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It all ends in July

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Category : musings

It all ends in July.

For me, it ended the moment I got to the last page of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. And that was last Sunday.

I know. It’s been ages since the book came out. The first installment of the movie had already been shown, and in fact, the second, and the last installment (again, of the movie) is going to be shown this July, so how come I had just finished the book? Well, let’s just say I intentionally put off reading the book for as long as I could.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I don’t love the series. In fact, I read all the other books almost as soon as they first came out, but this one I decided would have to wait. You see, I had the feeling that the moment I finished reading it, I’d feel a sense of loss, knowing it was the last in the series, and that JK Rowling wouldn’t write an 8th, since Voldemort, the most evil of all evils, would already be defeated in the 7th.

But because I did not want to lose the chance of watching the last installment of the Harry Potter Movie series, I decided it was time to read the book. (On hindsight, this also means I would have to watch the first installment of the 7th movie on DVD. Never mind that.)

And what was the verdict? True enough, the moment I got to the last page, I felt a sense of loss, having realized I would not be reading about a new adventure of Harry Potter and Ron and Hermione. I felt as if the book took with it a part of my heart, never to return again.

Chos. Ang drama. But honestly, I really felt something was taken away from me. Reading the pages that tell of what happened 19 years post Voldemort’s defeat was like knowing that in just a matter of minutes, I’d really be separated from a dear, loved one.

But when Ate Kara and I were discussing it over lunch last Sunday, (She had already finished the book eons ago), and I was refreshing her memory about what happened, I realized, well, all is not lost. Since I am known for having a short-term memory myself, I’m sure, in just a few months, I’d totally forget the details of the 7th Harry Potter book. This realization made me, for the first time, thankful of the fact that I now have more “senior moments.” Haha!

So yeah, the movie ends in July, but for me, the story doesn’t really end, for I know, it will always be like a friend to me, one that I could go back to from time to time, and I have a feeling, we’d just pick up where we left off as if we just saw each other yesterday.

 

Seriously, Noynoy!

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Category : musings

Going home last night, there was a news item on the radio about President Noynoy telling those present in a gathering that there are two or three cabinet members in his administration that has him thinking what bad news they are about to deliver when he sees them. It was reported here, too.

I know Noynoy lacks the wit that his father possessed, but I did not know he could go this low. And I mean, really LOW! I would understand if this statement came from Erap, or some highly-intoxicated politician (though I have to hand it over to Miriam for having a wonderful sense of humour when she said this: “Non-marriage now is apparently a fashion among young people. I think they’re missing out on something. It’s very nice to come home and obtain catharsis by scolding your husband if you do not scold anybody in your office.”) But when this  statement comes from your country’s Commander-in-Chief, and said at a public gathering, it would surely leave you tongue-tied.

Never mind if he used that statement to impress upon those present that he was just trying to magnify his praises for the two or three cabinet members that are performing very well. I don’t give much credit to those because for all we know, they are most surely not painting the true picture that correctly characterizes the part of government they’re handling. But since this is a president who has yet to buckle down and get to work a year after he was elected, and whose claim to fame are his parents, his taklesa sister, an expensive Porsche, and a string of young girls he supposedly dated/dates, then yeah, I shouldn’t have been surprised. (Uh, I forgot, he also recently changed our peso bills, scrapped holiday economics only to institute one of his own–the ingenious Jose Rizal birthday celebration on June 2o, and…well, I really can’t think of anything substantial to add to this, not that I think these are substantial at all.)

Really, Noynoy? And to further tell people present that these three are your “penitensiya?” Really now!?!

Well then, he should know that since he hasn’t done anything but blame past administrations for his inability to bring order back to this country, he has become the national penitensiya himself. But then, this is what happens when people vote not according to accomplishments, management skills and track record, but to lineage and emotions.

 

Isang taon na, Noynoy, hindi “Isang taon pa lang kami sa administrasyon.” What, the past one year was your dry run? Seriously? Seriously!

 

 

 

KM2: May gusto ako muling sabihin

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Category : musings

Pag mukha namang dikya ang dahilan ng lugami mo, masisigurado ko sayong patay ang adhika mong maging mabuting tao.

Eto na naman ako tulad ng nasulat ko dito. Pag naiisip ko kung paano akong nagtiwala at nagmahal sa isang taong sumira sa usapan, naiiinis ako nang sobra. At yung pagkainis na yun, daig pa sa kung paanong gusto kong batuhin ang mga pusa kapag nakaririnig ako ng kanilang halinghing habang sila’y nagliligawan.

Pag naiisip ko siya, gusto kong busalan ang kuyukot niyang kitang kita kapag nagsusuot siya ng mababang pantalon na animo’y kaakit-akit siya. Oo, ako na ang galit!

Pero paanong di ka maiinis kung sa tagal ng pagsasama nyo, nakuha niyang magmistulang banal sa iyong paningin, kulang na lang ay umawit ng luwalhati sa tuwing ibibida niya ang mga magagandang ginawa nya para sa iyo at sa pamilya mo? Walang sinabi ang mga maharlika at dugong bughaw sa galing niya, yun pala, itinatago lang niya ang dami ng peklat at sariwang sugat ng katauhan niya.

Mali rin naman kasi ako. Dapat noon pa, nahuli ko na ang senyales ng kanyang panibugho sa buhay na mayroon ako. Pero nagsawalang kibo ako dahil gusto kong mapanatili ang pagsasama naming sintamis ng pulot-pukyutan.

Pero ganun yata talaga. Gaano man niya itago ang hindi maganda sa kanyang pagkatao, lalabas pa rin ang kapangitan nito, parang alingawngaw na di matigil sa pagsusumigaw, lalo at maraming mata na ang nakapuna rito. Itago man niya ito sa yungib at kasuluk-sulukan ng kanyang pagkukunwari, lalabas pa rin ang nakasusulasok niyang paguugali.

Pero dahil likas din sa akin ang pagnanais na hindi magsalita nang makasasakit sa ibang tao, naghintay ako hanggang sa huling sandali. Hugot dito, hugot doon ng pasensiya ang ginawa ko habang tinitimpi ang galit na gustong magumalpas sa tuwing nakikita ko ang nangangalumata niyang presensiya. Pinatutulog ka pa ba ng iyong konsensiya? Palagay ko hindi na, dahil para kang manananggal na tumalilis sa gitna ng pagkahimbing namin dala ang kung anong mga bagay na di ko na matantiya. Sa huli, ang masasabi ko, naniniwala ako sa karma. Sana tamaan ka niya nang bonggang bongga!

 

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Note: Ito ay para di naman masabi ni JKulisap na hindi ko sinuportahan ang kanyang patimpalak. Kaibigan ko yan kaya kung anong kalokohan niya, e siya kong susuportahan. o ha, 347 na salita. Bilang yan! Smile

 

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May gusto akong sabihin

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Category : musings

Gusto kong sabihing napakahirap magtiwala sa isang tao lalo’t hindi mo siya kilala. Kaya nga sinasabing trust is earned. Hindi kasi yun ibinibigay nang kusa. Kelangan mong mag-effort para makuha mo yun. At pag sinabing effort, hindi pwedeng manaka-naka o pag naisipan at nagustuhan mo lang. Kelangan kasi consistent ka sa pagpapakita na mapagkakatiwalaan ka. Dahil pag nakuha mo yun pero dagli mo ring napawalan dahil sa sandamakmak na kasalanang nagawa mo, patay ka na. Sa aking paniniwala, mas mahirap ibalik ang tiwalang nawala. Major production ang dapat mong i-stage para makuha mo yun muli. Wala ring garantiya na kapag nakuha mong muli, hindi na ito muling mawawala sayo. Pero naniniwala din akong kung likas sayo ang pagiging matapat, hindi magiging mahirap para pagtiwalaan ka ng ibang tao.

Gusto kong sabihin na hindi dahil totoo kang makisama at itinuring mong kaibigan ang isang tao, ganun din ang makukuha mo sa kanya. Merong kasabihan na huwag mong gagawin sa iba ang ayaw mong gawin nila sayo. Golden Rule ito. Sa kasamaang palad, may mga tao talagang lalabas na hindi nakakarealize ng Golden Rule. Patitirahin mo sa sarili mong tahanan, ituturing mong kaibigan, ihahatag mo ang anumang mayroon ka, pagsasaluhan ang pagkaing binili mo, gagamitin nang walang habas ang kung anong gamit meron ka. Ang kapalit lang sana e ituring kang maayos. Pero ang masaklap, malalaman mo sa huli na nagaalaga ka pala ng ahas. Bukod sa inubos na nya ang pwedeng ubusin, inaksaya ang pwedeng aksayahin, malalaman mo pa sa huling ipinagkakalat nya ang mga bagay tungkol sa yo na hindi naman totoo.

Gusto kong sabihin na kung gusto mong magkaroon ng mga tapat na kaibigan, dapat marunong kang magbigay ng respeto. Hindi pwedeng ipakita mo ang bugok mong paguugali at sabihin sa sarili mong tanggapin nila kung ano ka, kasi sasabihin ko na sayo: hindi ka katanggap tanggap at hindi sila manghihinayang na itigil ang pakikipagkaibigan nila sayo. Pero bago ka makapagbigay ng respeto  sa iba, sa palagay ko, ang dapat mong unahin, e ang bigyan ng respeto ang sarili mo. Dahil kung ikaw pa lang, e basura na ang tingin mo sa sarili mo, palagay ko yun din ang makikita sayo ng ibang tao.

Gusto kong sabihin na kapag umedad ka na ng mahigit dalawampu, dapat ka nang umakto batay sa tamang edad mo. Hindi na pwede ang patweetums, pang high school lang dapat ang ganun. At lalong hindi magandang ipangalandakan mo ang mga kabugakang ginagawa mo para magpapansin sa ibang tao. Tandaan mo, may tolerance level ang mga taong dati’y sumasama sayo. Pag narating na nila ang rurok noon, asahan mong isa-isa, pwede rin namang sabay-sabay silang maglalahong parang bula sa buhay mo. Pag nangyari ito, wala kang dapat balikan kundi ang sarili mo.

Gusto kong sabihin na hindi habang panahon dapat mabait ka. Kung minsan kailangan mong magsalita at magsungit, magtaray at magmaldita para lang ipaabot sa kinauukulan na hindi ka na natutuwa. At hindi ibig sabihing nagsungit ka, masama ka na. Palagay ko, mas hindi tamang hayaan ang pangaabuso ng ibang tao dahil nakatandaan mo na ang kasabihang mas maganda ang nakauunawa kaysa inuunawa.

Gusto ko ring sabihin na bilog ang mundo. At oo, ang basurang itinapon mo, babalik din sayo.

 

Ay, nasabi ko na pala silang lahat. Ikaw, may gusto kang sabihin? Sa presinto ka na lang magpaliwanag!

 

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