My 外公[wàigōng] (Grandfather)Jose P. Yap (Yap chai shi) when he is 12 yrs old

Jose P. Yap ( March 2, 1908 – july 23 1992)

Sunset in Cuyo Island Palawan, Philippines

Windsurfing in Cuyo Island Palawan, Philippines

Capusan beach – Cuyo Island Palawan, Philippines

Windsurfing in Capusan beach – Cuyo Island, Palawan Philippines

Come and Experience the peaceful Cuyo Island Palawan Philippines and avoid crowded boracay. come and visit Cuyo Island Palawan

Come and Visit Cuyo Island Palawan, Philippines

are you tired in crowded boracay? come and visit Cuyo Island Palawan, Philippine.

try and experience the wind surfing in Capusan Beach in Cuyo Island Palawan

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Hi Guy’s Happy New Year, I wish you a good health, love, success and happiness this 2012 in our life. God bless everyone

THE LEGEND OF CUYO

THE LEGEND OF CUYO

A LONG TIME AGO THERE WAS A KINGDOM WHICH WAS RULED BY AN OLD AND WIDOWED KING. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL KINGDOM WHERE EVERY THING WAS ABUNDANT AND THE PEOPLE LIVED HARMONIOUSLY WITH EACH OTHER. THE OLD KING HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER AND HER BEAUTY WAS WELL KNOWN FAR AND WIDE. SHE HAD NUMEROUS SUITORS, INCLUDING A BANDIT.

 

One evening, the cone-shell horn in the kingdom blared, indicating that a pirate ship had been sighted. The people went into hiding while the palace guards convened and planned their moves in order to protect the king and the princess. When the pirate ship docked at the beach, the bandit announced that he will not do any harm on the condition that the king gives him permission to marry the princess.

              The king met up with the bandit and told him that he will give everything he would ask for except for the princess. The bandit insisted that there will be no change to what he came to the kingdom for – it was the princess and nothing else. That provoked a battle between the king’s guards and the pirates but they were no match for the bandit’s big and burly men. When the princess saw that her father was about to be defeated, she stopped the fighting and said to her father. “I would rather marry and go with the bandit that see you die.”

                 Though very much against his will, the king also thought of his kingdom and what would happen to it if he died. Since it was the princess’ decision to sacrifice herself for the sake of her father and their kingdom, the king unwillingly gave away his daughter. That night, the princess and the bandit were wed.

After the wedding ceremony, the king gave his blessings to the princess, together with a long necklace made of precious green stones. The necklace belonged to the late queen who also inherited it from her mother and was passed on from generation to generation.

            The princess then joined the bandit in his ship. They were already quite far from the kingdom but the princess still refused to take shelter in the tent prepared by the pirate on the ship, no matter how much the bandit tried to persuade her. He waited so long for her to join him that he fell asleep. When he woke up, the princess was nowhere to be found. It was concluded that the princess jumped off the ship and into the sea because after all. She had already saved her father and their kingdom from the wrath of the pirates.

            Many years passed, islands started growing in the area where the princess was believed to have disappeared and according to those who know the story, and these islands were the precious green stones of the princess’ necklace that was given to her by her father on her wedding night. The princess was wearing it loved her father and their kingdom very dearly.

           These islands that sprouted out of nowhere in the deep blue sea are now known as the CUYO ISLANDS because as the legend goes, it looks like a broken necklace. The spirit of the princess is believe to be still lingering in the islands that is why until now, the women of Cuyo are still renowned for their beauty.

          This story was taken from the play written by late Mrs. Carmencita Ponce de leaon – Palao and was presented during the Cuyo Town Fiest in 1985.

            Mrs. Carmencita Ponce de leon – Palao was a teacher at the Cuyo Central School. She was the adviser of the CCS Dramatic Club and a very talented playwright. Her other works include “Ang Gegma ni Princesa Shalimar” (The Love of Princess Shalimar) and “Gegmang Cuyunon” ( Cuyunon Love), both shown in Cuyo and in Puerto Princesa during the 1980’s.

 

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389 years old (1622 – 2011) San Augustine Parish Church – Cuyo Palawan, Philippines

Port of Cuyo in Cuyo Island Palawan,  Philippines

Cuyo Island is the Oldest town in Palawan, 2nd Capital of Palawan and the 1st  Center of Christianity in Palawan…

Palawan Provincial Meet November 2011

Palawan Provincial Meet Held in Cuyo, Island Palawan, Philippines