Sino pay di ikalalag ko? (What is it that I have pray for?)

Ad-ado nan nemnemen. ( There's a lot that I am thinking about.) Ad-ado di laydek ay ikalalag. (There's a lot that I want to pray for.) Ad-ado nan pankulkulangan di awak, (I have a lot of defficiencies,) Ulay indawat Mo la amin di kaspolan di awak. (Even if you have provided everything that my body needs) Adi ak kayman ka-inemneman. ( I cannot be contented.) Then, I will just say Thank You. (Isunga basta ibagak ay salamat) Uway ka ay mangammo no sinoy itobtob mo, (It is up to You to know what You may further provide,) Tan ammok ay banbantayam sak-en. (Because I know you are watching over me.) Sino pay kayman di ikalalag ko? (What, indeed, should I pray for?) Uway ka kanak ay Apo Diyos. (It is really up to you Dear Lord.) Basta iyat kos tangad en Sik-a. (I will just keep looking up to You).

Who am I? ( Sino ak?)

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth (Sino ak [kayman], ta din Diyos nan lobong) Would care to know my name (yan ay layden na ammo-en di ngadan ko) Would care to feel my hurt? (yan layden na ay tumulong sin ligat ko) Who am I, that the bright and morning star (Sino ak [kayman], ta din kiyagang di inag-sapa) Would choose to light the way (yan ena sil-silawan di danan ko) For my ever wandering heart? (ta adin ma-i-aw-awan nan mandinakiwas ay posok) Not because of who I am (Baken begew din no sino ak) But because of what You've done (ngem begew sin inamag Mo) Not because of what I've done (baken begew sin inamag ko) But because of who You are (ngem begew din no sino Ka) I am a flower quickly fading (Ulay watak kamannak sabsabong ay may-osan si aw-awni) Here today and gone tomorrow (nabiyag edwani ay agew ngem mam-maga si bigat) A wave tossed in the ocean (kamannak daluyon ay yat katab-oy sin baybay) A vapor in the wind (ono wattak kaman din asok di luwag di danom) Still You hear me when I'm calling (Ngem, deng-dengeM sak-en no ayagak Ngadan Mo) Lord, You catch me when I'm falling (Apo Diyos, sinikmat mo sak-en no sin mag-mag-as-sak) You've told me who I am (asi ka ikwani no sino ak) I am Yours (okam[kayman] sak-en) Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin (Sino ak, ta ulay il-ilam ay waday basol ko) Would look on me with love (wada pay didan adin di layad mo en sak-en) And watch me rise again? (duwan mo et sed-ed ay manbabawi ak) Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea (Sino ak, ta din kalim ay mangin-kaya ay manpatalna sin angat di daluyon) Would call out through the rain (uray napigsa din udan) And calm the storm in me? (inmali ka et pina-ginnek mo din ligat ko) Not because of who I am (Baken begew en sak-en) But because of what You've done (ngew begew sin inamag mo) Not because of what I've done (baken begew sin inamag ko) But because of who You are (ngem begew no sino Ka) ...

Some names of Birds in Kankanaey

Oles = Parrot-like birds in the wild Gongay = Woodpecker Bird Tala = No popular comparison = A bird that generates a "tala-like" enunciation as it sings. Kiling = No popular camparison = A bird that generates a "ki'lling-like" enunciation as it sings. Laba-an = Eagle Puwapo = Nocturnal bird with a head that preys on rats in the farms/fields. Akop = Owl Kibkibalot = bat Pipingew = small black birds that live on caves and are usually showing up in numbers especially before the rain pours.

Interpretation of Dreams

Probable Interpretations of Dreams: 1. Dream about FALLING = Something isn’t going well about a choice that you have made/done. 2. Dream about BEING NAKED in public = You have an imperfection or a shortcoming that you do not want to reveal. 3. Dream about BEING CHASED BY AN ANIMAL = You are hiding something about yourself or you have a passion that you are still trying to work around. 4. Dream about BEING CHASED BY AN UNKNOWN BODY = You have gone through a traumatic experience that you haven’t outgrown. 5. Dream about BEING CHASED BY THE OPPOSITE SEX = You are not ready to LOVE or you have a past relationship that did not happen as you wanted. 6. Dream about LOSING A TOOTH = You are worrying about being unlikable or you are worrying that you will not get through a plan or a goal. 7. Dream about DEATH = You are worrying about what tomorrow brings. The uncertainty of what happens as time passes by is making you worry. 8. Dream about TAKING A TEST = You have fear of failure. 9. Dream about INFEDILITY = You are not getting what you are expecting from a relationship. 10. Dream about FLYING = You have the desire to be free from a reality or you want to escape from a social norm.

Sunday prayer echo.

All my life, You have been with me. ... I have known you as a father. I have known as you as friend. ... All my life, You have been so so good. ... With every breath that I am able, I will sing of your goodness oh God.

Apit

Apit in the Kankanaey Language means harvest. Ma-apit = ready for harvesting. Na-apit = harvested Panag-aapit = season for harvesting

ALGORITHMIC LIFE

Into the world you were added as an INPUT, Then, you are through a usual algorithm for living, You learned the fundamentals of good living courtesy of the PARAMETERS from your family and environment, You got a formal education pioneered by the elementary school in your local community, You needed to move and hurdle the more challenging educational step courtesy of the high school institution that is accessible from home, You went on to earn a degree from the best university that your family was able to afford,

You had the capital to be engaged in a LOOP of productive work while you submitted your SPACE for continuous adjustment and improvement,

Later did you know that life’s algorithm has a step for reaping unfortunate and undesirable tokens,

Sadly, your body got a downgraded health quality as the worst, Then a degradation of your power to give service has come,

You tend to acknowledge that your PROCESS may have to end, You get into believing that your OUTPUT has been delivered, You tend to appreciate the word enough and that your life’s algorithm may be ready to HALT, You may yearn for more, you may desire for more, But you know that life's algorithm is FINITE, Afterall, FINITENESS is a quality of a good algorithm, Time has to come for you to go slow, Still, you may be able to control the EXECUTION duration of your life's algorithm, Giving the best care to yourself may be the key.

The time to rest may come in a far future, You really do not know, Final TERMINATION may depend on a power beyond your control, Oh yes, You know that processes are allowed outside and after the loop, You can stay longer, There may be more for your lif to run through.