Recent Posts Tagged With 'essays'

• Kurditan Samtoy: The Literature of A Manly Race

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 07:14 in iluko, essays, philippine literature, reynaldo duque, artsculture, history of ilocano literature, ilcano literature

  THE ILOKANO, the native of Ilokandia, or Ilocos region, calls his literature Kurditan Samtoy (from the words “kurdit” which means to write, and “saomi ditoy”, meaning our language here). The ancient Iluko writer expressed hims...

• Kadin Tiu and Ronald Caringal @ The Metro Gallery

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 22:33 in painting, Photography, essays, exhibit, art exhibit, artsculture, metro gallery, kadin tiu, ronald caringal

    A different kind of silence — one that subtly pulls, shows, and guides in the hope that the viewers would discover what has always been in full view but eludes interpretation at a casual glance — reigns at The Metro Gallery from November 20 to...

• Ti Makunak Iti Sarita A ‘Ti Sarukod Ni Moises’ Ni Juan S. P. Hidalgo, Jr.

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 21:37 in writing, essays, featured

  Salaysay Ni Jaime M. Agpalo, Jr. PAKAUNA: Maysa daytoy a pasintawi. Wenno legend. Agsipud ta awan ti awan ti naputar a balikas maipapan itoy, sursuroten lattan ti leyenda a kas panangipatarus. Ngem itay nabiit, nangsurattayo iti artikulo maipapan ito...

• No dandanin paskua, umadun ti agpalama

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 21:20 in essays, featured

  Salaysay ni Jaime M. Agpalo, Jr. Idi kagawatna, bassit ti makita nga agpalpalama. Ngem apay itan no umasidegen ti paskua ket umad-adu metten ti agpalpalama? Ania ti rason daytoy a phenomenon? Ania aya ti makunkuna nga agpalpalama? Apay nga agpalama? ...

• Beyond Fashion

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 11:11 in Culture, traditions, essays, bead, philippine culture, arts and craft, beadworks, indigenous arts, artsculture, indigenous rituals

  Attractive and colorful, beads are among every modern fashionista’s must-haves. Matched and mixed appropriately, they can transform a simple outfit into something to die for, and make the wearer stand out. But beads are really nothing modern. And w...

• Ni Ansuan ken ti Unibersidad ti Bannawag

  Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 10:35 in essays

  Maysan a diamante ti Bannawag. Ket dagiti di mabilang a tikap kadagiti sikiganna isuda dagiti rinibu a bilang, ket dagiti di mabilang a rimat ken maris isuda met dagiti pagsiriban nga impaayna kadagiti mangbasbasa… —Ni JUAN S.P. HIDALGO, JR. SAKB...

• Taldiap Kadagiti 10 a Sinurat a Nangimpluensia ti Sangalubongan

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 20:05 in essays

  Salaysay ni Jaime M. Agpalo, Jr. Iti historia ti literatura, adda dagiti sangpulo a sinurat a nakaited iti dakkel nga impluensia iti sibubukel a sangalubongan. No impluensia no kunatayo, daydiay dakkel la unay iti kaipapananna kadagiti tattao, ...

• Ti Literary Award ken Literary Reward

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 00:16 in writing, essays

  Salaysay ni Jaime M. Agpalo, Jr. Kasano aya ti kinapateg ti pammadayaw iti literatura? Masungbatan ngata babaen ti mismo a panangawat iti award? Saanko a masungbatan dayta. Ngamin, ibilangko a maysa a misterio ti biag ti maysa a mannurat. Napnuan it...

• Rebiu iti Idi Inyawid ni Manong Leon ti Asawana, ni Manuel Arguilla

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 00:08 in writing, essays

  Rebiu iti Idi Inyawid ni Manong Leon ti Asawana, ni Manuel Arguilla PAKAUNA: (Inadaptarko ti sagkabassit nga impormasion manipud kadagiti datos iti RIMAT MAGAZINE, Oktubre 2004 Isyu. Impablaak ti RIMAT Magazine daytoy a sarita a kas panangilagipna ti...

• Dagiti Immortal A Linia Dagiti Dandaniw

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 21:36 in poetry, essays

  Dagiti Immortal A Linia Dagiti Dandaniw Sinukisok Ni Jaime M. Agpalo, Jr. Maysa kadagiti karirigatan a suraten ket ti research wenno panagsukisok. Saan laeng a kaskala nagsurat iti term paper, thesis wenno dissertation, no dipay ket intapogmo t...

• Baringkuas iti Parbangon

  Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 17:13 in essays

   Salaysay ni Jaime M. Agpalo, Jr. Adda latta pulitika iti tunggal sinurat, kunatayo idi. Wen, a, napateg dayta a banag. Ti kinaadda ti pulitika kadagiti sinurat, lalo kadagiti nagbugas kadagiti maitutop nga addang para iti dur-asan ti sapasap a san...

• National Artist Edith L. Tiempo Goes Home

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 19:31 in literature, short stories, literary criticism, ilocano, essays, featured, silliman university, filipina writer, national artist, vim nadera, dumaguete national writers workshop, national artist for literature

   There is always something that binds the soul to its home: loved ones who have been left behind, memories that neither time nor space could erase from the heart and the mind. No matter how far we have come and how many roads we have walked on, ther...

• Pannakailukat ti Pasintawi

  Posted on Sunday August 16th, 2009 at 03:09 in writing, essays

  Pannakailukat ti Pasintawi Salaysay ni Jaime M. Agpalo, Jr. Agdua a dekadan dagiti sarita a naisurat babaen iti sakab ti biography. Sakbayna, idi kanikadua a dekada, awan ti kasta a sarita iti Iluko. Saan pay a naadakan, kas kuna ni Reynaldo A. Du...

• NAIDUMDUMA DAGITI SARITA CORDILLERA

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 05:31 in essays

  Naidumduma Dagiti Sarita Cordillera Salaysay ni Jaime Agpalo, Jr. Ti panggep daytoy a close analysis ket panangilawlawag, ilawlawag, wenno dependaranna ti idea ti sinurat. Dependaranna, kayatna a sawen tapno makita ti ngayed a kas kayat ti awtor n...

• Ti Politika ni Mannurat ken ti Tema ti Alienation

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 21:00 in essays, featured

  Ania aya ti kapintasan a suraten a sarita? Daytoy man ti naynay a saludsod lalo dagiti agdadamo a mannurat. Ta ania aya nga agpaysu ti kapintasan a suraten? Uray siak ket diak masungbatan.  Narigat a sungbatan daytoy. Ngamin, ti saludsod ket kasla a...

• Filipino ti Imbentor ti Flourescent Lamp?

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 10:56 in essays, featured

  PUDNO wenno husto kadi amin a nakasurat kadagiti libro dagiti ubbing nga agad-adal? Narigat a sawen a kasta aglalo ket agtultuloy dagiti damag a kaadda dagiti depektibo a libro nga us-usaren dagiti ubbing iti publiko a pagadalan (inrubuat ken itultul...

• Remembering the Battle of Balete Pass

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 21:19 in history, essays, local history, japanese occupation, nueva vizcaya, imugan, japaneseamerican war

  “I realize that if I were a man, I would be at the battlefront fighting amid bullets and explosives, instead of sitting serenely at my desk.” —Yamamuro Kieko( 1874 -1915). Japanese Evangelist and Philanthropist . Is there something in war that ...

• The Final Farewell

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 11:12 in short story, folklore, essays, tall tales, negative rewards

  This was the straw that broke the camel's back. She had always been faithful to her wayward husband. Obviously, the same was not true when it came to her womanizing husband. Somewhere in the equation he must have picked up something from somebody and...

• Small Terrorist

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 13:00 in short story, folklore, essays, tall tales, shorty, home stories

  My mother was visibly embarrassed by my outrageous behavior and tried to comfort and console me. At first she was gentle. Knowing this was the public square, I decided to push the envelope. I brought out the worst in my repertoire of childish, tornad...

• Lilly Pad

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 11:16 in writing, short story, folklore, essays, tall tales, allegories, shorty

  My own personal study and observation of the amphibian was never scientific but I did come up with some ideas and notions of why the frogs jumped from one lilly pad to the next. I concluded that the overarching reason was search for food, to find a b...

• A Diet that Works

  Posted on Sunday June 14th, 2009 at 18:46 in writing, folklore, essays, tall tales, diets that work, shorty

  If you examine the above mentioned spread, there is a glaring absence of vegetable oils and/or animal fats in the food, or butter - not even in the desserts. No synthetic sugars or sweeteners are used in the main course or side dishes. No processing ...

• Anatomy of a Teacher

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 10:45 in writing, short story, folklore, essays, tall tales, school tales

  Our teacher was a sharp and meticulous dresser. She must have had her own personal dress maker, or access to one. She had her own hairdresser for sure judging from her neatly coiffed hair and baby bangs. She donned a new dress every two weeks. These ...

• Manang Biday

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 11:08 in writing, short story, folklore, current affairs, essays, shorty

  Now back to Fr. Cutie. Obviously, Fr. Cutie's girlfriend did not heed the warning. "No nangato, dimo sucdalen..." (translation: If the fruit hangs too high up there on the limb, do not use a pole harvester to pick it). Fr. Cutie was way up there, so ...

• Awan Umasping

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 08:45 in writing, short story, folklore, essays, tall tales, istoria ti ilocano

  "Apo, awan pay casta nga napasamac ti daytoy nga escuela manipud idi naputar ken naipatacder," imbunannag ni Mother Superiora. "No ti kinalaingna ken kinasiribna dayta nga estudiante. . . awan umasping. . . awan umasping!"...

• Rite of Passage

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 13:23 in writing, short story, folklore, essays, tall tales, shorty

  Freshman year high school arrived with much fanfare. I was moonstruck and didn't even realize it. The girl who lived next door, whose company I dreaded before this mysterious behavior change, gradually morphed into a beautiful, winsome, and alluring ...

• One hundred and eleven years later:

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 11:56 in architecture, history, essays, capiz, spanish language, vigan, madrilenian

    A New Face of Spain in Manila   In a number of meetings and conferences I have been invited to or have  signed up here in Vancouver, I am always engaged in a dance of memories that I had not thought I lug around. The most potent of these is cul...

• Self-defeating Acts

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 09:20 in writing, folklore, essays, anecdote, tall tales, shorty

  Then just before the lights turned green, the muse behind the wheel did something totally unexpected. She casually slipped her ring finger into her right nostril and commenced to dig, excavate, and mine her nasal cavity. Then she pulled her digit out...

• “I recycled my urine to drink!”

  Posted on Friday June 5th, 2009 at 11:03 in history, essays, bataan, death march, philvets bc

  Thus declares Col. Anselmo de la Rea, BC’s only surviving—and still “standing” at 90—veteran of the Fall of Bataan, the Death March and Camp O’Donnell in Capas, Tarlac during World War II. A founding member of the Philippine Veterans and ...

• Are We Handicapping Our Children?

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 10:07 in essays, aesop's fables

  Consider this picture: A germinating mongo bean thrusts its first leaf, its stalk bursts through the skin of the bean. Instinctively, the young sprout seeks out the light. Only problem is there is none because it is totally covered by a rice ganta m...

• On Growth and Maturing

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 13:29 in writing, short story, folklore, essays, tall tales, shorty

  In my own household one evening after we had eaten dinner, one of my teenage sons filed a grievance as he began to wash dishes. He just couldn't do his assigned chores; he had to file a complaint. "Why do I have to wash these dishes all over again? I...