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Dear Readers,

Apologies for the delay. I’m finally putting up a fresh batch of selected My Hometown Project Websites from students in my Basic College Writing class. I handled two humongous sections of English One on the first term of this year...…

Playing with Picasa. The transformation of my tiny, spontaneous, humble art during the Marine Camp in Danjugan Island. The one with the black background is the final product. It landed as the new desktop background of my dear Pavi (my laptop).…

I had this photo taken when I was invited to talk about Bats Conservation Biology at Danjugan Island for the Marine Camp last weekend. Gingaw (Lutjanus bohar) is the local name of this fish. Its common English name is Two-spot Red…

Here is the soundcloud link to my raw recording of the song "Ugoy ng Duyan" as performed by the Kabataang Silay Ronadlla Ensemble (April 19, '12).

http://soundcloud.com/ivannee/kabataang-silay-rondalla

Enjoy the music! ♪♫♪►♪♫♫►♫♪♫

In this Lenten Season, I am far from my family. In my solitude I look back how it was with them. I even smile on thoughts when I never stopped asking my mother or father things about this season. I guess I was too small to comprehend the things that were happening around me back then. In this time of the year, I can't forget all the beliefs, stories, prayers, love, and unity of the people. All of these I experienced until now but may vary among us whether by intensity, by faith, by belief,…

Burnout? Stressed out with things and people breathing down your neck? Piece of advice: get out before you end up with a triple coronary bypass and open the latent altruistic nature in you - volunteer. I just did. I am now a  VSO volunteer in India - crowded, noisy, dusty, but... INCREDIBLE! Indeed!

I came in the winter season (January, 2012). The cold chills…

Sol, your festivity is here again. You are starting to do those little yet frequent sun kisses again. It used to tickle me before, but definitely changed after two years. The kisses are never gentle like before. At your own season, it is very unlikely that you have deceived me of those untimely nipping. Truly, you have committed infidelity. With your actions too obvious to tell. Those untimely nipping, attests that you have made love with Snaedis, the woman with a frosted soul. 

How…

I recently shared a class project-slash-memorabilia of a trip to Corregidor. The post can be found here on Noun Collective, a group blog maintained by a group of…

Kabanata 6 Ang Kaliskis ng Sirena


“Wala bang nasabi sa iyo ang mga magulang mo Lin-ay? Ang tungkol sa katauhan mo at tungkol sa pangalawa mong ina?” Napiiling lamang ang dilag sa tanong ng baylan. Sa halip na sumagot siya ay naghintay lamang ito ng karugtong sa mga sagot at tanong ni Marluja. “Nang ikaw ay isilang, ang naging pangalawang ina mo ay ang diyosa ng Bahag-hari na si Kulay. Dahil ikaw ay anak na rin ng diyosa ikaw napagkalooban ng kakaibang kakayahan…

Kabanata 5 Digmaang Agos at Lagablab


“Pinunong Hakim, ang mga hukbo ay nakabantay na sa kaninilang pwesto. Kami ay handa na para sa oras na ang mga Agos ay lulusob sa ating lugar.” Wika ni Bulgo ang pinuno ng mga mandirigma ng mga Lagablab. “Magaling Bulgo. Anumang oras ay pweding lumusoba ng mga walang kwentang mga Agos na iyan. Puntahan mo ang babaylang Silyab at papuntahin dito.”

Si Hakim ang hari ng mga Lagablab at sa…

Kabanata 4 Ang Unang Pagtatagpo 

Sa pagsapit ng umaga, ang lahat ng nasa tribo ay abala na sa mga pang-araw-araw na gawain. “Lin-ay Lapuri! Bumangon ka na at magsalok ka na ng tubig sa may ilog. Wala tayong gagamitin mamaya na panligo. Bangon na at matayog na ang kinalalagyan ng haring araw.” Tawag ng inang abala sa pagluluto para sa agahan. Ang amo’y ng luto ni Kinya ang tanging nagpabangon sa kay Lin-ay Lapuri at hindi ang utos ng ina nito. Subalit wala…

 Nothing could beat the spontaneous dancing in the street by devotees of Senor Sto. Nino in Kalibo, Aklan

Aklan, the oldest province in the Philippines, organized in 1213 by settlers from Borneo celebrates its world renowned Sto. Ati-atihan every 3rd week of January. History tells that Panay…

Today is a Saturday. It is precious because it's half of the 2 days of the week when I can catch up with my thoughts for a moment, create something that I hope people will find useful. I apologize beforehand; I feel that this is going to be a sketchy sketch of a blog entry, but I'll try to make the point clear :P

Over the span of two trimesters, I've been thinking of, planning and testing podcasting as a viable medium for student output. I've been trying to determine which…

The Arts Research and Training Institute in Southern Tagalog Inc (ARTIST Inc), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Museo de Maria Carpena Inc. in cooperation with the Department of Education will conduct the heritage-based pedagogy seminar-workshop for teachers of primary and secondary education.…

Kabanata 3 Ang Mahiwagang Sanggol

Habang lahat ay abala sa pagsaksi sa ritwal na sayaw, sa kabilang daku ng tribo ay kakaibang pagtitipon din ang nagaganap. Ang tribong ito ay tinawag na Tribong Ulsok. Tulad ng Tribong Hulhas kung saan kasapi sila ni Lin-ay Lapuri, sila man ay paniniwala tungkol sa kahiwagaan ng Asul na Buwan. Ang babaylang Sulhi ay nagsimula na sa kanyang salaysay tungkol sa isang…