Rebyu ng Sakit ng Kalingkingan: 100 Dagli sa Edad ng Krisis ni Rolando Tolentino

Sa aklat niyang The Significance of Theory, inilarawan ni Terry Eagleton ang teorya: “Like small lumps in the neck, it is a symptom that all is not well (1990:26)”.

Ang mga bukol sa katawan ay hindi pirming bahagi nito. Samakatuwid,… Read the rest

The Greatness of Noli Me Tangere

JOSE Rizal poured most of his literary talent into the novel. He wrote two powerful novels that are now associated with his heroism and greatness: Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) and El Filibusterismo (Subversion).

He began writing the Noli… Read the rest

Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino Poet in the “New World”

JOSE GARCIA VILLA, R.I.P.: Post-mortem and Autopsy Report on the Death and Resurrection of a Filipino Poet in the Imperial Metropole (Lecture given on 7 Jan 2009, at Ateneo University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines)

by E. SAN JUAN, Jr.… Read the rest

To the Young Women of Malolos

This famous letter was written by Jose Rizal in Tagalog, while he was residing in London, upon the request of M. H. del Pilar. The story behind this letter is that on December 12, 1888, a group of twenty young… Read the rest

Awit ni Maria Clara

Mga sandali’y matamis sa sarili nating Bayan;
Doo’y kaibigang tangi bawat’ sikatan ng araw;
Buhay ang sa hanging simoy na lumilipad sa parang;
Kamatayan ay masarap, kay-lambing ng pagmamahal!

Marubdob na mga halik ang naglalaro sa labiRead the rest

Pahimakas ni Dr Jose Rizal

Pinipintuho kong Bayan ay paalam,
Lupang iniirog ng sikat ng araw,
mutyang mahalaga sa dagat Silangan,
kaluwalhatiang sa ami’y pumanaw.

Masayang sa iyo’y aking idudulot
ang lanta kong buhay na lubhang malungkot;
maging maringal man… Read the rest

Mi Ultimo Adios por Dr Jose Rizal

Adios, Patria adorada, regin del sol querida,
Perla del Mar de Oriente, nuestro perdido eden,
A darte voy, alegre, la triste, mustia vida;
Y fuera mas brillante, mas fresca, mas florida,
Tambien por ti la diera,… Read the rest