Jeanette on Mar 29th 2007
Lovely ladies this time. Who do you know?
L-R: Leodel Pascua (Daughter of Leo and Delia - see Faces #1), Romina Amor (daughter of Romy and Vita Amor), Christine Joy Flores Amor (wife of JR), Jennica Mariscal (daugher of Nida Pascua & Juan Mariscal), and Rovie Jane Amor (sorry, forgot her married name)
L-R: Sheryl Palitang, Eman Alboukhary, Asienne Moore, Ambrielle Moore, and Amara Moore (sitting)
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Jeanette on Mar 26th 2007
“If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.”
Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States 1963-1969
I was having an email discussion with my sisters (Eva and Ems included) about putting a link on this blog site to Wikimapia ( a Google Earth type of satellite map but with a data layer to enable users to label place names and other functionality). We decided against doing that but while playing around Google Earth I scanned towards Labayug to see if I can locate the infamous Northern Cement Factory. I did and here is a photo of it.
That’s an entire mountain destroyed to make cement! Thousands of trees were killed, the animals that lived on those trees gone, and the life-giving oxygen produced by those trees extinguished. I can’t even imagine the amount of pollution that drains into the river when the rains arrive, not to mention the mudslides that destroy the lowlying farm lands below it.
When I was in Sagunto I actually heard someone say that “yes, what NCC did to Labayug is ugly, but hey, they have paved roads”. Huh? The town traded a beautiful mountain for paved roads? Well, duh! Of course, NCC had to pave the road so the huge cement loaders and other high polluting trucks can rumble past the town spewing the stinky diesel fumes; so it can go up and down the mountain to finish destroying what mother nature took millions of years to make! I hear that there are rumors about NCC’s plan of expanding its monstrous operation into our beautiful barangay?! Let me ask my fellow Saguntonians this question, What would you (as an individual and as a barangay) do if you thought this expansion is coming to your door step? Would your response be the usual “bahala na” or “nasa dios” reaction, or would it compel you to organize, educate, network and fight the monstrosity? Do YOU want what happened in Labayug to happen in Sagunto? Please leave a comment, I’m a curious ignoramus. 
~Babot
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Jeanette on Mar 25th 2007
Can you guess who these handsome boys are? This photo was taken after winning a basketball tournament in Tagudin, Ilocos Sur in 1989 (click on photo for larger view). You guys didn’t think I kept this picture, huh? Where are they now and what are they up to? It would be fun to hear if you guys still play a round of bball these days.
Anwers provided by the usual suspects (Emily, Babot, Eva):
Ferdie Santillano (Sagunto), Gideon Esteban (Manila?), JR Malqued (Sagunto), Dadong Quilaman (Korea), Peter (?), Alex Baiguen (Macau), Ulysis “Bogs” Castillo (Sagunto)
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Jeanette on Mar 22nd 2007
These are some of the houses in Sagunto. Tell me when you see yours. If you would like to submit a photograph of your house for this series, send it to me by email to saguntophotos[AT]gmail[DOT]com.
There’s more to come. Send me images!
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Jeanette on Mar 20th 2007
This was unearthed from the depths of OMom’s ‘baul’, and it is a gem. See if you recognize any of these beautiful ladies.
Of course, when you talk of beautiful ladies, my mom and lola will be on the list 
(front row, third from the right). Where is your lola?
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