30.11.07
You Know WIT?
...a man should never leave home without his confidence; sometimes though, he should to have one.
Bonifacio Day: Holiday! Horray!
Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness and others have greatness thrust upon them.-William Shakespeare
Three men whose greatness is not new to us: Jose Rizal, Andress Bonifacio and Emilio Aguinaldo. Jose Rizal was born great. He was brought to this world wealthy, gifted, talented and intelligent. Andres Bonifacio achieved greatness through an old school style – hard work. Emilio Aguinaldo thrust greatness upon himself. He did not let anybody cross his way. He was determined to win.
Greatness comes to one’s life when they got: discipline, determination, perseverance, passion and goal. Be sure to recognize opportunity. Excel on the field you decided to be in. It might get pretty tough in times because the people surrounding you might laugh at you or would not even believe in you. Show these people the real you and do not be afraid to speak out your ideas that will stand out because when you do that is the time where they will trust you and start to believe in you.
I was not born great. I did not achieve any greatness either. That’s the reason why I am thrusting greatness upon me. I do my actions with passion. But for me greatness comes when people come up to me and say: You did a great job. Congratz! March 21, 2007
17.11.07
When Hello Meets Goodbye
Flavor of Life
Arigatou to/ kimi ni iwareru to/ nandaka setsunai/
Sayounara no/ ato mo/ tokenu mahou awaku horonigai/
The flavor of life/
Hello!
You broke my heart!
"Time is elusive. We pass by." they say.
You traveled. I stayed. We parted.
I shouldn't have expected too much!
You'll meet someone new. I'll meet someone else.
Back then, we only crave for candy. Now, we work for money.
You need to go. I have to move on.
Our memories were not fake, but our heart is now.
Lies are those spoken words. True feelings are kept.
We said goodbye. Soon we will say hello.
The world is too litte for us not to bump into each other...
and meet again.
Goodbye!
First Love
You will always be inside my heart/
Itsumo/ anata dake no basho ga aru kara/
I hope that I have a place in your heart too/
Now and forever you are still the one/
Ima wa/ mada/ kanashii love song/
Atarashii uta/ utaeru made/
13.11.07
12.11.07
Lucky You, Lucky Me!
When you really want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.
—the Old Man/ Melchizedek/ King of Salem (The Alchemist)
At night before I close my eyes, I'm with my dreams.
In the morning the moment I open my eyes, I' with my dreams. All day long, I'm with my dreams.
Recently I have realized that dreams are not those of material things like cellphones, cars, cash, etc. Neither being on a profession earning high monthly checks. Wanting to have the latest high tech cellphone, the eight valves red top-down sports car ('yung red!), or having millions of cash is definitely a dream (pero coins!). It's all just an ego.
Dreaming is what the young shepherd in the The Alchemist had wished for.
Simply, he wanted to have sheep, be a shepherd and travel the world. He loves traveling.
The last time I deeply wished for something was to shift from Bachelor of Science in Biology to Bachelor of Arts in Communication.
My heart intensely dreamt for it. Now, I'm on my third year in college, happy with my new class, my new family, ACOMMS. (mabuhay kayo!.. tayo.)
8.11.07
Multiple Choice
I was with my two girl comm arts classmate/friends when we dinned together outside one night. It was past 11pm when we were walking along the empty highway mid-night going back to my friends apartment. Then there was this old man, in his mid forties, who doesn't seem drunk and who just spoke up to us while we were passing by in front of him. I heard him speak, "sarap makipag-$#X.", looking at us. I was like, "what the heck.." And then I _______________.
A) Grabbed the shotgun, put it inside the man's mouth and pulled the trigger.
B) Break the man's neck instantly because I'm a karate black belter.
C) Commanded my dog, a loyal big bad pit bull, to rip-off the man's flesh.
That's right! I did do nothing, as usual. Of course, because I don't have a shot gun, I'm not a black belter and I don't own a loyal big bad pit bull. Also, I don't want to see myself the next day wearing on orange shirt with a capital P, in bold black, at the back behind bars.
But if.. If that man tried to do something, his next move.. like as if his hand touches any one of us? I'll probably run away with my two friends or TO RUN AWAY. But if my two friends choose TO FIGHT BACK then.. I'm in. Even though we might find ourselves the next morning with a policeman in the front door knocking and saying, "sa presinto na kayo magpaliwanag!" I'd be like, "Ok lang, tatlo naman kami e!"
But really, when I say safety or security these days its either one of the a,b,c's that I mentioned.
Have you ever received the joke text message about a guy who texted the police hotline for an emergency help and then the police immediately responded: hu u?
Yes it was just a dumb joke. But you know what they say, 'jokes are half meant. And if that joke isn't true or not even close to reality then how and where would that "joker" person get the idea of pranks from nothing to something?
It happened nine years ago, when I was still living with my Inana and Amama's (grandma and grandpa's) house in Katipunan Subdivision. There was one night. There was a stranger man who just broke in inside my neighbors sari-sari store and started to freaked us and everyone out! My dad wanted to help so he called the local municipality police station.
Police: Eh san ba yan? Yang lugar nyo?
Dad: Sa Katipunan Subdivision.
Police: Oo nga, eh saan ba dyan?
Dad: Sa loob, sa dulo ng subdivision.
Police: Ay, oo nga. Ay, san ba yang Katipunan subdivision?(kinausap yung ibang kasama sa kabilang linya) Pare, san ba yung Katipunan?
It was crazy. My dad was pissed and the he hung up the phone. With that span of time wasted in the telephone conversation my neighbor and her whole family would probably dead if the stranger was a serious killer. Turns out he wasn't, he was just a mad man. No one got hurt. And the man made only damage was breaking the eggs in the sari-sari store.
Well.. if my dad had just called the a pizza delivery hot line then they wouldn't, for sure, have to asked twice or trice where katipunan subdivision is and they wouldn't arrive and deliver the pizza LATE or else we will get our money back plus we will get our pizza for free(guaranteed)! yummy.
Another incident, it was December last year when this group of barangay tanods visits every houses around my neighborhood(this time it wasn't in Katipunan) to asked for pamasko (I mean, cash in an envelop) because It was season of giving (and receiving!). They visited this one house and handed their sobre to the house owner.
Tanod: Namamasko po kami.
Houseowner: Ay, sino po ba sila?
Tado: Mga barangay tanod po kami, kami po yung mga rumo-ronda pag-gabi.
Houseowner: Ay ngayon ko lang po nakita mga pagmu-mukha nyo. Ni di man lang kayo napapa-daan dito. Anong rumo-ronda?!
That was harsh but true. One night my dad stayed up late outside the house. He saw these group of tanod's walking by doing, their job, then one of the tanod's spoke up, "Wag tayo [dumaan] dyan ah, magulo dyan ih". When my dad told me about this again I was like, "what the..." naaah, I can't do it; I have no shot gun, no pitbull, I did not even took a single lesson of karate!
Imagine.. come to think of it. How many tanod's are there in this country? Who only shows up every season of giving? Who don't shows up when there are trouble around the area? How many policemen who doesn't know the location that they were assigned to serve and to protect. And how many kids are starved to death? Can't afford to go at least to public schools? who are working at their early age to earn little amount of money? Yet our government is wasting their (and our) time, effort and money!
As a citizen we have lots of choices. we can choose. we are free to choose. And we HAVE to choose. It is not As simple as a,b,c. because we have to make a choice and stand for it until we die. There's no way for turning back because that make us even weaker and weaker. Matira matibay!, ika nga. It is only TO RUN AWAY ALONE or TO FIGHT BACK AS A NATION.
A) Grabbed the shotgun, put it inside the man's mouth and pulled the trigger.
B) Break the man's neck instantly because I'm a karate black belter.
C) Commanded my dog, a loyal big bad pit bull, to rip-off the man's flesh.
That's right! I did do nothing, as usual. Of course, because I don't have a shot gun, I'm not a black belter and I don't own a loyal big bad pit bull. Also, I don't want to see myself the next day wearing on orange shirt with a capital P, in bold black, at the back behind bars.
But if.. If that man tried to do something, his next move.. like as if his hand touches any one of us? I'll probably run away with my two friends or TO RUN AWAY. But if my two friends choose TO FIGHT BACK then.. I'm in. Even though we might find ourselves the next morning with a policeman in the front door knocking and saying, "sa presinto na kayo magpaliwanag!" I'd be like, "Ok lang, tatlo naman kami e!"
But really, when I say safety or security these days its either one of the a,b,c's that I mentioned.
Have you ever received the joke text message about a guy who texted the police hotline for an emergency help and then the police immediately responded: hu u?
Yes it was just a dumb joke. But you know what they say, 'jokes are half meant. And if that joke isn't true or not even close to reality then how and where would that "joker" person get the idea of pranks from nothing to something?
It happened nine years ago, when I was still living with my Inana and Amama's (grandma and grandpa's) house in Katipunan Subdivision. There was one night. There was a stranger man who just broke in inside my neighbors sari-sari store and started to freaked us and everyone out! My dad wanted to help so he called the local municipality police station.
Police: Eh san ba yan? Yang lugar nyo?
Dad: Sa Katipunan Subdivision.
Police: Oo nga, eh saan ba dyan?
Dad: Sa loob, sa dulo ng subdivision.
Police: Ay, oo nga. Ay, san ba yang Katipunan subdivision?(kinausap yung ibang kasama sa kabilang linya) Pare, san ba yung Katipunan?
It was crazy. My dad was pissed and the he hung up the phone. With that span of time wasted in the telephone conversation my neighbor and her whole family would probably dead if the stranger was a serious killer. Turns out he wasn't, he was just a mad man. No one got hurt. And the man made only damage was breaking the eggs in the sari-sari store.
Well.. if my dad had just called the a pizza delivery hot line then they wouldn't, for sure, have to asked twice or trice where katipunan subdivision is and they wouldn't arrive and deliver the pizza LATE or else we will get our money back plus we will get our pizza for free(guaranteed)! yummy.
Another incident, it was December last year when this group of barangay tanods visits every houses around my neighborhood(this time it wasn't in Katipunan) to asked for pamasko (I mean, cash in an envelop) because It was season of giving (and receiving!). They visited this one house and handed their sobre to the house owner.
Tanod: Namamasko po kami.
Houseowner: Ay, sino po ba sila?
Tado: Mga barangay tanod po kami, kami po yung mga rumo-ronda pag-gabi.
Houseowner: Ay ngayon ko lang po nakita mga pagmu-mukha nyo. Ni di man lang kayo napapa-daan dito. Anong rumo-ronda?!
That was harsh but true. One night my dad stayed up late outside the house. He saw these group of tanod's walking by doing, their job, then one of the tanod's spoke up, "Wag tayo [dumaan] dyan ah, magulo dyan ih". When my dad told me about this again I was like, "what the..." naaah, I can't do it; I have no shot gun, no pitbull, I did not even took a single lesson of karate!
Imagine.. come to think of it. How many tanod's are there in this country? Who only shows up every season of giving? Who don't shows up when there are trouble around the area? How many policemen who doesn't know the location that they were assigned to serve and to protect. And how many kids are starved to death? Can't afford to go at least to public schools? who are working at their early age to earn little amount of money? Yet our government is wasting their (and our) time, effort and money!
As a citizen we have lots of choices. we can choose. we are free to choose. And we HAVE to choose. It is not As simple as a,b,c. because we have to make a choice and stand for it until we die. There's no way for turning back because that make us even weaker and weaker. Matira matibay!, ika nga. It is only TO RUN AWAY ALONE or TO FIGHT BACK AS A NATION.
5.11.07
Life Begins At Forty (part one)
i'm afraid not. for me, life begins once our father's sperm meet our mother's egg. it is a matter of just a single second for the sperm to get first and to attach with the egg.
you are a WINNER!
days and months, we will live inside our mother's womb. there, we would just kick a little or punch a little. after nine months we will upgrade and enter the next level — the life outside.
you are a SURVIVOR!
our body grows faster and faster, from being a baby to a full grown up kid. our hair starts to grow. our teeth starts to show and.. at the same time our fingerprints becomes our signature trademark as an individual; not identical to anyone who lived, living, or will ever live here on earth.
you are UNIQUE!
you are a WINNER!
days and months, we will live inside our mother's womb. there, we would just kick a little or punch a little. after nine months we will upgrade and enter the next level — the life outside.
you are a SURVIVOR!
our body grows faster and faster, from being a baby to a full grown up kid. our hair starts to grow. our teeth starts to show and.. at the same time our fingerprints becomes our signature trademark as an individual; not identical to anyone who lived, living, or will ever live here on earth.
you are UNIQUE!