Official ChristmasTheme Song of Rugao Online Community and Rugao Gives Back

Here's the Theme Song of "Rugao Gives Back" and ROC's Official Christmas song. Hope you like it. Please don't forget to COMMENT. Thank you

RII True Stories: Story 2

Dear RII,

Siak ket maysa nga OFW. Kayat ko man lang i-share kanya yu ti maysa nga paset met ti biag ko nga ammok nga pakapidutan ti amin ti adal.

Adu ti agibaga nga ti panagabroad laeng ti sungbat dagiti rigat ti biag. Mamati nak met a ta adu ti kabaryuan tayon nga nagabroad ket pimmintas met ti biag dan. Isu nga nagtarrigagay nak met nga mapan ballasiw-taaw tapno pumintas met ti biag ti pamilyak.

Ngem kas ti amin nga istorya ti biag, adda latta met ti mayat adda met ti madi. Idi

Poll Closed and here's what you miss in Rugao

Our latest Poll says that these are the three things you terribly miss in Rugao:

1. Mapan agpicnic wennu aglaba diay karayan.

2. Mapan makisala wennu agbuya ti sala.

3. Tong-it

Thank you for joining our poll. Watch out for more poll questions!

Hong Kong members, ROC's "TOP Blog Site Readers" ; "RII Funny Lines" is most read post

Hong Kong members of the Rugao Online Community made the most number of page views since its creation, which means that our members from the said territory read our posts or visit the blog site more often as compared to the rest. A close second are the members from the Philippines, followed by the members from United Arab Emirates.

Meanwhile, the most viewed or read post is "RII Funny Lines", followed by "RII Facebook Community

SK Officials identify recipients of Rugao Gives Back

The Sangguniang Kabataan Officials led by the Chairman Sandee Bermudez, started identifying the recipients of the upcoming "Rugao Gives Back".

The group started surveying all the puroks of Rugao including Dammang and Balla to come up with a number of children and senior citizens who will receive the t-shirts, umbrellas and other goodies that the Rugao Online Community will be handing out on December 20, 2010.

Sandee Bermudez said that they will come up with the list before the end of the month. He added that a tarpaulin containing the logo of Rugao Gives Back will be produced by the Barangay Officials to be used during the charity work.

Rugao Gives Back coincides with the SK and Barangary Christmas Party of Rugao.

Rugao Online Community's Mission

For the past month we've been calling ourselves as "RII Facebook Community". Since we are already a big group with a blog site, I thought of changing that name into "Rugao Online Community" or ROC because aside from facebook we also interact using our blog. In addition, I drafted a MISSION for our community (which can be viewed at the tab which is labeled as "Mission" on the web page of our blog).

Here's the Mission of Rugao Online Community:

"Rugao Online Community's mission is to actively serve the people of Rugao by providing charitable services, that contribute to the spiritual, physical and intellectual well-being of the community."

I need your comments regarding the change of name and the addition of our mission. Thank you.

Poll Closed and You Have Spoken "You Like" our blogsite!

Last week our blog site conducted a poll asking how much you like or dislike our blogsite and you have spoken, a resounding two thumbs up! Thank you so much for you feedback. We will have more polls coming so watchout! Long live the Rugao Online Community!

The Best Christmas Ever

<this article is originally posted in RII Facebook Community Notes>

Marami sa atin marahil ay hindi na mabilang kung ilang masasayang Pasko na ang naranasan, kaya naman kahit sa mga may edad, ang Pasko parin ang pinakapaborito nating araw ng buong taon. 

Naalala nyo pa ba kung anong regalo ang pinakapaborito nyo? Di ba ang saya kung may regalo kang natatanggap tuwing Pasko? Marahil mayroon din sa atin ang nakaranas na hindi nakatanggap ng regalo nitong mga nakaraang Pasko. Nakakalungkot di ba?Minsan naiisip ko, paano na kaya yung mga walang-wala? Ano kaya ang Pasko sa kanila? Nakakahabag isipin yung mga batang naiinggit sa kanilang kapitbahay dahil sa ningning ng mga palamuting pampasko tulad ng Christmas lights at Christmas tree, sa mga masasarap na pagkaing nakahain sa kanilang hapag-kainan. Minsan naiisip ko, nararamdaman pa kaya nila ang Pasko? Lalo na ngayon at sunod-sunod ang mga kalamidad na tumama sa ating lugar lalo pa't may mga ilan na hindi pa naipapagawa ang sira sira nilang tahanan. 

Pero kung ating iisipin, di ba't ang Pasko ay hindi tungkol sa materyal na bagay? Ang Pasko ay pagmamahalan at pagbibigayan. Pero paano mo ito maipapaliwanag sa mga batang wala pang muwang sa mga katotohanan ng buhay?

Balikan natin ang tanong ko kanina, kelan ba ang pinakamasayang Pasko sa buhay mo? Maharil ay ngayong taon natin lahat mararanasan ang pinamasaya at pinakamakahulugang Pasko sa ating mga buhay. Dahil sa bunga ng ating pagkakaisa at pagmamahal sa ating mga ka-barangay, mapapawi natin ang lungkot sa puso ng mga batang walang regalo na inaasahan ngayong Pasko. Kung noong mga nakaraan Pasko ay wala silang regalong matatanggap, ngayong taon at babaguhin natin ang kanilang kapalaran. Di ba't napakasarap isipin na ang isang batang hindi mo naman kaano-ano at marahil di mo rin kilala ay mapapangiti mo ngayong Pasko? Oo nga't marami kang handa sa Pasko, mabibili mo ang mga gusto mong damit at kung anu-ano pa ngunit ito'y walang saysay kung hindi mo naman alam magbahagi sa iyong kapwa. Ngayon pa lang, alam kong nakikini-kinita nyo na ang magiging epekto nito sa buhay ng mga bata at matatandang ating matutulungan. 

 Kaya kung ikaw ay naghahanap parin ng saysay o dahilan kng bakit ka dapat maging masaya ngayong Pasko, ito na ang dahilan kaibigan. 

Ikaw, hindi man nakapag ambag sa ating nalalapit na programang "Rugao Gives Back" hindi ibig sabihin na hindi ka na bahagi ng mga matatamis na ngiti ng mga mumunting anghel sa ating lugar. Malaking bahagi ka parin kaibigan dahil sa suportang moral at panalangin mo para sa ikatatagumpay ng proyektong ito. Tama ba ako, ngayong nalalapit na Pasko ba magiging pinaka-masaya at pinakamakabuluhang Pasko sa buong buhay mo?

RII Blogsite Launches "RII True Stories"

Here's another idea that has struck me by now.

We all know that we haven't seen each other for years.. And I just thought that "RII True Stories" will be a venue for each one of us to share our stories that will inspire our members. Stories to live by. When I say stories, it can be a story of success, struggle or failure in life that  have taught  us lessons and made us become a strong person that we are now. Be assured that your name will not be published ( I will only publish your name if you want to).

That's why, I am encouraging everyone to write your stories now by sending me a message in our RII Facebook account. Before your stories will be published in our blogsite, it will undergo editing so as to make it more presentable. It may be written in Ilocano, Tagalog, English or a mixed of the three languages. It must be atleast ( not less than) 3 paragraphs!

I am hoping that you will share your stories here. Who knows, your story may touch the lives of our members!

Thank you!

RII Funny Lines

Since we are celebrating the first month of our RII Facebook Account, I thought of traveling down memory lane by coming up with a collection of the "funny lines" that you, our members have posted in our facebook account and here's what I come up with:

TOP 5 FUNNY LINES/COMMENTS:

Rugao Ilagan Isabela (October 23): " diyak ma-imagine ti dakkel a bilbil nu agkatawa ka. kasla ngata agbabasa nga gelatin!"

Melody Ramos: "Nakitak gamin langa ti lugar tayo manmanu makitam nga puon. Idi green ti mkitam aglawlaw ita awanen, ni auntie cilyang lang ti makitam nga nakagreen"

Nhor Bermudez Esteban (October 27): 
"naluganan kanu idi ti kalinga ate cel tpos naglayus jay rangtay,nagtapwak tapos naisaltek,ngek!! kunana tapos naawanan ti puot.wahaha"


Gladys Morf (October 27): "basta ti ammok ni lutchi ket nagminiposen.ta isuna mismo ti nangibaga kanyak."

Cel Fajardo: "Nakared nak iti badu isu nga kinamat na kami ti baka diay pasto kadwak ni zeebeth. Inikkat ko diay baduk ngem agtaka nak ta kamaten nak latta diay baka, red pay gayam gamin ti pantik!"
   

History of RII Facebook Community

(This article is taken from the notes of RII Facebook Page)

I've been on facebook for years but I have few friends from my beloved barangay, maybe because I have never stayed there since I started working on radio when I was 17. When I moved to Rugao in June, I felt like I missed the place terribly.

Anyway, it was Typhoon Juan that gave me the idea to create this account. After the typhoon, I posted the photos I took during and just right after the typhoon! And upon putting the photos online, I received a lot of comments from the people of Rugao mostly those from outside the country. And right there and then I realized that I can use Facebook to link everyone from Rugao.

Initially I thought it would be hard to put everyone in one account because my only "friends" from Rugao were Lea, Aunt Gladys, Love, Aunt Criselda, Aunt Nene and my other relatives. But why not coz people might find out and eventually I could create a venue to link everyone. With that in mind, I immediately created an account and named it "Rugao Ilagan Isabela". On the first day alone, the account already has 45 friends. I will be happy if it becomes 80 in the next few weeks but to my surprise it grew bigger and has reached everyone until it surpassed 100 friends! And right before my eyes, everyone is exchanging Hello's and Hi's and everyone started to exchange ideas and news and are laughing together. And with barely 2 months, the members are about to touch the lives of their beloved ka-barangays through the birth of what I believe the first and the biggest charity event in Rugao dubbed as "Rugao Gives Back". Thank you everyone and I hope that our community will continue to grow and help towards the betterment of the lives of the people of Rugao.

God bless us all!

RII Facebook Community launches "Rugao Gives Back"

RII Facebook Community, the growing community of the people of Rugao only on its first month launches "Rugao Gives Back" - a charity and gift-giving event for the needy children  and senior citizens of Rugao. The event is RII's way of showing its gratitude to the barangay that has shaped and mold them.

The organizers dubbed this event as the biggest gift-giving activity and the first of its kind in Rugao. The funds which will be used in the charity work all came from the members of RII in the form of cash donations. In less than a month, the group is close to its target of 50,000 pesos. Thanks to the big hearts of the donors!

"Rugao Gives Back" happens December 20, 2010 at 6:00pm. This is in cooperation with the Barangay and SK Officials of Rugao. For donations please visit Rugao's Facebook Page (Rugao Ilagan Isabela).

Rugao Ilagan Isabela now on facebook

Rugao Ilagan Isabela has joined the social networking community with the creation of its facebook account named "Rugao Ilagan Isabela." The account was created a month ago and now has more than 100 friends, mostly from Rugao and nearby barangays (San Juan, San Pablo) living around the Philippines and outside the country like Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Iraq and European territories.

The account provides venue for everyone to interact, exchange ideas and learn the latest in Rugao. Just recently, the account has provided a clear picture of the devastation caused by super typhoon Juan and has covered events like the synchronized Barangay and SK elections and private event like wedding!

Wit its growing "friends", Rugao Ilagan Isabela Facebook Community will continue to serve the people of Rugao especially those who have not gone home for years!

Add Rugao's facebook account now!

Rugao Ilagan Isabela's Official Blogsite

Welcome to "Rugao Ilagan Isabela" - the official blogsite of Brgy. Rugao. This site is created to serve as a source of news and information about Rugao. This will also serve as a venue for everyone who has connection to Rugao to interact! Mabuhay ang Rugao!