old basaynon, up to date basaynon

so we might not be in simple and festive BASEY, we now have innovated "auditorium", the different hotels that serve as the event location for many of our patrons. and lets face it, planning and making arragements for fiestas are not that easy.
lets be true Basaynons... growing and taking on the different influences and aspects that comes with time.

follow the conversations between OLD BASAYNON and UP TO DATE BASAYNON:

OLD BASAYNON: ano man gud ito nga RSVP ?
UP TO DATE BASAYNON: The term RSVP stands for répondez s'il vous plaît and means "Please reply."

OLD BASAYNON: agi, kay french man ngayan ito, dri man kita french, WARAY WARAY man ako!

UP TO DATE BASAYNON:Or, put another way, "Seriously, you have to reply." It's just nice. And you'd want people to do it for you. Spare your hosts from reliving the childhood nightmare of having a party where nobody comes.

OLD BASAYNON: sus! nightmare ka dida uday! makadto na gad la ako, dri ito kinahanlan magpahibaro!

UP TO DATE BASAYNON: You should send your reply, ASAP, As soon as possible, ideally within two days of receiving an invitation. Or its best to follow the given deadline by the host.

OLD BASAYNON: pero dri pa liwat ako sigurado kay an akon asawa, takay dri ako na drive...... an akon anak may duty..... an asawa han akon anak.... agi dri pa ako sigurado!

UP TO DATE BASAYNON: If you are unsure whether you can attend, respond "Maybe" with a brief explanation of what is holding up your reply. Then be sure to change your reply to "Yes" or "No" as soon as possible.

OLD BASAYNON: kun hermano ito hira, dapat mayada ito nira andam na! kay ano magpapahibaro pa ako ha ira ? makadto na gad la ako!

UP TO DATE BASAYNON:Lots of reasons. If someone has invited you to an event, they want you there, and they're excited to find out if you'll attend. Then there's the planning part. Event hosts need an exact headcount so they can make sure they have enough food, drink and space for you. And finally, the selfish reason: People appreciate it when you RSVP, so you'll have a better shot at being invited to the next event.
para sigurado liwat nga enjoy ka nga enjoy liwat it Hermano, dapat magpahibaro ka!

OLD BASAYNON: ahhh.. para maupay? para makaihap hira? ahhh! tama gad ano, para maupay an ka andam, mayda ko malilingkuran! MA AGAIN AGAIN!

UP TO DATE BASAYNON: oo! sosyal!

Basaynon Ka, Hadto Man or Yana

There are definitely a lot of changes that are continously going on. In the past fiestas or mga kadamo were different, compared to how they are celebrated today.
HADTO: an mga tagbalay an nagaandam ngan nagluluto para han patron!
YANA: na hire na hit caterer, or nagpapacater na!

HADTO: gin lalabhan nga gin armidol it mga mantel para paggamit hit lamisa
YANA: nagpapaskirting na!

times have definitely changed, but one thing is for sure, the spirit of celebrating times like patrons or fiesta are still being followed even until today, honoring the feast of St. Michael the Archangel.

Although many of us have moved outside of Basay or have found a new home here in the US or Canada, we continue to follow the tradition. The fiesta in the Philippines may not be held at an ancestral home (like how many celebrate it back in Basey), or there may not be a fair to go to, or lega ha basketball court kada kulop, irignum with the barkada, lechon for everyone to feast one... but we definitely strive and make the most of creating the same festive atmosphere here in the US & Canada.

Definitely make the most of things, and keep that festive passion with you, kay Basaynon ka, HADTO man or YANA!

Update/Corrections on Novena Schedule

the following is the new/updated/corrected novena schedule 2008!

1st Novena- May 24, 2008
Felipe & Gilda Tabao- Vilches
Hermano 2008
Carpentersville, Illinois

2nd Novena- May 31, 2008
Wilmo & Esing Orejola
Pompton Plains, New Jersey

3rd Novena- June 7, 2008
Tabungar Family
San Francisco, California

4th Novena- June 14, 2008
Tandinco Family
Fairfield, California

5th Novena- June 21, 2008
Masilang Family
Big Sandy, Montana

6th Novena- June 28, 2008
Baron Family
Bollingbrook, Illinois

7th Novena- July 5, 2008
Vicy & Daday Elemento
Vicente & Susan Arlan
Franklin Park, Illinois

8th Novena- July 12, 2008
Croatman Family
Bradenton, FL

9th Novena- July 19, 2008
Ruben & Vinia Nanez
Oceanside, New York

You're Cordially Invited.....

Have you received the latest and greatest update from the Hermano? Well, the official invitations are out! ( if you haven't received your invite in the next week or so, email us and we'll try to get that fix for you)

reminders:

1. Dinner-Dance tickets using the prepaid method is $40/adult and $20/child 12 yrs. old &below!
2. We recommend using the prepaid option, because it definitely helps out the Hermano when making the final arrangements for the event and you save from the cost of $50/adult when paying at the door.
3. If you want your child to have fun, and of course enjoy yummy food with the rest of the Basaynons, we recommended paying the $20/child. Not only do you get a night off because his/her can have a comfortable chair to sit on (and off your lap) but they get to enjoy the rest of the night, with all the Basaynons! Treat them out and you'll enjoy yourself!
4. RSVP is June 1, 2008!
5. attire: formal!
6. don't forget to make your hotel reserverations today to ensure a room/suite. just mention "basaynon katig-uban" when calling to make your reservation!
7. any questions, feel free to email us, and we'll do our best to answer your question or direct you to the right person for the matter!
8. DO NOT forget your dancing shoes ... its going to be a night full of fun and excitement!

Only in the Philippines!

THE ORIGINAL!
if you enjoyed the part 2, well definitely watch the first one that was ever made!


info:1,500 plus CPDRC inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines at practice! This is not the final routine, and definitely not a punishment! just a teaser.

Only in the Philippines!

talent! talent! talent!
bisan ananuhon....no matter what you do, filipinos have great talent.. and i meant no matter what aspect or situation, filipinos are constantly showing their talent. dri kumpleto it kadamo hit mga waray waray kun waray karantahay ngan waray sarayaw!
well the Cebuano prisoners is not an exception, here is the latest and newest dance performance that they put together, their follow up to Michael Jackson's thriller!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MasbNiEiKkI

Where Do I Go and What do I do in Chicago?

well besides attending the Patron 2008 in Chicago, what will I do in Chicago?
there was great question/ comment that was left on the blog.

A Basaynon Kapamilya asked:

"Hey there Basaynon family...for those of us who are planning on attending the Fiesta in Chicago, where are some of the 'spots' that a visitor should go while in town? (I.E. tourist spots, eating places)"
March 31, 2008 12:31 PM

our reply:
that is a great question!
here is a link to the city of chicago:
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/home.do

here is a list that was posted by the Hermano, Mano Boy Vilches on the Basaynon website(on places to check out while in chicago):
http://baseynon.faithweb.com/chicagoland.html

for more information you can also visit the Baseynon website:
http://baseynon.faithweb.com/index.html

thank you for the comment Basaynon Kapamilya! great question! we'll continue to provide more information about the chicago fiesta! see you there!

our personal CHICAGO favorites:
-navy pier
-sears tower
-sailing on Lake Michigan
-shopping in the magnificent miles/michigan ave (great time shopping and people watching in Chicago!)
-lunch at John Hancock (great food and great view of the city!)
-definitely try and bite into a chicago style pizza!

Rice!Bigas!Bugas!

Farmers in the distance working on the fields

Mano Boning, a farmer taking a rest after a long day of back breading work on the farm; with his work boots on the side and man's best friend!

Sacks of rice grain and the hat(sadok), definitely feeling the farm atmosphere!

PASUBING! Typical markers that are placed in the rice fields by rice farmers.


Drying the grains out on the field!

Magtanim ay di biro
Magtanim ay di biro
Maghapong nakayuko
Di ka man makatayo
Di ka man makaupo
Sa umagang pagkagising
Lahat ay iisipin
Kung saan may patanim
May masarap na pagkain
Halina, Halina
Mga kaliyag
Tayo'y masipag-unat-unat
Magpanibago tayo ng lakas
Para sa araw ng bukas

WIN/ WIN Situation!

Its the 1st day of April, and Spring is definitely here, whether your excited for your annuals to start showing up in your home garden or your annual allergies!
in the Philippines....its summer time! the past week or so, there have been numerous amounts of graduations and of course graduation parties for families to come together and celebrate a student's milestone.

but even a month ago, not everything was quite so sunny and full of celebration. in the Philippines, especially in the Visayas area, there was nothing but continous rain! "waray bagyo pero duro an uuran!" Everyone of course was affected by the rain: classes were cancelled, roads were blocked, bridges broke off, water was stopped for days, increase risk of illnesses and diseases, evacuations were made, limited amounts of meat/vegetables/goods for food, increase in food prices... and so much more. One cause after another creating a domino effect.
And now after several months of rain, many filipinos are struggling to keep up with the high prices of rice. The Philippines use to be a great supplier to other countries before, but that is no longer possible due to the limited amount of rice to even provide its own citizens.

go and visit the following website!
http://www.freerice.com/

its completely free for you, and free rice for those people in need!
for each word you get correct, another 20 grains of rice is donated to those countries that take part in the UN World Food Program, and the Philippines is one of those countries!

they gain free rice that helps lessen the hunger and poverty while you gain and enrich your vocabulary.. and all doing it for free!

its definitely a WIN WIN situation!

**to visit and learn more abou the UN World Food Program, visit their website:
http://www.wfp.org/

Middle Income ba it Philippines ?

the following is a great article on why there is an increase awareness of the rice shortage in the philippines...

visit the site or read the following article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080307/hl_afp/philippinesfarmriceunaid_080307182506
UN sees more people going hungry in Philippines as rice prices soar
by Cecil MorellaFri Mar 7, 1:25 PM ET

A UN aid official warned Friday that the Philippines may end up having to feed people to save them going hungry as the market price of rice soars out of reach of ordinary households.
With prices of rice and wheat spiking in recent months, World Food Programme country director Valerie Guarnieri told AFP, "I think there's a possibility that the government would have to feed more people because of rising prices."
"Price rises mean people who previously were able to meet their own food needs through the market with their own income have been sort of pushed over that precipice and are no longer able to feed their families," Guarnieri said.
"So we see people who suddenly now would be eligible for assistance," she said, adding: "We're seeing it in many countries."
The UN agency now provides food aid to about 1.1 million of the Philippines' 90 million people.
Guarnieri said the UN was unlikely to ramp up its food aid to the Philippines immediately since it is considered a "middle-income country" with lower priority.
She also warned Manila could be hit in the pocket by having to boost spending on subsidies just to maintain current prices of the lowest-quality rice that it sells to the poor.
Guarnieri said rising rice prices and tight supplies could impact most severely on poor households in the rebellion-torn southern island of Mindanao because "we're looking at people who already spend 70 percent of their income on food and are having a real struggle meeting their needs.
"So any increase in the rice price to them is going to put them in a very difficult situation or make a difficult situation even worse."
Globally, she said the UN has appealed to the food programme donors to make them "understand that we're going to need more resources just to do what we're currently doing."

Philippines Rice Shortage

the following is a great article about the current issue of the Rice Shortage of the Philippines, as Basaynons i'm sure we all know how important rice is in our every diet (of course besides gaway!) =)

The following article is such full of stories and relevance that is felt all over the Philippines.

article from: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=77478

PHILIPPINES: Rice shortage hits poor as government grapples for solution

Like many poor Filipino families, Boyet and Milagros Navarro and their five children get by on just over US$2 a day. Boyet works as a welder in Baguio City on the northern island of Luzon and his wife is a part-time farm helper. According to the 2006 Family Income and Expenditure Survey, the latest conducted by the country’s National Statistics Office, 68 million of the country's 90 million inhabitants live on or under US$2 a day. The same survey shows that for every $2.40 in daily earnings, more than a third goes towards food expenses, while the rest is spent on medicine, clothing, education and other expenditures. The Navarro family told IRIN they spend roughly US$1 a day on food, mostly rice, vegetables, some fish and occasionally meat, and because of their lean budget, they often skip a meal. Hunger may become a regular fixture in their lives as rice prices continue to rise - this year alone, the average price of rice has increased by up to 17 US cents and Filipino families are bracing themselves for more belt-tightening measures. “No more fish and meat” “We’re reduced to eating rice and vegetables. No more fish and meat,” Milagros said. “My husband and I can survive on that, but what about the children?” Already, the average retail price of rice is 72 US cents a kilo, from 60 US cents in 2007. And there is no sign that prices are going to stabilise soon, as global prices continue to soar.
The Navarros’ dilemma is common to many other families in the Philippines. On the southern part of Luzon, in the Albay province of Bicol region, Mayor Noel Rosal of Legazpi City said many families there could no longer take regular meals because of high prices and the lack of supplies. “This is not a joke. At 30 pesos per kilo (72 US cents), numerous families suffer from starvation,” Rosal said. The staple food for the majority of Filipinos, rice, is considered a political commodity and the looming shortage and price increases could spell trouble for the government, some critics have said. “The government has been hounded by political uncertainty, from allegations of graft and corruption, and a food crisis could stoke further unrest,” said Rafael Mariano, chairman of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), a militant peasant group. Social unrest looming? Opposition senator Loren Legarda, chair of the senate economic affairs committee, warned that a big surge in the staple’s price “is bound to spur social unrest and political instability going forward”. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has called on Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to guarantee some 1.5 million metric tons of rice this year. Arroyo has also approved a US$68.5 million incremental budget to boost rice production, according to agriculture secretary Arthur Yap.
Fish is the primary source of protein in the Filipino diet but is becoming increasingly unaffordable to the average citizen. On the 25th of March, the president ordered a crackdown on rice hoarders, calling on Yap to ensure that cheap government rice would reach those who needed it most. Other measures are also being proposed to address the problem, including an appeal to fast-food outlets throughout the country to offer half-portions of rice to patrons to prevent wastage, with fast-food owners agreeing to the proposal. The social welfare and development department said it is preparing to issue rice coupons to poor families to cushion the impact of increasing prices. The National Food Authority (NFA), which sells subsidised rice in some 22,000 selected outlets nationwide, has downplayed a food crisis and made assurances that there will be a steady supply of cheap rice in the market. A worldwide rice shortage has also affected the prices of NFA subsidised rice, up from 38 to 41 US cents last year to 43 to 48 US cents a kilo this year. NFA public information director Rez Estoperez said the adjustment was necessary because the purchase price of imported rice had been increasing steadily. Estoperez said the NFA had also initiated a clampdown on outlets suspected to be colluding with private traders to hoard rice and create an artificial shortage. According to World Food Programme (WFP) country director Valerie Guarnieri, rising rice prices are putting pressure on the agency’s budget and could affect food assistance to about 1.1 million Filipinos in the conflict-affected areas on the southern island of Mindanao. “It is straining our budget. In the medium term, we may reach less people as a result. As it is, we are already under funded,” Guarnieri said. She estimates that WFP’s commodity cost has already swelled by 40 percent since rice prices began this increase, and WFP is appealing for at least US$500 million from donor countries to help fill the funding gap.

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Theme(s): (IRIN) Early Warning, (IRIN) Economy, (IRIN) Food Security [ENDS]

visit: http://www.freerice.com/
if you haven't done so!