LOS ANGELES, California. Ang driver ng van ko galing ng airport pauwi sa bahay ay pinoy. Pano ko nalaman? May tumawag kasi sa kanya at ang pinaka “hello” niya ay – “tangina ka, buhay ka pa”
My ride home up front in a blue van
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Irony
the most expensive coffee in the world comes out of a rat’s ass – that’s irony.
Jesus Weeps?
tinanong sa akin ng balikbayan kong pinsan na si carr kung kakasya ang mga walis baguio sa luggage niya. sabi ko hindi pero pwede niya itong sakyan papalipad sa new jersey. malamig nga lang pero mas mura ang pamasahe.
Ang Aking Mga Hightech na Apo
ang aking mga apong mahilig mag kalikot kalikot ng mga hightech na paraphernalia.
ang aking pamilya
si auntie nana ay 89 years old, ang mommy ko ay 87 years old, ako ay 45 years old, ang pamangkin kong si donna ay nasa late thirties at si tj na anak niya ay 11. that’s four generations in one picture.
cool, huh?
My Mom’s Grotto
i don’t pray now so when i’m in front of my mom’s grotto, all i do is remember all the good and bad things that have happened in the forty years that it’s been in the garden of the home where i grew up in.
Home Home Home
it’s 4 in the morning and all of us are awake. everybody is excited because we’re going to spend the day (and night) (and day again) on the beach. it’s been a while since i’ve bathed in sea water that’s not madapaking cold. i can’t wait to dip my betlog skin in the warm waters of the south china sea.
Roti Pratah sa Umaga. Tangina, sarap
on my way back to manila from california via singapore.
kakalanding ko lang sa changi at diniretso na agad ako ni eder at leah sa 24 hour roti pratah. ang sarap, bwakangina. it feels like i’ve died and went straight to heaven. ewan ko ba, singapore pulls me, tugs at my heart. perhaps because it feels like my second home. and now i’m on my way back to the place where i was born. apat na taon din akong hindi nakauwi. parati ngang nasa isip ko lately ang concept ng tahanan.
ano ba ang tahanan? ito ba yung lugar kung saan ka pinanganak o ito ba yung lugar na kung saan ka nakatira? hopefully masasagot ko ito habang nasa manila ako ng 2 weeks, but in the meantime…
here i am in singapore and i am loving the food, my friends and everything in between.
RAGE, RAGE!
mahigit $100 ang binayad ko sa co-pay ng gamot. tangina, dumating na ata ako sa stage ng buhay ko na mas malaki na ang binabayad ko sa pag gamot ng chronic illness. nakikinita ko na ang susunod: falling teeth, old man smell, hollow bones, bwakang inang aches and pains sa parte ng katawan kong hindi ko alam existed.
pero isa lang sinisiguro ko: i will not go gently into that madapaking night.
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