Our town folks in Cavinti and in other parts of the Philippines are always eager to hear and/or read news about our hometown. This also holds true to other Cavintinians who have gone out of the territorial jurisdiction of our country and have settled in other parts of the world, to wit: the United States, Canada. Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and in other Southeast Asian countries.
Tipakan is a part of Bumbongan River, one of the principal rivers in Cavinti. According to hearsays from the early inhabitants of the locality, and which has been handed down from generation to generation, people in the early days used to get stones from this part of the river near the Poblacion to be used in building their houses and other important structures in the town. The stones are used as foothold of the wooden posts for their houses and/or buildings so that they will not sink into the ground. Getting the stones is not an easy job, so the tornohan or bayanihan system was availed of. “Tayo na sa Tipakan at makatipak ng itotorno,” (“Let us go to Tipakan so we can cut stones for our tornohan/bayanihan”) were usually heard from the men who will cut stones from the boulders in the river. Hence, the name Tipakan was accorded that specific place in Bumbongan River.
Today, Tipakan is a favorite swimming /picnic place for locals and even visitors who go to Cavinti. They find fun and merriment in the area. Therefore, it is a tipakan ng kaligayahan (source of pleasure) of swimmers and pinickers who wish to enjoy the natural beauty of the place.
Just as well, Tipakan.Com intends to provide Cavintinians from all over the world with international current events and most significantly, some important news from our beloved Cavinti.
This publication may not be a real Newsletter. It may be a scrapbook or an album where you can read and/ or find information about your family, relatives, friends and/or town mates who were in Cavinti when you departed from our hometown or who may have followed your steps to seek greener pastures in other horizons. You will, then, be interested to learn of their whereabouts and/or, more preferrably, you may share your family’s and your own adventure by sending it to the managerial staff of this publication. You might have joined a group tour or a cruise, you might have visited a sick relative or friend or you might have heard of a significant happening worth sharing with our mga kababayan, please do not hesitate to jot it down on a sheet of paper or even on a table napkin if you are eating at home or attending a party; express it in English, in Tagalog or even in Taglish, send it to the publishing staff and rest assured your news will be published.
Sa isang maikli at madaliang pagsasalin sa ating sariling wika, ayon sa mga tao nuong unang panahon at sa mga saling-lahi, ang parte ng Ilog Bumbongan na kung tawagin ngayon ay Tipakan ay kinukunan ng mga batong tinitipak sa naglalakihang mga bato duon upang gawing patungan o tuntungan ng mga haligi ng bahay na ipinagagawa para huwag lumubog sa lupa. Ang mga lalaki ay nagtutornuhan, naglalabigan o nagbabayanihan para makatipak ng mga bato na kailangan sa pagtatayo ng isang bahay.
“Tayo na sa Tipakan at makakuha ng panurno,” kadalasang maririnig sa umaga pag mag-aalisan na ang mga lalaki. Sa kalaunan, Tipakan na ang namalaging tawag ng lahat sa lugar na yon sa Bumbungan.
Sa kasalukuyan, ang Tipakan, bukod sa tawiran ng mga tao, ay isang magandang languyan at pook na mapagdarausan ng piknik ng mga taga Cavinti at maging mga dayuhan man, kaya masasabi rin natin na tipakan ng kaligayahan ng sino mang nagtutungo duon upang maligo, maglangoy at magkainan.
At ngayon, layunin ng Tipakan.com na maglahad ng mga balita at iba pang mahahalagang mga pangyayari sa Cavinti at sa mga kababayan natin na naninirahan sa iba’t ibang panig ng daigdig.
A native of Cavinti, Lucila C. Oblena spent all her working years as an educator, beginning as a classroom teacher in 1944, then a Guidance Counselor and retired as a school Principal. She is also the founder of CLOTA (Cavinti Laguna Overseas Teachers Association). She is the Editor of Tipakan.com (Cavinti Diaspora). 
