rarely do i read news that make me smile, but this one did

hindi ko pa ren maintindihan baket "multong bakla". ikaw alam mo ba?

Multong Bakla


(R. Javier, J. Carrasco)

The Youth


Intro: A.A.A.A.A.A.
D-G-D-A-
D-G-D-A-A.A.A.A.A.A.

D G
(Pare/Mare) meron kang bisita
D A
May kasangkapan para masangla
D G
(O) Pare, talo ka sa pekwa
D A
Itsura mo’y parang naluging bakla
D G
O ang galing-galing mong bugaw
D A
Mas kadiri ka pa sa langaw
D G
Ika’y multo sa paningin
D A.A.A.A.A.A.
(Ang multo) Ika’y multo sa paningin.

Refrain (3/4 beat)
Bm-G-Bm-A
Hah
Bm-G-Bm-A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A hold
Hah
(Intro’s 2nd & 3rd lines)
(Uy!)

(1st verse chords)
Taas-noo’ng hilaw na sosyal
‘Kala mo ba’y wala kang asal
Kay yabang-yabang mong pumorma
Para kang ipis na nakabukaka
Ang kapal mong mangurakot
Sa lipunan ikaw ang salot
Ika’y multo sa paningin
(Ang multo) Ika’y multo sa paningin.

Repeat Refrain & 1st verse

Repeat Refrain except last line

Coda
D G
Ika’y multo sa paningin
D A
(Ang multo) Ika’y multo sa paningin
D G
(Ang multo) Ika’y multo sa paningin
D A
Ang multo sa paningin

(Chord pattern D-G-D-A-)
(Ang multo) Ika’y multo sa paningin
(Ang multo) Ika’y multo sa paningin
(Ang multo) Ang multo sa paningin
(Ang multo) Ika’y multo sa paningin
Multong bakla (8x)
D hold
(Hoy hoy hoy...)
(Wow, Tita) Bakla!

http://www.pinoyreference.net/LYRICS/73.txt

WARNING: L & A

On Lying

I've just finished reading the first chapter of "Contemporary Moral Issues" editted by James White (this was what got me going on my earlier post). At the end of the chapter there are questions that the reader can try to address. The first was "Is lying always wrong? When is it not wrong and why?" And so I'll drag out an answer here.

It is not sufficient to say that lying is witholding or distorting the truth. Can anyone be REALLY sure that what he knows is true or not? If what you know is false in the first place, distorting it probably isn't that bad. Far better, in my opinion, to say that lying is mainly an intentional betrayal of trust through deception. Because people trust us to say things that we know are true, telling a lie would be betraying this expectation. This is a broad definition; it can include things like breaking a promise. If a certain person promised not to seek re-election and then decided to run anyway, that is also a betrayal of trust, and so this would be a close cousin to lying.

What makes lying so bad is that when you think about it society is an engine running on trust. We trust doctors not to decieve us when talking about drugs and side-effects; we trust drivers to turn left when they signal LEFT; I trusted the authors of the articles I read that what they were feeding me wasn't just fancy harvard bullshit. It just wouldn't work without trust. Anything that undermines trust undermines society and that is bad. Therefore, lying is bad.

But we know for a fact that sometimes lying isn't really bad. If the bad guys asked you where the good guy was hiding and you in fact know where the good guy is, you are not obligated, and actually shouldn't tell the truth. In cases like this, the situation is such that there is no existing relationship of trust or trust has already been compromised. Lying to an enemy spy is not bad because neither side expects the other to tell the truth and so no trust is betrayed. People who have already taken advantage of people's trust (bad guys) cannot hold other people to fulfill their trust in them (the other people). You can therefore choose to tell the truth or lie to bad guys depending on the situation. If there is greater benefit in lying (the good guy will be safe) then lying in this situation is justified.

Summing it up, lying is an intentional betrayal of trust through deception. Lying is bad because betraying trust makes social living impossible. In a situation where there are no relationships based on trust or trust has already been betrayed, lying is not in itself bad.

So, did I answer it well enough? Are there things I missed? Are there exceptions to the rules I scratched out? If so speak up

warning: what follows is long and academic

being the kind of person i am i do not like to engage in debates about religion. the idea of talking about who is more correct when it comes to whether there is a hell or not, whether God is just one man or woman, two men and a dove, or a thousand souls, doesn't really do it for me. for one thing, i find belief to be so personal and subjective that arguments about it never really reach common ground. there are no standards to go by, like two people arguing whether the dish was delicious or not. no matter how conclusive the argument is, it will never change the fact that one person found the dish tasty while the other did not. and so, in principle i avoid debates about food and religion.

one of the things i do like to argue about is ethics. now this for me is worth brawling about. like the question "is it selfish to see to your own well being?", "is seeking my own happiness a hedonistic thing to do?". given the field that i am in, i firmly believe that the single most important thing for people in general is the self. there is nothing intrinsically bad in acting for yourself and seeking pleasure for yourself. and yet even in saying that people usually do self-serving things, it is not to say that we are not capable of doing unselfish things either. there are always people who will throw away their lives for someone else, from soldiers to mothers. the thing is, you should not think that acting for yourself and acting for others are two mutually exclusive things. doing one could lead to the other. you can act in your self interest and at the same time cause the well being of others; conversely you could also act for the well being of others and achieve happiness for yourself in the process. for hedonism, happiness is the greatest good, but it did not say that you have to be selfish about it or that seeking your own happiness will eventually lead to unhappiness in others. happiness is not a zero-sum game; it is possible for everyone to win. by looking for your own happiness, it enables you to help others achieve happiness in the future. and it is very possible that the simple fact that you are happy will make others happy also.

all of this isnt really original so if you dont trust me you can probably trust the ethical philosphers who have mowed this lawn before and keep mowing it still (but they wont all agree with whats written here). this argument has long been on my mind; i just needed more reading to articulate it. i of course have my own reasons for rehashing it here.

the may theme was bahay kubo. this month is reportage. hope i make the cut. speaking of cuts i have just finished another made-up song. its a very short song so i recommend that you play it twice so that it would feel like you were listening to a real full length track.

this is my new song
it is the creativity song
it is an insperetional song
i hope you like my song =)

greed


kahit di nanalo salamat pa ren sa aking emergency production team (boogie, jools, aisa, ige). this is one of my best (conceptually) so far.

yes boy, you know nothing



not one of my best shots but i like it anyway

RHCP - My Friends
My friends are so depressed
I feel the question
Of your loneliness
Confide... 'cause I'll be on your side
You know I will, you know I will

X Girlfriend called me up
Alone and desperate
On the prison phone
They want... to give her 7 years
For being sad

Chorus :
I love all of you
Hurt by the cold
So hard and lonely too
When you don't know yourself

My friends are so distressed
And standing on
The brink of emptiness
No words... I know of to express
This emptiness

Chorus :
Imagine me taught by tragedy
Release is peace
I heard a little girl
And what she said
Was something beautiful
To give... your love
No matter what

teaching is probably the closest ill get to being in mass media. if im lucky, there will actually be 4-5 people out of 40 who will actually listen. thats enough to start a terrorist cell. gnarly.

ang mga higante ay di yumuyuko.
at hindi makukulong ang isang isip na nakapagpasya
na tumayo at sagutin ang mundo.
dahil ang taong malayang pumili ay bathala.

stephen king called it a "roundness". its the quality of some well crafted stories wherein everything comes together and there are no loose ends. where the ellipses are completed. where everything gains Significance. you see the roundness when things happen just so, when events make poetic statements, when the killer realizes his mortal blow was dealt by a victims daughter, when it is revealed that the last leaf was held through the storm by the german guy, when luke meets his father, when ahab meets moby dick, when you realize soylent green is people, when you realize who kaiser soze really is, when you realize "there was no aaron counselor", when it all comes full circle, a nice, closed curve. i feel that roundness right now; the gladness at the end of a good story.

[note that circles are defined by constant things (a radius) and ridiculously irrational things (like the value of pi). i think you can relate that to life somehow but i'll leave that part to somebody else (this is what happens when you read Cryptonomicon)]

this is what would happen if i say everything i think of ALL of the time

professor: ...is of course the most widely used method to insure randomization of... yes mister galang, you were raising you're hand?
galang: sir, i think we have neglected to discuss one method of data gathering that has proven useful throughout history and enjoys widespread application even now.
professor: talaga?! i'm sure we have covered... well, okay, what data gathering method do you have in mind?
galang: interrogation with torture sir.
professor: (nervous laugh) oh. well. you have a good sense of humor mister galang. we of course know that ethically spe...
galang: i am particularly interested in the question of whether there will be a change in responses to a personality inventory if the participants are made to complete it while their feet are dipped in battery acid and...
professor: (hypertensive fuming) mister galang! hesusmariahosef! this has gone far en...
galang: ...there is of course difficulty in application. little children will be especially tricky and would require more "creative" manipulation...
professor: (apoplectic convulsing) eeek! (thud)
galang: sir? pwede ko bang gawing thesis eto? sir?
professor: (post-mortem drooling)

storms are great. almost as good as a burning building. hindi naman ako yung tipong lagi nalang "astig! gulo, pinsala, kamatayan!". hindi naman palagi. nakakamangha lang talaga pagnakakakita ka ng display of elemental force. like being drawn to the beauty of a nuclear mushroom cloud. appreciate abstractions.


storm appreciation (or tropical repression)

keep your umbrella, i'll walk in the storm
where pneumonias are born
we'll cut to the chase and bleed out the warmth

ill weather it fits me like spandex on thighs
like the crush of a vise
i'll sing and i'll shout as the clouds capsize

flowers in flood and puddles in bloom
no sun and no moon
just me in a brown polyester cocoon

you'll sweat like ice, it rains like blood
the everlasting glut
when you're lord of the frogs and god of the mud

and then Virgil said "At dito naman ay ang impyerno ng mga masasamang silya na hindi nagsisimba, nagrorosaryo o nagkukumpisal. sila ren yung mga may drawing ng etits at may mga nakaukit na formula sa physics. kung mapapansin mo lahat sila ay right-handed. all right handed chairs go to hell". and then Dante said "bakit?". and then Virgil said "Sorry, you must ask your question in the form of an answer" then Dante said "lousy tour guide"

-Dante's Inferno Special DVD Edition, Canto III (yung may ihawan)

primetime tv is not worth it. its either news or its trash. the encyclopedia britannica is more entertaining. like the article on a french poet, playwright and misogynist (someone who feels contempt for females). it ends abruptly with the statement "Fearing blindness, he died by his own hand". now what can you say about a man like that? may sayad lang ba talaga sya o malakas lang talaga ang paninindigan nya kahit gano kabaluktot? ano kaya ang mga sumagi sa isip nya bago sya naging multo? minahal kaya sya ng nanay nya? breastfed kaya sya o Lactum? I am someone good at finding answers, but the first piece of real wisdom i have learned in 22 years is that sometimes there aren't any, or its not worth finding.

i call it "the arsonist sleeps and someone is coming". i can also call it "waiting for santa claus". it looks much better bigger

being an arsonist is one of my fantasy vocations, along with being a professional thief, being a 16th century mercenary-scholar and being a xenobiologist (someone who studies biota on other planets). there's something romantic about burning buildings. its good to know that i can still draw.

walangyang hangin toh andumi dumi. pag uwi ko nalang laging anlaki ng kulangot ko. parang lagi nalang ako may ubo. tapos halos lahat pa ng kabarkada ko nagyoyosi. dun nalang kaya ako magdorm sa lung center. bayaran pa siguro nila ako para mapagaralan nila ang aking organ-formerlly-known-as-lungs. sana pwede ko pa trade-in yung baga ko. kaya lang kahit pang bopis ata wala nang kukuha neto. samahan ko kaya ng kidney? pwede mo kaya ibenta ang mga daliri mo sa paa sa black market? di ko naman sila masyadong ma mimis. siguro mahihirapn lang ako tumakbo at sumayaw pero mangangalahati ang trabaho ng pagkukuko. fair trade. gusto ko sanang bumili ng masmahahabang daliri sa kamay. may mga chord na mahirap pag maiksi daliri. titingin nga ako sa buy and sell. siguradong meron dun. kung meron sa inyong may extrang daliri na gustong magbenta i ym nyo nalang ako. sana pag isang set may discount. maganda ren siguro kung puro index finger nalang noh? gusto ko ren sana bumili ng bigote. yung makapal. yung pang sabotage ng beastie boys. yung pang josef stalin. para magkamukha na kami ni chichi. groovy.

since im not man enough to read it without flinching all the time its probably better if i leave it alone. all the bad mojo im feeding myself is gonna ruin my 2nd sem momentum. gotta get myself some euphoria morning and run in the park. ive been told that running is good for the heart. and there is still christmas to look forward to. its always good to have things to look forward to. i need a new bike.

papal power

the only requirement for becoming pope is that you have to be catholic. technically i could be pope one day. or someone could make this into a reality tv show. The Fisherman's Apprentice. Vying for Vicar. Miter My Turn. The All New Inquisition. Dude Where are My Keys? (Vatican Idol wouldnt be right since idolatry is a sin) well, if i become pope i will immediately call for the cannonization of Jeff Buckley. The Most Excellent and Melancholy Saint Jeff Buckley.

(whispher from off-stage) is he even catholic?

ha? ano ngayon? ako ang papa kaya shut up you heretic you. gusto mong makatikim ng x-com (isang term na ipapauso ni papa mute). i am DaRak!