Kagsing nin Kabataang Pandananon

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Pandan is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Catanduanes, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 19,005 people in 3,181 households.
HISTORY

Formerly the town site was located some two kilometers away south of the present site. Then the people were disturbed by constant depredation of bandits coming from other places.

The present site has been chosen because it was near the sea and the fishermen found it very convenient for their trade, however, being near the sea, it was vulnerable to Moros who always come to get their belongings or even capture some people.

As a defense against such moro raids, the people planted pandan shrubs close to each other to form a formidable defense against invaders. When the Spaniards came they found the plants around the poblacion in great abundance. When asked what the name of the shrubs was, the people told them that they were pandan shrubs. Thus, the Spaniards called the place Pandan.

The municipality lies on the northern tip of the province, 96 kilometers from the capital town of Virac. Bounded on the south by the municipality of Caramoran, on the west by the Maqueda Channel, on the east by the municipality of Bagamanoc and on the north by the Pacific Ocean. It has a total land area of 11,990 hectares. This is a town of 17,096 friendly and hospitable people, to which 99% are Roman Catholic.

Of the 26 barangays that comprise the municipality, four of which actually form the town proper, which are Libod, the biggest barangay in terms of population, Napo, Pandan del Sur and Pandan del Norte. The rest are found usually near the seashore. The rest being an inland barangays.

The municipality does not only boast of the natural beauties, it has which are the Parway, Mangbang, Parola beaches, the Hinik-Hinik falls (Hinik-hinik is a local term for rain shower) and Minaipit falls, but especially of its being a hometown of Senators, Congressman, Governor, Cardinal and Ambassador.

The people of Pandan are generally peace loving, God fearing and are happy people. Everyone in the community is a brother, a sister and a friend where the products of which could be shared even food itself without thought of having it repaid or reciprocated. Visitors are offered the comforts that the family could afford even it means that the owner should lay on the floor just to make the visitor eased at home by using the “papag”. And that is not enough, before going home; products of their yard would be wrapped for you to bring in your family plus a bunch of cockling chickens.

During celebrations, immediate neighbors are invited bringing among the whole members of the family and this seemed to be incomplete without tuba drinking and little dancing. Pantomina is a long cherished dance that never changes with time despite of the current dance and music. Pandananons has a series of collected pantomina songs which are now famous composed locally, of course it is not only the above songs, Pandananons used to compose, for evidence of which that gained popularity was a song composed by the late Mr. Alfredo dela Rosa, former Municipal Secretary of the Sangguniang Bayan of Pandan, entitled “Islang Catandungan”. This song won first place in the regional contest in Sorsogon sometime on the late 60’s.


Monday, December 14, 2009

Sa Kabila ng Kabagutan

Nasulat ko ito sa isang pahina sa likod ng aking binder
1:39 PM, Room N4
sa College of Health Science Building kanina.

Time namin ngayon kay Maam Lopez. Late ako ng 20 minutes sa klase niya...nakatulog kasi ako. Pero ngayon, ang bigat ng ulo ko...parang gusto ko nang ihimlay ang antok kong kamalayan. Pero no choice ako...baka kasi pagalitan ako ni Maam. Haaaayyy... holy hour pa naman ngayon...nakakaantok talga. Leadership and Management ang topic namin ngayon...nagbibigay siya ng definition ng management. Nakakainis! Hindi kasi maka-absorb ang utak ko...parang natutulog na mantika. Pero sa kabila ng kaantukan, naaaliw ako sa mga classmates ko. Tamang-tama lang ang upuan ko...sa likod kung saan namamasdan ko silang lahat. Nakakatuwa...iba-iba na kasi mga hitsura nila. Merong nakayuko lang, may nagpapaikot-ikot ng bolpen, may nakadekwatro, may nakahawak sa baba, meron namang kunyari may binabasa pero pasimpleng natutulog, merong kunyaring nagsusulat ng notes pero dinodrowing pala si maam, meron namang tutok na tutok sa pakikinig pero wala namang naiintindihan, merong nagsusulat-sulatan para hindi halatang nagkekwentuhan, may nagkukrusada sa pagbibilang ng "and so on", may pasimpleng lumalabas para mag-CR iyon pala magpapahangin lang kaya'y nag-iisnak na, may naglilista ng "embaryoment", "okserb", "ogey", at iba pa, may pasimpleng lumalabas para bumili ng "mani" hindi para pamatid-gutom kundi para pamatid-antok at ang nakakatawa sa lahat ay iyong mga nasa unahang pilit na tinutukuran ang kanilang mga eyelids para hindi sumara. Iyan ang senaryo ng buong klase tuwing ganitong oras dagdag pa nga rito ang pabalik-balik na pagtingin ng ilan sa kanilang relo na gusto nang hilahin ang oras, pati na rin ang ilang nagmamaktol tuwing nag-oovertime si Maam. Haaay! Kulturang estudyante nga naman. Araw-araw, lagi-lagi ganun ang sitwasyon...nakakasawa pero nakakatuwa. Ayan, naubusan na ng tinta ang bolpen ko, hindi dahil masipag akong magsulat ng lecture notes kundi dahil sa pagsulat ng mga bagay na walang saysay=).#
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  1. '--mutya--'December 14, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    ayan nai...
    pig-post ku na huh..hehe...
    wala lang kasi ako magawa nung mga panahon na yun... sa 2-hour period namin, ultimo na-retain sa utak ko na nilecture ni maam eh "management is a science and an art..." yun lang..haha

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  2. naiDecember 14, 2009 at 3:11 PM

    thanks muts!

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