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Saturday, March 9, 2024

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨? 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐚?

Buenas mga Kalutong Cavite !

Kamakailan ay may ginanap na poetry reading sa ating ciudad pero ang nakakalungkot titulo pa lang mali na agad ang ginamit ng mga bumuo nito. 

Ano nga ba ang tamang tawag sa lengwahe ng ating ciudad?

Ang Chabacano ay isang wika na ipinamana sa ciudad ng Cavite ng mga ninuno nito. Ito ay isa sa mga uri ng lengwaheng kreol at nag-iisang Indo-European of origin na sinasalita sa iba't ibang rehiyon ng bansa.

Sa lahat ng mga iba't ibang bersyon nito, ang sa ating ciudad ang pinakapuro dahil ito ay halong Kastila at Tagalog lamang. Chabacano o Chavacano ay parehong tama subalit alam mo ba mula noon pa sa ating ciudad, ang ginagamit na ay Chabacano na may titik "B" at hindi "V".

Isa sa mga pangunahing grupo na nagpanukala ng pagsulong sa preserbasyon ng Chabacano ay itinatag noong dekada singkwenta hanggang sisenta na kilala bilang Circulo Chabacano Caviteño. 

Binuo ito ni Mr. Ilustre Reyes at ang isa sa mga pinakakilalang miyembro nito ay si Eliodoro Ballesteros, isang makata. 

Si Nyol Doro, ang sumulat ng tatlong magagandang soneto para sa Our Lady of Porta Vaga, ngunit ang pinakatanyag niyang likha ay ang El Chabacano Caviteño na ginamit sa inagurasyon ng grupo.


Makikita na mula sa pamagat ng grupo, sa event decoration hanggang sa kanyang pinaka popular na tula, ang lahat ay Chabacano na titik "B."

Matapos ang ilang dekada si Sir Enrique Escalante naman ang naging isa sa mga masidhing nagtulak ng preserbasyon ng ating Chabacano. 

Naglathala si Sir Ike ng ilang aklat na nagsisilbing gabay sa tunay na lengwahe ng ating ciudad hanggang ngayon. 

Sa kanyang panahon, nagkaroon tayo ng Dia De Chabacano na isang taunang pagdiriwang. 

Nagkaroon din ng mga klase para sa mga bata at sa interesadong matuto. 



Ang lahat ng mga poster at backgrounds ng kanyang ganap, pati na mga pamagat ng kanyang aklat, Chabacano na titik "B."

Nang panahon ni Mayor Tim Encarnacion at kasagsagan ng City Library, nagkaroon din ng grupo na layuning itaguyod ang ating Chabacano. 

Ito ay tinawag na Asociacion Chabacano del Ciudad de Cavite sa ilalim ni Mr. Jose A. dela Rosa. Ang pinaka-importanteng proyektong pamana ng grupo sa ciudad ay ang pagbuo ng Diccionario Chabacano. 


Suportado noon ng parehong lokal na gobierno pati ng administrasyon ng pinakamalaking pribadong eskwelahan ng lungsod na San Sebastian College Recoletos de Cavite sa pamumuno ni Rev. Fr. Emilio Jaruda Jr. ang pagsusulong ng preserbasyon ng Chabacano. 

Makikita ulit na mula sa pangalan ng grupo hanggang sa pamagat ng libro, lahat ay Chabacano na titik "B." 

Nagkaroon din noon Chabacano classes sa St. Joseph College na kolaborasyon ng eskwela at San Roque Parish Church sa pagsusulong ni Fr. Dominador Medina. Makikitang sa t-shirts na suot ng isang klase na pinangungunahan ng isa sa naging guro nito na si Mr. Dave Salivio ay Chabacano na titik "B." 

Maging ang karatula sa harap mismo ng San Roque Parish Church na pinakahuling nagsulong ng preserbasyon sa pamamagitan ng mga misa ay Chabacano na titik "B." 



Sa mga nakaraang iilang online seminar ng ito ay mauso, lahat ng mga nag-organisa tulad ng Cavite State University para sa ating lengwahe ay gumamit ng Chabacano na titik "B." 



Ang mga kamakailang mga bagong facebook post na inilalabas ng Cavite National High School Library bilang pagpupugay sa Chabacano ay gumagamit din ng titik "B."

Sa konklusyon lahat ng mga naging tagapagtaguyod, mula noon, pati sa mga dokumentasyon, ay nagsasaad na Chabacano na titik "B" o mas kilalang "Chabacano Caviteño" ang lehitimong tawag sa Chabacano ng ating ciudad. 

Nakalulungkot na ang mga nag-organisa ng huling event ay nag-imbento ng sariling kataga na ni minsan ay di ginamit. 


Ang totoong adbokasiya, lalo na ang layunin ay pangangalaga sa isang buhay na kayamanan ng kultura ng ating ciudad tulad ng Chabacano Caviteño, hindi dapat ito basta-basta lamang. Ito ay dapat pinagplaplanuhan ng mabuti katulong ng mga totoong may alam sa lengwahe. Dapat tiyakin na tama ang lahat mula sa tawag hanggang sa nilalaman na ito ay sariling atin at hindi pinaghalo-halong ibang bersyon na mali-mali. 

Sa ganitong paraan maipapakita ang respeto at tunay na pagpapahalaga ng pagpapalaganap ng tamang impormasyon ukol sa Chabacano na yaman ng ciudad lalo karamihan ay hindi na nakakaunawa o sadyang hindi na alam ang halaga ng kasaysayan. 

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Vista Parcial Del Cavite Arsenal

 


Ano ba ang Cavite Arsenal?

Ang Cavite Arsenal, o kilala rin bilang Arsenal de Cavite, ay isang mahalagang base militar at pasilidad para sa mga armas na itinatag noong panahon ng pananakop ng Espanya sa Pilipinas. Matatagpuan ito sa Cavite City, Cavite, malapit sa Look ng Maynila. Ang Arsenal ay naglingkod bilang pangunahing sentro para sa pagmamantini, pagkukumpuni, at produksyon ng mga barkong pandigma at armas para sa Hukbong Pandigma ng Espanya. Sa buong kasaysayan nito, naging mahalagang bahagi ito sa depensa at mga gawain sa dagat ng kolonyal na pamahalaan ng Espanya sa Pilipinas.

#ReminiscingTheOldCaviteCity
#CavitePuerto


Saturday, January 20, 2024

Bounty Fresh Baked Rosemary Chicken Thighs

The replacement chicken by Bounty Fresh is so damned pretty that to the point that what was originally intended to be a simple adobo dish was transformed into an elevated baked chicken cut-up meal for a weekend indulgence.


Ingredients:

 

For marinade:

1 pack S&R Bounty Fresh Chicken Cut-ups

4 tbsp lemon juice

 

Before baking:

2 tsp rosemary or more

2 tsp lemon zest

Butter, melted

Olive oil

Salt and pepper

 

Procedure:

Mix the chicken cut-ups with the lemon, salt and pepper and marinate for 1 hour or 2 hours.

Preheat oven 350℉.

Mix butter, olive oil, lemon zest, rosemary, salt and pepper then rubbed it on the chicken.

Baked for 40 minutes or until done while occasional brushing it with more butter to avoid the chicken skin from being dry.

Serve with your choice of side dishes.


Thank you Bounty Fresh !

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Mercedes Matias-Santiago

Mercedes Matias Santiago (March 4, 1910 – June 20, 2003) was a renowned Filipino soprano and music educator.


Early life
Born Mercedes Matias on March 4, 1910 in Cavite City, Cavite, Philippines, she was one of three children of Juan Matias of Ligao, Albay and Rosario Regalado of Cavite City. Her father worked as a division head at the U.S. Navy yards in Cavite. (Guerrero 2002, p. Q14)

Matias grew up surrounded by opera music and she and her family regularly attended performances at the Manila Grand Opera House. From this inspiration, she showed early promise as a soprano. After attending public schools in her home town, she moved to Manila to study under Maestro Victorino Carrion and the Englishwoman Kay Williams, both of whom were prominent music instructors in the Philippine capital. (Bañas 1935, p. 556 and Villaruz 2006, pp. 77–78)

Career

In 1928, Matias travelled to Milan in order to further her voice training. It is said that her father sold three property lots to pay for her expenses. (Guerrero 2002, p. Q14) She was the third Filipino classical singer, after Isang Tapales and Jovita Fuentes, to leave the country to pursue further studies abroad. Matias stayed in Italy from 1928 to 1932 and during this time took part in opera performances in Turin, Venice and Milan. She performed in concerts for the benefit of Milan's fascists and on one occasion, had the distinction of singing before Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. (Guerrero 2002, p. Q14)

There are two differing accounts of Mercedes Matias' first performance in a leading role in Italy. According to one commentator, she debuted as Gilda in Verdi's opera Rigoletto at Turin's Teatro Comunale in 1929. (Tariman 2003, p. D2 and Tariman 2009) Another source states she debuted in the same role in 1931 at the Teatro Dolverne in Milan. (Guerrero 2002, p. Q14) In addition to these performances, Matias sang the lead female role in Rigoletto in Venice as well as similar lead roles in Lucia di Lammermoor, La Sonnambula and Il barbiere di Siviglia in Milan.

Fame in the Philippines

After her return to the Philippines, Matias performed as a coloratura soprano at the Manila Grand Opera House, which she had frequented as a child, as well as at the new Manila Metropolitan Theater. She reprised several of the roles she had performed in Italy, including that of Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor. She was also one of the first Filipinas to sing Verdi's Traviata. Indeed, during the 1930s and 1940s, she was the number one interpreter of both operas in the Philippines. (Tariman 2009)

Matias was a popular radio performer as well. Readers and radio listeners who participated in a contest run by the Philippine magazine Graphic in 1934 - which garnered more than 16,000 ballots - voted her number two among the best classical singers appearing on radio in the Philippines, behind Anita Galan. (Enriquez 2008, p. 106)

A high point in Mercedes Matias' career occurred after she performed the role of Anina in Bellini's opera La Sonnambula, when Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon sent her a seven-foot (two-meter) bouquet with an inscription that read Ruiseñor de Filipinas (Nightingale of the Philippines). (Tariman 2009) For that performance, she was accompanied by the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO). In all, Matias appeared as a vocal soloist with the MSO in 1933, 1936, 1947 and 1952.

Following one of her performances in 1948, the Manila Chronicle wrote: "As in other cities abroad where the presentation of higher types of music is part of community life, the cosmopolitan population of Manila jammed the UST Gym to listen, look and applaud Mercedes Matias Santiago as the country's one and only Lucia di Lammermoor. The audience headed by President Manuel A. Roxas gave Santiago thunderous ovations that implied their approval." (quoted in Tariman 2003, p. D2)

Teacher

Besides singing professionally, Mercedes Matias taught voice culture at the University of the Philippines' Conservatory of Music in the 1930s and later served briefly as an instructor in the Music Department at St. Paul College in Manila in 1943 before it was occupied by Japanese soldiers. After the war, she taught at the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory as well as in private schools. Her list of distinguished pupils included Dalisay Aldaba, Conchita Gaston, Enya Gonzalez, Remedios Bosch Jimenez, Luz Morales, Consuelo Salazar and Catalina Zandueta, as well as presidential wives Aurora Quezon and Imelda Marcos. (Cornejo 1939, p. 1936 and Guerrero 2002, p. Q14)

Personal life

According to a contemporary source, Mercedes Matias married Gerónimo Santiago Jr., son of former Manila city councillor Gerónimo Santiago Sr. and Ildefensa Cichangco, in 1936. (Cornejo 1939, p. 1936) However, according to marriage registration records, they were only officially wedded eight years later, on February 19, 1944, at the Catholic Church in Sampaloc, Manila. The marriage contract indicated that both bride and groom were single and 33 years old.[1] This marriage subsequently broke down and the couple separated, principally because Matias-Santiago could not have children. (Tariman 2009)

In the 1950s, Matias-Santiago began a romantic relationship with one of her students, the tenor Aristeo Velasco. As a leading Philippine music commenter later wrote, theirs "was a case of love ignited and intensified by music".(Tariman 2009) Velasco left his wife to live with Matias-Santiago, causing a scandal in the Philippines and irreparable harm to her career. As a result, she lost her teaching position and earned a living by giving private lessons.

Later years

Matias-Santiago continued to give voice lessons for many years in her rented two-storey apartment and studio located at no. 1081 Maceda Street in Sampaloc, Metro Manila, where she and Aristeo Velasco resided. 'The Maestra', as she was known, taught music altogether for 70 years. (Tariman 2003, p. D2)

Forgotten by most Filipinos and passed over for major awards, Matias-Santiago nonetheless continued to have her supporters. In a biographical article entitled "A Neglected Living Treasure", which appeared in the Sunday Inquirer Magazine in 2002, she told an interviewer: "My life is something like the opera 'Lucia de Lammermoor'... It's a little sad, a little tragic and a little romantic." (Guerrero 2002, p. Q14)

Mercedes Matias-Santiago died during the afternoon of June 20, 2003, at the age of 93. Her partner Aristeo Velasco predeceased her.


Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Big Shoutout to Bounty Fresh !

As a Sarisuki customer for several months, I've grown accustomed to the convenience of their delivery service, particularly for frozen products. However, my recent purchase of a frozen chicken packed with was unexpectedly disappointing. This was the initial instance I came across a frozen chicken pack with such troubling characteristics – bloodied and bearing skin so severely bruised and forcibly plucked that it exhibited scars and rough texture. Feeling dismayed how the product passed the quality control knowing Bounty Fresh brand has high standards so I reached out to them via their Facebook page to voice my complaint. Following this, a customer representative promptly contacted me to gather further details then eventually a call that it will be replaced.

After a week, Bountry Fresh indeed replaced the subpar product as promised with their Bounty Fresh S&R brand. The quality of the chicken in the S&R packaging is markedly superior. It's reassuring to see Bounty Fresh address customer concerns and uphold their commitment to delivering high standards.

Big shoutout to the Bounty Fresh Social Media Team and Customer Service Department for their outstanding support! Special thanks to the gentleman who not only called to address my concerns but also personally delivered the replacement chicken – though regrettably, his name slips my mind.

The replacement chicken exceeded expectations in both quality and quantity compared to its predecessor. Given the replacements premium quality and increased volume, it felt unjust to simply prepare it as adobo as the initial plan. Consequently, opted to elevate it into a delightful baked rosemary chicken dish.

Thank you Bounty Fresh <3 

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Illo's Home Buffet - A Not So Good Experience


Resto Name: Illo's Home Buffet
Location: Adriatico, Malate, Manila
Type:  American, Filipino, Spanish
Buffet Price: P999 Eat-All-You-Can Buffet and Drinks

Due to the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), this page ceased to publish restaurant reviews. However, after a prolonged hiatus, we finally decided to dine out with senior parents to celebrate their wedding anniversary. After some research, we settled on trying Illo's Buffet.

After reading numerous positive blog/vlogs reviews and browsing through enticing images, we confirmed Illo's Buffet indeed serves seafood (senior's favorite), particularly garlic shrimps, which further fueled our anticipation for the dining experience.


Upon our early arrival, we found ourselves to be the first guests of the day. The place was beautifully set-up up and very instagrammable. However, unlike other "eat all you can" establishments, umpisa pa lang staffs didn't seem particularly friendly. It felt as though they were giving off an "eat and go" vibe, even to those who arrived after us.



In terms of venue so far this is the most sosyal in set-up. 


The Food


Forgettable. Nothing stands out from this station.


Appetizers

The cheese and cold cuts spread was very so-so that day not worth of taking a photo. 
Wish they have decent cheese and cold cuts considering its P999 per head. 



Unique and quite good

They do have camote chips by the way.

Paella Station
All the dishes in the paella spread seemed to have a similar taste, with only the toppings varying. None of the standout features showcased in vlogs were present.

This is the only seafood in the menu! 
3 pieces of shrimp for the entire lunch service nothing more.
Imagine if we did not come first the senior would not have gotten a single seafood. 


Meat Station

Very disappointing. 
The sole meat was too dry na prang last night pa and the tiny slice given was the bottom part ang tigas.

Relleno was too small at dapang-dapa. Ang layo sa itsura ng sa mga vlogs.

Didn't quite grasp the concept of using raw vegetables straight from market as decoration.

Pasta Section



Masarap!


The past station is yummy.


Main Course Station


Masarap !

This was good.


The slices of salmon were paper-thin, and it seemed like the tray was always empty, as if you needed to be vigilant and quick to refill it, almost as if you were begging for scraps.

Masarap! 

Callos was very very yummy !


Good flavor

Very Yummy !

Salad and Kinilaw was good

Dessert Station

One of the reason this buffest was chosen was there is blueberry cheesecake as vloggers raving it - but there is none that day.


Subpar cakes that taste only sweet. 




Maja and Biko were excessively firm and appeared to have been exposed to air for several hours, resulting in a drying hard  texture. 


Unfortunately, I didn't manage to take a photo, but I must say, the puto bumbong was a huge disappointment. It felt like a disservice to Filipino culture. They used malagkit powder that resembled a bubble gum consistency, making it extremely difficult to chew and swallow. It lacked the traditional texture and taste that we expect from this beloved Filipino delicacy.

Aice Ice Cream for Dessert



My senior mom nearly tripped in front of the ice cream freezer due to the staff's negligence. The wire from the freezer was protruding on the floor, causing a hazard. Thankfully, she didn't fall, but some food fell off the plate she was carrying. Despite alerting the staff, they ignored us and didn't even bother fixing the cable, which remained a tripping risk. Consequently, we decided not to let my senior mom stand and just refill our food ourselves.

Towards the end of the meal, I requested tea, but they claimed they didn't have any, which was a first in an "eat all you can" experience. When I tried to get a Milo shake, despite pressing the button multiple times, nothing came out. The staff were chatting amongst themselves, with one girl even giving me a sour look. When I informed them that nothing was dispensing, they finally checked and found the container empty, saying they needed to make more.

I also lodged a complaint online about my mom's near-trip. Someone named Ella said it would be addressed and investigated but they didn't explain why there were no seafood options especially shrimp available despite them giving assurance before I finalized my booking. To this day they did not get back and my last message about the seafood was just seen zoned.  

Despite the superb ambiance and some delicious dishes unique to this place, the overall customer service was severely lacking and disappointing. Imagine what if my senior mom completely tripped and bumped her head because of their negligence. There needs to be a complete overhaul of the staff especially management in this branch, focusing on hiring individuals who prioritize customer high satisfaction. 


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Food – 3.00 stars
Service – 1.00 stars
Ambiance – 5.00 stars
Value – 3.50 stars

OVERALL BUFFET RATING – 3.125 stars

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Illo's Buffet
Address: 2nd Floor, 1700 Adriatico St, Malate, Manila
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