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One Afternoon in Pakil- Musiko Rehearsal

Manuel (Maning) Rarela on solo Sax and the 2 PMP students, one on sax the other student on trumpet sitting by ka Fide Abayari. Coming together of old and new-students and teachers playing together with other veteran Pakil musiko.

Ka Maning is a world class, well traveled musician around the globe. He was a band leader when he was based in Hong Kong. While Ka Fide is now retired and used to be a band leader/conductor for the Philippine Military Band. Both are now actively involved in Pakil Music Program as Local Coordinators and teachers together with Greg R. Kaharian(on trombone).
Also in the video: Monching Pasang(Sax), Boy Silvestre(guitar), Ato Aclan(trombone), Marcel Asinas (veteran/retired bassist from Hong Kong circuit-natawag din- he keeps complaining about his athritis, at wala daw siyang practice for a long time, but he did great. Watch the other video. They played Thrilller), Eric Salem (It was an impromtu performance for him too. Natawag lang din siya coz the original drummer was not available. It was really impressive.That's the advantage if you know how to read music notes. Pagkabigay ng piyesa tugtugan na! :-)



Enjoy Watching -More Pakil Musicians Video

Open Invitation to All Doctors, Dentists & Medical Personnel

Our association of Pakileños known as Pakil Balikatan Worldwide is organizing another medical mission in Pakil, Laguna on May 23-24, 2008.

Once again, this mission aims to extend basic medical and dental services to town residents for free. Participating in this noble cause is Dra. Mercy Entienza of Pakil (who will be in charge of the coordination), PBW members, and volunteers from the medical profession like you.

On behalf of this medical mission, we would like to request your help and participation and ask that you once again join pro bono. We will have food and lodging and our best effort to make this a fulfilling and enjoyable experience for our volunteers. Your favorable response to this request will be greatly appreciated.

You can let us know of your availability through Dra. Mercy Entienza. You can reach her at:
mercyentienza@yahoo.com.ph or by phone at (049) 557-0440.(Philippines contact) We will also be glad to hear from you at elapakil@hotmail.com; or by phone at (951)247-5446.(U.S.A./Canada)

We hope that you can share your blessings with Pakileños through this mission.

Norman P. Saldaña
President
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What or Who are You Thankful for?

There will be an estimated 50 million people travelling by air or by car in US to celebrate Thanksgiving holiday. It is the time of the year to be with family and celebrate this very special holiday. Originally or traditionally a day of prayer and to give thanks for the conclusion of the harvest season. Thanksgiving is normally celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. For Pinoys the center of family gathering is Christmas for Americans it is the Thanksgiving Day.

Some refer to Thanksgiving as turkey day or the kick off day for Christmas shopping. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

More info about Thanksgiving

Survey One!

Please check out the survey on Forum at the right side of the page.
It is just below the chatbox. Please don't forget to cast your vote.
Let's hear what your think....

Diamond Anniversary

How many times have you heard of a diamond anniversary? Diamond anniversary, as in 60 year celebration of being married together. Wow... That's amazing! We normally hear of couples celebrating golden (but in this age and time that is also a rarity). It seems that those kind of couples are endangered species now a days. For all married couples we could probably learn and get some tips from them. Let us all congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Inigo Vito for keeping their wedding bows together for 60 years. May God continue to bless them and the whole family with love and good health.

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"What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults - and choosing to celebrate each other's differences - is the one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting marriage relationship."
The Secret to a Lasting Marriage: Embrace Imperfection
-Deb Graham - author

Forum,Chatbox...

At this time, there is no full functioning forum associated in Global Pakil site. I, myself, and hopefully some volunteers will get together to figure out what is the best forum fits Pakil community online.

There are a lot of free forum services we can avail but I don't intend to jump on it yet. I am hoping if we open another one it will be a lasting one if not forever. FYI...We've been using it since year 2000 if you don't know. I also want to hear from the leaders of our communities...anong say nyo :-)

For those of you who were frequent users/readers/contributors and actively participated in discussions knows the importance of such venue. As I've mentioned on my previous posting forum/message board whatever you call it, is an important medium to get your message across.

I admire some communities who uses the medium to their advantage, namely- brainstorming, developing project proposals,and implementations, sharing helpful ideas, may it be in education, science and technology, common remedies to ailments, stress relieving stories, jokes, etc. I saw community members having a heated disagreements, and compromise at the end. Those are the facet, I think of a good communications. Try checking yong mga kabitbahay natin, yung bayan ng mang-uukit. We can learn a lot from them. I've been a member of some international
communities operating in different parts of the world and we all do our discussions, planning online thru message board or forum. I am a frequent users of this kind of media, normally visiting them if I have questions with regards to work related issues(technology and education).

I would like to commend all of you by giving your time, talent and treasure and involving yourselves in anyway possible to help our beloved Pakil. Sa ngayon magbasa muna kayo...alam ko gigil na gigil kayong mag comment at mag share :-)

Puwede kayong mag iwan ng comments and reaction or simpleng pagbati dyan sa chatbox sa right side ng page or gamitin nyo yung comment feature nitong blog habang wala pang full working forum itong site.

Sari-saring Litrato

Samut Sari- by: Celso Sabiñano

Pakil Trade and Tourism

Patuloy naman ang pagsisikap ng mga small and big entrepreneur sa pagbubukas ng negosyo na maging bahagi ng wika nga'y "umuunlad na ekonomiya" ng bayan. Sa vicinity ng Plaza Rizal ay dumarami ang mga eateries and snack bars, hamburger stands and cold drinks parlor, aside from the five bakeries, most prominent of which is Daddy's Home Bread haus dahil sa lokasyon nito at the heart of the town plaza. Katabi nito'y ang Francine's Eatery at Beatles' Shakes & Snack Bar. Landmark pa rin siyempre rito'y yung M & W Superstore na very Manila ang appeal

Ang dating Magallon Diagnostic Center ay Pakileno capital na having bought and operated by the San Gaspars, hence, the trade name St. Jasper, sosyal for San Gaspar, ala Villa Someros.

Villa Someros Resort hotel is still the best place for classy reception and impeccable dining, along with Beatles' Place Resto in barangay Bano naman for smaller affairs and receptions.
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Ping-As Update

Mananatili ang malalaking letrang Pakil. True, hindi nagmaterialized ang original na planong parang hagdan ang bawat letra ng Pakil sa Ping-As. Una na nga hindi umabot sa target na budget, infact, nangalahati lang ito kaya naiba na ang plano. Ito'y ang malaking letra ng Pakil...na bawat letra ay konkreto at painted white. Visible na visible ito sa kabayanan at lalo na nga sa highway. Iyon daw kasing stairs type ay posibleng gumuho dahil hindi maiiwasan ang lakaran at mag upuan dito ay dahilig pa naman ang lugar kaya maaring dumausdos ang projected stairs. Isa pa tila improper yung tatapakan ang letrang Pakil gayundin ang mga pangalan ng bawat donor na nakaukit sa nasabing staircase.

Para sa mga hindi kayang mag-trek up patungong Ping-As, puwede nang gumamit ng sasakyan, kaya lang madi-deprive na tayo nuong saya at thrill ng pag-akyat at pagbaba na kung saan dama ang hirap pero laking konsuwelo naman natupad ang taong-taon panata na pag-ahun sa matulaing bundok ng Ping-As para makipag-istasyon, magsimba at makipag-Santacruzan.

Sabi nga'y walang makakatulad sa tradisyunal na pag-ahon at pagbaba on foot. Very tiring but an exhilarating experiece and worth remembering.
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Sangguniang Bayan '07

Mula noong ika-2 ng Hulyo ay nagsimula nang manungkulan ang bagong halal na Punong-Bayan sa katauhan ni Vipops R. Martinez, anak ng natapos na ikatlong termino ng dating mayor Ignacio M. Martinez. Si Renato Cadsawan naman ang nahalal na bise alkalde.

Para sa bagong Sangguniang-Bayan naman ay pinangunahan nina Amelita Irlandez del Moro(Gonzales), Melody C. Familara(Gonzales-highway), Doro Cailles (Kabulusan), Jun Macabasco (Rizal) Ed Cotoner (Dorado), Len Sabeñano (Burgos-Estaca), Ronald de Vivar Hidalgo (Taft) at Lando Fajardo (Banilan), ayon sa pagka-sunod sunod. Ngayon masusubukan ang kanilang kaalaman at diskarte.

Nakakahinayang nga lang na yung mga tumatrabaho at tunay na statesman did not seek re-election tulad nina Dr. Dennis John Baja, Edmon Antoni at Reymar M. Sabeñano na mid-last year migrated to Canada with wife and daughter.

by: Celso Sabiñano

Musik Revival

Musical town na raw ang Pakil sabi ng mga keen observers sa nangyayaring upheaval sa larangan ng musika. Tama nga naman na masabi ito pagkat to date ay lima-lima na ang aktibong banda. Ang Banda Uno, Banda Dos, ‘yung mga kabataan under the Pakil Music Program ( na malayang ding sumama sa ano mang banda ng matatanda na pipiliin nila)

Mga kabataan na estudyante ng PMP sa pamamahala dito sa Pakil nina Maning M. Rarela, Fidel R. Abayari Jr., Rene C. Regalado, Greg R. Kaharian, Chie R. Mendoza at Amancio R. Regalado na nasa pagtataguyod naman ng PMP Foundation. Ang PMP ngayon ang nagsisilbing bukal ng musiko para sa bayan ng Pakil.

Bale pang apat sa bilang ay ‘yung binuo na Nuestra Senora de Los Dolores Band. Ito ay binuo para mag-asiste sa mga turumba dahil kadalasa’y nasa sitahan at nagkakasabay pang wala ang banda Dos at Uno. Nakakatuwa nga na karamihan sa miyembro nito’y mga senior citizens at ilang miyembro na hindi na gaanong aktibo sa banda Uno at Dos. Ang mga ito rin ang nagsisilbing mga musiko sa orchestra na silbing pang lima.

Kadalasan ding nag-aasiste sa tibaw at libing ang banda ng NSDLD bilang pagkakawang-gawa and on a very minimal fee as compared sa Dos at Uno, dahil konti lang naman ang grupo pero kalidad naman ang ibinibigay na musika.

by: Celso Sabiñano

Turumba Festival '07

Kababayan at Kamaganak mo!?:-)

Barangay Development

Tapos na ang Eleksyon! Eh ano ngayon?!?
Sana naman hindi natapos sa eleksyon ang mga magagandang hangarin ng mga taong naghangad maging lingkod bayan sa kanilang maliit na pamayanan- Ang Barangay!

Saan sila- ang mga bagong hahal na kapitan at kagawad magsisimula? Anong tunay na kakayanan mayroon ang mga taong ito ang magpapabago o kahit papaano ay magbibigay kulay at sigla sa uri ng pamumuhay sa kanilang barangay? Salamat kung ang mga halal sa barangay ay tunay ngang may magandang pagkatao, masipag at may katangi-tanging kakayanang magpatupad. Madalas masasabi natin naging matagumpay ang isang lider hindi dahil sa mga naunang katangian nabanggit kundi kung nagamit nya ang mga katangian nya upang makuha ang suporta ng mamayan upang kumilos, magbigay ambag para sa kaunlaran ng kanyang nasasakupan.

Ang isa sigurong mahalagang bagay na dapat nilang gawin ay gumawa ng ASSESSMENT.
Assesment ng anong meron magandang katangian/lakas ang kalinang barangay at ano ang wala o may kakulangan.

Masasabi natin isang lakas ng barangay ay kung may organisadong mga mamayan na handang kumilos sa anong mang kailangan sa barangay (halimbawa-samahan ng mga nanay, o samahan ng mga tatay, at kabataan) Ang mga organisadong grupong ito ang magpapadali para maisakatuparan ang ano mang mga layunin at proyekto sa barangay level. Kung wala naman ay yan siguro ang pangunahing magandang tutukukan ng mga liders. Mas mabilis kumilos kung kumikilos ng sabay-sabay. May puwersa at may impact ang mga gawain kapag may isang direksyon. Mahaba at kinakailangan ng pasensiya ang pag oorganisa. Nakapaloob palagi ang karanasan ng mentor at learner at vice versa. Pero ang kalidad(quality) ng mga tao or grupong ito ang magtataguyod ng isang matagumpay at mapayapang pamayanan.

Mga halimbawa ng Basic Barangay level projects na hindi kinakailangan ng malaking pondo.
***Kalinisan ---Tapat ko Linis ko/ kasama na ang pag tali ng mga asong dumudumi sa kalye
***Beautification- Flower or ornamental sa paso
***Peace and Order-
***Garden sa paso- talong,kamatis,sitaw sa lata.
***Youth Sports Development- badminton,basketbol 3 on 3 competion and calesthenics.
Others are reading tutorial, arts and other hobby development.

Itong mga activities na ito ay isa ring magandang paraan sa pag papaunlad ng camaraderie sa loob ng barangay.

Fiesta in Down Under

***Pakil Fiesta in Sydney, Australia at Morie and Evie Balisbisan's Residence.
***ka Evie Balisbisan's 50th Birthday.
(Pictures courtesy of Ed Pacheco)

Barangay Election Results

Here are the results of Pakil Barangay Elections.
Thanks Hernan for sharing the results.

I hope we can also see the names of all kagawads of every Barangay.

BURGOS:................KAP. JULIAN ACAL

TAFT:...................KAP. DAN BACSAFRA

BANO:...................KAP. ADRIAN RARELA

TAVERA:................KAP. ROWEN MACUHA

GONZALES:.............KAP. BIG BOY CADSAWAN

SARAY:.................KAP. AVELINO CONSUELO

KABULUSAN:............KAP. EMIL CADSAWAN

CASINSIN.............. KAP. ROLLY RINO

DORADO:...............? BUENO

BANILAN:.............. ?

RIZAL................... KAP. BONKANAY

MATIKIW.............. ?

CASA REAL............? RANCE

The Barangay is the representation or microcosm of the town. Whatever progress or decay the barangay has reflects the general image of the town and it's leadership. In simple analogy “ang sakit daw ng kalingkingan ay sakit din ng buong katawan” at ang sambayanang kumikilos para sa kaunlaran siguradong tagumpay ang patutunguhan.

Let us support all of our “little mayors” and their kagawads to achieve not only their goals but to improve the way of life in the barangays. That's a big challenge huh!

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Making Global Pakil shortcut on your Desktop- Open the site. Go to File- uppermost left corner of the screen click File and scroll down to Send and click "Shortcut to Desktop"

So, next time you can just go to your Bookmarks/Favorites or find the Global Pakil Icon on your desktop and open the site. These are some suggestions to make your browsing experience easier. :-)

New Generation of Musicians-PMP Students' Rehearsal

Pakil Fiesta '07 in Las Vegas

See More Pakil Fiesta Pictures in Las Vegas (from Pakilenos Photobucket acct.)

A Piece of History

We all know Jose P Rizal as the national hero of the Philippines. Rizal was a well educated member of the Ilustrados during his time. But did you know that he was a constant visitor of Pakil?








Read the article on "The Man who Married Rizal's Girlfriend." The article was written in The Chronicle magazine dated July 14, 1962. This is a piece of history that is not written in most of the books about Rizal.

One of Pakil's Pride Pianist

LUIS P.VITO (+)

Juan Vito made his wife and relatives promise that they would bring Luis, his only son who was 7 years old then, to the Colegio de Tiples in Manila as he lay dying. When his mother remarried, his grandmother took him to Manila and gave him to the Spanish priests who ran a music school to teach little boys to sing the Latin Mass for the Archbishop’s daily mass offerings.

When Luis turned 15 his voice changed and he could no longer stay in the choir. He was made to choose, be a priest or teach younger children to sing or leave. He chose to leave and joined his mother and step-father. He went to A. Mabini Elementary School and became the official school pianist before classes started and at the end of the day.

One day, his step-father, a trumpet player, was offered to join 6 other musicians to play at a night club in Tsentsin, China. He refused the offer and instead recommended his son, Luis, who then played violin and piano. After couple of rehearsals, he was accepted and they left Manila.

In China, life was tough and cold. He had no warm clothing and packed newspapers in his underclothes to keep warm while walking to work. After brief stint , the group disbanded. Few returned home to Manila. Luis and three others decided they would try their luck in Shanghai where they all went. He immediately got hired as a pianist in a
“Honky Tonk” night club. After several job offers, he finally joined a well-known band.

In the early ‘30’s, the Chinese Civil War(between the Nationalists and Communists) displaced a lot of people. Luis and a room-mate Manuel got caught in the bombings and taken to International Settlement where they found a Filipino family who took them in.
The couple had 7 children, the second was a girl in her teens and still in school. Luis eventually fell in love with her and asked for her hand in marriage. Because of worsening situation, the American Consulate ordered evacuation of Filipino women and children back to the Philippines. Fely’s mother refused to leave. Soon after, Luis and Fely were married at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hongkew. They left Shanghai for Hongkong where Luis was offered to join the Peninsula Hotel band. Their first child, a boy named Reynaldo was born in 1933. Two years later, the couple with their baby returned to Shanghai. Since it was hard to find jobs, Luis decided to form and lead his own band of 7 men. He became successful after the birth of their second child, a girl named Patricia. Luis fondly referred to her as his “good luck” charm.

In 1937, at the height of the Chinese Civil War, strict evacuation of all Filipino women and children was ordered by the American Consulate. The men remained. Many wives did not want to leave without their husbands. So when the last available ship, the President Hoover left, Luis, Fely, their 2 children and Fely’s two brothers were on board with only a small suitcase. Life in Manila then was difficult, so Luis took his family to his hometown in Laguna where they opened a small store and he taught piano.

In 1945, the Americans recaptured the Philippines from the Japanese. Luis went back to Manila with his family. He successfully led his own band and became popularly known as “ LOU VITO”. His band entertained US troops featuring his two children who danced the boogie woogie, samba, rhumba, tango and many more. His band was the last USO band to entertain the wounded. A US Air Force officer offered him to form a big band and play for the Officers Club at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. His 17 piece orchestra had two vocalists. They were there for 6 years (1950-1956). From Guam, Luis returned to the Far East and played at several Hotels and Night Clubs in Manila, Hongkong, Macao and Thailand.

In 1967, Luis and Fely migrated to the United States of America and became citizens after 5 years. Their two children got married and had their own families. They too came to the States and lived with them in San Francisco. Luis became choir director for the Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Occasionally, he would lead small band for local Filipino affairs after one of which caused him to suffer from a massive heart attack. Within 36 hours, he died with his wife and children by his side.

Luis Vito, better known as Lou Vito, was a versatile pianist and respected band leader. He was a good God-fearing man. His body is buried at the Cypress Lawn Cemetery in San Francisco.

by: Fely Lacson Vito &
Dr. Rey Vito (+)

Marching Band Music

One of Pakil Music Program (PMP) AZ member - Tim- a member of Mesquite high school band playing flute. The competition was sponsored by ASU. It was a statewide gathering of marching bands.

There will be another band competition this weekend,Nov 3, '07. Their band will perform 6:30pm at Riverside Community College-Riverside,California. To all Pakilenos residing in that area if you have a chance you can watch it. Watching band play and march at the same time is very exciting and entertaining. Watch those kids play heavy metal, latin, pop to classical music. It is just amazing.

Not a Replacement

Just a clarification that this blog in not the replacement of the Pakil forum. The globalpakil blog is just a venue where you can see collections of Pakil links,photos Pakileno news, and some personal commentaries. I don't have any set of rules at this moment yet and would like to stay that way- free flowing.

I understand there is a need of a proper venue where we can share our thoughts and experiences, discuss and brainstorm ideas for programs and projects to help our community or just simply spend time in casual chit chat.

Communication or shall I say right or effective communication is a vital component of any group or organization's success.The ability to effectively speak, read, and write in a proper forum will determine the quality of communication and hopefully bear good results. It does not mean that we all agree to one's idea but at least we respect each other's opinion. As the saying goes "unity in diversity".....enough with that talk. :-)

I hope we can find our online forum home soon.