๐ธ Also remembering writers Manuel S. Diaz and Carlos S. Bulosan this #pandemic#Halloween ๐
(Book: published in 2009; copy from the translator which I regarded as a birthday gift when he visited Baguio during the Panagbenga festival in February 2014)
๐ Spending this #pandemic#Halloween gathering my thoughts into a draft on Isabelo de los Reyes and remembering one of #DonBelong scholar-translators, my former professor in Spanish and Literature, Dr. Elinore Imson ๐ธ
(Photo: Baguio City, October 2021)
Iโm so incredibly DELIGHTED for @mariaressa but I also want to explain why this decision by @NobelPrize is so important at this moment (& why itโs more very bad news for Facebook)
โฆand not for those whom you have wronged, I do not think that truth has been let to make all freedom and justice attainable. Tyrants and oppressors also make time to obscure and deny truth. 2/2
Time, they say, can make things right. Time allows us to make amends, reconcile, and let truth set us free. But, if you only make things right for yourselfโฆ 1/2
Tipirin, huwag marathon nang di matapos agad (at nang di mapabayaan ang mga gawain) at para may araw-araw na magpapagaan ng buhay. Mainam ang may nakikitang pagmumulan ng inspirasyon. Make the most out of โremote.โ Di lang pang estudyante, pang-titser din. 2/2
Kung remote mode ang eskuwela, may remote din para sa Netflix maghanap ng magpapakilig. Siguraduhing series para matagal-tagal ang pagkikita. Manood pagkatapos magawa ang class requirements for the day. 1/2
Ngayong araw ng pag-alala sa Batas Militar at maligalig na dekada 70, alalahanin din natin at patuloy na usigin ang kaakibat na ideolohiyang โisang bansa, isang diwa, isang wikaโ o kahawig na kaisipan at ang ugnayan ng wika, kultura at lipunan sa kapangyarihan at kasaysayan.