A few days ago I found an OLD copy of Rock&Rhythm (1991). The editorial, titled Kamalayan, was pretty amusing. Instead of discussing about the magazine, it listed a few movies the staff had thought of making. Here are a few:

Leprechaun - Unusual plot about a dwende promoting condoms

Forever Hiyang - Lea Salonga stars in this international film with Mel Gibson

Sherry and George - an Ariel Rivera and Richard Gomez film. A who's who behind the closet. Me fellatio pa!

Gwapings - life and success story of The Youth. Starring Ringgo Marquez as DODONG, Dale Villar as ERAP and Romnick Sarmienta as Robert in a trilogy of drama, comedy and horror.

Once Upon a Time in Ongpin - Kris takes centerstage once again as the screaming victim. Kidnapped. Massacred. Mutilated. And sold as bopiz sa isang turo-turo.

A Kind of Burning
Ophelia Alcantara-Dimalanta

it is perhaps because
one way or the other
we keep this distance
closeness will tug as apart
in many directions
in absolute din
how we love the same
trivial pursuits and
insignificant gewgaws
spoken or inert
claw at the same straws
pore over the same jigsaws
trying to make heads or tails
you take the edges
i take the center
keeping fancy guard
loving beyond what is there
you sling at the stars
i bedeck the weeds
straining in song or
profanities towards some
fabled meeting apart
from what dreams read
and suns dismantle
we have been all the hapless
lovers in this wayward world
in almost all kinds of ways
except we never really meet
but for this kind of burning.