This post I am writing directly from Pioduran Albay. The hometown of my in-laws. This is the place where my father-in-law lives with his youngest daughter and her family. It’s also the place where we are staying right now.
It is fun staying here because whole day family is passing by and going again. It is a lively house. No dull moments.
I do not have that much time to work on this blog, and aside from that I do not have the right facilities to publish pictures. The computer I am using is slow and doesn’t have the right software to do some photoshopping. Internet is slow, and we have experienced a few brown-outs already the last few days. One lasted for several hours. On such moments I enjoy staying in the province: No loud music, no karaoke. Just a tricycle passing by every now and then.
There’s not much roosters in this neighborhood, so I can sleep wel and a little late in the morning.
When I walk in the street, many children come to me and offer their hand to bless. This is a common thing in the Philippines. It shows that the person is respecting you.
Many children from the village know me already and see me as a lolo. For that reason they want to do the blessing ritual.
We were planning to go to Legaspi to do some business and to see if I could make a few nice pictures of Mayon Volcano, but the weather is not nice. It is a complete grey sky and showers from time to time. The moment it is clear I go out and bring my camera to try to shoot nice pics.
Coming sunday we will go back to Manila. I hope that the weather is good for travelling another almost 600 kms. And that I will be able to shoot a few nice landscape pictures.
I will post more next week about this week in Pioduran.
Filipino time:
Hi to my kababayans. My relatives live in Benodegahan. Originally I was from narrio Mamlad. My parents live in the Malidong cemetery and also my two sisters. Out of four siblings, I am the only survivor because my only brother had left some years ago but I don’t know in what cemetery in Pioduran he was laid to rest. I have so many relatives in Benodegahan and in Mamlad bearing the last name of MOLAR. If ever somebody knows someone by this last name, please extend my warm regards to them because I have been absent from that place some 60 years more or less. I now live in USA and almost at sundown. Thanks.
Hi Mr. Molar,
My wife, who is from Banawan, Pioduran, had a classmate with the family name of Molar and he was from Binodegahan. He must be in his 50′s by now.
The old cemetary in Pioduran doesn’t exist anymore. All remains were transfered to a new cemetary in Caratagan.