DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

The History     5000 years ago, people don’t have surnames, they are only identified through their occupation.  Labrador  (meaning laborer) identifies those who perform hard work in the fields. San Isidro is one of them, a tenant of a certain land. Despite his tardiness he always finishes his tasks for that day. His landlord wondered how the laborer finished his work despite being late, so one time he went to the field to see for himself how San Isidro does his job. Upon arriving at the field he saw an angel plowing the field. In shock and awe the landlord knelt, a scene immortalized in various images of San Isidro Labrador. The Festival     Pulilan Carabao Festival  was created in honor of the  carabao,  the farmer’s companion in the fields and his helping hand during plantation and harvest, but the main reason on why it was created is to honor their patron saint,  San Isidro de   Labrador.  ...

    Most ghostly experiences along roadways happen at night. The ghosts that are reportedly seen along these roadways vary from subtle wisps to full-fledged, seemingly corporeal bodies that get into the car and carry on conversations.     Many road-ghosts just walk down the road where they were killed, or appear alongside a driver hoping to catch a ride back to their home. Sometimes ghosts move alongside a car as it speeds down the highways and still others appear abruptly in front of the vehicle, nearly causing an accident.     Haunted highways are not only occupied by ghosts, but also phantom cars. Sometimes, these phantom cars appear in the rear view mirror as two headlights (that quickly disappear), other times, a vehicle will allow a car to pass only to discover there is no car behind them after all.     This type of paranormal activity as legend throughout the world, but to experience it is a rare occurr...

The book that started it all      "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"  is an 1865  short story  by  Mark   Twain , his first great success as a writer, bringing him national attention. The story has also been published as  "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog"  (its original title) and  "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".  In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a  bartender,  Simon Wheeler, at the  Angels Hotel  in  Angels Camp ,  California , about the  gambler   Jim Smiley . Twain describes him:  "If he even seen a straddle bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get to—to wherever he going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle bug to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road." Samuel Clemons aka "Mark Twain"   ...