why i love sulat????

these are just few of the reasons why

 1. This is where my home is. I love being home because whenever I am there I am reminded of my childhood. The happy memories spent in our residence together with my siblings my parents and the people who one way or another became part of my childhood.

sulat residence

2. Family. Our family was established here. My siblings and I all grew up here. This is where we had some of our firsts, as kids. I remember playing in the streets of Tabi when I was younger.  Most of the memories were being with siblings, cousins, being with friends in the streets or river, all just happy memories of playing and getting silly as kids.

salog

3. Salog. My fave spot. I used to swim in this river. I love watching the boat passing through here or watching the sunset here.

nilupak

4. I cannot leave sulat not having a taste of nilupak. Nilupak have different versions, but in Sulat we use saba(banana) pounded with the brown sugar and small amount of butter added to it. Today some use grinders to make things life easier. But theres a different yummy taste when nilupak is pounded in a lusong(wooden mortar) with the bayo (pestle).

5. Friends. I built good relationships with some friends here. In sulat u will hear the term batch often. This refers to your classmates could be in grade school or high school. I am glad I belong to batch 90. I treasure the friendship in this group.

6. Family gatherings. Its been in our family to gather often as much as we can. I remember when we were younger we usually get together in the beach with the bunch of baldados during weekends. I will never forget also the after Sunday mass get together in my grandmas house, again with the  Baldados. Nanay Pruden was always ready with her coffee and pandesal and most importantly the reason why I get excited of the after mass bonding was its my nanays imported corned beef which she would just serve during a family get together like Sundays gathering in her house.Up to this time whenever we go home to Sulat we make it a point to gather and catch up for the missed times that we were not around, wherever, could be in the farm or any Baldado residence, whenever.

my last "Sunday after mass" get together with Nanay Pruden

tabok with pau and eric may

7. Tabok. I love tabok. The long stretched gray sand. The calm water. With a lot of choices to go to for a swim in Sulat, Tabok will still be the more popular choice.  One thing it is the closest to the town proper. Tabok which the name implies is just across the river.  Another thing families prefer this beach because the water here is calm.  So its safer for the kids. One thing more unlike other beaches in Sulat, Tabok has a a finer gray sand so again it is safer to swim here.

tabok

luyang

8. Luyang. Another fave spot in Sulat. East part facing the pacific ocean.

9. Fiesta. Sulat fiesta happens every 31st of July. Long week of celebration and preparation. The festive mood, the costumes in the parades, the food served, guests, the sarayaw(dance party), shows every night including the singing contest, the basketball tournament, regatta, marathon, the tiange how can i forget these and more. These all had been a part of me and somehow makes me excited about fiestas.

square

10. Square. I cant figure out why we called this place square. But this place had been our playground when we were still kids. Every after school we the tabinhon kids would come here and play. Or sometimes I remember the older folks of the town would come here too to just talk. It was nice to see kids and the older people hanging out in the square. At 6pm the church bell rings, it was the signal for us to go home.

to be continued..

MY BIRTHDAY -2011

i just

                  turned 38!!

 To celebrate my birthday, we just had a simple lunch in Lagro.  I cooked buffalo wings, then steamed lapu-lapu, bought pansit for longer life. There were rolls of cake for dessert. That is all for this years birthday.

What is more important for me, is to be able to thank God for the blessings and for keeping me safe throughout the year.