JOEY de LEON’s Poem
I saw this in Yahoo News early this morning, I’m a little bit late in posting this, I don’t have internet connection yesterday. In the heat of Willie Revillame’s scandal about the late president’s funeral coverage, another issue just added heat to it. This is the satiric ballad pertaining to the Wowowee host, composed by his ultimate rival Joey de Leon.
From Yahoo News:
“In an exclusive interview with PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) yesterday by editor in chief Jo-ann Q. Maglipon, Johnny Manahan, head of Star Magic and director of Wowowee, defended Willie. He said all the noontime host wanted to do was to remove the video clips of Cory’s transfer off the air, because airing the news footage alongside Wowowee was “disrespectful” towards the Aquinos.
“We would be disrespecting the departed President and her family. This is what he meant to say. Unfortunately, Willie, in his disappointment, did not choose his words too well. Instead of saying, ‘Nagluluksa sila doon, nagkakasayahan kami dito! Maganda ba ‘yon? Parang binabastos namin yung mga nagluluksa. Please tanggalin ninyo na lang kami. Kaya ituloy ninyo na lang ang coverage ng luksa. But do not do both at mababastos ang mga nagluluksa,” Mr. M said.”
We cannot blame anyone about how these different reactions occured, as I have said in one of my posts, the diffrent ways of thinking of different people will just make things worse.
Here’s the poem of Joey de Leon:
Wala na sa piling ng mga Pilipino,
Tinig ng awiting Mga Kababayan Ko,
At lumisan na rin noong isang Sabado,
Inang nagpalipad sa awiting Bayan Ko.
Ako’y sumasaludo, paalam Pangulo,
May isa ‘kong lihim, kay tagal itinago,
Sa lahat nang inabot kong mga namuno,
Tanging ikaw lang sa luha ko’y nagpatulo.
Marami ang nalungkot sa iyong pagyao,
Magalang ang lahat at puno ng respeto,
Nagpasalamat pa nga Kapamilya sa ‘yo,
Dahil kanilang himpilan naibalik mo.
Subalit ano itong nabalitaan ko?
Nangyari noong Lunes, a-tres ng Agosto,
Habang inililipat ang mga labi mo,
Ika’y parang nabastos sa isang TV show.
At ang napakasaklap at masakit dito,
Ang nambastos pa’y kapamilya ng anak mo,
Napanood ito ng tao at publiko,
Kakaunti na nga, ngunit lahat nahilo.
Sabi ng TV host na mainit ang ulo
Pagkakita sa video na kanyang kasalo,
“Sandali, meron akong ano… sa’ting ano…
Hindi naman sa ano,” nagkaanu-ano!
Ayon sa Internet, meron pa s’yang nasambit,
“Sana pakitanggal muna ‘yan sa’ting traffic…”
At ‘di maaalis sa iyong pag-iisip,
Ang parada ng patay ang pinaliligpit!
At dagdag pa daw ng naghahari-harian,
“I don’t think na dapat n’yong ipakita iyan…”
Nasaan naman ang paggalang, o nasaan?
Mga sinasabi natin minsa’y pag-ingatan.
At ‘di pa nangimi nang sumunod na araw,
Pinilit pa ring ginawa n’ya ay tama raw,
Mga nakarinig ‘di na nakagalaw
At ayon sa iba sila na la’y napa-wow!
“… Pero ako, totoo ‘ko eh … “, sabi kuno,
Totoo nga at totoo ring walang modo,
Pwede namang sabihin itong pa-sikreto,
Kaya’t wala na rin mga paliwanag mo.
“Kung ganyan, pakita na lang ‘yan!”, ang hamon pa,
Para bang ang prusisyon nila-”lang – lang” lang ba,
Ang pangasiwaan ay pinapili pa n’ya,
Sumunod ang himpilan, nung August 5 wala s’ya.
May mga komentong pwede nang pang-harapan,
“On camera” baga sa TV ang tawag d’yan
At kung sensitibo man ang gustong bitawan,
Pagpasok ng commercial, hintayin mo na lang.
Matutong magbaba muna ng mikropono
At saka idikta lahat ng iyong gusto,
Lagi kang mataas lahat daw takot sa ‘yo,
Ratings lang ang mababa — totoo ba ito?
The breaking news breaks your heart — at ‘yan ang bawi mo,
Nang mahalata mong sumablay ang pasok mo,
Pero sigurado ika’y maa-abswelto,
‘Di ba ikaw rin ang may-ari ng network n’yo?
Nung Hueves nag-apologize sa diario naman,
O, akala ko ba wala kang kasalanan,
Tapos ng angalan, sunod paliwanagan —
COMPLAIN before you EXPLAIN ka na naman!
O ito kaya ay isa na namang “glitch” lang,
Tulad ng “two-zero” ‘di na natin nalaman,
O ito ay maliwanag na kabobohan?
Sa tingin ng marami, mahirap lusutan.
Ang sabi ng iba — istupidong mayabang,
At giit ng iba — istupidong mayaman,
Mayaman man o mayabang ang tiyak diyan,
Napakayaman n’ya sa kaistupiduhan.
Buti pa ang apat na honor guards ni Cory —
Sina Malab, Laguindan, Rodriguez, Cadiente,
Walong oras tumayo sa ulan at viaje,
Ang lahat ay tiniis at walang sinabi.
Samantalang ikaw na may bubong sa ulo,
Komportable ka lang sa malamig na studio,
Nang kapirasong libing sa TV sumalo,
Angal at inis ang sumambulat sa iyo.
Maaari din namang pabayaan na s’ya,
Subalit ang nangyari’y mabigat talaga,
Namayapang pangulo’y huling paalam na,
‘Di mo pa pinagbigyan … hoy, nag-iisa ka!
At nais ko lang sabihin at ipagyabang
Sa mahigit na s’yam na libong tanghalian,
Sa limang pangulong sa Bulaga’y dumaan,
Kahit isa wala kaming nilapastangan.
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August 13th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Ako’y sumasaludo, paalam Pangulo,
“May isa ‘kong lihim, kay tagal itinago,”
Sa lahat nang inabot kong mga namuno,
Tanging ikaw lang sa luha ko’y nagpatulo.
npanuod ko ung reaction ni wilie, yes may point sya na nagsasaya ung show tapos may kabaong sa gilid ng screen but is in what way is he delivers his reaction is maling mali, ok may violation in different rules, gods rule, viewers eye, kbp, pana, mtrcb, dami nya nilabag na organization, but on side of wilie yes he has a point, he gives respect not just for tita cory and also in the viewer, mixed happiness to sadness, kkbaliw. Now lets focus in this “poem”, is this a poem, i dont think so, its a letter to manipulate our mind. “May isa ako lihim kay tagal itinago.” itinago for how many decades?, years?, months?, weeks, o DAYS”, wow tagal ah… hindi kaya may gusto lang cya pabagsakin. To Mr. Joey de leon in respect, u just proved lng n may galit jn sa PUSO mo… Public figure p man kyo…
Semidoppel Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Nice comment! Yung lihim n sinabi nya napaisip din ako dun ahh. Mahirap kasi sa ating mga Pinoy imbes n mag intindihan eh nagsisiraan pa. Thanks for dropping by!
August 15th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
…lets say Willie had gone reckless and tactless about what he said on the program , when the inset was plugged-
and i Am very much sure that he is very much aware of it before we knew it right from the get go!
i think ,apprehending him about this riot and giving him enough attention that he was Wrong ., that he have been discerning to prejudice and misconduct.
i think that would be way Enough.. this issue have had been very redundant and getting far obscure than the usual..
is Joey de Leon more sincere about the maxims of the late president’s sanctity or just ,, plainly riding on the issue ?…adding fire to the fuel to put Willie deeply into lower than inferior?? and have an autonomous reason to advertise his show.
Holy molly!!
Semidoppel Reply:
August 16th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Thanks for dropping by. I visited your blog and I saw that you have a post similar to mine, and I think this is the blog where you knew the issue. I appreciated your thoughts, and I can say that you’re right. The only problem is, all people have different ways of interpreting someone else’s thought.
August 28th, 2009 at 10:19 am
madami na kong napuntahang blog na ganito ang issue… heheheh.. ganda ng tula noh.. malamang nilagyan na ng himig ni sir joey yan.. hhehhe
Semidoppel Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
may himig na?? hehe hindi ko alam un ahh
May 26th, 2010 at 8:41 am
ganda ng tula.. nde nnman nakailag klaban… bullseye k tlaga kumana… simple lng pero tagos… bilib ako sa dunong mo prof.. isa kang tunay na PINOY HENYO..
Semidoppel Reply:
May 26th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
tagal n yan hehe nabasa ko sa news