PORK BARREL: My Stand

I am a Filipino...I am a TAX PAYER...Yes, I pay tax, which is a big portion of my salary being deducted every payday...A big portion which I could actually use to pay my electricity, water and phone bills, a big portion of my salary which I could use for buying my baby's milk, an amount which I could in fact put in a trust fund for my daughter's future-Yes, it is a big portion of my salary that I pay to make sure that my daughter and I can live in a decent Philippines. So, imagine how hurtful, how devastating it is for a tax payer like me to learn that the money that I earn by working from 4:00 pm to 2:00 am is being used by these power hungry and greedy politicians for their personal interests. Millions and Millions of Peso which perhaps allow them to buy luxury cars, while I commute by public transport everyday; the nation's money which gives them the opportunity to buy beautiful mansions IN CASH, while I strive to pay monthly to be able to have a decent shelter. No wonder why the Philippines continue to be a land of poverty...A third world country, no matter how many times the President announces that our Economy is improving. That humongous amount of money that is being corrupted and robbed from us by these monsters could probably provide the Philippines with a better social security system,-to lessen street children, to lessen hungry stomachs, to lessen criminals (robbers, pick pockets, etc.), allowing us and our families to live in a safer community. It is an unbelievably enormous amount that could send plenty of youth to school. An amount of money that could actually prevent the government from having very high deficits or debts from other countries (which is also paid by us and will be paid by our children and their children). Or it can presumably be an amount of money that could make the Philippines a Utopia.

I am a FILIPINO TAX PAYER and through prayers I SUPPORT "A MILLION PEOPLE MARCH TO LUNETA" to ABOLISH THE PDAF/PORK BARREL!

Trois Poèmes d'amour

unique love

like each day, my love for you is unique;
like a pond, it chooses to be silent,
like the last evening, there is no sunrise for it,
but like rain in a stormy afternoon, it chooses to pour...


impossible love


sittin' on the rooftop, staring at the tangerine sky,
little by little the moon and stars come out to light the lands,
as much as i want to reach and touch them,
i know it is impossible to do.
suddenly it is you, it is your face that i see...
just like the moon and stars that brighten the dark lands,
i can do nothing but stare at it,
as much as i want to reach and touch your lovely face,
i know it is just impossible to do...
so before the thick clouds cover the moon and stars,
i realize i must lay my love for you to rest...
though my love hid behind the dark clouds,
which i guess you really never knew...
it is a feeling of love which i choose to conceal,
for i fear that from me you may disappear...
the possibleness for you to embrace this love,
is just impossible for you to do...


for this is an impossible love...


this moment is you...

this moment is all about you...
the moonlight during the dark;
the star when there is no moon;
the fireflies when there is no star;
the midnight breeze when there is no more firefly;
the tomorrow to look forward to when midnight is almost over;
i just love you for all you are and when the time comes,
and i must stop loving you,
my respect will still be there, since i made it through
because of you...

for now, this moment is all about you...

-J.Perfinan

ODE OF A SOUNDLESS LOVE

I feel a soft beat coming from my heart,
It whispers out your name but I try to shut the thought…
Like the silent seas at dawn, I fear this silent feelings,
Gentle as the mild breeze in spring, yet as strong as the autumn wind,
Your serene  way touches my senses, and my confusion begins…
Though so delicate and dainty, it will be outshone by your beauty.

So I embrace this sweet madness and kiss the advent pain,
I can endure our distance, but not your prolonged absence;
It travels a thousand miles; embraces my fragile state of being
Every glance on your photographs, gives a shiver to my bones…
My heart beats faster and I withdraw from the agony,
I blow secret rose petals and wish for it to touch you somehow,
Enclosed herewith, is my concealed profound love for you.

 I close my eyes and search for the memory of your face,
And in my imagination I touch your silky hair…
I then weave a satin dream of just you and me,
Alas! Like cobwebs, one teardrop can break the lovely spell…
When I wake up to reality, it’s clear I have no grasp of you,
So let this love remain in my heart, and let it just hide deep within… 


- J.Perfinan