Intayon, ILOCOS SUR!

     Ilocos Sur is located in the northern tip of the island of Luzon. It faces the West Philippine Sea and to the east is the mountainous area called Cordilleras. It used to be part of Provincia Ilocos, a region that was composed of Abra, Ilocos Norte, and La Union during the Spanish period. 

    Kannawidan Festival or known as the Ilocos Sur Festival is an annual festival in Ilocos Sur usually starting February 2 - 13 that celebrates the founding anniversary of the province. The two-week long celebration consists of activities like street dancing, presenting local products and delicacies known as the OTOP (One Town One Product) from around the province, arts, culture, music, fun runs, and many more to showcase Ilocos Sur's rich culture and history. 

    The significance of the Ilocos Sur festival is to recognize it as a province since 1818 that highlights the province's history and origin. Moreover, it showcases the Ilocanos' traditional dances and music that are still relevant until now. The promotion of the local food and products such as bibingka, empanada, the abel Iloco, empanada, longganisa, cacao, garlic, etc. that is important in the economic growth of the province and helps the local workers. This festival preserves the Ilocanos' rich culture and heritage.  

References: 

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Kannawidan Ylocos Festival: The Bicentennial Celebration. (2018). Steemit. Retrieved from https://steemit.com/travel/@pengrojas/kannawidan-ylocos-festival-the-bicentennial-celebration

Kannawidan Ylocos FESTIVALSCAPE. (n.d). Retrieved from https://www.festivalscape.com/philippines/ilocos-sur/kannawidan-ylocos/

Photo References: 

The Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/167ro6kMHY/

You Make Me Feel Special └⁠(⁠ ⁠＾⁠ω⁠＾⁠)⁠」

      Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 because the Roman Catholic church honored two saints named Valentine on that day.  Both of the saints were ancient Romans who died due to their Christian faith.

       Nowadays, Valentine's is the day to celebrate and express love, romance, friendships, and admiration. This is the day that you can show your love through greeting cards, chocolates, flowers, and gifts or anything that makes a person feel loved, appreciated, and seen. 

     I personally show my affection with words, simply greeting my teachers, family, classmates,  relatives, and friends with "Happy Valentine's Day" or "Happy Hearts' Day." I would also express my affection and gratitude by giving them handcrafted presents or crafts such as paper flowers, letters with sweet treats. These may be simple, but these are my ways to show that I genuinely care for them. I can see through their expressions that they can truly feel my appreciation when I hand them the gifts. 

References:

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Rave: I Love Valentine's Day - Pepperdine Graphic. (February 23, 2023). Pepperdine University Graphic. Retrieved from https://pepperdine-graphic.com/rave-i-love-valentines-day/

OUR RESEARCH JOURNEY!

       In this thematic output, I am going to show a simple photoblog on what we did during our Community-Based Research Project that was done in our municipality, Caoayan. Here are our photos that we have gained during the process of our research: 

We have arrived at the municipal hall of Caoayan to start off our interviews for our research project. 

  Our first stop was the ancestral house of Don Dimas Querubin Llanes to gather information that is carved infront of his house. 

                

 This picture was after the interview with the Barangays Captain of Don Dimas to get additional information about the three baranggays named Don Dimas Querubin, Don Alejandro, and Don Lorenzo Querubin.

                       

  As we went further, we keep finding more statues with information so we decide to read and gather them.

    More documents that we got from the interviews of the Barangays. 

Going further to find out more information that is significant for the data of our research project.

Asking locals if they know more people that we could possibly interview to dig deeper knowledge on our research topic. 

We reached the house of the former Barangay Captain of Don Dimas to ask him questions regarding the three barangays in Caoayan which are Don Dimas, Don Alejandro, and Don Lorenzo. 

After we got all the information and data we needed we did the write-ups of our research to successfully document and place what we gathered into the research paper. 

Finally, our Community-Research Based Project is now ready to print and turn into a web page! 

 

THE 3RD REFLECTION

     

          The Third Quarter has come to an end. I have gained a lot of knowledge once again. First, we did our first Community-Based Research Project that required us to go to the barangays in our municipality to interview the locals for our research topic, specifically for historic purposes of our municipality. After finishing the interviews, we did the write-ups to complete our research paper. Furthermore, after accomplishing our Community-Based Research project, we learned about more html tags, like the HTML lists and nesting lists that we can use for our web designs. Once the lectures were done, using the data from our research project, we created a web design regarding our research topic. We applied different tags and attributes that we have learned in HTML and we learned to use CSS for our web page. Then we presented our web design in class. In general, I have gained a lot of experiences and knowledge from these tasks and activities. 

           The obstacles that I have encountered are the time during our community interviews, it was difficult to find locals that we could interview for our topic. Another is the lack of resources or previous studies from the internet regarding our research topic. And as usual, there were technical issues and network issues in the computer lab that caused a delay on our exers, blogs, web designs, and write-ups for research. 

           I addressed these challenges by asking other locals who we could possibly interview for our research. We did some deeper research and oral interviews to gather further information. And we refreshed the computers and server computers for the computers to work efficiently and effectively to solve the lagging, crashing, and network issues. With proper measures and cooperation, we resolved the challenges in no time. 

      

            

                   Moving on, I will continue to share my skills and talents to further enhance my skills in ICT class. I will continue to work and study for future exers, activities, and blogs. Participation and teamwork is also crucial to successfully carry out the challenges and tasks, so I will continue to do well in these. And I will continue to apply what I have learned in the past experiences and lessons that we shared in this quarter.

Reference:

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KUNG HEI FAT CHOI

              The Chinese New Year that is being celebrated every January 29 is adapted by the Filipinos. Filipinos are greatly influenced by the Chinese people so they celebrate Chinese New Year. Celebrating the Chinese New Year also known as the Lunar New Year is said to bring good luck and prosperity in the coming year for everyone. Chinese New Year is celebrated in many Asian countries, including the Philippines.  

             The usual practice that Filipinos continue to do in order to celebrate Chinese New Year is wearing red colored clothes because red is what they call a lucky color. Moreover, they give out red envelopes filled with bills, which they call the "ang pao". Furthermore, they would cook the traditional glutinous sticky delicacy, which is the Tikoy. Tikoy comes in different flavors like ube, pandan, original, chocolate, and more. There are many ways to cook tikoy. And lastly, Filipinos would also consult a feng shui for advice and read Chinese horoscopes. 

            In general, celebrating Chinese New Year is a part of Filipino culture due to the influence of the Chinese people. They continue to adapt practices and traditions that make the essence of prosperity and good luck to continue in the next following years. We can see that in the near future, celebrating the Lunar New Year would still be relevant like the other holidays that Filipinos continue to celebrate. 

References: 

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Picture References: 

Marcos Jr. joins Filipino Chinese community in celebrating Chinese New Year. (January 29, 2025). ABS CBN. Retrieved from https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/28/marcos-jr-joins-filipino-chinese-community-in-celebrating-the-chinese-new-year-1755

Chinatown Manila royalty-free images. (n.d.). Shutterstock. Retrieved from https://www.shutterstock.com/search/chinatown-manila

Chinese New Year 2025 in Philippines. January 29, 2025). rove.me. Retrieved from https://rove.me/to/philippines/chinese-new-year