Archive for the 'Luzon' Category

KUNG TUYO NA ANG LUHA MO, AKING BAYAN

Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

Amado V. Hernandez Lumuha ka, aking Bayan; buong lungkot mong iluha Ang kawawang kapalaran ng lupain mong kawawa: Ang bandilang sagisag mo?y lukob ng dayong bandila, Pati wikang minana mo?y busabos ng ibang wika, Ganito ring araw nang agawan ka ng laya, Labintatlo ng Agosto nang saklutin ang Maynila,

Ancient Filipino Riddles about Animals

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

1. Ania iti pinarsua iti Dios a balin suec a maturog? (Iloc.) Panniqui What thing that God made sleeps with its head down? Bat 2. Pantas ca man, at marunong bumasa at sumulat, aling ibon dito sa mundo ang lumilipad ay sumususo ang anak? (Tag.) Kabag

The Legend of the Dama de Noche

Friday, November 18th, 2011

A thousand years ago, there was a rich maharlika, or nobleman, who spent his early bachelor days recklessly, wining and dining in the company of nobility. He drank the finest wines, ate the most delectable food and enjoyed the company of the loveliest, perfumed and bejewelled women of the noble class.

To Josephine

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Rizal dedicated this poem to Josephine Bracken, an Irish woman who went to Dapitan accompanying a man seeking Rizal’s services as an ophthalmologist. Josephine, Josephine Who to these shores have come Looking for a nest, a home, Like a wandering swallow; If your fate is taking you To Japan, China or Shanghai, Don’t forget that […]

ALL OVER THE WORLD

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

by Vicente Rivera, Jr. ONE evening in August 1941, I came out of a late movie to a silent, cold night. I shivered a little as I stood for a moment in the narrow street, looking up at the distant sky, alive with stars. I stood there, letting the night wind seep through me, and […]

Ang Pinagmulan ng Kodla ng mga Ifugao

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Salin mula sa Ingles ni Elvira B. Estravo ng “The Origin of the Ifugao Kodla” Noong unang panahon ay may mag-asawang naninirahan sa Lamut na nangngangalang Cabigat at Bugan. Sila ay masasaya dahil marami silang nakukuhang pagkain at mga hayop. Isang araw lumabas si Cabigat upang mamasyal na karaniwag isinasagawa sa mga kalapit na nayon. […]

Ang Masamang Kalahi

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Buhat nang mapatakbo ni Toniong Tandang si Tenoriong Talisain ay humanap na ng ibang libutan at madaling nakapamayagpag na muli ang Talisain. Ang mga Katyaw na leghorn doon ay madaling nasilaw sa balitang bilis at lakas ni Tenoriong Talisain. At madali niyang naging kaibigan ang pinakamagandang sa mga banyagang manok na si Lolitang Leghorn.

Ang Mag-anak na Langgam

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Malapit-lapit na naman ang tag-ulan kung kaya’t ang isang mag-anak na langgam ay abalang-abala sa paghahakot ng pagkain para sa kanilang pinagtataguan. “Huwag kayong lilihis ng landas patungo sa ating lungga, dahil sa may gawing kaliwa ay may munting kanal,” sabi ni Tatay Langgam.

List Of Filipino Writers and Their Pseudonyms

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Antonio K. Abad Akasia Jose Abreu Kaibigan Macario Adriatico Amaori, C. Amabri and Felipe Malayo Faustino Aguilar Sinag-Ina

The Summer Solstice

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

By Nick Joaquin THE MORETAS WERE spending St. John’s Day with the children’s grandfather, whose feast day it was. Doña Lupeng awoke feeling faint with the heat, a sound of screaming in her ears. In the dining room the three boys already attired in their holiday suits, were at breakfast, and came crowding around her, […]