Lyrics of Pikahi, Birahi, ngan Pakido-kido: A Waray Cha-Cha Song

(Sung and Composed by Cristolo "Dodoy" Torres)

I.

Kaupay mo sumayaw

Kayubay san im lawas

Labi kun natalibong

May pakido-kido ka pa gad
Pitik san im mga siki

Labyog san im mga kamot

Labi na kun cha-cha a tukar

Gitaymingi ka gad.

II.

Kaupay mo sumayaw

Kayubay san im lawas

Labi kun natalibong

May pakido-kido ka pa gad
Pitik san im mga siki

Labyog san im mga kamot

Labi na kun cha-cha a tukar

Gitaymingi ka gad.

III.

Mayaon palingi-lingi

Mayaon pauroy-uroy/ Ngan yaon pauroy-uroy

Ngan yaon paliad-liad/ May pa gad paliad-liad

Ngan patuwad-tuwad.

IV.

Hala pikahi, birahi, cha-chahi

Kay bangin sa buwas

Wara na gud in ini

Salit salingabot ibaghod im siki

Bisan pa maibas im bul-ong sin sini.

V.

Hala pikahi, birahi, cha-chahi

Ikembot im bubot ngan toda-todahi

Kay basi ganahan an padis mo pirme

Sumayaw sin pwerte.

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An Ako Kaagi sa 14th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop

Sayo ak sa fellows san 14^th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop didto sa University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) sa Catarman sa Norte san Samar sito ika 8-10 sa Hulyo, 2017.  Gidudumara an Lamiraw Writers’ Workshop san Katig Writers’ Network Inc., sayo nga grupo sin mga paragsurat sa Rehiyon 8.

Inop ko gad la ini sadto: nga umapi sini nga workshop komo sayo nga fellow. Para sa ak,  makuri gud ini maabot. Natuod ak nga an mga writing workshops para la sa mga nagseseryoso sa kanra pagsurat. Kundi, paggawas san panawagan hiunong sa 14th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop, inabat ak sin iba nga klase nga pamaso san ak lawas. Pag-abat ko, nanmaga ak. Ako ini gibasa nga senyales  nga mayaon ak karuyag sarihan nga butang nga waray ko pa kahihimo – an pagpabasa ngan pagpa-critique san ak sinurat sa panel sin mga ungod nga paragsurat. Ngan nahitatabo la ini sa workshop kun diin adto an mga paragsurat ngan an ungod nga aksyon.

Pagpangandam

Ak gihunahuna sin maupay kun makakaya ko ba pagsurat ngan pagbukod sa deadline. Nagsurat ak sin essay ngan sin siday. Gipaangbit ko an ak mga panhunahuna sa Waray, sa Ninorte-Samarnon. 

Black Swan: A Non-Kiss-Ass Review

pink

petite

pretty

girly-girl

frigid

wearing Mommy as a straight-jacket

           needs a demon

masturbate

alcohol

drugs

hot lesbo sex

hallucinations

dance of madness

fame

death

         black swan?

         black turkey.

(This post originally appeared in Cinemaroll on April 26, 2011. Cinemaroll was one of the websites owned by Triond, an online writing site that was active in online publishing around 2007 to 2013.)

My 14th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop Experience

I was one of the fellows of the 14^th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop held at the University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) in Catarman, Northern Samar on July 8-10, 2017. The Lamiraw Writers’ Worshop is an annual event that is being run by the Katig Writers’ Network Inc., a group of writers in Region 8.

It was just a dream for me: to be part of this workshop as a fellow. I considered it as  something  unattainable. I was – and am – convinced that writing workshops are only for those who take writing seriously. However, when the announcement about the 14th Lamiraw Creative Writing Workshop came out, I felt a different kind of warmth within me. I thought I was blushing at the time. I read this as a sign that I wanted to try something that I had not done before – to have my written piece read and critiqued by a panel of published writers. And this only happens in a workshop where  the writers are and "where the real action is."

Preparing for the Screening

I assessed myself if I could write something and make it to the deadline. I wrote an essay and a poem. I expressed my thoughts in Waray, particularly the Ninorte-Samarnon variant.