The Last 80 Multiply Comments

I really wanted to keep these. I think there were more but they're gone! D:

A List of Hannahs

This message was sent to my phone yesterday:

GENO! - Hannah

So I got confused. There are several of them in my world.

Two Close for Comfort

Narrow streets are pedestrian-friendly, I’ve been told. But two entire afternoons of walking on those in Intramuros transports one’s tired legs back to pre-public transportation 19th century the way history books can’t.

Kung Bakit Nagbabasa ng Sulat ng May Sulat

 Isang kaibigan, kamakailan lang, ang nagsabi sa’kin na sinubukan niyang magbasa ng mga liham ni Rizal. Pero hindi raw niya ito nagustuhan dahil pakiramdam niya na parang masyado na raw personal. Tinamaan ako sa kanyang pahayag. Nasaling namin ang paksang iyon habang sinasamahan ko siyang maghintay ng jeep. Dala-dala ko pa noon ang isang munting kopya ng Rizal’s Letters to His Family Members na isasauli ko na sa Filipiñana pagkaalis niya. Mahilig akong magbasa ng ganoong mga sulatin— mga personal na sulat ng kung sinu-sino. Kung kaya’t hindi ko maiwasang makaramdaman ng pangangailangang ipagtanggol ang hilig ko sa pangangalkal ng mga tinuturing na pribadong bagay. At ito ang naging motibasyon ko sa papel na ito.

On the (Perhaps) First Codex

The history professor who gave me my very first INC once told us during a few lectures, non-verbatim, "Katoliko ako pero hindi ko alam kung mabuti akong Katoliko. Ayokong magbasa ng bibliya dahil baka hindi na ako maniwala." He thought the contents of the bible were mythological and there was so much violence.

A pastor from a Christian discussion I attended last December told us of a prominent sociology professor and journalist who read the bible but couldn't understand it so he set it aside.

I used to have my own set of objections to the bible. But then I realized how unjustified I was for holding those opinions because I don't really know anything about it-- I haven't even read it then. So I started reading it. I haven't finished it yet and there are a lot of things I still don't understand, but I found it a pretty addictive read when I realized what it really is about.

Muling Pagsasalaysay ng Isang Creation Story ng Bikol

Bersyon nina Johann Manas, Micael Belmonte at Genevieve Sadaya. Version 1, Abridged.

Isang serye ng mga nakaw na larawan at mukha. Unang pagsalang ng inyong lingkod sa GIMP 2.