'' Speak it up ''

'' Speak it up ''

As the lights darkened, as the lights of night brightened,

We would try to imagine them, 

Try to find each other,

To construct peace, to make love, to reconcile

People suffered from pain, poverty

They've long for peace, life they wanted to be

Does this government think about this?

Do they care ?

I think that if my tongue alone could talk

it would swear

in any court that poetry

tastes like the iodine in blood,

In this poem, I should say;

That life would be easier 

If  government do their part

Even if it is not perfect but at least they've done their part  

My Views on the Story (Nanking Store by: Macario D. Tiu)

               One of the story that I like is the Nanking Store by Macario Tiu, it is about marriage, family and dignity. I pick it because I believe that marriage is sacred. I chose it because the Nanking Store is located at Davao City and tells us also the culture of Chinese how they gave importance of their culture, their belief especially in the aspect of marriage. As I reflect  in the story, I've learned that in Chinese culture it is important that a couple should have a child and should be a first born son. I like the story because it pictures out how Linda strive her best to be a good wife, to have a child. However, she never listen on what people might say to her, instead she has this patience even the parents of her in law don't like her because she can't give a baby to their son.
                To summarize the story of Nanking Store, there was a couple named Linda and Peter who are Chinese. Linda can't bear a son. In Chinese culture it is important that a couple should a son, because Linda and Peter can't bear a son they decided to separate. To cut the story short Peter have 2 sons to the other woman and when Peter died she became pregnant with her driver. I like the setting where the story is done and the plot, the mood of the story how the author wrote it because it really captures the attention of the reader.