Tuesday, August 30, 2011

fiesta sa romblon

Fiesta sa romblon, romblon(tagalog version), "jan 16,2011) lyrics/melody by lolo bomboy




ang fiesta sa romblon di ko makakalimutan

kasi dyan ako lumaki malapit sa pantalan

marami din akong ati-atihan na nasaksihan

......at may maraming tribu na mga sumali diyan



di ko kayang isalawaran ang mga ayos nila

iba iba ito at meron pang mga nakamaskara

saka may mga pinta pa ang mga katawan nila

at doon sila nagsasayaw sa gitna ng kalsada



kung minsan ay na aantala ang ati-atihan

si Senor Sto Nino ayaw umalis ng simbahan

ayaw Niyang pumyag siya'y bumaba sa altar

sa wari'y ayaw Niya kung saan siya ipapasyal



nooong araw daw Siya ay dadlahin sa acapulco

sakay ng barko ibabyahi Sya doon sa Mexico

pero si Senor Sto Nino ayaw umaliis sa romblon

kaya bumagyo at hindi natuloy ang biyahing iyon



pero nakaparaming beses pa din nilang sinubukan

dalhin si Senor Sto Nino sa gusto nilang puntahan

pero ang bagyo at ang unos lalo pang humagupit

kaya sa loob ng simbahan ay ibinalik nila Siya ulit



yan ang alam kong istorya ng biniiray sa romblon

yan ang istoryang naikwento nila simula pa noon

si Senor Sto Nino sadyang mahal nya ang romblon

hanggang ngayon mahal na Patron Siya ng tao doon



Tuesday, August 23, 2011

a week in august to remember

a week in august to remember.... Monday, August 22, 2011 at 3:21pm




thanks to benjie, net, and tin, lolo bomboy had a week in august 2011 that he will remember and miss for a very long, long time...for the first time in his golfing life, lolo lost a round of 18 holes to benjie...in a golf course we played before under british open conditons with heavy rain pouring down on us, with lightning to boot at times, if memory serves me right....i clearly remember though that the golf course attendant at the time gave us the free use of roller carts as a reward to us,he said, for being crazy enough to want to play in such a stormy weather..,my first loss to benjie shows just how much benjie has improved his game after switching this year to his new golf video teacher, and converting himself back from a one to a two-planer, which he was when he started learning the game from his first video teacher...whose style of play or teaching i have since called the toronto swing....benjie's game has so improved that i found it hard in this round to match the length of his drives and his iron shots... as well as the accuracy thereof...all i could do was try..



then he and net, treated lolo to a round of golf in two beautiful and scenic courses of contrasting general features... the first, demanding shots to severely elevated greens, with the fairways framed by trees that make them look so narrow and difficult to hit, making straight drives that much more imperative....and the second, requiring shots hit mostly from tee boxes on top of hills to fairways or greens way down below and guarded by forbidding creeks, ponds or murky marshes, thickets, and tall grass, which all make length and accuracy of tee shots a definite issue...such that taking extra club is always an option....



these courses have their own risk-reward temptations... so unless one is really a proficient golfer, he will, more likely than not, find himself in frustrating situations of regret, or he is rewarded with great joy if he is able to overcome the obstacles....



but then again, that is where the great challenge of golf lies deeply hidden...it puts to a dire test one's ability to do his best under the most difficult conditions, to see whether or not he can come out of them alive, well, and still smiling, and above all else, happy, inspite of his mishits, errant shots ,missed putts, and worse, his imprudence in attempting shots well beyond his ability to even dream about...if golf were a game a little easier to play, pretty soon golfers will be bored playing it....



for who would still be excited to go out to the golf courses just to repeat the same old boring routine.... but since golf makes one hit shots he would instantly wish he had rather not have made, it makes one more liable to enjoy a corresponding sense of accomplishment in being able, every now and then, to hit shots in ways he did not even imagine he was capable of... much less, intend in the first place...



so, while we did not even bother to keep our scores during these two rounds of golf, the spirit of competitoin was just as intense...the sense of frustration and joy we experienced was just as sharp and keen....each time we made a bogey, or a par here and there.... or pulled our tee shots left or right, or into the ditches or waters, guarding the fairways or greens... in short, we all had fun, though, each in our own unique, peculiar, and quite personal or even strange and silent ways...



it was also nice being able to play with a very friendly canadian named mike in the game i played with benjie and net... and in the other game, it was nice for jojo to come along with me and benjie...



of course, everything was all part of tin's 12th birthday celebration...last year, tin and i played a round of golf in a par-3 course... that was fun too... and how can i forget the time we went swimming as part of her birthday celebration....of course, tin's birthday is never complete without us enjoying the company of benjie's family, lolo ben and lola lydia, and brother jojo....this year was no different, and our conversation was every bit as lively as those of the years past...i enjoyed the food as well even though i was not allowed to try the lechong kawali...a friend of net in high school who came to canada just a month ago was with us...



earlier today, back here, i wanted to go out and play golf here just to amuse myself in an effort to keep myself from missing the three--- benjie, net and tin--- too much...but when i went out, i got scared the heat might just be too much for me to handle, so i decided against it....maybe, tomorrow...













Wednesday, August 10, 2011

"Awit ng pasasalamat sa kaarawan ko..."

"awit ng pasasalamat sa araw ng kaarawan ko"...

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:07 AM
"awit ko ng pasasalamat ko", jan 10,2011, lyrics/melody by lolo
by Lolo Bomboy on 10 जनवरी 2011 Monday at 23:40

dear diary,

nakakatuwa naman at kahit hindi pa dumarating yong birthday ko sa taong ito, ay
binabati na nila ako..para pagpapasalamat sa kanila at lalo na sa Poong
Maykapal, sumulat ako ng awit ko ng pasasalamat...

"ang awit ko ng pasasalamat", january 10,2011, by lolo bomboy
or "ang awit ko tuwing malapit nang sumapit ang kaarawan ko"

intro:

maraming salamat sa inyo
sa inyong maagang pagbati,
sa labi ko ito'y nagbibigay
ng ilang magandang ngiti,
sana nga ako ay makagawa
ng kahit isang maikling awit,
makakanta ko pag kaarawan ko
ay malapit nang sumapit....

nakakatuwa naman
na bago pa dumating
ang kaarawan ko,
nagpapadala na kayo sa akin
ng masasayang pagbati nyo,
sana naman lahat ng pagbating iyan
ay maging totoo,
nang sa ganoon tunay ngang
maging masaya darating pang
mga kaarawan ko...

kung meron man ilan na hindi naka-ala-la,
o kaya'y naka-ala-la man pero na huli na
alam na alam ko na ako ay mahal pa rin nila
sa akin ay wala silang dapat na ipag-alala

sa Poong Maykapal ako'y nagpapasalamat
itong awit ko ay malapit ko nang maisulat
ito'y inaalay ko sa Kanya ng buong puso ko
dahil sumapit na muli isa pang kaarawan ko

isa pang simula ng bagong taon sa buhay ko