Aklat Sanayan Ng Abakadang Rizaleo…my Rizaleo Project

Ok, so I’ve been experimenting.  Actually, I’ve experimented with this back in 1999 in Sacramento, Ca. at a Festival setting.  There are actually pendants out there with this written on it.  Thoughts of modernizing Baybayin (alibata) has swirled in my head for a long time as well as in the minds of countless Baybayin artisans and practitioners.  I’ve never been adamantly opposed to modernizing it, I prefer to transliterate traditionally but I have become much more flexible as modifying the script has become more acceptable by the Baybayin community at large.  What I am most opposed to is the ease of novices to overlook and ignore traditional Baybayin as their introduction to the script…then turn around and tell me I’m writing it incorrectly, AS IF!.  As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, seen here http://malayadesigns.net/tag/rizaleo/, the Rizaleo version of a modern Baybayin is my candidate for consideration.  I know there are many other practitioners doing their research, experimenting with new found material and their efforts are commendable.  I hope to see more of their continued work.  The scans of the Rizaleo I have are the only things I have to work with, the book by Marius V. Diaz is out of print and I just can’t find one.  Interestingly, this is exactly how I was introduced to Baybayin in the first place, a xerox copy of a short article, a character set, and library hunting…now look at the trouble I got myself into.  Can any of you figure out what I wrote out? I’ve supplied what you need to decode.  Lastly, if any of you have a copy of this elusive book or have an extra copy, Father’s Day is coming up.