♥ the story of JINTOTOLO island :)

so I came up with this idea to write about our island, JINTOTOLO ISLAND. Im not really the type who writes a lot but i think it's about time someone wrote the story of Jintotolo Island and share it to everyone. so here I am now, writing my first ever blog. HAHAHA. I hope this will not be a sucky one. HAHA

I know everybody thinks Boracay is the best island in the Philippines. well, I think it's not. It's just so overrated! i mean, most of the people that have said that, are actually the type of people who only go there to party, wear their swimsuits and show off their bodies and not really to enjoy nature! well, except for some. so anyways.. enough about that. let's get down to the nitty gritty... HAHA. >:)

wonder why I call it "OUR ISLAND"? well.. here's the story.. :)

Long time ago, in Bantayan (it's an island near Cebu) lived my great grand lolo Vidal Bacolod. He was a very industrious guy with many many dreams. He was the type'a guy who loved to travel to places he had never seen before and so he went traveling with no certain direction and surprisingly reached an island. As he roamed around the island, he found it very peaceful, green and uhh. Im not really good with words but i think the most suitable word would be, uhh, ???? oh whatever! haha! i think you get the point. he thought he would maybe come back to the island with his family and settle there for good. Just when he had thought of that, he saw some spaniards building a lighthouse on a hill. When they saw him, they immediately came to him and drove him away.

but hey, that's not the end of the story! My clever lolo went to the city hall in the main land of Masbate and inquired if he could settle there with his family and asked who the owner of that island was. They told him it didn't have an owner and he could own it if he would pay the tax of the island. Then he agreed so they gave him the papers that testify that he already owned the whole Jintotolo Island. He returned on the island with his whole family. He showed the papers to the spaniards and became friends with them. Many people from different places also came to the island and asked my lolo if they could also settle there, and my super kind lolo said yes to everyone. They built schools, churches, cemeteries etc. then they all worked hard in making the island healthier and healthier. :)

at the age of 120 sumthin, my great grand father passed away, and so did my great grand mother, Silveria Bacolod, but their life story will never ever be forgotten. Everyone on the island still remember how kind they were to the people. Before he passed away he divided his land to his children including my grand father HONORIO BACOLOD, who's the only one left now because all his brothers and sisters already passed away because of old age.. (he's the youngest) He is the sweetest grand father ever! He calls me PRINCESSA TARHATA since i was 3 years old and he hugs me a lot. He's 91 years old now and still healthy! He loves to tell me his life story, his and my grand mom's love story, the death march, etc! He's just the best! :) I love my Family.. I feel very blessed to have this kind of family. we are not rich in material stuff but WE ARE BILLIONAIRES IN LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE. ♥