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Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
I was at Club Dredd Timog, in the summer of 1992, when a friend, Ramon Ceballos Jr., who was also there at the legendary club that night, told me that there was a new
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Little Elf-Girl Lost
(Sonnet II: The Awakening) The first moment she climbs out of her tree-hole nest What a sight to behold! Her face beaming with zest Silvery sunrays slice through the thick foliage Small rainbows form
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Little Elf-Girl Lost
(Sonnet I: The Birth) She is born of the fey winds and the misty leaves Of golden-pillow tree branches in which she lives Her hair flows a soft stream with eyes like little runes
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Farewell to a Great Rock Guitarist
On October 6, 2020, his family announced that Eddie Van Halen’s died that day. He succumbed to the throat cancer that had been ailing him for several years. He was 65. Born on January
Read More »Depresyón tuwing Taglamíg
(Sa Hilágang Bahagì ng Mundó) Nápakadilim na namán ng umága Lumálamlam ang natítirang pag-ása Nápakakapal ng nagbábadyang úlap Di tulóy makitá bit’wíng hinahánap Apatnapúng táon na rin ang lumípas Péro di pa rin matápos
Read More »Pag-aágam-ágam ng Isáng Paraplédyiko
Ang saráp ipikít ng matá pag pagód Magpalútang sa pangárap magpalúnod Lumangháp ng préskong hángin manalángin Buwagín kalbáryong likhâ sa buhángin Bumuô ng espásyong mayró’ng pag-ása Pag mag-isá diníg mákinang hiningá Ináantay tutúgon sa
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Homeschooling Chronicles: Of Fractions, Body Systems & World Leaders
Kumustá na ang mga magúlang na piníling silá na múna ang magturò sa kaniláng mga anák sa ligtás na kalagáyan ng kaniláng tahánan? Anú-anó na ang mga aralín at gawáing inyóng ginawá pára sa
Read More »Pangangampanyá ng Isáng Alkálde
Sayáw ríto sayáw ro’n wag nang mahiyâ Malakás ka namáng lumámon ng handâ Hílig mag-karaóke sa entabládo Bóses ay madalás namáng sintunádo Kawáy ríto kawáy roón ngitíng áso Mga pinapláno láging napápalso Paarkí-arkilá pa
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Papapasukin Mo Ba sa Eskwela ang Iyong Anak sa Darating na Pasukan?
(Homeschooling amidst the Pandemic) Ilang araw na lang at pasukan na naman. Subalit ang mundo ngayon ay hindi normal ang sitwasyon. Dahil sa pandemyang kinaharap ng buong daigdig, at patuloy na kinakaharap, hindi pa
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