Pink is the color of unrequited love...because when love is RED it should be happy, bright, and give-and-take. I have come to this thinking after having read Ricky Lee's 1st novel: Para Kay B.
Matagal ko na ding gustong magbasa ng novel in the Filipino Language (and this was the 1st). Matagal ko na ding gustong i-blog ang mga binabasa ko (and this was also the 1st). Nabili ko ang book na ito sa National Bookstore for 250php. Quite expensive for a Booksale junkie like me, but very cheap for Fullybooked customers and fanatics. I have decided to buy this book after seeing its author appear on ANC (the abs-cbn news channel) inviting people on the launching of his, already, 2nd novel. So ako si fan, gusto kagad bumili at bilhin ang novel nya; but when I'm already in front of the books I am considering to buy...I decided to read first his previous novel because this will give me more idea about the author. And his style. And this is what my literature teacher has taught me. Oh!
So i started to read Para Kay B after my finishing of a multi-cultured novel in English (na gustong-gusto ko din naman ang author). The transition needs adjusting dahil medyo mabagal akong magbasa. Until I realized that this will change my pacing. In 4 1/2 days natapos ko. Pero parang kung anong bilis ng pagbasa ko ay siya namang tindi ng impact ng novel na to sa kin.
I am not a romantic person and i don't enjoy love stories that much. The books I read, and the stories that interest me are usually about life in general (societal problems, perseverance, family, religion, culture, education, etc.). Pero hindi talaga naka-focus sa love per se. What this novel has that caught me is its good language...maganda ang pananalitang ginamit ni Ricky Lee, Taglish pero hindi ka maboboring. Frank din sya at the same time. The candidness in the texts is simply moving me gradually but relentlessly. The first story has not ended happily, pero nagandahan ako. The second story was hard to accept, pero naliwanagan ako. The third, it is beyond my imagination—pero naabot ko siya. Ung 4th naman eh parang maiinis ako nung una dahil tungkol sa tomboy…but I even shared emotion to the protagonist of the story and I liked her son, AJ, very dearly. Fifth, is Bessie’s story. I would say immoral siya, nakakainis, maldita at walang kwentang babae. But I liked her. Strong. Fierce. And finally the major and real star of the novel, si Lucas, who made me wanna go inside the book and kick him in the ass while telling him: Hoy ang tanga-tanga mo naman! Gumising ka sa katotohanan. But his character is the one whom I have related myself to the most…so I think I should also call somebody to do the kicking of my ass because of my stupidity on love. So anyway, this is not my story pero nakarelate talaga ako. Natawa ako. Natuwa ako.
Ricky Lee is one great story teller, writer, and artist. He is able to move the thoughts and emotions of, I’m sure, not only mine but all who have read this work of his.
I don’t want to make this blog a summary of what the book is about, I just want to share my wonderful experience with this book. Kung meron mang implications ito sa tunay na love story ng buhay ko, bahala na ang magbabasa ng blog na ito. Pero ang masasabi ko lang ay ang quota ay maaaring magkatotoo depende kung ano ang gagawin ng mga taong in-love. And that the color of my love is PINK.
