Negrosoccidental Stories

Some memories stay the way salt stays in the air long after the sea is out of sight. Set between the coast and the cane fields of Negros Occidental, Philippines, this collection follows the seasons of growing up, growing apart, and growing into the lives we never expected to live. Through poems of friendship, distance, harvests, classrooms, departures, and homecomings, Salt and Sugar Fields explores what remains after people leave, after years pass, and after dreams take different shapes. This is not a love story. It is a story about what love leaves behind.

Have you ever experienced going home late from the work place? Follow a moment in the life of a breadwinner named Joel, a middle-aged working man.

Isa lang ako simpleng babae na napunta sa isang simpleng probinsya . Well , mayaman kami pero hindi ko yun pinagyayabang. Pinagyayabang ko yung pamilya ko . Ewan ko nga kung bakit ganun ka astig ng pamilya ko HAHA Confuse kayo kung bakit Secret Four? Well I don't know din , I wan't to find , the person who belong to this name. "SelflessPanda"

Just this morning, he was enjoying himself, eating good, local food, catching up with relatives he hasn't seen in a long time, opening Christmas presents and going to church to thank the Lord for every good thing; it was wonderful. Never during the day, did he think that something like this would happen. Was the Lord testing him? What a cruel test this was! He silently prayed to be saved. This is a 1000+ words short story, written as a part of a writing exercise.

The Philippines is a country that consists of thousands of islands. I'll be be talking about 4 in particular(L➡G according to size): Lakawon, Guimaras, and Negros. I'd say the best one is Panay. 2nd is Negros, and third is the 2 others. In this story, I talk about how each island is different and what I got to do. Each island is 2 parts, 8 parts total. Read the story to see why I rank Panay first.

Avyanna need some fresh air and a place where she could moved on from her past. So her mom and dad, decided that she will go to a place where her childhood begins. She will make herself happy again by the help of her childhood friend.

"Ang naga tagi- ti nga init sang adlaw kag ang katugnaw sang kada patak sang ulan sa akon nga lawas, sa ti- on nga ako ang maga- ubra sa tubuhan, ang akon nga inspirasyon sa pagpadayon tubtob sa matilawan ko ang katam- is sang pag- uswag." - Monic Felecity Herrera The story happened at the far away land, located at Visayas part of the country, Philippines. The province of bustling city centers, idyllic beaches and sweetest sugarcanes, Negros Occidental. Monic Felicity Herrera was born in a poor family. She knew the struggle of living as she witnessed how her parents did hardworks just to gain money in order to support their needs. That's why she engraved in her mind that she needed to be successful in order to give her family a decent life. Studying every weekdays and working during weekends was her life's cycle. She's the type of woman who will choose to work at sugarcane plantation rather than to have a social life. The beads of sweat because of too much heat from sun and the coldness of raindrops when it falls down onto her skin were Monic's inspiration and drive to pursue until she'll taste the sweetest success.

Makapangyarihan ang pag-ibig sapagkat kaya nitong pagtagpuin ang dalawang taong nagmamahalan lumipas man ang maraming taon. Malimot man ng utak at katawan, tiyak na makikilala ng puso at kaluluwa ang pag-ibig na minsan ay pinagbuklod ngunit sinubok ng panahon. Mary Bela Valencia worked as an event organizer for almost four years and one of her long-time dream is to experience the feeling of being a bride walking in the aisle towards the man she'll spend the rest of her life with. As she went back to her parent's hometown in Negros, things started to become chaotic after she met the bachelor son of most prominent family in town- Luiz Renan Lacson. Luiz Renan Lacson is the youngest son of former city mayor of Talisay City, Don Fidelito Lacson- one of the most influencial family in the province of Negros. He is also an eyeing candidate to run as the city mayor in rival with his older brother, Miguel Lacson. Tiyak nga bang may plano ang tadhana kung bakit sila pinagtagpo? Ito ba ay simula ng panibagong kabanata ng pag-iibigan? O ang katapusan ng isang kuwentong pilit na kinalimutan? Started: