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I was sorting out and making sense of my emails when I got to reread some of the letters I received. (To those who have not received a reply yet, I am very sorry. I will do better next time.) I am posting some of those email letters here today. Felisa Chan or Peling told me nga dili i-post ang iyang sulat but I am sure she would not mind if I post this one. This is very informative about Nabunturan and its scattered children. I just wish I had pictures nila to accompany these articles.

Hi Trino:

Someone told me that the late Mayor Arsenio Flores requested Mr. Jesus Birondo to write the history of Nabunturan. Obviously he was not able to do it. So while reading your blog I was asking myself: "who could be writing this?. He must be in his 70's or 80's". I was so surprised when I learned that it's you! Be sure to keep a copy because we do not know how long you could have that free "space" in the cyberspace. (oh, this is a custom domain. tagabungtod paid google for this space so we own it ...renewable every year; for as long as we pay-- dili man pud dako kaayo-- so there’s no fear they will bump us off anytime they wish. Thanks for reminding me to keep a backup copy kay my biggest fear is kung mo-crash ang akong hard disk -- tgt.)

There should be a website of Nabunturan. Overseas Pinoys should be able to contribute for its maintenance. They could also be tapped to help in some community projects, render technical advice, etc.

I'll send you my photo with some tagabungtod- mga Avila (father was Municipal agriculturist, and mother was an elementary school teacher) and a Quismundo. Three Avila sisters, all nurses, are living in Nashville, Tennessee . One of them, aside from working as a nurse owns a Filipino store...dagsaan ng mga Pinoy performers, e.g. Gary V and Nora Aunor. My former classmate, Miriam (very shy kaayo kaniadto) told me: "Peling wala gyod ko magdahum nga ako, taga Nabunturan will be putting a lipstick on Nora Aunor". LOL. Nashville is the music capital of the US . I visited them last March.

I am in Fredericton , NB , working as a Researcher (member of Faculty too, sa Faculty of Forestry and Env. Mgt) at U of New Brunswick . Been here five years na...before coming here, I was at Universite Laval in Quebec City . Oui, je parle francais (gamay lang kaayo...tourist french I would say). Living here is a challenge because I am on soft money. When I was in the Philippines (sa LBanos, with a DOST org), gikapoy ko ug pangayo ug funding..mas grabe diay dinhi. I have to write project proposals not only for gov’t (fed and provincial) funding but for private companies as well...oops, my area of research is on wood products. The sector is heavily affected with the meltdown of the economy in the US .

Do you know how the Mainit river disappeared? I was really shocked to see those small Toyuzo pools. I thought the river is still there (it is still there pero lubog na kaayo and all the more getting worse because of unabated mining upstream. Ug wala na ang pool---tgt) ..Any updates on Dr. Maglana's NGO? There should be plan/proposal, a technical one how to rehabilitate or preserve the springs. Overseas tagabungtod could be tapped to contribute/help.

Trino, unsa may lingaw nimo ron? (one sentence omitted... sa amo ra tong duha ni Peling)

Talk to you later.

BTW, I sent your email ad to Ed Diva. He now lives in Vancouver .

I am not that young...kabatch ko si Josephine, your sister, although I think she is younger than most of us. I went to Compre...Arthur B and I have the same birthdate: year, month and day! Batchmate ko si Makaw, Father David, Merlita Opeña, the Gorospe twins...BTW, the Executive Director of Katakus Inc (Kababayen-an alang sa Teknolohiya nga Haum sa Kinaiyahan ug Kauswagan), Betty More (nee Marfil) is tagabungtod. We were classmates.

O sige...sa sunod na pod...please keep up the tagabungtod..salamat kaayo for doing it.

Peling
October 14, 2008

Father Ricardo Bugas wrote to us too. He is the first Bugas from Nab to become a priest. I am not sure whether his first cousin, former Nabunturan municipal mayor, Joel Bugas, has been ordained already. While in U.S., Joel entered a seminary in Connecticut. Last I heard, he will be ordained a priest this year.

ako pud tagabungtod...the only place in the world i can proudly say my home. i like the way you depicted the beauty and grandeur of mainit way back long, long years ago-lantaw ta sa nindot nga kagahapon. daku ang kasubo sa nahibilin karon....tsk..tsk..tsk.. so sad. after gold what's next? tama dyud ka! some sort of awareness, or maybe just a pinch of it might change a fraction of the attitudes of our people....keep going! I am here in new zealand working now with maori people. my parish is located in panguru-far north. google earth might help you locate my place... mabuhay tagabungtod.

fr. doods bugas
September 9, 2008