I was born in Cebu City and lived in Cabantan St., Mabolo. As a kid I used to stray by foot to explore places of the city. In 1970 Metropolitan Cebu used to be composed of 5 cities namely: Cebu; Mandaue; Lapu-Lapu; Danao and Toledo. In grade 4 my school Mabolo Elementary School made of wood, lumber and GI roofing constructed in rectangular-U Shape fashioned and stood across the Mabolo Church. At the back of the school was a large river, and beyond lies the broad plain called Reclamation Area formerly the wide-shorelines. During high-tides sea -water entered into our classroom sometimes knee-deep, and the pupils stood perched above at their respective armed chairs while the Teacher also stood on her chair while class is ongoing. The scenario was like an orchestra show where our teacher is the conductress waving the wand, and us the band members. When the Teacher is absent, as kids my friends walked to then Mandaue Salt Farm shorelines fronting Mactan Island Monument where the battle of Mactan took place. During low tide the rocks are exposed along both the shorelines of Mactan and Mandaue. These portion are made shorter to be swim by us between two points back then. We spent lazy days savouring the site and the majestic painting's beauty that depicts the battle between the group of Magellan and Lapulapu. In 1972 the first Mactan Bridge was constructed near the General Milling Yard connecting the island with Mandaue. Adventurous we kids toured by foot around the island. Back then my father and mother had relatives living in Mactan. During Cebu City Sinulog Festival the Battle of Mactan was commemorated and one of our 2nd year high school classmate played the role of Lapu-lapu.. In 1976 the family moved to Villaba, Leyte where my mother originated. In 1983 I joined the military and later absorbed into the PNP.. In almost 34 years of active service I was posted across the land 15 years of which is in BASULTA and mainland Mindanao included Mamasapano in Maguindanao. My distant assignments to deep south for so long destroyed my marriage and alienated me from my 3 kids now all grown professionals. My parents died one after the other without me seeing at their moment of death. In 2016 I retired compulsory. I served my patriotic duty, but not my parents at the time of death. Now I'm alone, homeless and heading straight dead-center ahead to the graveyard to face judgment before God. Life is too short and just passing-by. i still remember my childhood days at Cebu till death. I'm contemplating to reduce into book form how Cebu is describe through the eyes from 1960s to 76, and probably beyond to the nearly 34 years of active service across the land from north of Metro Manila to Bicol Region and Quezon Province from 1984-88; NCR from 88-91; Samar and Leyte from 92-94; back to NCR from 94-2004; BASULTA-& ARMM from 2004-2010 and; Southeastern, Northern, Western and Central Mindanao, Mamasapano included in Maguindanao Province from 2010-2016 til compulsory retirement.
Interesting story you had I graduated High School in Mabolo called Florencio Urot Memorial High school miss those days I had some friends from church that live in Cabantan and my school now no longer exist they closed and not really sure what happened why they close but some history now I’m living here in California USA still thinking the history of my High School that doesn’t exist anymore even though I graduated college in UC but still in my mind my high school in Mabolo Cebu, you are right about the flood our classroom would floods couple times but still showed up to school.
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Kudos! The breadth and depth of your RU-vid presentation of my hometown, CEBU CITY, showed how knowledgeable a person you are. You probably know more of CEBU History than 50% of the Cebuanos; albeit many who now lives in Cebu are themselves migrants from other neighboring provinces of Visayas and Mindanao. Others as far as Manila. Full-blooded Cebuano here as I could trace my genealogy 5 generations before me. Keep up the good work!
Congratulations on 1K subscribers! Before watching this, I didn't know that much about the Philippines. I hope your channel will continue to grow, because it is underrated!
Thank you for the comment. I didn't know much either before I started writing the script but I'm married to Philippina so had to get there eventually. What region are you most interested in?
@@GeoPerspective Every region is interesting in its own way, which is why I don't have a favourite region! At the moment though, I am trying to find out more about Central Asia (eg. Turkmenistan) , Chinese & Russian autonomous regions (eg. Tuva, East Turkestan) and Rwandas 20 year plan. Have a good evening!
thank u so much for making this knowledgeable information video about Cebu I learned something and as a Cebuano its such an honor and I appreciate you for making this 😉👍
Thank you for showing this video although I was born in Cebu city but I didn’t really have a lot of knowledge about the history of Cebu city, thanks again for the informative video. I hope you continue to make video like this kudos to you.
Yes it was the Thomasites that brought the idea of public school system available to ordinary Filipinos from all strata of Philipine society, and instrumental in the formation of University of the Philippines in June 4, 1908. I graduated my Masteral degree in Educational Administration from UP Diliman, Quezon City in 1998.
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I want to have an answer to my question: of all former spanish colonies (puerto rico guam cuba and philippines ) in which spain ceded all of them to US why only the philippines were americanise introduced english education concept of government and why others were not
Hi Sir/Ms, I would like to use your video for my project, school purposes. I'm a 11th grade, a University Cebu student. Please grant me to use your video. I promise to give a proper credits, thank you.
Ayooo,mungkahi ko na pokusan ng lgu ng cebu ang maraming livelihood projects touching the lives of poor of the poorest..PARA UNA ANG CEBU NA WALANG POOR OF THE POOREST SA SOCEITY..MAGING MODEL ANG CEBU NG PROSPERITY CARING FOR THE POOR OF THE POOREST...VIVA CEBU
Hi. Cebu was founded in 1565 as a pueblo, not as a city. It was only on April 27, 1594 that Cebu was raised to a status of a city by royal decree. Manila is the Philippines' oldest city, having been founded as a city by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1571. Manila's status as a city was attested by the King's Escrivano Mayor in 1572. It was further confirmed by King Philip II's decree on June 21, 1574 when he bestowed Manila its title "Distinguished and ever Loyal City of Manila"
@@chicamm Yes I read all about the details of your comment. I agreed the First Spanish Settlement. All Cebuanos agreed, the claim hailed Cebu as The Oldest City In The Philippines. You may visit the Capitol, and you may also look for our historians here.
@@jborgz all cebuanos believed the claim, but the claim is false. Read the history books and educate yourself. Cebu became a city in 1594. Manila became a city in 1571.
