ANg BArumbadong Bus (Repaired)

New Era UniversityCollege of Education

No. 9 Central Avenue, New Era, Quezon City

Name: RUSSEL F. TELEG Date: March 18, 2013

Course: B. S. Ed Mathematics, 3 rd Yr. Prof: Soc Diaz

ANG BARUMBADONG BUS

Genre/Form: Fiction Juvenile fiction

Material Type: Fiction, Primary school

Document Type: Book

All Authors / Contributors: Rene O

Villanueva; Jo Ann A Bereber

Language: Filipino

Recommended age: 8 y/o

No. of pages: 32

Publisher: Adarna House

First Published: 1999

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The cover of the book “Ang Barumbadong Bus”



INTRODUCTION

This is a book review for the children’s book “Ang Barumbadong Bus”.

It is written by a Filipino writer Rene O. Villanueva and published by Adarna

Publishing House.

The book is about the discipline and consideration for others. Kas is a

reckless bus. He does not fear or respect anyone on the road. Other cars are

afraid of him. Nothing matters to this reckless bus but himself. Where will

this dangerous journey bring him?

Summary There was a bus whose name is Kas. He acts as if he is king of the

road. All other road vehicles are afraid of him. The taxis, jeepneys and cars

are terrified of him. Kas is not frightened of anyone or anything. He is not

scared of car, jeep, and or taxi. He’s not even afraid of passengers and the

traffic policeman. Kas runs very fast. All of his passengers are frightened.

They would say ‘stop’ but Kas wouldn’t stop until he wanted to. When the

passenger got off the bus, they got very nervous and were trembling. They

told him to run slowly but he didn’t care. He still traveled so fast.

The police officer told him to stop but Kas will only say that he is the

king of the road and no one can stop him. He is hardheaded. He doesn’t

listen to anyone. The plants and the trees said that he should run unhurriedly

but Kas just laugh and continue what he is doing. He also produced huge

smoke to annoy them.

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Sometimes Cloud talked to Kas and appealed to him to stop producing

dark smoke because his nose became black already. He almost got tears on

his eyes. Kas was really arrogant. He did not listen to cloud and continue

what he’s doing. Even the sun and the moon wasn’t able stop him.

One day, Kas got drunk. He still managed to haughtily go to the road

and move crisscrossing with his tires. Good thing he has no passengers. He

moves faster and faster and does not bother. He moved faster than the car,

faster than the jeep and faster than the taxi.

He was not satisfied and went faster until bang! He hit an iron post. He

got himself wrecked. They put him in the cemetery of broken vehicles and

never repaired him anymore and now he is useless.

Analysis of CharacterKas

Kas is the main character of the story. Unlike other main characters

that are supposed to be kind, humble and other good attributes, Kas is the

opposite. He is unruly. He doesn’t want to obey anyone or even the law

enforcers. Kas is like an offensive driver. He also drink a lot before running

and doesn’t care to anybody on the road and even to his own passengers. He

is arrogant, irresponsible and very disobedient.

Kas represents the buses in the Philippines. There were many cases of

accidents on the road wherein the causes were the recklessness of the bus

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drivers. Most of the time, they also cause the heavy traffic in some main

roads in Metro Manila.

In the Philippines, it is thought that the jeepney is the “king of the

road”. In the story, Kas, the bus, is the king of the road. It is because all

other types of road vehicles were afraid of him. These were car, taxi and

jeepney. There are also other characters like the Cloud, Sun, Plants on the

street, the passengers and the gas pump. Cloud and Sun tried to warn him

but Kas was very conceited and doesn’t want to hear anybody’s opinion. He

thinks that he is invincible and nobody can beat him on anything or in

anyhow. He is like a person who look to himself very high and every one else

are so inferior to him.

In the end, Kas cannot blame anyone but himself. He ended up

wrecked and useless. No one would want to help him or at least fix him.

Before, he looks good outside, but now he looks wasted inside and out. Just

like a person who drinks a lot then drives a car, they would end up miserable

if not lifeless.

Halaman, Ulap, Araw

They represent the nature wherein they are greatly affected by the

dark smoke coming from Kas. They tried to beseech Kas but he did not listen

to them. In real life, people are like Kas. We destroy our environment, we

emit bad gases and in the end we are the one who suffer. The nature could

never talk to us like the ulap, araw and halaman in the story. But they could

bring calamities because of what we did to them.

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The sun would give us hotter temperature because we destroyed the

ozone layer because of again, the smoke from our cars and factories.

Mga Pasahero

They are the innocent people who just want to live a safe and clean

environment. Whenever they ride to Kas the bus, their lives are in danger

because of Kas’ speeding. We know that whenever a car or any vehicle is in

speeding condition, they could be prone to accident and endanger lives not

only the passengers but also other people around them or other motorists.

Glug-Glug

Glug-Glug is the gasoline pump wherein Kas get the gasoline. In the

last part of the story, when Kas went to gasoline station it is not to get

gasoline but to get drunk.

Why children should read this book?

This book is especially recommended for eight-year-old kids who are

usually able to read in Filipino and a little in English too. That is why it is a

good thing that the book written in Filipino language so that many children

could understand not only the story but also the moral lesson.

The book is very colorful. The characters are great. The main character

has a bad attitude which is just okay to read because all of us have

sometimes had bad attitude that we need to change for our own betterment.

At the last portion of the book, there are puzzles that kids could answer

like the Kas’ way to Glug-Glug. There is also a quiz-like at the back part in

which children could fill the missing letters.

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The AuthorRene O. Villanueva was a Filipino playwright and author. He is famed

for his deep involvement in theater and television and in children’s literature,

whether it is on television, in books or on stage.

Awards

He won the following awards: TOYP, New York film and TV Festival,

First Latin American Video and Film Festival (Columbia), Japan Prize

(Preschool Category), Prix Juenesse Winner (Germany), TOYM, CCP, Gawad

Collantes, Gantimpalang Quezon, National Book Award and Palanca.

His short play, Kumbersasyon (1980), won him the first of

many Palanca Awards. His award-winning plays include May isang

Sundalo(1981, first prize), Huling Gabi sa Maragondon (1983, first

prize), Punla ng Dekada (1984, second prize), Ang Hepe (1986, third

prize),Asawa (1987, second prize) and Awit ng Adarna (1987, second prize).

Biography

Rene O. Villanueva was born in the La Loma neighborhood of Quezon

City in the Philippines to Francisco and Vicenta Villanueva.

He graduated with a History degree in 1975 from the Lyceum of the

Philippines University. He died on December 5 2007 at thePhilippine Heart

Center due to sudden cardiac death.

Posthumous

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The UPAlumni.net wrote on Villanueva: “…Villanueva, a playwright,

was among the leading figures in children's literature in the Philippines. He

was in the hall of fame list of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for

Literature. He graduated with a degree in history at the Lyceum of the

Philippines in 1975.” Villanueva was awarded the Gawad CCP Para sa Sining

(Literature) in 2004 and the Gawad Chanselor sa UP in 2005.

Works

Full Length Plays

Sixteen and Three Fourths (1975)

Burles (Burlesque) (1977)

Tribu (Tribe) (1979)

Kontsabahan sa Tirarang (Conspiracy in Tirarang) (1979)

Hiblang Abo (Strands of Gray) (1980)

Sinakulo (1981)

Sandaang Panaginip (A Hundred Dreams) (1981)

Samperang Muta (Cheap Thrill) (1982)

Madyik (Magic) (1983)

Sigwa (Storm) (1984)

Huling Istasyon (Last Station) (1983)

Ang Hepe (The Chief) (1986)

Awit ng Adarna (Song of the Adarna) (1987)

Botong (1989)

Tonyo (1990)

Kalantiaw (1994)

Bintao (1995)

The Bomb! (2003)

One Act Plays

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Kumbersasyon (Conversation) (1980)

May Isang Sundalo (There Is A Soldier) (1981)

Nana (Mother) (1982)

Huling Gabi sa Maragondon (Last Night at Maragondon) (1983)

Punla ng Dekada (Seedlings of the Decade) (1984)

Kaaway sa Sulod (Enemy Within) (1986) (with Rolando S. Dela Cruz)

Mabuhay ang Pangulo (Long Live the President) (1987) (with Rolando S. Dela

Cruz)

Asawa (Spouse) (1987) (with Rolando S. Dela Cruz)

Teodora (1993)

Gregoria (1993)

Dobol (Double) (1994)

Watawat (Flag) (1999)

White Love (2004)

Bertdey ni Guido (Guido's Birthday) (2007)

Two-act Documentary Play

Sa Sariling Bayan (In One’s Own Land) (1988)

Translations and Adaptations

Florente at Laura (Florente and Laura) (1988)

Ang Napigil-Sanang-Paghahari ni Arturo Ui (Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible

Rise of Arturo Ui) (1987) (with Joey Baquiran)

Sutsot sa Dilim (Whistle in the Dark) (1985)

Crimes of Passion (1985)

Awit ng Adarna (Song of Adarna) (1984)

Sa Kuko ng Liwanag (In the Claws of Neon Light) (1993)

"Isperekengkeng Isperekangkang" (A Comedy of Errors) (2005)

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Children’s Plays

Tiktipak-long (Grasshoppers) (1984)

Si Pagong at si Matsing (The Turtle and the Monkey) (1984) (an opera with

music by Lucrecia Kasilag)

Ang Apoy ng mga Hayop (The Fire of the Animals) (1987) (music by Kasilag)

Aguinaldo sa Niño (Gift for the Infant) (1987)

Noong Unang Panahon (In the Beginning) (1988)

Screenplays

Gabi na Kumander (It’s Night Commander) (1986)

Kamagong (Mahagony) (1987)

Anak ng Lupa (Child of the Earth) (1987)

Autobiography/Memoirs

Personal: Mga Sanaysay Sa Lupalop Ng Gunita

Teleplays

Gabay Sa Pagsulat At Anim Na Dulang Pantelebisyon

Literature Eksena't Saknong (with Ligaya G. Tiamson Rubin)

Children's Books

Ang Pamilyang Ismid (The Family Ismid) co-published by Cacho Publishing

House and Philippine Children’s Television Foundation

Ang Patsotsay Na Iisa Ang Pakpak (The Patsotsay With Only One Wing) co-

published by Cacho Publishing House and Philippine Children’s Television

Foundation

Ang Prinsipeng Ayaw Maligo (The Prince Who Hated Taking Baths) published

by Cacho Publishing House.

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Ang Unang Baboy Sa Langit (The First Pig In Heaven) published by Cacho

Publishing House. [1st Prize, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for

Literature, children's story, (Tagalog) 1990]

Ayokong Pumasok Sa Paaralan (I Don't Want to Go to School) published by

Cacho Publishing House.

Dagat Sa Kama Ni Troy (The Sea in Troy's Bed) published by Cacho

Publishing House.

Gusto Kong Kumain Ng Pansit Ngayon (I Want to Eat Noodles Now) published

by Cacho Publishing House.

Kung Bakit Umuulan (Why It Rains) published by Cacho Publishing House.

Nagsasabi Si Patpat (Patpat Says When) published by Cacho Publishing

House.

Nasaan Ang Tsinelas Ko? (Where Are My Slippers?) published by Cacho

Publishing House.

Okaka-okaka published by Cacho Publishing House.

Sina Elephas At Estegodon Noon Unang Panahon (Elephas and Estegodon

[Two Mammoths during Primeval Times]) published by Cacho Publishing

House.

Si Inggolok At Ang Planeta Pakaskas (Inggolok and the Planet Pakaskas) co-

published by Cacho Publishing House and Philippine Children’s Television

Foundation

Si Paula Oink-oink published by Cacho Publishing House

Sina Linggit Laban Kay Barakuda (Linggit against Barracuda [A retelling of a

folktale]) co-published by Cacho Publishing House and Philippine Children’s

Television Foundation

Lumikha Ng Kuwento, Tula At Laruang Pambata (with Virgilio Almario,

Annaleah Habulan, Michelle Parazo Manual)

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The Rene O. Villanueva Children's Reader (the author's own selection of his

favorite stories, poems, plays and lyrics [English and Filipino]) published by

Cacho Publishing House.

Song lyrics

Batibot theme song (music by Louie Ocampo)

Sources:

Tiongson, Nicanor G., ed. CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art; Volume VII:

Philippine Theater. 1994

http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/

palanca_awards/index.html&date=2009-10-25+02:21:55 The Don Carlos

Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature] (Unofficial website). Retrieved

August 27, 2005

"Ode to a Mentor and a Friend" The Official Blog of Ian del Carmen

(December 8, 2007)

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