Shakespeare once said: A rose by any name would smell as sweet. Siguro arog man kaan an bulod. A mountain by any name would look majestic just the same. Like Mt. Iriga which is the name I call the mountain at the city in Rinconada. Dai ko kaya aram an ngaran so I called it [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Mt. Iriga and its other names
Posted in Places & Destinations, tagged Bicol Places, iriga, Iriga City, mt. asog, mt. sumagang on October 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
An Pag-imon nin Sambay
Posted in Tigsik o Rawit-dawit, tagged Arts and Literature, Bicol Culture, Bicolano Poetry, Literature, poetry, Tigsik o Rawit-dawit on October 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »
By: Nery Nuyda Ronatay Sa katotohanan maimon kong sambay An satuyang minamawot sa mga pagtaram Iyong pagkamoot na luway-luway nangingidam Bagay na gusto niyatong tunay makaputan Bako sanang pirming mapangatorogan. Nata, bako daw kitang tunay na mga para-habol Sa unibersong nakabado kan satuyang ilusiyon? Bakong kita nanggad ang matinios na santo Duman sa satuyang mamuraway [...]
“Agimadmad” and DTN’s translations of the rawit-dawits
Posted in Tigsik o Rawit-dawit, tagged art, Arts and Literature, Bicolano Poetry, Lyrics, Other Links, poetry, Tigsik o Rawit-dawit, translations on October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I must admit I did not give due attention to the words used by Nery Ronatay in his poems (see here and here). The same with the poems of M.I. (found here and here). I just felt them by the heart just like a melody that lulls a soul. Until somebody told me: Don’t you [...]
Leak-plugging or Re-piping?
Posted in Current Events, Economy, Politics, tagged Budget process, local governance, Politics on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The September 27, 2008 editorial of the Philippine Daily Inquirer entitled “Plugging the Leak” gave us an insight on some of the realities surrounding the budget process of the country. It implied that while the “power of the purse” remains with the Congress, the “power over the contents of the purse”, the way and how [...]
Balagtasan Bikol-style and the piece “Sagkod Ngunian”
Posted in Arts & Literature, Tigsik o Rawit-dawit, tagged Bicol Culture, Bicol Poems, Tigsik, Tigsik o Rawit-dawit on October 19, 2008 | 18 Comments »
The Tagalogs are known for “balagtasan” or the tradition of debating in verse. The Bikolanos, too, has a similar art and it is known as “Tigsikan”. Tigsikan is derived from “Tigsik” or the art of expressing a toast or an idea in the form similar to that of the Japanese “Haiku”. Tigsikan is usually heard [...]
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