Ilokanoak Badges now Available

by Bilingual Pen | 70 views
Good news to all Ilokano bloggers! Ilokanoak badges are now available for use for free by Ilokano bloggers. Created by Eli Avellanoza of http://blographics.wordpress.com, a talented Ilocano painter and graphic artist, the Ilokanoak badges are envisioned to help Ilocano bloggers proudly display their ethnicity/race in their respective blogs, even if they may be using a language other [...] Comments (2)

TEOFILO AND THE TIKBALANG

by Juan SP Hidalgo, Jr. | 88 views
Translated from Filipino by Dempster P. Samarista Copyright 2004 In Barrio Tomana Este, there lived a boy named Teofilo. Teofilo was a diligent, dutiful, bright and brave boy.  His parents were too poor to send him to school even though he truly wanted to study.  Instead, they had him do chores in the land they farmed. Teofilo would envy [...] Comments (4)

Dagiti Sangaili Iti Lubong

by Ma. Theresa B. Santos | 94 views
DAGITI SANGAILI ITI LUBONG Sarsarita Para-ubbing ni Ma. Theresa B. Santos               Aggayyem dagitoy a dua a bayog a naregregen iti kalendario ti edadda. Natarakida nga agpadpada. Agtayagda a dua iti lima a kadapan ken walo a pulgada. Nasabang iti panagbarbarukongda. Namsek dagiti maselda iti kayumanggi a kudil.           Iti maysa nga aldaw, napanunot dagitoy a dua iti mapan [...] Comments (4)

DIASKE A CHRISTMAS BUG

by Ansel Cargo | 136 views
NAKASAGANAN A MAPAN MAKIPASKUA IDIAY ILIDA IDI PAGAMMUAN TA SIMMULPOT NI STA. CLAUS A KAARNGI NI JOLLIBEE KET RINUGIANNA A BURAEN DAGITI COMPUTER FILES   MAKADOMINGGO laengen, Paskuan. Magagaranak nga agbakasion idiay Bacnotan a nakayanakak. Sangapulo a tawen a diak nagawid ta makumikomak iti trabahok. Siak ti boss iti IT (Information Technology) Department ti kompania a [...] Comments (1)

Awis Kadagiti Alumni iti UP National Writers Workshop

by Bilingual Pen | 57 views
UP NATIONAL WRITERS WORKSHOP ALUMNI GRAND HOMECOMING ON UP WRITERS DAY In line with the UP Centennial and its celebration of 100 years of excellence, the UP Institute of Creative Writing is inviting the alumni of the UP National Writers Workshop to attend the UP Writers Day on December 5, 2008. This will be at the [...] Comments (1)

Princess Success and her Balls of Chance

by Sherma E. Benosa | 160 views
Nestled between two majestic mountains was an enchanted valley blessed with heartwarming sunrise and inspiring sunset. From these mountains were eternal springs pouring into a river that flowed down to the rolling fields of a magnificent kingdom. The kingdom, Happiness, was magical. Rainbows colored the flowers and the trees in the meadows. Buzzing bees and [...] Comments (3)

Ania ti Historical Fiction?

by Sherma E. Benosa | 177 views
No regularka nga agbasbasa iti Bannawag, Gayyem, nabasam ket ngatan ti makapikapik a tungtungan sadiay. Daydiay man tungtungan maipanggep iti historical fiction ti kunkunak. No saanmo pay a nabasa, mabalinmo a basaen ti panagsisinnukat iti kapanunotan dagiti mamaingel iti Literatura Ilokana iti Dadapilan. Nairugi daytoy a patangan gapu iti komento ni Apo Prescillano Bermudez iti Ti Makunami a [...] Comments (5)

Responsible Blogging and Us

by Sherma E. Benosa | 182 views
I have been thinking of writing and posting something like this for the past months, but I had been too busy, and my thoughts had been a bit too fragmented during the past weeks that I had not gotten around to writing what I had in mind. Good thing I attended the Wordcamp last Saturday. [...] Comments (2)