A Quiet Call for Help

I adore you, Lord, for all the works of Your hands

For You've spread infinite beauty over these lands

All these things remind me how beautiful You are

And Your glory shines the brightest among the stars

Your greatness emboldens me to converse with You

Doing such is my heart's pleasure and desire, too

In You, I find everything that my heart desires

Here, Your light that illumines my mind transpires

I am asking for forgiveness for I have sinned

All because I would always act undisciplined

O Lord, please have mercy and pity upon me

Wash me, cleanse me; from evil thoughts, let me be free

However, at the same time, I want to thank You

For You're the one I know I can always lean to

God of all blessings, source of life, giver of grace,

I thank You for the love that no one can outpace

Lord God, my countrymen have suffered recently

It hurts me knowing that they feel so hopelessly

This prayer I utter is how I ask for cure

The reason for them to feel like safe and secure

Saying these kinds of words is what I can do best

For the people who had been through the hardest test

May the souls of the people who died rest in peace

And the grief they have in their hearts may be released

Even though they have experienced something like this,

I believe that in the end they will feel a bliss

This devastation swiftly left them with nothing

But as long as we have You, we have EVERYTHING

AMEN.

Ganito ka rin ba Mag-English?

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GanitoKaRin Ba Mag-English?

(To whoever gets to understand this letter, CONGRATULATIONS!)

The following is a letter found at a certain bar in Manila and have been preserved to its original unedited form. Enjoy reading and you may try to direct translation is Tagalog, Pls. read with feelings……

October 1996,
To Marije

I am not surprise or wonder why Dennis leave you why? What reason can you think about but you’re very fat body. I thought before that Dennis only use me to his toy but sooner and later I’m realize that he really can’t not beared or stomached to be with you anymore because at first, Dennis say he could not stand you’re habit of making pakialam all his walks (lakad) and always calling to their house what he got home or this or that.

And then he say he get ashame to me either in school or in his family and then asking you to exercise you’re very very, very fat body. But you hate it. Thought you’re the most preetiest girls he knows about. What do you think you are “ Beautiful Girl” of Jose Mari Chan?

Even you are beautiful face ( to your think) you do not have the right to called me whatsoever or else difference name one time or the other for the real purposed to insults my personality because I’m never call you names either in the front of Dennis or in the backs of Dennis, but if you start already to calling me different name, I don’t have any other choice but to call you other different name to. Like you are a PIG, FAT, OBESSED, OVERWIGHT, AND UGLY SHAPE girl. Shame to you’re body that is to a BUDING.

You can’t not blame Dennis for exchanging you to me because I am the more sexier that you when you look to us in the mirror. I’m repeat again that you are like Lozada when she is a girl.

Love,
The sexiest Girl of D.M.
P.S.
You say that I’m the bad breathe but who is Dennis want to kissed. Me or you? And the final is me. There you go

REACTION:

          Honestly, when I first read the letter, I found it funny. The sender of the letter sounded like she was sending a threat to the recipient. All that was running in my mind was the sender of the letter is very brave of writing such in English when she doesn't even know how to do it the right way. When I tried correcting the grammatical errors, some parts were easy but some would make me think really hard. I don't know what she was trying to say or express. What made it more obscured is the fact that she used Tag-lish sentences. There were Tagalog words that when you translate in English would not make any sense at all. To fix the errors in this letter, I did not only translate some words in English but I even had to remove unnecessary or inappropriate words. In short, it was very hard to understand and of course, to translate as well.

  

REVISED VERSION:

October 1996,
To Marije

I am not surprised or even wondered why Dennis left you. What reason can you think of other than your very fat body? Before, I thought that Dennis was using me as his toy but then I realized that he cannot bear to be with you anymore. It's all because Dennis said he could not stand your habit of interfering with whatever his appointments are and for always calling to their house right when he gets home.

And then he said that he got ashamed of you both in school and in his family.  He asked you to exercise your very, very fat body, but you hate it. You thought that you’re the prettiest girl he knows? Who do you think you are, the “beautiful girl” being referred to in Jose Mari Chan’s song?

Even if you have a beautiful face (like what you think) you do not have the right to call me whatever you want or in a different name many times which I know, the real purpose is to insult my personalities because I never called you names neither in front nor behind Dennis' back. But if you start calling me again in different names, I don’t have any other choice but to do the same to you as well. I will call you names such as PIG, FAT, OBESE, OVERWEIGHT and a GIRL WITH AN UGLY SHAPE . Shame to your fat body.

            You can’t blame Dennis for choosing me over you because I am sexier than you when you compare us in the mirror. I repeat, you look like Lozada when she was still a girl.

                                                                                                                           Love,

                                                                                                                          The sexiest girl of D.M. 

P.S.

You said that I have a bad breath but who of us does Dennis want to kiss? Is it me or you? And the final answer is me. There you go.

Expressing Myself the Better Way

            Perhaps one of the best things in life is expressing oneself freely. Nowadays, people express themselves with the use of modern technology. However, I have noticed that people usually argue and oppose each other when they give their own opinions about a certain issue, especially when I go to some social networking sites. One comment and another person would probably reply the opposite thing of what you have just said. As for me, it’s a waste of time doing such thing. On the other hand, let me remind you that blogging exists.

           

            When blogging was introduced to us when we were in first year, all that I had in mind is that I find it very boring, but we only had to post once, that is why I was quite relieved upon knowing that. But it turned out the other way now that I am in third year. Blogging serves as our informal theme which is very different from what we used to do. Pens and papers were all we had to use but now, it’s much easier since all we had to do is type and post. We have to do it week after week. And that I guess finally made me learn how to embrace the good things about blogging. I DON'T THINK OF IT AS A NEED FOR COMPLIANCE; I THINK OF IT AS A WAY OF HAVING FUN. This is my eight post and so far, I consider it the best thing about our English subject. I never knew I could enjoy it this much.

            In additional to that, the main reason why I love blogging is that I can express myself freely. It is where I can say my own opinions or what I think towards a certain topic without anybody opposing to what I say, unless someone comments on my post. Another is that when I make a post, I feel like talking to somebody whom I can share my feelings with. I realized that when I was making my sixth post. I had to tell my personal problem which I experienced before that thinking of it again today made me cry. For me, it isn’t bad to reminisce the past since I’ve learned bunch of things from it. I may not receive any words of advice back from blogger to make my sadness go away but I felt pretty good because I was able to say what I want to say.

            I’ve been blogging for two months now and I really want to get used to it. By that I mean, I am looking forward for the next eight months to go. There are several topics to choose from and I am eager to write about them all. In short, I like blogging so much now and if I had time, I’ll surely continue writing even if this school year stops.