Ildefonsa
Bobi Rodero
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Ildefonsa
January 15, 2009
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April 29, 2010
Ildefonsa avoided all kinds of socialization. Even refusing catering orders for her now famous patties, if the deal required her personal appearance before a group of adults. Her interactions with people outside her immediate family ...
March 29, 2010
It didn’t help that the welcoming crowd spoke to each other almost exclusively in apampangan, a Filipino dialect which was Greek to Rico who comes from south of Manila. He’s just been through an exhausting ...
February 26, 2010
We will forget about Conchita for now to continue our story in the city of Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where Rico ventured for a better paying job. Rico worked as an accounting ...
January 31, 2010
Nothing out of the ordinary happened in Conchita’s life after her husband’s death. She focused all her energy on looking after her children, providing for their everyday needs almost bsessively. In the months that followed ...
December 24, 2009
More than half an hour after the policeman left the restaurant, the whole family was still sitting on the dinner table not saying anything to each other, avoiding each other’s eyes. Even little Margarita just ...
November 26, 2009
That year, Conchita was a very peaceful and happy one for Conchita, a year devoid of tragic dramas involving the dreaded siokoy. That year, in fact, was a very exciting one because after eighteen years, ...
September 25, 2009
When Manuel Jr., asked his mother why she objected to his plan to become a seaman so that like many young men in their town he too could earn dollars, he didn’t get a clear ...
August 28, 2009
Everybody on the beach scanned the sea for any sign of the old couple as an eyewitness, a very agitated fish vendor, tried to describe what happened. Her mouth was full of betel nut chew ...
June 28, 2009
Conchita expected the worst from the parents of Manuel when she moved in with them. After all her in laws were very much against her marriage to Manuel despite her pregnancy and were very vocal ...
June 4, 2009
Conchita quickly settled in her new home in Oriental Mindoro, yet another convent attached to a school and a church, their architecture almost identical to her previous home on the other side of the island. ...
April 23, 2009
Conchita was very contented wth her life in Mindoro were nobody, not even the nuns in the convent there knew her true identity. She was introduced to them as an orphan and she was accepted ...
March 30, 2009
The crowd by the seaside went wild when the Mayor broke off from his circle of bodyguards and suddenly staggered towards the sea. He took his shirt off, a signal that he was game for ...
March 3, 2009
It was the middle of June and classes had just started across the country. The first lady of San Pedro was now settled comfortably in her new house in the big city of Cebu, just ...
February 1, 2009
The acrobatic twists and turns in the life of Ildefonsa will now finally conclude after a long pause caused by a lengthy haggle with the real-life families involved in this docu-drama. The author can now ...
December 19, 2008
The acrobatic twists and turns in the life of Ildefonsa will now finally conclude after a long pause caused by a lengthy haggle with the real-life families involved in this docu-drama. The author can now ...
December 5, 2008
PREVIOUSLY: A portly character who dressed up in scanty clothes and wore thick make up mysteriously settled in a remote spot overlooking the small town of San Pedro. Soon after her origin was traced to ...
October 24, 2008
The acrobatic twists and turns in the life of Ildefonsa will now finally conclude after a long pause caused by a lengthy haggle with the real-life families involved in this docu-drama. The author ...
Bobi Rodero
January 15, 2009
Conchita was literally beatified when she crossed rivers and seas and lumbered through concrete jungles and rice paddies to convert a tragedy into a romantic fairy tale. It was, however, not selfless maternal love as ...
January 15, 2009
Conchita was literally beatified when she crossed rivers and seas and lumbered through concrete jungles and rice paddies to convert a tragedy into a romantic fairy tale. It was, however, not selfless maternal love as ...
Bobi Rodero
January 15, 2009
The author meant to treat the story of Ildefonsa as a straight narrative but his ongoing conferences with the two families (every member lobbying to be depicted in a positive light) is turning this serialization ...
January 15, 2009
The author meant to treat the story of Ildefonsa as a straight narrative but his ongoing conferences with the two families (every member lobbying to be depicted in a positive light) is turning this serialization ...
Bobi Rodero
January 15, 2009
But in that same morning they woke up to her singing in front of their giant oven, staring at perfect circles that rose in unison and browned to the exact luscious terra cotta shade ...
January 15, 2009
But in that same morning they woke up to her singing in front of their giant oven, staring at perfect circles that rose in unison and browned to the exact luscious terra cotta shade ...
Bobi Rodero
January 15, 2009
And so the portly penpal penpal bride who was jilted by her groom within 24- hours of their first meeting was eventually married in lavish ceremonies witnessed by close to a thousand guests and admirers.
But ...
January 15, 2009
And so the portly penpal penpal bride who was jilted by her groom within 24- hours of their first meeting was eventually married in lavish ceremonies witnessed by close to a thousand guests and admirers.
But ...
Bobi Rodero
January 15, 2009
Many cried when they heard of Ildefonsa's sudden departure from Chicago. Then tears of joy when reports reached them that Rico traveled to Ildefonsa's small barrio to beg for forgiveness and ask for her hand ...
January 15, 2009
Many cried when they heard of Ildefonsa's sudden departure from Chicago. Then tears of joy when reports reached them that Rico traveled to Ildefonsa's small barrio to beg for forgiveness and ask for her hand ...
January 15, 2009
Ildefonsa was finally married to Rico on the 16th of June 1994. After the fiasco in Chicago, the couple agreed that they would immediately have the simplest of wedding with only their respective families in ...
Bobi Rodero
January 15, 2009
The crowd made loud noises of approval which made Ildefonsa look up from what she was doing. At the sight of Rico, poised like a chieftain leading his pack of young warriors, Ildefonsa was overcome ...
January 15, 2009
The crowd made loud noises of approval which made Ildefonsa look up from what she was doing. At the sight of Rico, poised like a chieftain leading his pack of young warriors, Ildefonsa was overcome ...
Bobi Rodero
January 15, 2009
In the fifth week of his "indefinite leave" from work, Rico got in touch with his former employer in Riyadh and requested for a reinstatement. Alas, the company would take him back only if he ...
January 15, 2009
In the fifth week of his "indefinite leave" from work, Rico got in touch with his former employer in Riyadh and requested for a reinstatement. Alas, the company would take him back only if he ...
CAN A MARRIAGE CONTRACTED BY PARTIES WHO ARE BETWEEN 18 AND 21 YEARS OF AGE BE ANNULLEDAndrew and Paz were sweethearts since they were in their early teens. Everything was perfect for the two lovers except for that fact that her parents never did approve of their relationship. After her 18th birthday, Paz’s parents flew to Canada as immigrants. It was agreed that Paz would temporarily stay with her aunt Linda and she would follow once she finishes the semester. This situation gave Andrew an almost unrestricted access to her girlfriend’s house as Paz’s aunt worked the night hours as an ICU nurse in Makati Medical Center. This unrestricted access allowed Andrew to stay in Paz’s residence where they spent long hours playing” house”. To make the long story short, their “house playing” eventually led to Paz having the early morning sickness and being a medical professional, it did not take Linda long to add two and two together....
Atty Ferdie Aguirre
May 5, 2010
Message from the Oblation
Whether or not it’s a fig, laurel or cloverleaf that is covering the model’s private parts when we look at the Oblation in front of the UP Administration building in Diliman or whether or not it was Tolentino’s student Anastacio Caedo or Fernando Poe Sr. who probably posed as model is immaterial.
Any inquisitive student during his/her sojourn will learn that the statue depicts “a naked youth seeking for the naked truth”....
Any inquisitive student during his/her sojourn will learn that the statue depicts “a naked youth seeking for the naked truth”....
Jose Sison Luzadas
May 16, 2010
Dear Jose
When we relate to other people, it is but natural to adapt different versions of yourself. One cannot openly say “ P*tang Ina” in front of one’s mother, or it would be quite unnatural to greet a peer by making “mano po”. With the collection of letters that Rizal exchanged, different aspects of his personality come out. Rizal kept all the letters that he received because “through them he wanted to study the character, temperament, transformation, and intellectual tendencies of his friends and countrymen” (Viola 324). So we do the same now to him.
In a letter, addressed to Trinidad Rizal, Rizal fits into the role of “Kuya”. He tells of his adventures in Germany and his impression of German women who are not afraid of men and are more concerned with substance than with appearances. So like any kuya, he encourages Trining to form the habit of studying, so as to adorn herself with substance. He ends the letter asking her to write him back in Spanish....
In a letter, addressed to Trinidad Rizal, Rizal fits into the role of “Kuya”. He tells of his adventures in Germany and his impression of German women who are not afraid of men and are more concerned with substance than with appearances. So like any kuya, he encourages Trining to form the habit of studying, so as to adorn herself with substance. He ends the letter asking her to write him back in Spanish....
Anna Cristina B. de la Paz, AB European Studies
November 22, 2009
THE BANGOSThe bangos or milkfish ( Family: chanidae, Genus: chanos, Species:chanos chanos ) is a national symbol of the Philippines and synonymous with the town of Hagonoy. Whenever you mention the town of Hagonoy in the province of Bulacan, to persons unfamiliar with the town, they would readily say, is that the town where there are lots of bangos, lots of fishponds ? The bangos from Hagonoy has a good reputation for its taste, not like the variety from someother place that reeks of gilik or burak and reedy smell and taste....
Ven Del Pilar Faundo
May 8, 2010
Update Issue - February, 2008NAGBABAGONG KLIMA SA PILIPINAS, nitong nakaraang dalawang buwan nagsisidaing ang mga naninirahan sa Baguio dahil sa tindi ng ginaw, 8-sentigrado. Di pa umano sila nakadanas ng pangangatog sa ginaw. Dahil hindi naman nangyayari ito, walang central heating ang mga bahay. Suot daw nila ay patong-patong at nakabalabal ng makapal.
Naitanong namin sa sarili, paano na lang yong mga taga Cordillera na hubad ang kalahati ng katawan at nakatapak. Sinasabing magtatagal pa itong lamig....
Naitanong namin sa sarili, paano na lang yong mga taga Cordillera na hubad ang kalahati ng katawan at nakatapak. Sinasabing magtatagal pa itong lamig....
Orquidia Valenzuela
February 12, 2009
Medical Insurance Coverage in the Philippines 2Dear Nene,
How are you?
First, we would like to inform you that together with other kababayans I miss your advisory column Ayon kay Nene very much. May I also inform you I have kept past issues of Munting Nayon and have used them several times to answer some questions of our kababayans. I am happy that your column is now available on the Munting Nayon website.
Last month, I was finally confronted just like others who have experienced it before me to send emergency money for my mother who was sick and had to be hospitalized for pneumonia. My sister called me in the middle of the night (7:00 AM Philippines time) to tell me to send urgent money to be used ......
How are you?
First, we would like to inform you that together with other kababayans I miss your advisory column Ayon kay Nene very much. May I also inform you I have kept past issues of Munting Nayon and have used them several times to answer some questions of our kababayans. I am happy that your column is now available on the Munting Nayon website.
Last month, I was finally confronted just like others who have experienced it before me to send emergency money for my mother who was sick and had to be hospitalized for pneumonia. My sister called me in the middle of the night (7:00 AM Philippines time) to tell me to send urgent money to be used ......
Corazon Dee, PhD
January 13, 2009
EyeOpenerThe Election campaign for national positions in the Philippines is officially on! To many people it is the start of fiestas and carnivals where candidates show their wares – they sing & dance, do fiery speeches attacking political opponents, invite movie, radio/television personalities to attract more people to their political rallies and meetings. To the Class D & E these are welcome opportunities to enjoy free foods and entertainment compliments of the candidates....
Ber Pacheco
February 15, 2010
Si KakaAng pagkamatay ng isang ama ay nangangahulugan ng pagkawala ng pinuno ng isang tahanan. Sa kanyang pagpanaw ay natural lamang na may pumalit sa kanya bilang isang puno na namamahala at nagsasakripisyo, bilang isang haligi na nagbibigay ng tibay, bilang isang modelo upang upang maging isang halimbawa. Sa pangkaraniwang pamilya, iyon ay ang anak na panganay na lalake. Sa aming pamilya ay iyon si Kaka, hindi lamang dahil sa siya ang panganay kung hindi dahil sa siya ay nagtataglay ng mga maka-amang katangian....
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THE TALANGKA
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HALFWEG - THE NETHERLANDS
….gearing up for another exciting Kalayaan Fiesta in conjunction with our 22nd Philippine Independence Day celebration in the Netherlands…..
DEN HAAG - The Netherlands
…Celebrate Philippine Independence Day and set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the LARGEST PICNIC! …
Venue: ZuiderPark - Den Haag-The Netherlands
Date:June 12, 2010 (Saturday)
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