is this really me???? HAHAHHAHAAHA OWEMJIIII Excited and anxious for where this journey will take me. Just a glimpse of what I'm getting myself into. 🥹🤞🏻
My heart is full. So happy to have the chance to volunteer to repack relief goods for those affected with flooding. My little way of helping those in need. Thank you Sister for inviting me. I'm always willing to help even in my little ways. Thank you Lord for everything! 🫶🏻
So in love with the logo and cover photo of our small business. By the way, me and my boyfriend decided to start a small business, an online store for clothes. I've already started selling my pre-loved clothes and we have ordered tops for woman that we're going to sell and post on Saturday.
We want to earn money so when our parents don't have money, we can provide on our own especially nowadays. We have to be practical and not spend so much money on things that aren't really important. I've realized that being thrifty helps me a lot especially when the time comes that I needed money the most and I am living independently in a boarding house since my school is far from my hometown. Now that I am a college student, expenses are more expensive and I really have to be hardworking to achieve my dreams in life especially now that we are financially struggling.
I hope everything's going to be alright in God's perfect timing. 🙏🏻🤍
Here goes the 13th Odyssey Waves in Calicoan, Guiuan Eastern Samar. 🎉
This is an annual event happening for 13 years. This is to promote the tourism of Guiuan Eastern Samar. Different surfers from different places around the world came to visit here.
They have food stalls here, stores for clothes, anklets, temporary tattoos, and other surfing essentials.
It was actually my first time to go to the 13th Odyssey Waves in Calicoan. It's mesmerizing to see a lot of surfers at the sea and a lot of people whose skin is tanned. As the sun touches my skin it made me feel relieved, as if it's my first time. The ambiance is different. It's completely fun and an adventure. If only I know how to surf I would be surfing all day long. Now that I saw and felt how its like, I promise myself that someday I will learn how to surf.
Last September 4, 2023, was the Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) Nite which was held at Mayor Luis A. Capito Cultural Stage at Borongan City Eastern Samar.
This event is conducted when the fiesta of Borongan City is approaching. Selected students, faculty, and staff perform and showcase their amazing talents and skills during this night.
This event is very important because it can help the students boost their confidence and enhance their talents and skills. Also, it is a celebration to celebrate the different talents of the ESSUdyantes.
Last September 8, 2023, Borongan City Eastern Samar celebrated the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary also known as the Padul-ong festival.
The Padul-Ong Festival in Borongan pays respect to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the story of how she came to be the city's patroness. According to legend, a mystery woman traveled by ship from the port of Portugal in 1718 and was left alone in her stateroom by the crew the entire time. The waters grew choppy in all directions as the boat approached Philippine territory. Their sailing only became calm when they turned westward of the archipelago, in the direction of the island of Samar.
The captain discovered that their strange passenger had vanished when they arrived in Guintaguican, which is now Punta Maria. The only thing she had left was her cargo, a lovely representation of Our Lady of the Nativity that included a veiled Saint Anne sitting and holding Mary in her arms in contrast to the Madonna and Child.
Padul-Ong is derived from "dul-o," which is Binisaya for "hatid." The Padul-Ong is a tradition that is expanding and accessible to more people, far from being a static relic from the past.
Every year on September 7, the city recreates this illogical journey. The Padul-Ong starts at two in the morning at the tiny chapel in Punta Maria, which is an hour outside of the city. Only the surrounding households can be heard praying in a repetitive manner; the roosters are still dozing. The Blessed Virgin of the Nativity statue is calmly seated outside on a bed of flowers atop a moving platform under strings of banderitas.
A mass is followed by a novena. Then, chanting in unison with lit candles, incense burning from the thurible, and the solemn boom of rockets that send up plumes of smoke in the day, the Blessed Virgin and her caravan slowly make their way to the local port.
The word "borong," meaning "fog" in the native tongue, is where the word "borongan" comes from. At morning, strands of fog were still hanging over the calm water from the nearby mangroves, seemingly reaching out to grab hold of the Mary statue as it boarded the waiting banca. She would be transported to the main ship, where she would captain the flotilla as it approached the city.
Source:
Parlade, S. (n.d.). A tale of faith and Fable. GRID Magazine - Travel the Philippines. https://www.gridmagazine.ph/story/a-tale-of-faith-and-fable#:~:text=Today%2C%20Borongan’s%20Padul%2DOng%20Festival,trip%2C%20forgotten%20by%20the%20crew.
The Padul-Ong Festival in Borongan, Eastern Samar is both a celebration of the Our Lady of the Nativity and an act of collective mythmaking.
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