music, open your ears, listen, listen to all the sounds, voices, even silence.

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i woke up one morning thinking of the letter ‘f’ not the expletive word but sort of feels like it. anyways, i thought of how the majority of the people living in the archipelago currently called the philippines with many spread throughout the world are called filipinos and yet the letter ‘f’ is not included in the original pilipino script, the baybayin, nor in the binisayan alphabet. i am also reminded of going to elementary school in the philippines where it was encouraged to speak english as opposed to one’s native tongue or else one would get a penalty fee of 1 centavo or the dreaded ruler from the nun/teacher. from recent travel back to indigenous gatherings in luzon, bisayas and mindanao, it is heartwarming to know that there are indigenous groups that still speak their native tongue and continue their traditions.

just random morning thoughts….