sabi ni jorge grade 5, si jazz grade 4 daw, si vivian grade 3 naman... sina arlene at janet janet eh hindi na maalala kung kelan kami nagkaroon ng subject na philippine history sa elementary.
nooon kasing sabado ay napadaan ang bus na sinasakyan ko sa south super hiway at hinayaan ko na ring maging laman ng aking isipan ang pagkawala na ng dating magallanes theater doon.
naalala ko na doon ako dinala ng tatay ko para manood ng fiddler on the roof isang araw sa isa sa mga bakasyon noong elementarya. pagkatapos ng 'sunrise...sunset' eh pumunta kami sa katabing tropical hut at pinanood niya akong kumain ng hamburger.
tagal na yon, super noon pa. kasing tagal ng panahon nang panoorin namin ang star wars sa state theater sa avenida bago pa dumaan dito ang LRT, at kasing super noon nuong kumain kami sa sinaunang jolibee sa sta. cruz bago pa ito na-langhap sarap.
di naman kami iyong pamilyang malimit kumain sa labas, wala nga akong maalalang ganon, naaalala ko lang iyong ilang beses na magkasama kaming kumakain ng tatay ko sa kung saan, tulad ng pata tim sa restawrang intsik sa chinatown na kahit putik putikan ang pagpasok sa first floor eh biglang maayos at aircon pala ang pangalawang palapag.
naalala ko na inalis ko noon yong malaking onion rings sa hamburger ng tropical hut at naging hudyat ito para sa isang mahabang lektyur mula sa tatay ko tungkol sa kasaysayan ng pilipinas na sinimulan sa puntong dahil sa mga spices kaya naligaw dito ang mga kastila at kaya ganon ang pangalan ng sinehan na pinang-galingan namin.
pero introduction lang din pala ang lektyur na iyon sa gusto niyang mangyari na magsimula na akong magbasa ng mga textbooks na gagamitin sa susunod na pasukan lalo na ang red at blue na libro ni zaide.
kaya ko ngayon pilit inaalala kung kailan nagkaroon ng philippine history sa PCU elementary dahil ang pagkaka-tanda ko ay hindi ko nagamit ang textbook na iyon dahil iyon iyong panahon na nag-magic na lang at sa St. Paul Aparri na ako bigla nag-Grade 5 bago bumalik sa normal at nag-Grade 6 na uli ako sa PCU.
kaya haha, bale wala lektyur niya tungkol sa history, pero mahilig naman ako sa sibuyas hanggang ngayon.
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Monday, April 11, 2005
Friday, April 01, 2005
last month i thought of...
fish
...it's amazing how they know what school they belong to, who to mate with, and how they know what kind they are.
janitor fish
...giant ones that sucked other species off the marikina river and dredged up the soil in its banks. exactly what i nauseously imagined last christmas while i watched our godlfish being sucked to death by a finger sized janitor that attached itself to the goldfish-head with its filthy suckerlips.
pine needles
...a nun in habit pointed out to me that they always come in bunches of three, i picked some from the ground of the pine tree hill we were on and marveled at that truth scattered around my feet.
jesus, jose rizal, jimi hendrix, janis joplin and jim morrison
...i am now older than any of them had been.
quick summer cooler
...juice 1 lemon, grate one medium sized carrot and then one apple. combine all three, chill and enjoy.
gatorade bottles
...that i would fill up with five peso coins.
ray charles
...i remember an acquaintance from late 80s concerts who told me then that his girlfriend broke off with him because he only had money for one ticket for the back to back concert of ray charles and b.b. king at the ccp and still went ahead to buy the ticket and watched it without her.
women's day
...and the post about women that i couldn't even begin to write.
the big bang
...if everything in the universe came from the same primal matter and we are all stardust, this might explain why we love the people we love and are friends with, because some of us must have come from the same chunk of that star and somehow found ourselves together again. it's how fish know.
...it's amazing how they know what school they belong to, who to mate with, and how they know what kind they are.
janitor fish
...giant ones that sucked other species off the marikina river and dredged up the soil in its banks. exactly what i nauseously imagined last christmas while i watched our godlfish being sucked to death by a finger sized janitor that attached itself to the goldfish-head with its filthy suckerlips.
pine needles
...a nun in habit pointed out to me that they always come in bunches of three, i picked some from the ground of the pine tree hill we were on and marveled at that truth scattered around my feet.
jesus, jose rizal, jimi hendrix, janis joplin and jim morrison
...i am now older than any of them had been.
quick summer cooler
...juice 1 lemon, grate one medium sized carrot and then one apple. combine all three, chill and enjoy.
gatorade bottles
...that i would fill up with five peso coins.
ray charles
...i remember an acquaintance from late 80s concerts who told me then that his girlfriend broke off with him because he only had money for one ticket for the back to back concert of ray charles and b.b. king at the ccp and still went ahead to buy the ticket and watched it without her.
women's day
...and the post about women that i couldn't even begin to write.
the big bang
...if everything in the universe came from the same primal matter and we are all stardust, this might explain why we love the people we love and are friends with, because some of us must have come from the same chunk of that star and somehow found ourselves together again. it's how fish know.
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