Archive for October, 2005
GMA’s Model Government Employee
Executive Assistant Emerito Magdangal, a Malacanang employee under Press Undersecretary Robert Rivera has shown the nation and the world the proper protocol and procedure now being observed by Malacanang on handling written notices addressed to the President - by ripping it to shreds.
The newly formed Citizen’s Congress for Truth and Accountability (CCTA) had submitted to […]
Sa daang Mendiola, tagumpay ang awit
Mendiola
Mabuhay ay langit sa sariling bayan
Kung ang sambayanan ay may kalayaan
Umaga ay tula ng kaligayahan
At ang dapithapo’y awit kung pakinggan.
Inang-bayan, bakit may piring ang mata
May busal ang bibig, may takip ang taynga?
May gapos ang kamay ng lumang kadena
Hanap ang paglaya sa daang Mendiola.
Taas ang kamao, tanda ng paglaban
Daan-libong anak pagtutol ang sigaw
Putok ng aramalayt, sagot […]
Hasta Siempre Comandante!
“I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man”. These were probably the last words uttered by Comandante Ernesto “Che” Guevara before he was shot in Bolivia 38 years ago this month.
Thirty-eight years later after his death, Che Guevara became one of the […]
RAMADAN KAREEM
BISMILLAHIR RAHMANIR RAHIM
Assalamu Allaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh
“O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed upon those before you in order that you may attain taqwaa (to cleanse or purify the heart and the soul).” Surah al-Baqarah 2:183
Tomorrow begins the Holy Month of Ramadan for the Islamic year Hijrah 1426. […]
Zen and the art of cab riding
After buying some groceries at SM Sucat, I took a cab going home. The cab driver was listening to a radio broadcast of someone delivering a real fiery speech. At first I thought it was another blabbering politician so I asked him who was speaking and what was he talking about. Before answering me the […]
