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Monday, June 27, 2005
Matud nila ako dili angay
Nga magmanggad sa imong gugma,
Matud nila ikaw dili malipay,
Kay wa akoy bahandi nga kanimo igasa.
Gugmang putli mao day pasalig
Maoy bahanding labaw sa bulawan
Matud nila kaanugon lamang
Sa imong gugma ug parayeg.
Dili maluba kining pagbati
Bisan sa unsa nga katarungan
Kay unsa pay bili ning kinabuhi
Kon sa gugma mo hinikawan
Ingna ko nga dili ka motuo
Sa mga pagtamay kong naangkon
Ingna no nga dili mo kawangon
Damgo ko'g pagsalig sa gugma mo.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
by Paolo Choelo
I found this while surfing the net, and it really makes sense. I wish i could be strong enought to close one cycle too. I've read some of Choelo's books particularly:"The Alchemist". It made me realize some truths about life. This is not an advertisement but i highly recommend it.
One always has to know when a stage comes to an end.
If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through.
Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters - whatever name we give it what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished.
Did you lose your job? Had a loving relationship come to an end?
Did you leave your parents' house? Gone to live abroad? Had a long-lasting friendship end all of a sudden? You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened. You can tell yourself you won't take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that. But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your h usband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill. None of us can be in the present and the past at the same time, not even when we try to understand the things that happen to us.
What has passed will not return: we cannot forever be children, late adolescents, sons that feel guilt or rancor towards our parents,lovers who day and night relive an affair with someone who has gone away and has not the least intention of coming back. Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away.
That is why it is so important (however painful it may be!) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home. Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts - and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place. Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from them. Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood. Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else.
Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the "ideal moment."
Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person - nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need. This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important.
Closing cycles. Not because of pride,incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust.
Don't you think it's just about time to close a cycle now?
Friday, June 17, 2005
Have you ever seen a glowing coconut fruit? Well, you can see it @ Mactan Island in our lovely city of Lapu-Lapu!This week is celebrated with much enthusiasm as we Filipinos innaugurated the 107th celebration of Philippine independence over @ Mactan Shrine. There we can witness Datu Lapu-Lapu in his greatest splendor ever, standing proudly and firmly. He is considered our first hero.
And today, is a special day for Lapu-Lapu City, because during this day on June 17, 1961- was the very day when former Philippine president Carlos P.Garcia renamed Opon (under the Republic Act 3134) into Lapu-Lapu (after our greatest defender of freedom) thus marking our first day as a chartered city. And that was forty four (44) years ago.
Happy Charter Day celebration to all Oponganons!
Snapshots :
More of Lapu-Lapu,the City...
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Word games has become more prominent these days. More and more people are into intellectual but exciting ones. But hey! this is not one of them. In fact, this is not even a game! This word stands for: INDEPENDENCE... actually it is more of a short-cut!
Letters may mean one thing and it may mean lots of it too. But in this case, it was intended to display only the significant consonants which did a perfect job for composing such. Actually, it was my daughter who came up with this idea when she texted the word as title to the pictures she took using her mobile phone on that special freedom night.
And three days ago, i took some snapshots of our very own Shrine in Mactan, where my hero Datu Lapu-Lapu stood boastfully.
As my country just recently celebrated the 107th anniversary of its freedom from foreign invaders, rulers, conquerors, etc and what-have-you, i feel i have my freedom through thoughts like these... and mind you, i am enjoying it!
Sunday, June 12, 2005
As a way of expressing the joy in celebrating our Independence Day today, allow me to share with you this moment of gladness through this post.
Movies for me eludes one's imagination almost immediately and embeds in our minds a fantasy, which stays longer than your entire childhood. I admit Philippine cinema never really captures my heart, unless the storyline runs classics, stories of war, of love and/or of history. But when I came across this film, it made my mind ponder more and thought I was proven wrong.
The film is entitled: TATARIN. Literally it means – chopping into pieces. But in this film it is portrayed with more than one meaning. i.e. The Filipina freedom of sexual expression, social liberation and least we forget- political awareness. It is where the role of a Filipina is challenged in the sense that, women in the past were merely subordinates to their husbands and has little say - if none at all - of the affairs of the household but cook, clean, nurse the children and serve her mate. This is a highly acclaimed play by our very own national artist Nick Joaquin (1918- 2004) and was made into a movie by Tikuy Aguiluz just recently.
In observance of our 107th anniversary celebration of independence from the ruling arms of the Spaniards, this is my way of dedicating my freedom day as a true-blue Filipina in the 21st century.
MABUHAY ANG FILIPINA!
Related post: Filipina
Note: A poem of mine carefully address this post too. (read on)
Sunday, June 05, 2005
About Ms. B
- Ms.B
- Hi! your friendly neighbor Architect who loves ART eternaly... and poetry is my PASSION!
