Palayain mo ako [LP]
Ito ay kuha sa Hong Kong noong 2005, sa isa sa mga restaurants sa downtown Kowloon. Dito, makikita ang dalawang (mukhang masarap at malaman) mga isda, handang iluto anumang oras. Ano kaya feeling nila? Para sigurong nasa death row.
Sa mas siryosong usapan, naniniwala ka ba sa multo? Sa mga kaluluwang ligaw? Ako kasi hindi. 
Pero sabi ng iba, at kung meron ngang ganito, sila daw ay iyong mga may “unfinished business” dito sa lupang ibabaw. Kung ano man yon at bakit hindi sila makawala ay problema na nila.
Kuha gamit ang aking lumang-lumang Minolta camera at b/w film para sa photography class noong kolehiyo. At para masaya, sasamahan ko ulit ng maikling kwento ang entry na ito. Pasensha na ulit kung hindi nakasulat sa Filipino, at sana’y maibigan niyo pareho.
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she wakes up. the sheets are all strewn about at the foot of the bed and she can feel beads of sweat starting to collect on her forehead. casually, as if she didn’t have a bad dream, she wipes the sweat off with a sleeve. bad dream, all a bad dream.
her eyes traveled to the clock atop the desk on her right. 03:26. not bad, she thought. the past nights have not even given her two hours of sleep.
having nothing else to do but wait for dawn, she goes to her desk and scans the debris of paper there. she found the one she was looking for and read it again. for the hundredth time. the words made no sense to her, even as she read them word by word, and only felt grief and betrayal induced by that piece of paper.
…good times… never wanted this to happen… for a reason… best I had.
Good luck, for your event…
she truly must be a masochist, for hating and loving the pain that it brought to her, by reading those words, by recounting the events that ended her life now and her future.
how it came to this, she couldn’t remember anymore. everything happened in a blur. like in a time-space warp. it was delusional to think that things will be the same, give it some time. it was paranoia that pushed her to near-insanity.
the clock tick-tocked. the breeze drifted by. the loose faucet continued to drip somewhere in the house. the paper was still there, bruised and lifeless. she wanted to burn it, forget about it, pick up the phone and order a pizza. (more…)
June 12th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Maganda pareho ang entries mo, pero ayoko yata ng multo
Isang mapagpalayang Araw ng Kalayaan sa iyo!
Kalayaan- Freedom
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
hehe salamat julie! wag mag-alala, buhay na buhay naman yang model na ginamit ko sa litrato!
maligayang araw ng kalayaan din sayo!
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June 12th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Okay pa sa akin yung mga isda e… pero yung multo shot? Ayaw ko niyan!!! Takot ako!!!
Pinky’s last blog post..LP #11: Kalayaan on http://chinois972.wordpress.com
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
hehe naiimagine ko na ngang may mayo yung isda.
ayos lang, kunwari lang naman! 
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June 12th, 2008 at 12:38 am
ayos ito, mukha ngang masarap sila!
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
sayang nga ces at di ko sila natikman
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June 12th, 2008 at 12:39 am
ay iyong mga isda ha, hindi ang multo, hehe
ces’s last blog post..LP #11: i have a tale to tell on http://cesanciano.net/spices
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June 12th, 2008 at 12:56 am
parang di ko kayang basahin yung kwento…natakot ako sa litrato, hindi dun sa isda dahil oo malaman at masarap kainin, lol. Happy Thursday
Girlie’s last blog post.. on http://hipncoolmomma.com
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
sayang naman girlie, di mo malalaman kung ano ending
di naman mashado nakakatakot, promise 
happy thursday din sa iyo!
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June 12th, 2008 at 1:22 am
I like ghost stories. I actually watched episodes of “Ghost Whisperer” - I haven’t seen one yet but my 3rd eye sees something else some kind of premonition.
You know how much those live fish? HK$500 for one, it’s popular in YAM-CHA anywhere in HK and of course, masarap syang i-steam. Pag lumaki ng ganyan yung mga mollies ko sa tiny aquarium, lulutuin ko din sila. hahaha.
K’s last blog post..Way of keeping up the laundry on http://www.knoizki.net
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
yikes creepy K… im really not a fan of ghost stories
when i was developing this photo in the dark room back in college, it sent goosebumps all over me when the picture slowly came out.. haha.
really that’s sooo expensive! iniisip ko lang parang lapu-lapu lang yun eh. with mayo
yum! haha.
wawa namang mollies yan, di nila alam binibreed sila para kainin.
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June 12th, 2008 at 3:05 am
Ayoko ng multo pero naniniwala ako na merong mga gumagalang espirito.
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
hehe siguro ayaw din nilang naiistorbo ano?
happy weekend joy!
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June 12th, 2008 at 4:08 am
nakakaawa nga mga isda na nakadisplay ng buhay para lang piliin kung sino sa kanila ang lulutuin …
kaso..masarap eh!
Thess’s last blog post..LP #11- Kalayaan on http://www.thesserie.com
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
well, that’s their fate! hehe.
happy thursday thess!
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June 12th, 2008 at 4:11 am
Higante ang mga isdang iyan…nakakatakot nga sigurong maghintay ng iyong kamatayan…sa pagkakataong iyan, sigurado ko na mas masaya ang mga isda sa kanilang maliit na kulungan kaysa naman sa kawali sila ilagay.
hindi ko na binasa ang akda mo tungko sa multo… mag-isa ako ngayon sa bahay eh… mahirap na.
maligayang lp sa iyo.
Clicking Away’s last blog post..LP011 - Kalayaan on leapsphotoalbum.wordpress.com
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
hehe kaw naman, di naman mashado nakakatakot eh!
promise!
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June 12th, 2008 at 6:13 am
sila rin ay walang laya…
lino’s last blog post..kalayaan…(freedom) on http://linophotography.com
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
so ang tanong, pano papalayain?
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June 12th, 2008 at 8:23 am
oo nga, parang nasa death row ang mga isdang ito…pero parang masarap talagang kainin.
maganda ang mga entries mo
Reflexes’s last blog post..LP: Freedom (Kalayaan) on http://manillapaper.com
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
salamat kapatid!
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June 12th, 2008 at 9:00 am
masarap kaya sila??magiging malaya na sila sa aquarium pero mamatay naman sila…
ayoko sa multo…katakot…
happy huwebes…:)
emoterang nurse’s last blog post..LP # 11 Kalayaan on http://shamainereyes.blogspot.com
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
wag ka mag-alala di naman talaga nakakatakot eh
happy huwebes din sayo!
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June 12th, 2008 at 9:06 am
ano kayang luto ang masarap para sa mga isdang yan… ?
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iris reply on June 12, 2008:
steamed, tulad ng sabi ni K at with mayo sabi ko. hahaha.
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June 12th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Multo ata ang mga isda hindi ko makita Iris hehe…pero yung 2nd pic naview ko…nice story ha, kakapanindig balahibo. Akala ko tuloy si katrina yung nasa pic haha. Okay lang sa akin ang mga multo na iyan…marami niyan sa bahay namin. lol!
NONA’s last blog post..LP # 11-Kalayaan on http://myfreehand.info
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iris reply on June 14, 2008:
ay hindi mo ba nakita nona? hmm.. anyway salamat at binasa mo ang kwento
pero talaga madaming multo sa inyo? nakakatakot naman yon…
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June 12th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
mahilig ako sa seafood pero pag nakikita ko yung mga isda sa fishtank sa restaurants, nawawalan ako ng ganang kainin.
nakakakilabot yung pangalawang litrato!
Surfergirl’s last blog post..Thursday Thirteen # 2: 13 Women I Find Beautiful on http://www.mysurfergirl.info
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iris reply on June 14, 2008:
haha ako rin! kahit nga manok na nakita ko pang buhay di ko kakainin. ang weird nga naman kasi. hehe.
salamat sa pagdalaw!
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June 12th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
aliw ako sa mga lahok mo! sinamahan pa nang isang malikhaing akda.
isang mapagpalayang huwebes sa iyo, iris!
Dragon Lady’s last blog post..L.P. #11: Kalayaan on http://jacababes.blogspot.com
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iris reply on June 14, 2008:
salamat dragon lady
maligayang weekend naman sayo!
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June 12th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Ay! Ayoko ng multo! Takutin ako eh. Hehe. Kaya sa imahe nalang ako ng isda tumingin.
Maligayang Huwebes!
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iris reply on June 14, 2008:
hehe ako din tony, pero since ako naman kumuha dapat immune ako. hehehe. maligayang weekend naman sayo!
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June 12th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
ang tataba nga ng mga isda, malasang malasa siguro no. Walang kamalay-malay sa naghihintay nilang kapalaran. mmmm
happy lp!
teys’s last blog post..LP#11 - Kalayaan on littlekitestudios.blogspot.com
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iris reply on June 14, 2008:
oo nga eh, too bad di ko natikman.
maswerte pa sila! hehe.
happy weekend naman sayo teys!
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June 13th, 2008 at 12:22 am
ang sabi ng isda… napaka-depressing naman ng buhay ko.
pao’s last blog post..No plastic. on http://nonstandardized.com/lifelog
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iris reply on June 14, 2008:
hahaha siguro nga. dapat pala nilagyan ko to ng though bubble
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June 13th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
pag naihain na sila sa hapag-kainan, na-serve na nila ang kanilang purpose sa mundo
hehehe
Linnor’s last blog post..Kalayaan on http://linnormarikit.wordpress.com
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iris reply on June 14, 2008:
oo nga. too bad for them nga lang.
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June 13th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
ikaw talaga.. gabi na dito at madilim na sa kwarto.. tinatakot mo ako.. ha ha..
happy weekend, iris!
Strawberrygurl: LP11 Kalayaan
BusyMom: LP1 Kalayaan
tin’s last blog post..LP 11: Kalayaan (Freedom) on http://strawberrygurl.com
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iris reply on June 14, 2008:
haha wag matakot tin, isipin mo nalang constructed yang litratong yan!
happy weekend din sayo dear!
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June 15th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
hahaha..hindi din ako naniniwala sa multo!
talaga namang mukha ngang masarap ang mga isda na un ah!
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Lizeth’s last blog post..Litratong Pinoy #11: Kalayaan on http://theluckywan.blogspot.com
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iris reply on June 16, 2008:
good for you lizeth! hehe.
have a good week ahead!
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June 27th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
yikes, kakakilabot ris!
you have my vote as having the most creative LP entry.
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iris reply on June 28, 2008:
hehe thanks again, mee
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