Veritas of the Century............bow

sabe ng kaibigan ko, wag ko raw muna ipublish to not until august….ngayon, august na…..edi pwede na….

i think, lahat talaga ng bagay itinakda mangyari……..walang disgrasya….lahat nakaplano…and i myself experiencerd that thing…..eto ang buong kwento……share ko lang

1st week of classes nung june…i think 3rd or 4th day……english time nun kay miss guting….first period….naiihi ako….edi nag go out ako….tapos habang naglalakad ako sa corridor papuntang cr, nakasalubong ko si sir sy….sa mga hindi nakakakilala sa kanya, Religion teacher namin siya last year….

tapos sabi niya sakin…marunong ka gumawa ng oratorical piece??? napaisip ako….hindi ko naisip kung anu isasagot ko sa kanya…..ang naisip ko, (anu nga ba yung oratorical piece???) nakalimutan ko kung anu yun…..heheh nakakahiya….tapos yun sabi ko kay sir, sir anu nga ulit yun?? tapos yun inexplain niya….sabi ko, ah oo nga pala…..ayun……mas familiar kasi ako declamation…..yun kasi ang most common sa school eh….eh nandun din si camille……napadaan…mag c cr din yata….kinausap din xa ni sir sy eh….nakalimutan din niya kung anu yung oratorical piece…..parehas kame…heheh

tapos ayun………sabi niya kaya ko naman daw yun……nanalop naman daw ako sa contest dati eh pati sa herald….sabi niya kaya ko daw yun…..edi umoo ako…….sabi ko para saan??? sabi niya para daw sa fiesta ni st. dominic sa august……….yun daw ang piece para sa declamation contest…..sabi ko go…..ok lang……sabi ko kelan deadline??? sabi niya bago mag july…..napaisip ako…..1st week na ng june…..tapos isusubmit ko bago mag july……bale mga 3 and a half weeks ko lang pwede gawin……..sa awa ng Diyos, natapos ko naman before July….

ayun………..sa loob ng 3 weeks, piniga ko ang aking utak sa kakaisip ng mga salita……lagi akong may dictionary at thesaurus sa kamay ko…..tapos dagdag chalenge pa sakin yun kasi nagrereview ako nun that time ng MSA Reviewer ko for the upcoming UPCAT……….sabe ko ok lang yun…..yun…..share ko lang yung ginawa kong piece…….sabe nung iba sobrang ganda daw…..pero ewan ko……kau na lng bhala….

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VERITAS OF THE CENTURY by Jerico del Rosario Mahandog

I am the Man. I am the Messenger. I am the Dominican Father. I am Dominic.
I know you know who am I, whom I speak for, where I came from, but not what I intend for.
As I watch you people living your lives, I felt stiff. I felt numb. I felt sluggish. I felt awkward.
I asked myself a question so weird that goes its words like this:
Are they sick? Are they mad? Are they insane? Are they nuts?
I thought so deep.

I decided to descend from home ‘coz I want you to know, I want you to hear a VERITAS so big.
A VERITAS unknown by many.
A TRUTH that spelled its letters in bold capital and CAPS LOCK form.
A truth that was never known because we all are blind to see them.
A truth that was never known because we all are deaf to hear them.
And this is the TRUTH/VERITAS.

You all done errors still left uncorrected, bearing a mark that entrances a crowd
So here am I to amend them up
You all have hearts dirty and foul, influenced and blemished by the forces of hell
So here am I and purge them now
You all were whispered by a devil mind, pure falsehood and lies, anguish and guts
So here am I to tear them down
You all were dipped in murky waters of dim and dusk; breathing is hard in this bloodmud lake.
So here am I to get you out from there.
You all were imprisoned in a cell with Satan, you were crucified with your sins, you were vomiting your souls, you were swallowing your pride, and you were off by Satan’s germs.
So here am I to let you know them, to help you be aware of it, and to help you disinfect them.

This world is being homed by God’s masterpieces.
We people are His masterpiece.
If God is put into comparison with da Vinci, we are His Mona Lisa.
We are God’s Mona Lisa.
A Mona Lisa that was put into the hands of a 5 year old holding his crayons and pens
And the crayons colored our faces
And the pens vandalled our portraits
And the hands of the child gave dirt to the painting
The Mona Lisa was blown up away
The child messed up with us

It’s so sad……….
It’s so sad to see that a masterpiece was ruined, wrecked, distorted

That is us…..
We are a masterpiece slowly being ruined by Satan’s demons
Our hearts are being painted black
Our souls are being vandalled
These all are done by a demon
The demon’s deeds crapped the world
Their humbug brains and rubbish heads are infectious to men
The devils are toxic to the earth
They pollute our homes, poison our land, spoil the world
They were indulgent rubbish from BLOODY HELL
So here am I to depict those things
We should fight their words, reject their commands, crucify them in their cross of sins, imprison them with curses and blasphemies, hurl them our angers, and bewitch the bloodlust eyes…….

The youth!
The youth shall move…….
The youth shall work this out
The youth is gifted with mighty sense of willpower to bring henceforth His Name
The youth is oriented; oriented and woke up with modern aids of tools
Technology and Luxuries, computers and phones, the silver tools for fighting the demons
Why don’t we proclaim God’s Name through emails and Friendsters?
Be a messenger of God through Facebook and chats
Be one of His prophets through GMs and chaintexts
Follow His Commandments written at the Mount
Give love everyday not only on Christmas Day
And build a home where love rules all
Throughout those ways, the masterpiece will not be burst and popped by a crayon and a pen

The youth!
The youth is the warrior of the light
Not only the youth but also the elders, the adults, the mid-agers
We are the army of Paradise
We battle an uphill cry against the forces of the fiery inferno
We can defeat the enemy down if we all work hand-in-hand, united and wise, positive and strong
The fight and flight towards the Home of God begins its way
The ticket to the flight cost none at all
But each shall pay the Faith, Hope and Love
The road to the mansion will soon be open where the army of Paradise will take their march
The stairway to the castle on a cloud is so high, but God will help to lift us up and reach the peak of the skies
The bridge to the tower hails the warriors
And the path to His Kingdom has a fountain of destiny
Victory and honor
Triumph and success
Eternity awaits……
Luck and fortune is on our side
While God is inside us breathing life into our hearts

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there you go folks………..

ayan……

ayan yung unedited version….yung inedit na kay sir sy…

wala akong kopya nun eh

pinaigsi niya…..mahaba daw eh

kawawa yung mga magrerecite sa stage……baka daw hindi mamemorize…..

unfortunately, may isa na nakalimutan niya yung bandang dulo…not to mention the name anymore…..yumuko na lang siya….sayang nga lang magaling siya tas nakalimutan niya………pero ayos lang yun….magaling pa rin siya……

at ang nanalo sa oratorical contest ay walang iba kundi si camille baetiong!!! yehey!! 4th year ang nanalo………….heheh

meron sakeng mga nagtatanong, bakit daw puro demonyo??? simple lang….kase ganito yun….ang mundo ngayon, unti-unting nang nasasakop na kasamaan….tumingin ka lang sa paligid mo eh ang dami na……sa school pa lang, murahan dito, murahan dun, burautan ng baon, disrespect sa isa’t isa, etc…paglabas naman ng school, worse…….andameng adik, mga magna at lupin, mga holdaper, mga masasamang ugali….at kung anu-anu pa……kaya ayun…..ganito yung message ng piece kase gusto kong maging aware ang lahat ng tao tungkol sa nangyayarin ito na hindi naman natin namamalayan….and if naging aware ang lahat ng tao, they will try theirs best to change for the better…sabi nga ni sir moje eh, if I became an agent of change, I will become WE and we will become US and us will become ALL……….therefore, kung ang pagbabago ng isa ay sinundan ng isa at ginaya pa ng isa hanggang sa lahat ng tao ay maggayahan, what a perfect world we will have……

oh diba…..sa tingin ko talaga, kagagawan ni destiny ang lahat ng ito…….

destiny talaga eh nuh……parehas kaming naihi……..ako yung gumawa, si camille yung nag-oration, siya pa nanalo…….oh diba ang astig……..

sa tingin ko, naihi talaga ako nun para masalubong ko si sir sy at pagawain ako ng ganito…..yun lang…………………..thank you sa lahat ng nagcongratulate saken……lalo na yung isa……demading heheh…….taga-dominic xa…….ayus nga eh………thank u kung sino ka man……at lalong-lalo na thank you kay destiny at thank you kay GOD…………….

yun lang………..thank you