DA VINCI CODE

BY MARTIN SORIANO
‘Ma`am, high tide or low tide?’
(History 102)

WOW, dugay na ta wala ka kit-anay! Did you miss me? I missed you too.
Bueno, i-dissect ta ni ang mga Ledesma today.

To those of you who are still in doubt of the force of the Ledesmas ari ay: Let us start with the Iloilo malls: Primo Santos (a Lopez y Ledesma) owns much of the land in the diversion road. Halin dira sa may Marina pakadto to sa bag-o nga bridge ni Drilon to West Bridge (naga end where the Laguda Estate (Ledesma man ni) begins again lapos to sa NHA kag ga libot pakadto sa SM City. That is all Ledesma land. SM City itself was bought from Primo Santos.

Now, kadto kita kay Lola Valer: Tanan na nga duta along Ledesma Street---SM Delgado, Robinsons to Supermarket ga libot sa Mary Mart pakadto sa Tanza kag in the opposite direction ma bunggo sa Atrium sa mga Cooper nga Casa Plaza (Lopez-Ledesma man ini) ga libot da pakadto sa Amigo (Uygongco bought this from the Lagudas y Ledesmas) including Quezon and propedad sang mga Betita (nga mga Ledesma man) -- ay mga palangga Ledesma land ini tanan. Ang Lapaz is practically a Laguda estate and of course, there is Jaro stronghold sang mga Helmsleys ga lapos na to pakadto sa CPU all the way to Ungka dira sa Christ the King sang mga Jamoras --ay palangga, that is all Ledesma lands.

“Ang tabok sang suba," which is Tabus Suba -- yodefotah iya ina ni Lola mo Ruth (Linti noh? Ma bato si Lola mo Ruth, mabato! Ha ha ha) The whole of Tacas----iya ni ni Lola mo Ruth lapos na to sa Banuyao ni Tita Elena Javellana kag ni Tito Romolo which of course includes the new Monfort highway, all the way to the Iloilo Strait in Hinactacan --ila ina tanan. Remember that L' Dumas (as in Alexander Dumas) or the Le Dumas or Ledesmas were based in Jaro--the real city then. They practically owned the city. Such was their influence that the Lopezes from Guimaras "married up" or intermarried with the Ledesmas to gain a foothold in Iloilo society.

Ang mga Javellanas ni ya is the Yin-Yang of both the Lopezes and the Ledesmas. Daw glue ni abi ang mga Javellana. That is why although indi related si Zafito O'Farrell kay Marice directly to the O'Farrells, they are still related through the Javellanas. Ang Yin-Yang to ya ni JJL and Ambassador Ledesma amo ni: "Ay, abaw.....didto kamo lisensya kay Oscar kay wala ko ya may na bal-an sang mga papeles nga ini...." Pati ka na ka balo man na siya....Ha ha ha ....te? May gahum si JJL noh? May gahum! Si Tiyo Nanding to ya kag si Inday Mariquit mag first cousins ato. The arrangement was that Nanding married Mariquit J. because it was what his brother Eugenio saw as the FUSION of the Eastern and Western Roman Empire so that the Lopezes would become a world power.

Wala guid siya nag sala. They soon gained Manila Rail and Light Company di Roma and ABS-CBN Italia. Pero ang palangga gid to ya ni Nanding si Mita Rufina.......t hat is why si Marivique Rufina ni Lopez gid ni ya! She even looks like Tio (or Tito in Ilonggo) Nanding, she acts like a Ledesma too kay the ARTS are a specialty of the French speaking O'Farrells (Le Dumas.)

Wala kamo na ka notar nga si Celina Lopez kag Marivic Rufina daw halin sa isa ka kahoy sa Simoun Ledesma Street, Jaro? Linti noh? May gahum si Lola mo Aida! May gahum!

Going back to the Javellanas, sang guina kontra ni sang mga politico sang sang una si Ambassador Oscar Ledesma sang ga padalagan siya Mayor Roma -- they were hitting below the belt-- nakita ko ni si JJL nag was-ag sang gahum niya!

JJL said: "Ngaa gina buyayaw ninyo ni si Oscar sa Radyo? Ka buot sini kay Oscar gina amo n'yo ni?" Linti pagwaan sila ni JJL sang iya war-chest nga halin pa kay Lolo Julio Javellana a...pa ulanan ni JJL kwarta a...te man....haplak sila tanan...linti nga Nana noh? Yudefotah nga gahum ni Nana JJL ha ha ha.
During these times, amo na ni ang pag rise sang mga Lopez into the political stratosphere by marrying their relatives (Javellana in the case of Tio Nanding).

They bankrolled political parties throughout the Philippines and with Nana, mga Montelibanos, etc. (all relatives from Bacolod) -- the Lopez (y Ledesma) became a formidable political block in the Philippine landscape known as THE SUGAR BLOC. They controlled the Nacionalista Party. Their main rival was the Liberal Party.

Si Ninoy to ya kag si Marcos upod man to sang una sa Liberal Party, but the presidential candidate of the Liberal Party was President Diosdado Macapagal, GMA`s father.

Baw linti si Imelda nag kadto guid di sa Iloilo kag in one party nag hibi-hibi gid kay Tio Eñing (ga luhod pa na ya si Lola mo Imelda habang ga hibi, ha ha ha--kabalan noh) nga si Marcos lang ang ila pa dalaganon kay ma "jump-ship" si Macoy from the Liberal to the Nacionalista Party. The rest, of course, is history.

I cited this to illustrate the pinnacle of the power of the formidable sugar bloc of the Ilonggos. Don`t forget that the Liberal Party was controlled (and still is today!) by the Aranetas of Bago City, Negros, Roxas City, Capiz and Cubao, Quezon City. Shall I say they we’re ALL arranged marriages: Ang iya ni Inday Judy kag ni Senator Gerardo Roxas (by their respective fathers), ang kay Nanding kag Mariquit (by Don Eugenio)...ang kay Vicente Madrigal gani kag kay Sussana Paterno gin arrange man ni ni President Manuel Quezon (who was a Spanish mestizo but descended from Chinese ancestry too -- Quezon means son of Mr. Que, eg. Mariano Que of Mercury Drug Store Bambang, Manila <the original store>).

Abe mo, wala ni kwarta ang mga Madrigal! It was Sussana Paterno (tag-iya sang Quiapo) nga may kwarta. Pero daw labandera ni chura ni Paterno kag si Madrigal daw si Richard Gutierrez e. So who says you cannot convert looks into cash man? ha ha ha.

Just like how the Javellanas helped the Lorings abe kay te nag linapta na to ya kwarta sang mga Gay kay nag pa España na ang mga utod ni Manolet mo.

The Paternos of Quiapo were the real macoy! Dyanay, ngaa ari na ta sa Quiapo man? Daw ara pa man ta sa Ledesma Street da sa Iloilo nag lab-ot na to ya sa Quiapo man?

Ha ha ha...Abe ninyo I have so many things to tell you, but I have to go kay ma pa Divisoria pa ko bwas te ka gab-i na ni ho.......but I don't like how they twist history in classrooms bala hau.
What is the capital of ZIMBABWE? Ha ha ha linti terror gid ya? But with history bala indi ako happy because they twist the real facts.

Let me give you some exampolos before I leave. Did you know nga si Jose Rizal gay gid to ya? As in Shugi? Si Maximo Viola to banaba to ni Rizal....ambot ah.....upod to sila ni Maximo Viola ga travel around Europe kag ga live-in to sila.

Maximo Viola financed the printing of the Noli novel. Rizal was only 4'11 how could he be macho (pa) sa mga babaye abe?

(Organize kamo da university trip. Ask Alfonso Uy kay alamotan namon, ma huo ni siya ako di transportation sa Manila--makadto ta sa Ayala Museum. May wax to si Rizal mga daw "Madame Tussaud."

4'11 lang daw si Rizal...hambal an...Leonor Rivera (aka Maria Clara) was a cousin and Josepine Bracken was an alpot (mababa ang lifad). They were not girlfriends but mga amegas of Rizal! Gahulamay to ya sila lipstick!

Who else can write a Noli if not Lino Brocka aber? Kun indi ka gay makasulat ka sang mga echos-echos like the Noli and the Fili? Nada! Ngaa gina distort nila ang history man?

Haay, padaluman ta na sa ulihi pero I have to go. I leave you with this thought: When you speak English, you are actually speaking FRENCH. The English that we speak of today is a German + French. Almost all our words in English today came from France. Example: Army is the corruption of the French word armee. Archer is from archer. Court (curt), duke (duc), baron (baron), nobility (nobilitie), peasant (paisant).

ALMOST all words from the English language is a corruption of FRENCH. Always remember this that is why ang panan-awan sang taga Paris sang mga taga London daw taga-Janiuay.

Ha ha ha...Ang mga kano ya daw mga mang-yan sa mata sang taga Paris e, ha ha ha...linti noh? Ha ha ha....France is the center of Western civilization dahlings, not your New York, New York (or your Long Beach Baywatch chicks ha ha ha ha) daw mga taga bukid kamo tanan sa mata ni Zafito O'Farrell of the Louvre! Ha ha ha...The Yin-Yang of France is China.

When you dine in Jaro with Zafito or Marice, never put your elbows on the tableau (table). But when you dine with Tita Baby at the Panaderia in Molo, it is okay to have your elbows in the table BUT DO NOT USE YOUR HANDS, use chopsticks or your kubiertos...ne ver eat with your hands when with the Chinese/Hans....ambot kun exception ang taga Macau? Ha ha ha ha.

In China/Han, remember this, bisan ano ka imol o ka pigado sa ila--they will never eat with their hands. ONLY DOGS EAT WITH THEIR HANDS sa Molo or Han.

Mag kadto ka sa Panaderia/Han, dapalon ka guid ni Tita Baby kun ga kinamot ka. Juanapo! Wala ka tinun-an! Daw ido ka! Haven't you noticed? Wala Chinese customers sa Kamayan? Yaks daw ma dig-wa si Tita Baby (Chinese Han Princess) sa mga na ga kinamot.

Lastly, it is okay to give a wall clock to Allana L. (of Paris) as a gift, which she really got so much in her wedding, ha ha ha.....But NEVER NEVER give a clock as a gift to the Chinese/Han taga Molo ha? Sa Jaro lang na ya ha? Daw gina terminohan mo na kabuhi ni Tita Baby if you give her a clock. Tampa-on ya gid ka! Wala ka tinun-an. Ha ha ha …

Do you see the difference? Yin is the opposite of Yang. Both are correct. Both are civilized. Both know the FORCE. Both may gahum. China and France. Night and Day. Life and Death. Yin and Yang. Hello and Goodbye. (Work of FICTION based on true facts.)

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