Sunday, February 03, 2008

A Woman's Work is Never Done.

I'm almost done with my cleaning. All the books I kept are now organized on the shelves and on the rack. My drafting table is still piled with papers, sketches and whatnots; and while shifting through the heap I uncovered a verse written sometime in 2005 or 2006. I don't remember who wrote it. It must've been one of my friends. Holler if it was you - Nance or Nini; or a collusion between you two.


This poem is in Tagalog. It was written during those days when we were chatting online and playing with words.


Kahapon at Ngayon

Laba kahapon, laba ngayon.
Luto kanina, luto ngayon.
Linis dito, linis duon.
Takbo rito, takbo ruon.
Si Manang ay laging pagod,
Pinakahihintay ay magdilim
Upang siya ay maka-idlip
At maipahinga ang kanyang isip.
Ngunit sa sandaling siya ay napikit,
Si Manong naman ay kumakalabit.
Ito na ang kanyang pinakahihintay
Pikit mata siya'y nagpakulong
Sa matitipunong braso ni Manong.
Ay, buntong hininga si Manang.

Nakatulog kaya sila?
Shhh
**********

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

hehehe, this is amusing :)

Nini said...

lol, really funny, and you still have it all these years. must be nance; i can't come up with funny lines, my waterloo.

i kind of miss our 'wannabe' playground where we used to huddle and 'quarrel' with other kids:-)

nini

Photo Cache said...

Ha!ha!ha! About to wet my pants funny.

Nance said...

sounds like something i wrote, but doesn't ring a bell! he he he ... it is kinda funny! you made it funnier with that drawing of yours!

Anonymous said...

hehehe..palagay ko nakatulog din pero di agad-agad.

Mari said...

ladycess,
;-D

Mari said...

nini,
You'd be surprised what I have in my files.

Yeah, I miss those days too. Some of those nasty ones are still there.

Thanks for dropping by.

Mari said...

photocache,
Take it easy. he he he

:-D

Mari said...

nance,
It was one of the first ones we were doing before. I made copies of them and filed it in a binder; and I'm organizing it now.

;-)

Mari said...

ann,
Hmmm...siguro nga ano.

;-D

Anonymous said...

nyaha!!! I love it! Every married woman can't relate. I love your illustration too.

Vk-mahalkaayo said...

heheheheheh
hahahahahahaha

naku, sakit na ang tyan ko at panga ko sa tawa dito....galing ako ki Nance, doon ang tawa ko rin....#
dito naman, mas pa......

nice the peom, you know, ganoon din ako...laba, plansa, loto, hipos, limpyo....doon at dito...
hintay madili, para pikit mata....

ay naku, si Manoy, naman ang ang maggawa...........heheheheheh

tawa ako ng tawa dito, sakit akong tyan at lumuha na ang mata ko sa tawa..............hahahahaha

sabi ni bernie, what is los...anything funny......

sabi, mas pa sa funny....sakit tyan ko mari...sorry....hahahahahah

pasa ko muna ito, uy.....

Vk-mahalkaayo said...

moment.....pareho ito sa bisaya namin sabi.....

hay, buhay daw, mi bata daw nagtotoy, may bana nagtaroy......ay ano ba yon...

yon din, ako ang koskos, ako ang kanta, ako ang sayaw.......

sigi na uy.,...loto na ang mga pagkain ko para sa dinner, bday kasi ni bernie, pagkain sa akin, ki nena ang tubig...........lol

sigi, regards mari....

sakit akong tyan kinatawa.....nyo 2 ni Nance....lol

bye and thnks for sharing sa magandang Poem, maganda ito pag may problima ako or na stress....

pawala sa stress at kalagot......heheheheh

thanjks again, uwi na nga,,,,,,,

ghee said...

haha!kakatuwa naman,pero realistic ang dating :)

and your sketch made the poem meaningful :)

sana may dugtong pa,Mari,hehe..

ghee

Pepe said...

He-he, nagkakatuwaan yata dito....! The poem is great Mari pero may pagkapilya ha-ha....! At hanggang ngayon ay wala pang umaamin kung sino ang may gawa....! =D

Mari said...

jmom,
He he he.

Thanks for the comment.

Mari said...

vicki,
Huwag masyadong tumawa baka masama pa sa iyo. ha ha ha

Happy Birthday kay Bernie.

Mari said...

ghee,
Ha ha ha...will think of a continuation.

;-D

Mari said...

pepe,
May pagka-pilya nga. Kelangan tumawa tayo paminsan-minsan. Masyadong seryoso ay nakakatanda.

:-D

david santos said...

Hello, Mari.
Excellent posting.
Ilove this work.
Have a good weekend

Pepe said...

I got an award for you Mari....! I-claim mo lang dun sa blog ko.... Goodie weekend....! =D

GingGoy said...

funny poem and naighty too

MeMeMe said...

ahahahhaha

Mari said...

david santos,
Thanks for dropping by my blog.
Have a great day.

Mari said...

pepe,
Thanks for the award. Meron bang party sa award night? LOL

Mari said...

tutubi,
We have to loosen up once in a while, and laugh.
;-D

Mari said...

jeannie,
Thanks for dropping by.
;-D

Cielo said...

galing nito, ka aliw, pinoy humor at its best,

added u up sis, mukhang madadalas ako dito. :)

Mari said...

cielo,
Welcome to my blog.

Okay, let me go to yours and link you up, as well.

Thanks.

Mari said...

cielo,
Your blog is not open to the public. Sorry, I can't read it.

lovely said...

thanks for dropping by mari. sure, i was bakery hopping hoping for crocs and other tribe members ha!ha! anyway, may asim tong poem na to. ewan ko lang kung yung mga characters me asim pa ha!ha!

Mari said...

lovely,
Roaches there are humongous...scary. Ours here are babylike. LOL Still I don't like seeing them around.

Thanks for the visit.

Anonymous said...

haha...naughty! BUT cute hehe.

Mari said...

nona,
My loyal friend. The first chance you get you came.

Thanks so much.