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Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
Ed Maranan Balisang nagising si Jack, malakas ang kabog ng dibdib. Uminom siya ng isang basong tubig. Kay samang panaginip! Nagkaroon ng malaking sunog sa bundok ng Halcon, umabot sa pinakatuktok. Natupok lahat ang mga puno at damo. Paghupa ng apoy ay siya namang pagdilim ng mga ulap, na sinundan ng ilang araw na bagyo […]
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012
ni Abegail Joy Yuson Lee (Ikalawang Gantimpala, Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards para sa Kabataan Sanaysay) Binigyan tayo ng Diyos ng bibig para makapagsalita at utak para makapag-isip. Iyan ang paulit-ulit na dayalogo sa akin ni Mama sa tuwing nalalaman niyang hindi na naman ako nagsalita upang ipagtanggol ang aking sarili. Ako kasi yaong tipo ng […]
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
ni Tony Perez Madalas ka ba sa Katipunan? Siguro’y nakita mo na ang Frankie’s Steaks and Burgers, sa tabi ng bagong Cravings, malapit sa Lily of the Valley Beauty & Grooming Salon. Kung nakita mo na iyon, nakita mo na rin siguro si Bototoy. Lunes hanggang Sabado, inaakyat ni Bototoy ang liku-likong landas mula Barangka […]
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Saturday, November 10th, 2012
(pahina 140-143) Sa halip ang sinabi niya, “No, Jojo, you don’t understand. Bata ka pa kasi. Balang araw, kapag naging magulang ka na, maiintindihan mo rin ang sinasabi ko.” Ayaw ko ng logic niya, pirming siya ang matanda. Pirming siya ang tama. Pirming ako ang bata, kaya pirming ako ang mali, at pirming ako lang […]
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
May nagtanong kung ang paggamit ng Taglish sa kolum na ito ay recognition on my part na tinaggap kong maaaring gawing basis ng wikang “Filipino” and Taglish. Ngayon pa man ay nililinaw ko nang hindi lengguwahe and Taglish. Ito ay isa lamang convenient vehicle para maabot sa kasalukuyan ang isang articulate sector ng ating lipunan […]
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Thursday, October 18th, 2012
1. THE DINNER PARTY THE evening before he killed himself, Virgilio Serrano gave a dinner party. He invited five guests—friends and classmates in university— myself included. Since we lived on campus in barracks built by the U.S. Army, he sent his Packard to fetch us. Virgilio lived alone in a pre-war chalet that belonged to […]
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Monday, August 27th, 2012
ni Maningning Miclat (1) Isinulat ko ang una kong tula “Isn’t It?” noong high school. Labing-isang taong gulang ako noon. Nakakatuwa iyon, ang saya ko. Nakasulat sa malayang taludturan, nakilala ko na mayroon pala akong indayog. Nang mabasa ng mga kaibigan ko, sinabi nila na walang katuturang tula daw iyon at tinawag ko nga na […]
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Sunday, May 29th, 2011
by Imelda Morales Aznar I sing because of your heart-shaped hands, I sing Because of the folds in your skin. They catch My kisses the way leaves drink sunshine and I sing Because you’re fragrant as a dream
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
by Vicente Rivera, Jr. ONE evening in August 1941, I came out of a late movie to a silent, cold night. I shivered a little as I stood for a moment in the narrow street, looking up at the distant sky, alive with stars. I stood there, letting the night wind seep through me, and […]
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