The Water Drop

The Water Drop
by Elmar A. Cariso
There was once a child who lived in a little hut, and in the hut there was nothing but a little bed and a looking glass - but as soon as the first sunbeam glided softly through the casement and kissed his sweet eyelids, and the finch and the linnet waked him merrily with their morning songs, he arose and went out into the green meadow.
And he begged flour of the primrose, and sugar of the violet, and butter of the buttercup. He shook dewdrops from the cowslip into the cup of the harebell, spread out a large lime leaf, set his breakfast upon it, and feasted daintily. And he invited a humming bee and a gay butterfly to partake of his feast, but his favorite guest was a blue dragonfly.
The bee murmured a good deal about his riches, and the butterfly told his adventures. Such talk delighted the child, and his breakfast was the sweeter to him, and the sunshine on leaf and flower seemed more bright and cheering.
But when the bee had flown off to beg from flower to flower, and the butterfly had fluttered away to his play fellows, the dragonfly still remained, poised on a blade of grass. Her slender and burnished body, more brightly and deeply blue than the deep blue sky, glistened in the sunbeam. Her net like wings laughed at the flowers because they could not fly, but must stand still and abide the wind and rain.
The dragonfly sipped a little of the child's clear dewdrops and blue violet honey, and then whispered her winged words. Such stories as the dragonfly did tell! And as the child sat motionless with his blue eyes shut, and his head rested on his hands, she thought he had fallen asleep - so she poised her double wings and flew into the rustling wood.
But the child had only sunk into a dream of delight and was wishing he were a sunbeam or a moonbeam - and he would have been glad to hear more and more, and forever.
But at last as all was still, he opened his eyes and looked around for his dear guest, but she was flown far away. He could not bear to sit there any longer alone, and he rose and went to the gurgling brook. It gushed and rolled so merrily, and tumbled so wildly along as it hurried to throw itself head-over-heels into the river, just as if the great massy rock out of which it sprang were close behind it, and could only be escaped by a breakneck leap.
Then the child began to talk to the little waves and asked them whence they came. They would not stay to give him an answer, but danced away one over another - till at last, that the sweet child might not be grieved, a water-drop stopped behind a piece of rock.
"A long time ago," said the water-drop, "I lived with my countless sisters in the great Ocean, in peace and unity. We had all sorts of pastimes. Sometimes we mounted up high into the air, and peeped at the stars. Then we sank plump down deep below, and looked how the coral builders work till they are tired, that they may reach the light of day at last.
"But I was conceited, and thought myself much better than my sisters. And so, one day, when the sun rose out of the sea, I clung fast to one of his hot beams and thought how I should reach the stars and become one of them.
"But I had not ascended far when the sunbeam shook me off, and, in spite of all I could say or do, let me fall into a dark cloud. And soon a flash of fire darted through the cloud, and now I thought I must surely die - but the cloud laid itself down softly upon the top of a mountain, and so I escaped.
"Now I thought I should remain hidden, when, all on a sudden, I slipped over a round pebble, fell from one stone to another, down into the depths of the mountain. At last it was pitch dark and I could neither see nor hear anything.
"Then I found, indeed, that `pride goeth before a fall,' for, though I had already laid aside all my unhappy pride in the cloud, my punishment was to remain for some time in the heart of the mountain. After undergoing many purifications from the hidden virtues of metals and minerals, I was at length permitted to come up once more into the free and cheerful air, and to gush from this rock and journey with this happy stream. Now will I run back to my sisters in the Ocean, and there wait patiently till I am called to something better."
So said the water-drop to the child, but scarcely had she finished her story, when the root of a For-Get-Me-Not caught the drop and sucked her in, that she might become a floweret, and twinkle brightly as a blue star on the green firmament of earth.

YOUTH

YOUTH
BY:ELMAR A. CARISO

YOUTH IS NOT ENTIRELY A TIME OF LIFE, IT IS A STATE MIND. IT IS NOT WHOLLY A MATTER OF RIPE CHEEKS, RED LIPS OR SUPPLE KNEES. IT IS A MATTER OF TEMPER OF THE WILL, A QUALITY OF THE IMAGINATION, A VIGOR OF THE EMOTIONS, A FRESHNESS OF THE DEEP SPRINGS OF LIFE. IT MEANS A TEMPERAMENTAL PREDOMINANCE OF COURAGE OVER TIMIDITY OF AN APPETITE FOR AN ADVENTURE OVER LOVE OF EASE.

NOBODY GROWS OLD BY MERELY LIVING A NUMBER OF YEARS. PEOPLE GROW OLD ONBLY BY DESERTING THEIR IDEALS.

YEARS MAY WRINKLE THE SKIN, BUT TO GIVE UP INTERESTS IN WRINLE THE SOUL. WORRY, DOUBT, SELF DISTRUST, FEAR AND DESPAIR, THESE ARE THE LONG, LONG YEARS THAT BOW THE HEAD AND TURN THE GROWING SPIRIT BACK TO DUST.

WHATEVER YOUR YEARS, THERE IS IN EVERY BEINGS HEART THE LOVE OF WONDER, THE UNDAUNTED CHALLENGE OF EVENTS, THE UNFAILING CHILDLIKE APPETITE FOR WHAT'S NEXT, AND THE JOY AND GAME OF LIFE. YOU ARE AS YOUR FAITH, AS OLD AS YOUR HOPE, AS OLD AS YOUR DESPAIR. IN THE CENTRAL PLACE OF EVERY HEART, THERE IS A RECORDING CHAMBER; SO LONG AS IT RECEIVES MESSAGES OF BEAUTY, HOPE, CHEER AND COURAGE, SO LONG ARE YOU YOUNG.

WHEN THE WIRES ARE ALL DOWN AND YOUR HEART IS COVEREDWITH THE SNOWS OF PESSIMISMS AND THE ICE OF CYNISM, THEN, AND THEN ONLY ARE YOU GROW OLD.

RAINDROPS WITH TEARS

RAINDROPS WITH TEARS
BY:ELMAR A. CARISO



I HEARD A SOUND OF RAINDROPS

NOW RAIN STARTED TO FADE AWAY
AS I HEARD A SOUND OF FALLING TEARS

RAY OF SUN WANT TO STAY
RAINDROPS FALLING ON THE ROOFTOPS

BUT STILL MY HEART IS ACHING
TEARS FALLING WITH FEARS

EYES STARTED FROWNING

IM TRYING TO STOP MY STUPIDITY

IM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS WAS HAPPENED
DRIVE AWAY MY CRUELTY

IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHOSE CONCERNED
SAVE ME FROM REALITY

WHY MY TEARS STILL FALLING
ESCAPE FROM BEING GREEDY

AND, RAINDROPS STARTS MURMURING

MEMORIES FROM MY LAST GOODBYE

MEMORIES FROM MY LAST GOODBYE
BY:ELMAR A. CARISO

I SAT BESIDE THE WALL

BUT WHY MY WEAK TEARS KEEP FALLING DOWN
KEEPING MY TEARS NOT TO FALL

I AM JUST CATCHING IT AND COUNTING ONE BY ONE
THINKING OF GOOD MEMORIES TO AGREE

NOW I REMEMBER AND IT SO CLEAR
THAT ALL COMES FROM YOU AND ME

BECAUSE YOU'VE LEFT ME WITH THESE FEAR

EVERYDAY THAT PASSED I AM SO LONELY

NOW YOU'RE GONE,HOW SHOULD I START
MY MIND IS FREAK, THINKS INSANELY

WHEN MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU AS A PART
FOR ALL THOSE THINGS YOUVE DONE SO BADLY

BUT YOU DON'T CARE WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT TO ME
I STILL ACCEPT AS WHAT YOU SEE

WHEN THIS LAST GOODBYE STILL IN MY MEMEORY

BIAG NI LAM-ANG

A Biag ni Lam-Ang is a folklore story came from the Ilocos Region that was interchange from tounge to tounge of the local tribe of Ilocos Region. Pedro Bukaneg the father of Iloko literature who wrote the Life of Lam-Ang (Biag ni Lam-Ang) which consists of 294 stanza or about 1,500 lines. The story started in Nalbuan, somewhere in the valley of Naguilian river in La Union. The Ilocos region was sorrounded by mountains that's why people in the local tribes live in mountains, eats plants,and also by fishing. It is a story of a boy with a supernatural power and true love stor. the boy named Lam-Ang who wants to have a revenge for his brave father named Don Juan Panganiban because it was killed by a band of Igorots but after he slewed all the Igorots he met a beatiful maiden named Ines Kannoyan, daughter of the richest man of the town in Kalanutian an he tried to court Ines by impressing her when his white rooster crows mightily and the small house in the neighborhood collapsed and after he made his dog growls and the house that was collapse made erected again. He met his rival on Ines named Sumarang as he was on his way to Kalanutian. They quarreled violently and huried him nine hills away. Sarindang who tried to seduce Lam Ang, but he rejected Sirandang advances. With the help of Lam Ang lovable and understanding mother named Namongan and his transfolk, Lam Ang able to court Ines he brought a gold more than a match of the wealth of kannoyan's . He married Ines and there was a great celebration. After sometime Lam Ang was reminded by the headman of the town. He needs to catch rarang but he was bitten by a giant fish called Berbakan, he was swallowed by a giant fish, the only way to revived Lam Ang is to recover his bones. With the help of a diver named Marcos, Lam Ang's bone was recover. Ines was insurected to put her apron over the bones of his husband. The rooster crowed, the hen flapped her wings, the dog growled twice running and pawing at the bones, life began to stir in the assembled bones of Lam Ang. Lam Ang rewarded the diver, and they live happily ever after with their pet friends.

critique

The Isneg lived on the northernwesterly end of Northern Luzon. In the upper half on Cordillera Province known as Kalinga Apayao, Isneg were described as of slender and graceful structure, with manners that were kind, hospitable, and generous, possesed with the spirit of self reliance and seems to reflect their probable history. Their ancestors could have come from distant lands, disembarking along the northern Luzon coast hundred of years ago. Isneg literary works are Isneg Riddles and the story "The Judge And The Fly". Isneg riddles is also a usual riddles we hear this day the only different is Isneg riddles accompanied by their Isneg languages. Isneg riddles are structurally simple but elegant: two lines with few syllables and rhymes at the end, presenting an enigma that must be guessed. The other literary works of the Isneg is the Judge and the fly. It is a good example of Isneg's humor. The story narrates that once there was a man who had a cow, who found him dead with a fly and passed and passed on judge decision but the point was that were no person who will sent to jail because he/she killed a flies, but the forehead of the judge was injured because fly stepped onto judge's forehead. The next lesson is the Tingguan before we put a critique on their literary works let us have firstan idea or background on Tingguan. Tingguan or Itneg, as they are also known. They took place after the Bontoc and Ifugao left some part of Abra. The literary works of Tingguan is "The Great Tingguan Flood Myth". It is the story of the Tingguan courageous warrior who went nearer the palace gates, the maiden guards laughed at him further inside the palace walls. this made Aponi-tolau very angry, then he hooked hit the youngest and the most beautiful among them. In Taumari-u rage he summoned the waves and tuna's of the sea and ordered them to bring back the intruder. The great goddess heard her son's plea and immediately sent down strong winds to pull Aponi-tolau ashore. Taumari immediately called a meeting of the god's and demigods of the seas and oceans, who agreed to punish the dwellers of the land for what Aponi-tolau had done. Lang-an immediately called for the north wind and sent him to warn her son of the impending flood. Aponi-tolau saw mighty waves sweeping across the plains filling the valleys and destroying the crops and working animals of the inhabitants. Higher and higher went the water until it covered the mountain top but for the few square meters where Aponi-tolau and his household took shelter. The next topic is the Hudhud hi aliguyon. Hudhud refers to a long tale sung during special occasion. This particular long tale is sung during harvest time. A favorite of the Hudhud is a folk herro named Aliguyon, a brave warrior, he was an intelligent,eager young man who wanted to learn many things, and indeed. He learned many useful things from the stories and teachings of his father. Pangiwaiwan the enemy of the father of Aliguyon have a son named Pumbakhayon. Pumbakhayon was just as skilled in the arts of war and magic as Aliguyon. The two of them battled each other for three years, and neither of them showed signs of defeat. At lenght. Aliguyon and Pumbakhayon became friends after having their long fight. The next lesson is the Oggood, their literary works is Lumawig: Bontoc's God and Culture Hero. It is the most important of the myth's are the Oggood, which are the narratives concerning Lumawig. As the God of Bontoc. Lumawig gave more contributions to the Bontoc's people. He established the institution of the Ato. He established the rituals.he performed wonders to teach ethical norms and many others. These myths are the literary basis of tribal mores, social and political institutions, social history and religious practices. The next lesson is the "Sudsud" they are the third largest cultural community in the Mountain Province. Their literary works are the Sudsud of the Kankanay, Origin of Thunder and Lightning, and the Origin of the Human Race. The Sudsud of the Kankanay is a short tales or talks. They used it as their past time. There are also sudsud for children as it told them by the elders. The Origin of Thunder and Lightning, It is a story on how thunder and lightning began. When Lumawig came to the earth and married a girl. The wife of Lumawig had many sisters. They put garlic on the bed of the couple, but Lumawig did not like the smell so he decided to go back to the sky but he wanted to divide the body of their child as he go to the sky. The head went to Lumawig and the body went to his wife. The head was angry and scream so it became a thunder and the body could not talk and it became a lightning. The origin of human race, tells the creation of the first man and woman in the earth as the gods took some soil and put a chicken feather. The next lesson is the Ullalim, their literary works is the Adventure of Banna. banna became a phyton after winning Laggunawa's love, Banna goes to cut bamboo in Gowa with his friends. His father warns him that the bamboo in Gowa are enchanted, but Banna did not listen. As he strikes a bamboo,it bleeds. Splattered by the blood Banna Became a phyton.

Who Are You

My name is Elmar A. Cariso.I live at 16c Esguerra compound Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City. I am 20 years of age.I was born on June 10,1988.I am a "Gemini".My father's name is Alfredo R. CAriso.He is a watch and jewelry technician. My mother's name is Emma A. Cariso. She is a housekeeper. She always keep our family secure and in always in good condition. I have two younger brothers and one younger sister,namely, Aldie A. Cariso. He is 18 years old and my other younger brother is Alfer A. Cariso. He is 10 years of age and my younger sister is Maria Fe A. Cariso. She is 16 years old. I have my niece named Edmark Cariso that live with us. We also treat him as our younger brother. We love our parents so much because they raised us with good morals and have a right conducts,a God fearing persons, a kind and obedient kids.



My hobbies are playing guitar, drawing, writing poems, composing a songs, roadtripping with my motorcycle, reading a suspense, thriller, action kind of novels. My favorite actor is Tom Hanks with his movie "Cast Away". I admire the mo0vie so much because of the story. He tried to survive in an island where he was trapped when their company plane got crush on the ocean. I usually jam with my bandmate and rehearse on a band studio. I am a gutar enthusiast,actually since I was grade two, I used to play my uncle and my fathers guitar. they were also a musician. Sometimes when summer comes, my father and I usually go fishing just for our past time. We have the same attitude and likes in many ways that's why we treated each other as "barkada". I also have my grandmother named Flavia Cariso, she is a baranggay official in our baranggay. Some people says that she is snobbish and tactless kind of person, but if you meet her in person you will prove it wrong. For me she is a very kind and loving grandmother. I knew her personality because I live with her since I was a baby, actually when I was gave birth my mother, and even now, I oftenly visit on to her house to see her situation. I also love my grandmother so much. I appreciate her all efforts to raise me. Even she is the one who was working to earn money to afford all the things and food I am going to eat. I was spoiled by her that time. She dressed me up, sent me to school everyday when I was in preschool and elementary. That time I put on my mind that I am going study very hard to give her the fruit of all her sacrifices in me. I graduated my Preschooling with honor. I finished my Preschool as a First Honor in our school, and I dedicated it all to her for all her efforts and sacrifices she have done for me. Now, I grew up already, can stand alone on my feet. I made this plans in my life. Be a successful person someday. to help my family, to raise them up from unwealthy types of living. That's the best thing I describe "WHO AM I".