An Open Letter for My Mother.

Dear Nanay,


All trough these years, you are always there for us, guding us to be the best that we can be. We are so blessed having you in our lives.


You're always there to pick me up when I'm down. You rejoice for my success. You simply gave me love and inspiration. I can't imagine my life (our life), without you.


I have witnessed your scarifices throughout my life and I thank God for having you as our mother. You're simply the best mom in the world. If I have given a chance to be born again, I'll choose you as my mother again. I'd rather have a life that we have before, than having a wealthy life with someone else.


I am not used of telling you how much I love you, but I really do. We do love you.


It's now our time to repay your sacrifices.


I love you Nay. We'll take care of you.


Love lots,


Billy

Four Seasons Shake!

The perfect blend of tangy pinapples and cooling carrots great for kids and adults alike! just right for you this summer!
Rich in Vitamin C – helps fight common infections.

INGREDIENTS:

1-1/2 cups DEL MONTE Sweetened Four Seasons Juice Drink
1/3 cup evaporated milk
2 tbsp sugar
12 pc ice cubes

PROCEDURE:


1. COMBINE all ingredients in a blender and blend until crushed/smooth. 

Makes 5 servings

-del Monte Kitchenomics

Ten tips to boost your self esteem!

Improve your self esteem! Here are some tips on how to grow your self esteem.

Acknowledge your strengths

We are all good at something or the other. Sit down and write about all the strengths you think you have. Do not over-analyse! Next, try to do things that bring out this quality into the open. This will help hone your strengths further, and also gain outside recognition. Also, do not forget to appreciate yourself for all your strong points and talents – it goes a long way in improving your self esteem.

Do not put up with crap!

Do not put up with people who are mean to you, even those who tell you they love you. Draw clear boundaries. Tell them you don’t like to be talked to that way. Ask them to talk to you nicely, and be assertive when you do so.

Lose those negative friends.

It’s time you lose friends who are constantly bitching or putting another down. Such people are likely to do the same behind your back, and they can leave you feeling critical and judgmental of others. Instead surround yourself with loving, positive people who are supportive and kind.

Take in compliments

Many have a difficulty in accepting compliments. There are numerous nice things people might say each day, which your mind wouldn’t have even registered. Many other times, people refuse to take a compliment saying something like “Oh, I didn’t do much.” or simply shrugging it off. From now on, when someone pays you compliment, breathe, accept it, and say thank you!

When you begin to do this, you’ll see your self esteem rise to new levels.

Do not berate yourself

Nobody achieves anything by berating oneself. You’ve made a mistake, OK – acknowledge it. There is no need to beat yourself up for it. Even the world’s greatest have made umpteen mistakes, and continue to make them. Give yourself permission for goof ups and even those BIG mistakes. This permission can be very liberating.

Accept yourself

Accept the good, bad and ugly sides to you, everybody has them. All of these aspects make you who you are. When there is complete acceptance of self, one experiences a feeling of centeredness within and that will naturally bring out a person brimming with self confidence and self esteem.

Here are some self acceptance exercises that experts suggest. The mirror exercise: Look really deep, and see the person that is you in the mirror with love. Experts warn that some people might find it hard to look at themselves in the mirror that way. Give it time, allow the feelings to swell up. Experience the grief, the pain and keep trying to look at yourself. Another suggestion is to start off with positive affirmations, as they are fairly easy. Keep telling yourself, “I accept myself just the way I am”. Positive affirmations are known to have a great effect.

Keep a gratitude diary

When you focus too much on all things going wrong, it can pull you down.

Every night, before you go to bed, write down 10 things you are thankful for. Many times one goes through without recognising all that’s going right. This exercise helps you focus on all the good things in your life. Making you feel worthy.

Respect yourself 

Eat healthy and well, exercise, sleep well. When you respect yourself, you’ll notice how others too will begin to reflect that, lifting your spirits and your self esteem.

Dress smart!

Yes, clothes don’t maketh the man, but they do affect the way one feels about himself/herself. When you don’t look good, it affects the way you walk, sit and interact with people. So use this to your advantage and invest in looking good. This doesn’t mean you have to spend tonnes of money on grooming. Small things like bathing, washing your hair and wearing neat, pressed clothes can make a difference.

Smile

You have heard the phrase: “Smile and the whole world smiles with you, frown and you frown alone.” It’s amazing what a simple smile can do to enhance a person’s appearance. It has the power to alter the mood of a place you walk into. So carry your smile with you wherever you go.

-yahoo ph

Rare turtles returned to the Philippines!

Thirty-one live turtles, including some rare species, that were smuggled to Hong Kong were flown back to the Philippines on Friday but five others did not live to make the trip, an official said.

Three environment department workers arrived at Manila international airport carrying the turtles in a wooden crate more than two months after they were recovered from a Chinese smuggler in February, said Theresa Lim.

photo courtesy of yahoo ph

"The turtles are fine, active. Unfortunately, two of the pond turtles and three Asian box turtles died in Hong Kong due to stress," said Lim, director of the government wildlife bureau.

She said the turtles suffered stress when they were kept hidden as they were smuggled into Hong Kong.

The turtles, many slightly larger than the size of a matchbox, were cradled in pink foam-like material soaked in water in individual compartments inside the crate.

The animals, which include the critically-endangered Siebenrockiella leytensis pond turtle and the vulnerable Cuora amboinensis box turtle, will be taken to the western island of Palawan, Lim told AFP.

The Katala Foundation, a private wildlife protection group, will rehabilitate the animals for about three months before they are released back into the wild.

The Chinese smuggler was arrested at Hong Kong International Airport on February 8 after the turtles were seized from his luggage.

He was charged and fined HK$8,000 ($1,000) under local laws aimed at protecting endangered species.

-yahoo.ph

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There's no other place like Home!

Last March, I was invited as a guest speaker for the 33rd Commencement Exercises of my Alma Mater. I was hesitant to accept the invitation, yet in the end I was persuaded having in mind that this might be right time to give back for all the things that my Alma mater done to me.

Any way, as a preparation, I set my digital camera (DSLR actually) so that i can capture this special event. I decided to bought a new lens, Tamron AF70-300mm, far better than my 18-55mm lens. I know a lot of amazing things and scenes will come in my way home and I'm so excited for this.

To my excitement, I decided to leave my work early fearing that I might be left by the last trip of ferry. It might took a long time to travel to Dalahican Pier, considering the weather condition ( it has been raining for almost five days). With all the things packed, I set off to Dalahican riding a jeepney from Lipa to Sto. Tomas, Batangas. I ride the first bus to Dalahican that pass by. But when I pay the fare, the bus is bound to SM Lucena only. OMG. (I'll try to tell the whole story on my next blog).

To make the story short, I arrived at Dalahican port at exactly 8:30 in the evening yet I still manage to get the 10:30 trip. Though the weather is bad, I know this is worth my while. I feel something strange in my stomach, so I care to buy some food in the stall. I still have 2 hours to take some rest. I try to find some familiar faces but I found nothing.

The heaven keeps on pouring its tears and the wind  constantly blowing hard, literary, my way home will be hard. It's 2:30am when I reached Marinduque. The usually 2.5hrs trip take 4hrs. Thanks to the bad weather. Huh.

Finally, I'm home. I miss everything in this place, cool wind breeze, fresh air, peaceful ambiance, everything. I take a deep sleep and I know there's is a great day waiting ahead.

_______________

I was awaken by the ringing of my phone. I check the time.. it was 8:30 am and my friend is checking me if a got home safe. I get off the bed and the table is ready. This is one of the things I missed the most, a hot and delicious "tinolang manok" of my mother. I can't help my self eating a lot.

I started wandering around, trying to capture beautiful spots and strange things with my cam. But the rain is keep on trying to hinder so I just go back and try to capture the thing that my lens can reach.

And these are some of my it..

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Later in the afternoon. I had a little conversation with my cousins, telling stories of how, what and why life is while drinking local wine called "tuba". I decided to get back home when the rain had a pause. It' s my chance.

I take my rest as we finish our dinner. Tomorrow is the day.

_______________

It was a long and peaceful sleep. I feel so comfortable. It's not hard waking up except my....hahaha.. The rain is still on, yet today's activity must go on. After the breakfast i started preparing for it. The program will start at 10 so I must be there early.

And the ceremony goes... It started well and it ends well...Congratulations graduates!

I had a little nice conversation with my former mentor after the program. It's really nice to be back and give thanks to all the people who contribute much for your success.

It's worthy. It is

Tips for a healthy heart!

A strong heart is a result of healthy lifestyle choices. Be active and stress-free

Today's fast-paced life and workplace pressures escalate stress levels, taking a toll on one's heart. Even youngsters are prone to heart ailments. It's very important to stay healthy and manage your stress levels by understanding the risk factors — high cholesterol levels, stressful lifestyle, smoking, and lack of exercise — following simple changes in lifestyle.

Here are some of the tips on how to sustain a healthy heart:

Avoid smoking.

Smoking reduces life expectancy by 15-25 years. If you are a smoker, you are twice more likely to have a heart attack than a non-smoker. The moment you stop smoking, the risk of heart attack begins to reduce.

Cut down on salt

Too much salt can cause high blood pressure, which increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease.

Watch your diet

Try to have a balanced diet. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, starch foods such as wholegrain bread and rice.

Monitor your alcohol

Too much alcohol can damage the heart muscle, increase blood pressure and also lead to weight gain. Avoid intake of alcohol or at least limit it to one to two units a day, gradually decreasing the consumption.

Get active

At least aim for 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day. Keeping yourself fit not only benefits the heart but also improves mental health and well-being.

Monitor your BP, blood sugar and cholesterol levels

Routine medical check-ups will ring an alarm, if you need medical help.

Manage your waist

Cholesterol deposition in blood vessels begins in the first decade of life. Carrying a lot of extra weight as fat can greatly affect your health. Make small but healthy changes in your diet.

Manage your stress level

If you find things are getting on top of you, you may fail to eat properly, smoke and drink too much. This may increase your risk of a heart attack. Practice yoga/meditation. Take a vacation.

Check your family history

If a close relative is at risk of developing coronary heart disease from smoking, high BP, high cholesterol, lack of physical activity, obesity and diabetes, then you could be at risk too.

Laughter is the best therapy

Laughter anytime will work wonders for you. It is an instant way to unleash the pressure and it makes you feel light.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-27/health/28377531_1_coronary-heart-disease-healthy-heart-cholesterol-levels

'Tips sa pagtataas ng inyong credit card limit'!

SA mga credit card holder, narito ang ilang pamantayan at tamang proseso mula sa Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Basahing maigi upang hindi mabiktima ng mga sindikato ng credit card fraud.

Sa proseso ng pagtataas ng credit limit, una; Ipapaalam ng banko kung qualified ang credit card holder na itaas ang kanyang credit limit, karaniwan ay sa pamamagitan ng sulat kasama ang bank statement nito.

Ikalawa; walang representante ang banko na pupunta sa inyong bahay o trabaho upang iproseso ang pagtataas ng credit card limit, hindi ito gawain ng mga banko. Magduda na sakaling may nagpakilalang taga-banko na dumating sa inyong bahay o opisina.

Ikatlo, walang bayad kapag itataas ang inyong credit limit kahit na credit holder pa ang nag-apply nito.

Ikaapat, ang mismong card holder ang gugupit ng kanyang credit card kung meron nang bago o replacement ito na ipinadala ng banko kung saan, tinaasan na ang kanyang credit limit.

Muli, walang sinumang representante ng banko ang kukuha sa inyo ng mga luma o ginupit na credit card o personal na magdadala sa holder ng kanyang bagong card.

Ipinapadala ang bago at replacement card sa pamamagitan ng courier lamang.

Ikalima, hindi isinu-surrender sa banko o kahit kanino ang lumang credit card, mapa-expired man ito o may replacement. Nasa pangangalaga na ito ng card holder.


Paalala ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, ang credit card ay may kaukulang responsibilidad. Hindi ito pribilehiyo ng kahit sino, hindi maaaring ipaubaya at ipagamit sa ibang tao.

Responsibilidad ng ba-wat credit card holder na-i-safe keep at ingatan ang kaniyang credit card. Anuman ang mangyari sa inyong card, may pananagutan kayo sa banko na dapat bayaran.

-Bahala Si Bitag | PSN

Leap Year: The Rationale Behind February 29!

A leap year (or intercalary or bissextile year) is a year containing one additional day (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, a month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat in a whole number of days, a calendar that had the same number of days in each year would, over time, drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track. By occasionally inserting (or intercalating) an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected. A year that is not a leap year is called a common year.

For example, in the Gregorian calendar (a common solar calendar), February in a leap year has 29 days instead of the usual 28, so the year lasts 366 days instead of the usual 365. Similarly, in the Hebrew calendar (a lunisolar calendar), a 13th lunar month is added seven times every 19 years to the twelve lunar months in its common years to keep its calendar year from drifting through the seasons too rapidly.

In the Gregorian calendar, the current standard calendar in most of the world, most years that are evenly divisible by 4 are leap years. In each leap year, the month of February has 29 days instead of 28. Adding an extra day to the calendar every four years compensates for the fact that a period of 365 days is shorter than a solar year by almost 6 hours.

Some exceptions to this rule are required since the duration of a solar year is slightly less than 365.25 days. Years that are evenly divisible by 100 are not leap years, unless they are also evenly divisible by 400, in which case they are leap years. For example, 1600 and 2000 were leap years, but 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not. Similarly, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2900 and 3000 will not be leap years, but 2400 and 2800 will be. Therefore, in a duration of two millennia, there will be 485 leap years. By this rule, the average number of days per year will be 365 + 1/4 − 1/100 + 1/400 = 365.2425, which is 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds. The Gregorian calendar was designed to keep the vernal equinoxon or close to March 21, so that the date of Easter (celebrated on the Sunday after the 14th day of the Moon—i.e. a full moon—that falls on or after March 21) remains correct with respect to the vernal equinox. The vernal equinox year is about 365.242374 days long (and increasing).

The marginal difference of 0.000125 days between the Gregorian calendar average year and the actual year means that, in 8,000 years, the calendar will be about one day behind where it is now. But in 8,000 years, the length of the vernal equinox year will have changed by an amount that cannot be accurately predicted. Therefore, the current Gregorian calendar suffices for practical purposes, and the correction suggested by John Herschel of making 4000 a non-leap year will probably not be necessary.February 29 is a date that usually occurs every four years, and is called leap day. This day is added to the calendar in leap years as a corrective measure, because the earth does not orbit around the sun in precisely 365 days.

The Gregorian calendar is a modification of the Julian calendar first used by the Romans. The Roman calendar originated as a lunisolar calendar and named many of its days after the syzygies of the moon: the new moon (Kalendae or calends, hence "calendar") and the full moon(Idus or ides). The Nonae or nones was not the first quarter moon but was exactly one nundinae or Roman market week of nine days before the ides, inclusively counting the ides as the first of those nine days. In 1825, Ideler believed that the lunisolar calendar was abandoned about 450 BC by the decemvirs, who implemented the Roman Republican calendar, used until 46 BC. The days of these calendars were counted down (inclusively) to the next named day, so February 24 was ante diem sextum Kalendas Martii ("the sixth day before the calends of March") often abbreviated a. d. VI Kal. Mar. The Romans counted days inclusively in their calendars, so this was actually the fifth day before March 1 when counted in the modern exclusive manner (not including the starting day).[5]

The Republican calendar's intercalary month was inserted on the first or second day after the Terminalia (a. d. VII Kal. Mar., February 23). The remaining days of Februarius were dropped. This intercalary month, named Intercalaris or Mercedonius, contained 27 days. The religious festivals that were normally celebrated in the last five days of February were moved to the last five days of Intercalaris. Because only 22 or 23 days were effectively added, not a full lunation, the calends and ides of the Roman Republican calendar were no longer associated with the new moon and full moon.

The Julian calendar, which was developed in 46 BC by Julius Caesar, and became effective in 45 BC, distributed an extra ten days among the months of the Roman Republican calendar. Caesar also replaced the intercalary month by a single intercalary day, located where the intercalary month used to be. To create the intercalary day, the existing ante diem sextum Kalendas Martii (February 24) was doubled, producing ante diem bis sextum Kalendas Martii. Hence, the year containing the doubled day was a bissextile (bis sextum, "twice sixth") year. For legal purposes, the two days of the bis sextum were considered to be a single day, with the second half being intercalated, but common practice by 238, when Censorinuswrote, was that the intercalary day was followed by the last five days of February, a. d. VI, V, IV, III and pridie Kal. Mar. (which would be those days numbered 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 from the beginning of February in a common year), i.e. the intercalated day was the first half of the doubled day. All later writers, including Macrobius about 430, Bede in 725, and other medieval computists (calculators of Easter), continued to state that the bissextum (bissextile day) occurred before the last five days of February.

Until 1970, the Roman Catholic Church always celebrated the feast of Saint Matthias on a. d. VI Kal. Mar., so if the days were numbered from the beginning of the month, it was named February 24 in common years, but the presence of the bissextum in a bissextile year immediately before a. d. VI Kal. Mar. shifted the latter day to February 25 in leap years, with the Vigil of St. Matthias shifting from February 23 to the leap day of February 24. This shift did not take place in pre-Reformation Norway and Iceland; Pope Alexander III ruled that either practice was lawful (Liber Extra, 5. 40. 14. 1). Other feasts normally falling on February 25–28 in common years are also shifted to the following day in a leap year (although they would be on the same day according to the Roman notation). The practice is still observed by those who use the older calendars.


-wiki

EDSA Revolution at 26!

The People Power Revolution (also known as the EDSA Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986) was a series of populardemonstrations in the Philippines that occurred in 1983-86. The methods used amounted to a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and electoral fraud. This case of nonviolent revolution led to the departure of President Ferdinand Marcos and the restoration of the country's democracy. It is also referred to as the Yellow Revolution due to the presence of yellow ribbons during the demonstrations and the arrival of Benigno Aquino, Jr.. It was widely seen as a victory of the people against the 20-year running authoritarian, repressive regime of then president Ferdinand Marcos and made news headlines as "the revolution that surprised the world".

The majority of the demonstrations took place on a long stretch of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, more commonly known by its acronymEDSA, in Metropolitan Manila from February 22–25, 1986 and involved over two million Filipino civilians as well as several political, military, and including religious groups led by Cardinal Jaime Sin, the Archbishop of Manila. The protests, fueled by the resistance and opposition from years of corrupt governance by Marcos, culminated with the departure of the dictator from Malacañang Palace to the United Statesstate of Hawaii. Corazon Aquino was proclaimed as the legitimate President of the Philippines after the revolution.

On February 25, 2012, the Philippines celebrated the 26th anniversary of the People Power Revolution.

Ash Wednesday: The first day of the Lent Season.

Ash Wednesday, in the calendar of Western Christianity, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter. It is a moveable fast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter. It can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10.

According to the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, during which he endured temptation by Satan. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of this 40-day liturgical period of prayer and fasting.

Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of mourning and repentance toGod. The ashes used are typically gathered after the palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned.

This practice is common in much of Christendom, being celebrated by Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians, and some Baptist denominations.

At Masses and services of worship on this day, ashes are imposed on the foreheads of the faithful (or on the tonsure spots, in the case of some clergy). The priest, minister, or in some cases officiating layperson, marks the forehead of each participant with black ashes in the sign of the cross, which the worshipper traditionally retains until it wears off. The act echoes the ancient Near Eastern tradition of throwing ashes over one's head to signify repentance before God (as related in the Bible). ashes, being sacramentals, may be given to anyone who wishes to receive them, as opposed to Catholic sacraments, which are generally reserved for church members, except in cases of grave necessity. Similarly, in other Christian denominations ashes may be received by all who profess the Christian faith and are baptized.

In the Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday is observed by fasting, abstinence from meat, and repentance—a day of contemplating one's transgressions. The Anglican Book of Common Prayer also designates Ash Wednesday as a day of fasting. In the medieval period, Ash Wednesday was the required annual day of penitential confession occurring after fasting and the remittance of the tithe. In other Christian denominations these practices are optional, with the main focus being on repentance. On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 (whose health enables them to do so) are permitted to consume only one full meal, which may be supplemented by two smaller meals, which together should not equal the full meal. Some Catholics will go beyond the minimum obligations demanded by the Church and undertake a complete fast or a bread and water fast. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are also days of abstinence from meat (mammals and fowl), as are all Fridays during Lent. Some Catholics continue fasting throughout Lent,[citation needed] as was the Church's traditional requirement, concluding only after the celebration of the Easter Vigil.

As the first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday comes the day after Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), the last day of the Carnival season.

-wiki

Marinduque: The Home of Morions!

The Moriones is an annual festival held on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines.  The term "Moriones" was concocted by the media in the 60s, but local inhabitants have kept the original term, "Moryonan". The "Moriones" are men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Roman soldiers as interpreted by local folks.   Many practitioners are farmers and fishermen who engage in this age-old tradition as a vow of penance or thanksgiving.  The Moriones or Moryonan tradition has inspired the creation of other festivals in the Philippines where cultural practices or folk history is turned into street festivals.

Colorful festivals celebrated on the island of Marinduque and the Philippines. Morion means "mask" or "visor," a part of the medieval Roman armor which covers the face. Moriones, on the other hand, refers to the masked and costumed penitents who march around the town for seven days searching for Longinus. Morions roam the streets in town from Holy Monday to Easter Sunday scaring the kids, or engaging in antics or surprises to draw attention. This is a folk-religious festival that re-enacts the story of Saint Longinus, a Roman centurion who was blind in one eye. The festival is characterized by colorful Roman costumes, painted masks and helmets, and brightly-colored tunics. The towns of Boac, Gasan, Santa Cruz, Buenavista and Mogpog in the island of Marinduque become one gigantic stage. The observances form part of the Lenten celebrations of Marinduque. The various towns also hold the unique tradition of the pabasa or the recitation of Christ's passion in verse. Then at three o'clock on Good Friday afternoon, the Santo Sepulcro is observed, whereby old women exchange verses based on the Bible as they stand in wake of the dead Christ. One of the highlights of this festival is the Via Crucis. A re-enactment of the suffering of Christ on his way to the calvary. Men inflict suffering upon themselves by whipping their backs, carrying a wooden cross and sometimes even crucifixion. They see this act as their form of atonement for their sins. This weeklong celebration starts on Holy Monday and ends on Easter Sunday.

Legend has it that Longinus pierced the side of the crucified Christ. The blood that spurted forth touched his blind eye and fully restored his sight. This miracle converted Longinus to Christianity and earned the ire of his fellow centurions. The re-enactment reaches its climax when Longinus is caught and beheaded.Background.

In Valencia, Spain, there is a similar celebration called Festival de Moros y Cristianos (Moors and Christians Festival). It is almost certain that the word "Moriones" was derived from "Moros". Another possible derivation is from the Spanish word "murió" (root:morir) meaning death. The origin of the festival is traced to Mogpog and the year 1807 when the parish priest of said town, Fr. Dionisio Santiago, organized it for the first time.

-wiki

Archaeology in the Philippines began in Marinduque!

 Prior to 1900, only one important archaeological investigation had been carried out in the country: Antoine-Alfred Marche ’s exploration of Marinduque from April to July 1881. According to anthropologist Henry Otley Beyer, while many other accidental finds have been recorded from time to time and a few burial caves and sites had been casually explored by European or local scientists, no systematic work had been done anywhere else prior to these explorations. After Marche, the next important archaeological work was undertaken by Dr. Carl Gunthe in the Central Visayan Islands in 1922.
"An abundant yield of Chinese urns, vases, gold ornaments, skulls and other ornaments of pre-Spanish origin,” was what the Marche finds represented. He brought back to France in 40 crates the Marinduque artifacts he uncovered. Part of it now said to be housed at the Musee de l’Homme in France. The finds also included a wooden image of the Marinduque anito called ‘Pastores’ by the natives.
One of these artifacts also found its way into the National Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.(Catalogue No. A127996-0, Department of Anthropology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution.) These fragile jarlets traveled from China to the pre-colonial Philippines. Buried in a cave in Marinduque for centuries, they were excavated in the late 19th century, brought to Paris and eventually one ended up in the Smithsonian Institution museum facility outside Washington, D.C. Part of Marinduque's history lies in the Marinduque Museum (Poblacion, Boac, Marinduque) in museums abroad and it will take sometime to analyze these artifacts to piece together our pre-colonial past.

-wiki

Marinduque's Tagalog, root of modern national form of speech!

The version of Tagalog spoken in Marinduque has been described as "the root from which modern national forms of speech have sprung," where remnants of archaic Tagalog could be found, spoken in a lilting manner by its inhabitants. If this linguistic theory is accurate, Marinduque's Tagalog has contributed significantly to the development of the official Philippine national language.

To this day, Marinduqueños speak an old variation of the Tagalog language that is very close to the way Tagalog was spoken before the Spanish colonization. According to language experts, the Tagalog dialects of Marinduque are the most divergent, especially the Eastern Marinduque dialect, perhaps due to the relative isolation from the Tagalogs of Luzon and also perhaps due to the influence of the Visayan and Bikol migrants.

Linguist Rosa Soberano's 1980 The Dialects of Marinduque Tagalog goes into great depth concerning the dialects spoken there. The following is a verb chart which outlines the conjugation of the Eastern Marinduque dialect of Tagalog:

	Infinitive	Contemplative (future actions)	Progressive (past and present actions)	Completed (past actions)	Imperative
Actor Focus 1	-um- (gumawa) (future actions)	má- (mágawâ)	ná- (nágawâ)	-um- (gumawa)	0 (gawa)
Actor Focus 2	mag- (magbigay)	(ma)ga- ([ma]gabigay)	naga- (nagabigay)	nag- (nagbigay)	pag- (pagbigay)
Object Focus 1	-in (kainin)	a- (akainin)	ina- (inakain)	-in- (kinain)	-a (kaina)
Object Focus 2	i- (isulat)	a- (asulat)	ina- (inasulat)	i- -in- (isinulat)	-an (sulatan)
Object Focus 3	-an (tawagan) (future actions)	a-...-an (atawagan)	ina- ... -an (inatawagan)	-in- ... -an (tinawagan)	-i (tawagi)

Linguist Christopher Sundita observed that some of the affixes in Marinduque Tagalog, particularly "a-" and "ina-," are affixes used in Asi (Bantoanon), a Visaya language spoken in Romblon, just south of Marinduque. Marinduque Talagalo, like the Tagalog spoken over two centuries ago, had an additional verb category, the imperative, which is used for commands and requests (e.g., Matulog ka na - Go to sleep). Even then, the imperative and the infinitive were used side by side in expressing commands; but in standard Tagalog, apparently the infinitive became used exclusively. And in the Eastern Marinduque dialect, the imperative affixes are very much alive.

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Nakatuwa po mandin na kung ating aisipin ay isa itong karangalan para sa lahing Marinduqueño na sa atin pala nagmula ang wikang ating nagamit sa kasalukuyan.

PBB Unlimited: The Great Marinduque Adventure

(Let me speak on my native tongue guys)...

Kamakailan lamang ay naitampok mandin ang lalawigang aking kinalakihan sa isang sikat na programa ngayon sa telebisyon, ang Pinoy Big Brother Unlimited Edtion (Season 4). Isang kababayan ko ngani (Joseph Biggel o mas kilala sa tawag nga BIGGEL) ang mapalad na nakapasok sa loob ng bahay ni kuya upang ipakita ang kanyang totoong pagkatao at maipakilala na rin ang lalawigan kanyang minahal.

Nakakatuwa baya naman na kung a-isipin mo ay ngay-un lamang nabigyan ng pagkakataon na makilala ang aming munting lalawigan hindi laang sa Pilipinas gan-un na rin sa buong mundo.  Nagasimula ng makilala ang aming munting lalawigan at alam ko na ito ay magatuloy-tuloy na. Kasabay mandin ng pagkilala  ng mundo kay Biggel ay ang pagkilala din sa ganda ng Marinduque.

Hindi baga't ito'y magandang pagkakataon upang makilala ang lahing Marinduqueno.

Love is.....

Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. It is virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection; and "the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". Love may also be described as actions towards others based on compassion and affection.

It refers refers to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from pleasure to interpersonal attraction. "Love" may refer specifically to the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love, to the sexual love of eros, to the emotional closeness of familial love, or the platonic love that defines friendship, to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love. This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.

Love may be understood as part of the survival instinct, a function to keep human beings together against menaces and to facilitate the continuation of the species. People with developmental disorders may have a limited or minimal capability of experiencing love.

The word "love" can have a variety of related but distinct meanings in different contexts. Often, other languages use multiple words to express some of the different concepts that English relies mainly on "love" to encapsulate; one example is the plurality of Greek words for "love." Cultural differences in conceptualizing love thus make it doubly difficult to establish any universal definition.

Although the nature or essence of love is a subject of frequent debate, different aspects of the word can be clarified by determining what isn't love. As a general expression of positive sentiment (a stronger form of like), love is commonly contrasted with hate (or neutral apathy); as a less sexual and more emotionally intimate form of romantic attachment, love is commonly contrasted with lust; and as an interpersonal relationship with romantic overtones, love is sometimes contrasted with friendship, although the word love is often applied to close friendships.

When discussed in the abstract, love usually refers to interpersonal love, an experience felt by a person for another person. Love often involves caring for or identifying with a person or thing , including oneself. In addition to cross-cultural differences in understanding love, ideas about love have also changed greatly over time.


Love is sometimes referred to as being the "international language", overriding cultural and linguistic divisions.

Marinduque: A Great Summer Destination!

Marinduque is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region inLuzon. Its capital is Boac. Marinduque lies between Tayabas Bay to the north and Sibuyan Sea to the south. It is located south and west of Quezon, east of Mindoro, and north of Romblon.

Abundant fine beaches can be found in the province from affordable to high-end resorts, majestic waterfalls and caves. Beautiful and historical churches can also be found. The Luzon datum believe to be the center of the Philippines and the mother of all data and geological surveys can also be found here.

The Moriones festival also plays a prominent role in Marinduque's culture. Marinduque is famous for this annual Moriones Festival locally known as "Moryonan". During the month of March or April, parades and celebrations can be seen on the streets. In Santa Cruz, Gasan, Boac, and Mogpog, a parade of people dressed as "Moryons" can be seen on the main road connecting the towns of the island. Boac and Sta. Cruz, the biggest town in the province, shows a reenactment in the evening of the actual event when Longinus, a blind soldier, punctures Jesus with his spear and blood droplets from the wound restores Longinus' sight.

Marinduque Province is resided with various religious sects, Catholics make up the number. Several Aglipay, Mormons, Iglesia ni Cristo, and various Protestant- Born Again- bouds the island.