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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Pangamuyo It Mga Manunuro



Pangamuyo It Mga Manunuro
Gin-Inakeanon ni Melchor F. Cichon
September 29, 2012

Tagabugna it Tanan nga Kaaeaman ag Haeangdon it mga Manunuro
Tan-awa it may paghigugma ro amon nga mga manunuro

Bugna-i sanda nga may pagkapat-ud
Nga sapupuhon ro nagahandum nga painu-ino
Ag indi gid pagtalikdi kaming haulihi

Bindesyunan ro andang mga tagipusuon

Ay gakalipay sanda kon magdaug
Ag silabuhon kon kami mapalsuhan

Taw-an sanda it maabi-abihon nga pasensiya
Ay ro daean it pagtuon buko’t maeumo
Pasigahon kanda ro ispirito it paghigugma
Raya ro dabdab nga nagasindi sa paghigugma it amon nga pagtuon

Buligi sanda sa pag-usoy it kaeaman sa kada estudyante
Ro andang pagpati kamon hay mas mahae pa ku sa grado nga pagahimuon namon

Ipat-in kanda ro pagpangako nga padayunon ro pagtuon
Ginapakita kamon ro indi magkahadluk sa bag-ong kaaeaman ag ekspirensiya

Pababagsikon sanda sa pagtabing it paeaabuton
Ginaimpluwensiya nanda kon ano kabahoe ro ginapanamgu para kamon

Bendisyunan ro mga manunuro nga nahauna kamon
Bangod ro andang inubrahan hay iya pa hasta makaron

Ipasiga ro Inyong ehemplo sa tanan nga mga manunuro

Nga makatindog sanda sa andang mga hinambaean
Nga makahigugma sanda nga may panghunahuna
Nga makahueay sanda nga may paghigugma

Kabay pa.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Teachers Prayer With Aklanon Translation



Teachers Prayer in English:
Pangamuyo It Mga Manunuro


Giver of All Wisdom and Greatest of all Teachers,
Tagabugna it Tanan nga Kaaeaman ag Haeangdon it mga Manunuro
Look upon our teachers with love
Tan-awa it may paghigugma ro amon nga mga manunuro

Grant them the resolve
Bugna-i sanda nga may pagkapat-ud
To nurture our eager minds
Nga sapupuhon ro nagahandum nga painu-ino
And to never give up on us who fall behind
Ag indi gid pagtalikdi kaming haulihi

Bless their hearts
Bindesyunan ro andang mga tagipusuon

For they rejoice when we succeed
Ay gakalipay sanda kon magdaug
And encourage us when we fail
Ag silabuhon kon kami mapalsuhan

Endow them with gentle patience
Taw-an sanda it maabi-abihon nga pasensiya
For the path of learning is never easy
Ay ro daean it pagtuon buko’t maeumo
Kindle a spirit of passion in them
Pasigahon kanda ro ispirito it paghigugma
It is the flame that ignites the love of learning in us
Raya ro dabdab nga nagasindi sa paghigugma it amon nga pagtuon

Help them see the potential in each student
Buligi sanda sa pag-usoy it kaeaman sa kada estudyante
Their belief in us means much more than the grade we make
Ro andang pagpati kamon hay mas mahae pa ku sa grado nga pagahimuon namon

Instill in them a commitment to keep on learning
Ipat-in kanda ro pagpangako nga padayunon ro pagtuon
It shows us to not fear new knowledge and experiences
Ginapakita kamon ro indi magkahadluk sa bag-ong kaaeaman ag ekspirensiya

Inspire them to touch the future
Pababagsikon sanda sa pagtabing it paeaabuton
They influence how big a dream we dream for ourselves
Ginaimpluwensiya nanda kon ano kabahoe ro ginapanamgu para kamon

Bless our teachers who have come before
Bendisyunan ro mga manunuro nga nahauna kamon
For their work endures to this day
Bangod ro andang inubrahan hay iya pa hasta makaron

Let the light of Your example shine upon all teachers:
Ipasiga ro Inyong ehemplo sa tanan nga mga manunuro

To build up with their words
Agod makatindog sanda sa andang mga hinambaean
To love with their mind
Nga makahigugma sanda nga may panghunahuna
To share with their heart
Nga makahueay sanda nga may paghigugma

Kabay pa.

Monday, September 24, 2012

I Will Not Write My Loneliest Poem


I Will Not Write My Loneliest Poem
(With apologies to Pablo Neruda)
by
Melchor F. Cichon
September 24. 2012

I will not write my loneliest poem
Even I am between the heavens and the earth.
When you accepted my love at Boracay Beach
While the sun was setting is enough to make me smile.

I will not write my loneliest poem.
Like now when the moon is full and the December breeze is cold
Is enough for me to smile.
It was also December when we first kissed.

I will not write my loneliest poem
Even I can no longer pinch your face
Nor can I whisper your name.
It’s enough for me to sleep while I clinch the ring that you inserted on my finger.

And when time comes for the sun to set
And spreads its veil all over my world,
Still I will not write my loneliest poem.
When I remember you, I immediately smile.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Binit It Karsada

binit it karsada--
ginaukay ka siki ni Anang
ro binuead nga paeay

Melcichon
September 23, 2012

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Stone Coffins

stone coffins--
ha!
only stones left!

Melcichon
Sept. 23, 2012

Summer Night

summer night--
Sirius
sparkles still

Melcichon
September 23, 2012

Ag Kumanta si Ana Maria

Ag Kumanta si Ana Maria
Ni Melcichon
August 13, 2011

Indi imaw
kantigo magkanta
Maski hilong. Kapin
pa gid kon bukon. Pero
sangka agahon sa sueod it
third degree room it pulisiya
Kumanta imaw. Ugaling nagwangal
Ro mga imbestigador.  Sintunado kuno
Ra tuno. Ginsueok-sueokan imaw.
Ginhimo pa gid nga ash tray
Ro ana nga bukead nga
paead. Tag owa eon
imaw kaagwanta
Ku pagkinulata
kana kumanta
imaw ag ro
mga pulis
Nagsaot
Nag
liksi-liksi sa kasadya.
Ala Nora Aunor
man kuno kon imaw mankanta.

My Pearl! My Pearl!

sunrise at Boracay Beach--
my pearl! my pearl!
the waves! the waves!

Melcichon
Sept. 22, 2012

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Yan ang Kalangitan Natin!



Yan ang kalangitan natin!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Bag-ong Ligis nga Eanas--

bag-ong ligis nga eanas--
gahueat
it uean

Melcichon
Sept. 16, 2012

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Birthday Party

birthday party--
one year deduction
from the re-union with Him

Melcichon
Sept. 15, 2012

Friday, September 14, 2012

Rooftop Full Moon



rooftop full moon—
my shadow touches
her shadow

Melcichon
Sept. 14, 2012

no more steam on my coffee cup

no more steam on my coffee cup--
still waiting
for the meeting to start

Melcichon
Sept. 13, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Pouting Lips

in the library--
a staff points the map
with her pouting lips

Melcichon
Sept. 11, 2012

Sunday, September 09, 2012

Full Moon

full moon--
now, alone
looking at the silent lagoon.

Melcichon
September 9, 2012

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Aklanon Tongue Twister

Naghaeuga ra liog ni Lanyog pagkahueog sa niyog bangod sa linog.--Melcichon

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Nabueang it mga umang sa kaeanasan. --Melcichon

Lil-Esper S. Duhina, an Extra-Ordinary Nurse


Lil-Esper S. Duhina, an Extra-Ordinary Nurse

Melcichon
September 3, 2012


“Good afternoon, everybody!” says a nurse holding a sphygmomanometer or blood pressure meter and a stethoscope.

“Good afternoon,” I answered her. “I am glad you came over. May I help you?” I asked her.

“Thanks,” she said. “Actually, I came here to extend our medical service to you and your library staff. I know you are all too busy to visit our medical clinic even just to have your blood pressure checked up. So I came over here.”

It reminded me of the old saying: “If Mohammed cannot go the mountain, let the mountain go to Mohammed .”

“Oh, how nice of you,” I said. “You are the first nurse I know who goes around to extend medical services to the college personnel.” My observation about her was also observed by my colleagues at St. Therese-MTC Colleges Library when I asked them of what they can say about this nurse.

This is Ms. Lil-Esper Sumergido Duhina of Pototan, Iloilo and presently the college nurse of St, Therese-MTC Colleges, La Fiesta Site, Molo, Iloilo City. Her name came from the combination of her mother’s name, Lira, and from the name of her father’s mother, Esperanza.

Days after that visit, she again came to our Library informing us that there were seminars on brain attack and on eyesight, and encouraged us to attend to these seminars. She said that the resource persons are all experts in their respective fields. Indeed they were. The resource person on eyesight was Dr. Julia Z. Villanueva, MD, of the Department of Health, Western Visayas, while the speaker on brain attack was Dr. Steven G. Baclaian, MD, FAFNI.

So I said to myself, I will write something about her. She deserves to be emulated.

That led me to ask her why she is doing all these things.

“I’m just doing my job as your college nurse.” And she added: smile “we (nurses) are blessings. She continued, “being a nurse is a gift, sir, and I don't want to waste that gift.”

That is right. Nurses are blessings. I wish all nurses are like her—concerned of the health of her fellowmen, and very approachable.

Ms. Duhina was born in Gharian, Libya. So was her brother, Jian Paolo.

She told me that her parents were then working in Libya where she was born. Her mother was a nurse then. Her father was an all around steward in a French company in Library.

While in Libya, Lil-Esper learned English with an Indian tutor because her mother did not want her to speak Arabic.

After five years of stay in Libya, her mother decided to bring Lil-Esper to Iloilo mainly for academic reason. Her brother was brought to the Philippines before he reached one year old.

She was enrolled at Colegio de las Hijas de Jesus, Iloilo City, It was also there where she finished her high school.

After graduation from high school, she enrolled at Central Philippine University (CPU), Iloilo City for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.|

Although a nursing degree was not her first choice, but because her parents wanted her to be a nurse instead of becoming a lawyer, she yielded to her parents' desire.

And eventually, she slowly loved the profession.

It was in CPU where she learned the value of knowledge, attitudes and skills.

“Even if you are intelligent and skillful, but if you have unacceptable attitude, you are nothing,” she said. “These three things,” she continued, “must have equilibrium.”

And this philosophy has been his guiding principle in her professional life as a nurse.

She finished her BSN degree at Central Philippine University in 2008 and passed the nursing licensure board exam in the same year.

To improve her nursing skills, she volunteered as a nurse-trainee at the following hospitals St. Therese-MTCC Hospital, Iloilo Doctors Hospital and at Great Saviour International Hospital, all in Iloilo City from August 17, 2009 to November 28, 2011.

Before the end of her training at Great Saviour International Hospital, she had applied in one of the hospitals in Libya and at St. Therese-MTC Colleges as a nurse. She said that whoever will be the first to hire her as a nurse, that would be the place where she would work with.

And fortunately, it was the St. Therese-MTC Colleges that accepted her first. So, she set aside Libya. It was also a double blessings in disguise because had she been accepted by a Libyan hospital, she would have experienced the hardship of the recent war in that country.

And if she had been hired by the Libyan hospital, I could not have written this short profile.

Monday, September 03, 2012