Or How Memories Are Lost Or Stolen Because They Aren't Made in the First Place Dakul an kalugihán kan mga estudyante nin huli kan pandemyang ini.Bakò tà dikit o mayo sin… Read More

A Gen Xer, you feel fortunate to have witnessed the evolution of digital media all these years. In the 1990s, you began learning how to operate a computer and begin typing into the green scr… Read More

With the Internet, I could just randomly easily find the rare songs of my youth. Recently I found that Spotify has the album “Dreams” by Fra Lippo Lippi, which came out in 1… Read More

CALAUAG, NAGA CITY—Of all the photos taken at my cousin Maita Cristina’s daughter’s birthday celebration last night, this one makes me take a second look. The way my cousin… Read More

Neil Romano. Donna Bella. John Paulo. Raphael Francis. Maita Cristina. I wonder how my cousins and my own brother think—or feel—about their names.  Each of them was given tw… Read More

Daí nindo pagpara-alíti an mga sadíring gamit. Na dáwà kamo mismo dai nakakagámit kan mga iního. Tàno pigruruluwás saná… Read More

Salamaton daa. Salamáton? Anong ‘salamaton’? Anong gustong sabihon?  So, at least in Bikol (and Bicol), the plain word salamat has now become an adjective?… Read More

Sa Hope for the Flowers (1972) ni Trina Paulus na binasa mi kaito sa klase ni Mr. Abonal, dai ko nalilingawan itong “part” na si Stripe sagkod si Yellow nakaabot na sa ibabaw kan… Read More

Ngonyan na agang Domingo, kaipuhan mong makapabulog ki Tiyo Ben, sa kataid nindong barbero—kun sa Lunes habo mong mairikán ka ni Chancoco. “Arogon mo po an drowing na… Read More

CITY OF NAGA, FORMERLY NUEVA CACERES—Whoever had moved to abolish Spanish in our college curriculum had no foresight of its importance to really educating the Filipino. When I ste… Read More

The Internet generously caters to our whims—for one, allowing us to re-inhabit the past and stay there as much as we want. Take the case of AIMP, a freeware audio player for Windows a… Read More

Lúnad ka sa pamabá kansubago saróng óras ka— garó mga duwáng kilometro pa, ika nása Bolaobalite na.Úni ka, digdi sa agihá… Read More

An totoóng hélang bako iníng helang. An totoóng hélang máyò sa pahayagán. An totoóng helang kun saen-saen lang. An totoó… Read More

Iníng mga nagpaparapansúpog o nan-iinsúlto sa mga tarataong mag-irEnglish—na ngonyan inaapod sa social mediang “English shaming”, “smart-shaming… Read More

In the 1990s, I attended high school and college classes where we would be periodically asked to “research” on some of the topics covered in the syllabi. This was before the age… Read More

In the 1990s, I would write letters to family and friends on paper and send them through the post office. But in the 2000s, when the internet and cellphones became the norm, I began texting… Read More

“The struggle to be a writer does not end,” said panelist Angelo “Sarge” Lacuesta in one of our sessions during the Silliman Writers’ Workshop in Dumaguete in M… Read More

When I started school, teachers and textbooks were the sources of learning. At times, my parents, too, were my teachers. As a pupil, I virtually did what I was told—and as I was told… Read More

ONE MORNING IN GRADE 1, section Kanda, the pupils were excited to see a new thing in their classroom.Everyone was talking about it: we were looking at it, yes, marveling at it. After all, we… Read More

A few years ago, I read a post by one of my students on a social networking site, telling his classmates how he met me in a student press congress in Aklan. He was my freshman student at th… Read More

Susog sa “The Teacher Factor” ni Randy David. Yaon sa Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 18, 2021Sa sakong column kan sarong semana, pigtawan ko nin duon kun pàno nakakataban… Read More

Coming to Iloilo City in 2005, something immediately caught my attention.Passing General Luna Street, I saw streamers and makeshift tents in front of the University of San Agustin. From frie… Read More

In “Suddenly, Last Summer”, I lament the curtailed freedom we as children experienced because of our parents’ protectiveness and fear of weaning us off into the world. In f… Read More

Naga City, Camarines Sur—Pagrokyaw ka Julio Aborde  Jr. kan Camarines Sur sagkod Maria Cecilia Tatel kan Catanduanes, duwang maestrong kagsurat kan mga istoryang-pan-aki na pinili… Read More

Susog Sálog: The NagaRiver Arts and Culture Initiative Manual for K-12 Teachers. 2015 Read More

An Girok: Erotika sarong librong katiripunan kanmga rawitdawit, halipot na usipon, dakitaramon, iskrip sa pelikula, komposisyon asin obra kanmga Bikolanong artista. Nasa nobentang mga Bikola… Read More

An Satuyang Kakanon Sa Aroaldaw/Ang Ating Biyaya sa Araw-Araw is a collection of poems in several Bikol languages featuring 25 contemporary poets.Edited and translated into Filipino by Krist… Read More

Sa Bikol word na TUGANG, máyô an kahulugan kan KAPATID sa Tagalog, na yaon man sa UTOD sa Hiligaynon. Kun an PATID sa Tagalog sagkod UTOD sa Hiligaynon gustong sabihon PAT… Read More

Nagluók na naman si Venancio! Siisay si kairiba?” hapot samò ni Mrs. Avila, si maestra mi kadto sa Grade 5. “Ma’am, sa Carlito po, tapos si Sanchez, iyo man!… Read More

Browsing items at a used books store in the Naga City People’s Mall, I found Mrs. Estela Anciano’s yellowed copy of the third book of Diwang Kayumanggi* (for Grade 3), which was… Read More

Garo man nanggad ribo-ribong dagom an duros ngonyan na banggi—siring sa ginhalâ niya saimo kaidto. Tinuturusok kan kada panas an pusikit mong kublit; kinikiriblit ka; pinapasalin… Read More

I first heard of the Irish singer Dolores O’Riordan as a college freshman when CJ, a classmate who adores all kinds of music, particularly female pop artists, made a mixtape for me of… Read More

I remember our house. It was a two-floor house that stood tall in an open yard, by the side of the hill, perhaps some 20 meters away from the highway. Going there, one had to pass a rice fie… Read More

Uni na naman an banggi. Alas tres pa sana gayod nin maaga, pero ako giraray mata na. Pinukaw mo na naman ako kan saimong kahâditan— kadto ika an handal sa satong kaaabtan, ngonya… Read More

Ma, pasensiya dai na ko nakapaaram saimoamay-amay pa si first trip marhay nganita nakasakay ako. Dai ta ka na pigmatapaggios ko ta turog-turog ka pa, pagal-pagalkakaaling ki Nonoy pirang ban… Read More

Kun pákrit ka, tinutuyo mo gayod na magtíos ka. “I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor and believe me, rich is better,” sabi kan sarong artistang Amerikana… Read More

Nagpundo an garong motorsiklo sa natad mo; yaon na naman palan siya saimo—siring kan bagyong paabot daa saindo ngonyan na mauranon na Domingo. Tumigil ang parang motorsiklo sa bakuran… Read More

Joey Ayala at Cafe Terraza, Roxas City, CapizROXAS CITY—Wala nang original sa mga Pilipino artist ngayon. Pare-pareho na lang ang tunog nila; gaya-gaya lang sila. This was the essence… Read More

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An pisikal na gayón na itinao sana sa tawo—iyo ni an kinakahâditan niya. Dapat orog niyang panumdumon idtong gayón na pwede niyang mapangyari o magibo; ukon itong g… Read More

Iyo ni an birtud kan mga santo—an kalangkabaan kan siisay man na kalag. An mga nagmukna kan darakulang pagtúo sa mundo nabibisto sa saindang kapas na magtios kaiba kan mga nagti… Read More

Bakô man marhay, bakô man maraot; alagad sa kahaluyan, nagkaigwa na ini nin maláin na kahulugan. Ngonyan an dúnong daa—ukon tálî sa ibang pagtara… Read More

Iyo man nanggad ni an gustong sabihon kan librong ini. An pagpapangadie kaidto iyo na an paghohoróphórop ngonyan. Pakikipag-ulay sa Dios an pagpapangadie. Ngonyan na mga aldaw… Read More

Back then, what you had was padalan or pasali, Bikol words for the more familiar Filipino term palabas. This referred to any film showing in the small barangay where you… Read More

Susog ki David RayAbaana! Ano man daw ta nakabali akosa grupo kan mga polongóng iniho—mayo nang giniribo ngonyan na banggikundi mag-irinuman tapos magharambugan—túg… Read More

Garo man nanggad ribo-ribong dagom an duros ngonyan na banggi—siring sa ginhalâ niya saimo kaidto. Tinuturusok kan kada panas an pusikit mong kublit; kinikiriblit ka; pinapasalin… Read More

Where you grew up, hugging was not reserved between people with certain closeness and affinities. In some instances, hugging and similar acts of tenderness was also common outside the circle… Read More

Huna mo kun siisay ka; nakatiwangwang sana bagasa ibabaw kan lamesa; mayong pakiaram sa opisina.Alagad an matuod, pastidyo ka sa mga kadakul ginigibo.Mayo ka man talagang sirbi sa gustong ma… Read More

Back then, what you had was padalan or pasali, Bikol words for the more familiar Filipino term palabas. This referred to any film showing in the small barangay where you… Read More

1. Cagsawá. Pangáran: kag + sawá, siring sa kagharóng, ukón housemaster. Kagrugáring kan sawá; snake master.Mga tawo… Read More

Tributes to Hard Work and Diligence Mahihigos an mga miembro kan satong pamilya. Nagdakula sinda sa marhay na paarog kan saindang mga ginikanan na dai sana magtrabaho kundi maglapigot t… Read More

If there’s one thing about Chinese poet Wang Wei (699–759) that makes him stand out among other poets of the T’ang Dynasty, it would be his unique combination of poetry wit… Read More

Dawa ngani naisurat sa saiyang mga oda kan Griyegong si Pindar an hamis na yaon sa mga kalalakihan, para sato, an hamís ukon sa ibang pagtaram—an pagkamalambing—balwarte s… Read More

Darakulâ nang marhay an mga abága niya, garong si Houdini kadto pag inuurunát na kainí an hawák háli sa pagkákakadéna. Garo k… Read More

Pagkatapos kong mag-Internet sa lobby kan International House ngonyan na banggi, nagpaaram na ko sa in-charge na si Michelle na mauli na ko.Nagpaalam na akong uuwi na ako.Paluwas, nariparo k… Read More

Words and Music through Love and LifePart 2 of SeriesManoy Awel, our eldest brother, has had the biggest influence in each of us, his younger siblings. While brothers Ano and Alex strut… Read More

There are moments when you recall some words you first heard when you were young; these words easily bring you back to the past. Whenever you get to encounter them again, you begin to p… Read More

“Ciudadano Liner” an ngaran kan busnakasurat sa Old English sa enotanna windshield. Kamo man mga pasaherohipos na nakarulunad as the bus nownegotiates a slippery road g… Read More

So far this year, the only authentic (and definitely hardly fabricated) newsmaker is the Typhoon Yolanda (International Name: Haiyan)  sent—not by God but perhaps by the gods of o… Read More

Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930 Dai man gustong sabihon na pag nag-agom na an sarong tawo, dai na siya mamumundô. Katubuan, idtong mga tawong minaagóm o minapaagóm… Read More

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regalintentions.blogspot.comSa pagtaó, kita an nakakakuá. An pagkamoot, utang na boot, pakikipag-amigo—mga bagay na minapagian sagkod minapaogma sa búhay ta—… Read More

Mayong maogmang persona sa kadaklan na mga obra ni Frank Peñones, Jr., sarong manugbinalaybay na tubong Bicol. Kun igwa man ngaya, mabibilang sana sa muro an magayagayang mga tema sa… Read More

Ben Affleck’s Argo, which won Best Picture this year at the Oscars, is worth talking about. While Oscar winner director Ang Lee’s Life of Pi is a cinemat… Read More