Alabang Bulletin is giving away a laptop bag!

nathanie says:

The history of the name “Muntinlupa” comes from at least three stories.

* First, its association with the thin topsoil in the area.
* Second, residents, purportedly replying to a question by Spaniards in the 16th century what the name of their place was, said “Monte sa Lupa”—apparently mistaking the question for what card game they were playing.
* Third, the topographical nature of the area, where the term Monte or mountain was expanded to Muntinlupa or mountain land.

Some documents suggest that the first and third versions of Muntinlupa and Monte sa Lupa respectively eventually became Muntinlupa either through misspelling or mispronunciation. But no record to date can firmly establish which of the three versions is historically correct.

Muntinlupa is an old term that refers to a barangay hence called as Munting Lupa (which means a smaller branch of a city or a municipality, often referred to a county) now known as the Población. As early as 1800, the Catholic priest Father Joaquín de Zúñiga chronicled it as La poblacion que sigue se llama Muntinlupa and Muntinglupa was used as the Tagalog term for the city during the American era.

nathanie says:

Alamat ng Alabang
– galing sa salitang ‘abang’ na ibig sabihin ay bantay o taong nag-iintay
– dati ay masyadong magubat, mraming turista, at ang daan lang ay pa-Zapote
– maraming nananakawan, at kilala bilang notorious, tulisan
– galing rin daw sa salitang ‘alibangbag’ na ang ibig sabihin ay maliliit na puno na namumulaklak ng kulay lilac at ginagamit iyong pampaasim sa karne, pinagkukunan ng balat ng puno para sa mga nagtatae

Pasong Diablo – ang daan kung saan naghihintay ang tulisan at maraming kasamaan
Pasong Pari – lugar kung saan nilibing ng buhay ng mga Kastila ang mga pari, malapit sa South Super Highway, St. Bernadette School, at Sharp

Unang panahon – Mulntinlupa, puro kumbento
1890-1896 – wala ng kumbento, tirahan na ng mga guardia sibil
1892 – paring Kastila ang nanirahan, may lupain kung saan pinatay ang mga pari
1903 – 603 ang naninirahan sa Alabang
2003 – 48,002 ang naninirahan sa Alabang, hindi kasama ang Ayala Alabang

Apat na Paraan kung paano Namumuhay ang mga taga-Alabang
1. pangingisda sa Laguna de Bay
2. nagtatanim at nagsasaka
3. nagtratrabaho sa Serum Vaccine Laboratory (ngayon ay tawag ng Institute for Medicine)
4. stock farm kung saan kumukuha ng gatas ng kalabaw o baka

melissa rodriguez says:

oh, i just figured, there aint no laptop, i wasn’t reading carefully, haha!

Melcy Junio says:

don’t have a laptop or a notebook yet so hence documents and of the sort would serve its purpose.

dan callanta says:

hope i’m he winner really need that bag…:(

love says:

paano sali dito?

Robert R. Ojo says:

It would be a great help for a teacher like me to win a multi purpose bag, that your giving away, I need that bag, Im expressing my thanks in advance.

cecilia calapatan says:

hope i could win the laptop bag coz i know this bag has a good feature and it’s a good opportunity that you offer this as free… thank you so much!

Melcy Junio says:

great to see and read fellow comments. more power!

love says:

I love this bag! I gotta have one!

Pao says:

ok to… may laptop ako. an extra bag is nice

Emil says:

astig yung mga trivias.. more!! trivia naman sa Las Piñas..las piñero ako! :p

Wilma Peralta says:

i hope to win the laptop as well..

Miguel Garcia says:

i would like to have a laptop bag like that even if i don’t have any laptop yet…

kirk says:

wow free laptop bag