Twenty-0ne

Buhayin natin muli...

2008-09-02T18:37:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 19TH ANNIV MGA KAPATID!
BRADS AND SISSES...BUHAYIN NATIN ANG TAMBAYAN MULI!!!

i'm bored

2004-11-18T11:26:00.000-08:00

gardengit!

2004-09-13T23:48:00.000-07:00

hay naku...been a while...... bakit kaya wala nang nag popost dito? meron pa kayang bumibisita? ano na nangyari sa mga sis? sa mga brads? ngayong nagkaron na tayo ng tambayan, ala naman nagpapakita....parang college pa rin hehehehhehe.....naalala ko tuloy yung tambayan sa peyups tsaka sa slu.....minsan dinadaanan lang....speaking of, san na kaya yung paddle? buhay pa kaya yung mga pirma natin don? malamang nakay bajhun pa rin.......si teody ano na kaya nangyari? nakausap ko bago ako umalis ng pinas.....inemail ko about this blog pero di naman nagpaparamdam......o sya, neks taym na lang ulit.....katok katok lang....

Today is August 21

2004-08-21T11:31:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversary, Brads and Sisses!
Salamat sa masasayang alaala!
'Yon lang!

Buhay na buhay

2004-07-19T22:07:00.000-07:00

Mga tinamaan kayo ng magaling..buhay pa din ako at kasalukuyang naghuhukay ng mga oil deposit...ha!ha!...Hirap...Hoy Alas, manahimik ka nga diyan...Ana masbut el Walad....para sa mga kapatid na di pa napadpad dito sa Gitnang Silangan (GS)..."good boy" ang ibig kong sabihon....

Brader Don, di hinuhuli ang mga pinoy dito....yun lang sa Iraq, malakas na pulitika lang pati ang dahilan kaya tayo nadale...

Maganda naman ang takbo ng buhay dito, wala pa sina misis dito nasa pinas pa. Di ko pa madadala at magre-renew pa ako ng residence ko. Naghahanap pati ako ng bagong racket...wala bang ineteresadong umampon sa inyo diyan?

Help sa business

2004-07-13T21:44:00.000-07:00

Brods! Kailangan ko tulong nyo. Since most of you there have more or less established youselves, I think you can be of help to me and my business. We are currently in the business of education specifically, Medical transcription. If by any chance you know anyone or any company(hospital, research facilities, doctors, pharma companies) looking for a company to handle their transcription requirements, please forward my email address or my cell number (+639189229535). We are also franchising our school. Anyone interested to get a franchise? Cost would only be around USD 100k. Thanks!

Buhay pa ren

2004-07-09T11:54:00.000-07:00

Eto rin ako...
Naging busy lang, lagi kasi akong nasa L.A. ngayon kaya napadalang ang post...pati yung isa kong blog, di ko rin naa-update.
Kamusta sa lahat...

nandito ko ulet

2004-07-07T22:18:00.000-07:00

Kakaiba talaga kayo!
Maghihintay kayo ng posting, di naman kayo sumasagot saken! What the ....?!
Alas! baket sumasaket pwet mo? Kala ko girl ang wife mo? hehehe

asan na?

2004-06-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

tahimik ang mundo ah....asan na si sis marlet?! brader alan, mukhang busy ata sa mga onlyn quiz ha...meinrado, tama na sa pwet brad, tatay ka na...magparamdam ka na lang....brad duke, nalunod ka na ba sa haypaluting ideas...dingodong naman, pumindot ka naman ng computer.......bakittttttt walaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang nagpopost??????

may lisensiya na ako. issue ng maryland. tragadag, 17 out of 20 questions sa written, minus 10 sa actual. at least pinasa ko pareho. malay ko ba na dito sa america eh ang bulag daw ay nadiditinguish mong naglalakad sa pedestrian lane dahil "always with a cane or a guide dog while crossing"....siyet.....

may checking account na rin ako. unti-unting nang nabubuo ang pagkatao ko. lintek, kung di lang kailangang mag-establish ng credit para makapangutang, kesehodang magbukas ako ng checking account. eh hindi naman ako kahit kelan nakakapag-issue ng tseke pa....sa pinas, simple lang naman e....nak ng ita tlaga....

sa lunes, punta kami ng baltimore. sportsfest ng church. total ng 15 locales ang maglalaban-laban. lalaro ako ng volleyball atsaka table tennis. makakapagbanat ulit ng buto. nakakapag practice naman everey sunday, pero iba pa rin tlaga yung diretso ang laro....o iba lang tlaga pag tumatanda na....sakit ng puwet ko tuwing pagkatapos e....

tumambay naman kayo dito....kanino unang tagay?

alas

Winslow's comment on the UP Speech

2004-06-23T23:26:00.000-07:00

almighty alan, rich people and poor people,

i am very sure that mr cruz's mother is very proud of him.
but he is just reitierating the fact that everything here
in the philippines is damned. well, hahaha, the world is damned. it is damned with prejudices. it is damned with every form of inequalities. it is damned with discrimination. it is damned to be damned. it is truly, a beautiful speech. one that deserves a visit from a hotshot academician or whatever.
but it is only words. yeah, yeah we can go to multiple semantics of the power of speech and the magic of conviction. but after all is said and done, everything will be as it is. everything will still be damned. though the speech tells the truth, it is accepted as an ornament. a piece well deserving of recognition and applause.
a speech well deserving to be used to further the ambitions of individuals. a speech that will go to the archives, only to be remembered through mandatory memorization. a speech well written, and a good entry in the resume when applying for a job. that is all there is to it. after the
applause, the congratulatory remarks, the pat-in-the-butt, life will go on as it used to be. no, i take that back. life will go on with more pain, prejudices and inequalities. the world will still revolve to its
ultimate destruction. that's the way it is. in this finite world, we can only alleviate what we can. but we cannot stop ourselves from destroying what must inevitably be destroyed. we are all dying. sure, there are individuals
that will stand out because of their beliefs and works. but did they really do it to make the world a better place? or is it because there are nothing more that they can do? or maybe it's because these are the things that they do best? better yet, it probably is their means to survive.
life is all about survival. you take what you can get and make the most out of it. and yes, there are some who take more than what they need, but wouldn't you do the same thing? that's the nature of man.
this is the nature of life. might is right. those caught in between, must make the effort to survive and hope that someday they will also become powerful. i am one of those "classmates" who "lambasts". and i do it because it's the truth. if someone says the same thing to me and i know it's the truth, then i should do more to make myself
a better individual, even if it's society's standards. it will be painful, but so what!! if in the end it is useful, why cry like a baby!!! and if not, then junk it, why carry a burden. and what is the truth? the truth is, that
you will care for certain individuals, but that's because it makes you feel good. you will help other people, but that's because you feel redeemed from guilt feelings of some wrong deeds that you have committed in the past and have been buried in the deep crevices of the unconcious.
you will love someone because that someone will be better for you.
have you ever encountered a pair that stuck it out because they are bad for each other? in some degree or another there is something good for them that makes them want to stick it out. so what is the truth? the truth is "I", "Me", "Mine". it is a harsh reality, but would you
rather have none?
mr. cruz wrote a heart-warming,honest, and novel speech. i hope that his idealism and call for unity and solidarity will withstand the test of time. i really do hope so, for mine is lost in a labyrinth of tall buildings and office towers. it's cry has long since but an echo, flooded by the
crisp sound of power. the idealism that once burned in my heart is now replaced by the stinging coldness of lies. my education, once a tool in the search for truth, is now a weapon to protect "Me" from the lies.
but my life now is better. for i am accepting what the world is offering rather than demanding what i think it should offer. my passion now is to live the world,
not challenge it.

An Old UP Speech

2004-06-22T22:24:00.001-07:00

This was from an old email forwarded to me in 2000. I then forwarded it to John Winslow III to get his comments. If he'll allow me (heck, even if he doesn't allow me) I'll post here, too, his reply. Maybe I can stir the pot here a little for some discussion.

The email goes:
This is something beautiful that you can share with all our friends. This piece was written and delivered by Joseph Nathan Cruz, BA English Studies: Creative Writing, Magna Cum Laude, CAL, UP Diliman.

President Nemenzo circulated this with the following remarks:

"Chit: This is beautiful and touching. Pls. make me a copy that I can show around. Send another copy to AVP Tet for publication in Forum. Can you arrange for him (Mr. Cruz) and his mother to see me. I thought of visiting them in the summer, but they might be embarrassed. Ito ba ang mayamang UP student na tinutukoy ni Osmena?"

Signed--Dodong.

Here's the speech:

Undersecretary Rosario Manalo, Dean Josefina Agravante, esteemed faculty, dear parents, fellow graduates, good evening.

Let me begin by saying that my mother is a domestic helper. In other people's homes she cooks, does the laundry, cleans the bathroom, and takes care of the infants. She put me through school doing that kind of work
because that was the only thing she could do. She never finished high school, never enjoyed bourgeois luxuries. And later tonight, we'll be going home to our hovel in a squatter area in Taytay, Rizal dubbed Coco Village because most of the houses are made of cheap, coco lumber. And yet,
few of my classmates know that. Most are comfortable with their neat picture of the world.
Comfortable with cute, little concerns in the university like projects and papers, reports, boyfriends and girlfriends, torn hymen, cheap thrills in the lagoon, concerts, cell phones, night lives. And in this age that
flaunts globalization and the advance of technology, we are led to believe more and more that we have entered an age of solidarity, unity, an age where there is inter-connection in a global village that continues to spawn genuine development for all mankind. Indirectly, it leads us to a complacency supported by the lie that the world is alright. After all, we feel alright. The pain and suffering exists somewhere out there to a few insignificant people.

I have walked among you. But lost in anonymity, I am assumed to be no different from anyone even by some of my friends. When I was a freshman, a close friend of mine enjoyed lambasting the squatter, the jologs, for their bad behavior, their bad smell, their propensity for breeding baby after baby whom they cannot support. My friend did not realize that I was from that background. He did not realize that I grew up watching my friends die of sickness, or get pregnant too early, or get injured or killed in petty street wars, or go to jail, or get resigned to the typical, monotonous lifestyle of the poor. And the assumption that everything is alright grows with the lie that we are more or less the same, that we are united, that the dawning new world order has started to bring the sought after solidarity.

But the right approach to true solidarity and unity is not one that denies difference, denies the pain of the oppressed just because it is not beautiful, or as our country's President says, "It is too depressing." The
right approach is to expose the truth, highlight the difference and work for its remedy.

For as long as there are poor people, Moros discriminated against, oppressed women, abused children, and multitudes of other categories consigned to the margins because they threaten the image of unity and stability that feeds the established status quo, there can be no true solidarity. But the creativity of the artist, the magic of their potent
images, the words of the men and women of letters---these have the power to transform, power to wake our people from the stupor that gives them dreams that are lies. Power to destroy myths and create a world that is beautiful and true.

Of course, the arts and letters can be used the other way. The way that sells out, aids corruption, subverts the potentiality of what is good. But will you?

As graduates we are in a phase that continues to taunt us with the question, "Who do you sell your brains to?" It is easy to be complacent. To believe the lies. But we shouldn't. We owe it to our teachers who taught us patiently despite the low salary, our parents who worked so
hard for us, and to our people whose blood and sweat built this institution and continue to put us through school. We owe it to them to become the prophets of this age that
will preach the true gospel of solidarity. Only then can we all be truly one in a world where it would make perfect sense to celebrate the fact --- squatter ako, katulong ang nanay ko---and we are proud because, and not in spite of, the fact.

I'm sure, all of us have issues about which we keep silent because of the power of the lies. This is the day to be free. I call on you----fellow scholars and artists, unite!

Nabuhay!

2004-06-22T19:24:00.000-07:00

Great to hear from you brothers!
Sige, ikakalat ko sa mga sis ang site na 'to.
Hoy alas! Kakaiba ka mag-paalam!
No chance to bid you good riddance!!!!
Cge, hope to hear from you again.
Alan, sino si John Winslow III
Sori, dense ako, di ko siya remember.
Kamusta ka na?
Kelan ka magpapakita?
Do nyo ba isasama dyan si Duke? Please? hehehe
Lov U brad Duke!
Will hear from you more often ha, brods!

Yamaha SRX-6

2004-06-22T02:21:00.000-07:00

Kamusta mga braders. Para sa u naman aceman, ayos naman ang byk k....ehem. HINDE...SOBRANG AYOS pala. nung isang buwan, pagtapos m ata lumipad s estados unidos, pinakialaman k ung motor. Change oil, tune up, lahat ng puedeng ayusin sa murang halaga inaayos ko n. E di bumilis. Nde ako nakuntento inayos k nanaman. Ngaun.... ang lufet!!!! Noong isang beses nga tumakbo ako ng siyento singkwenta sa edsa ng hindi k namamalayan. Cyempre madaling araw na un. Halo na rin ang matinding pangangamba na baka ako ay mapagalitan. Pero ang bilis at ang gaan dalhin. Parang....ako pag nagiinuman tayo. Baka sa August pabugahan ko na ng pintura. Tapos post k d2 ung picture. puede b mag post d2 ng pix. Baka maibenta k din pagtaos ng ilang buwan may minamata kc ako na byk Honda CBR 600cc 2002 model. Medyo may kamahalan pero sa tingin k pwede pang tawaran at baratin dahil ala papel. Hanggang sa susunod. Kamusta m na rin ako sa mga fans k jan.

bertdey, baog, marlet, kainan, atbp

2004-06-21T20:15:00.000-07:00

nananahimik ang dukakis samantalang isang taon na naman ang itinanda niya sa mundo. pero di naman mukhang tumatanda ang brad natin kse baby face pa rin. kumusta na nga ba ang bike mo? tragadag, miss ko na sumakay don a....tara puntahan natin si meinrado ulit!!!

baog?? nak ng ita, wag kang magdilang anghel brad at wala nang magtutuloy ng lahi ng tatay ko! mga 2 taon pa siguro handa na kami magkaanak kse si misis ay nag rereview na para sa bar exam. kapag abogado na siya, di na ako magtatrabaho bwwahahahahahahaha....

si sister marlet ay sinubukan ko nang iemail. marlet_magno@hotmail.com. brader alan, naimbitahan mo rin ba siya para sumali dito sa tambayan? sana nga para malaman na ng lahat ng sis sa maynila at dumami na tayong naguututang dila dito.

may kinainan kami sa palawan noon. ang pangalan ay Ka Luis. pangarap naming magtayo ng pinoy na kainan dito sa maryland. tipong kawayan na mga pagoda, nakahubad ng sapatos kapag kakain, kahoy na plato, gawa sa shell ang mga lababo, banga ang kuhaan ng tubig na inumin, native talga ang dating.....sana magkatotoo...yun eh kung makaraos ako sa training ko rito sa pinapasukan kong restaurant...nak ng ita, papatayin ata ako nito bago paswelduhin e....

Ang simula ng isang Kapatiran

2004-06-21T02:46:00.000-07:00

Nasimulan k na ito s pamamagitan ng isang komento sa sinabi ni bro Alan G. tungkol s kung sino ang ika-apat. Dugtungan na lang natin upang mabuo ang katotohanan

hoy mga assholes

2004-06-20T21:47:00.000-07:00

Dahil kayong lahat ay lumisan na sa ating inang bayan (c mein hilaw na asshole)at nagpapayaman, ito ang tawag k sa inyo. Good luck sa u jan aceman. Dapat mag ka anak k n jan. Ala k n rason para nde makaisa pwera n lang kng:

1. Baog k - self explanatory
2. Sobrang liit n ng etits m - self explanatory din.

Ingat sa lahat at post lang ng post

Happy Father's Day

2004-06-20T01:11:00.000-07:00

Para sa mga KAD braders na tatay na...

isang mainit na pagbati ng Maligayang Araw ng Mga Erpats sa inyong lahat! Sana kayo ay maging mga huwarang magulang sa inyong mga dayunyor at little bebot. Hinay-hinay lang nang di masundan agad...tumaas na naman ang presyo ng gatas!

Dyan nagsisimula

2004-06-19T22:18:00.000-07:00

Wag mag-alala mga brader at diyan nagsisimula ang lahat...sa paunti-unti.
Ang email ni duke ay ifo-forward ko sa email ad mo okay, ang di ko lang alam kung eto pa din ang gamit. brader, di na nag-drums ngayon si duke, tatay na tatay na ang porma at pananaw sa buhay(?) daw...he!he!...brader duke joke lang baka di ka na pumunta sa bahay pag-uwi ko sa isang taon. Sad to say, wala akong alam na email ad ng mga bro at sis ng SLU. Si katototng alas ang may kontak sa mga yan. o siya at magkukunwari ulit tayo sa trabaho, sumilip lang me dito kung alin ang bago...Mula dito sa gitnang silangan, Assalam Malaikom.

Koreksyon, pang-apat?

2004-06-19T11:05:00.000-07:00

Hindi po pang-apat si Dingdong sa KAD, siya po ay panglima. Si Juan Carlos Anton ay ang pang-apat. Nagsimula nga po ang KAD bilang A.D.-4. Pero nawala si Anton dahil naging busy sa pangangarera at sa dati nyang gf na si Sophie, kaya nang matatag ang KAD, ay nagdaan pa sya sa initiation para makasali. Haha, kakatuwang alalanin. Minsan ay maisusulat din nating rito ang buong kasaysayan ng pagkakatayo ng KAD.
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May nakakaalam ba ng email ni Brader Duke Dadap? Hirap namang hagilapin ng katoto nating ito. Baka nagda-drum pa rin sa 2-o's, magagalit si Mr. Vicencio (tama ba? yung titser ng Fil na may restoran din malapit sa UB)
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Sabi ni Brader Ace, pag sumali na d2 si Sis Marlet, susunod na rin ang ibang mga sisses. Hay, miss ko na sila. Gusto kong makibalita kina Sis Alma, Medz, Evie, Cherry, Silva.
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Brader Mein, invite mo naman ang Hugo brothers, si Brad Charlie, Teody, Ram, Ricky, Jess, Jing at iba pang SLU brads. At sina Sis Alon and Tess.
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Hinihintay ko pa rin na sumali si Brad Nikosh at Brader Dingdong! Iniisnab nyo naman kami...sali na!

tatlo

2004-06-19T09:42:00.000-07:00

akalain niyo yun!!! 3 na agad!! at bakit ala pa si dingdong dine!? pang-apat na naman ang mokong.....nung nagsimula ang KAD e pang apat din siya....sana nga makasama na natin ang mga brad at sis pang iba...invite ko nga ang marlet para malaman na ng lahat hehee....isang matinding kamay muna bago umalis....

Salamat

2004-06-16T22:13:00.000-07:00

Isang malaking pasasalamat ang aming inaabot sa (mga) nakaisip nito.Sana nga ay makasama natin ang nakararami kundi man lahat ng ating mga kapatid.
Mga brader, dumadami na kayo diyan sa Estados Unidos, kamakailan lang ay nadagdagan(at nabawasan naman kami) ng isang pogi at talentadong brad. Nagkita-kita na ba kayo dyan?....yung ibang forwarded mo Alas, itigil mo na at napupuno ang mailbox ko...ha!ha!loko lang...sige tuloy ang palitan ng email......

Assallam Malaikom.

Kamustahan

2004-06-10T21:30:00.000-07:00

Ito po ang inyong Brad na si Alan, aka Dondon. Nangangamusta lang po at sana'y dito tayo magkasamasama. Malapit na po ang ika-21 ng Agosto at anibersaryo na po natin. Kinse anyos na po tayo. Parand edad ng alak. Lalong tumatapang. I-email niyo po sa akin ang email address niyo at idadagdag po namin kayo sa mga miyembro nang makapag-post din po kayo. Salamat po!