A Blogger’s Patron July 2, 2009
Posted by palab0y in education.Tags: Jose rizal, mercado rizal, national hero, pepe, rizal, rizal subject, rizal's work life and writings, te
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Juan: Paano namatay si Rizal?
Pedro: Binaril
Juan: Mali ka
Pedro: Eh paano?!
Juan: Hindi mo alam? Pinugot ang ulo, inilagay sa piso!!
Nyek Nyek Nyek
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For about two hours, I laughed about this joke that my classmate t
old me way back when I was in grade 1, only now that I was a grown up did I see how corny and senseless it was. Yet, it tickles the funny bones of all children who went through a public school. For them, our national hero’s existence lie in every joke about Jose, every chart of National Symbols on the wall, on every one peso coin and in every portrait beside our current presidents. F
or such a long period of childhood, they have know our national hero in this
point of view, even I took so many years before knowing, not how he died, but how he lived.
This was one subject I really left out for the last few
semesters of my time here in our school. I left it out for two reasons, 1) it is a minor subject in our curriculum and 2) many students leave this out too and so this subject was always available every semester. I was excited at the same time irritated since it took me almost four years before I can take it and because I know who my teacher will be.
On the bad side of luck, I was not surprised when she came on the platform, spoke in her drunken accent and gave as much assignment as we can have. In only a single session, she has assigned a reporter on every chapter of the reference book which was used even before she was a student. I found it difficult to be motivated in her class since her old-fashioned way of teaching was really hard to absorb. There were no integrations of our lessons, nothing new about that, my last two social science subjects in her class proved to be the same as today.
But enough about her, despite my idleness in her subject, I don’t know what happened but I just simply turned the pages of that book and read. When not in the mood, I read with my eyes but my thoughts say a different thing. And from the first few paragraphs, I have to read them again because I did not understand anything besides the thought of Sesame Street dancing in my mind.
I fell asleep and when I woke up, there were no classes then, I just continued reading, for ones, I became interested by the conflicts of his time, the violence of our conquerors and the Filipino’s thirst for freedom and retribution. I kept on reading, after a while, I noticed that I have gone through the chapter assigned to me which was my original purpose of opening that book. Pausing for only bathroom breaks and answering the text message on my phone, nothing stopped me from reading. I did not eat lunch on time, I brought it to the toilet, and it takes me until eleven in the evening just to feel my eyes already shedding tears for lack of rest and sleep.
After two nights and one whole day, I finished the book and to my surprise, I understood it, maybe not in full detail but by heart I understood how our hero lived before having to face death. For once, I saw through him in a different way, more than Juan and Pedro could have known him, in a way that a Filipino should know him.
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A tribute to a writer that every blogger should know of.
Protected: Poems July 2, 2009
Posted by palab0y in emote.Tags: Your name holds a lot of secrets in everybody's heart
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Reading in Circles June 19, 2009
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My thoughts of you are my mornings’ inspiration
And my evenings’ comfort
They are wondrous thoughts free in spirit
And they take me along when they are soaring
Above the things that cloud other parts of my life
You make everything alright in my world,
Every time I think of you
If I know what love is,
It is because every moment with you
Is a past, a present and a future
That brings me closer to a wish come true
Than any fantasy I’ve ever had
With your own special magic
And in your own marvelous ways,
You have given my days
With more richness, joy and love
Than most people will ever dream of…
I love you…
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I was never fond of giving gifts, expensive accessories or other luxuries. Since we are both students, saving money was still a priority for us. Only a few times in our relationship did we go to the movies, dated in an extraordinary location or eat in an exquisite restaurant.
Though she did not experience what every young woman’s dream of these things, I made her experience what every young woman never dreamed of experiencing.
In the early stages of our relationship, and up to now, we still give each other gifts that was beyond what money can do. I send her letters expressing my love, drawings and comic strips that makes her smile and other simple things for her to remember me. In return she does the same. She even gives me artworks (she is a painter) and sings for me on the phone whenever I call her.
These simple things reminds us that love is more than the words spoken when we see each other, more than the things we give each other, even more than the times we see each other. Beyond distance, studies and work, still this love is burning giving light and color to our life as young individuals. Eventually as we become mature of heart and of mind, may this love still give us warmth as we face a new challenge in life…
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O diba, parang ikakasal eh ano, drama eh
Gusto ko lang I-share ang unang tula na ibinigay sa akin ng aking mahal. Nakuha ko sya kagabi, binigyan ko sya ng isang maliit na rosary, kahoy, at technicolored. Sinulat nya yung tula sa isang papel following the path of her name. Tapos paikot-ikot sa border noong papel. Ang sweet nga eh hehe.. yun, wala lang.
Ministers of the Altars June 17, 2009
Posted by palab0y in religion.Tags: dreams, election, knights of the altar, koa, ministers of the altar, moa, officer, president
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This semester, our organization, Knights of the Altar, opened up for training women in altar service. In return changing our organization name to be Ministers of the Altar.
These changes led me into thoughts like being fair enoughto both genders in the kind of service we offer to the Lord. The downside is, since this is a first, women in our school still are hesitant to be the first women to serve the altar so it really is a challenge and it will take a real heart to serve the Lord without hesitations.
One more thing, election of officers took place just last week and guess what, who would have thought that the boy who once dreamed of being in the altar in a white sotane assisting the priest , that boy who also dreamed of sending fumes of incence go flying everywhere while leading 5 other servers as they march down the isle, would be thepresident of the organization…
At last, this is my first time to be an officer since I was in kindergarten and sure enough, my service to this organization finally paid off.

We were invested as knights on this day.
Fiesta Mania Updates June 11, 2009
Posted by palab0y in Uncategorized.Tags: contents, Fiesta Mania, Summary, updates
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Here are the updates of my Fiesta Mania Don’t forget to read everything for it to make sense. Comments are highly aprreciated at this blog. Sabihin ko kay Lord mabait ka pag may comment
hihi thanks





