Essay 10 (Phil Lit)

Will you consider the poem Balaki ko Day as sensous? Why? Why not?

Essay 9 ( Phil Lit)

Read the poem "Balaki ko, Day, Samtang gasakay tag Habalhabal...", describe the feeling the driver is having. (*** you can visit the site by clicking the title or refer to the article Akong kalipay.. September 2009 entry to read the poem)

Essay 8 (Phil Lit)

In a home where domestic violence occur like in the poem Pansit, who is to be blamed? Why?

Essay 8 (Phil Lit)

The poem Dupluhan tackles about slavery and corruption among other things, do you think the Philippines is still a slave up this moment? How or Why?

Essay 6 (Phil Lit)

What is "LOVE/PAG-IBIG" in your own own definition?

The Man From La Mancha

Have any of us dreamed the impossible dream? The Philippine Presidential Election is fast approaching. But then, was there any change that happened in the country? That makes me simply wonder, did people ever think change has to come from within? And if we want change, did we ever try doing anything about it?

Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino has died saying "The Filipino is worth dying for." while his wife, the late President Corazon "Cory" Aquino has said "The Filipino is worth living for." These statements make me think, are we Filipino people willing to do our part in helping our country improve? Are we willing to take the chance of REALLY exercising our rights? Or we would simply obey those who are empowered by us? How far are we willing to take?

Read the story of Don Quixote and one would know, though st times it is considered as insanity, one has to dream the impossible dream and one has to make a move pertaining this dream.

Here are links for your easier reading:

Don Quixote

Don Quixote2

Don Quixote3

Don Quixote4

Don Quixote5

Enjoy reading and discovering the adventures and learnings of Don Quixote, and hopefully it can help you on your resolve pertaining the Philippines' current political status.

Iliad the Movie (TROY)

I always love the scene when Priam asked for Hector's body. It tells every viewer that a father will always be a father even if he appears to be very strict and hard on his children at times.

No man would ever bring himself to his knees except our parents, the most sacrificial people on earth whose sacrifices are always overlooked. Here is the scene between Priam and Achilles (this is downloaded from youtube) after viewing this, can you still tell yourself our father is not great?



And how about you, what was the movie scene that left an imprint in you?

The Meeting

Today, my teacher heart is extra glad. On my way out of our college building, i met Nessy, a former student in three subjects. We often exchange text messages before and i could say she is one of the closest students to me.

I was not able to contain my happiness, when i saw her the only thing i was able to think was to hug her. No words can describe how much that hug means to me. I no longer cared about the reaction of the other students who had seen us, what mattered to me earlier is i saw a dear friend after some time.

The event somehow tells me, it is incidents like this that give extra special glow to teachers like me. Somehow it tells me, indeed it is always rewarding to be a teacher.

Faithfulness Defined (Iliad)

People who are in love and who are planning to be in love have different expectations regarding relationships. They imagine or come up with different sets of standard, but one thing certain all of them include FAITHFUL as one of the adjectives describing the man/woman they would love. Here are some quotations of faithfulness.

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.
Edwin Louis Cole

Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female; and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen, a covenant between radically different partners.
Rowan D. Williams

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

*** all three quotations were retrieved from http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/faithfulness.html

If the above quoted statements are the idea of the quoted geniuses, i wonder what your personal definition of faithfulness is.

The Paper

Today, i read one paper that took my interest for two reasons.

First, it was about Philippine Indigenous Poetry, my line of interest and my topic on my Master's Thesis,

Second, it seemed to be a mirror of my own paper.

So went i into reading the whole paper, to my disappointment, i saw what i was dreading to see. the words i had used in my own paper with a little change, but almost the same still. though he had acknowledged me in some parts, still he had changed very minimal words from my work and so somehow i thought, it wasn't fair still.

i did not know what to feel, but later, i just realised i was deeply disappointed. anyhow, it would not be used instead, he was given an idea or suggestion on how to go about his work.

i am sure, there are alot of researchers in indigenous literature who would be happy he had been interested in the field, but ONE thing i am certain, we would be very happy if he would do his job honestly.

anyhow, for anyone who wishes to work on Philippine Indigenous Poetry, let us help one another in preserving the literary wealth of the original settlers of the land. For us neophytes, let us be inspired by the dedication, consistency and honesty of the experts in the field.

MABUHAY Philippine indigenous literature! :-)



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