All I Ask

I will leave my heart at the door
I won't say a word
They've all been said before, you know
So why don't we just play pretend
Like we're not scared of what is coming next
Or scared of having nothing left

Look, don't get me wrong
I know there is no tomorrow
All I ask is

If this is my last night with you
Hold me like I'm more than just a friend
Give me a memory I can use
Take me by the hand while we do what lovers do
It matters how this ends
'Cause what if I never love again?

I don't need your honesty
It's already in your eyes
And I'm sure my eyes, they speak for me
No one knows me like you do
And since you're the only one that matters
Tell me who do I run to?

Look, don't get me wrong
I know there is no tomorrow
All I ask is

If this is my last night with you
Hold me like I'm more than just a friend
Give me a memory I can use
Take me by the hand while we do what lovers do
It matters how this ends
'Cause what if I never love again?

Let this be our lesson in love
Let this be the way we remember us
I don't wanna be cruel or vicious
And I ain't asking for forgiveness
All I ask is

If this is my last night with you
Hold me like I'm more than just a friend
Give me a memory I can use
Take me by the hand while we do what lovers do
It matters how this ends
'Cause what if I never love again?

-Adele

A Moment of Impact. -The Vow

She realized it was either she chooses or she stays idle. There was magic on those words she heard. But they were not beautiful. She couldn't point out what was wrong. All she knew was that the impact was not that strong to break the high wall.

She needed fairy dust. 

She wanted to fly. 

She wanted everything to feel real.

^_^

Have courage and be kind... - Cinderella

I'll be damned, Cupid's demanding back his arrow

So let's get drunk on our tears

If you are given a magic wand and has a chance to change one thing, anything, what would it be? Would you be unselfish and wish for world peace? Would you use magic to have someone love you back instead of wanting them to give the feeling because their heart tells them to? Would you wish for divine intervention and have yourself forget all the pain? Will you find happiness then? Or would that just give you more empty spaces hard to fill?

And God, tell us the reason youth is wasted on the young

It's hunting season and the lambs are on the run

Searching for meaning

But are we all lost stars trying to light up the dark?

Someone said the world needs a lot of saving so we gotta do what we gotta do to make a contribution. But sometimes, we are the one who needs saving. We need saving from sadness, from painful memories, from hatred, even from ourselves. We need our own version of superhero to save us from being swallowed whole by darkness, or else even shadows will cease to exist. As long as there's a shadow, there's a hope for light. As long as there's hope for light, no matter how dim, we have something to hold on to.

Who are we?

Just a speck of dust within the galaxy?

Woe is me

If we're not careful turns into reality

I want something I know I don't deserve. We all have that one wish that can never come true, because once it does, we might lose the chance to wish more. It is the line that separates us from reality. We just can't lose what's on the other side of the line.

But don't you dare let our best memories bring you sorrow

Yesterday I saw a lion kiss a deer

Turn the page, maybe we'll find a brand new ending

Where we're dancing in our tears

You are my hope, you are my wish, you are my prayer. Love is the only thing that's always right, but I am wrong to feel it. Someday, I will be hurt again for bringing back to life old feelings, for waking up with old memories. For now, please let me have the chance to be wrong once again.

And I thought I saw you out there crying

And I thought I heard you call my name

And I thought I heard you out there crying

But are we all lost stars trying to light up the dark?

Are we all lost stars trying to light up the dark?

We are not lost stars because we know exactly where we want to be, the right places for us. We live in different worlds, otherwise I will not be singing this song. We keep on waiting for the right time, but it never comes. We keep on dreaming for the right love, but it does not exist. Because love comes in different forms, and there is always a price to pay for trying to change one form to another. We just can't. Love is what it is. Love can never be what we want it to be, it is its own self. We will know what true love is once we accept within ourselves that Love cannot be identified as a single entity. Love cannot be understood in one lifetime alone. Love is a whole bunch of complicated things labeled by one word. Love is just that: LOVE.

Change the World

Imagine a place only your soul can vision

The heart of a child who looks, sees and listens

She paints a picture using every color

And what she sees, she sees is like no other

One word, a voice unheard

You can change the world

With everything I know you're made of

One word, a voice unheard

You can change the world

If everyone would stop and listen

The art of innocence make so much sense

But placed in the wrong hands, well then it's wasted

Filtered through the eyes of a pure mind

A one-of-a-kind paradise for you and I

Break the cycle, find your rhythm

Share the gift that you've been given

You can

You can change the world

You can change the world

"Stay open. Who knows? Lightning could strike."

Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived. 

― Meet Joe Black

I paused and played the beginning part of the movie just to get this quote. I believe searching something I can't understand or did not fully get in Google is not learning at all (ok, truth is, Wi-fi is not working. hihi). There is too much heart in this movie that I had that feeling of overwhelming sadness when it was about to end. It did not made me cry, but it definitely made me pause for a while to think and reflect. 

In life, we all have that defining moment when things seem to fall apart and yet pieces are falling into their right places. We need to stand strong and be patient. What's meant to be, will be.

Someone told me before that it is very rare for me to fall head over heels in love, that kind of love that keeps a person awake at night just thinking about all the good feelings. So when I do, I do not hold back. I give it my best shot. Maybe this is what everyone is looking for in life. Get swept away. Be someone else's one and only. Feel the rush of its ups and downs. Moments where we find beauty everywhere. Moments when raindrops are like music to our ears.

It is never a reason to settle with someone just because it is convenient. That is not love. There is the right person for everybody. There is the right time for everything. Do not waste time on something with no passion. We all deserve something better. 

Keep dreaming! Your fairy tale is out there somewhere.

That person who can make your eyes smile
like nothing else matters but being happy.

^_^

LSS: If this isn't love, then what is?

If this isn't love

Tell me what it is, cause i can be be dreaming and just plain crazy

If this isn't love

Tell me what it is, cause I never felt like this baby

If this isn't love

L-o-v-e.. what is it to me?

L-o-v-e... Oh...

If this isn't love

I'm selfish cause I don't wanna share

Him, with nobody not even those

People that came before me

But see I never believe.

God sent me an angel up from above

That's gonna love me for life

Might as well be perfect

Only because it's the only way

I can describe, so

So if you got real love

Let me see you put your hands up

See you put your hands up

The kind of love that fits

Tight like a glove

Let me see you put your hands up

See you put your hands up, if this isn't love

Cause I know I ain't crazy

I know I ain't trippin

I know I ain't sleeping

I know that it's love

See me with my hands up

If you think I'm dreaming

I know I ain't dreaming

Cause this reason maybe

And I know what is love

If this isn't love...

^_____^

when the sun and moon become one, even the brightest stars will bow and fall in love...

Happy is the heart that still feels pain

Darkness drains and light will come again

Swing open your chest and let it in

Just let the love, love, love begin

Everybody, everybody wants to love

Everybody, everybody wants to be loved

(Everybody)

We can't force anyone to stay close to our heart...it's a mutual decision. When one decides he or she had enough of the relationship, or whatever it is called, there's nothing to do but accept and move on... and wish that somewhere, there's another story about the people who left and who is left behind, another chapter waiting to be told. Another chance to experience it all over again, and then some more...

So glide away on soapy heels

And promise not to promise anymore

And if you come around again

Then I will take, then I will take the chain from off the door

I'll never say that I'll never love

But I don't say a lot of things

And you my love are gone

(The Chain)

Everyone changes --appearance, personality, virtues, perceptions, beliefs...-- one way or another we all come to that point when we (consciously or unconsciously) evolve to our another self. We can be different people with one body, heart and soul. sad thing is, not all evolves to a better version.  and then come mistakes... and sometimes, what follows is a lifetime of sacrifices to make peace with all the regrets. the tricky part is, there's no universal standard of what "changes" are good, and what are not. We can only judge in accordance  to what has been taught to us, to what we've witnessed as we were growing up, what our hearts believe to be true, from all our experiences... and surely, our views regarding this would be different, but all the same wants a similar ending: a happy life, a well-lived story, a perfect world... some things are just too good to be true.

Don't delay, something tells me I gotta go away

Maybe it's the way we always stay when our hearts have gone

We can't hold us anymore, no we've got to fold

Down to the floor, yes I know it's cold but baby our hearts have gone

Just because there once was love

Don't mean a thing, don't mean a thing

(Once Was Love)

We all have to grow up. Live more. Move. And as we see more of the world and meet more of its people, there's that will and desire to listen to what they have to say and to see what's being shown, to discover more and give new things a try... we  can't stop anyone from it, no one would want to stop us from it. even when we only love the light when hating the darkness becomes too much, it is not taken against us. even when we love no more what used to be, it is forgiven. Even when we forget what love is all about, it is not hated. The cold nights will soon be over, everyone has the courageous heart to hope it will leave something for comfort.

Oh, the only way to really know is to really let it go

Maybe you're gonna come back, you're gonna come back

You're gonna come back to me

I don't wanna be the first to let it go

But I know, I know, I know

If you have the last hands that I want to hold

Then I know I've got to let them go

(Maybe)

Staying is never easy when your heart feels it needs to go someplace else. But going away, when your heart wants nothing but to stay, is more difficult. There is love waiting for you to acknowledge, yet you don't spare it a glance. Because your thoughts are far away looking for that same love you think you lost. But it was never really yours to begin with, or if it had been, that's a long time ago already. So you come back empty-handed, more broken than fixed. That love who promised to wait until you heal and ready again, has moved on and found somebody else to love. It gets worse. It gets better. And you learn to value what's now and what's not. Someday you'll understand why , but while you still don't, don't blame the gods.

Note: The song excerpts are from Ingrid Michaelson's songs (Album: Everybody). 

This is my playlist for today, while re-reading 'Insurgent.' 

and while i'm trying to decide in peace.

hello February. i hope...

i'm never giving up on you...

Despicable Me 2... i'm gonna watch you no matter what. 
^_______^

P.S. I am running out of time. I know I am.

Dadada banana lalalalalala afro squirrel potato lala...

Because they are so freaking cute, I watched the first Despicable Me movie again last night. Oo, medyo overrated na nga ang mga minions. Mula sa McDo Happy Meal toys hanggang sa tumbler at keychains at iPod protectors... May minion game na din! At ang mga wallpapers, cover photos at default pics ay hindi rin nagpapatalo. Youtube sensations na din sila (yep, isa ako sa madaming view counts nila). Naisip ko nga na ang cute din siguro nila gawing ringtone. Minions here, minions there, minions everywhere.

At in fairness to me, nakikiuso ako! Minions, here I come!

^__________^

Agnes: SO FLUFFY!

Featuring...

Little hellions kids feeling rebellious
embarrassed, their parents still listen to Elvis
they start feeling like prisoners, helpless,
'til someone comes along on a mission and yells "bitch"
A visionary, vision is scary, could start a revolution, 

polluting the air waves a rebel
so just let me revel and bask,

 in the fact that I got everyone kissing my ass
and it's a disaster such a catastrophe for you 

to see so damn much of my ass you ask for me?
Well I'm back [batman sound]
fix your bent antennae tune it in and then I'm gonna
enter in and up under your skin like a splinter
The center of attention back for the winter
I'm interesting, the best thing since wrestling
Infesting in your kids ears and nesting
Testing "Attention Please" feel the tension soon as someone mentions me
here's my 10 cents my 2 cents is free
A nuisance, who sent, you sent for me?

-Without Me (Eminem)

a radio song...random Tuesday thoughts...my diary...

Picture perfect, starting to hold on
To these new eyes
My (my) worlds drawn out in crayon
All the lives we come across
We shine a light to see our own

.

I love beautiful things. But they can't be just plain beautiful, they have to have substance, or maybe magical component. Call me crazy, or maybe a kid, but yeah, I live in a fairytale world where Santa's favorite reindeer is Rudolph. And yeah, I still have the song Winter Wonderland in my player even if it's already July.

Remember back to every story told
Who you were before the rush hour
Carousel...
Dared to see the world with your own two eyes
So you’ve made mistakes, now who’s wide awake
It’s a tidal wave...

Dreamcatchers. Fireworks. A balloon. Sandcastles built to last. McDonald minions. Kiddie rides in amusement parks. Soft rainfall. A rainbow. A bouquet of flowers. Cotton candies and gummy bears. All things last. But the best things always leave marks even after it's past their time. And these things, these people who always come and go no matter what lifetime it is, these are what and who I call unforgettable experience. 

Our worlds collide, become one in the starlight
Forget perfect endings
Let’s dare and live for the day
Today, today’s like no other...

I wait for miracles to happen. I wait for extraordinary things to come out of simple everyday decisions. Sometimes I am sure they're gonna come soon, whether I just sit, listen to my player, and do nothing. But most of the time, I know I have to make them happen. Otherwise they won't materialize. Ever. And so I create the magic I want.

Words come alive in the story of our time
Let’s all quit pretending
Let’s dare and live for the day
Today, today’s like no other

I am home...

I wish I can forget all the pain I once felt. At some point, we all wish to erase something in our past, something that we'd rather not experience again. But I know it won't be a better me without all those hurt. I am who I am now partly because of all that has happened to me, good or otherwise. My past is not defining my present and future, but it is definitely a driving factor to a lot of important things going on inside me right now. I am who I am because they happened, and no good promises would ever replace the lessons from those experiences.

Hit a wall...
But there ain’t no shutting this door
We’re gonna live, keep faith
We gonna soar soar soar
To a higher ground
We charge to claim our own

Dead-ends. Final chapters. Periods and exclamation points. Whenever I look back at the past few years, there is always that one person that keeps on 'happening' in my life. He appears, he disappears. He buys me cakes, then breaks my heart. He watches movies with me, then become a villain in my story. I am not sure what he really is, most of the time. This is the first time I'm going to admit this on print: I cried a lot because of him. But at the end of the day, he is still that one person that I see myself with in the future, no matter where we are or whatever we might be doing. A lot of things are really impossible, but a lot of magic exist in this world, too. So why not have faith in something that seems to be not possible even just for once?You just might be surprised with what faith alone could do. 

P.S. I guess despite the decisions he choose to make, he will always be someone I'd pray and wish for.

Hello world, Forget what’s the play
But we’re gonna look to shake this rust away

'Cause i’m just gonna live my life
Pick up the pieces of what’s been left behind
Bring back the memories of that special time
No doubt... No fear...
No question I know what’s gotten me here
My sweet escape, hello long goodbyes

I am...

I am scared, and yeah, I still get sad (my diary could testify that). But who doesn't? I also have to remember the feeling of pain and loneliness sometimes. They make me feel alive. They remind me that I can also be happy and content. They remind me that rainbows are not always there after the storm, but all storms eventually stop, rainbow or not. That prayers get answered. That people who die go to a more beautiful and peaceful place. That even if all things end, they create beginnings, too. As long as I don't allow them to eat me alive and keep me awake at night, then it's okay to give them some space. It's not always rainbows and butterflies, it's compromise that moves us along, as what the Maroon 5 song says. 

I am home
Remember who you are
Remember who you are
I am ..i am ..i am... Home...

Our words come alive in the story of our time
Between wish and the waiting
Let’s dare and live for the day...

Soon, I will have to make decisions for my life. To close some open deals. To upgrade to the next level. To collect more experience. To fulfill some short-term goals. To escape boredom, maybe. What I like best about making life changing decisions is that it brings the best out of me. I don't always see the result, or even when I do, there's always an unexpected twist. But at least it keeps me on the game. And as far as I can tell, I am winning...

Carousel (by Bamboo)

- - - - - - -

^__________^

Losing what was never found..

I don't know where I'm at
I'm standing at the back
And I'm tired of waiting
Waiting here in line, hoping that I'll find what I've been chasing.

I shot for the sky
I'm stuck on the ground
So why do I try, I know I'm gonna  fall down
I thought I could fly, so why did I drown?
Never know why it's coming down, down, down.

Not ready to let go
Cause then I'd never know
What I could be missing
But I'm missing way too much
So when do I give up what I've been wishing for.

I shot for the sky
I'm stuck on the ground
So why do I try, I know I'm gonna fall down
I thought I could fly, so why did I drown?
Never know why it's coming down, down, down.
Oh I am going down, down, down
Can't find another way around
And I don't want to hear the sound, of losing what I never found.

I shot for the sky
I'm stuck on the ground
So why do I try, I know I'm gonna fall down
I thought I could fly, so why did I drown?
I never know why it's coming down, down, down.

I shot for the sky
I'm stuck on the ground
So why do I try, I know I'm gonna  fall down
I thought I could fly, so why did I drown?
Oh it's coming down, down, down.

(Down by Jason Walker)

- - - - -

And for prayers and wishes that do not come true and never will, may you always remain in those sincere and hopeful hearts... never giving up, always standing against the challenges and difficulties, always waiting for something magical. Who says they will never come true, anyway? Nothing beats the power of Faith...

^_______________^

some LSS are really hard to break...

Lumuha kang nag-iisa, nakadungaw sa buwan. 

Lumilipad ang isip ko, nakasabit sa ulap. 

Ngunit bakit, pinilit, 

kung ayaw ko'ng masaktan? 

Sinabi ko sa kanya 

na 'di pa rin nililikha 

ang tulad kong parang timang 

na 'di pa rin maintindihan. 

Malayo ang pagtitig ko, dala ng hangin. 

Akala ko ay pwede pa na umasa sa iyo. 

Ngunit bakit, pinilit,

kung ayaw ko'ng masaktan? 

Sinabi ko sa kanya,

na 'di pa rin nililikha

ang tulad kong parang timang,

na 'di pa rin maintindihan.

O bakit ba

pag wala ka na,

ako'y kulang

ako'y kulang...

Sinabi ko sa kanya,

na 'di pa rin nililikha

ang tulad kong parang timang,

na 'di pa rin maintindihan.

na 'di pa rin maintindihan.

Sinabi ko sa kanya...

No meaning.. Just singing.. ^_________^

the untitled story

The hater and the hated. The bestfriend and the lover. The soulmate and the spouse. The ghost and the hunted. The cactus and the dessert. The superhero and the villain-free city. The lemon and the vodka... How does it feel like to be THE irony in an ironic story? It's like choosing just one in every two options I just mentioned. Some of them sounds good (like soulmates and superheroes and lemons and vodka), but they can only be good if they serve the purpose of their existence. Without meaning, they are also just one of those choices people struggled with  each day. Just as without a villain, a superhero is just one of those ordinary guys who takes a bath and eat at least three times a day.

This post is for people like me who sometimes ask a lot of questions because they are afraid that if they stop asking, they would finally get an unpleasant answer. And I admit, I have this mood when I'd rather die wondering than know exactly how bad and painful the answer is. But i try to look anyway; I ask anyway.  Even when I know it will really hurt, I ask anyway. Then it led me to this: If life is as simple as learning to cook pancakes, then we would all be in deep trouble. Because just like life, pancakes looks easy to prepare, but it really is not...not when you want a really tasty and perfectly made pancakes (this is making me hungry).

So we are given a chance to choose who we could be, who would you want to be? I guess the reason why we are given freewill in the first place is because choosing one's fate from a limited list of options is unfair and stupid. We could be anyone, the options are infinite; this is basically what makes the choosing difficult and yet fun. 

If there could be an easy way out of all the illogical situations you get yourself into, but then the payback is that you get to live only within the bounds of all the things that makes life fine but not really great, would you take the bait? We create and live in stories every single day; some we share, some remain forever just that... a story untold. I'd rather have great untold stories than share all those that don't really make any difference to the world. Who cares about bragging rights? It doesn't make one happy and content... not for a long time anyway.

To make a mountain of your life

Is just a choice

But I never learned enough

To listen to the voice that told me

Always love... Hate will get you every time...

Always love... Don't wait til the finish line...

Slow demands come 'round

Squeeze the air and keep the rest out

It helps to write it down

Even when you then cross it out

But always love... Hate will get you every time...

Always love... Even when you wanna fight...

Self-directed lives

I want to know what it'd be like to

Aim so high above

Any card that you've dealt you

Always love... Hate will get you every time...

Always love... Hate will get you...

- Always  Love by Nada Surf

This was the background song when Robin lost her I-love-you-ginity to Ted in How I Met Your Mother...And yeah, it feels right when all along you've just been waiting for is the right person. When finally you find the right person, you would no longer have to choose... you could be who you really are. 

why am i the one...

She hasn't much to hold onto.

She keeping count on her hand:

One, two, three days that I been sleeping on my side.

I mean the sun was never like this.

I wanna feel with the season.

I guess it makes sense.

And I just wanna stay in bed.

I hold you like I used to.

So, darling, if you love me,

Would you let me know?

Or go on, go on, go on, if you were thinking that the worst is yet to come.

Why am I the one always packing up my stuff?

For once, for once, for once I get the feeling that I'm right where I belong.

Never been one to hold on

But I need a last breath.

So I ask if she remembers when

She used to come and visit me.

We were fools to think that nothing could go wrong.

I think I kinda like it but I might have had too much.

I'll move back down

To this western town.

When they find me out,

Make no mistake about it.

I'll move back down

To this western town.

I think I kinda like it but I might have had too much.

I'll move back down...

p.s. this is not the complete lyrics...

the strange familiar...

I remember when you walked into my secret life

I remember holding hands for the very first time

I remember when you kissed me and

I was so scared but somehow I knew that you would always be there

And I remember everything

I don't know what life will bring tomorrow

But I want you there next to me

I don't know where I'll be tomorrow

But I'll remember you and me (you and me)

I remember dancing in your arms all night

I was staring into your eyes in a circle of light

I remember your laugh and how we cried sometimes

I remember everything

I don't know what life will bring tomorrow

But I want you there next to me

I don't know where I'll be tomorrow

But I'll remember you and me (you and me)

Leafs will change the world is rearranged

Why do we all have to grow up so fast

People come and go, walk in and out of your life

The ones that you really treasure

Will be with you for all time (time)

And I know all the odds are staked against us

But I know the rules don't apply to love

I do know that you came to rescue me from my secret life

I don't know what life will bring tomorrow

But I want you there next to me

I don't know where I'll be tomorrow

But I'll remember you and me (you and me)

I remember you and me

You and me

I JUST MISS YOU SO MUCH.

it sucks for 'em...who cares!?

Sherlock: It has its curse.. learning to see the puzzle in everything. they're everywhere. Once you start looking, it's impossible to stop. But it just so happens that people, and all the deceits and illusions they live for and in everything they know, turns to be the most fascinating puzzle of them all. But of course, it's not always appreciated being seen as such.

Watson: Seems a lonely way to live...

Sherlock: As i've said, it has its curse.

- - - - - - - - - 

It sucks when you're just being yourself and other stills hate you for it. They don't want you to be "you" because then it will make you a better person than they are. They feel like you're better off being the pretentious bitch they picture you of being, for by then they will keep on having the excuse to hate you and to talk about you. They say just be yourself, and others will surely love you. This is not entirely true. People will always look at you the way they want to. You can't change their attitude towards you, simply because it's "theirs."

They would not want you to change; hell, you would not want to change for them. what they want is for you to go away, and they can't stop you from staying where you feel like you belong. The trick is to concentrate on what matters, instead of those that keep on trying to destroy it apart. And no matter what happens, it's not about turning the other cheek or pretending to be blind and deaf, it's  a matter of making a stand for what you believe. It's about making a stand for who you are now, not what they make you of. 

^_________^

Disclaimer: Oooooooops. This post is nothing personal. I just finished watching Elementary (Season 1) and i'm kinda inspired. LOL

Happy Weekend! 

will cinderella dance again?

So the weekend is almost over...almost. Before my first real taste of 2013 summer ends, I want to share how fun everything had been the past three days (yeah, I'm on leave. bwahahahaha).

First, my bonding with the television after, like, a million years. There's Face Off, which was just so long. It was a pretty cool story but it was just so long for an exciting movie. And there's a lot of explosions. The pancakes I wanted to make waited for a long time. Then there's the really overwhelming My Bestfriend's Wedding (which I was watching along with F.R.I.E.N.D.S. in between commercials). After this movie, I was like "Whoa! That was just so real-life." This movie shows that we don't always get the happy ending we've always dreamed for ourselves. But that's the whole point, because what's in store for us could be a lot more cooler than what we've been imagining all along. Then there's White Chicks and 13 Going on 30 (which by the way is what i'm watching again now at Star Movies Channel) which I have watched many times but still amuses me. Then there's Keannu Reeves' Speed, which made my day. Aside from the fact that it's Reeves there, I like the victorious feelings from little accomplishments the characters showed every time something good happens. 

Life is all about balance. And home is where most of us finds this balance. :)

The highlights, my sister's 22nd birthday and my cousin's 18th birthday. Here are the pictures (combined/edited versions) of a day with lots of fun and people and food.

what's with the banana? nothing, really, it was just so cute (and yeah, delicious!). in the picture are my crazy cousins.  we took this picture around 2pm, when no one was around yet but us.

the debutante's mother who cooks the best kare-kare and bibingka ever...

tito arnel's epic wacky face. he could not remember his FB password so we just took pictures instead of helping him reset his PW.

this was not edited. this was taken by my 11-year-old cousin. cute, ain't it?

the jump shot that was never successful. lesson: don't use smartphones.

the 22-year-old celebrant visiting the debutante's party.

the fun never ends... :))))

we were supposed to take pictures with our little girl cousin, Aliyah. she did not want to go off the bike so they did the jumping stuff instead.

It was tiring but it was worth it all. It was nice coming home, and even if I did not get any sleep at all for straight three days, I am really happy that I'm on leave (hahahaha). Happy Sunday to us all! Let's enjoy the rest of the weekend.

And hey...yes, Cinderella is surely dancing again.

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Slow down you're doing fine

You can't be everything you want to be before your time

Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight...

Too bad, but it's the life you lead

You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need

Though you can see when you're wrong

You know you can't always see when you're right...

You got your passion, you got your pride

But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?

Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true..

When will you realize... Vienna waits for you?

Happiness in moderation.

WELCOME FEBRUARY!

Whatever that is excessive is not good. Too much work is depressing. Too much love hurts. To much food is unhealthy. Too much television is eyesore. Too much school is boring. Too much feelings are dangerous. Too much danger lessens the fun. Too much of stuff is just.... too much.

So for this month, it is MODERATION month! And I've sure got a lot of things in mind. I can start with eating sweet food. hahahaha. Then to the more complicated ones thereafter. Yeah, this is a nonsense post. The main objective is to welcome the month and to share my LSS today.

Have a happy February! ^_________^

When you let it go

What they say is true

When you let it go

It'll come right back to you

When you let it go

There is freedom when you do

together forever...

(from L to R) Ate, Nanay, Tatay, and Jane.... 

I get lost in the beauty

Of everything I see

The world ain’t half as bad

As they paint it to be..

I miss coming home to our province. Lately, I've been really busy and work schedule doesn't really allow me to do much. Social networking sites help me cure my nostalgia. And yet there are still times when I just want a break and unwind. 

If all the sons,

All the daughters

Stopped to take it in

Well hopefully the hate subsides and the love can begin

It might start now, yeah

Well maybe I’m just dreaming out loud

Until then...

Great and wonderful things are accomplished each day. Sometimes, it's just that we don't allow any openings for the good vibes, instead we settle to think it's a cruel world. But when it comes down to weighing it all, good always wins over evil. I love who I am now, and I'm loving more who I am becoming. Im learning more about the complexities of being independent, but this time it's in all aspect. And it really feels great and fulfilling. Pride in the thought that I know I am not wasting my life, that I enjoy what i am doing, that i know what i want for my future.. I want one more thing to learn though... to be the daughter the world will remember as a heroine of her own fairytale. Too much to ask? Well, impossible things have been proven possible throughout the ages. And since we define who we are and who we become, it gets easier each day to dream and make these dreams come true. 

I miss my family. Soon, I'm coming home. YEY!

feat. Come Home by One Republic

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take it from nanny mcPhee...

Lesson 1 is to stop fighting.

There are people who just can't help from starting a fire for the sake of it. But when it comes to a  point that even them is  suffocated by the smoke the fire created,  they ran away and let whoever is unlucky enough to be at the right place at the wrong time clean up the debris. There's the good dignity and there's the bad dignity. And we got to choose only one side.

Lesson 2 is to share nicely. 

It is not a crime. The world is too spacious, big time too complicated to be dominated by just one. So let's minimize all  the  selfish acts and try a little sharing. It's one of the basics in GMRC (good moral and right conduct) stuff after all.

Lesson 3 is to help each other.

We only have ourselves to turn to in the toughest and darkest of days. But as they say, no man is an island. "Help each  other." Doesn't really have to be big deals and complicated problems.  Even just  holding on to a friend when he can't find his balance is already a helping act.

Lesson 4 is to be brave.

When we're down and being kicked, there's always that thought that it's never gonna be okay again. It's easier sometimes to just give up  than to hope that after  it all,  somehow we'll  find the  strength to stand up and fight back. Disappointment is a real pain in the neck. But trying to please people is like committing suicide. Hmm. Better yet to live for what really matters to us, not what  others decide should matter to us. When there's nowhere to hold on to,  hold on to memories days when our smiles were as genuine as the light from the morning sun. Like the moon of the stars, get courage from those who offer it. There' always a back-up plan.

Lesson 5 is to have faith.

So when one thing we hold dear in our heart is taken away, we cry and then we move on.  When we fail, we learn then we move on. When we are betrayed,we forgive then we move on. When we get drunk,we sleep it off then we move on. Life is not as complicated as we usually makes it. Most of the times, it's just us who lose faith in who we are, in what we can accomplish, in what we can easily build as much as of what we can easily destroy.

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Movie marathon mode. Next on my list..

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