Tag: January 15, 2004

“My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.” - 1 John 3:18

JUST like many teenagers, I experienced the pain of having a turbulent relationship with my dad.

Outside, I was the innocent teenager who did good deeds. At home, however, I was the brat who would argue about anything just to prove that I was old enough to be on my own — that I didn’t need anyone’s help.

MGA TELESERYE o teledrama ang kasalukuyang mabili sa mga pangunahing himpilan ng telebisyon at hindi maitatangging malaking bilang ng mga Pilipino ang tumatangkilik sa ganitong palabas.

Malaking bahagi rin ng mga Tomasino ang nanonood ng ganitong uri ng mga programa sa TV. Ngunit dahil sa kapaligirang mayroon tayo at sa kulturang sumisibol sa kasalukuyan partikular na sa mga tulad nating mag-aaral na pawang nagmamataas, nagmamagaling, nagmamalinis, at itinatangging nanonood sila ng pang-araw-araw na drama sa telebisyon.

MAGKAHALONG tuwa at awa ang naramdaman ko nang makitang namimilog ang mga mata ng aking mga anak. Masasaya nilang pinagsasaluhan ang uwi kong palabok at tinapay habang kaliwa’t kanan ang putukan na bumabati sa pagpasok ng taon.

Hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit tulala ako habang pinagmamasdan ang ilang kalalakihang nagpapaputok sa labas. Nanginginig ako habang marahang ipinupukpok ang kamao sa bintana. Unti-unting nanumbalik sa aking alaala ang mga nangyari nang iwan ko ang aking mga anak kanina.

COME February 21, 10 teams will try to stop the Faculty of Arts and Letters from achieving its hopes of a grand slam in the 27th annual Pautakan, the longest running intercollegiate quiz contest in the country.

WHAT is art? Does the term provide a ready template of some sort against which works are measured?

Any self-respecting artisté would have launched into a tirade against uniformity and insisted on boundlessness. But that is precisely what most of today’s art lacks of—boundlessness. Every maverick young Picasso starts out with lofty convictions, but more often than not fall into the rut of predictability swimming in still-lifes, landscapes and nudes.