Ang Baler sa Panahon ng Pananakop ng Amerikano

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Not far from the plaza in front of Baler Church is a marker that dates back to the Commonwealth period. It says that to Baler was sent an American expedition to succor the Spanish. The year was 1899. The marker itself is telegraphic-brief and to the point-in the information it contains about that expedition. The marker informs us that on the morning of 11 April, the USS Yorktown, a gunboat under the command of Commodore William Sperry, USN, anchored in Baler Bay. Its mission: to enact the attempted relief of the Spanish garrison of four officers and fifty men besieged in Baler Church. What the marker does not tell us, in any great detail, is what follows the arrival of the gunboat in Baler Bay.


*excerpts from:
Baler During The American Period: The Reign Of Quezon
by Manuel L. Quezon III

"Baler" Movie Clips by Mark Meily

Isang pagkakataon natin mga tiga-Baler na matutunan uli ang kasaysayan at kagandahan ng ating bayan. Isa rin hakbang sa lalu pang pagkilala sa makabuluhang papel ng Baler at pakikibaka ng mga mamamayan nito, noon at ngayon, sa pag-ikid ng kasaysayan.

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Curious On Something? Anu itu?

Tree Man





Is this a photoshop image or not? Make a wild guess.

I saw this image when I was searching for a tree and this picture came out as one of the top search image for that word. First I think it was a photoshop rendition but after I test the quality of pixels I am so shock because it was a real picture taken from Indonesia.

He was Dede, they call him Tree Man or Half Man Half Tree. Dede is experiencing the biggest test of his life right now.

Los Ultimos de Filipinas (an old Film on Siege of Baler)

Gumagawa ngayun ng pelikulang "Baler", pagbibidahan ni Anne Curtis. Hango ito sa makasaysayang "Siege Of Baler". Pero una pa sa atin lahat, may nagawa ng pelikula patungkol dito bago pa mag-Guera Mundial. Ito ang Los Ultimos de Flipinas. Dapat panuurin ng mga tiga-Baler. -josephV

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An Old Friend, I Lost Contact for Years

Do You Know Analiza Dumapias?

Have you had a friend way back from times you almost forget but the memories still linger in your mind? It’s always good to remember people who chanced upon your young life and become a part and parcel of it. A person who is very special to you, but one way or another you lost contact with for so a long time.

It is my wife who told me about her long lost friend. She chanced upon old files together with old photos. Really, picture tells a thousand words especially brings back time, as if caught in nostalgia. There she saw an old faded picture. It was an old picture of her with classmates during their high school days. Among them is Analiza. She was one of the special friends of my wife, Jennifer. Another undated picture of same young lady riding in human-drawn cart taken in Singapore.

Analiza Dumapias, her full name, was a high school classmate and friend of Jenny (as my wife is fondly called). They were in third year. It was the years 1986 to 1987 at the Philippine Air Force College of Aeronautics in Villamor Airbase, Pasay City. Ana (her nickname) didn’t finish her study in that school. Since the father of Ana was working in an airline company, they always move from place to place. The following year, Ana and her family moved to Australia. It was ensued by some exchanges through mails. My wife is a confessed languid letter writer. She was not able to answer all of Ana’s letters. Some responses were even too delayed. It was along with the fact that Jenny just got into married life. The last letter was received sometime in 1991. It was never returned. She became too busy on earning for the family of her own. After that, they lost contact. It was absolute zero communication, up to now. Ana’s last known address is Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Jenny wants to locate Ana and establish communication. It is the reason why Jenny asks me to publish this open letter in my blog. If anyone who knows Analiza Dumapias and happened to read this, please give information on how to contact her by posting your comment here. Also, do inform Ana about this.#

Old Friend... I lost contact.

Signage of The Place!

Great Leader of 20th Century

The proud statue of the late Great Leader of the Chinese people and the proletariat!