Cecile Yumul's "Mother Earth: Reflections from the Last Words"What we do to any part of this earth negatively is doomsday we heap upon ourselves.
-Posted: 8:28 PM 4/16/13 | eK!
Joanna Carlos's "House of Haven"In Pampanga is a haven for those who love pleasure.
-Posted: 8:28 PM 4/16/13 | eK!
Joanna Carlos's "The Thistle Effect"We are all taking part in the occasions of the world, even the recluse.
-Posted: 10:42 AM 3/14/13 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "The Divorce Bill"As long as the the proposed Divorce Bill is left hanging, marriages in the Philippines are a farce.
-Posted: 11:11 AM 13/1/16 | eK!
Joanna Carlos's "Nondescript"I remember that writing can be tricky. I didn't want to be read.
-Posted: 11:11 AM 2/17/13 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "Going Bananas in Mt. Arayat"Driving to the mountain about three to four times a week can get you going bananas.
-Posted: 10:00 AM 2/2/13 | eK!
Joanna Carlos's "The Blog"The blog is free, and I leave it to you to wonder what I really feel, I am too old, too spent.
-Posted: 10:00 AM 2/2/13 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Kapampangan Ku"Ding kabalen na manimuna la king pamanyulung ning kapulwan da.
-Posted: 8:00 AM 1/16/13 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "The Real Miss Universe Contest"In the first real Miss Universe contest all contestants come from the nine known planets in the solar system.
-Posted: 8:00 AM 1/16/13 | eK!
JC Gaillard's "On The Diffusion Of The Kapanguluan Language"Modern Kapanguluan is gaining ground and the number of people who use it as their first language is increasing.
-Posted: 11:30 PM 1/7/13 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Bayung Banua Na, Bayung Pangaku"A promise is made just to buy time until it is finally forgotten or becomes irrelevant.
-Posted: 11:00 AM 12/30/12 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Pasku Na"Christmas is not only in the air, it is always in our hearts and minds.
-Posted: 7:30 PM 12/24/12 | eK!
Marcial Caniones's "Kuya Pablo"On the spur of momentary remembrance of bloops, people devastated can even laugh, triggered by pain and happiness at the same time.
-Posted: 7:13 AM 12/14/12 | eK!
Joanna Carlos's "The Day Of Opened Cases"We should all think of how the world functions, with its mysterious revolution we too would ponder, the force of centuries before us, when will we find the missing link that insists on rubbing away the aches and ills of mankind.
-Posted: 7:13 AM 12/14/12 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "The End Of The World, Once Again"There is a quandary on who can predict the end of the world and be successful enough to scare people out of their wits. Is it theMayans, or Nostradamus, the Bible, or just one's own natural naiveté?
-Posted: 8:00 AM 12/12/12 | eK!
Joanna Carlos's "Solace & Reverie, Light & Darkness"The privilege of ownership of a quality, be it only singly, of anything that would perpetuate the rather illusion of godliness,an unearthly immortal beauty or a vapid intelligence is something that is noticed second-degree.
-Posted: 8:00 AM 12/12/12 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Ding Supling Nang Sinukwan"Daya tamu kanung asu. Taksil ta kanung Kapampangan. Yang angang baligtad. Mumuna ne atang dili pamanyulung kabyayan ing Pilipinas king dane na Aslagan ngeni, o bakit nang malilyari king laman ding babasan Menila?
-Posted: 8:00 AM 12/12/12 | eK!
Joana Marie R. Morales's "Lumakad, Kayanakan: Isulung Ing Kabiasnan Para King Matulid a Dalan"Bilang metung a kayanakan, kayabe ku karing magnasang makapanuknangan lilung ning metung a bansang masaplala.
-Posted: 8:00 AM 12/12/12 | eK!
Joanna Carlos's "The Scene"The streets are prowled on by many monsters. You can tell by their faces, they all come out languishing.
-Posted: 7:45 AM 11/27/12 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Thanksgiving"Thanksgiving isn't just enjoying the day with family over that poor turkey that had nothing to live for except to sacrifice itself in the oven just to please you.
-Posted: 10:50 PM 11/26/12 | eK!
Joanna Carlos's "The Red-Cloaked Woman"While I was watching from the passenger seat driving around Pampanga, which is littered with prostitutes, I came to thinkthat women should walk bow-legged, as though they were bagong tuli, their lives are sex-encircled.
-Posted: 12:18 AM 11/23/12 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "One Day, That Economy Ticket May Buy You a Place to Stand"There are countless ways to make the passenger happy—if only to retain their patronage everytime they fly. In the long run, it's the happy passenger that will keep airlines from declaring bankruptcy.
-Posted: 10:17 AM 11/17/12 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "Black"I go black with a tinge of gray with the hope there will be light against this bleak scenario brought down on us.
-Posted: 8:00 PM 10/3/12 | eK!
Marcial Caniones's "Apat Na Hiwalay Na Pinaghalong Mga Dugtong"Malapit na naman ang eleksyon, mga tradpol at mga pulpol
-Posted: 11:00 AM 10/3/12 | eK!
Oliver S. Carlos's "Ka Poncing""Makasadya keng ibie ing daya ku at bie para keng ustu at matulid, ' e ta naman apigil nung kapilan at etamu makapamilinung makananung paralan tamu mate, dapot apili tamu nung makananu at nuanti kayulaga ing meging biye tamu keti king masala."
-Posted: 1:00 PM 9/25/12 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Meangubye Jesse M. Robredo at Cha-cha"King pangamate na karin la mimasalan ding dakal a mengalingwan king gabun dang tutukluwan. Mengising ini paisip karing mirinan galal at pamikatagun a gawang mayap king karelang katungkulan.
-Posted: 9:00 AM 9/5/12 | eK!
eK!'s press: "62nd Palanca's Outstanding Literary Treasures"What started as a small yet potent collection of six short stories in 1951 has now grown into a wide and deep treasury of the finest of Philippine literature in 22 categories.
-Posted: 9:00 AM 9/5/12 | eK!
Abel Soto's "What is Good Governance?"A salute to Secretary Jesse M. Robredo and to Professor Romulo Hernandez
-Posted: 12:30 AM 8/26/12 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Kamatayan at Aklat"Meragul kung mituru kening kegisingan kasalpantayanan king mabibye tamung magsadya king kekatang kamatayan.
-Posted: 10:15 AM 7/2/12 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "K-12"Reng aliwang matwa sasabyan da ring mig-grade 8 kanu byasa la.
-Posted: 10:00 AM 6/17/12 | eK!
Christine C. Salas's "What's Your Werd?"Okay lang ang salitang wirdo pag ginamit na adjective patungkol sa iyo. Pero ingat lang. Minsan kasi may mga wirdo na mag-sasa.
-Posted: 8:30 AM 6/15/12 | eK!
Abel Soto's "Isang '12 K(alokohan)' Nga Lang Ba Ang K-12?"DepEd argues that the K-12 program will be the solution to yearly basic education woes and the deteriorating quality of education. Critics, however, counteract that the education crisis needs to be addressed more fundamentally and adding more school years would only exacerbate the situation.
-Posted: 10:49 PM 6/11/12 | eK!
Marcial Caniones's "Subu Me Pa..."What we feed ourselves, especially our children, is what we make of ourselves and them.
-Posted: 9:01 PM 6/5/12 | eK!
Marcial Caniones's "Hindi Gaga si Jessica kung makuha mamya ang Corona"Alay para sa mga Pilipinong masisipag, tapat at may malinis na hangarin, na nakalimutan dahil kina Jessica, Lady Gaga, at Corona
-Posted: 1:44 AM 5/24/12 | eK!
Tec Sanchez-Tolosa's "A Sense of Conflict"Stories are stories, and no matter how hard we try to be objective, we judge the subjects nonetheless. It is in the telling—by media and other outlets that hold the power of language and imagery—that the verdict is veered this way or that.
-Posted: 2:59 AM 5/10/12 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Unfolding Inner Discipline (Salad Bowl o Melting Pot)"Ali ya lalasawan ing diversity pauli ning balang amanu at kalinangan/culture manlinang king kabyasnan at arapan ningketawan
-Posted: 10:00 AM 4/25/12 | eK!
Papa Osmubal's "Sulat Macabusni Carening Papaiaus 'Laureadus' Ning Capampangan"Sumulat ta na mu, at dapat iang tuquian ing utus ning pusu—nung ing utus ning pusu sumulat ca, sumulat ca; nunging utus na nini ing e ca dapat susulat, e ca susulat.
-Posted: 2:55 PM 4/1/12 | eK!
Abel Soto's "Context/Contecstu"Nung bisa la sanang magpa-usu ring taung mamuntucan queni quing paroquia nang Apung Guemung, sana itud de at ibili quing mabeluan at maca-iacmang contecstu ing carelang pa-usu, ba'lang e lulto manong, lalu na ing ing metung a pa-usu rang e macatud quing ustu nang contecstu.
-Posted: 10:00 AM 4/25/12 | eK!
Papa Osmubal's "Capalpacan At Camarinaian (Nung Matas Ca Puluc)"Buri cung ipaiabut carening babasa... reni rugung camalian at pamitalabu na nining aclat a 'O Jo Nu Ca Menibat?'
-Posted: 2:55 PM 4/1/12 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Nukarin Pa Munta"Nung balita mu ing babasan mu, map ing ali naka mamasa pin man.
-Posted: 2:55 PM 4/1/12 | eK!
Joel Pabustan Mallari's "Festival, Festival at Kimutan"E marok ing pagmasusyan la ring miyaliwang festival keti Kapampangan, pero mayap mung gawan ing pamagselebrang iti nung kayabe karing pamagsaya ing pamakiadwangan tamu keng mas malalam a kimutan
-Posted: 2:55 PM 4/1/12 | eK!
Abel Soto's "Indredus/Tsismis/Gossip"Ing indredus, macapagbulus... macabusbus pangatau, aliua mu quing pangatau na ning mai-indredus nune mas lalu na quing manindredus!
-Posted: 2:55 PM 4/1/12 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Aldo Ra Ring Pusu, Statin, At Whitney Houston"Ikit kune ing sarili kung pusu, maragul (mekad uling close up) ya at masigla. Anti yang makina na ning tren a kakalugkug. E patugut, mayap naman at makanyan.
-Posted: 10:36 PM 2/14/12 | eK!
Marcial Caniones's "Balentime"Ang pag-ibig: all in one na, 3 in 1 pa!
-Posted: 8:00 PM 2/14/12 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "Mabalacat 300"To weave 300 years of history in one sitting is beyond anyone's capacity, but music allows you to travel in and out of the ages with changing stories every time the music is played.
-Posted: 9:21 AM 2/11/12 | eK!
Christopher G Dela Cruz's "7 Dagli (flash fictions) Tagalug at Kapampangan"Marahil, kontradiksyon ang batas ng kalikasan sa mundo. Gaya ng paglusog ng katawan ng tao sa pag-iral ng sustansiyang nililikha ng tunggalian ng masamang mikrobyo at ng mabuting mikrobyo.
-Posted: 9:21 AM 2/11/12 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Pansinan Ya Ing Balen?"Mayap ing umpisan karing pibalebale ing batas at civics, taglus karing pre-schools patas nang patas karing pepagaralan, kanita malalam at matibe la ring tud tutuki karing batas.
-Posted: 10:51 AM 2/3/12 | eK!
JC Gaillard's "Kapampangan Vs Kapanguluan: Challenging The Alleged Two Faces of the Kapampangan Territory"The contemporary evolution of the Kapampangan culture, especially its language, should not be portrayed as a step towards extinction or assimilation. It should rather be seen as the materialisation of a new culture, that of the Kapanguluan.
-Posted: 2:22 PM 1/12/12 | eK!
Abel Soto's "Ring Dapat Cung Abalu Anting Talaturu Ning Amanu"Ing metung a matino at matenacan a talaturu metung yang malaut a pamaglacbe.
-Posted: 2:22 PM 1/12/12 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "New Year's Resolutions"Resolutions are re-re-re-resolutions, promises that need not see fulfillment. They are made just for the sake of making resolutions.
-Posted: 9:11 PM 1/4/12 | eK!
Abel Soto's "Ang Ating Kalikasan"Ang buhay ay tungkol sa tahimik na paglago. Ang mga naitanim natin sa isang panahon ay lumalago na lamang sa isa pang panahon ng buhay.
-Posted: 6:46 PM 12/21/11 | eK!
Abel Soto's "Quod Est Veritas?"Because everybody has different perceptions about life, it is difficult to weigh the content of any concept. Every account, ofits own, is formed to be the truth of the one individual who assumes it.
-Posted: 1:06 PM 12/19/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Mga Reklamo Ng Mga Patay"Kung nakakapagsalita lamang ang patay, marami silang lehitimong reklamo tungkol sa sinapit nila at kung ano ang mga pinaggagawa nang mga naiwanan sa buhay.
-Posted: 1:06 PM 12/19/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Ang Buhay Ay 'Weather-Weather' Lang"Kanya-kanyang panahon lamang. Para bagang gulong ng palad, minsa'y nasa itaas, minsan nasa ibaba.
-Posted: 8:53 AM 12/13/11 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "Julius"My son just waited for me to come home before his exit from this world, cradled in my arms the way I always put him to sleep when he was much younger
-Posted: 8:53 AM 12/13/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Some Random Truths & Observations"hmmn..., very interesting.
-Posted: 8:53 AM 12/13/11 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Reng Kapampangan Pen, Ne?"Antimong Filipinu kalupa ra ring Ilokanu at aliwa pa, atin lang sari-sariling telakaran at kapanwalan, e ta la alubusan o ametungan.
-Posted: 9:14 PM 10/27/11 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "KaKaMaNiMu: Ing Panyuglung Bie"Katamaran at kelan kusa king pamaglutu iang makakamal at magdalang kasakitan king aldoldo pamibiebie.
-Posted: 9:14 PM 10/27/11 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "Egaguhila: Nu Nala Kakawe?"It is more than just losing local fish species. It is in fact part of local culture and tradition that we will never see thelikes of them again.
-Posted: 8:08 PM 10/21/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "You Can Run But You Can't Hide"All we can do is find the good side of our existence, and complain all we like—but that doesn't really changeanything.
-Posted: 8:08 PM 10/21/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Graft & Corruption, A Licentious Preoccupation"The fear of being found out while indulging in graft and corruption is merely a hindrance, which overcomes itself anywayif you really work at it.
-Posted: 10:10 PM 10/10/11 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "Abakada Insectus Animalus"Fireflies, are one of the best measures of a balanced ecosystem. To miss them among the trees is to raise alarm and concern.
-Posted: 10:10 PM 10/10/11 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Lambing Ding Bossing"Neng bayu yang tau, ala ne pang lambing-lambing, at neng talasuyu re ring tau obra na pa bayu litratu.
-Posted: 10:10 PM 10/10/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Gay-Spotting"We are all potential homosexuals, recognizing the signs and acting on them when we see fit.
-Posted: 12:12 PM 10/7/11 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "Bie Ning Ima at Bie Ning Anac - 3"I hold Mama in the same intensity and fervor I could approximate all of the love she has given not for one child but for all those whose lives she has touched.
-Posted: 12:12 PM 10/7/11 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Pulayi"Mabilis ing penandit, nukarin papunta ing pulayi? Pasulong o paurung?
-Posted: 7:00 PM 10/2/11 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "Pedring's Way"Sulung, Pedring, ena la megtinu niang pesuguan kula ding mikapatad a Ondoy ampo y Pepeng.
-Posted: 7:00 PM 10/2/11 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "Paruminggung Alang Patugut - 5"Binie ku na ngan, angga na keni. E ku na agyu, gang tiktak niaman.
-Posted: 5:00 PM 9/25/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "What If"The Filipino mind is filled with "What ifs"
-Posted: 5:00 PM 9/25/11 | eK!
Marcial Caniones's "In Remembrance of 9/11 & Susup"My motto in life is... Whatever you do... at least to your brother... you do to me too.
-Posted: 5:00 PM 9/25/11 | eK!
eK! plug: "ArtiSta.Rita's Mikit Tamu King Milabas at the CCP"A musical revue showcasing excerpts from the group's most unforgettable and outstanding musicals staged in the last 10 years. September 24 at the CCP.
-Posted: 11:47 AM 9/14/11 | eK!
Cecile Yumul's "Talangca, Burung Talangca, at Utac Talangca"Mipanabit pababa. Mipanuclu bang miyuciat. Nung pibalac meng tutu, ena man tantung ustu iting casebian ayni, uling ding talangca mipaniaup la liuas-liuas balang miyuciat.
-Posted: 8:54 PM 9/13/11 | eK!
Abel Soto's "Ang Maging Babae Sa Panahon Natin Ngayon (Para Sa Aking Ina)"Panahon na para sa mga kababaihan na gampanin at akuin ang mas maraming responsibilidad nila para sa pagpapanatili ng buhay ng daigdig kagaya ng kanilang ginagawa sa kanilang pagsisilang sa buhay ng mundo.
-Posted: 7:58 AM 9/12/11 | eK!
Marcial Caniones's "Istatwa Ya Ing Diyos? Istatwa Ya? Alti Kayung Maklak!"E no wangis ning Apung Guino ring taung mangaapi, mangasamantala, mangabusabos?
-Posted: 10:10 AM 9/5/11 | eK!
Abel Soto's "What Makes Political Correctness Politically Correct?"Political correctness is nothing more than a play on words to substitute offensive words that are not as shocking to others.
-Posted: 10:10 AM 9/5/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Faux (Not Fox) News Headlines - 2"Headlines to chew on, savor the flavor, swallow with your favorite chaser.
-Posted: 10:10 AM 9/5/11 | eK!
Abel Soto's "Sining at Moralidad"Napakaraming tanong ang maaaring magsalimbayan at magbanggaan sa pagsasalpukan ng sining at moralidad.
-Posted: 9:35 AM 8/31/11 | eK!
Aida Tanglao's "Tete"Muli ya king pamanyambang larawan ing kasalpantayanan patye kaylangan la pang iyarap kekatamu ding miyayalwang imain o larawan.
-Posted: 8:18 AM 8/22/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Ang Sagot Ni Susan"Mabuti na lang at patay ka na. Kundi ka namatay sa atake sa puso, marami ka na ring beses na namatay: kundi sa mga kamay ng mga Ampatuan, marahil sa matinding kunsimisyon tungkol sa mga nangyayari dito ngayon.
-Posted: 8:18 AM 8/22/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Liham Kay Susan"Ako ang nanalong presidente at ikaw ang dapat na naging First Lady.
-Posted: 11:25 AM 8/12/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "What Goes Around Comes Around"The time has simply come for retribution, for justice to be served to those it is due.
-Posted: 12:08 PM 8/9/11 | eK!
Papa Osmubal's "DLSR, MD"Buying a digital camera for medical purpose.
-Posted: 2:22 PM 8/2/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Bye Bye, Wang-Wang"You can do your own SONA, and then compare it with PNoy's. Pretend you are president.
-Posted: 2:22 PM 8/2/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Delicadeza"Delicadeza is like a cellphone in your pocket that is to be used when called for.
-Posted: 6:47 AM 7/22/11 | eK!
Wilfrido David's "Bayang Magiliw, Perlas ng Alanganin"We will be better off if we use our own minds and resources in dealing with the dire realities of life. Let us complain less and start looking on the bright side.
-Posted: 8:29 AM 7/5/11 | eK!
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