisyon sa Kultura at mga Sining na maging lugar ng pagbubukas ng pagdiriwang ng National Heritage Month nitong nakaraang buwan ng Mayo. Ang Taoid Heritage Program ay ang pangunahing programa ng komisyon para sa pag-alala sa mga pamana ng ating mga ninuno upang maipagpatuloy ito ng mga susunod na henerasyon.

Ang mga probinsya ng Albay, Masbate at Sorsogon ang naging punong-abala sa pagbubukas ng National Heritage Month. Tinatawag na AlMaSor, na ayon sa wikang Kastila ay “soul sisters,” ipinakita ng magkakapatid na lalawigan ang pamanang matatagpuan sa kani-kanilang lugar.

Nagsimula ang pagbubukas ng pagdiriwang bukang liwayway ng unang araw ng Mayo. Habang nahihimbing pa ang iba at tumitilaok pa ang mga alagang manok ay nagpunta na sa Cagsawa Ruins ang mga kalahok sa Walk for Heritage kung saan sumama ang mga delegado mula sa NCCA, mga residente ng Daraga at mga kalahok sa Angat Kabataan Heritage Camp , ito ay upang gunitain ang paglipat ng mga tagaparokya ng Cagsawa sa Daraga matapos ang matinding pagsabog ng Bulkang Mayon noong taong 1814. Ang ruins ng simbahan na itinayo ng mga Pransiskano ang nananatiling paalala ng panganib na dala ng pagtira malapit sa bulkan na gaya ng Mayon.

Ang destinasyon ng umagang iyon ay ang simbahan ng Nuestra Señora de la Porteria (Our Lady of the Gate) na matatagpuan sa burol ng Sta. Maria kung saan kitang kita ang Bulkang Mayon. Itinayo noong taong 1773, ang simbahan ay isa sa mga halimbawa ng Baroque architecture sa ating bansa. Dineklara itong National Historical Treasure ng Pambansang Komisyong Pangkasaysayan ng Pilipinas noong 2008.

Pagdating sa makasaysayang simbahan ay nagkaroon naman ng demonstrasyon sa paggawa ng ilang lokal na kakanin gaya ng suman sa ibos at balisungsong at ng mainam nitong kapares na tsokolate. Ang pamana ay hindi lamang siyempre makikita sa mga istruktura kundi pati na rin sa pagkain. Agad din naman itong ipinatikim sa mga naroroon, pamanang agahan ikanga nila.

Natatanging panauhin sa pagdiriwang ang imahe ng Sto. Niño de Cebu, na sinasabing dumating sa bansa noong 1521 bilang regalo ni Ferdinand Magellan kay Rajah Humabon at sa asawa nitong si Humamay (base sa historical accounts ni Antonio Pigafetta). Dakong alas tres ng hapon ng unang araw ng Mayo 2014 ay dumating naman sa Albay ang imahe ng Sto. Niño.

Kinagabihan ay nagtungo muli ang lahat sa Simbahan ng Daraga para sa paglulunsad ng Taoid Heritage Program at pormal na pagbubukas ng National Heritage Month 2014. Naging panauhing pandangal si Gob. Joey Sarte Salceda at ang Heritage Ambassador 2014 na si Enchong Dee.

Itutuloy…