Some e-mails ( or blogs )

Name: Remi Gonzalez
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EmailAddress: To Vic
Remote Name: 64.236.243.16
Date: Friday, December 09, 2005

Message

I envy you that you can write fluent Ilocano. I also had an Ilocano blood being born in Camiling, Tarlac where my mother was raised and grew up. I went to Camiling Elem. School till Grade 3 then the whole family moved to Cubao, Quezon City during the early 50's where we all grew up. I took my intermediate and high school at Manila public schools.So, at my early age I suddenly became Manila boy missing all the simple life in the barrio. Going back to Camiling, Tarlac, we have also a very famous and great son, General Carlos P. Romulo. A stateman and a writer. This was also the hometown of Leonor Rivera, the sweetheart of Jose Rizal who married an Engineer Kipping. I never failed to pass by Camiling market everytime I go to Lingayen to buy their famous chicharon. It's the best if you had it in pinakbet. Between pinakbet and steak I would go for pinakbet. Happy blogging.

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Name: Vic Costes
Town_City:
EmailAddress: for my co-bloggers Arsenio and Remi
Remote Name: 152.163.101.14
Date: Friday, December 09, 2005

Message

Thank you for ur message, Remi..I seldom write in Ilocano. Emotionally, there are so many things you can say in Ilocano which you can never express in English. But I do not know many Ilocano words which the people born in Ilocandia would know by heart.. I also appreciate the lyrics ( and tunes )of the classic Ilocano love songs: TA NAGSAWAY A PINTAS MO, BIAG KEN BILEG, etc. I play these pieces on my grandaughter's piano which she left in our house so my fingers would resist whatever problems that would start to affect them if they are idle..Going back to Ilocano, you could not use NAGSAWAY, or UMASPING in Asingan. They would raise their eyebrows at you. Or UN-ONNOY but I learned all these Ilocano words from these Ilocano Love Songs which are an integral part of our cultural heritage..It is so ironic that once you are out of the Philippines that is the time when you would start appreciating our native culture in terms of literature, poetry and music. By the way, we went to Camiling one time with the choir back in the '60s for a caroling stint. The assistant priest at that time came from Camiling. He is Fr. Geronimo Marcelino. Arsenio, your aunt Brigida will surely recognize this name. If I am not mistaken, she came with the group for that overnight trip to Camiling...