Alamat ng Gubat: Kwentong Pambata na Pang-matanda

May mga panahong nakaka-miss yung mga fairytale books. Yun bang parang gusto mong bumalik sa childhood days mo. Pero, alam mo namang ang pangit tignan at super dyahe na magbasa ka pa ng mga ganun. Gayunpaman, may isang mala-pambatang libro na makita ka man na binabasa ito, tiyak pang ipagmamalaki mo.

Ang “Alamat ng Gubat” ni Bob Ong ay talaga namang kakaiba sa lahat ng mga libro niya. Nang makita ko nga ito at mabasa ang back cover nasabi ko sa sarili ko, “Ano na naman kayang tumatakbo sa isip nito ni Bob Ong at napag-tripan gumawa ng ganitong libro?”

Akala ko pag bukas ko ng libro at pagkakita sa unang pahina ay alamat nga talaga ito. May graphics ba naman kasi at nagsimula pa tungkol sa sirena. Ang kulit, di ba? Sabi ko na naman, grabe talaga ito si Bon Ong… Isipin mo, nagsusulat na pala siya ng alamat! ASTIG! BIG TAAAAAYM! Pero, MALI!

Hindi pala ito isang alamat gaya ng mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang o kung sino pa man na matanda. Higit pa pala ito sa iniisip ko.

Sinasalamin ng “Alamat ng Gubat” ang iba’t ibang klaseng tao sa lipunan. Bagaman parang may pagka-pambata nga hitsura, hindi rin naman nawala ang istilo ni Bob Ong sa paglalahad ng kwento. Naroroon pa rin ang ironic at mocking tone niya. At, kung mapapansin n’yo nga, ang tinagurian niyang alamat ay isa palang satire na naka-disguise lamang.

Napaka-impressive talaga ang obrang ito ni Ong. Akalain mong ang bawat hayop ay mayroong sinisimbulo. At, dahil maldita nga ako, bibigyan ko kayo nang konting spoiler…

Ang kabataan ang sinisimbulo ng bidang si Tong. hehehe…

Well, at least hindi ko sinabi kung paano nagtapos ang pakikipagsapalaran ni Tong para makakuha ng puso ng saging. Kaya naman if I were you, hanap na kayo ng kopya nyo. Di kayo ma-bobored sa libro na ito at I’m sure matatapos nyo siya in one sitting lang. Garantisadong mag-eenjoy pa kayo sa kwento pati na rin sa mga makukulay na larawan sa mga pahina.

Feeling young ulit di ba?

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Hanggang Kailan

HANGGANG KAILAN 

(Orange and Lemons) 

Labis na naiinip
Nayayamot sa bawat saglit
Kapag naaalala ka
Wala naman akong
magawa

[Refrain]
Umuwi ka na baby
Hindi na ako sanay ng wala ka
Mahirap ang mag-isa
At sa gabi’y hinahanap-hanap
kita.

[Chorus]
Hanggang kailan ako maghihintay
Na makasama ka muli
Sa buhay kong puno ng paghihirap
Na tanging ikaw lang ang
Pumapawi sa mga luha
At naglalagay ng ngiti
sa mga labi

‘Di mapigilang mag-isip
Na baka sa tagal
Mahulog ang loob mo sa iba
Nakakabalisa, knock on wood
‘Wag naman sana

[Repeat Refrain & Chorus]

Umuwi ka na baby…
Umuwi ka na baby…
Umuwi ka na baby…

Umuwi ka na baby…
Umuwi ka na baby…
Umuwi ka na baby…

_______________________

*** I still got the blues… And this song isn’t helping. Haaay… Can I just cry loudly? WAAAAAAAAAH!

Strong Enough

STRONG ENOUGH

(Sheryl Crow)

God, I feel like hell tonight
Tears of rage I cannot fight
I’d be the last to help you understand
Are you strong enough to be my man?

Nothing’s true and nothing’s right
So let me be alone tonight
Cause you can’t change the way I am
Are you strong enough to be my man?

Lie to me
I promise I’ll believe
Lie to me
But please don’t leave

I have a face I cannot show
I make the rules up as I go
It’s try and love me if you can
Are you strong enough to be my man?

When I’ve shown you that I just don’t care
When I’m throwing punches in the air
When I’m broken down and I can’t stand
Will you be strong enough to be my man?

Lie to me
I promise I’ll believe
Lie to me
But please don’t leave

_____________________________

 *** It’s the 23rd and I got a mood swing. Today is supposed to be a happy and special day. But here I am keeping myself busy working and listening to this song in the radio. Perhaps I’m missing someone or something…

Announcement: New Categories for Music Lovers

Hey there!

Since I have realized that I’m becoming in love with music these days and find myself humming a tune or two, I thought of adding some new categories in this blog.

A new category LSS (Last Song Syndrome) will be added with two sub-categories namely Strictly OPM and Foreign Tunes. Why LSS? Well, that’s what usually happens to me when I hear a song that gets me into singing. I won’t stop the whole day like a broken record or like my boss who can’t get over that “I feeeel yoooou Johanna” thing. It’s something from Sweeney Todd movie , you know.

Anyway, the new categories will be providing you with lyrics of the songs that gave me the LSS.  So, don’t expect that much for your playlist to be here. Coz, I’ll just be placing songs based on how I reacted on them. Then I’ll give a background or something why. And by the way, I might put some MTV too.

That’s it for now. Gotta work. Ciao! :D