Truths About Life

(1) When something happens to you, good or bad, consider what it means. There's a purpose to life's events- to teach you to laugh more, or not to cry too hard.

(2) You can't make someone love you, all you can do is be someone who can be loved, the rest is up to the person to realize your worth.

(3) The measure of love is when you love without measure. In life, there are very rare chances that you'll meet the person you love and loves you in return. So once you have it, don't ever let go, the chance might never come your way again.

(4) It is better to lose your pride for the one you love, than to lose the one you love because of pride.

(5) We spend too much time looking for the right person to love or finding fault with those we already love, when instead we should be perfecting the love we give.

(6) When you truly care for someone, you don't look for faults, you don't look for answers, you don't look for mistakes. Instead, you fight the mistakes, you accept the faults, and you overlook the excuses.

(7) Disappointments are like road humps, they slow you down a bit but you enjoy the smooth road afterwards. Don't stay on the humps too long. Move on!

(8) When you feel down because you didn't get what you want, just sit tight and be happy, because God is thinking of something better.

(9) No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

(10) God didn't promise days without pain, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way.

(^_^) wish to leave the office sooner. it's kinda late. as in LATE.

Death and Dreams

It's been a while since I last posted an entry here. It's not that I am busy.. just that I feel I've got nothing nice to write. But I miss blogging. So here I am. This one's not gonna be nice but go and read anyway.

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I have read about death and that people came to think of it once they are aged already. Nah! I have thought about it. You think I am of age already? I don't wanna think so. But yes, I have thought about it. Last Monday dawn, I was thinking of the possibility that I leave this world. I never recalled if I was saddened but I realized I should be doing things like it's my last- laugh, talk, eat, share... just enjoy moments and be good while enjoying. I wonder how people would recall the way I am- plus? or minus? I wannna be remembered nicely. I think all of us want it that way. The plain question is "HOW?". Well, I really don't know. We need to please people to be remembered nicely. I believe I just have to please my parents and all those around me. I could not please everyone though. But, at least, I tried to please them while pleasing myself too, that is, while doing what I want.

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Then came to me... This world would be a better place if we strive hard not to be the cause of someone else's headache especially those who love us. This world is a mess because, first and foremost, kids become their parent's problem and husbands or wives become their partner's problem. If we strive not to be the cause of someone else's misery, then there would be a better family atmosphere... better environment... and then, a better world. But first, let us not be the cause of our very own problem. The things we do or do not do contribute so much to the things that messed up our lives. How we live our lives should be patterned to the way we wanted life to be. No one's gonna have a good life if he doesn't live a good one himself. No one's gonna be successful, if he doesn't strive to be one himself. What became of us is the result of what we do especially those we keep doing. Yes, success is a lot easier for a few, and a lot harder for some, yet, however hard or easy it is, if we don't paddle our way towards being successful, success won't be at hand. And life might remain a mess. Then we realize that it isn't the kind of life we wanted. But that is the kind of life we've been living.

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Go towards north, if you wanna reach north. Go the other way, and you'll never reach north but south. That is, the same with dreams, you have to walk each day towards your planned destination and never make a step back. If you will, you are getting even farther. But first, ask yourself, which direction you really wanna go. If you still don't know, pause and reflect. Don't go where everyone else is going. Because, by the time you realize you are on the wrong road, it will be too late for you to go back. You will be too old then and destination will become even farther... perhaps, out of reach.

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So, before you go on a journey, create a business plan. Should unexpected bills come up, countercheck your business plan, surely, there is a strategy for you to follow written in there to reach you business objective.

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Life is like that. A good life is something that must be planned, designed and must be implemented.

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If you're not ready to make your dreams a reality, go on sleeping.

It Is Madness

It is madness...

To hate all roses
because you got scratched with one thorn...

To give up on your dreams
because one didn't come true...

To lose faith in prayers
Because one was not answered...

To give up on your efforts
Because one of them failed...

To condemn all your friends
Because one betrayed you...

Not to believe in love
Because someone was unfaithful or didn'ft love you back...

To throw away all your chances to be happy

Because you did not succeed on the first attempt....

I hope that as you go on your way

You don't give in to madness

Remembering always ...

Another chance may come up

Another friend

A new love

A renewed strength

Be persistent

Look for happiness in every day.

The sure path to failure is to give up! It is often through failure that future success comes. Keep trying!

Got this cute stuff from a friend. I don't really know who to acknowledge. Whoever, writes this, thank you.

Same Ground

Same Ground

Kitchie Nadal

My love
It's been a long time since i cried
And left you out of the blue
It's hard
Leaving you the way
When i never really wanted to

Self denial
Is a game so strange i never really should've wanted
Til there was you
Cause i have learned that love was beyond
What human can imagine
More it clears
The more i gotta let you go

'cause what i don't understand
Is why i'm feeling so bad now
When i know it was my idea
I could've just denied the truth and lied
Now why am i the only one standing stranded
On the same ground

My love
It's been a long time since i cried
And left you out of the blue
It's hard
Leaving you the way
When i never really wanted to

Self denial
Is a game so strange i never really should've wanted
Til there was you
Cause i have learned that love
Is a word just thrown
A litlle bit too much of this
Excuse to fill this infinite of desire
And never ever have to fade

Cause what i don't understand
Is why i'm feeling so bad now
When i know it was my idea
I could've just denied the truth and lied
Now why am i the only one standing stranded
On the same ground

If all else fail
Would you be there to love me?
When all else fails
Would you be brave to see right through me?

Grabe! This is one of the songs I love deeply. Super cool is the voice of Kitchie. I wish I could sing the song well enough.... a bit closer to how she does.

Goodbye

Goodbye

For every hello, there lurks goodbye. For everything in this world passes by.

Life is goes on and on no matter what. Everyday that comes, passes. It's true to every situation, things and places. Some seem to last for a lifetime. But not really. They do have to go sooner or later. That is the nature of life. Nothing remains. Nothing stays the same. For if nothing changes, life is boring. Change makes life more interesting. Without it, life is monotonous and everything is familiar. Everything is seen the way they always are. Indeed, it's gonna be boring. Imagine that.

But there are some things in life, we wish would stay that way forever. There are some things we never want to see changing. But they do. And we don't always know how soon or later they change. Just that they do change, some, slowly, some, quickly...before we even realize that they were once there.

Life is full of wonders and surprises. Goodbyes. Hellos. These are a few of them. Some things come. Some things go. Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes it makes living easier. Sometimes, we never really know if it hurts or not, till things or people go and bade ur goodbye.

A goodbye often hurts and often relieves. It hurts maybe because there may be still some words left unsaid. How painful a goodbye is determines how many words are there left unspoken or deeds left undone.

But a goodbye is necessary before we get the chance of meeting again. So, don't be dismayed with goodbyes.

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Goodbye Shiera. I'm hoping for a positive outcome of your newly-chosen adventure. When you have the chance to climb higher, go! Life is more beautiful when you're at it's peak. Because it is only there, where you can have a sight of the whole view. Ganbatte kudasai. Mata aimashou.

Top 15 Modern Sayings

1. Practice makes perfect.....But nobody's perfect......so why practice?

2. Save water. Shower with your girl friend.
3. The wise never marry.. and when they marry they become otherwise.

4. I was born intelligent,education ruined me.
5. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... what more can I say?

6. If it's true that we are here to help others, then, what exactly are the others here for?

7. Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak.

8. One should love animals. They are so tasty.
9. Love thy neighbor. But don't get caught.

10. Love is photogenic. It needs darkness to develop

11. Children in backseats cause accidents. Accidents in backseats cause children.

12. "Your future depends on your dreams" So go to sleep

13. "Hard work never killed anybody" But why take the risk!

14. The more you learn, the more you know, The more you know, the more you forget The more you forget, the less you know So.. why learn?
15. God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends.

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acknowledgment:

the content of this entry is from a forwarded email. the blog owner does not claim ownership of this one. cheers to partner roc for sharin' this one to me!

For A Special Friend

Cute note with a cute pic.

I just thought of showing this one for I think this is nice. The message, if not readable says: "I never knew what wonders a friend can do... Yes, surely they can change things around you into smiles, Sunshines and happiness. Just the way you keep on doing, always."

Dear Betsy

Dear Betsy,

I would like to tell you how much I need you. I have purposely held off writing to you and in doing so, I had turned over and over in my mind, all these past few days, why I am here and you are there- so far and so beyond my reach. It had always been that way, and I have always known it, better perhaps than you ever will. My perception of the world is different from yours; it is not just a matter of age, or of different geographies. It is just that you are up there and I am down here.

I do not want to say good-bye again, or to repeat what I have said, that in these two years, you have become a part of my life, and I feel for you what I feel for myself, these tissues, this skin. I have grown so familiar with you, the contour of your body, the smell of your breath, the soft warm crevices of your mouth, and the whole wonder of you. I know now how difficult it is to be alone, to be here in this senseless confine not only of my own being but of this wretched city, and to know that you are not here where I can glory not just in your nearness but in the thought that you did love me.

And at night, I lie awake, and I speak your name as if it were some incantation that would dispel this loneliness for now, I am really alone. I whisper to these cold, rusting walls, to the damp cement floor, to the emptiness around me, Betsy, Betsy�c but I can only hear the echo within me and so I wonder how you are, if you are happy as I hope you will be, and I pray that you be not tormented as I am, that your nights are slept and your days are bright, and if you remember, may they be those times that we shared, the coffee shop, the tawdry rooms and the sheet that was stained with red, the books that had to be read, and Tondo where I had tasted your sweat; yes, so many of these now crowd my mind, and they are all crystal clear, pictures, events, places- all of them important only because we knew them, lived them, and they have become us.

I did not want to write this letter, but it is one way by which I can escape this bleakness which now encompasses me. Now, too, I know how it is to be what I am and to remember what you are, life giver, my joy and my sorrow.

You will forget, not because you are young, but because you are far away, and having forgotten, it will all be over and you may, on some occasion, remember, perhaps, because this is the way things are and we can not change them. I don�ft know if I will forget; one can never be sure, but I know that you are now my wife, not because God or a priest has sanctified our union but because this is how I regard you. Though I may sleep with other women, I know there will always be you- separate from the rest, not just because I feel that you have given me yourself, or your faith and trust, all of which I do not deserve, but because I have given myself to you as I will never give myself to anyone.

I will be leaving Tondo now and I wish I knew my final destination- but I do not; the compulsions that we have talked about will take me to regions I will not recognize, but wherever they may be, there will be a light to guide me, a talisman which will make me endure and you are all of these.

But above all, you are the proof I will always hold precious and true. Thank you, dear Betsy, for being with us in thought and deed. There are a few like you, comfortable and secure, who have chosen to be with us; I will doubt them in a way I once doubted you and they must bear the burden of proving themselves as you have done. Only time will tell and time, alas, is fickle in a way I will never be, now that I know who I am, now that I know what to do.

So let me go away loving you, and losing you, for, in the end, we will lose all those we love.

Signed: JS

Taken from "Mass" by F. Sionil Jose, pp251-252. It hurts me reading this letter. Jose had always insisted that oil and water could never be one. You also think so?

Injustice

"How do I get out of here?" I asked.

"If you are poor- you cannot get out. There are no rich people in jail. They can afford bail, the best lawyers. They can even buy judges."

"I am poor." I said. "A self-supporting student. But I am innocent. I have not committed any crime. I swear to you... "

"Who is innocent and who is guilty?" He shook his head. "The poor are always guilty and the rich are always innocent."

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Taken from "Mass" by F. Sionil Jose. Really is a striking novel. You had better read it too. (Yonda hou ga ii desu.)

Wants and Needs

Today, I would like to announce that I grab myself a want-an iPod. Yep, an iPod. It's quiet a thing to discuss here for it is a want and not a need. It's quiet hard releasing the cash. "Oh! Am I sure?" This was what came to my mind when I finally paid for this. It's not really a big deal for some, but it is, for me. I have never really tried pampering myself with wants. Needs must come first. This is how I was brought up. You see, I have never bought myself expensive stuffs for no big reasons at all. But this time, I give in. Because I love this stuff and I can't live without it! Darn... me kidding again. Of course, I could go on breathing without this one. Of course, life is life without this one. But I still got myself this techy thing coz I love music. And I want to have this as my companion on mornings, on my way to the office while walking and on evenings, while walking too. Of course, I can walk and reach or walk and leave the office without this! Why not? But... yes! but... it's a nice thing to listen to music while walking. I seem not alone anymore when I am. And it feels good not being alone, right? It feels good.

This is a gift I gave to myself. This is the most expensive techy thing I got myself so far. Surprising, maybe to others who find this one cheap.

The next thing to do now is to download my fave music.

Best Medicine

A wise physician said to me, " I have been practicing medicine for 30 years and I have prescribed many things, But in the long run I have learned that for most of what ails the human creature, the best medicine is LOVE."

"What if it doesn't work? I asked. "Double the dose" he replied.

Ang Sampung Prutas

May 3 hunters na nahuli ng mga cannibals sa gubat. dinala sila sa harap ng tribal chief para siya ang pupugot ng ulo. nagmakaawa yung mga hunters. naawa naman yung chief.

Chief: sige hindi namin kayo papatayin, sa isang kondisyon. kailangan isa-isa kayong mangolekta ng 10 pirasong prutas. dalhin nyo iyon dito at saka ko sasabihin ang sunod nyong gagawin.

naghiwa-hiwalay ang tatlong magkakaibigan. unang dumating si Pedro, dala-dala'y 10 oranges.

Chief: ngayon, ipasok mo ang lahat ng mga prutas na iyan sa iyong puwet. kailangan ay hindi magbabago ang mukha mo. konting ngiwi o ngiti lang ay pupugutan ka agad namin ng ulo.

unang orange pa lang ang pinapasok ay napa-sigaw agad si Pedro. agad siyang pinugutan ng ulo. sunod na dumating ay si Juan, dala-dala'y 10 lansones. tuwang-tuwa siya ng in-explain sa kanya nung Chief kung ano ang kailangan nyang gawin.

Juan: sus! sisiw lang pala. kayang-kaya! buti na lang maliit na prutas ang kino-lekta ko. Naipasok ni Juan ang mga lansones sa kanyang puwit ng walang problema. ngunit nung nasa pang-10 prutas na siya, bigla siyang napatawa. pugot-ulo agad sabi Chief.

pagkamatay ay napunta agad si Juan sa langit kung saan nakita niya si Pedro. nagkausap ang dalawa.

Pedro: sayang Juan! pinapanood kita dito sa langit habang ginagawa mo yung utos. isang lansones na lang hindi mo pa tiniis! buhay ka pa sana ngayon.

ano bang nangyari sayo?

Juan: pare, ang dali-dali ngang ipasok nung mga lansones. kaso, nung
matatapos na ako bigla kong nakita si pareng Jose -- may dala-dalang 10
pakwan!

The Day You Said Goodnight

THE DAY YOU SAID GOODNIGHT
_hale_

Take me as you are
Push me off the road
the sadness,
I need this time to be with you
I'm freezing in the sun
I'm burning in the rain
The silence
I'm screaming,
Calling out your name

Bridge:
And i do reside in your light
that puts up the fire with me and find
Yeah you'll lose the side of your circles
That's what i'll do if we say goodbye

Chorus:
To be is all i gotta be
And all that i see
And all that i need this time
To me the life you gave me
The day you said goodnight.


The calmness in your face
That i see through the night
The warmthess your light is pressing unto us
You didn't ask me why
I never would have known
oblivion is falling down

Bridge:
And i do reside in your light
Put out the fire with me and find
Yeah you'll lose the side of your circles
That's what i'll do if we say goodbye

Chorus:
To be is all i gotta be
And all that i see
And all that i need this time
To me the life you gave me
The day you said goodnight.

If you could only know me like your prayers at night
Then everything between you and me will be alright.

Chorus:
To be is all i gotta be
And all that i see
And all that i need this time
To me the life you gave me
The day you said goodnight.


She's already taken,
She's already taken
She's already taken me
She's already taken,
She's already taken me

The day you said goodnight

A Mexican Love Story

Today, I got this nice forwarded email from a friend. I find it nice so I guess it's worth this page.

MEXICAN LOVE STORY

Maria a beautiful Latina fell in love with Jose. She planned to marry very soon. She was so happy about her wedding plans, she decided to tell her papa. Papa told her, "Maria, you'll have to find another. Your Madre does not know this, but Jose is your half-brother". So Maria forgot about her Jose, and soon planned to marry Ricardo. But after telling papa again, he said, "Maria otra vez there's trouble still. You cannot marry Ricardo, mi hija. Please don't tell your mother, but Ricardo and Jose are your half-brothers."

Maria had no choice but to go to her mama. Mama already knew and said "Mi hija, do what makes you happy. Marry Ricardo or marry Jose, because you are not related to Papa."

Nice, isn't it?

Climbing Osmena Peak

July 23, 2005, Saturday. We left Cebu for Mantalongon to climb Osmena Peak and trek to Kawasan Falls the next day. It's really a tiresome job climbing the mountains and hills to reach the peak. In the end, it pays to reach there. Indeed the climb gets harder when the peak gets nearer, as I've learned in my wall climbing session. What matters really is not reaching the peak but the obstacles surpassed to reach the peak. That's really amazing and I'm glad I've reached that far. Tiresome. But it's worth it.

We cooked our meals, made tents, chatted and climbed a lot. We slept over a little below the peak. Twas so cold there that my double long pants and my triple upper garment didn't work as I expected. My back was aching with a little stones on my back. Made me realize I am so blessed to have a bed at home unlike those unfortunate ones.

Really, when you experienced having less or not having at all after really having it, you realize how blessed you are for having things you have never really appreciated. Now, it came to me that I must appreciate my bed and the roof and walls in my room for providing me enough warmth and comfort especially at night. The same is true for every thing or person you might have taken for granted because they've always been there. You realize their importance when you lose sight of them. No kidding here. Good enough that I still have my bed to sleep when I came back, unlike those who realize a thing's or person's importance just when they lose them. Too late baby. It's too late.

Let's get back to my climbing experience. The walk was really long, maybe about 3 hours. We were following trails of the previous climbers and sometimes, we created our own trails when we want to walk a different path. Sometimes, we succeed, sometimes, we got back to the original trails.

There were 13 of us climbing the mountain. I only know two of them before the event. But they all became my friends as we go along the way.

The toughest job, I've done so far now, is trekking to Kawasan Falls for 6.5 long hours. Yes, 6.5 hours. That's really tough. Consider the wet trails and so steep ones and the distance too. Oh! It really pains my feet, legs and back. Imagine that. Only walking along trails along steep mountains. That's the most amazing thing I have ever done.

But upon hearing the falling of waters, I suddenly forgot about all the pains in my body. We rested awhile then dip ourselves to the cool waters of Kawasan Falls. Explore the water source. Dive. Sail. Picture-take. Walk. Eat. Chat. Laugh. These are the essential part of it all.

Really Want It

Loving Someone

"When you love a person, you don't just love him, you also give him the power to hurt you."

Short and Simple! :) It stands without having the need to explain it. And it's true. Amen?

Cousin Mae

This is my very cute cousin Francis Mae. We fondly call her em-em. She's so cute, funny, witty and talented. She was eating stik-O when I thought of letting her pose for this wonderful pic. She did it well as you may have seen. Oh! I love looking at her whatever she does. She is very talkative and warm. She loves hugging and being hugged, kissing and being kissed. She is an angel who makes us forget all our worries and problems. She can sing, act and dance. At the age of 1, she opens a book and pretends to be reading it. She also tried playing my PC then- typing on the keyboard and watching the monitor's display. She loves watching a video of herself and pictures too. After taking her pic, she asks you to show it to her before you could take another.

I remember watching "Winnie The Pooh" with her, when she's 1 year old. She cried when Pooh fell from the tree. Her favorite movie is Garfield. Well, I say so, because, she watches the movie immediately every after she wakes up in the morning. My dad has become tired watching the movie with her.

Her favorite hip-hop music is "Don't You Just Know". She loves singing "HAHAHA... HEYEYO! COOBAH COOBAH COOBAH... HAHAHA". And she refuses to dance if she doesn't like the music being played.

Her greatest fear? The sound of a running motorcycle or a hand drill in motion.

Her favorite food? stik-o? not really. She just loves eating spaghetti and french fries. Well, actually, she loves eating whatever we give her that's why she looks obviously healthy.

My dad, mom and sisters... we all just love her. And it's a sigh when the day turns to night, because we had to say good night and let her go to the place where she belongs- her own "home sweet home".

Wall Climbing

I have always been so curious about how it feels climbing a vertically straight wall with a few grips. Till one day my curiosity got satisfied. Wall Climbing-one of the toughest job I ever did. This was the first and only time (so far) I did it. Not that it is tough but because I never had the chance to do it again. But if time allows, I will do it again. It's challenging and requires a lot of energy for you to be able to carry your self (i.e. the totality of your weight). I was the first one to climb the wall from among my 4 friends (officemates). Perhaps because I was braver and more curious than they are. I'd like to note the date- it's May 11, 2005 around 6:30pm, after work at Metrosports, Lahug.

Before starting to climb, we were provided with a 10-minute orientation of the basics of wall climbing- do's and don't's, safety precautions, and the like. We had a warm-up exercise and then testing of how to tie ourselves safely and also we were taught what to say to signal the belayer that we're climbing or to signal the climber that you're belaying. You got to say "CLIMBING..." when you wish to start climbing, "CLIMB ON!" is the reply of the belayer. This must be done to ensure that the belayer is ready and is looking up at you while you climb. When you reach the top and you want to go down, you say "BELAY" and the belayer will say "BELAYING" and he releases the rope to slowly release you. When the belayer says "BELAYING" you have to sit on your harness so that it would be easier for you to go down. Remember to protect yourself while being belayed by pushing your legs against the wall but not tightly, just a push and bounce so that you won't get injured or anything to that effect.

Oh! It seems that I'm giving a basic Wall Climbing lecture here. Don't you think so? Just being a little informative from what a beginner has learned.

For those who want to lose weight, Wall Climbing is surely an effective exercise. Climbing did make me sweat a lot immediately right after I start moving my legs. You should try it too.

It's fun, challenging and fulfilling to reach the top! It's like facing a life's struggle(problems, quizzes, difficulties...) and surpassing them all after bravely facing them. You will appreciate yourself for climbing on, though you may have rested, but you never QUIT.

The climb gets tougher when the peak gets nearer. Conquer your fear! Reach the top!

Night With Friends

Introducing, my bestfriend yokie and my new friend mic2x. We had dinner at Yellow Cab last night and had fun chatting and eating pizza. Mic2x is Dennis' (a very close friend) wifey. I believe they are perfect partners because they believe so. :) I hope to have another eating and chatting with them. It's really nice to meet classmates and get to know how things are doing with them since we parted ways. I guess, we all had fun. I was a surprisingly bubbly last night. I believe. Well, I guess I just felt so at home with my friends and I'm just so glad to see that we're all fine and doing, hmnnn.... i guess, well.