BOOK REVIEW

LUMAYO KA NGA SA AKIN (Stay Away From Me)

Bob Ong

Grade: 4 out of 5

If you are looking for a trilogy book rolled into one, then this book is definitely for you. It is a three-part book which offers satirical comedy from beginning to end. Providing old antics mixed with new cranks, Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin tackles not only of personal issues but also political and social awareness. It's genre is a combination of action, romance, comedy, horror, suspense, thrill, animation, advertising, music videos and a lot more.

Bob Ong, known for his comic yet striking comedy, has written the book in a way that readers would have to make a double take to lengthen the comic experience. Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin promises not only to tickle your funny bones but also to instill real-life lessons and moral values.

Most of the time, Ong tries to remind Filipinos their traditional values they used to live up with. This was delivered in a way that a reader would laugh it out, but would pause for awhile and think if it does happen in reality.

Although, there were times when the jokes seemed like they were cutout from newspaper write-ups; however, Ong managed to pull it off by backing it up with a funny nonsense comedy.

Lumayo Ka Man Sa Akin is an ideal comic illustration converted into scripts, with effects and other superficial elements. You wouldn't be ashamed of getting your own copy, and once read, shelving it beside your Shakespeare collections.

Words from The Pink Diary

It's been over a year since the last time I had opened this and made a post. God knows how much I missed this. Now, I'm starting from scratch (again). It's not that I felt reborn for that matter. It's only that things have changed a lot since I, well, left.

Now that I'm back, I wish to update my blog as much as possible (as often as possible, too!). With a promising new look, I will be adding images on my blogs, too - for much enjoyable viewing. For my avid readers, DO NOT FRET! You're favorite novels will be updated in time.

I really appreciate all of your time for visiting, reading, commenting, and, ahem, rating my blog.

Thank you for your support.

Always,

The Pink Diary

Day 1: What's your favorite color?



Color everywhere



Each of us has his own definition of colors, depending on our visualization of things. Colors represent a lot of things in life. Some simply describe the emotions and characteristics of a person. Other colors define the appearance of nature.

Green for dew

Most of the time, we use colors to differentiate one thing from the other (e.g. green leaves, blue sky, yellow ribbon, etc.) and some people would use colors to describe what they feel emotionally, on a daily basis. Say, when someone is sad, he'd say he feels blue or when someone is naughty, somebody would say that person is being green.

My favorite colors were not based purely on what I believed when I was a kid, like some people do. Little girls love pink because that's what little girls should like. Boys like blue because that's what little boys should like. It's not about that.

The colors I see as favorite reflect my personality, my emotions, my passion - my whole self. These are the colors that highlight me:



Green is all about nature, right?



Green - Green has been the color of nature for the longest time now. It signifies health, wisdom, wealth, growth and birth. It also represents new life and pristine. I started liking green when I was on high school. I found green to be very relaxing. Like blue, it doesn't strike heavy impacts to my vision. Whenever I am out of the house, green never fails to captivate me.



Pink tulips for love



 Pink - Pink symbolizes unconditional love, faithfulness, compassion, and friendship. It always brings the best of my emotional dimension. Always expect me to be very calm, emotional and extra sensitive whenever I wear pink.

Blue - Blue is one of the primary colors of the color wheel. Being one of the most popular and most favorite colors, blue has became a dimensional color. It has been used at different aspects. It signifies patience, loyalty, peace of mind, and spirituality. Like green, it relaxes my inner self and enhances my mentality.



Spirituality and peace of mind



Naming one color as a favorite may not be far from possible, but most of us choose to have more options.

What's your favorite color?



Choose your color



I am so so back!

After a couple days of being away (or should I say, weeks eh?), finally, I am back to blogging. I have to catch up with my readers, and uhmmm, subscribers (are there any?).

Anyway, I have updated a few of my stories. I'm still looking forward to finishing them up instantly (or I wish I could).

I'm also waiting for more letters for the Dear Pink Diary columns. Letters will always be appreciated. Again, don't worry about confidentiality issues because your letters will be published with anonymity.

In the next couple of days, I will be very (and I mean über) busy again since I'm going to start working with a new environment, new people, and new (ehem) title and account. Hopefully, this thing would last. Given with such consideration, I'll be going back to school and finish a degree so I would be able to focus on my stuff in writing.

I will be back with more posts and more updates!

Have a great time! Thanks for reading.

The Little Princess I Was

When I was a kid, my dad used to call me ‘little princess’ and everything I would ask, it would be granted. I had a wonderful palace, full of magical things. I also had a beautiful garden with different flowers. no world was bigger than mine …because when I was a kid, I used to rule my world.

When I was a kid, happiness was just a stretch of an arm. wounds will always be treated with band aids and lollipops. pictures of fairies and princes would seem to move as every line of tales describe them one by one and sleeping would be as exciting as getting a dollar under my pillow whenever I lose a tooth for a day.

But when I grew up as a big girl, a lot of things has changed… the world seemed to be smaller as I grew bigger asking for something became as challenging as it ever was palaces seemed to compete with kingdoms …and competition was as huge as a thundering cloud.

Happiness was hard to obtain and wounds are not easy to mend pictures became blurry and unclear and sleeping was exhausting as battling a monster …because when I was a big girl… I fell in love and lost my battle… when I was a big girl… I forgot the little princess I was.