Catanduanes Stories

In 1996, two secondary practice teachers leave behind the familiarity of Catanduanes State Colleges for an assignment few would willingly choose: a small public high school tucked between the towering mountains and the unforgiving Pacific Ocean in the easternmost reaches of the island province. In a place where roads disappear beneath monsoon rains, electricity is uncertain, and every student arrives carrying burdens far heavier than their school bags, Elias Vergara and Noel Santiago soon discover that teaching is measured not by lesson plans, but by the lives entrusted to them. What begins as two months of required deployment gradually becomes something far greater. As the barrio opens its doors to them, strangers become family, ordinary days become unforgettable memories, and quiet moments shared beneath candlelit processions, storm-darkened skies, and cliffs overlooking the restless sea begin to blur the line between duty and devotion. Yet every passing sunrise also brings them closer to the day they must leave behind the school-and each other. Set against the windswept landscapes of Bagamanoc, Catanduanes and inspired by the enduring spirit of Filipino educators, this is a story about calling, sacrifice, and the quiet ways a forgotten place can transform the people who choose to serve it. Because sometimes, the longest journey is not the one that leads to the classroom-it is the one that leads home. Started: ??? Finished: ???

This story is an ongoing YA novel writing project based on Philippine mythology. Nico Zamora, the main protagonist, discovers that his father is a member of a secret organization that protects mythological creatures in the world known as "cryptids" from an unknown force that corrupts them. The story will offer a new perspective in Philippine mythology that doesn't just stop on the popular horror tales and will give spotlight more on the magnificent beasts that live across the archipelago.

I fear that I might forget my native tongue because of influences and other factors. And I will compile the words that is used in our family since my parents have ancestral roots in Virac and is currently living there/here. Because of different usage by others that is influenced also by other factors they might use the same word but a bit of different meaning or a different word. And those that we use are also somewhat influence, so yeah. I will put question marks to those meanings that I'm not sure or might have a different meaning to those other than the use it here in Virac. TAKE NOTE: The italicized letter "L" means that it is pronounced as like the slang L(like in the boundary of L and R pronunciation when it comes to the tongue movement or position). Translations are both in English and Filipino (the boundaries between those two are divided by "|") but some are only in English for it is a bit hard to find the equivalent sometimes and usually a lost in translation if there's something similar of a word to its meaning.