11TH POST

092908

Ang POST na ito ay katugma ng POST ko sa BLOG ko na

http://the-conspiracy-of-one.blogspot.com

kung saan tinatalakay ko ang hinggil sa BATALAN, isang parte ng mga bahay noong araw na hindi na matatagpuan sa mga bahay sa kasalukuyan. Ang BATALAN ay binanggit ng mga sinaunang dayuhang manunulat tulad nina MORGA, JAGOR , ATBP na nakakita at nakapansin sa naturang bahagi ng arkitektura o pagkakagawa ng mga bahay ng mga katutubo. Mayroon ditong tatlong (3) larawan na nagpapakita ng tinatawag na "BATALAN":

BATANGAS 1952-1953 "LULU"

Sa harap ng ancestral home namin sa Alitagtag. Ito ang mataas na bahay sa kanan na may mga bumbilya sa harap. Ang bahay sa kaliwa ay kina Ka Simeon na nagsasaka/naglilinang ng lupa namin sa likod-parang o "Ibaba". Masdan ang BATALAN sa harap ng bahay na ito. Ang BATALAN ay walang bubong at may sala-salang kawayan na dingding. Ang BANGGERAHAN naman na hugasan ng mga plato ay nasa dakong likod na may dalawang tukod/poste at may mga kawayan o kahoy na tulos? na maaring pagsabitan ng mga baso... Aling LULU (R.I.P.) is/was a distant relative of a FORMER MAYOR OF QUEZON CITY... Now, don't ask me why/how this happened to be the case

BATANGAS, 1952+
Ang nanay ko ang nasa kaliwa at ang tiya ko na nakakita ng lumulutang na kamay ang naka-salamin at nakapamay-awang sa kanan. Ang matandang lalaki ay "si Ka Atong na ama ng Mariang Erning na taga-Dalipit" at matagal nang namatay. (Hindi ko siya inabot.) Masdan ang tsinelas ng matanda. Ganito ang mga suot noon ng matatandang kalalakihan. Kitang-kita ang BATALAN ng bahay ni Ka Simeon na nakapamintana sa dakong gitnang-itaas ng larawan. Ang BATALAN ay medyo natatakpan ng nakasampay na bagay at dito paakyat ang hagdan.

OLONGAPO, ZAMBALES OR BATANGAS (UNSURE)
Ito naman ay larawan ng isang "NELY" na hindi ko kilala. Ang BATALAN ay nasa bandang gitnang-kaliwa sa tabi ng nakabukas na bintana at meyo nadaanan ng kahoy na hawak ng tau. Simple lang ang isang ito nguni't may bubong pero ito ang tinatawag nga na BATALAN.
Patungkol ang PHOTO sa aking namatay na tiya at may petsang "12/7/46". Nasusulat sa likod: "For get me not For get me never For get this picture But not the owner" COMMENT ko: Saan ka man naroroon Aling Nely, huwag kang mag-ala-ala dahil you will go down in history... Dahilan ito sa BATALAN na nasa may likuran mo sa larawan! (Ang problema lang eh baka dumating din ang panahon kung saan aalisin ang tau sa gitna at ang pananatilihin ay ang bahay at BATALAN na lang...

E-2-2-LOY ko na lang later ang BATALAN este BATANGAN studies ko...

TMNP

10th POST

091508

I should title each set of photographs so that there is an underlying theme...
But I only follow what fascinates me at the moment...

Back to TOYS - I wanted to describe all the memorable toys I had...
But I only need mention that toys are important HISTORICAL ARTEFACTS that reflect the technology, ways & mores, whatever of a bygone ERA or PERIOD... Now I'm wondering what toys our leaders/heroes/great figures (and even heels!) of the past played with during their childhood... What did the child Magellan, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, Lapu-Lapu, Rajah Sulayman, Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, MacSak etc etc play with? One might retort that the genuinely heroic ones were too poor to play & had to feel/experience the full brunt of REAL-LIFE oppressive existence...

ADDITIONAL PHOTOs

I was extremely familiar with /unawed by white foreigners even as a child... Shown during my 6th birthday is a really blonde-blue-eyed All-American boy whose name I have already forgotten... Again if he is still alive today I am very sure he would be a lot smellier now!

What I remember well is that he gifted me with one of my cherished toys - a cream-colored toy metal JEEP similar to the real one below. Of course, it was MADE IN U.S.A., made of metal & hard plastic & very durable unlike the Made in Hong Kong or Made in Japan "LOCAL" toys. It was not really a case of MENTAL COLONY but even as a child I could perceive the inherent superiority of white/Western/American goods & products...
At left, with her hands on her chin, is Mary Lou the adopted daughter of a DUTCH-American civilian employee in the former U.S. Naval Base at Subic... My best friend Rey & my sister at right.

MY MOTHER, ANOTHER'S MOTHER, & THE MOTHER OF ALL JEEPNEYS
My mother at left & an original U.S. Gov.t Issue (G.I.) JEEP (Willy's or what or just plain Jeep???)

My mother with Janet's mother who married an IRISH-American U.S. Marine.
Note the details of the JEEP similar to my toy...

The face of an ASTHMA SUFFERER
My late LOLA with my distant cousin Ate Julieta (also R.I.P.)
who married a HUNGARIAN-American. She died of cancer in the U.S.A. & had a daughter.
See how MULTI-NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL my personal links are!!!
This is the 2nd floor SALA of our ancestral home in Alitagtag, Batangas in the 1950's.
Note the fixtures & rattan furniture (bought from BASCO's in Batangas City according to my mother & aunt.)

Batangas - My late father with my brother & my TATAY's pet rooster.
We called our parents "Tatay & Inay". Should be "Tatay & Nanay" or "Itay & Inay"...
If you call your parents "DADDY & MOMMY" or "MOM & DAD", then you are AMERICANIZED.
If you call them "PAPA & MAMA", then you are HISPANIZED.
My old Tausug friends call theirs "AMA & INA" which I believe is TRULY native.

1966, Batangas - My sister & I with our first family (not my rich aunt's) car, a Ford TAUNUS.

TMNP

911

091108

When was my last posting?...
New PIX about me & my Life

KANO = ILO_ OR AMERI_???
U.S.A. - Frankie with his Filipina mom & American dad (who passed away a few years back).
Since his mother is the full sister of my (late) father, then he is my 1st cousin, Correct?
Of course, Frankie is much much older, bigger & definitely smellier now...
His father MIGHT have had DUTCH blood but I'm quite sure he was not a WHITE POLICEMAN...


Six-Foot-Four with two shorties
My father on his first trip to the U.S. visited my mother's cousin
who was married to a GERMAN-American POLICEMAN...
Note that my father would fit inside his pants!...


TOYS & a Stuffed LAWIN
Am not sure if that boy with striped shirt in the middle is ME... I was NOT fond of parties
with lots of children/people & I usually hid myself from the crowd...
Toys (mostly my brother's) include the white WHIRLYBIRD, a TONKA road grader,
a WHITE MP (Military Policeman) on a Jeep, and at top left, two FLYING SAUCERS!!!
- my sister's & my brother's which will not fall off a tabletop. I just inherited their toys...
My brother usually asked for & got what he wanted...
I was too shy to ask my aunt & parents to buy me anything - EXCEPT for...


1964/1965 - 5 HORSEMEN in front of U.P. COLLEGE BAGUIO
I was too small my horse thought it was empty/barebacked!


Now, this is much better... 1967 with Janet (a half-IRISH-American),
my (late) cousin Rody, & my brod & sis


I could ride a horse all by myself