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V.
Nawala ang antok ko’t buong pwersang inapakan ang preno. Ilang segundo pa muna akong nakatulala’t mahigpit na nakakapit sa manibela. Matinis ang iyak ng batang babae. Lalabas na sana ako ng kotse nang mapagtanto kong nasa tabi ng kalsada ang mag-ina, at walang katawang humampas sa nguso ng kotse kanina. Pinapagalitan ng nanay ang anak niya sa biglang pagtakbo sa kalsada. Tinawag niya ito sa pangalang halos walong taon ko nang hindi napag-iisipan.
Hindi pa ako nakakarating ng tollgate, nagdududa na ako kung tama ba ang narinig kong pangalan at kung may muntik nga ba talaga akong masagasaan. May mag-ina bang tumatawid sa kalagitnaan ng highway?
IV.
Padabog kong isinara ang pinto at saka itinapon ang katawan sa kama’t mahigpit na ipinikit ang mata.
Sira ang pinto kaya’t hindi rin ito sumara nang husto, at narinig ko ang mahinang ingit ng dahan-dahan nitong pagbukas. Bahagya lamang ang pagkakabukas, tantsa ko, at dahil wala namang ingay ng pagbukas ng pinto mula sa kabilang kwarto, malamang ay pumasok lamang ang pusang natuto nang itulak ang alam niyang sirang pinto gamit ang nguso.
Hindi ako dumilat. Binilang ko ang ilang segundo para maabot ng maliliit na paa ang kama. Tama ang hula ko, at kung kailan nailalarawan na sa utak ko ang pagdating ng pusa sa tabi ng kama, saka ko nga naramdaman ang bahagyang paglubog ng kutson sa may paanan.
Hindi ito kaagad gumalaw. Nag-aalangan pa siguro’t naghahanap ng mapupwestuhan sa tabi ng dalawang binti. Hinintay ko ang pagdampi ng mainit na balahibo sa binting nakasanayan na nitong sandalan habang naglilinis ng sarili. Pero walang balahibong kumiliti’t sa halip ay lumubog-lubog ang mga paa nito sa tabi ng katawan ko papunta sa may ulunan. Sumampa ito sa unan, sa tabi ng kanang pisngi ko. Lumundo ang unan sa direksyon niya nang sa wakas ay nakahanap ng pwesto’t nakahiga, pero wala pa rin akong naramdamang balahibo.
Inangat ko na ang ulo ko’t dumilat. Walang pusa sa unan. Walang pusa sa may paanan. Walang pusa sa kama. Walang pusa sa kwarto. Bahagyang nakabukas ang pinto. Pero wala rin namang sumisilip na balikat ng batang naka-puting sando.
III.
Lason daw ang bunga ng mga naka-pasong halaman sa tabi ng pinto ng bahay namin. Mga berdeng bilog na bungang matigas na nagiging pulang-pulang bungang bilog na natitiris. Parang aratilis, pero mas maliit, mas bilog, at may iisang buto sa loob. Lason daw iyon, kaya huwag naming kakainin.
Pumitas ako ng ilang pulang bunga. Ipinatong sa platito’t piniga-piga ng tinidor. Tinipon ang naipong katas at hinalo sa mangkok ng dinurog na abukadong hinaluan ng gatas at asukal.
Sinungaling sila. Hindi lason ang bunga. Ang sarap daw ng abukado, sabi ng kuya ko.
Napanaginipan ko si Nikang pumipitas ng bunga. Nilalasap ang pulang bilog na parang aratilis pero hindi at saka idinudura ang buto. Hindi niya ito hinahalo sa abukado.
II.
Singkwenta sentimos ang presyo ng isang holen noong 1988. At isang sabado, habang namimili ang nanay ko ng karne, pumuslit ako’t tumungo sa tindahan ng alambre sa tapat ng bilihan ng isda at bumili ng labinlimang pisong halaga ng holen. O tatlumpung holen na dinukot ko isa-isa sa malaking garapon at isinilid sa plastik habang pinapanood ng tindera para siguraduhing hindi ko sosobrahan ang dukot.
Doon kami naglaro sa bakuran namin, sa ilalim ng malaking puno ng sampalok. Pinalis ang maliliit na tuyong dahon at saka gumuhit ng linya sa lupa. Anim kaming naglaro; ako, ang kuya ko, at apat na kaibigan galing sa mga kalapit-bahay. Ayaw sumali ni Nika.
Nakaluhod ako noon, nakapatong ang mga siko sa lupa, at pinipilit kumindat kahit di ko naman kayang kumindat, sa pagtatangkang matamaan ang taya ng isa sa mga kalaro. Naaninag ko ang mga binti niya ilang talampakan mula sa pinaglalaruan namin. May mga peklat siya sa binti. Batik-batik, tulad nga ng sabi ng kanta noon sa patalastas ng sabong panlaba. At baliktad ang pagkakasuot niya ng tsinelas. Kaliwa sa kanan, kanan sa kaliwa.
Natamaan ko ang holen. At nang inabot ko ang braso ko para kunin ang napanalunan, nakita kong tumakbo papaalis ang dalawang binting tadtad ng peklat. Medyo piki pala si Nika.
I.
Nakasilip siya sa pinto ng kwarto; pinapanood akong pinapanood siya sa sulok ng mata. At tama nga ang naisip ko. Dahil nang itinutok ko ang paningin sa direksyon niya, wala nang batang babaeng nakasilip.
Puti ang damit niya, na malamang ay sando dahil bahagya kong naaninag ang kayumanggi niyang balikat. Maigsi ang buhok, siguro’y hanggang tenga o mas mataas pa. Hindi ko makita ang kanyang mukha, pero alam kong babae siya. Batang babae, kasing-edad ko siguro noon, mga tatlo o apat na taong gulang.
Sa unang pagkakakita ko pa lang sa kanya sa sulok ng mata – hindi ko siya matingnan nang mabuti dahil alam kong mawawala siya kapag lumingon ako o kahit galawin ko man lang ang mga mata ko papunta sa kanyang direksyon – alam ko nang hindi siya tao. O tao dati, pero hindi na tao ngayon sa pagkakaintindi ko ng salitang tao. Iyong nakikita ng lahat. Iyong nakakausap at kumakausap. Iyong nakakaalis sa lugar na ayaw nang panatilihan.
Nika ang ipinangalan ko sa kanya. Hindi malamang iyon ang pangalan niya noong may nakakaalam pa nito at noong may saysay pa ang pagkakaroon niya ng pangalan, pero dahil alam kong hindi ko iyon kailan man malalaman, isinulat ko na lang sa utak ang unang pangalang lumutang.
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Umaalog at nanginginig ang hitang pinapatungan ng batok ko sa bawat halakhak at hagikhik ng may-ari nito. Umaalog at nanginginig na rin ang buong ulo ko.
Namumulaklak ang inamag na mantsa ng tulo ng yero sa dapat sana’y puting kisame. Matigas at umuumbok sa likod ang manipis na kutsong nakapatong sa sahig. Mausok at maamoy ang buong kwartong pang-isang taong sinisiksikan naming lima. Maingay silang lahat, maingay na maingay. Masayang-masaya’t nag-uunahang magbahagi ng mga kwentong agad din namang makakalimutan. Ako lang ang di nagsasalita, ang nagbababad sa sariling pagkalungkot.
Lumiliit ako. Labing-apat na taong gulang na uli ako, pakiwari ko. Mas pandak, mas bilog pa ang mukha, at nag-eempake sa pagbabalak lumayas dahil mas madaling takbuhan kaysa tanggapin ang mga nalalamang katotohanan. Tumatakbo ako; padabog, patago. Pero wala namang sumusunod.
Huminto sandali ang panginginig ng hita sa batok ko’t may kamay na humagod at naiwang nakapatong sa kanang pisngi ko. At lumiit muli ako, naging pitong taong gulang, mas pandak pa, mas bilog pa lalo ang mukha’t namumula ang magkabilang pisngi, mas maikli pa ang buhok, at nagngingitngit sa galit sa kuya kong idinadaan ang kaduwagan sa pananakit. Nakatayo ako sa kusina, hinahanap ang maliit at matalas na kutsilyong may dilaw na hawakan. Doon ko napagtanto ang sarili kong kaduwagan.
Pinalis ng kamay sa pisngi ko ang mga hibla ng buhok na nakapatong na sa mukha ko. Napapikit ako sa pagdaan ng palad niya sa mga mata ko, at di na naisipang dumilat pa.
Hindi na umaalog at nanginginig ang hitang hinihigaan ko pagkagising. Tulog na ang may-ari nito tulad ng lahat ng iba pang nasa kwarto. Wala nang usok at pawala na ang amoy. Nakabukas ang isang bintana’t may isang hiwa ng sikat ng araw na gumagapang sa sahig sa ilalim nito.
Sa sulok ng kaliwa kong mata, may puting aninong kumaripas ng takbo papalabas ng kwarto. Hindi ko na tinangkang lumingon. Tinataguan ako palagi ni Nika, nanunukso lang pero alam kong hindi talagang magpapakita.
Kai-kailan lang ring naisipan ni Nikang magpakitang muli kahit sa puting anino lang. Pagtapak ko noon ng limang taon, kahit balikat o pinepeklat na binting may baliktad na tsinelas, hindi na niya muling ipinakita sa akin. Tumanda na kasi siguro ako; lumagpas sa edad na di niya malagpasan, at naiwanan ang mga taon na malapit pa raw tayo sa mga hindi tao sa pagkakaintindi ko ng salitang tao dahil kagagaling pa lang din natin sa lugar na di pa nila matakasan.
Pero ngayon, nagpaparamdam na naman si Nika.
Inis kong pinalis ang namuong muta sa sulok ng mata. Hindi na dapat ako pumikit. Nakayayamot ang pagtulog. Ang daming nasasayang na oras, ang daming pagkukunwaring ipinipilit ipapaniwala ng utak sa panaginip.
Sayang, hindi ko naabot ang puntong apat o tatlong taong gulang pa lamang ako. Baka sakali, kung ganoon, makita kong muli si Nika kahit sa rurok na ng kahibangan. At sayang, hindi ko muling naramdaman kung paanong maging mas bata pa sa tatlo o dalawang taong gulang, kung natatandaan pa man ng utak ko ang ganoong pakiramdam. Hanggang gaano kaya kaaga ang naimpok na memorya? Paano kung pagkaabot dito’y hindi pa rin ako abutan ng pagkaantok? Sayang, dahil hindi ko na malalaman. O hindi ko pa malalaman.
Mabuti pa si Nika, nananatili sa kanyang pagkabata.
-piya- hulyo 23, 2005 – [first draft]
- iginuhit, hulyo 24, 2005. joseph gillot rexel drawing pen, point no. 1068A. vertical strokes. yellow paper.
Isa sa mga sikat na laro sa Filipinas ang sungkâ (sung·kâ, súng·ka). Nilalaro ito ng dalawang tao na nakaharap sa kahoy na parihabâ na may pitong butas o ang pitong bahay sa bawat hilera ng manlalaro. Mayroon ding mas malaking butas-imbakan sa magkabilâng dulo ang sungka. Karaniwang ginagamit ang sigay bilang ang bagay na inihuhulog sa mga “bahay.” Nagsisimula ang laro sa paglalagay ng pitong sigay sa bawat bahay ng magkaharap na hilera. Sa unang ikot, pumipili ng isang bahay ang bawat manlalaro. Kukunin nila ang mga sigay at ihuhulog ito sa bawat bahay na madaraanan ng kanilang pag-ikot. Ang pag-ikot sa paghuhulog ay pakanan. Sa simula ay magkasabay na tumitira ang dalawang manlalaro. Ihuhulog nang isa-isa sa bawat bahay kasáma ang butas-imbakan. Ang nilalampasan lámang sa paghuhulog ng sigay ay ang butas-imbakan ng kalaban. Sa tuwing may laman pa ang bahay na pinaghulugan ng pinakahuling sigay na hawak ng manlalaro, kukunin niyá ang lahat ng sigay sa bahay na ito at ipagpapatuloy ang paghuhulog sa bawat bahay na dinaraanan.
“Mamamatay” lámang ang isang manlalaro kung may nag-iisang sigay na mahuhulog sa blangko o walang lamáng bahay. Hábang ang isang natitira ay magpapatuloy hangga’t hindi pa “namamatay.” Uulitin muli ang proseso. Sa pagkakataón namang napupunta ang huling sigay sa sariling hilera, mamamatay ang manlalaro subalit maaari niyáng kunin ang mga sigay sa katapat na bahay ng kalaban at ilalagay ito sa butas-imbakan. Subalit kung sa blangkong bahay sa hilera ng kalaban nahulog ang huling sigay, mamamatay ang manlalaro nang hindi makakukuha ng sigay. Ang manlalarong makaiipon ng mas maraming sigay sa sariling butas-imbakan at makapagpablangko sa isang bahay o “makasusunog” o makapapatay sa bahay ng kalaban ay ang idedeklarang panalo sa laro.
Sa salitâng Arabe, ang sungka ay tinatawag na larong “mancala” na ang kahulugan ay bilangin at pulutin. Isa rin itong variant ng congklak o congkak ng mga taga-Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, at Malaysia. Sa Filipinas, batà man o matanda ay nilalaro ang sungka. Ipinagpapalagay na nakapagpapatalas ng isip o memorya, nakatutulong sa pagtuturo ng konsentrasyon, at nakapagpapahusay sa matematika ng mga sinaunang Filipino ang larong sungka. (CLS) (ed VSA)
ito ay base lang sa memorya ko...yung #54 regular bus ng tatay ko,Fuso Superior body..yung #414 very rare model nakikita ko sa Hagonoy ,mga 4 to 5 yrs old pa lang ako.
Daniel Afzal, USPS
GETTYSBURG, PA â Two of the most important events of the Civil War were memorialized on Forever Stamps today at the sites where these conflicts took place â Gettysburg, PA, and Vicksburg, MS. Customers may purchase the Civil War Sesquicentennial 1863 collectible Forever Souvenir Stamp sheet at usps.com/stamps, at 800-STAMP-24 (800-782-6724) and at Post Offices nationwide.
This issuance is the third of a five-year series commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The sheet of 12 stamps includes two stamp designs â one depicting the Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle of the war â and one depicting the Battle of Vicksburg, a complex Union campaign to gain control of the Mississippi River. The Postal Service began the Civil War Sesquicentennial Forever stamp series in 2011 with the issuance of the Fort Sumter and Battle of Bull Run Forever stamps. Last year, stamps memorializing the Battles of Antietam and New Orleans were issued.
The background image on the 1863 souvenir sheet is a photograph taken by Mathew Brady shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg of captured Confederate soldiers, who reportedly posed for Brady on Seminary Ridge. The souvenir sheet includes comments on the war by Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Rufus R. Dawes (a Union soldier), and William Tunnard (a Confederate soldier). It also includes some of the lyrics of âLorena,â a popular Civil War song by Henry D. L. Webster and Joseph P. Webster. The stamp series was designed by art director Phil Jordan of Falls Church, VA.
Civil War 1863 Sheet
âUnquestionably, the Civil War was a horrific four years for our country. There was nothing âcivilâ about it, and the devastation inflicted on the country as a result was on a scale that is hard to fully comprehend,â said U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Vice Chairman James Bilbray in dedicating the Vicksburg stamp in the city where his great, great grandfather, a member of the Sixth Alabama Infantry Battalion, died during the siege.
Joining Bilbray in dedicating the stamps at the USS Cairo Museum were Vicksburg National Park Superintendent Michael Madell; author and Louisiana State University Associate Professor of History Gary Joiner; and award-winning broadcaster Walt Grayson.
âToday, we are humbled by the opportunity to dedicate this new stamp honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice so our country could be whole and we could all prosper,â said Gettysburg College alumnus and U.S. Postal Service Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President Jeff Williamson at the Gettysburg dedication ceremony. âIn issuing these stamps, it is our fervent hope that it will help to strengthen what President Abraham Lincoln called the American peopleâs âmystic chords of memoryâ that stretch âfrom every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land.ââ
Joining Williamson in dedicating the stamps at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitors Center were Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site Superintendent Bob Kirby; Gettysburg Mayor William Troxell; College of Gettysburg President Janet Morgan Riggs; and Gettysburg Foundation President Joanne Hanley.
The Battle of Gettysburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1887 chromolithograph by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930), a Swedish-born artist who became an illustrator for Harperâs Weekly after the Civil War. Thulstrupâs work was one of a series of popular prints commissioned in the 1880s by Boston publisher Louis Prang & Co. to commemorate the Civil War.
The Battle of Vicksburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1863 lithograph by Currier & Ives titled âAdmiral Porterâs Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th, 1863.â
The Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg stamps are being issued as Forever stamps which are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.
The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 - 3, 1863
In June 1863, Confederate general Robert E. Lee began to carry out his bold plan to invade Pennsylvania and perhaps deal a decisive blow to the Union. By the end of the month, troops from his Army of Northern Virginia had moved out of Fredericksburg, VA, and crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, on their way toward Pennsylvania. There, on July 1, near the small town of Gettysburg, Leeâs forces would meet those of Major General George Gordon Meade, the newly appointed Union commander of the Army of the Potomac.
The ensuing three-day Battle of Gettysburg â in places soon known across the nation as the Peach Orchard, Little Round Top, and Devilâs Den â was the largest battle fought during the war and Leeâs first major defeat. Casualties exceeded 50,000, including more than 7,500 killed or mortally wounded. For Leeâs forces and the South, Gettysburg has often been called the âhigh water mark of the Rebellion.â
The Siege at Vicksburg, April 16 - July 4, 1863
Taking place at the same time in the western theater was the climax of the longest and most complex military campaign of the Civil War: the Battle of Vicksburg. A busy port city, Vicksburg was the last major Confederate stronghold preventing the Union from gaining complete control over the Mississippi River. President Abraham Lincoln considered its capture âthe keyâ to bringing the war to an end.
After the U.S. Navy was unable to bombard the city into submission, General Ulysses S. Grant planned and implemented what has been called âthe greatest amphibious operation in American history up to that time.â Grant marched his troops south along the western bank of the Mississippi River, and the Navy transported more than 20,000 men east across the river to an undefended site well below Vicksburg. The troops then mounted an attack from the open ground east of the city.
Their assault began on May 19, but a long siege commenced after frontal attacks failed. Finally, six weeks into the siege and with the city in ruins, Confederate General John C. Pemberton arranged a meeting with Grant and surrendered on July 4, one day after the Union victory at Gettysburg.
Daniel Afzal, USPS
GETTYSBURG, PA â Two of the most important events of the Civil War were memorialized on Forever Stamps today at the sites where these conflicts took place â Gettysburg, PA, and Vicksburg, MS. Customers may purchase the Civil War Sesquicentennial 1863 collectible Forever Souvenir Stamp sheet at usps.com/stamps, at 800-STAMP-24 (800-782-6724) and at Post Offices nationwide.
This issuance is the third of a five-year series commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The sheet of 12 stamps includes two stamp designs â one depicting the Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle of the war â and one depicting the Battle of Vicksburg, a complex Union campaign to gain control of the Mississippi River. The Postal Service began the Civil War Sesquicentennial Forever stamp series in 2011 with the issuance of the Fort Sumter and Battle of Bull Run Forever stamps. Last year, stamps memorializing the Battles of Antietam and New Orleans were issued.
The background image on the 1863 souvenir sheet is a photograph taken by Mathew Brady shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg of captured Confederate soldiers, who reportedly posed for Brady on Seminary Ridge. The souvenir sheet includes comments on the war by Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Rufus R. Dawes (a Union soldier), and William Tunnard (a Confederate soldier). It also includes some of the lyrics of âLorena,â a popular Civil War song by Henry D. L. Webster and Joseph P. Webster. The stamp series was designed by art director Phil Jordan of Falls Church, VA.
Civil War 1863 Sheet
âUnquestionably, the Civil War was a horrific four years for our country. There was nothing âcivilâ about it, and the devastation inflicted on the country as a result was on a scale that is hard to fully comprehend,â said U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Vice Chairman James Bilbray in dedicating the Vicksburg stamp in the city where his great, great grandfather, a member of the Sixth Alabama Infantry Battalion, died during the siege.
Joining Bilbray in dedicating the stamps at the USS Cairo Museum were Vicksburg National Park Superintendent Michael Madell; author and Louisiana State University Associate Professor of History Gary Joiner; and award-winning broadcaster Walt Grayson.
âToday, we are humbled by the opportunity to dedicate this new stamp honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice so our country could be whole and we could all prosper,â said Gettysburg College alumnus and U.S. Postal Service Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President Jeff Williamson at the Gettysburg dedication ceremony. âIn issuing these stamps, it is our fervent hope that it will help to strengthen what President Abraham Lincoln called the American peopleâs âmystic chords of memoryâ that stretch âfrom every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land.ââ
Joining Williamson in dedicating the stamps at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitors Center were Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site Superintendent Bob Kirby; Gettysburg Mayor William Troxell; College of Gettysburg President Janet Morgan Riggs; and Gettysburg Foundation President Joanne Hanley.
The Battle of Gettysburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1887 chromolithograph by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930), a Swedish-born artist who became an illustrator for Harperâs Weekly after the Civil War. Thulstrupâs work was one of a series of popular prints commissioned in the 1880s by Boston publisher Louis Prang & Co. to commemorate the Civil War.
The Battle of Vicksburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1863 lithograph by Currier & Ives titled âAdmiral Porterâs Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th, 1863.â
The Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg stamps are being issued as Forever stamps which are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.
The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 - 3, 1863
In June 1863, Confederate general Robert E. Lee began to carry out his bold plan to invade Pennsylvania and perhaps deal a decisive blow to the Union. By the end of the month, troops from his Army of Northern Virginia had moved out of Fredericksburg, VA, and crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, on their way toward Pennsylvania. There, on July 1, near the small town of Gettysburg, Leeâs forces would meet those of Major General George Gordon Meade, the newly appointed Union commander of the Army of the Potomac.
The ensuing three-day Battle of Gettysburg â in places soon known across the nation as the Peach Orchard, Little Round Top, and Devilâs Den â was the largest battle fought during the war and Leeâs first major defeat. Casualties exceeded 50,000, including more than 7,500 killed or mortally wounded. For Leeâs forces and the South, Gettysburg has often been called the âhigh water mark of the Rebellion.â
The Siege at Vicksburg, April 16 - July 4, 1863
Taking place at the same time in the western theater was the climax of the longest and most complex military campaign of the Civil War: the Battle of Vicksburg. A busy port city, Vicksburg was the last major Confederate stronghold preventing the Union from gaining complete control over the Mississippi River. President Abraham Lincoln considered its capture âthe keyâ to bringing the war to an end.
After the U.S. Navy was unable to bombard the city into submission, General Ulysses S. Grant planned and implemented what has been called âthe greatest amphibious operation in American history up to that time.â Grant marched his troops south along the western bank of the Mississippi River, and the Navy transported more than 20,000 men east across the river to an undefended site well below Vicksburg. The troops then mounted an attack from the open ground east of the city.
Their assault began on May 19, but a long siege commenced after frontal attacks failed. Finally, six weeks into the siege and with the city in ruins, Confederate General John C. Pemberton arranged a meeting with Grant and surrendered on July 4, one day after the Union victory at Gettysburg.
Daniel Afzal, USPS
GETTYSBURG, PA â Two of the most important events of the Civil War were memorialized on Forever Stamps today at the sites where these conflicts took place â Gettysburg, PA, and Vicksburg, MS. Customers may purchase the Civil War Sesquicentennial 1863 collectible Forever Souvenir Stamp sheet at usps.com/stamps, at 800-STAMP-24 (800-782-6724) and at Post Offices nationwide.
This issuance is the third of a five-year series commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The sheet of 12 stamps includes two stamp designs â one depicting the Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle of the war â and one depicting the Battle of Vicksburg, a complex Union campaign to gain control of the Mississippi River. The Postal Service began the Civil War Sesquicentennial Forever stamp series in 2011 with the issuance of the Fort Sumter and Battle of Bull Run Forever stamps. Last year, stamps memorializing the Battles of Antietam and New Orleans were issued.
The background image on the 1863 souvenir sheet is a photograph taken by Mathew Brady shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg of captured Confederate soldiers, who reportedly posed for Brady on Seminary Ridge. The souvenir sheet includes comments on the war by Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Rufus R. Dawes (a Union soldier), and William Tunnard (a Confederate soldier). It also includes some of the lyrics of âLorena,â a popular Civil War song by Henry D. L. Webster and Joseph P. Webster. The stamp series was designed by art director Phil Jordan of Falls Church, VA.
Civil War 1863 Sheet
âUnquestionably, the Civil War was a horrific four years for our country. There was nothing âcivilâ about it, and the devastation inflicted on the country as a result was on a scale that is hard to fully comprehend,â said U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Vice Chairman James Bilbray in dedicating the Vicksburg stamp in the city where his great, great grandfather, a member of the Sixth Alabama Infantry Battalion, died during the siege.
Joining Bilbray in dedicating the stamps at the USS Cairo Museum were Vicksburg National Park Superintendent Michael Madell; author and Louisiana State University Associate Professor of History Gary Joiner; and award-winning broadcaster Walt Grayson.
âToday, we are humbled by the opportunity to dedicate this new stamp honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice so our country could be whole and we could all prosper,â said Gettysburg College alumnus and U.S. Postal Service Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President Jeff Williamson at the Gettysburg dedication ceremony. âIn issuing these stamps, it is our fervent hope that it will help to strengthen what President Abraham Lincoln called the American peopleâs âmystic chords of memoryâ that stretch âfrom every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land.ââ
Joining Williamson in dedicating the stamps at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitors Center were Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site Superintendent Bob Kirby; Gettysburg Mayor William Troxell; College of Gettysburg President Janet Morgan Riggs; and Gettysburg Foundation President Joanne Hanley.
The Battle of Gettysburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1887 chromolithograph by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930), a Swedish-born artist who became an illustrator for Harperâs Weekly after the Civil War. Thulstrupâs work was one of a series of popular prints commissioned in the 1880s by Boston publisher Louis Prang & Co. to commemorate the Civil War.
The Battle of Vicksburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1863 lithograph by Currier & Ives titled âAdmiral Porterâs Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th, 1863.â
The Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg stamps are being issued as Forever stamps which are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.
The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 - 3, 1863
In June 1863, Confederate general Robert E. Lee began to carry out his bold plan to invade Pennsylvania and perhaps deal a decisive blow to the Union. By the end of the month, troops from his Army of Northern Virginia had moved out of Fredericksburg, VA, and crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, on their way toward Pennsylvania. There, on July 1, near the small town of Gettysburg, Leeâs forces would meet those of Major General George Gordon Meade, the newly appointed Union commander of the Army of the Potomac.
The ensuing three-day Battle of Gettysburg â in places soon known across the nation as the Peach Orchard, Little Round Top, and Devilâs Den â was the largest battle fought during the war and Leeâs first major defeat. Casualties exceeded 50,000, including more than 7,500 killed or mortally wounded. For Leeâs forces and the South, Gettysburg has often been called the âhigh water mark of the Rebellion.â
The Siege at Vicksburg, April 16 - July 4, 1863
Taking place at the same time in the western theater was the climax of the longest and most complex military campaign of the Civil War: the Battle of Vicksburg. A busy port city, Vicksburg was the last major Confederate stronghold preventing the Union from gaining complete control over the Mississippi River. President Abraham Lincoln considered its capture âthe keyâ to bringing the war to an end.
After the U.S. Navy was unable to bombard the city into submission, General Ulysses S. Grant planned and implemented what has been called âthe greatest amphibious operation in American history up to that time.â Grant marched his troops south along the western bank of the Mississippi River, and the Navy transported more than 20,000 men east across the river to an undefended site well below Vicksburg. The troops then mounted an attack from the open ground east of the city.
Their assault began on May 19, but a long siege commenced after frontal attacks failed. Finally, six weeks into the siege and with the city in ruins, Confederate General John C. Pemberton arranged a meeting with Grant and surrendered on July 4, one day after the Union victory at Gettysburg.
Daniel Afzal, USPS
GETTYSBURG, PA â Two of the most important events of the Civil War were memorialized on Forever Stamps today at the sites where these conflicts took place â Gettysburg, PA, and Vicksburg, MS. Customers may purchase the Civil War Sesquicentennial 1863 collectible Forever Souvenir Stamp sheet at usps.com/stamps, at 800-STAMP-24 (800-782-6724) and at Post Offices nationwide.
This issuance is the third of a five-year series commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The sheet of 12 stamps includes two stamp designs â one depicting the Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle of the war â and one depicting the Battle of Vicksburg, a complex Union campaign to gain control of the Mississippi River. The Postal Service began the Civil War Sesquicentennial Forever stamp series in 2011 with the issuance of the Fort Sumter and Battle of Bull Run Forever stamps. Last year, stamps memorializing the Battles of Antietam and New Orleans were issued.
The background image on the 1863 souvenir sheet is a photograph taken by Mathew Brady shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg of captured Confederate soldiers, who reportedly posed for Brady on Seminary Ridge. The souvenir sheet includes comments on the war by Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Rufus R. Dawes (a Union soldier), and William Tunnard (a Confederate soldier). It also includes some of the lyrics of âLorena,â a popular Civil War song by Henry D. L. Webster and Joseph P. Webster. The stamp series was designed by art director Phil Jordan of Falls Church, VA.
Civil War 1863 Sheet
âUnquestionably, the Civil War was a horrific four years for our country. There was nothing âcivilâ about it, and the devastation inflicted on the country as a result was on a scale that is hard to fully comprehend,â said U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Vice Chairman James Bilbray in dedicating the Vicksburg stamp in the city where his great, great grandfather, a member of the Sixth Alabama Infantry Battalion, died during the siege.
Joining Bilbray in dedicating the stamps at the USS Cairo Museum were Vicksburg National Park Superintendent Michael Madell; author and Louisiana State University Associate Professor of History Gary Joiner; and award-winning broadcaster Walt Grayson.
âToday, we are humbled by the opportunity to dedicate this new stamp honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice so our country could be whole and we could all prosper,â said Gettysburg College alumnus and U.S. Postal Service Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President Jeff Williamson at the Gettysburg dedication ceremony. âIn issuing these stamps, it is our fervent hope that it will help to strengthen what President Abraham Lincoln called the American peopleâs âmystic chords of memoryâ that stretch âfrom every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land.ââ
Joining Williamson in dedicating the stamps at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitors Center were Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site Superintendent Bob Kirby; Gettysburg Mayor William Troxell; College of Gettysburg President Janet Morgan Riggs; and Gettysburg Foundation President Joanne Hanley.
The Battle of Gettysburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1887 chromolithograph by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930), a Swedish-born artist who became an illustrator for Harperâs Weekly after the Civil War. Thulstrupâs work was one of a series of popular prints commissioned in the 1880s by Boston publisher Louis Prang & Co. to commemorate the Civil War.
The Battle of Vicksburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1863 lithograph by Currier & Ives titled âAdmiral Porterâs Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th, 1863.â
The Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg stamps are being issued as Forever stamps which are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.
The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 - 3, 1863
In June 1863, Confederate general Robert E. Lee began to carry out his bold plan to invade Pennsylvania and perhaps deal a decisive blow to the Union. By the end of the month, troops from his Army of Northern Virginia had moved out of Fredericksburg, VA, and crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, on their way toward Pennsylvania. There, on July 1, near the small town of Gettysburg, Leeâs forces would meet those of Major General George Gordon Meade, the newly appointed Union commander of the Army of the Potomac.
The ensuing three-day Battle of Gettysburg â in places soon known across the nation as the Peach Orchard, Little Round Top, and Devilâs Den â was the largest battle fought during the war and Leeâs first major defeat. Casualties exceeded 50,000, including more than 7,500 killed or mortally wounded. For Leeâs forces and the South, Gettysburg has often been called the âhigh water mark of the Rebellion.â
The Siege at Vicksburg, April 16 - July 4, 1863
Taking place at the same time in the western theater was the climax of the longest and most complex military campaign of the Civil War: the Battle of Vicksburg. A busy port city, Vicksburg was the last major Confederate stronghold preventing the Union from gaining complete control over the Mississippi River. President Abraham Lincoln considered its capture âthe keyâ to bringing the war to an end.
After the U.S. Navy was unable to bombard the city into submission, General Ulysses S. Grant planned and implemented what has been called âthe greatest amphibious operation in American history up to that time.â Grant marched his troops south along the western bank of the Mississippi River, and the Navy transported more than 20,000 men east across the river to an undefended site well below Vicksburg. The troops then mounted an attack from the open ground east of the city.
Their assault began on May 19, but a long siege commenced after frontal attacks failed. Finally, six weeks into the siege and with the city in ruins, Confederate General John C. Pemberton arranged a meeting with Grant and surrendered on July 4, one day after the Union victory at Gettysburg.
Daniel Afzal, USPS
GETTYSBURG, PA â Two of the most important events of the Civil War were memorialized on Forever Stamps today at the sites where these conflicts took place â Gettysburg, PA, and Vicksburg, MS. Customers may purchase the Civil War Sesquicentennial 1863 collectible Forever Souvenir Stamp sheet at usps.com/stamps, at 800-STAMP-24 (800-782-6724) and at Post Offices nationwide.
This issuance is the third of a five-year series commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The sheet of 12 stamps includes two stamp designs â one depicting the Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle of the war â and one depicting the Battle of Vicksburg, a complex Union campaign to gain control of the Mississippi River. The Postal Service began the Civil War Sesquicentennial Forever stamp series in 2011 with the issuance of the Fort Sumter and Battle of Bull Run Forever stamps. Last year, stamps memorializing the Battles of Antietam and New Orleans were issued.
The background image on the 1863 souvenir sheet is a photograph taken by Mathew Brady shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg of captured Confederate soldiers, who reportedly posed for Brady on Seminary Ridge. The souvenir sheet includes comments on the war by Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Rufus R. Dawes (a Union soldier), and William Tunnard (a Confederate soldier). It also includes some of the lyrics of âLorena,â a popular Civil War song by Henry D. L. Webster and Joseph P. Webster. The stamp series was designed by art director Phil Jordan of Falls Church, VA.
Civil War 1863 Sheet
âUnquestionably, the Civil War was a horrific four years for our country. There was nothing âcivilâ about it, and the devastation inflicted on the country as a result was on a scale that is hard to fully comprehend,â said U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Vice Chairman James Bilbray in dedicating the Vicksburg stamp in the city where his great, great grandfather, a member of the Sixth Alabama Infantry Battalion, died during the siege.
Joining Bilbray in dedicating the stamps at the USS Cairo Museum were Vicksburg National Park Superintendent Michael Madell; author and Louisiana State University Associate Professor of History Gary Joiner; and award-winning broadcaster Walt Grayson.
âToday, we are humbled by the opportunity to dedicate this new stamp honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice so our country could be whole and we could all prosper,â said Gettysburg College alumnus and U.S. Postal Service Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President Jeff Williamson at the Gettysburg dedication ceremony. âIn issuing these stamps, it is our fervent hope that it will help to strengthen what President Abraham Lincoln called the American peopleâs âmystic chords of memoryâ that stretch âfrom every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land.ââ
Joining Williamson in dedicating the stamps at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitors Center were Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site Superintendent Bob Kirby; Gettysburg Mayor William Troxell; College of Gettysburg President Janet Morgan Riggs; and Gettysburg Foundation President Joanne Hanley.
The Battle of Gettysburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1887 chromolithograph by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930), a Swedish-born artist who became an illustrator for Harperâs Weekly after the Civil War. Thulstrupâs work was one of a series of popular prints commissioned in the 1880s by Boston publisher Louis Prang & Co. to commemorate the Civil War.
The Battle of Vicksburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1863 lithograph by Currier & Ives titled âAdmiral Porterâs Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th, 1863.â
The Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg stamps are being issued as Forever stamps which are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.
The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 - 3, 1863
In June 1863, Confederate general Robert E. Lee began to carry out his bold plan to invade Pennsylvania and perhaps deal a decisive blow to the Union. By the end of the month, troops from his Army of Northern Virginia had moved out of Fredericksburg, VA, and crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, on their way toward Pennsylvania. There, on July 1, near the small town of Gettysburg, Leeâs forces would meet those of Major General George Gordon Meade, the newly appointed Union commander of the Army of the Potomac.
The ensuing three-day Battle of Gettysburg â in places soon known across the nation as the Peach Orchard, Little Round Top, and Devilâs Den â was the largest battle fought during the war and Leeâs first major defeat. Casualties exceeded 50,000, including more than 7,500 killed or mortally wounded. For Leeâs forces and the South, Gettysburg has often been called the âhigh water mark of the Rebellion.â
The Siege at Vicksburg, April 16 - July 4, 1863
Taking place at the same time in the western theater was the climax of the longest and most complex military campaign of the Civil War: the Battle of Vicksburg. A busy port city, Vicksburg was the last major Confederate stronghold preventing the Union from gaining complete control over the Mississippi River. President Abraham Lincoln considered its capture âthe keyâ to bringing the war to an end.
After the U.S. Navy was unable to bombard the city into submission, General Ulysses S. Grant planned and implemented what has been called âthe greatest amphibious operation in American history up to that time.â Grant marched his troops south along the western bank of the Mississippi River, and the Navy transported more than 20,000 men east across the river to an undefended site well below Vicksburg. The troops then mounted an attack from the open ground east of the city.
Their assault began on May 19, but a long siege commenced after frontal attacks failed. Finally, six weeks into the siege and with the city in ruins, Confederate General John C. Pemberton arranged a meeting with Grant and surrendered on July 4, one day after the Union victory at Gettysburg.
(9 Oktubre 1915-11 Agosto 1985)
Manuel Pabustan Urbano ang buong pangalan, si Manuel Conde (Man·wél Kón·de) ay isang aktor, manunulat ng iskrip, direktor, at prodyuser ng pelikula. Iniangat niya ang kalidad ng pelikulang Filipino sa pandaigdigang nibel. Natatangi siyá sa kaniyang mga likha na inaliw, kiniliti, at niliwanagan ang mga manonood habang pinauunlad ang sining ng paggawa ng pelikula. Tampok na mga katha ni Conde ang Genghis Khan at seryeng Juan Tamad. Nominado siyáng maging Pambansang Alagad ng Sining para sa Pelikula noong 2009.
Ang Genghis Khan ang kauna-unahang pelikulang Filipino na ipinamahagi sa buong mundo ng United Artists. Lahok din ito ng Filipinas sa 1952 Venice Film Festival at doon ay umani ng atensiyon at papuri ng mga kritiko.
Testimonya sa pagiging auteur ni Conde ang kaniyang seryeng Juan Tamad na epektibong satira sa lipunan at politikang Filipino. Limang pelikula ang bumubuo sa seryeng ito: Si Juan Tamad (1947); Juan Daldal: Anak ni Juan Tamad (1948?); Juan Goes to Congress (1959); Juan Tamad Goes to Society (1960); at, Juan Tamad at Juan Masipag sa Pulitikang Walang Hanggan (1963). Si Conde ang direktor, sumulat at gumanap na rin bilang Juan Tamad.
Sa mga pelikulang Maginoong Takas (1940) at Villa Hermosa (1941), sa ilalim ng LVN Studio, una niyang inihasa bilang direktor ang talim at lalim ng kaniyang komedya na malayò at taliwas sa nakagawiang slapstick. Nagsimula siyáng magdirihe sa pelikulang Sawing Gantingpala (1940) para sa LVN Picture, nang pumalya si direktor Carlos Vander Tolosa na tapusin ang pelikula. Tagapanguna rin si Conde sa mga pelikulang aksiyon, gaya ng Prinsipe Paris (1949) na iprinodyus na niya mismo sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang itinayông Manuel Conde Productions. Nananatili sa kolektibong memorya ng manonood na Filipino ang mga isinapelikula niyang mga awit at korido: Ibong Adarna (1941), Prinsipe Teñoso (1942), at Siete Infantes de Lara (1950). Ang mga nakaaaliw na Pilipino Kostum, No Touch (1955); Ikaw Kasi (1955); Handang Matodas (1956); at Bahala Na (1956).
Ipinanganak siyá noong 9 Oktubre 1915 sa Daet, Camarines Sur kina Dionisio Urbano at Lucia Pabustan. Napangasawa niya si Julita Salayan at nagkaroon silá ng pitóng anak. Nag-aral siyá sa Adamson University ng kursong heolohiya at nagtrabaho sa kompanya sa pagmimina. Marahil isang laro ng tadhana o sadyang angkop lámang na isang minerong naging direktor ang maglinang ng mga ituturing na diyamante sa pinilakangtabing. (RVR) (ed GSZ)
(9 Oktubre 1915-11 Agosto 1985)
Manuel Pabustan Urbano ang buong pangalan, si Manuel Conde (Man·wél Kón·de) ay isang aktor, manunulat ng iskrip, direktor, at prodyuser ng pelikula. Iniangat niya ang kalidad ng pelikulang Filipino sa pandaigdigang nibel. Natatangi siyá sa kaniyang mga likha na inaliw, kiniliti, at niliwanagan ang mga manonood habang pinauunlad ang sining ng paggawa ng pelikula. Tampok na mga katha ni Conde ang Genghis Khan at seryeng Juan Tamad. Nominado siyáng maging Pambansang Alagad ng Sining para sa Pelikula noong 2009.
Ang Genghis Khan ang kauna-unahang pelikulang Filipino na ipinamahagi sa buong mundo ng United Artists. Lahok din ito ng Filipinas sa 1952 Venice Film Festival at doon ay umani ng atensiyon at papuri ng mga kritiko.
Testimonya sa pagiging auteur ni Conde ang kaniyang seryeng Juan Tamad na epektibong satira sa lipunan at politikang Filipino. Limang pelikula ang bumubuo sa seryeng ito: Si Juan Tamad (1947); Juan Daldal: Anak ni Juan Tamad (1948?); Juan Goes to Congress (1959); Juan Tamad Goes to Society (1960); at, Juan Tamad at Juan Masipag sa Pulitikang Walang Hanggan (1963). Si Conde ang direktor, sumulat at gumanap na rin bilang Juan Tamad.
Sa mga pelikulang Maginoong Takas (1940) at Villa Hermosa (1941), sa ilalim ng LVN Studio, una niyang inihasa bilang direktor ang talim at lalim ng kaniyang komedya na malayò at taliwas sa nakagawiang slapstick. Nagsimula siyáng magdirihe sa pelikulang Sawing Gantingpala (1940) para sa LVN Picture, nang pumalya si direktor Carlos Vander Tolosa na tapusin ang pelikula. Tagapanguna rin si Conde sa mga pelikulang aksiyon, gaya ng Prinsipe Paris (1949) na iprinodyus na niya mismo sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang itinayông Manuel Conde Productions. Nananatili sa kolektibong memorya ng manonood na Filipino ang mga isinapelikula niyang mga awit at korido: Ibong Adarna (1941), Prinsipe Teñoso (1942), at Siete Infantes de Lara (1950). Ang mga nakaaaliw na Pilipino Kostum, No Touch (1955); Ikaw Kasi (1955); Handang Matodas (1956); at Bahala Na (1956).
Ipinanganak siyá noong 9 Oktubre 1915 sa Daet, Camarines Sur kina Dionisio Urbano at Lucia Pabustan. Napangasawa niya si Julita Salayan at nagkaroon silá ng pitóng anak. Nag-aral siyá sa Adamson University ng kursong heolohiya at nagtrabaho sa kompanya sa pagmimina. Marahil isang laro ng tadhana o sadyang angkop lámang na isang minerong naging direktor ang maglinang ng mga ituturing na diyamante sa pinilakangtabing. (RVR) (ed GSZ)
Ang gadyá ay ang pinakamalaki at pinakamabigat na nabubuhay pang hayop sa lupa. Mayroon itong napakahabàng ilong, malalaking tainga, at dalawang tila sungay na ngiping nakausling palabas ng bibig. Mas kilala ito sa tawag na elepánte.
Tatlo lang ang uri ng gadyang kinikilala sa kasalukuyan: ang African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta Africana) at African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) na parehong matatagpuan sa Aprika; at ang Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) na nabubuhay lámang sa katimugang bahagi ng Asia–mula sa India hanggang Borneo. Gayunman, mayroong mga pag-aaral na nagsasabing may isa pang hiwalay na uri ng gadya na matatagpuan naman sa kanlurang Aprika.
Sa Asia, tanyag na simbolo ng karunungan ang mga gadya. Kinikilala ang mga ito dahil sa umano’y taglay na talas ng memorya at talino ng mga ito na itinutumbas sa antas ng kaisipan ng mga lumba-lumbá at ibang primate.
Bagaman walang natural na predator ang malalaki nang gadya, nanganganib pa ring malipol ang mga ito. Bukod sa unti-unting pagkaubos ng mga gubat na tirahan, mabilis ang pagbaba ng populasyon ng mga gadya dahil sa ilegal na panghuhuli at pagpaslang. Ibinebenta kasi ang garing mula sa mga nakausling pangil ng elepante.
Dito sa Filipinas ay nabuhay rin ang mga sinaunang uri ng gadya. Sa Lambak Cagayan sa Hilagang Luzon, halimbawa, ay may nahukay na fossilized molars o bagang ng Elephas sp. at Stegodon. Ayon sa mga pagaaral, ang mga ito ay umiral 750,000 taon na ang nakararaan o sa panahon pa ng Pleistocene. Ang mga elephas lalo na ang stegodon ay may mas malalaking bungo at mas mahahabàng pangil na mistulang sungay kaysa mga kasalukuyang uri ng gadya. (BVN) (ed GSZ)
base sa memorya ko medyo ganito yung hino ordinary ng Baliwag transit...pero may kulang pa ako sa design...
base sa memorya ko medyo ganito yung hino ordinary ng Baliwag transit...pero may kulang pa ako sa design...
TATLO
Sinusuri ni Minggay, ang yaya ko noong tatlong taong gulang, ang bawat parte ng aking katawan; naghahanap ng mga nunal, balat, at kung ano pa mang tanda ng sabi niya'y kapalaran ko. Pinalabas niya ang aking dila -- kaya kong paabutin hanggang baba, kaya't madaldal daw akong bata. May nunal ako sa kanang bahagi ng anit; ibig sabihi'y matalino raw ako. May nunal ako sa kaliwang tenga, malapit sa butas na kinakabitan ng hikaw; marami raw akong masamang pangyayaring mababalitaan. May nunal ako sa likod ng kaliwang balikat; parati raw akong lilingon sa nakaraan. May nunal ako sa kanang bahagi ng dibdib, malapit sa balagat; palagi raw akong masasaktan at magdadamdam. May nunal ako sa kaliwang talampakan; marami raw akong tatakbuhan. May balat ako sa kaliwang hita na sabi niya'y sa pagtanda ko'y mawawala; pero palagi raw uulan sa mga lugar na aking pinanggalingan.
, APAT
Una akong nakaranas maligaw isang araw ng linggo, tatlong buwan bago ang ika-lima kong kaarawan, sa araw na pumanaw ang lola kong mahigit dalawang taon nang nakaratay sa antigo niyang kama sa madilim niyang kuwarto sa luma niyang bahay sa subdibisyon ng Alta Vista na may palikaw-likaw na mga kalyeng pumapagitan sa magkakamukhang mga bahay.
Nagsimula ang lahat nang maisipan kong mamitas ng di pa magulang na mga kalamansi sa matandang puno sa bakuran.
Sa pagtapon ko ng nakagatang bunga'y may puti't kahel na pusang nagtatago pala sa likod ng punong tumakbo papalabas ng gate. Sinundan ko ito nang maasim pa ang mukha; paglabas ko'y nakatuntong na ang pusa sa takip ng basurahan sa tabi ng kalsada't dinidilaan ang puti't kahel nitong balahibo, pero pagkalapit ko'y kumaripas ng takbo papalayo. Kumaripas din ako ng takbo sa pagtatangkang sumunod dito. Ilang beses lumiko ang pusa; ilang beses din akong lumiko hanggang sa di ko na malaman kung nasaan ang kalsadang kinatatayuan ng pinanggalingang bahay.
Natapos lamang ang habulan nang pumasok ang pusa sa gate ng isang bahay. Napahinto ako't pinanood na lamang itong umakyat papasok ng isang bukas na bintana. Nagsimulang bumuhos ang ulan. Naroon ako, sa harap ng bahay na noon ko lamang napuntahan, sa kalyeng di ko alam, sa gitna ng malakas na ulan. Sa takot na lalo pang maligaw, di na ako gumalaw.
Gumalaw ang mga dahon ng namumulaklak na rosal sa tabi ng gate. Pagtingin ko sa lupa sa ilalim nito'y may dalawang basang binting maputik. May dalawang kamay na humawi sa mga dahon; may dalawang matang lumitaw. May boses ng batang lalaking nagtanong kung bakit ko hinahabol ang pusa niya.
Wala akong maisagot kung bakit, kaya't ikinwento ko na lamang ang pagbisita sa may sakit kong lolang kung ngumiti'y walang ngipin at kung magpaalam ay baliktad ang pagkaway, ang pagkagat sa mapakla't makunat na balat ng kalamansi hanggang sa pumutok ang asim sa bibig, ang pagkakita't pagsunod sa puti't kahel na pusang sa bahay na iyon ako dinala.
Nakinig lamang siya. At nagsimula nang dumalang ang mga patak. Hindi ko pa alam sa oras na iyon, pero mamamatay ang lola ko pagtila ng ulan.
, ...
Hindi iyon ang huling pagkakataong maliligaw ako sa mga kalye ng Alta Vista; iyon lamang ang simula ng kwentong di ko pa rin alam kung saan o kailan magwawakas. Hindi madaling maisalaysay ang mga di siguradong may katapusan; maliligaw lamang sa mga detalye't malilito kung saan tatapusin ang daldal. Pero kung tutuusi'y doon na rin naman natapos ang kwento, dahil kung ano man ang mga sumunod na nangyari'y di na piniling itago ng utak na mahilig paglaruan ang memorya. Natapos ang lahat ng kwento ko sa edad na apat na taon. Ang lahat ng sumunod ay wala nang naiwang nagtatagal na marka.
Mapanlinlang ang paghilom ng nasugatang balat; kahit iniwang peklat ay mabubura rin kinalaunan, at kasamang maglalaho ang kasiguruhan sa katotohanan ng mga nagdulot ditong pangyayaring naimpok sa utak na natutunan ko na ring di lubos pagkatiwalaan. Sa paglaki ko'y nabura ang halos lahat ng mga peklat na tanda ng mga aksidente't masasamang pangyayari.
Nawala na rin ang balat sa kaliwang hitang sinabi ni Minggay na kapagdaka'y mabubura, pero hanggang ngayo'y ako pa rin ang sinisisi sa mga biglaang mala-delubyong pag-ulan.
Kaya sa patuloy na pagtanda, natutunan ko nang itupi paloob ang aking dila.
[First draft; isinulat at iginuhit - Setyembre 27, 2005.
Unang bahagi ng koleksyong 'Ang Tamang Pagbilang: Tatlong Tala ng Pagtanda.'
Pen and Ink on A4 paper]
Kailan, Saan, Sa aling paraan, Paano?
Di na nabatid kung bakit napunta dito.
Pagmulat ng mata'y buong mundo'y tila nagbago,
ni di ko na rin namalayan ang pagkakaupo ko dito sa kanto.
Ganito na kaya ang buhay ko kahapon?
Nagising na ni kaunting memorya ay di nakaipon?
Siguro makakadama lang ng kahit kakarampot na kasiyahan,
kung maaalala kahit man lang aking pangalan.
Pero kahit sa nagdaan ay walang katiyakan,
alam ko may misyon akong dapat gampanan.
Dahil sa ngayo'y meron pa ring pinanghahawakan,
ang mapanatiling buhay ako sa kasalukuyan.
Nang makaharap ang sarili gamit ang matang kirat,
Nagulat nang maaninag babaeng buto't balat.
Nang masulyapan ang mukhang nabuo sa baso,
Bumigkas ng: "pamilyar ata itong taong ito, hindi kaya siya ang tumandang ako?"
photo and words by: jeklog
@ E.Rodriguez Q.C.
Mandirigmang nakahandang magtanggol
Ang matandang memorya -
May misyon at programang manatili
Sa kinatatayuan,
Walang makahahakbang papalapit
Nang walang pahintulot
Sa binabantayang lumang kastilyong
Naglalaman ng hiyas
At maraming lihim na kasaysayan
Ng nag-iisang buhay.
Walang kandadong
Nasususian
Ang memorya.
Walang pinto na
Naipipinid
Ang nakaraan.
Ito'y may armadong kabalyero
Na may panangga sa mga tudla
Ng balatkayo at paimbabaw,
Balot ng kalasag ang katawan
Upang di masaling ng panahon
At laluna ng pagkakataon.
Ito'y may huklubang tanod
Na doktrinado.
Makulit.
Makulit.
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Ano nga ulit?
- Ayaw Lumimot Ang Memorya, ni Fermin S. Salvador
Ano ang laman ng memorya ng selpon
Ng magsyota bukod sa maraming buntong-
Hininga't honeymoon na di pa panahon?
Premarital text: pag sumumpong ang init
At magsyota'y wala sa iisang silid
O iisang kama sa gabing malagkit,
May koordinasyon ang daliri't isip.
Premarital text: di laging isang biro
Sa magsyotang kapwa hanap ay paligong
Di gamit ang payak na tubig at gugo.
Ngunit matitiis pagkat natatantong
May bukas at mithing dapat na matamo.
- Premarital Text, ni Fermin S. Salvador
Minuto, Segundo, Noon, Ngayon
Walang sing bilis ragasa ng panahon
Ang kani-kanina lang ay pagkabukas na'y kahapon
Ang akala mong kailan lang eh noon pa palang isang taon
Di namamalayan pagdaan ng mga bagay bagay
Isang saglit ay pangarap maya maya'y iyo nang taglay
Ang dati namang kayang gawin ng walang kahirap-hirap
Ngayon oras sa paggawa sa mga ito'y hindi na makahanap
May mga panahong nais mo nang balikan
saya, tuwa at kapayakan ng kabataan
Pero nang magbalik ulirat mula sa alapaap,
ay bigla rin ang muling pagharap sa hinaharap
Lasapin ang bawat sandali ng buhay na kumakaripas
Huwag magmadali sa iyong pagtahak ng landas
Dahil ang mga nakaligtaang namnamin na oras
Iiwan ka ng walang bakas at sa memorya'y kukupas
photo and words by: jeklog
@ Laon Laan, Manila
(Forgotten)
Mandirigmang nakahandang magtanggol
Ang matandang memorya -
May misyon at programang manatili
Sa kinatatayuan,
Walang makahahakbang papalapit
Nang walang pahintulot
Sa binabantayang lumang kastilyong
Naglalaman ng hiyas
At maraming lihim na kasaysayan
Ng nag-iisang buhay.
Walang kandadong
Nasususian
Ang memorya.
Walang pinto na
Naipipinid
Ang nakaraan.
Ito'y may armadong kabalyero
Na may panangga sa mga tudla
Ng balatkayo at paimbabaw,
Balot ng kalasag ang katawan
Upang di masaling ng panahon
At laluna ng pagkakataon.
Ito'y may huklubang tanod
Na doktrinado.
Makulit.
Makulit.
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Ano nga ulit?
- Ayaw Lumimot ng Memorya, ni Fermin S. Salvador
May hiwa sa haraya sa bawat pagsumpong ng ‘naranasan ko na’
Tila biglaang pag-alaala sa minsang minahal na eksena sa pelikula.
Sa aplaya ng pag-iisa pinagmasdan ko ang pagbura ng alon
Sa mga nakasulat na memorya – talukab ng alimasag, patay na dikya.
Yumayakap sa dagat ang pulang liwayway ng araw, nakikidalamhati
Sa muli’t-muling paglubog at paglitaw ng mga gunita.
Sa muli’t-muling paglubog at paglitaw ng mga gunita,
Yumayakap sa dagat ang pulang liwayway ng araw, nakikidalamhati
Sa mga nakasulat na memorya – talukab ng alimasag, patay na dikya.
Sa aplaya ng pag-iisa pinagmasdan ko ang pagbura ng alon
Tila biglaang pag-alaala sa minsang minahal na eksena sa pelikula.
May hiwa sa haraya sa bawat pagsumpong ng ‘naranasan ko na’.
Mula sa tulang Deja Vu
A whiteboard in the emergency room of the Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, details patientsâ injuries and locations during a mass casualty exercise Oct. 30, 2016. The training enables personnel to develop the âmuscle memoryâ of treating a patient, so that when a real-world situation occurs, their training takes over regardless of adrenaline or emotional factors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa)