UP Film Institute Celebrates "Wandering, Wondering, Wonderful Women" at teh 18th International Women Film Festival.

WANDERING, WONDERING WONDERFUL WOMEN
18th International Film Festival
10th to 13th March 2008
UP Film Institute
University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

Presented by
The UP Film Institute, Businessworld & HerWord and GMA Network, Microdata PhilippinesFESTIVAL PARTNERS
University Student Council, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Quezon City Gender and Development Office
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines
Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines
Center for Community Journalism and Development
Rep. Liza Maza (Gabriela Women’s Party)
F177 Women in Cinema class, UP Film Institute
University Center for Women’s StudiesEmbassy of Spain
Embassy of Israel
Environmental Broadcast Circle

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Theme: WANDERING WONDERING WONDERFUL WOMEN

With the growing trend of feminization of labor migration all over the world, topped by the Philippines as the widest exporter of human labor, the UP Film Institute pays homage to Filipino women abroad. The 18th International Women’s Film Festival (18th IWFF) features women-directed films on Filipino women overseas and winning entries of the IWFF international short film competition as well.

A festival highlight is Malaysian full-length film-- handpicked by the 18th IWFF committee-- Tan Chui Mui’s Love Conquers All , which bagged first prizes from Pusan, Rotterdam and Hong Kong film festivals.

Forums on women and migration, with lectures by women directors as a highlight, explore discourses on film as a diasporic experience, filming the diasporic experience and the diasporic nomadic woman.

For the festival launch night, in recognition of her legacy as THE CONTRAVIDA of Philippine movies, the sole Diwata awardee is the irreplaceable Ms. Bella Flores. Ms. Flores has appeared in more than 100 movies since her career began as a 16-year old lass in the early 1950s. Even today, no one parallels her iconic looks and acting wit.
Crafting the Diwata trophy is well-known sculptor Ms. Lia Torralba, who blends together the images of leaf, woman, moon and vessel into her work.

Also for the launch night, to celebrate the role of young women artists and activists in promoting equity and equality for women, multi-awarded actress Ms. Judy Ann Santos and UP Diliman University Student Council Chair (Incoming UP Student Regent) Ms. Shahana Abdulwahid give more significance the festival with inspirational remarks. UP Open University Chancellor Grace Javier Alfonso and Film Institute Director Anne Marie de Guzman provide the festival overview.

For the festival duration, women faculty of the UP Film Institute and other women artists mount a multi-media exhibit on SENSE AND WANDERING at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery for the whole month of March.

The festival is open to partners and sponsors. Send inquiries to

The Festival Director
Carol Bello
18th IWFF
upfi.adarna@gmail.com


FESTIVAL LAUNCH
Special tribute and Diwata Award* given to Ms. Bella Flores. Featuring inspirational remarks by Judy Ann Santos and UP Student Regent Shahana Abdulwahid. 10 March/ 6:30 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Free Entrance




FESTIVAL FILMS

Winning Short Films
International Women’s Short Film Competition
10 March, 8:00 P.M.
(Cine Adarna)
Free Entrance
films by women


Don’t Give Up on Us (2006)
A control freak braves the mountain region to confront the man who may have snatched her brother’s fiancée. Director: Joyce Bernal. Starring Judy Ann Santos and Piolo Pascual. 10 March, 3:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna)
Entrance: 50 pesos only


Be Fruitful and Multiply
Presented by the Embassy of Israel and the University Center for Women’s Studies
Ultra-orthodox Jewish women in the United States and Israel contend with life as a continuing cycle of pregnancy, giving birth, nursing and nurturing. 10 March, 5:00 P.M. (forum follows screening) (Cine Adarna) Free Admission


One More Chance (2007)
The year’s highest-grossing homegrown romance tackles the tale of an engineer and a lady architect who’ve been sweethearts since college. Their affair heads for the crossroad when she resolves to try her independence. Director: Cathy Garcia-Molina. Starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo. 11 March, 3:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only

Milan (2004)
Love truly works in mysterious ways as a Pinay overseas worker in Italy is drawn to a man searching for his missing wife. Director: Olivia M. Lamasan. Starring Claudine Barretto and Piolo Pascual. 12 March, 3:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only

Love Conquers All
A rural girl in the big city is cheated into prostitution by the very man she falls for. Hailed as world cinema’s most celebrated film of late from a woman director! Directed by Tan Chui Mui. 12 March, 7:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 100 pesos only




Dubai (2005)
Pinoy brothers in Dubai fall for the same adorable woman.
Director: Rory B. Quintos. Starring Aga Muhlach, Claudine Barretto and John Lloyd Cruz. 13 March, 2:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only

Abadeha: The Filipina Cinderella (2007)
Cinderella gets to be Pinay set to neo-ethnic rock. Winner of Best Feature Film Debut—2007 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. Director/Producer: Myrna D. dela Paz. 13 March, 5:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 130 pesos only

Care Home (2006)
Superstar Nora Aunor in another dramatic turn as a lonely caregiver in the United States with her own battle against malignant cancer. Director: Suzette Ranillo. Starring Nora Aunor, Gloria Sevilla and Divina Valencia. 13 March, 7:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 100 pesos only



tribute to Bella Flores
Philippine cinema’s perennial contravida get to be lead for once as this year’s sole Diwata Awardee for Lifetime Achievement. Tribute highlights two of the most unforgettable among her innumerable screen appearances: Young Love (1969). 12 March, 300P.M. (Videotheque) Entrance: 35 pesos only; Ilusyon (2005) 12 March, 5:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only
gender –sensitive films
Presented by the Quezon City Gender and Development Resource and Coordinating Office Program: Winners of Metro Manila Film Festival’s Most Gender-Sensitive Film Award of the last two years--

Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (2006) Director: Jose Javier Reyes. Starring Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo. 11 March, 5:00 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only

Desperadas (2008) Director: Joel Lamangan. Starring Ruffa Guiterrez, Rufa Mae Quinto, Iza Calzado and Marian Rivera. 11 March, 7:30 P.M. (Cine Adarna) Entrance: 50 pesos only


FORUMS

Film as a Diasporic Experience
Videotheque, 2nd Floor of Bernal Gallery
11 March, 1:00-3:00 P.M.

Forum with screenings by the Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines
11 March, 10:00 AM -12:00 PM
Cine Adarna UP Film Institute



Conversations with Women Filmmakers
Featuring Joyce Bernal, Khryss Adalia, Cathy Garcia-Molina, Olive Lamasan (tentative) and Rory Quintos (tentative)
12 March, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
Cine Adarna, UP Film Institute

Forum with screenings by the Center Community Journalism and Development
“Traficked! Mga Biktima ng Mapaninlang na Pangako”
12 March, 10:00-12:00
Cine Adarna, UP Film Institute

Being ‘here’ and becoming ‘there’: The Diasporic Nomadic Woman
13 March, 1:00-3:00 P.M.
Videotheque, 2nd Floor of Bernal Gallery

Forum with screenings by Gabriela National/Gabriela Women’s Party
13 March, 3:00-5:00 P.M.
Ishmael Bernal Gallery

FESTIVAL MUSIC CONCERTS

World Music Fusion with Cynthia Alexander
11 March/ 8:30 P.M.
Ishmael Bernal Gallery

Folk- World Music Beat of Bayang Barrios (with UP music bands)
12 March/ 8:30 P.M.
Ishmael Bernal Gallery

Young all-women band Engkantada and Tao Nono Aves with UP music bands
13 March/ 9:00 P.M.
Cinema Lobby and Courtyard

FILM SEMINAR
EXPLORATIONS ON THE DYNAMIC USES OF VIDEO FOR ADVOCACY
By Surf Reyes
10 March, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Cine Adarna Theater
Fee: Php 200.00 only, inclusive of training materials and snacks

ART EXHIBIT
Women faculty of the UP Film Institute and other women artists mount a multimedia exhibit on SENSE AND WANDERING at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery, curated by Vivian Limpin.
Grace Javier Alfonso
Tina Basco Vivian N. Limpin
Carol Bello Laya Boquiren
Anne Marie de Guzman Lia Torralba
Avie Felix Teta Tulay
Marie Frances Madrid

REKORIDA: an art exhibit at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery, UP Film Institute.

REKORIDA (pangngalan) : distansiyang nilalakbay o dinadaanan kapag palagiang naglalakbay (UP Diksyonaryong Filipino, 2001)Elipsis.

Kinalimutan na nga ba sila ng panahon?

Ang penomena ng migrasyon at diaspora ay di na lingid sa atin, ang sapilitang paglisan sa kinalakihang bayan dahil sa kakulangan ng oportunidad at kakayahang mamuhay nang matiwasay. Patuloy ang paglaki ng bilang ng mga kababaihang migrante bilang sektor ng manggagawa, mapa-lalawigan-lungsod o Pilipinas-ibang bansa man. At isa sa mga isyung kinakaharap ng isang diasporic na kababaihang manggagawa ay ang kakulangan ng mga batas ng bayang pinagmulan/bayang pinatunguhan, upang siya ay mabigyan ng proteksyon—proteksyon para sa kanyang sarili, identidad, kasarian, kasanayan.

Bilang isang pagpupugay sa mga sakripisyo, tungggalian at karahasang dinaanan, karanasan at tagumpay ng mga kababaihang migrante at manlilikha, inihahandog ng UP Film Institute ang REKORIDA: Isang Eksibit Para Sa/Ng Mga Kababaihang Manlilikha , mula ika-10 hanggang ika-25 ng Marso 2008, sa Ishmael Bernal Gallery, UP Diliman, sa pamumuno ni Bb. Vivian N. Limpin, isang multdisiplinaryang manlilikha.

Halina’t tunghayan at makibahagi sa paghabi ng [ka]saysay[an] ng ating mga kababaihang manlilikha, patunay na hindi sila kailanman, kayang kalimutan ng espasyo at panahon. Ang mga mag-eeksibit ay sina:

Grace Javier Alfonso
Tina Basco
Carol Bello
Laya Boquiren
Anne Marie De Guzman
Rovie dela Cruz
Aileen Familara
Avie Felix
Vivian N. Limpin
Marie Frances Madrid
Rosang Pula
Teta Tulay

Magbubukas ang eksibit sa ika-10 ng Marso, ala-6 ng gabi, sa Ishmael Bernal Gallery, UP Diliman. Bukas para sa publiko.

Para sa mga katanungan, mangyaring tumawag sa UP Film Institute sa: 926.36.40, 926.27.22 (telefax), 981.85.00 loc. 4286. O mag-email sa: upfi.adarna@gmail.com.

enough with serious posts. today i'm posting more sensible stuff to talk about, like---my hair.

it's funny how sometimes i can draft a separate history of my hair. or i would remember bits of history [of myself or other people or events/places/things because of a particular hairstyle i sported--and ofcourse the clothes i wore too, hahaha] for really most of the time, my hair becomes a reflection of my inner state, an extension of the image/person/character i want to project or put across, or vice versa. sometimes, it becomes a mask, sometimes a pretense. but oftentimes, it mirrors truth. well, the kind of truth i adhere to anyway, for there is a whole gamut of discourses regarding that and i wouldn't want to 'waste' my precious blog space for something that you can talk and argue about ad infinitum. haha. JOKE. again, i reiterate, this post is about more 'sensible' stuff. hahaha.

going back, my hair already have a rather long history on its own. it had gone from long and straight to bob, to shoulder-length and straight to shoulder length and curled, to short and curled, to straight again, to pixie short, to mid-back, and with color, well you get the picture. aside from indulging my adhd and obsessive-compulsive behavior, changing hairstyles becomes therapeutic as it helps me keep a fresh out/look. styling it, cutting it, doing whatever to it, helps bend pent up emotions and actually keep me sane and sound.

i had my hair curled about a week ago. i didn't really plan on having it curled since i wanted to grow it really long. but i was really having such a boring time with it already since i had it long and straight since june, and maintaining it shiny and soft with a monthly hot oil treat was just taking up too much time and effort. plus, the long, straight locks just weigh me down because it carried too much memories and too much negativity i would rather break away from. so i wanted to do something with it. having it curled signaled a new chapter in my life, as it had always been in the past. it also signified a whole new person, and hopefully a better one at that.

the whole 'curling' process was an ordeal! it took more than 7hours in the salon, until the stylist asked me to just leave the curlers on and come back in the morning. [yeah, yeah, so what if i had to meet randel up at burger king with a black shower cap covering the curlers in my hair, in the wee hours of the morning? ahahaha] i had high hopes that by morning and three curling processes after, my long awaited curls would be all set.

they weren't.

the stylists didn't wash the hair yet after taking out the curlers to be sure that my hair would stay curled. so i had to stroll around the metro with solution-stinky hair. ahahaha. still i endured it, all for the sake of my.. hmmm... [ka]ART[ehan.]

and if that joy, that thrill, doesn't thrill you like you think it will....

the curls 'normalized' after a while. and i could say i was giddy with my curls for some time. BUT. but having these curls is more high maintenance than just having the straight locks. so far, i have bought three different styling / leave on/ serum products to keep the curls intact and not to damage my hair, to no avail. i am giving my best effort to keep the style on for i wanted this in the first place. i wanted this change, no matter how abrupt it was or different. well, it's not that i regret doing what i have done, it's just that it wasn't exactly how i envisioned it, or hoped it would be.

until, i found this bottle of mousse! ahahaha! i tried it a while ago and indeed, the curls are now way better than before. they are more defined and less grease on my hair! wheee!

hopefully it stays this way until i find another one, a better styling product, or a better hairstyle to keep the crescent moon serenely sitting on my lips.

nah..

from the man who couldn't dance by jason katims

Gail: why didn't you just say 'I can't dance'? why didn't you just tell me?

Eric: because it was the dam holding the water. If I let that out, the one thing, everything would follow. I couldn’t dance. I couldn’t have a normal talk about the weather with a neighbor without getting into a conversation about God, love and eternity. I mean, after all, the weather has this huge connotations. I couldn’t act correctly in social situations. I couldn’t sacrifice truth for a relationship. I couldn’t hold you when you needed to be held because I wanted you to be stronger. Because I wanted to be stronger. I couldn’t ask you for the warmth of your touch out of need. I couldn’t let myself. I would only ask for your touch out of strength. Out of something that wouldn’t become sick and interdependent and symbiotic. I wasn’t able to do these things. I don’t know Gail…..

happiness is.

happiness is finding a pencil
pizza with sausage
telling the time.

happiness is learning to whistle
tying your shoe for the very first time.

happiness is playing the drum in your own school band
and happiness is walking hand in hand.

happiness is two kinds of ice cream
knowing a secret
climbing a tree.

happiness is five different crayons
catching a firefly
setting him free.

happiness is being alone every now and then
and happiness is coming home again.

happiness is morning and evening
day time and night time too
for happiness is anyone and anything at all
that's loved by you.

happiness is having a sister
sharing a sandwich
getting along.

happiness is singing together when the day is through
and happiness is those who sing with you.

happiness is morning and evening
day time and night time too
for happiness is anyone and anything at all
that's loved by you.

~ you're a good man, charlie brown (the musical)

My New Philosophy!

SALLY:

Oh yeah? That's what you
think! Oh yeah? That's what you think! Oh yeah? That's what you
think! Oh yeah?!? That's what you think!

SCHROEDER:

What?

SALLY:

That's my new philosophy:
Oh yeah? That's what you think!

SCHROEDER:

Well, why are you telling me?

SALLY:

Huh?

SCHROEDER:

Why are you telling me?

SALLY:

Why are you telling me? I like it! That's a good philosophy! Why are
you telling me? Why are you telling me? Why are you telling me?

WHY ARE YOU TELLING
ME?

MY NEW
PHILOSOPHY.

THE TEACHER GAVE A 'D' ON
LAST WEEK'S HOMEWORK.

SHE SAID, "MISS SALLY
BROWN,"

"YOUR GRADES ARE GOING
DOWN."

I COULD HAVE TOLD
HER

SCHROEDER:

YOUR NEW
PHILOSOPHY.

SALLY:

MY NEW
PHILOSOPHY.

<”Miss B.?"

"I'm she."

"Look, see?"

"A 'D'?"

"A 'D'."

"Well, why are you telling me?"

AND THAT'S MY NEW PHILOSOPHY.

SCHROEDER:

That's your new philosophy?

SALLY:

Why are you telling me?

MY NEW PHILOSOPHY.

SCHROEDER:

That's great, Sally, but I have to go practice Chopin's "Nocturne in B-flat Minor."

SALLY:

No! I like it! No! That's a good philosophy. No! No! No!

SCHROEDER:

That's your new philosophy, huh?

SALLY:

Yes! -- I mean no!

JUST LIKE A BUSY
BEE

EACH NEW PHILOSOPHY

CAN FLY FROM TREE TO TREE

AND KEEP ME MOVING.

WHEN LIFE'S A DIZZY MAZE

ON ALTERNATING DAYS

I CHOOSE A DIFFERENT PHRASE.

SCHROEDER:

YOUR NEW PHILOSOPHY.

SALLY:

MY NEW PHILOSOPHY.

SCHROEDER:

SALLY, SOME PHILOSOPHIES
ARE SIMPLE. . .

Man cannot live by breadalone.

SOME PHILOSOPHIES ARE
CLEAR.

SALLY:

Leave your message at the sound of the tone. . .?

BOTH:

SOME PHILOSOPHIES PICK AND CHOOSE

DECIDING WHAT GOES IN IT.

SCHROEDER:

SOME TAKE A LIFETIME --

SALLY:

MINE TAKE A MINUTE.

SCHROEDER:

Sally, anything that takes only a minute can't be very lasting. For instance, Beethoven
took over two years to complete his brilliant "9th Symphony."

SALLY:

No!

SCHROEDER:

I can't stand it!! (he storms off)

SALLY:

I can't stand it – I like it!

IT'S LIKE A GUARANTEE

MY NEW PHILOSOPHY

AND THINGS ARE SURE TO BE

A WHOLE LOT BRIGHTER.

"Oh yeah... That's what you think... Why are you telling me?... NO... I can't stand
it."

NOW LIFE IS FREE AND EASY.

MUCH MORE PHILOSOPH-EASY

WITH MY BRAND NEW...

LUCY:

(She runs across the stage in a panic, shrieking) Ahhhh! This is the last day! I only have
twenty-four hours left! Help me! Help me! This is the last day! Ahhhh!

SALLY:

Clearly, some philosophies are not for all people.

AND THAT'S MY NEW PHILOSOPHY!

of phoenixes.

being a phoenix can be both a gift and a curse. while some may revel at your ability to rise from the ashes, you, in due course, tire of seeing and living your life in a cyclical, never-ending loop of birth, death and rebirth. it becomes even more unbearable when you soar with another phoenix. for after some time, both of you would eventually burn each other in your own ashes.

the end.

maybe i'll end up just as i had begun---on the outside looking in, scratching on the glass...

my first poem for 2007.

im tired
are you tired too?
why don't you take my hand,
hold it, fold it into yours?
let's escape this place
let's go somewhere else
let's sneak out of here
this is getting pretty boring
there's more to life that what we're stuck here with
so, take my hand
hold it, fold it into yours
let's run free and feel the wind on our faces
let's wait for the rain
forget judgment day
take my hand
hold it, fold it into yours
there's more to life than this fiction we're in.

=)

sa lahat ng mei balak mag-suicide!

Bago ang lahat, alamin muna ang tamang dahilan ng pagsu-suicide.. Kung ang
problema mo ay dahil lang sa iniwan ka ng minamahal mo, di k dapat magpatiwakal! Hello?! Ang mundo ay tambak ng mga tao na pwede mong mahalin kya di ka dpat mwalan ng pagasa.

Ngunit kung desidido ka na sa gagawin mo at sa tingin mo ay meron kng tamang
dahilan pra gawin ito, ang sunod mong gagawin ay ang pagpili ng paraan nito.

Ang mga popular na paraan ay ang pagbigti, paginom ng lason, paglaslas, pagbaril sa sarili at pagpigil ng hininga.

(Note: 1. tandaan na maari k png
mabuhay pagnagkamali ka sa pagsasagawa
ng mga nabanggit, kaya pumili lamang ng
isa na hiyang sau.)

(Note: 2. Alalahaning dyahe kung
pagtitinginan ng mga tao ang mukha mo sa
ataul na muka kng dehydrated na langaw.)

Sumulat ng suicide note. Eto ang exciting! dito mo pedeng sisihin lahat ng tao, at wla clang magagawa! Sbhin mo na di mo gus2ng tapusin ang iyong buhay kaso lng badtrip clang lahat! Pero wag ding kalimutang humingi ng tawad sa bandang huli pra mas cool.
(Note: Tandaan n importanteng gumawa ng suicide note pra malaman ng tao n ngsuicide k at hndi na-murder! Sa ganitong paraan maiiwasan ng PNP ang pagkuha sa kalye ng kahit sinong tambay pra gawing suspect.)

Isulat ng maayos ang suicide note. Print. Iwasan ang bura. Lagdaan.
(Note: Ilagay ang suicide note sa lugar kung saan madaling makita. Idikit sa noo!)

Pumili ng themesong. Banggitin ang iyong special request sa suicide note at ibilin na patugtugin sa libing.
(Note: Iwasan ang mga kanta ng Salbakutah! Jologs!! Dapat mejo mellow at meaningful.. para gayahin ng iba!)

Planuhin ang isusuot. Isang beses k lng mamatay kaya dpat memorable ang get-up. Pumili ng telang di umuurong o makati sa katawan.

Magpareserve ng de-kalidad n kabaong. Maganda ang kulay n puti, mukang komportable. Huwag magtipid.


Pumili narin ng magandang pwesto sa sementeryo. Pumili ng di masikip.
(Note: Kung ikw ay nabibilang sa Year of the rat, Dragon, rabbit, tiger, beef or monster. Wag na mamili ng lilibingan sapagkat ang mga nabibilang sa taon n e2 ay dpat i-cremate at gawing foot powder,, pra gumaan ang pasok ng pera sa mga naiwan.)

Itaon ang araw ng iyong pagsu-suicide sa ung fav. no. sa calendar pra masaya!

Kung naplano mo na lhat-lhat, Magisip ng mabuti at paulit-ulit! Isipin na ang
gagawin mo ay hndi kanais-nais at lubhang makasalanan! Pero pag desidido ka talaga...
Good luck!


@ tsaka paparty ka na rin muna before ka magpatiwakal ng me maganda ka ring memory na iiwan sa mga friends and family mo. gawin mo nang bongga - wag kuripot. make sure na me mga cute na bisita para sa mga single friends mo, ng me nagawa ka namang kapakipakinabang before ka nadedo. at least pag me nagkatuluyan maalala ka nila, like ay oo, si ano - we met the day before sya nagsuicide. bongga yung party nun! mag invite ka ng bands - ay nako, kung me balak ka mag suicide, mag ipon ka na. im sure mahal na talent fee ng Hale kung gusto mo cla tugtog The Day You Said Goodnyt sa burol mo.

and oo, make sure ding masarap ang kape sa burol a! tsaka pwe de wag na tetra pack na juice? pwede punch na lang?

tapos ano, wag na bicuit-biscuit lang.gawin mo ref cake. masarap yun. betteryet, blueberry cheesecake! tapos, tuna carbonara, nachos and garlic dip, pizza, chicken, ano pa? don't forget the drinks! mahaba-habng inuman to!

gawin mo parang fiesta, one of a kind!

eto, suggestion, lagyan mo ng theme - pwedeng horror, o fantasy - imagine naka costume mga pupunta sa burol mo? bongga di ba!?

o ano, excited ka na?

--found this posted on my builletin in friendster and it was soooo funny. ahaha!

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unti-unti na akong nilulukuban ng katapangan na magbura-- magbura ng
samu't saring piraso ng mga alaala na siyang ikinubli sa pinakatagong
espasyo sa pinaka-elsewhere ng espasyo ng elsewhereness. unti-unti na
akong nagbubuo ng mga panibagong pangarap, mithiin--may mga panibagong
landas na susuungin at babakahin na wala ng bakas o mantsa ng mga
lumang alaala. naghahanda na ako sa mga panibagong hamong ihahapag sa
akin ng panibagong bukang-liwayway na sisibol.

matamis ang panibagong pagsikat ng araw. may ngiti itong tanging ako
lamang ang nakababatid at nakakikita. nakainam nga siguro ang pag-iwan
sa mga bagaheng di ko naman talaga kailangang bitbitin. batid kong may
mga kaakibat itong mga sakrispisyo, subalit, sa punto ngayon, wala ng
panahon para sa pagsisisi. patuloy ang pagdaloy ng batis ng panahon.
patuloy ang pag-ikot ng mundo. hindi ito titigil dahil sa kagustuhan
kong huminto. walang time pers time pers.

at sa muli kong paglalakbay, mas matapang, mas matatag, mas maalam na katauhan na ang gaganap.

handa na ako.

maraming salamat sa iyo, kaibigan--sa iyong mumunting pagdamay sa
akin sa mga kalilipas lamang na mga panahong ako'y nasadlak sa kawalan.

=)