Binhing pangarap
Sa tinubuang lupa
Buhay ang ipinunla
Ngunit dugo ang inani.
Show & Tell
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occasionally subtle
let's talk about Bridgerton tea, my ask is open
Cosimo Galluzzi
Stranger Things
cherry valley forever

if i look back, i am lost
noise dept.
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her

titsay
ojovivo
$LAYYYTER
Today's Document
Alisa U Zemlji Chuda
sheepfilms

Product Placement
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we're not kids anymore.

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Binhing pangarap
Sa tinubuang lupa
Buhay ang ipinunla
Ngunit dugo ang inani.
Noon, Ngayon at Bukas
Yakapin ang nakaraan nang buong puso.
Huwag mabagabag!
Bahagi ng pagkatao ang tagumpay at pagkabigo.
Ito ang tanda na ikaw ay natututo.
Tanggapin ang kasalukuyan nang buo ang loob.
Huwag magpabaya!
Bawat sandali’y pagkakataong makapagdulot ng pagbabago.
Ito ang tanda na ikaw ay naninindigan.
Harapin ang darating nang buong tapang.
Huwag matakot!
Ang tao ay isinisilang at yayaong nakikipagsapalaran.
Ito ang tanda na ikaw ay nabubuhay.
Isang Bangkang Papel
Isang bangkang papel
Banayag na pumalaot
Tangan ang aking mga pangarap, mga pangako
Ang mga damdaming hindi nasambit
Ang poot at hinagpis, at pag-iisa
Ang pangungulila sa kaloobang payapa
Patungo sa malayang kamalayan
Na doon sa pampang ay nakatanaw at naghihintay
Sa mga bangkang papel na marahang naglalakbay
Lulan ang aking mga huling salita.
Murder in Manila
It reads like noir fiction, but it’s real. It’s happening. It has been happening for as long as I remember, only with different faces, different pawns, and different kings.
An investigative report on the war on drugs in Tondo, Manila.
“Sa Mga Ipapanganak sa Hinaharap”
Stumbling upon Pete Lacaba’s blogspot is the best thing that happened to me today! :) Here’s an excerpt of his translation of Bertolt Brecht’s “An die Nachgeborenen”, parts of which were famously used in the trailer for Erik Matti’s Buy Bust.
II.
Dumating ako sa lunsod sa panahon ng kaguluhan Nang laganap ang gutom. Naratnan ko ang mga tao sa panahon ng himagsikan At naghimagsik akong kasama nila. Sa gayon lumipas ang panahong Kaloob sa akin sa daigdig. Kumain ako sa pagitan ng mga labanan. Natulog ako sa pagitan ng mga mamamatay-tao. Ang pag-ibig ay binale-wala ko At ang kalikasan ay hindi ko pinagtiyagaan. Sa gayon lumipas ang panahong Kaloob sa akin sa daigdig. Mga kalye’y patungong kumunoy noong aking panahon. Isinuplong ako sa berdugo ng aking pananalita. Wala akong gaanong magawa. Pero kung wala ako, Napapanatag ang mga naghahari: umasa ako diyan. Sa gayon lumipas ang panahong Kaloob sa akin sa daigdig. Kulang ang lakas. Ang patutunguhan Ay malayong-malayo, Malinaw na natatanaw pero malamang Na hindi ko mararating. Sa gayon lumipas ang panahong Kaloob sa akin sa daigdig.
Post-script: Manila.
1.
Manila is a narrow corridor, dimly lit by a spluttering light bulb that dangles from the ceiling. It smells of smoke, sweat and piss. Rats scurry past. Bodies jostle each other. It is warm, tight, sticky, polluted, convoluted. A drunk man almost burns you with his cigarette; you push him away, but he only laughs and squeezes your buttocks, his dank breath all over your face. Disgusted, you look around for space, when something on the grimy wall catches your eye. A vandal. The scribble is slightly faded with age and beer stains. You could just make out the words in the swaying light. It read:
We'll take you in
We’ll rob you blind
We'll keep you up all day, all night
Then someone spins you around, kisses you hard. In the aftermath you will never remember who or what it was. You fuck against the wall, possibly twice.
You don't know when, but you pass out.
When you wake up, you are alone. Your trousers are pulled down to your knees, your buttocks wet with spilt beer and come--you know it’s not yours. Dazed, you leave, try your best to avoid the gaze of those left behind. You throw the door open. Outside, dawn has broken, the sun halfway to its roost.
You vomit on the sidewalk.
You run back to your hotel, past the curious gaze of the receptionist. You take a long shower.
An hour later, the hotel service takes you to the airport. You return to your quiet city with primly-cut flowers and polite old ladies on bicycles. You sit on a bench with a cup of coffee in hand and your dog's leash on the other. You look up at the grey sky, God's promise of rain in the afternoon. In that moment of serenity, your mind splutters at a memory like a dying light--
2.
Manila is not a beautiful city, has not been for a while. She is old and bloated with gin, Coke and McDonald’s. Her make-up is thick and gaudy, almost comical, but it fails to cover her bloodshot eyes. She is spent, wasted and past it. She smells of liniments and moth balls. She has plenty of stories, which she uses to entertain, often herself. The prima diva is still in there, she promises, bursting at the seams of her blue satin dress. She tells you that she was once the envy of the Orient, nay, of the West. She was an exotic secret. Back in the day, men grovelled at her feet. They still would, if only.
'They still do, in hunger,' you point out.
'And you will too, in your own blood,' she smiles, ugly and sincere.
3.
Occasionally, Manila is a story of fortune: of regal galas and fine wine, Guccis and Louis Vuittons, gratuitous los dichos, couples legally in pretension, politely suspicious chatter. But this, too, has a a tragic end.
4.
Manila is an empty theatre. Thin, rotten planks of wood guard its doors. Grafitti and piss adorn its walls. Only the morning sunlight is able to pass through its crown of glass and into the musty gallery, where it leaves a dusty litter of colours in its wake. It knows first loves and first sorrows, laughter and tears, fear, surprise, lust, fury, longing, struggle, survival. Stories are its life-blood, emotion it's prey. But it declaims to an audience long-lost to reality’s riveting drama. For who wants to watch art imitate life? To see fact pretend to be fiction?
5.
Manila is a wicked child. He has been called many names--salot, tanga, tarantado, gago--but his infantile mind struggles to remember all of them. The welts and bruises on his arms and buttocks are his battle scars of rebellion. He learns to work for what he eats at a young age. His unwashed hands are his tools of the trade. He scours the streets for affection and pity, knocking on car windows, palms open and outstretched as if in prayer. He often competes with a man who pretends he has just one. It is work that pays little dividends, and eventually they learn to share spoils, soldiers of the streets united in the camaraderie of need. Sometimes, when opportunity presents itself, he takes.
Most days he whiles away with other wicked children. The world is their playground, a land of fantastic possibilities. They dodge cars, chase jeepneys, and pester people for a free meal. They wipe windshields with muddy rags to force an earning. When it rains, they seek shelter in waiting sheds and watch sour-faced pedestrians skip clumsily across the puddles, seeking shelter themselves. He’s as numb and cold as a corpse, but in the comfort of friends and strangers, he relishes these moments of living.
Jovente: A Proposal.
Habang nagliligpit si Joven ng kanyang mga gamit pang-retrato:
Vicente: Joven, puwede ba kitang kunin sa kasal ko?
Joven: *nasindak, nangingilid na ang luha* A-ah, sige ho Koronel. Kailan ho ba--
Vicente: Hindi bilang isang potograpo... *lumuhod at kinuha ang kamay ni Joven* ngunit bilang katuwang ko habambuhay.
*wedding march*
(Shet, laglag na laglag ako sa ship na ito. Joven, matinik kang bata ka.)
His cousin-in-law Jose Turiano Santiago led Emilio Jacinto to the Kataastaasang, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, and thus began his amazing friendship with supremo Andres
Friendship goals.
Pictures and stories of the Manila we remember.
Now, where to find a time-traveling DeLorean...
Pacoven Basketball!AU
Alam niyo ‘yung ideya na parang sirang plakang paulit-ulit sa utak? Ito ‘yun. Natigil na ang iba kong isinusulat dahil sa kanya. Halos mabaliw ako sa kakaisip. Ewan ko ba at ang lakas ng tama ko sa mga buwisit na baeyanis na ito.
Kaya heto, ilalabas ko na. Magkasala na kung magkasala. Sorry sa mga ninuno ko. Sorry talaga. *hikbi*
(Pinoproblema ko pa 'yung lintik na pamagat nito: He’s Dating A Bolero? Isang Bola Ka Lang? ODK IDK!)