Baybayin Numerology

Before the galleons came, the islands wrote in flowing signs upon bamboo and leaf. Render your name in Baybayin — the way the Tagalog tongue welcomes every sound — and meet the anito who watches over its root.

“Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makararating sa paroroonan. — One who does not look back to where they came from will never reach their destination. — Filipino proverb.”