When the Eggs Get Caught

Warning: Fiction unless backed up with links.

Courtesy Benchtm.com

"Napuna ko lang na yung billboard na malalaki, na sa tingin ko na hindi angkop sa mga bata."said Valenzuela City Mayor Gatchalian to the members of the media last July 8.

Mayor Gatchalian is heeding for the immediate dismantling of the huge billboard of the members of Philippine Volcanoes Rugby Team. Of which he finds a 'kakampi' in the person of Mayor Benhur Abalos of Mandaluyong where the 'bird-boards' were located.  

Andre Woolf a member of the Volcanoes, regarded this act as 'politicizing'.

"Philippine Volcanoes are endorsing Bench and promoting a team na lumalaban para sa ating bansa, hindi lang billboards promoting ourselves to political popularity." (Wolff via BBM)

Mayor Gatchalian defended, "Kung sa ibang tao tingin nila ito ay artistic, ito ay maganda, pero sa ibang tao ito ay offensive at ito ay hindi maayos, lalong-lalo na sa ating mga kabataan."

"Nagkataon lang na yun lang ang pinakamalalaki na billboard. Iyon lang ang napuna ko." Now, Mayor Gatchalian is convinced that it is BIG.

Another member, Ned Stephenson, said he saw nothing wrong with the ad campaign.

To be fair, there are other 'lewd' billboards in the metro.

War, and Peace, and Car

Warning: Fiction, unless backed up with links.

With the recurring blast of the PCSO anomalies, some netizens stated that this could trigger the battle between the government and the church. Not the war that someone need a shell and certainly not the war that where one needs an ancient warship! 

BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11)

Despite the controversies, Malacanang insisted that they (gossipmongers) should stick with the issue, not with the personalities. Sure thing. (Trying to pretend that they're objective enough.) 

Bishop Bastes of Sorsogon cleared that 'everything was incidental' and that having a gift (SUV is more than a gift) from PCSO is just a result of auditing. One of the anomalies that PCSO is committing. (Trying hard to escape eh?)

What the Palace has to say? "Let's stick with the issues." (Valte) Sounds cliche. K.

However, Bishop Bastes commented on the manner of ongoing Senate investigation as it zeroing in the poor bishops who, according to him, do it for the love of their people. (Bravo!)

"There are many corrupt things in PCSO do not involve 'bishops'." (Yes father.) The incident was just a 'little' thing over many things. (As the sophism proceeds.)

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Should we be “thankful" to the bishops because they are doing things the government failed to do?

Tondo Feeding Center and Remote Area in Metro Manila

Overseas, peace is now temporarily attained in South Sudan. Yuba is now the capital of the new-birth nation. Now it's people is living at ease (at least), until the US government will come to realize that there's much greater deposits of oil there. 

Back to Pipland, critics were shocked when they heard that PNoy sold his car, Porshe 911. This ultra-mega fast car is worth 4.5 Million. 

Now that PNoy is no-faster, that could mean he's not rushing with his lovelife anymore?

I couldn't tell either.

President Noy is an anagram of Nerdiest Pony.

War, and Peace, and Car

Warning: Fiction, unless backed up with links.

With the recurring blast of the PCSO anomalies, some netizens stated that this could trigger the battle between the government and the church. Not the war that someone need a shell and certainly not the war that where one needs an ancient warship! 

BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11)

Despite the controversies, Malacanang insisted that they (gossipmongers) should stick with the issue, not with the personalities. Sure thing. (Trying to pretend that they're objective enough.) 

Bishop Bastes of Sorsogon cleared that 'everything was incidental' and that having a gift (SUV is more than a gift) from PCSO is just a result of auditing. One of the anomalies that PCSO is committing. (Trying hard to escape eh?)

What the Palace has to say? "Let's stick with the issues." (Valte) Sounds cliche. K.

However, Bishop Bastes commented on the manner of ongoing Senate investigation as it zeroing in the poor bishops who, according to him, do it for the love of their people. (Bravo!)

"There are many corrupt things in PCSO do not involve 'bishops'." (Yes father.) The incident was just a 'little' thing over many things. (As the sophism proceeds.)

Of Crayons and Colours

I bought myself a 16-colour crayon yesterday. I’m 20 at the moment but numbers just can’t kill the child in me. There’s no point using crayons in my course. I’m in engineering and everyone knows that when drafting our own house plan, it is illegal to have it colored. Figures of houses and its different parts and portions come bland.

Most of the time, when I am still awake during wee hours finishing some portion of the plan, I often ask myself, “If this could have been colored, will the drawing look better?” or “Will the drawing look more vivid?” or may be “Will the drawing be alive?” Until now, I can’t answer it. Still not sure at this moment, I never tried.

Maybe the drawing will look lousy. How would a crayon color the drawing film? Bits and pieces of crayons will not spread thoroughly on film. Maybe it will only crap up the whole plan. Or maybe I still don’t know.

Crayons, colours, and oh papers, we have so much of those in this world. Every country has enough paper, enough crayons to color them, and enough children to let those paper colored.

Sa ngalan ng Ama*

Sa ngalan ni Ama*

Balkunaheng puno ng alala;
Iyon ay dahil sa iyo ama
Ginagambala ng nakaraan;
dumaang panahon na ika’y kapiling pa.

Madalas kang nakaupo
pag-alis at pagdating ko.
Ang sarap sa pakiramdam
na ako’y may madaratnan

sa tahanan. At ako’y magmamano
upang pangrespeto sa iyo.
Pinakamasarap na pakinggan
ang pagsambit mo

ng pangangamusta. Ito ang isa sa pinakakatangian ni ama
na di ko maiwawaglit,
ang pagpapakita niya ng pagmamahal
sa mga simpleng bagay.

Tula't Salamisim

Ito ang produkto ng lektyur sa Pagsulat ng Tula ni Sir Richard Gappi noong 71st Nation Student Press Convention sa Initao, Misamis Oriental noong Mayo 11-15, 2011.

TAYO

Kitty Bantayan

The Warden, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa

Tumabi ka sa akin,

Kinuwentuhan ng panaginip

At nakihagalpak sa hangin.

Tayong dalawa lamang ang karakter.

Ngunit batid ko ang mga matang nagmamatyag.

Mga matang,

…naghihintay kung kailan tayo susuko

… kung kainan tayo mabibigo’t lalakad palayo,

Hindi naman sila sagabal,

Hindi ang barbed wire at mga barikada.

Hindi rin ang pagitan o distansya.

Kundi tayong dalawa

Tayong mga nabubuhay para sa iba.

BASA

Frank David Peñaroya Bayanon

The Vision – University of Southeastern Phil.

Ulos, Ulan, Hangin, Pagsinta

Ulos at Ulan

Ulan - pawiin ang init sa kabuhanginan.

Pakikibaka'y muli mong diligan

Hawiin aming mga alinlangan

Umulos para sa tunay na kalayaan.

*Mayo 26, Pampang, Lungsod Angeles