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Bayan Ko

Sacha Chua — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:23:00 +0000

The song "Bayan Ko" never fails to move me, and it is to this song and other traditional songs that I turn to whenever I feel homesick. I wish I knew the first stanza better, and I wish I could sing well enough to help even my non-Tagalog-speaking friends appreciate the beauty of the song.

Lyrics by Jose Corazon de Jesus, melody by Constancio de Guzman

Ang bayan kong Pilipinas
Lupain ng ginto't bulaklak
Pag-ibig ang sa kanyang palad
Nag-alay ng ganda't dilag.
At sa kanyang yumi at ganda
Dayuhan ay nahalina
Bayan ko, binihag ka
Nasadlak sa dusa.

Ibon mang may layang lumipad
Kulungin mo at umiiyak
Bayan pa kayang sakdal dilag
Ang di magnasang makaalpas!
Pilipinas kong minumutya
Pugad ng luha ko't dalita
Aking adhika,
Makita kang sakdal laya!

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Google search changes

Sacha Chua — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:57:00 +0000

http://www.google.com.ph 's "I'm Feeling Lucky" button has changed from "Maganda ang Kutob Ko" to "Heto na ang pinakahinahanap-hanap ko!".

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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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