ALEX's STORY

lest i forget, are we really in section B in our grade
six years? i thought we are in section one. malagip ko gayam pare. naminsan during
the recess, arthur, rudy(yakal), juan, tinong(DECEASED) rudy esperon, rudy dumapias
potso and i went for swimming in pagumpias. it is not a creek nor a river but only a canal.
the water is only half knee so what we did was tinambakan mi diay canal and the water
went above the knee. so we swim and swim not hearing that the bell rang already.
our clothes were left behind and we just noticed mr. santiago was holding them. then we heard him shouting at us.

so we got off from the canal and proceeded towards him. but he kept on walking carrying our clothes. silalabos kami nga simmangpet idiay school but not in the classroom. he handed our clothes before we reached the school. oh what an experience.

imbag la ketdin pare ta saan ka nga naikuyog idin.

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That was a real funny unpublished story, Pare. I am sure the girls in class were looking out of the window laughing their cute asses off!

Those were rough days, I tell ya.Some of our classmates were bullies, some would tease you until you would be in tears..But the funniest incident I witnessed was when this group was sitting on the lawn ( the backyard of Dupac Intermediate school)hours after school, late in the afternoon. Some boys hated to go home, prefering to play after class.. There was this group of about 6 kids. One started telling a "dirty" story. One of the group, )he is older than us so his hormones were already running high) could not help himself so he started jerking off in front of us!!...

Of course I will never tell his name. I do not want to face a law suit!!!
--Vic

IMELDA, BEFORE AND TODAY

Miggie's sister Ellie Hufana Viray posted this photo in her FB account..It shows Imelda Romualdez Marcos during the early days before she became a First Lady..Ellie told me that this picture was taken in Sta. Maria, Pangasinan. The President during that time? Elpidio Quirino.

I remember when Ferdinand , her husband also dropped by our backyard with Dr. F.Vitug. Why? There was this movie house then, the only place where Asinganians could watch a movie. Dr. Vitug, an ardent movie buff, never missed any of the Hollywood movies shown here, rain or shine..

Maybe the Marcoses' visit to Sta. Maria took place before or after their visit to Asingan...

*****




Ellie's daughter, Eliza also sent me these photos, this time taken just very recently. During a pleasure trip to Laoag, Liza found out that the former First Lady was in the same plane too, together with her daughter Imee.

Eliza said that when all the passengers got down from the plane, some of them started clicking their digital cameras at the First Lady. She posed graciously with the other passengers.

Eliza is shown in the first photo. She is the woman 2nd from the right.

Even today, Imelda can still command the crowd's attention wherever she appears. Amazing!

AVE MARIA

	101 Strings - Ave Maria .mp3
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Ave Maria
Gratia plena
Maria, gratia plena
Maria, gratia plena
Ave, ave dominus
Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus
Et benedictus fructus ventris
Ventris tuae, Jesus.
Ave Maria

Ave Maria
Mater Dei
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Ora pro nobis
Ora, ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis
Et in hora mortis nostrae
Et in hora mortis nostrae
Et in hora mortis nostrae
Ave Maria

3 SONNETS by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

	101 Strings Orchestra - 101 Strings The Shadow of Your Smile .mp3
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XLIII.
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.


XIV
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
"I love her for her smile--her look--her way
Of speaking gently,--for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day" -
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee,--and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry, -
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.

XX

Beloved, my Beloved, when I think
That thou wast in the world a year ago,
What time I sat alone here in the snow
And saw no footprint, heard the silence sink
No moment at thy voice, but, link by link,
Went counting all my chains as if that so
They never could fall off at any blow
Struck by thy possible hand,--why, thus I drink
Of life's great cup of wonder! Wonderful,
Never to feel thee thrill the day or night
With personal act or speech,--nor ever cull
Some prescience of thee with the blossoms white
Thou sawest growing! Atheists are as dull,
Who cannot guess God's presence out of sight.

POEMS FROM RAIN'S BLOG

	101 Strings - Love Is Blue .mp3
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LIFE'S LITTLE LESSONS
Life's little lessons,
Aren't easy to learn
Sometimes you're uplifted
Sometimes you are burned!

People step on foreign soil
Hoping to get comfortable
But dreams are so elusive,
Some can't do it, some are able..

What's very, very important
Are virtues of old,
Hope, Love and Faith
Are much better than gold

If we struggle and work hard,
In any kind of endeavour
In the end we will be showered
With gifts which we will savour!

--Rain (September 22, 2009)

THE LITTLE GIRL
WITH THE LONG BLACK HAIR

There was a little girl with long, black hair
Her face was cute, with such lovely eyes
She stayed in a store under a big, green house
That place for me is paradise

Aside from the girl inside this store
Were jars of pastries, biscuits and rice cakes too
Each time I go to church with my Mom
I begged to her "Oh please, let's see what's new"


So every Sunday morning we would go
And I stared at the wonders inside
I would see her there in the corner
She was silent but to me she always smiled

Then we dropped by again one time
And I asked the owner on that Sunday
"Where is that little girl that always sit here
Why is she not here today?"

"Somebody came and took her away"
The man in the store explained to me
"Why did she go, I love her so."
" Its her I really want to see!"

I broke in tears and begged my Mom
Let's go home now I am so sad"
I never told her I saved some coins
Now its too late, and then I felt so bad

My Mom said, "My dear little girl
Do not be silly, there are other toys around"
"Yes, but she's the special doll for me
I saved for her, and now she's gone..."

for rain
from Anonymous


Monday, February 16, 2009


Love

by Susan Villanueva



Love has no season,


It has no clime…


It transcends smoothly


with the passage of time...





It touches us


from birth to our death.


It is with us in each gasps,


in each and every breath...





Our lives are sustained


by our efforts to Love…


Love holds us up


to the end of the day



when the light


fades away…..




A LITTLE RAIN
"Into each life some Rain must fall"

and so goes a pretty song

A little rain is good for my soul

It helps me move along



Vancouver's hills are mesmerizing

The soft rain keeps them green

And somehow seeing is believing

Its beauty has to be seen...



But there are days when rain pours out

Like blood upon my brow

My heart then wants to cry and shout

"Oh let me go home now!"



Eventually comes the soothing voice

"Fear not, I'm with you always,"

Indeed I let Him dominate my choice

Then I can sleep in peace...

AKOY ISANG PINOY

	Florante - Ako'y Isang Pinoy .mp3
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Ako'y isang Pinoy sa puso't diwa
Pinoy na isinilang sa ating bansa
Ako'y hindi sanay sa wikang mga banyaga
Ako'y Pinoy na mayroong sariling wika.

Chorus
Wikang pambansa ang gamit kong salita
Bayan kong sinilangan
Hangad kong lagi ang kalayaan.

Si Gat Jose Rizal nuo'y nagwika
Siya ay nagpangaral sa ating bansa

Ang hindi raw magmahal sa sariling wika
Ay higit pa ang amoy sa mabahong isda.

Repeat Chorus
Repeat 1st verse except last word
Less...

photo shows the matchless manila bay sunset as seen from MALL OF ASIA

theme from "a summer place"

	Percy Faith - Theme from A Summer Place .mp3
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