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Libreng Damit at mga Salamin

14 Dec

Marami akong mga panaginip na hindi ko naisusulat pagkagising ko dahil sa pagiging abala sa buhay hanggang tuluyan ko na ito makalimutan. Kaya naisip ko na bakit hindi ko ito isulat para hindi ko ito makalimutan. Bago ako matulog kagabi ay napaisip ako na ang isang tao ay pinapanganak at namamatay. Manalangin tayo at magpasalamat sa Diyos bago matulog kung tayo ay magigising pa kinabukasan para sa panibagong araw. Kagabi ay nagkaroon ako ng panaginip na tandang tanda ko pa ang mga detalye kaya habang naaalala ko pa ay sisimulan ko na itong isalaysay ngayon.

Gabi ng Sabado sa ika-14 ng Disyembre, 2025 sa aking bahay ay napanaginipan ko na naglalakad daw ako sa isang bulubunduking lugar na may mga batis. Ang mga batis ay malinaw, malinis at mababaw lamang. Nakikita ko ang mga isda na naglalanguyan sa batis. Tuwang tuwang ako na nakikita yung grupo ng naglalanguyang isda dahil nakikita ko mga tanda ng bibig nila sa ibabaw ng tubig na para bang mga tilapia ito habang nasa tabi ako ng batis. Sinubukan ko manghuli gamit ang aking kanang kamay. Malamig yung tubig sa batis nang dumampi ito sa aking kanang braso. Naswerte at nakahuli ako ng isang matabang isda na para bang Bisugo ang itsura, puti ang balat nito at nagpupumiglas pa ng ilagay ko sa aking lalagyan na parang sisidlan na gawa sa kawayan. Natuwa ako kaya nanghuli pa ako ng isa gamit ang aking kanang kamay at naging dalawa na nga ito sa dala-dala kong sisidlan. Nung magtangka ako na manghuli pa ng isa ay nahuli ko ay isang malaki at matabang hito. Ibinalik ko daw ito sa batis kasi ayaw ko ng hito. Habang pinagmamasdan ko daw ang mga isda sa gitna ng batis ay may napansin ako na isang matandang lalaki sa kabilang ibayo na parating at may dala-dalang mga bags na sa tingin ko ay tinahi at gawa niya mismo. Yari ito sa kumikinang na parang sako na walang nakasulat kahit anumang letra sa sako pero sa gilid nito ay may kulay asul na parang outline frame nito na nakatahi. Ang mga bags ay may mga bitbitan na parang panggamit kung mamimili sa supermarket. Inilapag niya yung mga bags sa mga batuhan at tuyong lupa na malapit sa batis. Maya-maya naglabas yung mama o matandang lalaki ng isang laman ng bag niya at iniabot niya ito sa akin. Nakita ko ay isang duster na pambahay na walang manggas na kulay pula at may mga desenyo ito na bulaklakin. Ang sabi ko raw sa matandang lalaki na naka-native na sumbrero na panlalaki na yari sa buli ay “Ibibigay ko ito sa Nanay ko.”

Habang ako ay naglalakad sa may tabi ng batis ay nakita ko na may kubo sa na malapit sa batis. Nakita ko na may mga inihaw na mga isda na makapal ang mga balat na kulay gray ang kulay na parang Tarian na isda itsura nito. Nakalutang sa tubig ang mga inihaw na isda na buo pa pero butas na ang mga tiyan nila na pawang wala ng mga bituka sila. Nagtataka daw ako kung bakit itinapon na lamang sa batis at hinayaang lumutang sa tubig ang mga inihaw na malalaking isda at mukhang masarap kainin ang mga ito. Tapos sabi ng matandang lalaki sa akin na “Tignan mo yung dulo ng tubo na nakatapat sa batis na nakakabit sa palikuran nila.” Napansin ko na yung dulo ng tubo ay binalot ng lumang tela at tumatagas dito ang tubig at bumabagsak sa batis na nakikita ko sa lugar na pinababagsakan ng tubig ay maputik dahil nababalot ang mga bato ng batis ng mga putik at wala akong nakikitang mga isda o anumang uri ng organismo doon kundi pawang mga bato na nababalutan ng putik lamang. Sabi ko raw sa sarili ko na madumi na ang tubig sa gawing ibaba ng batis dahil nadudumihan na ng mga tao na nakatira sa bahay na malapit sa batis.

Nagising ako sa aking unang panaginip at nakita ko ang oras na nagreflect sa kisame ng bahay ay 2:43am. Natulog uli ako.

Sa pangalawang panaginip ko ay pumunta daw ako sa isang shopping mall. Pagpasok ko raw ay nabungaran ko ang isang tindahan ng mga salamin sa mata. Yung tindera ay inalokan ako ng maraming salamin sa mata na may ibat-ibang design. Sabi niya sa akin, “Pumili ka lamang ng isa dahil ito ay libreng salamin.” Pakiwari ko ng oras na yun ay may promo sila kaya libre salamin sa mata pero Isang salamin sa mata lamang ang libre. Naglabas siya ng mga salamin sa mata one at a time na may ibat ibang desenyo at kulay. Wala pa akong nakitang mga salamin na ganito sa ibang mga shopping malls. Kahit may harang at nasa gawing gilid ako ng tindera at nakikita ko ang pagyuko-yuko niya para kumuha ng samples ng mga salamin sa drawers ng lamesa niya. May desenyo na may bulaklak at mga hayop na naka emboss sa mga salamin. May desenyo na may mga ark pa sa ibabaw ng salamin. Ang pinagtataka ko ay kung bakit yung lenses ng mata ay yung isa ay maliit ang lens nito sa kaliwa at yung isang lens sa kanan ay malaki naman. Lahat ay ganung design. Hindi balanse ang tingin ko sa itsura ng salamin na parang napapangitan ako. Tinanong ko yung tindera, “Pambabae o panlalaki ba itong salamin?” Ang sagot niya ay “Unisex”. Sinasauli ko sa kanya ang bawat pinapakita niyang salamin sa mata dahil hindi ko nagugustuhan ang design dahil hindi balanse ang laki ng lenses nito, bakit Isang maliit at Isang malaki ang lenses nito. Hanggang nag-abot ang tindera sa akin ng isang malaki at mabigat na salamin sa mata dahil yari sa bakal ang frame nito pero ang mga lenses nito ay apat na pawang malilinaw at parerehong laki nito na nakapaligid sa buong frame ng salamin. Kahit na mabigat ito ay yun na lang kinuha ko dahil sa alam ko na libre naman ito at hindi ako magbabayad. Nang kinuha ko na yung salamin sa mata ay nagulat ako ng may inilabas yung tindera ng Isang salamin sa mukha na pang lamesa na curve ang hugis nito at sa loob ng curve na salamin ay punong puno ng mga items tulad ng toothpaste, toothbrush, hand sanitizer, small lotion, etc. Ang pakiwari ko ay pagpipilian ba ito kung hindi ko kukunin ang salamin sa mata? Tinanong ko yung tindera. “Kasama ba ito sa pagpipilian o libre lang?” Ang sagot ng tindera sa akin ay “Dagdag na libre lang yan para sa iyo.” Hindi ako makapaniwala na may dalawang libreng items ako, Isang modernong salamin sa mata at Isang modernong salamin sa mukha. Ako ay lubos na nagpasalamat sa kanya dahil sa libreng items at nung paalis na ako sa tindahan ay nakita ko yung tindera na nagbigay sa akin ng dalawang libreng mga salamin na nasa counter na malapit sa exit. Maiksi ang kanyang buhok at nakasuot na puti na pang-itaas na uniporme at itim na pantalon. Napansin ko na maluhaluha ang mga mata niya habang nakatingin siya sa akin at habang ako naman ay papaalis ng tindahan. Gayunpaman, nagpasalamat pa rin ako sa kanya at tuluyan na akong umalis ng tindahan.

Nagising ako ng 5:05 ng umaga na nagreflect sa kisame ng bahay pagkatapos ng dalawang panaginip kanina lamang. Nagpasalamat ako sa Diyos sa panibagong umaga na ibinigay niya sa akin.

Lucky 7

7 Dec

On the 7th day of December, 2024, my loving mother was born and named her Teofila Montehermoso Mas. Being the youngest among her siblings, my mother was the lucky one for us. She was the blessing to her own family as well as to her parents and siblings. Today is her 101st birthday in heaven. We also lucky enough and fortunate to have a loving Nanay, our mother. Nanay was a loving and caring mother. Also, she was an empathetic woman who is resilient, tough, hardworking, patient, responsible, determined, hopeful, faithful, understanding, courageous, helpful, kind, and can forgive persons.

Nanay together with her family surpassed many challenges in life but they never quit or surrendered. My mother tried her best to help and support her family at all times. Her death at the age of 94 was so painful and very sorrowful to us but her legacy as a loving mother remains with us. Her mother’s advice was our prime treasure more than anything else. Her greatest life served as our inspiration. Her personal and family values were very remarkable to us.

The End of Human Life

27 Jan

An inspiring speech or a very long journey ends up. An awesome story or a beautiful movie has an end. Does human life end up too? Certainly yes, the only uncertainty that we do not know is when it will happen and how it will happen. If that would be the case, what are the things that we should consider at present? Here are the things that follow:

Health Wise

If you want to live longer, you have to take good care of your health first. People have different priorities in life. Most of them are taking good care of their families, businesses, properties, finances, jobs and other people but they forget or never take good care of themselves. Neither a selfish act nor lack of empathy instead a must if you will take good care of yourself first.

Plan Wise

If you want to prolong your life, you have to plan wisely ahead of time. People have many plans in life. Sometimes most of their plans failed. Do you know why? Because they failed to plan well ahead of time. They never weigh the pros and cons of their plans in order to come up with a wise decision for them to act accordingly. Knowing the possibilities or envisioning what will happen in the future is not merely a scientific prediction but a gift of attitude to ponder.

Goal Wise

If you want to have a happy, fruitful and peaceful life, you have to set up your goals first then do it one at a time. Most people have many goals in life but only few of them succeeded. Do you know why? Some people set their goals in their minds only without appropriate actions. They don’t focus and lack of enough time and effort to let their goals come into reality. They want to stay on their comfort zones and not exploring things that bring out discomfort to them. You always think what people will say about you rather than what things that may benefit you most. Is your life depend on them for real? You are always thinking about them. Are you sure they always think about you?

Faith Wise

If you want to have a meaningful life, you have a good purpose in life. People have many purposes in life. Most of them want to have a healthy and wealthy life. They consider it a success already if they achieve something to be proud of. Does your success never end? If life story goes up and down, therefore, it is not constant. It keeps on changing every now and then. What is the only thing that must be constant in the entire human life? It is your faith, not only to your Church or God but also faith to yourself that you can and believing that everything in this world is not a permanent condition even your own life.

Doubts and Debts

23 Dec

Doubts and debts have different contextual meanings. Doubt is a qualitative attribute for uncertainty while debt is a money attribute which you owed or borrowed from somebody else. They have different meanings but sometimes they go together on certain situations. For instance, if you have doubts to a borrower, of course, you will not lend him your monies. On the other hand, a person with a habit of borrowing money to anyone else seems doubtful of his capacity to return the monies at the soonest possible time.

Some people who want to borrow money from you have a lot of drama in life or they pretend to be good borrowers. They will reach you out in many ways and give you many promises. But when they received the money and had granted their purpose, most of the time, they will disconnect themselves from you. Then, you will count not only months but years before they will return the money without interest. Unfortunately, some people sometimes never return the money to you for whatever reasons. Your hard-earned money had been used by others at their own sake. It is unlawful, abusive, and unfair practice. Thus, doubts and debts can destroy good relationships among families, friends, and colleagues today.

Dancing and Singing with my Father

27 May

Today, May 27, is the death anniversary of my loving father, Guillermo Menes Meron. I know that my father was a great folk singer and dancer in our hometown, Santa Cruz, Zambales, during his younger years. He was usually invited by single men for Harana or locally known as “Tapat” at night time to accompany them while singing in front of the house of the ladies whom they like. Most of the time, there were three of them such as a guitarist, single man and a singer. These men including my father went home late but with smiles on their faces.

My father was also invited in wedding parties, fiestas and political campaigns with folk singing and folk dancing. He entertained the people around with his songs. He sang Zambal songs as well as Tagalog songs whoever his audience is.

If given the opportunity to bring back the past, I wish to dance and sing with my father while my mother is sitting in front and happily watching us.

Blueprint Memories

19 May

Death is the ultimate destiny of any living thing on Earth. Bacteria, protists, algae, fungi, plants, animals and human beings died at certain place and time. These living things eventually exist then suddenly disappear afterwards. They grow and develop for a certain period of time. All these things are biological in nature. Several biological factors may help them to survive as well as affect them to die.

Death comes in human’s life whether you are poor or rich; illiterate or well-educated; unemployed or employed; unpopular or well-known; male or female; single or married, light-skinned or black-skinned; non-believer or believer; lowest status or highest status, and so forth. Thus, whether you like it or not, death leaves up a blueprint in one’s memories.

Certain people mark blueprint memories on you such as your loving parents, siblings, close relatives, friends, classmates, neighbors, colleagues, co-workers, teachers, administrators and even animals like your favorite pets. It is a blueprint memory in the sense that you’ve got personal, lifelong experiences being associated and directly interacted with these people and other living things. These relevant experiences and significant teachings serve as lifelong learning and create a strong foundation on you, being who you are right now.

Therefore, in order for a person to leave blueprint memories in the future, the person should have build up brighter and brilliant memories when he/she is still living on Earth.

Snow Experience

16 Jan

Stepping on the snow and feels its coldness is one of the greatest dreams of any person living in the region with temperate or warm climate or experiencing dry and wet seasons only. It sounds pretty amazing sometimes to be like a child specially when you missed those things that you never had experienced when you were a child. Snow that you often see only in the holiday greeting cards is now real thing on your hands and feet.

In Science, snow is a part of the water cycle. It appears during the process of precipitation whereas water falls on the surface in various forms such as drizzle, rain, hail, sleet or snow. Snow is a solid form of water. Snow is made up of purely two hydrogen atoms and one atom of oxygen just like the rain water. If pure water reacts with other elements or compounds in the air or on the earth surface, it is considered a mixture already. If the air temperature in the atmosphere is on or below freezing point which is zero degree Celsius, this is the time when the condensed water in the atmosphere turns into snow then falls to the ground or commonly called “snowfall”.

Snowfall has advantages and disadvantages as well. Snow makes the surroundings purely white in color which lasts for several days. It binds the family members at home to stay connected and engaged. However, snow can also harm plants, animals and humans due to severe coldness. It also disrupts the daily activities at work. Snow can also affect the motorists, power supplies, public and private sectors including business communities.

In spite of advantages and disadvantages of snowfall, let us consider that it is a natural phenomenon beyond our control but we can mitigate and prevent its massive adverse effects by understanding the nature of snow and its possible impacts to our physical, social, emotional, economical and political environments. From then, we can design good plans, make wiser decisions and do great actions.

Priority equals Value or Vice-Versa

1 Jan

What is your priority in life? What do you value most in life? Whatever your priority is the one you value most or whatever your value most is your priority? Believe it or not.

If you ask people the same question, “What is your priority? What do you value most?” They will give you various answers. They will rank it from one to ten. Sometimes, you may get surprise of their answers. Do you know why? Most of them answer that their priorities and what they value most are “material things” such as a lot of money, a big house, an expensive car, a lot of jewelries, business and even the latest personal gadget that they want to acquire. Only few of them will answer that their priorities and value most are their health, family, education, faith and other people. 

If this kind of attitude or mind setting of our generation today, how can you predict what kind of society that we have in the near future? If this kind of valuing continuously, how can you figure out the new culture, the disrupting “I” disease (self-centered) or so called “Greed Effect”? Some people want not just material things but also power to empower and influence others. They never satisfied with the things they owe now. They want more material things and power. For whatever reasons, some of them never show sympathy and empathy with others.

What is our real purpose in life? We just live on earth temporarily. Nothing is permanent. Whatever we do now are derived from our deeper thoughts, and the consequences of our action are merely derived from our wise decision. Therefore, if that would be the case, we need to change our mind set or attitude toward priorities in life and what we value most.

Hoping this year would be better for you. God bless you.

1, 2, 3….. Thanksgiving Day

11 Nov

T for Time free. Can you give your free time to celebrate the Thanksgiving Day?

H for Happy life. Are you absolutely happy today?

A for Action needed. Are your plans require actions?

N for New journey. Are you willing to start for a new journey in life?

K for Kind words. Do you say kind words to others?

S for Standard norm of ethics. Do you follow the standard norm of ethics?

G for Great things. Have you ever done great things?

I for Inspiration. Have you ever inspired someone?

V for Verification of facts. Have you verify facts?

I for Innovation. Do you make an innovation?

N for Necessary requirement. Do you have necessary requirement to comply?

G for God-centered individual. Is God the center of your life?

D for Dedication. Do you dedicate you services to anybody?

A for Advocacy. Do you have an advocacy in life?

Y for Year-end goals. Do you have end-year goals?

If your answers are correct, clear and complete, therefore, “Happy Thanksgiving Day” to you.

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What MAS MERON stands for?

25 Jul

M stands for Motivation

            You need motivation. You have to motivate yourself if you want something to attain or achieve.

A stands for Advocacy

            You must have an advocacy.  Your advocacy should be anchored on your real purpose.

S stands for Stability

            You must bear stability.  Stability comes in if you have a firm foundation of wisdom, disposition and core values.

M stands for Mobility

            You must have mobility all the time.  Mobility relies on certain changes and adjustments.

E stands for Empathy

            You must show empathy to others. Have develop love, care and concern to others regardless whoever they are.

R stands for Relationship

            Your genuine relationship matters.  Build up harmonious relationship with others.

O stands for Opportunity

            You may have a lot of opportunities.  Grab the opportunities and avoid certain risks

N stands for Navigation

            You do navigation.  Navigation brings you out in the real world.

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