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Blog EntryMar 19, '09 8:14 PM
for everyone



You, my love, are allowed to forget
About the Christmas you just spent stressed out in your parents house.

You, my love, are allowed to shed
The weight of all the years before, like bad disco clothes,
Save them for a night of dancing, stoned with you lover.

You, my love, are allowed to let yourself drown
Every night in bottomless wild and naked symbolic dreams.

You, my love, in sleep can unlock
Your youth and your most terrifying magic and dreamings for the courageous.

You, my love, are allowed to grab my guitar
And sing me idiot love songs if you've lost your ability to speak.
Keep it down to two minutes.

You, my love, are allowed to rot and to die
And then live again, more alive and incandescent than before.

You, my love, are allowed to beat the shit out of your television.
Choke it's thoughts and corrupt its mind.
Kill! Kill! Kill! KILL The motherfucker before the song of zombiefied pain and panic and malaise and it's narrow right-winged vision and it's cheap commercial gang rape becomes the white noise of the world.
Turn about is fair play.

You, my love, are allowed to forgive and love your television.

You, my love, are allowed to speak in kisses to those around you and those up in heaven.

You, my love, are allowed to show your babies how to dance full bodied, starry eyed, audacious, supernatural and glorified.

You, my love, are allowed to suck in every single endeavor.

You, my love, are allowed to be soaked like a lovers' blanket in the New York summertime with the wonder of your own special gift.

You, my love, are allowed to receive praise,

You, my love, are allowed to have time,

You, my love, are allowed to understand,

You, my love, are allowed to love,

Woman disobey,
When little men believe,

That you, my love, are Rebellion.

(written by jeff buckley)



Blog EntryMar 8, '09 9:27 AM
for everyone


And when you said I could not stay with you
That's not the way you would have wanted to be
Convince yourself that everything is alright
'Cos it already is

Don't sell your heart and break just anyone
I want to run with you through moorland fields
Convince yourself that everything is alright
'Cos it already is
'Cos it already is

So take your lessons hard and stay with him
When your car crash comes, don't be misled
Convince yourself that everything is alright
'Cos it already is
'Cos it already is

So take your lessons hard and stay with him
And when your car crash comes, don't be misled
Convince yourself that everything is alright
'Cos it already is
Yeah it already is

So take him home
So take him home
So take him home

Take him, Take him home
Take him, Take him home

(song by PETE YORN)



Live at the late show



music for the morning after (album)

from six years ago. antagal ko din hindi pinakinggan to, six years na pala.




Blog EntryMar 6, '09 4:10 AM
for everyone


Maalala kita sa tuwing papakinggan ko lahat ng kantang pinakilala mo sa tenga ko.

Hahanapin ko yung tinig na umaawit saakin sa kabilang linya.

kapag may makakakita ako ng tatoo sa braso ng isang babae.

Tuwing may makikita akong pulang van na toyota.

Kung papaanong una kitang hinalikan sa parkinglot,

yung unang halik ang pinakamasarap.

Pipilitin kong alalahanin kung gaano kaganda yung naging pakiramdam na kasama kita sa pagtulog,

at kung paano dahil dun, laman ka ng mga panaginip ko.

kung pano mas lumalim yung pagnanais kong maulit lahat.

Tuwing tutugtog yung your universe (ni rico blanco).

Tuwing maggawi ako sa kanto ng erod at timog.

Yung mga nakaw na ngiti at halikan natin sa apartment ni ___.

Yung mga ngiti mo, at mga tawanan natin dahil natakot yung mga barkada mo sakin.

Lahat ng litrato mo. Kapag nakakakita ako ng camera naalala kita.

Kapag nanonood ako ng tv naalala kita. Kapag hapon na at palubog na ang araw naalala kita.

Kapag nagagawi ako sa dagat naalala kita.

Gusto kong tumawid ng dagat Makita ka lang.

yung bigat ng may dinadala ako sa damdamin ko, lahat yun dahil naalala kita.



Mahal na mahal kita, yun ang isang bagay na hindi na mawawala saakin.



Pero ito nalang ang pagkakataon para maitama ko ang mga bagay-bagay kaya gagawin ko na kung ano ang nararapat.

Isang bagay lang ang ikinalulungkot ko, yun ay dahil hindi parin kita kilala.

Salamat sa lahat ng pagkakataon na binigay mo na sinayang ko lang.

Hindi kita kakalimutan kahit na mag- kwarenta anyos ako.



Ikaw at lahat ng naaalala kong magagandang bagay tungkol sayo.






Blog EntryFeb 4, '09 11:53 PM
for everyone


































"How often do you find the right person? "

id really have to be apologetic about this. hindi naman dahil feb ngayon o anuman, pero nagkakataon talaga na lahat ng nada-download ko, sinasadya man o ano, ay mga depressing. shit, sori, nag-aapologize nanaman ako pero, i tried writing something usefull and political for once, pero ewan ko. i just tried watching this because of the title at dun sa tag line niya. minsan tanung ko din yun, "How often...?"

last week i started this routine of watching movies early in the morning instead of latenights. mas na-coconsume ko yung napapanood ko (kaya sunod sunod ang reviews ko recently). besides, kahit anong gawin ko 6am parin ako nagigising. anyway, kelangan ko lang ireview ito. kakatapos ko lang siya panoorin at hindi ko pa alam ang isusulat ko. teka...paste ko nalang yung synopsis niya galing imdb..

"An (unnamed) Guy is a Dublin guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day, and singing and playing for money on the Dublin streets by night. An (unnamed) Girl is a Czech who plays piano when she gets a chance, and does odd jobs by day and takes care of her mom and her daughter by night. Guy meets Girl, and they get to know each other as the Girl helps the Guy to put together a demo disc that he can take to London in hope of landing a music contract. During the same several day period, the Guy and the Girl work through their past loves, and reveal their budding love for one another, through their songs."  

hindi siguro sapat para masabi lahat ng synopsis na ito yung kabuuan ng pelikula. at hindi ito hollywood na parang "music and lyrics" (hindi ko pa to napanood). sinubukan niyang magbigay ng kwento tungkol sa mga ordinaryong tao and how they find themselves involved with one another. hindi din yung tipong love at first sight. gradual. walang fireworks, its the things you do daily, the small things that really matters. hindi over night (before sunrise?) yung effort na binibigay, yung time. lalu na yung time. the  small details almost border boredom. may mga discoveries at realizations. kailangan magdesisyon.

mga odd jobs ang trabaho nung babae, yung lalake naman nagrerepair ng vaccum cleaners. incidentally kumakanta din siya sa kalsada para sa mga barya sa dublin (czech yung babae by the way, immigrant). yung tipong starving artist. at musician talaga yung mga artistang kinuha. somehow i have this feeling na sinadya talagang gawin ng director na parang documentary ng isang rock band yung film. hand-held lang yung mga camera at ilang shots lang yung scenes, impromptu pa siguro yung iba.   

iilan lang ang napanood kong pelikula na sobrang ganda ng soundtrack. and isa ito sa mga yun. DIY. sa garahe or kwarto lang ata ginawa. sa totoo lang yung sountrack talaga ang nag-dala sa buong pelikula. otherwise, parang nanonood ka lang ng isang boring na documentary tungkol sa mga caucasian. at kung gano ka-boring ang mga buhay nila. ang nakakatuwa lang din walang bullshit ng pagiging rocksatr (ireland??) walang sex, walang drugs.

well, in the end. hindi din katulad ng lahat ng hollywood movies, they dont make rash decisions. they all fall back to the logic of the world. security. family.

its sincere, its honest, and its naive. and real.

by real, i mean its just reinforcing whats there, whats established by the symbolic order.

well atleast concluded siya. walang loose ends. sabi nga nung isang kanta sa film "when your minds made up, theres no point trying to change it"

isa ito sa mgandang films ng 2006-07 na walang nakapanood (well bukod sa mga tao siguro sa ireland).

***

this month sucks. sana hindi nalang naimbento ang buwan na to. ewan ko, para siguro mag-suffer ang mga walang karelasyon.

***

"How often do you find the right person? "

...pero para sakin ang tanong...

how often do you loose the right person?





Blog EntryFeb 2, '09 11:14 PM
for everyone
I didnt know what to expect with this film. i haven't even heard about it. i just downloaded it somewhere.
 
i tried watching films recently, and if the first four minutes sucks or bores me, i would let it go.
 
surprisingly, this film had no opening credits, it just started with the main character narrating. and the opening shots were good. it was this boy (his name was mercer), on a bike in the suburbs with wide shots and really nice colors. remember how you would just tell stories out of your memory? and that these memories seem to come back and you would tend to be overwhelmed by it. it like that. the openning credits, even the whole film was like that. out of someones memory. nostalgic.
 
and then suddenly he just had this idea, a realization...he needed a car. so he stole one from the car wash. to where, i dont know. he didn't say. while he was driving away on his stolen vehicle, a cellphone was left inside the and it rang. apparently it was the owner of the car. it was a girl. and she knew mercer. she was not angry at him because he stole her car. she lets him borrow it in one condition: that he tell her how he is on his road trip.
 
mercer, was this wimp loser. just like me. and he was a virgin. the world is really a big place when you are 16, but when youre already 19 and its still that big, you haven't been around much. and so you acquire all these angst. His mother has just died, he doesn't know his father and he knows he have a half brother somewhere, which is the only family he has left, so he wants to find him just to let him know their mother has passed away.
 
and so he went on with this road trip.
 
here, he meets all sorts of people living the american way...from from gun owners to pornographers. which makes it more interesting. and real.

Its an attempt to take a photograph of contemporary america. not the usual, hollywood-centralpark-times square america. its more of like a glimpse of the underbelly of the beast. from louisiana, to reno and then LA. red necks, chicanos, druggies and bums. a small sample from a wide range of people.
 
albeit nicer one, but it will do.
 
no, not a photograph. a dream. it was much more like a dream. the colors were so vivid, but nothing was really memorable. alook at the mundane phases of american life that was suddenly interrupted by mercer's presence.
 
the camera was always following him like a third person. a friend, acompanion on the passengers seat. everything was like a dream, of some distant memory from childhood.

there is this one scene where he just imagined that he was dancing with the girl on the phone that he doesn't even know. its this mystery taht makes her more attractive and they develop this relationship.
 
i dont know, if you watched little miss sunshine, it felt like that but without the neurotic family members, nitzsche, excessive emotional baggage and moral judgement (but its a good raod movie). and i hoped you watched elizabethtown like i recommended. they had this familiar simmilarity (the road trip, the phone calls and the dead parents ashes).

i jsut love road movies.
 
I didn't even know that it debuted at sundance back in 07. wish ive watched it in 07 though. it would be nicer.
 
it gave me the feeling that while we are always searching for something (or someone), we unintentionally find ourselves in the end.
 
as much as i hate to say this, but its a heart warming film. ok, and some juvenile love story. but its nice to be angsty and 19 all over again.
 
watch it. it wont change your life in profound ways.
 
but it wont be be wasted either.
 
***
 
it suddenly made me want to go on a road trip. i dont know, to somewhere far, maybe baguio in time for panagbenga (tama ba spelling?). just to let all this city air out.
 
it would have been really nice driving alone up there. just you, some messed up music and alot of dirty clothes.
 
i only whished i could drive.

 

Blog EntryJan 31, '09 1:21 AM
for everyone

kakapanood ko lang nito ngayong umaga...





Let me sing you a waltz
Out of nowhere, out of my thoughts
Let me sing you a waltz
About this one night stand

You were for me that night
Everything I always dreamt of in life
But now you're gone
You are far gone
All the way to your island of rain

It was for you just a one night thing
But you were much more to me
Just so you know

I hear rumors about you
About all the bad things you do
But when we were together alone
You didn't seem like a player at all

I don't care what they say
I know what you meant for me that day
I just wanted another try
I just wanted another night
Even if it doesn't seem quite right
You meant for me much more
Than anyone I've met before

One single night with you little Jesse
Is worth a thousand with anybody

I have no bitterness, my sweet
I'll never forget this one night thing
Even tomorrow, another arms
My heart will stay yours until I die

Let me sing you a waltz
Out of nowhere, out of my blues
Let me sing you a waltz
About this lovely one night stand


sana dati ko pa siya pinanood.





Blog EntryJan 29, '09 7:35 AM
for everyone
soundtrip ko lately

mejo spiritual. lalu na kapag nagbabyahe



Kings Of Leon
Sex On Fire lyrics


Lay where you're laying
Don't make a sound
I know they're watching
They're watching

All the commotion
The kiddie like play
Has people talking
Talking

You
Your sex is on fire

Dark of the alley
The breaking of day
Head while I'm driving
I'm driving

Soft lips are open
Them nuckles is pale
Feels like you're dying
Your dying

You
Your sex is on fire
And so
Were the words to transpire

Hot as a fever
Rattling bones
I could just taste it
Taste it

But it's not forever
But it's just tonight
Oh we're still the greatest
The greatest
The greatest

You
Your sex is on fire
You
Your sex is on fire

And so
Were the words to transpire

And you
Your sex is on fire
And so
Were the words to transpire


Blog EntryJan 20, '09 4:14 AM
for everyone



while this town is busy sleeping
all the noise has died away
i walk the streets to stop my weeping
‘cause she'll never change her ways

don't fool yourself
she was heartache from the moment that you met her
my heart feels so still
as i try to find the will to forget her somehow
oh i think i've forgotten her now

her love is a rose pale and dying
dropping her petals and men unknown
all full of wine the world before her
was sober with no place to go

don't fool yourself
she was heartache from the moment that you met her
my heart is frozen still
cause i try to find the will to forget her somehow
she's somewhere out there now

(guitar solo)

oh my tears are falling down as i try to forget
her love was a joke from the day that we met
all of the words all of the men
all of my pain when i think back to when
remember her hair as it shone in the sun
the smell of the bed when i knew what she'd done
tell yourself over and over you wont ever need her again

But don't fool yourself
she was heartache from the moment that you met her
oh my heart is frozen still
as i try to find the will to forget her somehow
she's out there somewhere now

oh
she was heartache from the day that i first met her
my heart is frozen still
as i try to find the will to forget you somehow
cause i know you're somewhere out there right now

(forget her-performed by jeff buckley)

VIDEO


Blog EntryJan 6, '09 11:12 AM
for everyone
He knows what to say before he came,
"ive heard myself say it
even before all this has happened."

Finishing up her fancy coffee, she straightened
her dress.
with a clear tone, "goodbye" she whispered
and never looking back went on her solitary way
up the street leading to her house.

Silently they both went on their way
as if october never happened
november a dream
december, just a holiday. an excuse for family reunions
and drinking sprees that would help them mend their broken ways.
they both promised to be good, this year, and the year after that.
dreams are for dreamers.
and they pretend not to be sleeping, when everything is floating.
a lightheadedness that you only suffer when you are flying.
instead they go on their way, grounding themselves with work
and many other things not even relevant to their lives.

he refuses to remember. in vain...

when every morning is suffering silence
a letter never returned
left unopened
or unsent.

memories indeed come back with a vengeance.
cold blooded as last nights chilling breeze
which makes him think of her more,
a resilient thought more painful than usual.
The memory of her skin still sends a thousand fantasies
launching inside his head like last years fire works
brilliant smoldering flames of emotions
still burst inside him like gunshots from this new year.

when every song is a kiss on his lips
gentle
fading

when every whisper is a calm breeze.

he knows that all of it will never return.

"i know how to say goodbye" he told himself
many, many times.


But please tell me,

how can i forget?


Coldplay are no strangers to accusations of plagiarism. First off there was the Creaky Boards case, and, more recently, Joe Satriani claiming "Viva La Vida" is a rip-off of one of his tunes. Today, Chris Martin has acknowledged there may be some truth in the "rip-off merchants" label that Coldplay are being tagged with.

 

Talking to BBC radio, Martin admitted to imitating another musician's style; unsurprisingly the name he mentioned wasn't Satriani, much less Creaky Boards. Martin explained that "Shiver," the group's first UK Top 40 single was a rip-off of Jeff Buckley. "It's a blatant Jeff Buckley attempt," he confessed. "Not quite as good, that's what I think. We were 21 and he was very much a hero, and as with those things it tends to filter through."

 

Now that he's set the ball rolling he may as well admit to copying Radiohead and U2 while he's at it. [NME]





Blog EntryDec 29, '08 4:46 AM
for everyone





















but how madly you loved her



Blog EntryDec 20, '08 4:12 PM
for everyone







Ipinagluluksa ng alimuom ang pagtila ng ulan

kanina lang,

bago lumubog ang araw,

napansin mo ba?

umuwi na ang kalaro nating ambon

Unti-untiang umaakyat papaitaas ang bakas

ng maghapong pagtatampisaw.


Dahan-dahang isinauli ng lupa

ang init ng kalinga ng langit,

na nagdilig sa tigang na luha.


Ang ala-ala ng masasayang mga ulap

na ibinuhos ang kanilang luha sa galak

ay itinaboy nang muli

ng mapayapang kalungkutan.


Ang apoy ng dapithapon ay sawakas sumuko din

sa wala namang hinhintay

kundi ang hatinggabi.


Ang alimuom ngayon ay unti-untiang napalitan


    ng lamig


                  ng hamog


                                              at ng pagiisa

                                                               

                                                                  sa muling pagbuhos ng ulan.














Walang ibang nakasaksi

sa dapithapong inibig

kundi,

ang maliliit

na lawa ng tubig





Blog EntryDec 10, '08 11:11 AM
for everyone
ALIPIN, sino ang magpapalaya?
Silang nasasadlak sa dilim
Sila lamang ang papansin
Sa yong mga hikbi at luha
Alipin din ang magpapalaya

Lahat o wala
Lahat o wala
Ang nag-iisa'y walang magagawa
Sandata o tanikala
Lahat o wala
lahat o wala

TAONG GUTOM
, sinong magpapakain?
Kung gusto mo ng kanin at ulam,
Halika, sumama ka sa amin
Kumakalam din ang aming tiyan
Taong gutom din ang magpapakain

Lahat o wala
Lahat o wala
Ang nag-iisa'y walang magagawa
Sandata o tanikala
Lahat o wala
lahat o wala

Biktima sinong magtatanggol?
Ikaw na iginupo ng bugbog
Dinggin ang mga nakalugmok
Ang mahina'y malakas tumutol
Kasama, kami ang magtatanggol

Lahat o wala
Lahat o wala
Ang nag-iisa'y walang magagawa
Sandata o tanikala
Lahat o wala
lahat o wala

Api, sinong mangangahas?
Siyang hindi makapagtiis
Siyang walang sawa na sa panggigipit
Ay nag-iibayo ang lakas
Lalaban tayo ngayon, hindi bukas


Tula ni Bertolt Brecht
salin ni Pete Lacaba

Blog EntryDec 9, '08 1:02 PM
for everyone


BY LAWRENCE FERLIGHETTI

I am signaling you through the flames. The North Pole is not where it used to be. Manifest Destiny is no longer manifest. Civilization self-destructs. The goddess Nemesis is knocking at the door…

What are poets for in such an age? What is the use of poetry? If you would be a poet, create works capable of answering the challenge of Apocalyptic times, even if this means sounding apocalyptic. You have to decide if bird cries are cries of ecstasy or cries of despair, by which you will know if you are a tragic or a lyric poet. Conceive of love beyond sex. Be subversive, constantly questioning reality and the status quo. Strive to change the world in such a way that there’s no further need to be a dissident. Read between the lives, and write between the lines. Be committed to something outside yourself. Be passionate about it. But don’t destroy the world, unless you have something better to replace it.

If you would snatch fame from the flames, where is your burning bow, where are your arrows of desire, where your wit on fire?

The master class starts wars. The lower classes fight it. Governments lie. The voice of the government is often not the voice of the people.

Speak up, act out! Silence is complicity. Be the gadfly of the state and also its firefly. And if you have two loaves of bread, do as the Greeks did: sell one with the coin of the realm, and with the coin of the realm buy sunflowers.

Wake up! The world’s on fire!

Have a nice day!

Blog EntryDec 8, '08 1:33 AM
for everyone

Sinulat noong feb 2006

Para kay lisa

Ayon sa mga nakakita, dalawang beses pinaputukan ng kalibre .45 baril ni Mendoza ang kanyang asawang si Agnes sa may block-4, Phase 1-b, Pleasant HillsSan Jose del Monte Bulacan, isang gabi ng Marso, 1991.

I.

Madami nang nagbago dito sa kalungsuran simula noong umalis ka.

 

Alam ko mahirap pigilin ang nostalgia at marahil ay dati tayong naging magka-relasyon kaya na-aalala kita, o baka dahil valentines ngayon at single parin ang status ko sa friendster.

 

Anut-ano pa man, nakagagaan lang talaga ng loob na maalala ko ang mga panahong kasama ka.

 

Siya nga pala hindi ko pala nasabi sayo nung huling dumalaw ka na nasa-akin yung diary mo. Nakasulat doon yung mga panahon na problemado at walang katiyakan ang mga bagay sa pagitan natin. Lumikha din pala tayo ng maliliit na sipi ng kasaysayan na minsan hindi natin napapansin.

 

Ngunit ang tunay na kasaysayan mg mga buhay natin ay hindi kailanman kayang isulat.


parang pelikulang pilipino...may action, may comedy, may labstory...pero ang pinakaimportante mayroon itong halaga.


Dahil yung kasaysayan natin ay naiipit sa pag-giling ng mga pwersa sa lipunan. Naiipit, nadidikdik hanggang sa maging pino na parang mga buhangin. Habang tumatagal, kahit gaano man kahigpit ang pagtangan mo dito, itoy huhulagpos sa pagitan ng mga daliri. Tanging maiiwan ay mga butil na hindi mo na mawari kung ano ang kanyang itsura dati, ang alam mo lang minsan mong nahawakan ito.

 

Siguro iba ka na ngayon, hindi na yung dating nakilala ko. Siguro nga, pero natutuwa ako at naging bahagi ako ng buhay mo. Ikinakatakot kong pagtaksilan ako ng na-ulyaning mga ala-ala kaya paumanhin kung kailangan ko siyang isulat.

 

Bago pa tuluyang liparin ng hangin ang mga butil ng buhangin.

 

II.

Prubinsyang-prubinsya pa ang lugar natin. Boundery siya ng Bulacan at Caloocan. Kailangan mo lang tumawid ng tulay para makarating ka mula Region 3 papuntang NCR. Pero taliwas sa lahat ng deklarasyon ng lokal na pamahalaan, nananatili paring atrasado ang prubinsya natin simula pa noong tumira kayo dito ng 1990. Marami nang itinayong subdivision dito na pag-aari ng Manny Villar. Palmera, Carissa atbp. Sa pagiging gahaman ni Villar ay maraming na-displace na mga maliliit na magbubukid. Hindi palasak na land grabbing kasi binibili nil yung mga lupa ng mga maliliit na magsasaka pero sa napaka-babang halaga. Walang magawa ang mga magsasaka kundi sumunod nalang kasi kung hindi nila gagawing isuko ang lupa nila ay malilintikan sila ng mga tauhan at sundalo ng developer. Ang mag-organisa para ipaglaban ang lupa nila ay magiging batayan ng mga Militar na pag-bintangan silang mga New Peoples Army kahit na walang ebidensya.

 

Naalala ko na matagal mo na akong kinukulit na dalihin kita dito, kung saan ka lumaki pero hindi ko na nagawa dahil sa pagiging busy. Banggit mo pa nga na gusto mong makita yung bahay nyo dati na hindi mo naman kinagisnan, gusto mo lang siyang balikan kasi marami kang naiwanang ala-ala doon.

 

Ako man napakaraming mga ala-ala dito kahit hindi na ako dito nakatira at hindi lahat maganda.

 

Hindi ko din inaasahang dati pa man ay nagkatagpo na ang mga landas natin. Hindi lang natin alam.

 

III.

 

Grade 2 ako nang mga panahong iyon. Tuwing hapon ay pinagtatapon kami ng ate ko ng basura doon sa may ilog. Dalawa ang bitbit naming balde, yung isa may lamang basura yung isa naman kaning-baboy. Siguro e nagbibinata narin ako nun o papasok na sa puberty kaya medyo nahihiya na akong mag-bitbit ng basura sa kalye namin. Mga dalawang kilumetro din kasi mahigit yung tambakan sa boundery ng bagong-silang at bulacan.

 

Doon sa may bundok.

 

Yun ang tawag namin sa tambakan. Ilog siya pero nasa paanan siya ng isang maliit na burol. Hinukay lang yung burol at tinayuan ng mga bahay kaya tinawag young lugar naming na Pleasant Hills. Tuwing hapon, dito kami nagpupunta para mag-laro at magpakalunod sa imahinasyon ng isang pakikipagsapalaran kahit na sa dulo lang ng kalye naming yun. Nagdadala kami ng isang Tupperware na puno ng kanin at tatlong pirasong hotdog na sasapat naman sa maghapon. Pagdating sa tuktok, dun kami kakain.

 

Noong hapon na yun, iniiwasan namin ni ate na makita ng mga kalaro na nag-bubuhat kami ng basura kaya nagpasya kaming dumaan sa may malapit sa bundok. Sa gilid ng kalsada may naka-paradang mobil ng pulis at sa di-kalayuan pa ay may kumpol ng tao. Dahil natural sa bata ang pagiging mausisa, nagpasya kaming puntahan sila at maki-usyoso.

 

Doon

doon, sa may bundok.

Doon namin nakita yung katawang walang ulo.

Sa takot, dali-dali kaming tumakbo pauwi. Kinabukasan pa pumutok sa lugar natin ang balita na mayroong si-nalvage dahil nakita na yung ulo niya at nakilalala ang bangkay, si mang Ben.

 

IV

Maliliit lang yung damo sa pinagtapunan sa bangkay isang malawak na parang sa tabi ng ilog, sa kabila ay mayroong komunidad ng mga muslim (tuwing umaga maririnig mo yung kanilang pagdarasal sa loud-speakers) at matatanaw mo naman ang Bagong Silang sa kabilang dulo ng bundok, halos hapon narin nang matagpuan ito. Saktong pag lapit namin ni ate at hindi kami makapaniwala sa nakita namin, isang hubad na bangkay ng lalaki, malalaki ang sugat sa leeg at hindi pantay ang pagkakaputol, tinaga siya ng paulit-pulit hanggang sa magkahiwalay ang ulo sa katawan. Ebidensya na hindi lang siya pinatay, pinahirapan pa. Dag-dag sa ebidensya ng tortyur ay ang mga paso ng sigarilyo sa bawat daliri kung saan binunot isa-isa yung mga kuko, marahil gamit ang pliers. Ang pinaka-nakakagimbal sa lahat ay ang putol niyang ari, disturbing na imahe ng brutal na kakayahan ng mga halang ang kaluluwa.

 

Gumapang dahan-dahan yung takot sa likod ng batok ko na parang mabalahibong gagamba. Malinaw kong naalala ito dahil matagal kong napanaginipan yung eksaktong posisyon ng katawan, parang tocino yung laman na pinag-putulan ng ulo at, yung pinaka-matindi, doon siya sa lugar na kung saan kami naglalaro at nag-iimagine ng adventure. Pag-lapastangan sa kanlungan ng kamusmusan. Simula

noon, madalang na kaming mag-dala ng tupperware na may pagkain doon.

Naalala kong nakatayo lang ako na parang nakuryente habang tinitignan yung bangkay sa harapan ko mga isang metro lang yung layo.

 

Kinabukasan, sabi ng mga tao yung ulo ay nakita sa tambakan mismo natagpuan, naka subo sa ulo niya yung ari.

 

Kilalang karpintero sa lugar natin si mang Ben, sa katunayan nga ay personal siyang kakilala ng pamilya lalu ng tatay ko dahil siya ang gumawa sa extension ng bahay. Noong mga panahong ginagawa palang yung extension, lagi niya akong kinakausap kapag nagpapahinga sa paghahalo ng semento o sa paglalagare. Kaya hindi maaring magkamali ang mga taong nakakita nang kumpirmahin nila sa mga pulis na siya nga yung nakita dahil nakilala nila kaagad ang itim na balat niya sa likod ng kaliwang binti.

Sabi ng balitang dumating sa tatay ko, mayroon daw siyang nalamang krimen na kinasasangkutan ni Reyes, yung lokal na warlord.

 

V.

Dalawang tao lang ang kilala sa lugar natin. Si Col. Maganto (na nagkaroon ng life-story noong 1999 na ginanapan ni bong revilla), panginoong may-lupa naman si Reyes, may-ari ng subdivision. Malawak ang lupain ni Reyes at ginawa itong subdivision para hindi maipamahagi sa mga magsasaka ng Tungkong Mangga at makaligtas sa Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Land-Use Conversion daw, isa sa mga butas ng palyadong programa ni Cory para kunwari’y tulungan ang kalunus-lunus na kalagayan ng mga magsasaka. Karamihan ng nakakuha ng bahay dito ay mga professional, hindi naman mga mahihirap ngunit medyo gipit din sa buhay.

 

Hari si Reyes sa lugar natin. Isa siya sa kinatatakutan noon, binansagan nga siyang ‘4-5’ dahil lagi siyang may dalang baril at madaming mga goons na nagpapanggap na taga-bantay sa subdivision. Napaka-kumportableng excuse yun para humawak ng mahahabang armas na may matataas na kalibre. Ka-kuntsaba niya si yung dating si Maganto na maraming ino-opereyt na bus sa subdivision ni Reyes, sikat pa ang pangalan ni Maganto noon kaya malakas ang loob ni Reyes. Palibhasa Panginoong may-lupa kaya kinakailangang mag-hari harian siya sa lugar natin. Pero dahil hindi na mga masunuring magsasaka ang nakatira sa lupa niya, pero mga propesyunal na mayroong kamulatan tungkol sa kanilang karapatan, hindi na sila sumusunod kay Reyes.

 

Bahagi ng pagtatangka ni Reyes na pagharian ang Pleasant Hills sa pamamagitan ng eleksyon. Tumatakbo ang buong pamilya nila sa ibat-ibang pwesto sa barangay. Simula sa asawa niya na councilor at yung mga siga at pusher na anak niya sa SK naman. Kampanteng-kampante sa paghahari ang mga Reyes kaya kung mayroon mang kakalaban sa kanila ay magiging imyerno ang buhay. Minsan nga nang may-magtangkang tumakbo sa pagka-Barangay captain sa lugar natin ay hindi siya tinantanan ng mga bata ni Reyes. Madaming death threats ang pinadala nila na humantong sa sukdulang pag-susunog nila sa jeepney na tanging pinagkukunan niya ng kabuhayan.

 

Kaya ang tanging paraan upang maging hari ay sa pamamagitan ng pananakot.

 

Si Mendoza ay dating militar na naging personal body-guard ni Maganto at nang-kalaunan ni Reyes. Suspek ang grupo na kinabibilangan ni Mendoza sa ilang krimen at kaso ng pag-patay sa lugar natin.

May katuloy pa…

 

 


Blog EntryDec 4, '08 1:37 PM
for everyone
Stone sour

Bother


Wish I was too dead to cry
My self-affliction fades
Stones to throw at my creator
Masochists to which I cater
You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds

Wish I was too dead to care
If indeed I cared at all
Never had a voice to protest
So you fed me shit to digest
I wish I had a reason;
my flaws are open season
For this, I gave up trying
One good turn deserves my dying

You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds

[Solo: Corey]

Wish I'd died instead of lived
A zombie hides my face
Shell forgotten
with its memories
Diaries left
with cryptic entries

And you don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds

You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on:
I'll never live down my deceit

Blog EntryDec 4, '08 1:31 PM
for everyone
ZWAN

Honestly


I believe the love you talk about with me
Is it true, do I care
Honestly, you can try to wipe the memories aside
But it's you that you erase

'cause there's no place that I could be without you
It's too far to discard the life I once knew
Honestly, all the weather storms are bringing
Are just a picture of my dreams
'cause when I think of you as mine
And allow myself with time
To lead into the life we want
I feel loved, honestly
I feel loved, this honestly

I believe you mean the best that life can bring
I believe in it all
Honestly, you can try
Your heart is just as long as mine
Is it ours to let go

'cause there's not place that I could be without you
It's too dark to discard the life I once knew
Honestly, a single wrong is not enough
To cover up the pain in us
'cause when I think of you as mine
And allow myself with time
To lead into the life we want
I feel loved, honestly
I'll make a joke so you must laugh
I'll break your heart so you must ask
Is this the way to get us back
I don't know, honestly
I don't know, this honestly

There's no place that I could be without you
Honestly

There's no place that I could be without you
There's no place that I could gleam without you
There's no place that I could dream without you
There's no place that I could be without you
Honestly

Blog EntryNov 25, '08 1:43 PM
for everyone


sa mga maiiksing panahon na madaling nalilimot
nakakalimutan, walang muog na naititindig
walang dahilan na nahahapag.
marupok.

hindi kita mamahalin tulad ng mga pulang rosas
na ang pula ay nanakawin lamang ng panahon
at ng pag-ulit ulit ng mga gawi, paguulit ng panahon
hindi ka maikukubli sa maliit na paso ng aking pagnanasa dahil sayo ang daigdig
at ikaw ang kaniyang natatanging anak.
malaya kang maglalaro na kasama ng hangin
tulad ng mga batang nakabilad sa init ng umaga.

malaya.

hindi kita mahal dahil tayo ay ikinukubli parin ng dilim
ng lalim ng gabi.
ng mga anino ng nakaraan na nagtatanim ng pait sa ating mga labi,
ng unos na bumubuhos sa magdamag
gumugupo sa mga panaginip
gumuguho sa mga pangarap
salamat sayo,lahat sila napapawi sa akin
lahat sila naglalaho kasama ng sakit na aking nararamdaman sa tuwing ikaw ay mawawala.

sa gitna ng kaguluhang ito hindi kita mamahalin
kung ito ay sa ikapapanatag ng aking kaluluwa
sa ikahihimbing ng aking mga gabi habang ang daluyong ng sakuna ay humahampas.

Dahil hindi ko nais ng kapayapaan sa daigdig hindi kita mamahalin
Dahil kahit ang mata mo man ay batis ng kristal na dahan dahang rumaragasa,
tahimik ngunit malalim na nagungusap
hindi mapipigilan sa kanyang napipintong pagbabalik sa puso ng dagat.

hindi kita mahal
hindi kita mahal kung papano ka nila minahal.

ngunit patuloy parin kitang hahanapin
sa liwanag ng bukangliwayway.
doon
kung saan mas malaya kitang mamahalin.


*pasintabi kay neruda

November 26, 2008

Blog EntryOct 30, '08 9:56 AM
for everyone
I never get to see your face
I only get to hear your drums instead
You never fail to make me feel alright

And when it comes to consequence
You make me feel like I've got no regrets
You never fail to make me feel so right

You synthesizers to the bone,
They lift me off my legs of stone
All I need is to close my eyes
We're making love in new wave tonight

You take me places never been
Like the cover of a magazine
I never thought I'd get there all my life

And crazy though it all may seem
In the pages of this magazine
There's not a word about you all the time

You synthesizers to the bone,
They lift me off my legs of stone
All I need is to close my eyes
We're making love in new wave tonight

Whatever the tunes you know
Whatever the tunes you know

We're making love in new wave
We're making love in new wave

- electrico

Blog EntryOct 24, '08 1:52 AM
for everyone


In a little while from now
If I’m not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it’s like when you’re shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Where people saying: "My God, that’s tough
She's stood him up"
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally

To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to well wouldn’t do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much, as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about God and His mercy
Or if He really does exist
Why did He desert me in my hour of need
I truly am indeed Alone again, naturally

It seems to me that there are more hearts
broken in the world that can’t be mended
Left unattended
What do we do? What do we do?

Alone again, naturally
Now looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul,
Couldn’t understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally


Gilbert O'Sullivan -




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