Not Well-Known Food: Kamangeg

Kamangeg (Dioscorea luzonensis) is the name of this food. It is a kind of root crops. We can get this type of food seasonally. They dig the soil and find this root crops. The month of August until November will start to produce this root crop to the consumer like me. The color of this food is brown but when we peeled it will turn color white. I can say that Kamangeg is delicious than other root crops. Kamangeg is nutritious because no preservative added. Limited Edition only because producer needs to stress first herself or himself to dig the soil on the mountain until we can buy it to the market.

When you peel the Kamangeg be careful because it will be dangerous on your skin. It's itchy. But Kamangeg is very affordable food. 30 pesos only can buy Kamangeg and your tummy will be satisfied. Kamangeg isn't popular food. But one thing I can sure you when you will taste the recipe of this Kamangeg all your problems in school will immediately go to your anus. So better to canvass or find Kamangeg in the mountain area.

One of the recipes I like is the Ginataang Kamangeg. The ingredient in making Ginataang Kamangeg are coconut milk, banana fruit, peanut, sago, rice, a pinch of salt and sugar. The ingredients are very cheap so Why would I choose the expensive food if there is Kamangeg I love. Another recipe for Kamangeg is Boiled Kamangeg. You just boiled the Kamangeg and add a pinch of salt again and ready to eat. It is very easy to cook when you don't have time to cook. You can make fried Kamangeg like the french fries buying in the fast food but Kamangeg is really cheapest food but delicious.

Kamangeg is usually founded in mountainous areas of Northern Luzon, especially Ilocos Region.Kamangeg is native food in Narvacan-Nagbukel Ilocos Sur.There is no possibility that you can get cancer or any serious illnesses because many Narvacaneos tasted this Kamangeg. So Look our Native food. Tanggikilin ang sariling atin. Try to appreciate our native food so that Kamangeg

Charlene's Motivation: Everything Happens For A Reason

I'm Charlene Cantorna Cabalar from Narvacan, Ilocos Sur. But I'm here at Aringay, La Union. Why? This is my destiny given by our dearest God.

Before I enrolled Bachelor of Elementary Education Major in Special Education. Many sacrifices I was made and a lot of tears were wasted. In what situation?  I was murdered by dissecting my own thoughts. If should I need to decide to take this course but I need to separate from my parent's life - become maid to my auntie or should i take my second choice as General Education Teacher or Civil Engineering and be with my parent but there is no possibility that I will be graduate by the year 2019 because of financial problem. So in the end,  I decided to go here in Aringay to face the life's destined me. My life isn't easy but I just make it easy and be positive because this is my choice.  Now, I'm 3rd Year student of Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, still fighting and believing in this journey.

Many people think that I'm very lucky and always motivated to study because I have those complete materials and resources in school but behind that completeness of materials I sacrificed my face to have that material also behind my motivational smile there will always a dark spot in my life that no one can puzzle it who really I am.  Either my parent didn't know that I been experiencing difficulties in life because I don't want them worried. And also they don't know that their only princess was at risk of hearing impairment because of pressured or overdosing herself of medicines.  I'm not already novice in hiding my identity I'm already expert because no one can be noticed it only myself. But in the end of the day, I'm very thankful to my savior that he never leaves me alone, he never fails me, he never ends to give me knowledge, patience and faith to fight this life.

Life is very easy but you need to mix the ingredient of patience and sacrifice. Every semester start I want to quit this journey and praying to god that give me sign if I will give up already or not and give me strength. Because I always drowning my own mind want to do. Patience that I will combine the life of a student and little maid. Patience that my privacy in life is already read by others. Patience that some people will watch you and criticize your whole personality every second, minutes and hour. Sacrifice your unconditional love for your parent. Sacrifice everything so that in the future you will be an expert very much in sacrificing and patience in one thing.

Don't judge this that I'm negatively in life. Take this as motivation or inspiration to those people who always feel that the life is so unfair or they think that they are not lucky on this journey. Someday, If God's will all the scarfs on your heart will be faded and you will become a great person. And the success is yours. Just think positive and never disappoint yourself. I have remembered the quotation given to my one and only teacher that "Don't compete with other but you need to compete within yourself." When I have heard that quotation I bank it to my mind and bring it every day as motivation. And I neglected the pain and depression I was experienced. Be patiently enough and Sacrifice before you will succeed.  Again, Smile ☺ Take the road of life easy.