Walang Halong Biro by Mesandel Virtusio Arguelles translated into English by Kristine Ong MuslimA compilation of twenty seven Tagalog poems which translated into English by Kristine Ong Muslim. In translating Mesandel Virtusion Arguelles Walang Halong Biro, "one reads the poems in this book with the understanding that the glass can either be seen as half full or half empty, and that there is, indeed, a glass holding something."