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Lumbay ng Dila
Siya si Sadyah Zapanta Lopez.
Apo ng dating assemblyman ng Antique na inakusahang mastermind ng Guinsang-an Bridge Massacre, anak nina Kumander Pusa at Kumander Rafflesia ng Coronacion "Kumander Waling-Waling" Chiva Command ng Central Panay. Sundan ang paghahanap niya ng katotohanan at love story kina Stephen Chua, Ishmael Onos at Priya Iyer.
"Ang nobelang ito ay patunay sa malikhaing diwa at malalim na kakayanan ni Genevieve Asenjo. Isang pambihirang akda."
- Cirilo Bautista
Apo ng dating assemblyman ng Antique na inakusahang mastermind ng Guinsang-an Bridge Massacre, anak nina Kumander Pusa at Kumander Rafflesia ng Coronacion "Kumander Waling-Waling" Chiva Command ng Central Panay. Sundan ang paghahanap niya ng katotohanan at love story kina Stephen Chua, Ishmael Onos at Priya Iyer.
"Ang nobelang ito ay patunay sa malikhaing diwa at malalim na kakayanan ni Genevieve Asenjo. Isang pambihirang akda."
- Cirilo Bautista
385 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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February 13, 2012
Very fresh approach in storytelling. Asenjo is said to be one of the new voices in Philippine literature.
Genevieve L. Asenjo (born in 1979) is an assistant professor at the De La Salle University and has a Ph. D. in Literature (High Distinction at Outstanding Dissertation). She finished her undergraduate course, BA Literature 2000 at University of the Philippines Visayas in Ilo-ilo. Lumbay ng Dila (Literal meaning: Sorrow of Tongue) is her second book: her first novel.
What's new in her approach?
Did those new approaches work for me? Some of them, yes. Some of them, no. Some of them was okay at first but became too much at some point.
Not sure if I am convincing you here, but for Filipinos like me, Asenjo used these lines:
I am not squeamish on this since I read erotica but I was not expecting the book to dwell and be too explicit on sex. They could have sex but I think it just went too far for my comfort in this book.
Yet, I am giving this a 4-star since I was able to finish the book without getting bored.
Genevieve L. Asenjo (born in 1979) is an assistant professor at the De La Salle University and has a Ph. D. in Literature (High Distinction at Outstanding Dissertation). She finished her undergraduate course, BA Literature 2000 at University of the Philippines Visayas in Ilo-ilo. Lumbay ng Dila (Literal meaning: Sorrow of Tongue) is her second book: her first novel.
What's new in her approach?
1. Dreamlike narration in the denouement
2. Pure and clear Tagalog prose written by somebody who grew up in a non-Tagalog province.
3. Kinary-a (one of the many dialects in the Visayas) incorporated beautifully in the narration. It's like reading a novel written in a foreign language like say Spanish with some untranslated words. It gave the voice, Asenjo's voice, a distinct flavor.
4. Kaleidoscope of local issues tackled: politics, gender, family, extended family, publishing, dating, falling in love and SEX. The last one is capitalized because if you take others away, this work could be classified as For Adults Only since it has explicit sex scenes. It uses vulgar words like titi (penis), tamud (semen), mamasa-masa (referring to vagina that is wet), etc.
Did those new approaches work for me? Some of them, yes. Some of them, no. Some of them was okay at first but became too much at some point.
No. 1 was a dud. It was dreamlike and I thought I was reading the Philippine version of Virginia Woolf. However, Asenjo was not there yet. She decided to be logical and she (spoiler alert) made it to just be a dream. Nananaghinip lang pala talaga si Sadyah (The character was indeed dreaming). I thought that second to the last chapter was comparable to the dead Buendias appearing towards the end of One Hundred Years of Solitude and I liked it so much I thought this novel was amazing. Until, until Asenjo revealed that her main protagonist, Sadyah was just dreaming. She could have gone that way and I would not care a bit whether was not logical since it was beautiful and Sadyah could imagine anything since she has a very imaginative mind, being a poet and a literature professor. Don't be afraid to gamble, Ms. Asenjo.
No. 2 was surprisingly done. Asenjo grew up in the Visayas before moving to Manila to take her Ph.D. at the De La Salle University. Yet, her Tagalog can put shame to all of us who have been dwelling here in Metro Manila. Much more for me who grew up in Quezon Province where the Ama ng Wikang Pambansa (Father of the National Language), President Manuel L. Quezon, came from. Asenjo's choice of words was amazing. Her word plays were enjoyable. Her narration was concise yet she took time to describe her setting and pay attention to details. She showed not told. Her symbolisms were well-handled and you could see the transformation of her characters.
For No. 3, it was my first time to read a Tagalog novel written by a non-Tagalog. It was a revelation and I just have to give my admiration to Asenjo. She was like a young lady knight trying to penetrate the Tagalog literature dominated by males (Bob Ong, Eros Atalia, Edgardo Reyes, Domingo Landicho, atbp) or senior females (Liwayway Arceo, Lualhati Bautista, Ellen Sicat, atbp.) Where her contemporaries (Karen Francisco, Cindy Gourlay, etc) concentrate on writing in English, she takes the challenge of writing in Tagalog peppered with Kinaray-a (Visayan) phrases and words and she succeeding beautifully (without alienating a Tagalog reader like me).
No. 4 was okay at some point but got into my nerves at some. Politics seemed to be the main ingredient. EDSA 1, 2, 3, Marcos, Aquino, Estrada, Arroyo (Ramos was not mentioned). First Quarter Storm, etc. I knew all of those and they bored me. Politics in the Visayas was what I thought would be a new one but Asenjo chose not to dwell on this probably because either she knew just a little of this or that she thought that non-Visayan readers would not be interested. The denouement seemed to be shallow: too good to be true. Sadyah's search of her mother and her wanting to talk to her grandpa who got incarcerated after Marcos' fall in 1986 was the focus in the first half of the story but when the "big scenes" came, they felt lacking in excitement, emotion and energy.
The SEX part is too much. Asenjo might be brave young knight in entering the Tagalog literature but she is too bold for my sensitivities. Bob Ong's books are selling well even if he has no explicit sex scenes. In the Pasasalamat (Acknowledgement) part at the end of the book, Asenjo said that her mentors and students at DLSU read her book and gave her tips. Whaaat? This book has been read by her gurus and students and they approved those explicit sex scenes? I would also imagine that this book is being sold at the campus store since this was published by C & E Publishing for the De La Salle University.
These sex parts deducted that one star from the rating. Those scenes just gave me creeps and I hope my 17-y/o daughter will not look up to Sadyah as her hero. This Asenjo's character is not what Filipino women should be.
Not sure if I am convincing you here, but for Filipinos like me, Asenjo used these lines:
"Ang alak at droga niya (referring to Stephen, Sadyah's 1st boyfriend) ay ang bibig ni Sadyah habang nakasubo ang kanyang matigas na titi"Or this chat exchanges:
Sadyah: "What is the square root of 69?"All those while the boyfriend was in Singapore wearing an office formal attire.
Iyer: (her 3rd boyfriend, an Indian) "Mahal, you should suck my dick!"
Sadyah: "Soon, mahal. I will. My pleasure."
Iyer: "Ohh, I'm getting a hard-on, mahal."
I am not squeamish on this since I read erotica but I was not expecting the book to dwell and be too explicit on sex. They could have sex but I think it just went too far for my comfort in this book.
Yet, I am giving this a 4-star since I was able to finish the book without getting bored.
August 6, 2014
Para kay Geneviev
Sa iyong aklat “Lumbay ng Dila”, ako’y napahanga at napatulala!
Sa husay at galing ng iyong pagsasalita
Maging nang ikaw ay makita, napawi ang lungkot at dalita
Masalimuot man ang kuwento sa buhay ni Sadyah
Buhay naman niya’y kapupulutan ng saya.
Kung bitamina at droga ang bibig ni Sadyah
Tapang at talino naman ang nasa puso niya
Mapait, maasim, o mapakla ang lasa ng pag-ibig ni Sadyah
Sa huli ay puno ng pag-asa at tamis ng pag-ibig niya.
Sadyah bang pinaranas sa iyo ang Lumbay ng Dila
Upang ikaw naman ay makilala sa Gantimpalang Palanca
Salamat sa iyo! Geneviev
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Sa iyong mga kuwento at tula, naroroon ang sining at balarila
Ikaw ay aming inspirasyon sapagkat may pusong mapagkawang-gawa
Kaya naman hindi namin malilimot ang ating pagkikita.
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Sapagkat ang iyong dila ay Sadyahng maghahatid nang kasiyahan sa mundo.
Inihahandog ko ang tulang ito "Para Kay Geneviev" dahil sa angking kagandahan ng istorya at buhay pag-ibig ni Sadya. Tinalakay nito ang pulitika, pakikipag-relasyon sa ibang lahi ng tao, kahirapan, paghiwalay sa magulang, pagkamulat sa realidad ng buhay.
Nakapanayam namin kasama ang Pinoy Reads Pinoy Books si Mam Geneviev, napakagaling niya magpaliwanag at magkuwento. Sinagot niya rin ang aming mga katanungan.
July 29, 2017
Lumbay ng Dila tells us the story of Sadyah Zapanta Lopez as she searches for the truth about her roots and its interconnections with the country’s political history and socio-cultural specificities of Panay: from events such as the First Quarter Storm, the three EDSAs, everyday rural life realities in Antique, cultural curiosities like the Babaylans and the Binukots, to myths like “Tungkung Langit and Alunsina.”
Sadyah’s grandfather is a traditional politician aligned with the Marcos dictatorship who was suspected to have masterminded the death of an opposition figure in Antique. Her two parents are said to be armed guerrillas based in the mountains of Central Panay.
At the novel’s outset, Sadyah is greeted by the news of the acquittal of her grandfather, a figure who along with her mother she have not met since her early childhood – a context that conditions the trajectory of her life.
This search for the past and identity will also frame Sadyah’s love affairs to three men: a wealthy Filipino-Chinese law student (Stephen Chua), a poor Filipino-Muslim laborer (Ishmael Onos), and an Indian corporate professional working in the country’s burgeoning business district (Priya Iyer).
Until she finally talks with her grandfather, Marcelo, and mother, Teresa, and learn more of the truth about herself, bits of her life’s story are revealed to the readers as she tells them to her lovers. Along with the novel’s multilingualism particularly in its use of a Visayan-Filipino that is also based on the Panay-based languages of Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a, the choice of Sadyah’s lovers reflects the author’s concern with issues of Otherness that confronts every citizen of this culturally diverse nation.
But despite the wealth of critical commentary of gender, ethnicity, culture, and socio-political realities in the novel, I cannot help but feel unease at how this is somehow advanced from an individualist vantage point that imagines for itself the privilege of being above the contradictions that enmesh society.
In Lumbay ng Dila, the ruling system and its ills (state violence, religious and racial Othering, social injustices, etc.) are opposed to the emancipatory project of the underground revolutionary movement but these two are balanced against each other in such a way as to reject both.
Because of Sadyah’s privileged position in the social hierarchy on account of her wealth in cultural capital, she has the luxury of pursuing middle class aspirations that eschew the revolutionary politics of her parents. In the end, we even discover that her mother, Teresa, has “evolved” into reformist NGO work that trumpeted the State’s Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan. Even as it portrays realities of oppression and exploitation, the novel’s message as a whole seems to be that of a warning against an over-identification with totalizing collective struggles for emancipation in favor of small personal contributions.
It has now become a commonplace to point out the link between societies and literary works and the latter’s role in constructing the former. Books are not only written in a certain society, they also intensify the realities found in the society that wrote it. Literary works legitimize the foundations of the prevailing order, deconstruct its naturalized assumptions, or ultimately subvert it.
Lumbay ng Dila’s insistence on the narrative of the aspiration and search for truth in a World that has practically disowned truth is comendable. The idea of Sadyah’s Balay Sugidanon–a storytelling house complete with books and internet–that she had built with her own finances in her impoverished hometown, although not novel [5], is also reflective of the author’s optimism.
However, even as Lumbay ng Dila portrays realities of oppression and exploitation, the novel’s message as a whole seems to be that of a subtle warning against an over-identification with totalizing collective struggles for universal emancipation in favor of small personal contributions. The question, however, is: are these little enthusiastic acts of charity enough to overturn social structures that are at the core of the hardships afflicting the Filipino toiling masses?
Lumbay ng Dila’s conclusion (Sadyah gets her Priya while Teresa gets her Noel and all ends well with them) suggests that ultimately, all you need is love, thus contributing to the ever-expanding discourse of domestic closure. The naïve myth that love conquers all effectively glosses over the fundamental problems of the present.
From A Critical Response to Genevieve Asenjo’s Lumbay ng Dila
Sadyah’s grandfather is a traditional politician aligned with the Marcos dictatorship who was suspected to have masterminded the death of an opposition figure in Antique. Her two parents are said to be armed guerrillas based in the mountains of Central Panay.
At the novel’s outset, Sadyah is greeted by the news of the acquittal of her grandfather, a figure who along with her mother she have not met since her early childhood – a context that conditions the trajectory of her life.
This search for the past and identity will also frame Sadyah’s love affairs to three men: a wealthy Filipino-Chinese law student (Stephen Chua), a poor Filipino-Muslim laborer (Ishmael Onos), and an Indian corporate professional working in the country’s burgeoning business district (Priya Iyer).
Until she finally talks with her grandfather, Marcelo, and mother, Teresa, and learn more of the truth about herself, bits of her life’s story are revealed to the readers as she tells them to her lovers. Along with the novel’s multilingualism particularly in its use of a Visayan-Filipino that is also based on the Panay-based languages of Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a, the choice of Sadyah’s lovers reflects the author’s concern with issues of Otherness that confronts every citizen of this culturally diverse nation.
But despite the wealth of critical commentary of gender, ethnicity, culture, and socio-political realities in the novel, I cannot help but feel unease at how this is somehow advanced from an individualist vantage point that imagines for itself the privilege of being above the contradictions that enmesh society.
In Lumbay ng Dila, the ruling system and its ills (state violence, religious and racial Othering, social injustices, etc.) are opposed to the emancipatory project of the underground revolutionary movement but these two are balanced against each other in such a way as to reject both.
Because of Sadyah’s privileged position in the social hierarchy on account of her wealth in cultural capital, she has the luxury of pursuing middle class aspirations that eschew the revolutionary politics of her parents. In the end, we even discover that her mother, Teresa, has “evolved” into reformist NGO work that trumpeted the State’s Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan. Even as it portrays realities of oppression and exploitation, the novel’s message as a whole seems to be that of a warning against an over-identification with totalizing collective struggles for emancipation in favor of small personal contributions.
It has now become a commonplace to point out the link between societies and literary works and the latter’s role in constructing the former. Books are not only written in a certain society, they also intensify the realities found in the society that wrote it. Literary works legitimize the foundations of the prevailing order, deconstruct its naturalized assumptions, or ultimately subvert it.
Lumbay ng Dila’s insistence on the narrative of the aspiration and search for truth in a World that has practically disowned truth is comendable. The idea of Sadyah’s Balay Sugidanon–a storytelling house complete with books and internet–that she had built with her own finances in her impoverished hometown, although not novel [5], is also reflective of the author’s optimism.
However, even as Lumbay ng Dila portrays realities of oppression and exploitation, the novel’s message as a whole seems to be that of a subtle warning against an over-identification with totalizing collective struggles for universal emancipation in favor of small personal contributions. The question, however, is: are these little enthusiastic acts of charity enough to overturn social structures that are at the core of the hardships afflicting the Filipino toiling masses?
Lumbay ng Dila’s conclusion (Sadyah gets her Priya while Teresa gets her Noel and all ends well with them) suggests that ultimately, all you need is love, thus contributing to the ever-expanding discourse of domestic closure. The naïve myth that love conquers all effectively glosses over the fundamental problems of the present.
From A Critical Response to Genevieve Asenjo’s Lumbay ng Dila
August 28, 2013
“Lumbay ng Dila” of Dr. Genevieve Asenjo is a novel that most Filipinos can relate to. This novel has brought me to the different time periods and places in the Philippines. The way its settings and the flow of story were written, one can really say that the author of this novel really thought of what words to use. This novel is about the life of Sadyah Zapanta Lopez. The novel revolves on Sadyah’s family and love life. The novel also tackles the different cultures, dialects, and issues (in Sadyah’s time also) in the Philippines.
Sadyah Zapanta Lopez is a woman who seems to be in search for her real self. It’s for the fact that in the first part of the novel, the story about what really happened to her grandfather and her mother is a big question mark to her. Also, for me, she had difficulties in finding the right guy for her that will make her feel more complete. From the novel, she had a different love story with Stephen Chua, Ishmael Onos, and Priya Iyer. If I were to arrange her love story starting from the worst one, that is the arrangement. Although her love story with Stephen and Ishmael was not a perfect one, I believed that those helped her to become a strong woman and somehow, gave her the idea to whom she must share her heart with. At the end of the novel, she was with Priya and she seems to be happy with his accompany. The good thing about her love story with the three men is that it proved to the readers like me that it is still possible to love, to commit with, and to understand the people who have different or contradicting cultures from ours.
I really enjoyed reading this novel because it brought out the Filipino woman within me. This novel caused me to have different emotions in a matter of time. Thus, I really recommend everyone, especially the Filipinos, to read this book.
Sadyah Zapanta Lopez is a woman who seems to be in search for her real self. It’s for the fact that in the first part of the novel, the story about what really happened to her grandfather and her mother is a big question mark to her. Also, for me, she had difficulties in finding the right guy for her that will make her feel more complete. From the novel, she had a different love story with Stephen Chua, Ishmael Onos, and Priya Iyer. If I were to arrange her love story starting from the worst one, that is the arrangement. Although her love story with Stephen and Ishmael was not a perfect one, I believed that those helped her to become a strong woman and somehow, gave her the idea to whom she must share her heart with. At the end of the novel, she was with Priya and she seems to be happy with his accompany. The good thing about her love story with the three men is that it proved to the readers like me that it is still possible to love, to commit with, and to understand the people who have different or contradicting cultures from ours.
I really enjoyed reading this novel because it brought out the Filipino woman within me. This novel caused me to have different emotions in a matter of time. Thus, I really recommend everyone, especially the Filipinos, to read this book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 4, 2022
Grabe 'tong nobelang ito, sobrang dami ng nangyari. Kahit mahaba (486 pahina), hindi boring at kapana-panabik ang mga nangyayari sa bawat kabanata.
Gusto ko yung pangalan ng pangunahing tauhan: Sadyah, with an h, na ang ibig sabihin ay happy. Gusto ko rin yung pagiging malawak ng kuwento. Napakaraming kultura ang narito eh, kasi marami ring lugar ang naging tagpuan sa kuwento. Napakatalino ng pagkakasulat at mayaman ang paggamit ng wika sa nobela. Tunay na isang pambihirang akda, ayon kay Cirilo F. Bautista.
Gusto ko yung pangalan ng pangunahing tauhan: Sadyah, with an h, na ang ibig sabihin ay happy. Gusto ko rin yung pagiging malawak ng kuwento. Napakaraming kultura ang narito eh, kasi marami ring lugar ang naging tagpuan sa kuwento. Napakatalino ng pagkakasulat at mayaman ang paggamit ng wika sa nobela. Tunay na isang pambihirang akda, ayon kay Cirilo F. Bautista.
August 17, 2013
Lumbay ng Dila tells the story about a girl from antique named Sadyah Zapanta Lopez, her love affairs with Stephen Chua, a chinese, Ishmael Onos, a Muslim, and Priya Iyer, an Indian atheist, and her journey towards finding her parents, Teresa and Leandro as well as her grandfather, Marcelo Lopez. This story is very descriptive. This book also used some of the different Filipino dialects and English.
This book had different genres and had different approaches in telling the story. some parts of the book, for me, was kind of confusing, since the scenes moved from person to person and some details, for me, was not really necessary maybe i can call it "information overload". I did not understand some of the dialects (like the kinary-a) so i can say that for some readers who does not understand different Filipino dialects, you might find the book a bit confusing and you may have a hard time like i did. the book has various genres like drama, comedy and poetry which was amazing to read. Some parts of the book for me was boring maybe because books like this aren't exactly my cup of tea. Also, I was shocked to have read some sex scenes in this book, some of which was too detailed for me and i found most of those details unnecessary like the strawberry flavored condom and the color Sadyah's boyfriend's underwear.
Overall, this book was okay for me so i give it 2 stars. It's not a bad book. Some scenes were funny and dramatic. It was like a buffet of different literary genres.This was the first time i read a Filipino book written in Tagalog. It made me realize how creative Filipino writers are. This book also gave me a good impression of the Filipino writers. This book was not bad. It's definitely worth reading.
This book had different genres and had different approaches in telling the story. some parts of the book, for me, was kind of confusing, since the scenes moved from person to person and some details, for me, was not really necessary maybe i can call it "information overload". I did not understand some of the dialects (like the kinary-a) so i can say that for some readers who does not understand different Filipino dialects, you might find the book a bit confusing and you may have a hard time like i did. the book has various genres like drama, comedy and poetry which was amazing to read. Some parts of the book for me was boring maybe because books like this aren't exactly my cup of tea. Also, I was shocked to have read some sex scenes in this book, some of which was too detailed for me and i found most of those details unnecessary like the strawberry flavored condom and the color Sadyah's boyfriend's underwear.
Overall, this book was okay for me so i give it 2 stars. It's not a bad book. Some scenes were funny and dramatic. It was like a buffet of different literary genres.This was the first time i read a Filipino book written in Tagalog. It made me realize how creative Filipino writers are. This book also gave me a good impression of the Filipino writers. This book was not bad. It's definitely worth reading.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 20, 2013
The book Lumbay ng Dila tells the story Sadyah Zapanta Lopez who is a literature professor from Antique. The books focuses on the encounters of Sadyah with three men, and features her quest to discover the truth, retrace her ancestry and reconnect with her mother Teresa.
This book contains sexual scenes which can be very graphic and uses a distinct writing style which incorporates Kinaray-a and Filipino. Not only that, it features poems, books read by Sadyah, politics and culture. Also, the books hides a powerful message to its readers; however, in my perspective there were information and details which shouldn't be included and the pacing changes from chapter to chapter.
Overall, this book is fine since I don't really like to read books containing sexual scenes but unlike the other books I've read written by Filipino writers, this book is different since it's not your typical boring and hard to understand book. if people will ask me what Filipino novel to read, I will definitely recommend this as a book to try but with an added warning: contains sexual themes.
This book contains sexual scenes which can be very graphic and uses a distinct writing style which incorporates Kinaray-a and Filipino. Not only that, it features poems, books read by Sadyah, politics and culture. Also, the books hides a powerful message to its readers; however, in my perspective there were information and details which shouldn't be included and the pacing changes from chapter to chapter.
Overall, this book is fine since I don't really like to read books containing sexual scenes but unlike the other books I've read written by Filipino writers, this book is different since it's not your typical boring and hard to understand book. if people will ask me what Filipino novel to read, I will definitely recommend this as a book to try but with an added warning: contains sexual themes.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 28, 2015
Kombinasyon ng pulitika, pangarap, pag-ibig, pantasya at realidad ang hatid ng Lumbay ng Dila ni Madam Genevieve Asenjo.
Page turner, ang mga explicit scenes na kanyang naisulat ay direkta sa kung ano ang maaring 'katotohanan' sa mga kabataan 'ngayon' na kanyang inihayag sa nobela.
Strong and independent, the modern Filipina, woman empowerment ang nakita ko sa pagdevelop nya ng character ni Sadyah Lopez Zapanta.
Kung tutuusin, ilang Sadyah na kaya ang meron sa bansang unti-unting nababago ng panahon? Ilang 'Sadyah' na ba ang may kalayaan upang magsalita at bumuo ng magandang lipunan?
Maraming magandang suhestiyon akong nakuha kay Madam:
1) Pagtatayo ng library. Isang magandang paraan para mamulat ang mga kabataan sa intelekwal na paraan at mabigyan sila ng kakayahang magbasa, ang unang hakbang ng 'pagbibigay' ng pang unawa.
2) Pagtatayo ng 'Nursery ng mga Puno''. Kabi kabila na ang pagexploit sa mga 'natural resources' na meron tayo at hindi ito agad napipigilan. Magtanim at syang magbubunga ito kinabukasan.
3) Pagtry upang makilala ang iba't ibang relihiyon. Hindi ibig sabihin ay umanib na lamang basta-basta. Igalang ang kanilang mga paniniwala at aralin ang mga maaring makatulong sa ispiritwalidad.
4) Pagkilala sa mga kapwa nating Pilipinong nakikipaglaban rin sa kalayaan at kabutihan ng bansa, ang mga NPA.
Kinaray-a. Ang mga taga-Antique. Ang simpleng pamumuhay sa probinsya. Ang kagandahan at sya ring kapintasan ng kanyang bayan.
Iilan lamang ito sa aking mga natutunan mula kay Madam. Maaring madagdagan pa ang aking rebyu.
Page turner, ang mga explicit scenes na kanyang naisulat ay direkta sa kung ano ang maaring 'katotohanan' sa mga kabataan 'ngayon' na kanyang inihayag sa nobela.
Strong and independent, the modern Filipina, woman empowerment ang nakita ko sa pagdevelop nya ng character ni Sadyah Lopez Zapanta.
Kung tutuusin, ilang Sadyah na kaya ang meron sa bansang unti-unting nababago ng panahon? Ilang 'Sadyah' na ba ang may kalayaan upang magsalita at bumuo ng magandang lipunan?
Maraming magandang suhestiyon akong nakuha kay Madam:
1) Pagtatayo ng library. Isang magandang paraan para mamulat ang mga kabataan sa intelekwal na paraan at mabigyan sila ng kakayahang magbasa, ang unang hakbang ng 'pagbibigay' ng pang unawa.
2) Pagtatayo ng 'Nursery ng mga Puno''. Kabi kabila na ang pagexploit sa mga 'natural resources' na meron tayo at hindi ito agad napipigilan. Magtanim at syang magbubunga ito kinabukasan.
3) Pagtry upang makilala ang iba't ibang relihiyon. Hindi ibig sabihin ay umanib na lamang basta-basta. Igalang ang kanilang mga paniniwala at aralin ang mga maaring makatulong sa ispiritwalidad.
4) Pagkilala sa mga kapwa nating Pilipinong nakikipaglaban rin sa kalayaan at kabutihan ng bansa, ang mga NPA.
Kinaray-a. Ang mga taga-Antique. Ang simpleng pamumuhay sa probinsya. Ang kagandahan at sya ring kapintasan ng kanyang bayan.
Iilan lamang ito sa aking mga natutunan mula kay Madam. Maaring madagdagan pa ang aking rebyu.
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