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What teachers make

Sacha Chua — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:59:52 +0000

Someday I'm going to be able to speak truth like that.

Poem

Sacha Chua — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:54:00 +0000

Mike Fletcher wrote an inspirational poem for my birthday. I spent some time composing a reply that scanned properly in terms of rhythm. ;) With minor modifications, here it is:

My bar is high: set not for me, but you who trained for many years to leap such heights with practiced ease and aim for stars beyond my reach. I hear your tales of weary bones, of long hours spent and much pain born, but also: flying through the air! And so I dare, and so I dare. And still you urge me onward to heights far above the lowest bar. With ease can I achieve acclaim, but I can reach things greater far. You, my friend, will keep me true to gaps that only I can leap, to things that only I can do, to stars that only I can reach.

I paragraph-wrapped it just for kicks. The rhythm should still be there, though. =)

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Traffic

Sacha Chua — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:36:00 +0000

Nagje-jaywalk na suso
Nakita ko sa Quiapo
Kay bilis nyang tumakbo
Naunahan pa ako

Thanks to Clair for getting tanaga into my head (I have Last Challenge Syndrome, like LSS) and my mom for suggesting Quiapo instead of Recto. =)

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Bituin

Sacha Chua — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 08:28:00 +0000

bituin daw kanyang mata.
rosas daw kanyang labi.
mukha raw s'yang diwata.
ay! baliw yung nagsabi!

ABAB rhyming this time.

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Pusa sa Kalye

Sacha Chua — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 08:21:00 +0000

hindi ko malimutan
pusang nasagasaan
tatlong kuting sa daan
wala nang mapuntahan

- More tanaga. Waah, poor cats. 2005.03.19

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Tanaga: Siopao

Sacha Chua — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:58:00 +0000

My first tanaga. Please help me fix my Tagalog; I might've gotten some of the nuances wrong. The poem below is fairly sick. I hope this never happens to any cat!

Siopao

pusang aking inangkin
hinagkan nang malambing,
siniopao at kinain?!
iba sana hinain!

Buhayin ang Tanaga!

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Planner poetry

Sacha Chua — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 06:47:00 +0000

I'm up to here with things to do
And buried under data
The notes I keep all filed away,
The tasks—I'll do them later.

+1 to put things off a day,
Tomorrow: work 'til all is done,
Today I can relax—but then
Tomorrow'll never come.

My webpage looks impressive, sure,
But check a few days later.
The same tasks appear. I know,
I'm such a procrastinator.

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