WAVES OF BLESSING AT BONGTUD

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WAVES OF BLESSING AT BONGTUD

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When President GMA paid Surigao del Sur a 2007 year-ender visit, she said that the completion of the bridge and concreting of Tandag-San Francisco highway would be the centerpiece of her 2008 state of the nation address. Since then, work goes 24/7. And as iron hits iron, a sound reverberates all over Tago, making me wonder how audibly bad it is for people living near the bridge, especially during bedtime!

That said, I'd been meaning to go to Bongtud to take pictures of Tago-La Paz bridge. But every time we planned to go there, more important thing cropped up. Then came the text this morning telling me that people peppered the shoreline of Bongtud to gather the pieces of plywood that had been washed onshore. The story goes that a ship bound for Cebu was in distress from strong winds and waves that it had to throw some jetsam including numerous pieces of plywood.

Sadly, the pieces of plywood didn't stand a chance with the treacherous waves and were broken into pieces. Reports said that Tandaganons had theirs intact because the fishermen had to use their boats to commandeer the plywood before they were washed onshore.

Still, the people of Bongtud enjoy their blessing as they come. I guess there's a lesson to be learned somewhere.


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notice the crane and the smoke, all testaments to the ongoing construction of the bridge.

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kids who had to do a Tarzan just to go up the bridge because the "approach" had long been washed down.


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no plywood is badly torn to replace the bamboo wall of this nipa shack.

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these pieces of plywood will go a long way for these old couple with a grandchild.

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old table, new top.
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K-Spy,

Seeing pictures such as these,I feel a pang of longing to come visit home.

Thank you for sharing.
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That's good news Kamps. Finally the completion of the bridge would soon be a reality. Thanks for featuring it.

Amo kay isab an feeling ko Abbs. Labi pa sa amo dapit yaon.


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ABB, INSOMS,

Ako isab amo. kay pilahay da kalakang gikan sa bay ni lolo pasingod sa baybay
kitai na dayon yaon tulay.

Katungz, hain nakaw anhi? syaro wa kaw matangkug nan yaon na mga hulagway. Hala uli na dayon kay moiban ako.

Kamps,

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K-
Kadayaw mo isab Kamps na pagapicturan mo ini. Bagan kay mga relatives ko inin sa pics :-D :-D Ay, ay kinahanglan na gayud ako molipot sa Tago. Mingawers na sa gayud abu na ingkit-an ko ini. Kita-i sa ini sa amo bay. Na!, busyhi sanan mabibuhi na siguro kuman ang Bungtod. I miss TAGO!!!

Saps,
mag-off gayod ako nan one day next week (hibawo na kaw) para gayud inin ato plano to go home sa August matigayon. Puhon malooy ang Ginoo.

Mana Tessie,
Hain na kaw?

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inday acido wrote:K-
Kadayaw mo isab Kamps na pagapicturan mo ini. Bagan kay mga relatives ko inin sa pics :-D :-D Ay, ay kinahanglan na gayud ako molipot sa Tago. Mingawers na sa gayud abu na ingkit-an ko ini. Kita-i sa ini sa amo bay. Na!, busyhi sanan mabibuhi na siguro kuman ang Bungtod. I miss TAGO!!!

Saps,
mag-off gayod ako nan one day next week (hibawo na kaw) para gayud inin ato plano to go home sa August matigayon. Puhon malooy ang Ginoo.

Mana Tessie,
Hain na kaw?

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sapaalaska wrote:Dalia Ning kay kita an magcut nan ribbon .

:roll :roll :roll saps, WONDERFUL IDEA.......but please don't forget to bring life vests, ok?
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inday acido wrote:K-
Kadayaw mo isab Kamps na pagapicturan mo ini. Bagan kay mga relatives ko inin sa pics :-D

aduy labon minlabay kay agaw kami sa iyo. madjaw pa amo in kodakan an bay niyo astan si mama mo kay pagamingawi na kuno siya sa imo.....oh well, there's always a next time.
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K-Spy,

Demodo hapit na baya na puydi ko gut-son an La Paz para bisitahon an ancestral home ni tagor mo astan si Ceasar?

Pila yaon ka metros na tulay?
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abb,

himu-an ko garo ini nan write-up pero kay yangutana sa kaw tubagon ko dakan.

lapaz is about four kilometers from tago. perfect yaon na area mag jogging. imagine, preskuhi na hangin an imo ma hanggab tagad gadagan kaw pasiungud sa lapaz. tapos pag-abot mo ngadto ka tagor cesar gahuwat lugar an ga-aso-aso na tinuwa na may dahon nan bago. obin, kugita na galimi-limi sa iya ata....obin alimango na kinabut sa dayanga. (aswang an tawag nila nan ini na alimango.)

pero what excites me is the beach na yaon sa isla sa tunga. i remember in 1982, ga reunion an Seagulls ngad-on, first namo na reunion. As usual, kay kinahanglan sa kami nan ngan para sa amo t-shirt, i gave it the name ISLAS DE LOS DIABLOS (which, now i realize, is wrong because it's just an island). ay, ay gwapuhi an shoreline ngad-on, dihaw pareho nan baybay sa tago na ag kaw lambahon nan bawud na maarang na buhangin tapos ag kaw higiton ngadto sa linungaw. tapos abb, di na manulig an tagitis astan litub ngad-on. basta ga on-the-spot-pasgang gud kami sa una.

ini na isla sa mga falcon, specifically kan yo taboy. tapos pagkamatay ni yo taboy, iya in transperer kan iya biyay. i doubt if ya biyay will sell portions of it. i even told susie to buy one for the GoldBar of the Future.

i can't wait for the bridge to be finished. by then, i don't have reasons to go to cagwait.
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K-Spy :roll :roll dream come true. Maka-resort na gayod kita sa Dayanga, Lapaz. Lingkit raba kami si Maruya ngad-on. Tapos an karitera kono ngadto na mag-abay sa dagat pasingod sa Tandag City. Pabori na dayong kami, along the road - amo? Himo-an ta dayon an "ALMAR COMFORT INN" na may boulevard. What do you think - K-Spy ? WOW :-k :-k Sa opening, reserved for ALL the tagosds bloggers here & abroad. FREE. Adoy :wink :wink abay na-ay ako pagpukawa kay ma-otod an ako mga damgo. :-$ :-$
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ABB,

yadi kay an paga laong ko na First Reunion namo ngad-on na shoreline in 1982, a year after we graduated from Purisima School.


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hahaha....kabaduyi, may amo sa gayud taraw banner na tinuhog nan tigbaw. wara si toyang ngad-on pero yaon si edpels. wow, ka slimmy pa taraw ni laiden. :roll as usual, di maapas si stella soledad! :-D

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hala yang kay maynglaki sa kaw, hinganli inin mga ka batch mo. [-X

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yapa-igo ni jessie (bruder ni badung) an hubyas (motorboat) ni ex-mayor falcon para may kasakyan namo pag duot. tan-awa ton si stella kadali-i dayon maka tore para mo posing. :roll

ranz_ikov, hala hanapa si cookie!

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bagan after ini nan meeting where i explained why the batch was named SEAGULLS. taud-taud pasgang na dayon nan mga tinagitis namo, pero an ending ya tikwang kay yasunog an sug-ang na binu-ungan.

yahimo na ini na tradisyon nan amo batch na kada reunion may t-shirt gayud. japan has the complete collection!
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kampanaryo_spy wrote: hala yang kay maynglaki sa kaw, hinganli inin mga ka batch mo. [-X
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K-spy,

Testingan ko lamang amo. Aduy ayaw kay dayon ako pag verticala haw di ako makatukod tanan. huuu tan awa sa lamang ton mga hulagway niyo ngad-on na grabe ka hanap. malabo intawon. Nah inin upat nan mata ko, kay dihaw malibat ako nan ini nan tinutokay?

From L-R : K-spy, Stella Soledad(Grabe an posing mo ning di isab maapas),Jocelyn Deliezo, Daisy Medrano, Japan, Ailan LOayon (matay lan, di pa bagan haw uso an rebond nan yaon kay kagkagi pa ning an buhok mo hahaha peace lan.)Josephine Pabor, Sol Pilapil, Jessie MOntero,
Rebecca Balmes,and Gemma Young.

From R -L : Bema Montero, (Hain si Josephine nan ini na reunion niyo bagan sa wara siya ngad-on?) Nenita Escalante, Marlon Pareja, Raul Bautista, and Lalaine Medrano.

Tme pa naay kamps, kay mahapdusi nan mata ko.
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toyang wrote: Image
From R -L : Bema Montero, (Hain si Josephine nan ini na reunion niyo bagan sa wara siya ngad-on?) Nenita Escalante, Marlon Pareja, Raul Bautista, and Lalaine Medrano.

yang,

yaon inanderlayinan amoy SAYOP. tapos inlaktawan mo yaon laki sa ila tunga.
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Kamps,

Sori si Josephine Mahinay baya yaon gaingkod na paga laong ko si Bema Montero from right, tapos an iya tapad na laki si Edmund Espinoza. inkalimtan ko paglakip si Edmund. Gasambor na sa gud an mata ko kaina nan kahapdus abay tutok. Char!
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