random thoughts...

inspired by jim pantas' poem to his secret love
i began to listen to love songs like:
Out of Reach
Just So You Know
etc.

getting emo here!!!!!
senti mode...
awwwww
poetry with music.... hay...
so senti, so inspiring, so sad: all at the same time

-may

tribute to jim

kung sino ka man
na nakabihag sa puso ng aking "tol"
magpakilala ka na
ang panagarap nya'y ikaw ang ukol
hindi mo lang alam
at di mo din tanto
bawat ngiti mo'y
para sa kanya'y talo pang ginto
kumikinang at kumukutitap
na sa dilim ng gabi'y tila alitaptap
mabait naman sya
maginoo't matalino
kung magmahal ay lubos...
un nga lang medyo bastos (hehe)
kaya kung sinu ka mang dalaga ni "tol"
hiling ko sayo'y makilala
nang si jim ay hindi na ma"chova" (hehehe)

...Crush...

Crush....

Sana ika'y muling makita
sa mga araw na darating pa
Sana ikaw ay akin nang makilala
Salamat sayo sinta

-Jim-senti mode!!!!!! hahaha

Me, Charles and Jim recently attended a wedding...
how magical
this reminds me of a poem...


tungkol sa pag-ibig...
not that romantic ... but o well

PAG-IBIGJose Corazon de Jesus, 1926
Isang aklat na maputi, ang isinulat: Luha!Kaya wala kang mabasa kahit isa mang talata;Kinabisa at inisip mulang ating pagkabata;Tumanda ka't nagkauban, hindi mo pa maunawa.
Ang Pag-ibig, isipin mo, pag inisip, nasa-puso!Pag pinuso, nasa-isip, kaya't hindi mo makuro.Lapitan mo nang matagal ang pagsuyo'y naglalaho;Layuan mo at kay-lungkot, nananaghoy ang pagsuyo!
Ang Pag-ibig na dakila'y aayaw nang matagalan,Parang lintik kung gumuhit sa pisngi ng kadiliman.Ang halik na ubos-tindi, minsan lamang nahalikan, At ang ilog kung bumaha, tandaan mo't minsan lamang.
Ang Pag-ibig kapag duwag ay payapa't walang agos,Walang talon, walang baha, walang luha, walang lunos!Ang Pag-ibig na matapang ay puso ang inaanod,Pati dangal, yama't dunong nalulunod sa pag-irog!
Ang Pag-ibig na buko pa'y nakikinig pa sa aral,Tandang di pa umiibig, nakikita pa ang ilaw,Ngunit kapag nag-alab na pati mundo'y nalimutan ---Iyan, ganyan ang Pag-ibig, damdamin mo't puso lamang!
Kapag ikaw'y umuurong sa sakuna't sa panganibAy talagang maliwanag at buo ang iyong isip:Takot pa ang pag-ibig mo, hindi ka pa umiibig:Pag umibig, pati hukay aariin mong langit!
Ang Pag-ibig ay may mata, ang Pag-ibig ay di bulag;Ang marunong umibig, bawat sugat ay bulaklak:Ang pag-ibig ay masakim at aayaw ng kabiyak;O wala na kahit ano, o ibigay mo ang lahat!
"Ako'y hindi makasulat at ang Nanay ay nakabantay!"Asahan mo, katoto ko, hindi ka pa minamahal!Ngunit kapag sumulat na sa ibabaw man ng hukay,Minamahal ka na niya nang higit sa kanyang buhay!
Kayong mga kabataang pag-ibig ang ninanais,Kayong mga paruparong sa ilawan lumiligid,Kapag kayo'y umiibig na, hahanapin ang panganib,At pakpak ninyo'y masusunog sa pag-ibig!

Poetry!

Wow!!! poetry... i don't really have anything to say about poetry because... well, it's not that i don't know anythintg about it... it's just that.. sometimes.. it's discouraging to do something related to poetry or art for that matter. I learned in my LITERA classes that what you think is poetry might not really be poetry... you made a poem... that's nice.. but unless someone else recognizes it as a poem.. then it's not. No, your mother or your girlfriend is not credible enough a source to consider that a poem. a poem has passion... no your poem about your girlfriend is NOT a poem... a poem must have measures... ever consider free verse? and finally, poetry has standards... "then why the heck would you rather consider a comma in the middle of a paper poetry compared to the one i wrote about my girlfriend's hair gleaming like the rays of the sun??" this may all just sound like ranting... but i hope i got my point across that.. poetry.. is just so.... wierd...

Thesis again

Parang ganyan ung result namin sa thesis.
We used proteins as markers to identify genetic diversity of Citrus species in a molecular level..
Jim bka nkagawa na din kau nito sa lab. SDS-PAGE ung gnamit namin. hehe
-ken

Thesis Defense

Thesis defense na namin ni JI sa friday groupmates!!!!

Nood kau!!! hehe

- Ken

random thoughts again.. about poetry

Among the numerous literary works, one of my favorites would be poetry. In just a number of verses, one can unlock the soul in different perspectives. Chosen words that can portray so much meaning, such as the word “sun”, it may describe light, God, yearning, burning, and so much more. Through a poem, it can tell a story or a feeling. I love how with just one line, one can express the soul and at times, it can even be etched on a person forever.

-may

random thoughts

For the generation now, there are some who are comfortable in writing in the Filipino language; there are those who want to read in the English text. For me, I will not deny that English is more my forte, I suppose it was how I was raised. I guess that is another realization, you cannot really say that a poet is less nationalistic or not, it depends on what they were accustomed to just like me. I studied in a school wherein English language was mostly used by the students and faculty. I may be more used to English, but it does not mean that I do not appreciate Filipino poetry. For me, the content is much more important.
-may

homework due march 28

KASPIL2

REMINDERS:
Minimum 2 pages
Double Space
Don’t answer per question, answer in essay format

How do your findings compare with your initial ideas? How do your initial ideas compare with those found in the resources shown to you?
Which aspects of your initial ideas changed? How did it change?
Were you able to answer all of your questions? Why or why not?
Which of the ideas did you find different or not expect to learn? Why were these findings not the ones you expected?
Based on your new findings, what new questions do you have about the topic? What ideas would you like to pursue as research?
Were there other fields or disciplines that helped you find the answer? If yes, what were they? What led you to consider these disciplines?
Were there irrelevant or unrelated questions that turned out to be relevant? If yes, what were they?

Ang Palaka

Palaka, palaka, sadyang nakakaawa
Pag tiyan ay hiniwa, dugo ay lumalawa
Mamaya-maya, lalabas ang iyong baga
Na aking tutusukin ng walang sawa

-Ken
(hehe nainspire ako gumawa ng tula nung nakita ko ung pictures namin sa Zoology lab)

Unscripted Balagtasan

Wouldn't it be nice to see an actual balagtasan that wasn't memorized? Perhaps the Debate Socitey can conduct such event during August. The topics should be relevant to our time and somebody should win. In the traditional balagtasans, the topics are usually "weird", for example, which is more important, the sun or the moon and similar topics. Of course if that were the topic it is natural that no one will win the argument.
It's nice if the topics will focus current events and issues like charter change etc. but in a poetic sense.

-J.I.-

Thinking Aloud

i noticed that most poems that hit me... are usually senti... haha
is it bec im a girl???
hahaha
whatever... guys are pretty emo themselves...
they just don't show it as much...

but most writers who are men, write emo-ish poems... hehe
-may

I should have reported Amado V. Hernandez

It was only after I reported that I found out that was Amado V. Hernandez was a also a writer during the American period. AVH's poem "Kung Tuyo na ang Luha Aking Bayan" is my favorite poem. The words are very powerful, moving and depicts the somewhat eternal suffering of our Mother Land. I'll post it here so that everyone can read it.

KUNG TUYO NA ANG LUHA MO, AKING BAYAN
Lumuha ka, aking Bayan; buong lungkot mong iluha ang kawawang kapalaran ng lupain mong kawawa: ang bandilang sagisag mo'y lukob ng dayong bandila, pati wikang minana mo'y busabos ng ibang wika; ganito ring araw noon nang agawan ka ng laya, labintatlo ng Agosto nang saklutin ang Maynila.

Lumuha ka, habang sila ay palalong nagdiriwang, sa libingan ng maliit, ang malaki'y may libangan; katulad mo ay si Huli, naaliping bayad-utang, katulad mo ay si Sisa, binaliw ng kahirapan; walang lakas na magtanggol, walang tapang na lumaban, tumataghoy, kung paslangin; tumatangis, kung nakawan!

Iluha mo ang sambuntong kasawiang nagtalakop na sa iyo'y pampahirap, sa banyaga'y pampalusog: ang lahat mong kayamana’y kamal-kamal na naubos, ang lahat mong kalayaa'y sabay-sabay na natapos; masdan mo ang iyong lupa, dayong hukbo'y nakatanod, masdan mo ang iyong dagat, dayong bapor, nasa laot!

Lumuha ka kung sa puso ay nagmaliw na ang layon, kung ang araw sa langit mo ay lagi nang dapithapon, kung ang alon sa dagat mo ay ayaw nang magdaluyong, kung ang bulkan sa dibdib mo ay hindi man umuungol, kung wala nang maglalamay sa gabi ng pagbabangon, lumuha ka nang lumuha't ang laya mo'y nakaburol.

May araw ding ang luha mo'y masasaid, matutuyo, may araw ding di na luha sa mata mong namumugto ang dadaloy, kundi apoy, at apoy na kulay dugo, samantalng ang dugo mo ay aserong kumukulo; sisigaw kang buong giting sa liyab ng libong sulo at ang lumang tanikala'y lalagutin mo ng punglo!

My report on this poem will follow. :D

-J.I.-

Oo nga noh?!

I just realized in our report that i like english poems but if im writing poems i like it in tagalog....hehe..la lang...astig lang...ngayon ko lang siya naisip!!!!

-Jim-

i wonder why?

corned beef?

because of pepper corn... hmmm

wonder if someone wrote a poem on that... hahaha

i noticed something

you can tell a lot about a poem from the history of the poet

for example, if a poem talked about the hardships of life and about the americans
most probably, he or she was present during the american occupation in the philippines

just shows how experience has great influence on a writer's work

-may

pic of the poet: Jose Garcia Villa

that's him! hehe Jose Garcia Villa

Contributors to Philippine poetry

just read about jose garcia villa... he is a pretty eccentric guy ha...

in one article, he went to a party wearing a shiny attire with an ordinary knotted cow's rope

another time, he sat at Dalupan Hall at UE... buddha way of sitting... and someone asked, What are u doing? he said, "i am just catching up trying to be immoral"

an unconventional artist... kakaiba
-may