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Showing posts with label Charles Fred Agustin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Fred Agustin. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Para Sayo ang Tulang Ito

“Bitter” ang ibig sabihin ng pangalan mo
Pero dahil sayo, ang buhay ko’y better kahit di mo ito natatanto
Kaya naman, mahal, ikay inibig ko
Isa kang anghel na iniluwa ng langit upang sagipin ako.

Kahit na noong una tayong magkita akala mo ako’y sira-ulo.
Kaya naman tinatanong ko ang sarili ko
Sa libo libong taong araw-araw ay ating nakakasalubong
Bakit kaya ikaw at ako ang pinagtagpo?

Ang sabi ko “Mahal kita!”
Ang sagot mo “Kaibigan lang kita.”
Ang sakit, pero okay lang
Umaasa parin akong baling araw sa puso mo’y ako ang bibihag

Naging masaya ako sa kung ano tayo
Magkaibigang nariyan kapag pinagsakluban na ng mundo
Ngunit ang unan ko’y basa ng luha
Bakit puso ko’y ikaw pa ang nakakuha?

Ang sabi ko, ikaw ang pangarap ko
Buwan ng disyembre, Parokya Ni Edgar ang peg ko
Harana sayo’y sinalubong
Sa harap ng mga tao, hiya ay nilunok ko

Mahal kita, o giliw kong ako’y ginawang ampalaya
Sa pait ng mga nangyari’y puso ko’y nawasak
Patawarin mo ako dahil ika’y inibig ko
At patatawarin kita dahil iba ang mahal mo.

Kaibigan kitang malapit, at iyon ang hindi ko nakita
Sana’y mas pinahalagahan ko iyon eh di sana ngayon tayo’y magkasama
Pero di ako nagsisisi na ika’y minahal ko
Dahil ang anghel na tulad mo ay minsan lang dumating sa buhay ko.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Heart Over Matter 2

Heart Over Matter 2 Book Cover
A love that defies the rule of living… a love that goes against the law of surviving…

Nagsisimula palang ang love story nina Lance at Nicole ngunit bakit tila nakatakda na itong magwakas? Paano ka lalaban sa itiknakda na ng tadhana?

Pinili nina Lance at Nicole na labanan ang tadhana at bumigay sa itinitibok ng kanilang puso. Their days are filled with butterflies and rainbows with glittering lights. Pero sa huli ay karibal parin nila ang kanilang mga sarili sa one and only chance na makabalik sa kanilang mga natutulog na katawan. Nagmistula silang araw at buwan na hindi pwedeng magsama sa iisang kalangitan.

Bibitiw ka ba sa relasyong walang katiyakan upang ipagpatuloy ang iyong buhay o pipiliin mong manatili sa piling ng taong iyong mahal at sundin ang itinitibok ng iyong puso?

The second installment of HEART OVER MATTER series

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Pandayan Bookshop's Book Fair and Book Signing

So I can't be formal at blogging, specially with this one.

This is my first time to participate on a book signing event. And I didn't know what to expect. Siguro langaw at OPness ang ineexpect ko. Haha.

But then I was wrong to think na lalangawin ako...

Hindi ko alam kung paano ko i-express ang pasasalamat ko sa lahat ng fans na dumalo, nararamdaman ko na ang pagtanggap niyo sa katulad kong isang amature na writer. Kayo ang tumutupad sa pangarap ko. Maraming maraming salamat.

Nakakatuwa sila, lalo na yung mga fans na nagpapapicture...
Nakakatuwa kasi feeling ko naging artista ako. Hahaha. Salamat sa mga fans na nag-abala pang magpapicture sa akin. Feeling ko tuloy ang gwapo ko.
  
Screen shot hehe. Posted by a fan. (Tamad ako magcrop sorry)

May sketches ng characters sa book...

Yung mga nanginginig na akala mo ako ang presidente ng Pilipinas at may pahabol na "Kuya ang gwapo mo po" habang hinihila na siya papalayo ng kanyang mga kaibigan...

Yung mga taong di magkamayaw sa pagpapapirma at picture sa akin at sumisingit pa talaga...

Masaya ako kasi naging chance ko din iyon na makita ang idol ko...

Nakakatuwa, lalo na nung magkakasama kami sa loob ng dressing room.

Sobrang maraming salamat sa lahat ng pumunta at nagpapirma. Nagkaconfidence ako dahil sa inyo. Thank you! Sana hindi kayo magsawa hanggang sa huli. At sana subaybayan niyo ang mga susunod pang mga librong isusulat ko.

books by Charles Fred Agustin:
Bloodlines and Heartstrings
Unwanted Fairy Tale

Now available on leading bookstores near you.


Grab your copies now.







Feel free to send me your reviews sa mga social networking sites where I am registered:

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

A Book Review for "The K-Pop Star and I"

The K-Pop Star and I
JP Adrian
Copyright 2013
A Teen Fiction Novel

I personally am not aware of the existence of this particular novel until my publisher sent me a copy together with a copy of a contract I have signed before hand. I didn't pay much attention to it since I myself am not a fan of K-Pop. I even considered giving it to my friend who's a big fan of Koreans and Korean culture. I put it inside my cabinet at my apartment and it stayed there for months. Christmas of 2013 came and I went home to my hometown and brought all the books my publisher sent me and displayed them on my mini shelf. Out of boredom I decided to read "The K-Pop Star and I"

The title of the book was simple, but it sure will catch any K-Pop die hard fan's attention. Upon reading it's background, I have already predicted how will the story go - the girl who serves as this Korean Pop Idol's assistant will definitely fall in love with him and the K-Pop artist will surely fall for her too and they will be forced to part in the end.

As I read the story, regardless of my "predictions" I still can't remove the smile on my lips as I read each word. I can imagine the characters and the scenes clearly in my head. The scenes in my head tickles me from the inside and I kept on reading for I can't bring myself to release the book from my hands.

The characters, Joy Natividad was very predictable for me. She was that type of heroine you see in most Filipino soap operas and Filipino novels. While Sir, though very predictable with his arrogance and tough personality, remained mysterious for the author never mentioned a name. But clues (or maybe I thought they were clues) can be found in the first few chapters of the book and I there was a name of a Korean actor in my head - Lee Min Ho. I was fond with Kuya Rodel, he was so funny and sarcastic. He does the kind of thing I would do and I would say if I'm there with Joy and Sir. Lola Minerva was such a fangirl, she is the epitome of what will the fangirls of our generation would be like when they reach late adulthood. Love was not the typical type of sister, unlike other sisters who have cat fights with their siblings, she loves Joy. Maybe it's because she was already 18 and less childish than what I'm thinking. Oh yeah, about their age, JP Adrian said that Joy was 11 when their parents died on a car accident, and Love as 5. Then at present time, Joy was 21 and Love was 18. So where did that 3 years go?


I can totally imagine the setting where the story was, familiar places (except for Bulacan and Valenzuela for I have never set a foot there) helped me to just read, imagine and enjoy the story.


The story flow was very light. The introduction was simple, they met on a simple day but in a unexpected way. But the moment she bumped someone I knew that was it. The story was light and I have no problems until the end. I just wish he didn't use a first person point of view, I wish he used third person instead and gave more of Sir's point of view. Nabitin ako dun sa short part under the tree with the fire flies.

The end of the story was fulfilling, but there's a question left in head - "What will happen next?" Perhaps Sir and Joy will have a problem with regards to the life Sir left just to be with her? Maybe JP Adrian will take us to Korea next! I don't know actually.

One little note about the story, it was very similar to Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby's movie titled "You Are The One."

In summary, the book was good! I definitely would recommend the book to my friends, especially those who loves K-Pop.

- Charles Fred Agustin, writer of Unwanted Fairy Tale Series and Bloodlines and Heartstrings.

Monday, December 23, 2013

Jasmin Curtis with Bloodlines and Heartstrings

(c) Statmometer/Edsel Roy
That awesome moment when Jasmin Curtis had a photo holding my book "Bloodlines and Heartstrings."

The photo was taken by my publisher sa isang event held by TV5. I can't express how much kilig I felt when I saw this. Jasmin Curtis is one of my celebrity crushes along with her sister Anne. I was with my clinical groupmates and our research promoter doing research stuffs when I recieved an e-mail notification from facebook saying my publisher tagged me on a photo/post. And all of us were squealing. Haha.

books by Charles Fred Agustin:
Bloodlines and Heartstrings
Unwanted Fairy Tale

Now available on leading bookstores near you.


Grab your copies now.







Feel free to send me your reviews sa mga social networking sites where I am registered:

Twitter: @AvatarCharles

Instagram: @AvatarCharles20

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A Review for Unwanted Fairy Tale

Unwanted Fairy Tale
So when I first got my complimentary copies of Unwanted Fairy Tale from my publisher, I sent one to my cousin and asked her to endorse it to her friends after the release of this book. And she did. And to my surprise, one of her friends made a review. Here it goes...

"Title: Unwanted Fairy Tale
it gave out a very small hint about sa story. ^.^ 👍

~description:
wag mong idescribe ang characters, let the readers find out for themselves. it's okay na di mo lagyan ng bonggang bonggang description, kahit simple lang. ang importante is mag-iwan ito ng impression na: 'anong nangyari? bakit ganun?' or 'mukhang interesting ang story'.
~plot:
SM San Lazaro
one word. cliche. from the start to the end. but, it was cliche in a good way. well for me, kahit napepredict ko ang mangyayari, it was still nice. another thumbs up dun! 👍

~story flow:
feeling ko nagfast forward lahat. it all happened too fast. siguro dahil to sa loob ng 5hrs ko to binasa. pero maraming mga pangyayari na kailangan ng time sa story. gaya nung kila shiela at gino. parang ang bilis ata? naging sila agad? yun lang naman napansin ko. yung mga scene na parang nag-over skip. i felt like it needed more scenes. yun lang =">>>

~characters:
let's start with vince. to be honest, wala akong nakitang mali sa kanya. kay valene, cliche, especially yung pag-change nya in appearance, pero aside from that, she's normal. kay shiela, a total mary sue, she's described as perfect and flawless. still human, pero may pagka mary sue talaga sya. as for the friends, same. maybe more flaws? overall, they work as harmony. so still good!
at SM Mega Mall after few days from release date

~overall & final comment:
i enjoyed the story =)) di ko inexpect yung ending kahit na cliche to at predictable. alam ko sinulat mo to nung 16 ka pa lang, yun yung nakalagay sa autograph mo kay camiele eh haha... pero, i just wanted to share what i think. thank you sa pagbasa ng review ko =)))

-Bianca Tupan"

So yun yung review. :) I really apreciated this one, now I am nothing but excited for Unwanted Fairy Tale 2: Lovestruck and how will the readers react to it.

Feel free to send me your reviews sa mga social networking sites where I am registered:

Twitter: @AvatarCharles

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other book by Charles Agustin:
Bloodlines & Heartstrings

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

I Met a Girl

"I Met a Girl" by Charles Agustin, from Unwanted Fairy Tale 2: Lovestruck
- it was the poem Jan wrote for his one and only love, Alyanna.

I met a girl when I was 6
I knew she was the princess I seek
She asked me to be her partner
And that was the beginning of our forever.

I met a girl and she's a princess to me
She always had a smile in her lips
A smile that lights up my day
With a voice sweet as a nightingale

I met a girl, and she's my best friend
She promised to be there up to the end
And I love her, more than a friend
And that was the beginning of our end.

I met a girl, but she's a stranger to me
She's no longer the girl I thought she should be
People change, and you can't expect them to stay the same
But the change was so drastic, she's now playing a different game.

I met a girl, and she told me I deserve a good girl
What she doesn't know is that once upon a time,
from the time that everything was fine,
I wanted her to be mine.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Bloodlines and Heartstrings

"Bloodlines And Heartstrings" is now available at the following: 

National Book Store Megamall
National Book Store Glorietta
National Book Store Robinson's Otis
National Book Store Robinson's Ermita
Powerbooks Megamall
National Book Store Robinson's Galleria
National Book Store Podium
National Book Store Greenbelt
National Book Store SM Mall of Asia
Powerbooks Greenbelt

please grab a copy of the new pop novel under Night Owl Books, publisher of the best selling novel "Para sa Hopeless Romantic" of Marcelo Santos III and "Fangirl Meets Superman" by Aivan Reigh Vivero.

Unwanted Fairy Tale

"Unwanted Fairy Tale" is now available at the following:

National Book Store Megamall
National Book Store Glorietta
National Book Store Robinson's Otis
National Book Store Robinson's Ermita
Powerbooks Megamall
National Book Store Robinson's Galleria
National Book Store Podium
National Book Store Greenbelt
National Book Store SM Mall of Asia
Powerbooks Greenbelt

please grab a copy of the new pop novel under Night Owl Books, publisher of the best selling novel "Para sa Hopeless Romantic" of Marcelo Santos III and "Fangirl Meets Superman" by Aivan Reigh Vivero.