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The author is a native of Sorsogon (the former town), now a district when it joined Bacon to form the Sorsogon City. He still comes to visit his hometown, meet with friends and family, visit places he grew up with, try the latest restos in town and other activities that remind him of his childhood.
He’s also happily married to a fellow Sorsoguena, who is a former classmate as well. Thus, deciding where to go during Holy Week and Holiday Season is quite easy.
His love of writing goes back to his Luzon Tip days in Sorsogon National High School under the tutelage of Mrs. Rosani Palma and Ms. Domigiano. Even during college and start of his professional career, he still kept a personal journal of his life.
In the last 2 years, he became interested on Web 2.0 tools like Wikipedia and Blogger. This is where it all started, editing the Wiki of Sorsogon City and Sorsogon Province, and researching the history of the province. This is where the blog for Sorsogon City started.
The author is hoping that he can consolidate information about the city and the province on this site. This is a tall order but it started way back 2008 and still on the works…
How come Bulan have a better resolution satellite image than Sorsogon? If you look at Google Earth or Google Map, Bulan have a high satellite image resolution.
As far as I know, Google updates each section of the Google Map with high-res map. HOwever, there’s no clear documentation saying which place will be the next to be updated. I guess, Bulan is just lucky to get the latest update. Furthermore, Sorsogon City is way bigger than 20 years ago so the probability of having an updated hi-res map is lower than the other Sorsogon towns.
As of the moment, I am still waiting for that update.
Thanks for the feedback.
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Hi Sir! I’m a Sorsoganon whose currently living in Manila for my College education. Having to read your posts always makes me feel at home… It’s been a quite a long time since I left Sorsogon and am hoping to be back soon… I Hope to read more of your wonderful posts! Thanks.
It’s nice to know that the articles remind Sorsoganons who are far away from home.
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Thanks for getting my articles and posting it here in our account… God bless.. There’s another one article .. see it at our PIA website, the Feature story :Army’s Tarabangan sa Brgy Pandan, a convergence initiative to fight poverty… its a news about the collaborative assistance given by the Philippine Army and the local officials here in Sorsogon..
Hi Ma’am,
Let me check again, I think I saw several stories about Brgy. Pandan, but I never posted all of them.
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Hi Ma’am,
I already re-published your article.
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Thanks more power and it’s nice your making Sorsogon known to the global world…
Thank you for the news. Nowadays I could hardly hear news over the radio. We got cable tv but there weren’t substantial news coming from sorsogon province. This website addresses my longing for news from our province. More power and Godbless!
Thanks for the posts! I could hardly listen to the radio nowadays. Your posts keep me updated. Keep up the good job! More power and Godbless!
Hi Good Day ! Im very proud to say that im a Sorsoganon. Last October I am very glad that I was able to witness some of the Kasangayahan Festival activities for the first time and I can say that Sorsogon has a lots to offer when it comes to its tourism industry. If you can posts more on the tourism project of the province that would help to attracts more tourists in our province. I have just recently subscribed and follows your posts via facebook and Im very happy that i have read your post about our beloved province Sorsogon it keeps me updated about our province. Thank you very much for doing such a great work, more power and keep it up!
Yes, it’s really the site’s objectives to market Sorsogon’s tourist spots. Unfortunately, the site owner is based in Manila and can only develop new articles when he visits the place.
Dios Mabalos!
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Greetings! I find this site so facinating. My maternal side is Bicolano, specifically from Camarines Sur. I wonder if you have any historical information on that region, or may know of anyone who write blogs about there.
Thank you again for the wonderful histories.
Hi J. J.,
Let me check my previous articles, but yes, I found more than a couple.
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Hi,
Good that i found your site….Great site..lalo na sa aton na mga Sorsoganon.
Manny Ferrer
Hello sir, me and my brother is planning to climb Mt. Pulog in Bacon this coming holyweek. Baka gusto nyo pong i-post dito sa site n’yo sa mga gustong sumama. Mas marami, mas masaya ika nga. I’m not a mountaineer but I really love to explore my homeplace every time I got a chance for vacation. At baka meron ding makabasa na familiar sa place at makapagbigay ng tips.
Salamat,
g300
Hi Gideon,
If you can provide me additional information – date, assembly time, overnight or day hike, and related details – definitely, I can post it for everyone’s reference.
By the way, I need your contact information as well or I can course it through mine if you are afraid that your email address be mis-used. Or if you are comfy, just send me your full name and mobile no.
I will send you the draft, once I get the info, and let you approve it.
Regards,
SC
Ok tnx Sir. May nabasa kasi ako from a mountaineering group na sa Sta. Cruz Bacon ang drop-off point nila, pero meron ring isang reader na nagsabing may ibang way sa may Gate 3 sa Bibincahan village at mas malapit daw.
I will get in touch with you when I get there and when we finalized the plan.
Garo naawat ka na nakabisita sato. Before the diversion was completed, Gate 3 was the jumping point to the Pocdol Mountains, however, this is a long walk compared to Sta. Cruz. My friend and I tried going to the lake via Gate 3, it took us more than an hour just to get to the foot of the mountain. Then coming down to this last sitio of Bibincahan, bordering Bacon, took us 1 hour. We never reached the lake because we actually got lost and realized it only just before dark.
You can try checking the Google Map though for some ideas. I can’t remember if Sta. Cruz is the barangay hosting the beach, Libanon. If so, I know some of my friends came down from the mountains on that area. Another friend took a boat ride before climbing the mountain and came down on the side of PNOC area (that I really want to try!).
Another exit is Brgy. Guinlajon or Macabog.
Anyways, keep me posted if you need the site for information disemination.
SC
You can try this URL – http://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Pocdol-Mountains. It has a small topo map.
Thanks for the info. Yearly man po ako naka-uli kaya lang hanggang sentro lang
. Hadlok man kaya magsolo sa mga remote areas. When I was a kid, me and my brothers used to climb Mt. Lubong, part of Pucdol mountains via bgy. macabog.
g300
Good luck on your endeavor! I hope you can share your experience to the SC readers.
great to know about this Sorsogon City blogs, i’m happy upon reading the contents, the messages and comments that are so nice and very inspiring. please advice us how we can contribute to you…
Hi Ditto,
Thanks for the feedback. If you have stories to share about Sorsogon, or some pictures about the city, feel free. You can just send me an email – sorsogon@live.com.
SC
your blog is interesting. it’s great to know that finally, a sorsoganon proudly writes about his hometown.
a kababayan. a schoolmate. same mentors. nice. nice.