i'm feeling pensive... lots of thoughts swirling around me but i can 't seem to catch any... i want to nurture it in my hands and stitch a few meanings to it by attaching some raw emotions and unspoken words... i want to write about who this sentence reminds me of: "I like to believe I loved him so much that I couldn't make him choose. But mostly, I was afraid to find out who he'd...
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Saturday, September 16, 2023
On Pebbles and Streams
I always imagine myself sitting under a big tree with a huge umbrella of leaves shading me from the sun with a trickle of sunlight escaping here and there in between leaves and would form a tiny random spotlight on the ground where my knees are.I like to imagine the soft breeze caressing my cheeks and playing with just a teeny tiny few strands of my hair. And there would be a stream right next to the tree. Far enough not to reach me but close enough...
Monday, August 21, 2023
Gut feeling
Serendipity? Coincidence? Luck? Bad luck?Once in a while something unexpected happens. You analyze it or just shrug it off and ride it out. You enjoy or endure it while it lasts.All of a sudden there’s a nagging feeling that it’s all too good to be true. We all know what that means. Then you insist that maybe you ought to give it a chance, even if you aren’t really sure why you ought to give it a chance. You give it the benefit of the doubt...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
I'm writing a book
Scratch that.I wrote a book.I have a new found respect for writers. Not that I don't respect them before, in fact I do. Specially those authors who can write beautifully constructed sentences, but my respect for them is magnified 1000x.Why? Let me count the ways.1. I realized that once you're in your element to write you don't even notice the time. While I was writing...
Friday, February 11, 2022
Planning Disney World - a different way
How do you plan a Disney trip or any trip? I usually start with deciding the dates because you can't book a flight or hotel room without a date. However, sometimes that is not the case. Sometimes you need to start with knowing what the expenses is going to be first. How much does plane tickets cost? The hotel. How much are you willing to spend for this...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
A few moments of pleasure, a lifetime of regrets
A few moments of pleasure, a lifetime of regrets.Have you ever heard or have seen that line? I don't remember where I have seen it but it stuck to me. It was my mantra while I was going thru college.I remember, when I was in college, the bus I was taking to school would pass by this small village occupied by low income families, houses with tattered roof, toddlers running about with snotty noses and holes on their almost see-through...
Monday, May 10, 2021
Punished by the Undeserving
I toiled.I invested my time and energy.Only in the end to be squandered by someone undeserving.Are all responsible ones destined, cursed, to take care of the irresponsible ones?Why? Where is justice in that? Will responsible ones always be marked as selfish if they want to take care of themselves first, using the fruits of their labor, mind you, before taking care of others?Will this, taking care of the irresponsible ones, be a continuous cycle...
Saturday, February 27, 2021
How do you find "the one"?
“I’ve never bought into that “You Just Know” notion. Love is a tricky thing. Sometimes it feels like an undeniable force that hits between the eyes and doesn’t let up. Other times, it’s malleable, questionable. It’s truth hidden in and amongst external obstacles and internal circumstances that’ve formed who you are, what you expect in the world, and how you can accept...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
What a year, huh?
How have you been?I hope everyone in your family is doing OK, including you. As for me, I'm thankful to still be alive. Happy that I have celebrated yet another birthday. Still paranoid about getting sick and dying, though, but happy to be alive. Pwera usog. ...i bought my fave cake, and sent a note to myself, lol...that's how happy i am that i'm still alive :Dthis is...
Sunday, September 20, 2020
Dreaming of the old
I keep dreaming about this person I know from my past. Like a thief in the night, when I least expect it, there that person is. I can't for the life of me understand why. I read somewhere (or maybe someone told me) that if you dream of someone, that means you're thinking of that person. But I am not thinking of that person (but after the dream, that's a different story ofcourse). Someone told me (or maybe I read it) that the person might...
