THE ORANGE TREE

I opened a box full of memories and started to look for a not too old familiar picture of a tree. As a flipped the last few photos I found what I am looking for.

 

I took this  a year ago in an island northwestern of the Philippines. I was really amazed by its beauty. It is very uncommon for me to see such kind. (I finished BS Biology before I entered another course, I should have known what it is called..unfortunately some fluids got stocked up into the spaces of my brain, and sadly I cannot recall its specie ) so I hurriedly went under its arms and as I reached its trunk I can sense the oldness of it. Perhaps it has been a witness of many events including wars even to the love between couples unto the bondage of friendships, who in a way, these people, stayed under the tree to rest and temporarily hide their shadows from the sun. I didn’t not deprived myself of experiencing the same feeling, thus I sat under it and enjoyed that precious moment of mine like a child, as I observed, the branches soar high and the leaves were really green that succumb to its Orange flowers. It almost covered the entire branches that I decided to name it the “Orange tree” indeed .That is peculiar to me, but that what’s attracted my attention. Afraid of never seeing the same tree again, I told myself I will really have a photograph of it, At least I can have it in my memory and how it made me joyful that very moment. And so I did.

 

 A year has passed.. I never thought of the Orange tree again and how it made me felt wonderful that day early morning of the 16^th of May.

Such feeling was unexplainable that I ended up changing the lines of the song..

 

Some day, when I'm awfully low,

When the world is cold,

I will feel a glow just thinking of the Orange Tree

And the way it looked that day.

(funny huh?!)

 

 

…then I was traveling my way home this summer of 2005. After a long and winding road, looking through the windows of the vehicle I am riding. It pulled over for a while and with much surprised my eyes caught a familiar tree…wide branches soaring high, green leaves overlapping the domineering Orange flowers and I remembered a lady who once sat on a same tree, laughing and watching the nature’s beauty around it.

 

It made me smile.

 

It’s not a forgetful memory after all. How it made me felt good, how it reached the depth of my soul by simply being an odd tree. I may not go to the same place again or even if, never get the same chance of seeing the same green leaves succumb to the orange flowers again. But the memories of it will stay.

 

On that piece of heaven.

CLOSE TO YOU

CLOSE TO YOU - Carpenters

Why do birds suddenly appear?
Every time you are near
Just like me they long to be
Close to you

Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by
Just like me they long to be
Close to you

On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust
In your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me they long to be
Close to you

On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust
In your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me they long to be
Close to you
Just like me they long to be
Close to you

UNTO THE TARSALS

 

written 05.22.05 @ 1815H

 

My feet were tired.

 I stood for almost a day, together with it, the dust conquered my feet and not being contented even dominated my legs. Then the rain poured, but not quite hard, my feet got wet. Then the sun, never wanted to be defeated, shone again and my feet got dried up. Ultimate moisturizer ayt?! I even thought of washing it with alcohol but I learned from my biology course that when the dust particles are already too heavy which by the way was my case that day, alcohol would not be helpful since when you rub your feet with it, the dust will not evaporate at all because its much heavier than the alcohol (are we talking of density here? I dunno) instead, you will just extend the territory of the dust and microorganisms will proliferate. The best thing to do is to wash it with running water.

 

On that moment, no water was available.

 

But it doesn’t  matter. I can wait, when I get home.Patience is a virtue. I’ll wash it then, perhaps take a bath even.

 

My feet swollen and tired.

 

AMERICA HAS A NEW IDOL!

 

So Carrie really did it huh? ok..fair enuf..she's good.. but Bo Bice also portrayed a good contender.(though i liked Constantine first) he brought some rock and roll cred to the competition..and he was successful. But it is the people who decides..So be it! I can't believe the show gathered almost  500 million votes for this season( a record breaker ayt) Be looking forward on Season 5!

www.idolonfox.com

CARRIE DID IT!
It’s a long way from Oklahoma to Hollywood, both in distance and mindset. But for Carrie Underwood, it was a trip worth taking. Carrie stood head and shoulders above more than 100,000 contestants as the best undiscovered voice in America. With a new single about to rocket up the charts and a debut album on the way, Carrie will immediately join Kelly, Ruben and Fantasia as American Idol-made chart toppers.

CONGRATULATIONS Mr. Dino Badilla

We are proud of you Daddy Dino!

HUWARANG PILIPINO AWARDEE

All fo the greater Glory of God!

 

 

Photos courtesy of crossovernc5..multiply.com

BLOG - a noun

Thursday night, we are on our way home from a Christian Life Program of my chapter (nc5), and a kind hearted man offered a ride home to us..KUYA SANTI! Kewl...then i mentioned to him that i find the word "BLOG"  kinda weird but yet interesting, i even attempted to look for its meaning in the dictionary but it always slips my mind...but nwei, Kuya Santi and to all my friends out there here goes some Webster's Job!

Main Entry:	blog
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	an online diary; a personal chronological log of thoughts published on a Web page; also called Weblog, Web log
Example:	Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.
Etymology:	shortened form of Weblog
Usage:	blog, blogged, blogging v, blogger n

A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between old and new media during this year's presidential campaign tops U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list of the 10 words of the year.

 

 

Get it? Perhaps someone will be composing song like this..hahaha..just like with the song "DIARY" ...arrggh..what am i thinkin this past few days.....The Internet is becoming the epochal communication and entertainment platform that the dot-commers envisioned—it just took longer than most of them thought.It all used to be so easy; the adage went "never pick a fight with anyone who buys ink by the barrel." But now everyone can get ink for free, launch a diatribe, and - if what they have to say is interesting to enough people - expect web-enabled word of mouth to carry it around the world. Unlike earlier promises of self-publishing revolutions, the blog movement seems to be the real thing. Let's BLOG!!!!

 

 

SWEET ELEKTRA

Status connection: No Dial tone

Status connection: Connection cannot be established

 

It was a Monday…and I wondered….what’s goin on with my internet connection?

I stood up, exerted some energy to pull my computer and  I looked at my internet cord.

Hmm…What could be wrong?! There you go…grrr…those cute little doggies….broke into my room and had that special taste on my cord – the result….I cannot enter the world of “www” ..ssheessh! That’s too bad… my day would never be the same without blogging and stuffs..but I have to stay cool (goosfraba..) Ok, I’ll buy another one on Sunday (a week?! That’s the only free time I got that time) and Sunday came, paid a few bucks to Handyman and I went home so excited.. at last i’ll be back to business! To my surprise, my internet connection still won’t work. CRAP! I later found out that the line I bought a while ago wasn’t functioning at all. I started to loose my  temper….fine!

 

“God, what is it that you want…why now? Why me?”

 

And I decided to let my “electrician” side work. I saw it with my uncles and I once watched it in sineskwela and we even had a project of something like it in school.

 

All I have to do was to discard the broken parts of the cord and connect the remaining parts all over again...and I started to explore. While peeling off the edges of the cord I saw 4 colors (Black, Yellow,red and Green) and my senses just kept on telling me that I just have to expose the wires and re-connect the same colors, do some twisting and whala! I have a new remake internet cord ( it tooked me 1200 midnight to 4 am to do that..hehehe..its a bit hard., the wires are so small that it kept on breaking..)

 

What do I do next? Of course, test my master piece! I placed one side of the cord to the phone and the other side to the connecting cable on the wall..tada..i heard the dial tone!

I considered myself a genius that time! Ha! Ha! And so I tried it too with my computer and it worked! So here I am again..blogging.

 

*Sometimes when things got broken, we just have to mend it, don’t go abruptly for a new one, but don’t just sit there and wait for a fairy to fix things for you… time..we need time..plan very carefully, take the leap and you’ll see things on a different angle..perhaps not that perfect but still worth it…and you’ll tell yourself… i have done my part. Great, it worked out”

 

Fixing my internet cord….lessons learned.

 

 

EARTHWORM

 

ang bulati ay dumaan sa kahabaan ng taft avenue,

kanyang sinisilayan ang dalandang hinog

na lulubog na sa tubig, dapithapon

bukas, ganitong oras ulit

*Boses sa guni-guni : Quirino Avenue, pakiingatan

lamang po ang mga dala dalang gamit..."

 

1730H

a GRACE from HEAVEN

...it all started with a simple phone call...

From a common friend then she invited me to an event, though I knew her from the crossover program we both came from. And as we said hello to each other the rest was history…

I just then realized I am blessed with a grace from heaven.

Time, its faster than a blink of an eye...she became one of my best gurl friend

We would talk over the phone for hours

We would just sit and chat endlessly

We shares common interests may it be from stars and moon, being a princess, perfume, movies, music, books, dislikes, ideas and perhaps in the near future a business! Ha!

I love her family. And I love her for just being there for me.

I am grateful that God gave me such friend and if I will be given a chance to have a sister she will be one of them. But perhaps…she’s already my sister!

GRACIE. Young and Vibrant!

Thanks dear…remember..GOOSFRABA!

I Got your back!

 

your gurl friend ever,

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