From the healing practice of herbalist-shaman Onyong Sungcang of Panay Island, Philippines.
King River EEL was prescribed as energy booster to those suffering from agonizing weakness brought by dreadful ailments.
Freshwater river eel was the favorite prescription food of the said shaman whenever he was consulted by a person with dreadful illness. He said that the vigor of that fish that he called stored energy together with its superb taste have restorative power if consumed by sick and even dying people.
The Recipe:
1. A bowl of Eel meat cut in small chunks.
2. A glass of coconut milk.
3. Chili pepper leaves
4. A cup of chopped lemongrass.
5. Seasonings (Onions, gingers and garlic.)
Cooked the meat of the eel until tender in slow charcoal fire. Let the soup covered only the meat before putting the lemongrass, chili leaves and the seasonings. Let it boil until the aroma arise.
Put the coconut milk and simmer for few minutes until the milk is cooked.
Linggo, Oktubre 23, 2011
Binukot Chicken Curative Strength
From the oral account of herbalist-shaman Onyong Sungcang of Panay Island, Philippines.
Free-range chicken that was caged for two months and feed with supplemental power-healing foods hastened the recovery of ailing person who undergoes extreme medication.
From many years of experience as herbalist, Onyong Sungcang's formula for binukot chicken diet had help many people to recuperate from their ailment by boosting their appetite as well as boosting their energy level.
The feed formula:
The curative ingredients ( 10 percent of the feeds.)
1. Mushrooms
2. Malunggay (moringga)
3. Seaweeds
4. Saluyot (Corchorus olitorius)
The energy feeds: (90 percent of the feeds.)
1. Sweet potato (ipomoea batatas)
2. Ground corn
3. Rice bran
4. Ground black beans
The process:
The curative ingredients will be grated and mixed. Set aside.
The energy feeds were boiled together in controlled water until cooked. Let all the water be absorbed by the substances before cooling it. While still luke warm mixed the curative ingredients.
Feed the chicken 3 times a day.
I asked him why not he used a commercial feeds instead. He told me that his formula for the curative feed can't be found in modern feeds.
He said mushrooms is rich in selenium a powerful anti-oxidant which helps white blood cells produces substance to clear illness. Saluyot and sweet potato were high in beta-carotene, vitamins and minerals. While the malunggay and sea weeds were immune-boosting foods.
He further added that modern medicine will not be effective if the ailing person could not eat. He elaborated that it was a synergism management of patient for a speedy recovery. He must have appetite so that the medication will be truly effective.
Free-range chicken that was caged for two months and feed with supplemental power-healing foods hastened the recovery of ailing person who undergoes extreme medication.
From many years of experience as herbalist, Onyong Sungcang's formula for binukot chicken diet had help many people to recuperate from their ailment by boosting their appetite as well as boosting their energy level.
The feed formula:
The curative ingredients ( 10 percent of the feeds.)
1. Mushrooms
2. Malunggay (moringga)
3. Seaweeds
4. Saluyot (Corchorus olitorius)
The energy feeds: (90 percent of the feeds.)
1. Sweet potato (ipomoea batatas)
2. Ground corn
3. Rice bran
4. Ground black beans
The process:
The curative ingredients will be grated and mixed. Set aside.
The energy feeds were boiled together in controlled water until cooked. Let all the water be absorbed by the substances before cooling it. While still luke warm mixed the curative ingredients.
Feed the chicken 3 times a day.
I asked him why not he used a commercial feeds instead. He told me that his formula for the curative feed can't be found in modern feeds.
He said mushrooms is rich in selenium a powerful anti-oxidant which helps white blood cells produces substance to clear illness. Saluyot and sweet potato were high in beta-carotene, vitamins and minerals. While the malunggay and sea weeds were immune-boosting foods.
He further added that modern medicine will not be effective if the ailing person could not eat. He elaborated that it was a synergism management of patient for a speedy recovery. He must have appetite so that the medication will be truly effective.
Real Phoenix bird lived in a Human-Sucker Spring Lagoon of Tamawo and aswang
From the oral account of Benjie Calesar of Bohol Island.
There's a mysterious lagoon in our mountainous village where countless of banishment occurred. There were no traces of banishment as if all the missing persons in it, were devoured completely by unknown force that dwell in that lagoon. Elders said that the lagoon is a playground of the flaming phoenix bird called bueacao or bulalakaw.
There's a spring that feeds the lagoon. It was located beside the trunk of a big tree where it shaded the lagoon with its sprawling branches.the place was a favorite washing area of the villager.One of the banishment occurred at midday. My neighbor Myrna went to the lagoon to wash clothes. It was a hot day but she never mind it for she knew that the lagoon was shaded.
That afternoon, she never returned home. Her parents searched for her at the lagoon but all they found were the clothes that were already washed and neatly piled at the basin.
There were no traces of their daughter. They searched the narrow lagoon but it was shallow and there were no holes on it to suck any creatures the size of human.
The local medicine man told them that their daughter was spirited away to other dimension where supernatural being called aswang or Engkantos or Elves dwell. He told them that she was trapped for she had eaten their food, especially the violet colored delicacy.
There's a mysterious lagoon in our mountainous village where countless of banishment occurred. There were no traces of banishment as if all the missing persons in it, were devoured completely by unknown force that dwell in that lagoon. Elders said that the lagoon is a playground of the flaming phoenix bird called bueacao or bulalakaw.
There's a spring that feeds the lagoon. It was located beside the trunk of a big tree where it shaded the lagoon with its sprawling branches.the place was a favorite washing area of the villager.One of the banishment occurred at midday. My neighbor Myrna went to the lagoon to wash clothes. It was a hot day but she never mind it for she knew that the lagoon was shaded.
That afternoon, she never returned home. Her parents searched for her at the lagoon but all they found were the clothes that were already washed and neatly piled at the basin.
There were no traces of their daughter. They searched the narrow lagoon but it was shallow and there were no holes on it to suck any creatures the size of human.
The local medicine man told them that their daughter was spirited away to other dimension where supernatural being called aswang or Engkantos or Elves dwell. He told them that she was trapped for she had eaten their food, especially the violet colored delicacy.
Flying Aswang Electrified at power lines
A burnt body of a person was found below the high voltage transmission tower in the mountainous area of Western Panay. It was believed that the person was an aswang who hunt its prey in the dark of the night but had not seen the obscure powers lines that hindered its flight path.
From the oral account of a local police named Zaldy Castro of Western Panay.
We were informed that the previous night a powerful blast occurred in the middle of rice field where a high voltage power line was traversing. Upon search in the said area we found out a burnt body an old woman.
The corpse can still be recognized but her body was deformed as if the electricity had burnt the other half of it for it has no legs at all. As a local resident I immediately suspected that the woman was a flying aswang. I knew that she could not be electrocuted by just climbing at the power lines for her body was found in between the tower posts. She was electrocuted halfway. I presumed that she was flying blindly because of bad weather condition.
As we prepared to bring the remains to the police station, one old man that we knew lived in a village near the foot of the hill came to claim the body.
We taunt him how her wife had managed to reach the lowland for we knew that she is crippled and could not walk although we already knew the answer.
The old man became angry and coursed us. He told us that it was none of our business. He threatened us that if we will not give to him the body, something will befell on us.
Not to prolong the argument we gave to him the corpse after somebody from the lowland testified that she knew the woman as her wife. He put the body on a sled that he brought with him and drove his carabao away from the village.
We were informed that the previous night a powerful blast occurred in the middle of rice field where a high voltage power line was traversing. Upon search in the said area we found out a burnt body an old woman.
The corpse can still be recognized but her body was deformed as if the electricity had burnt the other half of it for it has no legs at all. As a local resident I immediately suspected that the woman was a flying aswang. I knew that she could not be electrocuted by just climbing at the power lines for her body was found in between the tower posts. She was electrocuted halfway. I presumed that she was flying blindly because of bad weather condition.
As we prepared to bring the remains to the police station, one old man that we knew lived in a village near the foot of the hill came to claim the body.
We taunt him how her wife had managed to reach the lowland for we knew that she is crippled and could not walk although we already knew the answer.
The old man became angry and coursed us. He told us that it was none of our business. He threatened us that if we will not give to him the body, something will befell on us.
Not to prolong the argument we gave to him the corpse after somebody from the lowland testified that she knew the woman as her wife. He put the body on a sled that he brought with him and drove his carabao away from the village.
Lunes, Oktubre 17, 2011
Soursop Juice Relieves Traumatic Stress and Pain
From the Healing Practice of Ati Tribe of Panay.
His name is Simplicio Ascano, a coconut wine gatherer. It was his full-time occupation. He climbed coconut trees in order to gathered the collected sap coming from its flowers. This sap was then mixed with baluk to enhanced its flavor before it was sold as tuba, a coconut wine.
Then one day, he met an accident. He fell down from a coconut tree and in the process broke some of his ribs and damaged some parts of his liver.
He was brought to Manila for a medical surgery operation at a private hospital. After few weeks he was brought home and recuperated in our village.
He was suffering from stress thinking that he will not live long enough. He became irritable He also grimaced in pain every time his wound was jolted. He has no appetite to eat and his health started to deteriorate.
When their farm helper saw his pathetic condition he told him to drink soursop juice in order to relieved the pain as well as the stress he was experiencing.
He asked what was the basis of it. The man said nothing about the medicinal value of soursop juice for he was unschooled, but he swore that it was effective. Their helper told them that in their village they used this kind of healing practice. It was adapted by the villagers based on the practice of Ati tribe who frequented in their place.
So he decided to follow his advice for it cost nothing for him for soursop tree grew abundantly in their coconut farm.
It was effective indeed. He recovered fast and now this man drank regularly soursop juice for good health.
Soursop is guyabano in Filipino language.
Check http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/guyabano.htm
His name is Simplicio Ascano, a coconut wine gatherer. It was his full-time occupation. He climbed coconut trees in order to gathered the collected sap coming from its flowers. This sap was then mixed with baluk to enhanced its flavor before it was sold as tuba, a coconut wine.
Then one day, he met an accident. He fell down from a coconut tree and in the process broke some of his ribs and damaged some parts of his liver.
He was brought to Manila for a medical surgery operation at a private hospital. After few weeks he was brought home and recuperated in our village.
He was suffering from stress thinking that he will not live long enough. He became irritable He also grimaced in pain every time his wound was jolted. He has no appetite to eat and his health started to deteriorate.
When their farm helper saw his pathetic condition he told him to drink soursop juice in order to relieved the pain as well as the stress he was experiencing.
He asked what was the basis of it. The man said nothing about the medicinal value of soursop juice for he was unschooled, but he swore that it was effective. Their helper told them that in their village they used this kind of healing practice. It was adapted by the villagers based on the practice of Ati tribe who frequented in their place.
So he decided to follow his advice for it cost nothing for him for soursop tree grew abundantly in their coconut farm.
It was effective indeed. He recovered fast and now this man drank regularly soursop juice for good health.
Soursop is guyabano in Filipino language.
Check http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/guyabano.htm
Miyerkules, Oktubre 12, 2011
Roasted Gecko as Curative Food.
The wild gecko illegal trade flourished in Asian countries for the locals believed that all the body parts of the gecko have medicinal value. It was considered as an all-cure remedy to any ailment. They said that the potency were concentrated on its saliva and internal organs.
The taste of the roasted gecko is superb compare to all the meat that I have tasted. It cures my asthma completely after my regular consumption of it. It also cures my other ailments like rheumatism and other body pains. I'm always craving for its unique taste until now but there was a scarcity of the gecko in our place so I never tasted it again.
From the account of Bebot Andrada of Northern Luzon, Philippines.
The taste of the roasted gecko is superb compare to all the meat that I have tasted. It cures my asthma completely after my regular consumption of it. It also cures my other ailments like rheumatism and other body pains. I'm always craving for its unique taste until now but there was a scarcity of the gecko in our place so I never tasted it again.
From the account of Bebot Andrada of Northern Luzon, Philippines.
Century Life Span Achiever shares Food favorites
From the oral account of Ireneo Sibayan of Northern Luzon, Philippines.
My father reached a century mark before he died. He died of old age with out any sickness.He was a moderate eater and drinker. His favorite foods are vegetable and fruits. His favorite dish are sea shells and sea weeds.
List of vegetables and fruits consumed by my father regularly:
FRUITS
1. Bananas
2. Soursop
3. Guava (wild variety)
4. Papaya
5. Jackfruit
VEGETABLES
1. String Beans
2. Sponge gourd
3. Lentil
4. Bitter gourd
5. Lady finger/okra
6. Sesban, Katuray (sesbania grandiflora)
7. Moringa, Malunggay (drumstick fruits)
8. Saluyot (Corchorus olitorius)
The vegetables were cooked by stewing mixed with grilled fish and flavored with fish sauce.
My father reached a century mark before he died. He died of old age with out any sickness.He was a moderate eater and drinker. His favorite foods are vegetable and fruits. His favorite dish are sea shells and sea weeds.
List of vegetables and fruits consumed by my father regularly:
FRUITS
1. Bananas
2. Soursop
3. Guava (wild variety)
4. Papaya
5. Jackfruit
VEGETABLES
1. String Beans
2. Sponge gourd
3. Lentil
4. Bitter gourd
5. Lady finger/okra
6. Sesban, Katuray (sesbania grandiflora)
7. Moringa, Malunggay (drumstick fruits)
8. Saluyot (Corchorus olitorius)
The vegetables were cooked by stewing mixed with grilled fish and flavored with fish sauce.
Dog's Raw Intestine Enzyme Curative Drink
From the oral account of Jose Pacheco of Mindoro Island, Philippines.
The dog to be butchered was first caged and feed only with packed fresh milk for a duration of one week.
There's a practice in my locality of eating dog's meat. The dogs were butchered and cooked like the way they prepared other dishes.
But one practice that was propagated by one person in our village that baffled me, was the eating of raw matters on the intestine of the dog. Others followed his system. The dog was chosen based on its health and vigor. Then the dog was fed with fresh milk for one week. After that, the dog was then killed through stabbing on the throat.
After the dog was cleaned from the outside, Its internal organs will be carefully removed. Its small intestine will be separated from the large one. The raw contents of the small intestine will then be transferred to a glass. The characteristics of the liquid contents of the said intestine resembles like that of a yogurt.
They will drink this liquid like the way they drink a yogurt.
I asked them if what are the benefits of the liquid in consuming it in raw. They all answered that it boost their immune system thereby making them protected from various infectious diseases.
I assumed that it was true. Poor folks always seek ways to be healthy because they can't afford costly preventive medication. Aside from that, even though I assumed that their practice has no scientific basis I found it to be beneficial to them.
The dog to be butchered was first caged and feed only with packed fresh milk for a duration of one week.
There's a practice in my locality of eating dog's meat. The dogs were butchered and cooked like the way they prepared other dishes.
But one practice that was propagated by one person in our village that baffled me, was the eating of raw matters on the intestine of the dog. Others followed his system. The dog was chosen based on its health and vigor. Then the dog was fed with fresh milk for one week. After that, the dog was then killed through stabbing on the throat.
After the dog was cleaned from the outside, Its internal organs will be carefully removed. Its small intestine will be separated from the large one. The raw contents of the small intestine will then be transferred to a glass. The characteristics of the liquid contents of the said intestine resembles like that of a yogurt.
They will drink this liquid like the way they drink a yogurt.
I asked them if what are the benefits of the liquid in consuming it in raw. They all answered that it boost their immune system thereby making them protected from various infectious diseases.
I assumed that it was true. Poor folks always seek ways to be healthy because they can't afford costly preventive medication. Aside from that, even though I assumed that their practice has no scientific basis I found it to be beneficial to them.
Lunes, Oktubre 10, 2011
How it happened that a Golden Ship appearance in Spratly is that what we call the Chinese invasion
From the oral account of an AFP Marines who was assigned in one of the islands in the Spratly.
My name is Filipino Nacionales, a soldier assigned in Binago Island on 1978.
Fishermen coming from Mindoro frequented the Binago Island as their stop over point of their fishing expedition.We bought from them some canned goods and other merchandise they brought.
One of the interesting stories that they told us was about a golden ship that was harassing them while they were fishing in the vicinity of the Kalayaan group of Islands, a Philippine administered territory.
It was painted with metallic gold that sparkles. The fishermen believed that it was not a magical ship but a real ship. They suspected that it belongs to China for the markings were of Chinese characters. They believed that it was a survey ship for they always encountered this type of ship in their whole-year round fishing expedition in the area.
China always issued a statement that the whole Spratly and its waters belongs to China. They said they have indisputable claim on these territories. The term indisputable claim was not even mentioned in the 70's by the Chinese but now they used it widely in all media and diplomatic outlets.
Indisputable claim has no value as it was just a creative and talented slogan invented by them. It has no validation nor legally recognized by today's rules-based family of nations. It has neither historical value. If the Chinese insist that Spratly belongs to China since ancient times and history was their basis for their claim then their claim is a laughing matter. Why? If history should be their basis then they should pay tribute to the Mongolians for China was once a part of Mongolia. They should have let Tibet lived in their own culture for Tibet historically is a Buddhist country.
They stated that their ancient maps showed that Spratly was presented in the old map that was dated Before Christ.
That was another laughing stock. Their old maps were crude drawing representation of land and sea with no accurate value.
Modern maps with fair accurate representation only appeared in the15th century. It was the Mercator map with longitude and latitude on it. But of today's standard its not very accurate.
So that Chinese maps with drawings of islands on it could not be concluded as the Spratly. It was only their pure guess with inventive tag name. A claim base on pure guess is foolish.
The Philippines claim on the island was base on occupation and administration. These were the recognized basis for acquiring a territory, recognized by the UN. The Philppine claim on the waters adjacent to the Spratly and west of Palawan were based on UNCLOS, Law of the Sea. A 200 mile exclusive economic zone was vested to the Philipppines and China was signatory to it., now they are acting differently.
Only Pag-asa Island can have EEZ of 200 miles based on UNCLOS. A chinese man-made and illegal structure on the Philippine claimed Mischief Reef cannot have an EEZ of 200 miles because man-made island, sandbars and rocks that can't support habitat on its own cannot have an EEZ as stated by the UN.
My name is Filipino Nacionales, a soldier assigned in Binago Island on 1978.
Fishermen coming from Mindoro frequented the Binago Island as their stop over point of their fishing expedition.We bought from them some canned goods and other merchandise they brought.
One of the interesting stories that they told us was about a golden ship that was harassing them while they were fishing in the vicinity of the Kalayaan group of Islands, a Philippine administered territory.
It was painted with metallic gold that sparkles. The fishermen believed that it was not a magical ship but a real ship. They suspected that it belongs to China for the markings were of Chinese characters. They believed that it was a survey ship for they always encountered this type of ship in their whole-year round fishing expedition in the area.
China always issued a statement that the whole Spratly and its waters belongs to China. They said they have indisputable claim on these territories. The term indisputable claim was not even mentioned in the 70's by the Chinese but now they used it widely in all media and diplomatic outlets.
Indisputable claim has no value as it was just a creative and talented slogan invented by them. It has no validation nor legally recognized by today's rules-based family of nations. It has neither historical value. If the Chinese insist that Spratly belongs to China since ancient times and history was their basis for their claim then their claim is a laughing matter. Why? If history should be their basis then they should pay tribute to the Mongolians for China was once a part of Mongolia. They should have let Tibet lived in their own culture for Tibet historically is a Buddhist country.
They stated that their ancient maps showed that Spratly was presented in the old map that was dated Before Christ.
That was another laughing stock. Their old maps were crude drawing representation of land and sea with no accurate value.
Modern maps with fair accurate representation only appeared in the15th century. It was the Mercator map with longitude and latitude on it. But of today's standard its not very accurate.
So that Chinese maps with drawings of islands on it could not be concluded as the Spratly. It was only their pure guess with inventive tag name. A claim base on pure guess is foolish.
The Philippines claim on the island was base on occupation and administration. These were the recognized basis for acquiring a territory, recognized by the UN. The Philppine claim on the waters adjacent to the Spratly and west of Palawan were based on UNCLOS, Law of the Sea. A 200 mile exclusive economic zone was vested to the Philipppines and China was signatory to it., now they are acting differently.
Only Pag-asa Island can have EEZ of 200 miles based on UNCLOS. A chinese man-made and illegal structure on the Philippine claimed Mischief Reef cannot have an EEZ of 200 miles because man-made island, sandbars and rocks that can't support habitat on its own cannot have an EEZ as stated by the UN.
Flash fiction 2. How the Invisible Phoenix Bird's Nest found in Swamp habitat of the Tamawo
Another local folk tale retold
It was a story of two young boys who found the nest of an invisible bird called Phoenix or Bueacao in local name.
They were brothers who were tasked to gather firewood at the mangrove forest. While the two boys were wading on the tidal stream they found a lagoon below a large mangrove tree. The water was still at the lagoon and the two had seen their reflection on it. While they were amusing themselves about their reflection, the older brother named Pedro, saw a bird and a nest at the reflection of the water. Immediately he looked up to search for that bird and nest but he saw nothing. He scanned all the branches of the trees but he saw nothing.
Pedro focused his stare on the water and on there, he saw again the bird like flaming fire sitting on its nest that settled on a large branch. He was baffled by what he saw for every time he looked up he found nothing. They decided to investigate.
Later they saw the flaming bird's reflection on the water leaving its nest as it flew away.
They found out that the nest settled at the lowest branch of the tree halfway of the branch. The two decided investigate and planned to pluck the mysterious nest.
Pedro climbed the tree as his brother below guided him by looking at the reflection of the nest on the water.
Pedro had managed to grasped the nest. He searched for its content and he found a lone egg on it. It was invisible too but he felt it with his hands. It was of the same size of chicken egg.
He collected it, wrapped it with his shirt and secured it in his body as he went down.
With out his knowledge, his younger brother became worried when he vanished from his sight. When Pedro came nearer to his brother, he was ignored. His brother could not see him. He became invisible because of the egg.
He informed his brother that he was just around. He told him that the egg made him invisible.
Then grabbed the hand of his brother and placed the egg on it. Instantly his brother disappeared from Pedro's sight.
The two was overwhelmed by their discovery and had forgot to gather firewood. Instead they head home to announce to their parents their amazing discovery.
They reached their home but nobody was around. Pedro became thirsty so he decided to drink from the jar.
He then unwrapped the invisible egg and placed it at the ashes of the stove so that it will not be broken.
When he returned to the stove, he felt the ashes where he left the egg. but he could not grasped it. The egg was gone.
When their parents arrived they told them their story. Their father was glad for the invisible egg was gone.
He told them that after they removed the egg from the nest, he assumed that the caretaker of it a supernatural being called Tamawo had followed them. He told them that the Tamawo was waiting for the egg to be released from their hands. And at the slightest chance that the egg was released from your hands he snatched the egg and go away.
It was a story of two young boys who found the nest of an invisible bird called Phoenix or Bueacao in local name.
They were brothers who were tasked to gather firewood at the mangrove forest. While the two boys were wading on the tidal stream they found a lagoon below a large mangrove tree. The water was still at the lagoon and the two had seen their reflection on it. While they were amusing themselves about their reflection, the older brother named Pedro, saw a bird and a nest at the reflection of the water. Immediately he looked up to search for that bird and nest but he saw nothing. He scanned all the branches of the trees but he saw nothing.
Pedro focused his stare on the water and on there, he saw again the bird like flaming fire sitting on its nest that settled on a large branch. He was baffled by what he saw for every time he looked up he found nothing. They decided to investigate.
Later they saw the flaming bird's reflection on the water leaving its nest as it flew away.
They found out that the nest settled at the lowest branch of the tree halfway of the branch. The two decided investigate and planned to pluck the mysterious nest.
Pedro climbed the tree as his brother below guided him by looking at the reflection of the nest on the water.
Pedro had managed to grasped the nest. He searched for its content and he found a lone egg on it. It was invisible too but he felt it with his hands. It was of the same size of chicken egg.
He collected it, wrapped it with his shirt and secured it in his body as he went down.
With out his knowledge, his younger brother became worried when he vanished from his sight. When Pedro came nearer to his brother, he was ignored. His brother could not see him. He became invisible because of the egg.
He informed his brother that he was just around. He told him that the egg made him invisible.
Then grabbed the hand of his brother and placed the egg on it. Instantly his brother disappeared from Pedro's sight.
The two was overwhelmed by their discovery and had forgot to gather firewood. Instead they head home to announce to their parents their amazing discovery.
They reached their home but nobody was around. Pedro became thirsty so he decided to drink from the jar.
He then unwrapped the invisible egg and placed it at the ashes of the stove so that it will not be broken.
When he returned to the stove, he felt the ashes where he left the egg. but he could not grasped it. The egg was gone.
When their parents arrived they told them their story. Their father was glad for the invisible egg was gone.
He told them that after they removed the egg from the nest, he assumed that the caretaker of it a supernatural being called Tamawo had followed them. He told them that the Tamawo was waiting for the egg to be released from their hands. And at the slightest chance that the egg was released from your hands he snatched the egg and go away.
Modern Flash fiction Number 1. Walking Above the Water and how to do it. What are the things needed to perform it as retold
One of the well known local folk tales of Panay Island retold.
Juan Ayawan was a good fisherman. He lived in the mainland of Panay Island on the nortwestern point of the island.
He was using a crude outrigger boat with triangular sail called paraw. The boat could be propelled by paddling when it entered into tidal streams and the sail was employed in the open sea.
One time he was informed that his grandfather was sick and dying and said that he wanted to see all his grandchildren before he died. His grandfather lived on the western part of the island in the lowland plains of Bubokon. He was still a small boy when he left the place in search of adventure.
Juan decided to return to his hometown to visit his grandfather and also to renew ties with his relatives in the lowland. So he prepared his paraw, strengthened its outriggers and patches its sail. He also rubbed beeswax on the hull of his boat so that waters would not seeped onto it. He calculated that it would take him a whole day to sail westerly to his destination on good wind. So he prepared his provisions and loaded it on his boats. He also brought with him sacks of dried fish as presents to his relatives.
After whole day of sailing Juan reached the mouth of the river of the town. But their village was more than four miles upriver. The river could not be traverse upriver by boat because of its strong currents. So Juan removed the outrigger of his boat and hid it under the bushes. He then tied a rope to the hull of his boat and dragged it upriver against the current. After many hours he finally arrived at his grandfather's home.
But to Juan's dismay, the old man was still strong and healthy. He was told later that his grandfather only wanted to see them while he was strong. He also wanted to have a reunion of his clan.
"I summoned you for I was informed that you're now a fisherman. I have something to give to you of great import, Juan," said the old man with an apologetic tone.
Then he gave Juan a ukelele.
"What shall I do with this, Papu?" puzzled Juan
"This instrument will save you from drowning," explained the old man. "Just strum this ukelele and you will float on the water. And after floating you can now walk above the water while strumming."
Juan simply smiled as he accepted the ukelele. He didn't want to disappoint the old man.
"Take good care of this for this is a gift of a witch to me. In fact the strings in it were her pubic hairs."
Juan burst out a laugh.
Many years passed and Juan never thought anymore of that ukelele which he hanged on the post of his paraw.
One time a storm caught him up while fishing. It damaged his paraw and slowly his boat was taking waters. Then he was sinking rapidly. He was in the middle of the sea.
Then he recalled the words of his grandfather. Immediately he grabbed the ukelele. He strummed its black strings and to his amazement he floated and stood above the waters. He continued strumming as he walked. When he stopped he sank. So he played it for many hours until he reached a small island. He rested but then he noticed that the black hairs strings on the ukelele started to snap.
Where in the world can you find pubic hairs so strong that can withstand non-stop strumming, he joked himself.
Later on that island he built a raft in order to return to the mainland.
Juan Ayawan was a good fisherman. He lived in the mainland of Panay Island on the nortwestern point of the island.
He was using a crude outrigger boat with triangular sail called paraw. The boat could be propelled by paddling when it entered into tidal streams and the sail was employed in the open sea.
One time he was informed that his grandfather was sick and dying and said that he wanted to see all his grandchildren before he died. His grandfather lived on the western part of the island in the lowland plains of Bubokon. He was still a small boy when he left the place in search of adventure.
Juan decided to return to his hometown to visit his grandfather and also to renew ties with his relatives in the lowland. So he prepared his paraw, strengthened its outriggers and patches its sail. He also rubbed beeswax on the hull of his boat so that waters would not seeped onto it. He calculated that it would take him a whole day to sail westerly to his destination on good wind. So he prepared his provisions and loaded it on his boats. He also brought with him sacks of dried fish as presents to his relatives.
After whole day of sailing Juan reached the mouth of the river of the town. But their village was more than four miles upriver. The river could not be traverse upriver by boat because of its strong currents. So Juan removed the outrigger of his boat and hid it under the bushes. He then tied a rope to the hull of his boat and dragged it upriver against the current. After many hours he finally arrived at his grandfather's home.
But to Juan's dismay, the old man was still strong and healthy. He was told later that his grandfather only wanted to see them while he was strong. He also wanted to have a reunion of his clan.
"I summoned you for I was informed that you're now a fisherman. I have something to give to you of great import, Juan," said the old man with an apologetic tone.
Then he gave Juan a ukelele.
"What shall I do with this, Papu?" puzzled Juan
"This instrument will save you from drowning," explained the old man. "Just strum this ukelele and you will float on the water. And after floating you can now walk above the water while strumming."
Juan simply smiled as he accepted the ukelele. He didn't want to disappoint the old man.
"Take good care of this for this is a gift of a witch to me. In fact the strings in it were her pubic hairs."
Juan burst out a laugh.
Many years passed and Juan never thought anymore of that ukelele which he hanged on the post of his paraw.
One time a storm caught him up while fishing. It damaged his paraw and slowly his boat was taking waters. Then he was sinking rapidly. He was in the middle of the sea.
Then he recalled the words of his grandfather. Immediately he grabbed the ukelele. He strummed its black strings and to his amazement he floated and stood above the waters. He continued strumming as he walked. When he stopped he sank. So he played it for many hours until he reached a small island. He rested but then he noticed that the black hairs strings on the ukelele started to snap.
Where in the world can you find pubic hairs so strong that can withstand non-stop strumming, he joked himself.
Later on that island he built a raft in order to return to the mainland.
How to Raise Dead chick to Life
From the oral account of Pedro Mandin of Boracay Island Philippines
I have a friend named Kalipay who belongs to Ati tribe, the original settler of the island. He is black with kinky hair. I was told that their ancestors once ruled the island and it should have been their ancestral domain up to this time if not for the greed of the invaders who staked their claims in various beachfront of the island.
He said the tribe retreated to the hills but later invaders claimed all the land even the hills, so the tribe became a wandering inhabitants of the island. Most of them settled near the dump site.
One time as I visited my friend's hut at the dump site, I saw him feeding chicken. In his palm lies a dead chick.
He said it died before I arrive. the chick was not moving and lay flat on its side.
"What will you do with it?" I asked him
He didn't answer but instead he took a coconut shell that was cut in half. He laid the chick in the ground and cover it with the bowl-shape shell.
"I'm going to raise it from the dead," he said as he started to tap the shell with a pebble.
Later he tapped it harder using a fist-size stone. Few minutes later he removed the cover and I saw the chick standing and chirping loud.
"It was dead awhile ago? How did you do it?" I inquired.
"The sound of the tap revived the beating of its heart and the vibration inside the shell restore its life," my friend simply explained.
"That was so simple, my friend yet very effective," I said in amazement.
"Yes, my friend. Our tribe used this technique in reviving the senses of a dying person," he added
I simply nodded. I already heard the story of his grandfather who is a living dead up to now; bed ridden on the other hut beside his. The old man had already died many times yet they always revived him.
Poor fellow. Maybe time will come that they will not revive the dying man anymore so that he can rest in peace, I told myself.
I have a friend named Kalipay who belongs to Ati tribe, the original settler of the island. He is black with kinky hair. I was told that their ancestors once ruled the island and it should have been their ancestral domain up to this time if not for the greed of the invaders who staked their claims in various beachfront of the island.
He said the tribe retreated to the hills but later invaders claimed all the land even the hills, so the tribe became a wandering inhabitants of the island. Most of them settled near the dump site.
One time as I visited my friend's hut at the dump site, I saw him feeding chicken. In his palm lies a dead chick.
He said it died before I arrive. the chick was not moving and lay flat on its side.
"What will you do with it?" I asked him
He didn't answer but instead he took a coconut shell that was cut in half. He laid the chick in the ground and cover it with the bowl-shape shell.
"I'm going to raise it from the dead," he said as he started to tap the shell with a pebble.
Later he tapped it harder using a fist-size stone. Few minutes later he removed the cover and I saw the chick standing and chirping loud.
"It was dead awhile ago? How did you do it?" I inquired.
"The sound of the tap revived the beating of its heart and the vibration inside the shell restore its life," my friend simply explained.
"That was so simple, my friend yet very effective," I said in amazement.
"Yes, my friend. Our tribe used this technique in reviving the senses of a dying person," he added
I simply nodded. I already heard the story of his grandfather who is a living dead up to now; bed ridden on the other hut beside his. The old man had already died many times yet they always revived him.
Poor fellow. Maybe time will come that they will not revive the dying man anymore so that he can rest in peace, I told myself.
Linggo, Oktubre 9, 2011
How to Raise Dead chick to Life
Base on the oral account of Pedro Mandin of Boracay Island., Philippines
I am a carpenter who works in the island. I have a friend named Kalipay who belongs to Ati tribe of the island. He is short, with black skin and kinky hair. Their ancestors were the earliest inhabitants of the island and the island shouldhave been thier ancestral domain but invaders came to the island and claimed their own space leaving the tribe with only the hill as a place to settle. But later other claimants came and cliam the hills too. The tribe become a wandering inhabitants and were treated as informal settlers of the island.
When I visited my friend in his hut by the hill, he was feeding his cjh9cken.
I am a carpenter who works in the island. I have a friend named Kalipay who belongs to Ati tribe of the island. He is short, with black skin and kinky hair. Their ancestors were the earliest inhabitants of the island and the island shouldhave been thier ancestral domain but invaders came to the island and claimed their own space leaving the tribe with only the hill as a place to settle. But later other claimants came and cliam the hills too. The tribe become a wandering inhabitants and were treated as informal settlers of the island.
When I visited my friend in his hut by the hill, he was feeding his cjh9cken.
Biyernes, Oktubre 7, 2011
Cult Wrestling Tournament of Death
From the oral account of Noy Castillo of Western Panay, Philippines.
In the mountainous area of western Panay, there was a wrestling tournament propagated by various mountain tribe. It was called Dumog-Upas in their local dialect. In this tournament the protagonist will fight with each other with outcome even resulting to death by one of them.
The arena is atop the plateau. As we climbed to the area I saw various large stones place atop a rectangular mound. My friend told me that those are graves of the fighters who died in the arena.
The arena is a circle with sands as the ground in contrast with the stony ground that surrounds it. It was ringed with split bamboo poles that also follow the shape of the circle. Spectators stay beyond the ring.
The protagonist were expert in the arts of wrestling, my friend told me. He said that their knowledge of the sports was handled from one generation to another. Although it was dangerous it survived up to this modern age for the sport was very popular to the mountain people, where most of them were pagans and had never been evangelized.
As we witness the opening fight I admired the body built of the fighters. They were naked up to the waist. They were lean with tight muscles all over the body. They were barefooted and dressed with tight shorts.
The rules were shouted at them. I heard the referee telling them that eyes plucking and strangling were not allowed. Biting and head butt were prohibited too.
They will fight until somebody will surrender or until referee stopped them for fear of imminent death.
The fight started and both fighters exchanged grapples. Their bodies slithered when held. They were also slippery for no fighters managed to clutched and took advantage of each other after many minutes of fight.
Then, one of the smaller fighter caught the big one on his leg and locked it with his both arms. The big fighter fell down on his back and immediately his opponent plowed him on the sand in circle pattern.
The big one was bathed with sands suffocating his face. He was helpless for the lock was hard to untangle.
Sensing that his opponent was weakening now, the small fighter grabbed his body and raised it in the air to the applause of the spectators. Then he hammered him on the sand, head first. His opponent fell down with a loud thud. He lay unconscious and the referee stopped the fight.
The winning fighter collected all the various type of bets he won. Money, cattle and reptiles skins.
The loser was pronounced dead so the referee cancelled the all the fights that were lined for that day. He said that the death on the first fight is an ominous sign that will render the other fights to follow more dangerous and fatal.
In the mountainous area of western Panay, there was a wrestling tournament propagated by various mountain tribe. It was called Dumog-Upas in their local dialect. In this tournament the protagonist will fight with each other with outcome even resulting to death by one of them.
The arena is atop the plateau. As we climbed to the area I saw various large stones place atop a rectangular mound. My friend told me that those are graves of the fighters who died in the arena.
The arena is a circle with sands as the ground in contrast with the stony ground that surrounds it. It was ringed with split bamboo poles that also follow the shape of the circle. Spectators stay beyond the ring.
The protagonist were expert in the arts of wrestling, my friend told me. He said that their knowledge of the sports was handled from one generation to another. Although it was dangerous it survived up to this modern age for the sport was very popular to the mountain people, where most of them were pagans and had never been evangelized.
As we witness the opening fight I admired the body built of the fighters. They were naked up to the waist. They were lean with tight muscles all over the body. They were barefooted and dressed with tight shorts.
The rules were shouted at them. I heard the referee telling them that eyes plucking and strangling were not allowed. Biting and head butt were prohibited too.
They will fight until somebody will surrender or until referee stopped them for fear of imminent death.
The fight started and both fighters exchanged grapples. Their bodies slithered when held. They were also slippery for no fighters managed to clutched and took advantage of each other after many minutes of fight.
Then, one of the smaller fighter caught the big one on his leg and locked it with his both arms. The big fighter fell down on his back and immediately his opponent plowed him on the sand in circle pattern.
The big one was bathed with sands suffocating his face. He was helpless for the lock was hard to untangle.
Sensing that his opponent was weakening now, the small fighter grabbed his body and raised it in the air to the applause of the spectators. Then he hammered him on the sand, head first. His opponent fell down with a loud thud. He lay unconscious and the referee stopped the fight.
The winning fighter collected all the various type of bets he won. Money, cattle and reptiles skins.
The loser was pronounced dead so the referee cancelled the all the fights that were lined for that day. He said that the death on the first fight is an ominous sign that will render the other fights to follow more dangerous and fatal.
Lunes, Oktubre 3, 2011
Venom-Sucking Horn Tip cures snake bites
Tandok is a healing practice that uses horn tips of carabaos that was cut to form a cone. The cone was bored on its tip to create a pin-size opening.
First, the bitten area was slashed with skin-deep incision. Then the cone was stuck into it. From the tip the of the cone a man will suck the air from inside of the cone and the cone will burrow on the skin tightly. Then the opening will be covered with hardened beeswax to seal the vacuum.
From the oral account of Michael Realino of Central Luzon, Philippines
It was early in the morning when me and my friends decided to explore the farm road leading to a low-rise hill. As we jogged along the road with grassy ground on its both side, I saw a firewood lying on my path. few meters in front of me. As I approached on it I simply kicked it thinking that it was just a piece of firewood.
To my surprise it sprang back and snapped my right leg.
"Snake!" I shouted as I tried to shake it from my legs for its pangs buried deeply on my skin.
It was a venomous snake. Immediately I was brought to a local shaman. He told me that my veins were not hit by its pangs. If it was, I only have 30 minutes to live. I'm lucky when he told me that the poison travels on the skin and flesh slowly before it reached the brain. Then he slashed my bitten leg with many small slits in order to intercept the poison to be drained by the slits. Later the slits were topped with horn tips and the shaman started to suck the horns and sealed it with beeswax.
After he was through, my legs were full of sucking horns seemed like leg with full of spikes.
Later the horns lose its suctions and fell down. From the slit wound I saw bubbling blood with white foam atop. The shaman said those were the rising poisons that was sucked by the horns.
I survived the snake bite because of those sucking horns.
First, the bitten area was slashed with skin-deep incision. Then the cone was stuck into it. From the tip the of the cone a man will suck the air from inside of the cone and the cone will burrow on the skin tightly. Then the opening will be covered with hardened beeswax to seal the vacuum.
From the oral account of Michael Realino of Central Luzon, Philippines
It was early in the morning when me and my friends decided to explore the farm road leading to a low-rise hill. As we jogged along the road with grassy ground on its both side, I saw a firewood lying on my path. few meters in front of me. As I approached on it I simply kicked it thinking that it was just a piece of firewood.
To my surprise it sprang back and snapped my right leg.
"Snake!" I shouted as I tried to shake it from my legs for its pangs buried deeply on my skin.
It was a venomous snake. Immediately I was brought to a local shaman. He told me that my veins were not hit by its pangs. If it was, I only have 30 minutes to live. I'm lucky when he told me that the poison travels on the skin and flesh slowly before it reached the brain. Then he slashed my bitten leg with many small slits in order to intercept the poison to be drained by the slits. Later the slits were topped with horn tips and the shaman started to suck the horns and sealed it with beeswax.
After he was through, my legs were full of sucking horns seemed like leg with full of spikes.
Later the horns lose its suctions and fell down. From the slit wound I saw bubbling blood with white foam atop. The shaman said those were the rising poisons that was sucked by the horns.
I survived the snake bite because of those sucking horns.
Shape-shifter Aswang and Night-flying Wakwak encounter.
From the oral account of Rizaldo Alag of Panay Island, Philippines
Aswang creature change in form by hijacking the body of any animals that was very near to him in order to attack stealthily and escape speedily.
Night-flying wakwak is a bat-like creature bred by the Aswang as their hunt-dog animals.
I am a farmer. I used to pasture my carabaos at midnight till dawn so that in the morning I can use them in the field. One night while riding atop the carabao, a swift diving wakwak swooped at me. Luckily I saw it coming and I dived to the ground. I saw it climbed in the air but circled back to attack me again.
I lay on the ground flat on my back but extended my bolo upward at the center of my belly.
Then it swooped me again but the bolo pierced through his body. The creature cried raucously as it flew away.
Then here came the black cat that transformed into a boar and rushed toward me. I rolled and get up and prepare to fight the animal.
It rushed to ram me with its tusk but I step side way and stabbed it on its sidebody.
It was hurt and before I can finished it; it ran away and transformed into a heron that flew away.
Aswang creature change in form by hijacking the body of any animals that was very near to him in order to attack stealthily and escape speedily.
Night-flying wakwak is a bat-like creature bred by the Aswang as their hunt-dog animals.
I am a farmer. I used to pasture my carabaos at midnight till dawn so that in the morning I can use them in the field. One night while riding atop the carabao, a swift diving wakwak swooped at me. Luckily I saw it coming and I dived to the ground. I saw it climbed in the air but circled back to attack me again.
I lay on the ground flat on my back but extended my bolo upward at the center of my belly.
Then it swooped me again but the bolo pierced through his body. The creature cried raucously as it flew away.
Then here came the black cat that transformed into a boar and rushed toward me. I rolled and get up and prepare to fight the animal.
It rushed to ram me with its tusk but I step side way and stabbed it on its sidebody.
It was hurt and before I can finished it; it ran away and transformed into a heron that flew away.
Flaming Bird like Phoenix night sighting record
From the oral account of Bert Piano of Panay Island, Philippines.
We lived at the edge of the forest. One night I saw this flaming bird flying below the treeline toward the forest. It was radiating with a multi-colored flame from its whole body. It was the size of a chicken with long tail and with a plumb glowing like charcoal flame.
We called it Bueacao, meaning creature coming from the cosmic. Sometimes it was simply called children of the star.
I asked my grandfather regarding about this creature and how come they appeared on our place at night only.
"They were supernatural being as mentioned in the Book of Genesis as spirits that inhabit the earth before man was created,"explained by my grandfather.
He told me that this creature can harm anybody who transgressed on their abode. He further elaborated that it couldn't be captured because it has supernatural power and before anyone can came near to this creature it can inflict ailment to those who dared to touch them sometimes resulting to death.
My grandfather said that we must left them alone in their habitat and let the forest that nurtured them be preserved and protected so that these creatures will not course our land.
We lived at the edge of the forest. One night I saw this flaming bird flying below the treeline toward the forest. It was radiating with a multi-colored flame from its whole body. It was the size of a chicken with long tail and with a plumb glowing like charcoal flame.
We called it Bueacao, meaning creature coming from the cosmic. Sometimes it was simply called children of the star.
I asked my grandfather regarding about this creature and how come they appeared on our place at night only.
"They were supernatural being as mentioned in the Book of Genesis as spirits that inhabit the earth before man was created,"explained by my grandfather.
He told me that this creature can harm anybody who transgressed on their abode. He further elaborated that it couldn't be captured because it has supernatural power and before anyone can came near to this creature it can inflict ailment to those who dared to touch them sometimes resulting to death.
My grandfather said that we must left them alone in their habitat and let the forest that nurtured them be preserved and protected so that these creatures will not course our land.
Linggo, Oktubre 2, 2011
Citral in Lemon Grass relieved Pain
Lemon grass has citral that contains ingredients like myrcene, citronella and geraniol.
According to a research at Ben Gurion University, the citral in lemon grass was proven to kill cancer cells by triggering the apoptosis, a programmed cells death, while leaving the normal cells healthy.
One gram of of lemon grass contains necessary citral to combat cancer cells, as stated in the study.
Supplemental lemon grass tonic recipe.
5 cups of pure water
1 cup chopped lemon grass
5 teaspoon brown sugar
4 pieces calamansi (philippine lemon)
2 grams chopped ginger
Boil lemon grass and ginger until the color turns green.
Add brown sugar until dissolved.
Squeeze the calamansi on the liquid.
Consume 1 glass every meal.
Source: Department of Science and Technology
Guidebook on the proper use of Medicinal Plants
According to a research at Ben Gurion University, the citral in lemon grass was proven to kill cancer cells by triggering the apoptosis, a programmed cells death, while leaving the normal cells healthy.
One gram of of lemon grass contains necessary citral to combat cancer cells, as stated in the study.
Supplemental lemon grass tonic recipe.
5 cups of pure water
1 cup chopped lemon grass
5 teaspoon brown sugar
4 pieces calamansi (philippine lemon)
2 grams chopped ginger
Boil lemon grass and ginger until the color turns green.
Add brown sugar until dissolved.
Squeeze the calamansi on the liquid.
Consume 1 glass every meal.
Source: Department of Science and Technology
Guidebook on the proper use of Medicinal Plants
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