TO MY FAVORITE LYRICIST

Limayang Kilima
PASASALAMAT
Luke Granada
Psychology
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Eli Clemente
Political Science
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Liza Mae Lipae
Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Kiel Granada
Mathematics
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Chique Arcilla
English Studies
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
Arthur Neame
Agriculture
UNIVERSITY OF WALES
Rural Development
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
Richard Romorosa
Zeny Begaso
Thelma Domingo
GARYGRANADA MUSICWORKS
KAALAGAD
KATIPUNANG KRISTIYANO
MAPA 1
Mga Awit na magagamit sa
pagtalakay ng Panlipunang Aralin
Para sa mga paksang
Kasaysayan, Sibika, Literatura at Musika
GARY GRANADA
Our form of government is called a
democracy because power resides
not in the hands of an elite minority,
but of the whole people. When it is a
question of settling private disputes,
everyone is equal before the law.
When it is a question of putting one
person before another in positions
of public responsibility, what counts
is not membership in a particular
class but ones actual competence.
Here each individual is interested
not only in his own affairs but in the
affairs of the state as well. We do not
say that a man who takes no interest
in matters concerning social justice
is a man who simply minds his own
business and meddles with nothing;
we say that he is good for nothing.
Pericles of Athens
(495-429 B.C.)
Pambungad
01 Dam
02 Paligid
03 Puhunan
04 Kababaihan
05 Pedrong Pako
06 Ang Aking Kubo
07 Lupang Hinirang
08 Dakilang Maylikha
09 Boto ng Pagbabago
10 Itatawid, Ihahatid Kita
11 Kapag Sinabi Ko sa Iyo
12 Kung Alam Mo Lang Violy
13 Sanay Di Ka Masanay
14 Minsay Isang Bansa
15 Sa Dulang ng Ama
16 Eroplanong Papel
17 Kung Ikay Wala
18 Nasa Pagkilos
19 Sambayanan
20 Lalawigan
21 Kasama
22 Balon
Balangkas
Nilalaman
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Pambungad
Fifty thousand years ago in Southern France, a long-haired Cro-Magnon
rock star named Yesyesio carved a flute out of a bone. Probably the bone of
his agent who could not get him regular gigs around the cavern taverns.
They had yet to invent the letters with which to spell intellectual property,
but no matter. The guy was having fun, and he was eating well.
Today my favorite band The Jerks has a gig at Tiendesitas where they
sometimes play original creations that dont make it to the charts either.
And just like the authors of the obscure songs of Patatag, Tulisanes, Buklod,
Inang Laya, Jess Santiago, Paul Galang, and Ka Arting, I am a card-carrying
member of a club of experts at composing music that dont get radio airplay.
But I wont have it any other way. A little knowledge is truly fatal!
I could not anymore recall how I came to understand and believe,
rightly or wrongly, that the real battleground for change is the Classroom.
And that teachers lead the charge right at the frontlines where the staunchly
loyal armies of subservience, superstition, and learning by rote are ever eager
to frustrate science and the better instincts of humans to resist subjugation.
Hindi kalabisan ang sabihing ang bukas ay nasa kamay ng mga Guro.
At dito ako malubhang nangangamba para sa kahihinatnan ng ating bansa.
Tuwing naririnig ko ang mga kabataan, hindi lahat pero di yatat karamihan,
ang tatanda na nila! Walang apoy ang kanilang mga sikmura, walang unos sa
kanilang mga mata, lampa ang mga dila, at walang talim ang imahinasyon.
Kahina-hinayang ang mga ulong naglalakihang puro pansarili ang laman.
Kasalanan ito ng mga guro, o ng lipunan na walang pagpapahalaga
sa mga tagabuhat ng kaalaman at kamalayan. Ako minsay naging guro rin.
Kung ibig talagang gampanang masinop ang pagiging titser ay mauubos di
hamak ang iyong oras, pasensya, lakas, at buhok. Hindi ko ito nakayanan.
Ngunit ayaw kong talikdan ang pagtuturo. Kaya sa pamamagitan man lamang
ng munting aklat-aklatan na ito, ang aking kaluluwa ay kahabagan nawa.
Nga pala, dun sa mga tumangkilik nito, salamat po. Sana po ay may
mapulot kayong kapaki-pakinabang. At sakali mang magustuhan ninyo,
regaluhan nyo na rin kaya ang iba pang mga gurong inyong kakilala hehe.
Wala po akong intensyong gumawa ng ready made na lesson plan.
Ive simply set out questions that you, as teachers, might like to think about,
and perhaps raise with your students. The rest is up to you, mga MamSer.
GG, February 2013
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So you took up Pol Sci in Diliman, and there was this homework?
Ay hindi po. Yung father ko po kasi ay may mga cassette tapes nyo, hehe.
Yun lagi pinatutugtog nya kaya ayun kinalakihan ko na yung music nyo.
Noong nasa UP na po ako, may nagtitinda ng mga albums sa Shopping.
Doon po ako bumibili ng mga CDs nyo minsan. Pinangreregalo ko pa nga,
pero bihira po yung may alam ng mga kanta nyo, maliban po doon sa mga
tulad ng Ginebra songs, Mabuti Pa Sila, Salamat Musika, o Kahit Konti.
So you are really a fan, hehe. Its very rare for me to meet a young person
who knows my songs. Lalo pa yung mga piyesang mas substantive.
Ay alam ko po halos lahat ng songs nyo. At meron ako nung mga albums.
Syempre fan ako talaga, pero tingin ko po talaga makakatulong sana kung
yung mga compositions nyo ay marinig ng marami pang mga kabataan.
Yung teacher ko nga po ng PI 100 ay ginagamit yung musical nyong Rizal.
Tapos gumawa pa ako minsan ng paper tungkol naman sa Lean Musical.
Pero ang pinaka favorite ko pa rin talaga ay yung album nyong Live sa UP.
Ay, yun nga rin ang pinakagusto ko sa lahat ng albums na ginawa ko, hehe.
Alam mo, tsamba lang yung pagkagawa nun. We were just tinkering with
this new digital audio recording gadget. Nung pinakinggan ko na sa office,
ang linis pala ng quality, ang linaw. So we decided to release the recording.
You wont believe it, but it still sells after twenty years. Sa UP nga lang.
Arent you frustrated that not too many people appreciate your music?
If I were a musician who happens to be a teacher, Id be disheartened.
But because Im a teacher who happens to know a little bit of music,
the challenge is how to put that little talent to some use. In teaching.
Kaya nga rin po ako excited sa project na ito. Makakatulong po talaga
ito sa mga guro at mga estudyante. Im sure its going to be a bestseller.
Wag kang mag-alala, madali lang to mag-bestseller. May malipasan lang
ng gutom at bibili ng 50 copies, mabe-break na yung record ko, hehe.
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Dam
Em C B7
Sa ngalan ng huwad na kaunlaran
Em C B7
Ang bayan ay sa utang nadiin
Em C B7
At ito na ang kabayaran
Em C B7
Ang kanunu-nunuang lupain
Am B7 Em
Ang mga eksperto'y nagsasaya
Am B7 Em
At nagpupuri at sumasamba
Am B7 Em
Sa wangis ng diyus-diyosan nila
F#7 B7 Em
Ang dambuhalang dam
Am7 D7 G
Damdam damdam damda dadam
Am Adim Em
Damdam damdam damda dadam
F B7 Em
Damdam damdam damda dadam
F#7 B7 Em
Ang dambuhalang dam
Em C B7
Ang mga tribu'y nagtatatangis
Em C B7
Nananaghoy at nababaliw
Em C B7
Habang ang mga turistang mababangis
Em C B7
Nalilibang at naaaliw
Am B7 Em
Sa mga pulubing nagsasayaw
Am B7 Em
Mga katutubo ng Apayao
Am B7 Em
Na napaalis kahit umayaw
F#7 B7 Em
Alang-alang sa dam
Am7 D7 G
Damdam damdam damda dadam
Am Adim Em
Damdam damdam damda dadam
F B7 Em
Damdam damdam damda dadam
F#7 B7 Em
Ang dambuhalang dam
Am B7 Em
Titigan ninyo ang gahiganteng bato
Am B7 Em
Nagsasalarawan ng lipunang ito
F B7 Em
Tulad ng mga gumawa rin nito
F#7 B7 Em
Walang pakiramdam
2 3
Em
3 4 2 1
C
x 2 1 3 4
B7
2 3 1
Am
1 3 1 2 1 1
F#7
2 1
Am7
x 2 1 3
D7
3 2 4
G
x 1 3 2 4
Adim
1 3 4 2 1 1
F
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Katutubo
If we go by mitochondrial DNA backpedalling, Genesis nailed the continent
but is about half-a-dozen countries and around a hundred millenia off-mark.
The current consensus of course points to Southern Africa. Out of Africa,
depending on which theory you prefer, our genetic ancestors spread across
the globe supposedly through a series of so-called waves of migration.
Sorry Luzviminda, hindi galing sa kawayan ang nunong Malakas at Maganda,
and neither did one of Adams baby back ribs morph into Eve.
A full century before Magellan reached our shores, Muslim crusaders
were already converting natives to Islam. How come the Spaniards came?
Because imperialism is habit forming. When the Moors were overturned
in the Iberian peninsula, religious zeal, naval technology, and good old greed
fired up the victors to chase their destiny all the way around the globe.
The second stage of wholesale religious conversion of the natives,
this time to Judeo-Christianism, was way more pervasive. As it turned out,
the Muslims lost turfs in Luzon and in the Visayas and retreated to their
stronghold Mindanao. And so the archipelago became peopled predominantly
by now Christianized natives, alongside the natives who had become Muslims,
and those pockets of gallant natives who resisted and to this day stubbornly
decry cultural and political assimilation. Sila naman ang tinataguriang mga
Katutubong Pilipino, a contradiction in terms for sure, just like the label
Muslim Filipinosnatives and converts named after their King who never was.
Throughout their harsh rule which lasted more than three hundred
years, the Catholic Spaniards never gained complete effective political grip,
much less cultural hegemony, over Mindanao. Neither did the Protestants
succeed in totally overturning tribal faiths following the mock takeover by
imperial USA. Hence the term tri-people, the platform and framework
popularly employed by peacebuilding advocatesreferring to Christians,
Muslims, and lumad, the Cebuano-Visayan word for native.
From South (close to two-thirds are found in Mindanao) to North
(about a third in the Cordilleras in Luzon), a horde of issues gravely threaten
tribal communities down to their very existencefrom corporate aggression
and armed conflicts to social exclusion and conflicting state land use policies.
The Philippine Constitution along with the more focused Indigenous Peoples
Rights Act of 1997 are in fact unequivocal with regard to the primacy of the
rights of indigenous peoples to self determination and their prerogative to
assume effective jurisdiction over their ancestral domains. And yet, and yet.
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Magsulat ng sanaysay hinggil sa ibig sabihin ng salitang kaunlaran.
Anu-ano ang karaniwang mga palatandaan na maunlad ang isang lugar?
Gumawa ng listahan ng limang projects para sa mga katutubo ng bansa,
kung magkano ang budget ng mga ito, at kung saan kinuha ang pondo.
Sa kaninong bulsa nanggagaling ang pambayad sa mga proyektong ito?
Sino ba talaga ang pangunahing nakikinabang sa mga gastusing ganito?
Nakaigi ba o nakapinsala ang mga ito sa bansa at taumbayan? Paano?
Balik-aralan ang buhay, kasaysayan, at pakikibaka ni Macliing Dulag.
Bakit hindi sinang-ayunan ng mga katutubo ang project ng gobyerno?
Ano ang ginawa ng militar kay Macliing Dulag? Sino ang may utos sa
mga sundalo na gawin ito? Makatuwiran ba ang ginawa ng gobyerno?
Dapat bang palaging sundin ng militar ang lahat ng utos sa kanila ng
kanilang mga nakatataas? Ipaliwanag at ipangatuwiran ang iyong sagot.
Ang mga pangyayari bang tulad nito ay masasabing madalas maganap
o di kayay pawang mga isolated cases lamang? Patunayan ang sagot.
Anong mga prinsipyong nasa likod ng pahayag na ito ni Macliing Dulag?
Ilarawan ang pang-araw-araw na buhay ng mga katutubo sa ating bansa.
Anu-anong mga tribo? Saang banda sa Pilipinas? Gaano sila karami?
Isalaysay ang kanilang mga tradisyon at kaugalian sa malikhaing paraan.
"You ask if we own the land. You mock us. Where is your title?
Where are the documents to prove that you own the land? Title.
Documents. Proof. Such arrogance of owning land when you are
owned by it. How can you own that which outlives you? Only the
people own the land because only the people live forever. To claim
a place is the birthright of everyone. The lowly animals claim their
place, how much more of human beings. They are born to live."
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Yun kasing resistance ng mga katutubo sa isang mapanirang proyektong
ipinipilit ng gobyerno, bagaman ikinasawi ng buhay ni Macliing Dulag
na kanilang pinuno, yung sama-samang pakikipaglaban ng mga Kalinga
ay isang napaka-inspiring na halimbawa ng effectiveness ng organized
resistance. Naging rallying point ito hindi lamang para sa mga katutubo
sa Cordillera, kundi sa usapin ng ancestral domain sa buong bansa.
Meron po ba naman kayong karanasang may kinalaman sa mga katutubo?
Yung bayan na kung saan ako isinilang at nag-aral ng elementarya at high
school ay halong komunidad ng Christian settlers, Muslim, at katutubo.
Ang katutubo ay mga Ata o Mansaka ng Mindanao. Kumpara mo sa mga
Muslim at Kristiyano, di hamak na mas dehado silang mga katutubo.
Kung sino pa yung lumad sa lugar ng may lugar, sila pa tuloy yung
walang lupa at kabuhayan. Tinutuya pa madalas ng mga tao na wala rin
namang sapat na kamulatan para makaunawa. Hmmm, paano nga ba.
Yun po bang tono ng kanta na Dam ay galing sa katutubong musika?
Naku hindi, e. Nakakahiya mang aminin, halos wala akong malay sa
arts ng mga katutubo. Ang pagkakaalam ko lang ay kadalasan ang
kanilang musical scale ang tawag ay pentatonic, kasi may limang nota.
Ang kabisado ko naman ay gin tonic, hehe. Pero may kaibigan akong
lumad talagang Manobo at nagsusulat ng mga kanta, si Bayang Barrios.
Bukod sa kanta, ang husay pa sa katutubong sayaw. Panoorin mo minsan.
Bakit po kaya parang lagi na lang na kinakawawa ang mga katutubo?
Di mo mahiwalay syempre ang usapin ng lahi sa economic interests.
Kung mapapansin mo, yung mga lugar ng mga katutubo ang mayaman
sa natural wealth, kasi yung kultura nila ay hindi mapanira sa paligid.
Kaya ang tingin ng mga ganid na negosyante at mga taong-gobyerno sa
lugar ng mga katutubo ay magandang oportunidad na pagkakakitaan.
Ang lupain ng ating mga ninuno, baw. Ninakaw ng mga prayle at mga
mayayamang ilustrado, sa mga higanteng logging companies ay nakalbo,
at hindi pa dun nakuntento, hinukay pa ng mga dambuhalang minero.
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Paligid
D DM7 G6
Walang madadapuan ang mandaragit
Em7 A7 G D
Walang mapupugaran ang ibong pipit
D DM7 G6
Walang maiaalay na daho't sanga
Em7 A7 D--D7
Ang gubat na namamatay na
G D
Walang masisilungan ang hito't dalag
A7 G D
Walang matataguan ang hipon at kasag
G D
Sila ay lilipulin sa madal i't malaon
Bm Bm7 E79 Em7--A7
Walang patatawarin sa sabog at lason
D DM7 G6
Wala nang gagamasin ang manggagamas
Em7 A7 G D
Wala ring gagapasin ang manggagapas
D DM7 G6
Ang dagat na ating ikinabubuhay
Em7 A7 D--D7
Ay dagat na ikinamamatay
G D
Susunod na ang mais at palay
A7 G D
At mga hayop na walang kamalay-malay
G D
Ang mga bulaklak, tutubi't palaka
Bm Bm7 E79 Em7--A7
At ang kalaro nilang ating mga bata
x 1 3 2
D
x 1 1 1
DM7
3 2
G6
2 3
A7
3 2 4
G
x 2 1 3
D7
2 1 4 3
E79
2 4
Em7
1 1 3 1 2 1
Bm7
1 1 3 4 2 1
Bm
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D DM7 G6
Walang manghihinayang sa aking awitin
Em7 A7 G D
Walang makikinabang sa iyong mithiin
D DM7 G6
Dahil walang nagmamasid at nababahala
Em7 A7 G D
Habang ang paligid napipinsala
Hello Cruel World
Just because the fossil thumbprints from the Cambrian period are said to
be unprecedented in number does not outrightly mean that there were fewer
living organisms crawling on Earth prior to that period. It could be that
they had yet to develop bones or shells that make dents, that make fossils,
that make it to the record books. In any case, there were in fact true-to-life
killer numbers, and you could say that our planet has a history of violence.
At least five major ones if biologists and paleontologists are to be believed.
Extinctions, thats what they call them, presumably precipitated
by a number of natural events. Like the falling of sea levels (drastically
shrinking fertile continental shelves), supervolcanic eruptions (causing,
for one, acid rains that poison living things thus collapsing food chains),
lethal impact from an incoming large fragment of a comet or an asteroid
(the all-time favorite suspect in the Dinosaur Murders), including extended
global cooling and sustained global warming.
The last two items mentioned are of particular concern to humans
because while there isnt much one can do to push a tectonic plate this or
that way, scientists warn that, more than in any other period in the last five
hundred million years, our species could cause more life forms to die out,
thanks to large scale mining, overlogging, overfishing, overhunting, air and
water poisoning, overproduction, and other unsustainable human follies.
That, and the explosion of human populations in the last two hundred years.
And you thought everybody has heard of carrying capacity.
Yes, eventually, unless physicists get to figure a way around our
cosmic fate, we are all bound to perish along with our Suns heating up and
expansion. But thats not happening tomorrow nor in a few billion years.
In the meantime, getting a life is not such a bad idea. Why all the rush?
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Evolution is the continuing generation of new species, along with the
extinction of some, according to the mechanisms of natural selection.
In this manner, life is continuously being diversified. Prove or disprove.
Discuss the etymology and biological definition of the word species.
Is there an equivalent term or concept for it in our own local languages?
Think again. How about the old Cebuano expression dili ingon nato?
To what species do humans belong? What species is closest to our kind?
What does the term extinction mean? Name five species that are extinct.
What are the factors that caused, or contributed to, their extinction?
Trace the history and explain the meaning of the term natural selection.
What are the fundamental mechanisms of natures selection process?
Discuss the history and meaning of the phrase survival of the fittest.
Name some of the most successful species in the Linnaean taxonomy.
State and explain in your own words the term Anna Karenina Principle.
What features and qualities do successful species share in common?
Do the basic principles of natural selection and survival of the fittest
apply among members of the same species? Interpret the question.
Evaluate the track records of previous administrations in environmental
conservation, according to the basic criteria of biodiversity: species
diversity, upkeep of protected areas, and status of threatened species.
Is the present one any different, say, in its policies on logging or mining?
How are the natural mechanisms of selection and survival similar to,
else different from, the social mechanisms of democracy and rights?
Discuss the meaning and trace the history of the term human rights.
In the natural world, do predators respect the rights of their preys?
Discuss the etymology of the term demokrasya. In the natural world,
are predators known to consult their preys before they devour them?
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Could you possibl y explain in lay terms how those guitar chords work?
Chords are a combination of notes that are in harmony with each other,
and also in harmony alongside the melody, or tune if you like, of a song.
How that happens, that I have yet to figure out. All I know is that if you
murder the chords, it just might irritate someone enough to murder you.
But if you get the chords right, no one will notice. Either way, it sucks.
Hahaha. I see in your webpage kasi some people requesting chords of
your songs. You mean its something only the composer would know?
Not at all. Hindi man ganun kadali, but if your ears are trained enough,
you can actually figure out the chords by listening closely to the piece.
Siprahin, ang sabi ng mga musiko; from cifras, Spanish for tablatures,
which has something to do with musical or chord charts. I can only play
oido so I dont read music. Nor have I made tabs of my works, until now.
Pareho lang po ba ito dun sa mga chord guides ng ibang chordbooks?
More or less, yes. Maaring iba ng konti yung mga pangalan o porma ng
mga chords pero madali naman sundan. Same fingering: 1 sa forefinger,
2 pag middle finger, 3 pag ring finger, 4 naman pag sa little finger o pinkie,
blank pag walang tipa pero kakalabitin, at x kapag hindi dapat kalabitin.
Yun namang fretting ay Roman numerals I, II, III and so forth. At kung
combination naman ng chord with a base note, mayrong the usual slash.
Bakit po may mga numbers, tulad ng 7 or 6? And big numbers like 76?
Ah, yun naman ay ayon sa counting order ng mga nota sa scale. Isipin mo
ginawa nating 1 2 3 sa halip na do re mi. Pero bakit natin gagawin yun?
Kasi chords are like species. Kahit palipat-lipat tayo sa different keys,
ang character ng tunog ng 7 sa key of C, halimbawa, ay relatively pareho
lang sa personality ng tunog ng 7 sa key of D, at sa lahat ng 10 other keys.
Yung sa big numbers naman, hindi ko lang kasi talaga alam yung formal
names ng mga chords kaya kung parehong may 7 at 6, e di 76, hehe.
Basta when in doubt, gayahin na lang nila kamo yung drawing sa baba.
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Puhunan
Em7
Sa pamilihan ng lipunan
C7
sari-saring paninda
B7sus#9
May kani-kaniyang puhunan:
Em7
pera, utak at ganda
Em7
Ang ilan ay may pangalan,
C7
ang iba ay laway lang
B7sus#9
May nagbabanal-banalan
Em7
at mga nanlilinlang
Em7
May namumuhunang pawis
G76
at hubad na katawan
C7
Kahit pagod nila'y labis,
B7sus#9
sila'y hanggang doon na lang
Em7
Mas maigi ang may bahay
G76
at lupang paupahan
C7
Kahit di maghanapbuhay,
Em7
laging may laman ang tiyan
G76 --C7--B7sus#9
Laylay lalalalay . . .
Em7
Ang negosyong magaling
C7
ay magbenta ng patay
B7sus#9
Ngayo'y napakadaling
Em7
humagilap ng bangkay
Em7
Dumating na sa sukdulan,
C7
buhay na'ng binubuwis
B7sus#9
Inuutang sa pangalan
Em7
ng ganansya't interes
Em7
Kung ang dulot ng sistema'y
G76
malaganap na lagim
C7
Sa paggamit ng puhuna'y
B7sus#9
huwag nawa tayong sakim
Em7
Sa damdamin ng abang
G76
kagaya kong isang mortal
C7
Ang dugo'y mas matimbang
B7sus#9 Em7
kaysa kapital
G76 --C7--B7sus#9
Laylay lalalalay . . .
B7sus#9
2 4
Em7
3 2 4 1
C7
x 2 1 3 4
B7sus#9
1 3 1 2 4 1
G76
I I I
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Em7
Napuna kong di maaring
C7
magkameron ang wala
B7sus#9
Kung kaya ko minangyaring
Em7
mangalakal ng bahagya
Em7
Upang matiyak ang tagumpay,
C7
naglakas-loob akong
B7sus#9
Sa ma--gi--noong sanay
Em7
kumunsulta't magtanong
Em7
Nais ko sanang matutuna't
G76
nang gayo'y magaya ko
C7
Paano kang namumuhunan,
B7sus#9
ba't ang yaman-yaman mo
Em7
At ang agilang anghel
G76
ay nagladlad na ng anyo
C7 B7sus#9
Ang wika ni Tiyo Samuel,
Em7
Ang puhunan ko'y kayo!
Capital C
For hundreds of millions of years, life on earth proceeded at a biological pace.
But as soon as humans started utilizing stones and metals, and particularly
when they learned how to produce and control fire, evolution then shifted
to second gearfrom natural biology to applied physics. If previously
humans were at the mercy of nature, it was now natures turn to bend to the
wishes of a determined species and adapt to human engineering.
With better means of production, humans transformed earths
landscape and quickly (not in the millions but in mere thousands of years!)
developed agriculture, metallurgy, animal husbandry, and the crowning jewel
of humanity itself: a complex language. These advances generated a surplus
of valuable resources, and with it comes the bitter contest over its control.
Those who prevailed became the new class of owners of properties,
effectively dividing society between the haves and the have-nots.
Trade, or the exchange of things that are of some value in a market,
required the use of money as a handy means of representing the price of
goods and services that people come up with. And as people accumulated
money, it took a life of its own and represented itself as generic wealth,
and became traded as Capital. The rest, as they say, is history.
By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread. Not necessarily.
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For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager
for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with
many griefs (Bible, 1 Tim 6:10). What do you make of this statement?
What are people willing, eager, or forced to do to earn some money?
What unspeakable crimes have been committed for moneys sake?
Make a wish list of things that you want to accomplish or have in life.
Make an estimate of how much money you would need for each item.
Make a list of things in life that money cannot buy, or so you think.
What factors increase the monetary equivalent or price of things?
Do prices of goods generally increase or decrease as they get farther
and farther from where they originate? Why does it happen that way?
As things become less common, do they get cheaper or more expensive?
Why does a 200-gram cellphone cost so much more than a small can of
the same weight and metallic content? Why is a branded handbag
a hundred times pricier than a generic one made of similar material?
Why is a single Amorsolo pencil sketch valued several times more than
a whole bunch of full-color works by an entire guild of amateur artists?
Why was Michael Jordan said to have been paid by Nike the equivalent of
what it paid its workers to make 19 million pairs of shoes in one year?
Expound the meaning of the terms interest rate and cost of money.
Why do the poor remain poor as though it were a matter of course?
Trace a broad outline of their respective developments and establish
the connection and interplay between capitalism and imperialism.
How did the economic interests of Spain and the USA forever alter
the social narrative of an archipelago on the other side of the world?
Write a short book review of Schumachers classic Small is Beautiful,
Economics as if People Mattered. First edition 1973; extended 1999.
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I notice that you have electronic musical instruments in your studio.
Dont they make the sound of your compositions come out unnatural?
We used to call them synthesizers because they mimic the sound of
instruments. Say, a violin. Then they evolved into samplers where
they take an actual recorded sample of a note played a certain way.
Which you may then reproduce or even tweak further as you please.
On one hand, its very convenient and cost-effective for composers.
But youre right about the tradeoffs, and sounding artificial is one of them.
Not to mention having to learn a new language for every new platform.
So, why even bother going into all that trouble?
Replacing humans with machines naturally decreases the premium of
true blue musicians, aside from the sound quality. Maganda talaga live.
On the other hand, it democratizes artistry and allows unschooled
musicians like myself to put their ideas on record. Mamili ka na lang.
How do you resolve this contradiction in your head?
First of all, as much as I can afford it, I work with live session players.
But more importantly, you have to go back to the more basic question,
para kanino ba yung ginagawa mo? Until you come to the conclusion
that it is the social milieu, in which you find yourself, that prompts you
to do what you do. And so you afford others free access to your work.
That way, the whole question concerning technology takes a backseat.
Doesnt that sort of disregard intellectual property and encourage piracy?
Theres a difference between use for a social purpose like education;
at iba naman yung commercial ventures, in which case, fair lang naman
din to assert the full measure of your due under existing copyright laws.
Hindi po ba yan hairsplitting? Anyone can always claim its for a cause.
Im sure not. Hairsplitting only applies to people who have hair, hehe.
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Kababaihan
Em7
Mula sa umpisa
Bm7
ang buhay ko'y nakasalalay
Em7
Sa wika ni ama
Bm7
at mga lalake ng aking buhay
G
Ano ang dahilan,
A Bm
paano at kailan, ano'ng sanhi?
G A
Sabi ni inay, dahil kami ay
G A Bm
Nagkataong isinilang na babae
Em7
Huling dinidinig
Bm7
at unang pinagsasabihan
Em7
Ang aking daigdig
Bm7
ay daigdig ng kalalakihan
G
At ang aking silbi
A Bm
sa araw at gabi'y palamuti
G A
Tahimik sa tabi, dahil lang kasi
G A Bm
Nagkataong isinilang na babae
Em7
Unang nagigising
Bm7
at huli ng natutulog
Em7
Habang unti-unting
Bm7
pagkatao'y nadudurog
G
Di katakataka,
A Bm
sa tahana't pabrika ako'y api
G A
Sabi nga nila, dahil lang pala
G A Bsus--B
Nagkataong isinilang na babae
G
Hindi ko matanggap
Bsus B
na dahil dito na nasanay
G
Ang aking hinaharap
Bsus B
ay ganito na habangbuhay
G
Isip at diwa,
A B
puso't kaluluwa ay pumipiglas
G A
Gaya ng bukal na di masasakal
G A Bm
Dadaluy at dadaloy ang kalayaan
2 3 4
A
2 4
G
2
Em7
1 1 2 3 4 1
B
3 1 1 3 4 2 1
Bm
1 1 3 1 2 1
Bm7
1 1 2 3
Bsus
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Em7
Kasama ng iba,
Bm7
unti-unti kong natutuhan
Em7
Ang aking halaga
Bm7
at likas na kapangyarihan
G
May kasarinlan,
A Bm
may kakayaha't kakanyahan
G A
Bahagi ng buo kung saan patutungo
G A Bsus--B
Ang kasaysayan ng sangkata--uhan
G
Ako'y samahan n'yo
Bsus B
sa aking pakikibaka
G
Sa paglaya ko
Bsus B
kayo ay aking kasama
G A
Dangal ko ay taglay kung san
B
pantay-pantay ang kalagyan
G A
Ating itindig sa bagong daigdig
G A Bsus--B
Ang kalayaan ng kababa--ihan
Second Sex
One day I wanted to explain myself to myself, and it struck me that the
first thing I had to say was I am woman.
Simone de Beauvoir bared Engels thesis (which she thought bare)
and mounted a compelling account of the mechanics of Patriarchy as society
evolved from communal settlements towards privatization. And with one
sentence she dictates the agenda, One is not born, but rather becomes a woman.
The arithmetic should uphold us here. Given: most Filipinos are
Catholics; most Filipinos are poor; and at least half of Filipinos are women.
Therefore standing with your eyes shut on any street corner in the country,
the very first person you are most likely to see when you open them is a
poor Catholic womanmarginalized since poor, subjugated since female.
But is her subdued station an issue of class or a consequence of gender?
Assuming we miraculousl y dismantled economic stratification, would that
automatically amount to the dissolution of male dominance? Or conversely,
will an honest-to-goodness equality between men and women inevitably
usher in the emancipation of the dispossessed masses from chronic poverty?
On top of that, she is also barred from becoming a priest or bishop
offices of clout that are reserved for men alone. Though maybe thats just
because those are jobs that dont specifically ask for a pleasing personality!
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Sa iyong personal na karanasan, sino ang mas nasusunod sa tahanan,
ang tatay o ang nanay? Sino ba ang mas mapagpasya, si kuya o si ate?
Sa mga gawain sa bahay, sino ang mas inaasahang magluto, maglaba,
mamalengke, maghugas ng pinggan, at maglinis ng bahay at bakuran?
Sino ang karaniwang nag-aaruga ng sanggol at nag-aasikaso ng mga bata?
Kung tutuusin, sino ang mas mahaba ang work hours, babae o lalake?
Sino ang mas may pagkakataong makipagkasiyahan sa kanyang mga
barkada at kasama sa trabaho? Sino ang mas naninigarilyo at umiinom?
Kung may mga ari-arian, kanino nakapangalan ang titulo ng mga ito?
Gumawa ng hiwalay na talaan ng kinikita ng mga kasama sa pamilya.
Ang inyo bang sagot sa mga naunang tanong ay may kinalaman sa kung
sino ba ang mas may malaki ang kita at naibibigay na pera sa bahay?
At work, are men and women fairly spread across ranks and salaries?
Do men and women get equally paid for the same job they perform?
Make a short report on the issue of women being doubly burdened.
Trace the history of womens suffrage and its underlying dialectics.
What powers impede and what forces advance the cause of equality?
Submit a report on Sexual Harassment and Violence Against Women
against the backdrop of persistent poverty and environmental demise.
Islam and Catholicism, our countrys foremost religious traditions, both
relegate women to subordinate roles and preserve their institutional
seats of power and authority invariably for men. Do you agree or not?
Get in touch with a community-based organization, research center,
lobby group, or national network that support women and children.
Arrange an exposure trip to get a better understanding of their work.
Collect and compile poems and songs dealing with womens issues.
Produce a 30-minute radio program with the materials you gathered.
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How is it possible that a man can write a song about womens issues?
Babae by Mon Ayco. Babae Ka by Ani Montano. And your Kababaihan.
Hahaha, spoken like a true fan. Paanong nakakasulat ang mga lalake ng
kantang tungkol sa mga isyu ng kababaihan? I think I heard that one
before, iba lang ang anggulokung bakit marami sa mga theoreticians
ng feminist movement ay mga kalalakihan, or something to that effect.
Bakit nga po?
Well, una, Im not sure if the premise is accurate. Yun halimbawang
mga gawa ng Abante Babae at Inang Laya, o nina Lolit Carbon at Susan
Fernandez, ay mas extensive. At pagdating naman sa mga theorists,
yun pa ring kay de Beauvoir sa tingin ko ang so far pinaka-exhaustive.
Pero ganun pa rin po yung tanong, kundi man singsinop, paano pa rin
nasusulat ng mga kalalakihan ang pakiramdam ng mga kababaihan?
Okay, okay, subok lang. Eto hula-hula ko lang ha. Magkaiba kasi yung
kahulugan ng mga salitang sex at gender. Yung sex, either male or female.
Samantalang yun namang gender ay nakadikit sa konsepto ng pagiging
masculine at feminine, at ang mga assigned values nito sa lipunan.
Yung social convention, babae equals mahinhin at lalake equals macho.
Pero pwede namang babae kang macho, o conversely, mahinhing lalake.
Yung macho, dahil mas aggressive, mas dominant, mas makapangyarihan.
At mas may premium at prerogative sa social hierarchies. At dahil mas
associated ito sa mga kalalakihan, namamayagpag tuloy ang mga lalake.
Kung baga, naging proxy ang male sa machismo, which is a manifestation
of the original prime culpritAggression. Now, one doesnt have to be
a woman or a man to understand the oppressive character of aggression.
And thats why men may write about the predicament and hopes of women.
Di po kaya dahil ang mga lalake naman ay mayron ding feminine side?
Alam mo, parehong-pareho kayo ng sinasabi ng boyfriend ko, hehehe.
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Pedrong Pako
A Gdim
Si Pedro'y nakaapak
B7
ng pako sa lansangan
E7
Pinulot niya't
A E76
bakasakaling pakinabangan
A Gdim
At ang kinakalawang
B7
na pakong nabubulok
E7
Sa bago niyang bahay
A--E76
ay doon ipinukpok
A Gdim
Isang kalbong gulong
B7
nakita niya sa kalsada
E7
Kanyang isinuong
A E76
sa jeepney niyang pampasada
A Gdim
Duo'y may nakaiwan
B7
ng lumang antipara
E7
Kanyang isinuot
A--A7
sa malinaw niyang mata
D A
Bagong bahay, lumang pako
D B7 E7
Dating gimik na inibang-anyo
D A
Bagong bote, lumang toyo
B7 E7--E76
Ang laging sawsawan ni Pedro
A Gdim
Gulong ay umiskyerda
B7
at ang jeep ay nabangga
E7
Dahil sa antipara
A E76
ang poste di nakita
A Gdim
Pasahero'y huli na
B7
sa biyahe't nabukulan
E7
Di pa nakarating
A--E76
sa dapat na puntahan
A Gdim
Si Pedro'y may kilalang
B7
kawatang pul itiko
E7
Sa bawat halalan
A E76
ay laging kandidato
2 3 4
A
x 1 3 2
D
2 3
A7
1 1 3 1 4 1
B7
2 1 4
E7
1 2 3
Gdi m
x 2 1 3
D7
2 1 3
E76
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A Gdim
Nabulag na si Pedro,
B7
napako pa ang tuktok
E7
Pulitikong bulok
A--A7
sa gobyerno iniluklok
D A
Bagong bahay, lumang pako
D B7 E7
Dating gimik na inibang-anyo
D A
Bagong bote, lumang toyo
B7 E7--
Ang laging sawsawan ni Pedro
E76 A Gdim
Nang dahil sa pako,
B7
bahay ni Pedro'y bumagsak
E7
Sa bulkan, bagyo,
A E76
baha't lindol tuluyang nawarak
A Gdim
Giba na ang dingding,
B7
sahig, haligi't bubungan
E7 E76
Mabuti pa kaya, mabuti pa kaya
D7--A7
magbagong-bahay na lang
Same New
We read somewhere in the Gospel of Luke that no person in his right mind
tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one; if he does, he will
have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
My mother raised and supported us as a mananahi kaya nakaka-relate ako
sa parable na ito. It used to be that telas are soaked overnight to anticipate
shrinkage before they are cut. Di na raw yata ganun ngayon. Ganunpaman . . .
It gives me hope to see good people, some friends of mine, doing their
best to make things work in the matuwid na daan. I wish them, and myself,
and the whole nation they look after, well. I often hear talk of good things.
But I live in the outskirts and I see differently, or rather nothing different.
Indeed if the economy has improved, they probably mean the shiny
hangout places of the yuppie middle class. In my sort of showbiz line of work,
I sometimes find myself congregating with the cool dudes in the cool venues.
You need good acting skills to survive the conversations that are redundant
and unbearably petty. You need to drink hard and fast!
Indeed if things have turned around, I dont see it having anything
to do with fishers and farmers, or teachers and nurses, or street urchins.
Speaking of pagbabago, from where I see it, it looks like old is the new new.
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Gumawa ng social network ng mga links na magdudugtong sa iyo sa
mayor ng inyong lungsod; halimbawa: ikaw - pinsan mo na nagtatrabaho
sa munisipyo - na barkada ng anak ni meyor. Sa military, meron ka ba?
Sa congress representative ng inyong distrito? Sa pangulo ng Pilipinas?
Its not what you know, its who you know. Do you agree or disagree?
Nagkaroon ka na ba ng problema o nangailangan ng tulong, at lumapit
sa mga taong may mga kuneksyon? Kung hindi naman ikaw mismo,
may alam ka bang mga ganitong sitwasyon sa ilan mong mga kakilala?
What does the term culture of silence or conspiracy of silence mean?
How come not one single big fish was ever jailed over jueteng when
government has a whole countryful of eyewitnesses? Why do priests
regularly get away with abandoning their children and their mothers?
Why are a number of battered spouses reluctant to report their case?
Did anyone of the immediate family members of disgraced Presidents
Marcos, Estrada, Arroyo, and Chief Justice Corona rebuff their patriarch?
Lahat ng naging pangulo at mga opisyal nitong ating bansa ay nanumpa
na itaguyod ang tapat na serbisyo at matuwid at patas na pamamahala.
Napapansin mo ba ang pagbabagong ito sa kasalukuyang gobyerno?
Ipangatuwiran ang sagot at mag-alok ng paliwanag kung bakit ganun.
Gumawa ng mabilisang survey at itanong sa karaniwang tao kung sa
kanilang wari ay matuwid na ang kalakaran sa pagkuha ng clearance,
mga lisensya, bidding ng public contracts, at pangongolekta ng buwis.
Mas mapapabilis ba kung ikay may kilalang fixer, backer, o padrino?
Use bureaucracy, businessmen, profit and politicians in one sentence.
Compose a short script for a satirical play depicting how corruption,
clout, business interest and political connections feed on each other.
Make a cute little effigy of a typical public official or religious leader.
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Ang Aking Kubo
A AM7
Ang aking kubo sa tabindagat
A6 Bm7
Dingding ay pawid, bubong ay nipa
E7 Bm7
Sa palibot may mga halaman
E76 A6
At bakod na gawang kawayan
A AM7
Gayak ng kubo ay kalikasan,
A7 D6
Ang kabukiran, ang buwan at bituin
F A
Pinapayungan ng punongkahoy
E7 A --E7
At hinihipan ng sariwang hangin
A AM7
Sa aking kuboy may paralumang
A6 Bm7
Sa aking pusoy nakalarawan
E7 Bm7
At sa pagtulog ay mayrong rosas
E76 A6
Na niyayakap kot hinahagkan
A AM7
Ang aking kuboy dalampasigang
A7 D6
Sa along tulad koy inaasam-asam
Ddim A
Kubong kailanmay di ko ipagpapalit
Bm7/E A
Sa isang palasyong walang pag-ibig
F Am
Ganyan ang kubo, ganyan ang buhay
E7 Am
Minsay tatawa ka, minsay malulumbay
F G C
May pagdiriwang, may kalungkutan
F E7
Laging nangungutya ang kapalaran
Am E7
May mga sandaling mistulang langit
Dm7 G C
Ngunit paggising palay panaginip
Dm6 Am
Kaya kailangang sa gabit araw
B7 E7--E76
Didiligin ang kubo ng pag-ibig
A AM7
Sa aking kubo tuwing takipsilim
A6 Bm7
Lumang gitaray aking kapiling
E7 Bm7
Mga awiting di malilimutan
E7 A6
Mga harana at mga kundiman
A AM7
Ang aking kubong pangkaraniwan
A7 D6
Di man kastilyo ngunit paraiso
Ddim A
Kahit na mukhang bahay-bahayan
Bm7/E A
Ang aking kuboy isang tahanan
3 2 4
G
1 3 4 2 1 1
F
3 4 2 1
C
x 2 1 1
Dm7
2 3
A7
x 2 4
Dm6
1 1 3 1 4 1
B7
2 3 1
Am
x x 1 2
Ddim
x 2 3
D6
2 3 4
A
2 1 3
AM7
1 1 3 1 2 1
Bm7
1 1 1 1
A6
2 1
E7
1 1 1 2 1
Bm7/E
2 1 3
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Why Some Songs in This Site are Freely Downloadable
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The Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is on a roll.
After successfully persuading the countrys leading major media networks
GMA7 and ABS-CBN to pay back performance royalties amounting to several
millions, it has expanded its roster of licensees at an unprecedented pace.
While it is quite puny compared to its counterparts in Europe, Japan and
the US, and still way behind its neighbors, the trend is clear. More and more
people are now willing, if grudgingly, to recognize Intellectual Property.
Is that good or bad? As a trustee of FILSCAP, I say it is a good thing.
That way, composers and lyricists will not only be commended but actually
compensated for their creations. Its a measly sum for average composers
like myself. Last year, I got something like 1,500 pesos if Im not mistaken,
what with the twenty five years worth of work that I put in the industry.
Of course, those who churn out hit songs get the choice portions.
Thats because performance royalties are paid to composers and lyricists for
the public performances of their works. Its simple: no-playback, no-payback.
That is also why we sometimes find ourselves settling all sorts of
disputes over ownership of certain songs, especially involving those which
turn out to be lucrative hitmakers. I also sit in the Complaints Committee
and it is unbelievable how two or even more parties could actually claim
authorship of the same composition!
The key word is ownership, and the term intellectual property
could not have been more precisely coined. The logic is neat: you eat hotdog,
you happy, you pay; you drink beer, you happy, you pay. You sing song,
you happy, you pay. Intellectual property is in every sense private property
that you may sell, rent, or lease. Just like shirts, mineral water, real estate
or dental service. So when a radio station plays your song, they pay; when
somebody sings your song in a karaoke joint or music lounge, you get paid;
when airlines, malls or answering machines loop their playlists, they pay
the authors performance royalties. Thats right, just like rent.
So, whats your point? Well, once upon a time we said that that is
precisely the thing that makes life on earth unbearably tough for the great
majority who do not have . . . Property.
Just to make sure theres no mistaking, I think those who think
otherwise, meaning those who believe that the well-off and the successful
should not be burdened by the plight of the less-fortunate or less-equipped,
are entitled by law to their stone cold view and prerogative.
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This is neither a treatise against private capitalism nor an apology
for state socialism. If you ask me, they are both property-based systems
dominated by stockholders and party members respectively.
So what is it? It is a coded message exclusively for those who still
believe there has to be a more equitable way of dividing the pies of labor
and provision in order to, as the wristband says, make poverty history.
Exactly how? Frankly, I don't know how. Perhaps the Marxists are
correct about our present world system being a pre-human society after all.
And that it could take a while for it to evolve further so that our creeds may
overcome our cravings and our ethos may outpace our biology. Perhaps the
answer lies in genetics, or cutting edge physics, or even hypnosis!
Our traditions have failed us, making us too preoccupied with our
identities, turfs and social pedigrees. The alien faiths we were born into
have let us down, as our institutional churches guard sacred wisdoms as
fervently as they acquire land titles. Our schools have likewise failed us,
lets admit it, ever emphasizing that indeed some are smarter than others.
I myself have practically given up on grand narratives. Ganun daw
yata talaga pag tumatanda ka na hehe. As we learned in high school Physics,
its not the speed, its the velocity. Just like we say in Kaalagad, a little
interfaith community that I happily belong to, may the meager that we can
contribute in our lifetime be pointed in the right direction.
Small communitarian gestures, thats all I can manage to afford.
And since we live in a neo-l iberal capitalist world order, as leftists are
fond of calling it, then we don't have much choice but to play by its rules.
Sometimes people ask why I allow my songs to be downloaded for free.
Either Im so rich or so stupid. Or nobody likes them enough to buy them.
Im not so sure about that. I think a good few dozen people like my CDs.
Saranggola sa Ulan didnt do so bad, and LEAN still sells after ten years.
All things considered, I happen to still believe that there has to be
a better way of doing things, even within the dog-eat-dog world of liberal
market economics. Its not even a novel idea. Karl Polanyi argued about it
more than a century ago (sl ightly ahead of our friendly neighbors Mao).
Saint Paul expounded on the subject in his letter to the Church in Corinth.
And early communitarian societies practiced it long before Christs birth.
Must intellectual property be copyright protected? I would say no,
but we have no choice. Is private property absolute? I dont agree, but then
its not up to me. So why are the mp3 files in this site (garygranada.co)
downloadable for free? Theyre not. We're simply charging you zero pesos.
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Dumalaw sa isang kamag-anak o kakilala na nakatira sa isang kubo.
Isalaysay kung ano ang pakiramdam ng nakatira ka sa isang dampa?
Anu-ano ang mga gusto mo, at ang ayaw mo, sa pananahan sa kubo?
Gumawa ng collage ng litrato ng mga kubo sa ibat ibang dako ng bansa.
Depende kung saan, paano sila nagkakahawig at paano nagkakaiba?
May kinalaman ba ito sa klima? Sa kung ano ang mga tumutubo doon?
Kadalasan ay malalayo ang mga ito sa mga sentro ng mga pamilihan,
kaya naman din napagwawari natin na sila ay walang maraming pera.
Paano sila nabubuhay, paano sila nakakakain, kung walang pambili?
Kapag ba ikaw ay namitas ng sili o saging sa iyong sariling bakuran,
nalalaman ba ito ng NEDA at ng mga bangko? Kapag ba ang isang bata
na nakihila ng lambat sa baybay ay naambunan ng dalawang pirasong
maliliit na isdang pang-ulam, bahagi rin ba ito ng economic growth?
Saan pumupunta ang taga-syudad para makalanghap ng sariwang hangin?
O makaulinig ng dalampasig? O kaya makasilip ng makutitap na langit?
Magkano ang halaga ng mga magagandang tanawing tulad ng mga ito?
What are some of the natural blessings and perks that come with the
economics of sufficiency and simple living? Compare the ecological
integrity of the few remaining enclaves of indigenous communities
with those that are in designated industrial parks across the country.
On the other hand, what are the natural drawbacks of being unable to
transcend and overcome the backwardness of agrarian settlements?
How then are people able to cope with the ever increasing demand for
new knowledge and technological solutions to modern social problems?
All things considered, mas pipiliin mo bang manahan sa isang kubo?
Suriin ang awiting Bahay Kubo. Iguhit ang alam mong mga halaman doon.
Gumawa ng dibuho ayon sa nilalarawan ng kantang Ang Aking Kubo.
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Ibig nyo pong sabihin, after all those years, you still dont own a house?
Yes, but Im perfectly fine with staying in a small rented workroom.
Mas advantageous actually yung mas maliit na space kasi mas madaling
linisin. Madaling abutin pati yung iyong mga gamit kasi lahat malapit.
Kung naman siguro sasadyain, kakayanin naman pag-ipunan, kaya lang
may isa kasi akong napakagastos na bisyo na talo pa yata yung droga.
Sugal?
Lalake, hehe. Parang sugal na rin, kaya lang wala kang chance na manalo
making independent music albums. Wala na yata akong ginawa kundi
mag-ipon para may pampagawa ng albums na walang bumibili, hehe.
Pero eto naman ang maipagmamalaki ko. Meron akong sariling bahay.
Araw-araw may mga bisita ako galing sa kung saan-saang sulok ng mundo.
At sa sobrang yaman ko na, nililibre ko silang lahat. Mag-download, hehe.
Di ba mas mayaman pa ako kaysa mga malalaking record companies?
Isa na po ako dun sir sa nililibre nyo lagi ng mga mp3, hehe. Thank you po.
Anytime, feel free to drop by sa aking munting online na kubong bahay.
Ang sweet po ng kanta nyong Kubo. Favorite ko po yung part na sabiy
di niya raw ipagpapalit yung kubo sa isang palasyong walang pag-ibig.
You know, I made that one while looking at one, walang biro. Sa Mindoro.
Inabutan ako ng magtatakip-silim na at wala na akong masakyan paluwas.
Kaya nakiusap ako na makitulog sa isang bahay. Mabait naman yung
may-ari, pinag-ayos pa ako ng mahihigan. Mula roon sa kwarto, tanaw ko
yung isang kubo sa tabindagat habang dahan-dahang lumulubog ang araw.
Naiyak ako, haha. At napatakan pa ng luha yung papel na pinagsulatan ko.
Nakakaiyak naman yang kwento nyong yan. Hopeless romantic po kayo,
ano po, hehe. What was the most romantic thing you ever said in a song?
Ah madaling-madali yan, hehe. Syempre yung Akoy hindi romantiko.
HUNTAHAN
EC
GG
EC
GG
EC
GG
EC
GG
EC
GG
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Lupang Hinirang
D A D A D
Bayang magiliw, perlas ng Silanganan
D A D G6 A D
A--lab ng puso sa dibdib mo'y buhay
D A D A D
Lupang hinirang, duyan ka ng magiting
D A D G6 A D
Sa manlulupig di ka pasisiil
A
Sa dagat at bundok , sa simoy
D
at sa langit mong bughaw
A
May dilag ang tula at awit
G6 A D
sa paglayang minamahal
A
Ang kislap ng watawat mo'y
D
tagumpay na nagniningning
A
Ang bituin at araw niya
G6 A D
kailanpama'y di magdidilim
D7 G D G
Lupa ng araw ng luwalhati't pagsinta
C G A D G--Gsus/D
Buhay ay la--ngit sa piling mo
G D B C B
Aming ligaya na pag may mang-aapi
Gsus/D G A D G
Ang mamatay nang dahil sa iyo
3 2 4
G
x 1 3 2
D
3 4 2 1
C
1 1 2 3 4 1
B
2 3 4
A
3 2
G6
x 2 1 3
D7
x 1 4
Gsus/D
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Noong bata pa si Sabel, ang mga tao ay wala pang mga ilong. Ang ulo ay
basta may dalawang mata, isang bibig, dalawang tenga at dalawang maliit
na butas sa ibaba ng dalawang mata. Actually, ilong na talaga ang tawag nila
sa mga butas na iyon, hindi nga lang nakausbong na kagaya ngayon. Maganda
ang pakikitungo ng mga tao sa isa't isa, at walang nalalait dahil pango.
Mas madali ring linisin ang mukha dahil isang pasadahan lang,
napupunasan na nang minsanan ang mga lumalabas sa mga mata at ilong.
At pag naghahalikan ang mga magkasintahan ay hindi sumasakit ang leeg nila
dahil walang nakausling ilong na dapat iwasan. Mahirap nga lang malaman
kaagad kung ang isang tao ay umiiyak o may sipon lang, at may ilan ding
namatay nung bago pa lang maimbento ang shower. Pero maliit na bagay
ang mga yun kung ang kapalit naman ay tunay na pagkakapantay-pantay.
Ngunit may mga makapangyarihang taong kailanmay hindi talaga
makuntento sa pagkakapantay-pantay. Kaya binigyan nila ng kapangyarihan
ang mga korporasyon na putul in ang mga puno at minahin ang mga lupa
nang walang pakundangan. Kahit walang public consultation, binibigyan sila
ng clearance at permit ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources
gawa ng mga dubious na FPIC at environmental impact assessment.
Hanggang sa napinsala ang kalikasan at nagkaroon ng acid rain na
masakit sa mata at ilong. Nasira ang mga dating malinaw na mga mata at
nagkasakit ang mga tao dahil sa usok at lason na nalalanghap sa araw-araw.
Kaya nagkaisa ang mga taong magpetisyun kay Bathala upang bigyan sila
ika ng ilong para pantakip laban sa maruming hangin, at pansalo na rin ng
antipara na kinakailangan ng mga lumalabo nilang mata.
"Bukas na bukas din," ang wika ni Bathala, "magpapadala ako ng
pantakip ng ilong. Ilong din ang inyong itatawag dito para maalala ninyo
palagi na dapat ngang ang tao ay pantay-pantay." Tuwangtuwa ang mga tao!
Ang iba ay maagang natulog para maagang magising, samantalang ang iba
naman ay nagdiwang at nag-inuman nang magdamagan. Pag tilaok ng manok,
trak trak ng pagkaganda-gandang mga ilong ang dumating sa plaza.
Ngunit alas onse na nang magising ang mga nalasing. Kaya ang inabutan
nila ay pinagpilian at napag-apak-apakan na. Ano pa nga bang gagawin kundi
pumulot ng isa, ipagpag sa tabi, ikabit sa mukha, sabay sabing, "Pwede na ito."
"At," dagdag pa ng magiting na tatay ko, "isa na sa mga yon ang magiting
na lolo mo." At magmula noong araw na iyon, ang ilong, na dating nakikita,
ay di na nakikita. At ang hangin naman, na dating di nakikita, ay nakikita na.
Alam mo ba kung bakit pango ang iyong ilong?
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Balikan ang kasaysayan ng paglikha at pagrebisa ng Pambansang Awit.
Ano ang papel ng sining sa pagtatag ng bansa at pag-ukit ng kasaysayan?
Bakit Perlas ng Silanganan? Bukod sa pambansang awit, saan mo pa
matatagpuan ang mga katagang kahawig nito, at sino ang may-akda?
Ihambing ang Pambansang Awit ng Pilipinas sa awit ng ibang bansa.
Ang paglaban sa manlulupig ba ay isang universal value ng lahat ng lahi?
Bakit sila tinawag na manlulupig? Bakit nila kailangang manlupig ng iba?
Ano ang ibig sabihin ng kagitingan? Magbigay ng mga halimbawa ng
mga Pilipinong sa iyong palagay ay maituturing na totoong magigiting.
Ang karaniwang mga tao kaya ay pwede rin bang maging magiting? Paano?
Ano ang kasalukuyang kalagayan ng mga dagat at bundok ng ating bayan?
Ang mga Pilipinong tula at awit bang karaniwang naririnig sa radyo ay
salamin ng paglayang minamahal, o ng pamumuntot sa mga dayuhan?
Langit nga ba ang buhay ng nakakaraming masa sa bansang Pilipinas?
Sakaling ikaw ay magkaroon ng pagkakataong lumipat sa ibang bayan,
mas malamang nga kayang samantalahin mo ito? Bakit, o bakit hindi?
Ang pangungulila sa lupang sinilangan ba ay natural sa tao? Bakit kaya?
Nakahanda ka bang mamatay nang dahil sa bayan? Bakit, o bakit hindi?
Nakahanda ka rin bang mabuhay alang-alang sa iyong bayan? Paano?
Aling pag-ibig ba ang hihigit kaya / Sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila
Gaya ng pag-ibig sa tinubuang lupa / Aling pag-ibig ba? Wala na nga wala
Siyasatin kung saan nagmula at sino ang may-akda ng natukoy na tula.
Mahal din kaya ng mga Kastila, Amerikano, at Hapon ang kanilang bansa?
Ang nasyunalismo ba ay nakabuti o nakapinsala sa daigdig? Paano?
Cite and explain the similarities and differences between nationalism,
ultra-nationalism and pseudo-nationalism. Give two examples of each.
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49
Dakilang Maylikha
Kaalagads version of the Lords Prayer
C G/B
Dakilang Maylikha
F/A C
Sa kalingat pang-unawa
D79/F# G/F C/E--Am7
Mangyari ang iyong diwa
Dm7 Dm7/G C---F9/A
Sa langit at sa lupa
C G/B
Bigyan mo ng sapat
F/A C
Ang lahat sa araw-araw
D79/F# G/F C/E--Am7
Turuang magpa--raya
Dm7 Dm7/G C F--E
Gaya ng iyong gawa
Am Em/G
Iadya nyo kami
F C/E
Sa pagmamataas
Bb Am
Upang maiwaksi
Em/G F Asus-A
Ang lupit at dahas
D A9/C#--A/C#
At samahang lumikha
G9/B Gm6/Bb D/A
Ng pama---yanang payapa
E79/G# A9/G D9/F#--D/B
Sa kalikasan, kabu---hayan
Em7 Em7/A D9/A--G
Kakanyahat pani----niwala
D9/F# G9 D9/F# G9
Siya nawa, Siya nawa
D9/F# G9 D9/F# G9
Siya nawa, Siya nawa
3 4 2 1
C
3 2 4
G
1 3 4 2 1 1
F
2 3 1
Am
2 3 1
E
x 1 3 2
D/A
1 1 2 3 4 1
Bb
2 3 4
A
x 1 3 2
D
x 3 2 1 1
F/A
2 3 1
D79/F#
1 2 3 4
G/F
3 2 1
C/E
x 1 3 4
G/B
x 2 1 1
Dm7
2 1
Am7
2 4
Em7
3 2 1 1
Dm7/G
3 1 2
Em/G
x 3 1 1
F9/A
2 3 4
Asus
x 3 1 4 1 x
A9/C#
x 3 1 1 1 x
A/C#
x 1 2 3 4
G9/B
x 1 2 3 4
Gm6/Bb
3 1 1 4 2 1
E79/G#
2 3 1 4
A9/G
1 2 4
D9/F#
x 1 2 4 3
D/B
x 3 2 1
Em7/A
I I I
x 3 1 2
D9/A
3 1 2 4 x
G9
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Why does the Lords Prayer say our Father in heaven, and not my father?
Why give us and forgive us, and not directly give me and forgive me?
Why lead us not and deliver us from, instead of lead me and deliver me?
Why is Gods reign a kingdom and not a gender-neutral, say, republic?
Are male gods more of the rule or the exception across major religions?
Is holiness a personal trait of an individual, or a character of a society?
How do you know if an event or experience is the will of God or not?
What is the principle behind the words Give us this day our daily bread?
How does it square with capitalist accumulation and actuarial valuation?
Magtanong-tanong. Ang karaniwang Pilipino bay may utang o may ipon?
What is the effect of indebtedness in the life of a person, and of a family?
Reflect on the countrys public debt. How does it affect our national life?
Read Leviticus 25. What is the relevance of the Jubilee in todays world?
What do you consider to be personal faults? What constitutes social ills?
How are personal concerns and societal problems related to each other?
Design a mime, or an interpretative dance, around the Lords Prayer.
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9.
10.
STUDY GUIDE IDEAS
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
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53
Boto ng Pagbabago
C9
Hanggang kailan itong
F9/C
mahabang kasaysayan
G/B
Ng mga eleksyong
C
natapon at nasayang
Am7 Am7/D GM7--CM7
Ang kahirapan ay kaya kong baguhin
FM6 G/F C9/E--C7sus
Kasaganahan ay kayang abutin
FM6 C9/E
Hinihiling ko lang sa iyo
FM6 C9/E
Sa pagkakataong ito
Bb
Bigyang daan
F G7sus
ang totohanang pagbabago
FM6 C9/E
O bayan kong minamahal
FM6 C9/E
Dinggin ang tangi kong dasal
D9/F# --G7sus
Kinabukasan ko't dangal
F9/A--C9
Sana ang maha--lal
E7sus--E7 A9
Isang umaga
A9sus
sa maayos na tahanan
E9/G#
Ang masarap
A9
na almusal magigisnan
F#m7 B7sus
At masiglang maglala ro
--B7 EM7--AM7
at mag---aaral
DM7 E53/D A9/C#--
Sa mapayapa at masayang lugar
C#7b3 F#m7 B7sus
At ang mahirap kong mundo
--B7 EM7--AM7
sana'y magbago
DM7
Sa inyong pagboto,
E53/D A9/C#
isipin nyo ako
CM7 FM7
Isipin nyo ako, isipin nyo ako
G7sus
Isipin nyo ako
FM6 C9/E
Hinihiling ko lang sa iyo . . .
[Capo on IV]
1 3 4 2 1 1
F
3 4 2
CM7
2 1
Am7
2 1
E7
1 1 2 3 4 1
Bb
2 3
E7sus
1 1 3 1 4 1
C7sus
I I I
x 1 1 1
DM7
3 2 1
GM7
1 2 4
D9/F#
1 3 1 4 1 1
G7sus
I I I
3 2
A9
V
3 4
A9sus
V
x 3 2 4
C9
x 3 4 1 1
F9/C
x 1 3 4
G/B
x 1
Am7/D
1 3 2
FM6
1 2 3 4
G/F
3 2 4
C9/E
x 3 1 1
F9/A
2 1 1 3 4 1
E9/G#
I I
1 3 1 1 1 1
F#m7
1 1 3 1 4 1
B7sus
I I
2 1 3
AM7
3 1 2
EM7
x x 2 3
E53/D
2 1 3 4
A9/C#
I I
x 2 1 3 4
C#7b3
I I
1 1 3 1 4 1
B7
I I
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Trace the historical development of the electoral system citing the
political, cultural, and technological factors that prompted the idea.
How were leaders determined prior to the modern electoral process?
How are the leaders of our countrys indigenous populations chosen?
Make a comparison highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of
the modern electoral process vis--vis other traditions of selection.
Compose a critique of electoral democracy and the electoral system.
What are the strengths and weaknesses that go with popular elections?
Enumerate the problems that perennially plague our electoral system.
Describe the mechanisms of one or two techniques in electoral fraud.
What social conditions make elections conducive to such practices?
Shouldnt we just get the money but vote as we wish? Why or why not?
Identify the major political parties and party alliances in the country.
Can you easily distinguish the political vision of one from another?
Are there fundamental differences in their programs of government?
Local politicians are known to be recruited by national parties on the
heels of an election season, and so assemble their tickets accordingly.
Does a coherent platform matter at all in choosing political affiliations?
Trace the theoretical and historical evolution of the party list system.
Write a critical narrative of the party-list experience in our country.
Prepare an inventory of civil society initiatives in electoral reform.
Describe what groups like NAMFREL and PPCRV hope to accomplish.
Are they anywhere near their goals? Explain and defend your answer.
In theory, what are the factors that should help make a candidate win?
In practice, what are the elements of a victorious electoral campaign?
Which do you think is more credible: surveys or the official results?
Choreograph an interpretative dance or mime around the composition.
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Itatawid, Ihahatid Kita
E
Nais ko sana (nais ko sana)
D9/F#
kayong yayain
E
Na ang tadhana (na ang tadhana)
D9/F#
ating baguhin
A B
At ipamana sa ating mga anak
D769 A
Ang isang bukas na maningning
E
Ibig ko sana (ibig ko sana)
D9/F#
kayong yakagin
E
Sa isang panata (sa isang panata)
D9/F#
at adhikain
A B
Upang pag-asa ay muling mahagilap
D9/F# E7sus
At sa isat isa gawit sabihin
Bm7/E
(gawit sabihin)
A E/D
Na sa gitna ng maigting
A D6
At marahas na kahirapan
A B E7sus
Itatawid, itatawid ki--ta
A E/D
Hanggang sa ating marating
A D6
Ang totoong kapayapaan
A Bm7/E A--Bm7/E
Ihahatid, iha--hatid kita
A E/D
At sa gitna ng maigting
A D6
At marahas na kahirapan
A B E7sus
Itatawid, itatawid ki--ta
A E/D
Hanggang sa ating marating
A D6
Ang totoong kapayapaan
A Bm7/E A
Ihahatid, iha--hatid kita
D9/F# A
Pagpalain ka, kaibigan
D9/F# A
Simulain ay katigan
G
At patnubayan sa biyaya niya
A
Daing ng bayan may ibat iba
B E7sus
Ay alalayan natin ang isat isa
A E/D
At sa gitna ng maigting . . .
[Capo on II]
2 3 4
A
1 2 4
D9/F# G
3 2 4 1 1 2 3 4 1
B
1 1 1 2 1
Bm7/E
2 3 1
E
2 3
E7sus
x x 1 3 2
E/D
V I
x 2 3
D6
x 3 2 4
D769
I I I
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Kung hahayaan lang ng karaniwang Pilipino ang nangyayari sa bayan,
ano sa iyong palagay ang kahihinatnang maging tadhana ng bansa?
Ito ba ay nakapapanatag o nakababahala? Ipangatuwiran ang sagot.
Dapat bang ang pagbabago ay dinadaan lamang sa mga legal na paraan?
Ang Katipunan revolt at ang EDSA uprising ba ay mga legal na paraan?
Alin ang mas decisive: pagbabago ng sarili o pagbabago ng sistema?
Ikaw ba ay kasapi sa isang organisasyon o kilusan na naghahangad ng
tuwiran at malaunang pagbabago sa kalakaran ng buong lipunan?
Kung kasali ka nga, ano ang nag-udyok sa iyo na maging bahagi nito?
Kung hindi naman, ano ang dahilan kung bakit pinagpaliban mo ito?
Naranasan mo na bang magyaya o mayaya na sumapi sa isang grupo?
Ano sa tingin mo ang pinakamabisang paraan upang makayakag ng iba?
Sino ang mas may pangunahing dahilan upang makiisa sa isang layunin:
yun bang mga taong nakikisimpatya o yung direktang apektado ng isyu?
Makaaasa ba ang mga mahihirap sa mga pinuno nilang mayayaman?
Ang paglaban sa panggagapi at ang pagtatag ng mga bagong kalakaran
ang siyang dalawang magkabilang mukha ng pagbabago; sama-samang
pagtawid sa ilog ng karahasan, at paghatid sa mapayapang kaparangan.
Anu-ano ang ibat ibang anyo ng maigting at marahas na kahirapan?
Anu-ano naman, sa kabilang dako, ang mukha ng totoong kapayapaan?
Daing ng bayan may ibat iba
Ay alalayan natin ang isat isa
Write a critical essay exploring this theme, affirmative or otherwise.
Gumawa ng mga improvised na placards at streamers at i-dramatize
ang isang malaking rally habang kinakanta ang Itatawid, Ihahatid Kita.
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60
61
2
12
11
13
15
14
16
18
17
19
3
1
4
10
5
7
9
6
8
20
22
21
35
36
34
23
27
24
29
28
25
26
30
33
32
31
37
38
40
39
45
44
43
42
41
47
46
50
48
51
49
52
55
54
58
67
59
81
57
62
64
63
68
60
65
61
56
70
69
72
73
74
71
75
76
78
79
77
80
82
66
53
Laguna 27
Lanao del Norte 66
Lanao del Sur 67
Leyte 54
Maguindanao 69
Marinduque 34
Masbate 38
Mindoro Occidental 35
Mindoro Oriental 36
Misamis Occidental 64
Misamis Oriental 65
Mountain Province 09
Negros Occidental 44
Negros Oriental 45
Northern Samar 50
Nueva Ecija 14
Nueva Vizcaya 13
Palawan 49
Pampanga 20
Pangasinan 17
Quezon 25
Quirino 15
Rizal 24
Romblon 37
Samar 51
Sarangani 73
Shariff Kabunsuan 82
Siquijor 48
Sorsogon 32
South Cotabato 72
Southern Leyte 55
Sultan Kudarat 70
Sulu 79
Surigao del Norte 57
Surigao del Sur 58
Tarlac 18
Tawi-Tawi 80
Zambales 19
Zamboanga del Norte 61
Zamboanga del Sur 62
Zamboanga Sibugay 63
23 NCR
06 Abra
59 Agusan del Norte
60 Agusan del Sur
40 Aklan
31 Albay
39 Antique
04 Apayao
16 Aurora
78 Basilan
22 Bataan
01 Batanes
28 Batangas
12 Benguet
53 Biliran
47 Bohol
68 Bukidnon
21 Bulacan
05 Cagayan
29 Camarines Norte
30 Camarines Sur
56 Camiguin
41 Capiz
33 Catanduanes
26 Cavite
46 Cebu
76 Compostela Valley
71 Cotabato
74 Davao del Norte
75 Davao del Sur
77 Davao Oriental
81 Dinagat Island
52 Eastern Samar
43 Guimaras
10 Ifugao
02 Ilocos Norte
03 Ilocos Sur
42 Iloilo
08 Isabela
07 Kalinga-Apayao
11 La Union
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Kapag Sinabi Ko sa Iyo
E--B/E--A--B/E..
E B/E
Kapag sinabi ko sa iyo
A B/E
na ika'y minamahal
E B/E
Sana'y maunawaan mo
A B/E
na ako'y isang mortal
E B/E
At di ko kayang abutin
A F#7/E
ang mga bituin at buwan
E B/E
O di kaya ay sisirin
A E--B/E--A..
perlas ng karagatan
E B/E
Kapag sinabi ko sa iyo
A B/E
na ika'y iniibig
E B/E
Sana'y maunawaan mo
A B/E
na ako'y taga-daigdig
E B/E
Kagaya ng karamihan,
A F#7/E
karaniwang karana--san
E B/E
Daladala kahit saan
A E--B/E..
pang-araw-araw na pasan
E--B/E--A--B/E..
C#m7 G#m7
Ako'y hin--di romanti--ko,
A B
sa iyo'y di ko matitiyak
C#m7 G#m7
Na pag ako'y kapiling mo,
A F#7/E
kailanma'y di ka ii--yak
E B/E
Ang magandang hinaharap
A F#7/E
sikapin nating maa--bot
E B/E
Ngunit kung di pa maganap,
A E--B/E..
sana'y huwag mong ikalungkot
E B/E
Kapag sinabi ko sa iyo
A B/E
na ika'y sinisinta
E B/E
Sana'y ibigin mo akong
A B/E
mulat ang iyong mga mata
E B/E
Ang kayamanan kong dala
A F#7/E
ay pandama't kamala--yan
E B/E
Na natutunan sa iba
A E--B/E..
na nabighani sa bayan
2 3 4
A
1 2 3 4 x
B/E
2 3 1
E
3 4 2 1
F#7/E
1 1 3 1 2 1
C#m7
1 3 1 1 1 1
G#m7
V I V I
1 1 2 3 4 1
B
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C#m7 G#m7
Halina't ating pandayin,
A B
isang malayang daigdig
C#m7 G#m7
Upang doon payabungin,
A F#7/E
isang malayang pag-i--big
E B/E
Kapag sinabi ko sa iyo
A F#7/E
na ika'y sinusu--yo
E B/E
Sana'y yakapin mo ako
A E--B/E..
kasama ang aking mundo
Palatandaan
Kaya nga ako hindi natuloy sa pagpapari dahil hindi ko maiwan-iwan yung
aking girlfriend. Tapos, malaman-laman ko, pwede naman pala! Pwera biro,
yung kakilala kong pari sa Maynila ay nagdesisyong mag-asawa. 70 plus na.
At ang kanyang napangasawa ay isa namang madre na mga 50 na ang edad.
Yun namang tatay ng kaibigan kong Protestant minister sa Los Baos, 80 years
old nang namatay ang asawa. Halos masiraan ng bait at naglalasing gabi-gabi.
Kino-console naman ng pinsan ng kanyang yumaong asawa. At yun na nga po,
nagkaibigan sila ehehe. At yung anak niyang pastor pa ang nagkasal sa kanila!
Nakakainggit ang mga taong hindi natatakot umibig. Yung aking
lolo at lola, hal imbawa. Bulag na ang lolo ko (pero nakakakita pa dahil
isang mata lang ang nabulag) at bingi na ang aking lola (pero nakakarinig
pa dahil kaliwang tenga lang ang naapektuhan nang ma-stroke), pero sweet
na sweet pa rin sila hanggang yumao si Lola. Minsan nagselos yung lola ko,
palibhasa medyo gwapo kasi itong lolo ko (obvious naman sa lahi namin).
At hindi siya nakapagpigil, "Ikaw, bulag ka, makikita mo ngayon!"
Pero dahil mahal ng lolo ko ang lola ko, mahinahon na lang itong
sinagot ng, "Kahit ginaganyan mo ako, bingi, wala kang maririnig sa akin."
Naniniwala rin naman akong ang pag-aasawa ng mga nagmumurang
kamatis ay may bahaging pangangailangan ng kasama sa pagtanda, kausap
o katunggali, o companionship, o nurturing na relasyon. Pero sa ganang akin,
ito ay palatandaan ng diwa ng pagiging rebelde. Mga isip na parating nag-iisip.
Mga damdaming palaging may pakiramdam. Mga paa at mga kamay na
palaging gumagalaw. Mga matang laging nagmamasid. Mga tengang walang tigil
sa pakikinig. At mga bibig na walang humpay sa kabibigkas ng katotohanan.
Sa isang lipunang bida ang mga tuta, sipsep at sutsot na tango lang nang tango,
ang mga matatandang ito ay ang mga tunay na rebelde at aktibista.
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Na akoy isang mortal
Mag-iiba ba ang iyong pananaw sa buhay kung halimbawang alam mo
na walang buhay na walang hanggan? Magmamalasakit ka pa rin ba sa
iyong kapwa kahit wala ka namang maaasahang kapalit na kaligtasan?
Na akoy taga-daigdig
Sinong pipiliin mo, ang isang far out o isang down-to-earth na tao?
Pang-araw araw na pasan
Anu-ano ang mga bitbiting ito sa karaniwang karanasan ng karamihan?
Nakakagaan ba o mas lalong nakakabigat ang mayroong ka-relasyon?
Mulat ang iyong mga mata
Ano ang intindi mo sa linyang ito? Ihambing sa pamilyar na kasabihang
Love is blind. Alin sa iyo ang mas mapanghahawakang alituntunin?
Pandamat kamalayan
Yaman ba ang kamulatan? Nakakatuwa ba kausap ang walang pakialam?
Na nabighani sa bayan
Ang magkatugmang pagmamahal ba sa bayan ay nakapagpapatatag pa
o mas nakakaperwisyo lang sa pag-iibigan ng dalawang mangingibig?
The personal is political
Baybayin ang ugat ng panuntunang ito. Itabi sa popular na kasabihang
Trabaho lang, walang personalan. Alin sa dalawa ang mas tumpak?
Isang malayang daigdig
Paano mo isalarawan ang daigdig na ito? Anu-ano ang mga pamantayan?
Isang malayang pag-ibig
Ano ang pag-ibig na hindi malaya? Kaibig-ibig ba ang isang mananakop?
Ano ang mga ugali at katangiang nagpapayabong ng malayang pag-ibig?
Kasama ang aking mundo
Pwede nga bang magpasya ang tao nang walang kinalaman ang mundo?
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Kung Alam Mo Lang Violy
G
Kung alam mo lang Violy
D
Kung alam mo lang Violy
A7 D--D7
Kung alam mo lang Violy ang totoo
G
Kung alam mo lang Violy
D B7
Kung alam mo lang Violy
E7 A7 D--A7
Matagal ka na nilang niloloko
D A7
Baku-baku na ang kalye
A7 D
Patay-sindi ang kuryente
B7 E7
Bumaba na ang poverty
A7 D--D7
Restored na ang democracy
G
Kung alam mo lang Violy . . .
D A7
Hinihingi ng obrero
A7 D
Ay itaas na ang sweldo
B7 E7
Ang ginawa ng gobyerno
A7 D--D7
Itinaas ang presyo
G
Kung alam mo lang Violy . . .
D A7
May medium term development
A7 D
Uutangin ang investment
B7 E7
Panot na ang environment
A7 D--D7
Tuwang-tuwa ang government
G ~~B7
Kung alam mo lang Violy . . .
E B7
Forget na lang the land reform
B7 E
Forget the debt moratorium
C#7 F#7
Forget na rin the behest loan
B7 E--E7
But dont forget da condom
A
Kung alam mo lang Violy
E
Kung alam mo lang Violy
B7 E
Kung alam mo lang Violy ang totoo
--E7 A
Kung alam mo lang Violy
E C#7
Kung alam mo lang Violy
F#7 B7 A--E
Matagal ka na nilang niloloko
2 3 4
A
2 3
A7
x 1 3 2
D
1 1 3 1 4 1
B7
1 1 3 1 4 1
C#7
V I
2 3 1
E
2 1
E7 G
3 2 4 1 3 1 2 1 1
F#7
x 2 1 3
D7
Option [Capo on II]
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Garbage in, garbage out. What is the meaning of this old expression?
How important is correct information to finding the correct solution?
Is freedom of information an imperative for national development?
Explain the meaning of trust ratings. Are trust ratings trustworthy?
Do you generally trust what the government says? Why or why not?
What about church and business leaders; armed groups like the MILF
and the NPA; activists; NGOs; big landlords; transnational corporations;
traditional political parties such as LP, NP, NPC, LAKAS-CMD, or LDP;
alternative parties like Bayan, Akbayan and Kapatiran; party list groups;
foreign governments like the United States, China, Japan, or the EU;
international alliances like the UN, or the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
How would you rate the trustworthiness of these public institutions?
To what factors do you consign their credibility or public disfavor?
What is the value of transparency and accountability in governance?
How does the Philippines fare among other countries in this respect?
What images, stories, books, songs, movies, radio programs, or jokes,
come to your mind with the mention of the term corrupt practices?
Whose names and faces emerge in your thoughts along with the words
corrupt officials? Qualify your answers with verifiable arguments.
How much taxes end up uncollected due to dishonesty and bribery?
How much public funds are misappropriated or inefficiently spent?
Does corruption benefit all those involved in it equitably? How come?
Why is stealing not a big problem in a primitive subsistence economy?
Is there a natural correlation between the evolution of surplus, money,
capital, private property and social hierarchyand systemic corruption?
Discuss both questions, or assail the assumptions, in a short essay.
Compose two stanzas using the tune of the verses of the song Viol y.
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Paano Malalaman Kung May Taga-Malacaang sa Sabungan
Paano raw malalaman kung may tanga sa sabungan? May nagdala ng pato.
Paano malalaman kung may mas tanga sa sabungan? May pumusta sa pato.
Sa isang simpleng pagtingin, ganito ang kahabag-habag na kalagayan
ng naglipanang sa kabila ng hirap ng buhay ay mayron pa ring pansugal!
Kasi halimbawa sa larong "ending" na lang, na kung saan pinapipili ka ng
dalawang numero mula zero hanggang nine, at kung ito ay tumugma sa
ending ng score, halimbawa ng isang basketball game, ay mananalo ka.
Sabihin na nating ang sampung piso ay mananalo ng anim na raang piso.
Dahil ang total na taya ay isang libo, tiba-tiba sa tubo ang mga operators.
Kaya mahalagang ituro nang masinop ang Arithmetic na angkop sa
kalagayan ng lipunan. Kung naiintindihan lang sana ng mga mananaya na
ang kanilang dalawampung piso ay halagang dose na lang pagkataya pa lang,
baka naman titigil na ang nakauunawa, at ibili na lang ng ulam ang matitipid.
Sa isang banda, ang mga mahihirap ay tila baga mga aliping langgam
na unti-unting nag-iipon ng mga pagkain para sa kanilang mga panginoon.
Sa totoo lang, ang isang mayamang naglalaro sa casino ay mas maliit ang
porsyento ng pagkadehado kumpara sa isang mahirap na tumataya sa lotto.
Kaya hindi totoo ang sinasabing ang mga mayayaman lang naman daw ang
may kakayahang magsugal. Sa madali't sabi, lantarang dinadaya ng gobyerno
ang taumbayan sa paghaya ng legal at di pagsugpo ng mga illegal na sugal.
Kung hindi rin lang natin mapigil ang mga mamamayan sa walang
kadala-dalang pagdadala ng mga barya-barya upang maging milyon-milyon
na sinasamsam ng mga pulitiko at pulis sa lottong legal at jueteng na bawal,
maigi pa nga siguro ay magpalaganap na lang ng mga gaming cooperatives
kung saan ang masa ay makakataya sa kanilang kooperatiba. Immoral kamo?
Yung Simbahan nga, bukod sa pa-bingo, pang-Pagcor na, pam-Pajero pa!
Subalit ang pinakamahiwagang bugtong pa rin ay, bakit ba hindi
masugpu-sugpo ng napakamakapangyarihang kasundaluhan at kapulisan
ang public menace na ito? Clue: Lagpas dalawang dosenang sundalot pulis
na saksi mismo sa nangyari ang walang makitang irregular sa Atimonan.
Not with the magical appearing and disappearing guns, nor in the overkill.
So, kanino galing ang order na huwag nilang ibunyag ang totoong kwento?
At paano naman daw malalaman kung may taga-Malacaang sa sabungan?
Nanalo ang pato.
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Sanay Di Ka Masanay
E A9/F# E9/G# A9/F#
Minsan ako'y sa isang lunsod napa--dako
E A9/F# E9/G# A9/F#
Salat sa tu--big, ilaw at trabaho
E A9/F# E9/G# A9/F#
Ngunit sagana sa usok at basura
E A9/F# E9/G# Bm7/E
Mga naninirahan sa banketa
A B/A E9/G# E136
Ang kwento nila sa a-------kin,
A9/F# F#m7/B E--Bm7/E
Buhay ay luma-----lala
A B/A E9/G# E136
Ngunit nakangi---ti pa rin
A9/F# F#m7/B Ab76--C#7b3
Sa tuwing buma----baha
A9/F# E9/G#
Sana'y di ka masanay,
A E9/G#
Sanay di ka masanay
A E9/G# A9/F# F#m7/B E--
Sa ganyang kla-----seng bu-----hay
--A9/F#--E9/G#--A9/F#..
E A9/F# E9/G# A9/F#
Minsa'y isang tulad kong musikero
E A9/F# E9/G# A9/F#
Kagaya ng karaniwang tao
E A9/F# E9/G# A9/F#
Naghahangad ng isang simpleng buhay
E A9/F# E9/G# Bm7/E
Ngunit walang awa nilang pinatay
3 2 4
G
2 1
Am7
1 3 4 2 1 1
F
1 1 3 1 4 1
B7
2 1
E7
x 1
Am7/D
x 1 4
Gsus/A
3 2 4
G/B
x 3 2 4
G/F
1 3 2 1
C/E
2 1 3 4
E9/G#
x 3 2 4 1
C#7b3
2 3 4
A
1 3 1 2 1
Bm7/E
2 3 1
E
3 1 4
E136
2 3 4
A9/F#
x 2 3 4
B/A
1 1 1 1 1 1
F#m7/B
1 3 1 2 4 1
Ab76
V I
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A B/A E9/G# E136
Ang kwento nila sa a-------kin,
A9/F# F#m7/B E--Bm7/E
Marami raw ang nanood
A B/A E9/G# E136
Ngunit upang pigi------lin
A9/F# F#m7/B Ab76--C#7b3
Walang nag-------lakas------loob
A9/F# E9/G# . . . ~~Am7/D
Sana'y di ka masanay . . .
G Gsus/A G/B Gsus/A
Minsan ako'y nasa isang pamantasan
G Gsus/A G/B Gsus/A
Mga mag-aaral ang nagkukuwentuhan
G Gsus/A G/B Gsus/A
Ang lal im ng paksang pinag-uusapan
G Gsus/A G/B G/F
Kung paano bang mabilis yumaman
C/E G/B Am7/D G/B--G/F
Kayraming nangangailangan sa sarili mong bansa
C/E G/B Am7/D B7--E7
Ngunit ang karamihan ang isipa'y banyaga
Am7 G/B C/E G/B
Sana'y di ka masanay, sanay di ka masanay
C/E G/B Gsus/A Am7/D G/B--G/F
Sa ganyang kla---seng bu-----hay
C/E G/B
Huwag na huwag kang masanay
F G
Huwag tayong pasasanay
C/E F C/E
Huwag na huwag na huwag na huwag
F C/E G/B--G/F
Na huwag na huwag na huwag nawa
C/E G/B
Huwag na huwag kang masanay
Am7 G/B
Huwag tayong pasasanay
C/E G/B Gsus/A Am7/D G--Gsus/A--G/B--
Sa ganyang kla----seng bu---hay --Am7/D--G
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Isalarawan ang buhay ng karaniwang Pilipinong maral itang lungsod.
Makipanayam at makipamuhay sa buhay ng mga pamilyang kapos sa
trabaho, tubig, pagkain at iba pang batayang pangangailangan sa buhay.
Paano nakakaigpaw ang masa sa problemang sinasagupa araw-araw?
Madalas marinig sa mga kantang Pilipino ang tawanan ang problema.
Ang sinasabing bang "resilience" nating mga Pilipino ay isang bagay
na kahanga-hanga o kabaha-bahala? Ipangatuwiran ang iyong pananaw.
Ito ba ay masasabing talagang likas na katangian nating mga Pilipino?
Bakit mo nasabi? Ano ba dapat: masanay sa hirap o lunasan ang kahirapan?
Ang awit na ito ay sinulat noong 1993, taong pinaslang ang musikerong
si Cesar "Saro" Baares. Pagnilayan ang mga kantang kanyang sinulat.
Ano ang pansing epekto ng pagiging "walang pakialam ng karamihang
mga mamamayan sa mga nangyayari sa paligid at kalakhan ng lipunan?
Ano ang pangarap ng karaniwang mag-aaral? Ang iyo bang minimithi
ay may kinalaman sa kinabukasan ng iyong bansa at sa iyong kapwa?
Unawain ang asam ng napakamaraming Pilipino na mangibang-bayan.
Ito kaya ay nakabubuti o nakapipinsala para sa Pilipinas sa kalaunan?
Gaano kamakapangyarihan ng kamalayan sa pagtakda ng kasaysayan?
Gumawa ng isang bagong stanza ayon sa tono at sukat ng kantang ito.
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Ang wika ng mga enlightened yogis, Man jeetai jagjeet.
Sa madaling salita, conquer the mind, conquer the world.
Ang oppression ay wala ikang pinag-iba sa pagkatuto ng
pagwe-welding. Sa unang sabak, mamamaga at hahapdi
nang matindi ang iyong mga mata. Ngunit paglaon ay di
mo na ito iindahin. Yung iba nga, sa sobrang pagkasanay
ng mga mata ay di na kailangang maglagay ng pantakip.
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EC
GG
EC
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EC
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EC
GG
EC
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HUNTAHAN
Thermos, tasa, kutsarita at kape, hehe. Is that a political statement?
Fashion statement, hehe. Alam mo, five pesos lang yan, masarap naman.
Kasi naman yung mga branded na brewed di ko naman na ma-afford.
Sabi nga ng mga aktibista, simpleng pamumuhay, puspusang pakikibaka.
At bakal pa talaga ang tasa nyong baon. Old school na old school, hehe.
Yan kamo ang matibay. Hindi kumakapit ang sebo, madaling linisin,
walang amoy, hindi nababasag pag bumagsak, pwede mo pang gawing
painitan ng ulam, at hindi naman kamahalan. Ang ganda pa ng itsura!
Pati bike nyo panahon pa yata ng Hapon, hehe. Do you like old things?
Hindi naman porket luma na ang isang bagay ay dapat kailangan mo
nang palitan. Kung wala namang diperensya, e bakit mo iwawaglit?
Yun ang isang hindi magandang ugali na kambal ng komersyalismo.
Mayat maya, palit nang palit ng gamit kahit di naman sira yung dati.
Dagdag pa na pabigat yun sa natural resources ng mundo sa totoo lang.
Pati mga boypren at mga girlpren, mayat maya palit nang palit, hehe.
Hehe, oo nga po. Mayat maya rin po kasi may bagong model ng ganito,
may bagong version ng ganyan. Syempre gusto rin po nila nasa uso.
Siguro nga bahagi talaga yun ng logic ng evolution. At mayroon naman
talagang advantages sa bagong technologies, gaya ng mga e-book readers.
But we should put all that in a bigger frame. Kasi tingnan mo naman,
kung ano pa yung dapat baguhin, tulad ng mga social inequalities,
ironically yun ang lalong pini-preserve. At nagsermon na naman si lolo.
Not what you earn out of what you do, but what you do out of what you earn.
Sabi nga, its not about having things; its about having things together.
Yun naman talaga ibig sabihin ng purpose and meaning of life, di ba? Hehe.
Kung may sinasabing tatlong pangunahing pabigat ng bansa, mayroon ding
tatlong pampagaan. Mainit na kape, malilim na puno, at masayang kausap.
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Minsay Isang Bansa
D9--G--Em7/A--D9--D9sus--
D9 G/B Gm6 D
Minsay isang bansa ang na--ngangarap
E7 Gm6 D
Nangarap sa gitna ng karimlan
Em/C# C#dim Bm7
Makapagpahinga nawa sa hirap
E79/G# Em7/A G--D9--D9sus--D9
At makawala sa kawalan
A/G D9/F#
Bayang nababalot ng hiwaga
A/G D9/F#
Hindi ka ba namamangha
A/G D9/F#
Lupa na saganat pinagpala
Em7 F#7sus--F#7
Bakit naglipana ang dukha
D9 G/B Gm6 D
Minsay isang bansang nakipaglaban
E7 Gm6 D
Nag-alay ng kanyang mga anak
Em/C# C#dim Bm7
Hangad ang magandang kina--bukasang
E79/G# Em7/A D9--D9sus--D9
Tinatamasa ng lahat
A/G D9/F#
Ano nga bang saysay ng Pugad Lawin
A/G D9/F#
Kung ang madlay abat mangmang
A/G D9/F#
Ang EDSA ba ay may ibig sabihin
Em7 F#7sus--F#7
Sa mga tiyang kumakalam
x 1 3 4
Am6
V I
x 3 1 1 1 1
A6/C#
2 3 1
E
3 4 2 1 1
F#/E
x 1 1 1 1 1
F#m7/B
1 1 3 1 2 1
C#m7
V I
x x 1 3 2 4
Adim
x x 1 2 3 4
F#m/Eb
2 3 4
A9/F#
3 2
A9
I V
x 3 1 2
D9
I I
x 4 1 2
D9sus
I I
x 1 3 2
D
G
3 2 4
1
2 1
E7
1 3 1 4 1
B7
1 3 4 2 1 1
F#
1 3 1 2 1 1
F#7
1 3 1 4 1 1
F#7sus
x x 1 3 2
E/D
V I
1 2 4
D9/F#
x 3 2 1
Em7/A
I I I
3 1 1 4 2 1
E79/G#
G/B
x 1 3 4
Gm6
x 1 2 3 4
1 3 2 4
Em/C#
I I I
2 3 1 4
C#dim
I I I
1 1 3 1 2 1
Bm7
2 4
Em7
2 3 1 1 1 x
A/G
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D9 G/B Gm6 D
Minsay isang bansang nagba--yanihan
E7 Gm6 D
Upang iahon ang munting dampa
Em/C# C#dim Bm7
Subalit sa halip na ka--butihan
Em7--G F#
Sa tiwalit digma muling nasalanta
Em7 A/G D9/F#
Akoy nakikiusap sa may kaya
A/G D9/F#
Sa abot ng inyong kakayanan
A/G D9/F#
Ipalaganap ang hustisya
Em7 F#7~~B7--E/D
At kalingahin ang sambayanan
A6/C# Am6 E
Minsay isang bansa ang nag----sisikap
F#/E Am6 E
Na samantalahin ang panahon
F#m/Eb Adim C#m7--F#/E
Minsay isang bansa ang nangangarap
A9/F# F#m7/B A9--E
Na sanay mahalin mo na ngayon
What generation?
I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this one
could read me, they would burn my books, my entire lifes worth of works.
On the other hand, the generation which shall then interpret these writings
will be an educated generation; they will be able understand me and say:
Not all were asleep in the night time of our grandparents. Pilosopo Tasio
Hindi ko hangad na lapastanganin ang hangad ng mga dakilang nuno ng lahi.
Sino ba ang tatanggi sa isang bayang may kasarinlan at malaya sa mananakop?
Ngunit kung masisilayan lamang sana ng mga ito ang kalunus-lunos na bansang
niluwal sa lawa ng kanilang dugo at luha, ano kaya ang kanilang sasabihin?
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Isalaysay kung paano nga ba nabuo ang Pilipinas bilang isang bansa.
Balikan ang Kartilya ng Katipunan at Preamble ng Philippine Constitution.
Ano ang masasabing adhikain at pangarap ng Sambayanang Pilipino?
Ilarawan sa malikhaing paraan ang lawak ng likas-yaman ng Pilipinas.
Ilarawan ang likas na talento ng manggagawa at magsasakang Pilipino.
Ilarawan sa malikhaing paraan ang saklaw ng panlipunang kahirapan.
Ilarawan ang humihikab at lumulubha na agwat ng marangya at dukha.
Balikan ang mga pagbalikwas at pakikipaglaban ng mga taong bayan
sa pananakop ng mga imperyalistang Kastila, Amerikano at Hapones.
Balikan ang madilim na yugto ng Martial Law sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas.
Sa mga panahong ito, ano ang nagkakaisang hinanakit ng mamamayan?
Balikan ang pag-aklas ng mga Katipunero. Balikan ang EDSA uprising.
Ihambing. Umalwan nga ba ang buhay ng masa pagkatapos ng EDSA?
Lumaya nga ba ang bansa matapos makawala sa gapos ng mga Kastila?
Maghagilap ng mga taong nakasama mismo sa People Power Uprising.
Ano ang kanilang naging papel doon? Naroon ba sila bilang organisasyon?
Anong mga kaganapan noong panahong iyon ang di nila malilimutan?
Pagtagpi-tagpiin ang kanilang mga kwento sa isang masusing sanaysay.
Maghagilap ng mga matatandang lolo na may mga kwentong naikwento
rin sa kanila ng kanilang mga lolo tungkol sa panahon ng mga Kastila.
Ihambing ang kanilang mga kwento doon sa nakasulat sa mga textbooks.
Gumawa ng listahan ng mga pag-aaral hinggil sa tiwaling pamamahala.
Gumawa ng collage ng mga news clippings tungkol sa armed conflicts.
Batay sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas, ano ang mga ugat na sanhi (root causes)
ng mga paulit-ulit na sumasalanta na katiwalian at gyera sa ating bansa?
Anu-ano ang masasabi mong iyong angking mga talento at kakayanan?
Balik-aralan at suriin ang Lupang Hinirang at Panatang Makabayan.
Paano mo naipapamalas ang pagmamahal, hindi lamang sa iyong sarili
at sariling pamilya kundi, sa iyong mga kapamayanan at kababayan?
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Sa Dulang ng Ama
C G C
Sa iisang hapag
G C D79/F# G A7sus--A7
Ating itatag ang pagkakaisa
Dm A7 Dm7
Ang sisidlang basag
G7sus G7 C
Ating ilapag sa dulang ng Ama
Dm/B E7 Am--Am/C
Pagsaluhan natin ang luksa
Dm/B E7 Am--Gm7/C
At damhin ang sugat ng bansa
F G/F Em7--Am7
At doon, doon natin ipunla
D79/F# G7sus--G7
Butil ng diwang mapagpalaya
C G Am
Sa iisang hapag
Fm6 C Gm7/C F
Ating itatag, ibangon, itindig
F G/F Em7---Am7
Sa dulang ng katotohanan
F G/F Em7--Am7
Sa sahig ng katarungan
F G/F Em7---Am7
Doon, doon natin ipagdiwang
Dm7 G7sus F C9
Kapaya--paa't pag-ibig
Option [Capo on II]
2 3 1 3 2 4 2 3 2 4 x 2 3 1 x 2 3 4 1
Dm/B
1 3 1 4 1 1
G7sus
I I I
3 4 2 1
C D79/F# G A7 A7sus Dm
x 2 1 1
Dm7
2 1
Am7
1 3 4 2 1 1
F
2 3 1
Am
2 1
E7
2 4
Em7
4 2 3 1
Am/C
1 1 1 1 1 1
Gm7/C
I I I
1 2 4
G/F
x x 1 1 1
Fm6
3 2 4
C9
1 3 1 2 1 1
G7
I I I
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Gumawa ng tala ng mga naaalala mong mga sinalihang organisasyon.
Anu-ano ang mga layunin ng mga samahang ito? At bakit ka sumapi?
Nakatulong ba sa iyo ang pagiging kasapi sa mga samahang natukoy?
Ang iyo bang mga samahang sinalihan ay may mga karibal na grupo?
Alam mo ba ang layunin ng mga ito? Bakit hindi sila ang pinili mo?
May mga malapit na kaibigan ka bang kasapi sa mga samahang ito?
May mga activities ba na magkakasama ang inyo at kanilang grupo?
Ano naman ang pakinabang ng publiko sa mga grupong sinalihan mo?
Nakikialam ba ito sa pagsusulong ng mga batas na nakabubuti sa lahat?
Gumawa ng maikling pananaliksik tungkol sa paksang Religious Wars.
Mayron din bang mga ganito sa ating bansa? Ipaliwanag ang sagot.
How do you reconcile war with teachings on justice and compassion?
What are the effects of armed conflicts and threats of war on people
and their communities? Who suffers the most out of such violence?
Make a survey of the players in the global arms industry and its size.
Contrast the figures against the global deficits on food and education.
Examine the national budget. Compare the allotments for social service,
military spending, and debt payments. Compose a short commentary.
Organize a small gathering of people from different political groups.
Ask everyone to share how their ideologies have helped shape their
personal character and develop their concern for the good of others.
Organize a small gathering of people from different religious groups.
Ask each one to share how their beliefs have helped them become
better persons and better citizens. Come up with concrete examples.
Compose a short prayer that in your understanding may be uttered by
people of all faiths. Ask your l ittle group to read and say it together.
Make a one-minute video presentation using the piece you composed.
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Eroplanong Papel
Em B7
Nakasulat doon ang pangarap ko
Am7 D7 G--B7
Ang mithiin ng batang musmos
Em B7
At marahil ikaw ay katulad ko
Am7 D7 G--Em7
Na saksi sa paghihikahos
Am Em
Sana'y mayron nang tahanan
Am Em
Ang gumagawa ng bahay
Am Em
At masaganang hapunan
Am Edim B7
Ang naghahasik ng palay
F76 Bdim/E Am--Am7
Ang bundok ay handang akyatin
D79/F# G
Dagat ma'y kaya ring tawirin
F76 Bdim/E Am--Am7
Ang pangarap ko'y mararating
D79/F# B7--G76
Isang araw ay liliparin
C D/C Bm7--Em7
Ang mata--taas na pader
Am7 Am7/D G--B7
Ng aking eroplanong papel
Em B7
Ang aking eroplano'y kasing kulay
Am7 D7 G--B7
Ng iba't ibang uring mukha
Em B7
Ng mga suot, awit at sayaw
Am7 D7 G--Em7
At watawat ng bawat bansa
Am Em
At ito ay hindi panaginip lang
Am Em
Kung tayo'y magkaisang-tinig
Am Em
Kung ikaw at ako ay magtutulungang
Am Edim B7
Pandayin ang bagong daigdig
F76 Bdim/E Am--Am7
Ang bundok ay handang akyatin . . .
Fin:
Bm7/E A9 A9/G D9/F#
Isang araw ay lili----parin
Dm9/F A--Aaug/b5
Isang araw ay bubuwagin
D E/D C#m7--F#m7
Ang mata--taas na pader
Bm7 Bm7/E D9/F#--A9
Ng aking eroplanong papel
2 3
Em
2 3 1
Am
3 2 4
G
2
Em7
2 1
Am7
x 2 1 3
D7
x 2 1 3 4
B7
1 1 3 1 2 1
Bm7
1 3 1 2 4 1
G76
I I I
1 2 3
Edim
1 3 1 2 4 1
F76
3 2 1
Bdim/E
2 3 1
D79/F#
3 4 2 1
C
1 2 1 1 3 1
D/C
x 1
Am7/D
2 3 4
A
x 1 3 2
D
1 1 3 1 2 1
C#m7
V I
x x 1 3 2
E/D
V I
x 1 3 4 2
Aaug/b5
3 2
A9
V
1 2
A9/G
V
x 3 1 2
D9/F#
1 3 2 4
Dm9/F
1 1 1 2 1
Bm7/E
1 3 1 1 1 1
F#m7
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Noong ikaw ay maliit na bata pa, ano ang mga pangarap mo sa buhay?
Bakit mo ito naisip? Mayron bang taong malapit sa iyo (halimbawa,
magulang, ate, kuya, tiyahin o kakilala o kapitbahay) na iyong idolo?
Ang makatulong sa iyong kapwa ba ay kalakip sa iyong pinangarap?
Kung ganun, sino ang nagturo sa iyo na dapat kang tumulong sa iba?
Sino ba ang mga taong maituturing mong naging successful sa buhay?
Ano ang iyong mga batayan para masabing sila ay nangag-tagumpay?
Examine the state and quality of public education in the Philippines.
Compare our publ ic school systems typical class size with those of
our neighbors and the global average. Compare the average number
of class hours that Filipino students spend in school across decades.
What about the number of schools, classrooms, teachers and books?
Ano ang kinalaman ng budget at population sa quality of education?
Suriin ang kabuhayang estado ng karaniwang public school teacher.
Ano ang implikasyon nito sa kalidad ng pagtuturo at uri ng edukasyon?
Siyasatin kung ilang porsyento ng mga kabataan ang nakapagtatapos ng
primary, high school, at college. Ilan ang tapos ng trade schools?
Bakit may mga ganap nang guro ang nagpasyang mamasukan bilang
katulong sa ibang bansa? O mga duktor na mas piniling maging nurse?
Ilan sa mga nagsipagtapos ng kolehiyo ang walang regular na trabaho?
Write a reaction paper on the above statement by a Catholic bishop.
Write a letter to a person who inspires you to keep trying your best.
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The huge Philippine population could be part of
Gods plan for Filipinos to be caregivers to ageing
nations whose populations had become stagnant.
Filipino women make good wives for foreigners.
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Sa palagay nyo po, yun bang inclination sa arts ay saan nag-uumpisa?
Ang suspicion ko ay mula pa sa pagkasilang natin, may mga aptitudes
tayo na kakambal. Ang taguri namin diyan sa Kaalagad ay competencies.
Halimbawa sports, mathematics, practical arts, technology, media.
Kaya mahalagang ma-expose ang mga bata sa mga ito para mas lumitaw
yung lundo ng kanilang kakayahan ayon sa kanilang mga kakanyahan.
Paano naman po yung mga katulad kong walang katalent-talent, hehe?
Haha. Etong pagkakaiba-ibang ito ay isa pang larangan ng stratification,
consistent with the logic of hierarchism. Kaya yung mga magsasaka,
kahit malaki ang ambag sa lipunan, malayo ang kinikita kaysa abogado.
Syempre dawit-dawit na yung headstart nila bilang mahirap at mayaman.
Sa inyong karanasan, ano ang mga hazards ng pagiging isang artist?
Sa isang economy na wala gaanong surplus, hindi gaanong importante
yung mga bagay na hindi nakakain. Kaya ang assigned value sa ganun
ay mababa. Gutom aabutin mo, hehe. Kaya kailangan dumikit ka sa mga
mas viable na kalakal, tulad ng advertising o entertainment, para kumita.
Pag di mo sila na-entertain nang husto, ayun bubugbugin ka, hehehe.
Hindi pa naman ako nabugbog. Pero muntik na rin ako masaksak dahil
di ko kabisado kantahin yung request ng lasing na kostumer na Knife.
Paano pa po yung mga gumagawa ng mga kantang may social content?
May natural constraint din. Kasi, hirap ka na ngang mangalap ng pondo
sa organizing, kakalusan mo pa ba ng budget para dun sa mga artists?
Tingin nyo po, may mga nagpupursige pa rin ba sa progressive music?
Baka ang mas mahalagang tanong ay kung nakaangkla ba ang artistry
ng mga artists sa isang democratic agenda. Ang sining kasi ay bahagi
ng mas malawak na latag ng kabuuang productive forces ng lipunan.
Shaped and shaper. Art is meant to feed, as much as feed upon, change.
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Kung Ikay Wala
Dm79--G7sus
Kung ikay wa--la
C9 Am7
Ang palibot koy parang may tabing
Dm79--G7sus
Kung ikay wa--la
C9 Am7
Ang mga mata ay may piring
E7 Am7--D769
Kapaligiray
Am7 D769
Nasisira ang tunay na kulay
Am7--D769
At lumalala
G7sus
Kung ikay wala
C G/B
Kulay abo ang la--ngit
F9/A G/B C.. (repeat pattern)
Kung ikay wala
C G/B
Kulay dugo ang lu--pa
F9/A G/B Am7--D769
Kung ikay wala
Dm79 Am79
Kulay luntian ang araw
Dm79 Am79
Ang dagat ay kulay dilaw
D769 G7sus
Ang sampaguita ay bughaw
C--F9/A--G/B--C (3x)
Kung ikay wala Bb--F--C
Dm79--G7sus
Kung ikay wa--la
C9 Am7
Buhay koy walang patutunguhan
Dm79--G7sus
Kung ikay wa--la
C9 Am7
O sinisintang Kalayaan
E7 Am7--D769
Kapaligiray
Am7 D769
Parang asiwa at di na bagay
Am7--D769
At lumulubha
G7sus
Kung ikay wala
C G/B
Kulay abo ang la--ngit
F9/A G/B C.. (repeat pattern)
Kung ikay wala
C G/B
Kulay dugo ang lu--pa
F9/A G/B Am7--D769
Kung ikay wala
Dm79 Am79
Kulay luntian ang araw
Dm79 Am79
Ang dagat ay kulay dilaw
D769 G7sus
Ang sampaguita ay bughaw
Am79--D769..
Kung ikay wala
1 3 1 4 1 1
G7sus
I I I
2 1
Am7
3 2 4
C9
2 1
E7
3 4 2 1
C
x 3 2 4
D769
I I I
x 3 1 1
F9/A
x 2 3 4
G/B
x 2 1 3 4
Dm79
I I I
1 3 4 2 1 1
F
1 1 2 3 4 1
Bb
2 1 3 4
Am79
I I I
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Dm79 Am79
At ang uwak kulay papel
Dm79 Am79
At ang tagak kulay klabel
D769 G7sus
Kulay kalawang ang kahel
Am79--D769
Kung ikay wala
Dm79 Am79
At ang gabi kulay kula
Dm79 Am79
At ang buway kulay pasa
D769 G7sus
Ang rosas ay kulay tingga
C--F9/A--G/B--C (3x)
Kung ikay wala Bb--F--C
I think I came across this poem way back in college. Martial Law pa noon.
At kahit di man kami lahat kasapi ng mga sinasabing militanteng samahan,
the lure of freedom pulled in together many of us in the state university.
Of course there were then, as there are now, the smart smug self-marinated
conios who never tire of insisting, Makakain ba yang katarungan na yan?
Like they say, the most ignorant are often the most arrogant. But
not really. These rich kids are anything but ignorant. Iba lang talaga siguro
ang kinasanayang mundo at mga karanasan. Di sila gutom at di sila madungis.
Tama nga si Darwin, the fit and the fortunate survive. Their parents are fit,
and they are lucky to be their parents offsprings.
The numb too, we should add. Martial Law! Those were dreadful years.
But dreadful only to those who defied Marcos and resisted legalized tyranny.
Those incapable of sympathy and love beyond kin and friends survived
unscathed inside the tombs of their dead homes and deader places of worship.
Relatively far from harm and hunger, they couldnt care less . . .
. . . if filthy cronies and transnational corporations poisoned rivers
or blackened the skies with the bowels and soot of their filthy concessions;
or if AFP mercenaries smeared the countryside with the blood of dissent;
or if politicians and their spouses and children openly mocked democracy.
The liberties we have today were paid for by the sacrifices of many.
And enjoyed especially by those who scoff at the idea of struggling to be free.
Paano masabing bayay gupo
Paano malamang paglayay bigo
Tignan ang ulap na kulay abo
Masdan ang dagat na kulay dugo
Free Ride
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Trace the development and establishment of the universal liberties
of freedom of speech, assembly, movement, and exercise of religion.
What other freedoms are citizens guaranteed in our Constitution?
Are these freedoms intended to be evenly applied on every person?
Are the rich more free than the poor? What is the question about?
Explain in your own words the following popular freedom quotations:
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security
and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are
the stuff of which dictatorships are made. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom
of thought which they avoid. SOREN KIERKEGAARD
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death
your right to say it. VOLTAIRE
The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice,
neither is safe. EDMUND BURKE
Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security
will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would
rather die on our feet than live on our knees. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four.
If that is granted, all else follows. GEORGE ORWELL
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor;
it must be demanded by the oppressed. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. EZRA POUND
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Nasa Pagkilos
D F#7 G6
Ano bang pinakahanap-hanap mo
Em7 Em7/A D9
Di ba't ang umasenso't umunlad
D F#7 G6
Paano ba maabot ang pangarap mo
Bm7 E7 Em7
Nasa pagsisikap at pagsisipag
Em7/A
Tara na kapatid!
G6 D9/F#
Nasa pagkilos ang pag-asenso
G6 D9/F#
Kilos na bisig, isip at puso
G6 D9/F#--D9/B
Nasa pagkilos ang pag-asenso
Em7/A D9
Kaya kumilos tayo
D F#7 G6
Pag-aaral, kalusugan, kasaganahan
Em7 Em7/A D9
Tubig, ilaw o sapatos at damit
D F#7 G6
Maunlad na negosyo at sakahan
Bm7 E7 Em7
Sama-sama nating makakamit
Em7/A
Kilos na kapatid!
G6 D9/F#
Nasa pagkilos ang pag-asenso . . .
D C G D
Kilos na, kilos na, kilos na, kilos na!
F#7 Bm
Mamumutiktik ang mga lawang tuyo
F#7 Bm
Mamumulaklak ang nalalagas na puno
G F#
Mamumunga ang lupang tigang
G A7sus
Sa oras na tayo'y magbayanihan
Em7/A
Sulong na kapatid!
G6 D9/F#
Nasa pagkilos ang pag-asenso
G6 D9/F#
Kilos na bisig, isip at puso
G6 D9/F#--D9/B
Nasa pagkilos ang pag-asenso
Em7/A D9--Am7/D
Kaya kumilos tayo
G6 D9/F#
Nasa pagkilos ang pag-asenso
G6 D9/F#
Kilos na bisig, isip at puso
G6 D9/F#--D9/B
Nasa pagkilos ang pag-asenso
Em7 F#m7
Kaya kumilos, kaya kumilos
G6 Em7/A D9
Kaya kumilos tayo
[Capo on II]
x 1 3 2
D
2 4
Em7
1 3 1 2 1 1
F#7
3 2
G6
x 3 1 2
D9
1 1 3 1 2 1
Bm7
2 1 4
E7
x 3 2 1
Em7/A
I I I
3 2 4
G
1 1 3 4 2 1
Bm
3 4 2 1
C
x 2 4
A7sus
1 3 4 2 1 1
F#
1 3 1 1 1 1
F#m7
1 2 4
D9/F#
x 1 2 4
D9/B
x 1
Am7/D
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How would you describe what many people generally call a better life?
What does that mean in economic terms? In personal relationships?
How does that translate into the life of a community and of a nation?
For an average family to achieve a better future, what do you suppose
it would need to take? What do you and your own family dream of ?
As an individual, what are you prepared to do to make that happen?
Maituturing mo ba ang iyong sarili, kamag-anak, kaibigan o katrabaho,
na mga taong masisipag, o na mga batugan? Ipaliwanag ang iyong sagot.
Ano ang mga sakripisyo at panganib na hinaharap ng mga Overseas
Filipino Workers? Magkano ang kanilang ambag sa ating ekonomiya?
How much tax do they pay? What do they get back from the government?
Ano ang mga karaniwang hadlang sa pagkamit ng maalwan na buhay?
Ano ang kadalasang pinagkakagastusan ng mga tao pag nagkakapera?
Make a quick inventory of things you have that you hardly ever use.
Write a one-page review of Jose Rizals The Indolence of the Filipino.
Unwillingness to work when there is nothing in it for them is common to
Filipinos and Americans, for Thomas Jefferson (himself ) admitted that
extravagance and indolence were the chief faults of his countrymen.
Write a commentary on this 1913 assertion (and quote) by Austin Craig.
Mula sa mga baybay at bukid, sundan ang value-chain ng lamandagat,
palay at gulay, hanggang makarating sa mga palengke at supermarkets.
Gumawa ng pananaliksik tungkol sa katutubong ugali ng Bayanihan.
Buhay pa ba ang ganitong tradisyon hanggang sa ngayon? Ipangatuwiran.
Mangalap ng mga larawan, awitin at literatura na nagsasaad ng diwa ng
Bayanihan. Gawan ito ng isang maikling video production o MTV.
Kumuha ng litrato ng mga karaniwang taong sama-samang gumagawa
ng mga pang-araw-araw na gawain. Sila bay nalulumbay o masasaya?
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You write songs because you want to, and jingles because you have to.
Aba di madali maging sell-out artist! Try nyo kung may bibili, hehe.
Yes, tumatanggap ako ng mga commissioned works, mga theme songs
at mga commercials, because thats where I get to save a little money
so I can write what I want to write. Magastos kasi ang songmaking.
Mahal mag-record ng piyesa, at wala naman akong funding dahil ayoko
makipagbolahan sa mga funding agencies para lang ika maambunan.
You dont know people in the music business? Like record companies?
Oh yes I do, but they are hardly on the lookout for the kind of projects that
I work on. Sinubukan ko rin naman halimbawa ilako yung rights sa
musical na Lean at albums na Saranggola sa Ulan at Basurero ng Luneta,
but you have to understand that the music industry is just like any other
business. Kung sa tingin mo ay hindi mabili ang produkto, ganun talaga.
But somehow youve managed to produce your own materials anyway.
Sabi nyo po, you raise the money you need from commissioned works.
Kailangan bang consistent sa paniniwala nyo yung message ng project
para tanggapin nyo? Tulad po nitong federalism, do you believe in it?
Thats a difficult question kasi karamihan ng mga jingles ay panlako
ng kung anu-anong mga produkto na walang katuturan. I try to focus on
theme songs but just the same, kailangan mong manimbang kasi may
pretensions ka rin ng self-respect. This particular song is not much of
an issue for me kasi naniniwala naman ako sa subsidiarity. Of course
some parties use federalism as a smokescreen for their unholy agenda.
But in theory at least, as to whether or not you need to nationalize first
before you can democratize, I think both motifs can work side by side.
Nabasa ko nga po yung sinulat nyong one-hour crash course based dun
sa kanta. Nakakaaliw po at mukhang masaya kayo nung ginagawa nyo.
Ah, yun siguro ang minimum, hehe. Dapat, besides intellectual honesty,
dapat masaya kang gumagawa ng project para di agad masiraan ng bait.
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Sambayanan
D A Bm
Kaytagal na nating nangangarap
G D Em7
Ng isang bansa na mapayapat maunlad
C
Masigasig, masisikap
G
Kahusayan ay laganap
C G Em7/A
Ngunit paano at kailan matutupad?
D9 Em7/A D
Sambayanan ang maghahatid sa atin
Am/C B7 E
Sa matatayog nating adhikain
Em7 A7 DM7
Sambayanang ating ipupundar
GM7 CM7 E7 Em7/A
Sa kusa at dasal, tiyagat pagmamahal
D9 Em7/A D
Sambayanan ang magbubuklod sa atin
Am7 Am7/D G--
Sambayanang malayat marangal
E7/G# D9 Em7/A
Panahon nang mailuwal,
D9 Em7/A
Maitatag, maitanghal
D9 Bm7 Em7--Em7/A D9
Mabuhay ang Sambayanang Federal
D A Bm
Pagtitika at pananagutan
G D Em7
Bahaginan, paghayat pagdadamayan
C
Kung saan ang karamihan
G
Ang siyang may kapangyarihang
C G Em7/A
Gampan ang kani-kaniyang kakanyahan
D9 Em7/A..
Sambayanan ang maghahatid . . .
Bm F# G D/F#
Bayan ng mga Bayan, Lahi ng mga Lahi
C Bm Em F#
Kami ay patnubayan sa iisang mithi
F#m/B
Iisang mithi
E9 F#m7/B E
Sambayanan ang magbubuklod sa atin
Bm7/E E7sus--E7 A--
Sambayanang malayat marangal
Edim/Bb E9 F#m7/B
Panahon nang mailuwal,
E9 F#m7/B
Maitatag, maitanghal
x 1 3 2
D
2 3 4
A
3 2 4
G
2 3
Em
1 1 3 4 2 1
Bm
3 4 2 1
C
1 3 4 2 1 1
F#
1 3 1 1 1 1
F#m7
2 3 1
E
1 2 4 3
D/F#
x 1 1 1
DM7
2 3
A7
3 2 1
GM7
2 4
Em7
1 1 3 1 2 1
Bm7
1 1 3 1 4 1
B7
2 1
E7
1 1 3 1 2 1
C#m7
V I
x 3 2 1
Em7/A
I I I
x 3 1 2
D9
x 4 2 3 1
Am/C
3 4 2
CM7
2 1
Am7
x 1
Am7/D
4 2 1
E7/G#
1 1 1 1 1
F#m/B
2 4 1
E9
1 1 1 2 1
Bm7/E
2 3
E7sus
1 2 3
Edim/Bb
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E9 C#m7 F#m7 F#m7/B CM7--E9
Mabuhay ang Sambayanan, Sambayanang Federal!
Excerpts from A One-Hour Crash Course on Federalism
Naimbita ako minsan sa isang pinaghalong klase ng mga college students
bilang resource person sa talakayan nila ng Federalism. Para mag level-off,
pinataas ko ng kamay nang sabay ang agree at disagree sa federalism.
Sa klase ng mga 40, mga 35 ang nagtaas ng kanilang kamay. Tapos tinanong ko
kung sino sa kanila ang kayang ipaliwanag ng ibig sabihin ng federalism.
Dalawa naman ang pakimi na nagtaas ng kamay. Kalahating taas pa yun!
Ito na ang pinakamasakit na katotohanan sa ating demokrasya.
Mabilis tayong pumanig o tumutol sa isang isyu kahit hindi naman talaga
natin ito naiintindihan nang husto. Too quick to take sides, too lazy to study.
Sa klase ng 40, ang pag-asa ng ating bayan ay nandun sa pitong estudyante
doon sa dalawa na naunawaan ang subject, at doon sa lima na hindi talaga
nagtaas ng kamay dahil aminado silang di pa nila ito totoong naiintindihan.
Ibig kong ialay itong maikling sanaysay dun sa mga matatapang na 33.
Once upon a time in the hopefully near future, Mother Federal monkey and her
twelve daughter State monkeys live in the fabled queendom of Queena Lee.
They are a close-knit family and even have an old and well-known family
name, namely Government. The Governments live in a beautiful tangerine
tree house that has twelve long beautiful branches which the twelve daughter
State monkeys respectively occupy. We say respectively because they respect
each others space and keep to their branches most of the time as they go
about their, well, monkey business. Meanwhile, Mrs. Federal Government
built her twin-hexagonal headquarters around the trunk near the spot where
the twelve branches intersect.
See-through ants, cross-dressing chameleons, nine-legged spiders,
and all kinds of swingers swarm the groovy tree which is quite well-known
for its great nightlife. They particularly appreciate the cool, free wheeling,
and yet secure environment which guarantees their rights to life, liberty,
and having a good time. During office hours, speculator snakes and investor
vultures hang around the shady tree ever looking for shady deals to exploit
and develop the trees natural resources, which are mainly flowers, fruits,
fresh sprouts, dry leaves, and exotic nooks for picture-taking.
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The tree kinda smells mapanghi, though. By some force of habit,
the Governments often piss on their constituents to mark their territory.
Thankfully, the practice is being challenged by green peace-loving snobbish
intellectual civil society crickets who complain that the offensive odor
makes them croak instead of chirp. The lowly frogs feel slighted by the
speciesist remark, but what can they do.
In any case, to make sure things run smoothly, the Governments keep
three lists of assignments and post them all over their tree for everyone to see.
The headings are Federal List, State List and Concurrent List. The three lists
identify the areas of responsibilities and the extent of authority assumed
by the Governments. The mutually sovereign Federal and State Governments
mutually mandate, oblige and equip each other for their mutual benefit,
hence Mutualism. Kung baga, bahaginan ng toka. Division and sharing of tasks.
Lets see. Since Mrs. Federal Government is stationed around the trunk,
which the mutant monkey-eating chickens sometimes attempt to climb,
the Federal List includes National Defense and Immigration.
On the other hand, regulating the arty-farty worms that feed on
yummy gummy leaves, is clearly better left to the State monkeys domain.
Therefore the State List includes Natural Resources Management as well as
Development and Licensing of Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises.
The worms are elated because they dont have to crawl all the way
to the trunk to process permits and pay taxes at the Federal headquarters
and then crawl back again to the ends of the branches where they set up
their stylish vegetarian psychedelicatessen. Mrs. Federal is happy too that
she doesnt have to overextend her inept staff to collect taxes nationwide.
And the daughter State monkeys are of course happiest since they have a
steady source of income so direly needed to fund their pockets, er, projects.
Finally, theres this annoying matter of notorious termite gangs
that prey on tourist bugs and embarrass the Governments. They strike on
certain branches but their underwood tunnels extend all the way to the
roots of the plant. And thats why, together with Education which requires
both local content and national standards, the Concurrent List (areas where
Federal and State Governments cooperate and exercise shared authority)
also includes Inter-State Criminal Syndicates.
But old habits die hard. So there remained countless conferences
and multilateral and multisectoral caucuses that serve as happy occasions
to rob taxpayers legitimately, in the tradition of the origin of the species.
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Speaking of pinanggalingan, we go back to the monkeys. Outside the circle
of tabako-toting kapres that live on ancient avocado trees and love to dangle
and kuyakuy their feet during angelus, little did the rest of the inhabitants
know that Joyce Kilmer happened to be a good friend of Queen Queena Lee!
(The real Queena Lee, yes, the brilliant, inventive and witty Math
teachwhiz and Inquirer columnist, is in fact quite a fine writer in her own right.
And not just on mathematics but on a myriad of subjects. My apologies,
Queena. The real Joyce Kilmer, on the other hand, was a he hehe.)
One fine day in Baghdad, Joyce decided to surprise her colleague
with an unannounced visit. But alas! the surprise was on her when she saw the
tree house of the Governments. The Enchantment gripped her profoundly.
And she couldnt help but wonder. Is it now time to amend the constitution
of her classic poem? And amend it she did, by adding a postscript and
renamed it The Tree, as Amended. And we quote,
And so without even meaning to, the environmental ist came up
with a smooth functional description of a smoothly functioning democracy.
Indeed, because the agencies of governments are near the karamihang
people, everybody gets politically excited and involved not just during
elections but even more so in the day-to-day monkey business of social
administration and, civil societys irritating mantra, good governance.
The schoolers are particularly participative and annoyingly noisy,
frequently marching on the stems to arouse, mobilize and organize! and
to look for suitable dates. And it actually works! They dont anymore need
to text barrage Mrs. Federal to air their demands for lower tuition fees,
higher subsidy, and their all-time favorite, fewer and shorter schooldays.
Their sectoral issues are debated on and addressed in record speeds right
there in their own neighborhood, as government propagandists claim.
The monkeys themselves came up with their own colloquial version
which the silkworms silkscreened on the bright silk streamer which hangs
upon the trees highest bough when its not Christmas season. Unfortunately,
the font they used is antiquated alibata (okay okay, Baybayin!) which even
the very serious-looking visual artists from U.P. do not half-understand.
Passersby can clearl y see
From eighty! ninety! feet away
That everybody is busy, everyday!
In the monkey governments Tree. Baw.
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Happily, it is subtitled in various languages for the sake of French
nationals who refuse to speak English even though they can, as well as for
Filipinos who, for reasons beyond comprehension, prefer to inglis-inglis
with impunity. Hear ye! A DAILY DEMOCRACY KEEPS THE DICTATOR AWAY,
it is written. And so far, they lived happily ever after.
Talking about French and Filipino, meanwhile in the Caribbean,
Mr. Bob Marley made reggae a global tradition, not by aping the American
Michael Jackson, but by being very good at being Bob Marley of Jamaica.
We risk losing our identity and self-respect, and be left with nothing to
contribute to the legacy of human culture if we continue to fool ourselves
into thinking that to look, and sound and move and talk and taste foreign
is being truly worldclass.
Our own native instincts and reflexes have suffered unspeakably
from decades of colonial dry cleaning of our brains and self-inflicted shame.
We will do well to redeem the integrity of our rich and diverse cultures by
reclaiming and fulfilling our honorable calling as tale bearers and storytellers
of our authentic and self-determined histories.
Okay okay, were almost there. Just this one more tiny little dangling detail,
and were done. Speaking of structures, heres a friendly reminder from
National Geographic: Even the most detailed trail maps cant tell you if theres
a ten-foot melonphilic snake hanging right above your melon-looking head.
Working your way through the lifesize dangers and complexities in the
woods of the real rugged world is still all up to you. In the same way,
social models and political systems, including federalism, defeat their original
purpose whenever they pack and seal and store and stifle our individual and
collective imagination. And everytime the structure hardens and becomes
inflexible and legalistic, we all go back to the dark ages.
Centuries under harsh and corrupt governments have numbed the
hearts and dampened the spirits of many of us. No wonder many of us
instinctively resent authority, magnify the pettiest of quarrels, resist even
the most reasonable of regulations, and are color-blind to traffic lights.
That is why we need to re-learn the art of civility, and rework and reinvent our
social institutions so that they may continually evolve and take our shape.
Therefore let us regard the skeleton of this alternative model of democracy not
as a rigid and stagnant set of rules but as pointers and markers, bilang patnubay,
as we plod on and go about our highly demanding, but immensely rewarding,
common project of building together a hopefully far better social order.
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Explain the essential concepts of Federalism in no more than 100 words.
Trace the etymologies of the variants foedus, federation, and federal.
Look into the roots and social history of the principle of subsidiarity.
Describe how it works in social engineering and modern governance.
Is it possible to have a presidential system within a federal republic?
Identify at least two prominent countries that adopt this combination.
Is it possible to maintain a parliament within a federalist structure?
Cite examples of nations around the globe that follow this template.
Which pattern do you think is more workable for a territory like ours?
Trace the roots and history of the federalist initiative in our country.
Identify the more familiar personalities and organizations behind it.
What principal arguments do they put forward to justify their cause?
On the other hand, what are the main objections to their proposition?
Which side of the fence are you on? Organize a debate on the subject.
Does the term anarchy deserve the negative connotation it carries?
Are hegemony, big brother, and totalitarian state comforting words?
The intriguing Marxist concept of the withering away of the state,
how is it akin to or different from subsidiarity and free association?
Put up a poster making fest with the theme Solidarity in Subsidiarity.
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The interference of the state power in social
relations becomes superfluous in one sphere
after another, and then dies away of itsel f.
The government of persons is replaced by the
administration of things and the direction of
the processes of production. The state is not
abolished, it withers away. FRIEDRICH ENGELS
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Lalawigan
C G
Narito sa lalawigan
F C
Ang una mong pag-ibig
Am Am7
Ang iyong mga kaibigan
D79/F# G
Kababatat kapatid
C G
Si Juan minsay nangarap
F D79/F#
At kung saan-saan pa nagpunta
F C
Ang asensong hinahanap
G C--C7
Sa lalawigan lang pala
F
Dito lang matutupad
C
Ang ating hinahangad
G G7
Dito lamang uunlad
F C
At lalawig ang bukas
F
Dito lang nagmumula
C
Ang yaman ng ating bansa
G G7
Dito tayo gagawa
G G7 C ~A7
Sa kinagisnang lalawigan
D A
Ang damdaming makatao
G D
Dito natin natutunan
Bm Bm7
Mga ugaling Pilipino
E79/G# A
Gaya ng pagdadamayan
D A
Sa siyudad ibang sistema
G E79/G#
Sa sobrang kasikipan
G D
Pati na sa iyong problema
A D--D7
Halos walang mahingahan
G
Dito mo ako mahalin
D
Dito natin didiligin
A A7
Palagihit palaguin
G D
Ang ating sumpaan
G
Dito tayo mamumunga
D
Gigiik at giginhawa
A A7
Sasaya at sasagana
A A7 D --D7
Sa kinagisnang lalawigan
3 2 4
G
1 3 4 2 1 1
F
2 3 1
Am
x 1 3 2
D
3 4 2 1
C
3 2 1
G7
2 1
Am7
2 3 4
A
2 3
A7
x 2 1 3
D7
3 2 4 1
C7
1 1 3 4 2 1
Bm
1 1 3 1 2 1
Bm7
2 3 1
D79/F#
3 1 1 4 2 1
E79/G#
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G
Dito tayo titira
D
Sisikhay at sisigla
A A7
Tatagal at tatanda
A A7 G --D
Sa kinagisnang lalawigan
Quality of Life
Zamboanga del Norte, alongside usual suspects Tawi-tawi, Northern Samar,
Sulu, and Masbate, again made it to the list of the countrys poorest provinces.
In 2003, it garnered the top honors for highest poverty incidence at 64.6%.
Indicators like these follow globally accepted standards of development.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is an attempt to quantify the quality of
life of people. You will probably find it hard to believe but it is actually some
cube root of the product of indices of life expectancy, income and education.
I lived in Dapitan for two years. Its a pretty small city in Zanorte.
In all the time I was there, I never encountered one beggar. I spend two
hours in Quezon City, easily one of the nations more prosperous places,
and I see people sleeping amongst dogs right outside a prosperous church.
One can therefore understand the objections raised by experts
against such ways of rating the kind of life that people have around the globe
from not taking into account crucial ecological factors, to the HDI being
more of a gauge of how Scandinavian ones country is! Come to think of it,
how can the geometric mean of a few demographic variables possibly describe
the simple joy of watching the sun kiss the ocean? Or the infinite bliss of
having a good conversation in bed? Or the exhiliration of a tamang lasing?
It is a good thing that we now hear of places where life is reckoned
before what they call gross national happiness instead of undifferentiated
production totals. From a common persons lookout, I believe it is infinitely
more instructive if, instead of quantifying quality, we qualify quantity.
There is some truth to the claim that the best things in life are free.
And this to my mind is the fundamental flaw of capitalism. For in insisting
to monetize everything, it effectively kills the better instincts of humans
compassion, community, contentment, conversation, having fun. Like it says,
we end up knowing the price of everything and the value of just about nothing.
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Sketch a general outline of the Philippine map (North on top side).
On your own, without consulting a map, indicate the general location
where you think the following provinces are found (p.61 might help):
Palawan Davao Oriental La Union Siquijor
Catanduanes Northern Leyte Bohol Masbate
Antique Compostela Valley Tawi-tawi Marinduque
Romblon Zamboanga Sibugay Ilo-ilo Pangasinan
Secure a map and compare your answers with their actual locations.
How are new provinces created, and how are their borders determined?
What do people l iving in the same province usually share in common?
What is the organizational structure of a province, and how is it being
represented in the national Congress? Why do provincial governors
and congressional representatives govern common geographic areas?
Outside Metro Manila, identify the two provinces that have the highest
and the lowest population densities respectively. Compare the figures
with that of the National Capital Region. What do you find remarkable?
The countrys staple food, which is rice, along with other major crops,
are grown in the provinces. More and more areas have lately become
vulnerable to erratic weather disturbances due to global scale shifts
in climatic patterns. Where do you put environmental policy in all this?
Migration within the country was said to follow a couple of trends:
province-to-city, and region-to-less-dense-region (such as Mindanao).
Figure out the social forces at work in both, and their consequences.
With which do people usually associate stressful: city or rural life?
Put together a collection of traditional songs from different regions.
What was it like in the countryside when these songs were created?
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Kasama
Em9 D
Siyay aking kapiling
C G
sa kabiguan at tagumpay
Em9 D
Sa kanyang piling
C G
ako ay nahihimlay
Am Em
Nakakaunawa
Am Em
sa aking pagkukulang
Am Em
Nakakahawa
F#7 B7
ang kanyang kagandahan
A Am Em
Ngunit di lang siya kaibigan
A Am Em
Di lang siya kapatid
A Am Em
Di lang kasintahan
F#7 B7
o kaisang-dibdib
A Am Em
Di lang siya asawa
A Am Em
o inang uliran
F Em
Siyay aking kasama
D C
Sa mapagpalayang kilusan
Em9 D
Pinakaiibig,
C G
pinakamamahal
Em9 D
Sa aming pag-ibig
C G
ang lahat isusugal
Am Em
Ang aming pangako
Am Em
hanggang kamatayan
Am Em
Saan man dumako
F#7 B7
ang kasaysayan
A Am Em
Dahil di lang siya kaibigan
A Am Em
Di lang siya kapatid
A Am Em
Di lang kasintahan
F#7 B7
o kaisang-dibdib
A Am Em
Di lang siya asawa
A Am Em
o inang uliran
F Em
Siyay aking kasama
D C
Sa mapagpalayang kilusan
Am Em D C --Em9
Siyay aking kasama sa pagpapalaya ng bayan
2 3
Em
1 4
Em9
2 3 1
Am
3 2 4
G
3 4 2 1
C
x 1 3 2
D
1 3 4 2 1 1
F
1 3 1 2 1 1
F#7
x 2 1 3 4
B7
2 3 4
A
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Balik-aralan ang kwento ng mag-asawang Gabriela Cario at Diego
Silang. Ihambing sa mga karaniwang nababalitang celebrity couples.
Ang katangian ng pagkaakit ng dalawang tao sa isat isa bay nagkakaiba
depende sa kanilang kamulatan, o pareho lang? Ipaliwanag ang sagot.
Balik-aralan ang kwento nina Andres Bonifacio at Gregoria de Jesus.
Ihambing sa mga kwento ng iyong mga magulang, tiyahin at tiyuhin,
at mga magkasintahan o mag-asawang kamag-anak mo at kaibigan.
May pagkakaiba ba ang pag-ibig sa isang tao, sa pag-ibig sa bayan?
Ano linya bang sa bahay man silay mahuhusay sa awiting Pinay
ay nakaka-flatter, o nakakapababa ng tingin? Ipaliwanag ang sagot.
Tunghayan ang kwento ng pagiging matalik na kaibigan nina Jean-Paul
Sartre at Simone de Beauvoir. To what extent are our emotional reflexes
shaped by our ideological instincts and historical entanglements?
Examine the meanings of the terms substructure and superstructure.
What do you think of the proposition that cultural conventions are
mere extensions of fundamental economic arrangements and interests?
What is the significance of the marriage of Queen Isabella of Castile
and King Ferdinand II of Aragon to the colonial history of our country?
What is the role of the Church in this union? What was in it for them?
Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Romualdez were a notorious couple in
Philippine history, prompting an insider to expose the inner workings
of what he dubbed as a Conjugal Dictatorship in a book of the same title.
How do you reconcile the terms family values with first family?
Construct your own catalog of prominent couples throughout history.
Figure out how these partnerships intertwine with historys course.
Ikaw kunwari ay kasapi sa lihim na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayang
lumalaban sa imperyalista. Sumulat ng love letter sa iyong sinisinta.
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Youre not going to tell me that this song is somebody elses story, are you?
Haha, here we go again. No, Kasama is not a tale of two people I know.
Naalala ko tuloy minsan nakasama ako sa isang concert sa La Salle.
Nung ako na ang kakanta, sabi nung nag-introduce sa akin na kolehiyala,
Ang sumulat po ng Kasama, isang awit ng pag-ibig ng dalawang NPA.
Hahahaha, mga kolehiyala talaga. Can I be candid with you, I feel a little
uncomfortable with the construction di lang siya asawa o inang uliran.
Kasi po, on one hand, yung kanta gustong makawala sa conventional o
tradisyunal na papel ng babae sa loob ng isang patriarchal na lipunan.
Pero nananatili pa rin siyang asawa at inang uliran. Kaya ang dating
sa akin ay, on top of pagiging wife and mother, comrade-in-arms pa.
So instead of offering a liberating alternative, nagiging added burden
pa pala sa babae yung pagiging kasama sa mapagpalayang kilusan.
Very good point. Natanong na nga rin ako kung bakit pa raw kailangan
yung mga trite na expressions na nakakaunawa sa aking pagkukulang,
o kaisang-dibdib, na kadalasang ginagamit sa mga popular na kanta.
And?
Its not a perfect world. Sabi nga raw, those are the balancing acts that
you do as you navigate your way between the now and the not yet.
Casual usage affords an author a secure grip on conventional wisdom,
which is ironically the very same stuff you are supposed to replace.
So you calculate. In this particular song, you are trying to describe
how romantic love operates in the context of a historical project.
And you figure the words kasama and kasaysayan might do the job.
But you need a handle that your audience can instinctively grab onto,
ika nga, para maka-relate kayo pareho. Which is current vocabulary.
And this deliberate decision making method that you just described,
are you conscious of it all the time as you work on your composition?
Of course not, hehe. Seryoso ka naman masyado, inom muna kaya tayo.
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Balon
Dm A7sus
Malimit mong tinatanong sa akin
A7 Dm
Ang tunay na sanhi at solusyon
F C
Ng buhay na pinahihirap natin
A7 Dm BbM7 A7sus
Bakit nagkaganito, bakit nagkakaganun
A7 Dm F E7#9
Ulit lang ng ulit lang ng ulit
A7 Dm--BbM7--A7sus--A7
habangpanahon
Dm A7sus
Huwag kang tumingala sa alapaap
A7 Dm
Ang ulap ay hindi panginoon
F C
Huwag mong sisirin ang lalim ng dagat
A7 Dm BbM7 A7sus
Ang tubig na maalat ay di tagaroon
A7 Dm F E7#9
Daluy lang ng daluy lang ng daloy
A7 Dm
habangpanahon
BbM7 Dm
Sa balon, sa balon, sa balon ay naroon
BbM7 Dm
Naroon, naroon, naroon lang ang tugon
Gm7 C79
Ang tugon, ang tugon,
FM7 BbM7
ang tugon sa iyong tanong
E7#9--A7sus Dm
Ay naroon, naroon sa balon
--BbM7--A7sus--A7
Dm A7sus
May bago nga ba sa mundong ibabaw
A7 Dm
Kung ang nandun ay dati nang nandoon
F C
Sisikat din at lulubog ang araw
A7 Dm BbM7 A7sus
At di mo maipangaw ang duyan ng taon
A7 Dm F E7#9
Inog lang ng inog lang ng inog
A7 Dm-BbM7-A7sus-A7
habangpanahon
Dm A7sus
Ang ating karununga'y nakatali
A7 Dm
Sa hangin at buhanging ilusyon
F C
At ang dinami-daming mga lahi
A7 Dm BbM7 A7sus
Sistema at ugali, kultura't tradisyon
A7 Dm F E7#9
Salin lang ng salin lang ng salin
A7 Dm
habangpanahon
BbM7 Dm
Sa balon, sa balon, sa balon ay naroon
BbM7 Dm
Naroon, naroon, naroon lang ang tugon
Gm7 C79
Ang tugon, ang tugon,
FM7 BbM7
ang tugon sa iyong tanong
E7#9--A7sus Dm
Ay naroon, naroon sa balon
--BbM7--A7sus--A7
x 2 3 1
Dm
1 2 4
A7
1 3 4 2 1 1
F
3 4 2 1
C
1 1 3 2 4 1
BbM7
1 3 2
FM7
1 3 1 1 1 1
Gm7
I I I
x 1 3 4
A7sus
2 1 3 4
E7#9
x 2 1 3 4
C79
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Dm A7sus
Malimit mong tinatanong sa akin
A7 Dm
Ang tunay na sanhi at solusyon
F C
Ang tao ay mahirap unawain
A7 Dm
Sinasagot nila
BbM7 A7sus--A7
ang di mo tinatanong
Dm F E7#9
Ikut lang ng ikut lang ng ikot
A7 Dm--BbM7--A7sus--A7
habangpanahon
Dm A7sus
Sino ba ang dapat na sisihin
A7 Dm
Sino ba ang nasa posisyon
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Patulan mo ang ibig kong sabihin
A7 Dm
Kung may ibig sabihin,
BbM7 A7sus--A7
ito'y isang pasyon
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Meaningless! Meaningless! says the Teacher.
Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
The wind blows to the south and turns to the north;
round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from, there they return again.
The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there anything of which one can say, Look! This is something new?
It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.
No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come
will not be remembered by those who follow them.
Remember him
before the silver cord is severed,
and the golden bowl is broken;
before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,
and the wheel broken at the well,
Ecclesiastes
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How would you define Philosophy? What purpose does it serve if any?
Trace the social development of religion and philosophy in history.
How do belief systems figure in the progression of human societies?
Name ten of the worlds more popular and influential philosophers.
What are the main themes and problems that they each grappled with?
Which and whose views are closest to or farthest from yours? Elaborate.
How do you understand each of the following oft-quoted one-liners?
Choose one, decide if you agree with it or not, and argue your stand.
What is the relevance of religion or philosophy in your personal life?
What is the relevance of your beliefs in matters like poverty and hunger?
Write an interpretative and critical song analysis of the piece Balon.
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To be, or not to be: that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
To be is to be perceived. GEORGE BERKELEY
I think, therefore I am. RENE DESCARTES
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. ARISTOTLE
We live in the best of all possible worlds. GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem,
and that is suicide. ALBERT CAMUS
Hitherto, philosophers have sought to understand the world;
the point, however, is to change it. KARL MARX
STUDY GUIDE IDEAS
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Its my personal favorite, at di ko makalimutan kung paano ito nasulat.
Nandoon ako sa may Monumento, diyan sa Caloocan, pababa ng bus.
Bigla na lang may mamang nahulog sa manhole, ang gwapo pa man din.
Syempre tawanan. Ako lang ang hindi tumawa. Ako kasi yung nahulog.
Haha, narinig ko na po yang joke na yan sa isang concert nyo e, hehe.
Totoong true story talaga yan, pwera biro, maubos man ang buhok ko.
But the idea of the song itself is not at all original. I was going through
the first chapter of one of my favorite books in the Bible, Ecclesiastes.
Do you always do that? I mean, mimic somebody elses work and ideas?
Yes. Yung ideas naman kasi kadalasan ay magkakahawig, at more or less
ay may general drift. Sabi nga ni Megamind, its all in the presentation.
Kaya nga ang unsolicited advice ko doon sa mga nagsisimula pa lang
mag-attempt na mag-compose, wag kayo mangimi na mangopya, hehe.
We need to build on each others efforts and acknowledge the valuable,
or invaluable if you want, contributions of others in the work that we do.
I think most of us plain folks will agree with you there, as I do absolutely.
Just l ike they say, if I have a peso and you have a peso and we traded
pesos, wed still each have one peso; but if I have an idea and you have
an idea and we shared ideas, then both of us will end up with two ideas.
Is that the reason why you allow your songs to be downloaded freely?
Yun na nga ang masakit. Pinapa-download mo na ng libre, wala namang
nagda-download. Pinapa-pirate mo na, wala namang nagpa-pirate, hehe.
But seriously, that is the reason why I try to persevere and work hard.
Araw-araw tayong pinakakain ng mga magsasaka at mga mangingisda,
dinadamitan ng mga mananahi, ginagawan ng masisilungan at
mahihigan ng mga karpintero, at higit sa lahat, nilalasing ng mga tubero
yun yung mga gumagawa ng tuba, hehe. The least I can do is do my job,
and do it as well as I possibly can. Fair is fair. What do you think?
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HUNTAHAN
Balangkas
Ano nga ba ang solusyon sa mga problema ng mundo?
May isang ilog daw na kung saan maraming mga batang sanggol
ang nalulunod. Kaya ang mga tagaroon ay nagpulong-pulong para masagip
ang mga batang basta na lang nalulunod sa ilog. Relyibo lang ang solusyon!
Kaya araw-gabi may mga nagmamanmang tanod na mahusay lumangoy,
nag-aabang at nakahandang iligtas ang mga batang nalulunod. Problem solved.
Kaya lang, habang tumatagal, parami nang parami ang mga batang
nalulunod. Kinakapos sila ng mga magigiting na bayaning sumasagupa sa
nagraragasang agos ng tubig habang sumasaklolo sa mga batang nalulunod.
Pagsasanay ang solusyon! Kaya gumawa sila ng mga training, trainors
training, at trainors of trainors training seminars kasama ang ilang mga
NGOs sa baryong iyon. Problem solved.
Kaya lang, habang tumatagal, pati sa kabilang ilog may mga bata na ring
nalulunod at halos sabay-sabay pa. Ang solusyon: paramihin ang mga NGOs!
Kaya gumawa sila ng isang project proposal, at pina-xerox nila, at, you know.
Pero ayaw na pondohan ng mga funding agencies kasi ang katuwiran nila,
nauubos lang naman daw ang kanilang mga pondo down the drain.
So, ano ang solusyon sa napakaraming mga problema ng mundo?
Hindi natin ito masasagot kung hindi natin muna siyasatin kung saan nga
ba nanggagaling ang mga problema ng mundo. Ang sabi sa kwento, hindi
alam ng mga tao na dun sa ibabaw ng ilog, mayron palang higanteng kapre
na siyang nagtatapon ng mga sanggol na bata! Walanghiyang kapreng yun a.
So, saan pala talaga nanggagaling ang mga problema sa ating mundo?
Para masagot naman natin yan nang mas masinop, dapat muna siguro nating
usisahin kung saan nga naman ba nanggagaling ang mundo in the first place!
Galing sa mga elemento na galing sa kalawakan na galing sa mga energies at
masses na galing sa Higgs boson, sabi ika ng mga physicists na di hamak na
mas kapani-paniwala naman kaysa sa mga pari at pastor na tamad mag-aral.
Ilan sa mga sikat na elementong ito ay ang carbon, hydrogen, at oxygen.
Dito naman sa ating munting solar system, sa tuwing naco-convert
ng haring araw ang hydrogen sa helium sa pamamagitan ng nuclear fusion,
bumubuga ito ng mga photons na nagiging epoxy ng C, H, at O sa prosesong
photosynthesis, at ang mga ito ay nagkukumpul-kumpol at nagiging sugar,
halimbawa C6-H12-O6, na siya namang ikinabubuhay ng mga bagay na
may buhay, tulad ng nagbabasa nito. Sa madalit sabi, kung nagkataong
walang buhay, wala sanang problema sa mundo. Wala nga lang kabuhay-buhay.
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Ang buhay naman ay synonym ng diversity. At ang diversity ang
fundamental paradox ng problema ng mundo. Ang ugat ng lahat ng tunggalian
ay ang hindi natin pagkaka-parepareho. On the other hand, totoo rin namang
hindi masayang mabuhay kung pare-pareho lang ang nakikita o naririnig.
Sa paanong paraan at dahilan na ang mga buhay natin ay hindi
nagkakahawig? Sa apat. Una, hindi lahat nag-evolve at naging tao. Yung iba
ay naging halaman, uod, elephant, danggit, o kabayo. Minsan mukhang ganun
lang yung ibang tao pero hindi naman talaga. Nagkataong naging dominant
species ang tao kaya ayun madalas kinakawawa ng tao yung mga hindi tao.
Kung tutuusin, self-defeating ito kasi yung mga gubat o ilog halimbawa,
na hindi nga rin naman tao, ay malimit nilalapastangan ng mga tao to their
own disadvantage! Pero bakit ginagawa? Dahil na rin sa mga sumusunod
na tatlo pang maiigting na paligsahanng mga tao laban sa kapwa tao.
Ikalawa, hindi ipinanganak ang mga tao sa pare-parehong kalagayan.
Iba-iba tayo ng sari (sex), lahi (race), edad (age), anyo (physicalities),
katangian o tangi (competencies), at nais (preferences). Kaya naman may
sexual, racial, age, physical, professional, and preference discriminations.
Ikatlo, bunga ng pagsulong ng agham sa sibilisasyon, umusad ang
kabuhayan ng tao mula sa subsistence patungo sa surplus economics. At di
naman lingid sa lahat na ang yaman ng daigdig ay hindi natatamasa ng lahat.
Naglipana ang nagdarahop habang may iilang nagmamay-ari ng mga ari-arian.
At ikaapat, sa kapapangarap ng buhay na walang hanggan, kasabwat
ang mithiing makabuluhang buhay, nabuo ang ibat ibang mga paniniwala.
Kani-kaniyang relihiyon, kani-kaniyang idolohiya, kani-kaniyang pamantayan
ng maganda at masagwa, at kung ano ang mabuti at ano ang masama.
Saan tayo pupwesto sa gitna ng mga maiigting na tunggaliang ito?
Mag-umpisa tayo sa ika-apat. Panghawakan natin ang payak na prinsipyong
Equity in Diversity. Yes Luzviminda, hindi simpleng unity in diversity
dahil hindi maaring i-unite natin halimbawa ang oppressor at ang oppressed
while purportedly appreciating and respecting their diversity. Ano kayo!
May mga katiwaliang kailangang iwasto sa lipunan, mula sa mga
sambahayan at kapitbahayan hanggang sa bansa at sa buong sandaigdigan.
At ito ay ang mga institutionalized social hierarchies na siyang ginagawang
convenient excuses ng mga apologists na beneficiaries ng sistema ng hindi
patas na pagtatamasa ng biyaya ng buhay. Magkaiba man tayo ng propesyon
o kasarian o pananampalataya halimbawa, maari pa ring lahat ay malusog,
nakapag-aaral, may marangal na trabaho, at may kalayaang magpahiwatig
ng kani-kaniyang mga hinagpis at panganorin sa buhay ng mga may buhay.
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