ABEL

A repository of social and political commentaries, literary attempts in Ilokano and English. This includes notes on daily occurrences and quotations and sayings. "Abel" is the IIokano term for tapestry or woven cloth. The term tried to capture the contents of the blog.

Sunday, September 29, 2019

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Dagiti Litania ti Namnama ken Pannakapaaymi (as published in the Ilokano weekly magazine, Bannawag) (Idi Panawen ni Gloria Arroyo) nakit...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

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Quotations "Today we took a little snake. I had to apologize to her for cutting her life off so suddenly and so definitely. I d...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

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Quotations "The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to be credible."--Mark Twain "Success is...
Friday, September 28, 2018

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September 26, 2018 Professor Junley Lorenzana Lazaga of the University of the Philippines Baguio has emailed the blogger that the NCCA (Na...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

From Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean Well-lighted Place"

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July 22, 2018. A Saturday in Fountain Valley, in the apartment of niece Michelle who has just arrived from a two-week vacation in the Philip...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Hate Can Kill

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Hate is a normal human emotion. But when a person harbors it for so long, it causes so much pain and agony and it can kill him. Hate that ...
Sunday, November 19, 2017

What "Nakem" Means

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"Nakem," an Ilokano word, has multiple meanings that include intelligence, intellect, consciousness, awareness. It has a moral sen...
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Journalist, former editor of government publications in the Philippines, creative writer

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