One time, Lemon and one of her playpals were talking. I couldn't help overhearing (are you kidding? I was dying to know!) what they were talking about. Lemon was apparently listening to DC Talk's music. Here's a summary:
Lemon: Ate ******, makinig ka, Christian [music] 'yan. (listen, that's Christian music!)
******: Hindi yan Christian! (That's not Christian!)
Lemon: Christian yan! Pakinggan mo, tungkol kay Jesus yung song. (That's Christian! Listen well, the song's about Jesus.)
*****: Hindi nga Christian 'yan! (No, that's not Christian!)
Lemon: (Napapahiya na) Eh ano 'yan? (Starting to get embarassed: Then what is it?)
******: Basta hindi Christian 'yan. Rock [music] 'yan eh. Hindi Christian ang Rock! (It's not Christian. Rock music cant be Christian!)
Lemon: Eh Christian Rock nga 'yan eh. (But that's Christian Rock!)
******: Hindi nga Christian 'yan. Iba ang Christian na kanta. Bawal yan sa Christians! (That's not Christian! Christians should not listen to that kind of music!)
Lemon: Ha? (Huh?)
******: May pinabasa sakin na book ang papa ko. "insert name of book here" ... (My dad made me read this book, "insert name of book here")
Lemon: Mommy, laro tayo ng trolley-trolley sa labas! (Mom, let's go outside and play with my trolley!)
No side comments from me for now. Sorry to disappoint you. =)
Okay, just one. If you teach your children values, please don't forget to teach them manners. =)
 | hmph. :-S
Sigh. I've been fighting this fight for more than a decade, going "against the flow." Music, writing, movies, the works. Honestly, I'm getting a bit tired. So sad to get flak from the people who should be "on your side." |
 | it just means that people doesnt bother to listen to the lyrics or try to know the meaning of the song... they judge the wholeness of the song by its genre..
during mirc days, i used to use the nick "JesusFreak" and lots of Christians are telling me to change my nick because its blasphemous...
and when i showed the video Jesusfreak by dctalk.. their also first impression is that it is an anti-christ song.. but when i explain it to them... it became one of their favorite songs.. yung iba kasi ang definition ng Christian music ay yung hillsong music.. maraming CHristian rock bands out there waiting to be heard... |
| wait.. hehehehe
kiddie talk pla yun..
aww kudos for lemon for knowing the true meaning of rock music!!! |
 | Jars of Clay, Caedmon's Call, MercyMe, Switchfoot...
You can see them in Christian music stores!
If only this Ate would follow and believe... with faith like a child's. |
 | Hehehe. I see Lemon has promptly ignored Ate ******** after her last comment and asked you to play with her instead. She probably knew Ate ******** wasn't making much sense. :P
DC Talk. Gotta love 'em. <3 |
 | hahaha. oo nga. parang "ayaw na kitang kausap, laro na lang tayo mommy" |
 | Awww, in my imagination, Lemon flashes the most innocent smile and reveals a pair of fangs and flits away in a puff of smoke. |
 | i remember when i was 7, my dad gave me this cassette tape of a christian metal/rock band. it sounded like P.O.D. (payable on death << christian metal), you'll really enjoy the sound and all until you carefully listen to the lyrics.... christian band pala =) i'm proud of lemon. congrats lynn! (^_^) |
 | okay lang yun...
tragic ang story ni ate eh, imagine having a name that's all asterisks! hahahaha! |
| mercy me's i can only imagine is such a beautiful song that i have a friend who cried listening to that song... |
| caedmon's call's love alone is also awesome!! one of the few mp3 in my player na di ko p napapalitan |
 | yay! more and more people are listening to Christian Rock. in it's own special way, it reaches out to "non-mainstream" believers more effectively than when you try to "teach" or "preach to them". i have been on that road. when people try to preach to me The Gospel, I shy away. Growing up, those religious people strike me as perfectly judgmental beings who're almost always ready to bite me just because I am not as "religious". |
 | hindi ako makapag-comment... kainis! hehehehe
kung kaya nila, kaya din ng Christians...! (basta wag lang kasalanan ha) |
| I'd like to take a moment to cite the lyrics of my favorite HYMN of all time:
I have climbed highest mountain
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Well yes I'm still running
You broke the bonds and you
Loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Of my shame
You know I believed it
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
|
| |
hmph. :-S