song of the moment

Senti ako ngayon.

Old Photograph
Jim Capaldi


Yesterday I felt the wind blowing 'round my shoulder
Feel like I'm getting older
Still I can't forget your face

Separated by a million miles of ocean
My heart still feels emotion
Even in this lonely place

Old photographs and places I remember
Just like a dying ember
That's burned into my soul
Even though we walk the diamond-studded highways
It's the country lanes and byways
That makes us long for home

Lately I just find my mind has turned to dreamin'
Making plans and scheming
How I'm gonna get back home

But deep down inside I know its really hopeless
This road I'm on is endless
We climb our mountains all alone

REFRAIN

That makes us long
For home

fun tags!

I found this meme courtesy of J. Feel free to play along.

1. What is the nature of your work: Government service, politics
2. What color are your socks right now: White.
3. What are you listening to right now: Old Photograph by Jim Capaldi
4. What was the last thing you ate: A bagful of potato chips and brewed coffee for lunch. It does'nt match. Yuck!
5. Can you drive a stick shift: No.
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be: Red.
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone: Our account handler in DSWD, informing us that our funds just arrived! Yehey!
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you: Yes. He's a friend. I like pretty much everybody on my mailing list.
9. How old are you today: I don't wanna say. Don't ask that again.
10. Favorite drink: Coffee!
11. What is your favorite sport to watch: toss-up between tennis and pool.
12. Have you ever dyed your hair: Yes. Blue. (can you believe it?)
13. Pets: I don't have but I love Rocky, my cousin's pet Schitzu.
14. Favorite Food: Anything spicy.
15. What was the last movie you watched: License to Wed (4 days ago)
16. Favorite day of the year: I don't have one.
17. What do you do to vent anger: I don't vent. I seeth.
18. What was your favorite toy as a child: Lego.
19. What is your favorite, Summer or Winter: Summer. We don't have winter in PI.
20. Hugs or kisses: Kisses. (pwede both?)
21. Cherry or blueberry: Blueberry on cheesecake, cherries on vodka.
22. Current living situation: Alive, single and happy!
23-25. [Mysteriously missing from the list]
26. When was the last time you cried: Last week when watching Deep Ends of the Ocean on DVD. I dunno. I'm not the usual cry baby but I cried.
27. What is on the floor of your closet: slippers
28. [Also mysteriously missing]
29. What did you do last night: Secret. Its raining hard last night. An lamig, an sarap matulog.
30. Favorite smell: Fresh-brewed coffee.
31. What inspires you: My mom, my friends, mostly people around me with positive outlook in life.
32. What are you afraid of: Frogs. I hate frogs. Failed relationships.
33. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers: All of it please. Samahan pa ng fries and coke please.
34. Favorite car: I don't really have one. Anything that takes you from point A to point B is ok.
35. Favorite dog breed: Yellow Lab.
36. Number of keys on your key ring: 7
37. How many years at your current job: 4 technically.
38. Favorite day of the week: Friday.
39. Favorite city: Hong Kong
40. Favorite holiday: Christmas.
41. Ever driven a motorcycle or heavy machinery: I fell off a motorcycle thrice when I was in grade school. Heavy machinery? Nope.
42. Favorite colors: Red, black, white & yellow, in that order.
43. Favorite number: 8.
44. Favorite vacation spot: Boracay.
45. Favorite sports team: I'm not really a sport fan.
46. Favorite Actor/Actress: Johnny Depp / Nicole Kidman
47. Favorite Hobby: Movies, music
48. Beach or Mountains: Beach for the sun and sand, mountains for the trees.
49. Rather sing or dance: I'm not good at both, but after few glasses of Currant-Sprite, I'll dance.

50. Last question: glad it is over or do you want more: Hit me, baby, one more time.

keep your promises

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful Queen with voluptuous breasts.

Nick the Dragon Slayer obsessed over the Queen for this reason. He knew that the penalty for his desire would be death should he try to touch them, but he had to try. One day Nick revealed his secret desire to his colleague, Horatio the Physician, the King's chief doctor. Horatio thought about this and said that he could arrange for Nick to more than satisfy his desire, but it would cost him 1,000 gold coins to arrange it. Without pause Nick readily agreed to the scheme.

The next day, Horatio made a batch of itching powder and poured a little bit into the Queen's brassiere while she bathed. Soon after she dressed, the itching commenced and grew intense. Upon being summoned to the Royal Chambers to address this incident, Horatio informed the King and Queen that only a special saliva, if applied for four hours, would cure this type of itch, and that tests had shown that only the saliva of Nick would work as the antidote to cure the itch. The King quickly summoned Nick. Horatio then slipped Nick the antidote for the itching powder, which he put into his mouth, and for the next four hours, Nick worked passionately on the Queen's voluptuous and magnificent breasts.

The Queen's itching was eventually relieved, and Nick left satisfied and hailed as a hero. Upon returning to his chamber, Nick found Horatio demanding his payment of 1,000 gold coins. With his obsession now satisfied, Nick couldn't have cared less and, knowing that Horatio could never report this matter to the King, and with a laugh told him to get lost.

The next day, Horatio slipped a massive dose of the same itching powder into the King's underwear. The King immediately summoned Nick and...

I think you know the rest of the story.

no more excuses

me konting frustrations.

me konting dissapointments.

for the longest time ang gusto ko lang gawin, matulog at manuod ng sine. walang ganang magtrabaho. wala akong ginawa kundi mag reklamo.

nakakapagod!

God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me.

No more excuses now.

sorry kung meron mang na-apektohan. lalo na kay G (na mahal na mahal ko.)

yay!

okei na ako. balik na ulit sa dati.

pero me mood swings pa rin paminsan-minsan ha. natural na yun e.

9 things people say or do that I hate

being in a sarcastic mode, I'm posting a
forwarded e-mail from a friend way back when...

1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time...
I know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours?
Do I point at my thing when I ask where the toilet is?

2. People who are willing to get off their butt to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.

3. When people say "Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too".
Damn right! What good is cake if you can't eat it?

4. When people say "it's always the last place you look".
Of course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you've found it?

5. When people say while watching a film "did you see that?"
No Loser, I paid 180 pesos to come to the cinema and stare at the damn floor.

6. People who ask "Can I ask you a question?"...
Didn't really give me a choice there, did ya sunshine?

7. When something is 'new and improved!' Which is it?
If it's new, then there has never been anything before it.
If it's an improvement, then there must have been
something before it, couldn't be new.

8. When people say "life is short". What the hell??
Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever does!!
What can you do that's longer?

9. When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks "Has the bus come yet?" If the bus came would I be standing here, dumbass?

pag-ibig nga naman

Ang pag-ibig kapag pumasok sa puso ninuman
Hahamakin ang lahat masunod ka lamang.

scary.

I want to write about love, but love prevents me from writing everything. Maybe I should ponder more on the other person's love because writing something about love does not justify the action of the other person. I'd like to think that love is gentle and is kind. Well, i'd really have to think about that. There is pain, you know.

Love had me at hello and stayed with me until we said goodbye. I believe love transcends everything. Even after the pain.

I love love and forever will love.

I love you.

the perfect husband

I am sharing this that came in my e-mail this morning...

Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cell phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen.

MAN: 'Hello'

WOMAN: 'Honey, it's me. Are you at the club?'

MAN: 'Yes'

WOMAN: 'I am at the mall now and found this beautiful leather coat. It's only $1,000. Is it OK if

I buy it?'

MAN: 'Sure, go ahead if you like it that much.'

WOMAN: 'I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2007 models. I saw one I really liked.'

MAN: 'How much?'

WOMAN: '$90,000'

MAN: 'OK, but for that price I want it with all the options.'

WOMAN: 'Great! Oh, and one more thing... the house I wanted last year is back on the market. They're asking $950,000'

MAN: 'Well, then go ahead and give them an offer of $900,000. They will probably take it. If not, we can go the extra 50 thousand if it's really a pretty good price.'

WOMAN: 'OK. I'll see you later! I love you so much!'

MAN: 'Bye! I love you, too.'

The man hangs up. The other men in the locker room are staring at him in astonishment, mouths agape.

He turns and asks: 'Anyone know who this phone belongs to?'

its time

its a hard thing to do... but i have to do it!

doors

Life is a series of pathways and doorways.
The doorway to life is always open; with welcoming arms she calls you in. Some doors are large and some are small, but no matter the size they have one thing in common.

To let you in to a room or a garden, a new slant on life that's sure to be different. A door to a church where we go to pray, a door to a heart where we long to stay. Red doors or brown doors, tin ones or wooden, some with bars and padlocks to form a prison.

I remember a door in a small town in Cornwall with a porch made of wood, surrounded by creepers, so quaint, so welcoming, so olde world charming.

A door to a cottage built long long ago. Doorways to pubs and doorways to schools; No matter our age, our gender or colour, we all go through doors on our way to our goals. We have to enter new doors each fresh day to take us forever onwards; To open new chapters in life's endless search for avenues of learning.

Tricha McGill