16. Flowers in a Garden (From UCB PCN 46: "Salamin ng Puso")
Channel: Cal PCN 46 Music Composition
Date: 2022-10-14

UC Berkeley's PCN 46: "Salamin ng Puso" Official Soundtrack is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and iTunes now!
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"Flowers in a Garden"
Written by Kayla Yzabel Macalma
Performed by Kayla Yzabel Macalma, April Joy Concepcion, Abigail Grace Camacho

LILA
Flowers in a garden,
Blooming in the spring,
Where the breeze blows so gently and the nightingales sing
Flowers in a garden
Blooming side by side
Basking in the sun and reaching for the sky...

ANYA
Anak ko,
Ang aking mundo, my everything,
Anak ko,
I’m sorry I was blind to see 
How much
You suffered and tried to hide,
The truth is our pain isn’t all black and white
Now I see,
All the things I put you through
And I see
All the things I couldn’t do
For my child,
I love you more than I could show,
I’m growing, I’m learning
Pangako sa'yo.

‘Cause every moment was a bitter chase,
For some joy that kept slipping away,
Though the time runs out and memories fade,
You know my love will still remain...

Flowers in a garden,
Watching the sun rise,
Flowing like a river,
And guiding towards the light,

Dalawa kong bulaklak,
So tall and so strong,
Please keep on blooming
Long after I am gone…

UMA
For so long,
I kept it all inside my heart
For so long,
I tried so hard to love and it tore me apart,
And the home that I tried to make,
I pray you forgive me for all my mistakes

UMA & LOLA
And I hope,
We learn to love a better way,

UMA, LILA, & ANYA
And I hope,
That you feel just how loved you are everyday,
Oh…
You’ve made me so proud,
You’re blossoming, brilliant,
Just look at you now

No one knows what the future may hold,
We’ll plant the seeds and watch as they grow…
Though storms may weather and the seasons change,
You know my love will still remain...

ANYA & UMA
Flowers in a garden,
Growing day by day,
I will never leave you 
Forever I will stay

LILA
Flowers in a garden
Blooming side by side
Basking in the sun and reaching for the sky...

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What is PCN?

PCN, or Pilipinx Cultural Night, is a student-run theatrical production hosted by UC Berkeley’s Pilipinx-American Alliance. The production allows participants to explore their Pilipinx identity through creative mediums such as dance, acting, and music. By holding PCN every year, we hope to provide a creative space for our cast to learn and grow. At Berkeley, we also choose to use PCN as a platform for activism and education on Pilipinx hxstory, culture, and current issues.

PCN HXSTORY @ UC Berkeley

PCN started in 1976 at the YWCA on Bancroft and Bowditch. The original show was a community dinner with traditional/folk dances that included a cast of about 10-15 members. In the 1980s, the show evolved into a full-scale performance, and by 1989, the Pilipinx American Alliance became the first student group on campus to hold a performance in Zellerbach Hall. Since then, the UC Berkeley Pilipinx community has continued to foster the annual tradition of Pilipinx Cultural Night.

About PCN 46:

PCN 46 tells the story of a family searching for and redefining “home”. 

Lila, an artist, is preparing to leave for New York with partner Hiraya, in search of opportunity. She struggles to tell her mother, Uma, and her grandmother, Anya, about the move. Frustrated, Lila faces internal and external conflicts with Hiraya, Uma, and Anya. 

As Lila is met with mixed reactions- Uma's defensiveness and disapproval, in contrast to Anya's support and care- these women are forced to reckon with the lifelong, generational traumas that have been interwoven in their “normal lifestyle."  Looking into their destructive family, we get a glimpse into how this cycle has rendered them both victims and perpetrators, simultaneously complicit and hurt.

Amidst building the foundations, they reflect on themselves and one another, in pursuit of new definitions of home, and new ways to love and be loved. The characters and audience are called to ask: "What does love look like? To what extent is It hereditary? How do we break cycles?"