THEN: Back to school for Richard and Geoffrey Cabras.
NOW: It's back to work for the brothers according to their dad.
Photo courtesy of J. Cabras
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Cabras Bros Then & Now
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The Sagunto Star is a revival of the first ever newsletter in Sagunto. This new form holds the same purpose of re-connecting Saguntonians with each other for news, fostering cooperation and progress for our barangay. This is where we also reminisce about this little town tucked at the foot of a mountain that is actually a hill, where all the bagos roam. Have fun looking at the photos and listening to the stories. Email us if you'd like to comment or contribute (saguntophotos@gmail.com).
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12 comments:
Oh I salute you cabras brothers walang iwanan a!
evz
Naku, parang feeling old ti riknak no makitak dagitoy nga dua. You can tell how fast time flies with these before and after shots. Sigh*
WOW! na WOW! They were soooo cute then, and still, of course, hahaha.
Hello kiddos, this is your manang Babot that you've never met :-) come down to L.A. sometime and give me "Yo!".
You know, I was just thinking how lucky these boys are that they had family that could take them abroad and give them the up-bringing that is so deserving of all children. The Cabras brothers are grown, successful and have family of their own.
Then I thought about the kid with no hope of ever getting out of Sagunto. It is a misfortune for some children in Sagunto who have no relatives abroad to turn to, and the relatives at home are busy in the farm trying to eke a subsistence living. Wouldn't it be so nice if we could help a child from Sagunto who has no hope of ever getting the type of support that some of us have enjoyed? Don't we all wish to up-lift all the poverty-stricken children of Sagunto out of the cycle of poverty and ignorance? The children are, after all, the future of Sagunto. Maybe we can all brain-storm and come up with something truly meaningful to help someone's life. What do you think katribu?
~Babot
Aye sinno ngay dagitoy nga ifugao? Annak met la da Geoffrey ken Macua dagitoy? Damagen yo man no awan pay girlfriend da ta maki-am ammo kami bareng makagasatan tay maysa laeng. Mayat ti baked da.
Maria taga sagunto
wen ngarud mayat ti baneg ti bagbagi da ngem annak da jeoffrey ken Edna dagitoy ay wen ayanna met ti macua tatta ngay ale ayaban yo man met ditoy abong ta kitaen tayo man met ti kainataraki na...ay daytan ti ditya ammo damagen tayo a no adda gf wenno assawa dan hahahahah!
kimat
time really flies so fast. baro da dagitoyen nga ub-ubbing idi. pongkik da lang. niya ngay ta dida met namana ti takder diay ama da. ale uray ta nababakid da... u!
ayna, big chance gayam ti ma-feature ditoy. siguro single da pay lang. hey, maria nga taga sagunto, kitaem pay nga umuna... no ngay kasinsin mo gayam agingga sixth cousin -- MADI!
Ooops, saan ko nga nabasa dayta nga umuna Babot. Wen, ah, adopt a child tapno matulungan tay met dagiti dadduma nga agkasapulan. Malagip ko pay idi dyay maysa nga kasinsin nga na-turn down ti scholarship application na, ta saan kano nga ma-qualify as BAGO scholar ta adda met Iloko nga blood na. Kasus, kunak, UNFAIR. Well, agsipsiputak laeng no sinno dagiti naglalaing ken agkasapulan kadagiti kabagian tapno uray bassit makatulongak to. Dakayo ngay nga naikali ditan ballasiw taaw? Adopt your own "foster child".
But I disagree with your point Babot that "living in the barrio"... far from influence of the goodness of life abroad is a "misfortune". You left the barrio too early to have a taste of HEAVEN!!! Let's argue via private emails bwahahaha!
Mayat kano uray second cousin. Aye tapnon makapanak met diay amerika. Awan ti sab-sabali tapnon saan nga mapan sabali ti gameng aya. Sigen ta kabakbakedan da pay koma.
Maria
Ayna, sis Emz, living in the barrio is NOT a misfortune. I think you misunderstood my point. The point is, adda dagita sabali nga ubbing from Sagunto nga awan pulos ti maka tulong kenyada to further their ambitions beyond what their parents have reached. I know some very good and hard-working people in Sagunto who never finished elementary. They work for other people in the barrio doing odds and ends. These people HAVE children who will not have a role model or the means to elevate their lot in life and will continue to repeat the same cycle. I am not speaking about the "Haves" of Sagunto, I know there are many there now thanks to their OFW relatives or whatever. I am speaking about the "Have-Nots" of Sagunto. In no instance did I EVER say that living in the barrio is a misfortune, as you incorrectly quoted, in fact, I think it is a blessing to live in a barrio like ours. Even more fortunate if the children in the said barrio are able to avail of the opportunities of those abroad, e.g., good education (beyond elementary), good example (having a mentor to encourage their dreams, whatever it may be), and a financial backing that will ensure they have a fighting chance to attain such dreams.
This, by the way, is not an argument but is a debate and brainstorming to raise awareness of WHAT IS a reality in the barrio (for some children NOT all) in terms of poverty and how it affects education. I hope I've made my point clearer.
~Babot
Thanks for that long clarification Babot. I wanted to use that word "misfortune" for the issue to emerge DEBATABLE. (I didn't warn you of my intention, sorry...;-) )BUT this is a new topic I want some guys even in chatango square share comments too. I've heard stories of difficulties in various aspects, my lamentations included, which are not directly connected to "adopting a child for educ." but interwoven with it. (In the long run, you'd hear me trying to convince our youth not to leave our barrio...blah blah, but not for now).
But with your enlightening introduction to this topic, hope we would convince balikbayans further of the importance of helping others especially unfortunate kids of their education. Drop-outs rate is even rising. So why post a challenge to offer scholarship to the needy of Sagunto??? I've started one among Fil group in PNG offering scholarships to senior high there. I know Filipinos are generous people, especially BAGO generations. And with just little Mcdo snack money chipped in, we could start another noble project---SAGUNTO SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS!!!
Hey sis, you know moi, skin of a carabao baw! Bwahahaha!!!! No offense ever taken, especially from you gals. Anyhoo, THAT is exactly what I'm talking about! Some sort of a scholarship and I wanted to see what everyone else here thinks. You know that commercial with Sally Struthers for Save the Children campaign where she asks for .25 cents a day---and that amount can go a long way to help people in impoverished areas. It's used to buy books, uniforms, blah, blah. Then they send a picture of the child to the donor and then the donor has a chance to watch someone grow.
Maybe we can do something like that and ask some of the clergy, teachers and wome's orgs. in Sagunto to nominate a child WE (here in our virtual abung) can ALL sponsor. We'll start with one and see how far it can snowball with the others who wish to help. Imagine, for just $7.50 a month we can truly help a kid to dream big and enrich his self-esteem!!! Now, HOW COOL IS THAT?! So come on everybody, what do you guys think?
~Babot
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