Huwag damdamin ang kasawian
May bukas pa sa iyong buhay
Sisikat din ang iyong araw
Ang landas mo ay mag-iilaw
Sa daigdig ang buhay ay ganyan
Mayroong ligaya at lumbay
Maghintay at may nakalaang bukas
May bukas pa sa iyong buhay
Tutulungan ka ng Diyos na may lalang
Ang iyong pagdaramdam
Idalangin mo sa Maykapal
Na sa puso mo ay mawala nang lubusan
Sa daigdig ang buhay ay ganyan
Mayroong ligaya at lumbay
Maghintay at may nakalaang bukas
May bukas pa sa iyong buhay
Tutulungan ka ng Diyos na may lalang
Ang iyong pagdaramdam
Idalangin mo sa Maykapal
Na sa puso mo ay mawala nang lubusan
Ang iyong pagdaramdam
Idalangin mo sa Maykapal
Na sa puso mo ay mawala nang lubusan
Don't dwell on your misfortunes
There's still tomorrow in your life
You will still shine again someday
Your path will be illuminated
Life on earth is really meant to be like that
There is joy and sorrow
Just wait and there is still tomorrow
There's still Tomorrow in your life
Mighty God will aid you in your journey
Your feelings of resentment
Pray to God these sentiments
Which dwells in your heart, may forever
disappear
Life on earth is really meant to be like that
There is joy and sorrow
Just wait and there is still tomorrow
There's still Tomorrow in your life
Mighty God will aid you in your journey
Your feelings of resentment
Pray to God these sentiments
Which dwells in your heart, may forever
disappear
Your feelings of resentment
Pray to God these sentiments
Which dwells in your heart, may forever
disappear
Ruth Klaribelle C. Villaceran
MAE-LE

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She's an App Maker

Anvitha Vijay has built two educational apps and is at work on a third. She aims to use her skills
to help others.
“When I first got my iPad, I was fascinated by all the apps on it,” she told TFK. “It wasn’t long
before I wanted to create my own.”
She built her first two apps with her younger sister in mind. Smartkins Animals helps children
identify more than 100 animals and their sounds. Smartkins Rainbow Colors teaches kids colors.
Each app has been downloaded thousands of times.
The Power of Technology
Anvitha’s skills won her a scholarship to attend a big tech conference hosted by Apple in San
Francisco, California. There, she got tips from the pros. She went to workshops where she learned
about the latest software for app building.
All that training led to an idea for a third app. This one, called GoalsHi, inspires kids to practice
good habits. Users are rewarded for achieving goals, such as eating their vegetables or
practicing piano. Anvitha says the rewards are like getting a sticker for a job well done.
“Kids can set goals with this app and get stars when they achieve them,” she says. “The idea is
to empower and motivate kids to achieve one little step a day.”

Anvitha’s goal is to continue creating technology that helps kids learn while having fun. But even
more important to her is that the world sees the power of technology in kids’ hands. “The more
training we get in tech at an early age,” she says, “the better chance we have of becoming
innovation champions who will one day change the world.”

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Siya ay Gumagawa ng mga App

Nakagawa si Anvitha Vijay ng dalawang educational at gumagawa na ng ikatlo. Nais niyang
gamitin ang kanyang kaalaman para makatulong sa iba.
“Noong nagkaroon ako ng iPad, natuwa ako sa mga apps nito,” aniya. “Hindi nagtagal, gusto
ko nang gumawa ng sarili kong app.”
Inisip niya ang kanyang nakababatang kapatid habang ginagawa niya ang kanyang unang
dalawang app. Nakatutulong ang Smartkins Animals na matutunan ang higit pa sa 100 hayop at
ang mga tunog nito. Ang Smartkind Rainbow Colors naman ay nagtuturo ng mga kulay. Ang
mga app na ito ay na-download na ng ilang libong beses.
Ang Kapangyarihan ng Technology
Ang mga kakayanan ni Anvitha ay nakatulong upang siya ay makadalo sa isang tech
conference na pinangungunahan ng Apple, Inc. Nakakuha siya ng mga tips mula sa mga
eksperto doon at siya ay nakadalo sa mga seminar kung saan niya natutunan ang tungkol sa
mga pinakabagong software para sa app building.
Ang mga training na ito ay nagbigay sa kanya ng ideya para sa kanyang ikatlong app. Ang
kanyang ikatlong app, na tinatawag na GoalsHi, ay nagbibigay ng inspirasyon sa mga
kabataan tungkol sa tamang asal. Ang mga user ng app na ito ay bibigyan ng reward para sa
kanilang mga goals, gaya ng pagkain ng gulay at pageensayo sa pagtugtog ng piano. Ayon
kay Anvitha, ang mga rewards na ito ay gaya ng pagkakaroon ng sticker para sa job well done.
“Maaring i-set ng mga bata ang kanilang goal sa app na ito at sila ay makakukuha ng stars
kapag natapos nila ito,” aniya. “Ang ideya ay bigyan ng inspirasyon ang mga kabataan upang
matapos ang kanilang ninanais.”
Ninanais ni Anvitha ay magpatuloy na gumawa ng iba pang teknolohiya na makatutulong sa
mga kabataan na matuto habang nagsasaya. Ngunit mas importante sa kanya na makita ng
mundo ang kapangyarihan ng teknolohiya sa mga kamay ng kabataan. “Mas maraming
training na makuha namin sa murang edad,” aniya,” ay mas magkakaroon ng tyansa na kami
ay maging kampyeon ng inobasyon at makatulong sa mundo.”
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STARRING MISS LEA SALONDA

(Dedicated to Koiné Theater Foundation)

by Njel de Mesa

CHARACTERS:
PRODUCER1/DIRECTOR/SORDID MARKETER
PRODUCER2/WRITER/CALLOW MORALIST
(*Both characters must be extremely tanned and must be ridiculously forcing a British accent
throughout the duration of the play.)

(Interior of an old abandoned makeshift Theater. Onstage and Up Center, as if waiting for
people to come in for audition, two tanned and intimidating young artsy theater
pillars/charlatans are seen ensconced on rickety seats behind a long table. Producer1
passionately pounds on the calculator while Producer2 lightly taps on the keys of the typewriter
on the table –stammeringly typing a script.)

PRODUCER 1: (Bursts.) It won’t sell!!

PRODUCER 2: (Apalled.) Good heavens! Must it really be the first line of the play?!

PRODUCER 1: First things first, old chap! The Box Office must precede the Divine Afflatus for it
cannot descend from the heavens without transportation allowance.

PRODUCER 2: Very well, I’ll delay writing this. (Stops. Hesitates typing.) While you marinate on
your marketing mix and I’ll just busy and burden myself with the casting for our play…(Inspects
the audition forms on the desk.) Hmmm… Nympha Gonzalez, Mary Kate Mangilog, Loren
Fontamillas, Cashlyn Cuarez, Karl Louie Marcelo, Kaneezha—

PRODUCER 1: (Goes to the table. Snatches the audition forms, throws them into the garbage
can.) I can’t march confidently up to those bloody corporate sponsors with a bunch of
incognitos in my deck! (In self-pity.) Those big-corporate-wigs will only snob our proposals and
condescendingly see me as a small time circus act begging for money …sob.

PRODUCER 2: Get used to it!

PRODUCER 1: Unless…

PRODUCER 2: Unless?

PRODUCER 1: …We have a star! (Pondering.)

PRODUCER 2: Brilliant, we’ll make our set designer put one onstage… So it’s a Christmas show?

PRODUCER 1: Not THAT kind. (Clarifying.) A Star!!

PRODUCER 2: (Smiles excitedly. Pretending to resonate.) Oh, a STAR!!! That’s twinklingly brilliant!!

PRODUCER 1: And not just any star…

PRODUCER 2: (Getting it.) …yes… a star …not just any star… perhaps a retired one from the
telly…trying desperately to save himself from the quicksand of obscurity…

PRODUCER 1: …we won’t settle for them…

PRODUCER 2: But they are the only kind of stars I know who’d be willing to do theater…

PRODUCER 1: (Dreaming passionately.) Well, we need a bigger one…

PRODUCER 2: The sun?

PRODUCER 1: Yes… the sun… the sun… yes… yes…

PRODUCER 2: (With some extra sensory perception.) Yes… the sun… the sun… yes… yes…

PRODUCER 1: The one that remarkably inspired theater to be professionalized in this country…

PRODUCER 2: The one who raised the benchmark…

PRODUCER 1: …the standards…

PRODUCER 2: …the esteem and dignity…

PRODUCER 1: …the quality and brought world class distinction to Philippine Theater…

PRODUCER 2: …the one…

PRODUCER 1: Yes… she’s the one…

PRODUCER 2: …the only…

PRODUCER 1: Yes… she’s the only…

PRODUCER 2: …The antidote to this Third World’s dying living art form…

PRODUCER 1: The movies will murder us… Unless…

PRODUCER 2: Unless…

PRODUCER 1: Yes… Yes… You see it?

PRODUCER 2: I see it! I see it…

BOTH: Starring Miss Lea Salonda!!

(Lights change. Miss Saigon’s “The Heat is On” plays. They both break into a jovial dance,
laughing in celebration of their brilliant idea. They open a champagne bottle in merriment.)
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STARRING MISS LEA SALONDA

(Dedicated to Koiné Theater Foundation)

by Njel de Mesa

MGA KARAKTER:
PRODUCER1/DIREKTOR/SAKIM NA MARKETER
PRODUCER2/WRITER/BAGITONG MORALISTA
(Ang mga karakter ay kayumanggi at kailangang may pilit na British accent sa buong dula.)

(Sa loob ng isang teatro. Nakaupo sa dalawang upuan ang dalawang maestro ng teatro, tila
naghihintay sa mga mag aaudisyon. Nagkukwenta si Producer 1 at si Producer 2 naman ay
gumagawa ng iskrip.)

PRODUCER 1: (Pasigaw.) Hindi bebenta yan!!!

PRODUCER 2: (Gulat.) Good heavens! Yan ba dapat talaga ang unang linya ng dula?

PRODUCER 1: First things first, old chap! Kailangang mauna ang takilya sa Divine Afflatus dahil
hind ito bababa mula sa langit kapag walang transportation allowance.

PRODUCER 2: Very well, I’ll delay writing this. (Titigil sa pagsusulat. Magiisip.) Habang pinagiisipan
mo yan iisipin ko muna and casting para sa ating palabas….(Sisilipin and mga audition forms sa
mesa) Hmm….While you marinate on your marketing mix and I’ll just busy and burden myself
with the casting for our play…(Inspects the audition forms on the desk.) Hmmm… Nympha
Gonzalez, Mary Kate Mangilog, Loren Fontamillas, Cashlyn Cuarez, Karl Louie Marcelo,
Kaneezha—

PRODUCER 1: (Pupunta sa mesa, kukuhanin ang mga audition forms at itatapon ito sa
basurahan.) I can’t march confidently up to those bloody corporate sponsors with a bunch of
incognitos in my deck! Iisnabin lang ng mga big – corporate – wigs na yan ang mga proposals
natin at iisipin lang nila na ako’y tiga peryang nanghihingi ng pera…..sob.

PRODUCER 2: Masanay ka na!

PRODUCER 1: Unless…

PRODUCER 2: Unless?

PRODUCER 1: …We have a star! (Nagiisip.)

PRODUCER 2: Brilliant, magpapalagay ako sa set designer natin sa stage…so Christmas show
ito?

PRODUCER 1: Not THAT kind. (Uulitin.) A Star!!

PRODUCER 2: (Ngingiti at magkukunwaring naintindihan na ang sinabi ni Producer 1.) Oh, a

STAR!!! That’s twinklingly brilliant!!

PRODUCER 1: And not just any star…

PRODUCER 2: (Naintindihan na.) …yes… a star …at hindi lang kung sinong star… siguro isang star
from the telly…na desperadong buhayin ang kanilang career at hindi tuluyang malaos…

PRODUCER 1: …we won’t settle for them…

PRODUCER 2: Pero sila lang yung willing mag – teatro….

PRODUCER 1: (Nangangarap.) Well, kailangan natin ng mas malaki pa…

PRODUCER 2: The sun?

PRODUCER 1: Yes… the sun… the sun… yes… yes…

PRODUCER 2: (Tila may ESP.) Yes… the sun… the sun… yes… yes…

PRODUCER 1: Ang taong nag-bigay ng inspirasyon para maging professionalized ang teatro sa
Pilipinas…

PRODUCER 2: The one who raised the benchmark…

PRODUCER 1: …ang standards…

PRODUCER 2: …the esteem at dignidad…

PRODUCER 1: …ang kalidad at nagbigay ng tatak sa teatro sa Pilipinas…

PRODUCER 2: …the one…

PRODUCER 1: Oo… she’s the one…

PRODUCER 2: …the only…

PRODUCER 1: Oo… she’s the only…

PRODUCER 2: …ang sagot sa namamatay na mundo ng sining sa Third World Country na ito….

PRODUCER 1: Papatayin tayo ng mga pelikula….unless…

PRODUCER 2: Unless…

PRODUCER 1: Yes… Yes… Nakita mo?

PRODUCER 2: I see it! I see it…

SABAY: Starring Miss Lea Salonda!!

(Magbabago ang mga law. Tutugog ang “The Heat is On” ng Miss Saigon. Sasayaw ang
dalawang Producer sa tuwa mula sa kanilang magandang ideya. Magbubukas sila ng isang
bote ng champagne sa tuwa.)