Hiligaynon according to Chona Gosiaoco
FORGET about baybayin and let us Negrenses
and Ilonggos first master Hiligaynon.
Alternately termed “Ilonggo” the latter referring to Iloilo culture and
people, Hiligaynon is the lilting...
Tribute to a historic edifice
ONE of my favorite buildings in Downtown
Bacolod is the La Purissima Concepcion along Locsin-Cuadra Streets (or
Cuadra-Locsin). It is with good reason for a heritage-lover...
The art of the Fat Goddess
I AM privileged to be the owner of a Tata
Sevilleno watercolor. The artist gave it
to me, because I so admired her work – pastel...
Mingo meals rock!
IF there’s a Christmas story meant to be
shared again and again, it is the story of how my group of lady guests met up
with...
The lamayo: Sea, salt, sun, sinamak
THE LAMAYO
is fish, usually freshly-caught, slit lengthwise/butterfly-ed, salted and sun
dried for half a day. Sun drying is done
partially to retain the juiciness of the...
Old houses and their spirits
WHEN I was
taking guests around one huge ancestral house in Negros, I told a lady guest
that I have been in this 1980’s mansion several...
C.A.R.E. goes BAWAW
BACOLOD City
Ordinance No. 825 sets every Sept. 28 up to the Oct. 4 as Bacolod Animal
Welfare Awareness Week or BAWAW. Our furbabies are surely...
Revisiting Gawahon Eco Park
There is more to Victorias City than the
famed VMC millsite and its famous chapel. Although the smallest local
government unit in terms of land size...
Travel writers give advice (part 2)
THE first part of “Travel writers give advice” dealt with
helpful tips when travelling as a working writer. It is not simply a matter of...
Acting for Negrense director extraordinaire Kurt Soberano
IT was serendipitous that a brief role in an indie film was offered to me and I said, "Yes." After all, the director himself...