Author Bios

Victor Denis T. Nierva

Victor Denis T. Nierva blogs at http://aponihandiong.blogspot.com

Articles by this author:

  • A provenance or a tongue? (Mayon Limited)

    I AM a Bikolano. I was born in Bikol. I grew up breathing Bikol air. Even up to now, I am in Bikol; I work here, I spend my earnings here. I eat my breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and take my meriendas here. I utter or contemplate on my prayers in Bikol. I talk to my friends, loved ones and even strangers in Bikol (first, then use another language if my language is strange to the stranger). I transact with other people in Bikol. I am not surprised if dreams come to me in my sleep like clips of films with screenplay penned in my own language. I write in Bikol, of Bikol, for Bikol. The Bikol tongue—or one of its component languages—was, is and will continue to be my first language.

    By: Victor Denis T. Nierva
  • Hurup-hurop sa pagbilog nin ortograpiyang Bikol (Mayon Limited)

    AN anuman na ipinapamidbid maninigong sabihon na ini bago. Minsan pang an ipinapamidbid namidbid naman kan mga nainot kaidto. Halimbawa, kun dai aram kan sarong tawo na ‘aroalas-dose’ an ngaran kan tinanom na nahihiling niya, an pagkasabot kan ngaran kaini sarong bagong pangyayari dawa ngani ini aram kan saiyang mga magurang o mga nakakagurang. Huli kaini, dara kan natural na pagkagutom kan tawo sa pagkasabot, dai malilikayan an paghapot kun tadaw ta ‘aroalas-dose’ an ngaran kan tinanom. Asin an pagsimbag sa hapot na ‘tano?’ yaon sa kamot kan siisay man na minapamidbid saiya. Huli man kaini, an parapamidbid nangangaipo kan magkakanigong pagkaaram asin pagkasabot kan saiyang ipinamidbid.

    By: Victor Denis T. Nierva
  • Bagong Media (Mayon Limited)

    PANAHON NA SUBUOT KAN MGA bagong midya: mga sagurong nin komunikasyon sa panahon na haros an gabos ginigibo nang elektroniko, digital asin computerized. Sinasabing ginigibo kaining orog na kaskas an paglipat asin riribayán nin impormasyon.

    By: Victor Denis T. Nierva
  • Bago (Mayon Limited)

    Sa paglipas kan panahon, may mga kayumagging Pinoy na boot nang mag-bago nin kublit. An konsepto kan kagayonan nabagohan naman. Siring man an mga balor asin mga pagtubod, nagkaigwa naman asin padagos na nagkakaigwa sinda nin bagong pagpapakahulugan.

    By: Victor Denis T. Nierva
  • Movies and Trains (Mayon Limited)

    EVERY NOW AND THEN, I would hear murmurs of queries on when train services to Bicol will resume. Most of these queries morph into desires and nostalgia to see the classic iron horse back clanging and honking along the tracks of our region.

    By: Victor Denis T. Nierva
  • Lista (Mayon Limited)

    KUN AN IMPLIKASYON kan surat ni Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa ki Sipocot Vice-Mayor Beth Abergos iyo an padagos nang pagpaontok kan Libmanan-Cabusao Dam Project, tibaad panahon naman tanganing hanapon ta an mga pastidyong maysala

    By: Victor Denis T. Nierva
  • Daíng salà (Mayon Limited)

    SA HILÍNG KO, dikit-dikit nang narurugbâ an Libmanan-Cabusao Dam Project. Marurugba ini na dai man lamang nahiling kan mga tawo an pagtindog kaini. Kadakol nang mga nangyari, kadakol nang mga promesa, kadakol nang mga pinanaóng pautang. Mamomroblema na sa siringilan. Kadakol nang mga patubód na mangyayari, siring man na kadakol nang mga karibongan na dinara.

    By: Victor Denis T. Nierva
  • Gustación (Mayon Limited)

    IT WAS JUST accidental, but insightful, how I got into this whole episode of an eight-course menu de gustación customized for us at the Avenue Plaza here in Naga City. It was accidental too to enjoy the food with the country's food blogger extraordinaire, Anton Diaz, of wwwo.ourawesomeplanet.com. These were accidental because I was there only to participate in what Fr. Wilmer Tria called as brainstorming for a guided tour of Naga and nearby towns.

    By: Victor Denis T. Nierva
  • Babaye (Mayon Limited)

    Babaye, ipinagboot

    kan karpinterong aki mo

    an samong pagkakan saiya.

     

    Sa saiyang mga ngimot man

    nagluwas an kahurutan

    na inomon siya kan gabos.

     

    Aram niyamong ini makulog

    asin matarom sa saimong daghan.

    Alagad, ika man nagpahunod.

     

    Babaye, tadaw ta pirmi

    ika na sana an minapahunod?

    Tadaw ta ika na sana

     

    an minasapo kan kulog?

    Tadaw ta ika an sa daghan

    may nakatadok na punyal?

     

    Ay, abaa nang kasakitan!

    By: Victor Denis T. Nierva
  • 10th Ateneo National Writers Workshop to be Held in Naga, Fellows Named (Bikol News)

    Loyola Heights, QC-The 10th Ateneo National Writers Workshop, organized by the Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP) with the support of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Office of the President, Ateneo de Naga University (AdNU), will be held on October 24-28, 2010 at the AdNU Campus, Naga City.

    By: Victor Denis T. Nierva