i read mabel's blog about her memories of her tatay jaido's bringing her and micmic to the farm; yes, we all have our beautiful memories. mabel's are those of the carabao, the mud, etc ... i have my own: sanikad, climbing the hill and seeing the beautiful view of the pacific ocean. on saturdays, we (the whole family, tatay and nanay, and my siblings) would go to "sanikad"; we had a small hut there. i always waited for the time for us to have our meal. nanay would always prepare the food; sometimes she would cook them in the "dirty kitchen" in the hut. everything was always delicious, especially when there was a little rain outside!!! "bulad" would always taste good with rice!!! and tatay would remind us about the vitamins that vegetables would give. "hala, kaon kamo hit utan, damo it it mga bitamina ....", our good old tatay would say!!!

Friday, October 08, 2004

an igot

marampag ka manahon
marasa an hinog mo nga bunga.
inaasukaran, ginlolonggong ...
kundi paghirot la mana
kay bangin atkan an bado mo nga pula.

marampag ka manahon
kahoy nga igot
nailob han hangin han bagyo
hataas an im pamahongpahong.

marampag ka manahon
sirongan han butlawon nga paragdalos
ha sanikad bukid namon
kahoy namon nga saraka-on.

marampag ka manahon
sirongan han katamsihan ...
mga salag amon panunudyon
bang manla bunay han tikoy am hitudyan.

inoli ak makausa panuroy ha im
wara ka na dida ikaw nasinga-in.
an sering ni apoy wara ka daw ilob
makusog nga bagyo, mabagsik nga hangin.

ginpulod ka nala ginhimo nga sungo
ambot kon maglaga magtig-a sanga mo.
wara na daw sisirongan paragharas, paragdalos
tagbaya, kurokuro, tikoy man nga tamsi ko.