All of us have been through it but we don't even remember how it was like on the day of our own delivery.  But I'm sure we have the general idea how it must have been like. Enter images of frantic medical staff, blood stained OR table, and slimey, messy wrinkly you being hoisted upsidedown before a sanitized gloved hand slaps your tush. Taking in ( Read more... )

"Your don't love a girl because of beauty.  You love her because she sings a song only you can understand."

-James Rasmussen (Night World Book 1 by L.J. Smith)-

I used to think that love is a form of temporary hysteria and I also half suspected I would wind up being an old belligent spinster.  I never imagined I would mellow this way.  Basta.

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Better stay away from Cupid.  He's heavily armed and dangerous.

He could inflict you with a suffering far worse than death.  He can make you fall in love.

grabe, ang bilis ko lumaki.  Since I skipped training lumobo nanaman ako.  Tsk, sarap kumain eh.  Yan tuloy ang bigat ko nanaman! I miss going to the camp sobra! eto pramis:  balik- muay thai na ako starting Jan 5.  Haaaay. .. . makakatakbo kaya ako ulit sa oval ng ganinto?  Naku, yari nanaman ako kay Kru nito!

Father Buddy was right.  This is not a moment for many words.

Words  simply cannot capture the depth and the intensity of the nameless emotions triggered by this tragic loss.  Now, while we struggle to come into grips with her untimely passing, the thought of my own mortality and that of the people I hold dear gnaws me once more.  And again, the ( Read more... )

What is it that genuine friendships give us?  Possibly everything.

That is why, sometimes, I feel that a simple "Thank you" is not enough.


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Ms. Marj and I were chatting while finishing our coffee dessert drinks just outside the campus one evening.  And just when I was about to deliver this clever punchline, she suddenly cut me short and motioned me toward the main gate saying, "Mare, may kakaiba sa gate.  Tignan mo mabuti."


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Nothing else gives me a greater sense of accomplishment than seeing my students grow up and well on their way to being the men they yearn to be.

Imagine, mga dati kong students, bumabalik at ako naman ang kanilang tinuturuan.  Nakakataba ng puso na ang aking mga dating mentees ay akin nang mga mentors ngayon.

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It's helplessly frustrating to learn that just when you are certain you have finally put it all behind you and have started your life anew, the very thing that caused you so much pain comes back to you, looming like a giant tidal wave, then crashes down, wipes you out and drags you down to the depths you never want to venture back in.  With my ( Read more... )

I have been swamped lately and now that I am on vacation [yeay!], I finally have enough time on my hands to start making entries and answer tag surveys. Now let’s see how this one will turn out. .. .

This is how it goes:

Put your music player [iPod/ Creative Zen/ iTunes/ Whatever else you have] on shuffle mode.

1. Press forward for each question.

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