Kudos Penos

                                ‘Nang pumatak ang huling ulan sa aking mga kamay, naisip kong ito pala ang unang pagkakataon na ang luha mo ay akin nang matitikman.’                 Tayo ay nagsimula bilang ordinaryong mag-aaral sa isang kilalang U nibersidad sa Maynila. Naging kamag-aral kita. Hindi kita pinapansin sapagkat laging nakapalibot sa iyo ang mga barkada mong tila “black parade” ang tema ng kasuotan. Ngunit ikaw ang naiiba sa kanila. Napakasimple mong manamit. Okay na sa iyo ang puting v-neck na damit. Ang lagi mo noong sinasabi na kapag suot mo ang damit na iyon ay kamukha mo na si Vin Diesel. Sige na nga kahawig mo na kahit napaka-kapal ng buhok mo. Hindi ka palasagot sa klase, tahimik at parang laging may iniisip. Ang mga mata mo nakatingin sa kawalan at tila naririnig mo lamang ang pagdaan ng tren sa labas. Siguro pagod ka lang sa trabaho mo. Nalaman ko na working student ka noong nagpakilala isa-isa sa harap ng klase. Gaya ng “mood” mo ngayon, ay ganoon din no

No one thought that the idea coming from a very powerful mind can lead the country into a great submission. DOMINATION BY POWER  The perfect dominance that can occur in a third-world country like the Philippines is the supremacy of a self-proclaimed wiseacre. There were instances in our historic path that can define as states of abomination led by notable people by which turned out to be the appropriate reasons for the people to revolt. On one hand, when people power failed, there was no other way but to go with the current system... System that stands tall with the reigning power. Likewise, when power created by the worldly leader commits its highest stake, there is no turning back. We are already drowning by his own selfish idea. We will go back to where it all started... from the mind who created the system. There is a wide domination of power when there is only one who wants to protect the terrain, when there is only one who wants to be the ruler of his procl

Sometimes violation cannot be seen. We are restricted to label them as one because we are busy pushing ourselves to the waves of narrow-minded people. I fully remembered the day when I was walking alone inside a not so famous mall, scrubbing my shoulders to the full-length windows of different stores and making wishes that all of these clothes and shoes could be mine forever (fingers crossed!) while sipping my favorite nai cha (milk tea). After an hour of walking and wishing and sipping, I just suddenly felt a need for bathroom. I searched for one and when I am about to enter the comfort room (it is not for comfort, seriously), a guard or whatever you called it suddenly waved at me and said,  "Ma'am bayad po muna."  I felt the raged of blood inside my system and asked her,  "Ha? Bakit po may bayad? Diba po public toilet ito?"  And then she replied with uneasiness, "May bayad po five pesos, kung ayaw niyo po doon na lang kayo mag c-r