Small World of Words

Time really fly so fast that you can’t even notice and feel the flow of its tale. You will just wake up one morning and realize that it is the beginning of summer; and sleep later in the night and notice that it is the start of the rainy season. The life’s pace is so quick, so as the things that can happen to an individual’s life. And am tellin’ you, life’s aint easy niggah… HAHA! I’ve been in a one-hell-of-a-roller coaster-ride lately, there are so many things that I did not expect to happen in my life. Things that made me want to weep, things that made me want to sigh in relief, things that made me laugh and smile. It just happen so fast; things happen spontaneously that I am not prepared on how to deal and manage it. Maybe I will start by telling you what really happen exactly a year ago. So, brace yourself for you will know how boring and irrelevant my life is. So, my question, are you ready? If no, you are free not to continue what you have started and jus...

“Into stone, This struggle Has turned me Into stone.” She has no hands. She is the folded hand. A fist, frozen. Permafrost Anger that cannot thaw into sorrow. She has no eyes She is the blinded eye. She is her own blinding dark. At noon, her socket carries the night. She is all ears. Voices weigh her down. She sinks into a swill of noises. Silence is not always her own choice. She wears a monochrome of gray. Clowns, orphans, soldiers at war – Their laughter has that stone – Texture of gray. The poem entitled “The Poverty of the Woman Who Turned Herself into Stone” is a classic Filipino poem that was written by Lina Sagaral-Reyes , a classic Filipino poet. The story that was describe by the poem is pretty harsh, and that makes the poem more interesting and mind boggling. The speaker of the poem, which is a woman, sees and describes the situation of the character presented in the poem. The poem is in the third person point o...

Every one of us wants to travel, admit it or not. Even you, I know that you have that desire to travel mapa abroad man o probinsya. Well, who would not love the idea of traveling? Where you can see some wonderful places, witness some unique cultures, and appreciate historical landmarks. But for us first time excursionist, we take one baby steps at a time. We decided to visit the Christmas Symbol capital of the Philippines which is Tangub City (malapit lang kasi) . It is like an annual escapade for our barkada, since Nieleth and Krissa just got home from Manila and Chresmae from Cebu. We talked about this escapade of ours on the late days of October, we have list of places to choose from; whether we will be going up north, down south or across the bay. Early days of December; but we are still undecided where we would go. Our first choice are Tangub City and Fantasyland, but our schedules are conflict. Second choice; Tangub City and Seven Seas Aqua Park, but they say that is t...