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     Aparri, Cagayan, Philippines

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Aparri
This municipality has the coveted title "Cleanest Town in Cagayan." Located at the northernmost part of Cagayan, near Babuyan Channel. One of its 42 barangays, Fuga, is one dot of an island on the Babuyanes. The 42 barangays are distributed on its 26,460 hectare area, most of which are across the temperamental Cagayan River.


On May 11, 1680, Aparri town was officially inaugurated and was granted ecclesiastical recognition having for patron saint, Peter Thelmo. It is the only town which celebrates its town fiesta for 10 to 15 days with daily activities and nightly dancing, a showcase of the fun loving and frivolous traits of the Ibanags.


It is believed that Aparri got its name when the civil and religious authorities in Nueva Segovia (now Lallo) decided in 1604, to erect a church there for the evangelization of the natives. The many priest who celebrated the first mass there remained to supervise the construction of the church and continue their evangelization work subsequently, the natives referred to their place as "Aparrian," an Ybanag word meaning "where priests resided."
Noting the fast growth of "Aparrian" in population and its strategic location for a sea port, the Spanish Authorities in Nueva Segovia again decided on May 11, 1682 to separate the delta from Camalaniugan and Buguey and granted it ecclesiastical recognition and at the same time to elevate the community to the status of a "pueblo" or a township, hence, the word "aparte de Camalaniugan y Buguey." It was not long afterward, the word "aparte" was corrupted into "aparri" by the natives.


Before the coming of the settlers from the Ilocos Region, Aparri has already a port and galleons were coming from Acapulco, Mexico. Mexican goods were unloaded in Aparri in exchange for native commodities like lumber, tobacco, dried/fresh fish, rice, corn and many others.


By the 17th century, the ecclesiastical head in Nueva Segovia (the former capital of the province now called Lallo) lavished Aparri with Papal gifts, an ornate church, considered to be the best in Cagayan, was built. An earthquake, however, destroyed it.


During the last World War, the town proper of Aparri was a devastated by bombing done by the liberating Americans who wanted to rid the town of any Japanese squatter.


After the war, Aparri was on her feet again. Her people including those who died during the war contributed something for democracy. The Cagayan River and the China Sea fringing her shares, symbol of man's eternal hope and God's fulfilled promise, over spur the Aparrianos to carry on.

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REFLECTIONS

A P A R R I , CAGAYAN
BY: Diana Rabanal (VI-A AECS)

Aparri,, bayang malinis at dalisay
Lahat nagkakasundo, hindi nag-aaway,
Lahat nakikisama sa sambayanang programa,
Kung para sa kaunlaran,
mamamaya'y sumosuporta

Ang aking bayan ay di ko kayang iwanan
'Pagkat ito'y mahal ko at aking sinilangan,
Na tunay na malinis, tahimik at maganda
Di tulad ng iba na marumi at maingay pa.

              

DON'T GIVE UP HOPE
BY: Dr. Lino Ed Lim

Three months it has been since we met,
But I have not progressed at all,
When will I reach for my final goal?
What is inteded for my fate?
What strategy shall pursue
To give life meaning to my woe?

She has proven hard to conquer
Leading lesser men to despair
The more hard ships I shall endure
Strengthen my hopes to secure
My goal to win and carry on
Till the day she will be my own.

Carry on you work to maturity
By: Dr. Lino Ed Lim

When you gave me your work to read your poetry,
What struck me was style, imagery,creativity,
Novel ideas, your rich immagination,
Thought that couldn't be touched nor crushed by suppression

I knew you wrote these pieces when you were still schooling;
You depicted the place and what was surrounding;
You gave your impression about your classmated and friends,
And reflected upon what you wished and dream.

My advice is: pursue this absorbing hobby
Even only in the evening when you are free;
This way your thoughts will endure for posterity,
A graphic portrait of your personality.

Few people are endowed with this ability
So carry on your work to fumm maturity,
I aim to follow your career from a distance,
Wishing you the very best, as you soon advance.

MEDICINE FOR EVERYBODY by: Taurus

The old mad was dying. No point in keeping the truth from him any longer.
"You're a very sick man," the Doctor said. I'm sure you would like to know straight facts. Is there anyone you would like to see?"........."Yes," he said, " I'd like to see another doctor."

The best way to lose weight: Eat a lot, then you'll get lazy, then you would not work. Then you won't earn , then you can't buy food, then don't eat. then you lose weight.

"Want to lose ten pounds of ugly fat?".."Sure,"....."Cut off your head."

Swallow you pride occasionally. It's non-fattening.

Inscription on the tombstone of a Hypochondriac: 'Now will you believe I'm sick.'

"What made you lose your hair?" __"Worry."__ "About what?"__ "Losing my hair,"

Seņora: Now , Pedro, after this when you enter my bedroom, please knock, I might be dressing .
Pedro: I don't need to knock seņora, I always look in the key hole before entering.
Seņora: Pedro, please take off my dress.
Pedro: Si, seņora.
Seņora: Pedro, please take off my slip.
Pedro: Si, seņora.
Seņora: Please take off my bra.
Pedro: Si, seņora.
Seņora: Please take off my panty hose.
Pedro: Si, seņora.
Seņora: And Pedro,
Pedro: Si, seņora..
Seņora: Next time I catch you wearing my clothes, you're fired.

(Umagang-umaga ay nagbubunganga si Donya Bebang. Galit na galitsa kanyang asawa
dahil daw sa chicks. Sugod siya sa seksi nilang tsimay na katsismisan niya.)

Donya: Hindi ka ba naman mainis diyan! Ang tanda-tanda na, eh, ang hilig pa.
Tsimay: Bakit po, seņorita? Tila nag-aaway kayo ng senorito.
Donya: Akalain mo ba naman. Inday, iyan palang seņorito mo ay mahilig sa chicks?
Tsimay::: Ang seņora naman, ibig pa akong pagselosin!

Farmer: Doc, ako si Ivan yung pinagamit mo ng condom two years ago.
DOC: O, anong kailangan mo?
Farmer: Puede na bang alisin?

(After being away for one year, RAMON returned home to find his wife eigth months pregnant)

Ramon: Sino, 'yung isang lalaki? Siguro 'yung kaibigan kong si Jerry.
Wife: Hindi, hindi si Jerry.
Ramon: Eh, di 'yung kaibigan kong si Jhun, Alas talaga yon.
Wife: Hindi siya.
Ramon: Hindi rin? Sigurado na ako na yung kaibigan kong is Ogie yon. Maniac kasi si Ogie.
Wife:: (galit na galit) Puro kaibigan mo! Puro kaibigan mo! Bakit? Akala mo ba wala akong mga kaibigan?

" When I went home last night, I found a Metrocom Officer in bed with my wife. " said Nelson.
"What did you do?" asked Edward.
" I was lucky he didn't see me, "answered Nelson.

Patient: Everyone seems to take advantage of me.
Psychiatrist: That's normal.
Patient: Really? Thanks Doc. How much do I owe you?
Psychiatrist: How much do you have?

"Doc people say I'm a liar." "I don't believe you."

Doctor: It's essential that you refrain from headwork.
Patient: But it's my living.
Doctor: Are you a scholar?
Patient: No, I am a barber.

"Weren't you in the hospital last week?" _"Yes, I had a terrible high fever."
"What did they give you to slow down your heart action?" _ "An elderly nurse."

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