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Attn: Iking
I was surfing
the Internet and unsa man nang buanga nakita man nako ang website
Tanjay. Akong gui-basa ang inyong newsletter, ug, haskang enjoya
nako. Bisaya man gud ko,
dugay na diri, ug gui-hidlaw na ko sa mga sugilanon ug
pasi-aw nga binisaya. Bilyako man
diay sab mong mga taga-Tanjay! Mao sab na'y akong
ganahan! Ah, basta nahurot gud nako'g basa ang tanang issues nga
na-a sa Internet. Makahimo-ut gyud!
Apan nalibug
ko: ha-in man ning Tanjay? Di ba na-a man na sa Rizal province?
Pasaylo-a, apan pwerte gud nakong bogo-a sa history.
Conchita381@hotmail.net
The Tanjay
website is maintained by Iking Cariño. I will refer you to
him. Makatabang
na siya nimo sa imong problema sa History kay engineer
man ni siya. (Unya kuan diay, Conchita, ' day, ug ni-a ra ka
magpuyo diri dapit sa California, mamyesta unya ta karong
Hulyo diri sa L.A. Tambong unya kay moanhi ra
ba kono si Iking.)
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Notes from back home
Brad, I just
read my first issue of the Ang Tanjayanon Newsletter (Issue #12) and I
was impressed beyond words. It makes one proud of the Tanjayanons
out there who as a group
unselfishly share their time and resources to come up
with a very enlightening and entertaining newsletter.
Thru the Ang
Tanjayanon, I would like to greet our townsmen whom I have missed for so
many years: my compadre Berto Tabaloc; Rufo Agir; Itang
and Cresing Real, Polding Culi, Rufino Girasol, Cente
Gaso, my cousins: Paulita and Eyen Salva; Temiong
and Ita Cusio, my former neighbors: the Manapols; the Señerises;
Pacing
Cornelio, and many others.
Finally, thank
you very much for the Ang Tanjayanon. Rest assured, Brad, that I
will keep this precious copy close to my heart.
Brad Dodo Real
Tanjay, Neg. Oriental
Brad Dodo
(Mr Marciano C.) Real is a retired educator. During his time,
he was among the most elusive, most eligible and therefore most sought-
after bachelor in Tanjay (until he met my cousin Lydia Valencia.)
Brad Dodo, thanks for writing.
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I'd like to thank
you for the Ang Tanjayanon. It's format, style and contents
are very "naturally" Tanjayanon. It is indeed a newsletter
the Tanjayanons all over the world can call "our very own."
And yes, we had fun reading it. Salamat.
Prescy Barot-Almacen
Tanjay, Neg. Oriental
We remember
Prescy as that young eauty-and- brains scion of the famous Don Atilano
Villegas clan. A very graceful ballroom dancer and happily
married, she is now a most able administrator of the family farm.
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An Open Letter To Tanjayanons
(Note: Edited for brevity)
Tanjayanons,
it is said, are "uniquely funny", but that is not funny anymore!
Listen to this, Brad:
1. Several issues ago, Ms Irene Kenneth (from
Plymouth, Australia) wrote to belittle Tanjay as a small town with nothing
worthwhile to see, with dilapidated buildings, with people who go around
in flip-flops and which stupidly celebrates Christmas the whole year.
Who came out to defend Tanjay? A Tanjayanon? No, sir.
Thanks to Mr. Harold Anderson (obviously an American) who defended
Tanjay and refuted Kenneth point by point. Where were the so-called
genuine Tanjayanons who love Tanjay?
2. Everytime Mr (or is it Miss) Al Moranas comes
out with his /her usual stinking diatribe against Tanjay, who in
turn comes out to spend time to really defend Tanjay? A Tanjayanon?
No, Sir! It's usually non-Tanjayanons like lawyers Mars
Maxino and Danny Martinez who on separate occasions wrote lengthy
letters to rebut this great and mighty self-righteous Al Moranas.
Where were the so-called genuine Tanjayanons who love Tanjay?
3. In issue #12, Ms Doreen Davies
of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals wrote to complain
against the horsefights in Tanjay calling it a "callous cruelty to animals
. . . which brings shame to the whole Philippine nation . . .and should
be outlawed in any humane, civilised society.." The SPCA
based in Hong Kong wants to abolish the horsefight in Tanjay. Has any Tanjayanon
come out to take issue and defend this time-honored respected traditon
for which Tanjay has been known for?
Tanjay is a
great town. The least one can do is to defend and maintain the good
name and the beautiful traditions of this beloved town.
Let us have the other intelligent and gifted Tanjayanons come out and share
with us their God-given talents. But where are they?
(Name withheld upon request)
Tanjay, Negros Oriental
Ma'am, we thank you very much for sharing your thoughts
with us. However, please know that:
1.
Mr Harold Anderson (of Lynwood, CA) is happily married to a Tanjayanon,
the former
Asuncion Zosa (daughter of the former Tanjay Cheif
of Police). Harold is among the so-called
"Tanjayanon by an act of God". He is a genuine
member of the Tanjay Association.
2.
Mars Maxino and Danny Martinez are Tanjayanons, their maternal grandmothers
both
come from Tanjay. They are genuine members of
the Tanjay Association, USA.
3.
The delicate matter of SPCA, Hong Kong requesting the abolition of
the famous Tanjay "Pa-away sa Kabayo" has been endorsed by us to
all concerned Tanjayanons thru the Officers of the Tanjay Association USA.
The endorsement was officially shown with the SPCA letter on page 2 of
the ATN Autumn issue published in September, 1998. To date, sadly
enough, no Tanjayanon has come up to defend this famous noble tradition.
(Ma'am, sometimes I have to agree with you!)
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