I Promise Myself

To be strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person I meet.
To make my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true. 
To think of only the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best. 
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.  

To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet
To give so much time in improving myself that I have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. 

To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world - not in loud words but in great deeds. 
To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side so long as I am true to the best that is in me.


- Christian D. Larson 

 

Suffering then Happiness

"Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers. only the life that I have lived. Twice in that life I was given the choice, as a boy and as a man. The boy chose safety. The man chose suffering. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal."

- CS Lewis

Does God exist?

For you

Woke up late for school
with thoughts of you
in my head.

Thinking of the hurt
you have caused me last night
yet you refuse to acknowledge this.

No apologies
just defenses
and explanations way too late. 

The moment you have decided
to call M.E. late at night, 
you were already bound to lose me. 

Regaining my trust
does not happen overnight
it takes a while, you know that. 

Yet, you ignore that - 
thinking that you will always get away.
Hey, think again. 

I made a vow to myself - 
no more tears are to be shed 
from these expressive eyes. 

Not even when I am hurt. 
This girl, will just go through the motions
of pain and suffering. 

And I will endure - 
as always. 
I will not fold. 

Not now.
I will not give you the pleasure
of seeing me in great pain. 

In this game that you play, 
you may have stabbed me, alright;
But you make the biggest fool of yourself.

Words that hit

 

"We are not active in our governance, we will never have the leader we deserve. Or we will have exactly the one we do. A people who do not particularly care if they are screwed will always have who will screw them."

  
- Conrado de Quiros

Yellow Ad

While I am not sure yet who to vote for, this ad entertained me ... for awhile.

This Is It

I never considered myself a Michael Jackson fan. I did not grow up listening much to his songs, by the time his Thriller album was released I was still yet to be born. But like the rest of the world, I was caught off guard when he passed away last June 25th.  I somewhat mourned for the loss. I knew, he was such a great artist. I sang "Heal the World" in school and at such a tender age, that song moved me.

So, when Sony announced that they're going to release the This Is  It movie in late October - my beau and I knew we have to watch it. And we did.

More than his singing prowess and dancing moves, what caught my attention was his being such a perfectionist. I did not realize he can be so into this production, until I saw the film. He was there when they have to choose his dancers to how he was instructing his musician how the song should sound like (just the way his fans knew the song).

Another is how humble and so un-diva he was towards his "co-adventurers" in the production. Every time a mistake has been committed, he would just say "that's why we have rehearsals". Can you believe that? With someone who has that stature, he can just be so forgiving at those mistakes.

He would say, "God bless you" when he liked what he heard or has seen. One touching moment for me was when he said to his lady guitarist during her solo something like "It's your time shine." What an encouragement!

Judging from what I saw in this film, MJ was nowhere the kind of person what other people say about him. He remains to be one of the greatest artist this world has ever seen.

This Is It wonderfully showed what could have been a series of concerts. And I think, it will be some concert that people will remember for a very long time. The 3D production really caught me with so much amazement. Some people inside the theater even clapped their hands - as if we were watching it live.

After watching it, I could not help but say to my beau - "Sayang, he died. It would have been a grand concert."

MJ made me want to see more of his concerts and listen to his songs. And I am not even a fan. Tsk.

The Best Moments in Life

Rummaging through my Inbox - while trying to organize those old missives, I chanced upon this article. It felt good to be reminded time and time again that happiness does not always connote anything that money can buy. As an old song would say, "the best things in life are free".

1. Falling in love.

2. Laughing until your stomach hurts.

3. Enjoying a ride down the country side.

4. Listening to your favorite song on the radio.

5. Going to sleep listening to the rain pouring outside.

6. Getting out of the shower and wrapping yourself with a warm, fuzzy towel.

7. Passing your final exams with good grades.

8. Being a part of an interesting conversation.

9. Finding some money in some old pants.

10. Laughing at yourself.

11. Sharing a wonderful dinner with all your loved ones.

12. Laughing just because.

13. “Accidentally” hearing someone say something good about you.

14. Watching the sunset.

15. Listening to a song that reminds you of an important person in your life.

16. Receiving or giving your kiss.

17. Feeling this buzz in your body when seeing this “special” someone.

18. Having a great time with your loved ones.

19. Seeing the one you love happy.

20. Wearing the shirt of a person you love and smelling his/her perfume.

21. Visiting an old friend of yours and remembering great memories.

22. Hearing someone telling you "I love you".
23. Being held by someone dear.
24. A warm hug.

Happiness is a warm gun.

45 Lessons of Life

Live the life.

Bad Spell

 

 

 

 

It happened more than 5 times in one go

When I have all these thoughts

Cramming, rushing - 

Wanting to be blurted out 

But words would not come out - 

They way they always did.

Just as swift.

Then suddenly, 

It was just all blanks and blahs.

No written words for my diary,

Just drawings and random doodling on my sketch pad.

And then I tried to open my mouth,

For want to be heard and listened to - 

My tongue would back out. 

Days will pass,

And I end up creating all sorts 

Of things, I should have written.