Journey of an OFW

28/11/2024

Unity p more para sa bagong Pilipinas.😄😁😆🤣

26/11/2024

😑😐🤨😮‍💨😏😒😛🙃😉😄😁🤣😂

25/11/2024

03/09/2024

Ang Bayan kong Pilipinas ( Filipino to English translation )

22/06/2024

0025 here in Russia.. good night here in the west and good morning there in the east..

19/06/2024

Shame but true! This is the reason why Filipinos are not wise voters, lack of knowledge in Philippine history some more in economics.
Even a person suddenly came out like a mushroon in their town and obviously a chinese they still vote to be their mayor! God bless my poor country😔😔😔

15/06/2024

West Philippine Sea belongs to the Filipinos.
The Philippines does not “claim” the entire area. Every nation bordering the sea is entitled to 12 nautical mile territorial waters and a 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone, as provided by UNCLOS. The Philippines has merely asked other nations to respect its EEZ

18/04/2024

One of the saddest Filipino Folk Song ever written;

Growing up, palaging ikinakanta ng nanay at lola namin ang kantang Dandansoy sa amin. Back then, it was sung to us as a form of lullaby. My mother's roots came from Capiz. It was within Panay where the Visayan Folk Song, written in Hilgaynon, became popular.

When my Mother translated the song for me in tagalog, napagtanto ko na parang napakalungkot yata ng kanta taliwas sa mala-hele nitong tunog. But when I heard and learned some deepest interpretation ng song, higit pa palang dapat na mas ma-appreciate ang kanta.

𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐛𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐨/𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐰?

According to Fr. Miguel A. Bernad, SJ sa kanyang article sa Philstar noong November 13, 2006; "The ancient Hiligaynons who composed that song must have thought of Payao simply as a place. But compositions have an autonomous life of their own and they can acquire meanings not intended by the author. Payao in this song can be symbolic of death and the inaccessible place beyond."

For you to further appreciate the song, narito ang lyrics sa ibaba at ang tagalog translation nito;

𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘺, 𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘸,
𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘪 𝘢𝘬𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘸
𝘜𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘰𝘯
𝘈𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘸, 𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘸𝘰𝘯.

Dandansoy, iiwanan na kita
Sa Payaw ako ay uuwi na
Kung sakaling mangulila ka sa akin
Ang Payaw, ay iyo lamang sulyapin.

𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘺, 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯
𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘥𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯
𝘜𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘸 𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘰𝘯
𝘚𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘣𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘯-𝘣𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘯.

Dandansoy, kung ako ay susundan mo
Kahit tubig ay wag kang magbabaon
Sakaling maramdaman ang uhaw mo
Sa daan ay maghukay ka ng balon

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰, 𝘥𝘪𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢?
𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘰, 𝘥𝘪𝘪𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢?
𝘠𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘴𝘪 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘫𝘢.
𝘔𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘫𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘨𝘮𝘢.

Simbahan, nasaan ang Pari?
Munisipyo, nasaan ang hustisya?
Narito si Dansoy, masasakdal
Masasakdal ng pagmamahal.

𝘈𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰 𝘮𝘰 𝘬𝘢𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰 𝘬𝘰
Gisi-gisi-a 𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘩𝘰𝘯 𝘬𝘰
𝘜𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘰
𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘸, 𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘮𝘰 𝘢𝘬𝘰.

Panyo mo at panyo ko
Punit-punitin mo at tatahiin ko.
Dahil kung sakaling magkaugnay ito,
Asawa kita, at asawa mo ako.

Reference:
https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2006/11/13/368538/symbolic-song

10/04/2024

Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim friend!

30/03/2024

God has Risen!!!
Happy Easter!!!

29/03/2024

22/03/2024

Terror attack is news now here in Moscow, gunmen are shooting brazenly. and there are some videos saying that this might be the start of a civil war. I hope that's not true. God don't allow it, I pray for peace, let peace remain..

08/03/2024

Happy Women's day to all our fellow women, keep it up! what ever you are going through always remember younare not alone😊😊😊

17/02/2024

Take a rest and breath, but never stop to quit. 😊

07/01/2024

С Рождеством, Россия!
Unboxing items for little Bethlehem

02/11/2023