Poculan Family Tradition

Family Meal:

• Eating together at the dining area.
• No television or cellphones.
• Begin with prayer for the grace food and health as well.
• Family news: sharing moments- of what was happen in the previous hour or day.

Family Singing time:

• Seldom days- especially at weekend before sleeping time we do family singing time in our living room.

Pagmamnu and Beso-beso:

• When papa arrived from work we do the pagmamanu and beso-beso
• Upon living the house to go to somewhere we do the beso-beso to papa and say "adto nako" as a sign of respect.

Sunday Church/ Holy days:

• Every member of the family must go to church together.

Twice a Year Family Reunion:

• Strengthen the bond and relationship not only between my sisters and parents but also to my cousins, untie and uncles, grandma and grandpa.
  

Things To Do and See in my Hometown

( the new building of my (highschool) alma mater:

 Colegio de San Francisco Havier fomer Xavier 
High School)

( me and my batchmates in highschool)

 For adventure seekers.. Our very own Maniway Peak @ Spaldon Rizal Zamboanga del Norte

Legend of My Home Town

 Rizal Zamboanga del Norte

"Maniway"

So many years ago, a placed called Maniway was a thick forestland inhabited by non-Christian natives called Subanos, or River people. Maniway venerates the memory of a beautiful village girl who hanged herself for her love, beside the creek. Maniway Creek still exist today running through the heart of the poblacion of Rizal.

History of the town of Rizal has its humble beginning in the little barrio of Tolon, the gateway towards the virgin forestland across Tolon River. The vast forestland spread from Maniway, Napilan, Mapang, Mitimos, Mabungog (Mabuhay), Sipaon, Towayan, Labana and Sacro. Later on, that vast land formed part of the territory of the municipality of Rizal. Tolon is situated along the boundary of Zamboanga and Misamis Occidental. Being the gateway to the vast public land across Tolon River, it was the first land occupied by Christian settlers who blazed the trail to farm new settlement, which became the different barrios of Rizal.

In 1937, Maniway thru the representation in the Council of Dapitan became a full pledged barrio and its name was changed to 'New Tolon'.

In 1950, a petition addressed to the then President Elpidio Quirino pleading for the creation of a town to be named Rizal in honor of our National Hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal. New Tolon (Maniway) was the seat of the government and to comprise the barrios of Mapang, Mabuhay, Sipaon, Tolon, Napilan, Nangcaan, Birayan, Nasipang, Sebaca, Nangca, Marapong Diot, San Roque, Balatakan, Towayon, Narok, Sacro, New Carcar, Bombongan, Singaran, Labana and Salwagan. This petition was strongly endorsed by former Governor Sirapio Datoc of the province of Zamboanga.