Tokz

@ilocosboy (45156)

Philippines

Joined myLot 8 years ago

Ilocano atoy

Discussions (2043)

Tokz's Discussions

Were On Community Quarantine

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 17 Mar 20

No mass transportation. No coming out of home. Not even children playing outdoor. Strict implementation of 1 meter apart because of social distancing. Always use of alcohol and handwashing. This is war. War against corona...

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Merry Christmas

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 24 Dec 19

I know I'm not been so interacted here for the past few days because of so many things that took my time but I cannot just past this season to great each and everyone of you, Christian or not, the merriest Christmas of this...

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Hanged In Concrete Fence

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 20 Nov 19

I shouldn't have posted but it happened just in front of our house. The vehicular accident happened at 2:00 in the morning in the curved area of the national road. The driver is said to have drink liquor and maybe in that wee...

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Let's Talk About Depression Of Younger Generation

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 10 Nov 19

One author on his paper about mental crisis stated that statistics showed that suicides are very alarming especially to the people who belong to the group of post-millennials or those were born after 1994. And it is very alarming...

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House Husband

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 7 Nov 19

I am now. Wifey went to Manila, our capital in Philippines, more 500 kilometers south of my place, for an interview to US embassy (I hope she will pass the interview) I was left at home, together with our three youngest children,...

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Is Helping A Privilege Or Duty?

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 6 Nov 19

I have a friend, he is very happy, because he helped... he saved a life of a kid. Eric is by chance went to a house of a friend. Then they heard screaming. It came from two ladies-- a mother and a grandmother. Apparently, a kid...

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Halloween Special: Mango Tree In The Middle of the Road

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 1 Nov 19

Because no one dare to cut this mango tree. Not even its branches. Why do they are afraid to cut? Because those who will try will got sick! So when the new road construction was made, not even its workers got the guts to cut the...

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Have You Tried Riding Bamboo Raft?

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 29 Oct 19

We call it "rakit" in our vernacular term, its a bamboo raft or bamboo floater where people ride to reach other side of the river? I just did awhile ago. And the photo is what I took to a group of people floating on the other...

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Serene Night

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 27 Oct 19

And the crickets just humming some monotone melody. Its a serene and peaceful evening tonight. Even the winds are soft and lovely. Its a tiring Sunday for me and this quiet and lovely night is a gift. I can open the window and...

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It's A Beautiful Sunday

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 26 Oct 19

And I was awaken by the crowing of the roosters today, then by the chirping of the birds nearby trees, and totally awakened by the sounds of mufflers of the vehicles passing by at the nearby national roads. When I open the window...

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Two Constructions Spoiling our Television Viewing

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 26 Oct 19

Because these two constructions are using each other jackhammer that that is very loud and annoying. Because two constructions are besides our house, one in the north and the other one is in the south. We are at the center and...

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Vintage Gas Lamp

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 25 Oct 19

I think some of us still have this kind of lamp. Using theoil or gas to ignite the light. I have gas lamp in the house but different kind. I remember, 30 years ago or more, an improvised gas lamp is what we use at night. We buy...

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Playing Traditional Musical Instruments

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 24 Oct 19

When we attended an activity in one of the remote rural village here, we didn't expect the local people will host and welcome us in traditional way. The community which belongs to the Indigenous community are dressed in their...

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T.M.E (The Merienda Ever)

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 22 Oct 19

Or The Best Snack Ever (TSE). Merienda is the popular term for snack in my country. Get away from processed and fried crunchy and soft in sweet and tasteful snacks once in a while. Lets go local, made by local people they way...

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Guess What's This?

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 21 Oct 19

An exotic food, certainly. People living in the shoreline said the best way to cook this is through its water or oil. Just wash and the put in the pan and cook. Well, this is also good in adobo or cooking in soy sauce and...

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She Didn't Catch One

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 17 Oct 19

That's my youngest kid, Lian, trying to catch frog at the ricefield using this stick with bait. Playful as she is, I don't know if she can really catch one if the frog bite her bait. You know frog it is slimy and slippery, yeah...

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Buying Stuff In A Bus

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 16 Oct 19

In here, expect vendors climbing inside the bus and selling many things. Foods like rice delicaciea we call puto, bibingka and crunchy fruit snacks like banana crispy, oranges, apples, grapes and bottled water and sodas. The...

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What Is Your Thought Of Wearing String Bikini In Public Beaches?

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 15 Oct 19

How are you now? I'm not here for few days, I'm busy with my offline activities. Anyway... Literally it's just string used as bikini on her lower part of her body while roaming around the famous Boracay beach island. And yes...

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My Books And My Toys

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 5 Oct 19

Yes I also have my mini library. Its just a wooden cabinet filled with books and the outer portion are toys. The books are mostly in Ilocano from Ilocano writers though have some books also like of Clive Cussler, Haruki...

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Wildberry, Fruits From A Leaf

Tokz @ilocosboy (45156) • Philippines 2 Oct 19

We call this plant as "malmallotong". When I posted this on Facebook it got lots of attention. Its a wildberry that sprouted in a bush area of our ricefield area. It is a kind of tuber basing from the rootcrop I dug when I tried...

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