The Phoenix

It was a nice Friday night and I really want to go out and sing my heart out at the nearest and cheapest Videoke Bar available. I really missed singing because I haven't been singing for quite sometime now. It's a good thing that my officemates and friends know a place where we could avail of the cheapest private videoke room. Ed have been telling this place to me since last week. And because I really want to hang-out with them at that time, I asked them to come with me into that place. So at 10pm, just after office hours, we went to the Island 21 Family KTV . It is located just outside Multinational Village in Parañaque City. Just a few blocks away from our office. Beside the Dongalo's Best Restaurant. For just 150 pesos per hour per room with no limit on the number of people allowed in a room, you could enjoy each others company while just singing your favorite songs, chatting, drinking, eating and a little kulitan moment. Every moment was remarkable. But one thing...

Tatlong araw na ang lumipas. Hindi pa rin kita kilala. Sino ka ba talaga? Bakit hindi ka nagpakilala? Magbibigay-bigay ka, hindi mo naman lalagyan ng pangalan. Nahihiya ka ba? O baka naman pinagti-tripan mo lang ako. Alam mo bang ngayon lang ako nakatanggap ng ganun mula sa isang tao sa tanang-buhay ko? Tapos nagmula pa sa isang nilalang na walang pangalan na gaya mo. Kung sino ka man, salamat sa regalo mo... Salamat at naalala mo ako... Salamat sa isang pulang rosas na bigay mo... Lanta na ang rosas pero nananatili ka pa ring isang palaisipan. Parang imposible nang malaman ko kung sino ka. Pero sana... isang araw... subukan mong magpakilala...

February 12-14, 2011… That’s the time when I, along with my two friends Olive and Greyz, had a chance to experience the Ilocos Heritage. Before anything else, let me just share to you little facts about Ilocos. There might be some of you who are wondering on what’s the difference between Ilocanos and Ifugaos when both are speaking the same language, Ilocano . Ifugaos live in the high-lands. While Ilocanos live in low-lands. Ilocos, like any other provinces, have Plazas where all the locals usually get together for a special event. But it is very noticeable that whenever you see a Plaza , you will also see a church, a municipal/city hall and a village full of huge houses which usually belong to the well-known families of that place. Why? It’s because during the Spanish era until earlier 1900s, almost all the members of the well-known families who live in the village near the Plaza are working in the Municipal/City Hall. They all go to the church on Sundays. And, they ...