Kadayawan 20018: Sir Anoy Catague's works

Last week's celebration of Kadayawan 2008 is truly unforgettable and nostalgic. the festivity brought so many vivid memories of my childhood days. My short immersion and interaction with the different lumad tribes was remarkable. The excitement even ran down from the depth of my veins as I mingle with them and knowing that from these veins thrive a portion of a Dabawenyo blood within me. Every single breath coming from my lungs and every sweat coming from my skin was nothing because of the thrill and eagerness to be in the events relevant to the celebration.

One unforgettable experience I have is when I got the sheer chance to visit Museo Dabawenyo situated along Magallanes Street. Upon entering the said haven, I was in awe and excitement, the feeling I had that time was like Harry Potter in his first yeat at Hogwarts whose innocence and naivity brought him to an unlikely adventure inside the magical school. While inside the museum I happened to enter a room filled with paintings from a man who devote himself in creating invaluable indigenous work of art. The man was Anoy Amar Catague. Weaving together this body of artwork is his depiction of lumad people in Mindanao and are the original inhabitants of the place. The Obras above are immortalized through the lumad's instruments of expression- Agong, Dabakan, Heglong,S'ludoy, Kulintang and Kubing among others. Muck Like the lumads, Anoy creates his work in complete harmony with the temporal and earthly activities of daily life.

Mr. BUSY

Time really flies fast. Imagine, I was not able to update my blog for like more than a month because of the fact that I was damn busy with my school stuffs. It was a rush for me everyday at school. Filing for PRC is coming to its end, our schedule is sometime at September and I am still hoping that I can finish it. I am schedule to take the NLE this November and of course I am very excited for it. Sooner, I can have my license to practice professionally. As for now, I am just so busy. I wonder when will Mr. Busy have his rest. lol. hasta luego.

hello world

Time flies really fast for me, imagine, I was not able to update my blog for like a month or so and haven't heard from the cyberworld lately because of my school stuffs. lol. I was working double time with my PRC requirements so that I can take the NLE 2008 this coming November. sigh. These few months was awful and tiring. I imagined myself stacked inside a small jar desperate to break free. Anyways, I am so happy that I am back again here doing my blog. I just missed this. yahoo. I got a bad news actually. And I am so upset because of that. My body just balloned itself more than i expect it to be. I don't know, Am I depressed that I crave for yummy grafrafmm foods? lol. As for the moment, I am getting myself a dose of self-discipline on food choice and consumption. arg. until then

Nanay Reina, a recollection

Today's the birthday of my late grandma, (+)Reina Reyes Day y Agujetas the mother of my Dad. When she was still around, I used to call her Nanay Rening. I really wanted to visit her in her tomb, unfortunately I can't because I'm still in Davao and I can't go back there yet, not until I am done with my DR cases. Probably I'll be at my probinsya later this week, and I'll surely get to visit her.

The last time I saw my Nanay Rening was a day prior to my departure going to Iloilo City for a youth convention, and that was barely five years ago. I can still remember that she gave me a sum of Php500 as her pabaon to me, and I really hug her tightly for that. anyways, so much for the reminiscing,lol. It's already June and I'll be coming back to my place and I will be seeing my friends there. I will surely visit all of the hot spots there. I really wanted to eat our native delicacies like paksiw na saugnon, fresh tatud with suka, ginisa na tatat, lupak na saging, and tuwa na taytay among others. anyways, do they sound weird? hmf, they are tasty and exotic actually.

Life after 20 years; a pursuit of happiness

I celebrated my birthday yesterday with some of my good old friends from high school, elementary and even kindergarten days, a reunion of friends at the same time. i prepared some seafoods and some wine to add taste and excitement to the occasion. I originally planned to have the party exclusive to my family because of the reason that I can't throw a huge evening party to all. yes, I don't have that enough money, in short- I'm experiencing financial scarcity.lol. in the middle of the party, thoughts came to my mind when I went to the CR, I remembered my friends who've been a part of my life already, "I wish they were here" was the line murmured by my mind. I just missed them.

We had fun the entire night and we shared so many memories that were almost forgotten in the bypassing years of our lives. I just couldn't contain the feeling of self-contentment.

Personally, my 21st natal day is a turning point in my life as an individual where I feel that life is indeed a fast paced one. I can say that this is really it. Sometimes, in order for one to grow and sprout, one has to sacrifice, and that's what I realized. This is the time where I need to follow my dreams and leave behind the things from the past. Now that I'm done with my 20 years of existence, I hope that I can live up my expectations for the next 20 or 30 years or more.

I'm at City Library

This day proves to be a boring one. I woke up early.Ate my breakfast early. I took my bath early just like I used to and glued myself to morning news at CNN and Umagang Kay Ganda. After an hour, 'di ko namalayan, I had fallen asleep again. haha. and poof, I woke up just when Game KNB players were shouting "Ba-Bye-Ba-Bye" to a contestant who lost the game and when Edu would say, "Let's do the Papaya Dance". Later this afternoon, sa sobrang ingay sa apartment (kasi nga, I was ALONE), and since I can't use my PC ( the CPU is at my friend's house- needs to be reformatted), I decided to go out. I rode a PUB going to the Museo Dabawenyo to browse on indigenous crafts which is one of my interests ever since. I hastily went to open the gate of the said Museum, only to find out that it's close for general cleaning. I thought I was going to get inside. It was pretty dispappointing actually. but I lost no hope, so I decided to go at City Library instead. Here I am, browsing the net and looking at my Multiply pictures, and waiting until my eyes get teary.

It's May DAY

I Hope it's not too late.

To my Mom- Happy Mother's Day to her.
To my aunt Marf- Happy Birthday.

These are the two women I considered to be influential in my life's sojourn. They were the butter to my bread. I was recently working out my schedules. My training in AITAH is very demanding that I have to sacrifice some of my work- including my time here writing stuffs (which i missed so much). It's mid-May already. Gotta Enjoy my summer.