Baguio Escapade

Last January, we were just planning to request for vacation leaves to be approved, way back then (beginning of January), my friend Angie was telling me things about ukay-ukay and how fond she was buying clothes from various stalls in Baguio which offers a variety of clothing line. I was ecstatic about her stories, and then told her, “Angie punta tayong Baguio sa February.” She immediately said “sige, mag-VL nalang tayo”. We went back to our station and immediately checked our calendar (plotting what day our VLs should fall, of course it has to fall to our dreaded Sunday and Monday long shift – SUPER LOL). And so, my unit manager asked for plotted dates when are we gonna take our vacation leaves, we were excited to plot ours. A lot of things happened all January, t’was like the longest month ever, we have to make up for our lost hours, my boss said, NO VLs will be approved if there’s lost hours --- I am plain DEAD! January was about to end and I have five hours to make up and so was Angie. For us, time was running too fast, February was just days ahead. By the end of January, we got the news that February’s VL report was out and YES, ours got approved (overwhelmed!). So much of our Baguio Days, we enjoyed staying in Kaka’s place (Arnel, a good friend from work). It was one fine midnight, that’s how we started, and all we can say was, “wew” we were like in our second HOME. We never slept; we just sat in the veranda and smoke ‘til its dawn. Finally fell asleep when we felt numb because of the cold air, since our room was near the main road, after 3 or 4 hours, we were awaken by the busy sound of Baguio morning (another happy moment seeing jeep and taxi passing by at the front of our place). We took a shower, and then off we go to Session Road, ukay galore! Then the whole day was a pretty big mess for the two of us, the night after, Benj and Yden joined us on our escapade (pretty pretty fun) went to 50s dinner unfortunately the place is sooooo crowded we had to transfer venue just so that we could eat dinner. Went to Good Taste Restaurant and my oh my our tummies were VERY FULL, the next day, I left them to visit my relatives from Bakakeng Rd and after that, off I went to SM Baguio to meet them, went to Session Rd for another round of ukay, passed by Oh My Gulay to eat fresh salad and sandwich (oh tummy!). All day we were like kids in a candy store, we were blown away by all the things Baguio has to offer, from strawberries to ube jams, from SM Baguio to Session Rd, WE ARE COMING BACK next JUNE!

nagbabago ang lahat. (as told by the little one) -- written by mikee

Bakit? Paano? Saan? Kailan? Yan ang mga kadalasang tanong tungkol sa PAG-IBIG.

BAKIT ka ba nagmamahal? PAANO mo ba siya mamahalin? SAAN mo ba makikita yung taong mamahalin mo? at KAILAN mo ba siya nahanap? Ang tanong eh kung nahanap mo na nga ba? Minsan ang pag-ibig nagbibigay lang ng kaguluhan sa buhay ng isang tao, pero kadalasan nagdudulot naman ito ng kasiyahan. Mahal mo, mahal ka pero hindi naman kayo. Mahal na mahal mo, at mahal na mahal ka rin niya pero hindi talaga kayo. :| Bakit nga ba hindi? Sa isang relasyon daw kasi kailangan ng dalawang taong "MATURED" mag-isip. Para magkaintindihan sila. Para hindi lahat ng bagay pinag aawayan nila. Para magtagal silang dalawa. At para pwede nilang sabihin na FOREVER na talaga sila. Sana tayo na lang FOREVER. Sana wag ka nang mawawala saken. Sana hanggang tumanda ako, ikaw pa rin ang kasama ko. Sana ikaw na ang maging ina/ama ng mga magiging anak ko.Napakaraming sana. Lahat nang 'yan hanggang sana na lang ata talaga. Dahil wala naman talagang FOREVER. Ang meron lang, at ang natatanging bagay na totoo ay yung salitang PAGMAMAHAL at PAGTITIWALA. Kung meron kang minamahal ngayon at tinanong mo siya, "MAHAL MO BA 'KO?". Maaaring sagutin ka niya ng "SOBRA". Pero pagkalipas ng ilang araw, buwan, o taon, ganyan pa rin kaya ang isagot niya sayo? Posibleng iyan pa rin ang isagot niya, pero ganon pa rin kaya siya kaseryoso at kasigurado sa sagot niyang 'yon? Yan ang halimbawa ng pariralang WALANG FOREVER. Kahit gaano ka pa niya kamahal, lilipas at mawawala rin yung pagmamahal na 'yon. Dahil walang permanente sa mundo. Ngayon mahal na mahal ka niya, sa isang buwan maaaring hindi ka na niya kilala. Pwedeng ngayon sayo siya pero pagkagising mo kinabukasan pag-aari na siya ng iba. Lagi mong naririnig sa kanya na "MAHAL KITA" pero hindi mo na lang namamalayan na sa iba na pala niya yun sinasabi. Kaya nga pag nagmahal ka, magtira ka naman daw ng para sa sarili mo. Para 'pag iniwan ka na niya kaya mo pa ring mahalin ang sarili mo. Hindi mo naman kailangan ng taong mag-aalaga sayo. Sarili mo lang ang kailangan mo. Sa totoo lang, ang kinakailangan mo lang ay yung taong 'di magsasawang magtext sayo ng " I LOVE YOU", "KUMAIN KA NA BA?", "I MISS YOU", at "ASAN KA NA? INGAT KA HA". Oo ang sarap basahin,nakakakilig pa nga. Paulit ulit mo pa nga sigurong binabasa yung mga text na ganon. Pero wag na wag mong sasanayin ang sarili mo sa mga bagay na nakaya mo namang wala dati. Wala naman siya dati diba? Pero nabuhay ka. Nung wala pa siya masaya ka naman. Nung dumating siya naging mas masaya ka nga lang pero dun mo rin naranasang umiyak tuwing gabi.Badtrip noh? Hindi ba pwedeng puro saya na lang? Lagi talagang dapat may bawi na sakit? ANO PA NGA BANG MAGAGAWA MO KUNDI TANGGAPIN YUNG SAKIT NA 'YON. Iyakan mo ng ilang gabi tapos bumalik ka na sa realidad. Realidad na hindi mo naman dapat siya iniiyakan. Isipin mo na lang na nasugatan ka pero naghilom na yung sugat mo.Tumigil na yung pagdurugo kaya dapat tumigil ka na rin sa pag-iyak. Ang buhay pag-ibig naman kasi simple lang talaga. GINAGAWA MO LANG KOMPLIKADO. Di ka maka move on? Akala mo lang yun. Di ka maka move on dahil ayaw mo lang talaga. Wag mo ng hawakan ang mga bagay na nagpapasakit sayo. Matuto kang bumitaw kung talagang kailangan na. 'Pag natuto kang magparaya, mapagtatanto mong hindi mo naman pala talaga siya kailangan. At doon matatapos lahat ng sakit na nararamdaman mo. Happy ka na ulit. Wow parang magic lang. Ganon naman talaga, kapag wala ng galit at sakit sa puso mo nagiging masaya ka na ulit. :)) Haaay buhay nga naman. Daming pagsubok. Ngayon nasayo na kung paano mo haharapin yung mga pagsubok na 'yon. ;)

* mikee.ela

-- Bakit nga ba 'ko nagsulat ng ganito? Wala namang dahilan, gusto ko lang magshare kung anong nasa isip ko. Next time ulit pag may naisip ako, I'll put it in a blank paper, type it here, and share it to you guys.Maraming Salamat nga pala sa pagtitiyagang magbasa nito.

"THE ONLY PERMANENT THING IN THIS WORLD IS CHANGE." :]]

Can you explain to me? (What has become of us?)

Well I think this is the perfect title on what is happening to us, I believe you, no one ever will (Diamond Shotgun line), I thought you’re perfect but ok you’re not, you are the same as everybody else except the fact that I am in love with you more than ever, that makes you unique in a supernatural way. I told you I love you from hell and back and I’m keeping my words. I see nor hear nor speak no evil. I promised and I will keep it until you and I decide to call it quits (for real and hardcore). So hey Big Guy, when will you schedule that one person who will love me more than I love myself? I can wait, but please… don’t let him take forever to find, know, see and feel me. Pretty please Big Guy, I know you never fail, and I know you created him just for me, I know he’s just there, (me to you, my soul mate)I am shouting from your other end, and I LOVE YOU (at the top of my lungs), so I hope you can hear me. So do you want to party in my basement? (Kesha’s line)

I am kidding, I am joking around, I am a hardcore bitch, but when it comes to heart-to-heart business, I am at my utmost fragile state. I hate the feeling of being weak. If you want to kill me, then better continue exactly what you’re doing. Jealousy, I am not faking you, you are stabbing me and sucking my blood gallon per gallon a minute. You are a FAKE! A FAKE I tell you. No one can replace you but me.

I am blinded by shooting stars.

my 11/29

I am really happy I have you;

It is by all means, a privilege of two

I thought we are as if as perfect as what other think,

Of me and you, of you and me, all was at brink.

But all was blinded, all was not fair.

My “me and you” was all an affair.

What a sad flight said the moon to the stars,

What love brought to that lady, is all but scars.

2nd of September

Happy 2nd of September luvvy, mahal, panget, stitch, coco crunch, yuki. I love you to the moon and back (I want to remind you every single day how much I feel for you). I thought we can’t fix what happened between us, but here we are on our 2nd (yeay!!) I am super thrilled. I’m super (heavy on the superlatives) happy having you in my life and I won’t regret anything coz I know I have you. I’m so proud of you, and no matter what happen or whatever things you want to pursue, let me know coz I am your biggest fan. I know you won’t get tired of loving me, I am already assure of that.

Thank you for giving me your time and your super hugs and your kisses (you’re the sweetest thing).

Thank you for worrying every time I don’t feel ok (and you want me to tell you when I’m crying).

Thank you for not letting me go (that’s scary).

Thank you for making me feel I’m the luckiest girl (gives me butterflies).

Thank you for being the cutest thing when you are pouting your lips (I really want to kiss you right now).

Thank you for saying the nicest words (kyot kyot).

Thank you for waking me up every morning (hahaha too bad I won’t budge til I wake up for real, but the thought of waking me up even if I don’t immediately text you is SWEET awwwww).

Thank you for missing me when I’m not texting (happens all the time).

Thank you for making me smile (and I love it when we cuddle).

Thank you for apologizing every time I feel mad (really sorry).

Thank you for not giving up on us (coz if you do, I’ll kill you).

Thank you for loving me (and I love you too).

This blog could be never ending when it comes to how thankful I am for having you but I can’t miss this:





THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME MY HIROYUKI.

Love and Hate

We’ve known each other since forever, LOVE said to HATE. Do you have feelings for me? Hate did not say a thing. We always write letters and walk in the beach; we spend all summers together, write our names in the sand and let the water hear our promises, says Love.

Hate said, I like you and there are lots of things I enjoy doing with you and a lot of words I still want to tell you but that’s all I can do, that’s all I can say. In his mind was a secret, Spending time with you means the whole world to me but there are things that I can’t tell you, things you need not to know, things that I would rather keep than to include you to a place where you are not worth existing, because there’s my dream, one step ahead, and you are my perfect reality that I cannot bear to lose once I’ve reached my dream, I am just afraid you might not keep up.

They parted ways that one summer night, Hate left the shore to continue his life in the city and Love pursued a simple life without Hate. Time flies like a simple breeze, never was a day that Love imagined living life with him, she waited by the shore every summer but no one came, no one remembers. Love promised herself that she’ll never give up with the feelings she has for Hate because it was all she has, until Love met an accident one night that made her lose her memory, she never went back to the shore where she spends all those summer with her beloved Hate.

Years have passed; Hate went back to the shore and reminisced all those moments with Love. From afar she saw a girl, walking and recognized her as Love. Hate called her attention but Love won’t give any interest on Hate, he was desperate for Love’s attention. Soon, Hate narrated everything Love has to know but she just told him, “Hate, maybe the old Love grew tired of waiting for you, maybe it’s time for us to continue with our separate lives, maybe it’s the will of the Gods for me to meet that tragic accident. As I’ve learned from your story, I endear you too much and I am glad to have known that, but my life belongs to my husband now, Happiness.” Hate has lost all his hopes for Love. He accepted the fact that Happiness took over Love’s heart.

Love has lived a beautiful life with Happiness, but she will never forget the story that there was once a possibility for Love and Hate to be one. Hate on the other hand, never bothered Love again, but when she misses her, he visits the shore... Things might have been different.

Excerpt from W. Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet

Juliet:
'Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone—
And yet no farther than a wan-ton's bird,
That lets it hop a little from his hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silken thread plucks it back again,
So loving-jealous of his liberty.

Romeo:
I would I were thy bird.

Juliet:
Sweet, so would I,
Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

The heart of Flirting

Flirting, hypocritically speaking…

As quoted by Nikki Assavathorn, “Everyone knows what flirting is, but not everyone knows how to do it. There is nothing more fun than flirting. It feels great to be flirted with and flirted at, making it almost addictive. Do you know how to flirt? How do you flirt?”

I’ve been to many flirting moments with guys and with girls alike. Can we consider it a bad habit? A good past time? Something you do to intimidate others? Or something you unconsciously do but other considered it… DONE.

Flirting is a common form of social interaction whereby one person obliquely indicates a romantic or sexual interest towards another. It can consist of conversation, body language, or brief physical contact. It may be one-sided or reciprocated (encouraged) with intentions of getting to know that person on a higher level. – Wikipedia

To be judge as flirt and that you do it to attract people is a perfect example of an attention seeking act. Insecurity of a person also triggers them to judge falsely, FYI false accusation is also a bad habit. Let us set an example, a girl befriended a guy or vice versa, and since the girl is not that stereotypically strange by all means, the guy’s friend/s, even those who are physically or even emotionally attracted to the guy, of course, could lead or give a negative judgment towards the girl, since they can see them hanging around, talking and laughing, nevertheless rumors will spread. That my friend is a simple act of being kind to others, which will be negatively interpreted by the “friends” as “flirting” more so, betraying some emotionally attracted girl to our not-so-gorgeous guy topic.

Again, this is a cliché…
And by this example I have made some rules with regards to those people who love to seek attention by accusing people by the looks and not by how they could start a conversation, even casual interaction as normal human beings.

RULE number 1, if you are not aware of the attitude of human towards another human, drop the negative judgments.

RULE number 2, stop seeking attention if you don’t want someone to be your friend.

RULE number 3, if you don’t want to be judge, stop acting like you want to be judge.

RULE number 4, leave your shit guarded if you don’t want (her) friends to get back at you. and...

RULE number 5, TELL IT DIRECTLY TO THE ACCUSED FACE, IF YOU THINK YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH!!

We all have rules in life, so if you have insecurities, feel free to approach a psychiatrist maybe they could help you solve those problems. Oh btw, again and again, to those who are super insecure coz you don’t know how to flirt… here are some pointers:

How to Flirt (wikiHow.com shows you):

Flirting is, at its most basic, a way to meet potential mates and see (within a short period of time) if they're compatible. In some situations, such as at a dance or a party, flirting is the only way to open the door to a romantic relationship with someone you don't know and might not otherwise ever see again. Because of all of this, flirting is a very important skill, and it's one that makes a lot of people nervous. There is an art of flirting, though, and it's an art that can be learned. Here are some pointers for you. STEPS:

1.Lower your expectations.
2.Look approachable.
3.Read body language.
4.Make eye contact, but not for more than a moment or two.
5.Make eye contact, but not for more than a moment or two.
6.Gradually share information about yourself in a reciprocal manner.
7.Give the person your complete attention.
8.Use body language to hint at your romantic intentions.
9.Close the deal.

Now don’t go bothering people with Flirting absence to your life, let the web teach you. Ok?