STATE OF THE FILIPINO NATION, STATE OF THE MINDS OF THE ELECTORATES
Yes, there is something wrong in our country, Ricky Lee.
There will always be people sleeping on the streets, especially in Metro Manila. There will always be hunger stalking the poor--50 million subsisting on P50 each per day. Social inequality is everywhere despite those high-rise buildings in Manila and Makati including that structure in Bulacan which has been billed as the biggest in the world. And Boracay and Dakak may speak of achievements and more fun in the Philippines. But there will be more sad eyes and more empty stomachs.
And this Philippine curse will remain and stalks us for as long as the electorates chose corrupt politicians that include movie stars and mentally incompetent persons to run our government.
Ttruth is not a monopoly of religion.
Truth is a concept that defies definition.
Truth, your truth, and the truth don't necessarily coincide.
Truth is a "pillar" of democracy, if not its essence.
The search for truth is the lot of jounalists.
Therefore, the journalist is duty-bound to protect democary
"Happier thoughts lead to essentially happier
biochemistry. A happier, healthy body. Negative thoughts and stress have been shown to seriously degrade the body and the functioning of the brain, because it's our thoughts and emotions that are continously re-assembling, re-organizing and re-creating our body."--Dr. John Hagelin
The blogger put the discarded noodles cup containing dark okra seeds in a corner of the abong-abong in the backyard. In the morning, he took the cup and saw that the seeds, no larger than rice grains, have sprouted. How can these small shoots, not larger than commas, grow into a bush of many fruits?
The mystery of the okra seeds is the mystery of God that they say is an unseen spirit.
The blooger musing in Menifee:
The three Philipine senators--Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, Ramon Revilla, Jr.-- who have been arrested and jailed for plunder charges will have their day in court. If they are convicted, what they did--pocketing millions of pesos in kickbacks from the misuse of their pork barrel--was an abominable act, a kind of tyrannical terrorism against the Filipino people.
1.
love is dead
(the wind blows lonely)
but there is a return
to moonlight on the beach
where her laughter keeps thundering
across the fragile brain.
the world laughs
the sun is a fiery disc in the sky
but there is a cold cold corner
at dawn
morning is the beginning
of a thousand deaths.
2.
there is order in the world:
war, famine, thirst,
death, immorality, crime against
property, all are
parts indivisible
even hallucinations.
and the poet asks:
will it end in fire or ice?
i say neither.
the world will end
when i no longer see myself
in your eyes.
when the chain
of love snaps
in two, breaking
like brittle twig.
*included in the Ilokano-English anthology, "Umayka Manen, Ganggannaet/Come Again, Stranger" with critical introduction written by Dr. Aurelio Solver Agcaoili of the University of Hawaii at Manoa
We start growing old the moment
we are born in the world
and in time.
How long can we last in time
that appears to be "standing still, unmoving"
yet eternal?
