Oct 29, 2008

PC

"waiting is painful. forgetting is painful. but not knowing what to do between the two is the worst suffering of all."



so true!

Oct 24, 2008

I Dunno

they say, that it hurts when you part ways or say goodbye...pero pinakamahirap pa rin yung hindi mo alam kung anong susunod mong gagawin...state of limbo...tsk...

Oct 21, 2008

Oct 15, 2008

Tree Planting at La Mesa Watershed

one of the reasons why i enjoy being with DIS: you could get to volunteer to any community service! it feels great knowing you're doing something good for the community and at the same time you'll get the chance of meeting other employees from different departments... :)



Oct 11, 2008

From Uncle Bob

Funny. One of the words to describe the works of the infamous Bob Ong. He's come a long way from "Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino", "A B N K K B S N P L Ako", "Alamat ng Gubat", "Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas", etc. Mention the name and for sure he's known. He's books are being read by young and old alike. Yes, the way he delivers the message sure is funny that you can't help but laugh when reading them but after reading the last page, it will get you thinking "oo nga, ano?! bakit nga kaya ganon?" I own just one of his books, but I've read most of it.Some forwarded text messages nowadays are lifted from his books.

This is just to share some of them:

"Kung hindi mo mahal and isang tao, wag ka nang magpakita ng motibo para mahalin ka nya.."

"Lahat naman ng tao sumeseryoso pag tinamaan ng pagmamahal. Yun nga lang, hindi lahat matibay para sa temptasyon."

"Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang taong malapit sayo. Gamitin ang utak para alagaan ang sarili mo."

"Huwag mong bitawan ang bagay na hindi mo kayang makitang hawak ng iba. Huwag mong hawakan kung alam mong bibitawan mo lang. Huwag na huwag ka hahawak kapag alam mong may hawak ka na."

"Parang elevator lang yan eh, bakit mo pagsisiksikan ung sarili mo kung walang pwesto para sayo. Eh meron naman hagdan, ayaw mo lang pansinin."

"Kung maghihintay ka nang lalandi sayo, walang mangyayari sa buhay mo. Dapat lumandi ka din."

"Pag may mahal ka at ayaw sayo, hayaan mo. Malay mo sa mga susunod na araw ayaw mo na din sa kanya, naunahan ka lang."

"Hiwalayan na kung di ka na masaya. Walang gamot sa tanga kundi pagkukusa."

"Pag hindi ka mahal ng mahal mo wag ka magreklamo. Kasi may mga tao rin na di mo mahal pero mahal ka.. Kaya quits lang."

"Bakit ba ayaw matulog ng mga bata sa tanghali? alam ba nilang pag natuto silang umibig e hindi na sila makakatulog kahit gusto nila?"

"Hindi lungkot o takot ang mahirap sa pag-iisa kundi ang pagtanggap na sa bilyon-bilyong tao sa mundo, wala man lang nakipaglaban upang makasama ka."

"Kung nagmahal ka ng taong di dapat at nasaktan ka, wag mong sisihin ang puso mo. Tumitibok lang yan para mag-supply ng dugo sa katawan mo. Ngayon, kung magaling ka sa anatomy at ang sisisihin mo naman ay ang hypothalamus mo na kumokontrol ng emotions mo, mali ka pa rin! Bakit? Utang na loob! Wag mong isisi sa body organs mo ang mga sama ng loob mo sa buhay! Tandaan mo: magiging masaya ka lang kung matututo kang tanggapin na hindi ang puso, utak, atay o bituka mo ang may kasalanan sa lahat ng nangyari sayo, kundi IKAW mismo!"

"Nalaman kong marami palang libreng lecture sa mundo, ikaw ang gagawa ng syllabus. Maraming teacher sa labas ng eskuwelahan, desisyon mo kung kanino ka magpapaturo. Lahat tayo enrolled ngayon sa isang university, maraming subject na mahirap, pero dahil libre, ikaw ang talo kung nag-drop ka. Isa-isa tayong ga-graduate, iba't-ibang paraan. tanging diploma ay ang mga alaala ng kung ano mang tulong o pagmamahal ang iniwan natin sa mundong pinangarap nating baguhin minsan..."

"Hikayatin mo lahat ng kakilala mo na magkaroon ng kahit isa man lang paboritong libro sa buhay nila. Dahil wala nang mas kawawa pa sa mga taong literado pero hindi nagbabasa."

"Dalawang dekada ka lang mag-aaral. kung 'di mo pagtityagaan, limang dekada ng kahirapan ang kapalit. sobrang lugi. kung alam lang 'yan ng mga kabataan, sa pananaw ko ehh walang gugustuhing umiwas sa eskwela."

"Nalaman kong hindi final exam ang passing rate ng buhay. hindi ito multiple choice, identification, true or false, enumeration or fill-in-the- blanks na sinasagutan kundi essay na isinusulat araw-araw. Huhusgahan ito hindi base sa kung tama o mali ang sagot, kundi base sa kung may kabuluhan ang mga isinulat o wala. Allowed ang erasures."

"Mangarap ka at abutin mo. Wag mong sisihin ang sira mong pamilya, palpak mong syota, pilay mong tuta, o mga lumilipad na ipis. Kung may pagkukulang sa'yo mga magulang mo, pwde kang manisi at maging rebelde. Tumigil ka sa pag-aaral, mag-asawa ka, mag-drugs ka, magpakulay ka ng buhok sa kili-kili. Sa banding huli, ikaw din ang biktima. Rebeldeng walang napatunayan at bait sa sarili."

"Tuparin ang mga pangarap. Obligasyon mo yan sa sarili mo. Kung gusto mo mang kumain ng balde-baldeng lupa para malagay ka sa Guinness Book of World Records at maipagmalaki ng bansa natin, sige lang. Nosi balasi. wag mong pansinin ang sasabihin ng mga taong susubok humarang sa'yo. Kung hindi nagsumikap ang mga scientist noon, hindi pa rin tayo dapat nakatira sa jupiter ngayon. Pero hindi pa rin naman talaga tayo nakatira sa jupiter dahil nga hindi nagsumikap ang mga scientist noon. Kita mo yung moral lesson?"

"Nalaman kong habang lumalaki ka, maraming beses kang madadapa. Bumangon ka man ulit o hindi, magpapatuloy ang buhay, iikot ang mundo, at mauubos ang oras."

"Wag magmadali sa pag-aasawa. Tatlo, lima , sampung taon sa hinaharap, mag-iiba pa ang pamantayan mo at maiisip mong di pala tamang pumili ng kapareha dahil lang sa kaboses niya si Debbie Gibson o magaling mag-breakdance. Totoong mas importante ang kalooban ng tao higit anuman. Sa paglipas ng panahon, maging ang mga crush ng bayan sa eskwelahan e nagmumukha ring pandesal. Maniwala ka."

"Ayokong nasasanay sa mga bagay na pwede namang wala sa buhay ko."

"Hinahanap mo nga ba ako o ang kawalan ko?"

"Hindi dahil sa hindi mo naiintindihan ang isang bagay ay kasinungalingan na ito. at hindi lahat ng kaya mong intindihin ay katotohanan. "

"Sabi nila, sa kahit ano raw problema, isang tao lang ang makakatulong sa'yo - ang sarili mo. Tama sila. Isinuplong ako ng sarili ko. Kaya siguro namigay ng konsyensya ang Diyos, alam niyang hindi sa lahat ng oras e gumagana ang utak ng tao."

"Obligasyon kong maglayag, karapatan kong pumunta sa kung saan ko gusto, responsibilidad ko ang buhay ko."

"Masama akong tao, tulad mo, sa parehong paraan na mabuti kang tao, tulad ko."

"Mas mabuting mabigo sa paggawa ng isang bagay kesa magtagumpay sa paggawa ng wala."

"Iba ang walang ginagawa sa gumagawa ng wala."

"Iba ang informal grammar sa mali!!!"

"Pare, isa kang totoong tao at walang halong kasinungalingan. In English, FACT you, pare. Totoo ka. In English, FACT you!"

Oct 7, 2008

Blessing In The Sky

how many times have I heard the cliche "blessing in disguise"? oh, too many times already. eversince i was a child (i purposefully avoided using the word "little"), i have heard the phrase being used many times over. and until now, i never realized how true it is...

sometime ago, i received a text message saying "people change because of two reasons: either they have grown enough that they want to or they've been hurt enough that they have to". how can you ever place someone whose been with you since childhood growing up before your eyes? when you have elder brothers whom you feel are jealous of your achievements that they couldn't hide their insecurities, you learn to ignore them. because of that, you grow apart and you treat them like strangers.the same brother who once told me, "bakit mas pinapahalagahan mo yung mga kaibigan kesa saken? kapatid mo ako, ah!" oh, he was drunk then. i don't know if he meant it but i never believe that drunk people don't know what they are doing.

my second eldest bro and i is under a year apart. he was born jan 1978 and 11 months later, i was conceived. in my childhood days, i remember i always played with him. he taught me how to play every boys' game that you can think of (text, jolens, kotse-kotsehan, sipa, etc.) and i've always loved following him around. he became a father at 17 and that's also the time that we started to drift apart. he started grew fond of peers and vices that i grew to hate the way he always leave his young wife and even younger children behind. i grew to hate him and everything he stands for. how can you love an able-bodied man, in the prime of life who doesn't even try to land a job to feed his family? i guess, only his wife accepted him...and my parents.

am i jealous of him? yes, i am. he's the black sheep of the family and yet, my father cried upon learning that he won't be coming home because he decided to live with his wife at 16.he can never stay at work for a long period of time and yet my parents fed his children even to a point of sending them to school despite the fact that i have younger siblings who needed the same attention.

we never really thought that he'd outgrow his childish notion of blaming our parents for what became of him. and yet, something happened. and that's how i realized what blessing in disguise mean. have i ever experience that? oh, yes. i'm so young then. he and i were both presented with the same situation. the only difference was that i rose to the challenge. of course, there are times that i cried my heart alone because i felt like no one could understand but i persevered. and he didn't. that was then. now, i can see the change in him. he's more calm with himself, more responsible with his family, more mature in dealing with everything else.and i'm glad that it didn't take him a lifetime to realize it.

in life's highway, you will be presented with a situation on which there can be no turning back. it will be a situation so tight that you wouldn't know where to turn. a confrontation so sudden that you'll be left with no choice but to face it...but that could turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Oct 4, 2008

Traumatic

The following video is rated PG. Viewer discretion is advised...