The Great Pretender /ho

Games

Ang istoryang ito ay tungkol sa isang mapagpanggap na babae na madalas tumawag sa isang lalake. Tuwing tatawag ang babae sa lalake ay gumagamit sya ng iba't ibang pangalan, boses at style ng pagsasalita. Ang dahilan ng pagpapanggap ng babae ay dahil sa hindi sya siguro ang tipo ng babaeng magugustuhan ng lalakeng kanyang tinatawagan kaya lagi syang nagpapanggap bilang isang babaeng matitipuhan ng isang lalake.

Kung iisipin natin hindi lamang sa mga babae natin ito maaring, maikumpara. Maari din sa mga lalake, dahil di natin maikakait na minsan ninanais tayong maging, pero kasamaangpalad ay hindi tayo naging ganoon. Para sa akin hindi maganda ang magpanggap, para sa akin napakahirap magpanggap dahil una sa lahat niloloko mo ang mga kapwa mo dahil sa umaasa sila na ganoon ka talaga at pangalawa niloloko mo na din ang sarili mo, dahil sa nabubuhay ka na nagpapanggap at hindi ka na totoo sa sarili mo.

Kung ako yung babae, magpapakatotoo ako. Kung ano talaga ako, yun ako kapag nakita ako ng natitipuhan kong lalake. Tsaka pwede ko naman sigurong akong gumawa ng paraan para magustuhan ako di ba? Bakit magpapanggap ka pa?

Forgotten Love in the Cornhusk

Sometimes people when it comes to love, defines love as a relationship where two hearts should exist, where both of them should be physically in contact with each other so that they could really have love. What I mean is, for most of us, it is so difficult to maitain a long distance relationship, specially if you you will not be communicating a lot. Maybe, today it is more easy to maintain a long distance relationship. Maybe, because of technology, we have telephones where we can our love ones anytime, cellphone where we can send a simple sms to our loved ones and there is the internet wherein there is a lot of communication options we can choose from. But in the story we discussed, there is no telephone, cellphones, etc... the typical, unreliable snail mail is their only option for a long distance communication making long-distance relationship very difficult to maintain.




The story for me is all about forgotten love. The story starts in a typical rural area wherein corns grow. In the first part of the story, Tinang, wife of inggo,the main character of the story, with his son, visits her master to ask if her master would agree to become a ninang of her baby in the its coming baptism. But before tinang leaves her master, she was asked by his master to go to the post office because she has a letter. Tinang went to the post office to pick-up the letter and after that she searched for a place where she can read the letter. She decided to read the letter when she found a place with cornhusks.

The letter she got from the post office is from her first husband, amado. In the letter, Amado told
tinang that his mother is sick, now, unfortunately dead. Also, Amado asked if tinang still has for amado in her heart. Because of this, tinang felt guilty. She felt guilty because she didn't even wait for amado and she regret losing the love started in the cornhusks.

What I can say is that, tinang is weak and impatient. Why weak? Why impatient? She is weak and impatient because of the fact that tinang fell in love with Inggo. I also find the relationship of amado and tinang, a weak one because it took tinang two years to read amado's letter. Which may mean that they aren't communicating a lot. They just let time pass by.

Pimped Mats

Para sa akin maganda ang mensahe na nais ipahiwatig sa atin ng istoryang "The Mats" ni Francisco Arcellana. Kung ating iisipin napakasimple lang ng istorya ngunit marami itong laman. Maraming mga pangyayari ang sumasalamin sa mga kaugaliang pinoy na umiiral pa din hanggang ngayon tulad ng isang ama na kada-uwi nya ay nagdidiwang ang buong pamilya. Pinakikita dito ang kaugaliang kailangang magsaya ng lahat dahil ligtas at "buong" na nakauwi ang ama at syempre kaya nagdidiwang at masaya ang lahat ay dahil tuwing uuwi ang ama ay may pasalubong ang ama, syempre masaya yun di ba? Tulad sa totoong buhay, lalo na noong bata pa tayo, kapag narinig mo na ang kotse na bumusina, bumukas ang gate at tumunog ang pinto nagkakandarapa ka nang salubungin si Mommy at Daddy para inspeksyunin ang kanilang mga dala dala at hanapin ang iyong pasalubong di ba? (Hindi ako yan ah!) Minsan malungkot kasi walang pasalubong pero ayus lang andyan naman si Mommy at Daddy di ba? (wushu!)

Balik sa istorya, naguwi ang ama ng mga "mats" o sleeping mats na ipinagawa nya sa isang mahusay na manghahabi para sa lahat ngunit may kondisyon ang ama na dapat makamit muna ng kanyang mga anak ang kanilang mithiin at makatapos sa pag-aaral bago nila magamit ang kani-kanilang mga mats. Pinakikita sa pangyayaring ito na napakaimportante para sa isang magulang ang pagtatapos ng isang anak sa kanyang pag-aaral. Para sa isang magulang, ito na marahil ang pinakamahal na kayamanan na maibibigay ng magulang, di tulad ng pera na nauubos, di tulad ng mga ari-arian na nawawala, para sa kanila ang edukasyon ay parang mga pakpak na makakatulong para sa kanilang mga anak na abutin ang kanilang mga pangarap kahit na wala na sila.

Sa huling parte ng istorya, para sa akin ang pinakaimportanteng bahagi ng istorya, kasi matapos ibigay ng ama ang kaniyang pasalubong sa kanyang mga anak, nagtaka ang kanyang mga anak kung bakit may natira pang mga mat/sleeping mats na ikinagalit ng ama, dahil ang mga mats na natira ay para sa mga anak nyang yumao na. Para sa akin, nais ipahiwatig ng ama na kahit wala na hindi na nabubuhay ang kanyang mga anak na iyon para sa kanya, buhay pa din sila at di dapat sila kinalilimutan kahit na masakit alalahanin. Sa iba't ibang mga bagay din siguro, di lamang sa mga yumao, sa mga tao na may mga mabuting nagawa sa atin dati dapat alalahanin natin sila. Kaya di ako naniniwala sa kasabihang "past is past" eh. Tama nga talaga ang kasabihang, dapat lumingon ka sa pinanggalingan mo para makarating ka sa paroroonan mo.

dwek as a Filipino

My name is Dwight Herrera, and my friends often call me dwek, dweky or dwitee. I don't know who started to call me dwek, what I know is that the person is a member of a choir. I am a Computer Science student at De La Salle University Canlubang and my course tells that I really enjoy technology though I do not know much about it. I like knowing facts about computing and cool stuff that is currently happening in our society. I regularly check the mall for new devices (I only check, them, no money for me to buy them) for me to see what is the latest in the tech market today. I spend most of my time in front of my computer when I have the opportunity specially when I am on vacation or just hanging around because I enjoy working with a computer, I do not know why, but I think it would be hard if I don't have one. Aside from technology and computers, I also enjoy funny things that I can see in movies, shows, pictures, stories and anything that can make me laugh as hard as I can. Hahahahha! I am really a happy person, but sometimes people tell me that I look serious or "suplado!” Hahaha! I don't know why, but that is what they always tell me. Maybe, I'm used to have that look in my face always. Maybe, the hot weather is making me look serious, because I really find the Philippines as a hot weathered country. But even though it's hot, I still like it here in the Philippines cause unlike other countries specially western countries, sometimes those countries experience severe weather conditions.(tornados...etc) Another reason why I like my beloved country is the fact that most Filipinos face their problems with a smile. You won't succeed provoking a Filipino to run around screaming because of problem/s. You often see Filipinos thinking of a way to solve their problems. I also find Filipinos creative, one example is the prepaid card and the latest e-load. Since it is expensive to subscribe to plans, they created a new way to enjoy communicating without worrying to much on having expensive bills. This is the reason why, the Philippines is named as the texting capital of the World. Cool! haha! There's so many reason why I like the Philippines, but the creativity and happiness of the Filipino for me is a very unique trait of Filipinos among others. I am a Filipino, therefore i might be a creative and a happy person, and I'm proud.