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Monday, February 16, 2009

Bicol University
College of Education
Daraga Albay

INTEGRATED LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL
NAT REVIEWER

Name _________________________ Section _______________ Date __________ Score __

Directions: Reads the item carefully then shade the letter of the best answer.

1. The following are the importance of reproduction to living organisms EXCEPT.
a. It is essential for the continued of the species. A B C D
b. It allows an organism to produce offspring rapidly. O O O O
c. Its assured genetic variation with their offspring.
d. It ensured survival of the species.
2. Which of the following grouping is correct?
a. Corm- tuber-rhizome –scion
b. Marcotting – cutting – scion –suckers O O O O
c. Clone – gametes –zygote – sex cells
d. Fission – budding – regeneration – fragmentation
3. A farmer planted corn in his farm, but grasses grows very fast competing nutrition with each other. What kind of reproduction do grasses have if it grows fast along surfaces of the soil?
a. Runner O O O O
b. Bulb
c. Asexual
d. Sexual
4. It is a reproduction cycle in plants which generally involves a diploid sporophyte generation that alternates with a haploid gametophyte generation.
a. Alternation of generation
b. Life cycle O O O O
c. Sporophyte generation
d. Gametophyte generation
5. Which reproductive structure is a specialized leaf?
a. Tuber of potato
b. Suckers of banana O O O O
c. Rhizomes of ginger
d. Bulb of onion
6. Reproduction without the use of gametes is termed as¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬___¬¬__
a. Asexual
b. Grafting O O O O
c. Sexual
d. Water-borne
7. It is an asexual method which needs human propagation.
a. Artificial plant propagation
b. Vegetative reproduction O O O O
c. Fertilization
d. Parthenogenesis
8. The growth of plants from the nodes of underground horizontal root like stem of ginger are examples of _____
a. Pollination
b. Artificial plant propagation O O O O
c. Rhizome
d. Sexual reproduction
9. Fission is a process of asexual reproduction occurring on _____
a. Mosses
b. Humans O O O O
c. Fungi
d. Amoeba
10. Saccharomyces cerrivisae is also called brewer’s yeast. What kind of asexual reproduction does it exhibit?
a. Fission
b. Budding O O O O
c. Fragmentation
d. Regeneratio
11.When meiosis is completed, the quantity of DNA in each daughter cell nucleus will be ____.
a. The same as the parent nucleus O O O O
b. Half as much as the parent nucleus
c. Twice as much as the parent nucleus
d. Variable, depending on the activity within the cytoplasm
12. What kind of cells is produced during meiosis in the ovary? O O O O
a. 23 diploid ova
b. 4 haploid ova
c. 1 diploid ovum
d. 1 haploid ovum
13. The exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes is called _____.
a. synapsis
b. crossing over O O O O
c. transgenics
d. transplants
14. When an organism with 8 chromosomes undergoes the process of mitosis, how many chromosomes does the organism will have after the mitotic division?
a. 18 O O O O
b. 12
c. 8
d. 4
15. Cytokinesis in plant cells happens by the formation of ______.
a. cell plate
b. cleavage furrow O O O O
c. cell membrane
d. nuclear envelope
16. The phase of mitosis where the sister chromatids moves toward opposite poles is ______.
a. Telophase O O O O
b. Anaphase
c. Metaphase
d. Prophase
17. Which of the following statements is not true about the process of meiosis?
a. It produces genetic variations among sexually O O O O
reproducing organisms
b. It increases half the number of chromosomes in
the gametes
c. There are four daughter cells produced after
one meiotic process
d. None of the above
18. Meiosis is the main event involved in the process of gamete Formation called ______.
a. Oogenesis O O O O
b. Spermatogenesis
c. Gametogenesis
d. Ovulation

19. The diploid number of chromosome in humans is restored during ______.
a. Zygote formation O O O O
b. Conception
c. Fertilization
d. Sexual reproduction
20. Mitosis is used by multicellular organisms EXCEPT
a. Growth and development
b. Repair of tissues O O O O
c. Sexual reproduction
d. Increases the number of cells without
changing the traits of the cells
21. What error in meiosis results when a chromosome failed to split in half resulting with an extra chromosome and another with one less chromosome?
a. Non-splitting
b. Non-shearing O O O O
c. Nondisjunction
d. None of the above
22. Which process produces two identical cells?
a. Mitosis
b. Meiosis II O O O O
c. Meiosis I
d. Metaphase
23. Which of the following diseases is the uncontrolled proliferation of cells due to a very high mitotic rate?
a. Tumor
b. Cancer O O O O
c. Cyst
d. Hemorrhage
24. In the cell, which structure produces spindle fibers which help in the alignment of chromosomes during metaphase?
a. Centromere
b. Centrioles O O O O
c. Microfilament
d. Kinetochores
25. The chromosome number 46 represents two sets of
chromosomes, this is referred as the ____ number or 2N.
a. Haploid
b. Diploid O O O O
c. Autosomes
d. None of the above

26. This is an outpacketing of the skin that hungs below the pelvic region
a. Scrotum
b. Penis O O O O
c Urethra
d. prostate

27. One pair of primary reproductive organ which are packed with sperm producing tubules.
a. penis
b. Testis O O O O
c. ovary
d. clitoris
28. One pair of ducts in which sperm complete maturation
a. Penis
b. Epididymis O O O O
c. Clitoris
d. testis
29. This is where the sperm formation begins
a. Seminiferous tubules
b. Epididymis O O O O c. Urethra
d. testis
30. A thick fluid that are expelled from the penis during sexual activity.
a. pleghm
b.mucus O O O O
c.menstruation
d. semen
31.All of the following are parts of the female external reproductive structure EXCEPT _____________?
a. Clitoris c. Labium minora O O O O
b. Labium majora d. oviduct
32Which of the following parts of the female reproductive system provides the channel to deliver the baby from the uterus to its dependent life outside the body of the mother, which is termed as the “birth canal”?
a. Uterus c. Cervix O O O O
b. Oviduct d. Uterus
33.Occurrence of secondary sex characteristics in females is due to this hormone.
a. Estrogen c. Testosterone O O O O
b. Progesterone d. Androgen
34.The hormones released by the anterior pituitary gland during the follicular phase are the __________?
a. Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Estrogen O O O O
b. Luteinizing Hormone and Progesterone
c. Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone
d. Estrogen and Progesterone
35.Finger-like projections on the end of the fallopian tube which captures the egg as it is released from the ovary.
a. Mammary glands c. Cilia 0 O O O
b. Fimbriae d. Endometrium
36What part of the brain releases FSH and LH in the bloodstream during the follicular phase of the Ovarian Cycle?
a. Cerebellum c. Posterior Pituitary Gland O O O O
b. Anterior Pituitary Gland d. Cerebrum
37.The “Home of the Developing Embryo” is the ___________?
a. Uterus c. Cervix O O O O
b. Fallopian Tube d. Vagina
38.The monthly release of blood and tissue is called ______________?
a. Ovulation c. Fertilization O O O O
b. Menstruation d. Copulation
39.The part of the Uterus or the uterine lining were fertilized egg is implanted.
a. Follicle c. Corpus Luteum O O O O
b. Endometrium d. Cilia
40.The part of the female reproductive system which has another name after the Italian anatomist Gabriel Fallopius.
a. Cervix c. Oviduct O O O O
b. Clitoris d. Uterus

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Top 10 Scientific Breakthroughs of 2007

By Aaron Rowe 12.27.07


This extremely well-preserved leg bone contains enough intact collagen protein to give scientists a glimpse at the genetics of Tyrannosaurus rex. It turns out the ancient beast had a lot in common with chickens.
Photo: John M. Asara/Harvard Medical School
Welcome to the first annual Wired News rundown of the year's 10 most important scientific breakthroughs. 2007 was an amazing year for science. Unlike recent years, there were no high-profile cases of scientific fraud -- none that went uncovered, anyway. Journal publishers took extra care, requiring scientists to duplicate results in an effort to avoid scientific, not to mention public relations, fiascoes. And while those are entertaining, we'll take solid science over Sturm und Drang any day. Here we count down the top 10 scientific discoveries that rocked our Wired world the hardest this year.
10. Transistors Get Way Smaller
In the race to make computers faster, chipmakers rely on exotic new materials. In January, Intel announced that the element hafnium and some new metal alloys will allow them to make the millions of switches on their microprocessors far smaller. Gordon Moore, co-founder of the company and father of the law that bears his name, called it the biggest change in transistor technology since the 1960s. The tremendous accomplishment allows Intel to squeeze features on each chip down to 45 nanometers from the current standard of 65 nanometers. But the greatest benefit may be an increase in energy efficiency. That improvement comes along with the hafnium alloys that will prevent electricity from leaking across the tiny switches.
Intel started using the technology, codenamed Penryn, in November in high-end servers. Home users can expect the chips in early 2008.
9. Scientists Clone Rhesus Monkey to Produce Stem Cells
At Oregon Health and Science University, Shoukhrat Mitalipov and his team cloned a Rhesus Monkey and used the resulting embryo to create stem cells. Until then, the impressive feat had been performed only with mice.
In November, the team reported in Nature a surprising key to their success: avoiding ultraviolet light and dyes -- tools that are almost always used in cloning experiments -- because they can damage delicate cells.
Stem cells could be used to repair nearly any damaged organ, but they are useless if they upset the immune system. By cloning sick patients and using cells derived from their own bodies, doctors could skirt problems similar to those experienced by people with organ transplants. But some say the No. 1 discovery on our list makes cloning unnecessary. Nonetheless, some scientists, including stem-cell researchers at Harvard, say cloning is still necessary.
8. Planet Discovered That Could Harbor Life
Astrobiology enthusiasts have had many reasons to rejoice this year, but one of them has been somewhat controversial. After Stéphane Udry and his colleagues found a pair of planets that they believed could harbor life, other researchers disputed which of the two is most habitable, but agreed that the distant solar system is worthy of further study.
Using a Canadian space telescope and the European Southern Observatory in Chile, Udry inferred that the most promising object is slightly larger than earth, circles its sun in 18 days, and may be rocky. In a late April issue of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the University of Geneva professor provided details about his sophisticated search. Both of the celestial bodies orbit the red dwarf star Gliese 581, which is only 20 light years from earth. Although prospects for the two planets may be less hopeful than Udry and his associates projected, the methods that they used to locate the small planet could be used to make many more discoveries.
7. Engineers Create Transparent Material as Strong as Steel
Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan have created a material similar to "transparent aluminum," the fantastic substance described by Scotty in Star Trek IV. In the Oct. 5 issue of Science, Nicholas Kotov showed that clay is good for far more than making bricks and expensive skincare products. The earthen material is made up of phenomenally strong nanometer-sized particles. When arranged neatly between thin layers of a sticky but weak plastic, the tiny bits of dirt act as the ultimate reinforcements -- giving the ordinary material extraordinary strength. The sturdy composite could be used in lightweight armor or aircraft.
6. Soft Tissue from T. Rex Leg Bone Analyzed
This spring, the oldest patient in the pathology department of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston was a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex. For the first time, scientists have analyzed biological molecules from the ancient creatures. Working with soft tissue from a leg bone that was extremely well-preserved in prehistoric Montana sediments, John Asara read the chemical recipe of a protein that served as a springy structural element in the dinosaur's bones. In the April 13 issue of Science, he and his colleagues compared the deadly predator to animals that roam the earth today and concluded that it has a lot in common with chickens.
5. Laboratory Mice Cured of Rett Syndrome
Researchers affiliated with the Wellcome Trust have shown evidence that Rett syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder that afflicts one in every 10,000 female births, might be curable. Caused by a mutation, the disorder prevents children from walking, talking or developing normally and gives them terrible tremors. By creating mice with a similar affliction, Adrian Bird and his colleagues at Edinburgh University and the University of Glasgow tested the effects of fixing the bad gene. In the Feb. 23 issue of Science, they explained that the disease does not cause permanent damage to nerve cells, and breathing problems and tremors in mice stop when they are nudged into producing normal MeCP2 -- the protein corrupted by the disease.
4. Enzymes Convert Any Blood Type to O
Several major Type O blood shortages, including crises at the National Institutes of Health this fall and throughout Georgia in late summer, highlight the importance of creating a versatile blood type. In the rare instance that someone receives a transfusion of the wrong type, deadly reactions (caused by sugar molecules on the surfaces of red blood cells) can cause the immune system to go haywire.
In April, Henrik Clausen, a professor at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, published research in Nature describing a way to convert any kind of blood into Type O -- the type that almost anyone can tolerate. He discovered enzymes that shear the problem-causing sugars from the surfaces of A, B and AB type red blood cells. Produced by bacteria, the molecular machines could theoretically turn any kind of blood into Type O. Clausen and his colleagues described their search for the pacifying proteins in the April 1 issue of Nature Biotechnology.
ZymeQuest, a startup company from Massachusetts, is now developing a device that hospitals can use during blood shortages.
3. Mummified Dinosaur Excavated and Scanned
Paleontologists from England's University of Manchester have excavated the mummy of a nearly intact plant-eating dinosaur. Preserved by minerals for over 65 million years, the petrified body is in such pristine condition that the researchers could see a striped pattern on what remains of its scales. The scientists transported the fossilized hadrosaur this fall to a giant CT scanner in Canoga Park, California, where technicians captured terabytes of 3-D images that have already revealed surprises about the creature's muscle mass and the spacing of its bones. Tyler Lyson, now a graduate student in geology at Yale University, made the initial find seven years ago while fossil hunting in the Hell Creek formation of North Dakota.
2. Chimpanzees Make Spears for Hunting
Two anthropologists watched in mixed amazement and horror as several female chimpanzees crafted spears and used them to somewhat brutally hunt smaller mammals. Following a troop of the primates in a Senegalese savanna, Jill Pruetz of Iowa State University and Paco Bertolani of Cambridge observed them breaking the branches off of trees, picking leaves from the sides, and sharpening the tips to deadly points. In the March edition of Current Biology, the scientists explained that such sophisticated animal behavior could reveal a great deal about how early humans used primitive tools.
1. Researchers Turn Skin Cells to Stem Cells
Using a virus to reprogram skin cells, two teams of scientists managed to skirt the greatest ethical issue facing regenerative medicine -- the destruction of human embryos. Groups led by Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University and Junying Yu of the University of Wisconsin coaxed a type of skin cell called fibroblasts into forming muscle, heart, fat and nerve tissues without using any eggs. Unfortunately, the hijacked cells often became tumors. Following up on his initial discovery this November, Yamanaka told Nature Biotechnology that by inserting three growth genes instead of four, the lab-grown flesh can be controlled without becoming cancerous
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/12/YE_10_breakthroughs

Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Butterfly Garden

by Wilhelmina ravago

During the School Year 2005-2006, with Prof. Ramon Manjares as Principal, the Bicol University Integrated Laboratory School-High School Department developed the right front portion of its Gabaldon Building into a Butterfly garden.
In an environment of hasty succession, preservation, restoration movement is very essential that even schools must carry out actions. This school, as a social group, must take part in this attempt to restore homes of animals and plants. The Butterfly garden is the response of the Bicol University Laboratory School to this call.
Not only did it beautify the surrounding but it also made the students aware of the life and role of the interdependence of flowers and insets and its part in balancing the nature.
Aside from beautification and nature awareness, the Butterfly Garden was also developed for educational purposes. It gives the students the chance to learn the life cycle of a butterfly including their common names and scientific names. Moreover, it provides enjoyment and photo opportunity for students and visitors of the campus. It may also serve as an outlet for artistic talent.
In making the butterfly garden, some pointers were taken into consideration. Butterflies need and enjoy direct sunlight. They also need a place to roost for the night and a place to hibernate. Shelter is important factor in a butterfly’s existence. The spot in front of the Gabaldon Building is exactly the perfect location for a butterfly’s habitat. Breeding is also important for butterflies. In this light, the garden must have flowers as host plants for the female butterfly’s eggs. Likewise, flowers provide butterflies their food.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Science Fair

by Wilhelmina ravago
Living in a world which is more likely to become a world of technology, Science fair is a great way to cope with the rapid progression.
Science fair opens opportunities for students to showcase their efforts in making investigatory projects. It can lead to discovering future inventors and scientist, as well as instruments helpful in our everyday living. It helps students to become productive citizens even at a young age. It serves as an avenue for motivating and developing student’s creativity and talents. In addition, it can be their stepping stone in pursuing their ambitions to become inventors.
Dr. Wilhelmina Ravago had numerous researches that proved relevance of experiments in our agricultural resources and livelihood. Noteworthy examples are those of the Pili shells as added component to floor tiles, the Dieffenbachia picta and Capsicium as rodenticide and the pork and beef talon as additive quality and scented candles. The first investigatory project shows that the pili shells, especially in Bicol, are being used by several manufacturers in making floor tiles. The second investigatory project, the Dumb Cane and Capsicium can be components of pest killers. Their extracts are effective as Dieffenbachia picta and Capsicium frutescene as natural rodenticide. And the third investigatory project concludes that pork and beef talon is being used to make quality and scented candles.
Investigatory Projects anchored with the principle of recycling can be a huge help not just to the industry but also to the nature. This can give our country one big step forward to prosper. It may help those jobless to have jobs and those in need of extra income. It can encourage the youth on engaging their free time in inventing new thing and creating new ideas.
There is lots of invention that the government needs to give attention. Not only here in Bicol but in other places which invention from our native Filipino which will make the government proud and useful to our society. Like this activities and exposure will be a great help to our country and in enhancing our lives. But of course this will be a just idea and useless if we will not use it purposefully.


Sunday, January 18, 2009

MATH- I HATE

MATH QUOTES
Mathematics is not a careful march down a well-cleared highway, but a journey into a strange wilderness, where the explorers often get lost. Rigour should be a signal to the historian that the maps have been made, and the real explorers have gone elsewhere. ~W.S. Anglin
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is. ~John Louis von Neumann
A mathematician is a scientist who can figure out anything except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an angle. ~Evan Esar, Esar's Comic Dictionary
So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. ~Francis Bacon, "Of Studies"
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple. ~S. Gudder
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. ~Eric Hoffer, Reflections On The Human Condition
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic. ~Bertrand Russell
Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting. ~Gottfried Leibniz
Mathematics is the supreme judge; from its decisions there is no appeal. ~Tobias Dantzig
MATH JOKES
Q: Why do you rarely find mathematicians spending time at the beach?
A: Because they have sine and cosine to get a tan and don't need the sun!
Teacher: "Who can tell me what 7 times 6 is?"
Student: "It's 42!"
Teacher: "Very good! - And who can tell me what 6 times 7 is?"
Same student: "It's 24!"
Q: What does a mathematician present to his fiancée when he wants to propose?
A: A polynomial ring!
The chef instructs his apprentice: "You take two thirds of water, one third of cream, one third of broth..."
The apprentice: "But that makes four thirds already!"
"Well - just take a larger pot!
A woman in a bar tries to pick up a mathematician.
"How old, do you think, am I?" she asks coyly.
"Well - 18 by that fire in your eyes, 19 by that glow on your cheeks, 20 by that radiance of your face, and adding that up is something you can probably do for yourself..."
"Students nowadays are so clueless", the math professor complains to a colleague. "Yesterday, a student came to my office hours and wanted to know if General Calculus was a Roman war hero..."
It is only two weeks into the term that, in a calculus class, a student raises his hand and asks: "Will we ever need this stuff in real life?"
The professor gently smiles at him and says: "Of course not - if your real life will consist of flipping hamburgers at MacDonald's!"
A mathematician organizes a raffle in which the prize is an infinite amount of money paid over an infinite amount of time. Of course, with the promise of such a prize, his tickets sell like hot cake.
When the winning ticket is drawn, and the jubilant winner comes to claim his prize, the mathematician explains the mode of payment: "1 dollar now, 1/2 dollar next week, 1/3 dollar the week after that..."
MATH PUZZLES & TRICKS
Multiply Up to 20X20 In Your Head
In just FIVE minutes you should learn to quickly multiply up to 20x20 in your head. With this trick, you will be able to multiply any two numbers from 11 to 19 in your head quickly, without the use of a calculator.
I will assume that you know your multiplication table reasonably well up to 10x10.
Try this:
• Take 15 x 13 for an example.
• Always place the larger number of the two on top in your mind.
• Then draw the shape of Africa mentally so it covers the 15 and the 3 from the 13 below. Those covered numbers are all you need.
• First add 15 + 3 = 18
• Add a zero behind it (multiply by 10) to get 180.
• Multiply the covered lower 3 x the single digit above it the "5" (3x5= 15)
• Add 180 + 15 = 195.
The 11 Rule
You likely all know the 10 rule (to multiply by 10, just add a 0 behind the number) but do you know the 11 rule? It is as easy! You should be able to do this one in you head for any two digit number. Practice it on paper first!
To multiply any two digit number by 11:
• For this example we will use 54.
• Separate the two digits in you mind (5__4).
• Notice the hole between them!
• Add the 5 and the 4 together (5+4=9)
• Put the resulting 9 in the hole 594. That's it! 11 x 54=594
The only thing tricky to remember is that if the result of the addition is greater than 9, you only put the "ones" digit in the hole and carry the "tens" digit from the addition. For example 11 x 57 ... 5__7 ... 5+7=12 ... put the 2 in the hole and add the 1 from the 12 to the 5 in to get 6 for a result of 627 ... 11 x 57 = 627
Finger Math: 9X Rule

To multiply by 9,try this:
(1) Spread your two hands out and place them on a desk or table in front of you.
(2) To multiply by 3, fold down the 3rd finger from the left. To multiply by 4, it would be the 4th finger and so on.
(3) the answer is 27 ... READ it from the two fingers on the left of the folded down finger and the 7 fingers on the right of it.

This works for anything up to 9x10!
Square a 2 Digit Number Ending in 5

For this example we will use 25
• Take the "tens" part of the number (the 2 and add 1)=3
• Multiply the original "tens" part of the number by the new number (2x3)
• Take the result (2x3=6) and put 25 behind it. Result the answer 625.
Try a few more 75 squared ... = 7x8=56 ... put 25 behind it is 5625.
55 squared = 5x6=30 ... put 25 behind it ... is 3025. Another easy one!
Square 2 Digit Number: UP-DOWN Method
Square a 2 Digit Number, for this example 37:
• Look for the nearest 10 boundary
• In this case up 3 from 37 to 40.
• Since you went UP 3 to 40 go DOWN 3 from 37 to 34.
• Now mentally multiply 34x40
• The way I do it is 34x10=340;
• Double it mentally to 680
• Double it again mentally to 1360
• This 1360 is the FIRST interim answer.
• 37 is "3" away from the 10 boundary 40.
• Square this "3" distance from 10 boundary.
• 3x3=9 which is the SECOND interim answer.
• Add the two interim answers to get the final answer.
• Answer: 1360 + 9 = 1369
Multiply By 4

To quickly multiply by four, double the number and then double it again.
Often this can be done in your head.
The distance between the towns A and B is 1000 miles. There is 3000 apples in A, and the apples have to be delivered to B. The available car can take 1000 apples at most. The car driver has developed an addiction to apples: when he has apples aboard he eats 1 apple with each mile made. Figure out the strategy that yields the largest amount of apples to be delivered to B.
There are 6 points in a rectangle with the sides, 3 and 4. Prove that the distance between at least two of these points is smaller than the square root of 5.
A Buddhist monk got an errand from his teacher: to meditate for exactly 45 minutes. He has no watch; instead he is given two inscent sticks, and he is told that each of those sticks would completely burn in 1 hour. The sticks are not identical, and they burn with variant yet unknown rates (they are hand-made). So he has these two inscent and some matches: can he arrange for exactly 45 minutes of meditation?
There are 6 points in a rectangle with the sides, 3 and 4. Prove that the distance between at least two of these points is smaller than the square root of 5.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

NaFakAhirap sa Pila

“ Tila di matapos tapos ang pilang kanina pa nagsimula
Gumising ng maagap para ditto, ngunit parang di pa umuusad.”
Ganito ang kanilang nasasabi mula sa tiyan, puso at labi
Mga usal mula sa kapwa ko mahirap, mayaman,gutom at marangal.

Ang kumakalam na tiyanang dahilan
Kung bakt naririto sa pilahan.
Ngunit paano kung ditto na mananghalian.
Paano na nag pamilyang naiwan?

Hindi na ako aalis ditto na ako
Kanit ako pa ang ikapito mula sa dulo.
Ako na rin ang susunod, tiyak,matatpos rin ito.
Mapapakain ko na rin ang anak kong walo.

Nang malapit na ako, may matandang sumingit
Walang nagawa at ako ay nagalit.
Ngunit nauunawaan ko ang kanyang hinanakit.
“Sige na po” na may pagtanggap mula sa dating may pangingitngit.

Minsa’y ako’y napaisip, Sino ba ang dapat sisihin?
Sa mga problemang dinaranas at mga daranasin
Sino ang may malinaw na paningin sa paghihirap natin
Sino an gating sisihin? Gobyerno ba o mamamayan man din?

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Sorry!

-angel-

We’ve been happy through this day,
And everything had gone well.
Laughters were everywhere,
As if there’s no mess on our way.

But what did I’ve done
To prove me that you’re gone.
My days were wasted
So please have me back.

You know I love you
And I’m sorry if I did it so.
Whatever you do and wherever you go,
My man forever is only you.