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 2 (Phil Lit)

Can Saragnayan be considered a good husband and lover to Malitung Yawa Sinagmaling Diwata?

Essay 1 (Phil Lit)

Can you consider Labao Donggon as an insensitive and selfish man?

essay 8 (world lit)

What have you personally done/ what can you do to help establish the equality that men and women should have?

essay 7 (world lit)

Is there equality now between men and women as fought for by the different women's groups?

Tips on Men III

1. Always have your own set of friends separate from his.

2. Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you. If something bothers you speak up.

3. Like from the show Sex and the City, if he doesn’t call, he just isn’t that interested.

4. Be honest and upfront.

5. Know when to cut the cord, don’t be strung along.

6. Don’t fall for the “I’m confuse role”. Remove yourself from the situation to let him figure things out (but don’t wait for him, move on).\

7. If you want to have a clue as to how he will treat you, watch how he treats the WOMEN in his family (not just his mom).

8. There’s more than physical abuse, there’s emotional and mental abuse. If he causes any of them… flee.

9. You cannot change a man’s behaviors. Change comes from within.

10. Don’t let him place rules on you that he is not willing to follow himself—double-standard.

Tips on Men II

Here is the next ten of the 45-item list pertaining men. I hope women will find these tips useful in their ever-challenging game of wit and heart with the men of their choice! Good luck!

1. Don’t settle.

2. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.

3. If he keeps changing his mind about the relationship—take that as a BIG sign that he is unstable. Do you really want to be with a man like that?

4. Don’t stay because you think “it will get better.” You’ll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better.

5. Honorable men take care of their business and aren’t involved in a whole lot of mess.

6. The only person you can control in a relationship is you.

7. There’s only one ‘reason’ a man dumps you; he doesn’t want you.

8. Avoid men who’ve got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women. He didn’t marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treat you any differently?

9. You really do have to kiss a few frogs before finding the prince.

10. Always put yourself and your happiness first.

The next 10 tips are coming out soon... see you then!

Useful Tips on Men I

Back in 2006, my sister Dincoy had sent me a whole bunch of reading materials. Today I am posting one of the articles that left an imprint on me. I wish to share it especially to the single ladies who are very "busy" trying to figure out how they are going to meet the man of their life. That someone who would make them the number 1 person in his life.

I wish this article would help you single ladies (even the married ones, I think can somehow get wisdom from this). There 45 suggestions given, today I am posting the first ten. I would post the rest soon. :-)


1. If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay.
2. Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior.
3. If you have ANY doubt in your mind about a man’s character, leave him alone.
4. Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.
5. Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that’s not meant to be.
6. Don’t force an attraction.
7. Slower is better.
8. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you happy.
9. If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no you can’t “be friends.” A friend wouldn’t mistreat a friend.
10. Learn to give up your lifelong task of trying to make someone change.

'til the next post!

*** This article was sent but the source was not mentioned.

On Communication

Sometimes i wonder, what is the best way to talk to the man of your life? Is it keeping quiet even when you want to ask a lot of questions? Or it is waiting for him to talk?

Literature suggests a lot, but then does it apply to all kind of man-specie? Is it true to woman-specie as well? Can reading cope up with all that is going on in a person's brain? Can we really provide answers to all that we are looking for? Who's going to give us the answer?

Anyhow, moderation i think is the answer to all these swirling questions in my mind right now... Moderation and timing as well--- from both parties of course.

One just have to remember, no communication would ever happen if the both ends do not put their heart and mind on the matter.