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100: The Hundreds Project
100 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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October 17, 2013
My second time to read a book written (or in this case edited) by Carljoe Javier. The first one was Geek Tragedies (2 stars) and I had a mixed feelings about it. I thought I would not read another book by him but I saw him in person a couple of years back so I decided to pick another book (this book) by him.
This book was not written by him because it is a compilation of 1-page works of different budding writers. I guess these, except for some friends of Javier, were written by his creative writing students or workshop participants. 100 pages for 100 short poems, stories or even pictures (there is one that shows how the heart beat fluctuated when the person is kissed). Most of those are snippets of life in love. Lives that are in love be it happily because the love is requited or not because the writer is broken-hearted. There are masterpieces that I really enjoyed and it reminded me of the short-short works that my literature teachers at DLSU used to ask us to write. I got some very good feedbacks during those courses and so I thought that I would be a writer too. Well, I am now writing reviews everyday and reading everynight and so someday, maybe when I hit 60 and retire, I will be writing books too.
The works are written in either English and Tagalog. However, for love lamentations, I have a strong bias for those written in my mother tongue. It is always heartfelt to read a woeful heart expressing lost love in a language common to my ears. This one, written by Reynaldo A. Araja, Jr. is entitled Martir ng Pag-Ibig and is about being a martyr-hopelessly-in-love:
Nice, isn't it?
This book was not written by him because it is a compilation of 1-page works of different budding writers. I guess these, except for some friends of Javier, were written by his creative writing students or workshop participants. 100 pages for 100 short poems, stories or even pictures (there is one that shows how the heart beat fluctuated when the person is kissed). Most of those are snippets of life in love. Lives that are in love be it happily because the love is requited or not because the writer is broken-hearted. There are masterpieces that I really enjoyed and it reminded me of the short-short works that my literature teachers at DLSU used to ask us to write. I got some very good feedbacks during those courses and so I thought that I would be a writer too. Well, I am now writing reviews everyday and reading everynight and so someday, maybe when I hit 60 and retire, I will be writing books too.
The works are written in either English and Tagalog. However, for love lamentations, I have a strong bias for those written in my mother tongue. It is always heartfelt to read a woeful heart expressing lost love in a language common to my ears. This one, written by Reynaldo A. Araja, Jr. is entitled Martir ng Pag-Ibig and is about being a martyr-hopelessly-in-love:
"Sapat na marahil ang ganito. Ang makabisa ang maamo mong mukha, ang mapanaghinipan ka hanggang sa pagtulog, ang makasabay ka sa pagkain, ang makausap ka hindi lang sa text, at mangitian mo sa tuwing magkikita tayo. Bakit nga ba hindi magkaroon ng happy ending ang kwento natin?BOOM!!!
Sabagay, ang happy endings para lang naman sa mga nagmamahalan. Ako lang naman ang nagmamahal. Ako lang din ang nasasaktan. Hindi ko naman pinangarap maipagtayo ng rebulto gaya nina Bonifacio at Rizal. Pero pagdating sa pagmamahal ko sa 'yo kulang na lang ipagpatayo ako ng rebulto.
*INSERT MY NAME HERE*, BAYANING MARTIR NG PAG-IBIG.
Nice, isn't it?
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