Katapara[ng] (baybayin): Loyalty. This year so far has been a year in review. A year of reflection. A year of looking back and learning from my past experiences. A year of realizing and feeling with such intensity the importance of loyalty. Loyalty to one's family. Loyalty to one's companions. Loyalty to one's principles. Loyalty to one's beliefs. Loyalty to one's goals. Loyalty to one's ambition. Loyalty to one's purpose. Loyalty to one's community. Loyalty to one's heart. Loyalty to one's service. Loyalty to one's actions and & words. It's more than just a word to me. It's this crazy passionate goose-bumpy feeling that guides my life. (lol..sounds crazy..but I don't know how else to explain this word!)
check out Blue Scholars' Loyalty song. http://lyricwiki.org/Blue_Scholars:Loyalty
Water design: Refer to Paulo Coelho's, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept.
Source of Life. Essential to Life.
Feminine face of god.
Pure.
Powerful---nothing can break water apart....and even with an interruption of
rocks or pebbles, it reconnects and continues to flow effortlessly.
Mother Earth----mostly composed of water in all different forms and feeds life.
The earliest civilizations were formed near the waters..
(the left side is a "softer"design of water--which, relatively and geographically speaking, relates to Tagalog region....)
(the right side is a "rougher" design of water---which relates to the harder land of the Ilocos region.........the region in which my family is from)
Fertility Symbol: Womanhood. Womb. Place of origin and development. The sacred power of being able to give life. Historically, a source of "threat" to the oppressor/imperialist/colonizer, but spiritually, a symbol of honor, respect, and divinity.
Red: Potent. The color of bloodshed (and.. our regla! ha..which is also part of being a woman!). and.......SERVE THE PEOPLE.
Left-arm: you know what's crackin'!
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