Apit

Apit in the Kankanaey Language means harvest. Ma-apit = ready for harvesting. Na-apit = harvested Panag-aapit = season for harvesting

ALGORITHMIC LIFE

Into the world you were added as an INPUT, Then, you are through a usual algorithm for living, You learned the fundamentals of good living courtesy of the PARAMETERS from your family and environment, You got a formal education pioneered by the elementary school in your local community, You needed to move and hurdle the more challenging educational step courtesy of the high school institution that is accessible from home, You went on to earn a degree from the best university that your family was able to afford,

You had the capital to be engaged in a LOOP of productive work while you submitted your SPACE for continuous adjustment and improvement,

Later did you know that life’s algorithm has a step for reaping unfortunate and undesirable tokens,

Sadly, your body got a downgraded health quality as the worst, Then a degradation of your power to give service has come,

You tend to acknowledge that your PROCESS may have to end, You get into believing that your OUTPUT has been delivered, You tend to appreciate the word enough and that your life’s algorithm may be ready to HALT, You may yearn for more, you may desire for more, But you know that life's algorithm is FINITE, Afterall, FINITENESS is a quality of a good algorithm, Time has to come for you to go slow, Still, you may be able to control the EXECUTION duration of your life's algorithm, Giving the best care to yourself may be the key.

The time to rest may come in a far future, You really do not know, Final TERMINATION may depend on a power beyond your control, Oh yes, You know that processes are allowed outside and after the loop, You can stay longer, There may be more for your lif to run through.

Anyone who cannot travel elsewhere due to economic, time and health constraints is always contented by a visit of his home town.

You need not go far to experience the beauty of the world. Be contented with what you can reach. Just reach other places by mere imagination.

Everyone has a value and the value may not be obvious at some points of time.

Everyone has his/her time of appreciation. For some, the moment happens early, for some the moment happens later.

Kankanaey term for season

panagmumula = season for planting (mula=plant) panag-u-udan = season for raining (udan = rain) panag-e-eskuwela = season for going to school ( eskuwela = student in a school) panagsasabong = season for flowers ( sabong=flower) panagbubunga = season for blooming ( Usually of flowers )

Man-gab-gabay

man-gab-gabay = description of a plant that is still growing

Maga'bay

Magabay = healthily growing plant usually vegetables

Periods of a day in Kankanaey

ga'bi's = before dawn ag'sa'pa' = morning nagi'wi'd = no longer early morning mas'dem' = afternoon labi' = night ka-agawan = daytime

Kankanaey Adjectives that I heard

dinmang'kulap' = referring to the toe that tends to occupy more space than usual. nata'ta'y = referring to a dress that exceedingly hangs than usual, sagging na'-i'-pad'ki'ya'ng = referring to a lady's skirt that is short of length napi'ta'y = referring to cooked rice with excessive water manki'ya'ga'ng = referring to a weather or ambience characterised by the absence if darkness gam'ga'mot = referring to a quantity of food that is just enough for a taste

Philippine Election absurdities

On TV, political candidates are proudly announcing that they did something that is making life better in the Philippines. Someone claims that he made hospitalization free for the sick, Someone claims that he caused good paying work from home setup, ... You hear a lot. The ordinary people tend to believe them even if they do not see real manifestations of what these politicians are claiming. When was life better in this country when everything calls for a payment? The reality is, Filipinos are working hard to be able to pay taxes, to be able to buy essentials and pay additional tax for it, to be able to raise funds to be given as salaries to these politicians.