Category Archives: All About Maco
Essence of Being a Filipino ‘Istambay’
Being stuck in the mundane world of chasing implementation deadlines, problems and fixing them almost on a daily basis, I find the taming world of istambay a constant good source of social curiosity. It amazes me no end that at some periods of contemporary social history, there are others who are just too good in … Continue reading
Maconians’ Amiability & Level-headedness
Social factors are equally important to the rise of maconian level-headedness 1. Moderates Maconians are densely multi-ethnic. But the underlying mindset of each ethnicity did not hamper each ethnic group to integrate well within the mainstream thought. Each ethnic precept is relatively mature in terms of its role in the society and there were very … Continue reading
Overcoming Poverty
The eventual demised of Adecor did not bring immediate grief to the people’s well-being overall. The company did not cease operation abruptly thus it gave the people some time to think about life without the help of a good company padding their wallets on a monthly basis. There were welcomed payouts to the families some … Continue reading
The Glory of Adecor
Life was pretty good then as told by most remnants who chose to stay in town while reminiscing the good ole days at the height of town’s golden age. Long before Davao was divided into 3 provinces, Adecor was already operating its behemoth plywood operation in the town. So good an employed life was then … Continue reading
Van-van
[ad#468_60_banner_aligned_center] It was told according to her professor that she’s one of the only 2 best Math students to ever grace University Philippines – Cebu. Upon her graduation, she delivered the graduates’ valedictory speech besting hundreds of other brainy graduates in various disciplines and attaining Magna Cum Laude in Bachelor of Science in Math – … Continue reading
Closer to Death
[ad#468_60_banner_aligned_center] How closer we were to death while growing up in Maco? I mean meeting death caused by external elements like New People’s Army’s and abusive military at the height of martial law and several years thereafter? As far as I can recall, it was just a norm when a helicopter gunship pounded the mountains … Continue reading
The Lenten Raid
[ad#468_60_banner_aligned_center] A tiny screech from motor blades made the vibrant mood of the usual sultry Lenten afternoon. It was too good, thought one of the boys who made the electric toy project for school. From the window, the sky was visibly bluish and added the tone of the afternoon. So quite and people lacked the … Continue reading
Molong
[ad#468_60_banner_aligned_center] He’s like no other children in the neighbourhood. Early in the morning when the rest of poor children in the neighbourhood still slept, he rose up, grabbed his tuba-gathering paraphernalia’s and head off to make his rounds of climbing up designated coconut trees to gather tuba wine. Poor families usually required child involvement where … Continue reading
Bokong – the Art and Science of Riding a Jeepney without Paying a Single Cent
In the 80′s through 90′s*, bokong was one of most popular means of commuting preferred by male high school students to catch a ride back home. It’s popularity was due to the following factors: 1. Bokong was an exact science The practitioner who’s doing it must calculate precisely the safe distance between the small hold … Continue reading
Sympathy
In the aftermath of an ambush early at dawn, primary students talked about what they saw. Virgilio proudly said his eye-witness account, “I saw the attacker. He ran so fast. I haven’t seen any man move like him.” Unknown to us, that signaled the long and winding history of insurgency in the town. At first, … Continue reading