JUAN MIGUEL SEVERO – On the Wings of Love

Ang mga lugar ay pawang mga lugar lamang . Ang mga parke, pasyalan, ang mga kalsada para sa sasakyan. Ang mga puno para sa lilim. Ang mga post eng ilaw para sa dilim. Ang mga lugar ay pawang mga lugar lamang. Wag na wag kang magkakamali na hanapin maski na anino niya sa tabi mo o ang mga hakbang ng paa nya na dati’y sumasabay sa iyo. Walang kinalaman ang paglubog ng araw sa init ng kaniyang kamay o ang simoy ng hangin sa ginhawa ng kaniyang akbay. Ang huni ng mga ibon sa inyong tawa. wala na siya. Wala na siya. Ito ang napatunayan ko, kaya mong kabisahin ang bawat liko ng isang syudad nang hindi mo ito tinuturing na tahanan. Ang mga lugar ay pawang lugar lamang hanggang sa magkasama niyo na minasdan ang mga ito. Ang mga simentong sahig ay mananatiling tahimik kung hindi niyo dito isinulat ang inyong mga kwento, ang inyong mga pangako. Ang mga problemang binuno. Paulit-ulit. Paulit-ulit. Paulit-ulit kong ipapaalala sa sarili ko ang bawat kanto na pinalampas, ang bawat sulok na wala pa kahit isa mong  bakas. Ang iyong ngiti, ang iyong muka. Ang iyong ulo sa aking dibdib. Maglalaboy ako hanggang sa maligaw ako sa syudad. Itong nakasanayan kong pag ibig. Maglalaboy ako hanggang sa maligaw ko itong nakasanayan kong pag-ibig. Maglalaboy ako hanggang sa matanggap ko itong mga lugar na pawang mga lugar lamang at hindi tahanan ng mga alaala mo.


-(Effort sa pagtytype habang nakikinig :)

OFF THE LIMITS

No one is being forbidden to be happy. It's just that sometimes because of too much happiness we are breaking of the limits. We are getting confused of what is right from what we want. We are being too selfish of not thinking what other people may think about us. However, it's really true anyway that it's not the truth of saying "how people think about you"; what's important is "how people must think about you." Get to know people around you. Stay happy but never let be influenced by peers- by doing wrong things. Always remember that happiness should never let you become off limits, but it should puah you through something better than fine. 


-- I missed writing. I mean making thing such like this.

“A-FREN”

"Just a school requirement"

I
Sa dami-dami ng tao sa mundong ‘to,

Swerte mo dahil ikaw ang napili ko;

Ngunit saan ba kita unang nakita?

Paano nga ba tayo nagkakilala?

II

Sa paaralan ang pagkakatanda ko,

Sa siksikan at napakaraming tao;

Dito nasumpungan ang unang batian

Naging simula ng mabuting samahan.

III

Tuwing kailangan ko ang iyong tulong,

Di payag na mabagal tulad ng pagong;

Lagi kang handang handa magsakripisyo

Para tulungan ako sa problema ko.

IV

Samahang ‘di matutumbasan ninu man,

Asara’t kulitang ‘di mababayaran;

Kasama sa kalokoha’t kalungkutan

Karamay ko ang tunay na kaibigan.

V

Sakali mang kailangan maghiwalay,

Ikaw pa rin ang kaibigan habang buhay;

Huwag mo sana akong kalilimutan

Kung ayaw mong ikaw ay aking batukan.

"Q-SA" ✌

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Madalas hindi naman kailangan lagi magrequest at magmando ng gusto mo mangyari sa isang tao. Mas masaya kasi kung may pagkukusa siya. Yun tipong may sariling diskarte kung paano ka mapapasaya. Kung paano masasatisfy yung happiness mo. Nakakasawa din kasi yung lagi kang maghihintay sa pangakong mas madalas pa mapako. Sabi nga ng marami, masarap sa feeling kapag may "element of surprise." Walang oras, walang araw na inaabangan. Walang bagay na inaasahang dadating. Walang taong hinihintay dumating. Ako aaminin ko, ayoko ng mga surpresa pero masarap sa pakiramdam kapag andon na sa pagkakataon na yon. Kasi alam mo sa sarili mo, na yun taon nagbigay at nagplano ng lahat, ginawa ang lahat para mapasaya ka. Yun ang punto ng mga pinagsasasabi ko. Walang nagpapaasa, walang umaasa. Walang nangako, walang naghintay. Lahat ay dahil sa may nagkusa. Oo. "Q-SA". Hindi naman nagrequest na gawin kang masaya pero nangyari .

CHANGES OVER TIME

Shayne, my dearest friend;

There a lot of change here in our hometown,

The old days is out of our hand,

But the sunlight hour with you

It’s four decades yet retained in my head.

Yesterday, when I’m on my way after school

I couldn’t find anymore the store,

we used to hang out with our high school friends

We buy the street foods along our way home.

The summer we loved so much

Well I guess we can’t do that anymore

Do you still remember?

The huge mango tree in my auntie’s house

That we climb onto, Tatay Luis cut it down

because they had a total renovation in their backyard.

The wooden bridge to Bucal we are afraid to pass by

‘Coz we feel like it will collapse all the time

Well, it’s now just like bridges in other cities,

It is fully reconstructed and well-built.

Now a dashing noise is heard nearby

It’s the new MRT and LRT approaching

There are now a lot of public and private cars

Causing traffics and delay of works

No doubt, people walk above the vehicle

Overpass avoids accidents for them.

The trees of coffee those are abundant before,

They are now become stagnant they lay on store.

People in our place changed the way of living

They altered coffee trees into pineapple plantation

There are a lot of changes through generation,

You won’t believe me when I say,

Fruits we used to eat during became brand names

Through Blackberry and Apple mobile phones we can talk.

What you want to do, you can also watch movie

Our game boy I think is useless now anymore

Really technology, brought changes to society.

Shayne, my dear friend,

How do you find the life there in London?

Every time we have a good time to get along with our friends here,

We still eat our favorite chicken adobo

Cooked and served by the grandma of Nikko.

After all of the tiring but joyful day and driving

them home in my car we always remember you

We miss everything we’ve been through.

Also the moment we were taught by my Papa to drive

Today no more rocky roads all the way,

You can drive now here freely and smoothly.

Before I forgot,

Regards to your sister, Mikey

And to your mother, Tita Chichi and to the rest of the family.

We are looking forward in your homecoming this month of April

It’s my birthday and I know you won’t forget,

I’m VET. I always care !

P.S. Ate Haydn, my eldest sister, just so you know,

She’s now two-month pregnant 

Everybody is very excited to see the new member of the family.

-- own version of   " A LETTER TO PETE" --

FLIGHT OF STEPS TO VICTORY ROAD

                 Education will be one of the most reliable resources of triumph. Credibility in taking step to our career is essential for our good future. We are all experiencing pressure, tension, sleepless nights, embarrassment and tress. These are all part of being a student. However, if we are determined to learn, in just a snap, these hardships will taper off. Learning can takes place as long as interest and concentration of the students are shown. We can close our minds to all sort of distraction- just like the noise along the corridor that disturbs us and the talkative classmates bubbling his head off about his/ never-ending stories.

               As what in the author’s book says, “There’s no such thing as genius without anything behind it. The greatest geniuses are the hardest workers.” We should study well to the stages of student life. As early as now, we must strive for the victory and for our attainable goals. Bring bear an extra effort while studying. Success mostly belongs to those who are wise enough to make the most out of their best, as youth. Keep moving forward. Let us do it. Be developed. Everyone has the ability to do at least one thing well, and sometimes more than one. Develop our ability to the highest degree.

                 Really life is what we make it- the kind of life we will live and the achievement we will get in the future depends on the sufficient quality of education we will be having. Never forget Go- put Him above all and He will push us to the right way of our choice.

A DETECTIVE'S ORDINARY DAY

I’ve gone to a restaurant dating with my girlfriend, Berenice Richards, this morning.  As usual, this day could never pass by without witnessing a crime.  This is just another normal day for someone like me who is working as a detective.

Well, this is how it goes.  A man named Roland Holmes had been killed.  How?  Food poisoning was the cause.  Moreover, he was holding the straw of the juice he was drinking on his right hand.  The analysis of the corpse had been released.  It said that there was no poison on the juice on he was drinking.  Also, his hands were free of poison.

Primarily, another origin could have been used to introduce the poison.

The killer had been caught for about one day.  How?  We gathered alibis from different witnesses.

Here:

-Alethea Crowns – I do not know that man.  I do not even remember if I’ve met him before.  *verified – She is just there because she is supposed to meet her big brother.

-Reynald Holmes – Why would I kill my own brother?  I’m so insane if I do that.  *unverified – We made a body search and found tablets of poison on his pocket.

-Arnvid Crowns – Yes, I am really a butler of their family but I would never kill my own master.  *unverified – We also made a body search and detected poison powder on his hands.

Both Berenice and I deduced the same things.

JION WILLIAMS

G. B. 2011

P. S.

Now it’s up to you to know.  Who could have been the killer?  Where did he put the poison?

For all detectives, I live this mystery to you.

"There are mysteries in this world that shall remain as mysteries."