Funny Gay Video

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

A friend shared to me this funny video in my Facebook wall. It is not just funny but there is a lesson in it, so I decided to share this with you guys. Sometimes we take people for granted. We never see their value because they are just always there for us. Sometimes we hurt them and we do not know, worst is we do not care. But when things go wrong and everybody is leaving, you will see the only person who stands by your side is the person that you repeatedly hurt in the past. The only person who accepts everything about you is the person that truly loves you. They are RARE so TREASURE them.



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Rise and Fall

Monday, December 27, 2010

By: Jefferson Cruz
email: jeff.scribbles@gmail.com
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In Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice’s third book in her Vampire Chronicles, Akasha awakes from her 6,000 years of slumber to save humanity by annihilating the cause of all chaos and misery – males. But before she carries out this carnage, she has to capture the vampire Lestat whose rock music awoke her from millennia of sleep. Together, the consort and the queen flew around the globe and used women as killing machines. To execute her plan to rule the world, Akasha, the mother of all vampires, has to obliterate her offspring who dispute her megalomania. With this, the battle between Akasha and her ultimate nemeses – the red haired twin witches Maharet and Mekare – comes to a heart-racing end.


Although Queen of the Damned is a mélange of stories before and after Akasha has risen from deep sleep, the characters become part of the chain in the final chapters revealing their history and what could destroy them all.


An atheist when she wrote this novel, Rice richly interspersed the plot with the occult, history, philosophy, and eroticism with the absence of sex. She had created powerful vampires that can set off Stephenie Meyer’s Edward Cullen to burst into flames with just a lift of an eyebrow.

Released in 1988, the novel brings the readers to places like the 18th century Paris, the pre-pyramid Egypt, The Himalayas, and the present day Miami. Rice’s writing is sensual, mesmerizing, and lyrical. And glorious is the word that sums it all.

Published in Zee Lifestyle December-January 2011

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Chapter 20 : Task Force Enigma: Rovi Yuno

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Author's Note:

Hello pumpkins!!!

Ang saya ng chat namin nila Rick nung Sunday. Sana this coming Sunday ay makisali pa ang iba. Jerick and Perse will join us. Anyway, ito na po ang inaabangang paghaharap ulit nila Bobby at Rovi. Well, na-miss ko rin pala ang mga mokong! Ahihihi

To Zach, pasensiya at hindi ko masagot ang text mo. Ginagawa ko ito ng magtext ka. Salamat pala ulit! :)

Enjoy Reading!!!
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Tahimik na nakaupo si Bobby sa labas ng panibagong safe house na pinagdalhan sa kanila ni Apple. Pagkahatid na pagkahatid nito sa kanila ay pinaharurot na agad ng babae ang kotse palayo para daw makipagtuos sa kakambal nitong nagiging traydor na yata.

Silang dalawa lang doon ng tiyahin. Napakaliblib ng lugar at napakatahimik. Naalala niya ang buhay sa probinsiya dati. Hindi kasing-gulo ng nangyayari ngayon. Noon, may kahirapan at kapayakan man ang pamumuhay nila ay wala namang humahabol na mga tauhan ng drug lord sa kanya. Marahil, kung hindi siya nangailangan para sa pagpapagamot ng kanyang tiya ay malamang na wala silang ganitong problema ngayon.

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Chapter 5 : THE MARTYR, THE STUPID AND THE FLIRT

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"Sorry Pet, di kita mahahatid ngayon ha. May practice pa kasi kami ng team." malambing na sabi ni Orly sa kanya habang nasa batibot sila. Isa iyong paikot na bench at may malaking puno sa gitna. Ika-limang araw na nila bilang official na mag-boyfriend.

"Okay lang mahal ko." tinapik niya ang pisngi nito.

"Ang sarap naman nun." sabi nito sabay akbay sa kanya.

Kinikilig naman na humilig siya sa dibdib nito. Nararamdaman niya ang pagpintig niyon. Maligayang-maligaya naman ang pakiramdam niya dahil nakasandal siya sa pinakagwapong lalaki sa campus.

"Ano yung masarap?" Monty said grinning.

"Yung tawag mo sa akin. Para tuloy naluma yung "pet" na tawag ko sa'yo." nagmamaktol kuno nitong sabi.

"Asus! At nakipag-kumpetensiya raw ba ang mamang ito." kinurot niya ang pisngi nito. Gawain niya iyon dito kapag naglalambing. Siyang-siya naman ang kumag kapag hinaharot niya.

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Short Story Writing Contest FAQ

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Who can join?

This contest is open to all students across the colleges and universities of Cebu City.

How to join?

1. Check our website at www.jaysoncnu.blogspot.com for the theme of the month. Each contestant will submit a story geared towards the theme given.
2. Submit your stories via email at king_sky92@yahoo.com.
3. Wait for a confirmation email from our admin. We will let you know if your entry is chosen to be posted in our blog.

How is your entry being judged?

1. After submission, the admin of this blog will read your entry and analyze based on the basic elements of fiction:

Development of the theme.
b. Development of the characters.
c. Development of the setting.
d. Presentation of Conflict
e. Use of literary devices

2. Authors of the qualified entries will receive an email from our admin.
3. After the first level selection, your entries will be posted in our blog for 1 week for our readers to review. The most commented entry will get 30% of the total points in the judging.
4. After 1 week, The LOL team will choose top three entries. Judging is based on the following factors:

a. Mimesis (relevance to reality with use of symbols and archetypes)
b. Affective analysis (Impact to the readers)

5. At the end of the month, we will announce the top two winners. Authors will receive an email notification to claim their price via LBC.

What are the prizes?

1st Prize - 500.00
2nd Prize - 200.00

Freebies like LOL shirt, LOL mugs etc... will also be given (depends on availability)
For inquiry send us email at king_sky92@yahoo.com

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Part 3: WHAT TYPE OF READER ARE YOU?


By: Jayson Patalinghug
email: king_sky92@yahoo.com
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Please read and understand these theories first before you start reading and criticizing our works here. If you have questions and clarifications, you can send me email and I will get back to you.
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Objective Reader


At this point we have already learned two types of readers. First, those who look at the relationship of the universe to the text (mimetic readers); Second, those who look at the relationship between the writer and his work (expressive readers); and now we will add another type of reader which is affected by structuralism. We call them objective readers.

An objective reader posits that every text is autonomous. History, biography, sociology, psychology, author’s intention and reader’s private experiences are all irrelevant. Any attempt to look at the author’s relationship to a certain piece of literature is called “Intentional Fallacy.” Any attempt to look at the reader’s individual response is called “Affective Fallacy.” Objective readers argue that each text has a central unity. The responsibility of the reader is to discover this unity. The reader’s job is to interpret the text, telling in what ways each of its parts contributes to the central unity. The primary interest is the theme. A story or poem is spoken by a persona (narrator or speaker) who expresses the attitude which must be defined and who speaks in a tone which helps define the attitude: ironic, straightforward or ambiguous. Judgements of the value of a text must be based on the richness of the attitude and the complexity and the balance of the text. The key phrases are ambivalence, ambiguity, tension, irony and paradox.

The reader's analysis of these elements leads him to an examination of the themes. A work is good or bad depending on whether the themes are complex and whether or not they contribute to the central, unifying theme. The more complex the themes are and the more closely they contribute to a central theme (unity) the better the work. Usually, objective readers define their themes as oppositions: Life and death, good and evil, love and hate, harmony and strife, order and disorder, eternity and time, reality and appearance, truth and falsehood, emotion and reason, simplicity and complexity, nature and art. The analysis of a text is an exercise in showing how all of its parts contribute to a complex but single (unified) statement about human problems.

 The reader must look at the words, the syntax, the images, the structure (usually, "the argument"). The words must be understood to be ambiguous. (The more possible meanings a word has, the richer the ambiguity. The reader should search out irony (ambiguous meaning) and paradox (contradictory meaning, hence also ambiguity). The reader must discover tensions in the work. These will be the results of thematic oppositions, though they may also occur as oppositions in imagery: light versus dark, beautiful versus ugly, graceful versus clumsy. The oppositions may also be in the words chosen: concrete versus abstract, energetic versus placid).

Most readers who belong into this type are those who are well verse in the field of literature. Those who believed in the standards in writing fictions and familiar with the different literary elements. 

Next topic: Affective Readers


Sources: History of Literary Criticism by Maggie Mertens Encyclopedia Britannica: Literary CriticismDictionary of the History of Ideas: Literary Criticism. 

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Eight People We Want Dead

Thursday, December 23, 2010

By: Jefferson Cruz
email: jeff.scribbles@gmail.com
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You are not a saint, admit it. You can’t love humanity like what Mother Theresa and Pope John Paul did, but you are  neither a devil. You’ve had an overdose of human bitchiness and asshole-ness which keep on sending a teeth-clenching feeling to your nerves. You forever detest these homo sapiens’ display of arrogance, selfishness, mercilessness and moronic attitude that you want to roast them with a flame thrower. These bastards’ egotism and power tripping makes you want to hurl them with a hand grenade or launch a nuclear bomb right in their faces. And if cursing could kill, these people you loathe must be buried six feet under by now. Vanished. Wiped out on the face of our beloved Earth.

History tells us that anger, rage, fury or whatever you call it had caused enough cataclysms to humanity. Hitler’s revenge had annihilated thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Rage had caused World Wars aside from the network wars. Anger caused Muslims and Christians to eliminate each other. Resentment constructed the Berlin Wall. Fury propelled Bin Laden to target the World Trade Center and Pentagon and turn planes into bombs in the September 11 Bombings. Anger also triggers a wife to kick his husband’s ass, tie him up in bed the whole week and shave his mistress’s head. If we analyze the tragic events in history, we would know that anger had caused enough devastation which affected so many lives. This is enough reason to restrain us from getting carried away by our emotions, but why do we still want to exterminate idiots, jerks, freeloaders and the likes? If you experience loathing for these sub-humans, do not blame yourself. Abomination to these idiosyncrasies is nothing but normal.

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Chapter 4 : THE MARTYR, THE STUPID AND THE FLIRT

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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"O-orly?" 

Ang tanging nasabi niya pagkatapos ng ilang segundo ring paglalapat ng kanilang mga labi. Nanlalaki ang mga mata niya sa sobrang pagkagulat. Mabilis pa rin ang pagtahip ng kanyang dibdib. Hindi pa rin makapaniwala sa kagaganap lang. AT alam niya, kahit hindi niya nakikita, namumula siya mula ulo hanggang paa! At naghihiyawan pa ang mga nakapaligid sa kanila sa pangunguna ng kaibigan niya.


"O-orly?" naguguluhang tawag niya rito.

"Yes Pet?" amused na tanong nito. Nakisubo sa burger steak na in-order ni Jordan.

"Orly!" malakas na sabi niya sabay hampas sa braso nito. Finally, bumalik na ang boses niyang nawalan ng lakas ng dahil sa kagagawan ng lalaking ito. Tumigil na rin kasi ang hiyawan sa paligid.

"Aray! Bakit ba?" natatawang sabi nito habang umaarte ring nasaktan ang braso.

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Stripping Natasha

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

By: Jefferson Cruz
email: jeff.scribbles@gmail.com
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Natasha Bedingfield's music defines her as a woman who refuses to be put in a cage, someone who wants to break free from oppression and escape the monotonous system of things. These characteristics are all embodied in the first single from her latest album with the same title. Bedingfield sings in a liberating way that almost sounds like a melodic tirade: Take what you want/ Steal my pride/ Build me up/ Or cut me down to size/ Shut me out/ But I’ll just scream/ I'm only one voice in a million/ But you ain't taking that from me. 

Artistic and passionate, Bedingfield is one of the few artists that is bursting with positive vibes. What makes her music soar in the charts is the way they inspire the listeners to feel good about themselves and others. This advocacy madeUnwritten from her debut album the most played song in the US in 2006. 

This optimism is also evident in Touch, her buzz cut from her latest album: Every choice we make/ And every road we take/ Every interaction/ Starts a chain reaction. Touch spells an auditory ecstasy – begins in electro-slow rhythm, turns into a party-like tempo, and fades in a blissful pace. Strip Me  is a soulful theme that starts with a relaxed and happy La la la la, jumps into a melodious outburst and ends in a satisfying La la la. It summarizes the theme of the whole album:When it all boils down/ At the end of the day/ It’s what you do and say/ That makes you who you are.

Published in Zee Lifestyle December - January 2010

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Chapter 19 : Task Force Enigma: Rovi Yuno

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Pasensiya na po at natagalan. Batiin ko lang ang aking mga masugid na tagasubaybay. Salamat sa pagsuporta sa aking bagong story na ONE MORE CHANCE. Salamat po talaga sa hindi pagbitaw. I love you all! Merry Christmas pumpkins!!!
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"Bakit ikaw ang may hawak ng cellphone ni Mandarin? Ikaw rin ba ang nag-dial sa emergency number ni Rick?"

Natigil ang pagkatigagal ni Bobby saa mga tanong na iyon ni Rovi. Bigla ang pagbilis ng tibok ng puso niya. Nangangamba nga siya na baka marinig iyon ni Apple sa sobrang lakas. Pinakalma niya ang sarili at huminga ng malalim.

Ano bang nangyayari sa akin? Bakit ako nagkakaganito? Boses lang iyon. Boses!

"Hello? Bobby?" ani Rovi sa kabilang linya.

"Uhm... Ako nga ang pinag-dial ni Mandarin. Pasensiya na. Pero sinugod kasi kami sa safehouse. Nagda-drive si Mandarin kaya ako na ang kumontak sa inyo. Nagpaiwan si Go doon para salubungin ang mga pulis. Nadale si Marcus eh." pagpapaliwanag niya.

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Chapter 3 : THE MARTYR, THE STUPID AND THE FLIRT

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Hindi mapakali si Monty ng dumating ang vacant nila. Sakto iyon sa oras ng lunch break. Kanina pa niya iniisip kung ano ang mangyayari o maaaring mangyari kapag nagkita sila sa canteen ni Ronnie. For sure, wala lang magawa yun kaya napagkatuwaan siya. Sa loob ng ilang oras ay halos kilala na niya ito. Thanks to Almighty Jordan.

Ang mga nakalap nitong impormasyon ay mabilis na naibahagi nito sa kanya. Ganun katindi ang lawak ng koneksiyon nito sa campus. Nang tanungin niya ito kung paano nito nagawa iyon, isang simpleng ngiti lang at kibit ng balikat ang ginawa nito. Napapantastikuhan man sa ginawa ng kaibigan ay nagpapasalamat pa rin siya.

Natapos ang mahabang bell na naging hudyat kanina para sa patatapos ng kanilang klase. Nakita niya na tumayo si Jordan sa kinauupuan nito na may kalayuan sa kanya.

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Part 2: WHAT TYPE OF READER ARE YOU?

Saturday, December 18, 2010

By: Jayson Patalinghug
Blog: www.jaysoncnu.blogspot.com
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This article is solely written to provide information and not to stereotype anyone. As a literature teacher I feel the burden of keeping the literary value of what we write and read in this blog. I hope this will serve its purpose and I would like to thank Mike, Dalisay and all MSOB followers for the support and attention they gave on my short articles.
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Expressive Reader

Thanks to those who read and share their thoughts on this post. This is written for educational purpose only and nothing more. It intends to help us understand what type of reader we are and how we decode every information we read.

In the previous post we have learned that there are readers who looked at a certain piece as a mirror of reality. This type of readers looks for archetypes that would bridge fictitious events, characters and setting into the real world.

Another type of readers are those who treat a literary work primarily in relation to the author. It defines a certain piece as an expression, or overflow, or utterance of feeling, or as product of the writer’s feelings. The theory tends to judge the work by its sincerity to the writer’s vision or the state of mind. Such views were developed mainly by the Romantic critics and remain current in our time too.

Expressive readers believe that authorial individuality is something to be conveyed by a literary work, and to go beyond objectivist theorists’ prescription that a writer’s effort should be to flee personality and that criticism should focus on the text and not to the writer. 
  
If you are this type of reader then you must have chosen to read a certain story associated to your favorite writer. Some would ask, “Who wrote that story?” And after knowing the answer, they already pre-judged the work without even reading it. This is mainly what is happening to the PEBA competition where Mike Juha joined. There are readers who throw negative comments on his entry because what they have in their mind is that a gay themed story is written by a gay writer. Or they do not bother to read the entry anymore and judged it immoral because they know that the writer is gay and his works would only express homosexual immorality.

It is clear that readers influenced with this theory are more bias in their judgement. They do not analyze and criticize the text but they directly attack the one who wrote it. 


Sources: History of Literary Criticism by Maggie Mertens Encyclopedia Britannica: Literary CriticismDictionary of the History of Ideas: Literary Criticism. 


Next Topic: Objective Reader

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A Bow to the Queen

Friday, December 17, 2010

By: Jefferson Cruz
email: jeff.scribbles@gmail.com
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After the success of the documentaries The War Room, The American Candidate, and American High, acclaimed film-maker R.J. Cutler takes us this time to the world of the legendary and revered American Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The September Issue centers on the production of September 2007 issue, one of the most sought after Vogues ever. It is a glimpse to the fashion kingdom: glamorous, prestigious, and cutthroat.

Cutler has managed to compress 390 hours of footage to a 90-minute film that exposes the drama behind the photo shoots, editing, proofing, and the unending love-hate relationship between Anna and the former model turned creative director, Grace Coddington. The documentary presents Anna as more complicated than her fictional equivalent, Miranda Priestley (The Devil Wears Prada based on Lauren Weisberger's experience at Vogue). It is a zoom in on how Anna stands firmly on guard of her fashion empire. Viewers would fear Anna as she sets foot on the building ordering her editors, pulling out photos, scrapping pages of the lay out, and discharging an icy atmosphere that can send models shivering in their stilettos.

Cutler did not just emphasized Anna Wintour as the editor-in-chief. He also presented Anna as a human, as a mother. In the documentary, Anna recounts about her childhood dreams, her life as just an ordinary girl, and how her father decided that she should walk down the runway to Vogue.

The September Issue is not just about producing Vogue from scratch to gloss. It is more about how powerful women, Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington, maintained Vogue as the fashion bible. At the end of the documentary, the viewers will agree without a doubt that if fashion is religion, Anna Wintour is the pope.

Published in Zee Lifestyle November 2010

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Part 1 : WHAT TYPE OF READER ARE YOU?

By: Jayson Patalinghug
email: king_sky92@yahoo.com
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Please read and understand these theories first before you start reading and criticizing our works here. If you have questions and clarifications, you can send me email and I will get back to you.
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MIMETIC READERS

In this blog we deal with a lot of reading and criticism. It is expected because this is a literary blog. You are dwelling with different types of writers with different taste and style. Some writings may inspire us and some may frustrate us and there are some that might offend us. This is the very reason why I write this article. It aims to guide our readers to be civil and to avoid discrimination on someone else works.

Criticism and discrimination are two different things. Criticism involves analysis and sound judgement while discrimination is very subjective and most of the time illogical. Let us not discriminate because in this blog we encourage everyone to read and write. If we discriminate, we are killing the literary desire of an individual. It destroys a dream of someone whose soul is filled with hope and aspiration. Remember that literature reflects life itself.

In order to criticize a certain piece of work, one must understand the different literary theories. There are many literary theories to mention, but I will focus only to those that are already established and used in the academe.

There are four foundation theories in literary criticism; The Mimetic, Expressive, Objective, and Affective. In this post we will only discuss the first theory and the rest will be tackled in succeeding posts.

Mimetic theory is considered as the universal foundation of literature and schools of literary criticisms. Mimeses is an idea that literature imitates reality, an idea that traces back to Plato who believed that reality only exist in the mind and to Aristotle who believed that the universal can be found in the concrete. This idea is developed in the visual arts during the renaissance and the enlightenment.

Philosophers and writers including Aristotle, Plato, Moliere, Shakespeare, Racine, Diderot, and Rousseau applied mimetic theory of literary criticism to their works and lives; modern thinker such Benjamin, Derrida, and Girard have reworked and reapplied their ideas.

A Mimetic reader aims to determine how well a work of literature connects with real world. It can be broadened to include approaches that deal with the spiritual and symbolic, the images that connect people of all times and cultures. They analyze the accuracy of a literary work and its morality. They consider whether or not it shows how people really act, and whether or not it is correct. A mimetic reader assesses a literary work through the prism of his or her own time, judging the text to his own value system.

This theory is best used to reflect on social realities reflected on a certain text. A mimetic reader does not read and analyze the text as it is. They go beyond imagination looking on symbols and archetypes. These symbols will link the fictitious event, characters and settings into the real world. Example to this is the novel written by C.S. Lewis entitled The Chronicles of Narnia. Aslan is not just a magical lion, He is a representation of JESUS. Why? A Christian reader would know as it is written in the book of Geneses chapter 49 verses 8-12, Revelations chapter 5 verses 8-10 and chapter 6 verses 12-17. A mimetic reader always look for meaning and links that would bridge the fiction he or she is reading into what is existing in the real world.

Sometimes there are mimetic readers who are very close minded and only focus on their own set of standards and value system. This happens when the reader’s subjective bias leads to dogmatic condemnation and censorship.  Many works otherwise labelled aesthetically great have been black listed, banned or burned throughout the history by moral critics or shall we say hypocrites. A few of these banned works are "Ulysses" by James Joyce, "Candide" by Voltarie, "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman, works by Jean Jacques Rousseau and "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewall.

Today we are faced with this kind discrimination. An example is our friend Mike Juha who received a lot of negative feedback about his gay themed blog. These people are concerned with what they call morality basing on their own standards. Their minds are closed to what they believe is moral. They have forgotten to be logical in criticizing a work of literature. They have forgotten to read beyond letters and look for symbols and archetypes that would open the door in deeper understanding the realities that is happening in our society. After all we are reading a Literature of Life.

Next topic: Expressive Readers


Sources: History of Literary Criticism by Maggie Mertens Encyclopedia Britannica: Literary CriticismDictionary of the History of Ideas: Literary Criticism. 

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Chapter 4 : Unbroken

By:Unbroken
EMAIL:iheytmahex632@gmail.com
FOLLOW MY BLOG:http://strangersandunbrokenangels.blogspot.com/
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2.1:Eyeglasses
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
-Jean de La Fontaine
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“Danieeelllllllll!!!!”.


Dali dali akong tumakbo paran habulin si Daniel. Nagmistulang runner para habulin ang isang taong
bigla nalang maging mailap pagkatapos ng tatlong taong pagsasama. Tuloy tuloy akosa pagtakbo.
Wala akong pakialam kung magmukha akong tanga sa katatakbo at kaiiyak. Napakasakit pero gusto ko pa rin malaman kung bakit nya ako hinawalayan.


Biglang nawala si Daniel sa kawalan. Pinipilit kong hanapin pero wala talaga. Naisipan kong bumalik sa hotel para makausap sya. Nagmadali ako baka hindi ko na sya maabutan. Pagdating ko sa lobby ay dali dali akong tumakbo patungo sa elevator. Sumakay at pinindot ang 15th floor. Bumukas ang elevator. Walang sinayang na minuto para makarating sa kwarto. Tama ang aking hinala. Nandoon sya. Nageempake.

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Pahigmata


Photos used in this presentation are not owned by LOL. We only envision to show the inequality that is happening in our society. We hope to communicate to our Cebuano brothers and made them wake up, open their eyes and start doing something to make a change in our society. 

SUGBU-ANON Pagmata na! Lihuk na! karun na ang panahun sa atung pagbangun! karun na ang panahun sa tinu-ud nga kausaban ug kauswagan!

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Recalling the Virgins by Jefferson Cruz

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

After reading the first sentence of Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides, you fit into the shoes of one of the teenage voyeurs in the novel. From a distance you observe people's behaviors as a prelude to a series of disasters slowly progressing. And just like the other teenage boys in the neighborhood, you would like to see and touch the beautiful Lisbon sisters. But then you get distressed when the objects of your fantasies, Cecilia, Lux, Bonnie, Mary, and Therese, commit suicide one by one in a course of a year. A decade after the sisters' death, you start to piece together the puzzle from what you can take out from your memory. You start to solve the mystery by laying down the evidences and recounting the possibilities that could have triggered the suicides.

One of Eugenides' strongest qualities as a writer is his ability to ignite intrigue and mystery at the same time from start to finish. The novel welcomes readers with a concise narration of several suicides, focuses on the last, and flashbacks to the events before Cecilia's (the youngest sister) first suicide attempt.

The Virgin Suicides is a novel about the obsession for the inexplicable desire for the opposite sex which is forever unattainable. Perusing the novel requires much participation from the reader. It evokes emotion to the point of melancholy. At the end, you will conclude that there is only one word to perfectly describe Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides – elegiac. 

Published in Zee Lifestyle November 2010

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Chapter 2 : THE MARTYR, THE STUPID AND THE FLIRT

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

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 (Another Accident)

NAGMAMADALI na naman si Monty sa pagpasok. Lunes ngayon at talaga namang mapapagalitan na siya kapag late na naman siyang papasok. Pinag-iinitan na siya ng matandang dalagang instructor nila na si Miss Villanoy. Ito kasi ang first class nila buong linggo. Physics naman nila ito kapag MWF. Ang tadhana talaga, kung makapagbiro, minsan OA.

Tinakbo na niya ang pathway. Wala naman siyang dala-dala. Wala ring football team na babangga sa kanya. Sure yun, kung hanggang doon ba naman ay mababangga pa siya ni Orly or ng kahit na sino sa team nito ay baka makutusan na niya ng bonggang-bongga.

May mangilan-ngilang estudyante na naka-istambay sa mga bench na provided talaga sa kanila ng SBU. Kipkip sa dibdib ang report niya ay lumiko siya sa corridor na papuntang Education Department. Sakto sa oras na nakarating siya ng room nila. Wala pa ang terror na instructor nila. Nakahinga siya ng maluwag.

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Chapter 1 : THE MARTYR, THE STUPID AND THE FLIRT

Monday, December 13, 2010

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Ang pangalan ng mga pangunahing tauhan ay sadyang pinalitan. Ayaw kasi nilang magpabanggit ng pangalan. This is a story of my friend and his partner for 6 years. Grabe ang tagal na ninyo guys. Congrats.

To all my readers at sa readers ng LOL. Here is a diversion from the Task Force Enigma ko. Maiksi lang ito. Promise. :))

Bati mode.
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CHAPTER 1 (The Accident)


Naglalakad siya sa loob ng campus ng may pagmamadali. Kung bakit kasi hindi gumana ang isi-net niyang alarm clock. Tinanghali tuloy siya ng gising. Five minutes na siyang late sa first class niya. Masungit pa naman ang adviser nilang Instructor na si Ms. Villanoy. Palibhasa matandang dalaga. Napa-ismid siya ng maisip ang malalaki nitong mata na itinatago ng malaki rin nitong salamin.

Lakad-takbo ang ginagawa niya. Kung bakit din naman kasi ang layo ng Education Department mula sa gate. Hindi na nga siya gaanong fresh ng umalis ng bahay dala ng pagmamadali. Siya nga pala si Amoranto Labrador or "Monty" sa mga kaibigan at kakilala niya. A second year Education student.

May taas na 5'11", 19 years old at medium built ang pangangatawan. Ang mukha ay wala sa ordinaryong Pinoy dahil ang kanyang ina ay may lahing Chinese. Habang ang tatay niya, bagama't mabaho ang apelyido ay isang mestizo na tubong Zamboanga. Nagkakilala ang mga ito ng minsang magdeliver ng mga silver goods ang kanyang ama sa Ongpin at presto, wala pang dalawang buwan nabuo na siya sa tiyan ni Jean. Ang kanyang ina.

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Chapter 18 : Task Force Enigma: Rovi Yuno

Friday, December 10, 2010

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Well, action pa rin ito, pero may preliminaries sa muling pagkikita ni Bobby at Rovi. Nakaka-miss din silang dalawa. Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat na sumusuporta. Sabay-sabay na ang posting nito sa MSOB, PEX at siyempre sa Fall in Love with Dalisay.

Kaya naman, follow my blog, http://dalisaynapusoatkaluluwa.blogspot.com at makisali na sa pagkain-love ng mga madlang pipol! Ahihihi...

Salamat Zach and this chapter is dedicated for your kind generosity. :)

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"Anong ginagawa mo diyan pare?"

"Nagbubura ng kalawang!"


Muntik na siyang matawa ng makitang nakatiwarik ito sa kisame. Kung di lang sa takip nito sa mukha malamang ay puro alikabok na ito. Marahil ay nakuha nito iyon sa pagsabog. Naiiling na tinulungan niya itong makababa.

Nagmumurang nagtanggal ito ng takip sa mukha. "Namputsa naman pare o. Muntikan na ko doon ah?" iritadong sabi nito.

"Pasensiya na. Malay ko bang nandito ka? Saka bakit ang tagal mong i-penetrate ang control room nila?"

"Gwardiyado pare. Saka papasukin ko na ng makita kong sumara ang steel gate nito. Kaya naghanap ako ng air-duct. Tiyempo nakita ito at paakyat na ng magpasabog ka."

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Chapter 17 : Task Force Enigma: Rovi Yuno

Thursday, December 9, 2010


"Those Son of bitches!!!"

Natatarantang iniwasan ni Kring ang ibinatong baso ni Park Gyul Ho. Galit na galit itong tumayo at halos magbugha ng apoy ang mga mata sa galit dahil sa ibinalita nilang kaganapan ngayon sa pabrika nito sa Batangas.

"Akala ko ba ay inayos mo na ito Kring? Paano nalaman ng mga pulis na iyon ang hideout at operations natin sa Batangas?"

Hindi na siya nagulat sa pagsasalita nito ng tagalog. Purong koreano ito pero dahil ang mga aktibidades nito ay sa Pilipinas mostly ginagawa ay natuto na ito sa tagal ng panahong pananatili sa bansa. Idagdag pang ang magaling na assistant nito ay isang Pilipina. Si Alexa.

"Ah... nahulihan tayo ng tao sa nakaraang shipment. Mukhang iyon ang nagkanta sa atin. Alam ni Ms. Alexa ang tungkol doon." kinakabahan niyang sagot.

Tinapunan ng nagtatanong na tingin ni Gyul Ho si Alexa kaya naman nakahinga na siya kahit kaunti. Ngayon niya lang napansing kanina pa siya nagpipigil ng paghinga sa takot.

"Totoo ba iyon, Alexa?"

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Chapter 16 : Task Force Enigma: Rovi Yuno

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

By: Dalisay
E-mail: angelpaulhilary28@yahoo.com
Blog: http://dalisaynapusoatkaluluwa.blogspot.com
Other details: I was taken by the most amazing man in the world. Kenneth Nicdao.


"Wala tayong dapat na aksayahing panahon Perse. Mahirap ng malaman nilang nawala ang ambush team na nakatoka sa gubat." si Rovi sa kanilang team leader sa misyon na pasukin ang kuta ni Park Gyul Ho.

"Tama ka pare. Pero anong plano ang sinasabi mo kanina? Sa report mo ay mukhang iisa lang ang naiisip mong paraan para pasukin ang factory, tama ba?" seryosong sabi ni Perse sa kanya sabay bugha ng hinithit na sigarilyo.

"Oo. Magpapanggap tayo bilang ang mismong ambush team." tumatangong sabi niya.

"Paano gagawin iyon? Imposibleng hindi kilala ang mga nakasagupa mo ng mga tauhan doon."

"Base sa observation ko, mukhang per team ang mga taong nagbabantay. Sa layo ng mga gate sa isa't-isa, hindi imposibleng sabihin na hindi sila halos magkakakilala. At ang ambush team na nakasagupa ko ay may takip sa mga mukha. Pwede nating gayahin ang mismong hitsura nila at pumasok sa kuta na iyon ng hindi napapansin."

"Sige, gagawin natin yan, pero paano natin gagawan ng paraan ang ikalawang gate? Pati na rin ang mismong factory na may automatic lock?" si Perse na diskumpiyado pa rin sa kaniyang plano.

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Chapter 15 : Task Force Enigma: Rovi Yuno

Monday, December 6, 2010

By: Dalisay
E-mail: angelpaulhilary28@yahoo.com
Blog: http://dalisaynapusoatkaluluwa.blogspot.com
Other details: I was taken by the most amazing man in the world. Kenneth Nicdao.


Nakasilip si Rovi sa high-powered lens ng binocular na gamit niya. He was about 200 meters away sa napakalaking factory ng damit na ginagamit na front para sa drug smuggling operations ng Koreanong si Park Gyul Ho. Understatement ang kwento ng hinyupak na tauhan nitong kumanta sa saliw ng awiting si Major Perse Verance pa mismo ang nag-compose.

Naka-set ang gadget na iyon sa night vision kaya naman kahit sobrang dilim sa kinatatayuan niyang sanga ng puno na nasa katabing gubat ng factory na iyon ay kitang-kita niya ang operasyon ng mga ito sa loob. Apat na oras na siyang palipat-lipat ng sanga. Good thing na magkakalapit lang ang mga puno sa bahaging iyon kaya nakakatalon-talon siya kung gusto niyang lumipat para sa ibang view.

Rovi was almost sure na ang buong factory ay nasa walong-daang metro ang haba. Mataas din ang pader at may mga naka-station na unipormadong gwardiya sa halos lahat ng sulok. May malalaki ring kable ng kuryente sa taas ng mga pader. Whoever designed the whole place has death on mind. Mukha kasing hindi ka bubuhayin ng mga high-voltage wire na nakapaligid.

Hindi rin basta-basta ang security. Double-walled na halos iyon. Parang Intramuros. Sa loob kasi ng malaking pader ay isa pa ulit malawak na pader na ang pagitan sa nauna ay mga limampung metro. So, kung mapapasok mo ang isa eh tiyak na mapapagod ka sa pagpasok ulit sa isa pang gate. Imagine ang stress nun diba? Para ka lang kumuha ng isang bato para ipukpok ng husto sa ulo mo.

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Chapter 14 : Task Force Enigma: Rovi Yuno

By: Dalisay
E-mail: angelpaulhilary28@yahoo.com
Blog: http://dalisaynapusoatkaluluwa.blogspot.com
Other details: I was taken by the most amazing man in the world. Kenneth Nicdao.


PARANG tuyong kahoy na sinindihan ang pakiramdam ni Rovi ng maglapat ang labi nila. Bobby kissed him senseless making him hot all over. His lips teased. Forcing him to open so that he can fully invade his mouth. Iginala nito ang kamay sa kanyang likuran. Nang makarating ito sa kanyang pang-upo ay mariin nitong dinakot ito at idinikit ang sarili sa kanya ng todo. Making him aware of his arousal underneath the clothes he’s wearing.

Marahan siyang napasinghap sa ginawa nito dahilan para ang mapusok na dila ni Bobby ay tuluyang nakapasok sa kanyang bibig. His tongue invaded his. Rovi cried from the pleasurable pain he encountered. He felt like a strong wind was carrying him. Ninamnam niya ng husto ang karanasang iyon.

Bahagyang lumayo sa kanya si Bobby at hinubad ang t-shirt nito. Naguluhan siya. “Bakit ka naghuhubad?” ang kanyang litong tanong rito.

“Kanina ko pa gustong gawin ito.” Humihingal na sagot nito.

“T-teka! Hindi tama ito.” Nagugulumihanan niyang sabi. Bahagya niyang itinulak si Bobby palayo sa kanya.

Tumaas-baba ang dibdib nito. Ganun din siya.

“Mali ito Bobby.” Aniya sa pinatatag na tinig.

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Chapter 13 : Task Force Enigma: Rovi Yuno

By: Dalisay
E-mail: angelpaulhilary28@yahoo.com
Blog: http://dalisaynapusoatkaluluwa.blogspot.com
Other details: I was taken by the most amazing man in the world. Kenneth Nicdao.


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Simula na ng bagong yugto ng aking buhay. Sana masaya ka na. Masakit pa rin. But I'll live. Kahangalan man, maghihintay ako. Hanggang pwede na ulit tayo...

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“HINDI ka ba talaga kakanta?”

Ang nananakot na sigaw ni Perse sa isa sa dalawang tauhan ni Park Gyul Ho na nahuli nila kanina. Nananakit na ang ulo niya sa pag-i-interrogate dito pero wala siyang makuhang impormasyon.

“Wala kang maririnig na kahit ano mula sa akin. Kahit pa sintunadong tunog wala.” Nang-aasar pa nitong wika.

Nagtaas ang kilay niya at niradyohan ang nasa kabilang kwarto. “Kamusta yan bata?” tanong niya kay Jerick na siyang humahawak ngayon sa isa.

“Eto ‘tol. Kumanta rin sa wakas. High notes pa. ” natatawang wika nito sa kabila.

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Chapter 12 : Task Force Enigma: Rovi Yuno

By: Dalisay
E-mail: angelpaulhilary28@yahoo.com
Blog: http://dalisaynapusoatkaluluwa.blogspot.com
Other details: I was taken by the most amazing man in the world. Kenneth Nicdao.


TINATAMAD na bumaba si Rovi mula sa sasakyan ng makitang nakaparada na ito sa harap ng safe house. Hindi niya alam kung bakit pero kinakabahan talaga siya ng bahagya sa napipintong paghaharap nilang muli ni Bobby. Ipinilig niya ang ulo para mawala ang alinlangan na ilang ulit ng sinusubukang kainin ang kanyang sistema.

‘Ano ka ba ? Hindi naman niya alam yung nangyari ah ?’’ pangungumbinsi ng isang bahagi ng kanyang isip.

Huminga siya ng malalim sabay lingon sa kasamang si Rick na tila malalim rin ang iniisip ng mga oras na iyon. May kung anong bumabagabag dito. Duda niya, tungkol na naman iyon sa kasong hawak nila. Masyadong matigas ang mga nahuli nilang tauhan ni Park Gyul Ho. Kahit anong gawin nilang paraan ng pagpapa-amin ay wala silang makuhang impormasyon sa mga ito.

Isinukbit niya sa balikat ang malaking bag na dala-dala saka ito inayang pumasok na. ‘Tol, mamaya na natin pag-isipan ng husto ang tungkol sa kaso. Magpahinga muna tayo.’’ Aniya sa kaibigan.

‘Mauna ka na ‘tol. Doon muna ako sa dagat.’’ Malamig na tugon nito saka tinalunton ang daan patungo sa dalampasigan.

‘Sige.’’ Sagot niya.

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Prayer of an Abused Child

Friday, December 3, 2010



"Dear Mr. Jesus" is written by Richard Klender and popularized by Power Source, an American contemporary Christian musical group from Bedford Texas. 


Recorded in 1985, "Dear Mr. Jesus" featured group member Sharron Batts, then 6 years old, on lead vocals. The song appeared on Power Source album "Shelter from the Storm". It hit the radio stations on 1987 which is timely, as it came shortly  after the story of Elizabeth "Liza" Steinberg, a 6-year-old New York girl beaten to death by her adopted father Joel Steinberg in November 1987.


The lyrics of  "Dear Mr. Jesus"  deal with child  abuse and is sung from  the perspective of a little girl writing a letter to Jesus, expressing her concerns after seeing a news report about a "little girl beaten black and blue" by her parents. At the end of the song, the narrator concludes her letter by saying , "Please don 't tell my daddy, but my mommy hits me too."
(source:wikipeia)


Disclaimer: This video is not a property of LOL. This has been posted to support our advocacy against child abuse. Any complaint against the use of this video just contact the administrator of this blog and we will delete it right away. (king_sky92@yahoo.com)

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A Father's Love

John 3:16 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.



Disclaimer: This video is not a property of LOL. This is posted for the purpose of spreading God's Love towards everybody regardless of sexual preference as long as we repent and live in God's way.

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Chapter 31 : Ang Kuya Kong Crush ng Bayan (ending)

Thursday, December 2, 2010


By: Mikejuha
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Alas 9 ng gabi noong kinatok ko si kuya Rom sa kwarto niya. Dala-dala ko ang isang karton na naglalaman ng mga gamit na ibinigay niya sa akin kagaya ng white gold thumb ring niya, gold bracelet, ang mga pinatuyong rosas… Napagdesisyonan ko na kasing isoli na lang ang mga ito at turuan ang sariling tanggapin ang lahat, limutin siya at mag move-on. Napag-isip-isip ko rin kasi na napakadami nang pinagdaanan kong hirap sa relasyon namin at hindi naman siguro patas na ako na lang ang palaging nagdurusa. Nakakapagod na; hindi ko na kaya. Hindi kaya manhid o bato ang puso ko upang hindi makaramdam o mapagod. Isiksik ko na lang sa isip na isa na lang siyang pangarap. Maigi na ang ganoon para at least alam ng puso ko kung saan siya lulugar. At kapag isang pangarap na lang ang lahat, nagagawa ko ang kahit ano sa isip ko; na hindi ako nasasaktan, hindi nangangamba, hindi namomroblema. Sabi nga nila, libre daw ang mangarap. Oo naman. Libre ang mangarap ngunit may bayad na ito kapag umasa... Kaya, dapat lang na hindi na ako aasa. Baka mamaya, ibayong sakit lang ang kabayaran nito.

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Chapter 29 to 30 : Ang Kuya Kong Crush ng Bayan

By: Mikejuha
email: getmybox@hotmail.com
fb: getmybox@yahoo.com

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Matapos mahuli ng mga pulis ang natirang mga tauhan ni Kris na sumurrender, agad na dinala nila ang mga ito sa presinto habang si Kris ay dinala sa ospital sinamahan ng ilang mga escort na pulis.

Dinala din namin sina Noel at kuya Rom sa ospital. Si Noel ay conscious bagamat mad’yo malakas ang pag-agos ng dugo galing sa tama niya sa braso. Ngunit doon ako natatakot sa kalagayan ni kuya Rom. Mistula itong patay na hindi siya gumagalaw. Inalam ni kuya Paul Jake kung pumipintig ba ang puso niya at nag thumbs up naman ito. Hindi naman ako mapigil sa kasisigaw, “Kuya Rommmmmm!!!”

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Chapter 26 to 28 : Ang Kuya Kong Crush ng Bayan

By: Mikejuha
email: getmybox@hotmail.com
fb: getmybox@yahoo.com
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Ibayong kaba ang naramdaman ko noong makita ang kabaong sa sala. Nakakabingi ang kalampag sa aking dibdib. Hindi pansin ang mga tao sa paligid, nagtatakbo akong tinungo ito, hila-hila sa likuran ko si Noel. 

Noong masilip ko ang kabaong, hindi ko na napigilan pa ang sariling sumigaw at maglupasay, “Papaaaaaaaa!!! Bakit mo ako iniwan???!!! Papaaaaaaaaa!!! Nandito na po ako pa!!!! Nagsisi na po ako pa!!!!”

Ngunit hindi na ako puwede pang sagutin ng aking ama. Huli na ang aking pagsisisi. Wala na akong ibang nagawa pa kundi ang humagulgol sa harap ng kanyang kabaong. At iyon na ang huling natandaan ko. Nagcollpase pala ako at unconscious dala ng magkahalong pagod at sama ng loob. 

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Chapter 24 to 25 : Ang Kuya Kong Crush ng Bayan

“Si Romwel ang ama ng bata at... siya rin ang asawa ng kapatid ko.”

Mistulang umikot ang paningin ko at gumuho ang buong mundo sa narinig. At dahil sa hindi makayanang balita, dali-dali akong tumakbo patungo ng kuwarto ko, sabay sigaw ng, “Mga traydor! Mga traydor kayo! Pinaglalaruan lang ninyo ako! Arrgggghhhhhhhh!!!”

“Jason, makinig ka sa paliwanag ko!” sigaw ni Shane.

“Ayoko nang makinig sa iyo! Mga sinungaling kayooooo!!!!” bulyaw ko.

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Chapter 22 to 23 : Ang Kuya Kong Crush ng Bayan

By: Mikejuha
getmybox@hotmail.com
http://men4menphilippines.ning.com (Group: Kwentong Kanto Ni Kuya Mike)
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Nagulat sila mama at papa sa pagsigaw ko, at pati na rin si Kris, kitang kita ko ang pagkagulat niya. 

“Shut up Jason!” sigaw ni papa sa akin. “Konting respeto naman sa bisita natin!”

“Hindi naman iyan ang sinabi ni Kuya Romwel sa akin eh!” ang pangangatuwiran ko. “Nagtitext po sa akinsi Kuya at wala siyang sinabing ganoon!”

Ngunit hindi pinakinggan ni papa ang pangangatuwiran kong iyon. “Go to your room Jason! Now!” utos niya.

Sa inis, padabog akong umakyat sa kwarto ko at noong nasa loob na, agad kong tinawagan si Kuya Romwel. “Kuya, nandito si Kris, magpapakasal ka daw sa kanya?” and diretsahang tanong ko, mataas ang boses gawa ng aking pagka-inis.

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Chapter 19 - 21 : Ang Kuya Kong Crush ng Bayan

By: Mikejuha
getmybox@hotmail.com
http://men4menphilippines.ning.com/group/kuwentongkantonikuyamike/forum/topics/ang-kuya-kong-crush-ng-bayan-21

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Lumabas si Kuya Rom sa kuwarto ko na hindi na man lang ako kiniss. Marahil ay masakit din iyon sa kalooban niya ngunit tinatagan lang niya ang loob at pinanindigan ang nasa isip na turuan akong masanay sa ganoong pakikitungo.

Buong magdamag na hindi ako nakatulog. Nasanay na kasi akong nasa tabi ko si Kuya Rom at kayakap ko, ka-wentuhan, kaharutan bago matulog. Alam ko, masakit din ang kalooban niya sa mga nangyayari ngunit ewan. Marahil ay talagang matatag lang ang loob niya.

Kinabukasan, sabay-sabay kaming lahat na nag-almusal. Magkaharap kami ni Kuya Rom ngunit wala kaming kibuan. Para kaming hindi magkakakilala. Pansin ko sa mga mata niya na hindi rin ito nakatulog nang maayos. 

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