{"id":488,"date":"2026-08-30T17:07:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/?p=488"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:22:34","slug":"villareal-the-land-of-my-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/?p=488","title":{"rendered":"Villareal: The Land of My Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(A Tribute) Quintina Gelera-Cabuenos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(The author is a retired District Supervisor of Villareal and served as the First Lady of Villareal for 20 years. She is an epitome of genuine service to people. She is married to Former Mayor Augusto Cabue\u00f1os, the longest serving Mayor of Villareal.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">For its rolling hills and verdant plains<br>All through the years our food it sustains<br>For its beautiful islands, rivers, beaches and streams<br>Teeming with fishes, crabs, shells and shrimps.<br>We also have lato and dahunan<br>Seaweeds eaten best with rootcrops from the farm<br>It abounds around the islands, beaches and palms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Best of all it can be told<br>Villa has people with hearts of gold<br>Hospitable, kind and respectful<br>Extending helping hands to all who are in need<br>To ease the sorrows and pains as much as they can give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you Lord for your concern<br>We praise You Lord, Holy be Your Name!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Those who tasted failures and frustrations<br>Behind them stand strong people of the town<br>Holding hand to support them and share<br>Troubles and sorrows because they care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">If not for Villa, life wont be the same<br>I wouldn\u2019t surely reach the apex of my dreams<br>And life today wouldn\u2019t be free of troubles<br>But because of Villa its contentment and leisure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">In my twilight years if you will ask me<br>Where I will spend the rest of my days,<br>No way, it\u2019s still Villa I will prefer<br>Sans riches and affluence it can claim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">But Villa has more to give than fame<br>It offers an atmosphere of security<br>Emotional stability and harmony with the Lord<br>So I can proudly shout to say<br>Villa is my home, a home sweet home,<br>For here my heart is at rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(A Tribute) Quintina Gelera-Cabuenos (The author is a retired District Supervisor of Villareal and served as the First Lady of Villareal for 20 years. She is an epitome of genuine service to people. She is married to Former Mayor Augusto Cabue\u00f1os, the longest serving Mayor of Villareal.) For its rolling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villarealsamar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}