Oda sa aking Electronic Typewriter
Alam mong minsan na lang tayo magkita.
Hindi na kasi regular ang pag-uwi ko sa bahay,
lalo na ang pagtulog ko sa sariling kuwarto.
Kaya nakukumutan ka na ng makapal
na alikabok, tulad ng sa sahig at iba pang
mga kapwa mo personal kong gamit.
Kapag nagkita tayo, alam mong nakita kita.
Pero hindi kita pinapansin tulad nang dati.
Ilang gabi ng mga semestre ko sa kolehiyo
ang naging pagpupuyat natin?
Ako: umiinom ng kape, ngumunguya ng mani.
Ikaw: sinusubuan ko ng mga papel na short bond,
iluluwa ito na may bahid ng aking mga salita.
Marami-rami rin iyon. Nakaipit sa mga folder
na nasa mesa ko, katabi mo. Bihira ko nang buklatin
ang mga iyon, pero kapag ginawa ko, nakalimbag
sa gunita ang mahabang oras na binuno natin
para lamang sa isang pahinang sulatin.
Bumabalik lahat ang naganap -- ang pag-ikot
ng iyong daisy wheel, ang pagdiin nito sa papel
na nakaikot sa platen, ang iyong takatak,
ang panlalabo ng ribbon at ng display, ang brownout...
Kaya ngayong pinupunasan ko ang iyong katawan,
tinitipa-tipa ko ang mga letra mong noon
ay nagsimulang bumuo sa aking ngayon.
6 Enero 2016
Showing posts with label personal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label personal. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Resolutions? What's that?!
I'm one of those people who doesn't follow to the letter the list of New Year's Resolutions I made for myself. But I believe in positive changes, no doubt about that.
It's just I get easily frustrated if a plan for a certain period of a year didn't happen. For example, I have been enrolled in a graduate school since 2008. I have already finished the required academic units since four years after I decided to pursue my master's degree. I am ready to write my thesis proposal then an unexpected event happened.
I became a father. It came earlier than I planned.
But I have no regrets. Having my own family is one of the treasures of my life. Yeah, things have to be prioritized aside from my own well being. And these priorities are considered for the welfare of my family. I am blessed to have a loving and charming wife and a lovable daughter.
It's just this graduate work that I need to finish within the year. The thesis proposal, the proposal defense, the thesis writing proper, and the thesis final defense. Can I do it within a semester?
It's part of my resolutions for this 2016. What if I couldn't make it? Oh no, fear strikes again.
That fear leads to nowhere. Strike out that fear!
But, I have to sleep now. It's 12:05 AM. Have to wake up at 5:00 AM.
Good night!
It's just I get easily frustrated if a plan for a certain period of a year didn't happen. For example, I have been enrolled in a graduate school since 2008. I have already finished the required academic units since four years after I decided to pursue my master's degree. I am ready to write my thesis proposal then an unexpected event happened.
I became a father. It came earlier than I planned.
But I have no regrets. Having my own family is one of the treasures of my life. Yeah, things have to be prioritized aside from my own well being. And these priorities are considered for the welfare of my family. I am blessed to have a loving and charming wife and a lovable daughter.
It's just this graduate work that I need to finish within the year. The thesis proposal, the proposal defense, the thesis writing proper, and the thesis final defense. Can I do it within a semester?
It's part of my resolutions for this 2016. What if I couldn't make it? Oh no, fear strikes again.
That fear leads to nowhere. Strike out that fear!
But, I have to sleep now. It's 12:05 AM. Have to wake up at 5:00 AM.
Good night!
Monday, October 20, 2014
Busy days are here again...
Busy days are here again...
Above is a rip-off from a song of FrancisM, "Rainy Days". The line goes "Rainy days are here again...", I just replaced the word rainy to busy.
It has been months since I uploaded a new post to satisfy my own craving for creativity with words. Many things happened personally that I have to attend to, thereby my writing has to give way. If muses are real, they are disheartened, I know. But it's just me, we know that.
I hope I can find time to write again in this blog after checking papers to be graded this month.
May the Higher Power grant me that. Or, to put it upon myself, I grant me that.
Above is a rip-off from a song of FrancisM, "Rainy Days". The line goes "Rainy days are here again...", I just replaced the word rainy to busy.
It has been months since I uploaded a new post to satisfy my own craving for creativity with words. Many things happened personally that I have to attend to, thereby my writing has to give way. If muses are real, they are disheartened, I know. But it's just me, we know that.
I hope I can find time to write again in this blog after checking papers to be graded this month.
May the Higher Power grant me that. Or, to put it upon myself, I grant me that.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Why is February the month of "kulang-kulang"?
As the last day of the month is nearing its end, I am just wondering again why February only has 28 days.
Good thing during this time is the Internet. With just a click away, we can know the answer to any questions we dare ask ourselves. :-) I googled the word "February" and found many sites offering information about my query.
But years before, when voluminous encyclopedia still rule any modest household, I go to my friends' houses and ask permission to browse over their big books of knowledge. Without a set of encyclopedia in our house, it seems that the family that I belong to ain't that rich. :-(
I remember that my first serious reading of an encyclopedia volume is about the month of February. I was born on February 10. This year, I turned 31. :-) And there is this belief from the folks around town that whoever is born on February is called "kulang-kulang" (always lacking in something). S/He may lack in height, beauty, know-how, or whatsoever.
But the encyclopedia says that two Roman emperors stole the two days of the said month and added these to their respective months. Julius Caesar added a day to his month, July; and Augustus Caesar did the same for his August. Why did they do that? Well, they were gods. Then.
As I got older and smarter (yeah!), I realized that people born on February are the usual suspects for fame and greatness (Wow!). Bob Marley and George Harrison are the artists that I share with the so-called Love Month. Here in the Philippines, it is also called the National Arts Month. And artists are always experimenting. They are not contented with the way things are. These people pushed their limits. And we now see how they've gone that far.
With regards to my personality, it's just that I am not that comfortable with routine. Change is what I want, from the personal/political to the political/personal.
If I am "kulang-kulang", who else will I be?
Good thing during this time is the Internet. With just a click away, we can know the answer to any questions we dare ask ourselves. :-) I googled the word "February" and found many sites offering information about my query.
But years before, when voluminous encyclopedia still rule any modest household, I go to my friends' houses and ask permission to browse over their big books of knowledge. Without a set of encyclopedia in our house, it seems that the family that I belong to ain't that rich. :-(
I remember that my first serious reading of an encyclopedia volume is about the month of February. I was born on February 10. This year, I turned 31. :-) And there is this belief from the folks around town that whoever is born on February is called "kulang-kulang" (always lacking in something). S/He may lack in height, beauty, know-how, or whatsoever.
But the encyclopedia says that two Roman emperors stole the two days of the said month and added these to their respective months. Julius Caesar added a day to his month, July; and Augustus Caesar did the same for his August. Why did they do that? Well, they were gods. Then.
As I got older and smarter (yeah!), I realized that people born on February are the usual suspects for fame and greatness (Wow!). Bob Marley and George Harrison are the artists that I share with the so-called Love Month. Here in the Philippines, it is also called the National Arts Month. And artists are always experimenting. They are not contented with the way things are. These people pushed their limits. And we now see how they've gone that far.
With regards to my personality, it's just that I am not that comfortable with routine. Change is what I want, from the personal/political to the political/personal.
If I am "kulang-kulang", who else will I be?
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