It's all about how to be cooler than cool. I remember I have to keep sentimental songs and EMO music before but this time we have more dance than ever. I can't predict the tracks and trends to come. The fact is, it is really hard this days to have final say as to what type of music will hit our waves next.
And why make analysis for September?
I just hope there is enough reasons. I feel like too many musicians love to include the name September in their songs. Probably because of the kind of weather we have during September. As we listen to the lyrics of the song by Earth Wind and Fire, I believe September is the cradle of nostalgia. They want to remember how they were dancing in September. Another song by Chris Daughtry which is also entitled as September. There's a lot of songs that carries September in them. last one for example, [hope this is last] Wake Me Up When September Ends by Greenday.
So this September I decided to give some tribute to the songs which made it to the top of the charts here and abroad. Let me begin with Adele. This year is her year. It is the year when Adele is really shining. Like a metamorphosis from her cocoon, Adele brought us songs which are easy to understand yet classy in all senses. We had Rollin in the Deep following her long forgotten Chasing Pavements. This song, garnered thousands of like in youtube and facebook as well as remakes and covers from all aspiring artists and wannabe sensations. There is a cover from Mike Posner, John Legend and would you believe, Linkin Park?
A lot of girls making their ways to top. Next to Adele is the newly transformed music of Demi Lovato. She sounded more mature in her latest videos "Sky Scrapper" and "Who's That Boy" featuring DEV. What mor ecan I say for the AI finalist who made it to Interscope. I'm speaking of her sexiness Pia Toscano who really looks like a Latina beauty queen and her back is awesome too. But remember we are talking about music and her voice is just as sexy as her body. Her single "This Time"; captured the hearts of young lovers all over the world.
Nicki Minaj, with her unique soft kind of rapping, is already the carrier of modern hiphop RNB. She remained undisputed with Super Bass but now kinda replacing it with "Where Dem Gurls At" which is a collaboration with David Guetta. In case we forget, we have Pitbull for this year, making a lot of collaborations. And now, the latest with Timbaland, the sexy video of Pass At Me. Bruno Mars also did a collaboration with Bad Meets Evil and Slim Shady. Another one with Slim and BME is Fast Lane. But seeing that the voice of Bruno Mars is very much suited to that kind of rap, other artists who can't afford the time of Bruno Mars resorted to Adam Lavigne. I feel some kind of competition as to how they do the choruses of the songs. The first one to be released was Move Like Jagger but it was followed by Gym Class Heroes' "Stereo Heart" which featured the captivating voice of Lavigne as replacement to the voice of BRuno that we loved.
Still we are waiting more from Katy Perry and Rihanna who just released her Cheers to That. And Season 3 of Glee already started. I bet a lot of their covers will be in iTunes very soon.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
on why flashing one's rear is next greatest business
I can't believe i am writing about beauty pageants. But the fact is... all the world locked on monitors to watch and tweet about the Miss Universe thing. Admit it, Miss U is the next big thing for September after commemorating the Twin Tower bombing last Sunday. Somehow, it is nice to forget that tragic remembrance and focus on something that is alluring and ethereal.
As we all know, Trish is the girl who's making me alive right now and she is a certified fashionista just as Lauren Uy is one. So that's it, I have to stay abreast with those stuff. Plus, being a director myself I have to know more about staging because Miss U and all other pageants are simply... production [now, we're gradually entering business topic and I hate it. I consider myself a metro-sexual. A straight guy [things we need to clarify for the girls] ,yes straight but very meticulous and and considerate of the feminine mindset. I take a bath two times a day [ok, ok, three times]. I am learning how to cook under my Mom's guidance. But still, its awkward to do write ups about analyzing what happened in the Miss U pageant.
So I decided to talk about their voluptuousity. Gosh! I still can't. i always feel that writing about women's body will endanger my future. But honestly, people love to talk about it. And who knows, maybe people also love to read about it and blog about it. Too much has been said and written about the process of elimination and choosing a crowned beauty queen so let's not deal with that.
As of now, I want to talk about something that arrested the attention of almost 200 million people around the globe who are keeping their eyes close to every details of the pageant. And so, the swimwear portion happened. We all know about this. It is the time when all the top 16 contestant will ramp on stage like models wearing their ,of course, swimwear. First one to walk before us is Miss France. And just a minute after her ramp, a lot of men twitted about her body particularly those two cheeks behind her which is described in twitter as ...huge.
Needless to say, the world loves to look at it. Today's people is conscious of how their back looks like especially when one will appear in camera. Some directors are very delicate when shooting an artist if that actress doesn't have a good body, they fake the shot. You know what I mean. Girls want their lower back to appear extremely lovely and large.
This scenario brought me back to April's royal wedding. When the world forgot about the prince and the new princess at Piffa Middleton, the sister of Princess Catherine showed how voluptuous her body is. She wore a fit white long gown which enabled us too stare at that huge rounds of flesh that she use when she sits and shit.
Why all this fascination about rear skin?
The answer to that would need a lot of research, culturally wise and psychologically wise. For most of Arab Mediterranean and Cypriot countries their culture includes hitting women from behind. Men in there love to enter the forbidden door. And most of the westerners use the name of that hole to mean for something annoying and worthy of hate. Like when they see a person that is stupid, they call him an A**h*** or simply an A**. It is like saying that twice in every minute.
So, just right after the wedding. Piffa received a lot [as in a lot] of offers. One of the most reported breakouts was that Vivid Entertainment founder/co-chairman Steven Hirsch sent a letter to the younger sister of Kate Middleton, offering her $5 million for "just one explicit scene". Actually, they wanted her to do an adult film simply because her back became an obsession. And following the expose of her dancing photos.
Now, how much are we willing to pay to see our favorite artists wearing thongs or probably stripping all off? This question is just so timely now that showing one's behind in our local movies is becoming ubiquitous. Last time we check, it was the movie "My Neighbors Wife" which had Jake Cuenca baring it all except for the front. Then showing next week is "No Other Woman" which according to rumors will feature the cheeks of Derek Ramsy. At the recently concluded Cosmo Bachelor's Bash, Enrique Gil, the most promising star of this generation already showed his mountainous white treasure by removing portions of his undy. Needless to say, the world is becoming permissive with this kind of act or shall we call performances. Is this a part of new explicit culture? What culture could it be? Are we venerating talent or invading somebody else's private parts?
Just lately, the photos of Scarlett Johansson, a star of beauty and class, leaked in the internet and I guess we were lucky to see that. She is now coordinating with the FBI to spearhead the hunt for the hacker who they thought leaked the photos. The first question is why is she keeping images of herself with her rear skin hanging out without the towel? Why is she keeping photos of herself undressed?
These and other things while the entire populace is waiting for Ashton Kutcher's nude episode in One and A Half Men. How much is a celebrity's behind worth? And how long will this mass voyeurism continue if not stopped by a firm etiquette? Questions that lead us to how much respect are we still giving to each of us; to our body. And while we are feasting over their two moons, how much time are we spending to neglect their talents?
As we all know, Trish is the girl who's making me alive right now and she is a certified fashionista just as Lauren Uy is one. So that's it, I have to stay abreast with those stuff. Plus, being a director myself I have to know more about staging because Miss U and all other pageants are simply... production [now, we're gradually entering business topic and I hate it. I consider myself a metro-sexual. A straight guy [things we need to clarify for the girls] ,yes straight but very meticulous and and considerate of the feminine mindset. I take a bath two times a day [ok, ok, three times]. I am learning how to cook under my Mom's guidance. But still, its awkward to do write ups about analyzing what happened in the Miss U pageant.
So I decided to talk about their voluptuousity. Gosh! I still can't. i always feel that writing about women's body will endanger my future. But honestly, people love to talk about it. And who knows, maybe people also love to read about it and blog about it. Too much has been said and written about the process of elimination and choosing a crowned beauty queen so let's not deal with that.
As of now, I want to talk about something that arrested the attention of almost 200 million people around the globe who are keeping their eyes close to every details of the pageant. And so, the swimwear portion happened. We all know about this. It is the time when all the top 16 contestant will ramp on stage like models wearing their ,of course, swimwear. First one to walk before us is Miss France. And just a minute after her ramp, a lot of men twitted about her body particularly those two cheeks behind her which is described in twitter as ...huge.
Needless to say, the world loves to look at it. Today's people is conscious of how their back looks like especially when one will appear in camera. Some directors are very delicate when shooting an artist if that actress doesn't have a good body, they fake the shot. You know what I mean. Girls want their lower back to appear extremely lovely and large.
This scenario brought me back to April's royal wedding. When the world forgot about the prince and the new princess at Piffa Middleton, the sister of Princess Catherine showed how voluptuous her body is. She wore a fit white long gown which enabled us too stare at that huge rounds of flesh that she use when she sits and shit.
Why all this fascination about rear skin?
The answer to that would need a lot of research, culturally wise and psychologically wise. For most of Arab Mediterranean and Cypriot countries their culture includes hitting women from behind. Men in there love to enter the forbidden door. And most of the westerners use the name of that hole to mean for something annoying and worthy of hate. Like when they see a person that is stupid, they call him an A**h*** or simply an A**. It is like saying that twice in every minute.
So, just right after the wedding. Piffa received a lot [as in a lot] of offers. One of the most reported breakouts was that Vivid Entertainment founder/co-chairman Steven Hirsch sent a letter to the younger sister of Kate Middleton, offering her $5 million for "just one explicit scene". Actually, they wanted her to do an adult film simply because her back became an obsession. And following the expose of her dancing photos.
Now, how much are we willing to pay to see our favorite artists wearing thongs or probably stripping all off? This question is just so timely now that showing one's behind in our local movies is becoming ubiquitous. Last time we check, it was the movie "My Neighbors Wife" which had Jake Cuenca baring it all except for the front. Then showing next week is "No Other Woman" which according to rumors will feature the cheeks of Derek Ramsy. At the recently concluded Cosmo Bachelor's Bash, Enrique Gil, the most promising star of this generation already showed his mountainous white treasure by removing portions of his undy. Needless to say, the world is becoming permissive with this kind of act or shall we call performances. Is this a part of new explicit culture? What culture could it be? Are we venerating talent or invading somebody else's private parts?
Just lately, the photos of Scarlett Johansson, a star of beauty and class, leaked in the internet and I guess we were lucky to see that. She is now coordinating with the FBI to spearhead the hunt for the hacker who they thought leaked the photos. The first question is why is she keeping images of herself with her rear skin hanging out without the towel? Why is she keeping photos of herself undressed?
These and other things while the entire populace is waiting for Ashton Kutcher's nude episode in One and A Half Men. How much is a celebrity's behind worth? And how long will this mass voyeurism continue if not stopped by a firm etiquette? Questions that lead us to how much respect are we still giving to each of us; to our body. And while we are feasting over their two moons, how much time are we spending to neglect their talents?
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
of nights without sleep and falter
Akala ko noong una lahat ng call center nasa isang maganda at magarang building na gaya ng Discovery Building sa likod ng St Francis Square. Hindi pala ganun lahat. Hindi ko naman talaga alam ang buhay ng isang call center agent until tonight. Hindi naman kasi natuloy ang pagpasok ko noong 2008 sa Telus for the reason na nagaaral pa ako ng college noon at full time agent ang kailangan nila.
Last Monday, I had the time. Gusto kasi ng center nila Roy na magkaroon ng isang writer para sa website nila and for other direct transactions na kakailanganin ng writer para sa company profiles. Gusto niya akong ipakilala sa amo niya. Baka sakali raw na magustuhan ko rin yung working environment nila at ako mismo ang mag apply. Kaya lang.... tamad na nga ako magsulat [promise]. Yang lagay na ito ng blog ko ha, tinatamad pa akong magsulat nito. Ano pa kaya kung sipagin ako. Well, sakaling sipagin man ako. I have no time na talaga to write for other people. I love writing when it is for my own research that I have to pour out the words from my lumang baul like supercalifragilistic ababababa..... brouhaha... /// .Pero yung sabihin mong susulat ako ng ganito-ganyan at babayaran ako, neknek mo. Hindi sa nangaasar ako pero. Let's face it! Tamad akong sumulat. I love writing [2nd na to ha] when I write for other people and I have no intention of leaking it out. Kaya magingat tayo sa WikiLeaks. Isipin mo kapag sumulat ako kay Santi or kay Trisha or kay Kenneth and its not meant to be shared to the whole wide world pwede siyang kumalat dahil sa WikiLeaks na yan! Hay Julian Assange, what have you done! ?
Gabi kami pumunta ni Roy sa San Pablo para sa misyon niya. Hindi ko maintindihana ang sarili ko noong mg aoras na yun. I have no security. At anytime, I can feel like i will be cornered or caught offguard. I don't know pero hindi ako excited. Well, let's talk about passion some other time. I believe that when your not completely happy for something, you can't go for it.
Somehow masaya naman yung environment. Magaan. Very light and warm ang mga tao sa working place na pinagugulo lang talaga ng mga naglalaro kasi at the same time nga ay computer shop din siya. Happy ako na nakilala ko sila. Gusto ko yung mga personalities. In just a while, I get to know other people with different interests. Different talaga from mine. May isa lang silang katrabahong babae bukod sa boss na hindi ko nakuha yung name. may dalawang bakla, hindi ako ganun ka sigurado dun sa isa. Hindi kasi ako marunong kumilala kung sino ang bakla eh. Basta alam ko I respect them in so far as they are not harm. Friend ko si Joel Quenral and I believe he is a good person. Kaya ganun na lang din ang respect ko sa mga tulad niya. Provided they are no harm, for me they are great. Nakilala ko rin ang cool na cool na si Mark at ang naging pinaka close sa akin ...si Andre. Mabilis lang siguro talaga akong gumawa ng friendship. Para patunayan ang claim na yan, kailangan natin si Ralph at si Ate Riva. We just established friendship via net and look, once na ipanganak na ang Santi ng buhay ko, ninong talaga si Ralph. Si Andre parang gusto ko ring maging ninong ng anak ko in the future. Hope that friendship can be maintained.
2am na ako nakauwi sa bahay. Imagine? Sa visit pa lang hirap na ako na mapuyat ano pa kaya kung isa ako sa kanila. Baligtad na mundo. Nakataob na araw, Alanganing Paggising. Yan ang buhay ng isang call center agent. Ang sarap lang pakinggan na may accent sila "Do ya hav ya pc right next ta ya?" pero hindi maikakaila na iba ang buhay na nila sa ordinaryo. Na totoong mahirap ang buhay at marami ang nagtitiis na ganito dahil sa pagnanais na makaipon. Pero sino ang naghahangad na magtagal sa ganito? Ngayon pa na mas maraming tao ang nagtatanong ng "ano ang misyon ko" at kung sino sila. Lahat ng tao ay may pagnanais na magkaroon ng phenomenal living presence. Pero lahat maaaring isaisantabi sa tawag ng pangangailangan sa barya dahil sa masidhing kalam ng sikmura at pandidilat ng mata. Tell me, these are all a dream. That these too shall vanish away. Pero hindi! It's always been a reality and will always be. Ang pangangailangan ng tao na maaaring sa unang tingin, mahigitan ang mas matatayog na layunin ng buhay. Being a would-be-sage, I can't help but wait for that tday na pwede kong ipamulat that there are far greater things more important than just living. And it can't be found in a call center domain.
Last Monday, I had the time. Gusto kasi ng center nila Roy na magkaroon ng isang writer para sa website nila and for other direct transactions na kakailanganin ng writer para sa company profiles. Gusto niya akong ipakilala sa amo niya. Baka sakali raw na magustuhan ko rin yung working environment nila at ako mismo ang mag apply. Kaya lang.... tamad na nga ako magsulat [promise]. Yang lagay na ito ng blog ko ha, tinatamad pa akong magsulat nito. Ano pa kaya kung sipagin ako. Well, sakaling sipagin man ako. I have no time na talaga to write for other people. I love writing when it is for my own research that I have to pour out the words from my lumang baul like supercalifragilistic ababababa..... brouhaha... /// .Pero yung sabihin mong susulat ako ng ganito-ganyan at babayaran ako, neknek mo. Hindi sa nangaasar ako pero. Let's face it! Tamad akong sumulat. I love writing [2nd na to ha] when I write for other people and I have no intention of leaking it out. Kaya magingat tayo sa WikiLeaks. Isipin mo kapag sumulat ako kay Santi or kay Trisha or kay Kenneth and its not meant to be shared to the whole wide world pwede siyang kumalat dahil sa WikiLeaks na yan! Hay Julian Assange, what have you done! ?
Gabi kami pumunta ni Roy sa San Pablo para sa misyon niya. Hindi ko maintindihana ang sarili ko noong mg aoras na yun. I have no security. At anytime, I can feel like i will be cornered or caught offguard. I don't know pero hindi ako excited. Well, let's talk about passion some other time. I believe that when your not completely happy for something, you can't go for it.
Somehow masaya naman yung environment. Magaan. Very light and warm ang mga tao sa working place na pinagugulo lang talaga ng mga naglalaro kasi at the same time nga ay computer shop din siya. Happy ako na nakilala ko sila. Gusto ko yung mga personalities. In just a while, I get to know other people with different interests. Different talaga from mine. May isa lang silang katrabahong babae bukod sa boss na hindi ko nakuha yung name. may dalawang bakla, hindi ako ganun ka sigurado dun sa isa. Hindi kasi ako marunong kumilala kung sino ang bakla eh. Basta alam ko I respect them in so far as they are not harm. Friend ko si Joel Quenral and I believe he is a good person. Kaya ganun na lang din ang respect ko sa mga tulad niya. Provided they are no harm, for me they are great. Nakilala ko rin ang cool na cool na si Mark at ang naging pinaka close sa akin ...si Andre. Mabilis lang siguro talaga akong gumawa ng friendship. Para patunayan ang claim na yan, kailangan natin si Ralph at si Ate Riva. We just established friendship via net and look, once na ipanganak na ang Santi ng buhay ko, ninong talaga si Ralph. Si Andre parang gusto ko ring maging ninong ng anak ko in the future. Hope that friendship can be maintained.
2am na ako nakauwi sa bahay. Imagine? Sa visit pa lang hirap na ako na mapuyat ano pa kaya kung isa ako sa kanila. Baligtad na mundo. Nakataob na araw, Alanganing Paggising. Yan ang buhay ng isang call center agent. Ang sarap lang pakinggan na may accent sila "Do ya hav ya pc right next ta ya?" pero hindi maikakaila na iba ang buhay na nila sa ordinaryo. Na totoong mahirap ang buhay at marami ang nagtitiis na ganito dahil sa pagnanais na makaipon. Pero sino ang naghahangad na magtagal sa ganito? Ngayon pa na mas maraming tao ang nagtatanong ng "ano ang misyon ko" at kung sino sila. Lahat ng tao ay may pagnanais na magkaroon ng phenomenal living presence. Pero lahat maaaring isaisantabi sa tawag ng pangangailangan sa barya dahil sa masidhing kalam ng sikmura at pandidilat ng mata. Tell me, these are all a dream. That these too shall vanish away. Pero hindi! It's always been a reality and will always be. Ang pangangailangan ng tao na maaaring sa unang tingin, mahigitan ang mas matatayog na layunin ng buhay. Being a would-be-sage, I can't help but wait for that tday na pwede kong ipamulat that there are far greater things more important than just living. And it can't be found in a call center domain.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
late preparations and sunset miracle
Ang Modnik ang pinakahinihintay na finale sa buong celebration ng Buwan ng Wika noong haiskul kami. Ito ay ang pinagsamang sayaw na etniko at sayaw na moderno. Gamit ang mga tugtuging etniko at kasuotang niluma na ng makabagong sibilisasyon, sasayaw ang mga fourth year students gamit ang makabagong dance steps. Sa ganitong paraan napakikita na ang kulturang Filipino ay buhay at marunong makitiyempo sa daloy ng panahon.
Noong first year pa lang kami, ang laki ng doubt namin kung magagawa namin ito. Para kasing noon ay sabayang bigkas lamang ang kaya namin. Sa second years naman napatapat ang timpalak para mga awiting-nayon gaya ng Paruparong Bukid et al. Sa mga third year naman ay ang .... ang??? hindi ko na matandaan. Haha! Parang duladulaan yata gamit ang wikang Filipino. Hindi ako sure.
Sa ilalim naman ng patnubay ni Ma'am Meng Veridiano, isinasagawa nga ang Modnik sa pinakaaraw ng awarding ng lahat ng nanalo sa lahat ng level at pati na rin ang pagwawakas ng celebration. At nagkaroon nga ng contest noong fourth year kami. Ngayon, hindi natin alam kung meron pa rin nito. Sana meron pa.
Ang gamit na saliw ay iisa lamang para sa lahat ng maglalaban; OLPH, MIDES, SD, SIL, at SM. Kay Joey Ayala yung tunog, ngayon, bahala ang mga participants kung ano ang dance steps kasi dun magkakatalo.
SD ako noon, ako ang namahala sa music ng lahat ng contestants kaya dapat neutral ako Hindi kami nanalo pero second place kami. OLPH ang nanalo kasi pilot section sila, naandun ang magagaling. Pero sa natatandaan ko, dahil sabado yun at wala na kaming pasok sa hapon, eh nagselebreyt pa rin kami. Sa Gregoria, magkakasama kami at masaya kami na mga SD. Sila Bryan, si KC, si Dianne, si PJ, at marami pang iba. Parang nalasing yata ako noon at si Bryan hindi maka get over kasi bumuga siya ng apoy so lasang gas lahat ng kainin niya pati na ang Emperador Brandy.
At siyempre paguwi ko noong gabi ay natulog na ako. That ended a beautiful day of August 30 2003.
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Samantalang noong August 30 2009, araw naman ng Linggo, nagkaroon ako ng chance na makita si Faye bandang 5-6pm. Lagi naman di ba? It's always at sunset na nakikita ko siya. para siyang Empress of Dusk. Antagal kong hidni siya nakita kaya naman sobrang masaya ako noon na makita siya. College pa siya noon. Puno pa ako ng pag asa noon. Akala kasi namin yun na eh. Ngayon graduate na siya at nakapasa naman siya sa licensure exam ng nursing. Isa na siyang ganap na nurse. Mabuhay siya! Sana hind siya umalis ng Pilipinas para dito niya gamitin ang expertise niya.
I will always look at this day in a positive way, I hope you do also.
Good night!!!!!! =)
Noong first year pa lang kami, ang laki ng doubt namin kung magagawa namin ito. Para kasing noon ay sabayang bigkas lamang ang kaya namin. Sa second years naman napatapat ang timpalak para mga awiting-nayon gaya ng Paruparong Bukid et al. Sa mga third year naman ay ang .... ang??? hindi ko na matandaan. Haha! Parang duladulaan yata gamit ang wikang Filipino. Hindi ako sure.
Sa ilalim naman ng patnubay ni Ma'am Meng Veridiano, isinasagawa nga ang Modnik sa pinakaaraw ng awarding ng lahat ng nanalo sa lahat ng level at pati na rin ang pagwawakas ng celebration. At nagkaroon nga ng contest noong fourth year kami. Ngayon, hindi natin alam kung meron pa rin nito. Sana meron pa.
Ang gamit na saliw ay iisa lamang para sa lahat ng maglalaban; OLPH, MIDES, SD, SIL, at SM. Kay Joey Ayala yung tunog, ngayon, bahala ang mga participants kung ano ang dance steps kasi dun magkakatalo.
SD ako noon, ako ang namahala sa music ng lahat ng contestants kaya dapat neutral ako Hindi kami nanalo pero second place kami. OLPH ang nanalo kasi pilot section sila, naandun ang magagaling. Pero sa natatandaan ko, dahil sabado yun at wala na kaming pasok sa hapon, eh nagselebreyt pa rin kami. Sa Gregoria, magkakasama kami at masaya kami na mga SD. Sila Bryan, si KC, si Dianne, si PJ, at marami pang iba. Parang nalasing yata ako noon at si Bryan hindi maka get over kasi bumuga siya ng apoy so lasang gas lahat ng kainin niya pati na ang Emperador Brandy.
At siyempre paguwi ko noong gabi ay natulog na ako. That ended a beautiful day of August 30 2003.
________________________________________
Samantalang noong August 30 2009, araw naman ng Linggo, nagkaroon ako ng chance na makita si Faye bandang 5-6pm. Lagi naman di ba? It's always at sunset na nakikita ko siya. para siyang Empress of Dusk. Antagal kong hidni siya nakita kaya naman sobrang masaya ako noon na makita siya. College pa siya noon. Puno pa ako ng pag asa noon. Akala kasi namin yun na eh. Ngayon graduate na siya at nakapasa naman siya sa licensure exam ng nursing. Isa na siyang ganap na nurse. Mabuhay siya! Sana hind siya umalis ng Pilipinas para dito niya gamitin ang expertise niya.
I will always look at this day in a positive way, I hope you do also.
Good night!!!!!! =)
Monday, August 29, 2011
so i want all to be in my language
If only we can tagalize all foreign movies, animations and tv series lalo na yung mga non English languages, I guess I'll be very happy. I do not know why. One time, nagkuwentuhan kami ni Myqeen and nasambit ko, sana may tagalog versions ang mga libro ni Paulo Coelho, sabi naman niya; bakit pa eh marunong naman daw akong mag English. Tama naman siya, marunong akong bumasa, magsulat at umunawa ng English pero iba pa rin ang dating kapag sa Filipino ko binasa ang isang lathalain. Siguro dahil trained talaga ako to write in Filipino at mas nauunawa ko yung dala-dala ng nagsusulat kung nasa sarili kong wika ang binabasa ko or yung pinapanuod ko, just to generalize. Oo aaminin ko, una sa mga listahan ng mga TV series at movies na gusto kong makakuha ng tagalog versions na DVD ay ang mga Korean series na sumikat sa Pilipinas including the Japanese animated series and isa na dun ang Naruto Shippuden. Sana magkaroon ako ng copy nito na tagalized.
Bilang bahagi siguro ng pakikiisa sa Buwang ng Wika, nagkaroon ng series of Tagalized movie sa Kapamilya Blockbusters na nabago ang timeslot, siguro para marami ang manuod. Ang una sa mga pinalabas nila kanina ay...ano pa nga ba... the greatest love story of this generation after Romeo and Juliet= Twilight. Gusto ko talagang mapanuod ito sa wikang Filipino para lang lalo kong maintindihan si Stephanie Mayer. Kaya naman kahit piyesta ng Liliw, yes fiesta nga ng Liliw August 29, pinilit kong makauwi na maaga bago mag 3pm dahil nga panonoorin ko ito. Anyway, wala naman sila Bryan kaya I don't think matatagalan ako sa Liliw. Plus, hindi mo kakayanin ang init ng tanghali sa isang nagsisiksikang bayan na puno ng tao. Kasi nga, noong nakaraang birthday ni Dianne, August 27, ang lakas ng ulan. Malamig noon pati kahapon na birthday naman ni Mary Rose, August 28, medyo umulan noong gabi kaya malamig pa rin ang panahon. Kanina, nawili sa pagsikat ang araw, baka kasi dahil two days na absent.
Pumunta lang naman ako kila Ron at nakikumusta. Tapos umuwi na nga ako at ang init sa bahay. Natulog muna ako. Before 4pm nagising ako at pinanuod ko nga ang Twilight in Filipino. Napatanto ko na ang dami rin pala talagang corny na lines sa pelikula at yung mga hindi ko maunawaang conversations nila Bella at Edward ay ganun pa rin hidni pa rin rational sa palagay ko. Pero lalo ko namang naapreciate kung gaano ka complicated yung situation ng pagmamahalan nila, pati na yung pakikipagkaibigan niya kay Alice na gustong-gusto yung dugo niya.
One day kaya, ita-translate din ng mga foreigners ang mga sinulat ko para lalo nilang maintindihan?
Bilang bahagi siguro ng pakikiisa sa Buwang ng Wika, nagkaroon ng series of Tagalized movie sa Kapamilya Blockbusters na nabago ang timeslot, siguro para marami ang manuod. Ang una sa mga pinalabas nila kanina ay...ano pa nga ba... the greatest love story of this generation after Romeo and Juliet= Twilight. Gusto ko talagang mapanuod ito sa wikang Filipino para lang lalo kong maintindihan si Stephanie Mayer. Kaya naman kahit piyesta ng Liliw, yes fiesta nga ng Liliw August 29, pinilit kong makauwi na maaga bago mag 3pm dahil nga panonoorin ko ito. Anyway, wala naman sila Bryan kaya I don't think matatagalan ako sa Liliw. Plus, hindi mo kakayanin ang init ng tanghali sa isang nagsisiksikang bayan na puno ng tao. Kasi nga, noong nakaraang birthday ni Dianne, August 27, ang lakas ng ulan. Malamig noon pati kahapon na birthday naman ni Mary Rose, August 28, medyo umulan noong gabi kaya malamig pa rin ang panahon. Kanina, nawili sa pagsikat ang araw, baka kasi dahil two days na absent.
Pumunta lang naman ako kila Ron at nakikumusta. Tapos umuwi na nga ako at ang init sa bahay. Natulog muna ako. Before 4pm nagising ako at pinanuod ko nga ang Twilight in Filipino. Napatanto ko na ang dami rin pala talagang corny na lines sa pelikula at yung mga hindi ko maunawaang conversations nila Bella at Edward ay ganun pa rin hidni pa rin rational sa palagay ko. Pero lalo ko namang naapreciate kung gaano ka complicated yung situation ng pagmamahalan nila, pati na yung pakikipagkaibigan niya kay Alice na gustong-gusto yung dugo niya.
One day kaya, ita-translate din ng mga foreigners ang mga sinulat ko para lalo nilang maintindihan?
Sunday, August 21, 2011
thoghts about languages and yesterday
Just yesterday nagumpisa ang mga pinakamagagandang oras sa August 2011. Nakausap ko sa phone ang mga kaibigan ko after a long time na hindi ako unli. Nagkausap kami ni Jophet noong hapon. Nakumusta ko ang lagay niya ngayon sa Panay. Si JS naman, she's with her brother sa dorm niya. Katatapos lang ng class niya noong magkausap kami. Kinumusta ko kung nag lunch na siya. Saturdays kasi nagiiskip yan ng lunch minsan. Manonood pala siya ng Noli Me Tangere sa CCP. Si Mark, noong una ring lang ng ring ang phone pero noong gabi siya na ang tumawag at nakapagupdate naman kami sa isa't isa.
Kanina ang saya ng Sunday. It was colorfully sunny pero umulan rin noong bandang hapon but that time nasa bahay na ako. Marami na ang tao para sa fiesta. Anticipated ang pagbisita ng iba kasi they can't do it on a Wednesday na regular working day. Si je paalis na kung kelan naman magpipiyesta. But I guess that is ok kasi trabaho naman ang pupuntahan niya sa Manila. Hindi ko siya pwede pigilan. Sad lang kasi madami nanaman siya mami miss. Thought that's all? Hindi pa pala. It is the day when I learned na nakapasa si Lara Faye sa Nursing Licensure Examination 2011 at of course magiging isang ganap na siyang nurse niyan.
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
Just two days from now at muli nanamang gugunitain ang isnag malagim na bahagi ng kasaysayang ng Pilipinas. Actually ngayon inaalala ng mga Pinoy ang kabayanihan ng isang ulirang Pilipino--- si Ninoy. Pero sa Tuesday ang first anniversary ng Quirino Hostage Crisis na nauwi sa isnag madugong massacre.
Sa buwang ito rin pinagdiriwang ang Pambansang Buwan ng Wika. Ano nga ba ang nangyayari sa language ng Pinoy? Haha. I guess that needs another post. Hindi makakapsulize ng mga thoughts ko ngayon ang full overview ng Filipino language. Like, why is it still called Tagalog by several Filipino people? THe national language is Filipino hindi tagalog. Kapag tagalog, purista tayo. Pero ang wikang Filipino ay tumatanggap ng hirap na salita at kataga mula sa dayuhan. Handa itong magbago at umunlad ayon sa panahon at paraan ng paggamit.
Bakit walang Matematikang aralin sa Filipino o Pisika? Dapat meron. Dapat nakakapagdiskurso ang marurunong sa pamamgitan ng sariling wika at hindi lamang sa Ingles. AnywaY, hanggang doon lang muna. Ok, there are twi weeks more for August and I am keeping my fingers crossed sa lahat ng magaganap na maganda.
Kanina ang saya ng Sunday. It was colorfully sunny pero umulan rin noong bandang hapon but that time nasa bahay na ako. Marami na ang tao para sa fiesta. Anticipated ang pagbisita ng iba kasi they can't do it on a Wednesday na regular working day. Si je paalis na kung kelan naman magpipiyesta. But I guess that is ok kasi trabaho naman ang pupuntahan niya sa Manila. Hindi ko siya pwede pigilan. Sad lang kasi madami nanaman siya mami miss. Thought that's all? Hindi pa pala. It is the day when I learned na nakapasa si Lara Faye sa Nursing Licensure Examination 2011 at of course magiging isang ganap na siyang nurse niyan.
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
Just two days from now at muli nanamang gugunitain ang isnag malagim na bahagi ng kasaysayang ng Pilipinas. Actually ngayon inaalala ng mga Pinoy ang kabayanihan ng isang ulirang Pilipino--- si Ninoy. Pero sa Tuesday ang first anniversary ng Quirino Hostage Crisis na nauwi sa isnag madugong massacre.
Sa buwang ito rin pinagdiriwang ang Pambansang Buwan ng Wika. Ano nga ba ang nangyayari sa language ng Pinoy? Haha. I guess that needs another post. Hindi makakapsulize ng mga thoughts ko ngayon ang full overview ng Filipino language. Like, why is it still called Tagalog by several Filipino people? THe national language is Filipino hindi tagalog. Kapag tagalog, purista tayo. Pero ang wikang Filipino ay tumatanggap ng hirap na salita at kataga mula sa dayuhan. Handa itong magbago at umunlad ayon sa panahon at paraan ng paggamit.
Bakit walang Matematikang aralin sa Filipino o Pisika? Dapat meron. Dapat nakakapagdiskurso ang marurunong sa pamamgitan ng sariling wika at hindi lamang sa Ingles. AnywaY, hanggang doon lang muna. Ok, there are twi weeks more for August and I am keeping my fingers crossed sa lahat ng magaganap na maganda.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
faith works
When I was young, the concept of Faith seems to be very simple and precise. As I [and perhaps all of us] grew in age and knowledge, faith is becoming more and more obscure, shrouded, and complex. Before, I can define faith as the complete trust to someone you love; being true to one's emotion and unwilling to betray. Now that I come to know faith in relation with God, I can describe it in simplistic terms no more. The liturgical readings for today leads us to a point where a very simple expression of faith was lauded by Jesus himself. A very beautiful repertoire of readings that I cannot resist myself from writing. Now, it is this beautiful message of the readings that urged me to write reflections again, here in my blog.
In God, No Segregation, Only Creator-Creature
Why is the world so divided? This question pops into your mind and mine all the time. Everything and everyone is branded. Human mind is fragmented. Why? peoples are differentiated by their stratification. Only in this way can human mind operate. And this is the problematique of today's liturgical readings.
The Israelite thinking is so fragmented that they thought only their race is precious in God's eyes. Isiah is trying to revolutionize this mentality. the first reading [Isiah 56; 1-7] introduces us to the great understanding of God's largeness. His love is large. His acceptance is large. Larger than what Israelites ever thought of. This they need to change. Change their way of thinking that God's love is exclusively for a few. God loves the lovable and yes God loves even the unlovable. God loves the foreign believers and promised abundance to them if only they can remain faithful. God's house is open to all.
Another passage from the Old Testament reinforces the insight of Isiah as we recite the responsorial psalm for this Sunday. the psalmist sang of the immeasurable kind of majesty that God possesses. All people, not only the Israelites should praise God. God should be known to all nations and love must reign to the farthest bounds of the earth [Ps 85;9-14]. The psalmist understood the infinite greatness of God which is not only for the Israelites but to all nations.
From the Old Testament, the liturgy ushers us to a developing thought of the New Testament. Saint Paul, in the second reading taken from his letter to the Romans [Rm 11;13-16, 30-32], gave us a theological insight on what is God's purpose for loving even the gentiles. he explained that God can sometimes use the great faith of other nations to open the eyes of His own people. It is when they recognize the overflowing grace of God dispensed to gentile nations, who are responding to God in faith, that they will go back to their senses and examine their faithlessness.
A concrete example of that Paulines theology can be found in today's Gospel Reading. God is really the God of literature. His mysterious wisdom mellifluously written in the Bible; now presented coherently in the successive readings we listened to in the Mass. From discovering that God never marginalized anyone in the old Testament, to a God who empathize with the gentile nations to teach His chosen people for their refusal of Christian teachings, and now to a concrete example that dramatizes Paul's ideal doctrine.
It is indeed the coming of Jesus on earth that vivifies all godly messages. Without the Gospel, all Christian teachings are incomplete. It is the life of Jesus and His encounter with different people during his ministry that provides pragmatic translation of all contents of the scripture. And it is my prayer that more and more Christians specially Catholics may fall in love with the Gospel.
In the Gospel [Mt. 15;21-28], Jesus passed by the region of Tyre and Sydon where a Canaanite woman persistently cried out for his help. The daughter of this Canaanite woman is suffering from possession. Jesus, pretending he doesn't hear, was requested by the apostles to send the woman away. This did not weaken the woman's faith. Jesus told her that He was sent only for the lost sheep of Israel and that it is not good to throw the children's food to the dogs. The persistent woman, showing her huge maternal love, swallowed the words of sarcasm and replied "But even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the master's table" What does that statement imply in our encounter with God? In our spiritual education? Did we even bother once to ask ourselves why did Jesus lauded the woman after saying this? And Jesus, admiring the woman for her rather great faith, granted her request and healed the daughter.
It is because the woman exposed the lack of faith in the part of the disciples. this incidence is an opportunity for Jesus to teach the disciples of how the majesty of God surpasses their shallow and exclusive understanding. Jesus knew that the disciples are still dwelling on the old mentality that God is only for the Israelites. He knew that at that very moment, a woman [nay gentile] will come and fight for her belief that even the dogs [gentile dogs] can eat the food under the children's [Jews] table. the woman fought for her belief that this God, although for the Jews, has immeasurable graces and blessings and capable of giving away even to the gentiles. An abundant God who can provide the needs of all believers regardless of class and nationality. This kind of faith is rare. Her faith is extraordinary. A faith that is miles away different from the simplistic mentality of the disciples.
This radical moment in the ministry of the Lord Jesus confirms the second reading of today. God can make use of the great faith of the gentiles to open the eyes of His chosen people; to make them realize their insufficiency in faith. The disciples, in telling Jesus to send the woman away only showed their poor understanding of Christ's mission. They sticked to the old belief that the Messiah is only for the Jews. This is the attitude of the disciples. They hated responsibilities. Remember how they behaves when Jesus administered to the people two Sundays ago? They told Jesus to send the people away because it's going late and they have no food to feed them. Jesus told them that they are the ones to give food themselves. The Gospel last Sunday, focused again in the apostles' imperfect faith. They were so terrified by the winds and the waves that they did not even recognize Jesus walking towards them. Jesus exclaimed "Oh you of little faith why did you doubt" as Peter sank into the water.
Now, it is another time for Jesus to strengthen the faith and understanding of the apostles. The apostles need to learn that God is for all. The mission of Jesus extends even to the gentiles. This mission is entrusted later on to Saint Paul. From today's readings we learn that Saint Paul's apostleship is Christ elected. God's kingdom is open to all. God is larger that the preconceived god of the old Jewish people. God is not exclusively for Israel, though he has chosen a race and set them apart from the others. God's love is not fragmented. God is not divided. God never marginalizes.
You may sometimes feel you're an outsider in God's kingdom. Maybe you feel unloved compared to others who enjoy godly privileges. this Sunday should empower you. This Sunday should inflame in you new hope. Please, People of God, get out of your boxed mentality. Raise the level of your expectations. Even if you don't deserve it... ask anyway, who knows God may answer it. He is larger than your thinking.
In God, No Segregation, Only Creator-Creature
Why is the world so divided? This question pops into your mind and mine all the time. Everything and everyone is branded. Human mind is fragmented. Why? peoples are differentiated by their stratification. Only in this way can human mind operate. And this is the problematique of today's liturgical readings.
The Israelite thinking is so fragmented that they thought only their race is precious in God's eyes. Isiah is trying to revolutionize this mentality. the first reading [Isiah 56; 1-7] introduces us to the great understanding of God's largeness. His love is large. His acceptance is large. Larger than what Israelites ever thought of. This they need to change. Change their way of thinking that God's love is exclusively for a few. God loves the lovable and yes God loves even the unlovable. God loves the foreign believers and promised abundance to them if only they can remain faithful. God's house is open to all.
Another passage from the Old Testament reinforces the insight of Isiah as we recite the responsorial psalm for this Sunday. the psalmist sang of the immeasurable kind of majesty that God possesses. All people, not only the Israelites should praise God. God should be known to all nations and love must reign to the farthest bounds of the earth [Ps 85;9-14]. The psalmist understood the infinite greatness of God which is not only for the Israelites but to all nations.
From the Old Testament, the liturgy ushers us to a developing thought of the New Testament. Saint Paul, in the second reading taken from his letter to the Romans [Rm 11;13-16, 30-32], gave us a theological insight on what is God's purpose for loving even the gentiles. he explained that God can sometimes use the great faith of other nations to open the eyes of His own people. It is when they recognize the overflowing grace of God dispensed to gentile nations, who are responding to God in faith, that they will go back to their senses and examine their faithlessness.
A concrete example of that Paulines theology can be found in today's Gospel Reading. God is really the God of literature. His mysterious wisdom mellifluously written in the Bible; now presented coherently in the successive readings we listened to in the Mass. From discovering that God never marginalized anyone in the old Testament, to a God who empathize with the gentile nations to teach His chosen people for their refusal of Christian teachings, and now to a concrete example that dramatizes Paul's ideal doctrine.
It is indeed the coming of Jesus on earth that vivifies all godly messages. Without the Gospel, all Christian teachings are incomplete. It is the life of Jesus and His encounter with different people during his ministry that provides pragmatic translation of all contents of the scripture. And it is my prayer that more and more Christians specially Catholics may fall in love with the Gospel.
In the Gospel [Mt. 15;21-28], Jesus passed by the region of Tyre and Sydon where a Canaanite woman persistently cried out for his help. The daughter of this Canaanite woman is suffering from possession. Jesus, pretending he doesn't hear, was requested by the apostles to send the woman away. This did not weaken the woman's faith. Jesus told her that He was sent only for the lost sheep of Israel and that it is not good to throw the children's food to the dogs. The persistent woman, showing her huge maternal love, swallowed the words of sarcasm and replied "But even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the master's table" What does that statement imply in our encounter with God? In our spiritual education? Did we even bother once to ask ourselves why did Jesus lauded the woman after saying this? And Jesus, admiring the woman for her rather great faith, granted her request and healed the daughter.
It is because the woman exposed the lack of faith in the part of the disciples. this incidence is an opportunity for Jesus to teach the disciples of how the majesty of God surpasses their shallow and exclusive understanding. Jesus knew that the disciples are still dwelling on the old mentality that God is only for the Israelites. He knew that at that very moment, a woman [nay gentile] will come and fight for her belief that even the dogs [gentile dogs] can eat the food under the children's [Jews] table. the woman fought for her belief that this God, although for the Jews, has immeasurable graces and blessings and capable of giving away even to the gentiles. An abundant God who can provide the needs of all believers regardless of class and nationality. This kind of faith is rare. Her faith is extraordinary. A faith that is miles away different from the simplistic mentality of the disciples.
This radical moment in the ministry of the Lord Jesus confirms the second reading of today. God can make use of the great faith of the gentiles to open the eyes of His chosen people; to make them realize their insufficiency in faith. The disciples, in telling Jesus to send the woman away only showed their poor understanding of Christ's mission. They sticked to the old belief that the Messiah is only for the Jews. This is the attitude of the disciples. They hated responsibilities. Remember how they behaves when Jesus administered to the people two Sundays ago? They told Jesus to send the people away because it's going late and they have no food to feed them. Jesus told them that they are the ones to give food themselves. The Gospel last Sunday, focused again in the apostles' imperfect faith. They were so terrified by the winds and the waves that they did not even recognize Jesus walking towards them. Jesus exclaimed "Oh you of little faith why did you doubt" as Peter sank into the water.
Now, it is another time for Jesus to strengthen the faith and understanding of the apostles. The apostles need to learn that God is for all. The mission of Jesus extends even to the gentiles. This mission is entrusted later on to Saint Paul. From today's readings we learn that Saint Paul's apostleship is Christ elected. God's kingdom is open to all. God is larger that the preconceived god of the old Jewish people. God is not exclusively for Israel, though he has chosen a race and set them apart from the others. God's love is not fragmented. God is not divided. God never marginalizes.
You may sometimes feel you're an outsider in God's kingdom. Maybe you feel unloved compared to others who enjoy godly privileges. this Sunday should empower you. This Sunday should inflame in you new hope. Please, People of God, get out of your boxed mentality. Raise the level of your expectations. Even if you don't deserve it... ask anyway, who knows God may answer it. He is larger than your thinking.
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