{ "id": 3838, "date": "2010-09-08T08:00:20", "date_gmt": "2010-09-08T08:00:20", "guid": { "rendered": "http:\/\/localhost\/ibon\/?p=3838" }, "modified": "2010-09-08T08:00:20", "modified_gmt": "2010-09-08T08:00:20", "slug": "para-kay-alex", "status": "publish", "type": "post", "link": "https:\/\/www.ibon.org\/en\/para-kay-alex\/", "title": { "rendered": "Para Kay Alex *" }, "content": { "rendered": "

Tribute to former IBON staff Alexander Martin Remollino, 33 | “Alex, you have to tone down for the kids,” his editor would admonish him. “Ma’am gusto kong tumula,” he would say.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pinasulat kita<\/em>
\n ng magasing pambata<\/em>
\n pasimplehin mo lang ‘kako<\/em>
\n nang malaman nila<\/em>
\n ang ating rebolusyon,<\/em>
\n gawin mong dahan-dahan<\/em>
\n hakbang-hakbang,<\/em>
\n baytang-baytang<\/em>
\n nang matutunan nilang marating<\/em>
\n ang kasaysayan.<\/em>
\n Subalit pinili mong<\/em>
\n maging makata,<\/em>
\n at iguhit ang dusa at pasakit,<\/em>
\n isabog ang kulay<\/em>
\n ng poot at paghihimagsik,<\/em>
\n sumungkit ng mga pangarap<\/em>
\n at gawing buhay<\/em>
\n ang ating pakikibaka.<\/em>
\n Lampas man ito<\/em>
\n sa pang-unawa ng mga paslit,<\/em>
\n nag-iwan ka ng bagong henerasyon<\/em>
\n ng mga makata para sa bayan<\/em>
\n na patuloy na malikhaing<\/em>
\n maglalarawan<\/em>
\n ng ating mga hangarin.<\/em>
\n Di ka man nagsulat<\/em>
\n para sa mga bata<\/em>
\n nag-iwan ka ng inspirayon,<\/em>
\n at heto ako ngayon,<\/em>
\n parang bata uli, gusto kong tumula.<\/em><\/p>\n

Alexander Martin Remollino worked for a while with IBON Foundation. He was assigned to write journals for social studies for grade school and high school students – Sibika, Hekasi, Philippine Currents, Asian Currents, World Currents, Ekonomiks. He did not pass the evaluation. Alex did not have the pedagogy and writing style for children – he was an angry young man. “Alex, you have to tone down for the kids,” his editor would admonish him. “Ma’am gusto kong tumula,” he would say. Alex thus left IBON after six months – a mutual decision that up to this day IBON does not regret. Alex’s writing had developed so rapidly that only two years after he left IBON, when the institution launched the book “At Home in the World with Jose Ma. Sison” by Ninotchka Rosca, Alex was one of the reputable writers who gave their critical reviews.<\/p>\n

Para sa Inyo, Mga Kasamang Kampyon ng Bayan<\/strong>
\n(Alay kina Alex at Ka Roda)<\/em><\/p>\n

Kung papaano kayo umanib<\/em>
\n Sa sanlaksang kandilang nagsaboy-liwanag,<\/em>
\n Kung papaano kayo nakiguhit<\/em>
\n Ng pagbabago na pluma ng taumbayan ang gamit,<\/em>
\n Kung papaano kayo naghinagpis nang tahimik<\/em>
\n Habang kung di nakangiti’t umaawit<\/em>
\n ay mithiin ng mamamayan ang buong-tapang na inuusal…<\/em>
\n Sa kabila ng pighati sa inyong pagpanaw,<\/em>
\n kami’y nagpapasalamat<\/em>
\n sa halimbawa, lakas at buhay na inyong ibinahagi<\/em>
\n na sana’y aming madugtungan ng katumbas na sigasig.<\/em><\/p>", "protected": false }, "excerpt": { "rendered": "

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