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| Bibingka |
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| Puto |
Neatly packed in plastic wrappers, these food products are ideal as pasalubong (homecoming gift) or as baon (snack while on travel).
Enjoy your breakfast with Mahaplag's version of bibingka and puto.
Puto and Bibingka from Mahaplag, Leyte
Bibingka and puto are two of Mahaplag's native delicacies. If you happen to reach this part of Leyte, you should give them a try. You will easily spot these rice cakes as vendors sell them on the streets of this little town in Leyte.
Online Writing Tip: How to Improve Your Blog's Alexa Traffic Rank
Probably, you already know this little secret among bloggers and online writers -- that there's one best way to improve a blog's Alexa traffic rank (TR). If you still don't, then this post is for you.
No, I'll not be talking about back links nor about quality content. Instead, I'm telling you now to put the Alexa widget in your blog. Wait after 2 weeks or 1 month and you will see favorable results for your site. Some bloggers say that this tool makes it easier for Alexa to monitor the traffic coming to your site. Without it, Alexa will not recognize the activities in your blog.
To get a smaller number for your blog is what you should aim for, i.e., if you care about your site's performance. If you don't, it's not really a problem.
It will take a little while before you'll achieve a 6-digit or a 5-digit TR (new blogs usually have 7-digit or 8-digit figures). Google's Alexa rank is 1; Yahoo's rank, 4.
You will notice that after receiving a dramatic change in your blog's TR, it will reach a plateau. I actually had this feeling that my blog would stay forever at 2,443,794, but I was wrong. Now it has a 2,394,919-Alexa TR.
The most important thing for you to do is to take the first step in improving your site's ranking by getting the Alexa Traffic Widget.
No, I'll not be talking about back links nor about quality content. Instead, I'm telling you now to put the Alexa widget in your blog. Wait after 2 weeks or 1 month and you will see favorable results for your site. Some bloggers say that this tool makes it easier for Alexa to monitor the traffic coming to your site. Without it, Alexa will not recognize the activities in your blog.
To get a smaller number for your blog is what you should aim for, i.e., if you care about your site's performance. If you don't, it's not really a problem.
It will take a little while before you'll achieve a 6-digit or a 5-digit TR (new blogs usually have 7-digit or 8-digit figures). Google's Alexa rank is 1; Yahoo's rank, 4.
You will notice that after receiving a dramatic change in your blog's TR, it will reach a plateau. I actually had this feeling that my blog would stay forever at 2,443,794, but I was wrong. Now it has a 2,394,919-Alexa TR.
The most important thing for you to do is to take the first step in improving your site's ranking by getting the Alexa Traffic Widget.
Waray Tutorial: The Other Meaning of Pinya
To Filipinos, pinya is generally known as pineapple; however, there is another meaning of pinya that's familiar to Waray speakers. Let's take a look at this folk song I learned from San Roque, Northern Samar.
To the Warays, pinya may refer to the fruit or to a lover. In Samar, it is common to hear such statements as "Si Maria, pinya ni Mario" (Maria is Mario's lover) or "Magpinya si Maria ngan si Mario" (Maria and Mario are lovers). A couple is magpinya when engaged in an adulterous relationship. They are NOT magpinya if both parties are single and unattached.
Back to the song: it reflects the playful nature of the Warays and their fondness for symbolism in their language. The last four lines allude to a man's erection and to the sex act. The leafless lemon tree is, apparently, a phallic symbol.
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I
Ako magtatanom sin lemon
Sa iyo libong bayai
An im asawa kay kita
An magpipinya.
II
II
Ako magtatanom sin lemon
Nga waray dahon
Natudok in maagahon
Naghahanap sin kamatayon.
Loose translation:
I
I will plant a lemon tree
In your backyard.
You leave your husband
So we can be lovers.
II
II
I will plant a lemon tree
That has no leaves
A lemon tree that grows at dawn
Searching for death.
I recorded the song and uploaded it to youtube. Yes, that's the link to the song. Actually, it has a chorus, but I didn't include it in this post as well as on youtube. Perhaps I will, in the future. Anyway, if you're from Samar or Leyte, you must have heard this song before; hence, you know the part which I omitted. [(Update: You may listen to this song from this link PINYA: A Waray Folk Song (With English Translation)]
On Alexa Traffic Rank and Google PageRank
Because I want to be considered a full-fledged blogger, I am now thinking of conquering the Alexa Traffic Rank and the Google PageRank -- these are two methods of evaluating a website's importance in the online world. Currently, my Alexa Traffic Rank is 2,443,794. About a month ago, it was approximately 5,330,000. Less traffic rank means better performance of the site; hence, my goal now is to reduce this figure to 1 million and possibly to a 6-digit figure. How will I do it? There's a simple trick that other bloggers are doing. I might as well implement it here; hence, beginning today, I will place the Alexa Widget on my sidebar.
Meanwhile, this site's (http://warayblogger.blogspot.com) Google PageRank is 0/10. Considering that this is only the third month that I am writing for this site, a "0" is much better than an N/A. Getting a "0" PageRank simply means my site has been noticed or indexed by Google.
After my Triond profile left the "0" mark on June 27, I saw a glimmer of hope for Online Writing Ideas. Putting content to this site is what I should be working on at this point. A site with less than 20 posts will never be ranked well by Google (and by Alexa). My Triond profile has now a Google PR of 2/10 and an Alexa Traffic Rank of 5,658. With hard work, I'm sure I will also be able to improve this site's ratings.
Meanwhile, this site's (http://warayblogger.blogspot.com) Google PageRank is 0/10. Considering that this is only the third month that I am writing for this site, a "0" is much better than an N/A. Getting a "0" PageRank simply means my site has been noticed or indexed by Google.
After my Triond profile left the "0" mark on June 27, I saw a glimmer of hope for Online Writing Ideas. Putting content to this site is what I should be working on at this point. A site with less than 20 posts will never be ranked well by Google (and by Alexa). My Triond profile has now a Google PR of 2/10 and an Alexa Traffic Rank of 5,658. With hard work, I'm sure I will also be able to improve this site's ratings.
Baybay City's Dry Market: A Photo Story
In June, three editorial staff members of The Tiller - that's the name of our high school paper - and I attended a Camp Blog at Visayas State University, Baybay City, Leyte. One of the outputs we made was a photo story of Baybay's dry market section.
We were at the pubic market on June 24 from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. where we took photographs of the area assigned to us. With us and the other participants were the Camp Blog facilitators and Mr. Jimmy Domingo, a photojournalist and our resource person for that activity.
This photo story is a product of long discussions and brainstorming among the group members and Mr. Domingo, but we give the biggest credit to Miguel Albert Taveros, The Tiller's Editor-in-Chief and layout artist for bringing to life our ideas through this output because of his knowledge of Adobe movie-maker.
We were at the pubic market on June 24 from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. where we took photographs of the area assigned to us. With us and the other participants were the Camp Blog facilitators and Mr. Jimmy Domingo, a photojournalist and our resource person for that activity.
This photo story is a product of long discussions and brainstorming among the group members and Mr. Domingo, but we give the biggest credit to Miguel Albert Taveros, The Tiller's Editor-in-Chief and layout artist for bringing to life our ideas through this output because of his knowledge of Adobe movie-maker.
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