Category Archives: PinoyPride
Honest janitor hailed in world wide web
I USED TO HAVE a great disdain for government employees. I always imagined them as inept, inefficient, corrupt, and good only in petty gossiping. Your karikna also considered them as insensitive, arrogant and proud, what with clerks acting like the … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Family, Heroes, Ilocos, PinoyPride
Hail the Marunggay Fairy and her green leafy wand
TRC Director General Tony Ortiz and MMSU President Miriam Pascua enjoy malunggay ice cream Everyone who enters Laoag City via the Gilbert Bridge is welcomed by a humungous “M” sign. The golden arch is trademark of a global food chain … Continue reading
Filed under Economy, Health, Ilocos, PinoyPride, The Good Life
Kariknas from Toronto wish us good health
Oh, the downside of urban life! In the away (rural areas), everybody is usually aware of the developments, no matter how trivial, in their neighbors’ lives. The same could not be said of our neighborhood in the Laoag City poblacion. … Continue reading
Filed under Health, Ilocos, Migration, Neighbors, PinoyPride
Uhaw sa Katapatan at Kagandahang-loob
I checked my blog statistics and noticed an increased amount of visitors led by google to my site while searching for “Mga Pilipinong nakagawa ng kabutihan sa kapwa”, “Mga Pilipinong nagsauli ng pera o gamit”, “Larawan ng kagandahang ugali ng … Continue reading
Filed under Filipino, Ilocos, Kuwento, PinoyPride
My Favorite 2009 Calendar
Former UP Student Council Chair and now Ilocos Norte Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member Kris Ablan sent me 3 copies of this novel calendar. More than the visual feast the calendar offers, it is my favorite because of what it represents. Kris … Continue reading
Filed under Personals, PinoyPride, Places, Revolution, Tourism
Kampay!
I may have been too busy drinking gulping SanMig Light the past years that I failed to notice one good alak manufactured right here in Sunshine City Laoag. Discovered it lately through a blog entry detailing a tambay at tagay … Continue reading
Filed under Personals, PinoyPride, Rural, The Good Life, Tourism
PITAKA NG PAG-ASA: Isang pagpupugay kay Leoncio Pagtama at sa lahat ng tulad niya
BAGAMA’T KINORONAHAN NA ang Pilipinas bilang bansang may pinakatalamak na korapsyon sa bahaging ito ng Asya, ako’y naninindigang honest ang Pinoy. Maniwala ka sa akin. Bilang certified burara, mahaba ang listahan ko ng mga pagmamagandang-loob ng aking kapwa. Marami na … Continue reading
Filed under Heroes, PinoyPride
Agosto, buwan ng ‘Lip Service’?: Patuloy ang pagdedma sa mga katutubong wika
Tuwing sasapit itong buwan ng Agosto, abala ang mga paaralan sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa. Programa diyan, patimpalak dito… hindi magkandaugaga ang mga mag-aaral at mga guro sa mga kaganapan. Nagbago na ang hugis ng Buwan ng Wika. … Continue reading
