tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90583171923863090122024-03-17T00:57:58.721-07:00Karlo Sevilla of Quezon CityKarlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-37650790519263627922024-03-16T23:48:00.000-07:002024-03-17T00:00:00.768-07:00Karlo Sevilla Books & Stuff<span style="font-family: arial;">This blog post now serves as the official address of my personal Ecwid store, "Karlo Sevilla Books & Stuff." My initial offering is my newly published chapbook, "Figuratively: A Chapbook of Shape Poems" (publication sponsored by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gorillatrading/">Gorilla Printing</a>, 2024; a long but obviously pleasant story and exclusive agreement for yours truly). If you click on the image below, you'll find the product details, so I won't write them here anymore. So just keep clicking and pushing those pads until you successfully make a purchase. Thanks in advance!
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</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">And soon, I'll be selling signed copies of my penultimate poetry chapbook, <a href="https://www.8lettersbooks.com/shop/recumbent-karlo-sevilla-poetry-zine/?fbclid=IwAR35ny2M_qEn4VRWRHaG9AskJQrAKfxtA4-8geL8MtbAVhBkkAjHsOio_Ms">Recumbent</a> (8Letters Bookstore and Publishing). Each copy is signed and will come with a free poetry microchap (also signed), so it will sell at a slightly higher price than the publisher's. And there's really no issue as the copies I'll sell will</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> be purchased </span><span style="font-family: arial;">from them anyway. Will keep you posted. 👍</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pmZFZTKC3BXWV_533nzjZ4j0FFTQmOsoDhznFGRLjSjK04FcuZV3-gZh5tINBjoh7Sez_ZuqNZne0EPabqVdGxqcdWE0Po6uqml6pZspUZQuqF6_Rc1VxFpx_APurKvg09A_T8JnYYzdQnLSLlG0GmOVUOCE8ovFh9UnHxMefbt1e596K2lGpqHXFA0/s729/Recumbent%20cover.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="729" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5pmZFZTKC3BXWV_533nzjZ4j0FFTQmOsoDhznFGRLjSjK04FcuZV3-gZh5tINBjoh7Sez_ZuqNZne0EPabqVdGxqcdWE0Po6uqml6pZspUZQuqF6_Rc1VxFpx_APurKvg09A_T8JnYYzdQnLSLlG0GmOVUOCE8ovFh9UnHxMefbt1e596K2lGpqHXFA0/w400-h300/Recumbent%20cover.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-81829295265600805902024-02-01T06:19:00.000-08:002024-02-01T17:03:25.654-08:00Muhammad Ali: A hero and legend<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Note: As a former journalist, I was assigned in 2016 by my editor in the now-defunct The Philippine Online Chronicles to write about the then recently-departed boxing legend, Muhammad Ali. Unfortunately, the news website soon folded up and this article didn't see the light of day. Today, after almost eight years, I'm sharing what I wrote here in my blog.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeZ8ewvmaD_avEOlIhRdG18pb9gH2EnHcxH8KwGjuMvowzQqmfTvyiMdRPnpTd6J0_G0L2QQzU7RxeYqJUK7mdDj05cvaK5uUhMRBY2MuAzHW6Fl00OX3plcU4jkmDQ7TFvszzZl0m2PgKqY3FPF5JbHZFdWYkRtbbftAt-6W1sO2JqTnliK_uVgDaIE/s553/Muhammad%20Ali.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="441" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeZ8ewvmaD_avEOlIhRdG18pb9gH2EnHcxH8KwGjuMvowzQqmfTvyiMdRPnpTd6J0_G0L2QQzU7RxeYqJUK7mdDj05cvaK5uUhMRBY2MuAzHW6Fl00OX3plcU4jkmDQ7TFvszzZl0m2PgKqY3FPF5JbHZFdWYkRtbbftAt-6W1sO2JqTnliK_uVgDaIE/w319-h400/Muhammad%20Ali.PNG" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">(<span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: left;">World Journal Tribune photo by Ira Rosenberg.)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">While still bearing his birth
name Cassius Clay, only once did the teenaged Muhammad Ali get into trouble at
Louisville’s Central High School. It was when he also showed accuracy with a
snowball, hitting a teacher with it and getting summoned by the disciplinary
board. After expressing his sincere apology, he calmly declared to the
three-man board that he was on his way to becoming boxing’s heavyweight
champion of the world. He might as well have prophesied then that he would be
esteemed as <i>The Greatest.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Born January 17, 1942 in
Louisville, Kentucky and named Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. after his father,
Ali’s life in boxing began 12 years later when his bicycle was stolen. The
adolescent momentarily left his Schwinn bike at a street corner in Louisville,
Kentucky to indulge on free popcorn offered by the yearly Home Show. When he
came back, his ride was gone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Upon learning that there was a
police officer at a nearby gym, the distraught black boy ran toward it and was
enthralled by the sight of boys – black and white – training in boxing. It
turned out that the police officer was off-duty, a white man named Joe Martin
who also coached in boxing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">An infuriated Ali reported,
“Somebody stole my bike…when I find him, I’m gonna whup him, I’m gonna.” Martin
asked, “Do you know how to box?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ali never recovered his bike, but
he discovered a sport. Under Martin, his journey in mastering and innovating
boxing, and becoming the world’s unparalleled icon of the sport, began.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">For much of the second half of
the 20<sup>th</sup> century until his passing last June 3, 2016 at age 74,
people all over the world knew and revered two living Alis: the courageous and
talented fighter inside the ring, and the loud, witty and handsome spokesperson
against social injustice and inequality outside of it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The following are the most
significant highlights, the wins and losses, of The Greatest -- within and
without the ring:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Olympic gold. </b>Muhammad Ali won the gold medal in the 1960 Rome
Olympics as athlete of the US Olympic boxing team, beating Zbigniew Pietrzkowski of Poland for the
championship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Twin victories over the fearsome Sonny Liston. </b>After breezing
through 17 professional fights, Ali finally signed the dotted line to challenge
for the heavy-hitting reigning champion Liston. The odds were 7-1 in favor of
the champ. With his superior hand speed and footwork, Ali battered Liston into
submission, who refused to rise from his stool for the seventh round. Thus, the
22-year-old Ali was officially crowned as the new heavyweight king.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fifteen months later, Ali
defended his title in quicker and more decisive fashion, disposing of the man
he wrested the belt from in less than two minutes via the famous (or infamous)
“phantom punch”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Stopping former champ Floyd Patterson. </b>For the scheduled 15-round
match, Ali effectively landed his jabs on the game but devastatingly
overmatched Patterson, until the referee mercifully stopped the carnage in the 12<sup>th</sup>.
(He beat Patterson again, via knockout, in a rematch years later.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Trilogy versus Smokin’ Joe Frazier, culminating in the Thrilla in
Manila. </b>Regaining his boxing license in 1970 – three-and-a-half (athletically)
inactive years after losing it along with his belt as punishments for his controversial
refusal to be conscripted in the US military during the War in Vietnam – Ali
was set to face Frazier, who was then his successor as the heavyweight
champion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Abandoning his erstwhile
signature fleet-footed style, Ali chose to square and bang with the formidable
banger Frazier. In the 15<sup>th</sup> round of the grueling and gruesome
affair, the defending champion knocked Ali down, who got up and lost via
unanimous decision.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the rematch, Ali turned the
tables on Frazier; this time, he won the 12-round unanimous decision.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, the 1975 Thrilla in
Manila: regarded as one of the best fights of all time. It was a hard-fought 14
rounds of give-and-take, with Frazier’s trainer Eddie Futch ultimately waiving
off his battered boxer from fighting for the 15<sup>th</sup> and ultimate round.
The likewise severely-punished Ali, after emerging victorious, claimed that he
himself was on the verge of quitting, and that going through that fight was the
closest thing to death.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rumble in the Jungle versus Big George Foreman. </b>In 1974, a year
before his third and final fight versus Frazier, Ali was again the
underdog. This time, he was pitted
against the man who was generally considered as his most formidable opponent: the
unstoppable reigning champion Foreman who previously knocked down another juggernaut in Frazier
-- six times until their match was stopped in the second round, grabbing the
latter’s title.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Using the “rope-a-dope strategy”
– leaning against the ropes while covering and defending with his flexed arms, frustrating
and wearying Foreman who eventually outpunched himself – he finally knocked out
the heavy favorite with five consecutive unanswered bombs in the eighth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>His last losses. </b>Ali lost his title to Leon Spinks in 1978, in what
was then popularly deemed as an upset by boxing fans. Ali regained his title seven months later, which
made him the first to win the heavyweight belt three times. Hence, the
obviously fading boxing great “retired” for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tragically, and allegedly largely
due to promoter Don King’s self-serving pecuniary machinations, an undeniably
withered Ali donned his gloves two more times, and lost to Larry Holmes (1980)
then to Trevor Berbick (1981) in consecutive sorry displays of lost power and
virtuosity inside the ring. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Greatest ended his pugilistic
career with a 56-5 win-loss record, including his defeat to Ken Norton in 1973,
who dealt him a broken jaw. (Ali faced Norton two more times, winning both
rematches.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ali vis-à-vis the burning issues of the US-Vietnam War, race, and
religion.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">“I ain’t got nothing against them
Viet Cong.” Ali’s powerful statement on his refusal to be drafted to serve the
US armed forces in the US-Vietnam war was part principled defiance based on his
religious beliefs as a Muslim along with his opposition to what that war stood for, and part
exasperation after being grilled non-stop by reporters on <i>the issue</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">According to Robert Lipsyte in
his cover article on Ali (for the June 20, 2016 commemorative issue of TIME Magazine),
on that particular day, news truck after news truck arrived at Ali’s rented
bungalow in Miami from afternoon to dusk. And, reporter after reporter, every
newcomer, pressed the champion for his thoughts “about the Viet Cong.” The nth
and final time he was asked, he finally snapped with that immortal line of
protest. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">On another occasion, Ali asked,
“What can you give me, America, for turning down my religion? You want me to do
what the white man says and go fight a war against some people I don’t know
nothing about, get some freedom for some other people when my own can’t get
theirs here?” (Seven years earlier, immediately after winning Olympic gold, a
segregated restaurant in his very hometown refused to serve him.) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1967, as a consequence of his
draft refusal, boxing commissioners stripped him of his championship belt and denied
him his license to fight. Then, a jury hastily convicted him of draft evasion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">His conversion to Islam came the
morning after beating Liston in their first encounter in 1964. Exercising his
religious freedom, Ali confirmed membership in the Nation of Islam. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ali, writes Lipsyte in his abovementioned
piece, “was turning his back on mainstream religion, politics and commerce. He
was making a powerful statement in the turbulent 1960s as race riots swept
cities, voter-registration workers were attacked and murdered … and the Vietnam
War was expanding … Ali was now seen as an outspoken agent of change.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1970, a federal court ordered
the New York State Athletic Commission to give Ali his license to fight. And,
the following year, the US Supreme Court reversed his conviction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ali and Parkinson’s disease.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">When Ali died, he had long been
suffering from Parkinson’s disease. The disease rendered his once voluble
speech barely audible, and shaking involuntarily as with the rest of his once
agile body. This debilitating condition had already shown its signs in the
legend even before his last fight in 1981. (</span><span style="font-family: arial;">No conclusive findings showed that
Ali developed the disease due to getting repeatedly struck in the head, though
there is data that repeated brain trauma makes one more likely to suffer from Parkinson’s.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The legacy of The Greatest.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unlike the Filipino loving legend Manny Pacquiao, Ali didn’t seek any elective
political office, though in 1979 he played the role of a senator in post-Civil
War USA in a TV miniseries. He didn’t become a congressman, but his influence
led to the enactment of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act, a federal law that
primarily seeks to protect the rights and welfare of boxers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">To quote his fellow Muslim and
black sports legend, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, “Out of the ring, he was a champion
of justice. Had Muhammad allowed himself to be drafted, he would have never
faced combat and would have still earned his millions. Instead, he would face
the punishment for his convictions alone. He willingly stood up for us (African
Americans) whenever and wherever bigotry or injustice arose, without regard for
the personal cost. I and millions of Americans black and white…have been better
off because of him.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Indeed, the USA and the rest of
the world are better off because of the struggles and sacrifices of heroes like
Muhammad Ali. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">*</span><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Note: All quotes are originally from the TIME Magazine commemorative
issue of June 20, 2016, from the articles “Muhammad Ali became a big brother to
me – and to all African Americans” by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and “Ali: Champion.
Outcast. Hero. Legend.” By Robert Lipsyte.</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-84636333770630656582024-01-19T21:44:00.000-08:002024-01-19T21:44:35.930-08:00Ang Hinaing ng Nanalo sa Lotto<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVmIuxZEFILQhvq0ArautTPr9iqanJFeB1bBxrRq-lkZXW_70SoLJiO2NpL2_8k3FZeI1cqPBhbt8XFxu3WQnjMAosIsQPaDIUcwcOpg6YjvwTM6spmrSrh7LF_MDSYKH7qvgmy6hAb0hQOcGOC5xla1WuJ3UQ2lYHa3YNMA0NXwtlTxIHIFPsFIR0mg/s604/Lotto.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="604" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVmIuxZEFILQhvq0ArautTPr9iqanJFeB1bBxrRq-lkZXW_70SoLJiO2NpL2_8k3FZeI1cqPBhbt8XFxu3WQnjMAosIsQPaDIUcwcOpg6YjvwTM6spmrSrh7LF_MDSYKH7qvgmy6hAb0hQOcGOC5xla1WuJ3UQ2lYHa3YNMA0NXwtlTxIHIFPsFIR0mg/s320/Lotto.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"Ano ngayon kung wala akong anino?! Pilipino pa rin ako! Kahit silipin niyo pa ang birth certificate at voter's ID ko! May karapatan din akong yumaman at manalo nito!" giit niya. At pagkatapos niyang kamayan ang opisyal sabay klik ng kamera ng photographer, daglian siyang nag-anyong pusa at lumundag palabas ng bintana ng opisinang dinayo niya, kagat-kagat ang tseke.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-32548126652690002792024-01-11T03:41:00.000-08:002024-01-11T05:44:09.771-08:00Paggamit ng Landline Vs. Cellphone sa Larangan ng Pag-ibig<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mas maraming kabataan ngayon na may karelasyon o nanliligaw o nililigawan ang napupuyat – lalo na yung may mga sariling kwarto sa bahay.</span></span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gamit ang cellphone sa kama, kahit hanggang madaling araw pwedeng makipag-usap o PM o text sa iniibig o mangingibig – nang di nasasaway ng magulang.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Eh noong panahon namin, sa tingin niyo ba pwede naming bitbitin hanggang kwarto yung landline na kadalasan nasa sala at nakakonekta ang kable sa dingding? At magtext?</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bale nakaupo ka lang sa sala para magtelebabad. At awkward mag-sweet nothings nang may ibang nakakarinig kaya pabulong ka lang. Tapos pag-ayaw ng magulang mo sa kausap mo, bubulyawan ka pa ng, “Sino na naman iyang kausap mo?! Si Pedro na naman iyan, ano?! Ibaba mo na iyang telepono at matulog ka na!” </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kaya bubulungan mo ang kausap mo, “Andito na si tatay. Bye.” At pagbaba ng receiver, sasabihin mo sa tatay mo, “Kaklase ko lang po. May school project kami.” (Pwede mo ring sabihin na, “Wrong number po,” kahit tatlong oras mo nang kausap.)</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">At dahil nga ayaw ng mga magulang mo, sasamantalahin mo kung kelan nasa trabaho sila. Eh minsan ginagamit pa ng party line . . .<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pero may isang bentahe ang landline sa smartphone: Pag galit kami sa kausap namin (kunwari dahil sa selos, ahem) pwede namin siyang murahin tapos babagsakan ng telepono. Ibig sabihin, ihahampas namin yung receiver sa plunger! Ngayon, sige nga, kaya niyong ihampas yung smartphone niyo sa galit? Eh kung iPhone?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHM85x1ZhB52RQypnhSr8Ye6LPEVOZVgnjQdqs5dxbrPrSlGzAAifPj45J3JtYl74JGmKJD-7JswOjp028tBvVSk-7Bt9TVr5grGO7vnMRncwHODemT8xWVnGtDW9lTQ7KHDJskzDMjcONbJq-fur6x8ZzqwmSu-2ecvrNsTRSQJc8-mjQI1EaCnu4KLM/s217/landline.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="217" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHM85x1ZhB52RQypnhSr8Ye6LPEVOZVgnjQdqs5dxbrPrSlGzAAifPj45J3JtYl74JGmKJD-7JswOjp028tBvVSk-7Bt9TVr5grGO7vnMRncwHODemT8xWVnGtDW9lTQ7KHDJskzDMjcONbJq-fur6x8ZzqwmSu-2ecvrNsTRSQJc8-mjQI1EaCnu4KLM/s1600/landline.PNG" width="217" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(Ang nilalaman ng post na ito ay unang kong ibinahagi <a href="https://www.facebook.com/karlo.sevilla/posts/pfbid0bWLtCtKDSEbfrjwApRrY4SStTjjG8qP652pRadrhcpJWiAdTdJqvvCoLmcNkjmaxl?notif_id=1704951391032904&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif">dito sa Facebook</a>.)</div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-7349742291942974802023-11-11T05:47:00.009-08:002023-11-11T16:56:49.756-08:00Ericson Acosta: Mga Pira-Pirasong Alaalang Nakakatawa’t Nakakatuwa Noong Dekada Nobenta<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XyxszZY3xKY" width="320" youtube-src-id="XyxszZY3xKY"></iframe>\</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Ang makata at aktibista na si <a href="https://mb.com.ph/2022/12/03/ericson-acosta/">Ericson Acosta</a>, pinaslang noong ika-30 ng Nobyembre, Araw ni Bonifacio, 2022, edad 50.)</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>May rally sa Elliptical Road, unang bahagi ng dekada nobenta.
Maglalakad kami, tatakbo . . . at ang kanyang chant (in s<span style="background: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">wardspeak</span>): “Jogging, jogging, bayan ko!
Jogging ngayon ang laban mo!”</li><li>Gabi, konsiyerto para sa UP Fair sa Sunken Garden. Pwede
pang uminom noon ng beer at alak. Ang stage ay malapit sa Grandstand. Kami
naman ay malayo-layo, sa bandang malapit na sa Main Library. Tisoy ang
bokalista ng bandang noo’y tumutugtog. Aniya ni Ericson, “Atenista ‘yan, eh.
Atenista . . .”</li><li>Sa tambayan ng Amnesty International, hawak ni Ericson ang
pinakabagong kopya ng Kule na kung saan siya may sinulat na artikulo tungkol sa
sining biswal. May kuro-kuro siya patungkol kay Roberto "Bobby"
Rodríguez Chabet, na tinuturing “father of Philippine conceptual art” at noo’y nagtuturo
sa College of Fine Arts. Pasimula ni Ericson, “May iconoclast dyan sa Fine
Arts, eh . . .” (Eniweys, di niya trip si Chabet at/o ang mga ideya nito.)</li><li>"Lagi akong napagkakamalang Koreano!"</li><li>Nakasabay namin ng kaibigan ko si Ericson sa dyip na biyaheng
Katipunan pabalik ng UP, pagkagaling namin sa National Bookstore. Naupo siya sa
dulo sa bandang labasan ng dyip. Balisa siya. Sa parte ng kalsada sa harap
ng Miriam College, sabi niya, late na raw siya sa rehearsal sa teatro. Medyo trapik, tapos lumiko pa ang dyip pakanan papasok sa gasolinahan ng Petron. Napamura si Ericson, “Putang-ina!
Magpapa-gas pa! Magta-taxi na ako!” Tumalon siya sa dyip at sa Katipunan, kinukumpas ang kamay sa pagtawag ng taxi.</li></ol><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdW8TKPSLLSwKx5OC5pNTHL7hjLe5JiU78WKBDv-pWJcnMh_Xen5KFeanXDLr_hh4E198C3x4B0UVOO-GNcEy0ebaJ8KOhiRRG8KFgGm5Csrh-W7-NannosLFOb-5XC1aSInjcRWe8WYCFIUYu58513Af_Am3H2x_2rkEa6iT7HteYDCQUf4PwOvJ5OsA/s606/Petron%20Katipunan.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="606" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdW8TKPSLLSwKx5OC5pNTHL7hjLe5JiU78WKBDv-pWJcnMh_Xen5KFeanXDLr_hh4E198C3x4B0UVOO-GNcEy0ebaJ8KOhiRRG8KFgGm5Csrh-W7-NannosLFOb-5XC1aSInjcRWe8WYCFIUYu58513Af_Am3H2x_2rkEa6iT7HteYDCQUf4PwOvJ5OsA/w400-h290/Petron%20Katipunan.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span> </span>6. Ito kuwento ng photographer at co-staffer ni Ericson sa
Kule (na nakalimutan ko na ang pangalan):</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Ericson:
Hirap na hirap na ako maging pogi. </p></blockquote><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Isang kasama
nila: Naiintindihan kita.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Ericson:
Hinde! Hindi mo ako naiintindihan! Maiintindihan mo lang ako kung tunay ka ring pogi!</p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> 7. Cultural Night at nakapalibot sa may hardin sa harapan ng
Faculty Center ang mga kasalo. </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Nakaupo si Ericson sa damo at kumakanta’t naggigitara.
Parang hinaharanahan niya ang isang babaeng co-staffer niya sa Kule habang
nanonood ang boypren nito na napapangiti na lang.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> 8. Nakaupo sa ugat ng puno ng akasya sa Sunken Garden, sa bahaging
malapit sa Vinzons at Eduk. Tinanong niya kami sa modulated na boses, “Naranasan
niyo na bang (dramatic pause) . . . <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>umibig”?</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> 9. Huling bahagi ng dekada nobenta, gabi ng UP Fair ulit. May
booth ang organisasyon na tinatag ko: nagbebenta ng mga t-shirt at kung ano-ano
pang mga paraphernalia. May t-shirt ni Che <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Guevarra at Mao Zedong, atbp. (kahit
na hindi Maoista ang grupo namin). Para sa pagkalap ng <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>pondo. Napadaan si
Ericson, at bumili ng isang Mao t-shirt. Kalahati lang muna ang binayaran. (P150 ata sa presyong P300.) Hindi na rin nasingil ang balanse, pero lubusang higit pa ang binayad <span> </span><span> </span>mo, Ericson, sa pagbuwis mo ng buhay para sa
bayan – sang-ayon man ako o hindi sa iyong <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>napiling paraan para sa progresibong
pagbabago ng ating lipunan. (Sana nga “jogging” lang ang laban ng ating abang
bayan.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Maraming salamat sa mga alaala, Ericson. At maaaring magkampeon
ang parehong koponan ng basketbol ng UP
Fighting Maroons, men’s and women’s, nitong UAAP Season 86! Sakaling
may bonfire, pipilitin kong dumalo. Pipilitin maging kasing-saya ng
kasalukuyang henerasyon ng mga Isko’t Iska sa isa na namang gabi sa Sunken Garden.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2nKtdhANJqfIVf-54BGa4dN4-n9F0MARKfNKVYh8X6siQyNKkc8Pf1rWyhyphenhyphen5Qw15yMQQR7l2dAFFkj-3rRWexDSJvInCCaBZSZr3p4b6Ux983JhItXH32MsxM3hadaqHkPgSXZGVkRZQFhrYW0Aiu2VUrD-YZukrKlTCIutHqLs_3dHjSgz7I4nSX3k/s696/Sunken%20Garden.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="696" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2nKtdhANJqfIVf-54BGa4dN4-n9F0MARKfNKVYh8X6siQyNKkc8Pf1rWyhyphenhyphen5Qw15yMQQR7l2dAFFkj-3rRWexDSJvInCCaBZSZr3p4b6Ux983JhItXH32MsxM3hadaqHkPgSXZGVkRZQFhrYW0Aiu2VUrD-YZukrKlTCIutHqLs_3dHjSgz7I4nSX3k/w400-h260/Sunken%20Garden.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><i>(Photo credits:</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">First
photo, of Petron Katipunan Square, from <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/111002442118934180152/photos/@11.9641647,121.9248923,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1?entry=ttu">Eric Martinez PH</a>. </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"">Second
and last photo, of Sunken Garden, from <a href="https://www.parksandpoints.com/poetry-2021-/casual-friends-overnight-at-the-sunken-garden">Jules Bañgate</a>.)</span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i></o:p></p><br /></div><p></p>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-61064440482455398042023-08-13T02:56:00.001-07:002024-03-16T23:51:06.333-07:00"Recumbent," my new poetry collection from 8Letters Bookstore and Publishing, is now available!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRW5HIyE94r_cYd2NRF0m7XcpW6FhwAFG756sGpJnMGt_L7DtC5ueEkifpvzOWTLWn9tRieqgMML1L57WaB-KkplWS29TlgBGBYPAgU9fmMn2k7IK6N54waDO9OlLlHPwKrtr474SuOFrOm6CelSexm0k6O25Lm5eHEIirBp6TTb46rAbcOJebz7b3fdM/s729/Recumbent%20cover.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="729" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRW5HIyE94r_cYd2NRF0m7XcpW6FhwAFG756sGpJnMGt_L7DtC5ueEkifpvzOWTLWn9tRieqgMML1L57WaB-KkplWS29TlgBGBYPAgU9fmMn2k7IK6N54waDO9OlLlHPwKrtr474SuOFrOm6CelSexm0k6O25Lm5eHEIirBp6TTb46rAbcOJebz7b3fdM/w400-h300/Recumbent%20cover.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From <a href="https://leagueofcanadianpoets.wildapricot.org/widget/Sys/PublicProfile/52254246/5534214">Bob MacKenzie</a>, author of <i>unbroken</i>
and <i>on edge:</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><p></p><blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The poems in Karlo Sevilla’s </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Recumbent</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> can seem an arbitrary selection without a particular
theme.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Here we can find vignettes of
family life, dreamlike sequences, vivid images of street violence and political
murder, even fully surreal poems and surreal images secreted in others.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">A surface reading cannot adequately reveal a
consistent theme which may run through these poems.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">There’s something else going on here, a
barely hidden backdrop to the tales Sevilla brings to the table.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The poet suggests a deeper and darker theme
when he writes “I’m here fallen / where even shadows / dare not fall.”</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This collection of poems is an illusion, a trick of
the eye and the heart by a clever magician.
At surface, the poems here may appear to tell simple tales of home life
and family, uncomplicated slices of the poet’s personal life. But something else is here, just below the
surface. Karlo Sevilla hints at this
subtext in his epigraph, a self-written type of subtitle: these are, he says,
“poems about and from the body laid or lying on any surface–steady or unsteady,
dead or alive.” This theme is repeated
and enhanced in poems throughout this collection. Sevilla’s poems are less about the hard-copy
world we inhabit than a sense of the absolute Silence through which we all move
from birth to death. In a poem
describing a man tortured and dying, the poet writes that the man “ never
squealed; / not another’s whereabouts compromised / nor a single real name
revealed.” In his poetry, Karlo Sevilla
walks a thin line between our mundane lives and another, darker place where,
his narrator says, “it’s the light that
makes the shadows” but his young daughter “shakes her head, ‘It’s the
dark.’” It’s along this subtle line that
we will see the magic in Sevilla’s poetry.
In the world Karlo Sevilla describes in his poems, each of our lives
includes a place of shadows where our secrets hide in the Silence.</span></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oMt2mYviblXuJSmZLF8exlPcI8XsZtCz4OIGeRh4gMCSD3QjHK_8leTBxR52Y1hN72VCnrT4K6P9imyiX0NOAZep_8D7KewnBrcWywyqupqLDBNFpzF2mZ6XrEkOZ7-TBXKG49nlAcv1wB2KUYv9QNsreicejrft8OeG1S2rkYD5AsqnCu_VXrz1M7o/s1080/8Letters%20Recumbent.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oMt2mYviblXuJSmZLF8exlPcI8XsZtCz4OIGeRh4gMCSD3QjHK_8leTBxR52Y1hN72VCnrT4K6P9imyiX0NOAZep_8D7KewnBrcWywyqupqLDBNFpzF2mZ6XrEkOZ7-TBXKG49nlAcv1wB2KUYv9QNsreicejrft8OeG1S2rkYD5AsqnCu_VXrz1M7o/w400-h400/8Letters%20Recumbent.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Image from the publisher's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=771928288272013&set=a.455009256630586">Facebook post</a>.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">August 25, 2023 UPDATE: I am sad to share that Bob Mackenzie passed away about two days ago. He has been a peer of mine in <a href="https://ratsassreview.net/?page_id=140">Rat's Ass Review's online poetry workshop</a>, and has been one of the most exacting and helpful in giving valuable feedback to the poems forged in that crucible. We'll miss him badly. And I also deeply appreciate that my book's publisher, just this morning, kindly decided to reedit its manuscript to make Bob's review as the introduction to my book. Rest in peace, Bob. This one's for you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Local orders here: <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.8lettersbooks.com/shop/recumbent-karlo-sevilla-poetry-zine/?fbclid=IwAR35ny2M_qEn4VRWRHaG9AskJQrAKfxtA4-8geL8MtbAVhBkkAjHsOio_Ms" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.8lettersbooks.com/.../recumbent-karlo.../...</a>.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">International orders here: <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/8lettersbooks?__cft__[0]=AZV3lmmkde2vpg1_Ydl1iYCskN8uX60LcEHFLFdUII-3SYFp1aDhpQRUJoUDUnzYYsVxKzrqxCkHhJMCmz0vsLZ3owwUkNxvmLejmlkyIBroEWed7t9QIYDJ5ExFgjhq3Pk&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">https://m.facebook.com/8lettersbooks?mibextid=ZbWKwL</span></a>. 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Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-24129739885669694322023-07-31T19:26:00.003-07:002023-07-31T19:26:14.772-07:00One-Minute Hirit 24: Pinagtataguan Kayo Ngayon ni BBM?! Eh Matagal Nang ...<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/b7NuBPy1W2I" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b7NuBPy1W2I/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"></div></div><blockquote><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mula sa description box:</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sa totoo lang, maliban sa mga atraso ng mga Marcos sa kasaysayan ng ating bayan hanggang sa kasalukuyan, yung mismong pag-iwas ni BBM sa mga debate noong kampanya ay RED FLAG na! Isipin mo, tumatakbong pagka-presidente tapos umiiwas sa mga debate! Masamang precedent at ehemplo! Ni di na nga ako magtataka kung may mga bata sa elementarya na tatakbo para sa student council nila, tapos iiwas sa debate at idadahilan, “Eh presidente nga ng ating bayan, umiwas sa debate, ako pa kaya?” (Mabuti pa si Ka Leody de Guzman, nagpakita at nakipagtagisan ng talino sa lahat ng debate noon . . . Ang imahe sa thumbnail ay mula sa balita ng Philippine Daily Inquirer, "Bongbong Marcos shuns Comelec debates, cites 'preferred mode of communication with people," ni Neil Arwin Mercado, ika-14 ng Marso, 2022.)</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/elizabethoropesa?__cft__[0]=AZVGuxZ-tVJrtPkMs-reo36MpTuqkYqT_7XOVBmteKGqYmlHzkqyrTtR2dUzuuYRMy7UF1fPoYDSeRFItEfUBL5WdAmti-mjDiCLevwHTtihvg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; 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color: #131313; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Matagal na akong nagtataka kung bakit hindi nireredtag ni Lorraine Badoy at Jeffrey Celis ang bansang People’s Republic of China, eh itong bansang ito ay lantarang pinamumunuan pa nga ng kanilang partido komunista, ng Chinese Communist Party.”</span></span></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-225824306405877672023-07-22T19:02:00.000-07:002023-07-22T19:02:08.952-07:00The ADHD Chronicles: A Sunday Mass Memory and Some (1980)<p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0gkx6OW-qBaVu__Ec0jljp4nwaiXB6jjloijfRtAwX3XF0mNZM-Z5z7LMfQNYJscezafA-tTmgF2MXGsj0w5KTnyPTBU5vyLkU1_h6SuA27uVwiaSkc_2MQPXNvW8QC7WBvHnqzdKNXFGleA_CsFyzT7pQ4teAdNrbhpsdHEEu6fAPnHUU9lIOn8ue0/s868/Ascension%20of%20our%20Lord%20Parish.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="868" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0gkx6OW-qBaVu__Ec0jljp4nwaiXB6jjloijfRtAwX3XF0mNZM-Z5z7LMfQNYJscezafA-tTmgF2MXGsj0w5KTnyPTBU5vyLkU1_h6SuA27uVwiaSkc_2MQPXNvW8QC7WBvHnqzdKNXFGleA_CsFyzT7pQ4teAdNrbhpsdHEEu6fAPnHUU9lIOn8ue0/s320/Ascension%20of%20our%20Lord%20Parish.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">(I<i>nterior of </i></span></span><span style="color: #3c4043; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Ascension of Our Lord Parish Church - Greater Lagro, Novaliches, Quezon City, photo from Fr. </i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Raul Beni Barcela, from the church's Facebook page's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10224567780642452&set=a.3607046935282">post</a>, July 11, 2023</i>) </span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Now that I'm a father of more than 17 years, the more I realize that I really was a different kid. For years now, occasionally during Sunday Mass, right before the offertory we tell any of our three children to volunteer and pick up a collection bag and go around. And any given Sunday's chosen one does it promptly and properly. </span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">When I was five, for the first (and last!) time, my mother asked me to do the same at the Ascension of Our Lord Parish Church in Greater Lagro, Quezon City. So I picked up a collection bag, but I just stood near her—paralyzed. I just kept mumbling to her repeatedly, "Which aisle should I go first?" She replied and, I'm sure, gave me directions. But I didn't, or couldn't, follow. And soon the offertory song was over and I just returned the collection bag empty. (And just now, I'm thinking, if there were five collection bags in all in that church, then they must've lost approximately 20% of their Sunday Mass income because of me.) </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Also at that age, I moved the slowest in kindergarten: always the last to return my empty saucer at the end of (or after!) recess, the last to unpack and repack my bag or plastic envelope, etc. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">I still remember the day we visited the Infirmary for our very first annual physical checkup in UPIS, and when we were through, I was the last to climb aboard the bus because I stayed overtime at the last clinic struggling to tie my shoes. (I finally figured out how to tie my shoes properly in . . . first year high school!)</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">When we returned to our classroom, during dismissal, our teacher announced that she would distribute giveaways. So we all gathered excitedly around her desk. Unfortunately, she followed up with a condition: "Only for the kids who move fast."</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, I wasn't that slow not to realize that I was excluded from the final blessing. So right there and then I walked out of the classroom—quickly, uncharacteristically. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">+ + +</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">(And you can check out one of my latest published poems <a href="https://bulbculture.wixsite.com/my-site/post/mob-rule-by-karlo-sevilla">here</a>!) </span></div></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-67074900730871551402023-07-16T06:32:00.000-07:002023-07-16T06:32:02.611-07:00One-Minute Hirit 22: Logohan sa Bagong Pilipinas: Gumawa ng Logo, Parang...<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Jbgkz6t3npM" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jbgkz6t3npM/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Moderate your greed.” – Romulo Neri, former NEDA Director-General of GMA’s administration</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-44640708348174048282023-07-09T06:58:00.001-07:002023-07-09T06:58:14.104-07:00One-Minute Hirit 21: Isang Pagpupugay kay Amando Doronila, Magiting na M...<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/hPcwnCiFZH0" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hPcwnCiFZH0/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">From <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1799140/veteran-newsman-author-amando-doronila-95">Veteran newsman,author Amando Doronila; 95</a> By: Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer,
July 9, 2023:</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><blockquote><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">More than a decade ago, he already sensed the emerging challenges to newspapers from the internet.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Newspapers today are flooded by social media stories from Facebook or Twitter which are hard to verify and authenticate,” said Doronila who served as chief editor of the Chronicle before it was shut down by Marcos and after Marcos was toppled.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Cyberspace journalism gives us an oversupply of information from impressionable citizen journalists. And this Internet journalism poses a threat to the survival of the newspaper as a medium of information,” he said. </span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Born on Feb. 6, 1928, in Dumangas, Iloilo, he began his career as a reporter and columnist for the Manila Bulletin and was a political columnist for the Daily Mirror from 1963 to 1972.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When Marcos imposed martial law in 1972, Doronila and other journalists like Luis Beltran and Maximo Soliven were arrested and detained.</span></p></blockquote><p style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><span style="border: 0px; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-30013380128346501672023-07-03T17:26:00.001-07:002023-07-03T17:26:09.611-07:00Sa Pinas, ang Pagnanakaw ay Di Anomalya<p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tSqPUKkiwQbNUuNhHvt82JRGENLeFkE_-M9UGAYPK7QUaGUlKr_2-27aTyzPoraMFsvN03ADl7uKQOYN9TiLefN5P_WYx3Y91XOc2tmsusVXZYzKb2TbT3zbwN2voC1Kqt8jeQ3VktNWEWVuxGIYzDmjbG5Xl6LyXSXy9lNxMPuYTYADqBhYhiI1M3U/s461/Rob%20the%20Philippines.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="461" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tSqPUKkiwQbNUuNhHvt82JRGENLeFkE_-M9UGAYPK7QUaGUlKr_2-27aTyzPoraMFsvN03ADl7uKQOYN9TiLefN5P_WYx3Y91XOc2tmsusVXZYzKb2TbT3zbwN2voC1Kqt8jeQ3VktNWEWVuxGIYzDmjbG5Xl6LyXSXy9lNxMPuYTYADqBhYhiI1M3U/s320/Rob%20the%20Philippines.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(Ang imahe ay mula sa <a href="https://twitter.com/mgb819/status/1673683319991730176/photo/1">tweet na ito</a>.)</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kung nakawan ang lakaran</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ng mga kinauukulan,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">eh di ito'y di na anomalya.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kaya tayo nang magpasya,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">na sa susunod na mabalitaan</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">na tayo'y muling pinagnakawan,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">na sabihin na lang sa isa't isa</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">kung ano ang baligtad,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Uy, gumawa na naman sila</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ng regularidad!"</span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-78649291468100625282023-07-01T06:56:00.001-07:002023-07-01T06:56:03.395-07:00One-Minute Hirit 20: “Secretary Larry Gadon”: Wala Na Bang Iba?!<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/9e3mgjj0QoM" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9e3mgjj0QoM/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Mula sa description box:</div><div></div><blockquote><div><br /></div><div><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ang imahe sa itaas ay mula sa INQUIRER.net Facebook page, 3/22/2023: </span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #065fd4; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbW5KZlVjUDhXRW9QRW0xNlQzdm9OVGF1MWNuQXxBQ3Jtc0ttWTg5UE9VLVJ3N1dNaU1RY3Y3d1dndnhveDcyQkRVYy1JdEE0bFRqaEdvampCeW44R1Axb0d1UWo2bW9XLXpHZFpST1ZNbVBnNlNmRGVXM2cxOGdUNDdmWExyM0ZqZlQ3bU4zQ1BRRUw5U3ZpdVk5VQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Finquirerdotnet%2Fphotos%2Fa.10150441841044453%2F10162045418244453%2F%3Ftype%3D3&v=9e3mgjj0QoM" rel="nofollow" style="display: inline; 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Sa totoo lang, napatula ako sa pagtatalaga kay Larry Gadon bilang Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation: </span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #065fd4; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbU1PWEJrU1ppQmNqYzJOaWNsczZpMjc5RHJTUXxBQ3Jtc0trSkNEN1JWNWk0V0pGLUVzMGVyclJjUElqR1hrV3JhOUY5cE01V2xkUDlGYWJCWUV4TjVIRTIweDlaYzl1R19WamgxaXdHN294OUdNRzZuTF96OFVnM2JVREd6MWRYbXZxb2FNLVJiZE1NR2FfYWk2NA&q=http%3A%2F%2Fkarlosevillaofquezoncity.blogspot.com%2F2023%2F06%2Fang-iyong-lingkod-dating-abogagong.html&v=9e3mgjj0QoM" rel="nofollow" style="display: inline; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">http://karlosevillaofquezoncity.blogs...</a></span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.
Naniniwala ako na mas mahusay sa posisyong iyan si Atty. Luke Espiritu, pero siyempre, malabong alukin ni BBM, at lalong mas malabong makompromiso si attorney (pa rin) at tanggapin ang alok na mula sa administrasyong ito.
Subscribe po tayo ditto sa YouTube channel ni Atty. Luke Espiritu: </span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--highlight-text-decorator" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 8px; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABvTG72FxVA&t=0s" rel="nofollow" style="align-items: center; display: inline-flex; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0" target=""> <span class="yt-core-attributed-string--inline-flex-mod" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: inline-flex; height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" class="yt-core-attributed-string__image-element yt-core-attributed-string__image-element--image-alignment-vertical-center yt-core-image yt-core-image--content-mode-scale-to-fill yt-core-image--loaded" src="https://www.gstatic.com/youtube/img/watch/yt_favicon.png" style="align-self: center; background: transparent; border: 0px; display: inline-block; height: 10px; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; min-width: 1px; object-fit: fill; padding: 0px; visibility: inherit; width: 14px;" /></span> • Luke Espiritu, ig... </a></span></span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.
Mula sa </span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #065fd4; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblVRMUpMb0xpYktzeFhFMG9odGtsZ2IwZ3h1d3xBQ3Jtc0tuZk1pYXdpYzh4dGJVQ0JwS0gwWWw4cEdCY1N4eFZVYkZucFZHSW05ZVVLLVdLZ05Mbzg5dktrODl3MkltV0RMdjlHeWZTSUNYbkthc2Y1OW5nck1BR2tRVzd0UkRzYzNGTTZyU2N1TjliMjJ3ZGlMOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fvotepilipinas.com%2Fcandidate%2Fespiritu-luke.html%3A&v=9e3mgjj0QoM" rel="nofollow" style="display: inline; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://votepilipinas.com/candidate/e...</a></span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">
“Luke Espiritu, 47, is a lawyer, labor organizer and activist for human rights, climate justice and gender equality. He is the former national president, spokesperson and current labor organizer of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino as well as the former national president of the Solidarity of Unions in the Philippines for Empowerment and Reforms Federation.”</span></div></blockquote><div><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-23477484528331229872023-06-30T20:56:00.003-07:002023-07-01T01:49:12.402-07:00Payo<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFBmmrPj7x05iSZh6of0aAdnXtkIwkZ7-s5hY0xgb3hhZVq83l4SmYLRwp-IiIeGPTSM7PCbfv0kRDTbxcMJS9Lc_vcCnBHT8Sn1LJcPQV5xlmifLlXxvr_V35iXOctv1urEsQr9fJA3T5j1I5Q-nB-VgCpJPlSDb-sYe0UNKa4qhz-p6J_FpSeEzQeM/s334/oi%20painting%201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFBmmrPj7x05iSZh6of0aAdnXtkIwkZ7-s5hY0xgb3hhZVq83l4SmYLRwp-IiIeGPTSM7PCbfv0kRDTbxcMJS9Lc_vcCnBHT8Sn1LJcPQV5xlmifLlXxvr_V35iXOctv1urEsQr9fJA3T5j1I5Q-nB-VgCpJPlSDb-sYe0UNKa4qhz-p6J_FpSeEzQeM/s320/oi%20painting%201.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">(Oil on canvas, pininta ko noong 1991, nakalimutan ko na ang pamagat.)</i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Huwag simulan</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ang sa kinalaunan</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ay mahirap nang atrasan.</span></p>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-62720190720918486032023-06-30T20:27:00.003-07:002023-06-30T21:08:13.597-07:00"Ang Inyong Lingkod," Dating Abogagong Larry Gadon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7OKVfh3Uj28" width="320" youtube-src-id="7OKVfh3Uj28"></iframe></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sa pagkakatalaga kay Larry Gadon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bilang <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: -0.18px; text-align: left;">Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: -0.18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ay mahirap ka na nga,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; letter-spacing: -0.18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Eh ginawa ka pang tanga!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; 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display: flex; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; order: 0; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span class="xh99ass"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="xzpqnlu xjm9jq1 x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x10l6tqk x1i1rx1s" style="clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; width: 1px;"> </span><span aria-hidden="true"> ·</span></span></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div> <p></p>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-22248938054145186592023-06-18T20:37:00.000-07:002023-06-18T20:37:02.617-07:00Philippine Senate: Mataas na Babuyan<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhSHL56X_C7ri32ELODKh-VEENRWmmMNp9-XTU-l7TVMPSjMHsA26GszVJTXzrbGbMFQUas-CkHjEDLx4icIr303c2i6kr7AMT_LXDN7FLBO_8iaRp6nB8olCUZ8IhqaYaNwbKQSRAe98rzqkZb2_oQYZZLA205uFiAAQlduwqsmaunnBixdoQ2K5/s405/Baboy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="405" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhSHL56X_C7ri32ELODKh-VEENRWmmMNp9-XTU-l7TVMPSjMHsA26GszVJTXzrbGbMFQUas-CkHjEDLx4icIr303c2i6kr7AMT_LXDN7FLBO_8iaRp6nB8olCUZ8IhqaYaNwbKQSRAe98rzqkZb2_oQYZZLA205uFiAAQlduwqsmaunnBixdoQ2K5/s320/Baboy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dahil
sa iyong boto,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nagmistulang
kural.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dahil
ika’y nagpaloko,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nakaupo
ang mga hangal.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Baboy si Bad Boy!)</span></span></p></div><p><br /></p>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-74773392922784425712023-06-16T04:26:00.000-07:002023-06-16T04:26:03.133-07:00Depensib<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bHMm_RLyj3_z5nKaU5XtPu7DcjjOs64oUNzn1nPZCwnL3KJkVgCO94AtqgLfNS08O_ChoBHIxOQqfa7ZhYGw8us-t_jDi00ai0lljKCmKNB3OaqRPYq50i8w42G0ZKzA0kz-OAkVkx0pA7bh_-xqttvgkRdb1fpB1C_YrGFtNGZDZdznyQ08hp1M/s303/Meralco.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="303" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bHMm_RLyj3_z5nKaU5XtPu7DcjjOs64oUNzn1nPZCwnL3KJkVgCO94AtqgLfNS08O_ChoBHIxOQqfa7ZhYGw8us-t_jDi00ai0lljKCmKNB3OaqRPYq50i8w42G0ZKzA0kz-OAkVkx0pA7bh_-xqttvgkRdb1fpB1C_YrGFtNGZDZdznyQ08hp1M/s1600/Meralco.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And daming esteburetse <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">sa iyong paliwanag,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">parang Meralco advisory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">na sa YouTube ihinahayag<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ang mga nakakalitong detalye <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">ukol sa bagong singil na dinagdag.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p><br /></p>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-3714714066091706782023-06-10T18:17:00.004-07:002023-06-16T04:27:08.490-07:00Napadaan Lang, Malamang<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlFFxMp7qGZOa1_sCHiel8dKpz4jtcuRL-h2fbnxzpVM3OQed4uyIbab1OPj0RFtixCgZtY0p7iE2IyivQhBWTEbSwL_xL1klOAzsR7SSZJNc_RtJCGQYYJupSBgyuOdU5lv02EWa2SxosIDdHrmBPhrpZwnrKo1ddVWCjOeA_9zPTpYzNq1JBgh2/s334/watercolor%20on%20illustration%20board.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="219" data-original-width="334" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlFFxMp7qGZOa1_sCHiel8dKpz4jtcuRL-h2fbnxzpVM3OQed4uyIbab1OPj0RFtixCgZtY0p7iE2IyivQhBWTEbSwL_xL1klOAzsR7SSZJNc_RtJCGQYYJupSBgyuOdU5lv02EWa2SxosIDdHrmBPhrpZwnrKo1ddVWCjOeA_9zPTpYzNq1JBgh2/s320/watercolor%20on%20illustration%20board.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">(Nakalimutan ko na ang pamagat, watercolor sa illustration board, pininta ko noong estudyante ako ng College of Fine Arts - UP Diliman noong 1993.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ilang taon na ang lumipas at nangahas bumalik,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
nagbabakasakaling may babalikan pang halik.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
Nangangambang bumalik upang malaman </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
kung may babalikan pang dahilan.</span></span></div><p></p>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-3909614537657043202023-06-07T09:47:00.000-07:002023-06-07T09:47:01.306-07:00Delatang Sardinas ng Laging Saklolo<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1oRTTjDe2kxjt57Kc9t3YRIFjcHA0goElAMI_H-BJGRJNZ2xxrPVK3_Qjr8fsODJSuYAEc-Y_lznNsbTDzOmw0wjn2uCBBKcQkDomLvei4boMejAvbXr3aEPAtRjC30i-vPuEF9MeRtLjfqPbQBT3YVlWqCyLA2O-Ln-oq4obVziXhSj0vOvsBuS/s238/Mega.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="238" data-original-width="237" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1oRTTjDe2kxjt57Kc9t3YRIFjcHA0goElAMI_H-BJGRJNZ2xxrPVK3_Qjr8fsODJSuYAEc-Y_lznNsbTDzOmw0wjn2uCBBKcQkDomLvei4boMejAvbXr3aEPAtRjC30i-vPuEF9MeRtLjfqPbQBT3YVlWqCyLA2O-Ln-oq4obVziXhSj0vOvsBuS/s1600/Mega.JPG" width="237" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">O Delatang Sardinas ng Laging Saklolo,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nawa’y busugin ang tiyang kumukulo, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kapag ang ulam sa hapag ay ayaw ko,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dahil nag-iinarte na naman ako.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /> </p>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-70504784208593371802023-05-27T05:59:00.005-07:002023-05-27T06:54:39.364-07:00Oreo the Persian/Maine Coon Cat!<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/fRmSRdA6Co0" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fRmSRdA6Co0/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">From the description box:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><blockquote>Oreo was born on October 23, 2022. We welcomed him home one day last January as my sister Celia’s Christmas gift to my children/her nephews and niece. Oreo’s father is a Maine Coon, and his mother is a Persian cat. I’ll post videos of Oreo at least once a month. Please like the video and subscribe to my channel for updates on our Oreo. (I have other contents aside from Oreo though.)</blockquote></span></span></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-564981771287403682023-05-27T05:56:00.006-07:002023-05-27T05:56:50.394-07:00“Ang Internasyunal” sa Lansangan ng Mendiola, Mayo 1, '23 ni Danny Fabel...<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/-MRWFQvP6EE" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mula sa description box:</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Medyo bitin ang bidyo sa simula’t pagtatapos, pero . . .)
Ang Internasyunal
Bangon sa pagkakabusabos
Bangon alipin ng gutom
Katarunga'y bulkang sasabog
Sa huling paghuhukom
Gapos ng kahapo'y lagutin
Tayong api ay magbalikwas
Tayo ngayo'y inaalipin
Subalit atin ang bukas
Koro:
Ito'y huling ipaglalaban
Magkaisa nang masaklaw
Ng Internationale
ang sangkatauhan
(ulitin 2x)
Wala tayong maasahang
Bathala o manunubos,
kaya ang ating kaligtasa'y
nasa ating pagkilos
Manggagawa bawiin ang yaman
Kaisipa'y palayain
Ang maso ay ating hawakan
Kinabukasa'y pandayin
Koro:
Ito'y huling ipaglalaban
Magkaisa nang masaklaw
Ng Internationale
ang sangkatauhan
(ulitin 2x)
</span></span></div><div></div></blockquote><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-54333886992331447922023-04-01T05:37:00.003-07:002023-04-01T05:37:22.054-07:00One-Minute Hirit 19: Ang Pagkulong at Paglitis ng ICC kay Ivory Coast E...<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/666RECOFuGk" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/666RECOFuGk/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><pre style="background: #F8F9FA;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">Kaya maaari namang mapawalang-sala ang mga nililitis ng ICC, at pwede namang huwag silang masyadong maihi sa kanilang mga salwal.</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style="background: #F8F9FA;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Si Laurent Gbagbo ang pinakaunang dating head of state na nilitis ng ICC.</span></pre></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-259050063580853642023-03-23T07:42:00.000-07:002023-03-23T07:42:00.138-07:00One-Minute Hirit 18: Sa Isyu ng Comfort Women, Nagturo Rin ang United Na...<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/F7xqMQL9gFU" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F7xqMQL9gFU/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">"Move on"?! Matuto muna sa madilim na nakaraan -- at huwag baluktutin o pabanguhin ang mga naging atraso ng mga makapangyarihan! Never again! </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">“. . . as remembrance is critical to a sensitive understanding of the history of human rights violations endured by these women, to emphasize the importance of advancing human rights, and to avoid recurrence.” - UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women</span></div></div></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-31994913358167410452023-03-12T08:41:00.004-07:002023-03-12T08:41:36.604-07:00One-Minute Hirit 17: Hustisya sa Lahat: Masaker at Di Lang Asasinasyon ni Gov. Degamo ang Naganap!<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/-_S_Vud4-d0" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #060404; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">At kaya naman ako’y lubos na sumasangayon sa mga ulat na
binansagan ang krimen na ito bilang Pamplona Massacre!<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /></div></blockquote>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058317192386309012.post-20309637678683678162023-03-04T06:50:00.004-08:002023-03-04T06:50:26.264-08:00One-Minute Hirit 16: Direk Darryl Yap: ang Joseph Goebbels ng Malacañang...<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/1iqMqYYGe3k" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1iqMqYYGe3k/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">Ang magdirek ng mga pelikulang pampropaganda na nagtatanggol at nagpapabango
sa kuwento ng pamilyang Marcos na pasimuno ng pandarambong at paglabag sa mga
karapatang pantao noong martial law – iyan ang showbiz career choice ngayon ng
batang director na si Darryl Yap. </span></blockquote></span></div>Karlo Sevillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11120918246011382174noreply@blogger.com0