Posted by: shyne17 on: August 20, 2009
“I’m sorry Sandy, your biopsy is positive for breast cancer.” It was hard for me to tell her that, but I had to. After the awkward moment in her clinical breast examination, I was suspicious of the pain that she complained of, as well as its texture which we doctors referred to as peau d’orange.
Sandy [...]
Posted by: shyne17 on: August 20, 2009
The Pleasure of Sucking
Andres now lies in your operating table after the washing of his body. He lies there lifeless and pale. The cosmetic work is used to restore injured facial features, but for him that is unnecessary. You have already mixed 16 ounces of formaldehyde with 1.5 gallons of water. The only thing [...]
Posted by: shyne17 on: July 24, 2009
(In the elevator)- Nicole Hilton, a famous ramp model enters the elevator. She wears a red knee length dress and black stiletto shoes.
(On the forty ninth floor, the door of the elevator opens. A man in a business suit enters. He recognizes the model and smiles. )
(The model smiles back.)
Man: Aren’t you the famous ramp [...]
Posted by: shyne17 on: May 31, 2009
Play the Field
By shyne and Mau
The mirror says you’re alright
Think you’re already set
But your stomach is not
And you’re afraid to smile and look stupid.
And you’re afraid to smile and look stupid.
Chorus:
Spark up! Trust the fire that is inside you.
Spark up! Hold the glow that you possess.
Spark up! Trust the fire that is inside you.
Spark up! [...]
Posted by: shyne17 on: May 31, 2009
Turo ng pinsan kong wais (na itago na lang natin sa pangalang Luman) habang kami ay namimili sa isang tyangge: “Wag ka talagang magpakita ng interes sa mga gusto mong bilhin na gamit, pag nakita ng nagbebebnta na gusto mo ang isang produkto nya, mamahalan nya ‘yung produkto.” Bigla akong nakapag-isip. Kaya naman pala konti [...]
Posted by: shyne17 on: May 31, 2009
Sabi ng aming guro noon, ang mga Pilipino ay mayroong malalang sakit, ang Plaza Complex.Ito ay ang ugaling Pilipino na ipagmalaki ang mga bagong kasangkapan, ang mga magagandang katangian, at kunga anu-ano pang pwedeng ipagmalaki sa ibang tao sa “Plaza”.
Sa tingin ko, ang bagong katumbas ng Plaza ngayon ay ang Mall. Halimbawa, sasabihin ng isang [...]
Posted by: shyne17 on: May 31, 2009
Time passed so quickly. Its just seems like yesterday that I was very nervous about writing my first Haiku. Yes, It is just short, but its is a crucial stage for an aspiring writer- the first poem. I believe that I could not call myself a poet because most of my work did not really [...]
Posted by: shyne17 on: May 31, 2009
Everything was like a fast forward. The class started and ended so fast. There are many good things that happened in Poetry II class. The basics are left in poetry I and at the start of the semester we all became ready for a higher level of criticism and praises.
When the class started with a [...]
Posted by: shyne17 on: May 31, 2009
The Philippine literature in English was started and made possible by the United States, at the end of the 19th century and establish a government based on democracy. By 1901, public education had been institutionalized in the Philippines, with English serving as the medium of instruction. Thomasites then replaced the soldiers who had been serving [...]
Posted by: shyne17 on: May 31, 2009
A folk epic depicts the values, characteristics and beliefs of the people where they came from. They also describe the positive and negative characteristics of the youth, of their gods, heroes, of women, of their ancestors and everyone else in the community. A folk epic is very significant in cultural legacy as it embodies and [...]
