Archive for May 27, 2007

Filipino (taglish pwede?)

{ May 27, 2007 @ 9:19 am } · { Langit ng Pag-asa }
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Ang tanong po ng aking magandang asawa ay bakit hindi ko kinakausap si Kikzy sa Tagalog o Filipino. Ang tanging sagot ko po ay “Hmmm bakit nga ba?” Wala po aking makausap ng matuwid na filipino dito sa aming lugar. Lahat ay ingles ang salita. Ang tanging comunidad ng filipino dito ay sa simbahan at paminsan lang kaming maki salo… Huwag nyo po akong sisihin kung hindi makaintindi si kizky ng Filipino.

Nung nasa Japan po ako bilang isang batang engineer, ang tanging tambayan namin sa (Rodel grabs a pilipino-ingles dictionary to look for the word “weekend” only to find it has no equivalent) linggo ay ang simbahan. May malaking community ng pinoy sa nagoya at negrerevolve ito sa simbahan dahil nga raw ang pinoy ay marelihiyoso.

Ngayon sa trabaho, may higit na walong pinoy: isang electrical engineer, isang despatch personnel, isang shift coordinator, tatlong crew members at iba pa. Paminsan lang kaming naguusap sa filipino dahil ayaw naming ma ilagay sa akward position ang aming mga collegues para symbolo ng common respect.

Gustong matuto ni misis magtagalog para matuto rin ang aming anak. Ang tanong – Taglish pwede?… hindi raw! Patay kang bata ka.

More Than A Feeling

{ May 27, 2007 @ 3:50 am } · { Personal, third Rock from the sun }
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Yesterday I went to Borders and picked up a magazine (Classic Rock issue 105, May 2007). I like this magazine and have been buying it a month late because it costs AU$22 freshly imported from the UK but give it a few weeks it goes half the price. It is an Awesome “maga”.

I woke up this morning and prepared my brekky. Turning the pages and there it was on page 11 – Brad Delp (June 12, 1951 – March 9, 2007). I do not know about you but surely this news I have never heard of down under. He did not even make it on the telly…. Why? Is it perhaps, “depression” in men is seen as weakness and is denied the fact that it is serious for some. Mid-life-crisis is a term we joke about to hide the evil of depression.

I always play the intro of “More Than A Feeling”. I play it to my son on the weekends and when I get home from a tiring day at work. I love this song – I have four different CDs containing this song (1) Boston Best Of (2) Bogan – simply the best Rock Album (3) Rock for Aussie Dads & (4) The Boys are Back in Town.

“So many people have come and gone,
Their faces fade as the years go by;
Yet I still recall as I wonder on, as clear as the sun
In the summer sky”

– sung by Brad Delp (1951-2007) of the amazing band BOSTON.

Brad, YOU are one of the many reasons why I picked up a guitar. Mate, you’ll be missed as my guitar gently weeps.