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SA iilang nakasubaybay sa aking web log, mas nakararami yata ang nais lang matuto ng wastong English… and I haven’t gone too far with such tongue, mostly it’s stuck sucking or lashing, lapping up labia juices—a tad tart but ambrosial, often prompts a piteous moan or prolonged whinnying-- or flicked in/out as a canny serpent does to palpate ambient air for nearly imperceptible yet subtle changes in the environs.

I haven’t told any of such avid initiates that all it takes to cobble sense and keen edge into an outburst is to go physical, yeah, something hands-on… hands are the cutting edge of the body-mind. Do… say. Do… say. Walk the walk, then, talk the walk.

Mainam na mauna ang pulos gawa, kasunod ng katiting na ngawa.

Para hindi tayo mapahiya o makasuhan ng unjustifiable theft of intellectual property or plagiarism.

‘Yung mga umareglo ng talumpati ni Manny V. Pangilinan na ipinagsabuyan sa mga katatapos sa kolehiyo? Gaya-gaya puto-maya. Talumpati ba ‘yun o talumpunay na ampat sa hika? Talumpati ba ‘yung talong na gaya-gaya, naging ihaw-ihaw, naging puki-puki?

‘Yung alalay ng pinuno ng Korte Supremang sinaksakan yata ng sampalangganang botox ang hilatsa, makakantiyawan pa na masahol sa tatlong patong ng concrete hollow blocks ang ihaharap na pagmumukha… can you expect sane judgment or argument-- maybe Clostridium botulinum extracts-- oozing therefrom?

Eh, ‘yung Michael Jackson na pinipilit kopyahin ang tabas ng pagmumukha ni Lady Diana ng England, malala ang sakit no’n kaya natigok.

‘Hirap kasi maging orig, ‘hirap maging irog.

Kahit naman sa mga mapapanood na teleserye, talagang kung saan-saan tinabas at pinagtagpi-tagpi ang ikid at usad ng walang kuwentang kuwento… aba’y lumilitaw na ang mga sintomas ng intellectual bankruptcy… naglalako na lang din ng DVD, DVD…

Ganoon din ang diskarte nina Dr. Viktor Frankenstein at alalay na Igor, nanalasapsap—that’s Tagalog for “pillaged, looted”—ng samut-saring bahagi ng katawan ng iba’t ibang bangkay sa kung saan-saang libingan… para pagtagni-tagniin. Nakabuo naman ng tagpi-tagping nilalang… pero mismong ang lumikha ang narimarim sa kanyang nilikha.

‘Hirap talagang maging orig, lalong mahirap maging irog.

Malayo pa ang alumni grand reunion sa aming alma mater pero kahit sa ilang umpukan ng mga dating magkakaeskuwela, madalas akong kantiyawan—ayaw ko raw magpakopya.

Sa martial arts dojo, napahinuhod na magpakopya nga sa iba… pero pag dating sa mga pagsubok at salpukan, tilapon o timbuwang ang mga palakopya lang sa mga may binuo na sariling diskarte.

Now, I tell initiates that all it takes to cobble sense and keen edge into an outburst is to go physical, yeah, something hands-on… hands are the cutting edge of the body-mind. Do… say. Do… say. Walk the walk, then, talk the walk.

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