#What to do in Ormoc

[shellwanders]

Aephoria: A Dive into Ormoc City's Hottest Bar

[whisperthatruns]

The Galleons 5

We didn’t want to be noticed, so we put charcoal on our faces. I listen to the hours of tape, of the two of us at the dining table.

All the girls, looking like dirt. / My father was always drinking Questions about the town, her parents, the names of people

or with women, my mother had to take care of the business. / that only she could now remember. The images, I imagined,

My sister broke her back when she was a child, she grew up scrolling in her mind, and translated into the answers she gave.

into a hunchback. She died very young. / They set up a dance Sometimes pausing, not because she couldn’t recall, but didn’t

at the municipal tennis courts to celebrate the end of the war, want to recall badly, the pause a kind of gap between what she

and he was there, in his US uniform. / He always insisted that knew and what the words could do. The two things a voice

we sit at the front, but when I was by myself on the bus I sat can say when it is saying one thing, the things that suddenly

somewhere in the middle. I didn’t want trouble. / I was around return when you are speaking, like pockets of color coming to

fifty-five when I had my first real job, working as the security life in your mind: I listen to her with my skin and my eyes,

at Macy’s. / I always liked to read. I wanted to go to college my ears. I had had the notion that asking her about her life

like my sisters, but I got married. / You know that wedding might add something to what I thought of as my art, as though

dress in the picture, we had to borrow it from our neighbor. / her past and her love could be vectors of use. But I started to

I liked Japan when he was stationed there. It was so clean. realize that what I actually needed to know, I would have

Then Norfolk. Richmond. / I was so sick on the ship, I can’t to conjure for myself, because what we know most deeply

remember much. Your mama just kept running all around. we guard best, even as she spoke, laughed, passed the glow

It was a navy ship. / My mother’s name is Canuta Sacay and of each story to me, like a document I could have in hand

my father’s name is Enrique Omega. My grandparents were but could not understand. I put the tape away, felt for years

farmers outside Ormoc. / I was born in Ormoc, December 8, that it was enough, the responsibility done. Our conversation

1924 or ’25. / This was the apartment we lived in in Maryland. stopped when my aunt came to take her out for some errands.

That’s Junior there in the picture. And there’s your mama. Chatter, chairs moved around, then noises that are just noises. 

Rick Barot, The Galleons (Milkweed Editions, 2020)

[ayzhadelleruin]

OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 3 SECTION 4 ARTICLE 1216

The creditor may proceed against any one of the solidary debtors or some or all of them simultaneously. The demand made against one of them shall not be an obstacle to those which may subsequently be directed against the others, so long as the debt has not been fully collected.

TRADE AND INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES also known as PHILIPPINE EXPORT-IMPORT CREDIT AGENCY, Petitioner

vs.

PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK, Respondent

G.R. No. 233850 July 2019

FACTS:

A Five-Year Floating Rate Note Facility Agreement was entered into by respondent Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) together with other banking institutions (Series A Noteholders) and Philippine Phosphate Fertilizer Corporation (PhilPhos) up to the aggregate amount of ₱5 billion. PVB committed the amount of ₱1 billion in the said agreement. On the same date, Trade and Investment Development Corporation of the Philippines (TIDCORP), with Philphos’ conformity, executed a Guarantee Agreement to secure the payment of the Series A Notes whereby TIDCORP bound itself to guarantee the payment of the guaranty obligation up to 90% of the outstanding Series A Notes, including interest, on a rolling successive three-month period commencing on the first drawdown date and ending on the maturity date of the Series A Notes.

When Typhoon Yolanda hit Central Visayas and caused damage to Philphos’ manufacturing facilities, Philphos’ failed to resume its operations. Upon Philphos’ filing of a petition for Voluntary Rehabilitation under the Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act of 20107 (FRIA) before the Regional Trial Court of Ormoc City, Branch 12, a commencement order including a stay order was issued by the said court. PVB filed its notice of claim on 5 November 2015 with TIDCORP, however, the latter refused to accept PVB’s claim by invoking the stay order issued by the Rehabilitation Court.

On 22 September 2016, PVB filed a complaint for specific performance before the RTC against TIDCORP arguing that TIDCORP agreed to guarantee payment to the Series A Noteholders to the extent of 90% of the Series A Notes and interest and waived the benefit of excussion. TIDCORP argued in its Answer with Counterclaim that said complaint cannot be tried by the court due to the Rehabilitation Court’s Stay Order. Consequently, RTC granted PVB’s Motion for Summary Judgement since there was no genuine issue as to any material fact presented by TIDCORP. Hence, this Petition for Review on Certiorari was filed by TIDCORP assailing RTC’s Order.

ISSUE:

Whether or not TIDCORP can be held solidarily liable with PHILPOS under the Guarantee Agreement by waiving the benefit of excussion.

RULING:

Yes, petitioner TIDCORP indubitably engaged to be solidarily liable with PhilPhos under the Guarantee Agreement. The Guarantee Agreement unequivocally states that petitioner TIDCORP waived its right of excussion under Article 2058 of the Civil Code and that, consequently, the Series A Noteholders can claim under the Guarantee Agreement DIRECTLY against petitioner TIDCORP without having to exhaust all the properties of PhilPhos and without need of any prior recourse against PhilPhos:

Under a normal contract of guarantee, the guarantor binds himself to the creditor to fulfill the obligation of the principal debtor in case the latter should fail to do so. The guarantor who pays for a debtor, in turn, must be indemnified by the latter. However, the guarantor cannot be compelled to pay the creditor unless the latter has exhausted all the property of the debtor and resorted to all the legal remedies against the debtor. This is what is otherwise known as the benefit of excussion. Conversely, if this benefit of excussion is waived,  the guarantor can be directly compelled by the creditor to pay the entire debt even without the exhaustion of the debtor's properties. In other words, a guarantor who engages to directly shoulder the debt of the debtor, waiving the benefit of excussion and the requirement of prior presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, undoubtedly makes himself/herself solidarily liable to the creditor.

In effect, the nature of the guarantee obligation assumed by petitioner TIDCORP under the Guarantee Agreement was transformed into a suretyship. This is the case because the defining characteristic that distinguishes a guarantee from a suretyship is that in the latter, the obligor promises to pay the principal's debt if the principal will not pay, while in the former, the obligor agrees that the creditor, after proceeding against the principal and exhausting all of the principal's properties, may proceed against the obligor. Hence, taking together the fact that petitioner TIDCORP expressly admitted its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement, and that it failed to offer any substantial defense against the claim of respondent PVB, the RTC was not in error in holding that there is no genuine issue as to a material fact extant in the instant case. For the foregoing reasons, the Court hereby denies the instant Petition for lack of merit.

(also applicable Art 2047, 2058, 2059 of Civil Code)

[minjeongwinters]

a letter to the rpc about visayan (filipino) faceclaims! please read!

some faceclaims with resources that i’ve seen be used in the rpc, who are of visayan descent.

saweetie. she mentioned in an interview while listing places in the philippines that she’s vacationed in that she has family in boracay (west visayas) and cebu (central visayas). 

eva noblezada. the miss saigon and yellow rose star mentioned that her filipino family are bisaya (from maguindanao) and ilonggo (from iloilo and bacolod).

louriza tronco. louriza, who is best known for her role in netflix’s the order, has said that her family has roots in cabatuan, iloilo (western visayas).

charlotte nicdao. her family is bisaya, from ormoc.

maja salvador. her family is bisaya (central visayan) and waray (eastern visayan).

notes

“bisaya” people in this context = people from cebu/sugbu and bohol, or those who speak “cebuano” and “boholano” and are descended from these peoples. the reason we use the word bisaya here is not to erase other visayans, but because we have nothing else to call them. bisaya is the endonym. if other visayans wish to call themselves bisaya too, it’s no problem for me. but cebuano and boholano are invented colonial terms, which is why we just call ourselves and our language bisaya. (cebuano and boholano are the same language.)

there are many visayan migrants in southern/central leyte and mindanao as well, and most of them can be assumed to be specifically bisaya (as in originating from cebu or bohol, though there are some ilonggo migrant families in mindanao too). although cebuano and boholano are actually separate ethnic groups, we feel a close connection due to our common language, and for diaspora (i.e. those of us bisaya speakers who live in leyte and mindanao), whether our ancestors were from cebu or bohol (or perhaps both?) becomes even harder to trace. (a good chunk of the bisaya people in leyte, however, probably have roots from bohol thanks to the migrations from bohol in maasin, southern leyte.)

ilonggo/hiligaynon = people from western visayas, who speak the language hiligaynon

waray = people from samar and northern leyte, who speak the language waray

there are other visayan ethnolinguistic groups not mentioned here, such as karay-a speakers. these are all distinct ethnolinguistic groups, but we do share a lot of cultural stuff and are closely related to each other. it’s not uncommon for visayans to have roots in various different visayan ethnic groups. 

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filipinos are, again, not just one people. we are a collection of 170+ ethnicities and languages. the peoples of the philippines’ visayas region have suffered so much, and continue to. tw for racism & imperialism below.

i won’t go into detail about historical atrocities, but please know that visayans were among the ethnic groups brought to america in the 1900s to either die and become white anthropologists’ scientific specimens or be displayed in human zoos. currently: visayan children are fined for speaking their languages in school. tagalog people have slurs for visayans (such as “bisakol,” even though the original meaning isn’t even derogatory) and many call us monkeys bc of our languages (mostly directed towards bisaya speakers tho).

it may not be a big deal to you. “they’re all filipino anyway,” right? what difference does it make if a celebrity is of visayan heritage? but please, i am once again asking you to properly represent visayan faceclaims and write visayan characters. mentioning their heritage in their biographies or character pages is not hard. googling some visayan foods/drinks (according to their specific group) or phrases or customs is not hard. i just want to see visayan representation, it’s a very simple request. we’ve suffered a lot even under our fellow filipinos especially because of the tagalog-dominated imperial manila. it’s simple! i know some of you are using these people or other celebrities who are of visayan descent for your original characters. it won’t take a lot of time to just tweak their character pages a bit or allude to eating batchoy or cebu’s famous dried mangoes or making them say something in a visayan language in your next reply. this also goes for writing that isn’t in the roleplaying community. please do not be afraid to represent visayans, please.

[w-arcuino]

Following the theme of sugar and candy,  this slogan represents one of the crucial issues we have today in this pandemic.

In these times, manipulated news is a big problem.  Altered facts received from sources are fed to the general public to spread optimism and hope; which is wrong since that optimism can often lead to misunderstandings and mistakes.

Some people also tend to exaggerate good news to a level where it tarnishes the truth. Because of this, some people think that the pandemic is curving down, but it's not. The state of our country is going more downhill as time passes.

Take the example of our city. Ormoc, despite the government doing tremendous work protecting its people from the virus. Some citizens are relying too much on their protection. This leads to a lot of them going outside for leisure purposes and not of requirement. Now we have the price to pay: the 2nd wave of the virus we are currently under in.

What we should do today is base our thoughts about the pandemic on real records and not on the opinions of other people whose drive to work is fed by politics and selfish benefit. And even though human psychology plays a role in why we break protocols from time to time, we should discipline ourselves from doing so. Hence the thought, "treat yourself some sour truths instead of sugar-coated lies."

[jelaharaneta]

SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR

The other farmhands thought Isidore was lazy, and created extra work for them. Like them, Isidore was a day laborer about a thousand years ago on a wealthy estate in Madrid, Spain. Because before coming to work Isidore took time to go to Mass, the other farmers assumed they were doing some of his share of the work. That they didn't like. They knew nothing that Isidore had any extra support but it wasn't them!

The land owner, Juan de Vargas, went to see what the trouble was all about after he heard his farmhands complain about this praying worker. To his surprise he saw the plow being driven by two angels. If, in Isidore 's absence, the angels did not do all the plowing, they stood next to him and plowed alongside him. In this way, Isidore did more than twice the work he should have on his own, and his work was also being done while at Mass. Juan believed in the miracle he had witnessed, and in his lifetime he would come to see more. He believed that Isidore 's life had saved his daughter. He also thought that Isidore had saved a horse 's life, which was really important for farming.

Whether all these miracles really existed or not, we can't remember. But we know for sure that Isidore was devoted to God profoundly, and taught many others how God is still with us. There was nothing in the way of his praying to God and his worship.

Isidore was born to poor framers close to Madrid in Spain around the year 1070. They loved and served God even though his family was bad. Isidore and his family believed that by helping others, it was necessary to demonstrate love for God. They also gave away what little they had because it was more important for someone else. Isidore had a particular love for the animals. He even cooked them, and took care of them.

Isidore met Maria Torribia, a young woman who loved God profoundly too. They had a son and they married, but the boy died suddenly. Maria and Isidore agreed not to try to have any other kids because they felt they were called to another kind of life by God. They spent their time caring for those in need and praising God, while they still loved each other. Mary became a saint too. In 1130, Isidore died and was canonized in 1622. He and Maria continue to be highly popular in Spain.

The Spanish have a dance that honors Maria and Isidore. They also have processions for their fields and animals that are used to bless them. The Spanish claim that the success of their harvests is very important to these two saints. He is often called St. Isidore the Farmer or St. Isidore the Laborer and is the Patron Saint of Barangay Licuma, Ormoc City, Philippines.

©Saint Resource - saintsresource.com/ isidore-the-farmer

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[huesofblue]

Conic Sections. This is surely something I never thought I would see being embodied in real life, no more being really close to me in the form of the objects around me. It definitely gave meaning to the sentiment that math is everywhere. In almost every object I see, there’s surely going to be something that will represent such conic sections - circles, ellipses, parabolas and hyperbolas - whether they be hiding behind the other designs on the object or be sticking out like a sore thumb against them.

At first, I wasn’t really keen on learning this topic because of the numerous formulas that I had to familiarize and then memorize for it, but after actually going through the discussions and applying what I’ve learned on sample problems, I found that I’ve developed a particular liking to it as time passed by, especially since I’ve always had fun in solving questions and numbers. I think I’ve also become more critical and more meticulous through learning this topic because as we went about it, I definitely got into obstacles that taught me that I had to double-check everything I did because one tiny mistake can change the outcome of the bigger picture.

Although, what I do not like about it is that I have to graph whatever I solved, and that’s something I know I’m not good at or confident in doing, which should explain my dislike towards graphing.

I also realized, after seeing the conic sections in their graph forms, that they can be found literally everywhere. It may not seem like it, but it is true. Conic sections can be found being utilized in so many fields of profession like architecture, astronomy, and physics, and it can even be found in just the objects we have at home. This trait of the subject, conic sections being found in anything, is definitely what I think makes it all the more interesting, solvings aside, because it’s pretty cool to think that our everyday, run-of-the-mill things actually use conic sections, and that we do see math everyday, we just don’t notice it or are aware of it. It’s literally lying under our noses and flying under our radars; you can even say that it’s sort of similar to a stealthy ninja.

And of course, I can’t just say things without proving them. So, lo and behold, here are some of the things that I have at home that utilize or have conic sections.

DETAILS:

CIRCLES

1. Plate

    - approximated radius = 3

    - photo taken on a bed, on top of a white blanket

2. Small Bowl

    - approximated radius = 2

    - photo taken on a bed, on top of a white blanket

PARABOLAS

1. Small Bowl

    - curve opens = upward

    - photo taken on a bed, on top of a white blanket

2. Mug (Handle)

    - curve opens = to the left

    - photo taken on a bed, on top of a white blanket

HYPERBOLAS

1. Container (Handle)

    - curves open = left and right

    - photo taken against a cream-colored wall

2. Basketball

    - curves open = up and down

    - photo taken as a reflection on a mirror in the living room

[All these photographs were taken using an iPhone X camera at Brgy. San Isidro, Ormoc City.]

[coro-giem]

With all the admission I'm not the time of a person who really enjoys talking a lot but a nice person kind. As life is full of mystery and I am full of curiosity about myself. When I was in grade 1 we moved from Ormoc to Albuera. I really don't know Albuera 's story even though I lived there in 11 years. But because my uncle has lived there since he was born, it means he knows Albuera a great deal. So back because my parents haven't allowed me to go out with my friends and I'm just going back and forth to my aunty's house and going back to our home that's just my routine whenever I feel my relatives who live in Ormoc have missed.

Now the time goes by since I lived knowing with my auntie 's house to my part that I was curious about the Saint's in Albuera who, as Senior San Roque and Senior Santiago and my uncle are the kind of person who loved sharing story and I ask him that uncle I can ask you something about the Saints of Albuera Leyte. He started sharing, so here we go. The Senior San Roque was founded because of the Albuera epidemic. The people in Albuera felt sick like vomiting and diarrhea and finding a way to find some medication since it was a long time ago or just let it be said long ago. Sad to hear they can not find any medicine to treat the Albuera epidemic. So what they've done since the Albuera people , known as Albueranos, they 're religious, and since they're religious, they've figured out who's a patron who can cure the disease through the bible. And that's Senior San Roque, that's also why the Albueranos are celebrating their Senior San Roque Fiesta.

Senior San Roque was born in Villa Mompellen, in Languedoc Region. His father's name is Juan and his mother's name is Liberia where Senior San Roque 's parents were wealthy. When both of his parents have gone beyond the heritage and he was selling some of his parent's things and all he is doing is giving the poor people a shave. Senior San Roque is a Healer. Many people are demanding his support. The time he was not yet a Saint, or did not give his soul to the sick lord. What he did is ask the lord for aid, and give up his life to the lord. Because of what happened to him, everyone runs after him to beg for help he has been able to help the people who have a sick person in the healing process. Senior San Roque died at the age of 32 as of 1300. And that had been Senior San Roque 's story. St. James the Apostle Martyr of the Grand. A defender in the whole world. The Captain who is St. James will always come to the rescue when the bad things happen. When we feel sick or when it's bad the one we can call is Sr. Apostle Santiago in the manner we should pray to him.

So that was the one he said to me and I was able to answer my curiosity. And the answer really does satisfy me and make me religious.

☺️🙏😌

[brdnjulia]

Everything you need to know about the origin of District 28: Featuring stories untold

Way back a couple of years ago, stories of the origin of Barangay District 28 Malbasag have been passed on from generation to generation though some residents don’t have any clue about any of these due to being new settlers or just being plain ignorant about what happened in the past. So in this blog I’m going to tell you how these stories were treasured and passed on especially the words coming from our ancestors in which it has enlightened my mind as to how and why these things happened in the past.

Barangay Malbasag, or commonly known as District 28,  back then was an area here in Ormoc City proper that was once filled with loads of rice fields before residents have settled in. It covers a whole lot of land then and now. Before the area was occupied by farmers and day workers, a patron saint was already introduced to the laborers of the field who are nestling in the area and with that said Saint Isidore, who is the patron of the farmers, laborers and agriculture in general, was the patron saint of the district.

One time, everything was turning out so well but then a tragedy has struck them and they did not know of what’s to come. Rosita Y. Orellano, my 76-year old grandmother, said that back then this place was were our ancestors have settled in and other workers, and knowing that this area were rice fields back then, their only means of livelihood is by farming. At some point, they were alarmed that there was going to be a war, World War II, that is going to happen. By that the place was in chaos and all that’s left for the farmers and laborers could do is to pray countless of times for the patron saint to guide them and keep their families safe in the war that the place is in. They swore by themselves that if ever St. Isidore will grant their prayers, they will have to consistently pray for him and that they will be having his feast day every year from then on.

And after that, their prayers were granted and they were very grateful because all of them were safe and not a single soul has been taken away from them. Since that time, they always pray for the patron saint and they have even built the first ever chapel in District 28 which can be found in Zone 2. Celebrations are always being held every year, during the last weeks of May, which has become very consistent up until this day just to signify their thanksgiving for the loving saint. By that, the feast day is being celebrated four times in every year because the district is divided into four zones due to the location we are in.

At those times, some of the areas were already sold to different families including the Pensergas, Sacays, Larrazabals, and other known families and our ancestors the Orellanos. A couple of years passed by, they have built warehouses, enterprises, they’ve built houses were residents have already settled in, these are what you can see today.

These stories have been continuously passed on by our line and I am hoping that these tales would not die for it has a great part in the resident’s lives.

Story told by: Rosita Y. Orellano

[eldrichmordeno]

How Brgy. Punta was discovered

So the story of our Barangay which is Barangay Punta of Ormoc city is that before there is no Brgy. Punta in the map of Ormoc. This Barangay is just different in the vast areas claimed and covered by Brgy Alegria. Barangay Punta is a fresh place to live and also it is good for living because it’s is easy to look for food. The people here are mostly doing fishing for a living due to various marine resources. In 1910 there’s what they call a “paraw” something like a boat that we’re doing fishing in the waters near  Punta, and the people who were in it were Eusenio Jumao-as, Emiterio Jumao-as, Andres Jumao-as , Claudio Juamo-as and Isabela Silva.As they were looking for Best the best place to do fishing. Those people were shock on how rich the marine resource of the waters near Barangay Punta, so they decided to stay in the barangay becuase it’s easy for them to look for food. And they were one of the people who discovered this Barangay 

[shellwanders]

88 Cafe: Instagrammable Worthy Cafe in Ormoc City

[jhymelou]

Mejia Brothers: The Said Origin of the name of Brgy. Dona Feliza Mejia

I remember many stories about origins of different cities, and to be exact they were either sad, full of drama, romantic, or showing courage. But having an origin story about a Barangay seems deep and complicated to gather  especially that they differ on how they were interpreted or orally spoken and shared to other people. 

When I was around the age of 10 or 11, I was playing in my neighborhood friend’s house and just like what a normal kid do, I was having the time of my life playing and enjoying, until we were called by his mother to take a break. While we were taking a break, his grandmother then started talking about stuffs that I don’t really understand. For the time she was talking I was really intrigued and interested on what she was blabbering about ( to be honest I am the ‘chismosa’ type of kid). Then, me being the chismosa kid I decided to listen to her and then I found out she was talking about the barangay, I listened carefully and out of curiosity I asked her, “Lola, ngano gipangan man ug Brgy. Dona Feliza Mejia, diay?” She then smiled and told me the story, well the story was not what I expected it to be, I thought it would be just the same as the drama-like stories but it was not.

She told me, before it became a barangay, it was just a plain fields. This only changed when the Mejia brothers came, when the Mejia brothers came and brought this land for the sake of business and being owners of haciendas, they changed the very place, they hired many people to plant rice or any root crops that could be planted. Soon, their efforts of making the place abundant in plants soon flourished and made them more rich. Until one day, one of the Mejia brothers received an unknown letter that was send to their house, it was stated in the letter that their land or hacienda will be destroyed soon and they must be ready for it. The Mejia brothers thought that the sent letter was fake, so didn’t bother with it that much, not until, they have received a horrible news by one of the caretakers of their hacienda. The news was, in their very hacienda one of their worker was found dead in the middle of the field. Shocked by what happened to their worker they decided to have it investigated, while it was being investigated, one of the Mejia brothers decided to investigate also by himself, so he decided to stay the night in the field without knowing his life was at risk. The next morning, the other two Mejia brothers, went to visit and had the most unpleasant news received, their very own brother was killed, and was thrown in the fields the same place as the worker’s dead body was thrown. Angered by what happened to their brother, the other Mejia brother decided to find who was their rival. Not only that, the brothers were still threatened by their very rival by having a few of their workers being killed or their land being destroyed.

Few years passed, the youngest brother who was tired by his brothers foolish shenanigans due to having his mind being occupied by getting revenge,the people or the workers in the hacienda has started to complain because they haven’t got their salary for their work, the other Mejia brother who was the youngest, told his brother to stop the whole revenge thing and just move on, but the other brother did not listen, and continued. The youngest brother decided to talk to the people and calm them down, which worked. The two Mejia brothers then decided to have a talk, but their talk turned into an argument which led to a heated and serious misunderstanding. The youngest Mejia brother thought that his brother was stupid for the fact that it has been a year or two since their brother past and he is still on the mindset of revenge. Because of the two brother’s misunderstanding, the hacienda was slowly destroyed not by their rival but the lacking of money in tending for their land. 

The two brothers continued their misunderstanding and soon started fighting on who could get the title of the said hacienda. Many of the workers sided with the youngest brother in getting the title of the land, while a few sided with other brother. But soon, the misunderstanding stopped when the two brother had a brief discussion to clear it, they decided not to fight over the land and made a choice to continue what they three brothers started, they have also made justice to their brother when they found out who killed him and stop all the threats.

So, the two brothers continued to live up to their said agreement to make the land more prosperous alongside with their growing family. When the city of Ormoc was developing the two brothers decided to sell and donate the said land to make the land be useful especially in establishment and housing, as the population of Ormoc was also increasing. 

My neighborhood friend’s grandmother finished her story, and even if the story was merely or partially true, I think the story was wonderful to be exact, because the story involves the bond of the brothers and no matter what will happen they must stick through good and tough times. I think that even if the story of the barangay doesn’t really originate from her very story, since it was just like a bull dust or build-up like story, I learned a lot of lessons from it.

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Note: The said story was told to me by Lola Emilia Casimiro Berdoz or Nanay Milia.

 I want to clarify that I just highly summed up the story since my memory of it was quite blurry and I can’t remember some of the detailed parts that she has told me, additional to that, please be informed that since this story was just told me, I don’t have any evidences to prove that the story is true and legit, as far as I remember she said that it was just also told to her by a close friend of hers who was living in the barangay. 

[no-drafts]

not gonna lie, i constantly think about the fast-approaching future where mark and i will have to face reality—our long distance relationship. he’s finally graduating college this july (AND IM SO PROUD OF MY SMART BABY (he ACES his exams 90% of the time, and math is fucking hard)), sooooo

1. the only time we’ll have together is til he takes his board exam (May 2021),

2. he’ll have to move back to ormoc to work (better opportunities, secured job),

3. we’ll finally live in the same city (not sure which one) when we both save up enough money to move in together & get engaged (?) (bc my mom’s asian and u get my point, right???)

4. i’m not sure if we’ll get to that^ part bc,,,,,life(?)

5. writing this makes me really sad & makes me want to cry

6. i wish we didn’t have to worry about being (physically) together (lol)

7. should i get a new boyfriend lmaojk

8. what if we won’t work and we’d end up wasting so much time & effort & feelings & etc on this relationship

9. but he wants it to work (and i do, too), so i guess we’ll have to stick with videocalls and monthly boat rides to and fro cebu 😬

10. we’ll make it work. i promise

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Ormoc City: A Perfect Educational Tour Destination

Ormoc City: A Perfect Educational Tour Destination

Apart from being an entry point to almost all adventures in the Eastern Visayas – canyoning in Biliran, caving in Samar, island hopping in Leyte – Ormoc City boasts of its own destinations that would not only answer the call for adventure but also cultivate the seed of learning within each individual. While traveling has been the core for most millenials today, this should not limit the “young…

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WHAT’S UP, everyone ! i’m nat (she/her), 18, from gmt ( press f.... ) i am... actually the mmorpg anon. yeah, i spent so much of my childhood living and breathing an mmorpg. this rp is so cool and i can’t wait to show you this beautiful filipina legend beleza dagat amarilla ! TRIGGER WARNINGS: abuse, suicidal thoughts, depression.

°✧｡ [GABBI GARCIA, FEMALE, SHE/HER] IT’S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE AMARILLA JOINED VELIA FROM ORMOC, PHILIPPINES. APPARENTLY HER NAME IS BELEZA DAGAT AND SHE’S A MAGE. SHE HAS BEEN FIGHTING AS A CATALYST MEMBER FOR A WHILE NOW. DIDN’T PEOPLE SAY SHE WAS NOT A BETA TESTER? I HEARD THEY TURNED NINETEEN THIS YEAR. LET’S HOPE THEY MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. [NAT, 18, GMT, AND SHE/HER]

PRE-GAME

The Dagat clan wanted to appear normal, even though God knew they were messy. The extraordinary multiplicity of close relatives meant there’d be much conflict and chaos. Bel’s mother thought she had lucked out: she conceived only one child, a beautiful and intelligent girl. Bel was a wunderkind. Her mother had won the lottery.

For the first few years of her life, Bel’s mother flaunted her as though she were a prize won. Bel’s parents lived vicariously through her achievements, having never attained much. She was made conscious of their onerous expectations from an incredibly young age. Would she pursue medicine, science, engineering, catering, literature, tourism, or commerce in the future? Well, didn’t matter. They knew she could do any of those. In fact, they suggested to her, why don’t you shoot for all of them?

When Bel’s classmates introduced her to multiplayer games in adolescence, however, the trajectory of her scholastic and potential careers declined. She was as good at them as she was with so many other things; the difference was she was most passionate about this. Usually, she’d find the idea of finding patterns endlessly boring. But pair pattern identification with magic, action, and sci-fi? She’s hooked. 

She would cut class and sneak off to cyber cafés just so she could play these games. Despite her age, her talent and skill were prodigious. However, her parents were deeply displeased with this.

Local professionals advised them to arrange therapy or counselling appointments for Bel, because it was clear her obsession with online games stemmed from numerous factors that were not quite within her control. Her father and mother did not heed the professionals, opting to punish her instead through physical and emotional violence.

Evidently, that did not do wonders for the situation. You may have guessed it: Things only got worse. Bel started recklessly borrowing money, helping her classmates cheat in academia, and some more odd little jobs so she could earn dough for the games and favours to throw her parents off her trail. 

The punishments continued, however. This, combined with prolonged and unmitigated times of withdrawal, caused a litany of suicidal thoughts (that are still with her to this day). 

(Her surname is a Visayan/Tagalog word meaning “sea,” by the way.)

IN-GAME

She’s not sure whether she wants to survive at all, but in circumstances like a heat-of-the-moment battle, her instinct is to fight for her life. She suffers from a host of emotional issues, such as trauma and depression. This often means awkwardness and/or unreasonable anger. That said, she’s really more on the “good” (if not lawful) side of things, and she does like the idea of having friends (even if she won’t admit it). That’s why I’ve decided she should be in the Catalyst guild instead of my original pick, Circus.

REALLY, really enthusiastic about what her character’s class can do. Sometimes forgets she wasn’t born a mage IRL, TBH. She’s always been a fantasy nerd. 

Again, strong cognitive skills. Brilliant at weaponising magic.

Bisexual. (This was true outside the game too. xD)

“Don’t tell me what to do!!!!!!”

Her username is Amarilla — not because I’m racist (GOD, I am literally of the same ethnicity as her!). Yellow, yes, but I didn’t even realise the possible connotations until after I applied. Yellow simply symbolises intellect and evokes golden imagery. It’s also a shout-out to the amaryllis flower, which signifies brilliance. You can sense a theme here.

Just a general thing, but her first language is not Tagalog. It’s Cebuano, one of the two most predominantly spoken languages in the Visayas region of the Philippines. (I was born and raised there too, so I thought I better deliver some representation! Woot, woot.)

I’d love plots! hONEsTly pls plot with us ajhsfddsh

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A piece for Migz

Dear Migz, 

You have been through so much obstacles in life that it has been so hard to count. Despite all of these obstacles, you have managed to surpass them and I don’t even know if you can still remember all of them. I admire your perseverance and dedication towards your goals. It seems like you are another person once you’re chasing the and another person once you are taking a break from them. We both know that you have always been this goal-oriented person  who wants to grasp every opportunity and all of this drives you because of your ambition to help the world and make it a better place. Scary dream you got there but hey,  if you’re dreams don’t scare you then they’re not big enough.

Migz, you’re 19 years old now. You’ve got a loving family, great set of friends, amazing support system, you have everything you need and I hope you realize that. People envy you. Not everyone has what you have right now. I just hope that you will do your best to give back, thank the people who deserves to be thank and praise God for all the blessings he has given you.

Hope you do great Migz, take care always and never forget who you are and where you come from. God bless dude!