abakadamachine:

…as told to Adrianna Mejia.

Ako si Jim Libiran, ako ay taga tondo.

Isa akong manunulat, makata, organizer, aktbista, filmmaker at mamamahayag.

Ang napansin ko sa isang punto ng career namin as journalists na mas maraming nakikinig sa telepantasya, telenovela, iyakan, sampalan, bugbugan at sabunutan.

Sa ngayon parang may punto pa nga na tinignan yung mga mamamahayag na parang problema ng bansa dahil nagdadala kami ng masamang balita palagi.

Gustong gusto ng mga tao na manhid sila at ang pinakamaganda nilang drugs ay showbiz.

Pinasok ko yung larangan ng kultura, kamalayan ng pilipino, kaluluwa niya, yung mga pangarap niya hoping na doon makapagbibigay ng pagbabago.

Kung ang pelikula ay pag-rarap, sa salita ng mga taga Tondo, kahit igapos mo ako at talian mo ang bibig ko, magrarap ako.

Kahit igapos mo ako o talian mo bibig ko gagawa ako ng pelikula, magkkwento ako.

Si Ed Lingao, nagpost sa facebook ng “J-walking EDSA” at tinatanong niya yung mga tao, “Kailan nangyari yung EDSA?” nangyari daw yun June or July at tapos si Ninoy Aquino daw naging presidente ng Pilipinas bago si Marcos.

May nagsabi pang isa na dapat bumalik yung kamay na bakal.

Napasagot nga ako na, “Ed pakisabi nga sa kanya sasampalin namin siya ng kamay na bakal.”

Kaya kayo nakapag-aral sa UP, sa Ateneo, sa La Salle, kaya nakakapag-enjoy kayo ng mga kung anu-ano mang mga ginagawa ninyo ngayon, dahil may mga taong naghiwa ng braso nila, pumirma ng dugo at nakipag patayan.

Nakakainis dahil labing apat na taong kang nag-aaral anong ginawa mo kundi tumulala sa teacher mo?

Ang dapat ng intention ko sa pelikula ko para sa Kinse, ay sabihin sa mga kabataan na you have the right to know and that once you know, you have to act.

Democracy can be fucked by its own people.

Yung karapatan can also be destroyed by a stupid people who don’t care what the laws are and who simply don’t care because they will be living in Europe or in America or in Canada, so why the fuck, diba?

Kung paalis ka ng bansa, umalis ka na. Sipain ka namin gusto mo?

Gusto kong sabihin sa batch na gumraduate ngayon at sa batch ng susunod na henerasyon don’t fuck this up, don’t fuck up our democracy.

Papano kaming mga ayaw umalis dito? Papaano kaming mga nagpapakahirap na gumagawa ng mga pelikula, kahit may mga offer naman sa ibang bansa? Nandito kami so don’t fuck it up.

Ngayon, kung hindi mo naman trip yung ganon, alis ka na ngayon pa lang at huwag kang hihingi ng pera sa gobyerno.

—

Adrianna Mejia, 21, is a production assistant for Kinse.

mylucidinterval:

I was closely watching my twitter account last night, waiting for CHED’s announcement on whether or not there will be classes the next day. Of course, just like most normal college kids, I want the classes cancelled to continue re-reading the 5th Installment of Harry Potter and just study the day after. I wasn’t surprised when I saw CHED trending on twitter. But what struck me most are the baseless comments and false accusations so-called ‘College Students’ tweeted on twitter. 

It has come to my mind that deciding on tomorrow’s suspension of classes is not the sole problem of CHED, but also the falling morality of College students nowadays. Imagine, some people told CHED (not the exact words but still the same meaning though) Kung ipapasa niyo sa college ang pagsususpend ng klase ANO PANG SILBI NIYO? Whoever tweeted that was pathetic indeed. You don’t just make some commission because their only job is to let the students know “Due to inclement weather classes are hereby suspended blah blah.” The job of CHED is far better and far deeper than telling students to rejoice because there will be no classes the next day! In case you doubt that, google CHED and make good use of your time.

Another instance, somebody tweeted that he doesn’t want to work in CHED because he doesn’t want his children hating him for not suspending classes. So you actually thought that the sons and daughters of people in CHED hate their parents just because they aren’t suspending classes yet? If they were the thinking kids, they would understand why the CHED cannot suspend classes yet. They have to consider many factors, and for all we know, they never wanted to put the students in peril. Deciding on big things such as this, should be thought over and over considering the millions of students to be affected and they cannot afford to make haphazard decisions.

So college students. Come on! Where are your values? It’s okay to tell CHED what happens in your mind but for goodness’ sake filter your thoughts and watch your words. Act decent and act educated.

I know it is your freedom of speech you are blabbing about but believe me, you also have the obligation to do it responsibly.

(from mylucidinterval)

Ito ang mali sa mga kabataan ngayon. They still don’t grow up when they should be doing their responsibilities themselves. Yes, you can have Twitter to spoon-feed you information about class suspensions, but shouting out your grievances that are out of context and with a raging tone is uncalled for.

Besides, some kids of today just wished of even more rain and more suspension of classes. Yes, you can be sarcastic about it, but WTF? Do you want more Filipinos to die of floods and landslides? You’re all in a tropical country. DEAL WITH IT! Fuck the waterproof arguments and study. You’re not acting like students.

Di naman pala totoo yung sinabi ni Oprah eh. Saang lupalop kaya nanggaling yung comment na yun? Oh well, that’s a big “oooooppsss!” to all people in my dashboard who posted any Ms. Universe-related posts with that Oprah Winfrey comment.