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Hello!
Hello!
Are you there?
Hey it’s me
Remember?
The first time
We seriously talked
I think I was nine.
VITA
Back in the old days
we would tag along
and play different
games.
We used to play hide and sick, teacher and student, piko, patintero, luksong tinik, chinese garter and a lot more.
When we were growing up,
like typical teenagers,
we would hang out - either just the two of us, or in the company of
friends.
I would always tease you and you will just smile.
You were always willing to share everything, from your clothes to the space in your bed. Of course, I was always very accepting and would just say thank you.
UNBORN
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it was narrow
and gloomy.
a very long walk
to take.
it looks disserted,
how long will it last?
should i at least
try?
can anyone see me?
will I have someone there?
will you care to wait?
BUKANG LIWAYWAY
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Balisa marahil.
Hindi mawari
Anong nangyari.
Kamay sa talukap
Ng mata
Ng mata
Pilit sinisipat ka
Huli ka na.
Dati rati
Sa ganitong oras
At pagkakataon
Nandiyan ka na.
DOMINIQUE
sa karaniwang pagkakataon,
sa ganitong araw ay
aawitan kita.
maligayang bati
sa iyong pagsilang.
maligayang, maligaya
maligayang bati.
subalit dahil lipas na
ang karaniwang pagkakataon,
na meron tayo
hindi ko ito nagawa.
JAYDEE
At night,
You will lay by my
side.
Either you will continue
The story left with
you,
Or laugh with me
As I make fun of
you.
In the morning,
You will make
Coffee for two.
In the afternoon,
You will sit across
me
And light a cigarette or two.
In the evening,
You will sit at my
side
To share a light dinner
Just for two.
Sometimes,
We will sit side by
side
Watching a movie or
Wonder over time.
At times,
You will look at
me,
And in an instant
You will ask,
“Do I love thee?”
Often times,
As if looking for a
cue
I will reply
Opposite to what’s
Expected of me.
This is the cycle
Day and night,
as Jaydee and I,
live the life.#
JOSEPHINE
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Lightning will strike.
Most often than not
The thunder will
come
With a roaring
sound.
And every time those two
Will come, you will
shout
Not minding if it’s
Evening or not.
You will cry out
And shout my name.
Those were
My thoughts of you.
Though no longer a child,
young love
those sweet voice,soft laughs
almost every night.
was it just me, you
or both of us,
missing each other
night after night.
but those were great.
those were once
the happiest.
look at you,
those smiles
you still wear them.
PAANO NGA KAYA
ako lang ba ito?
o ganoon din ang iba?
nagbabasa, tumitingin
bigla nakita kita.
pangalan mo dala lagi
ay
ngiti at tanong.
tulad ng huling sinabi mo,
paano nga kaya.
Charlene
you were young
beautiful and new.
full of life,
promises won't do.
here I am,
wanting you,
a no one from the past,
old,
nothing compared to you.
Cyrius James
UNEXPECTED TIME
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(a mother at one time)
fragile.
fresh.
innocent.
unaware
of what's to come,
of what will happen.
you were entrusted.
suddenly mine.
my chance,
if not for you
it will not happen.
an opportunity
that time provided.
an experience
i will forever cherish.
the LOVE
that I can only define.
why not
why?why not?
come with me.
take a chance,
let's explore.
be young
live your dream,
be who you are,
be where you
are supposed to be.
why?
why not?
isn't that enough?
are we real?
is it true?
let's be young.
come with me,
take the risk,
take the chance.
be with me,
let's be us,
in a dream
where no one cares.
why?
why not?
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I woke up happy.
While
drinking coffee suddenly I asked, “aside from curiosity was there any
attraction?”
She
looked at me, and replied, no, admiration probably or crush – sa artista, sa
mga hinahangaan natin. Then corrected herself, and said – aah sa atin? and
simply said, the attraction came after the kiss.
I
smiled thinking I was supposed to play around that time. Never did I imagine that
after that naughty dare, we would end up together and are now counting years to
always and forever.#
[minsan.isang panahon nandiyan ka din ba?]
SA DYIP . . .
sa dyip,
unang nakita ka.
sa dyip,
una mong ngiti,
sa dyip,
naramdaman
ikaw din ay may
pagtingin.
sa dyip,
narinig matamis mong pagbigkas.
SA DYIP . . .
sa dyip,
unang nakita ka.
sa dyip,
una mong ngiti,
sa dyip,
naramdaman
ikaw din ay may
pagtingin.
sa dyip,
narinig matamis mong pagbigkas.
sa dyip,
naging saksi panahon
ng pagmamahalan.
sa dyip,
maraming tampuhan
sa dyip,
kasama ang
maraming
pangarap,
sa dyip,
naglalakbay
kasama ka.
sa dyip,
maraming naging
pangako,
sa dyip,
kasamang umasa,
sa dyip,
naramdaman mawawala na.
sa dyip,
maraming pagluha,
sa dyip,
umaasa muling
masisilayan pa . . .
Puno man lagi ng pagbabago, may dala man
laging hirap,
buntot man
ng bawat tawa ay kalungkutan.
Hindi
man mangyari ang inaasahan natin,
sana nakikita pa rin natin na masarap mabuhay.
Maaring kulang tayo sa pamantayan ng tao.
Hindi nasusubukan ngayon ang nagagawa ng iba.
Hindi man natin alam saan tayo dadalhin ng panahon.
Sana hindi tayo mapagod, hindi magsawa.
Hindi natin makita marahil sa ngayon,
pero mayroon din tayong mga bagay
na wala naman sa karamihan.
Mga bagay na sa kanila pala ay mahalaga,
mga bagay na inaasam naman nila at hinahangad na sana.
Kapain mo sa puso mo IKAW lang, TAYO lang
na wala ang maraming bagay ang meron niyan.
Ikaw, ako, tayo na nangangarap na magkaroon
– KAPAIN mo lang sa puso mo, MASUWERTE din tayo.
[appeared at the Manila Times on June 28, 2005]
Irreplaceable Cardinal
Contrary to other professions that can be practiced and
specialized through higher learning and specialization, Manila Archbishop Jaime
L. Cardinal Sin’s devotion as a priest rolled all professions into one.
This was how a nun from the Franciscan Sister of the Sacred
Hearts saw Cardinal Sin when she first met him in 1983 during the blessing of
Fr. Simpliciano Academy’s Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine in Better Living
Subdivision, Paranaque.
Sis. Vissia Angeles, in an interview during her visit at the
wake of Cardinal Sin on Friday at the Manila Cathedral, said she saw the
cardinal as a simple man and was always happy. “You would feel he doesn’t
choose people because he is accommodating to all,” she said.
Sis. Vissia recalled that the Cardinal, in one of his homily
in the early 1980’s, preached about the goodness of priests and put the
character of a priest in professions such as a lawyer, doctor, farmer, an
engineer and a teacher.
Narrating from Cardinal Sin’s homily, Sis. Vissia recalled
him as saying: “The priest is an engineer who constructs bridge from earth
going to heaven, the priest is the bridge of a man from earth going to heaven,
the priest is the lawyer who defends the sinner before God, the priest is a
doctor who heals the wound of sins, the priest is also a farmer who plants the
seed of a man and a priest is a teacher that teaches the way to heaven.”
Tomas Palomo, 50 years old of Antipolo City and who was the
driver of the deceased Cardinal for 25 years, said Cardinal Sin would sometimes
play a joke on him. At one time, he recalled, the Cardinal teased him about how
he seriously took God’s message for men “to go and multiply.”
An interview with Fr. Robert Reyes
Remembering Cardinal Sin
[appeared at Manila Times, June 28, 2005, Sam Mediavilla]
(This is one of the two stories I wrote in honor of the late Manila Archbishop
Jaime Cardinal Sin after a series of interviews with numerous people then visiting the wake of the late Cardinal. I personally asked my friend Johnna Villaviray who at the time was subeditor at the Manila Times to please publish my story.)
Running Priest with “Kariton ni Maria” Fr. Robert Reyes in
an interview with Radyo Veritas on Wednesday recalled how the late Manila
Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin had silence him on 1983 shortly before former
Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Sr., was assassinated and the historical people
power revolution I was launch.
Reyes said he was not spared from the straightforward and
very vocal Cardinal Sin when his activist character slowly gaining popularity
in early 1980’s hitting the Marcoses and their allies left and right with his
sharp words and exposing their alleged anomalies.
Reyes remembered being called at the Archbishop’s Palace in
Villa San Miguel, Mandaluyong where the Cardinal told him to stop attacking
then President Ferdinand Marcos.
[PART 5] Sharing the last of each kind. The last draft I have prepared and written
for the people and agencies I have worked with . . .
Biazon dismisses alleged MILF weapons factory: ‘The AFP could not even do it’
Muntinlupa Rep. Rodolfo Biazon today laughed off allegations that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been assembling its firearms in its own weapons manufacturing factory in the mountains of Mindanao.
Biazon expressed disbelief over the claim of Sen. Bongbong Marcos on the existence of the weapons factory, pointing out that even the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), which has the legal status and funding to produce weapons, could not do it.
[PART 4] Sharing the last of each kind. The last draft I have prepared and written for the people and agencies I have worked with . . .
Zubiri seeks an immediate review of Clean Air Act
Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, Chair of the Senate Committee on
Environment and Natural Resources, today called for an immediate review and
assessment of the Clean Air Act following the latest DENR findings that major
urban centers in the country remain highly polluted despite government efforts
to protect the environment.
"Metro Manila is now the number one in air pollution
worldwide according to the DENR. We need to assess and review our laws to make
them more effective, or to know if they are effective at all. In other
highly-urbanized cities in the world, after a landmark environmental protection
law is passed, they show notable improvements. It seems that we are the only
ones who are not picking up," Zubiri explained.
[Part 3] Sharing the last of each kind. The last draft I have prepared and written for the people and agencies I have worked with . . .
May 9, 2013
Statement
of Liberal Party senatorial candidate Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
on the
results of the Senate Mock Polls
“I would like to extend our
heartfelt gratitude to the employees of the Senate for their votes of
confidence. I am raring to get back to the Senate and once again work hand in
hand with these hard-working people.
“These people are involved
in the legislation of laws in our land. They are familiar with the requirements
of the Senate. They know the qualifications needed for a senator to ably man
the legislative process.
“My past 12 years in the
Senate have been memorable and fruitful. I would not have achieved all of my
legislative accomplishments without the assistance of the efficient employees
of the chamber. If they believe that I am worthy of a Senate seat, and given a
new mandate, I will not fail them.” ###
[PART 2] Sharing the last of each kind. The last draft I have prepared and written
for the people and agencies I have worked with . . .
September 17, 2013
INDIGENT CANCER PATIENTS TO GET P1BILLION ASSISTANCE FUND UNDER
POE’S BILL
Senator Grace Poe has proposed the creation of a Cancer Assistance
Fund aimed at providing medicine and treatment assistance to indigent and
underprivileged cancer patients.
Poe proposed the measure following report that cancer is the third
leading cause of death in the Philippines, next to communicable and
cardiovascular diseases.
A study conducted by the University of the Philippines’ Institute
of Human Genetics, National Institutes of Health showed that 189 per 100,000
Filipinos are afflicted with cancer, killing four Filipinos every hour or 103
cancer patients every day.
Sharing the last of each kind. The last draft I have prepared and written for the people and agencies I have worked with . . .
Roxas wants 'Oplan
Lambat-Simbat' operational in NCR, R3, R4-A by June 2015
Interior
and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas on Tuesday ordered a reinvigorated and
speedy implementation of “Oplan Lambat-Simbat”, giving a deadline of until
middle of 2015 to put the program in operation in at least three largest
regions in the country.
Roxas,
during a command conference at the Philippine National Police (PNP)
Headquarters in Camp Crame, said he wanted “Oplan Lambat-Sibat (to be) cascaded
in three largest regions in the country by middle of the year.”
Oplan
Lambat-Sibat has been operational for 37 weeks in NCR. What they have learned
here to be shared to Regions 3 and 4A.
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