from the paper...

Last Saturday, while I was watching Eat Bulaga's Pinoy Henyo, Joey de Leon told everyone on air that we should by the newspaper, THE STAR, the next day for he wrote one of his best writings on the coming day.. Of course, with that said, I did buy the Sunday edition of THE STAR and I would love to post his article on my blog so here goes...

Mga kababayan at bayan ko, basahin n'yo...

Wala na sa piling ng mga Pilipino,
Tinig ng awiting Mga Kababayan Ko,
At lumisan na rin noong lamang Sabado,
Inang nagpalipad sa awiting Bayan Ko.

Ako'y sumasaludo, paalam Pangulo,
May isa 'kong lihim, kay tagal itinago,
Sa lahat nang inabot kong mga namuno,
Tanging ikaw lang sa luha ko'y nagpatulo.

Marami ang nalungkot sa iyong pagyao,
Magalang ang lahat at puno ng respeto,
Nagpasalamat pa nga Kapamilya sa'yo.
Dahil kanilang himpilan naibalik mo.

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Subalit ano itong nabalitaan ko?
Nangyari noong Lunes, A-tres ng Agosto,
Habang inililipat ang mga labi mo,
Ika'y parang nabastos ng isang TV show.

At ang napakasaklap at masakit dito,
Ang nambastos pa'y kapamilya ng anak mo,
Napanood ito ng tao at publiko,
Kakaunti na nga, ngunit lahat nahilo.

Sabi ng TV host na mainit ang ulo,
Pagkakita sa video na kanyang kasalo,
"Sandali, meron akong ano... sa'ting ano...
Hindi naman sa sa ano..." nagkaanu-ano!

Ayon sa Internet, meron pa s'yang nasambit,
"Sana pakitanggal muna 'yan sa 'ting traffic..."
At 'di maaalis sa iyong pag-iisip,
Ang parada ng patay ang pinaliligpit!

At dagdag pa daw ng naghahari-harian,
"I don't think na dapat n'yong ipakita iyan..."
Nasaan naman ang paggalang, o nasaan?
Mga sinasabi natin minsa'y pag-ingatan.

At 'di pa nangimi nang sumunod na araw,
Pinilit pa ring ginawa n'ya ay tama raw,
Mga nakarinig 'di na nakagalaw
At ayon sa iba sila na la'y napa-wow!

"...Pero ako, totoo 'ko eh...", sabi kuno,
Totoo nga at totoo ring walang modo,
Pwede namang sabihin itong pasikreto,
Kaya't wala na rin mga paliwanag mo.

"Kung ganyan, pakita na lang 'yan!", ang hamon pa,
Para bang ang prusisyon nila- "lang-lang" lang ba,
Ang pangasiwaan ay pinapili pa n'ya,
Sumunod ang himpilan, nung August 5 wala s'ya.

May mga komentong pwede nang pang-harapan,
"On camera" baga sa TV and tawag d'yan
At kung sensitibo man ang gustong bitawan,
Pagpasok ng commercial, hintayin mo na lang.

Matutong magbaba muna ng mikropono
At saka idikta lahat ng iyong gusto,
Lagi kang mataas lahat daw takot sa'yo,
Ratings lang ang mababa - totoo ba ito?

The breaking news breaks your heart - at 'yan ang bawi mo,
Nang mahalata mong sumablay ang pasok mo,
Pero sigurado ika'y maa-abswelto,
'Di ba ikaw rin ang may-ari ng network n'yo?

Nung Huwebes nag-apologize sa diario naman,
O, akala ko ba wala kang kasalanan,
Tapos ng angalan, snod paliwanagan -
COMPLAIN before you EXLPLAIN ka na naman!

O ito kaya ay isa na namang "glitch" lang,
Tulad ng "two-zero" 'di na natin nalaman,
O ito ay maliwanag na kabobohan?
Sa tingin ng marami, mahirap lusutan.

Ang sabi ng iba - istupidong mayabang,
At giit ng iba - istupidong mayaman,
Mayaman man o mayabang and tiyak diyan,
Napakayaman n'ya sa kaistupiduhan.

Buti pa and apat na honor gurads ni Cory -
Sina Malab, Laguindan, Rodriguez, Cadiente,
Walong oras tumayo sa ulan at viaje,
Ang lahat tiniis at walang sinabi.

Samantalang ikaw na may bubong sa ulo,
Komportable ka lang sa malamig na studio,
Nang kapirasong libing sa TV sumalo,
Angal at inis ang sumambulat sa iyo.

Maaari din namang pabayaan na s'ya,
Subalit ang nangyari'y mabigat talaga,
Namayapang pangulo'y huling paalam na,
'Di mo pa pinagbigyan... hoy, nag-iisa ka!

At nais ko lang sabihin at ipagyabang
Sa mahigit na s'yam na libong tanghalian,
Sa limang pangulong sa Bulaga'y dumaan,,
Kahit isa wala kaming nilapastangan.

By Joey de Leon

taken from THE STAR, August 09, 2009, Entertainment Section (E-1)

here is a link about this event : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHqBP70bZgI&feature=related

take care and God bless!

Farewell, President Maria Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino! We will miss you!

here is a link for some entries remembering the late and former president Corazon C. Aquino (thanks to Justin Tan)

http://justindavid.multiply.com/journal

take care and God bless!

grades and stuff

Yesterday was the "Moment of Truth" day(or something like that)! I got my preliminary grades from Basic Finance, Sanitation and Environmental Science Class... And I have to say that I am very contented with it...

Last Thursday (July 30) was one of the worst days of my life... To start with, I have three exams that day.. During the first one, which is basic finance, I thought that I will easily pass, because when I saw the paper I could immediately write the what-I-thought-are-correct-answers, not knowing that when I have already passed the paper and compared answers with my friends, I realized that I had many mistakes!! During that day, I was very very sad and angry, but as we all say, life goes on, and it did. With all those angers(with myself), I continue my day with the next exam which is with sanitation. Before the professor arrived, I noticed that I can't find my pencil case. It's not just any pencil case but the pencil case my dad bought for me for Php190! And while I was panicking, I went back to the previous classroom to check if it was there but it wasn't so I just told myself to believe that someone already took it and will give it to me on Monday.. (It was Thursday, the agony!!) So I went back to my sanitation class and thankfully my professor was not yet around. Then what happened next is what RUINED my day.

You see, I have this Chinese classmate and he really is the type of person who just came from China so he really doesn't know how to speak in English or Tagalog. By the time he came to class, he immediately came to me and told me something very quickly that I did not understand until he told it to me very slowly that, he wants me to TEXT him the answers DURING the exam!!! I mean!! ANG KAPAL NG MUKHA NIYA!! First and foremost, I , Sydneylyn B. Tan, do my best not to cheat, whether to do it or to give away answers! Second of all, I would never ever do that using CELLPHONES! third, we are not buddies for me to help him..and lastly which I thank God about is that, I did not have cellphone load during that time and even if I did, I won't text him the answers!! (I swear!) hay! >:< To even have the nerves to ask me about it! HAY! After that, he just accepted the fact that I can't do it so he went back to his seat, which is at the very front of the class... When the professor arrived, he told us to put our bags and CELLPHONES under the black/whiteboard! :D I really am not the type of person who don't care (or am I?) about people but when you cross the line, that very very thick line, that is when I get very mad, so that is the key event that ruined my day..

After pouring out my anger with my friend Sai, I somehow felt better.. It was my breaktime after the sanitation class and oh! The exam was very easy! I mean I almost perfected it.. (grades will be revealed later) So we went to the library because it was still very early :) We studied for our last exam for that day which was Environmental science... And after that we ate lunch together.. And went to our class.. On the way there, I thought about my pencil case and said to myself that if ever I lose it, no harm will be done because ballpens and pencils are the only things there, when it finally came to my mind that my 4GB USB was there!! I started telling Sai and Kim that my USB was there and that pencil case at that moment was worth Php 1000+! and Sai just look up and said to God, "sana po Lord mahanap po ni Sydney yung pencil case niya sa Monday, sana po may nakakuha nun." (It was honestly touching!)

The exam in Envi Sci was not easy and was not torturely hard.. We finished before 1pm so I got to go home early and relax my nerves.. but on the way home, I saw our car along Masangkay so I decided to join mom and dad with whatever they will be doing to (again) relax my nerves... *The funny part here was that while I was on the jeepney I told myself that I will see my dad's car along Masangkay and I did! :))* That was how my Thursday ended happily... :D Thanks to God!

And now! For the "Moment of Truth"(or something like that)
-I got 92 in my exam in Finance!! (which up to now I still can't believe!) Thanks to God again! :D PLUS my preliminary grade is 93 which is equivalent to 1.00 YEHEY! :D
-Next, I got 99 in sanitation for the exam. I got one mistake.. sad and happy haha.. The preliminary grade is not yet available because the professor have not finished checking the exam..
-And lastly, I got 85 in Envi sci.. It is very low for me, until I computed for my preliminary grade, it really did not bother me anymore, I got 1.50 in equivalent and I'm not sure, but I think I got 86 in terms of score so I am very contented! Praise God!

Overall, I am really really happy with the grades I got from these three subjects or courses (as the university would like to call it).. And I am very grateful to God who has always been there for me... What more could I possibly ask for?? NOTHING! I just hope that in the coming times, I would be able to maintain these kinds of grades so that I can avail of the student scholarship :D

WOW! Now this is a very long post!! :)) But I am not yet done.. haha.. One last good news was that I found my pencil case!! Or someone found it!! Thanks to Venice and to the person who gave it to her to give it to me.. I honestly learned a lot base on this experience and I am now just bringing a less than Php 1000 worth of things in my pencil case (just in case), but I hope this won't happen again! :D

I noticed that I am starting to be grade conscious and I am really scared.. hay.. Sana it would stop na... Later, I will be having my last exam which is in tourism class so I have to go and study now so that I won't break my good record! haha

Lastly, how do you tell a person that you don't want to be friends with him/her?? thanks!

take care and God bless!