THE FAMOUS BAHAY KUBO VEGGiES!

Yep, there's an English translation of the ever-famous Pinoy vegetable hymn.  The very same Bahay Kubo song that makes American toddlers Youtube-famous by singing the Filipino version in full foreign diction!



Elementary Filipino students nationwide (which I also did way back ) commonly learn the song from schoolteachers, who for some strange reason do not even bother to explain all those 18 vegetables to curious, raw minds. I am already working now, and I still don't even know what kundol and patani look like without Googling it.


Me: What's linga?
Friend: You don't know linga?
Me: ?
Friend: Sesame seeds!
Me: Ohhhhh.. Sesame seeds! Well maybe that's a Tagalog word, linga.
Friend: No idea.  What's sesame seeds in your Visayan dialect by the way?
Me: Uuhh.. [long pause] Sesame seeds? =P


English translation by Roberto Verzola


My Humble Hut                                Bahay Kubo


My humble hut                                    Bahay kubo,                           
may look tiny,                                     kahit munti,
but the veggies around it,                   ang halaman doon,
sure are many.                                    ay sari-sari.
Yam beans and eggplants,                  Singkamas at talong,
winged beans and peanuts,                 sigarilyas at mani,
string, hyacinth and lima beans.           sitaw, bataw, patani.
Winter melon and loofah,                   Kundol, patola,
bottle gourd, squash, et cetera.           upo’t kalabasa,
There is more, amiga,                         at saka meron pa,                (Amiga? Arriba!)
radish, mustard, yeah!                        labanos, mustasa.                (Ahahaha nice one, Yeba!)
Onions, tomatoes                              Sibuyas, kamatis
garlic and ginger.                               bawang at luya.
If you look all around,                       Sa paligid-ligid
sesame seeds abound!                      ay puno ng linga!


I still can't figure out the criteria they used in picking the said veggies for the song, as some of them are quite unfamiliar, and why kangkong (swamp cabbage), malunggay (horseradish), sayote (vegetable pear), and ampalaya (bitter gourd) did not make it in the audition.

Sa paligid ligid,
ay puno ng kangkong!..

Well, the song is still one epic Filipino heritage - one of the things that most (if not all) Pinoys share in common. And I still firmly believe Ampalaya in the song would have been a bitter hit.

 Yeah, bitter hit!


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POP CULTURE FORECAST: KOREAN GiRL BANDS ON THE LOOSE

It all started when news flocked of Sandara Park, a former ABS-CBN Talent in the Philippines, hitting South Korean pop culture with her new formed girl band 2NE1. Her band's videos became a sudden hit on local MTV, mainly a good sign that the Filipinos still love Sandara Park. She was at the peak of her showbiz career when she finally decided to go back to Korea to study. Here in the Philippines, she sang novelty songs (a.k.a. good-for-nothing-Willie Revillame-like music that's played almost everywhere, forcing your subconscious mind to sing along even though you hate everything about it!). But now in Korea, Sandara Park sings of a totally new genre, and honestly she handles it pretty well.

After 2NE1, then came Wonder Girls, another Korean girl band with their phenomenal hit NOBODY. NOBODY is played on local music channels, on local variety shows, on radio stations, and it even has an English version! Plus all of the girls look cute, hehe.. Local music is now influenced with Korean pop culture (after taking over the local television drama series, that is).


Something tells me there's more to come of this fad on Korean bands.. Oh well, as long as the Philippines does not end up being a voluntary slave to that culture. Fads don't last that long anyway [cross fingers]..

As for the moment, it's not bad to go with the flow.. "I want nobody nobody but choooo..."
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