dear diary,
well, i ceased to be associated with the Foundation for active christian
evangelization and service (FACES) when your tita baby and i came here
some 12 years ago.
because of this, i can no longer undertake the printing of this diary
containing the lyrics of the songs i've written as a means of raising
funds for the charitable projects of the foundation.
i even doubt if there is any good purpose that my be served by the
printing of this diary. in this regard, i am reminded of the
song in this diary that to my mind carries one of the more important
messages i could have ever hoped to convey through my songs.
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| Side B of Christmas Way demo tape, contaning song "ang bayan ko ay may sugat.." |
that i was not able to sing in the Christmas Way demo tape album,
probably because i had not written it yet then.
lyrics:
ang bayan ko
ay may sugat
amg puso niya'y
umiiyak
mga tao
ay nagugulo
o kay saklap
o bayan ko
ang bayan ko
ay may sugat
ang puso niya'y
umiiyak
kaya tayo'y
magbigayan
kapwa tao'y
paglingkuran
at ang hiling
ng inang bayan
tayong lahat
ay magmahalan
ang bayan ko
ay may sugat
ang puso niya'y
umiiyak
habang merong
naghihirap
na-aapi't umiiyak
lalo tayong
magpamalas
ng pagsinta
at paglingap
ang bayan ko
ay may sugat
ang puso niya'y
umiiyak
kaya tayo'y
magbigayan
kapwa tao'y
paglingkuran
at ang hiling
ng inang bayan
tayong lahat
ay magmahalan
recent developments in the philippines again show the relevance of the
lyrics of this song.
therefore, if the printing of this diary can not now be undertaken by
me, or by me with the help of others, under the auspices of the bibiana
madrid family tree project, as a means perhaps of raising funds for
charitble work in her honor or in honor of other family members
belonging to her family tree, then at least i,and others willing to join
me, can in theory help propagate the message contained in the above song
through this diary or through its dissemination even among a limited
circle within reach of an email.
the same could be the said about the messages contained in other songs
in this diary, including christmas time is here, christmas way, feel the
flame (cause it's christmas time my dear), or in the inspirational
songs, fly to the sky, will you be my inspiration and today...
these are not my original messages, of course, but, then again, i can at
least share in the task of conveying them to others through my songs or
this diary.
so in fine, i think this is the real purpose of putting this diary
together and for my wanting to share it with others within the reach of
an email.
what i am trying to do here, i would like to believe is a project worthwhile
in itself, which i can do to honor the memory of my parents, the
spouses Salvador B. Acejas and Florentina J. Acejas, to whom i
sincerely dedicate this diary with love, pride and deepest
gratitude.
likewise, i wish to believe that this diary will be the start of the
family profile that i'd like to do for the benefit of our grandchildren,
allen, tintin, justine, aljon, and andre. and others who might be
interested to know more about my family line.
again, this is in line with one of the suggestions made a long time ago
by george villareal that each family belonging to the family tree of
bibiana madrid should write its own family profile as an integral of the
project.
the family birthday and anniversary, and memorial calendar, originally
suggested by tita honor, is another worthy project of the bibiana madrid
family tree project that we've already undertaken and which we are in
the process of updating.
it is a pity that tita honor i just recently learned does not have a
printer for her computer so she cannot print a copy of this calendar for
future reference. hopefully, somebody close by may have a computer with
a printer and can make a copy of the calendar for her each month that i
send them out by email.
december 14, 2009
bomboy
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