Gising! (Isang umaga sa Riyadh)

02/01/2011 | 08:18 PM 

  

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Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….

Sigaw ng manok… kung ano man ang ibig sabihin nun ay hindi ko na alam, marahil sumisigaw siya ng umaga na, gising na o kaya naman binabati niya ang bukang liwayway ng araw. Pero teka, tumitilaok rin naman ang manok sa hapon ah, pero iba ito, araw-araw, tuwing alas kwatro ymedya ng umaga, tumitilaok ang manok na ito….

Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….

Hmmmmm…..

"Tiktilaooookkk!!!.. Keaga-aga, ang ingay ingay na, (teka nasa Saudi nga pala ako, at nasa Villa namin, bakit may manok eh wala naman kaming alaga dito at saka bakit parang may disco music ang manok. Nananaginip ata ako!!! Kasi nakikita ko ang mga manok na nagsasayawan sa labas ng bahay namin habang kumakanta ng ‘Pokerface’ by Lady Gaga." -- AL (Guhit ni Annalyn Perez)

Keaga-aga, ang ingay ingay na, (teka nasa Saudi nga pala ako, at nasa Villa namin, bakit may manok eh wala naman kaming alaga dito at saka bakit parang may disco music ang manok. Nananaginip ata ako!!! Kasi nakikita ko ang mga manok na nagsasayawan sa labas ng bahay namin habang kumakanta ng ‘Pokerface’ by Lady Gaga.

Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….

Hmmmmm….. kainis talaga….

At muli kong naisip, ahhhh cellphone ko pala, tumutunog na naman ang alarm nito. Tilaok kasi ng manok ang tunog niya na may disco music na background, ‘di na ako nasanay. Alas kwatro ymedya ng umaga ko pinapatunog ang cellphone ko, pero minsan alas singko na ako ng umaga bumabango dahil sa katamaran. Kaya minsan o mas maganda sabihin na lang natin madalas nagmamadali ako sa pagligo at pagbihis para hindi ma-late sa pagpasok sa opisina…

Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….

Hmmmmmm…. Ano ba... Ahhhhhh… sarap pa matulog….

Pero kailangan ko nang bumangon kasi kung hindi, hindi na ako makakapagsalah sa umaga. Salah ang katawagan naming mga Muslim sa aming pagdarasal at pagsamba kay ALLAH. Mula nang mapunta ako sa Saudi, naging doble na ang aking pagiging relehiyoso. Limang beses sa isang araw nagsasala ang mga Muslim at limang beses ko rin ito ginagawa.

Malaki ang naitulong sa akin ng pagsasalah, naging mas panatag ang aking kaisipan at mas malawak ang pang-unawa. At dahil sa isa sa mga oras ng pagsalah ng mga Muslim ay sa umaga (alas singko) ginagawa, malaking tulong yun sa akin. Kasi hindi ako nahuhuli ng pagpasok sa opisina, katunayan, ako parati ang nauuna sa pagpaasok kesa sa Boss ko… oh ha… di ba….

Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….

Hmmmm… eeeiissshhhh…. Kainis talaga…

Mmmmhhhh…

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Ito ang maganda sa cellphone, kapag ginagamit mo ang alarm nito, pwede kang mag-extend, parang sa internet café lang, “Time ka na? Ano extend ka pa?" or kung gusto mo pwede ka rin mag-open time, pa’no? 

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Biglang nawala ang tilaok ng manok, marahil napagod sa kakasayaw o kakatilaok ang mga mokong na ito. Ang sarap matulog, walang istorbo, walang ingay, payapa ang mundo, tahimik, walang makulit at higit sa lahat walang tumitilaok na manok…

Teka, bakit nawala? Bakit biglang naging peaceful ang paligid ko, walang gulo, walang disco. Ano na ang nangyari sa mga manok na kanina ay akala mo’y katapusan na ng mundo at bigla silang nawala?

Alarm on snooze
For 10 minutes…

Ehehehe… sarap matulog ulit…

Ahhhhh….. kaya pala, ehhehehe. Madalas ito ang ginagawa ko at ginagawa rin ng karamihan (amininnn). Pinipindot nila ang snooze para mawala ang ingay ng alarm at makatulog ulit (nagpa-alarm ka pa?). Ito ang maganda sa cellphone, kapag ginagamit mo ang alarm nito, pwede kang mag-extend, parang sa internet café lang, “Time ka na? Ano extend ka pa?" or kung gusto mo pwede ka rin mag-open time, pa’no? Madali lang, huwag ka magpa-alarm nang cellphone, tiyak sa tanghali ka na magigising niyan…

Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….
Tiktilaoooookkkkk….

Huuuuwwwaaaattttttt…..

Saan na naman galling ‘yan? Tulog na ba ako o cellphone ko lang talaga ang tumutunog ulit o baka naman may manok na talaga na nakapasok sa kuwarto namin, marahan kong binuksan ang aking mga mata, ramdam na ramdam ko ang bigat nito upang idilat, ramdam ko ang antok, sarap talaga matulog, sarap matulog, kakainis, saan ba galling ‘yang ingay na ‘yan…

Ahhhhhhhhhhh

Cellphone ko nga, tumutunog na ulit, natapos na pala ang 10 minutes na palugit ko, hayssssst. Makaulit nga, another 10 minutes ulit, ehehehe. Walang basagan ng trip, wow sarap, ZZzzzZZZzzz…hmmmmm…. ZZzzzZZZzzz… Tahimik na naman ang paligid ko, naglalakbay na naman ako sa aking panaginip, yippieee!!! Nasa ulap na naman ako, ang sarap matulog.

Pero…

Tut…. tutututuuutttt…. tutututututuuuuttttttt…..
tutututututuuuuttttttt…..

Ahhhhhhhhh….

Ano na naman ito… iba na ang naririnig ko… kakaloka na… sobra na talaga over. Ang manok, nagtunog-mono tone ng alarm ng cellphone ng kasama ko sa kuwarto, eeeiiiissshhhh. Kakainis talaga, tumutunog na naman ang cellphone ni Yusop, nagpapaalarm din kasi siya….

At….

Tontontooon…tontontooon… tontontooon…tononnn…
Tontontooon…tontontooon… tontontooon…tononnn…

Diyos ko… Diyos ko… Diyos ko… Patawawin niyo po ako… huhuhuhu… gusto ko pang matulog…

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Lima kaming nasa kwarto, at limang cellphone ang tumutunog kada umaga. Kaya wala kang takas kung tinatamad kang pumasok dahil limang cellphone ang mangungulit sa iyo at magsasabing, “Umaga na kabayan, gising na at tayo’y lalarga na! 

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Naman…kasi…. kanino na naman kaya ito? Kay Kuya Arnel naman ngayon ang tumutunog… naku naman… Kakawindang, kase sunod-sunod na ang tunog ng alarm ng cellphone naming. Akala mo’y may fire alert na nangyayari, sunod-sunod na ang pag-alarma ng aming mga celphone…kay Glenn, kay Arnel, kay Yusop, kay Ryann at sa akin! Sali mo pa dyan ang pagpapatugtog ng music ni Rhemhard sa kabilang kwarto. Keaga-aga nagpapatugtug na ang bruha, ahhhhhhh… sakit sa ulo talaga, sarap pa matulog pero ang ingay-ingay na.

Magtakip kaya ako ng unan? Pero huwag na, kailangan ko nang bumangon kasi ‘di na ako makakapagsalah niyan. Saka baka maunahan na naman ako sa banyo, alam mo naman si Yusop, kung ‘di pa ako babangon eh hindi rin ‘yan babangon. Kapag nakita na niya akong naghuhugas ng bigas sa lababo para magsaing ng pang-almusal, tatayo na ‘yan at magtatanong, “Al!!! mauna na akong maligo hah?!"

Kaya kailangan ko nang unahan siya. Bumangon na ako sa kama sabay bulong sa sarili ng “ahhhhhh… katamaran lang ito…katamaran lang ito." Naupo ako sa gilid ng higaan ko, nag-iisip, “umabsent kaya ako?" Nakapikit ang mga mata pero nakaupo habang hindi makapag-decide kung aabsent o papasok sa opisina, “Haysst! tinatamad talaga akong bumangon."

Pero wala akong magagawa, kailangan eh, kailangan kong bumangon, “Oh well." Nag-unat na ako ng katawan at naghikab nang naaaaaaaaapakalalim…. “Hay! Sarap talagang ibato ng cellphone ko sa ding-ding. Matulog kaya ako ulit?" Ay huwag na, tumayo na ako, sinuot ang tsenelas ko, naglakad nang nanlalambot. Tinatamad na pumasok sa banyo upang maligo habang naririnig ko pa ang sunod-sunod na pag-alarm ng cellphone naming. Lima kaming nasa kwarto, at limang cellphone ang tumutunog kada umaga. Kaya wala kang takas kung tinatamad kang pumasok dahil limang cellphone ang mangungulit sa iyo at magsasabing, “Umaga na kabayan, gising na at tayo’y lalarga na!

Theeeeee EEnnnnddddddd …. Sarap matulog (Hikab)

“Baby you're all that I want
When you're lyin' here in my arms
I'm findin' it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven…"

Anak ng… ano na naman ito?
Tunog ng alarm ng cellphone ni Bimbie ‘yan… nakitulog na naman sa Villa namin ang lokaretang bakla na ito…. Oh hah… taray di ba?

The End…. 

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Nursery Rhyme

By: Al Diwallay

Three little kittens, they lost their mittens,

And they began to cry,

Oh, mother dear, we sadly fear

That we have lost our mittens.

What! Lost your mittens, you naughty kittens!

Then you shall have no pie.

Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

You shall have no pie.

Do you still remember your Childhood days? Do you still remember any of your favorite nursery rhymes before? 1986 I was Grade 1 back then at John Spirit Elementary School, Zamboanga City. This was the very first nursery rhymes I’ve learned from my teacher, I already forgot her name, but I can still remember her face. Every morning she let us sing different nursery songs and one of this is the Three Little Kittens, actually I am not sure if it is a song or a poem.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky!

Yes! Perhaps this is the best and most popular nursery rhyme ever; your kindergarten year is not boring if you did not sing this song. I’ve learned this from my Aunt, after I take a bath, she’ll helps me to put on some cloth and while doing that she always wants me to sing with her...

A-B-C-D-E-F-G

H-I-J-K-LMNOP

Q-R-S-T

U-N-V

W-X-Y and Z

Of all the nursery rhyme there is, this is the most educational one, believe me, I’ve learned to read and write my first ABCs because of this song, it is helpful , and rest assured that someday I will teach this song to my children.

One little, two little, three little Indians

Four little, five little, six little Indians

Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians

Ten little Indian boys.

Ten little, nine little, eight little Indians

Seven little, six little, five little Indians

Four little, three little, two little Indians

One little Indian boy.

Count with me buddy, my father always used to sing this song to us, he is the one who taught us to count, I can still remember his smile while singing it. But, do you know what my favorite nursery rhyme is?

It's

Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

One for the master,

One for the dame,

And one for the little boy

Who lives down the lane.

Wow! Grade 2, J-Jireh Elementary School, I am seating at the back, holding my Mongol 1 pencil while singing this song. I can still recall, back when I was small, I’ve learned a lot of nursery rhyme, and this one for me is the best.

Oh! Come on, don’t tell me you did not sing those rhyme, don’t tell me you did not miss your childhood days? Well here is your chance.. Let’s sing...

I will grow older and older but I will still feel young at heart while singing my favorite Nursery Rhyme.

Thank You 2010 (Humble Life to Tell)

Thank You 2010 (Humble Life to Tell)
By AL Diwallay

2010 is almost over but before it finally says good bye to us, let me take you for a quick ride in my “Humble Life to Tell” 2010 was not easy for me, but yet I can still say that this is really a different year for me, it is a mixture of sorrow, sadness and happiness. 2010 really destroyed and ends my life but yet started to build a new one for me! let me narrate some important event of my life during the past several months or let says during the whole year of 2010, after all “we must learn from the past”

Let’s see!

January 9, 2010 (Saturday) - I left for Manila via Cebu Pacific to try once again to break the great big wall that’s been blocking my way to the road of success, it was a tough decision to make because I’ve failed and fallen many times for doing that. But I have to try it once again, and so armed with courage and hope, I was so determined to give it a shot one more time and this time I’ll make sure that everything will go my way.

January 10, 2010 (Sunday) - Nothing special, I just stayed in my room somewhere in Españia, Sampaloc Manila. I was just relaxing while preparing myself for the big shot, I am here again in Manila and tomorrow is the “D-DAY”, the day that I’ve been waiting for, I’ll make sure that I will succeed this time.

January 11, 2010 (Monday) – Early morning I went to Ortigas to apply for a Call Center Agent in SITEL Phil. I did not waste any single minute, I have to, because this is the reason why I am here. “TO APPLY”

January 12, 2010 (Tuesday) - I am already a trainee for Toshiba Account in SITEL, “Oh no… I forgot it’s confidential…” yeah right… who cares anyway. And so there I was, I am already working in a call center (lucky for me), I think this is the 5th Call Center Company I’ve work with…

January 17, 2010 - I joined the group called TSC (The Story Circle), I met this group way back 2008 through Anthony Andres but I just decided to join the group early this year.

February, 2010 - Nothing special, I am still working in a Call Center. Trying to learn all the scenarios and solutions.

March, 2010 - Again, Nothing’s new… still the same…, still doing Call Center thing but this time I am beginning to get
bore.

April, 2010 (Early May) - My “WIFE” arrived from Zamboanga, I asked her to move here with me in Manila and who knows we can start our Family here, after all we’re married.

May 2010 (Love Quarrel) - Ahhh… the real life begins; not every day is an “I love you” thing, trust me even the sweetest couple. I had an argument with my wife. A serious love quarrel. But I don’t wonna talk about it anymore. What it is? What was it and what it’s all about? Hmmmm! I really don’t want.

May 2010 (Late May) – Realization begins, I think life here in Manila is not giving me the things that I want, I think I have to take it to the next level, so I decided to apply for abroad… hmmm maybe Dubai or Saudi? What do you think?… so I went to Mabini and look for a Manpower Placement Agency and I was lucky to find one, It’s for Saudi, it seems like they’re just waiting for me to arrive, and with no doubt I applied.

May 2010 (Still Late May) - My wife is already in Zamboanga.

June 2010 (Early June) - I’ve received a good news from My Mom and Dad, they’re coming to Manila for a business trip and at the same time to see me before I left for Saudi because just two days ago I’ve also received a phone call from the Agency, my flight schedule will be on June 17. (Yahoo).

June 14, 2010 – The agency called me, my flight was moved to June 20 and that is already final. Good thing I still have few more days to spend with my Mom and Dad here in Manila.

June 20, 2010 (7pm, Sunday) - The day I left Philippines to find myself a new place in other country. This is not my first time to leave the country. But still, the emotion is in the air. But I really tried to hide it; I tried not to show it to my Mom. I wanna be strong. I wanna; I wanna, I wanna really, really, really, ahhhhhh… (Spice Girl) I wanna cry out that time. I don’t want to leave but I have to. It’s not running away but its finding Nemo (Toinks!) I mean finding the way, finding yourself, finding the meaning of life. People can say that I am mighty and strong, brilliant and brave but they don’t know that I am weak inside, weak as a newly born child. No one has ever bothered to ask me “WHY”, why I keep on leaving Zamboanga, perhaps no one has ever seen me suffering, every day I am hoping that I could look for a Job, a nice Job, A job that would make my parents proud, that is why I keep on leaving Zamboanga and I thought Manila is the place. Every time I leave my family, I wear a mask, so no one can see my face crying.

June 20, 2010 (Airplane) - Have you ever thought how hard it is to live alone? Have you ever thought that life in Manila is not that easy? right now I am leaving again and this time to other country!, I am wondering how its gonna be? Can I make it? I am really afraid.

June 21, 2010 - After long hours of flight, ALHAMDULLILLAH, I am here now. I arrived Saudi safe and happy.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – home for almost 1.8 million OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) as they say, and I can say or I must say that I am lucky to be here, not every Filipinos are given the chance to work here, and not every OFW’s are given the chance to have a nice job here. But for me, I have both, a good life and a fine Job. Saudi for me is a very nice place, maybe because I am a Muslim, changing environment is not easy. Life style and everything, you have to deal with it, but for me, everything is normal, maybe because I have already gone to other countries before, particularly Malaysia and Thailand. But I wasn’t there for work but for a short tour only, but this is different, I am here to work, not to have a good day vacation,

I have a lot of relatives here, almost all of my cousins are here, my batch mate in College and in High School, and one of my best buddy name Khalid his also here and I was really lucky because we live in the same city, so during weekends I can always have a sleep over at his flat. By the way, weekends here in Saudi are during Thursday and Friday.

July 2010 - I am happily working in SABIC. Discovering new things, learning the life style of Arabs, It’s really exciting to learn their traditions …To study other cultures and beliefs are awesome.

August 2010 - Bad news, my wife, she signed the divorce paper, we are officially separated and divorce (well! that is SHARI’AH LAW), ouch! Pain in my heart again, days after days, weeks after weeks, two times in a raw, I don’t wanna feel the pain in my heart (Arnel Pineda, I Love that song). Well, I have to be strong after all there's always a rainbow after the rain. (Oh! really huh!)

September 2010 - Early September, ALHAMDULLILLAH, it was Ramadan, A friend of mine asks me to go with them to Mecca to perform UMRAH, right timing because I want to have a peace of mind and a happy heart, surely GOD ALLAH doesn’t want to see me suffering, in the middle of my darkest hour I saw light. As a Muslim, I always dreamed of visiting the Holiest Place of Muslims.

September 18, 2010 - After Ramadan, I was transferred to SABIC R&T, a new workplace again, new environment, new department.

October 2010 - I am still happily working in SABIC, I get up every day with smile in my face.

November 2010 - YES! ALHAMDULLILLAH! I was given a chance to perform HAJJ, one of the FIVE PILARS of ISLAM, and also this is my second time to visit MECCA and above all that, the most unforgettable was, I have visited the Tomb of the Prophet Mohammed (Pbuh) in Medina. It was so touching and so memorable, I can really feel the holiness of the place.

December 2010 - The happiness inside is overwhelming, the blessings is everywhere, I have to congratulate myself for being strong, so I bought laptop as my gift to myself. After all I’ve gone through; well I think I have to please myself…

And so you see my friend, after all I’ve been through, life is still fair to me, it’s just the matter of knowing what you want and having the courage to do it, there is no such thing as an easy task and at the same time it always seems impossible until it’s done. Every day is a challenge, if you have the opportunity, grab it, if you don’t, find a way, always do the right thing even if it hurts you, life is always fair to you so be fair to it.

I forever thank ALLAH for giving me the strength to survive, surely 2010 was not easy for me, but still I am here, Happy with my life on my own. I am hoping that 2011 would be much better than my past.

Thanks and hope you’ve learned something.


“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.”
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


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