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Ang Kartero at Ang Makata

Umaangil ang biyulin at tumatangis ang mga kuwerdas ng gitara.  Kinakalabit ng mga ritmo ng tugtuging ito ang mga nahihimbing na alaala.

Una kong narinig ang komposisyong ito mahigit isang dekada na ang nakalipas.  Ipinalabas noon sa telebisyon ang pelikulang Il Postino.  Ala-una ng madaling araw iyon at natapos ko ang palabas nang hindi man lamang ako dinapuan ng antok.

Ang saliw ng musika ng Il Postino ay tila ba yumayakag sa akin na umidlip subalit ang kurot ng mga himno nito ay tumatagos sa puso, tila manipis na pisil ng malamyang kuko na nagdudulot nang hindi maipaliwanag na mga damdamin.  Ang mumunting sakit na idinulot ng musika, bagaman nasa larangan lamang ng imahinasyon, ay mistulang mga patak ng dayap na unti-unting dumadaloy sa isang malalim na sugat.  Kaya naman nanatili akong gising tulad ng prinsipeng lumaban sa mistikal na awit ng ibong adarna.

Matapos ang higit isang dekada, ganoon pa rin ang hampas sa gunita ng mga saliw ng musikang ito.  Matamis at kaaya-aya subalit may kirot na hindi mahinuha...
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Anatomy of Vote Buying in the Philippines

Vote buying has always been a regular feature of Philippine elections. It has been successfully used by moneyed politicians, often belonging to political dynasties, local gentry classes, and traditional clans, to entice the electorate to vote or not to vote for specific candidates. In the recently concluded mid-term Philippine elections, quite a number of independent poll watchdogs observed that vote buying has become rampant compared to previous electoral exercises. Some analysts pointed out that the automation of Philippine elections forced many candidates, especially at the local levels, to buy votes to ensure victory. That is because with automation, the avenues for electoral cheating became limited and more expensive. Thus, moneyed politicians were compelled to re-focus their so-called “black operations” through vote buying.
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Remembering Jesusa Teodoro Martin (My beloved Lola Nena...)

Today is the 106th birthday of my favorite Lola, Lola Nena.  I am posting here a reprint from our Martin Clan Book about Lola Nena. Lola Nena died when I was in 4th grade, that was way back in 1984.  But I always have vivid memories of her (Lola Nena always cooked sweet delights for us)  Here's the reprint I'm talking about.  I think this was written by my cousin Mayo Uno and his Tatay, my favorite Tito Boy. (Excerpts from the Martin-Teodoro Aklat Angkan...): NENA Jesusa was born on January 19, 1903 in Tondo, Manila . Like Dominador, she was the youngest of two children by Santiago Naguit Teodoro ("Iliong") of Bulacan and Elena dela Cruz ("Enang") of Tondo. The eldest was Sergio ("Ikong"). Jesusa was only six when her mother passed away so her aunt Petra ("Pitang"), sister of her father, brought up the two children up. Santiago 's second wife, Leonora Pantanilla ("Nena"), produced six more children:...
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Action Packed Short Story

I was browsing the web looking for materials for my articles when I stumbled upon an old blog of mine.  I created it sometime in 2007 and it only has 3 posts.  It is one of my blogs that I neglected and it is just there sitting helpless in the blogosphere.  Well, to make a long story short, I found one of my short stories there.  That was my action packed 'ala' Robin Padilla narrative. I copied it (because I lost my hard copy and electronic file) and I will paste it here (I hope the Google Gods will not penalize me for duplicate content; hey, guys, that story was mine too.) So here it is, my Robin Padilla story. Take note that this story is just a figment of my imagination.  Any similarities to actual events, names, etc, are unintended. (Sounds like a movie disclaimer, haha).  I hope you will like this: __________________ I LOOKED AT THE MORNING AND SAW DEATH It was a dawn to remember. That fateful day started just another ordinary early morni...
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