collections

Once in a Blue Moon

2012-05-13T07:24:00.001-07:00

We are geniuses.

We are great lovers.

Love comes unexpectedly.

When you already renounced everything,

It comes your way.

When you already closed your heart to love,

It tries to open your tightly sealed heart.

When you refused to discover and meet anyone

Love comes to you all the way

When there was already a total surrender

Loves knocks on your heart once more

That you cannot refuse

When you failed to search for your dream love

He comes as a gift from heaven

Only to find out, you can never be

And you will never will

You dreamed of the kindness of your father

Searched the universe for a man kinder than your dad

Only to find out he had been looking for you

He had been searching for you

He got to know you before

But you never knew he was the one meant to be

Maybe too late to let your love known

Maybe too late to care and love in full

When the timer has already set everything

Where and when will you put your love?

Will you ever be in love again?

Will you ever run with the timer already set?

Like a falling star, love comes

In a blink of an eye it is lost.

In the near closing of eyes,

That is the only time it is seen.

Weary eyes ever longed for the love

That real love seemed so scarce and elusive

Elusive that it took the big C to realize it

Why Dear Lord?

Life is so unfair.

We would have met before.

We would have loved before.

We would have been a family before.

But why? Why made us suffer as this?

We thought we were kind and meek.

We thought this will pay us real love.

But it paid us emptiness.

That emptiness filled out our hearts.

For very long years in search for love;

That real love so endangered.

The genius is thought to be loveless.

If you only know that the genius is a great lover

Yes we are.

We are great lovers.

Like you, we too are human beings

But in love we forget everything

We only know nothing but love

Love, love and only love.

And that – I love you so much

More than you’ll ever do.

We are geniuses.

We are great lovers.

But in great vain.

We suffer .

Even though we did everything.

This suffering, alas, a lifetime

A lifetime of pain

A lifetime of loving you

Why only now when I see you?

Why only now in your trying times?

Why only now when I can’t be of help?

Why only now when hug is the only gift I can give?

I should have given you more.

I should have given you the best.

I should have given you everything.

I should have given you my life.

If you only know how much I love you;

No amount of care I could ever give.

No amount of life I can ever live

In exchange for your love

Clocks can be reversed no more

Cancer cells can be extracted no more

If I am just a fairy –

I would give you everlasting life

In that way we would live forever.

In love we will be together.

We will be separated – no more;

We will be a family forever

Love too late for me and you.

How could I ever dream of you.

In my age I will love no more;

No more than a kind man than you

No more than my father’s kindness than you

How long will you ever live?

How long will you be in pain?

How long will you be suffering?

How long will I see you hurt?

How long will I love you more?

How long will I ever endure your pain?

How long will I ever dream of you?

How long will I dream of us as family?

How long will you be in my company?

Will you ever be?

Will I ever be?

Shall we ever be?

You crossed the oceans;

Searching for truth and destiny

You went home and searched your soul

You flew high, soared high and failed.

In your trying times, you came to me.

Why did you come?

Dear God, why?

I accept you into my life without remorse.

Come to me and I will care for you.

I will tightly hug you and tap your shoulders;

But why now when I can’t even care for you?

Why now when am not capable of doing so?

Why now?

Why do I love you so?

My beloved L….

You will always be dear to me.

In my ocean of tears,

I will love you and I love you,

From now on and forever.

Photo courtesy of a Malaysian, Kuala Selangor Santuary

kiss woman

2012-02-25T20:46:00.000-08:00

A Pledge of Love on Valentine

2012-02-12T06:27:00.000-08:00

I can compare my love for you to the precious word, service.

Because I love you, I should live without fear for I know you are there.

I should go through such pain and suffering without complaining; because of my love for you I will do everything. I should learn to appreciate the beauty of the common things around me – you deserve my greatest appreciation.

I should serve you whether you are the lowliest or the poorest, you will always be my master without counting the cost or asking something in return.

I will be glad to be alive with you but I will never be afraid to die for you.

My love for you is beyond compare.

Who Says I Am Alone?

2012-02-11T20:35:00.000-08:00

At Starbucks with school friends and classmates

With Couchsurfing friends from Spain visiting Makati City Fire Station

With high school classmates during a reunion

Tug of War in Batangas City

Peeling durian in Butuan City

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The greatest pains are those you can tell no-one.

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Of me, of you and of words

2011-12-18T04:47:00.000-08:00

I NEED YOU are the most concealed words of all time.

YOU is a very important word. It will have no meaning if the person saying "you" thinks of saying MYSELF instead of you.

Hope is just a word. It will never have meaning to the person who does not strive for it.

Faith is just a word. It has no meaning without the person's will to have faith.

Care is just a word. It is useless if it is not freely shown and given.

Love is just a word. I has no meaning if its essence is not being felt because it is never shown.

Sorry is not enough when it is just a word. You have to live by it.

I will always try to strive for the good in everyone although I may not be that good in the eyes of the people I care for.

This is "I." This is "you". These are WORDS. Yet, there are lives within those words.

P.S. I originally composed this last Monday, November 29, 2010 at 9:07am and posted it in my then FB account and kept it for a long time. Now, I am posting it in my blog.

Memories of Rizal's True Love, Leonor Rivera

2011-07-09T22:20:00.000-07:00

…when Leonor agreed to marry the English engineer Kipping to abide by her mother’s wishes, Rizal was devastated. He was said to have cried like a child after reading her letter.

Before marrying Henry Kipping, Rivera’s mother turned over to Leonor the letters she had kept from her all this while. Devastated Leonor burned the letters and kept the ashes a handmade box monogrammed “JL.”

..with frail health overcoming her upon the stillbirth of her second child – a daughter – and before dying, she requested that she be buried in a green dress. It was later discovered that in the hem of the dress, are delicately sewn letters she earlier received from Jose Rizal.

FOR LOVERS OF HISTORY, JOSE RIZAL AND THE REST OF MAN'S ACHIEVEMENTS, YOU WILL LIKE TO VISIT FOR SURE THE YUCHENGCO MUSEUM.

LOCATED AT AYALA AVENUE CORNER GIL PUYAT AVENUE IN MAKATI CITY. A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM THE MAKATI CITY CENTRAL FIRE STATION.

Earth Hour 2011 Official video

2011-03-24T02:45:00.000-07:00

Cebu Pacific FAs dancing

2010-10-05T05:59:00.000-07:00

Matthias Jabs is speaking to the Scorpions Fans

2010-10-05T05:23:00.000-07:00

LEADERSHIP VERSUS MANAGEMENT

2010-04-19T17:59:00.000-07:00

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: A Call for the People of Albay

2009-10-09T06:34:00.000-07:00

The fact that the province of Albay was spared from havoc of Ondoy and Pepeng recently should not make the people relaxed. What happened in Metro Manila and in northern Luzon lately should serve as a warning for Albay to prepare and do something for the environment while it might not be too late. Being a regular pathway for typhoons always makes the province amidst uncertain condition whether typhoon, heavy rains or floods will happen or not. While the Albayanos’ being prayerful is being admired by people from other parts of the country, we should not be very confident. Rather, we must be more and most prepared at all times.

I call on the provincial government and local chief executives to do something in their respective municipalities and cities. Let us pass moratorium on logging in our thinning mountains and forests. Let us be vigilant about logging, cutting trees for firewood and other abuses of our mountains. Reporting should be made very responsive by involving local residents to participate in guarding their respective communities. Let us encourage planting of trees in riverbanks. Let us be vanguards of our own riverbanks. Let us not allow too much land use development along riverbanks and near creeks. Let us plant mangroves too in coastal locations. Let LGUs pass policies that will give stiffer penalties to those who abuse the environment.

Let us encourage planting greens in our backyards. Small plants yet can contribute to fresh air. Forests, mountains from Tiwi up to the third district of Albay together with the slopes or those locations at the foot of Mayon Volcano should be protected. Let us be careful about safety of people residing near mining sites. Let us not abuse our resources through mining. If we can do something about mining and protect our own lands, then let us do it now. The curse of nature is immeasurable. Let us not make it harder for us to bear. Let us protect our islands too from too much land use development – from Kurangon island in Tiwi, to San Miguel, Cagraray and Rapu Rapu islands. Even islets should be protected. There are still many things we can do to lessen the impact of natural disasters in our soil. And we should do it now – not tomorrow nor never.

Bureau of Fire Protection

2009-07-26T19:53:00.000-07:00

Bureau of Fire Protection

GENERAL SANTOS CITY FISH PORT

2009-07-11T03:23:00.000-07:00

it is where one can see larger-than-man tuna, large fishing boats; where no one is allowed to enter in shorts, sleepers and sandos. INDEED, world-class!

SEND ME AN ANGEL

2009-05-23T22:26:00.000-07:00

Music: Rudolf Schenker
Lyrics: Klaus Meine

The wise man said just walk this way

To the dawn of the light

The wind will blow into your face

As the years pass you by

Hear this voice from deep inside

It´s the call of your heart

Close your eyes and your will find

The passage out of the dark

Here I am

Will you send me an angel

Here I am

In the land of the morning star

The wise man said just find your place

In the eye of the storm

Seek the roses along the way

Just beware of the thorns

Here I am

Will you send me an angel

Here I am

In the land of the morning star

The wise man said just raise your hand

And reach out for the spell

Find the door to the promised land

Just believe in yourself

Hear this voice from deep inside

It´s the call of your heart

Close your eyes and your will find

The way out of the dark

Here I am

Will you send me an angel

Here I am

In the land of the morning star

Here I am

Will you send me an angel

Here I am

In the land of the morning star

reference: www.the-scorpions.de for the lyrics