wen manung: i-know-he-will-be-a-good-general-someday

I was just browsing through the internet trying to find some information about my genealogy. I got so curious that people think and claim that my surname “Prejillano” is quite unique and never been heard before.

I think the same too! I only knew few other Prejillanos in this world, my father (Donato Prejillano) my siblings (Karol Joseph, Kristine Jane, and Karen Joyce) and my mother (Lorna Prejillano), who of course just got the name when he married my father. The others are, my grandfather (Catalino Prejillano), we didn't grow up knowing him, died of snake bite when we were young enough to remember him, Anacleta Prejillano (my grandmother) and my father's sister Msgt. Elizabeth Prejillano.

I remember, my father once said that our family name went through some sort of evolution. Originally, he said, its 'Fregillana', then 'Pregillano', and now, we are the modern day inheritants to become 'Prejillano'.

Browsing some genealogy sites yields zero for ‘Prejillano’. And the closest I got was a myHeritage.com site created by my brother back in 2008, which or course was lame at giving details about my heritage.

Talking about my brother, Captain Karol Joseph Alcaide Prejillano, as I was searching for Prejillano, his name yields the most results. In one link, a public forum thread about their highschool batch reunion, one of his batch mate questioned his sexual preference. I was grinning, these are so highscool.

I found the thread and the issue so interesting that I was inspired to write this blog. 

I quote:

Karol Prejillano:  WHATEVER THAT IS MR. NATIVIDAD....! you got a deep Ilocano in there. I didn't understand it as a matter of fact. because i've been in the Katagalugan for many years and not a single ilocano-speaking slug is around to keep me proficient with the dialect except for a few chat with my mom on the phone....
TO ALL OF YOU: i'm just at friendster, i'll be glad to see you all in there.

to JONA GAY PUA: your elder brother is a colleague of mine here in the Air Force. I got to see him a lot here around lipa city

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Yong:  im an ilocano speaking slug.. but wait.. am i a slug?.. what is a slug by the way?...
hmmm.. wait...
A. Any of various small, snaillike, chiefly terrestrial gastropod mollusks of the genus Limax and related genera, having a slow-moving elongated body with no shell or only a flat rudimentary shell on or under the skin.
B.A round bullet larger than buckshot.
C.A small metal disk for use in a vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally.
D. idiot???

whatever dude..
how are you karol?.. you've changed huh.. or should i call you joseph this time?..
peace!!!

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Karol Prejillano:  YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTHING YOU LIKE... "KAROL" is still up for me..."JOSEPH" is GOOD ENOUGH. BUT MANY OF MY MEN AND COLLEAGUES IN THE MILITARY ARE USED TO CALLING "PREJI" IT'S A SHORT-CUT FOR PREJILLANO. THAT'S HOW WE USUALLY GET OUR NAMES IN THE MILITARY. OUR NICKS ARE USUALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD.
CAUTION: DON'Y CALL ME ANYTHING THAT MAKES ME PULL MY TRIGGER, ALRIGHT. OR ELSE...YOU'RE DOOMED!!!!

PEACE TOO!!!!!

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Yong:  Hey Karol, what are those 'all caps' mean?.. anger? or emphasis that you can't be touched?..
Well, pull your trigger but i'll speak my heart out. I really thought you're a GAY, and it's really surprising to see you in the Air Force. And I think you did a great job, transforming from your gay acts to a real man. And you have changed, ma-ere ka na ngayon... whatever that means..
Look back to where you came from dude, i really doubt you can't understand much of Ilocano now.
Peace dude!!!

p.s. am i doomed?

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Karol Prejillano: All caps is neither an emphasis or anger... i just used to make it easy to read.

Melvin, is that how you really looked at me before? Dude, my reasons for being here is because i want to serve this country like my forefathers did. it's not about proving something and so on... i may be"gayish" back then but it does not necessarily mean I am, and that it would be a bizzare notion to think of me in a really stiff world. i really like discipline and i really found it here, not to mention i got a promising carrer. I'll be a good General someday and that's all i wanted....by the way, you're not doomed.I just hate it when people make fun of my name...maybe because i feel i don't desrve such treatment. BUT YOU'RE NOT DOOMED...

NOTE: I'M NOT REALL HARD TO REACH, IM AS DOWN TO EARTH AS ANYBODY ELSE. IN THE SERVICE WE NEED HUMILITY... AND I STILL CAN UNDERSTAND ILOCANO... ITS WHAT WE SPEAK AT HOME .

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Reading through, I felt bad for the person calling him names. Everyone of us in the family thinks he is not. But his decision to be a military man was a surprised since we all thought that he will have a great career as a Psychologist.

Moving through the next link in google search, was the headline "Welcome to PAF-ACES Online" and under it #1. Acer Karol Joseph Prejillano.

I knew back in December he attended an awarding ceremony. I knew he was an awardee, but I didn't ask what award. Its only now that I had known, he was the TOP awardee. I felt proud.

I know he will be a good General someday. I know he will be.

Early on, he was the most goal-oriented among us, the Prejillano siblings. He was disciplined and strict. He had already developed military mannerisms. And I know he will be a good General someday.

I know what hardships he went through just to get to his promising military career. In another comment, another batch mate mentioned that the Philippines is a green pasture and this is not our last hope. He was right too.

And did you notice, he mentioned about Friendster on the thread. That was so long time ago!