Makes the World Go 'Round

You love,
you
        anticipate
        believe
        cry
        defy
        elaborate
        fight
        give
        hold on
        inspire
        justify
        keep faith
        lie
        manipulate
        neglect
        overdo
        protect
        question
        simplify
        try
        understand
        value
        wander
        forget X
        yearn
Love is
the zenith


3 sweet love stories yesterday, and here's what you get.

Her name's Sara Thomas

Jonathan: So are you gonna meet your boyfriend now or what?
Sara: No, I think he's out probably doing what you're doing.
Jonathan: Getting a crush on somebody else's girlfriend? No, I'm sorry, I just meant I had a really nice time. You know, maybe you should give me your phone number. Just in case.
Sara: In case of what?
Jonathan: In case of life. I just had a really great time and for all we know I wouldn't be able to find you again.
Sara: Well, if we're meant to meet again, we'll meet again. it's just not the right time now.
Jonathan: Maybe we're supposed to meet on British time and we're five hours too early.



Serendipity (2001)

Basic Reasons Why We Can't See Some/ Any/ Everything

1. There is no light.
2. There is too much light.
3. Something is in the way.
4. We are not looking.
5. Our eyes are closed.
6. There is nothing to see.

Better Together

Because my hair doesn't look short here. HA. Sorry Andang and Dnis.

It's good to know that I've got such people in my life. It is relieving that no matter how long we've been apart, no matter how far the oceans distance us, no matter how much we ridicule each others' universities, exes/ boyfriends/ would-have-beens, and favorite movies, we can still come together, just be ourselves and have one grand time--even without getting intoxicated. We've been through ups and downs, and we've seen each other change and grow--from silly blog-writing high schoolers to beautiful ladies (biased, I am)-- and that just makes us so interesting altogether. I may have cursed high school and say it's so petty, but hey, it's where I found friends worth keeping. They say nothing lasts forever, but I really wish we would :)

There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart,
our dreams, and they are made out of real things
like a shoebox of photographs
with sepia-toned loving...

Mmmm, it's always better when we're together
Yeah we'll look at the stars and we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah it's always better when we're together ♫

Whispering

IT IS A DECISION, NOT A CHOICE.

A Kiss to Send Us Off

Tomorrow's gonna be the start of another semester. And I could not put to words how embarrassingly and unexpectedly scared I am as it approaches. I'm not quite sure why, but I'm guessing it's because I am intimidated by the subjects and the professors I got (3 majors hello!). But before I start blabbering about the coming sem and bid the break farewell, I just wanna take a look back to how things were.

I had painfully finished a 50-page paper for my first sem major subject (FLCD 101), and I must say that was one astounding accomplishment for me! BIG HOORAY! I have never crammed such a paper and in such a way before. Here's a glimpse of how I managed to squeeze out all the juices from my already-dry mind to create 50 pages of narrations and analysis: Yes, that is our dining table. Ha. For this, I give myself, and all my classmates, a pat on the back. Good good!

Now on to other sembreak things, I was actually disappointed by how I couldn't go out-of-town--major thanks to Ondoy, to Pepeng, to Santi, to Tino, to Comelec, and to long lines everywhere (that includes mall cashiers and transport terminals). They made early morning to late night drives, stop-overs, and reunions out of the sembreak equation. Di ko man lang nalanghap ang katiting ng beach, o ng probinsya. Ha. How sad.

But that didn't mean I had to let myself mope around at home and spend all the days (and nights) in front of the laptop doing shiz in Facebook, or which ever networking site there is. Thanks to friends, telephone lines, videos, and wanderlust, I let myself out there-- city sembreak style.

This city sembreak was quite exhausting, for, as I have just realized, there are actually a lot of things you could still try to do in the city, aside from whole-day mall walks, or snoozing for 30 hours straight at home. There are still a lot of things in the city that is to be explored--that I haven't been to and experienced yet. For example, staying inside my favorite bookstore shuffling through different books for half a day, or taking photos of random people and things that pass me by, or being friends with strangers I never knew I could like, or visiting historical places I've never been to before (even though they're just a couple of jeepneys away), or being extremely vain with someone dear in a completely awkward setting, like this:

Sembreak, thank you for such a realization. And thank you for bringing in the wanderlust, too. Sadly, you had to end before I could start fulfilling the desire. There will be a time, I need not worry. And next time, it must be remembered to look around for options, or alternatives. Better to do something else, than to mope around and do nothing of worth at all.

So now, here's to a new semester. Good luck!

---

Wanderlust.from here.

And for my future reference, here is guide to minimalist travel. And note, never forget Charlie.

This Just In

I'm actually at the verge of tears.

October 25, we received news that one of our lolos in Camarines Sur died. He was really sick and old, so we kinda accepted that quite easily. Less than 5 minutes ago, we received a message saying that our lola, that lolo's wife (ah yes), just died this morning. Two months ago, almost the same thing happened to another couple we knew. Guy dies first, and a few days/ weeks, girl follows suit.

Lovely couples, they were. And how lucky they are to cherish a love that stays with them. Wala lang. We (meaning Carla and I) just found it sweet. But if it were me, I want to die first. Haha. I hope that their love continues to grow in their heaven--in the life I believe exists after the one we spend here on this worldly dimension we call Earth. Lord, kayo na po ang bahala :')

"If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you."

-Winnie the Pooh

Wanna go home to CamSur.

If You're Wondering

Weezard! Haha.

Come Back to Manila

Manila, Queen City of the Pacific (1938)

Got this from pinoytumblr. Rare find. Kalesa, cars, TRAM, beautiful dresses. What happened to us?

And I never knew we had a tram network before. In Avenida and Escolta(credit). Must go to the Meralco Museum.