August 1st, 2016
Spotlight Poetry
Anime Relations: Pokemon
Walang kalabaw sa Cubao
Pero sa loob ng videokeng Fiesta carnival
May mga kabayong baby-blue
At isang kubang Tyrannosaurus Rex
Habang sa magkabilang dulo
Ng Goldilocks at showroom
Ng Automatic Center
Naroon naman ang mga Tamaraw
FX na ngayo’y pastul-pastol
Ng mga kolorum na dispatser:
Mga bastardong anak
Nina Aurora’t Epifanio
Na ang langibang pusod
Ay kakabit pa rin
Ng matris ng estero;
Mga binatilyong binabansot
Sa lilim ng Big Dome
Sa anino ng kongkretong domino
Ng tinatayong tulay ng MRT-2;
Mga supot na sakristang simsim-
Simsim ang insenso ng tambutso,
Papak-papak ang beintesingko—
Ang ostiang kabayaran
Sa taimtim na pagkabisado
At paghiyaw sa mga litanya
Nina SANTA LUCIA, SANTA LUCIA
At SAN MATEO, SAN MATEO
At sa banal na amen ng Hoy, ‘tang ‘na kang
Hayop kang hindot ka, nauna ‘ko sa ‘yo dito!
At ngayon, kagat-kagat nila
Ang labi ng alas-dos
Pilit na tinitiklo ang antok
At nang ‘di malimot
Ang inalmusal na rugby sa may 7-11
Ang tinanghaliang bilog
At idlip sa gilid ng Tiririt
Ang hinapunang jakol
Sa CR ng Ali-Mall
Walang kalabaw sa Cubao:
Ang Cubao mismo ang kalabaw
At sila ang nakadapong langaw.
Walang Kalabaw sa Cubao, Ericson Acosta
Pero sa loob ng videokeng Fiesta carnival
May mga kabayong baby-blue
At isang kubang Tyrannosaurus Rex
Habang sa magkabilang dulo
Ng Goldilocks at showroom
Ng Automatic Center
Naroon naman ang mga Tamaraw
FX na ngayo’y pastul-pastol
Ng mga kolorum na dispatser:
Mga bastardong anak
Nina Aurora’t Epifanio
Na ang langibang pusod
Ay kakabit pa rin
Ng matris ng estero;
Mga binatilyong binabansot
Sa lilim ng Big Dome
Sa anino ng kongkretong domino
Ng tinatayong tulay ng MRT-2;
Mga supot na sakristang simsim-
Simsim ang insenso ng tambutso,
Papak-papak ang beintesingko—
Ang ostiang kabayaran
Sa taimtim na pagkabisado
At paghiyaw sa mga litanya
Nina SANTA LUCIA, SANTA LUCIA
At SAN MATEO, SAN MATEO
At sa banal na amen ng Hoy, ‘tang ‘na kang
Hayop kang hindot ka, nauna ‘ko sa ‘yo dito!
At ngayon, kagat-kagat nila
Ang labi ng alas-dos
Pilit na tinitiklo ang antok
At nang ‘di malimot
Ang inalmusal na rugby sa may 7-11
Ang tinanghaliang bilog
At idlip sa gilid ng Tiririt
Ang hinapunang jakol
Sa CR ng Ali-Mall
Walang kalabaw sa Cubao:
Ang Cubao mismo ang kalabaw
At sila ang nakadapong langaw.
Walang Kalabaw sa Cubao, Ericson Acosta
English Translation: (translated by Kim Nepomuceno)
No Carabao in Cubao
There are no carabaos in Cubao
But inside the videoke Fiesta Carnival
There are baby blue horses
And a humpback Tyrannosaurus Rex
While the opposing ends
Of Goldilocks and the showroom
Of Automatic Center
Are lined with Tamaraw FX now herded
By illegal dispatchers:
Bastard children
Of Aurora and Epifanio
Whose scabbed navels
Are still attached
To the wombs of the sewers;
Teenage boys dwarfed
By the shade of the Big Dome
By the shadow of the concrete domino
Of the MRT-2 bridge under construction;
Uncircumcised sacristans
Savoring Whiffs of car fume incense,
Snacking on their 25 centavo coins --
The sacred host that is remuneration
For their solemn mastery
And exclamation of the litanies
Of SANTA LUCIA, SANTA LUCIA
And SAN MATEO, SAN MATEO
And the holy amen of
Hey, you motherfucker,
You animal, you fuck,
I was here first!
And now, they bite on
The lip of the strike of two
Staving off sleep
So as not to forget
The early breakfast meal
of solvents near the 7-11
The lunch of gin tonic
And catnap at the side of Tiririt
The evening jack off that had been dinner
At the Ali Mall john
There are no carabaos in Cubao:
Cubao itself is the carabao
And they, high on its back, the pompous roosting flies.
There are no carabaos in Cubao
But inside the videoke Fiesta Carnival
There are baby blue horses
And a humpback Tyrannosaurus Rex
While the opposing ends
Of Goldilocks and the showroom
Of Automatic Center
Are lined with Tamaraw FX now herded
By illegal dispatchers:
Bastard children
Of Aurora and Epifanio
Whose scabbed navels
Are still attached
To the wombs of the sewers;
Teenage boys dwarfed
By the shade of the Big Dome
By the shadow of the concrete domino
Of the MRT-2 bridge under construction;
Uncircumcised sacristans
Savoring Whiffs of car fume incense,
Snacking on their 25 centavo coins --
The sacred host that is remuneration
For their solemn mastery
And exclamation of the litanies
Of SANTA LUCIA, SANTA LUCIA
And SAN MATEO, SAN MATEO
And the holy amen of
Hey, you motherfucker,
You animal, you fuck,
I was here first!
And now, they bite on
The lip of the strike of two
Staving off sleep
So as not to forget
The early breakfast meal
of solvents near the 7-11
The lunch of gin tonic
And catnap at the side of Tiririt
The evening jack off that had been dinner
At the Ali Mall john
There are no carabaos in Cubao:
Cubao itself is the carabao
And they, high on its back, the pompous roosting flies.
Posted by Joms | Aug 1, 2016 8:07 AM | 0 comments
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May 27th, 2016
My new 5-point rating system
Anime Relations: Hametsu no Mars, Sword Art Online
Hello, if you ever see this blog post, I'm sorry, it might not suit you for it is my opinion. However, this kind of guide in rating anything in a 10-point scale would be great, in helping other people to find quality, and to have justified acclaim on every aspect of work.
Why rate and what is to rate?
-- Rating things is tantamount to criticism. We criticize our experiences on that thing. And of course, we should have criteria. To have a decent criteria I suggest to have five aspects on judging the quality, that is: Story, Characters, Enjoyment, Art, and Direction/Execution.
Yes, it may be daunting and hard to scrutinize every thing we experienced. But in order to have a good and justified rating, it is essential. People who rate things just from their enjoyment will often disappoint some, because their judgments are unjustified and ridiculously subjective. Let's be relative to others and help them with our best objectivity.
How to rate?
there are 10 points to account: 1-10. You can easily follow MAL's system (5 for average/mediocre, 10 for masterpiece) because it is the standard system. I also follow that system on a certain degree.
7 is good and acceptable. 6 is fine and acceptable. 4 is bad and unacceptable. That's easy, folks. So giving something a 6 is still acceptable to watch. 5 is neither acceptable nor unacceptable. That's why it's mediocre. I have no opinions about it because it's plain average.
In fact, you only have 3 aspects in rating: acceptable, unacceptable, and mediocre. Rating X with 7 is the same as rating Y with 10. It's still acceptable to watch. What only matters is Y is better than X.
So I hope it could help you rating things in a 10-point scale.
tl;dr - Don't care if you rate 1 or 4 -- it means unacceptable! same as 6-10 which is acceptable. All you need to do is to exert some of your brain cells and judge those titles on where you will put the title within the 6-10 range and in the 1-4
I've updated my rating system, for convenience.
10 - Favorites, change over time
9 - Best
7 - Good
5 - Mediocre
3 - Bad
1 - Worst
It's still the same with my rating logic, the point is to discriminate the titles in three categories: The good, the mediocre, and the bad ones.
Why rate and what is to rate?
-- Rating things is tantamount to criticism. We criticize our experiences on that thing. And of course, we should have criteria. To have a decent criteria I suggest to have five aspects on judging the quality, that is: Story, Characters, Enjoyment, Art, and Direction/Execution.
Yes, it may be daunting and hard to scrutinize every thing we experienced. But in order to have a good and justified rating, it is essential. People who rate things just from their enjoyment will often disappoint some, because their judgments are unjustified and ridiculously subjective. Let's be relative to others and help them with our best objectivity.
How to rate?
there are 10 points to account: 1-10. You can easily follow MAL's system (5 for average/mediocre, 10 for masterpiece) because it is the standard system. I also follow that system on a certain degree.
7 is good and acceptable. 6 is fine and acceptable. 4 is bad and unacceptable. That's easy, folks. So giving something a 6 is still acceptable to watch. 5 is neither acceptable nor unacceptable. That's why it's mediocre. I have no opinions about it because it's plain average.
In fact, you only have 3 aspects in rating: acceptable, unacceptable, and mediocre. Rating X with 7 is the same as rating Y with 10. It's still acceptable to watch. What only matters is Y is better than X.
So I hope it could help you rating things in a 10-point scale.
tl;dr - Don't care if you rate 1 or 4 -- it means unacceptable! same as 6-10 which is acceptable. All you need to do is to exert some of your brain cells and judge those titles on where you will put the title within the 6-10 range and in the 1-4
I've updated my rating system, for convenience.
10 - Favorites, change over time
9 - Best
7 - Good
5 - Mediocre
3 - Bad
1 - Worst
It's still the same with my rating logic, the point is to discriminate the titles in three categories: The good, the mediocre, and the bad ones.
Posted by Joms | May 27, 2016 9:55 PM | 2 comments
June 11th, 2015
Some notes for College
Anime Relations: Death Note
I decided to put some notes about my college life, and it turns out my seatmate and my first friend as an anime watcher, and also a manga reader. Its just fun.
06/08/15
First Day of Classes: DGAF even teachers
Teachers, classmates, I didn't converse with them even once. Only one professor went in the room.
06/09/15
Professor for Gen. Psych came, turns out to be extrovert
OMG. He hated silent people. He fucking hate introverts. I have hard time dealing this pokemon.
06/11/15
PHED 101, Oh shit.
Fuck Physical Education, every thursday for 2 hours after lunch.
My First friend is like me, an anime watcher
He decided to study Psychology because of a good reason: he read Liar Game, and his favorite is Death Note
06/15/15
My first friend didn't go to class.
06/16/15
My first friend didn't go to class.
06/18/15
My first friend didn't go to class. My birthday. Classmates greet me.
7/27/15
I died. Now I haunt you. You will die later. No share button will save you
06/08/15
First Day of Classes: DGAF even teachers
Teachers, classmates, I didn't converse with them even once. Only one professor went in the room.
06/09/15
Professor for Gen. Psych came, turns out to be extrovert
OMG. He hated silent people. He fucking hate introverts. I have hard time dealing this pokemon.
06/11/15
PHED 101, Oh shit.
Fuck Physical Education, every thursday for 2 hours after lunch.
My First friend is like me, an anime watcher
He decided to study Psychology because of a good reason: he read Liar Game, and his favorite is Death Note
06/15/15
My first friend didn't go to class.
06/16/15
My first friend didn't go to class.
06/18/15
My first friend didn't go to class. My birthday. Classmates greet me.
7/27/15
I died. Now I haunt you. You will die later. No share button will save you
Posted by Joms | Jun 11, 2015 2:33 AM | 0 comments
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