HI! Welcome to my blog!
My name is ELMER PALENCIA BRABANTE. Elmer in English means "awe-inspiring". From whose inspiration was my name taken? Elmer Gantry? No clue. Maybe. I was born around that era. Palencia happens to be a province north of Spain, but I have my roots in Baao, Camarines Sur (an idyllic agricultural town south of Luzon in the Philippines) , and vines that are struggling to bear fruits in the capital city of the country. Incidentally, Father Domingo de Palencia was the first parish priest of Baao (1793-1796). Brabante? I hardly have hispanic roots, at least from what is known now. This is in fact a vehicle for my long search of that root.
