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Historical Background

A brief background of the historical events that lead to the Philippine modern Era The Philippines achieved full independence on July 4, 1946. Manuel A. Roxas y Acuna was elected as first president, succeeded by Elpidio Quirino (1948-1953), Ramon Magsaysay (1953-1957), and Carlos P. Garcia (1957-1961). Diosdado Macapagal(1961-1965) and Ferdinand Marcos(1965-1986). Under Marcos, Martial law was declared on Sept. 21, 1972, and he proclaimed a new constitution. Despite warnings that his life would be endangered, opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino returned to the Philippines from self- exile on Aug 21, 1983. He was shot to death as he was being escorted from his plane by military police at Manila International Airport. The event became a catalyst for opposition groups and the People Power movement, led by the late leaders wife Corazon Aquino. A presidential election happened on Feb. 7, 1986, Corazon Aquino declared her candidacy. Marcos was declared as the official winner, but anti- Marcos protests exploded in Manila, Marcos was forced to flee into exile and entered the U.S. on Feb. 25, 1986. The Aquino government survived coup attempts and other right- wing elements. Legislative elections on May 11, 1987, gave pro- Aquino candidates a large majority. In elections in May 1992, Gen Fidel Ramos won the presidency in 1 7- way race. In August, 2001, both rebel groups signed unity agreement with the Philippine government. The ceasefire between the government and the MILF temporarily broke down in February, 2003. About 120 000 have died in the conflict, and the more than 3 million have been displaced. May 1998, 61 y/o former action film star Joseph Estrada was elected president of the Philippines. Within 2 years, the Philippine senate began to impeach Estrada on corruption charges and Estrada was forced from the office. Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo became president in Jan, 2001. Abu Sayyaf, a small group of guerillas that has been fighting since the 1970s for an independent Islamic state that gained international notoriety throughout 2000 and 2001 with its spree of kidnappings that resulted in dozens of deaths. In July 2003, dozens of multinous soldiers took over a Manila housing complex, protesting low pay and demanding the resignation of Pres. Arroyo and the defense secretary. After Arroyos term as president, at present, our President is Benigno Simeon Aquino III. Benigno Simeon Cojuango III known as Noynoy Aquino, is the fifteenth and incumbent President of the Philippines , is also a fourth generation politician. He was elected to Senate in the 14th congress of the Philippines. Following the death of his mother on Aug 1, 2009.Many people began calling on Aquino to run for presidency. On Sept 9, 2009, he officially announced his candidacy. Aquino was proclaimed winner of the 2010 Presidential election.

THE SONG
Many composers, grieved over Ninoy Aquinos treacherous assassination composed songs. Among them were Coritha, Eric and Freddie Aguilar. Coritha and Eric composed asong titles LABAN NG BAYAN KO and this was first sung by Coritha during the National Unification Conference of the Opposition in March, 1985. This was also sung during the Presidential Campaign Movement for Cory Aquino to inspire the movement against Marcos in February 1986. Freddie Aguilar revived the song BAYAN KO which was written by Jose Corazon de Jesus and C. de Guzman during the American period.

Bayan Ko
Ang bayan kong Pilipinas Lupain ng gintot bulaklak Pag-ibig ang sa kanyang palad Nag-alay ng gandat dilag. At sa kanyang yumi at ganda Dayuhan ay nahalina Bayan ko, binihag ka Nasadlak sa dusa. Chorus: Ibon mang may layang lumipad Kulungin mo at umiiyak Bayan pa kayang sakdal dilag Ang di magnasang makaalpas! Pilipinas kong minumutya Pugad ng luha kot dalita Aking adhika, Makita kang sakdal laya. PALABOK: Ang bayan koy tanging ikaw Pilipinas kong mahal Ang puso ko at buhay man Sa iyoy ibibigay Tungkulin kong gagampanan Na lagi kang paglingkuran Ang laya moy babantayan Pilipinas kong hirang. (Repeat Chorus)

Many other composers added their bit during this period. Among them were Freddie Aguilar, Jose Marie Chan and the group Tito, Vic and Joey. ANAK of Freddie Aguilar became an instant success because of the spirit and emotions revealed in the song. There were even translations in Japanese and in other languages.

Anak
Noong isilang ka sa mundong ito Laking tuwa ng magulang mo At ang kamay nila ang iyong ilaw At ang nanay at tatay mo'y Di malaman ang gagawin Minamasdan pati pagtulog mo Nagdaan pa ang mga araw At sa gabi'y napupuyat ang iyong nanay Sa pagtimpla ng gatas mo At sa umaga nama'y kalong ka Ng iyong amang tuwang-tuwa sa iyo At ang landas mo'y naligaw Ikaw ay nalulong sa masamang bisyo At ang una mong nilapitan Ang iyong inang lumuluha At ang tanong,"anak, nagkaganyan" ba't ka Di mo man lang inisip na Ang kanilang ginagawa'y para sa iyo Pagkat ang nais mo'y Masunod ang layaw mo Di mo sila pinapansin

Ngayon nga ay malaki ka na Nais mo'y maging malaya Di man sila payag Walang magagawa Ikaw nga ay biglang nagbago Naging matigas ang iyong ulo

At ang iyong mga mata'y biglang lumuha ng di mo napapansin Nagsisisi at sa isip mo'y Nalaman mong ika'y nagkamali Nagsisisi at sa isip mo'y Nalaman mong ika'y nagkamali Nagsisisi at sa isip mo'y

At ang payo nila'y sinuway mo

Nalaman mong ika'y nagkamali...

Aristotle "Aries" Pollisco (born October 18, 1977), better known by his stage name Gloc-9 is an Awit Award-winning Filipino rapper. His fast-flowing vocal style has made him one of the most successful hip-hop artists in the Philippines. He has won the award for Best Rap Artist at the Philippine Hip-Hop Music Awards for three consecutive years (2005-2007) and has also been recognized by the MYX and MTV Music Awards. He was described by fellow Filipino rapper Francis Magalona as "a blacksmith of words and letters, and a true Filipino poet.

Upuan
by Gloc-9

Kayo po na naka upo, Subukan nyo namang tumayo At baka matanaw, at baka matanaw na nyo Ang tunay na kalagayan ko Ganito kasi yan eh...

At kahit na hindi pasko sa lamesa ay may hamon Ang sarap sigurong bahay na ganyan manirahan sa

Sabi pa nila ay dito mo rin matatagpuan Ang tao na nagmamay-ari ng isang upuan Na pag aagawan may pagkakatao'y pinag-

Verse 1: Tao po, nandyan po ba kayo sa loob ng Malaking bahay at malawak na bakuran Mataas na pader pinapaligiran At naka sasakyan pilang mga mamahaling

Kaya naman hindi niya pinakakawalan Kung makikita ko lamang siya ay aking sisigawan

Chorus: Kayo po na naka upo, Subukan nyo namang tumayo, At baka matanaw, at baka matanaw na nyo Ang tunay na kalagayan ko

Mga bantay na laging bulong ng bulong Wala namang kasal pero marami ang naka barong Lumakas man ang ulan ay walang butas ang bubong Mga plato't kutsara na hindi kilala ang tutong At ang kanin ay simputi ng gatas na nasa kahon

Verse 2: Mawalang galang na po Sa taong naka upo,

Alam niyo bang pantakal ng bigas namin ay di puno Ang ding-ding ng bahay namin ay pinagtagpi-tagping yero Sa gabi ay sobrang init na tumutunaw ng yelo Na di kayang bilhin upang ilagay sa inumin Pinakulong tubig sa lumang takuring uling-uling Gamit lang panggatong lamang sa istero na inanod

Di ko alam kung talagang maraming harang O mataas lang ang bakod O nagbubulag-bulagan lamang po kayo Kahit sa dami ng pera niyo Walang doktor na makapagpapalinaw ng mata niyo Kaya...

Wag kang masyadong halata Bato-bato sa langit Ang matamaa'y wag magalit O bato-bato bato sa langit Ang matamaan ay Wag masyadong halata (ooh) Wag kang masyadong halata Hehey, (Wag kang masyadong halata) (Wag kang masyadong halata)

Na nagsisilbing kusina sa umaga'y aming banyo Ang aking inay na may kayamanan isang kaldero Na nagagamit lang pag ang aking ama ay sumweldo Pero kulang na kulang parin, Ulam na tuyo't asin Ang singkwenta pesos sa maghapo'y pagkakasyahin

THE POETRY
Filipino poetry in English is one of the crowning achievements of our people today. Since the introduction of the English language together with its literary treasure, it was able to gain bulk, range, form and substance- in short maturity and significance.

Merlin M. Alunan
An associate of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing is a professor at the U.P. College in Tacloban City, where she currently resides. She obtained her M.A. in Creative Writing from the Silliman University in Dumaguete City in 1975. She has received numerous awards for her writing, including the Lillian Jerome Thornton Award for Nonfiction, Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas, Free Press, Chancellors Award for Excellence in Creative Work, and Likhaan Workshop Award.

"My Mother" by Merlin M. Alunan

Your womb space--

described

my

earliest

Your unrepentant fears cower inside me Shivering their dread of birth, danger Ancient as the grave's wait for its fee.

Terse measure in pulses of our one blood, The flow and turning of my fetal days.

It is your shelter I had yearned to fly, I took from you more than shape of chin, Span of bone, a cast of shadow in the eyes, Accents of your speech, tone of our skin. Startling to the doom written in the blood, The statement of our common destiny.

Watching you now inside this shrunken room, Your skin a loose bag over your brittle bones, I think how flight would only bring me home.

It was your law whipped my conscience Recalcitrant as hair loose in a wild wind To strict obedience. conformity and terrible

Nick Joaquin
Nick Joaqun was born in the old district of Pac in Manila, Philippines, on September 15, 1917. He shortly joined the insurrection, had the rank of colonel, and was wounded in action. When the hostilities ceased and the country came under American rule, he built a successful practice in law. He is a Filipino writer who wrote under the name of Quiano de Manila, historian and journalist, best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature.

Six P.M. by Nick Joaquin

Trouvere at night, grammarian in the morning, ruefully architecting syllables but in the afternoon my ivory tower falls. I take a place in the bus among people returning to love (domesticated) and the smell of onions burning and women reaping the washlines as the Angelus tolls. But Iwhere am I bound? My garden, my four walls

and you project strange shores upon my yearning: Atlantis? The Caribbeans? Or Cathay? Conductor, do I get off at Sinai? Apocalypse sorrow awaits me: urgent my

towards the undiscovered world that I roam warm responding flesh for a while shall borrow: conquistador tomorrow. tonight, clockpuncher

THE SHORT STORY


The short story in English is doubtless one of the crowning achievements in Philippine literature. Since it was introduced in 1900, the Filipinos have produces several outstanding short stories- original in conception, vigorous in appeal, universal I application and written in excellent prose.

Footnote to Youth
by Jose Garcia Villa It was a story of a boy who was only 17 when he decides to marry his love one. He was Dodong, and he love Teang so much that he could not wait for the right age to settle down in a relationship that is hard to escape. It's the "marriage". At the age of 17 Dodong and Teang got married without thinking of the risk being in an uneasy part of life. They just follow what they feel. They don't think what would happen in their future. They got a child. Teang realized how hard being a young parent. Her regret of she had done and think, what would be my life if I marry my other suitors instead of Dodong? Can I have the same life as of now? She regrets so much of. Until one day, when their son grow. He follows the footsteps of his parents. He wants to marry also at the age of 17. He told his parents what his plans. Dodong have nothing to do but explain how hard and how risky to be in "marriage "at the young age. But like Dodong before, his son also wants to pursue what he wants.

The lesson we can learn is that marriage can wait the right time, if we want to be in this stage of life, we must prepare ourselves against the risk of it. I know we can all be in to it if we like too but not at the young age.

The Return
by Enrique K. Laygo As Maria was returning to her hometown, with her heart broken into pieces and with indefinable sorrow, she was staring at the glass window of the train. She sees everything that she had left behind years ago when she was not yet a whore. Maria dared to inquire; she asked a man if the town is still far. But the man hesitated to answer because she was suspecting that the girl would bring such venom in the flesh on the city. Maria knew that the man was contemplating her because of the smell of her perfume and her looks that made him guess what she really was. There she was, seeing the house. It hadnt change at all. She walked near it, but the dog named Vulcan barked against her. Trining, her sister, calmed the Vulcan. Maria saw Trining, they embraced tightly while crying. Afterwards, she invited her sister inside her house. Maria told Trining about her life, the tragedies she had gone through. She wanted to return in their house but Trining was ordered by her mother dead mother to drive Maria into her house so that her brothers wont be contaminated. Trining told her to go. Maria was about to jump on the window but Trining caught Maria on the fringe of her dress. Trining hugged her tightly. If our mother had banned you, in contravention to her order, I receive you, Trining said. Maria jumped to her sister, hugged her and drowned with tears.

THE ESSAY
The struggle for freedom and national identity, there developed prose in English, written by men in public life who made politics their primary concern and the defense of their country.

Ismael V. Mallari

Was one of the early Filipino writers in English. He is ranked as leading literary and art critic in the Philippines. While he could not be ranked among the critics of the older school, he was conceded by a number of informed persons to be the best writer on problems of Architecture and city planning. He wrote on Architecture with the understanding and skill of a truly artistic temperament. Mallaris forte in his essays was in his use of simple words neatly and economically. He wrote poems too from his hometown Malabon in Rizal Province, Mallari went to the Philippine Normal School in Manila, and then he went as a government pensionado to the University of Wisconsin (USA) for further studies in English, Education and Library Science. For his accomplishments, Mallari was included in the Pan-Pacific Whos Who and the Whos Who library Science. He's famous for his work "The Stranger" which focuses mainly on the life of a regular person to a good believing person. He has famous works like Into the World of Words which talks about a little boy who discovered and realized words has deeper meaning than what we think and Pliant like a bamboo which depicts about Filipinos who are strong enough to withstand the onslaughts and trials of life.

Into the World of Words by Ismael V. Mallari

For the Little Boy, the first year of his stay in the public school was a momentous period of discovery and realization. The somnolent attitude that he used to have towards books was supplemented by one of excited interest, because he found out to his amazement that words were living things which he could harness as the chariot of his dreams. He learned, to begin with, that words were not merely sounds to be made in the mouth and thundered at the schoolmaster to convince that old worthy that the lesson had been conned. Words, he found out, stood for objects in much the same way as his own name stood for himself. When he called friends names, they came to him. When he mentioned the name of any object, the image of that object suddenly became vivid in his mind as if the mere mention of that word set off a skyrocket which burst somewhere inside of him and revealed the image of that object in the center. This, to the Little Boy, was of course fascinating enough; but he also discovered that words made characteristic impressions upon the page and produced peculiar sounds when uttered- some gruff, others caressing. He began to think of words as distinct personalities; and, as the years rolled on, they wee to become to him more vivid than the faces of his neighbors. Thus it was that in the years to come, he was to wince whenever people, without compunction and even with a tinge of pride, murdered words singly or slaughtered them in battalions. It was in these years to follow that the Boy was to engross in the far-reaching relationships of words- their strange affinities with one another. He was to discover that, in the world of words as well as in the world of men, the simplest often possessed the greatest power and the greatest beauty; that pompous words often dragged the sentence down in much the same ways as pompous men dragged their countries down to ignominy and defeat. But to the Boy, the never-ending source of wonder was the power of words to tug at the heart and to challenge the mind. One of group of words combined in one way would tickle the spirit and make it dance to the music of its own creation; while the same group of words combined another way would cause the landscape to waver through the tears. The Little Boy first the burnt of this power or words when an angry classmate called him a name that seemed to shrivel his whole being and make him recall the havoc that the Unknown destroyer had played upon the Garden. He had been cut with a bolo before. He had been bitten by a dog. He had been whipped by the schoolmaster. But never before had he felt it now. He was too stunned for either speech or actions; and when finally anger came to the rescue of pain, the offender was already too far away for his avenging fists. He had never thought of words as weapons before, but one lesson was enough for the little Boy. He soon learned to dip these weapons in the venom of the serpent and the asp, or to hide them in the silken folds of other words smooth and glossy. For he was to find again and again that this world of Christianity and brotherly love was full of people who relished stabbing one anothers back with words if not with swords!

The Sexes: So whats the big difference?


by Flor B. Conopio Through the years women have thought to be equal with men. But there's one problem. God didn't create us alike. It's impossible for us to be totally the same Now in God's eyes, men and women are equal. God doesn't look at one sexes and say "You're better than the other!" Eve was created from one of Adam's ribs, signifying that men and women stand side by sice in starus before God. But psychologically, physically, emotionally, and mentally, males and females are different. Aren't you glad? Things would be pretty boring if we were all alike. Once we understand how God made us, we can delight in our differences. Gary Smally, in his 2 books , For better or for best and if and only he knew, describes specific differences between guys and girls. Seen these differences Females are more sensitive to feelings and situations. Males might not realize theyre sampling on feelings and causing hurt. Males arent as aware though they can be made aware with a females love and sensitivity. Females become more a part of people that surround them. They build relationships. They get together with friends and talk. Males may relate to people but they usually dont want to become as closely entwined with them. They get together with friends and do something. Females become easily hurt when criticized about a house or clothes, because they feel these things as an extension of themselves. Males tend to be a matter of fact about these thing, taking an attitude of So what? Females need time to adjust to changes and new surroundings. They focus on immediate consequences for themselves and their family. Males can adjust more immediately because they focus on the benefits. Once the male has adjusted, he might have a hard time understanding why the female is holding back. Females have an intuitive nature. A female might say, I feel like we shouldnt do this Or I dont feel right about that. This is a sense God has implanted into her. Males dont seem to have this intuition and sometimes think females use this as an excuse to be stubborn or not to think irrationally. So the male might go ahead and do what he wants to do, or verbally hurt the female. Females are more verbally expressive.

Males are more physically expressive. Emotional/Mental A basic difference between girls and guys can be illustrated by a bird and a bull The bird is sensitive and responds to its surroundings. The bull charges along, doing its thing, regardless of what happens. Ever hear the expression ' "He's like a bull in a China closet?" Physical We can see more differences between the sexes in the physical body than any other aspect. (No surprise here) Sexual differences A female's mood can be affected by her menstrual cycle. Male are turned on by sight and to be less discrete than females. Females give sex to get affection, whereas males give affection to get sex. That's why premarital sex is so devastating to a female. Someone summed up the sexual differences this way: " The female is like an iron, which takes a while to heat up and cool down, but the male is like a light bulb. They are turned on and off in an instant. Girls need to remember, though that no male ever died because he got turned on and didnt get what he wanted. As you look at this list of differences, is it any wonder guys and girls have a hard time understanding each other? But God created both males and females with differing strengths. So instead of trying to be the same lets learn to appreciate the good in each person we met male or female.

THE NOVEL
Filipino novel is the product of over half a century. It is written principally to entertain, teach and portray the Filipino way of life. In a word, the Filipino novel is written with a purpose.

The Woman Who Had Two Navels by Nick Joaquin


In the of the story, it started when Connie went to Pepes place for consultation. The problem of Connie is how to remove her other navel. Because if she (if ever) give birth, where would the other umbilical cord be connected. Connie told Pepe the story about her child hood times. Pepe talked to Seiora de Vidal, and verything that Seiora de Vidal told Pepe exactly the opposite of what Connie told Pepe. Some things that Seiora de Vidal told

Pepe, was that Connie only have a navel, her navel was not really two. Also the age, which Seiora de Vidal said that Connie was just 18 years old. And she was not just got married that day, but she was married almost a year already. Pepe know that Connie hide from her after hearing that Seiora de Vidal ordinary that her father was in news and that controversies often comes when her father is in the government. Connies mom told her not to be affected with the controversies. After that, Seiora de Vidal also told Pepe that her daughter likes Paco. Pepe knows Paco because they were classmates during they are in Grade School. After talking with Seiora de Vidal, Pepe went to Texeria's after. They talked and Pepe discovered that Paco was in Manila, he writes Mary alot of letters about Connie's Mother. Paco was in manila with his band to play and sing in two different clubs, they had already signed contracts. Paco became interested with Manila, while Seiora de Vidal became interested with Hong Kong. The even talked an said, they would meet often and know each others countries. One time, Connie's mom was not around their house, and Paco met Connie. Starting that time, connie started watching Paco and his band playing for the club. Until one day, there were few people fighting and one of them got shot. Connie was there and she was shocked. Paco with Connie went together to a Chinese Temple. Connie told Paco that she can talk to somebody else, Connie left him. After some weeks past by, Paco exited the club that he was playing for, and suddenly saw Connie's car in dark. They drove till they reach Paco's hotel. Paco went out of his hotel room and go away. After that happening, 2 days to be exact, Paco left Manila alone and went back to Hong Kong. Mary, Pepe, Paco went to the park and talked. After few hours, Mary went home ahead with her children. The two gentlemans talk about Connie's two navels. They where wondering if it is true or not. After talking about it, Pepe went home while Paco was left in the park. When we came home, he saw his father who was supposed to be in Manila. His father was very unusal that time and cannot answer most of Paco's questions. Tony his brother and Rita, who he is engagage to, went to Paco's house becuase their father was their. They ate together and his father went to his room earlier that other. They were all thinking what happened to their father when he was still in Manila. He wasn't able to answer their questions and he went to Hongkong earlier than what is expected. The only this he saw in the room was the dirty run that was full of dust. Pepe gave up of figuring up things and went away. In the next chapter, Rita Lopez and Hellen Silvas painting shop. The phone rang and the person on the phone was Pepe and asks Rita to go to a dinner with Mary and Paco. Hellen told Rita it was sweet but Rita said, it was all Marys idea. Rita wanted to go home and change clothes but Pepe told him that they will be going straight to Ritas shop. So Rita has to just stay in her shop and not to change clothes. So they went to ride a ferry going to a Disco club in Tovarich. They went there to see one good band playing in Tovarich. Pete Alfonso went near them in the bar and talk to them. And ask a drink with them, Paco ask Pete Alfonso why there where no singer and pianist. So he answer and said they ran away and need a replacement. So Paco applied and was accepted to start the next day. Next, Rita asked Pepe to dance with her but Pepe told him he was too full to dance. Pepe ask someone who was siting across them awhile ago and said it was Vidal. After talking, Pepe ask permission to Rita if she can go to the balcony, Pepe went to the balcony to talk with Connie Escobar. Pepe went back to Rita and told them to go home first because he is going to talk to someone. So Connie Escobar drive Pepe very fast but Pepe said stop and went away. But after minutes pass by, Pepe went back to the car. Then Connie told Pepe stories and atlast, the arrived at the hotel. Connie kissed Pepe on his cheeks and go to her

room. But, Connie went back to Pepe and ask him to bring her to other places. Pepe ask her why and she said, because his husband is up their. Pepe told her, why should you get worried. Connie told him that Macho has other girls, the worst thing about it was, her own mother Concha De Vidal was the girl of his husband. Connie saw the letters of her mother to Macho. So Pepe help her and brought her to his wifes place. Connie ask Pepe to tell Macho that she was just sick, she dont like to go there. Pepe told that to Macho, Macho ask Pepe if Connie is alright, and ask him if he is a doctor, Pepe told him he was not a doctor. So Macho ask him to get Connie one, Macho was asking and asking Pepe where Connie is but Pepe didnt tell him because it was what Connie ask him to do. When Pepe was to leave Machos room, Macho stop him and told the story of how he and Connie got married. Macho became emotional, while the story was on going. Machos father was stroke and after a few days, Machos father died. So Macho has to take care of their business and their hacienda. As Pepe went home, just daylight before Rita awoke. Rita didnt saw Connie in the sofa. The next chapter started when it was New Year in Hong Kong. Paco and his band perform in Tovarich. Everybody there was having a lot of fun. In the convent of St Andrew, Father Tony was planning to teach novices different languages. But he had a visitor, it was Seniora de Vidal. She told Father Tony that Connie was starting to invent stories. She knows that Connie hated her because she as Father Tony to convince her to go back to his husband Macho. After hearing the story, Father Tony was confused and felt very uncomfortable. After that, Father Tony when to the club to talk to Pepe, Rita, Paco & Mary. He told them everything that Seniora de Vidal told him, there Paco hated them more. Later that night, Concha remembers when she first met his husband Esteban Borromeo. A Handsome boy, a good painter, and an activist she fell in love with and who she married. After Esteban died, she met and married her latest husband, Mr. Vidal.

That night, Concha ask Father Tony to go to her car. They talk everything about Conchas past and about Connie. Then Tony and Pepe went home and they saw Connie standing infront of their door. They try to talk with her, to forgive whatever her mother did to her. And try to start a new life, and told her she only have one navel. And it was just her imagination. Then Connie started to tease Father Tony and Pepe to look if she really has two navels. The next chapter is about what happen to the Connies life. How she want to destroy her parents. How she hated her husband Macho and cant forgive him. How she sees the world as an evil world, trying to live in a make believe world. Connie cant accept to accept the really world. While Connie was on the top of the peak. She recalled everything that happened and felt hated that is inside her heart, her mothers and his fathers. She remember the times when she always says that her father and mother are bad, and not her. She felt soared but still, cannot accept the truth. After a while, she went to the Monastery. When she was in the Monastery and got inside, she wanted to talk to Father Tony but is was an older father who approach her. They had confrontation of what Connie really felt. The father showed her that she was bad. But whatever the Father told her, she always believe that she is not bad.

FAMOUS AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS


1. Efren R. Abueg
A. Novel Isang Babae sa Panahon ng Pagbabangon B. Short Stories Sa Bagong Paraiso Mabangis na Lungsod

2. N. V.M. Gonzales (Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez)


"Literature is an affair of letters," N.V.M. Gonzalez once said. A teacher, author, journalist and essayist, Gonzalez is one of the most widely recognized, anthologized and closely studied among Filipino writers. Gonzalez distinctively wrote of the Filipino life, of the Filipino in the world. Gonzalez is himself a Filipino in the world, traversing between the United States and the Philippines and exploring Europe and Asia. The affair of letters Gonzalez created is more than literature. It is the story of a Filipino in the world. It is his story. His works include: a. Novels The Winds of April (1947) A Season of Grace (1956) The Bamboo Dancers (1959) b. Short Stories Children of the Ash Covers Loam (1954) Look, Stranger on This Island Now Bread of Salt Where My Baby Now? A Warm Hand Whispering Woman

3. Francisco Sionil Jose


His works are usually replete with social underpinnings on the class struggles as well as the colonialism in Philippine society. Even as a young kid, Jose already had a firm understanding about justice, corruption, inequality, and other social issues. He learned much from growing up in a somewhat destitute living condition in Barrio Cabugawan in Rosales, Pangasinan.

He once wrote: The soul and reality of people are in their arts, in their literature, their songs. Literature teaches us history. We get to know our country and ourselves through literature. He received numerous awards like Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts (1980), National Artist Award for Literature (2001), Pablo Neruda Centennial Award (2004) and Palanca Awards. A. Novels 1. Rosales Saga Novels Dusk Tree My Brother, My Executioner The Pretenders Mass 2. Other Novels Gagamba (The Spider Man) (1991) Viajero (1993) Sin (1994) Ben Singkol (2001) Ermita Vibora! (2007) Sherds (2008)

B. Short Stories The God Stealer and Other Stories. Waywaya, Eleven Filipino Short Stories Platinum, Ten Filipino Stories Olvidon and Other Short Stories Puppy Love.

4. Bienvenido Santos
A novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist, Santos's early writings were in the English language he learned at school, Tondo (the language of his mother's songs at home), and Tagalog (the native language of the Philippines). His first two novels, Villa Magdalena and The Volcano, were published in the Philippines in 1965. Santos became an American citizen in 1976. One year later, the Marcos regime banned his novel about government corruption, The Praying Man, and he and his wife remained in San Francisco. Scent of Apples (1980), his only book to be published in the United States, won the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. He wrote more than a dozen books about exiles in both of his adopted countries, including the short story collections including You Lovely People (1955) and Brother, My Brother (1960).

5. Stevan Javellana
Stevan Javellana was a Filipino novelist and short-story writer in the English language. He is also known as Esteban Javellana. Javellana was the author of a best-selling war novel in the United States (U.S.) and Manila, Without Seeing the Dawn, published by Little, Brown and Company in Boston in 1947. His short stories were published in the Manila Times Magazine in the 1950s, among which are Two Tickets to Manila, The Sin of Father Anselmo, Sleeping Tablets, The Fifth Man, The Tree of Peace and Transition. Without Seeing the Dawn, also known as The Lost Ones, is his only novel.

6. Lualhati Bautista
Lualhati Bautista is a well-known writer from the Philippines. She was born December 2, 1945 in the town of Tondo in Manila. Lualhait Bautista is known for her strong depictions of female problems in her novels. The main characters, which are usually women, must endure a tremendous amount of problems. They somehow they manage to find a way through it and overcome it with strength. She also addresses many issues that Filipino women face. Even though she went without adequate training as a writer she is still recognized as a great novelist and has penned noteworthy novels. Her most famous novels are Dekada '70, Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa? and 'GAPO. GAPO was published in 1980 and follows the story of a man struggling with being an American Asian. Dekada 70 monitors the life of a family living in the 1970s. It focuses on the struggles they faced as the new movement and uprising of Filipinos against the government. It is a very emotional novel as a shift of power in the government is documented. Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa? means Child, ChildHow Were You Made? This novel focuses on a mother and how she realizes her two children are growing up. It also places emphasis of how the Filipino culture perceives a woman being a single mother. It is a real test of strength on the mothers end as she comes to grips with dramatic changes in her life. Lualhati Bautista has also written several short stories and screenplays. Excerpts from some of her novels are also translated in English.

7. Gilda Olvidado
Gilda Olvidado is a popular Filipino novelist and writer, known for her extraordinary love stories. She became famous during the 1970s with her remarkable novels Sinasamba Kita (I Worship You), Babangon akot Dudurugin Kita (Sweet Revenge). She also wrote screenplays that later turned into blockbuster such as Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig? (Where is Love Hiding?) who made her rise into popularity after the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences recognized it as the best story. Today, Gilda Olvidados fans are still counting, waiting the release for her next novel.

8. Carlo J. Caparas
Carlo J. Caparas is a comic strip creator, writer, director and producer who became sensational known for his created local superheroes and comic book characters that are still popular to Filipinos until now. Some of his creations turned Filipino icons such as Panday (a Blacksmith hero) and many others. As a producer and director, Carlo J. Caparas produced box-office movies based on comics and true-to-life stories and crimes. In 2009 he received National Artist Award granted by the President of the Philippines.

9. Mars Ravelo
Mars Ravelo is also a comic strip creator and writer who became phenomenal in the Philippines for his created superheroes such as Darna (a Filipino version of Wonder Woman), Dyesabel (name of the Filipino mermaid/heroine), and many others. During his time, the Golden Age of Comics flourished. Like Carlo J. Caparas, Mars Ravelos creations and writings were turned into films and became box-office hit during 1960s to 1980s. Ravelo was also the highest paid comic writer during his time. Until now, his creations are still influential to Philippine contemporary literature.

10. Jose Garcia Villa


Jose Garcia Villa is considered as one of the finest contemporary poets regardless of race or language. Villa, who lived in Singalong, Manila, introduced the reversed consonance rime scheme, including the comma poems that made full use of the punctuation mark in an innovative, poetic way. The first of his poems "Have Come, Am Here" received critical recognition when it appeared in New York in 1942 that, soon enough, honors and fellowships were heaped on him: Guggenheim, Bollingen, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards. He used Doveglion (Dove, Eagle, Lion) as penname, the very characters he attributed to himself, and the same ones explored by e.e. cummings in the poem he wrote for Villa (Doveglion, Adventures in Value). Villa is also known for the tartness of his tongue. Villa's works have been collected into the following books: Footnote to Youth,Many Voices, Poems by Doveglion, Poems 55, Poems in Praise of Love: The Best Love Poems of Jose Garcia Villa as Chosen By Himself, Selected Stories, The Portable Villa, The Essential Villa, Mir-i-nisa, Storymasters 3: Selected Stories from Footnote to Youth, 55 Poems: Selected and Translated into Tagalog by Hilario S. Francia.

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