Do not let the bitterness rare away your strength and weaken your faith, and never allow pain to dishearten you, but rather let you grow with wisdom in bearing it. You may found peace in just loving someone from a distance not expecting anything in return. But be careful, for this can sustain life but can never give enough room for us to grow. We can all survive with just beautiful memories of the past but real peace and happiness come only with open acceptance of what reality is today.

There comes a time in our lives when we chance upon someone so nice and beautiful and we just find ourselves getting so intensely attracted to that person. This feeling soon becomes a part of our everyday lives and eventually consumes our thoughts and actions. The sad part of it is when we begin to realize that this person feels nothing more for us than just a friendship… don’t be so bitter about it! For it is a kind of FRIENDSHIP that will last for a LIFETIME!!! We start our desperate attempt to get noticed and be closer but in the end our efforts are still unrewarded and we end up being sorry for ourselves.

You don’t have to forget someone you love. What you need to learn is how to accept the verdict of reality without being bitter or sorry for yourself. Believe me, you would be better off giving that dedication and love to someone more deserving. Don’t let your heart run your life, be sensible, and let your mind speak for itself. Listen not only to your feelings but to reason as well.

Always remember that if you lose someone today, it means that someone better is coming tomorrow: If you lose love that doesn’t mean that you failed in love. Cry, if you have to, but make sure that the tears wash away the hurt and the bitterness that the past has left with you. Let go of yesterday and love will find its way back to you.

And when it does, pray that it may be the love that will stay and last a lifetime. “When I lost you, I was the one who loved you most, but between us you lost more. For someday I can love someone the way that I loved you but you will never be loved again the way that I did.”

my new babies...

This year alone, I got myself a silver Honda Wave 125cc for an early Valentine's and too early for the first term of the school year, an Apple iBook G4 Notebook for my birthday, and just recently a Canon EOS 40D SLR camera which is obviously too early for Christmas and New Year.

SINULOG 2008

How long has it been?

It was exactly five christmases and four fiesta Sinulog since the last time I was home in my beloved Cebu, the Queen City of the South.

Aboard Cebu Pacific's A320, flight 5J-581 left Manila exactly 2PM of January the 17th. Homeward bound, with excitement, I composed myself and get it ready to take the challenge, and live it..

I ALSO AM A PROUD CEBUANO !

The Best of Cebu !

SINULOG is the country's most celebrated festival on the entire island of the province of Cebu, and as per record (Sunstar Cebu 1.20.08) there were about a million people who have joined the three-hour solemn procession of the Señor Santo Niño to the Basilica Menoria on the night of the Vesperas despite a slight drizzle... and that, of course, includes me.

I was lucky enough to be closely at the forefront despite tight security. Or maybe I was just too good in singitan... but my special thanks goes out to SPO Reboquio.

Just like all the Cebuano's and devotees present, you're not gonna call it a good night without the "pagdagkot sa kandila" (candlelight) and the "paghalad ug sayaw sa Señor Santo Niño" (dance offering), doing a two-step forward/ one-step backward ethnic dance as you sway out arms up and down, to the upbeat sinulog rhythm while singing your heart out "Pit Señor! Sinulog! Isiyagit ug kusog..."

Sunday 20 January 2008 6AM: Attending the second mass for the day, celebrated by His Eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal of the Archdiocese of Cebu, started my long day (YES! without attending any of those tempting street parties in the city sponsored by both the big telecoms and tv rivals). Afterward, I took Leenard out for a breakfast before we joined the crowd seen lining the parade route even before it started and swelled even further a noon with vercast skies.

Leenard's hand tucked in my cargo pants' left pocket as we strolled the parade route, we got the chance of seeing some celebrities and politicians present during the celebration as well.

Some, I t ook pictures of not because I found them cute or pretty, but they interests me. And, oh, I so love Miss International Melanie Marquez that I even asked her for another angle, which she gladly gave in with one big smile on her beautiful face.

2010 Presidential wannabe Mar Roxas, who stopped his motorcycle when asked for a picture, which others followed taking in, but talked to a girl who asked him to send her regards to girlfriend/ tv news anchor Korina Sanchez... huh? Pinoy na pinoy! Spotted as well were local actresses Angel Locsin shook hands while Pauleen Luna signed authograph, and this cute boxingero, though I honestly do not know who he was..

And then there was the rosy cheeked Angelica Panganiban and Juan Miguel Zubiri among others. But, no way I'm gonna waste an effort or even a single kilobyte of memory on my humble camera phone for the... duh!!

Faces and Smiles...

The Festival Queens

Taking all these pictures of the contingents' festival queens perhaps made Leenard jealous, and everytime I take one, he grips in and would always call his mother's name, and wanting to go home... waaaahhh!!!

SEE YOU IN CEBU to the SINULOG 2009 !

LATER

How would you come with me?
When you knew all along that you had to go
How could you watch me sleep so close to you?
Pretending not to know

How could you memorize my name?
And forget who I am
How could you think you’re still the same?
Believing I can

It’s too late to start pretending
It’s too late for a new beginning later than the sunset,
Later than the rain
Later than I never to love you again

How could you ask for more?
With an innocent smile trusting me to stay
How could you close the door and leave me here?
Supposing I’m okay
How could you breakdown my disguise and uncover my fears?
How could you look into my eyes ignoring my tears?


It’s too late to start pretending
It’s too late for a new beginning later than the sunset,
Later than the rain
Later than I never to love you again

Interlude

It’s too late to start pretending
It’s too late for a new beginning later than the sunset,
Later than the rain
Later than I never to love you again