#catanduanes

[polymath11]

These photos are my favorite memories of Catanduanes. 🥺 Having sepanx after being with them for three days made me melancholic.

To Don, Imma, Marian, Danica, and Raizza - you’ll always be those souls I will treasure till the sun stops setting in the west.

Thank you for sharing a part of your life to me. Ily guys 🫶

[kakikoo]

One of my favorite shots of the trip 🌊 (at Tampad Beach)

[westvalleyfaultph]

Quakes Rattle Catanduanes and Surigao

Two quakes have been reported today by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). A magnitude 5.1 tremor struck off the coast of Surigao del Sur early this morning which the agency determined to be the aftershock of the Magnitude 7.4 earthquake last December. The quake which was tectonic in origin struck at 3:03 a.m. some 103 kilometers northeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del…

[ezvargas-universe]

The Catanduanes Island Best to Explore While in the Philippines

[thedalatribune]

© Paolo Dala

Second Coming Prayer

Lord, we’re living in perilous times. The kingdoms are in an uproar. The nation of Israel sits at the hub of history, and the predictions of Your Word are unfolding like a scroll. Evil has never been stronger and the end has never been closer. Our world is in the grip of the birth pangs of tribulation, the likes of which have never been seen before and will never be seen again.

Lord, rejecting the spirit of fear, we claim the Spirit of power, love, and a sound mind. Help us preach the Gospel in these last days. Give us a sense of urgency, anticipation, and evangelism as we await the upward call. May we persevere as we listen for the shout, for the voice of the archangel, and for the trumpet call of God.

Dear Lord, give us patience and give us power. Give us strength and give us souls, as we pray: “Even so, come, Lord Jesus!”

Amen!

perhapstoday.org A Prayer for the Coming Tribulation and Return of Christ

[raifilmandstills]

[ianfulgar]

Thank you for the warm hospitality and unforgettable accommodations, Mayor Olog! Had an amazing time in your private resort. It's such a beautiful property. Look forward to the projects in Catanduanes! #virac #catanduanes #pandan #resorts #dinner #philippinediscoveries #cuisine #filipinofood #privateresort #development #dinnertime #aboutlastnight

[daodlionheart]

Catanduanes Ride 6D5N itinerary for 6K

Since 2020, I have visited all the provinces of Bicol Region except for one: Catanduanes Island. I have a 2021 booking to this province, however, due to requirements and flight re-schedules which did not come in favor of me (from 5D4N to 3D2N urgh), I decided to cancel. Fast forward to 2023 and finally, I was able to visit this amazing paradise known as the Land of the Howling Wind and The Happy…

[7xmofficial]

✨ 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔✨ 

Abaca Festival showcases the fiber industry and its products, which is Catanduanes' and Bicol's main materials for its handicrafts! Similarly, ang 7XM ay nagpapakita ng pagkakaiba-iba at quality

 of the online gambling industry! 😀 

[kristaabesamis]

[arkipelagic]

The Spanish surnames of many Filipinos have often misled foreigners here and abroad, who are unaware of the decree on the adoption of surnames issued by Governor-General Narciso Clavería in 1849. Until quite recently in the United States, the Filipinos were classified in demographic statistics as a “Spanish-speaking minority,” along with Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Mexicans, and other nationals of the Central or South American republics. The Philippines, as is well known, was a Spanish colony when Spain was mistress of empires in the Western Hemisphere; but the Americans were “hispanized” demographically, culturally, and linguistically, in a way the Philippines never was. Yet the Spanish surnames of the Filipinos today—García, Gómez, Gutiérrez, Fernández—seem to confirm the impression of the American statistician, as well as of the American tourist, that the Philippines is just another Mexico in Asia. Nor is this misunderstanding confined to the United States; most Spaniards still tend to think of “las Islas Filipinas” as a country united to them through the language of Cervantes, and they catalogue Philippine studies under “Hispano-America.” The fact is that after nearly three-and-a-half centuries of Spanish rule probably not more than one Filipino in ten spoke Spanish, and today scarcely one in fifty does. Still the illusion lives on, thanks in large part to these surnames, which apparently reflect descent from ancient Peninsular forbears, but in reality often date back no farther than this decree of 1849.

Somehow overlooked, this decree, with the Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos which accompanied it, accounts for another curiousity which often intrigues both Filipinos and foreign visitors alike, namely, that there are towns in which all the surnames of the people begin with the same letter. This is easily verifiable today in many parts of the country. For example, in the Bikol region, the entire alphabet is laid out like a garland over the provinces of Albay, Sorsogon, and Catanduanes which in 1849 belonged to the single jurisdiction of Albay. Beginning with A at the provincial capital, the letters B and C mark the towns along the coast beyond Tabaco to Tiwi. We return and trace along the coast of Sorsogon the letters E to L; then starting down the Iraya Valley at Daraga with M, we stop with S to Polangui and Libon, and finish the alphabet with a quick tour around the island of Catan-duanes. Today’s lists of municipal officials, memorials to local heroes, even business or telephone directories, also show that towns where family names begin with a single letter are not uncommon. In as, for example, the letter R is so prevalent that besides the Roas, Reburianos, Rebajantes, etc., some claim with tongue in cheek that the town also produced Romuáldez, Rizal, and Roosevelt!

Excerpt from the 1973 introduction to Catálogo de Alfabético de Apellidos by Domingo Abella

[herpsandbirds]

Gray's Monitor Lizard (Varanus olivaceus), family Varanidae, endemic to southern Luzon, Catanduanes, and Polillo Islands, Philippines

One of only 3 species of frugivorous (fruit-eating) monitor lizards, a group which is usually carnivorous.

This species is not strictly frugivorous, as they also feed on small animals and eggs.

photograph by Helene Miller Hoffman

[kakikoo]

You were beautiful, Catanduanes! ✈️ (at Paraiso ni Honesto)

[local-pokesimp]

Pokemon characters that are Filipino. TO ME.

Brendan

He just strikes me as your typical Filipino kid. Does the thing where he jumps whenever he comes across a door to slap the door frame. Dribbles the air without a ball. Also Hoenn is pretty much the Philippines of the Pokemon world anyways. (Too much water, fucked up weather, weird shit happening)

Juliana

Okay, she's half Spanish, half Filipino, but whatevs. You can barely tell anyways. More fluent in speaking Filipino tho. Says, "Mama mo"[1] whenever she's being teased and she gets annoyed with them

Cheren

Just trust me on this one, he's Filipino. To Me. He's technically half, but the Filipino genes are strong. Speaks in conyo[2] sometimes because I like making fun of him, and also not very fluent in Filipino in the first place (raised in Unova which is the equivalent of America)

Crispin

His name is Crispin, what did you expect me to do, huh. That's the most Filipino sounding name I've ever seen in the whole Pokemon franchise. Also made me think of Crispin from Noli me Tangere and another Crispin from Trese. Just trust me on this one, okay

Gou

He's Filipino. Trust. Definitely somewhere from the province. Starts muttering in Bikol[3] with the most intense accent ever whenever he's frustrated. Okay, actually Gou is from Albay, Philippines now because I say so. Chucking this boy into Albay.

TLs:

[1]: Mama mo = Your mom

[2]: Conyo is basically Taglish (Tagalog + English). It's also usually used to refer to people who are from rich families and they usually speak in Taglish. Example: "Let's punta (go) sa mall bukas (tomorrow)." It's kind of cringe or weird to hear especially if you're a native Filipino speaker (and especially if you're from the province).

[3]: Language spoken in the Bicol region which is composed of Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, Catanduanes and Masbate. Bicol is the region, Bikol is the language. It's kind of hard to explain, but every region has like different ways of saying things.

[ezvargas-universe]

A Tourist Paradise: Exploring the Precious Hidden Gem of the Philippines

[thedalatribune]

© Paolo Dala

So Is Everyone Born Of The Spirit

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

John 3:8