IN MID-SUMMER DAY,

I LOOK UP TO GAZE THE SKY,

BLUISH LIKE YOUR EYES.

 

 

CAN NEVER BE 

 

How can I reach up to a goddess as she is?

She, the most beautiful girl, I’ve ever seen

Beyond doubt, there’s surely no greater love than this

Is such, truly, had my cruel destiny been?

 

Heaven she is, down on earth I am…so slowly

Blessed am I, to have her wrapped in these arms of mine

Forever will I simply admire thy beauty

And see those gorgeous brown eyes of hers brightly shine

 

There’s really nothing more I could possibly do

But I could only dream for such things to happen

For there is no hope for me to be close to you

Never, I’d be smitten with another again

 

We can never be…though I am in love with thee

To pursue in such a thing, futile it would be…

 

 

(to someone special, from someone special)

Magandang Umaga itong aking bati,

Sa dakilang kaibigang may ngiti sa labi,

Ang aking damdami’y, lubos na masidhi,

ipagpatawad mong, ako’y nagkamali.

 

Ang samo’t dalangin ko’y iyong matulungan,

Ang buhay ko na ngayo’y walang patutunguhan,

Nawasak na’t nadurog sa aking kahangalan,

Sa lihim na pag-ibig nabunyag sa kaibigan.

 

Ang mundo ko ngayo’y batbat ng pasakit,

Ang isip ay tuliro’t damdamin ay masakit,

Wagas na pag-ibig saksi ko ang langit,

Patayin man ako’y hindi ko iwawaglit.

(pradz19)

Ate,

Kumusta ka na? Matagal tagal na ring hindi ka nagpaparamdam…Oo alam ko mayroon kang dinaramdam. Kung anu man yun sana maging ayos ka. Ako ayos lang naaalala ka. Sa totoo lang mahalaga ka sa akin hindi na kung sa anung dahilan basta bilang ikaw na mabuting tao na aking kaibigan. Yun pa din ang pinaniniwalaan ko kahit ang ipinapakita ng realidad ay hindi totoo. Sana magtagumpay ka sa mga bagong hamon sa buhay mo. Ayaw ko na sanang magparamdam sa’yo, kaya lang pag ginawa ko yun ay pareho na tayo. Mag-iingat ka lagi, andyan ang Maykapal para gabayan ka. Sa pagdaloy ng agos ng iyong buhay, naway mabanaagan ng magagandang aral ang iyong kaisipan. Kunin mo ang lahat ng katangap-tanggap na moralidad, iwan mo ang imoral at hindi kagandahan. Ang ganda ng tao’y panblabas lamang, ang busilak na puso’y magpakaylan man. Lagi mong tandaan, kung ano mayroon ngayon ay bunga ng kahapon, at ang kasalukuya’y idudulot ay hinaharap. Bilang tao’y maaring ako’y may pagkukulang sa’yo, iyon ay sa dahilang tao nga ako. Ikaw na sana ang magpuno para maibsan kung ano ang hindi sapat. Ang pagsasabi ng tapat ay nagsasama ng maluwat. Paalam kaibigan. Kung sakaling sa pakiramdam mo’y wala ka ng matatakbuhan, baligtarin mo man ang mundo andito pa rin ako. Ang totoo’y alam ko na alam mo rin na naging malapit tayo sa isa’t isa, ngunit sa isang kisap mata’y napakalayo mo na. Mabuti na lamang ganito talaga ang “minsan”, subali’t ang minsa’y sa buong pag ka-Ako ko’y…MAGPAKAYLAN MAN.

Lubos na nagmamahal,

Kuya

 

Love…a four-letter word which has more than four billion different definitions based on the thousand-fold experiences of every single individual. Indeed, lots of people attempted to find out the real meaning of love. Now, in trying to analyze this statement, let’s look back once again from the basic…In finding a meaning, we define it, right? Thus we define what love…is Love is…blah…blah…blah and blah…In giving definition, we set a limit for that word for definire itself means to enclose within limits…if we will define love, we will simply enclose it within limits…if that is the case, it follows that we can define what love is. Now, if you will simply define love you are putting a limitation on the essence of love, for love is indefinable, per se. Most probably, what you are doing is simply giving a mere description of love, but not giving it’s real definition for defining it would limit the essence or the “whatness” of love.  Thus, love itself has no definition.  However, saying as such is already defining.  Contradictory isn’t it? Love, in a strict sense, is undefined.

Inspired By Hilera’s Define

Scholars are fond of reading.  They read lots of books on their own interests…Some people like fictions, others want nonfictions, and there are also few who read philosophy.  You! My friend, what books do you read?  In reading, we oftentimes encounter words which cannot be easily understood, some are bombastic while others are hypalothic .  To decipher all these, we browse our best friends Webster’s and Merriam’s so that we can understand what we are reading.  However, there are still some words which are very hard to understand, for Webster’s and Merriam’s cannot give their definitions…the essence of the words…the “whattness”.  They simply give their description.  When we say meaning or definition of words, it should be understood per se.  “What makes this particular word, this particular word”. The word definition for instance, we can understand this simply by looking to its etymology, from its Latin definire which means to enclose with limits.   But the sad reality is that, we are simply trying to understand things through their descriptions, isn’t it? Again, let’s go back to the basic, try to understand word as it is, and not simply by describing it.  Morphology is of course, of great help. 

Nota Bene: I am not claiming that dictionaries are not reliable, because they are.  I am just stressing that understanding the meaning of word through its etymolgy is essential.  Or else you will just agree with the meaning of the word Filipina, in the New British Dictionary that says, a prostitute, or a woman who sells her body for pleasure…

Filipinos, I hope you comprehend!!!

There are lots of people who are unemployed…In every job fair that I have attended to, there were thousands of people who were applying for a job to earn a living… Life is really difficult isn’t it? We really need to work hard so that we can survive in our daily living…But the thing is, when we are hired by a certain company and then we are performing our tasks, we oftentimes complain for a thousand-file of works in our table…  We ask for a rest, right?  And we are always looking forward for a holiday.  What an irony…Look!  If we don’t have job…we will search high and low to look for it…We will even offer novenas on bended kness and ask for God’s providential care so that we could find one…But then again, when we got a job, we complain almost everyday…Instead of giving thanks to the Almighty One for the job that He has given us, what we give in return are lots of complains…Have you ever imagined that you are still blessed for you have a job and then you earn a living…?  There are millions of people who are jobless…They even do unethical things just to sustain their lives.   But here we are, every fifteenth and 30th of the month we received our salary.  And still we complained?  Oh my Lord! What kind of individuals are we?  Let’s give thanks to God and offer Him prayers and thanksgivings, for despite difficulties, pressures, critiques and struggles in our life, we still survive, and earn a living.  As what St. Francis says and I quote, it is in giving that we receive…Thus, Give thanks to God to Whom we owe all things that we have….Express our gratitude…a sincerest gratitude…and God will never let us down.   Gratitude is the memory of the heart, if the heart remembers, it always remembers in the spirit of gratitude.  

Friend is someone who can sing your song in your heart when every time you forget the lyrics.

How can you really know that your friend is a true friend?  It appears as an ordinary question of teens…right?  But somehow, it is deeply related to us “twenteens” hehehe.  Friend is someone whom we can share our whole beings…our inmost thoughts…our memories and experiences…  The laughter and tears also play an important role in any amicable relationship.  But the question is?  What makes friend a friend?  Whew! Philosophical isn’t it?  It is really hard to find out a true friend…a friend who can understand you despite your individual differences…a friend who is always there with you even in the poignant pangs of grief in your life…A friend who is sincere with you…who will appreciate you if you have done good things…A friend who will uplifts your heart when you are in trouble… a friend who will tell honestly that what you are doing is wrong if your act is against the moral principles… and a friend whom we can lean on…no matter what…without conditions…and a friend who keeps his/her promises…If your mind tells you that you have not yet found your true  friend, just visit Him for once, He is just waiting…waiting for your profound appreciation…Then, He will help you for He is your friend… Jesus.  

I wonder why students are always complaining about their studies…They always say that, there are lots of pressures…lots of assignments…projects…subjects…  My goodness, try to go back to the etymology of the word student.  But wait!, I would prefer to use morphology, intended for those who are not familiar with etymology…(Etymology refers to the origin of the word while morphology refers to the root of the word, [salitang ugat]. In morphology, you may trace the root of the word “student” from its infinitive; to study.  From the very word itself you can observe that as students you may legitimately call yourselves as students, if and only if you are studying your lessons in school… This is very basic, isn’t it…no philosophical explanation is needed to prove this fact.  If all your subjects…assignments…projects…and of course exams are stripped out from your “student-ness”, you can no longer be called yourself as students.  The problem with you is therefore…the development of your habit…specifically your study habit…  If you already possess that habit of studying, you will no longer experience pressures, in spite of ample stuffs to do.  No extra effort is needed when exam comes…Now, call your self as a student and be responsible to accomplish your task, i.e., to study.

 

 The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge. (Plato) 

Nowadays, people base their chosen action only on opinions.  As a matter of fact, they have their own opinions in all aspects of their life. But the question is? How can we know that our opinion is right…or let’s say true?  What a philosophical question isn’t it?  All individuals are entitled for their own opinions but the problem is, not all opinions are correct…philosophically speaking.  An opinion based on one’s feelings or emotions maybe true or correct…subjectively… for an opinion nowadays lies on one’s subjectivity.  But how can we say that their opinions are correct or let’s say true (truth)?  Here, it questions the basis of truthfulness of one’s opinion.  If the opinion is based on mere emotions, it is true only for the subjective individual and not for all persons.  That’s why opinion must be based on the universality of the truth and not on the mere subjective person.  The problem with the people nowadays is that, they based their opinions on what they have felt…on their feelings and emotions and not on the knowledge based on truths…on the power of the intellect that will tell us through the process of critical thinking.  If your opinion would be acceptable to everybody…or would pass to the criterion of the universality of truth, there we can claim that our opinion is correct…true (truth).  People do possess a freedom to express their opinions but it does not follow that their opinions are true…For some, it is possible but for everybody, it is a big question.  Our opinion must be based on the objective reality so that it maybe become (true) truth.  Our opinion is therefore, an objective opinion.