However, People of Naval/Biliran by jed morillo, cebu city

(Updated) – Most of the Naval/Biliranon are very familiar with the fable “The Monkey and the Turtle” which trickery, dumbness, Ignorance shall may I say exist.

As Prof. Rolly Borrinaga stated, “this fable is intended for a man of intrigue and plot was likened to a turtle whose intestine have many twist and turn though small the turtle supposedly know a lot, since he was able to trick the monkey, who was supposedly larger and wiser”.

Sobly the world has turned upside down that made the old monkey become the modern turtle, which created some Naval/Biliranon to have this colloquial mentality, referred to as “crab mentality”.

When you achieve success in a certain point, another having this “crab mentality” will find on how to pull you down. While elucidating the Bat and the fruit of a tree. The fruit named “tabigi”(like an oranges) which have a good appearance out side, and has nothing inside, while the Bat was given the name “Kabug” which means dunce or one has little sense which was very appropriate for many occasions. That according to Rolly, “this was selected that pleases the eye without checking its quality – like a beautiful woman but foolish, handsome but stupid” or rather Navalian but Biliranon or Biliranon but Navalian. Shall I say Navalian but stupid, or deep but swallow, or shall I say shallow but clamor, etc.

Sadly, labels that the type of public office official chosen ones might not look like bat and “tabigi”, but some of them have such, Rolly said.

Naval/Biliranons are wise and some are otherwise. Some peoples – there are “tamad” (lazy) “uneducated” (himantayon, tabi-an) “politically immature,” venomous(hiloan), stupid, foolish, murderer but cowards.

Government/leadership – it won’t work because it is “poor”, “corrupt” (kawatan), “womanizer”, “sugarol” (gambler) and so and so forth. And in this case, we will help to educate them for the future of the beautiful island.

In the Naval/Biliran political climate many chooses and their chosen to qualify to be called “tabigi” and Bat with the mentality of the Monkey and Turtle who just want to line their pockets. They believe that politics referred to as “kawatan” (thief), while businessman referred to as “mangingilad” (conman), which is now both politics and business are the best. This people are proud enough. (“Pagarpar” in Visayan dialect), obtuse and dim-witted.

We understand that most Biliranon (especially in Naval) are suited to the said fables which I deeply ashamed of, that I too being a Naval/Biliranon. However, there are also other fields wherein Naval/Biliranon are one of the best and I am proud of that you see? he he he he