seventeen - book tally

one of my new year's resolutions is to read about 30 books this year, here are some of the books i have read so far:

1. cecilia ahern: PS, I love you
2. sophie kinesella: confessions of a shopaholic,
the undomestic goddess
3. bob ong: alamat ng gubat
abnkkbsnplako (aba nakakabasa na pala ako)
ang paboritong libro ni hudas
bakit mahilig magbasa ng baliktad ang mga pinoy
stainless longanisa
4. COSMO books: by tanya ft serring: between dinner and the morning after(?)
almost married
by melissa salva: tough love

11 books! YEHEY!

sixteen

on a blogging roll, baby.

these past few days have been the most restful and productive days of my college life. i actually feel inspired for a damn good reason. very good, chesca. very good. *clap clap clap*

i've been saying damn, shit, hella, imma, yer, yah and o'curs (of course) a lot for some silly reasons.

i've been wanting to write a proper poem. but a "masa" or tagalog poem makes my adrenalin run faster.

i dedicate this poem to my country, the Philippines

paano magreklamo ang bulag?
by: kang

tumaas ang presyo ng karne, isada't gulay
nag-pseudo rollback naman ang langis
mga hinayupak kayong mga kompanya-
paano kung ang masa'y umurada?

masarap siguro kumuha sa kaban ng bayan.
masarap din mag-rally ng walang dahilan
'BAGSAK si GLORIA,
wala kang kwenta GMA
MARTIAL LAW na itech-
200 pesos at pancit para sa sisigaw nito
150 para sa estudyante dahil may padala naman si 'tang
galing batangas.

WELGA ang bayan-
walang iwanan-
masang pilipino
nalunod sa katangahan!

brother, sister... tara! babuyin natin ang EDSA.

patalsikin natin ang presidenteng "may K" para lumaki uli utang natin

at para masira ang malaking itinaas ng piso natin-
dahil hindi naman itinuro saamin ang GNP.

dahil lahat kami nagugutom,
dahil ang mga mahal namin- namatay sa ultra

sisihin si wow-wow-willie!

PUKSAIN ang ABS-CBN!
manira uli tayo ng pangalan, bru...
kung nasira na natin si gloria,
mamaniin natin si genny lopez,
ay!!!! kaladkarin na rin natin ang pangalan ni lord.

kiber sa mga tao sa leyte. bakit?
puwede naman nilang sisihin kay gloria 'iyon diba?
basta ako buhay ang pamilya't may pang sugal.
extra lang sila... paparamihin pa nila-
yung pagdadasal ko sa quiapo.
leche.

wala namang makakapigil
sa naghihimutok na masa!

dahil kami ang masang pinoy ngayon

bulag. mang-mang. pera lang ang katapat.

----------------- i know it's angsty. i'm not anti- masa. i'm just anti- stupidity

fifteen

(left to right: marian gacayan, kang sarmiento, francheska baquiran, kris dongallo, ana marfori) also known as F4... the hell?!?! (spoofed up. beefed up! HELL YEAH!)


this is my high school barkada. although i met them 2 years before i graduated- they made those two years really special *sniff*

it goes like this:
marian is vaness (she's so peppy)
i (kang) am jerry
cheska (or mae as i usually call her) is vic
kris is san cai/ barbie (the hair!)
ana is ken (aw my gad! the jaw line!)



i would like to apologize for not "making paramdam" for so long... damn, i miss you guys. i know it's too late for thank you's and i-lurve-you's but thank you for being there, and accepting me in your barkada :) i love you guys.



"nostalgia" mode ends now...

fourteen

This is a special song:


Ngayong gabi

by: BMR


Maari ba kita, Ilabas ngayong gabi?
Kay tagal ko na’ng pinangarap
Makasama ka, kahit sandali
O puede mo pa ba
Pagbigyan ngayong gabi
Pilit ko man ‘di ipakita
Halatang matagal na ako sa’yo naakit


CHORUS
Hiwaga ng iyong ganda
Lagi kong pinipinta
Tuwing ako’y natutulala
Tuwing ako’y nag-iisa
Pilitin ko man limutin
Lalo lang umiigting
Ang hiyaw ng aking damdamin
Na ikaw ay makapiling


Sikat ka na palaNakita kita sa tv
Tatanggapin mo pa kaya
Ang paanyaya sa’yo ngayong gabi
Sa may ‘di kalayuan
Magkayakap ng mahigpit
Nais ko sana ipadama
Ang init at tamis ng aking mga halik


Repeat CHORUS


Ngayong gabi, Ngayong gabi
Puede ba kahit na sandali?

----- it encapsulates what i am feeling now.
wherever you are, you know who you are. i will never forget you.

thirteen

my god! whatever happened to being inspired.



my hiatus is finally OOOVVERR.


feel like writing today... and, lo and behold. it's valentine's day. one of the days i despise truly.


special mention: thank you kit pinili (my pervert friend) for giving me a rose :) remember that on this day of hearts, you and trisha will recieve good karma.


has anyone watched memoirs of a geisha yet? if you have any pictures (from the movie) please send them to my addy: kangcanwrite@yahoo.com the movie rawks. ken watanabe is a hot general! hahaha.




the poem.... after the period of depression



the geisha way
welcome to my world of flowers and willows
where love has no room
and illusion conquers


where disloyalty can save a life
and destinies are defunct.


this is my way, the geisha way.
it may be not the noblest way, but this is the way i know to live my life.


my way, where appearance matters,
where even a flick of my wrist is seductive.
and keeping a danna would save you from hunger


i always hunger
for true happiness,
for sincerity.
for reality to enter my
flower and willow world.


this is my way, the geisha way.
it may be ritualistic and lonely. but it is where i am doomed to live in.


white make up, blood red lips
i am a dream
a kimono that costs more than you, charcoal black hair
i am a lie
ornaments that dangle from my head,hard and wooden shoes that let me float higher
i am a geisha