Saturday, May 9, 2009

For Wonderful Moms

The leaves turning
Into the color of spring
Air vibrating
Like it is breathing

Flowers are blooming
Orchids are hanging
What a nice sight of seeeing
Everyone is smiling

Mother's Day is happening
Everyone is rejoicing
There's a lot of greetings
Left and right they're coming

Through this message giving
I would like to bring
Love and peace offering
To all mothers and expecting

But especially mentioning
The woman whose love is unending
Caring and full of understanding
To my manong whom in this site i'm visiting

And never forgetting
My mother who is behaving
Like an angel in the sky trumpetting
Butterflies in heaven she's chasing
While father is happily looking

Oh my mind is reminding
Someone also loving
Whom compassion is touching
Her understanding to all is never ending
For her life is constant learning

Truly mothers are amazing
Like flowers always blossoming
Like wind constantly blowing
Like water freely flowing
Always there whatever reasoning





- lovingly composed and dedicated to ate of my manong, my nanay and to momi senior

Friday, May 8, 2009

Larawang Kupas

Nakalilibang ding pampalipas-oras
Ang pagbusisi ng larawang kupas
Na sa puso'y nagbibigay lunas

Mga larawang may ngiti sa labi
Mga alaalang sa isip hinahabi
Kasalukuya'y pilit itinatabi

May mga ngiting kaygandang pagmasdan
Ang ibang kuha nama'y di maintindihan
Magkaganunpaman, sila'y manananahan

Bawat puso'y naghahanap
Ng sa kanya'y lilingap
At para sa mga pangarap
Upang mabigyang ganap

Muling isara ang aklat ng lumipas
Humugot ng hiningang kaylakas
Upang manumbalik ang panata ng pantas
At harapin ang pausbong na bukas

Wonder Ears

Of all the pains and poverty that engulf suffering Earth, what joy is
welcomed to a newborn child - caroline norton



I was again demoted at my area due to a man admitted with toxoplasmosis. It is an infectious disease we, expectant mothers should certainly avoid being near with. It is an infection you can get from a parasite by eating raw or undercooked infected meat or handling contaminated soil, cat litter. If an expectant mother had been contracted, chances are stillbirth or long-term damage to the baby may occur. Well anyways, am already used with the idea of me being tossed to one area to another where there is less risk because of my condition and the nature of my field. Sometimes they had to put my name on the list as "available"...always.

To get started with i was assigned at the nursery which i soooooo loved. Since i have been there already during my second year, they transferred me there for the meantime. I remember then that i used to compare "pututoys" of whites, blacks, asian and in-betweens. No malice intended for all the newborns...just to tickle the mind lang ba! Whatever looks they have, they're all cute!

I was caring for the couple's newborn first child after his ceasarian birth. Since the mother was asleep under general anesthesia, the pediatrician and i took our tiny charge directly to the newborn nursery where we introduced the minutes-old baby to his daddy. While cuddling his son for the first time, he immediately noticed the baby's ears obviously standing out from his head. He expressed his concern that some kids might taunt his child, calling him names like Dumbo after the fictional elephant with large ears. I noticed the new dad's concern on his face, he looks like troubled, pacing back and forth. So i told the pediatrician about it if she can make a more convincing statement with regards to his baby's obviously protruding ears. The pediatrician examined the baby (again for the new dad's peace of mind). She reassured the new dad that his son was healthy - the ears presented only a minor cosmetic problem, which could be easily corrected during early childhood. The father was finally optimistic about his child, but was still worried about his wife's reaction to those large protruding ears. "She doesn't take things as easily as i do," he conveyed to me very much worried. Sa isip ko kaya naman pala pacing back and forth sa corridor looking very troubled. By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby. I went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby's obvious large ears. The infant was swaddled in a receiving blanket with the head covered for the short trip through the corridor. I placed the tiny bundle in his mother's arms and ease the blanket back slowly so that she could gaze upon her child for the first time. She took one look at her baby's face as i was holding my breath and looked to her husband...she then gasped, "OH HONEY! LOOK! HE HAS YOUR EARS!"










Wala pa rin

sabi nung isa jan
gawa daw ako ng www...
naisip ko tuloy
ano kaya dun sa mga www ang isusulat ko
madami ako nun eh

nung pers taym kong mag work sa bansang "amoy melon-melon amoy"
wala akong alam na arabic word..meron man basic lang
ung "salamalaykum"."malaykum salam","shokran","afuan" to say the few..
ngayon after 20 years,yun pa rin ang alam ko...
ang heeeraap kaya... or siguro hindi lang ako interesado
nawalan lang ako ng interes,kasi ba naman ang amo ko
sabihan ako ng "u'd better talk in english,ur arabic is worse"
nagtatanong man ako sa mga junakis ko,di ko naman nagagamit...

pero ang natatawa ako sa mga family names nila
one time ask ko si amo,"san galing ang mga apelyido nyo?"
sabi nya... (sulat ko na lang kung ano pagkakaintindi ko)
nung unang panahon daw,nung di pa uso ang passport
wala silang family names...
nung mauso ang census at kelangan may maisulat sa passport
ang ginawa ng mga tao,kung ano ang "tawag" sa knila
un ang ginamit nilang apelyido...
sampol-- si mang totoy--aburido..
so yun ang naging family name nya-- totoy aburido

infact ang family name nila-ng amo ko- hango sa chicken pox
dahil ung lelong daw nya sa father side
laging tinutukso ng mga kalaro nung magkaron nito..
ang lelong naman nya sa mother's side
hango sa usok,dahil lagi daw nagpapausok sa loob at labas ng bahay

napaisip tuloy ako dun
sa atin kaya ganun din?
san nga din kaya galing ang mga apelyido natin?
ung apelyido ko?... nyahahahaha...wag na lang
baka bumangon ang mga ninuno ko pag nasabi ko

ikaw... alam mo ba kung saan hango ang apelyido mo?

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Wala Lang

di ko alam kung ano gagawin kong taytol d2...
di ko din alam kung ano isusulat ko...
ayoko ng malungkot na wento...
gusto ko laging masaya...
life is too short para maging malungkot..

lagi may nagtatanong sa kin
kung may chance na ibigay sa kin to turn back the hands of time
kung ano daw ba ang gusto kong baguhin sa buhay ko...
sabi ko yung pag aasawa ko...nyahahahaha
kaso kung babaguhin ko yun
baka iba ang maging junakis ko
kaya nagdadalawang isip ako dun
artistahin pa naman ang mga lumabas sa kin
sayang ang chance kong maging stage mader...hahahaha

ano nga ba?....esep esep esep
siguro wala na lang..
kasi kung ano man ang pinagdaanan ko
it helped me to become stronger...
may mga regrets man, kasama na siguro yun sa consequences
para maging matatag ako...
pessimistic ako dati (5 years ago)
but with the help of my friends
naging optimistic ako...
kung pwede ko lang isulat d2 ang aking layf story
siguradong bebenta sa mga film producer
kaso baka magkaaberya sa talent fee...hihihihi
syempre ako pipili ng casts--mala anabel rama
kelangan puro kamag anak ko ang gaganap
at mga peborit actors and actresses ang starring roles..
ako din ang direktor at scriptwriter.... :D

hay naku... baka mabulabog ang showbiz industry
at pagkaguluhan ako sa PEP
baka puro mura at malalaswang salita ang mabasa ko
maidemanda ko pa ang ang mga pepsters...
hindi na ang pep,baka malugi sila..
lugi na nga sila kay anabel
nyahahahaha....

saka na nga ako mag iisip ng isusulat
ang herap mag esep.... :D

Sunday, May 3, 2009

The Ocean's Shivering Joy

Reaching Pacific Ocean through subway
I sat on a giant rock looking as the ocean sway

The sky was stained with gray
As i look up high to pray

Searching to find their faces
Asking if will i go places

A chill wind blowing, tearing leaves from twigs
My eyes filled with impending tears full of fears

Would i run or would i hide
No wonder there's no more pride

Pigeons, crows, hummingbirds are everywhere
What a vast of life makes me wonder

Oh how i would love to listen to your voices
Like ears on a sea shell for the call of winds and waters

Poised in the air i always remember
When gentle winds and waters near
Makes music to the lonely ear

Thinking deep touching my protruding belly
Son please let mommy be jolly

Rain i know will pour down soon
So i set aside my feeling of doom

I pushed a stone of grief down the cliff
Into the ocean's shivering joy and bliss


- an original piece inspired by sadness

Saturday, May 2, 2009

why are we alike

why are we alike

pareho tayong kana
kana tayo ng kana
hindi natin alam tayo na pala ang
kinakana

pareho tayong magaling kumana
pero pareho tayong pikon
na ayaw umamin

opposite attracts sabi nila
siguro totoo kasi magkabilang dulo man
ang ating pananaw sa buhay
ikaw clerk ako bossy
kaya enjoy tayo with each
company

tsaka pareho tayo mahilig
magbigay ng unsolicited free advice
kaya madalas tayo ay napapaaway
but the good thing is that even if we
inflict pain to others (without them and us knowing
that we knowingly inflict them pain)
madali naman tayo magsabi
ng tsori ading
or sorry my friend
next time ulit
sa ayaw at sa gusto niyo
me unsolcited advice kami
na magiging dahilan ng
pahingi namin ng sorry
Ulit.