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A Yarnful of Chair
- 4 Mar 2007
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Tuesday last week, I went to the Philippine International Furniture Show and visited our booth at the PTTC.Â My parents, sisters and some friends entertained the buyers in the fair.Â I was just visiting so I had the "guest" ID.

Across our booth was a chair made by the designer Gaetano Pesce.Â My mom said that this chair was woven using yarn three hours a day by Gaetano Pesce himself!Â How many days, I kept forgetting to ask x.xÂ It was air freighted (is that a word?) here to the Philippines and there it stood in the design-oriented section of the trade show.

I wasn't able to touch it myself, unlike my mom.Â Nobody was allowed to sit on it but they said that the yarn was supposed to follow the contours of your back and butt making the sitting experience quite comfortable. Aside from that, I took some pictures from our exhibit itself.Â For fear designs being copied (yes, it happens a lot), I'll just post some shots that are "artistic" yet don't reveal much :P

Aside from that, I had some fun with my new camera :D

-- Hahaha, our dog Rusty (a Lab Retriever + some other breed) surprised us today.Â Our dog learned a new "trick."Â I don't know if he's just smart or if he learned it by himself.Â Before, he knew where to get hist toys but never put them back. Â Today,Â he put them back on the shelf!!!Â Cool.
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Awit ng Pag-Ibig XX
- 17 Nov 2006
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Maisusulat ko ang pinakamalungkot na berso ngayong gabi.

Maisusulat ko, halimbawa: "Mabituin ang gabi
at nanginginig, bughaw ang mga tala sa malayo."

Lumiligid sa langit ang simoy-gabi at umaawit.

Maisusulat ko ang pinakamalungkot na berso ngayong gabi.
Minahal ko siya, at minahal din niya ako paminsan-minsan.

Sa mga gabing ganito, ibinilanggo ko siya sa aking mga bisig.
Ulit-ulit ko siyang hinagkan sa lilim ng walang-hanggang langit.

Minahal niya ako, paminsan-minsan ko rin siyang minahal.
Sino ang hindi iibig sa kaniyang malalaki't mga matang tahimik?

Maisusulat ko ang pinakamalungkot na berso ngayong gabi.
Maiisip kasing hindi na siya akin. Madaramang wala na siya sa akin.

Maririnig ang gabing malawak, at mas lumalawak kung wala siya.
At pumapatak sa kaluluwa ang bersong tila hamog sa pastulan.

Maano kung hindi siya mabantayan ng aking pag-ibig.
Mabituin ang gabi at hindi siya kapiling.

Ito na ang lahat. May umaawit sa malayo. Sa malayo.
Hindi mapanatag ang kaluluwa ko sa pagkawala niya.

Upang waring ilapit siya, hinahanap siya ng aking mata.
Hinahanap siya ng aking puso, at hindi siya kapiling.

Ganito rin ang gabing nagpapusyaw sa ganito ring mga punongkahoy.
Kami, sa tagpong iyon, ang nagbago.

Hindi ko na siya mahal, natitiyak ko, ngunit minahal ko siya nang todo.
Hinahanap ng tinig ko ang simoy upang hipuin ang kaniyang pandinig.

Nasa iba. Siya'y nasa iba. Tulad noong katalik siya ng aking mga halik.
Ang kaniyang tinig, malinaw na katawan. Ang kaniyang matang walang-hanggan.

Hindi ko na siya mahal, natitiyak ko, ngunit baka mahal ko siya.
Napakaikli ng pag-ibig, napakahaba ng paglimot.

Dahil sa mga gabing ganito na ibinilanggo ko siya sa aking mga bisig
hindi mapanatag ang kaluluwa ko sa pagkawala niya.

Kahit ito na ang huling pighating ipapataw niya sa akin,
at ito ang huling mga bersong isusulat ko para sa kaniya.

I found "Pablo Neruda: Mga Piling Tula" in the library today and above is "Puedo Escribir" (by Pablo Neruda) translated by Virgilio S. Almario into Filipino.If you're wondering why the title is "Awit ng Pag-Ibig XX" (translated "Love Song #20"), this song is the 20th song in "Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada" (translated "Twenty love songs and a song of despair").
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"We only wanted to make these people happy."
- 4 Feb 2006
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Manila stadium stampede kills 88A stampede outside a sports stadium in the Philippines capital, Manila, has left at least 88 dead, many of them women, with more than 200 injured. Tens of thousands of people had come to the stadium for the first anniversary recording of a popular TV gameshow. Rumours of a bomb hidden in the crowd reportedly caused the crush. The Wowowee show is popular for offering large cash prizes in a country where 40% of the population live on less than $2 a day. The show, which airs six days a week, normally offers a 1m peso ($19,250) top prize, but Saturday's anniversary edition had doubled that money. "This is a programme that intends to help Filipinos, especially the poor," said host Willie Revillame. "We only wanted to make these people happy." Gates barred About 30,000 people were waiting to get into the Ultra stadium in the Manila suburb of Pasig - significantly more than the usual 5,000 who attend recordings. The programme, produced by ABS-CBN television, had never used the stadium before. As well as rumours of a bomb, other witnesses said the crush began when guards refused to open the gates to the stadium. Vice-President Noli de Castro visited the scene of the disaster. "We did not want this to happen. It's just that there were so many people wanting to watch Wowowee because of the big prizes awaiting them," he said. Bodies covered in sheets were lined up beside a police cordon at the stadium. Merquieades Salazar, 45, wept over the body of his wife. The couple, jobless, wanted to enter a raffle run by the programme. "In the desire to win money, she is the one I lost," he said. Presenter Willie Revillame said the show would go ahead to provide information for the injured and their relatives. But police said the show, scheduled to begin at 1300 (0500GMT), should be stopped. "The show must be cancelled so that people will go back to their homes," said Manila's police chief, Vidal Querol.

BBC News Published: 2006/02/04 05:42:13 GMT
It's sad that ABS-CBN just wanted to make these people happy...or this is what they say. But with all the issues floating around them and stuff, one cannot help but doubt their true intentions. Do they value life & happiness or do they just want the money (even if it involves exploiting these people)?...but I guess that's another story. So what went wrong? Do we blame the ones in need: Plain stupidty, fear of the bomb, the desire to win, ...? The organziers: Unforseen scenario, negligence, ...? Others: Allowing people to such a state of great need, etc...? In the end, lives were lost and nothing can be done about it. Yes, we can blame but we cannot turn back time and recover those who were lost.
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a little bit of sunshine
- 23 Jan 2006
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May the Filipinos enjoy this glorious day for one our heroes, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, has proven himself worthy of the win long past. May the Filipinos feel proud of who they are. May they forget about all their troubles and worries on this day of victory. Each day there are those who are oppressed. Each day there are those who suffer. Each day there are those who are forgotten. But on this day, we are united as one. Let us jump, shout, cry, or what, for we are exhuberated over his victory. Let the Filipinos be happy. Let the Filipino be proud. The flame may keep burning tomorrow, the day after, and even long after. However, there is still a tomorrow where we have to go back to our lives.
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"We only wanted to make these people happy."

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