October 2010
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November 2009
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October 2009
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September 2009
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Before The Storm by Louise Gluck
Rain tomorrow, but tonight the sky is clear, the stars shine. Still, the rain’s coming, maybe enough to drown the seeds. There’s a wind from the sea pushing the clouds; before you see them, you feel the wind. Better look at the fields now, see how they look before they’re flooded. A full moon. Yesterday a sheep escaped into the woods, and not just any sheep—the ram, the whole future. If we see him...
“And for those who understood such things, the stars were sending messages: / You...”
– Louise Gluck, from A Village Life: Poems
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Noynoy Aquino's Presidential Bid Speech
Mga kapatid, mga kababayan:
Apatnapu (40) na araw na ang nakakalipas mula noong namatay ang ating ina. Noong araw na iyon, maraming tanong ang bumabalot sa ating isipan.
Unang una na nga ho doon, nawala ang haligi ng aming pamilya pinuno. Masaabi namin, nawala ang tanglaw sa aming dapat tahakin. Tanong na, paano natin itutuloy ang laban?
Ito ay may kaakibat na rin na tanong: Gusto pa ba ng...
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“Humans after all evolved from being slime into being beasts, and like all...”
– Fanny Howe, from “Buddhists Like School and I Don’t”
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“The soul is eternal and contains knowledge of all things. In the trauma of...”
– Socrates
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“The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like a condemned man who...”
– Simone Weil, from “Human Personality”
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“This is not about us, this is about our people and our country, about our common...”
– Mar Roxas, on backing Noynoy’s presidential bid
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August 2009
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“Without clarity of language, there can be no clarity of thought; and without...”
– George Orwell, Politics and the English Language
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Sa Pagbabalik Ko
Iniisip ko na ang pagbabalik ko sa Pilipinas matapos ang isang buong buhay nang malayo dito. Buhay pa kaya ang mga magulang ko? Ilang kapatid, kaibigang nilisang malapit at hindi, mga iniwang pag-ibig ang buhay? Paano ba nila ako sasalubungin at paano ko sila sasalubungin?
Ngayong malapit na akong umalis, nangako ako sa sarili kong iiwan ko ang ngayon sa ngayon. Iiwan ko ang 25 taong inilagi dito...
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Some Notes
http://www.codexsinaiticus.org World’s oldest bible. A world treasure. Check it out.
The contemporary essay by donald hall. Found in booksale rp.
Dahil dapat itayo ang pananalig sa pag-asa, at dapat makinig sa hindi nakikita (kagaya ng ginawa ng mga nauna) Hindi naman talaga ito pandaraya sa sarili, kundi pagbibigay ng halaga sa sarili.
Ang himala ay may himala pa rin.
About Apophis:...
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“Religion is for those who do not want to go to hell. Spirituality is for those...”
– Johnny Go, SJ
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Our Fear by Zbigniew Herbert
Our fear does not wear a night shirt does not have owl’s eyes does not lift a casket lid does not extinguish a candle does not have a dead man’s face either our fear is a scrap of paper found in a pocket ‘warn Wójcik the place on Dluga Street is hot’ our fear does not rise on the wings of the tempest does not sit on a church tower it is down-to-earth it has the shape of a bundle made in haste with...
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World Poetry
Nakausap ko si Larry Ypil kagabi tungkol sa tula. Medyo nga napagdaanan naming paksa ang world poetry. Ang sabi ko kasi, madalas, nitong mga nakaraang buwan, hindi ko na masyadong nasasakyan ang likha ng mga kontemporaryong makatang Amerikano. Para kasing naka-focus sila masyado sa takbo ng utak ng persona, at kung paano nito mapapasunod, na kung minsan pa nga ay kusang ililigaw,ang mambabasa.
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“Death is roaming here. It seems the children who have died are more than the...”
– Traore, 28, Sogola, Mali
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Thin Line
The line between mob rule and People Power, it turns out, is generally thin.
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Dumaan na tayo sa tatlong people power sa loob ng 20 taon. Mukhang may gusto pang gumawa dahil dapat ng pang-apat. Paano natin masasabing people power nga ang huling dalawa?
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Mapanganib kung gayon ang linya, buti natutulay natin nang tama. Ang problema, hanggang ngayon, hindi pa rin tayo nakakaabot sa kabila.
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“I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all being a part of a...”
– Paula Abdul, on leaving American Idol
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“Our life is a fire dampened, or a fire shut up in stone.”
– Jacob Boehme, De Incarnatione Verbi
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“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
– Winston Churchill
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Ninoy's Letter To Cory
My Dearest Cory,
In a few hours I shall be embarking on an uncertain fate, which may well be the end of a long struggle. I slept well last night for the first time since I left Boston — maybe because I’m just plain tired or I’m really at peace with myself. I want to tell you many things but time is running out and I do not have any machine. After a few more paragraphs, my...
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Ninoy's Letter To Daughter Ballsy
August 18, 1973
Fort Bonifacio
Makati, Rizal
Ms. Maria Elena C. Aquino
25 Times St. Quezon City
My dearest Ballsy,
I write you this letter with tears in my eyes and as if steel fingers are crushing my heart because I wanted so much to be with you as you celebrate your legal emancipation. Now that you have come of age, my love, a voice tells me that I am no longer young and suddenly, I feel...
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I Have Fallen In Love Three Times by Benigno...
I have fallen in love with the same woman three times; In a day spanning 19 years of tearful joys and joyful tears. I loved her first when she was young, enchanting and vibrant, eternally new. She was brilliant, fragrant, and cool as the morning dew. I fell in love with her the second time; when first she bore her child and mine always by my side, the source of my strength, helping to turn the...
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Ilang tala sa pangarap, lumbay, pag-ibig, atbp.
Tahimik na namumuhay ang mga nagwaksi ng pangarap. Kumakain ng almusal, tanghalian at hapunan habang tahimik na inilalahad sa isa’t isa ang ginawa kanina o kahapon sa tinig na walang pagnanais bumalik. Malagim ang parusa sa mag-iisip kung ano ang mayroon sa karatig-pook. Kung minsan, lumalabas ng bahay, naglalakad paikot ng bayan, pa-kung saang malapit din naman sa uuwian. Ang turing nila sa...
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Libing ni Cory
Ngayon lang ako nakakita muli, at mukhang matatagalan pa bago maulit, nang ganito karaming tao na nagbibigay ngayon ng papuri kay dating pangulong Corazon Aquino. Mukhang aabot ng limang oras o higit pa nga ang funeral cortege niya na pinapanood ko ngayon sa ABS-CBN.
Sabi ng anchor na sina Ted Failon at Korina Sanchez, kasama na rin nila bilang bisita si Mitch Valdez, na maihahalintulad nila ang...
Blog Entry: Ilang tala sa pangarap, lumbay,... →
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Tahimik na namumuhay ang mga nagwaksi ng pangarap. Kumakain ng almusal, tanghalian at hapunan habang tahimik na inilalahad sa isa’t isa ang ginawa kanina o kahapon sa tinig na walang pagnanais bumalik. Malagim ang parusa sa mag-iisip kung ano ang mayroon sa karatig-pook. Kung minsan, lumalabas ng bahay, naglalakad paikot ng bayan, pa-kung saang malapit din naman sa uuwian. Ang turing...
July 2009
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“I am not embarrased to tell you that I believe in miracles.”
– Cory Aquino
“I hope that history will judge me as favorably as our people still regard me,...”
– Cory Aquino, 1991
“People used to compare me to the ideal president, but he doesn’t exist and...”
– Cory Aquino (Philippine Star, 2007)
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The End of The First iPod Generation →
The first iPod commercial with tag “A thousand songs in your pocket”. This was around 8 years ago, nobody knew then how this cigarette pack-sized gadget would change the way we live music. With new smartphones coming like iPhone, iPod will die in a year or two, I predict.
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Lady Gaga's Poker Face (Acoustic Version) →
This was recorded live at her AOL Sessions. It was like Nina Simone reincarnated and was forced to feel a contemporary heartache. Genius Gaga.
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{Magandang wakas ng isang kuwento...}
Magandang wakas ng isang kuwento:
Isang taong kausap ang pinaka-nakakakilala sa kaniya. Sa dulo, tinanong niya yung tao, “Ano ba ang sikreto mo? Maaari mo bang sabihin sa akin?”. Tutugon ito ng “Wala.” “Wala? Anong wala? Imposible yun, imposible yun!”.
Umiiyak siya at hindi niya ito mapigil, habang inaalala niya ang lahat ng alaalang mabilis na lumilipas, na...
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Funeral Blues by W.H. Auden
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead. Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves, Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North, my...
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“At the end of this speech, I shall step down from this stage but not from my...”
– Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (SONA, 2009)
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Ang Kreyn
Inaakyat na ng kreyn ang mga bloke ng kongkreto. Mamaya’y hihinto na pagwakas ng madaling-araw. Kay taas, kay tapang na tulay sa kalawakan.
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