MARILAO CLAN Reunion 2010

The first ever MARILAO CLAN reunion was successfully held last May 29, 2010. Though I can consider the reunion as a success for a first ever affair, it happened as without a hitch like the late arrival of almost everybody clinging to the belief that it was always "Filipino Time" hence, every action even a delayed one has a reason.

The first time I checked the venue at about 8:30 in the morning, I noticed that the people assigned to man the registration booth was still not around. It was only at past 9:00 AM when the actual registration started through the voluntary efforts of the Duazo sisters (Leonila and Ma. Elizabeth) from San Miguel. One of the first registrants were the group from the town of Matag-ob, Leyte of the Basilisa Marilao/Julian Escototo Clan headed by Crispin Marilao Sr., riding on a public transport hired for the purpose.

From then on, the arrival of people from different clans were slowly trickling in bringing with them food as agreed upon during the impromptu meeting last April 17, 2010. By 10 am the venue was still half filled but it did not dampen the enthusiasm of those present since they know that it was the first ever reunion of the Marilao Clan after so many years. Since it can be said that the Marilao's was one of the pioneer and oldest families in this part of Northern Leyte.

At about 11 am the venue was already full of people from different clans and different towns of Leyte particularly Palompon, Villaba, Matag-ob, Cebu City, Tacloban City and Manila. There are other clan members who did not bother to register so we don't know were they came from and from what clan branch they were connected. There are also some registration lapses that should be corrected the next time around so that posting in the family tree record would be easy.

By 11:30 am, I asked Betty Campos to at least wait for the other lechon donated by Mr. Oscar Marilao, but she insisted that many are agitating to eat already. So, Betty Tacan was requested to led the prayer of thanksgiving for the food that the clan members are going to partake that day. I for one, attended to the distribution and uncapping of the bottles of soft drinks to push the food they are going to take.

From my estimate, there are about five hundred to six hundred participants that day, adults and kids alike The table having the food was overflowing with different viands and snacks brought in by many clan members. It was so heartwarming that the response of clan members, although most of them can be considered poor, brought with them something that they can share with everybody. Many of the food items that can be considered a delicacy and seldom seen in food stalls are there. 

After everyone were filled to capacity, including the latecomers, the games solely for the kids (and adult alike?) was started after an hour of rest. Prices started with just candies, but later money (about forty pesos) was added to give more incentives to the participating kids. The games started by asking participants to "bring me this, bring me that" which later on ended on the traditional "hitting the pot".

Of course the oldies would not be left behind, they also participated in ballroom dancing, a dance fest that would not fade out. It is even the craze for young at hearts who want to be seen that they know how to dance even for the young or old. We'll, as per my assessment the affair was a total success when they promised to be back after two years. They voted to come back on the last Saturday of May 2012. They also promised to tell everyone they know about the 2nd MARILAO CLAN reunion

The good side of a reunion such as this is the reminiscing of the past and the fact that you will be meeting with people you sometimes hardly know. That's why meeting relatives in a reunion to know each other, is a good sign. But there are also bad things that we can never abolished. Like people with bad intentions who try to take advantage of the situation and do whatever is in their mind.

A clan member named Lotlot Marilao-Merin lost her stainless Corning-ware sent from Australia by a relative which eventually was taken and brought home by another during the concluding hours of the affair right at the table were the food was located. The act was seen by many people but were not aware of the bad action purportedly made by a clan member. The highly priced cookware was even traced by the owners after the affair, but sadly nobody would admit such act of pilferage done by an adult (clan member?) in a public affair like this.
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Well, it is a lesson that should not be repeated again the next time around. So I was even contemplating of buying a CCTV camera to record the proceedings and see who will be the culprit and expose the shenanigans   in public if needed. I also want to avoid some clan members who has a habit of making people ill through "potions" added to food displayed in public. There are some people who believe that if they can harm others, they can be a better member of their tribe of evil minded persons. 

The biggest delegation came from the clan of Felomino Marilao/Catarina Juanir. Most of them came from the Poblacion and Baranggay Sabang. It was followed by the Basilisa Marilao/Julian Escototo clan from Balite, Villaba, Leyte and Matag-ob, Leyte. While the smallest delegations were the Efifanio Marilao/Alang Martin clan and the Jorgeo Rosal Marilao/Julia Viacrusis Arevalo clan were only one person represented both clans.The second reunion on the last Saturday of May 2012 is a much awaited affair where we are expecting more clan members to join. Some who are abroad, would like to join also if they can produce money for travel fare and some gifts for relatives in the land of their birth.

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                             5. Passion for work and financial growth

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1st Reunion MARILAO CLAN 2010

After several years of searching, interviewing, encoding and finalizing the family tree of the MARILAO CLAN in Geni.com whose precursor originated from the town of Marilao, Bulacan and established or have taken roots in Palompon, Leyte, Philippines.  I was able to finally decide, after being pushed through by so many relatives, to organize the people necessary in planning, giving the inputs and things needed for a successful family reunion.

So on May 17, 2010 a group of about eleven Marilao Clan descendants have met in the residence of Mrs. Connie Marilao-Elep, people representing the various clan or groupings of the Marilao family, the long awaited first ever family reunion came to a fruition. From this impromptu meeting, the said group  decided to hold the first ever MARILAO CLAN Reunion 2010 at the Juan Titang Beach Resort, Baranggay Sabang, Palompon, Leyte on May 29, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

To make the story short, and to make the affair simple, we decided to just bring what we can and share it to others because nobody is sponsoring the affair yet. We'll just wait for kindhearted men who will donate something or two to make the affair a success. 

As of now the family of Mr. and Mrs. Nita (Francisco) Marilao offered to pay for the rental of the venue (P2,000.00). Mrs. Nilda Marilao Grangia and Mr. & Mrs. Oscar Marilao committed to send one grilled (lechon) pig each.While Mrs. Connie Marilao-Elep offered to shoulder initially the payment of about six thousand pesos worth of T-shirt for printing if nobody offered to donate some yet, because printing of the T-shirt will take time.

Printing of the T-shirts will be done on time as promised by Mark Elep, designer and Michael Elep, the printman. So we  are appealing to those who can afford to buy their own T-shirt to just bring them to Connie Elep's residence and have their white shirts printed because we have only a small number of donated T-shirts which should go to those who really can't afford to buy a new T-shirt with the 1st . Marilao Clan logo.

We have also decided to give T-shirts, upon registration, to husband and wife team first, and the rest if there are still available printed shirts. For those who want to donate something in the first ever MARILAO CLAN  reunion 2010, we welcome you with a sincere thanks and a big heartfelt smile.

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With the following credentials:

1. Computer literate

                                           2. Ability to write and converse in simple English.

      3. College graduate/level

               4. Ability to work with a group

                             5. Passion for work and financial growth

Apply at Realty-Options, Inc./Palompon Realty and Brokerage at 43 Rizal St., Central I, Palompon, Leyte. Learn "How to Do Internet Marketing Through Social Networking Websites" in a Free One Hour

One-on-One Orientation Seminar. For more info....Pls. Call Tel. # (053)555-84-64

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Pls. visit also my website: @ http://gregmelep.com for your real estate and retirement needs.

Now also available n Palompon, Leyte. Lifestyles products such as INTRA, NUTRIA and FIBRELife. For your healthy lifestyle and needs just call the telephones indicated above. 

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The People Failed Again...............

The recently concluded national and local elections is a tremendous show of people's power in their hands but was a big letdown when the results have shown the power of money which did not give a damn whether you are worthy or not.

The results in the local elections, where the team of Onate-Arevalo have won overwhelmingly against the team of Tupa-Surigao will show that there is still a problem with our voting constituents. It seems that many are still enamored with the power of money and they don't give a damn if the people they are voting for can do something in the legislation of bills necessary for the smooth operation of the government functionaries particularly the local executive branch, whose execution of powers was also dependent on laws crafted by the local "Sanggunian Pambayan".

We'll, the battery of lawyers in the lineup of Tupa-Surigao was not a factor in the selection of good legislators, what matter was the money that they can hold on for several days. Maybe, for several kilos of rice, fish and meat they will be able to survive for several days. They are not thinking of the three years that the government will be paying the salaries of "some" undeserving public servants.

From time to time, I have observed our local legislators during Mondays public session, but I have seen only a small number of them capable of the salaries they are being paid of. Most of them are just happy tweaking their cellphones to keep them busy waiting for the adjournment of the session. Well, if we deserve them, then so be it. As they say if we make a fool of ourselves, then maybe we deserve it too.

Henry Lhuillier Pawnshop/Jewelry...........Invites You All

Hi, I'm Jinky Camacho of Henry Lhuillier Pawnshop located right in front of SM Shopping Mall at Rizal St., Central I, Palompon, Leyte inviting you to visit our shop/store at the above address. You can avail our lowest interest ever given by a company like ours. Pawned articles will be charged only one (1%) per cent if redeemed in one to three days. Two (2%) percent if redeemed in four or five days. While three (3%) per cent will be charged for items redeemed within six or seven days. After seven days the regular charged of four (4%) per cent will be enforce.

Of course first and foremost, we are not just interested on items that you will pawn with us but the trust and confidence that we would like to give you every time you visit us in times of necessity and emergency. We are here not on a temporary basis, but for a long time. As long as the trust and confidence is there we are willing to serve you forever. If you look at my picture above, I promised you that my smile would be bigger (but not a plastic smile) and worth remembering. 

We know that we are still new in your place but as I've said above, we want to get your trust and confidence as a place where you can leave your valuables without worrying of being foreclosed without due notice (several i.e.) to you. Rest assured that your pawned articles are safe in our hands. We made sure that articles you left with us are doubly secured electronically in our vaults, that even the notorious "acetylene gang" would be hard pressed to accomplish their evil intentions if they tried to.

Rest assured also that upon entering our shop you will not get lost because you will be attended to immediately and with a big smile that you won't forget. For all the gentlemen out there who wants to know me and my officer-in-charge Ms. Jessavel Cadavos, we wish to inform you that we are both single (lol). Who knows, if the right man comes along, we might settle in this beautiful place of yours to make our relationship more permanent i.e. with trust and confidence. Thanks a lot and hope to see you at HENRY LHUILLIER Pawnshop and Jewelry store with the lowest interest ever.

By the way, included in our services are: Money Transfer through Western Union, No Advance Interest, Highest Appraisal, Free - Appraisal, No Hidden Charges, No Service Charge, Accept "Data-DAta"/Partial Payment, Early Redemption, Lowest Interest Ever of 1% and Jewelry sales. And last but not least, a friendly pawnshop with the biggest and warmest smile. With this, we can only say that "Our Customers Are Always No. 1". 

WANTED

Professional Real Estate Salesperson 

With the following credentials:

1. Computer literate

                                           2. Ability to write and converse in simple English.

      3. College graduate/level

               4. Ability to work with a group

                             5. Passion for work and financial growth

Apply at Realty-Options, Inc./Palompon Realty and Brokerage at 43 Rizal St., Central I, Palompon, Leyte. Learn "How to Do Internet Marketing Through Social Networking Websites" in a Free One Hour

One-on-One Orientation Seminar. For more info....Pls. Call Tel. # (053)555-84-64

09164422611/ 09336317922/09173373687

Pls. visit also my website: @ http://gregmelep.com for your real estate and retirement needs.

Now also available n Palompon, Leyte. Lifestyles products such as INTRA, NUTRIA and FIBRELife. For your healthy lifestyle and needs just call the telephones indicated above. 

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First BEC Baranggay Fiesta..............May 12, 2010

The first BEC Baranggay Festa at Brgy. Central I, Palompon, Leyte was celebrated last May 12, 2010 by a celebration of the Holy Mass on the said date at their chapel located beside the municipal pier and their newly constructed Baranggay Hall. 

Though the new baranggay hall is not yet finished, they allocated the old baranggay hall as part chapel, since most of the members of the same Roman  Catholic Church.

As of now, they are in quandary about their Baranggay patron saint which as of this writing is Saint Michael Archangel. They have agreed that their patron saint is "Our Lady of Hope" since Mary the queen mother is the patroness of the Philippines and May is the month of flowers for Mary, but since the image bought from Cebu is St. Michael's there is no other recourse but to use the image available at the moment.  . 

.Though the heat of the sun is already in their midst the Holy Mass have to go on. What's a little heat coming from above, as long as the people of the said Baranggay are united in their first ever Central I BEC fiesta.

Basic Ecclesial Communities: The Church from the Roots

What Happened to Quality Control?

In my usual daily activity of tending to my small store, I noticed something unusual about a still sealed Coke Litro bottle. I looked a bit longer to see what's the thing floating in the particular bottle. When I cannot decipher what the thing is, I took my trusted Nokia 95 and alas the thing is still there in living glory.

Sometimes we can not blame also the beverage company about the dirts that from time to time may have passed their Quality Control Department. As a store owner and retailer of soft drinks, I often encounter bottles which can be considered as unfit anymore for use as  refillable bottles.

There are bottles that were used as container for gasoline, kerosene, dirty oil, human urine, cigarette stubs, and what have you Sometimes the bottles were stained or dirtied with cement or paint, and so many other human pollutants you can ever imagine.

I featured this not to embarrass COKE, but to tell users of this product which is already a part of our daily life, to always"Be Aware". We can only be assured of a clean product if we ourselves will do our part of maintaining the cleanliness of the bottles we return to our "suking tindahan". I know that it is already a policy of the company to accept only clean bottles together with its cap.But because of the customers hardheadedness sometimes dirty bottles were mixed with clean ones.  

The Long Awaited Election.............is here at last.

It was a breather so to say, when you have finished your duty as a law abiding citizen. One of this duty is the fullfillment of man's right of suffrage given to all law abiding citizens. Today this duty is once again given emphasis in the just concluded 1st Automated National Elections of the Philippines which happily was not as violent and more credible, unlike in the previous elections. As of now many have given their reactions for and against the said 1st automated elections in the country.

Many have lost their names in the official list of voters. Others were not so lucky because the machine keeps on spitting out their official ballots because of improper filling up. This is the problem many uninformed or indifferent people usually encounters if they don't give a damn on whats happening around them. They should have checked their names in the Comelec registry several months ago or after the official registration have stopped. It is so easy to check the website of the Comelec to know if your name is listed or not.

In our hometown of Palompon, Leyte, it was so peaceful, but of course the usual money that changes hands were there. In previous elections money flowed in the hundreds only, but now we heard that other candidates have doubled the amount into thousand. It is said that many have changed their preference of candidates because of this. Since money stills talk in some places, we can only say that people accepts his lot for a mere number of happy days and don't think about the three years  that the person who gave them money will sit in his post. Well, it is their life, I can't blame them

if that's what they want. They have just to wait for another three years to taste the said amount of money they receive today.

This is the Gabaldon Building of the Palompon South Central School where most of the voters located in the poblacion of the town voted, which include myself. Due to excitement and apprehension, majority of the voters went to the polls very early expecting to vote without any hitch and trouble.

But as the hour goes people are coming and make their presence felt making the automated voting an experience similar to the old days when it is done manually. Partly to blame of course is the system being implemented by the people concerned with the voting itself like the employees of the Department of Educations mainly the teachers, the poll watchers of different political parties, the official watchdogs like the PPCRV and other private organizations helping make the elections credible and clean.

The usual complaint is the long time of waiting to vote due to the presence of so many voters as a result of the clustering of several precincts as a result of reducing cost of the elections itself. But the system itself is one of the major causes of grumbling especially the senior citizens who are made to stand for hours just to vote. They could have numbered the piece of paper, (and call them as their number indicates), distributed to sign the name, precinct number and the number sequence they required before giving them official numbers before they are allowed to enter the polling place.

Well, I just do hope that in the next elections changes should be in place to minimize the number of hours a voter spent in the polling place. These are some of my suggestions to sped up the said election process:

           1. Hi-Technology says that we can already use the "touch screen process" that is common nowadays, especially on mobile cellphones;

            2. We can easily removed the use of hard copies like voters ID card, by totally implementing the "biometrics system" now common in various establishment using the thumbs in entering their establishment;

            3. I have seen this method being used in the Malaysia-Singapore borders, wherein workers coming from Malaysia who works in Singapore just put their thumbs in the machine and voila they are accepted immediately to enter Singapore if they have already records in place in the data base of the Immigration Bureau;

            4.  Cost could definitely go down since you will not be using so many unnecessary things like indelible ink, ballot secrecy folders, shading pen, reduction of BEI's from 3 to 1, official ballots, and other paraphernalia that is being used as of this 1st ever automated election in the Philippines.

            5. Voting could be reduced from one hour to just about five minutes.

Early results in Palompon, Leyte indicates that the winner in the mayoralty race is the former Mayor Ramon Onate against current Mayor Yoly Tupa with a big difference of about 5,000 votes.

 It has been said this is the result of the buying binge of voters. It so happens that the camp of Yoly Tupa blinked first, the result of which is the high attrition that turned into votes. It just shows that the people of Palompon is not yet educated and still can be blinded by dirty money if the source of the said money is evil; and corrupt money if the source comes from hard earned money.