Category Archives: All About Maco
The Encourager
As soon as he stepped into the podium, most graduating students and their parents started to change gears. They knew what to expect so as much as possible, listening to repetitive speeches wont be a complete bore. He started the usual greetings of all the honorable attending the graduation ceremony. Teachers on the front rows … Continue reading
Rugged But Pretty (mid-1980′s)
She went down by the stairway of a house overlooking the town’s bay side houses. The house stand all alone and it was beautifully landscaped with green Bermuda that prevent the grown of long bush surrounding the house. Her countenance was fairly unique. A kinky dark hair seemed to emphasize her whitish complexion. Pretty cute … Continue reading
The Ilonggo Tikal*, Myth or Fact?
In his fairly recent column, the ever blunt Mon Tulfo pulled no punches in telling a negative attribute of ethnic Ilonggo lampooning them into group of people who likes to brag about almost anything. And while he put forward a comic example, the labeling itself has caused a bit of stir on the internet. Well … Continue reading
The 1992 Town Attack
It was just like any other day one afternoon in town where people did their usual routine – chatting with friends, playing basketball, procrastinating or doing some household chores – when all the sudden a sound of first machine gunfire reverberated just too close to ignore. People rushed to their protection though not all them … Continue reading
The Remedy of ‘Hambog’
While it can’t be dismissed straight away the real benefit of a hambog, there is also the undeniable fact that others will fell disgusted or uncomfortable when the wind current blows towards their direction. And this reality doesn’t stop on the person on the receiving end. Word of the mouth may spread like wildfire that … Continue reading
Childhood and Safety
Growing-up in the 80′ and 90′s had full of fun, frolicking around the town outskirts, mountains and beaches. The time was endless and childhood energies never run dry. Whatever the spaces, flat, hill or plateau, it had corresponding games and fun activities for all of us kids in the neighbourhood to play with or to … Continue reading
The Benefits of “Hambog”
There is a reality floating around among Filipino communities outside the country that if one bought a BMW, the other would try to match or upend by buying a Mercedez or any top of the line car, if one bought a large-screen Plasma, the other will try to match or upend by getting large-screen LCD. … Continue reading
Radio Drama vs FM Music vs TV vs Internet
[ad#468_60_banner_aligned_center] One lady mentioned that she totally decided to stop listening and following radio drama by the time she reached high school. To her FM music was more relaxing, entertaining and find it too scornful among her new circle of friends if they found out that she still enjoys listening to radio drama at that … Continue reading
Mother of All Child Wars
It was already a fairly distant memory but the fact that such event can never happen again in sheer size and magnitude is worth every ton of recollection of such things that befell the San Roque – Langgam bridge. Each led-up battle was so fierce that older siblings or parents ended up intervening just to … Continue reading
Why It Is So Good Being Raised A Cebuano – Language & Family
II. Language The major spoken dialect of Cebuanos offers any speaker adapting it the ability to speak with a very minimal tone inflection and variance. It appears to be a median Filipino dialect meaning the strength and weakness of its expression do not usually involve too much stressing of syllables. Therefore, the language itself seems … Continue reading