tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56577904733620275512024-02-20T09:38:33.820-08:00deranged damsel @EyaEya_MatildaLove me or hate me, I hate anything 'in between.'Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-19789836927994198542015-04-26T00:46:00.001-07:002015-04-26T00:51:16.212-07:00My Letter to All Novice Moms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> (or for all moms who can relate)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">She hasn’t taken a bath at 3PM because she had to make sure the
baby is already clean and fresh and ready for siesta before she takes a shower.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">She wants to, but can’t get the room tidy 100% of the time even
if she tries hard to make her surroundings spotless. She knows though that it
is normal for toys to be scattered on the floor and puzzle mattes to not be
perfectly aligned with each other and for baby books to not be on their usual
location. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At times, she apologizes to her husband for not being able
to do this or that for him because she did this or that for the baby first so
the husband had to do the task himself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">She always looks forward to Sundays and feels a whimper of
pain if her husband says <i>“can we just
stay at home, I am tired?” </i>Sunday is the only day she gets to get out of
home aside from taking the baby for a walk in the neighborhood on a daily basis;
it is the only day she gets to wear her best dress. She dolls herself up on
Sundays either via make up or by doing a quick new hair style so she could feel
pretty because she’s just usually on her tank top and shorts at home with her
hair in a bun and with the face she keeps failing to put a moisturizer on. Yet
on Sundays where she hears people rushing her to look away from the mirror, she
wears her best dress with her damp hair in a bun and with the comb in her hand.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">She is fond of dresses and shoes and bags and the usual
things a girl has in their wish list but she would wait for her birthday to
request for one because it would not be appropriate for her to demand one from
her husband as she is only a full time mom who doesn’t bring dough to the
table. She wouldn’t want to spend her savings for those things either as she
marked all her kept money as <i>“no longer
hers but baby’s.”</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">She keeps browsing on travel deals and events pages as she
would one day want to be in a beach with her friends, climb a mountain or two,
or enjoy what she used to do before being a full time mom, but she immediately
closes the pages out as people may think that being away from the baby and
enjoying leisure with friends may let people think she wants her old singlehood
back.</span></span></div>
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motherhood is her focus and she should not have any misses. She has the
tendency to put herself on the least priority. She has the tendency to be
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not lead to sacrificing one’s personal identity. I’d like her to grab her
makeup kit and make herself pretty, if that’s what makes her feel better. I’d
like her to start mingling with her friends again, to plan a trip or two or a
simple coffee get- together. I’d like her to be more ’herself’ and not care
about what others would say. I’d like her to care more about her body by
staying fit and not feel incriminated by doing so, with the people around her
thinking that she shouldn’t bother as she already is a mother and that whatever
body type she may fall under, she would sno longer be replaced by her partner.</span></span></div>
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lives for our children, but shouldn’t we pick up and maintain our lives for our
children too?</b>”* Motherhood should not lead to losing but gaining one’s self.
It is one of life’s greatest roles that doesn’t end once started. It begins by
the moment we know that a life is slowly forming inside our bodies. This
knowledge alone should be empowering enough to make us want to fulfill our
dreams and realize our long- taught plans for self improvement even if it means
temporarily being away from our kids. We have to hug the fact that we cannot be
100% be with our kids as we need some time alone with ourselves, our partner and our community. When people
start to doubt your being a mother as old times pictures a mom merely staying
at home waiting for her partner, silence them with your display of confidence
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it empower you to still be passionate about the things you enjoyed doing before
this phase. The social norm that dictates mothers to be at home most of the
time is ancient. Be more of what you'd want to be - whether that'd be a person
that starts the talk, someone who conquers heights and mountains and cliffs or
someone who's not afraid to take risks for growth. When you become what you
envisioned, you would likely be happier in raising your offspring as you know
you never held yourself back. You're meant for greatness and you're meant to
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What am I made of?<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br />-A skin covers my muscles<br /><br />that then covers my bones<br /><br />Or the cliche:<br /><br />Of flesh and blood I am made<br /><br /><br /><br />But no, that is not my point<br /><br />What am I made of?<br /><br />Am I covered with <br /><br />merely a fourth of truth<br /><br />and three quarters of pretension?<br /><br /><br /><br />Do I trust others<br /><br />but not myself?<br /><br />Or do I trust myself<br /><br />and not others?<br /><br /><br /><br />Do I consist of fair judgment?<br /><br />Or cling on first impressions?<br /><br /><br /><br />Am I worth living?<br /><br />And worth remembering<br /><br />when I die? <br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Poem written early 2004<br /><br />Blog entries are owned and copyrighted by Leah Bulacan © All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use, copy, editing, reproduction, publication, duplication and distribution of the blog content, without author's explicit permission, is punishable by Law.</span><br /><br /></span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-4164318303044561792014-02-22T06:31:00.004-08:002014-02-22T06:37:50.049-08:00Lucky<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">As it all came to pass I smile about the things which once hurt me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am lucky that I have not felt the love I deserved</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am lucky that I have been fooled</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am lucky that I have stumbled upon a wrong decision</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>All of these made me wiser</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am lucky that I have felt betrayal as I gained the discernment </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">to know who are phony and who are loyal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am lucky to have known the feeling of solitude</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>All of these made me stronger</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">It seems like yesterday</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was on track then went astray;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">was in bliss then wanted pain to go away </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">laughed,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">loved,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">cried,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am lucky that I failed in love a lot of times</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am lucky that I felt the urge of giving up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am lucky that all these things came into place</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">All of these led me in being where you are</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I am lucky that I have lost</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>because it was then that I found you</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>"All I went through, led me to you, I'll do it all over again."</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">-a line from Natasha Beddingfield's song</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Effortlessly, you make me
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">my fears diminished,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and my peace always within reach</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Unconsciously, you make me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">want to be better</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">strive even harder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and see things without the obscurity of cynism</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Unknowingly, you make me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">be in such a trance I won't want to end</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">be in this place I once feared to tred</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">be in this spot I'd give everything to have until the end</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Effortlessly,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Unconsciously,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Unknowingly,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You make me feel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>the want, the longing, the yearning</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>to keep on feeling what you make me feel</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">to keep on keeping the feeling I deem to be surreal</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Everyone
has that innate longing to want what they know they cannot have, to try
to change something which is more likely to remain constant, to push
their selves in situations they are better off ignoring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We
love the thrill, the chase. We'd like to satisfy the urge of wanting to
take and win over a challenge. We’d like to explore and wander. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You
are not alone in feeling this; again, it is innate and is normal. Once
entertained, it gives us the same satisfaction of enjoying a vacation
with no planned itinerary, of finding a beach in the middle of nowhere
after getting lost from a trip which was not meticulously planned. We
love the spontaneity of it all, the certainty that everything will be
uncertain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Enjoy it while you still can but I tell you
it would never be permanent. This kind of longing would one day fade
away and you’d shift from wanting to hold something you know you’d one
day let go of, to wanting something that you know would stay. One could
never forever hold on to this as it’d one day dawn on you that it got to
stop, you’d be weary and tired of trying, of pushing things, of
fighting a fight you know you would not win over. We’d then like the
warmth of holding the hand that has been waiting for quite a while to be
noticed, we’d then want to veer away from wanting to wander, from
wanting to play, we’d then want to accept someone who’d kill and fight
for our time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Don’t push yourself away from this kind of
longing though, of thinking of what the others would think as we do not
answer to anyone but ourselves- the only one that knows what goes within
us. Savor and satisfy this longing if it comes knocking at your door.
Sometimes it is necessary to fall in the wrong arms to finally have that
yearning to be enveloped with the right one. Sometimes it is necessary
to wander so we could find our place on the spot we so well deserved.
Sometimes it is necessary that we fall hard because of someone, to
finally rise up with someone else who’d ensure something closest to
certainty in this world of the unknown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am a woman and I
believe that this kind of ‘playful’ thrill- seeking nature is not
limited to men. It happens, and is felt by everyone. A women’s utmost
yearning though, is to feel affection. At the end of it all, this
longing supersedes all emotional needs. A woman is a woman. Our hands
would be paired with the ones we are destined to hold. Our attention is
ought to be given to the ones who have proven their worth. We are meant
to stay with the ones who are decisive to stay. After all the shebang, a
woman would then delight themselves being with something that needs not
to change, of finally accepting what they actually deserve, rather than
what they push themselves in believing they deserve. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“We accept he love we think we deserve.” –Perks of being a Wallflower.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">September 2013</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>Everyone fights their own battles every day.</i></b> There are the small ones that you’d just need instinct or a bit of logic as your weapons like the fight for a seat in the train where there’s a pool of people eyeing for one. There are the big ones that you just cannot get over with no matter how witty you are, not matter how you think you are prepared, no matter how many times you've been under the same battle. They are the battles WITHIN US. It could be a fight for strength where one breathes in, breathes out and tells himself “Please be strong.” It could be the battle of the mind and heart where each side opposes the other. It could be the fight for confidence where one who feels so low reminds himself of what his worth is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i>The truth is the world would not stop and mourn with you. </i></b>The world would not stop the train from departing to let you in because you’d be late. The world would not stop and console you and drive you to move forward as the world has its own battles to fight, too. The biggest battles that we go under are the one where it is ourselves we have to fight with. Sometimes we have to suck it all in and fight for what we know is right. These battles make us all human. The goal is not to succumb to any of these fights because as hard as they may seem to win, you’d get over them in time and be ready for <b>ANOTHER FIGHT.</b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-42813461747774489772013-06-14T10:23:00.000-07:002014-02-22T08:04:29.260-08:00I Miss You So Much It Hurts II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You hearing me? I miss you, and I know that you know that even though I don't get to write for you that often.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'd
oftentimes think how my life would turn out to be had you not left 13
years ago. Perhaps you'll drive me to have the same appetite as you do
and I'd look a bit 'unslim' than I am now. Perhaps we'd watch musical
numbers together as you know how I adore Leah Salonga whom I was named
after, perhaps we'd walk together and chat, like we used to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As
soon as you left I felt how it is to live lacking a father figure. You
were the one beside me teaching me Math or whatnot's, you argued with me
about politics and other things like which pizza flavor to pick. You
were there. We were so close that when you left, I had to motivate
myself to creating a mindset that all of those roles will then be
fulfilled Mom. I was closer than you than I was with her. I was your
baby even at 14.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Perhaps I'd be stronger because
I'd have more years under your tutelage. Perhaps you'd repeatedly tell
me not to cry and I'd follow you and I won't be the cry baby that I am
now. I recall that particular day when you told me NOT TO CRY, and I
guess that's a statement you told me just once but would want me to
remember even after you left.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We'd read books and
argue about them, I'd have you read Tuesdays with Morrie or perhaps read
it out for you as your eyes won't have the 20- 20 vision you used to
have. I'd force you to stay with me in Manila and if you don't agree I'd
visit our hometown on a weekly basis. We'd eat 'palabok' heartily, we'd
watch movies together, I'd give you a massage from time to time even
when you don't ask me to give you one. I'd replenish your container of
water as I know you can drink 4 to 6 liters in a day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I
would be the best daughter you could ever ask for. We'd go to church
together and I won't refuse talking about the history of saints and Word
War and the Republicans, I won't fail to buy you a Sunday copy of your
favorite newspaper. I would be there for you and forget about work and
drive towards home immediately as soon as you need me.<i><b> I will be the daughter who'll always be around.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love you and I miss you so much. Happy Father's day Pap. Please let me dream about you. </span><br />
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Finally, Convergys had a fun theme going on, it's labeled DOMINATE, and you'd see on posters that it's linked to music genres- Hip Hop, R & B and House. Yay! Yeap, you're reading it right- House, my favorite (so far as I've got ecclectic taste).</span></span><br />
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I loved the theme but there was just too much going on in December so I didn't want to spend too much money on an outfit, so I rummaged through my sister's closet and settled with the La Senza Babydoll corset I've been eyeing to wear! My sister does not see it apt for the theme but hell I did, I'd like this more than the sample outfit posted in our lobby which I'd mistake for a Filipinia theme. </span></span><br />
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I'd say I pulled it off just fine and I was happy to see I was the only one wearing that (who else would dare wear something honeymoon- worthy, lol), some may find the combination off- I paired the pink over black top with a metallic leggings and leopard shoes but I could not care less- that' how I pictured it and I won't give a dam about <strike>color coherence</strike>- let confidence push it through!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I definitely had fun, it always is exciting to experiment on clothing like turning a one piece swimsuit to a top worn under a skirt, mixing pieces others would veer away from combining. The most essential part of it all is confidence- wear it and you'd be able to pull anything off and it radiates not only on your outfit but onto your whole aura. :)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-73849293047397679642012-12-01T14:57:00.000-08:002014-02-02T00:21:56.120-08:00An Ode to Charlie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_y4Flma29HgnnhNqu610NhWbY1UTgIsrF2Mg1l4FFwJ02ytdI6i2YHf5AZX34moOmkyD93TIbWDQKnvqK-TO52RbDfspp5h4YLxo6chuB9xiYWPpMxPnnORlOvI09X8LLNdWVevH2FI/s1600/_MG_0221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_y4Flma29HgnnhNqu610NhWbY1UTgIsrF2Mg1l4FFwJ02ytdI6i2YHf5AZX34moOmkyD93TIbWDQKnvqK-TO52RbDfspp5h4YLxo6chuB9xiYWPpMxPnnORlOvI09X8LLNdWVevH2FI/s1600/_MG_0221.JPG" height="640" width="425" /></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Waiting, this, we were taught well; we were told not to say the
first "Hi," never to be caught glancing, never to show any hints of
liking unless the guy shows inclinations of fondness first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I screwed them all- these norms. Aren't
they man- made? I came to think about it and it dawned on me that things they
consider "out of the usual" are not at all bad, they are things
people would wish they'd do but won't- for the fear of negative labels. I learned
to know better, chased what I had to chase, said what I had to say and I was
happy, I recall being after freeing emotions most people would just opt to
keep; for the fear of being the only one to think that way, for the fear of
being thought weird.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am what I am, I'd speak my mind out, of
course filtering words which are not pleasing, pondering on would- be actions
before delivering them. I risked and fell then helped myself up and having
known that pattern, I did not fear to risk again as I know I’d come standing
right away each time I fall- with time’s promise of a new day, and with
friends; with whom I share millions of laughter with, a ton- load of angst and
sentiments, and a drink or two from time to time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I patiently wait on things I know I am
better off with God’s timing, and at the same time work on achieving what He
has set for me to claim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am a woman and I am not bound to just
keep on waiting. I make things happen. And I am not afraid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">I can't be <strike>all- dolled up on church</strike>. Thus, I went out today
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eyeliner so here are two steals I discovered which does their job work in
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Shawill Mascarra; works even better than my Maybelline's.
I'd definitely not purchase a mascara from Benefit, this'll do the lash-
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I cleansed then moisturized my face, primed it up using
Loreal Base Magique. I then lined my upper lids, then Used Maybelline Dream
Lumi Touch concealer, applied Maybelline Cheeky Glow blush and set everything
with powder, then used a Mascarra. Voila! I was ready to go out with a light
feel- make up. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Before and After</span></b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am writing this blog to also commend <b>The Chic Closet</b> for
the recent purchase I made from them. I love the Maybelline Dream Lumi Touch Concealer,
I bough it at a BOGO offer; got Nude and Buff. It does not crease, does not
oil up and can last for several hours. I especially like the extra effort that
the Chic Closet puts in on the products, the owner would attach the Pink Cute
label on the product, then even send it out with a Thank You note, little
things like that really count on creating good relationship with buyers. Yay!
There goes my Before and After Pic. The two pictures may not have the same
lighting, but my under- eye area was definitely concealed unnoticeably.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-36045397869321590102012-09-29T16:51:00.002-07:002014-02-01T22:53:59.467-08:00Confessions of a Concealaholic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;">
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I've been on a hunt for concealers for my under- eye area. I tried MAC, remembering the song 'UNPRETTY' which has this line "<i>you can buy all the make up that MAC can make,"</i> thus leading me to think when I was young that it's the best make- up brand ever and that as soon as I am able to buy things on my own, I'd buy myself MAC.</span></div>
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I tried MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NC30, none of the sales staff in Trinoma was helpful. I asked questions and they just simply nodded, never talking smart about the product they sell. I'd say this is not for under- eyes. It has a thick consistency, almost dry and you need to warm it up through your fingers for it to somehow liquefy. It creases like hell so you need to use it on top of other products like primer or another concealer. It' perfect for pimples though, you just simply get a few amount of (oh yeah, it's too pigmented a jar may last you a year or more) it through your finger then dot it on the pimples or other areas and it it'd work miracles. This is not a bad product after all but it's not meant for under eyes. I found out later on that concealer jars are not really meant for the under- eye area because of their thickness, liquid concealers work best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A week after I rushed to the mall and find an alternative, or something I can use in combination with MAC. I got Maybelline's Angel Fit concealer in light. The two work well together- the Maybelline is pigmented as well (not as much as MAC of course) yet since it's liquid, it helped counter- act the drying effect of MAC. The light color is too light even if you have Kris Aquino's complexion, and on it's own it looks grayish than light brown so you really have to choose the right color. I got the light one and when used on it's own, I look like a Panda with white under eyes, but when used with something like MAC which has the yellow/ olive feel, it's good enough. I am not crazy for this one but taking price into consideration, it's not that bad. I give it 3.5/ 5 and may use it on "not so special occasions."</span></div>
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months of searching I heard about Milani's HD Concealer, and how it compares to
YSL's Touch Eclat for 80% off the price. We don't have it in the Philippines so
what I asked a friend a favor to buy me three of it. it's being sold for $8 a
piece (men the shipping cost more than the item as it had to be shipped from US
to Canada then Canada to Philippines). I loved the consistency, it's not at all
drying yet not too thin and it looks natural. It would not conceal the under-
eye area 100% but merely minimize how obvious eye bags are but so far it's the
best one I have tried. It has its built- in brush and it's a click- pen
concealer. This is the type which would make people not notice that you have a
concealer, not unlike MAC and the others which makes the under- eye area look
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Written last May 20, 2012 at 2:16 PM MLA</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'd touch your nose, the first one I'd see perspiring than then the
other parts of your face. I can stay still for minutes; watch you as you
sleep, with the pillow beside you. I'd then force myself to replace the
pillow, snuggle my body into yours; happy as always.</span><br />
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think about you though I'm already beside you, as only you consume my
thoughts. I'd look at the sun rising from your window, stretch out my
still- lazy body and try to wake you up with a kiss. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You'd
squint your eyes then sleep again, I'd stay still and watch you, within
few minutes you'd fall back to slumber, even snore or mutter words I
can't make out the meaning of, as you'd always do when you dream. I'd
stand in awe, wondering how deeply am I in love, noticing that I am in
this bubble of happiness I wouldn't want to burst, that I am in a trance
I wouldn't want to end then suddenly, I'd think about how everything
seems so familiar.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'd look at you again and
recall the same way I looked at someone else years back. I'd think about
the dreams that were formed through those moments of silence, the hopes
I had, the promises I was picturing to come to life as I was immersed
in my pool of thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'd think about how his
hands perfectly fit mine just like mine would perfectly fit yours, how
your embraces give the same type of comfort, how madly in love I am,
just as I was before.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From time to time I'd fear
when it'll end, how these feelings, though familiar are threatening. At
any point a needle that will burst my bubble of happiness can stealthily
lurk beside me, like it once did- stealing my long- fought peace of
mind.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’d appease myself with a belief- that
everything’s just a pattern, you fall and someone falls to be with you,
then that someone stands to leave you, then you stand up and be still
and rest yourself from the pain until you’re ready again. These all
sound too simple but it doesn’t all occur in few seconds- standing up
may take months which seems like an eternity, trusting again may take
longer than you could ever think, being finally free from the wound may
seem forever.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After all those, you’d regain your
peace of mind- free from haunting thoughts, from hopes and promises
which took you a while to let go. Then you’d fall again, happy as you’d
never thought you’ll ever be, and then hold on to a new world with new
set of hopes and promises. You’d think it’s the same thing and when it
all ends, you’d declare you will definitely be able to move again like
you did before.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You’d brush all thoughts away,
painstakingly. You’d touch his nose, the first one you see perspiring
than then the other parts of his face. You’d curl up your fingers into
his, watch him sleep, snuggle your body into his. You’d keep doing this
each time the fear of having the pattern come completely into life
visits you, and suddenly, with his smile, you’d believe that maybe this
time it will be different, maybe this time there’s really nothing to
fear.</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> *Trying to fight writer's block, I wrote this. I hope I won over it, haha.</span></em><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-87873454163282267812012-03-18T01:30:00.049-07:002014-02-01T22:58:53.954-08:00Loca Over Ilocos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuebuFX6gjjQcj2HrtyizwzSdIJkkOymlqKGRPnzUSeQtNAAj9Tb5rkNN3vJFgAoHTOGg_EDWDDj3GDE-592JAx646HB-2wSOwRUppDhT1SsCsbEatA_JW7aItlLsfpMyrV3wnbSGz-hY/s1600/_MG_5069.JPG" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuebuFX6gjjQcj2HrtyizwzSdIJkkOymlqKGRPnzUSeQtNAAj9Tb5rkNN3vJFgAoHTOGg_EDWDDj3GDE-592JAx646HB-2wSOwRUppDhT1SsCsbEatA_JW7aItlLsfpMyrV3wnbSGz-hY/s400/_MG_5069.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721168449886501074" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 267px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; text-decoration: underline;">I</span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">t was my third time and I still love it the way I did the first time I set my feet on its land; Ilocos is really one of those places you want to keep coming back to.</span><br />
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I can’t even distinguish Ilocos Sur from Ilocos Norte being the no- sense of direction person that I am. We set to Vigan first rather than heading to the beaches right away. There's more to Vigan than just exploring the <b style="color: #ffffcc;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heritage Street</i></b> which looks like your bigger Intramuros. At P150 per hour calesa- ride we got to see <b style="color: #ffffcc;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hidden Garden</i></b>, few minutes away we headed to the place where pots are made then to <span style="color: #ffffcc; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Baluarte</span>, one of Chavit Singson’s houses which is open for public viewing, (did not look as well maintained the first time I got there though) and <span style="color: #ffffcc; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Ramon Magsaysay Museum</span>. I tried what everyone has been raving about- Ilocos empanada, this seemed to me as your local Lumpiang ubod but fried not in a <span style="font-style: italic;">lumpia</span> wrapper but in the not so usual- empanada wrapper whatever that is called. At Cafe Leona's, a restaurant which is a few- minute walk within Heritage, I gobbled <span style="color: #ffffcc; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Bagnet</span> and <span style="color: #ffffcc; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Vigan Longanisa </span>which is the best tasting- longanisa I should say.</div>
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To explore other places in Ilocos Norte we stayed at <span style="color: #ffffcc; font-weight: bold;">Currimao </span>at a friend's house, an hour and a half ride from Vigan and hired a van (we just payed for the gas though since he is my friend’s friend, yiha). I was able to see <i style="color: #ffffcc; font-weight: bold;">Marcos Presidential Museum</i> in Batac, Malacanang of the North which was the residential house of late Ferdinand Marcos in Paoay, the old Church in Ilocos Norte which name I don’t recall yet you can see the picture below, the <i style="color: #ffffcc; font-weight: bold;">Fort Ilocandia Resort</i> in Laoag, <span style="color: #ffffcc; font-weight: bold;">Cape Bojeador</span> in Burgos which is the highest lighthouse in the Philippines; the last two mentioned places being my favorite. If you do know someone in Currimao kindly beg them to tour you around as the houses in the place they called <i>Seawall</i> are in front of a beach. Yay, we swam there, the waves are too strong to swim on though yet there are rock formations within the beach you can hold on too.</div>
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In Pagudpud, I got to conquer both Saud and Blue Lagoon- the two beaches Ilocos brags about, the two beaches every travel bloggers out there would be proud to have experienced relaxing on. Blue lagoon is a haven in itself, I felt like the sands are finer in Blue Lagoon than it was in Saud, it’s not a long stretch of beach though and since it sits on the west, you can’t have a feel of the perfect sunset, this, you can have in Saud. If you would like to enjoy the beach with less crowd then Blue Lagoon is the one you have to try if you don't have ample of time to try both. From Pagudpud's main town, Blue Lagoon is the farthest beach designation from the town proper of Pagudpud as another blogger exclaimed, and our one- hour trip from Pagudpud proper towards <span style="color: #ffffcc;">Barangay Balaoi</span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,</i></b> where Blue Lagoon is situated, proved that statement true.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br />We stayed at</span><b style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><i> </i><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Hanna's</span></b><span style="color: #ffffcc; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Beach Resort</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,</i></b> <span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">it's a beach- front resort which looks like an urban subdivision (imagine a group of small houses clustered in an area) plus the green scenery (grass surrounding the houses, coconut trees, and stuff usual resorts would have), the cheapest rate one can get is 2K a night and if you'll go there during peak seasons you'd have no choice but to get the higher rates like 3K a night</span><i style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">. <b style="color: #ffffcc;">Kapuluan Vista Resort</b></i> seemed like a charm since the structure has a vintage or "Vigan- like" aura but the only available room at the time was the dormitory. There are "homestay houses" within the whole stretch of Barangay Balaoi and as I read once, price would start at 3h a night, I guess it's as good as staying in a resort minus the amenities yet we really wanted to relax and to try out a resort in front of Blue Lagoon.' The tip is to make a reservation before heading to the resorts right away, and ask a hotel representative over the phone if they have discounts (we were told we missed the 20% discount).<br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">If you want good food with a reasonable price don't buy from Hanna's though as you'd feel like your robbed after eating a meal or two (7h for a simple breakfast for two comprising of </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;">Tapsilog</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> which you can enjoy for 1h per head in Manila). There's this store near Hanna's where you can have the owner cook you food. We ate lobsters I guess it was half kilograms and prawns and fish in sweet and sour (the fish are fresh from Blue Lagoon, the store owner buys it directly from the fisherman of Barangay Balaoi), the cost did not even come close to a thousand! The owner was a good cook it's as if you ate at those fine- dine restaurants in Manila.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I spent the first 3 hours of my stay in Hanna's just sleeping as the Vigan- Pagudpud trip wore me off. I got to try the beach at 4pm and I would not say this really is your ‘Boracay protégé’ but close enough, sands are still finer in Bora where you could just sit around or lie down without feeling any roughness. Yet I wanted a calmer place with the sounds of the waves alone so it definitely felt good, therapeutic it was.</span><br />
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On our last day of stay at Hanna's we hired a tricycle to take us to the tourist spots and it cost 8h. We went to the <b style="color: #ffffcc;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Patapat Viaduct</i></b>, the 4th longest Beach in the Philippines. The scene was breathtaking, just along the side of the road you’ll see the <b style="color: #ffffcc;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mabugabong Falls</i></b>, a mini hydro electric plant. After that we went to <b style="color: #ffffcc;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bantay Abot Cave</i></b>, a cave like the ones you'd Explore in Puerto Galera <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">b</i>ut bigger and it has a hole in the middle, offers a great view of the sea as well. We also went to <b style="color: #ffffcc;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Paraiso ni Anton</i></b>, a mini fall where you can drink water coming directly from the mountains. Natives say this is a healing water. We took some pictures in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Aqua Grande</i>, nothing so special though, it looks like to me a deserted place which someone placed a covered place to sit on for tourists to have a great view of the sea and the rocks before its wide vast. We also went to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Kapurpurawan Rock</span> </i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Formation</i> (my friend says Kapurpurawan means ‘kapuputian’), it was a 10- 15 minute walk to get the rocks per se. I have never seen anything quite like it, it resembles the slot canyons like the ones in the movie <span style="font-weight: bold;">127 hours</span> though it's not a canyon but a simple rock formation you can easily walk on. Our last stop would was the Windmills in Bangui; picturesque. I was really out of words when I saw it and I just kept walking watching the waves on the blue water and feeling the wind on my face. We did not get to try <b style="color: #ffffcc;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kabigan Falls</i></b> which the driver said is a 45 minute trek for fast- paced walkers, tired as we were.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 78%;"><span style="color: #ffffcc;">Instant beach experience: </span><span style="color: #ffffcc; font-weight: bold;">Seawall, Currimao, Ilocos Norte, </span><span style="color: #ffffcc;">my friend's house is facing a magnificent view.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8m7O1ZQMLtZJUpqO7vG01pHnwzL5U7IrQ2sNMvIbtrZXBGKjNR-utgPbcbmEHbbLDh7lPhST7UwIjA4XBzZsdc73nSNPymg9-l7i-vnY6hzVHvSU6_iiXkrgjsWKzXaxOJM7oF0_EXLk/s1600/DSC_0974.JPG" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8m7O1ZQMLtZJUpqO7vG01pHnwzL5U7IrQ2sNMvIbtrZXBGKjNR-utgPbcbmEHbbLDh7lPhST7UwIjA4XBzZsdc73nSNPymg9-l7i-vnY6hzVHvSU6_iiXkrgjsWKzXaxOJM7oF0_EXLk/s400/DSC_0974.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721253257869994466" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 307px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 462px;" /></a>When going back to Manila from Pagudpud, I don't suggest boarding a plane if you are on a tight schedule (say you'd go back to work immediately after the vacation). From Blue Lagoon towards the airport you'd hire a tricycle for P300 to take you to the spot where you can ride on a Bus towards Laoag, from Laoag you'd take another tricycle for P150 to take you to the airport, the transfers were really exhausting. Another thing to note is that unlike the airports that we know, <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Laoag Airport does not sell any of Ilocos specialties or any souvenirs so buy </span><i style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">pasalubong</i><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> at the market first before leaving.</span>If you want to try both Saud and Blue Lagoon, I am suggesting you stay at Saud first, stay in the beachfront resorts and from there hire a tricycle or a van that could give you a tour to see Kabigan Falls, Patapat Viaduct, and all other spots I mentioned. The drivers would allow you to enjoy Blue Lagoon for an hour or two so by doing this, you get to try both Saud and Pagudpud without having to pay room rates at your selected beach front resorts on both beaches (Say just stay in Arinaya beach resort for two days then spend the second day on a tour to see Blue Lagoon, without having to pay costly room rates in Hanna's like 3K a night).</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-89955297348419087962011-09-13T10:14:00.001-07:002014-02-01T23:04:49.666-08:00Mom<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrcxhMV2XW8sLvKOrD0hQuFuqZw6ul5JQXrvsavkpXTb3DjOKf_f6ILB3XzzaMhddYKen5CzJXzH-YjjPrzSiCudUp5K1H9xhKk9D6bGc8jKeQUAwArF6kDOSrtiXQ4JvPbofG8YYe3Q/s1600/IMG_7803.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651896639924040466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrcxhMV2XW8sLvKOrD0hQuFuqZw6ul5JQXrvsavkpXTb3DjOKf_f6ILB3XzzaMhddYKen5CzJXzH-YjjPrzSiCudUp5K1H9xhKk9D6bGc8jKeQUAwArF6kDOSrtiXQ4JvPbofG8YYe3Q/s320/IMG_7803.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 214px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I wonder why I've never finished a poem about mom</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">about her love for me -</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">never demanding,</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">unconditional</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I wanted to write about her endless sacrifices:</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">the tiresome tasks she do</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">to make me live and study</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sickness she has to deal with while working hard for me</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I wanted to write</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">about how grateful I am to be her daughter -</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">That I'd been blessed with a gift that is her whom I will treasure forever</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">about the beauty within her</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">that never fades, that never fails to be admired</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">about how a 'thank you' and 'I love you'</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Yet that is all she needs to live</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">and that, I shall never cease to give</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I wonder why I've never finished a poem about mom</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I know now:</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">There are lots of great things to say about mom</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">and a poem would not tell enough</span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-62006147129917007812011-07-23T04:55:00.000-07:002014-02-22T06:34:31.975-08:00SA IYONG PAGYAO<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboBiK5ZlMrWM-jLzBf_QsC5b13neQuDy5Ud2eKfX6oW9XzmqsOebVDDBnSIKwULWb2KKzpCCxuwxNyMzX7ZGSHp0-42NsgS4oZo7QrdOOgS_1w8IGWv23gurrpfCVs_e8W42wcSfRnng/s1600/bora.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632515857167838546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgboBiK5ZlMrWM-jLzBf_QsC5b13neQuDy5Ud2eKfX6oW9XzmqsOebVDDBnSIKwULWb2KKzpCCxuwxNyMzX7ZGSHp0-42NsgS4oZo7QrdOOgS_1w8IGWv23gurrpfCVs_e8W42wcSfRnng/s320/bora.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 214px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 320px;" /></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><em>wag mo kong sanayin</em></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><em>na kunin</em></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><em>galing sa yo</em></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><em>ang mga bagay</em></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><em>na alam mong</em></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><em>hindi mo maibibigay</em></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><em>mula ngayon</em></span></span></div>
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kung panandalian lang</div>
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<em>wag mo kong sanayin</em></div>
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<em>na kunin</em></div>
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<em>galing sa yo</em></div>
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<em>ang mga bagay</em></div>
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<em>na alam mong</em></div>
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<em>hindi mo maibibigay</em></div>
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<em>mula ngayon</em></div>
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ayokong dumating ang isang araw</div>
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na makikita ko ang sarili kong luhaan</div>
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at ang tanging maisasambit lang ay:</div>
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"sinanay mo kasi ako ng ganito,</div>
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paano na ngayon ako na wala na ang mga ito?"</div>
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kaya wag na lang kaya</div>
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maaring iwan mo na ang ideyang</div>
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lumapit pa</div>
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kung isang araw ay</div>
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bigla biglaan ka rin lang lilisan</div>
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<em>wag mo kong sanayin</em></div>
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<em>na maangkin</em></div>
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<em>galing sa yo</em></div>
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<em>ang mga bagay</em></div>
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<em>na alam mong</em></div>
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<em>hindi mo maibibigay</em></div>
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<em>mula ngayon</em></div>
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<em>hanggang sa kahuli-hulihan</em></div>
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<em><br /></em></div>
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<em> </em></div>
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masarap damhin ang atensyon,</div>
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ang oras ng isang tapong espesyal sa yo</div>
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masarap malamang me nag-iisip sa yo</div>
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masarap masanay sa lahat ng 'to</div>
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<strong>ngunit marapat lang na hindi ko tanggapin</strong></div>
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<strong>ang presensya mo</strong></div>
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alam kong walang permanente dito sa mundo</div>
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pero kung di ka rin lang magtatagal</div>
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maari bang ngayon pa lang</div>
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ikaw na ay yumao?</div>
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ngayon pa lang ako na'y paulit- ulit na nagsusumao:</div>
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<em>wag mo kong sanayin</em></div>
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<em><br /></em></div>
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<em><br /></em></div>
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<em>na maangkin</em></div>
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<em>galing sa yo</em></div>
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<em>ang mga bagay</em></div>
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<em>na alam mong</em></div>
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<em>hindi mo maibibigay</em></div>
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<em>mula ngayon</em></div>
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<em>hanggang sa kahuli-hulihan</em></div>
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(written last October 26, 2010, 244 PM for Ivan)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5657790473362027551" name="OLE_LINK247"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5657790473362027551" name="OLE_LINK249"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5657790473362027551" name="OLE_LINK248"></a></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">There are those things that end things and things that begin things. There’s that picture which makes you start liking someone, an affectionate gesture which makes you start being comfortable with someone. There is also that grueling task which makes you start wanting to end or wanting to quit on something, or an unthought-of action which makes you stop feeling something you’ve held on for a long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">When things end, we may then wish that the things which somehow helped in making it end did not come to existence at all; that hurtful statement, that emotion- less response, those things you discovered after being kept hidden from you. When things start then end abruptly, we would wish that those things which brought it to start should have been ignored; like that thoughtful message, the unforgettable conversation about your favorite fantasy of all time ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ the bouquet of roses which made begin, the story of you and someone you branded your ‘better half.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">As we grow old, we’d realize that regrets turn into learnings, or they never were regrets at all, or they could be. When something ends and we wanted to prolong its stay, we’d think of things we should not have made or things we should have made. Yes, you can call that regrets. Yet later on as we accept that it ought to end, those things transform into learnings which we can use on new beginnings. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">Both of the kids can barely reach the handle which will lead them to their seats. I was supposed to be in a hurry but the scene was just too moving for me to continue walking. I stayed there for a couple of minutes recalling the smiles I saw on their faces, the pleading soft voice and the driver’s affectionate stare. I told myself that, how mushy or how nonsensical it may seem to people, I'd share that encounter in writing.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-31991594558425162842011-01-31T08:09:00.000-08:002014-02-01T22:53:59.464-08:00the alcoholic<div class="MsoNormal">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-75716226982704704012011-01-08T00:10:00.001-08:002014-02-01T23:03:22.602-08:00500 days of summer (my version)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;"><br />i met my tom a year ago, in the fine white-sand beach called Boracay. i never noticed him. i was either too tipsy to notice anyone or i never really found him attractive.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">well i guess i did. my friends and i were killing the time away. i was sipping a milkshake cocktail when the waiter approached us holding 3 bottles of beer. someone, he said, bought those for us. i never wanted to bother knowing where they came from but my friend was insisted.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">then along came my Tom. wearing a blue printed shirt, smiling. he was never physically what i wanted in a guy and he never will, well unless he gains 5 or more inches in height and some more pounds (i like chubby guys). but the night was eventful. i was facing his friend, he was facing mine, they were sort of matching my Tom with my girlfriend and i thought they kinda clicked.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">i may have liked the way he smiled, the way his eyes kind of smiled too. i could say he was cute, found him a bit cuter when i sensed he was clever (ah yeah smart guys turns me on). after the bottles were emptied, everyone danced and i just watched them from afar. that was just that, no more </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">conversations </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">after it, no exchanging of phone numbers (not on my end but he and my friend got each others' digits). i never expected i will get to meet anyone of them again.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">and i did. i got to keep in touch with Tom again. thanks to facebook. we went out to see movies, viewed usher's concert together, had several coffee dates, and it was blissful. several months passed by and i wondered why he never told me he liked me, why he never even dared touch my hand. he'd always want to see me, always invite me out but that was never enough for me to feel he liked me more than a friend. i need to brand what we were doing. i did not tell him what my confusion was all about and somewhere around july,we suddenly stopped communicating.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">i missed him. i got into an open relationship yet it was him i was thinking about. he knew about it one day then confided that he was hurting, that he really liked me, that he would not ask me out if he did not. we never stopped communicating until then: emails, YM and FB chats, SMS, calls and whathaveyou's. he made me feel he wanted to be the one always beside me, and i held on to that. he made me have the impression that if we were both single, we'd definitely end up in each other's arms (he immediately had a girlfriend after he knew about my relationship). he made me have the impression that he was not that happy with her girl, that we were two crazy people who liked each other a lot but never got to know that they did, thus, ended up in separate ways.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">we ended up being single, both of us, i ended it up with my guy late november. he was still with his girl at that time but he insisted on booking a flight towards boracay so he could be with me. yet things got worse. december came, he let me know that they broke up because of a text message from me. they have already broken up after he assured me that he will make it to boracay. his last text read 'i need to think things over.'</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">few days after visiting him in his house, he finally realized he loved his ex girlfriend (xgf at that time but gf again a day or two afterwards) and can never afford to lose her. i was good with that, i could never expect US to be each other's rebound partner, yet he left me with no closure.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">january came by. got a call in the middle of the night(3 freakin' am) telling me to wait foe his text about the big favor he was to ask me of. i never heard from him for a month until that night, i mean dawn and i never really wanted to. turns out, he needed me to deny ever dating him, to just say we met last march and that was all. he asked me if i was mad, and i said i did not know what to say anymore. in his seemingly demmanding tone he said (it was all about exchanging of text messages) let me know if you can or can't do it, because this time, i wanna be serious with her. the following day my inbox was screaming a message, with the most demeaning word i've ever gitten so far: please stick with the game plan, we just met last march. the word game plan kept ringing in my head.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">in my sourgraping days i'd imagine myself responding to that message with the words "yeah, sure. to really deny everything won't require any effort, having met you is something someone shan't be proud about." i hated him for a day or two but wht i hated more is his lack of decnecy in asking for a big favor that will kind of hurt my dignity.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">***</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">i cannot even compare him to Tom in the movie, Tom was sure he liked summer. maybe all along i thought he was Tom, and I was summer, yet the truth is, he was Tom, eyeing another Summer, leaving me and denying having known me.)</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">his last words were "i am sorry leah." well i guess that was sorry for not choosing me, sorry for making me believe things he really could not stand for. i was good with that. just like Tom who will meet his "Autumn", i know i will get to meet mine. i saw everything coming but just like all similar instances, i never got to be emotionally prepared.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">for a week after he told me his 'i need to think things over' message, i had this sinking feeling. i had this idea that i would always be someone's second choice. i run low on self esteem and felt unpretty, unwanted, especially because of the fact that this is not the first time this has happened (went serious with a guy before who said the exactly the same i need to think things over spiel, the guy he ended up with a close friend, seeing someone else while he was seeing me, wtf? haha).</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">i am writing this down not to let people know how complicated my relationships were. i am writing this down not to arouse sympathy, from you, one of the few readers of my blog. i am writing this down to remind me of my capacity of loving, of immediately forgiving people who've hurt me, intentionally or not. i am writing this for you, for the US that never were, for the US that was just a pigment of my imagination. i am writing this, realizing that you came in to my life, to open my eyes and see the fact that one day, i will get to meet someone i will be sure about.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">TOM: you never wanted to be anyone's girlfriend and now you're someone's wife. i just don't understand that.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">SUMMER: it surprises me too. i just woke up one day and knew...</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">TOM: knew what?</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">SUMMER: what i was never sure of when i was with you.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">(not the exact words but this is how i recall it)</span></span><br />
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<br /> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-25911679780300102292010-12-14T04:50:00.000-08:002014-02-01T23:03:22.593-08:00one of them<span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknoV0qjDnXxjCZVtfvJTrdTGz6Q6R6alPEmBJ8-_7sYWULJZJdk3Lk9Bij4CNBlT0jLoKkYi6eqEFBwqnMYoxvJy_to2b68rkRvjcQ5lm3RLr5JYWcvYwytkCdzNvuatiP7igVpfCloE/s1600/baguio.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632514366328619714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknoV0qjDnXxjCZVtfvJTrdTGz6Q6R6alPEmBJ8-_7sYWULJZJdk3Lk9Bij4CNBlT0jLoKkYi6eqEFBwqnMYoxvJy_to2b68rkRvjcQ5lm3RLr5JYWcvYwytkCdzNvuatiP7igVpfCloE/s320/baguio.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-19473350911831675912010-10-17T12:20:00.000-07:002014-02-01T22:53:59.462-08:00palubog na perlas ng silangan<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5nAD7KnHULrO_M9SKwlBOU-gbDgSFs-UXZul0Mq2SIqwF7iwHbdnOkQaEuGXJ6izoD4A2qbXKAoPwCOepvBsyE5OyZNjQ7tEzFXnMVRO8LpNbHZyTCxvY3IaowGtpX2ZdMZPph1g5xA/s1600/wv.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559789968132910402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5nAD7KnHULrO_M9SKwlBOU-gbDgSFs-UXZul0Mq2SIqwF7iwHbdnOkQaEuGXJ6izoD4A2qbXKAoPwCOepvBsyE5OyZNjQ7tEzFXnMVRO8LpNbHZyTCxvY3IaowGtpX2ZdMZPph1g5xA/s320/wv.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 239px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 320px;" /></a></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: verdana;">bumili ng frapuccino sa ngalan ng planner ng Starbucks, lustayin ang tatlong libo sa isang bar sa malate, magshopping sa Hong Kong, at mag-order ng i-phone 4 via net.</span><br />
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ang babayarin mo sa starbucks, sobra pa sa pangkain ng isang maralita sa isang araw, ang tatlong libo’y pambili na sana ng gamot para sa tubercolosis ng aleng nakatira sa squatters area na pinagwawalang- bahala na lang ang karamdaman dahil wala siyang pera, ni walang makain sa isang araw, ang pamasahe mo papuntang Hong Kong para mag liw-aliw ay sapat na para makapag-pagawa ng bahay ang isang pamilyang nasalanta ng bagyo.</div>
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ang sarap siguro maging mayaman. marahil ay naiisip din nila ang sitwasyon ng mga maralita, naaawa din siguro sila. pero hindi naman sila pwedeng mamuhay dukha para lang maipakita ang kanilang simpatiya. sinong tangang mayaman ang titipirin ang sarili dahil sa guilt na nadarama sa hindi pagka-pantay pantay ng distribusyon ng yaman sa tao? ni hindi rin natin sila mapipilit na maging pilantropo, pera nila ‘yon eh, silang mag- dedecide kung sa’n ito gagastusin.</div>
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may mga pilantropo naman, pero ang ilan sa kanila, ginagawa ‘yon para lalong bumango ang kanilang pangalan, para maalala sila ng mga botante sa eleksyon, samakatuwid, para lokohin ang mga tao. ang gagastusin ng mga taong yan para sa ika nila’y charity, mababawi nila kung naluklok na sila. ang dali lang namang magnakaw mula sa pondo ng bayan, ang dami nang gumagawa no’n, political figure man o hindi.</div>
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may pag-asa pa tayo.</div>
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may pag-asa pa rin naman tayo kahit na tayo ang pumapasan sa lumobong utang ng namahingang diktador. ganyan naman ang nangyayari eh, kasalanang ng isa, lahat mapaparusahan. para ka na ring nag-train para maging sundalo, magkakasala si Pepe at kayong lahat ang papasan nito, pagagawan kayo ng thesis, individual, haha. akala mo nakatakas ka na sa gawaing pang- eskwela.</div>
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para nga tayong mga trainee soldiers, pinahihirapan tayo ng mga nakatataas sa atin. buti pa nga ang mga OCS may papupuntahan ang paghihirap nila sa kampo, eh tayo? naghihirap tayo dahil sa korupsyon, pagiging makasarili ng mga taong dapat ay tinitingala natin, anung resulta? lalo tayong maghihirap, hanggang sa masanay na tayo sa kahirapan at dina mag-asam pang bumangon. pinapatay ‘nila’ ang pangarap ng maga tao, ninanakaw nila ang kakaramput na pag-asang nais pa sana nilang lumago.</div>
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sa kabila ng pagkahapo sa bayang tila palubog na, may pag-asa pa rin tayo. nakawin man ‘nila’ ito, bibigyan tayo ng Diyos ng panibagong pag-asa, at hindi na ‘nila’ ito mananakaw pa.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">i could not fathom, though, how painful it is to really crash and burn;</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">i am talking about the phrase minus the metaphor, i am talking about talking about the phrase, pictured literally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">few hours after i cried over the car accident scene from CHARLIE ST. CLOUD, i woke up to be notified that the same incident happened to my beau’s sister. i wished it was exactly the same, but it was not. it was not the usual car accident i see in the movies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">i thought about her screaming, gasping for air which was nearly out of her reach. sweat, blood and tears; none of which she cared about wiping through her handkerchief.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">i thought about the man who miraculously saved himself from the tragic event, while she awaits for all the pain to end, in that car where her body burnt, her legs cut in two.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">her family never knew the man. as the PHILIPPINE STAR correspondent put it, “her relationship with the man cannot be ascertained.” the news’ tagline branded him as a businessman residing in BUROT, TARLAC, but few days later we came to know that his real name was hidden somewhere in someone’s attaché case, we came to know that he was not residing in BUROT, we came to know that he is a filthy rich man, with three construction companies under his tutelage, a filthy rich man who can afford to have sports cars viewed as toys boys eagerly want to collect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">a filthy rich man. i want to keep myself from writing about the technicalities, about the details of this incident which could be a collaboration of crime causing the death of a 21-year old woman whose daughter was earnestly awaiting her return. my attention being called due to me talking about this maybe farfetched, but if not, i could not care less.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">the family was restless. they were driving to and fro; from the house towards the police station, from the police station towards the morgue, from the morgue towards the scene where the incident occurred, and so forth. the driver of the car, FRM (filthy rich man) cannot be spoken to because he’s gotten himself a lawyer to back him up, he’s gotten himself a lawyer even before the family learned about the accident. he had the right to remain silent, and he had multi-million dollars, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">three days after it all happened, we’ve heard different versions of the story. we’ve observed the PEOPLE IN CHARGE doing everything they can to DELAY EVERYTHING THEY OUGHT TO BE DOING. but with the family’s persistence, the body which has been sitting in the morgue for three days, was finally sent home, the identity finally confirmed through dental records.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">i have learned that nothing beats persistence, not fame, not money. the PEOPLE IN CHARGE were all appalled as they knew that the family sought help from a close friend, from someone working for MALACANANG. they were all flabbergasted when the family was able to coordinate with the Forensic Expert, the only one in the Philippines. what took a week for others to have him work on a case, it took only one phone call from the family, and persistence, persistence, lots of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">we do not know why FRM’s real name was then hidden, we do not know why my friend’s body turned into what seems to be strips of black burnt wood but her phone and key and some valuables still good as we last saw them, we do not know why we have in all of us an intuition that SOME people were paid to obstruct justice, we do not know the real story. we do not know it, NOT YET.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">some cases i have heard about, cases which had victims crying out of injustice, made me think before that justice is ONE BIG PIE good enough for us to share with everyone, but is first served to those who has gotten authority out of wealth or fame (or both) or what have you, with which leftovers are given to the less fortunate. and when there is greed, not even a midget of justice are given to those who does not have “IT.” </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-9647450090186958632010-08-18T18:19:00.001-07:002014-02-01T23:12:02.861-08:00wishin' it's milk and honey- for everyone<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 18.72px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i want to have more so that i could buy the stuff i only see in magazines, to sit down and worry about what to wear and what tourist spot to visit next, to be snuggled with luxury. heck, who’d say ‘no’ to those?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 18.72px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">but i know that i know more than that, i want a simple life, i’ve always wanted simplicity. yes it feels good to be wealthy, but do we really need to<br />be?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 18.72px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 18.72px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-17239201890254832502010-08-17T22:37:00.000-07:002014-02-01T23:03:22.589-08:00it's a sorta fairytale<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49jUA7jm3rPl9kt4-kpGPsP77pdltuWA4ewMVBNG3dZKC8rzW-ynwnpyqIYsPZ2SuGwD2BcgAtqN9RWEdSHsdbzT2VG1BIknBdBMM8A3S0Slrs7ecLHBeC4dodjYooLvffKBLVHJHpgg/s1600/2_439772672l.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506620204390921026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49jUA7jm3rPl9kt4-kpGPsP77pdltuWA4ewMVBNG3dZKC8rzW-ynwnpyqIYsPZ2SuGwD2BcgAtqN9RWEdSHsdbzT2VG1BIknBdBMM8A3S0Slrs7ecLHBeC4dodjYooLvffKBLVHJHpgg/s320/2_439772672l.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 320px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">everyone would envy the kind of relationship we had. we never fought over a thing for more than a day, we were in a long distance for nearly three years but people would say we still kept the love aflame, we set out our plans in the future, our parents became comfortable with the idea of us walking through the isle one day, we were each other’s bestfriends.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">for some reason or for random or for mixed up reasons, the magic was lost. the love was still there but it was slowly dying, i would not know when it started, i am pretty much sure he was consistent, that while i was just convincing myself that everything will run smoothly between us even though we were apart, i knew he was still the same guy who was madly in love with me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">i was thinking of the major reason why i left him. it could be because i was becoming too weary to wait for him to work in Manila so we could often see each other - too weary that when it happened, that by the time he did what he was supposed to do years back, the excitement with all the love was slowly diminishing. it could also be because of the fact that i once observed that i loved him too much that i had to stop and control it, and by doing so, i lost the feeling altogether, or it could be due to the petty fights we had during his first few weeks of stay in Manila: what with our opening versus closing schedule causing him to be grumpy at times when he’s waiting for me and what with me prioritizing my friends at times instead of having lunch with him.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">i would not know what happened, why i lost the spark. i was at one time, jealous on him having a crush on his wave mate who’s a SARA- MYER look-alike (however that surname is spelled) then i suddenly turned to someone who can’t respond to his sweetnots over the phone. i concluded that the problem was me.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">i should have been more considerate, more supportive or more of what a girlfriend could have been. i should have never thought about leaving him few days after he broke down crying in front of me. i should have cleaved to my promise of understanding him or whatever situation we are with, i should have never disappointed his parents who were hoping i will take care of him as he is just starting to stay in Manila. i should have thought of staying, and of finding a way on how to be as crazy in love with him as i was 6 years ago.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d1dae5; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">but there’s no turning back, i am firm with my being alone right now, not because i don’t want to take my words back, but because this is what i think i ought to do, i might be wrong, or right. i would not care less. i am firm with my being alone right now and with doing nothing about love, in not finding it, in not waiting for it, and in just sitting around thinking that the notion of a fairytale is a bit of a blur in my life for the meantime.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00645751718820627110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657790473362027551.post-29397818957508391482010-07-26T16:04:00.000-07:002014-02-01T23:03:22.594-08:00segundo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufzJyKtcUW9rQYDFgF9_72Eg7qo76Ncxzz40yX8_OpgDR2IBxrDIU3MbLgA5ocFVHXg92vjzY8duSZPXhXbomdik7GDfVmzlMHPBwgYP_pdC3MTgmtJ-KX587QZS92dhbVGXpqElr3DA/s1600/CIMG1390.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506964418678541778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufzJyKtcUW9rQYDFgF9_72Eg7qo76Ncxzz40yX8_OpgDR2IBxrDIU3MbLgA5ocFVHXg92vjzY8duSZPXhXbomdik7GDfVmzlMHPBwgYP_pdC3MTgmtJ-KX587QZS92dhbVGXpqElr3DA/s320/CIMG1390.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 222px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 166px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you chose to stick around, thank you for that.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">what was a 7-month duration for me seemt like years that you had to endure, 7 months which comprised of nights with you fighting the urge of calling me, days you had to wait to be over, afternoons you had to spend alone. you waited for 7 hours outside the condo, while i was somewhere drinking the night away, your flowing thoughts were undisrupted by the persistent mosquitoes, your falling tears uninterrupted by the passers- by.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i was lost, fell inlove with a persona merely created through lies, i've gone crazy, i cried and cried then laughed again. i cursed and cursed then liked someone again. i fumbled, stumbled then came out of all the shebang a strong person i never thought i'll be. friends were there to remind me how worthy i was to be loved, friends were there to tell me not to be too kind, friends were there to tell me that someday, someone, will come along and love me just how i deserve to be.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i had my fair share of highs and lows within that 7-month period we were apart. it was a whirlwind, a rollercoaster, a bumpy- bus ride. from time to time you'd ask me through FB messaging or SMS, how i was, and i'd always retort back and say 'i'd never thought it'd be this fun to be single,' from time time to time you'd call me wih your sarcastic tone and i'd answer with the most hateful tone i could ever give, from time to time you'd say you'll miss me, and how everything did not change the fact that you loved me still.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i thought i lost it all, i felt disgusted with the idea of getting back with the man i was so inlove with 6 years ago, i'd always brag the fact that i am always firm with the decisions i make, that i'd never stick out of my touch- move ruling.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">through it all, you were always there. you were just a call away when i was frantic because the pages shown in my laptop are upside down, you </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">were the first one to wish me a happy birthday last fourteenth of april, you never failed to let me know that you still care and that you will never stop doing so.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and being the stone-hearted that i became, i'd always say i don't care if you still care. i kept reminding you that i already walked-away and i am never to return again. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">through it all, you never stopped hoping. no hurtful words coming from my evil mouth will ever change the way you felt towards me. i cannot count how many times you said you miss me, and how many times i felt you did even if you did not say you did, all i said in return were the words I'M SORRY and THANK YOU.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you chose to stick around, i thank you for that. i was on my way in really really liking someone else, just a few days shy in saying i am exclusively dating him (or i believe so) but then i saw you, finally after too many months of hiding from you. i saw you with your face trying to hide all your emotions, i saw you standing still, and bahm, whatever emotions i kept suppressed for a long time, they all came resurfacing, i fought with them, told myself with conviction that i was just overwhelmed and confused.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">maybe i still am confused, maybe i am doing things out of impulse again, and you couldn't care less. when asked whether or not you are afraid of me being in your life again, when you were told 'THOSE THINGS' may happen again, all you said was 'DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME, it's my choice to stick around, and if things go bezerk again, i only have myself to blame.'</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i came back with a disclaimer that i may not be the same person you used to love before, things shaped the way i am now, you know. i may not be the hopeless romantic who'd do anything for love, i am no longer the old me who'd make US ENDING UP TOGETHER happen. i am afraid of the many changes that i am bringing in, yet all you did was hushed the thought away, showed me that you will still choose to stick around, no matter what, no matter how great the risk is.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">you chose to stick around, thank you for that. you waited for 7 hours outside the condo never- minding the passers- by who'd either give you a piteous stare or a questioning gla</span></span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: verdana;">re, you waited for 7 months for me to change my mind. your hopeful heart undettered with my hurtful words, your determination never dissuaded by the painful possibilities.</span><br />
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