Nakita kita sa koridor.
Malayo pa lang, alam ko na na ikaw 'yun.
Para bang anino sa kalagitnaan ng gabi.
Mag-isa ka.
Naglalakad papalapit sa akin.
Magsasalubong tayo.
Bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko.
Mas narinig ko ang pagdaloy ng dugo sa bawat ugat sa aking buong katawan.
Panay ang dampi mo sa iyong mukha.
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| The Chronicles of Berbanya. Like graphite on paper, some memories do fade. |
A lady pretending to be a courtier tried to save her 'servant' in the latter-day France, an old man who is unscrupulous and was chained, and doomed to be sold in America as a slave and approached the coachman for the release. "I wish to address the issue of this gentleman. He is my servant and I am here to pay the debt against him." said she.
"You're too late, he's paid for." retorted the man.
"I can pay you 20 gold francs." the lady insisted.
But the coachman seemed to ignore the lady. Never giving up hope, the lady grabbed the donkey's sheaf and said "I demand you release him at once or I shall take this matter to the King."
"The King is the one that sold him." said he. The coachman was right. The slave is now the property of foreign land who bought him.
The woman denounced that 'he' is not property at all, and that it is ill-mannered to chain people like chattel. For the nth time, the lady demanded the release for the old man. But the coachman, which also happened to be the 'middle-man' in layman's term harangued her, "Get out of my way!".
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| Philippine Blog Awards 2011 |
On a windy night of December, when the moon shines like a sun, I was walking, holding a pail when I saw her, I saw her standing near the tree. I ran towards her, but she was trying to move away.
I grabbed her, but she resisted. I struggled for her, and now she is in my arms.
I asked her to come with me. But she didn't oblige. I have no other option, she's resisting, so I immured her.
After a while, I caught myself thinking of doing it with her. I am excited. And I have been very aggressive with her. But what can I do? She is the most full-grown, and most matured.
I couldn't wait any longer. And the most-awaited moment is now only a grasp away. I let her lie, in the stalks but just like before, she is again resisting. Sure. I can manage to do it while both of us are standing. I just need to bend a little so that I can obtain the best position.
The Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist Holy text (868 AD), found in a cave in Dunhuang, NW China in 1907 is the earliest printed book to bear a date.Now that printed books become less popular, bookstores (one of my dream business) are now forced down to close (because they can do nothing easy).
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| Madilim na kalangitan ang sumalubong sa akin sa lupain ng Luisita. |
Charlie St. Cloud and the Passenger by Chance
06 October 2011
“I believe in miracles.” *1
The tiny raindrops create a hazy glow of orange beam from the halogen lamp in the streets which eventually penetrate the soul of the drizzle. There was a soulless man in the evening: who walked lonely like a cloud. The face of ambivalence, lost in the sea of other human beings. All dressed up --- nowhere to go.
“Of course I remember, but you seem to have forgotten the predicate nominative. The correct syntax is It is I.” *2
That was I.
“There was enough to raise questions, but not enough for answers.” *3
Not by chance, of which I presume, I reached the bus stop.
As I see it, bus stops are like turning points of our lives. You left some so that you can proceed for some. People travel, as always. People are never satisfied.
Across the street, a bus stop faces another bus stop. Just like the North faces the South, they pursue opposing directions which will never meet. They will be constantly parting, which made the cold night gloomier.
“On the horizon, he saw the full moon. God dropped it there, he was sure, as a reminder of our small place in the world. A reminder that what is beautiful is fleeting.” *4
Please continue reading here.
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| Guardhouse, Pangasinan State University Urdaneta | September 23, 2011 |
I’m Legal Already*
I just turned 21. Yes. I am aging, as most humans do. That’s part of nature. Everything has a dead end. We have just to abide with that rule.
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I'm 21 already. |
We all go through this phase: maturity. I view maturity as the threshold of full growth of a person. Many people fall shortly in equating maturity with age. Old men always claim that they are mature enough, and that the younger ones must oftentimes follow them --- blindly. Remember the men in the Senate? They always think that they all know everything and that they can always conduct inquisition on anything. Yes. Just anything: NBN-ZTE Scandal, AFP ‘Pabaon’, PCSO Anomalies, Kho-Halili Scandal, Unclad football players’ billboards, and many others. You choose! But clearly, most of the cases are just cases: no resolution, no justice. I am a fan of the cliché ‘justice delayed, is justice denied’. True enough. I have one word: lame.
Maturity has nothing to do with age. I would rather say that time have something to do with it. Time is the very culprit when we blame something all because we couldn’t explicate something to ourselves extensively. Just like in “we have the right love, at the wrong ‘time’”. Poor time. She always doesn’t know what to do.
Except age, we presume that wisdom is the by-product of maturity and time. We regard people of high intellects as superior (if you don’t value monetary wealth) than those who lack schooling. And so whether you were hindered by poverty or not, you’re useless if you didn’t go to college. Wrong.
Maturity for me is to read, not between the lines, but to comprehend the gist what is beyond those lines. I am an observer, and I have witnessed the worst-case apathy of the youth today.
And I always ask questions like this, “What can you say about PNoy’s second SONA?”
The replies were:
“I like him. He’s very very honest and straightforward.”
“Fair. He did a good job in a year.”
“I just don’t care.”
“Sorry I didn’t read that on Trending Topics. No idea.”
“What is SONA?”
These answers were provided by people, who by far have reached the so-called ‘bachelor’s’ level. They took, or at least they are taking General Education subjects, like Philippine Politics, Philippine History, Taxation, Sociology, or any course that shall interest them with regards to socio-political issues.
How come they don’t know? Oh you have a cable TV and you just could not manage to watch for local news. Or maybe you are very busy tweeting and that, if it’s not on trending topics, you are a moron to it?
Remember, you don’t need to be a politician to watch local news. You just have to be a Filipino in mind, heart, and soul.
As a pro-active member of the youth sector, we must at least know what the heck the government is tweeting, oh I was joking, that was supposedly doing. Yes they do stuffs too, I mean they work. Doing work that they will let us know but really do not matter. And the conspiracies that remain undisclosed to us.
Oh frantically, we are moving in a sphere where we should learn to build human relations. We are in a society. Yes, we have that in university: Math Society, Astronomy Society, Hotelier’s Society, Pet Society, and many others. Many societies permeate to the extent that we are now unable to fathom what society is really a society.
We don’t leave our constitutional rights at the door of our school. (Findlaw, 2006) Similarly, we do not, also, leave our logical reasoning when we exit the university gates. (Andrion, 2011) We are imbued into a larger society outside. And it is only proper to think why many people could not afford to buy food for their family in spite of the exaggerated claims of the government that we have a growing economy.
I am exposed to the illness of this society: where people rarely trust their government because the government could not trust its own people. I must agree with Inquirer Columnist Randy David, that we are living in a society where ‘institutions are weak’, and that, we could only do is, activism.
We will go back to the ‘traditional’ way of vigorous and aggressive action in pursuing political and social ideologies. Activism, as I know it, is ‘not the enthusiasm of the moment, but a philosophy for a lifetime’. That part was from a biography written by Bertolt Brecht.
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2011 Labor Day Rally at Angeles City. |
There’s much in activism. If thousands of youth didn’t walk out of their classrooms last November 2010, will the government have the time to listen that higher education funding is not enough? How about the MRT-LRT fare hike? Oil price hikes? Union-busting? Land disputes? Agrarian reform misfits? The PUP 5? Morong 43? Calamba 7? And where in the world did the government hide Karen and Sherlyn? Do you know Jonas Burgos? Ericson Acosta? Randy Malayao? Where are these noble people?
The government will pursue anti-people policies if you don’t shout at them. Just like an old man with his hearing being impaired. He will never know, unless you shout.
I have been into rallies. Maybe 6 times, 7, 8, or more, I couldn’t count. What’s behind rallies? What are the ideologies that the noisy activists cling to? You will never know unless you know what causes the plight of the people.
We are not anti-government. We are pro-people. They are way different and not inter-changeable.
Finally, last night, I said to my mom, “Aktibista ako.” After months, I am legal already.
*For the people who are still hoping that it is not too late to save the world. Padayon!
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Warning: Fiction unless backed up with links.
OMG! Eeeeeh! |
Name Change
Zaldy Ampatuan Jr., one of the principal accused to the gruesome murders in 2009 that brought the country high in the impunity index cuts ties with his father Andal Sr. and brother Andal Jr. by signing an affidavit attesting to his father's and brother's roles in the massacre.
“Willing po ako mag-testify, sabihin kahit sino man ang involved, magulang ko man o kapatid, at kahit sino man involved para sa ikakalutas ng problemang ito at pawang katotohanan lamang ang aking sasabihin. (I’m willing to testify and speak the truth, even if my testimony will involve my father and brother),” he said in an interview.
However, Justice Secretary De Lima has dismissed the possibility of considering Zaldy Jr. as a state witness (from being one of the accused.) Citing De Lima's point, if it would have been, the statement of the witnesses will only contradict it. "We don't need him." says De Lima.
Since the request has been denied informally, Zaldy Jr. decides, because of great shame, no longer want to use the most-dreaded surname of the 2009.
We conducted a poll of what surname should Zaldy Jr. and his family use once the fantasy-request has been granted. Here are the results:
A. Zaldy Arroyo - since they're very close friends.
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We'll devour them! Rawr! |
B. Zaldy Bieber - as he's singing to De Lima "..I know you want me.." as a state witness.
C. Zaldy Gonzales - for giving him the hope to be a state witness. Raul Gonzalez is my bestfriend!
D. Zaldy Aquino - after endorsing PNoy for 2010 Prexy Elections.
E. Zaldy __________ - comment in for your suggestion.
The Gang-raped Preggy
After rumors have spread all over the wires citing a gang-rape committed by the four members Philippine Azkals, here's a real story of a gang-rape overseas somewhere in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
The ill-fated Filipina who works as a school cleaner in a university was 'bangbus-ed' (raped) by 3 Arab men inside the service bus of the university where she's working. She was offered a ride after attending to her check-up. The 34-year-old woman, who is 9-months pregnant has only been working for about a year, while his husband was in Ha-il who works as a waiter. The husband was very very furious when informed of his wife’s plight. He even said very very bad words in the streets.
Back to the Pipland (Philippines)
Princess of All Media, Actress, Host, Product Endorser, and soon to be Recording Artist Anne Curtis Smith (as she describes herself) releases her first solo album (Wow. She sings? How true?) entitled "Anne-Bisyosa" in today's episode of KrisTV after discovering the wonders of autotune.
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Anne rode in MRT to get to Kylie Minogue concert. (Who's Kylie Minogue btw?) |
Released under VIVA Records, the album was set to destroy the meaning of 'singing'. The album features three duets with Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo with the songs "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "Alone" and "Too Many Walls". Anne also has a duet with rapper Andrew E. in the said album.
However, some groups are seeking a class suit against parties, and people who encouraged Anne to do the album.
Ogie Alcasid, president of the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit (
Poll Question:
Ano ang masasabi mo sa "Anne-Bisyosa" album ni Anne Curtis?
A. The title speaks for itself.
B. Pwede na! Iisipin ko na lang hindi si Anna 'yan!
C. Maganda talaga si Anne. Period!
D. Wow kumakanta na si Anne? Kaya ko naman din siguro.
E. Pakialam mo ba? E kung siya nga ang may pera't fans. Inggit lang kayo!
