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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

What I Feel


Wish I tell you what I feel
But I fear it’s not meant telling
I fear for the right words to choose
Nor the ears that would listen

I lone for my emotion to act
The sincerest, but I prefer not to
Not this time, nor tomorrow,
I could never tell
The right time as I always say,
But the clock continuous ticking
Tick tock, I hope for the day it strike me

I wish the world is not an A,B,C
That each is everyone
That I fit somewhere there
In that beautiful place
With you and I, or We
Living the 3 words
No thoughts, no worries

But it could never be
Not at least today
But it'll happen
When the lights are off
It happens

Hope I belong here,
Before that came
It'll happen




Thursday, July 9, 2015

Parang di Pinas (A roadtrip to La Union)


I am not writing to boast that “Proud to be Pinoy!” moment, a cliche that's becoming annoying to me.  For me that’s too jologs.  It’s for the desperate ones who doesn’t have the means to travel outside the country. Parang ako. Lols.

I didn’t expect that travelling to La Union would take us to experience how it was like to be in some famous global spots.


Parang Hawaii!  But in the low end side. Station 3. Lols.  Our weekend chill first took us to the nearest surf spot from Manila – La Union! It only took us 4 hrs drive thru SCTEX and the new TPLEX.

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The best waves according to a surfer friend is from October – April. The waves when we got there were just right for beginners like them. Ehem.

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River (A surfer dog) photobombed us! And he’s kinda laughing prolly looking down on our surfing skills.

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Parang Jamaica.  I am that kind who’s very particular with accommodation, but this time we tried something different.  We booked a Hammock type accommodation of Circle Hostel (http://www.thecirclehostel.com/).  The hipster environment has that reggae vibe, that makes me wanna dance, sing with a uke… feel free… sniff in some herbs! Lols (not my thing ofcourse, but I knew a close friend whose name starts with C).

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You will never get tired of reading uplifting quotes, almost all corners has it!  This place I recommend for the depressed people out there, there's a lot of you don't deny.

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Feeling Napa Valley- California.  Yes! We can grow grapes here!  And for your information, just so you know... especially to my Italian and Chilean viewers, compared with the foreign vineyards that can only harvest once or twice a year, here in my beloved place we can harvest grapes every three months! Be threatened haha! Not to mention, we are just getting started.

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Mr. Lomboy owner of Lomboy farms (https://www.facebook.com/LomboyFarmsResort) spearheaded the grape industry here in Bauang La Union. If you wish to have a tour here, don't go to him as they charge a fee of Php 100.00 per pax.  Go straight instead to the neighboring farm which doesn’t charge a fee such as Gapuz (https://www.facebook.com/GapuzGrapesFarm) and others.  Just a friendly advise for kuripot like me. BECAUSE the cost itself is not worth it.  I was waiting for some educational briefing and some question and answer portion.. there was NONE.

A kilo of grapes by the way would cost you Php 200, with bonus of unlimited free taste that you can sneak in while making chika to the farmer. Hehe.


Feeling Santorini, Greece.  The financial crisis version. Lols.  The Thunderbird Poro Point (http://www.thunderbirdresortsporopoint.com/) is the most highend resort hotel around so we had to try it... try inquiring hehe. The resort boast for its mediterranean styled houses, that you see in Santorini.  But they're missing all the donkeys, and the bougainvilleas.  Nevertheless, the crew were all nice and friendly like us so we belong.

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As we went home, we passed by Isdaan at Tarlac where you can:

Feel like in the jungle of Africa, and say Geronimo!

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Feel like in Thailand with this gigantic Buddha.

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Also, flirt with the honorable US president itself Obama.

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So nice to have an all around the world escape for a weekend eh?

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Papa Francisco Wave! And Your Unwavering Faith

 “I feel good. I feel nice. I’ve never been satisfied. I’m alive! Sing!”, that’s the exact word I heard from a friend as I asked how he feel when he seen the Pope. It was his 3rd surreal encounter as he said.  Me as a non believer of Catholicism couldn't imagine myself having that same reaction seeing the Pope as for me he is just an ordinary human like me.  Sitting next to him, would be like sitting with a stranger as I don’t know his history, good deeds or whatsoever.  The Pope must be filled with holiness that had caused you such feeling, said my other friend.  It suddenly dawned on me that probably it is the same feeling I had when I got baptized from a non-catholic religion.

Faith has long been a debatable topic, which I do not want to bring up without a gun in my pocket. Kidding aside, setting aside religion, we argued about how faith is earned.  Faith for me is radical, meaning you had to had this foundation or basis of your faith. It is a relationship wherein you are highly dependent on God, and his teachings.  The Bible – the God’s word is my foundation and my faith are all based into it.  Preach and teach me anything, I will believe you for as long you back it up with verses from His word.

This friend of mine warned me of the trouble with radical faith, the danger that when my foundation crumbles my faith will too.   Faith needs no basis of foundation. He pointed out that even when you read the whole text of the Bible, if you disagree to get it, you won’t.  Resistance is too deceiving to be even aware what is beyond.  My other friend added that sometimes you just have to trust, without facts.  There may come a time that we’ll encounter inexplicable events, like the feeling of holiness during Pope’s presence, but all we have to do is to trust and have faith.

So come the conclusion that I have to contemplate on this matter, as there’s no forever winner in this battle.  I went downstairs, there I see my brother watching over television in full volume. When I went back, I heard one of the Papal lead shouting “ Papa Francisco wave!”. I heard it several times.  This got me thinking, if my faith dictates to shout praises to him I will do incessantly.  So I leave my friends the same message via messenger “Papa Francisco wave!”, but nobody replies as if nobody cares.

Not so long ago, I was reading the book of The Art of Thinking Clearly. One article talks about “Social Proof  - If Fifty Million People Say Something Foolish, It Is Still Foolish”.  In a nutshell, the article tells about the human thinking that by nature we deem to follow what the majority does, even without underlying support or reason for our choices.  So what is a true faith for you?