Ako si Carmen At ako’y nangangamba na muling maging maligaya. Pagka’t ang bawat pagngiti ko ay may kasunod na kalungkutan. Parang isang sumpa na nakakabit sa aking pagkatao; Parang isang aninong laging nakasunod; Nakapangingilabot, nakakagalit. Na para bang sadya akong pinili upang pasanin ang lahat ng kabiguan. Hindi ko matanggap.
Category: Entries
Months Later, I’m Still Watching FPJAP
Photo from a scene of Iligtas si Carmen episode of FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano on ABS-CBN. CTTO. February 17, 2016 Months Later, I’m Still Watching FPJAP I have been a kapamilya since I was kid. But when I grew up and learned about better options- by that I mean better shows- I stopped watching. But […]
Para kay Carmen ( My first attempt to write poems in Filipino in years.)
March 11, 2016 Una: Carmen Mundo ay nagpapatuloy O Kay bilis, kay ligalig Minsan para bang kumunoy O rumaragasang tubig Kaya kapit lang, kapit lang Huwag kang magpatianod Pagka’t ang iyong kalungkutan Ay pagtitibayin iyong loob. Ikalawa: Carmen Ang mundo’y hindi patas. Sa iyong kahinaan, Gawin mo akong lakas Kaagapay sa laban. Pagka’t […]
I Enjoyed Sakaling Hindi Makarating
March 21, 2016 I finally got the chance to watch Sakaling Hindi Makarating yesterday and it’s good. It’s a feeler movie and though I think there’s been too much of “hugot films” lately, and surely there’s a lot of broken-heart-travels-soul-searching ones, too; this one gives another refreshing take on spontaneity one can have even in […]