Journey Towards North

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” Life’s really a challenge! A puzzle to finish, a story to foretold, a road to drive in and a sky to reach. Have you ever felt like reminiscing the past thinking those momentous memories you feel like sharing? Well, I do. Today is always the perfect time.

Good and bad memories are always worth remembering. Now, I’m sharing one of my unforgettable experiences as I have traveled to Manila last April 16, 2008 with my family to visit our relatives in Nueva Ecija. I think we would be staying there for a couple of days. My uncles fetch us in the airport. At last! We arrived at exactly 7:00pm. I missed that place so much where I played with my cousins once without thinking what’s happening around us. My lolas, lolos, my tito, tita, and everybody else are there smiling waiting at the Jalova Street upon our arrival. I went out smelling the air that’s different from Ozamiz but sad to say, I’m a sort of tired that night so I missed the fun that had happened. I don’t know what had happened and I’m not interested in knowing because for sure, I’ll just end up regretting. My body is just tired that time so I slept and later on, I woke up early.

Criiing!Criiiing! The clock beside my ears is bugging me so I just woke up and went outside. It’s silent and I’m not used to be in a place that’s quiet so I decided to walk around for some tour around the place. Around 5:00am, I fixed myself because they said, we will be going to Our Lady of Manaoag and it’s actually a church with miraculous Virgin Mary. We stayed there for a while and start going to Vigan after eating our lunch. The trip was quite long but my eyes aren’t dizzy to sleep but instead, I opened my eyes for I guess almost 4 hours watching different views of different landscapes and mountains enjoying my seat at the leftmost side of the van. The place was super cool! They’re preserving the old houses, mansions, and roads. They’re also preserving the Filipino culture. I had the opportunity to visit their mini zoo which is the Baluarte ni Singson. 12:00 in the evening and we still haven’t find a place to sleep in. We continue trying, looking for a place. Successfully, we slept in Ilocos Norte around 1:00.

Around 4:00 early in the morning, we traveled to Baguio. The road is causing me a headache but that doesn’t concerns me at all. As long as I’m happy, I don’t mind. We discover the place and I enjoyed it at all. I’ve seen lots of foreigners, unfamiliar faces and complete strangers. Late at night, I myself together with my tita and mother sneak out to buy some stuffs. I woke up early in the morning hiking around looking on how wonderful God’s creation. People aren’t sleeping and I keep wondering why Baguio is the summer capital of the Philippines, but I guess it’s because of the place, the weather, and maybe because of their treatment towards people.

April 19, we rode back home in Nueva Ecija to rest and the sweet days are really unforgettable. I’m not that tired so I spend some time visiting our neighbors which are my relatives at the same time until such time that I fell asleep. It took us a while to prepare ourselves for tomorrows’ trip. Our next destination is the Manila Ocean Park so we went there from Nueva Ecija to Manila. Many things happened at it was all fun.

April 21, 2008, we went to Tagaytay to visit the place. I’ve ridden a horse, cable car and zip line. I was able to see the smallest volcano in the Philippines which is the Mt. Taal. Everything was very meaningful and consequential. We stayed there for almost a day and then we went to UP Diliman to visit few of my cousins there. I can’t wait to see them and I didn’t sleep that night for some reasons. We traveled like 15 minutes and went to few places. Around 10:00pm, we went to a lap in the Up and started stargazing. Through their improvised telescope, I’ve seen the Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. It’s awesome. I learned lots of information and ideas about the galaxies, solar system and many more. The whole week was very nice. It’s one of the best days of my life!

Everything was fun and amusing. I want to stay there for a long time but I know we’ll go home soon and I will surely miss them. Them means my relatives, friends, the people I’ve met and places I’ve step into. Everything was nice and I’ve appreciated the place. I just end up sleeping the next day…

Durog(2 timer)

-I'm posting this to my blog just to share.I saw this from the internet and I feel like copying this and writing it here.

Feel free to leave some comments or any violent reactions:]

This is issue once again and evacuate rather blog about love. This time, pag usapan naman natin ang mga two timer... Before anything else, wala akong pinatatamaan dito ha... Eto yung kadalasan lang naman nangyayari. REALITY kung baga! Masarap mag two time diba? Yung tipong dalawa dalawa sila... Tatlo tatlo... Tapos minsan sampu sampu panga eh. Pero minsan, naisip ba natin kung ano ang epekto nito sa nasasaktan natin? Masarap mag two time...

Pagkatapos mo dun sa isa, lilipat ka naman sa isa tapos sa iba naman, hanggang sa magsawa ka tapos iiwan mo lang? kasi may nakita kang mas gwapo o mas maganda sa kanya? Tapos minsan pag nag-aaway kayo ni number 1 mo,damay lahat pati second, third at fourth kawawa naman sila noh? Samantalang wala naman silang ginagawa sa iyo kundi ang intindihin ka at mahalin lang.

Bakit nga kaya masarap ang mag two time? kasi, hindi ka marunong makontento sa kung ano meron ang boyfriend o girlfriend mo? kasi, merong mas better sa present mo? O baka naman kasi selfish ka... At ayaw mong iliko yung present mo If it's for your own safe... Kahit nasasaktan mo na siya... Eh paano kung sa iyo yun? Sa tingin mo makakaya mo? Sa tingin mo okay lang sa iyo? Diba masakit din? at tsaka mo pa lang malalaman...kung mahal mo talaga siya.. pag hindi na ikaw ang mahal niya? Pag may mahal na siyang iba? Guys! masarap magmahal at mahalin... sana lang marunong tayong makuntento sa ibinigay sa atin. Tayo na nga lang ang nagkakaintindihan tapos tayo pa ang magtatalunan?

Guys! Wake up! Mahalin nyo ang boyfriend...girlfriends nyo.. Be loyal! Sorry sa mga natatamaan ko. Ginising ko lang kayo sa matagal nyong pagkatulog. Baka kasi pag gising nyo, wala na yung taong nagmamahal sa inyo ng totoo. so sad... ehem! mag isip na kayo ha. Payong kapatid lang.

Tignan at Pagmasdan

Anong nangyari sa ating kalikasan?

Ganito ba ang ating kinalakihan?

Mga puno'y unti-unting namamatay

Pinuputol hanggang mawalan ng saysay

Marami pa tayong pwedeng gawin dito

Magtanim! Solusyon sa pr0blemang ito

Mga bagay, ating pakahalagahan

Ating kalikasan ay ating ingatan

Ang mga basura'y itapon sa lalagyan

Mga kalat natin ay 'wag nating hayaan

Tayo ay magbago, dapat patunayan

Dahil ang kalikasan ay kayamanan

Ngayon ating tignan at pagmasdan ito

Di ba't maganda ang buhay natin dito

'Wag hayaang masira ang kalikasan

Ito ay alagaan magpakailanman

I don't need no education.

Blah! Blah! Blah! Toooot..criiiiing:]

6:30 in the morning, my phone rang and I quickly stood up running as fast as I could to the comfort room.

“I’m late! I’m sure I will be late today”

I’m getting lazier each day

I’m screwed

I accidentally get bumpped by a door without feeling the pain.

I packed my things and ate for just a short minute.

6:45 am and I’m not yet prepared

My hair is long and I’m afraid I forgot to go to the barber shop

My eyes are drooling with so many uncomplete tasks and yet here I am standing

Wasting my time thinking about what’s happening and how to get rid of these stuffs

“I can do this!”

They laughed so hard that me myself laugh for their funny faces.

It’s Monday, suppose to be a “SCHOOL DAY” but there’s no class for a week and I’m sure they’re enjoying it but I can’t think of a way on how to be happy despite that I like to go to school.

All I can see is that they’re thinking that I’m becoming crazy

“a student like you should be happy because of the short sem break” my sister said.

But I’m missing school

The laughters, the tears and the joys that’s different when I’m in school is different when I’m alone at home

The problems, the teachers voices is different at home

My classmates and schoolmates are different from my parents and people at home

I’m sick because “I'm missing school days. ”I don't need no education.

UNTITLED 2

Woah! Scream!! I’m definitely exhausted. Can you give me a break?

I’m sure, God has a better plan for us just like on how he put things this way.

God made the trees green instead of red because it’s horrible when we look things that way.

God is always there for us. God is in our hearts and minds.

God is in you and me.

God is within us.

Hey guys, do you believe in fortunes?

For some instances, I do...

One hot summer day, a young peasant was resting peacefully under a large tree. Crossing his arms, he sighed and looked int the countryside, saying:

“What a pleasure to the eyes of a peasant! I thank God for having given me the gift of this lovely countryside, which allows me to collect a good harvest,” said the peasant observing the large pumpkins, delicious melons, and beautifully colored watermelons. “ And I also thank him for this tree which gives me shade. Why is it that instead of walnuts, it does not produce pumpkins, melons and watermelons?”

No sooner had he finished thinking, a walnut fell on his head. Because of thies, he thought again:

“There is nothing one can do, God is very wise! If a huge pumpkin had fallen on my head from this tree instead of a walnut, I would no longer be alive.”

Silly but it’s true. Wasn’t it just a pure luck? Or God is really wise that he put everything in its place? Now, let’s start our day with a SMILE:]

UNTITLED!

MORAL!

Jealousy means that your great! God had made us unique so flourish it with joy and happiness!

Envying others doesn’t do good to us. It only shortens our lives copying others.

Why don’t we stay the way we are?BE HONEST!

Why don’t we stand and walk step by step to achieve our dreams? BE HARDWORKING!

Why don’t we start all over again?BE PATIENT!

We can do that, we’re better than them. LEARN TO AIM HIGHER THAN THE SKY!

We grow all of a sudden and ask lots of questions as we continue to live. Some people are better than us not just because of luck but because of their determination to pursue their goal and now, they’re making it into action. This story then came out from my mind...

A jealous ass hated a pig that lived on the farm. Everyday he watch the pig as it eats. “All day he eats until he cannot manage anything more! All day he rests! Hmmm... what bud luck I have? Everything is the opposite... less food and less rest!” said the ass to himself.

The ass complained, “I work and eat hay, but the pig eats corn, sleeps and does not work. And worse of all, they treat me badly and hit me with a stick. What injustice there is in my life!”

Several days passed, the ass noticed that the pig has disappeared in the farm. He soon found out that the owners had taken the pig to the slaughter house. He felt stupid being envious of the pig’s supposed luck, then he should have been happy with his own luck!

“If a life of good food and laziness ends in such a way, then I prefer to work hard and be hit with the sticks,” thought the ass.

Now, I learned to wake up and be back in the real world. Strive hard to achieve your own luck instead of envying other’s luck.

Draft

This night is mysterious
The cold wind is blowing beneath my face
I can't create the perfect words right now
To describe what I'm feeling at this very moment

I'm in my room alone holding a pen so I'm pretending to be doing something
I've come up making this poem...
Across the rivers and down the mountains
Up the hills and over the wild plains
There's a fine stick of ink
Red, blue, black or pink
Whichever color you want to pick
You can choose whether thin or thick
It helps us express
And remove a little stress
To whine a little less
To press or not to press
In this world of chaos and lost keys
Every minute, every second
Every move that I have questioned
Every glimpse is like a potion
I'm liking this pen in every proportion

When you start a conversation
There's no need for negotiations
They call it infatuation
But I don't really need their opinions
So I've come up writing all this things
With a thin sheet of tree
And this small magical piece
You can do it whenever you are free
And even seal it with a kiss

You can make your own story
Or write about "Tita Cory"
And make a letter to a friend
Expressing that you do feel sorry!

Old Thoughts

We grow old easily in this revolving place

We suddenly crack but never fade

We blast into tiny pieces but we still continue to stand and love

Together we stand

Divided we fall

We devastate others as we continue to be with them

We blast ruined things,

Feeling numb

Life’s really hard

We create scars into others hearts

We impaired them unintentionally

But it’s for them to be strong

We have different vintage collections

Old-fashioned fuzzy things

Different obsolete materials

Yet, we seemed to pile like abnormal

The heart might be old

But people keep on changing it as time passed by

We keep remembering the past

The lost...

The forgotten past...

Life

Don’t make promise when you are in joy

Don’t reply when you are sad

Don’t take decision when you are angry

Think twice...

Act twice...

When we wake up in the morning,

We have two simple choices

Go back to sleep and dream

Or wake up and chase those dreams

Choice is yours...

In life just don’t trust people,

Who change their feelings with time...

Instead trust people whose feelings remain the same even when the time changes...

Over the same sea, on the same winds;

A ship sails in one direction, another in opposite

It’s not the wind that decides which direction the ship goes

It’s the sails

How they are tied and how they are maneuvered

Similarly...

It’s not fate that decides where your life is going

It’s all about how you take life and where you take it to

What we are today is result of our own past actions

Whatever we wish to be in the future depends on our present actions

Decide how you have to act now.

We are responsible for what we are, whatever we wish ourselves to be

We have the power to make ourselves

Remember you are born to live

Don’t live because you are born!

Don’t go the way life takes you

Take life the way you go!!

Arrow goes forward only after pulling in to backward

Bullet goes forward only after pressing the trigger backward

Every human being will get happy

Only after facing the difficulties in their life path...

So don’t be afraid to face your difficulties

They will push you forward

The most difficult phase of life is not when no one understands you,

It’s when you don’t understand yourself

Fore everything you have missed

You have gained something else

And for everything you gain

You lose something else

It’s about your outlook towards life

You can either regret or rejoice

Whatever you give to life,

It gives you back

Do not hate anybody

The hatred which comes out from you will somehow comeback to you

Love others...

And love will comeback to you

Don’t write your name on sand,

Waves will wash it away

Don’t write your name in sky,

Wind may blow it away

Write your name in hearts of people you come in touch with

That’s where it will stay

Don’t let someone become a priority in your life,

When you’re just an option in their life...

Relationships work best when they are balanced

We make them cry who care for us

We cry for those who never care for us

This is the truth of life...

It’s strange but true

Once you realize this,

It’s never too late to CHANGE

When you keep saying you are busy,

Then you are never free

When you keep saying you have no time,

Then you will never have time

When you keep saying that you will do it tomorrow

Then your tomorrow will never come

Never explain yourself to anyone

Because the person who likes you doesn’t need it,

And the person who dislikes you won’t believe it

Time is like a river

You cannot touch the same water twice

Because the flow that has passed

Will never pass again

Enjoy every moment of life...

Unusual Voice

In this rayless place I loose control

Thinking unsecurely auditing your unusual voice

Listening to its astonishing rhythm

And dwelling upon the crucial memories worth keeping

I paused for a while

Resembling this feeling deep inside me

Desiring the voice I keep remembering

This voice flowing, captivating my ears

And this melody humming solemnly

Each note carrying a message

Surpassing its masters voice

Bringing me to this unexpected idea

And requesting me to stay close

I hue and complain

Thinking myself instead

Luring myself and obliterating this nonsense

Continue going with the planned flow

And start smiling the other day

Here I Am

Here I am

Singing soft and soundly

Whispering in your arms around me

Looking at the sky viewing a glimpse of heaven

Turning my back against the underworld

Lying Down as if nothing had happened

Wishing above in this morning light

And keeping myself in touch

Here I am

Playing guitar, lying in this place

Dreaming in this lasting situation

Displeased with this drama

Somewhat Cursing in the wind

Making efforts not to be thrown away

And Concealed in this unknown place

But to be remembered every minute in everyday

Here I am

Wanting to sing all along

Listening to the flow of the wind

To express things not impress

To be with them and extremely hoping for it