JAPANESE PERIOD ACTIVITY

Poem 1
living life at full pelt
she is rose so pure
yet her own prickles
she just overlooks

It means that she ignores her imperfections and decided to enjoy living, because in life, genuine
happiness is a choice and it will start within by embracing and loving yourself.

Poem 2
why in a foreign tongue
you often vow, verse by verse
but script of your own lips
you live hand to mouth

We tend to patronize other languages than ours. But in our own language, some of us are being
hypocrite because some of us forgotten the true importance of it.

PERIOD OF ACTIVISIM ACTIVITY

I have a pair of ears but I cannot hear

I have a pair of eyes but I cannot see
And I have the voice but I cannot speak
Who am I? What are you?

You're deaf
You're blind
You're mute
How long has it been?
Have you ever heard them crying?
Have you ever seen them dying?
Have you ever speak to the bereaved?
I'm asking you again, how long has it been?

Every day they're in a battlefield,

A battle full of uncertainty
With their paper swords and latex shields
To the enemies we cannot see

A helping hand,
The call to arms,
A concrete solution
Where are those?

A tactical gameplan,
The coins to spare
And your assurance
Again, where are them?

It is not enough
To the warriors who are in the front
It is not enough
To the empty stomachs who are rampant

It is not enough
To that part-timer boy who lost his job
It is not enough
To the merchant who's store was forced to stop
Have you seen the fears
Of love ones who are parting
Have you seen the tears
Of the jeepney driver with placards of begging

It is time to act now

It is time to fulfill your vow
It is time to open your eyes
Eyes who are blind from lies

It is not the time to shut your mouth

For it is the right time to shout
Shout for equity, shout for peace
Shout for the reality and for injustice

Because you are not deaf,

You are not blind,
You are not mute,
You are just pretending

Wake up, hear up, speak up!

It is the time for us to get up!