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_RevieW: WOMeN in LIteratuRE_ Literature comes from the word l'ecriture which means writing or beautiful letters [belle lettres]. a letter is a symbol and therefore is a logo.. to be logocentric means that everything studied should follow the traditional way.
Henry James has called novels by women in the 60's as scribbling. why? Because women weren't considered to write as good as men. Women's works, such as writings and poems weren't published back then .. simply because they were WOMEN! and even if they had them published, they had to publish their works under a man's name. [no woman ever dared to sign her name on anything she has that was published] And guess what? Men who didn't know about this actually read their works and liked them!
Back then, women who were gifted with the talent of writing didin't know what to do with their gifts because they weren't allowed to expand themselves and expose their talents. Their jobs were simply to submit to their fathers or husbands and their only place was at home. Yes, it was unfair. But they didn't have any choice, if they didin't submit or follow the rules, they'd get beaten up by the men. Even right now, there are laws in some places where a woman may end up behind bars or even worse, get a death sentence, if she commits adultery but when it comes to the man, there aren't any. Talk about power. Even a poor man when married to a rich woman can have more power over his rich wife. And up to this day, when it comes to salaries, it's still unfair! Men get a higher salary than women do, even when they are in the same position with the same standards in society. Many women will just sigh, and think that 'that's life', but there are also women who are willing to fight for their rights.
Back then, men who wrote about women portrayed them as beautiful but in real life, they were beaten up by their husbands when they misbehaved. They were a property. They were put in the same level as children, and in the old days in Europe, if women can't bear any children, the men could return them to their fathers. [soo mean!]
Anyways, personally, i'm thankful that i did not live back in those years and that these days, we [women] have more freedom to make choices, to expose ourselves, our gifts and talents compare to the old days. I do feel sorry for them but things have come to past. Knowing about these things has encouraged and inspired me to write more about my thoughts and to share it out in the open rather than just keeping them inside my head. We have to take advantage of this freedom which women in the past did not have, and learn to appriciate it. | | |
| _WOMEN STUDIES_
what do i think about women?! what are women?! ... obviously they're the ones with the vavava.. :) well, that's one. women... society used to consider them as the weak ones.. and the men were the strong ones.. women were considered useless outside the home.. and their place is only at home. why do they think of women as the weak ones? maybe it has to do something about the first fall of man.. where the woman was the first one to fall into temptation and sin. She was the first one tempted maybe because the serpent thought she was weaker than the man.. and maybe bcus it knew that a man's greatest weakness is a woman.. and that when it got the woman to sin.. the woman can easily help the man fall as well. i donnow.. it was just a thought. Women were also considered weak because of their emotions. Women are known to be more sensitive.. they fall in love faster than a guy would fall.. and would even consider what he feels for the woman as love. a majority of women are more serious than men are when it comes to relationships.. probably because men usually look for something that would bring him pleasure and women are just usually out for the kiligs.. Men can have all the pleasure.. and Women end up takin all the pain. ARgh!! MEN!!! but yeah... here's where the stupidity of most women come in.. they give in to the GAmes of these men.. cuz ... yeah, they're emotional.. and they trust more of what they're feeling.. than what they know and think is right. And Men, knowing the weaknesses of these pooooooor women.. [hehe].. take advantage of their sensitivity and emotions. [Grr!] .. but yeah.. that's how reality is. im sorry if this will offend any men or women out there .. but it's the TRUTH!! [*apologizes*] .. anyweis, yeah.. as what i've heard... in every great man's work.. there's a woman behind it.. so, men better thank God for us women. :) .... not only that, now., there are a lotta great women leaders. [not sure tho].. but i know there are. just compare ERAP from GMA.. the woman leader made more difference in our country than tha man leader did.. so yeah..it's not about competition.. but i just dont think it's fair when men think they're better than us women. cuz yeah, God made us all equal and men should be proud that we were taken from them [when God created women].. and yeah, they shouldn't treat us like we're crap and that we're gud for nothing... im not sure if i answered the question of what women are.. but yeah, these are just thoughts.. :) | | |
| " you had me at... anong magandang lipstik ???"
nakakapagod talaaaagaaaaa mging mather! itz so hard... as in! gigising ka tapos feed mo agad! ang hirap tlga! kya ngyon, i tot of just relxing 4 da day... gets mo? mg spa, ma ligo.. mga ganun! graveehhh... it waz so pun todai... as in graveeeehhh!
well, anywaiz! bak to da day. pg gising ko, nawala si baby ko! akala ko nga na hulog eh! yun pala na kay lola nya! kinuha nya from me... kaya pg gising ko, ang sarap-sarap. Tapos, me and my imaginary prend, si joey (pul name ni joey is Joey maganda n imginaree Prand az in!). we went to the swimming pool! Tapos ng steam bath kame.. ang sarap sarap! tapos na ligo na ako dun! ang lamg ng tubeg! as in! tapos umuwi na ako! pagdating ko saw bahay, meron ng pgkain! nagulat nga ako eh! yung pgkain raw is umn.. turkey, chicken, spaghetti, rice, ceasar salad. HIGH- CLASS na pagkain talaga! kinain ko tuloy lahat! nakalimutan ko nga yung diet ko eh! mabuti na lng yung imaginary prend ko kumain ren! ng half nga kami eh. tapos..um... yun. Pina-cut ako ng nails ni mommy kasi sabi nya raw baka kainin ni ecko... weird nga eh... sayang lng yung cutics na linagay ko kahapon. Pink and blak pa naman! Tapos pagkatapos nun, ng sulat ako ng poem. Here is the poem that i wrote... sweet sya konte!
Honey cake-
You're the phone that i pick up, you know all my conversations
you're my calculater in the test, you tell me all the answers
you're the keyboard in my computer, i run to you everyday after school
you're the poo that i poop, you flush into my heart
you're the rubber in my pencil box, you rub away my wrong doings
youre the spoon in my cereals, you feed me when im hungry
youre the thermometer i put in my armpit, you dont care if i stink
you're the internet explorer in my computer, without you, there is no use for computers..
you're the medicine when i am sick, you heal me
you're the cherry in my cake, you are the first thing i will take
You're the film in my camera, you record my pictures/ past.
above all, you are my honey cake, all the bees love you and will sting me if i touch you!
sweet no? anywaiz, i was so tired afterwards... so natulog muna me.. tapos wen i woke up, 9:00 na! nanood ako ng survivor! na nalo ulit si rob m. ok lng kasi mgaling nmn sya eh! so yun... haba ng day ko no? btw, hindi na ako kumain ng dinner.. kasi wla na us pera eh to buy pood! tapos 10:30 na sa gabe... nakalimutan ko yung date ko with dad at 9:30! 1 hour na ako late! sabe nya he will wait pa raw... soo.. ng fix ako ng hair ko. yung eyes ko.. tapos yung nose ko... tapos yung clothes ko.. tapos..umalis na ako!
paglabas ko.. naklimutan ko mg lipstik.. so pumunta ako sa bus... ng hahanap ako na pwede mg replace ng lipstik.. una nakahanap ako ng red leaf.. i tried pero it just smudged in my face... tapos nakahanap ako ng lipstik sa likod ng bus! pero pg open ko ng lid.. merong poopoo sa loob. yuck as in graveehhh... tapos nakahanap ako ng marame/! pero... wala gumagana!tapos na remember ko meron palang shop sa tsing yi... pumunta ako dun tapos ng pretend ako mg try lng ng lipstik.. i tried it all tapos pgdating... tapos pgdating ko ke dad... tumatawa lahat ng tao saakin! kasi iba ibang kula nasa face ko... meltable lipstik pala na try ko! ng melt lahat ng lipstik! kamuka ko tuloy isang clown na namatay! graveehhh nakakahiya! umuwin nlng si me and dad sa tsing ya ng 12:00 midnight... graveehh nakakapagod... me church pa kame tommorow!
gudnyte all and god bless! take care ah!! (only por my imaginary prends) hehe./.. jk lng//
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| < you had me at........... "ay sorry po" >
me super happy! why? i met someone! who? hehe.. read on to find out!
went out with my cuzin. she begged me to bring her shopping today cuz' she's leavin for pnas toms. at first i dint want to cuz i was feelin a lil lazy but then yeah, pagbigyan!
first went to mongkok. spent like 3 hours there. then headed off to sham shui po cuz she wanted to buy clothes. we saw lotsa weird clothes. hehe. my cuzin was laughin n' takin pix of ppl we passed by with weird stylez. lakas ng trip. there was this girl with pink shiny boots. goshness!
newaiz, after 4 freakin hours of walking and shopping., she finally asked me if i wanted to take a rest and eat. hehe.. obviousely, i sed yes. we then looked for a place to eat. and as expected, we ended up eating in mcdo. i dint' care. i wus hungry. i would eat anything and i knoe it would taste good.
i looked for seats while she ordered some food. when i finally found seats, sat down and put all my cuzin's shoppin bags on the other seat. i took out a mirror just to check if i still looked human enough. only to find that i looked pretty messed up. the black eyeliner i put earlier knda scattered around my eyes . parang may black-eye. oh well, maybe it was when i scratched it. newaiz, my cuzin got back with food and i went to the washroom to fix myself up.
as i got out of the washroom, i bumped into this spiked hair john pratts-aga muhlac look-a-like. he dint' look filipino. i wasnt expecting him to be. but then he said "ay sorry po".hehe. he smiled. couldnt help but notice his deep dimple. aga mulach talaga ang smile! he was wearing a white shirt with a light blue short-sleeved polo which tottaly matched his skin color and loose jeans. his hair was soo neatly spiked up that you'd think he spent hours fixin it up. i dint say anything. i was brain dead. speechless. seriousely. the whole scene felt like the ones we see in the movies. where everything felt like it was happening in a slow motion. and you could just see his lips moving and everything was in mute mode. anyweis, after that, he just walked out. and i realized i was still standing there. it all happened so fast but i felt like the whole thing was recorded in my brain. hehe. it was repeating in my head over and over again. man, was i dreaming? no way. hehe. walked back to our seat. sat down. i could still feel my heart beating so fast.
my cuzin was enjoyin her meal. she looked at me. hehe. she wa s like.. "oh. ano nangyare sa yo!?" .. hehe.. then yeah, i told her about it. then she pointed to the table that was 3 tables away from ours.. "yun ba yun?". yeah.. that wus him. he was with this other guy. they look like they're brothers or something. parang magkamuka? hehe she told me that she was also checkin out the other guy while i was in the washroom. hehe. for the whole time we were eating, we were daring each other to get up there and ask for their names. but then we'd also think na ang cheap naman dba? hehe.. anyweis, after a while.. the guys stood up. we thought they were already leaving cuz they took their backpacks and stuff.
they were walking towards our table.. my cuzin wus like.. "omg! i think they're comin here! ayan nah!!!". heheh. we were like.. juss pretend you dont knoe. hehe. then yeah, the guy with the aga-mulach smile came first. "hi.. " his brown eyes looked at me. reached out his right hand. "adrian". we shook hands. his hand was soooooo warm. i felt the connection. gosh! .. "aby".. then he introduced the other guy.. "this is my cuzin, christian". hehe.. then i pointed to my cuzin.. "my cuzin, chrissie". haha.. weird or what? aby-adrian. chrissie-christian. hahah.. tell me its destiny! anyweis.. since me and my cuzin were seating on a 6-seater table.. they asked if they could sit for a while, while they wait for christian's mom there. adrian asked if he could use my cellphone to call christian's mom.
adrian told me that he saw me using my cellphone before they went over to our table and told chris that since we're both pinoyz., he thought that i wouldn't mind. well, yeah.. i din't mind.. hehe thank god for cellphones.
anyweis, we got to talk for a while.. i found out that he was also juss showin his cuzin and tita around cuz his mom has work. my cuzin and the chris guy knda clicked. they were talkin about places in the phils that i dint knoe. adrian had a lotta stories to tell.. mostly jokes. i could just feel myself staring at him for the whole time. and everytime he talked and looked at me straight in the eye, i felt likemelting. i felt like he knew me. and i knoe him. .. i knoe it sounds corny... but siryuzleeh, that was how i felt.hehe.. yeah.,weweren't in a place where you'd call it romantic.. but the feeling i had when we were talking..i felt like there were candlelites in the place. i could stay there forever. i could feel my heart jumping.. hehe.. yes, i was happy.. it's been a while since i met a guy who could actually make me laugh. like i said, i felt like he knew me.. cuz he can actually make me laugh with the simpliest words, corniest jokes. hehe.. i did wish they dint have to go but then chris' mom came and they had to go.. but before they left.. adrian pointed to my cellphone.. and said.. "baka naman pwede po makuha number nyan". hehe.. and again, flashed me his pa-dead smile. well, who could resist.. i gave him the number. .. and yeah, they left.
til now........... everything that happened is still playin in my head. after they left.. i couldn't stop thankin God for mcdonalds and cellfonez! heheh | | |
| first entry... what to write?!
opened a new account for my class journal. ..
wus suppose to start this thing last week but i dint' have time to. so yeah, i wrote down what we had to write on a notebook.. but i changed my mind. mite juss type em' all here.. it's easier to edit here.
class today was gud. hmm? should i be talkin' about that here?!.. donnow. but yeah, it was nice.. learned diff' stuffs about art. pretty cool cuz art's getting more interesting. i mean when you look at a picture now or a painting., you'd always have this question in yer head,, "what doez this picture say?"... hehe before i used to look at pictures. and yeah, think like.. "wala lang". .. and now.. it's like "wow! this picture is actually saying something." hehe.. art appreciation.
ok.. that wus just a thought. . | | |
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