New forum member from the Philippines

nechesh · 13th September 2005, 12:26 AM

You gotta dream bobby, you gotta dream!

mmontoro · 13th September 2005, 03:40 AM

Bobby,

Thanks for the offer of hospitality and the link. I would love to take you up on it one day.

Salamat,
Manny

rasdan · 13th September 2005, 04:02 AM

Hi Tagalanao,

Welcome!!

I wish u the best in the forum and in life. Really nice photography u got there. Thanks for sharing the photos and i agree with nechesh, u have a high skill in photography.

Regards,
Rasdan

MABAGANI · 13th September 2005, 06:31 AM

Welcome Bobby T, its been a long time since we communicated so its good to find you hear. A great friend of mine is from Marawi and some day I'll make it out there again to the majestic sites, perhaps cross paths with you on the way. btw Lake Lanao is at a high elevation and enjoys a cooler climate also worth checking out the museum at MSU Mindanao State University.

wilked aka Khun Deng · 13th September 2005, 07:26 AM

Welcome Bobby, I enetered the forum much as you have after much lurking and studying, It has fired a passion in me that I didn't know I had.

Iligan you say, we still fly supplies in there for our guys on the ground in Marawi. Just returned from 7 months in the Philippines and was lucky enough to get to Mindanao twice. First time to Marawi and a smaller town on the east coast of Lake Lanao called Tampuran. The second time all the way down in Lanao Del Sur in a little town called Malibang.

At a function in the Town of Tampuran I was talking to HRH The Sultan of Butic Nash Adur and he told me there was an American living near there that was trying to write a history of Mindanao. I have a contact to some professor there I'll try and dig up and send you.

Loved the photos- phenominal. Probably a smart choice to get out of the journalism field also considering your geography.

Favorite memory of those trips (besides the people) was flying over (helo) what we thought were birds but soon realized was a school of flying fish in the middle of Lake Lanao

Again Welcome
Dan

rahman · 13th September 2005, 08:07 AM

Thanks for the photos. I'm delighted to see the traditional handicarafts still being produced, and with good quality. Don't see that kind of quality nowadays.

zamboanga · 13th September 2005, 11:33 AM

bobby,

welcome to the forum.

i wish the other lurkers who are also based in mindanao will join us here.

for the benefit of all here is a simple road map of mindanao.

when i was still with the government, i took several trips from zamboanga to iligan via public bus. travel time was over 14 hours.

general tip for blade hunting: maranao and maguindanao pieces are found starting from iligan city going to the east. tausug, samal, and yakan pieces are found in areas west of iligan city, starting in the city of pagadian going south.

carlo

tagalanao · 13th September 2005, 01:31 PM

Dan,

Wow, your troops in Marawi! I did see a few of them last month, when US Embassy folks asked me to use some of my pictures for a photo exhibit on Muslim Life at the King Faisal Mosque compound also inside the Mindanao State University campus. There were some US soldiers, too.

You got the names of towns wrong.

Must be difficult for an American ear to get the spellings right. Hehe ... It's Tamparan, not Tampuran. Malabang, not Malibang (and don't ever say you're going to Malibang, coz you'll hear everybody laugh!). Butig, not Butic. This used to be site of a big camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), next only in size to the central headquarters in Matanog in Maguindanao. I've visited the camp a few times doing journalistic work.

I've ridden on a helo, too, crossing Lake Lanao. This was during the war in Lanao in 2000, as I actively covered it for a Manila paper as the hostilities started in the town of Kauswagan in Lanao del Norte, just 15 minutes from my home. We could feel the ground shaking when Air Force planes drop bombs in Moro rebel strongholds.

AFAIK, American troops were actively involved in Lanao in the early 1900s, led by Pershing. I heard there was fierce fighting in the coastal town of Bayang in Lake Lanao, similar in scale as those in Bud Dajo and Bud Bagsak of Sulu.

Bobby T.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wilked aka Khun Deng

Iligan you say, we still fly supplies in there for our guys on the ground in Marawi. Just returned from 7 months in the Philippines and was lucky enough to get to Mindanao twice. First time to Marawi and a smaller town on the east coast of Lake Lanao called Tampuran. The second time all the way down in Lanao Del Sur in a little town called Malibang.

At a function in the Town of Tampuran I was talking to HRH The Sultan of Butic Nash Adur and he told me there was an American living near there that was trying to write a history of Mindanao. I have a contact to some professor there I'll try and dig up and send you.

Loved the photos- phenominal. Probably a smart choice to get out of the journalism field also considering your geography.

Favorite memory of those trips (besides the people) was flying over (helo) what we thought were birds but soon realized was a school of flying fish in the middle of Lake Lanao

Again Welcome
Dan

Spunjer · 13th September 2005, 02:30 PM

bobby,

thanks for the pics!!! love that sarimanok! just wondering tho; did you take those pictures of moro weapons inside the museum? if so do you have close-ups of those sandatas. would be nice if you can post them as well

.

as you can see, the majority of us can just dream of being there. maybe the next time i'm there we can hook up? once again, i truly appreciate you finally becoming a member of this forum.

also, thanks for that little bit of history...

MABAGANI · 14th September 2005, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tagalanao

AFAIK, American troops were actively involved in Lanao in the early 1900s, led by Pershing. I heard there was fierce fighting in the coastal town of Bayang in Lake Lanao, similar in scale as those in Bud Dajo and Bud Bagsak of Sulu.

The Battle of Bayang May 1902 marked the first of the large scale campaigns by the American forces in Mindanao near the so-called end of the Philippine-American War. During the hundred year anniversary I heard there were talks of rebuilding the old forts to commemorate the event.
After my stay, part of my exhibit ended up at Capitol University in Cagayan de Oro, if you get a chance to visit, there's old photographs and a chronicle of the fighting throughout the occupation.
Can you post a nice pic of the lake overlooking the MSU campus?

rasdan · 14th September 2005, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tagalanao

Dan,

You got the names of towns wrong.

Must be difficult for an American ear to get the spellings right. Hehe ... It's Tamparan, not Tampuran. Malabang, not Malibang (and don't ever say you're going to Malibang, coz you'll hear everybody laugh!).
Bobby T.

Way to go Marco!!

tagalanao · 13th September 2005, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MABAGANI

Welcome Bobby T, its been a long time since we communicated so its good to find you hear. A great friend of mine is from Marawi and some day I'll make it out there again to the majestic sites, perhaps cross paths with you on the way. btw Lake Lanao is at a high elevation and enjoys a cooler climate also worth checking out the museum at MSU Mindanao State University.

Here's a virtual tour of the Aga Khan Museum at the Mindanao State University campus in Marawi, to those who haven't gone there yet. There's also a museum at the Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro (1.5 hours away from Iligan, opposite side of Marawi, where Mabagani once taught, though in a different university) with Moro weapons.

wilked aka Khun Deng · 14th September 2005, 02:06 AM

Welcome Bobby, I enetered the forum much as you have after much lurking and studying, It has fired a passion in me that I didn't know I had.

Iligan you say, we still fly supplies in there for our guys on the ground in Marawi. Just returned from 7 months in the Philippines and was lucky enough to get to Mindanao twice. First time to Marawi and a smaller town on the east coast of Lake Lanao called Tampuran. The second time all the way down in Lanao Del Sur in a little town called Malibang.

At a function in the Town of Tampuran I was talking to HRH The Sultan of Butic Nash Adur and he told me there was an American living near there that was trying to write a history of Mindanao. I have a contact to some professor there I'll try and dig up and send you.

Loved the photos- phenominal. Probably a smart choice to get out of the journalism field also considering your geography.

Favorite memory of those trips (besides the people) was flying over (helo) what we thought were birds but soon realized was a school of flying fish in the middle of Lake Lanao

Again Welcome
Dan

13th September 2005, 07:26 AM	#5
wilked aka Khun Deng Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 166	Welcome Welcome Bobby, I enetered the forum much as you have after much lurking and studying, It has fired a passion in me that I didn't know I had. Iligan you say, we still fly supplies in there for our guys on the ground in Marawi. Just returned from 7 months in the Philippines and was lucky enough to get to Mindanao twice. First time to Marawi and a smaller town on the east coast of Lake Lanao called Tampuran. The second time all the way down in Lanao Del Sur in a little town called Malibang. At a function in the Town of Tampuran I was talking to HRH The Sultan of Butic Nash Adur and he told me there was an American living near there that was trying to write a history of Mindanao. I have a contact to some professor there I'll try and dig up and send you. Loved the photos- phenominal. Probably a smart choice to get out of the journalism field also considering your geography. Favorite memory of those trips (besides the people) was flying over (helo) what we thought were birds but soon realized was a school of flying fish in the middle of Lake Lanao Again Welcome Dan

13th September 2005, 11:33 AM	#7
zamboanga Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: zamboanga city, philippines Posts: 132	bobby, welcome to the forum. i wish the other lurkers who are also based in mindanao will join us here. for the benefit of all here is a simple road map of mindanao. when i was still with the government, i took several trips from zamboanga to iligan via public bus. travel time was over 14 hours. general tip for blade hunting: maranao and maguindanao pieces are found starting from iligan city going to the east. tausug, samal, and yakan pieces are found in areas west of iligan city, starting in the city of pagadian going south. carlo Attached Images

14th September 2005, 02:06 AM	#13
wilked aka Khun Deng Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Oahu, Hawaii Posts: 166	Welcome Welcome Bobby, I enetered the forum much as you have after much lurking and studying, It has fired a passion in me that I didn't know I had. Iligan you say, we still fly supplies in there for our guys on the ground in Marawi. Just returned from 7 months in the Philippines and was lucky enough to get to Mindanao twice. First time to Marawi and a smaller town on the east coast of Lake Lanao called Tampuran. The second time all the way down in Lanao Del Sur in a little town called Malibang. At a function in the Town of Tampuran I was talking to HRH The Sultan of Butic Nash Adur and he told me there was an American living near there that was trying to write a history of Mindanao. I have a contact to some professor there I'll try and dig up and send you. Loved the photos- phenominal. Probably a smart choice to get out of the journalism field also considering your geography. Favorite memory of those trips (besides the people) was flying over (helo) what we thought were birds but soon realized was a school of flying fish in the middle of Lake Lanao Again Welcome Dan

13th September 2005, 12:26 AM	#1
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	You gotta dream bobby, you gotta dream!

13th September 2005, 03:40 AM	#2
mmontoro Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 91	Bobby, Thanks for the offer of hospitality and the link. I would love to take you up on it one day. Salamat, Manny

13th September 2005, 04:02 AM	#3
rasdan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 369	Hi Tagalanao, Welcome!! I wish u the best in the forum and in life. Really nice photography u got there. Thanks for sharing the photos and i agree with nechesh, u have a high skill in photography. Regards, Rasdan

13th September 2005, 06:31 AM	#4
MABAGANI Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 221	Welcome Bobby T, its been a long time since we communicated so its good to find you hear. A great friend of mine is from Marawi and some day I'll make it out there again to the majestic sites, perhaps cross paths with you on the way. btw Lake Lanao is at a high elevation and enjoys a cooler climate also worth checking out the museum at MSU Mindanao State University.

13th September 2005, 08:07 AM	#6
rahman Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 84	Thanks for the photos. I'm delighted to see the traditional handicarafts still being produced, and with good quality. Don't see that kind of quality nowadays.

13th September 2005, 02:30 PM	#9
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	bobby, thanks for the pics!!! love that sarimanok! just wondering tho; did you take those pictures of moro weapons inside the museum? if so do you have close-ups of those sandatas. would be nice if you can post them as well . as you can see, the majority of us can just dream of being there. maybe the next time i'm there we can hook up? once again, i truly appreciate you finally becoming a member of this forum. also, thanks for that little bit of history...