Hail Philweavers! Finally, the web site we've been waiting.

Just added the 4th Phil.Web Awards logo in the cover page of my site. Nominated it is :-)

And here is another poem I've written in Pangasinan dialect. Still a work in progress and no Tagalog or English translation yet.

sika
sika so kalakal
tan kaoguesan na kanunutan ko
sika so lua
liket tan ermen na matak
sika so esaes
ingal tan kareenan na pakarngel ko
sika so Gumamela Celis
angob na rosas ed labi tan kabwasan

sika so engas
samit tan pait na bibil ko
sika so tula
bilay tan patey na ingkamakatak
sika so aplos
petang tan betel na dakulap ko
sika so panangaro
tibok na puso ed pagew ko

sika so tawen tan dalen
sika so kamundoan
mundo ya nanlapuan ko
sika so bilang
minuto ed kada oras
aguew na bulan ed unlalabas iran taon

sika
sika so Urduja
na daan tan balon Pangasinan
sika et siak
siak et sika lan lamang
pinalsan pinankasakey
anino tan laman na diyos
ya ag naigulis so lupa

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