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You Should Be Here

More than you ever dreamed of

God gives you what you need,
not what you want
and sometimes,
more than you ever dreamed of.

Don't you?

Don't Go

Time Will Tell

Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived; Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others…… including Love. One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island until the last possible moment.When the island was almost totally under, Love decided it was time to leave. She began looking for someone to ask for help. Just then Richness was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked, “Richness, Can I come with you on your boat?” Richness answered, “I’m sorry, but here is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you.” Then love decided to ask Vanity for help who was passing in a beautiful vessel. Love cried out, “Vanity, help me please.” I can’t help you”, Vanity said, “You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat.”

Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love said, “Sadness, please let me go with you.” Sadness answered, “Love, I’m sorry, but, I just need to be alone now.” Then, Love saw Happiness. Love cried out, “Happiness, please take me with you.” But happiness was so overjoyed that he didn’t hear Love calling to him. Love began to cry.

Then, she heard a voice say, “Come Love, I will take you with me.” It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they arrived on land the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder.

Love then found Knowledge and asked, “Who was it that helped me?” “It was Time”, Knowledge answered. “But why did Time help me when no one else would?”, Love asked. Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, “Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is.”

Trying

Silence

Brisbane City, Queensland Australia

My new world, Brisbane Queensland Australia

Tired?

Right By My Side

Cannot Answer

Make me feel home

Miles away

3490.389 miles
away from home...















my new world...













14,432.802 miles
away from you...

My last working day at PRII

As I tried so hard to keep a happy face
I couldn't fake it,
tears starts to flow down my eyes
yes, it's because I'm sad...
eight years of being with you
is no joke...
eight years of wonderful friendships
eight years of work challenges
eight years of greater learnings...

There's no goodbye
only till we see each other again...

Goodbyes

Weave him into yours

One Moment, One Nescafe

Salamat ng marami Nescafe,
nanatili akong gising sa magdamag, kapiling ka!

















Sana magkaroon pa ng CoffeeMate, (di magbabago), moment...
kung mapagbibigyan pa ng pagkakataon...

Walking away

The Most Painful

I need you

Which shoe fits?

Which shoe fits?

Message:
1. The overused shoes

When I went to Davao for Christmas vacation in 2001, I found what I think was the best shoes I've ever had. It was a blue and white slip-ons with a flower on its strap. Margay ang tatak niya. Ang tagal ko na naghanap ng blue na kikay slip-ons at doon ko lang sa Gaisano Davao nahanap iyun. And I bought the shoes for 500 lang! Feeling ko pa, swerte ako dahil last pair na iyun. And it was my size!

Sobrang natuwa ako sa kikay kong sapatos. At napakalambot niya! I wore the shoes everyday because they would match anything... denim, slacks, capri pants, skirt, dress. Gamit ko siya in the office, at the mall, in church, even at the beach!

Dahil araw-araw ko siyang nagamit, at nasuot ko na siya sa kung saan, it was expected na wala pang isang taon ay sira na siya. Sabi ko, okay lang. May Margay naman sa Robinsons saka sa
Landmark, siguro naman may ganoong style pa sila. Ngunit napuntahan ko na lahat ng
display ng Margay pero wala akong nakitang katulad nang nabili ko sa Davao. Nakadalawang uwi na ako sa Davao at pumupunta ako sa Gaisano, umaasang may makikita akong ganoon
klaseng sapatos. Hindi na nga ako naghahangad ng eksaktong ganoon eh. Kahit na kamukha lang o kasing-lambot lang, okay na. Kaso wala.

Iyong kikay blue Margay na slip-ons ko -- na malambot at may naka-angat na bulaklak sa strap, na bagay sa kahit anong damit ko -- ay sira na ngayon. Hindi lang siya sira, nangingitim na sa dumi, at hindi na kayang i-glue ang punit na talampakan. Pero hindi ko pa siya maitapon-tapon. Hindi ko alam kung bakit. Alam ko hindi ko na siya maisusuot uli, pero may reminder naman
ako na once upon a time, I had a perfect pair of shoes. Hindi ko nga lang inalagaan.

Lesson learned:
Kapag nahanap mo na ang bagay o tao na sa tingin mo ay perfect na para sa iyo, ingatan at alagaan mo. Huwag mong abusuhin. Kapag nawala sila, baka wala ka nang mahahanap na kapalit. At habambuhay mo na lang iisipin na "sana, inalaagaan ko siya."

2. The "maganda siya pero masakit" shoes

May fini-fit ako noon na sapatos sa Celine. Okay lang ang presyo. Maganda ang material. Kikay ang hitsura. At kapag suot ko, nakaka-sexy ng paa. May isang problema nga lang... masakit sa paa.

Pero cutie kasi siya eh. Saka on sale. At sadyang matigas ang ulo ko. Kaya ayun, binili ko.

Sa umpisa, okay lang naman. Keri ko. Saka masakit naman talaga sa paa ang bagong sapatos. Pero habang lumilipas ang oras, lalong sumasakit. Hindi siya meant sa pangmatagalang suot. Habang suot ko siya, parang gusto kong umiyak sa tuwing humahakbang ako. Pagdating ko ng bahay, puro sugat at galos ang paa ko. At ilang linggo din akong may peklat sa paa dahil sa
diyaskeng sapatos na iyun.

Kapag sa umpisa pa lang, alam mo na masakit na sa paa at hindi mo puwedeng suotin ng matagalan, huwag mo nang bilhin. Bakit mo pa itutuloy kung alam mong masasaktan ka lamang kapag sinuot mo?

Parang pakikipag-relasyon din iyan eh. May mga lalake na good on paper, bagay sa iyo, tipo mo nga eh. Ang kaso, panandalian lang siya. "Boylet" lang kasi unavailable siya. Bakit mo pa itutuloy
kong alam mong eventually ay masasaktan ka lang? Sana, habang maaga pa, iwasan mo na.

Lesson learned:

Kung sa umpisa pa lang, alam mo na masasaktan ka lamang sa bandang huli, huwag mo nang ituloy. Baka mag-iwan pa iyan ng scar na hindi mo na maaaalis kailan man.


3. The shoes that got away

May nakita akong magandang sandals sa Landmark. Mura lang, less than 500 lang siguro. Kakaiba din siya kasi hindi siya iyong style na makikita mo sa babaeng katabi mo sa MRT. Black and white siya. Polka dots ang strap niya pero hindi cheap ang dating. Ang kikay nga eh. tapos, two inches iyong heels niya. Sinukat ko minsan, ang ganda sa paa!

Kaya lang, hindi ko siya binili. Kasi, kakaiba siya eh. Mahirap hanapan ng ka-match na damit at bag. Saka kakabili ko lang kasi ng isang sandals kaya sabi ko, next pay day ko na lang bibilhin ang polka dots na sapatos na yun.

Madalas akong dumaan sa Landmark at nakikita ko ang sapatos na gusto ko bilhin pero hindi ko mabili-bili. Ilang pay day na ang dumaan pero hindi ko pa rin siya kinukuha para iuwi. Hanggang sa dumating ang oras na kailangan ko ng isang kikay na sandals na may print. Naisip ko agad ang
polka-dots na matagal ko na gusto bilihin. Pero pag-punta ko sa Landmark, wala na siya doon. Naubos na. Ang ending, napabili ako ng ibang printed na sapatos na hindi ko naman talaga gusto pero wala akong choice kasi kailangan ko na nga.

Lesson learned:

Kung magpapaligaya sa atin ang isang bagay, seize the day! Sa kaka-delay, baka mawala lang sa atin ito at mauuwi tayong nagse-settle sa hindi naman talaga natin gusto. Mas mahirap pagsisihan ang mga bagay na hindi mo ginawa. Wala na yatang mas masakit pa sa thought na abot-kamay mo na lang, pero pinalampas mo pa.


Sino ba naman mag-aakalang may mapupulot pala akong leksyon sa mga sapatos? Kaya nga panay bili ko eh, para mas marami pa akong matutunan. Sa susunod, I will find lessons from bags naman para ma-justify din kung bakit sandamakmak ang bags ko.


- anonymous -

Pencil and Eraser

I should be enjoying my comfort food, ice cream-double dutch.
But I got a "No", I thought it will be ok to actually get the "No" answer, but hell Ouch! it is!
For a few moments, I sat blankly staring at the TV. What then I should eat now?
I looked in my paper bag of 'emergency foods'... yeah, those quick or no-cook, instant, only hot water to add 'emergency foods' and to my another dismay, no more baked mac nor mac and cheez. Heck!!!
...and so, comforting myself with what's left inside the paper bag, instant sopas and just to add a little yum, paired it with strawberry juice! ;)


















will there be a No again next time? I hope Not.

Time

Road

Smile

Wish

Falling In Love

No one falls in love by choice,
it is by chance.
No one stays in love by chance,
it is by work.
No one falls out of love by chance,
it is by choice.

Falling In Love
6 Part Invention
from Agua Bendita Teleserye

You and me
We got along just fine
But deep inside
I know there is more
Right next to you
I know you’re the right one
Can’t fight this feeling
I’m taking chances now

Refrain:
In my heart
I feel that this is something real
I don’t want to let this moment go...

Chorus:
Oh! Why oh why do I feel this way?
When I’m with you I feel so alive
Oh! Why oh why will I hide away?
I can’t help it
I’m falling in love with you

Never ending nights
When I’m alone with you
A lifetime of dreams coming true
Nothing comes close
To what we have right now
You’re the only one that matters now

Refrain:
In my heart
I feel that this is something real
I don’t want to let this moment go...

Chorus:
Oh! Why oh why do I feel this way?
When I’m with you I feel so alive
Why oh why will I hide away?
I can’t help it
I’m falling in love

What if I fall in love?
What if I made you mine?
I wanna know, if you’ll be there by my side?

Chorus:
Why oh why do I feel this way?
When I’m with you I feel so alive
Why oh why will I hide away?
I can’t help it
I’m falling in love with you

Choose your love and love your choice

5 C's of Love

by Obet Cabrillas (K Preacher)

For your love to be accepted is one thing. The sustainability is the greater challenge.

Love is Communication. The more you communicate the, the deeper the relationship gets. You'll get to know each other well. your communications will get deeper from facts, to opinions, to feelings. Hence, intimacy is born.

Love is Connection. Hold hands, hug, and give affectionate touch (not malicious ones). Our bodies are made to be touched. Arms are made for embrace. Psychologists require five to seven hugs a day for psychological health.

Love is Cooperation. Invest on the emotional "stocks" of one another. Know what is valuable to the other and offer sincere help. The mathematics of cooperation is this: it subtracts the burden; adds to the joy; divides the effort and multiplies the fun.

Love Is Conversion. When you love somebady, you cahnge for the better. It is possible that a person can be so changed by love that you hardly recognize him as the same. Plate was right when he said, "At the experience of love, the lover becomes a poet".

Love is Communion. Synergy, meeting of the minds, jiving effectively, same wavelengths, vibes, in the zone together, etc. All these things explain the power of communion and oneness among people who are close to one another. No wonder we are called The Body of Christ.

Bottom line: Choose your love and love your choice.

ngayon lang

...ngayon lang.

miles apart

forever be

Edge Coaster and Skywalk in Cebu

The Edge Coaster is the first of its kind in the country where you are safely and tightly fastened in a coaster that is tilted 55 degrees and revolves around the 38th floor of the Crown Regency Hotel and Towers in Cebu City.
























The Sky Walk Extreme Sky Adventure on the other hand is on the 37th Floor where visitors wearing SkyWalk suits and attached to harnesses get to walk around the edge of the building on see through glass flooring.

who?

You've been providing for your family...
You've been helping your siblings and your parents...

You've been always there for your friends...

but

who takes care of you?...

I'm Not Asking

i'm not asking for the world
and will never do
only a little of your time,
to share
a few moments
of happy talks
and
good laughs
about everything,
and anything
just like the old times...
I miss the old times...

I miss our old times...

just you

nothing in my thoughts...

JUST YOU

and it hurts

to know

that there's nothing

I could do

just to be

WITH YOU

So far away

...when only this song can express what's inside of me...

steal

Case No 18.: When love hurts

I was dumbfounded when a friend asked me this question: "Aura, when does love hurts?"; before I could answer, the infamous song , Love Hurts by Nazareth played on my mind:

Love hurts, love scars, love wounds
And mars, any heart
Not tough or strong enough
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud
Holds a lot of rain
Love hurts......ooh,ooh love hurts

Oh well, who among us did not experience being hurt by love, by romantic love specifically? The only difference is the degree of hurt,the complexity of the situation, the depth of scar it left and the length of time we consume in moving on. We all have our fair share. From an unrequitted love, to pseudo-relationships, to love triangle, to the many complicated situations love has brought us and can still bring us to.
I remain in silence for few more minutes while I compose a straight thought in my head. I looked in her eyes and gave a deep sigh. The moment we decide to love someone is the same moment that we allow ourselves to get hurt by love, but the risk of not loving at all gives the same amount of pain.

Love like you've never hurt before...

I miss you, I miss us...

choices

Say it straight!

Say what you want to say straight, bulls eye and direct to the point. No more flowery words, adjectives and understood periods. To make no misinterpretations nor misleading statements nor double meaning thoughts. And the most important of all, to waste no time in deciphering, decoding what you mean.

I wish I could always do that, say what I want to say and express my thoughts or feelings directly to the person involved. Yep! I wish I could...always! But of course, truth is, as outspoken as you thought I am, I'm not.

As I would say that I always express myself on love and friendship irregardless if I'll get dumped or ditched, but, honestly, the hardest thing for me in composing my sentence/s is the thought of neediness... that as much as I would hide it in other descriptive words, I hope that message would simply be understood! But of course, truth is, oftentimes not.

Embracing my independency, admittedly expressing the need for someone to talk to on just about anything and everything, the need for someone who'll just sit beside you and be quiet, the need for someone who'll make your frowning face smile, or just someone whose on your same wavelength. When it doesn't have to be romantically, just someone whom you feel comfortable and at home, is always a great risk for me. It takes a lot of courage for me to say those words directly to someone. You know why? 'cause it always hurts when you were turned down...

The Hardest Words

The Hardest words for me to say:
3. I Love You
2. I'm Sorry
1. I Need You

Sukob Na

Tuwing umuulan ay naaalala tayong dalawa
Kay sarap isipin na may kasama sa buhay ‘pag bumaha

CHORUS 1
Sukob na, halika na
Sabay tayo sa payong ko
Hawak ka, kapit pa
Sa payong ko, magkasama tayo

Ohh ooh
(Sukob na, sukob na)

Hinding-hindi ka pababayaan na mag-isa sa ulan
Aalagaan, magtatawanan, wala na ‘tong iwanan

CHORUS 2
Sukob na, halika na
Sabay tayo sa payong ko
Hawak ka, kapit pa
Umula’t bumagyo, magkasama tayo

BRIDGE
‘Di ko na inakala pa na ika’y paririto
Ngunit salamat na lamang at dumating ka sa buhay ko

[Repeat CHORUS 2]

CHORUS 3
Sukob na, halika na
Sabay tayo sa payong ko
Yakap ka, kapit pa
Umula’t bumagyo, magkasama tayo

Sa payong ko, magkasama tayong dalawa
(Sukob na, sukob na)

For this time

For this time allow me to breathe slower and deeper...
let me feel the air that comes in and out of my respiratory system...
while my eyes are closed and only darkness I see...
no image of whoever or whatsoever...
just darkness and nothing else...

For this time allow me to listen only to my heartbeat...
let me feel how it's every beat warms and colds myself...
while my eyes are closed and only my heartbeat I hear...
no other sound nor noise nor music...
just my heartbeat and nothing else...

For this time allow me to keep my silence...
let me feel peace in my own world...
while my eyes are closed and only this I think...
no other thoughts on my mind...
just my own world and nothing else...

perhaps by then I would know...
perhaps by then I would know...

He said/She said