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[fangod9624]

My opinion of PLZA so far

Well, for starters, Pokémon XY was released in 2013. Coincidentally, GTA 5 was released in 2013 too.

So now seeing both games (GTA 6 & PLZA) releasing in 2025 seems kinda... Idk, CURSED to me...?

I mean look, i don't mean by coincidence, even tho i actually MEAN it, but hear me out with this one:

With the late 2025 release of PLZA and the September release of GTA 6 seems kinda weird to me. Like yea both games (GTA 5 and Pokémon XY) were first released in 2013 but now that we getting a Kalos Legends game and GTA 6 will be real both in 2025 seems like what Dr. Heinz Doofensmirtz said:

If I had a nickel for every time a GTA game and a French-inspired Pokémon game releases both the same year i had 2 nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

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Buscalan Travel Guide – Expenses & Sample IT Included

Buscalan is home to tattooed women and warriors known as Butbut Tribe. The place has gathered special attention when the oldest mambabatok (traditional hand-tap tattoo artist) Apo Fangod was featured by an international documentary channel.

Kalinga is dotted with panoramic rice terraces. It is surrounded by lush mountains. The local people living in the mountainous region of Kalinga province and the natural beauty of the ecosystem will awe anyone who’ll set foot in the place. The Butbut Tribe of Buscalan has a unique culture and impressive intact tradition.

HOW TO GO TO BUSCALAN

HOW TO GO TO BUSCALAN FROM SAGADA

Since we came from Sagada, this was the route we took. **Check this link for Sagada Travel Guide.

Ride a jeepney to Bontoc. (Travel Time: 1 hour / Fare: ₱50)

From Bontoc, ride another jeepney to Buscalan. (Travel Time: 2-3 hours / Fare: ₱100)

Trek to Butbut Tribe. (Travel Time: 40 minutes to 1 hour / Guide fee: ₱1000 (5 pax)

HOW TO GO TO BUSCALAN FROM METRO MANILA

From Manila, you can reach Buscalan either through Tabuk (in Kalinga Province) or Bontoc (in Mountain Province)

Via Tabuk

From Kamias Terminal in Cubao, take a Victory Liner bus bound for Tabuk City. (Travel Time: 9-10 hours l Fare: ₱750-₱800)

Alight in front of St Williams Cathedral in Tabuk City.

Take a jeepney, van, or minibus bound for Brgy. Bugnay in Tinglayan, Kalinga Province. The first trip is at 7AM.

Van – terminal is located a few meters away from St. William’s Cathedral. These vans will go directly to the jump-off point. (You can skip the 4th step if you will take a van). (Travel Time: 2-3 hours / Fare: ₱150)

Minibus – mini buses bound for Bontoc, Mountain Province passes by the road in front of St. William’s Cathedral. Alight in Barangay Bugnay in Tinglayan. (Travel Time: 2-3 hours / Fare: ₱130)

Jeepney – terminal is situated several meters away from St. William’s Cathedral. Alight in Barangay Bugnay in Tinglayan. (Travel Time: 2-3 hours / Fare: ₱130)

From Barangay Bugnay, take a habal-habal (motorcycle ride) up to the jump-off point. Alight in Barangay Bugnay in Tinglayan. (Travel Time: 40 minutes to 1 hour / Fare: ₱100)

Via Bontoc

Coda Lines Corporation has a daily trip from Cubao Terminal to Bontoc. The bus leaves daily at 8PM, 9PM and 10PM.  (Travel Time: 11 hours / Fare: ₱750-₱800)

From Bontoc, take a jeepney or bus bound for Tabuk City. They pass through Tinglayan. The first trip is at 7AM and the last trip at 11AM. Ask to be dropped off to the junction to Buscalan and trek for an hour to reach the village.

GOING BACK TO METRO MANILA FROM BUSCALAN

There’s a jeepney that goes directly to Bontoc. It leaves the jump-off point at 9AM. From Bontoc, you can ride the Coda Bus bound for Manila.

WHERE TO STAY IN BUSCALAN

Homestay is the only accommodation option in the village of Buscalan. We stayed at Charlie Homestay and the rate is P350 per person

WHAT TO DO IN BUSCALAN

Get a tribal tattoo, ideally from Apo Whang-od. Securing a tattoo session with the Apo is quite a challenge because she’s so in-demand, busy, and frail now. When we were there the only tattoo she does was her 3-dot signature (not even her real signature) for ₱500. Tattoo rates vary depending on size and design. Cheapest is ₱500.

See the splendid rice terraces of Buscalan.

Coffee! Take a sip even if it’s freaking 45 degree Celsius hot outside. Bring home a bag, too!

If you haven’t been to Sagada, visit the attractions they have there! Here’s a great travel guide to keep you going. You’re welcome.

SAMPLE BUSCALAN ITINERARY  (via Bontoc)

Day 0 Manila to Bontoc

1800: Departure from Coda Lines Cubao to Bontoc

Day 1 Bontoc to Buscalan 0600H: Arrival in Bontoc. Breakfast 0700H: Ride a jeepney bound for Buscalan 1000H: Arrival in jump-off. Trek to Butbut Tribe 1100H: Arrival. Find a homestay. Settle. Lunch. 1330H: Free time. Tattoo. Roam around. 1800H: Dinner. Socials.

Day 2 Going Home 0530H: Wake up and see the sunrise in Padjao Rice Terraces 0630H: Breakfast 0700H: Trek back to the jump-off point 0830H: Catch a jeep back to Tabuk or Bontoc then Manila

BUSCALAN RATES & EXPENSES (projected)

ITEMS RATES NOTES Eco-cultural fee ₱75 per person Local guide ₱1000 per day This is mandatory – 1 guide to 5 tourists Homestay ₱200-₱350 per person Tattoo ₱500-₱2,500 Depends on its size and complexity

LET US GO VISUAL!

Check out our Buscalan Vlog so you can at least have an idea on what to expect from the trip.

TRIVIA

Trivia 1 – Apo Wang-Od’s real name is Apo Fangod. Contrary to popular belief, she can actually write. Her original signature was her full name and not just three dots.

Trivia 2 – Apo Fangod (Wang Od) was once branded as the “The Last Living Mambabatok” because no one from the generation after her studied the art. That is no longer applicable now as a lot of youngsters in Butbut Tribe have already acquired the skills and talent in hand-tap tattooing.

Trivia 3 – Before their promotion, not everyone who visited the tribe and asked to be tattooed got one. Their ink is sacred. In fact, they once had a ceremonial tradition where they need to kill a chicken before tattooing. The color of the liver of the killed chicken will determine if you deserve to be inked or not, and only Apo Fangod has a say on the design. It’s a different story now. All you have to do is pay, choose the design you want to be imprinted on your body, and that’s it. This is the reason why I did not bother to get inked. I personally think the “batok” has already lost its relevance.

TRAVEL TIPS

No ATM in the area.

No restaurants in Buscalan. Bring your own baon/food. You may also use cooking facilities in the homestay.

Tattooing schedule is on a first-come-first-served basis.

Taking a bath is prohibited after the tattoo session so it is best to take a bath first before getting inked.

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From Kuya @lanewilcken -- [PLEASE SHARE] I'm working on a new book on Filipino tattoos titled, “FILIPINO TATTOOS: ANCESTORS & DESCENDANTS.” This book will explain the meanings of our ancient tattoos with a focus on the SPIRITUAL nature of our traditional hand-tapped tattooing practice. I am looking for individuals who want to share their spiritual experiences with receiving a HAND-TAPPED batok / tattoo. (NO MACHINE WORK PLEASE.) Many of you are familiar with my books, “Filipino Tattoos Ancient to Modern” and “The Forgotten Children of Maui: Filipino Myths, Tattoos and Rituals of a Demigod.” Unfortunately, because of my original publisher's restrictions, my books have not been widely available in the Philippines. Because of this, I am creating this new book that will be released both electronically and in hard copy, and most importantly, AVAILABLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. If you would like to have your story considered for being included in this book, please: 1. Write about your spiritual experience. (500 to 1500 words) 2. Include who was the mambabatok / tattoo practitioner who did your tattoo, where you received it, and when you received it. 3. Include a high resolution image of your tattoo and / or an image of you receiving your tattoo. 4. E-mail your story and images to lane_w2@yahoo.com DEADLINE for submissions is June 10th 2017. Those chosen to be included in the book will receive a free e-copy of the book and an opportunity to get an advance PRINTED copy for just the printing cost and shipping. Feel free to message me via Instagram or Facebook with any questions. Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat, Lane Wilcken #FilipinoTattoosAncienttoModern #FilipinoTattoosAncestorsandDescendants #KATAOlivingtraditions #ForgottenChildrenofMaui #handtapped #handtaptattoo #filipinotattoos #austronesian #mambabatok #spiritualtattoos #ApoWhangod #Whangod #fangod #filipinotattoo #batok #batek #buscalan #katributatu #lanewilcken #onlyinthephilippines #babaylan #ritesofpassage #pinoy #pinay #pinaytattoo #maganda #astig #mythologymadeflesh #ancestorsremembered

[fangod9624]

Ok hear me out with this one!!!

So Ult will be a new character with a megaring and his Mega Sableye right? Even tho I am so hyped for this TimeSkip anime, I have other things to tell you:

Remember when a YouTuber Shorts guy named Deejus has beef with Duo and he had nothing to do with Duo's death? Well, now he's really good at knowledge, hype, and predictions (if the Switch 1 will explode with this fighting system)

Here's a clip from Deejus about a mega evolution he added to the Redditor:

Now that's what I call COINCIDENCE...

[fangod9624]

So... About the new Megas...

/////SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT/////

CentroLeaks have been good at leaks for a pretty long time. Sure he got banned from the Elon Musk's platform by Nintendo, but now he becomes invincible........

So let's just spill the freakin beans out because oooh boy...

Starting with Kanto, Starmie and Dragonite are ok to me since they do need a mega lol. But with Clefable on the side i went like "WE ARE SOOO BACK!" (yes i am a fan of Gengar x Clefable ship)

Johto only has Skatmory, and I agree! I didn't tell the starters cuz they already getting one...

Sinnoh actually only has Floslass which for me I'm eating a lot!!

Ofc Unova has Emboar but I agree with Excadrill and Chandelure (+Scolipede for coolness reasons). Eelektross seems a bit nasty but okay... Now for Scrafty... Look, ik it seemed like a coincidence but if they took Scrafty's pants out I'll scream! Sure you got the nudity but how can he kick harder?! As you know, it won't happen but we'll see if they keep his pants...

Kalos now has the starters, Eternal Flower Floette and Zygarde ofc but when I first heard of Barbaracle I have NEVER heard him in my life... And it's a prediction video, how did someone know this could happen one day?! Speaking of unheard Pokémon, Dragalge is more overrated than Barbaracle. I mean I haven't seen many appearance in the Pokémon franchise, so it both makes and don't makes sense to me... Pyroar and Malamar are okay tho, but I think James ain't coming back from Horizons...

The future regions have Drampa and Falinks... That was weird to me, since Drampa is famous while Falinks are from Galar so they're unrecognisable...

/////Spoilers end here/////

C'ya!

[fangod9624]

Ik this might sound weird BUT! as a fan of this Capsakid card on the right, I want to show you that this Eevee promo card did a callback to the Capsakid card from Obsidian Flames.

They both have 50 hp and Reckless Charge as their move. And now I realized their last digits for their card code name have the number 3 and it's 50 digits higher.

So please give attention to that Capsakid card from Obsidian Flames. You already know this card is WONDERFUL!

[fangod9624]

Lucia & Jason Male Character are COOKED in my world Lorethia...

Today's a BIG day! Well, not, because it's digital, it needs micro sanctions and Misty once broke the game.

So remember when Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan revealed the other day to have new cards right?

Well, if you're a new Pokémon fan from the mobile games like Pokémon GO and haven't collected Pokémon cards in your life (maybe cuz everyone collects cards nowadays), those cards comes from Pokémon SM era "Team Up (2019)." And guess who's next?

History repeats itself..........

Edit: I just realised something...

This whole theory is becoming WILD!

[fangod9624]

I just found the CEO of Pokémon in 2025......

Yes, it's Emma, if it's going to be Emma, idk

But seriously, haven't you saw my previous post about me talking about how TPCi being cooking with Gardevoir lately? Now there's EVEN MORE GARDEVOIR CONTENT for us!

Just a random Mega Gardevoir lurking somewhere with *supposedly* Emma having a Mega Lucario AND PIKACHU makes it MORE LIKE A FEVER DREAM.......

And I'm NOT only be talking about Gardevoir, i also wanna talk about Emma. If that's her, because we saw the French Looker's room back in February, she indeed THE CEO of TPCi of 2025, and we're cooked.....

Yk, CEOaside, I saw some ancient OoC Pokemon posts about Emma and her Espurr back in 2020, i think? Now I saw the full animation about the Emma side mission, and if she's the CEO of TPCi, idk what I'm about to do with her...............

[fangod9624]

Is my country (Greece) cooked...?

So if you remember one time, I showed you a comic about Brawl: Reflex getting yelled by Gus himself after referring his ghost friend Shade a girl and realising why he's a guy.

A month later, Brawl: Reflex finally refers Shade as a boy like we all refer to him.

In the animation, Reflex refers Shade as They/Them.

NOW, when Shade finally gets a skin after his release, Reflex refers Shade a girl like he used to be. He was like "Well, since it's a ghost, I'll call *HER* whatever I want."

Like I remember when YOU GUYS used to refer Shade as a boy, but I don't even see it anymore.

C'ya!😭

[fangod9624]

Why I hate Ogerpon

So in 2024, I somehow HATE Ogerpon due to half true and stupid reasons. In 2023 until February 27th I used to like this girl, even my world, Lorethia (yes, my world has a name now) used to like her... But when these true and stupid reasons came, everyone disliked her. Let me tell you why:

The "true" reason is BB academy. BB academy is located in Unova, with its crystals and Terapagos. However, this caused a fight with Unovan and Johtonian fans for who would get a remake. Turns out it's Kalos, a.k.a. Pokémon Z, that gets a remake and a Legends game.

Tho this reason is kind of stupid cuz Ogerpon did nothing wrong, the stupid reason is more stupid and lazy: the Japanese packs, Transformation Mask, had a Volbeat and Illumise illustration that connects. It's nice and all but Grookey, with its evo, came 2 weeks later. And Transformation Mask was supposed to be an Ogerpon based TCG pack. If you don't remember, that I posted 1 day before the Transformation Mask packs with a meme, Grookey mistook Volbeat's light with Ampharos', meaning Volbeat returned after 750 episodes (all spoilers from JN96). And Volbeat is also a Danish band under the same name, meaning its album Vol.Beat instead of Volt and Beat.

I'm sorry Ogerpon fans but it has to be. What do YOU think of my hate for Ogerpon? Let me know in the reblogs (or comments that would be cool)

C'ya!😅

[fangod9624]

Some conversation from PokéBeach.com that had me interested:

Let me tell you a story of what happened before Gold's Exbo (or should I say Ethan's Typhlosion) get his card after the leak:

When I first saw a blog post on Tumblr from Harlan, I was like: "Yea, NSFW stuff, leave that alone..." Until I saw people talking about Typhlosion being P Diddy.

And look, I haven't read the lore before the next week comes up, and for what can I say... Tol89 was RIGHT!

Sure I made roasts with Typhlosion being a predator before the Ethan's Typhlosion card but I feel bad for this adorable badger to get roasted by people cuz he's P Diddy fsr, EVEN ME!!!

And let me tell ya: the PokeAni HATED Typhlosion cuz he's ugly I think. But in 2022 a member of the Project Mew have a Typhlosion on his team, but he gave up.

Anyways, that is all! I still fondly remember the Typhlosion lore cuz for how they roasted him for being a predator. But now I know why everyone forgets it: the Mujina lore...

C'ya!😅

[fangod9624]

I got a problem...

Well, Battling Partners got released 2 days ago, and Gold with his Pibu is here at a teaser with Arven and Misty.

Well, i am ok with Misty with the new format cuz the old format is just random Pokémon lol... For Arven i think his Scorvillain, which now that we know Trainer's Pokémon evolution exist, we might get Arven's Capsakid...

But Gold's Pibu ex plus his Adventures team feels like... Moments before disaster. Yea sure we get to see Gold with his Pibu for a teaser, but his Exbo is a Typhlosion, which if they see him, they like "Ayo, ain't no lore than a Typhlosion lore" (y'know, a predator...)

I played these games before and getting Gold's Exbo (ex for hopes) feels underwhelming... Typhlosion got lost in the pokeani and appeared in March 2022, and look, it's NOT like Jimmy (Ethan's Pokeani counterpart) seeing his Typhlosion laughing, i mean we get Exbo the Typhlosion in Adventures, and after the teraleaks, we're cooked...

Anyways, that's my thoughts on this. Like FINALLY, an original blog after 26 days, whew...

C'ya!😰

[fangod9624]

The real reason why Eurovision is rigged...

So we already know that Joost Klein, a dutch participant, is disqualified because free palestine and disrespecting a woman team member.

And you all eurofans went like "OMG, this competition is rigged bc of an agenda against his country or they didn't want him to win" well if you think these two reasons then you're WRONG!

All competitions and media are left wing. Examples like LGBTQ, migration and even supporting Israel. Yes, left wing supports Israel, if u didn't know...

Even in FIFA did a boycott in Israel and played against Iceland in the Euro 2024 qualification. That means not only Eurovision supports Israel, it's the left wing's fault.

To me, I support Palestine cuz Israel commits the crimes against the humanity.

My personal opinion on Joost Klein situation is: DON'T OPEN UR MOUTH!! The media can hear you!

If you didn't saw my Blog, search for Tandemaus and Maushold in my searching bar to see a situation I had last year with Abel Hagen, since I can't write anymore bullshit. You'll also see an episode of Tandemaus/Maushold with the shirt one calling SOS from the Rising Volt Tacklers.

That is all

C'ya!😃

Edit: it's the Olympics that put Israel in their competition threatening Palestinians and Arabs for if they meet eachother they'll disqualified, not FIFA, since FIFA banned Israel after the war. My bad...

[fangod9624]

Tomorrow is Squid Game Season 2. Guess what that means?

It's Blue Squid time!!!

Yea, I find it weird abt this cuz one is very trash and the other is trash with the ppl giving its recognition it needed since we watch K-Dramas.

But hey, I am ok with this, especially if no one will talk to Squid Game in the next couple of days or so

[fangod9624]

I'm so sorry guys...

Sooooooo... Here's my confession: World Protest, my headcanon period of my world, Lorethia, will last about 15 years, from its beginning (June 2022) to Mickey Mouse's last days in his 95 years of ending airplanes down (January 2037 i think)

AND HERE ME OUT: I KNOW this might sound weird but I first heard of Pawmo's voice in the English dub anime, and ohhh boy, what we got here? Yet another Disney property ahh Pokémon soundalike. And since Pawmo's also a mouse slash marmot for smarties, he sounds like Mickey Mouse...

Yea, ALL THOSE YEARS it's Pawmo being Mickey and Totodile being Donald.

Not only that, we also got an upcoming series made by a Disney storyboard worker plus a HUUUGE Pokémon fan that is about a girl not wanting to become a Magical Girl. I won't tag it, I won't say it, if you know you know, and if this webseries goes crazy viral, you might come back to this.

I think that's all...

C'ya!🫣

[fangod9624]

Another day, another headcanon history of my cursed world at the Euro 2020.

As you see at the image, what we're going to talk about is something that the "competition" somehow returns: Greedent and Morpeko rivalry.

Although we didn't get enough of this rivalry enough cuz... JN... *chuckles* there was a KINDA lore about this:

Russia was participated in the Euro 2020, right? (if you ever saw my previous post about the 3rd anniversary of this Kira comic) Well... if you discovered how CURSED this language detector was from 2010 to early 2022 (if I get this right cuz I need information for this language detector thing...) Skwovet was RUSSIAN!

Now some Google Translates have fun with the original pronunciation of those names (take an example of Daniel or Elevenlabs), just like Dedenne which its original pronunciation, DEH-den, is Danish. (excluding Minun since Minun means "my" in Finnish).

Now 5% of Russians joined the protest (i have a protest about it lol) because of Skwovet being Russian. They were some voice of concerns, Pop Team Epic's Pokémon collaboration...AND THE WORST PART? Putin invades Ukraine because he doesn't want Ukraine to join the NATO!

James's Morpeko was in charge of commiting war crimes in other countries because this Pokémon's language detector was in Russia. THEN, they're not guilty cuz 2022 change of the language detector.

This was THE craziest stories ever told by me.

C'ya! 😃