"The greatest happiness in life is knowing that you are loved for who you are, and sometimes in spite of who you are. "There is this application called "God wants you to know" that I try to check everyday. It's a good one as no matter how many times you log in a day, you always get the same message so in a...
-----Written by Adrian Tan, author of The Teenage Textbook (1988), was the guest-of-honour at a recent NTU convocation ceremony. This was his speech to the graduating class of 2008.-----I must say thank you to the faculty and staff of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information for inviting me to give your convocation address. It’s a wonderful honour and a privilege...
Today I wish I could tell you that the hardest part of moving on is to stop hoping. Today I wish I could ask you not if you have moved on but if you have stopped hoping.Today I wish I could let you know that I wish you have. ...
If only memories were that easy to let go, would we even know pain? Would we know love?I have been wishing that memories could easily be deleted, restored, edited like a computer file. Wouldn't life be less complicated? I miss you. And this weather is not helping. ...
Intro: Ebm-C#-F#/Bb-B x2Verse 1:Ebm C#The little things, you do to me areF#/Bb Btaking me over, i wanna show youEbm C#everything inside of me ohF#/Bb Blike a nervous heart that, is crazy beatingEbm C#my feet are stuck here, against the pavementF#/Bb Bi wanna break free, i wanna make itEbm C#closer to your eyes, get your attentionF#/Bb Bbefore you pass me byChorus:F#So back up back...
Last Sunday, I was chatting with someone about how beautiful weddings are and got asked if I was a cynic or a romantic when it comes to how the movies Before Sunrise and Before Sunset will end. I guess, I would openly say a cynic but then I know I am really a romantic (darn).I am borrowing a photo from Orlando Cajigal (you...
This Texas is going into my playlist right now!Say What You WantTwenty seconds on the back timeI feel you on the runNever lived too long to make rightI see you're doing fineAnd when I get that feelingI can no longer slide I can no longer runAnd when I get that feelingI can no longer hide for it's no longer funWell, you can say...
Paano ko sasabihin kung ako mismo, hindi ko alam kung ano na nga ba ang nararamdaman ko? In English, how can I tell you what I feel towards him if I don’t even know what I would call it? But thank you for wishing me happiness. I wish myself the same. ...
"You'll probably be sad, disenchanted, without daring to show it, and inclined to give up everything." Thank you for putting it out there, you Horoscope reader/writer you.Jumping off into the great blue sea is nothing compared to a heartbreak. I will jump off anytime, everytime in exchange for a prayer that I'd be spared from the latter.I have great hope that everything's going...
"You are sometimes hasty and emotional in your judgments and have difficulty sorting out honest from deceitful people. When you like someone, you often let yourself be conned."Tell me about it. ...
*Insert MY name here* cannot be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being. Thank you, Oscar Wilde. ...
24 April 2010Dear Ate Kai,SHALOM my beautiful daughter!I am sorry for invading your privacy by bringing along with me Ms Au. It was uncalled for since I know that you treasure short moments that we have together to bond as mother and daughter. I am sorry too if it seems to you that I do not know myself that well till this time....
Saw this from Bente's blog and I would say, I want one, too!A Prayer, or Great ExpectationsFanny Haydee B. LlegoThere's no doubt about it I need to get hitched:I need someone to scratch me whenever I itchOr give me a backrub whenever I want it(Who'll pout only a little when someone else does it);Someone on whom I can vent my frustrations& who is...
Devotion: is truly for the intelligent, not for the stupid because without devotion there is no profundity to your life. Awareness: is aliveness. How aware you are, is how alive you are.Being you: The fundamental problem with humanity is that everyone is trying to be special. Only when you become ordinary, like a tree, can a greater dimension of life open up to...
I got introduced to a performer and found this song. I must say, this must be Bente's song :)This could have been mine years ago.Just Say Whenby Kate MicucciWe could beBetter than we wereIf you could only seeI'm different than beforeBest believe that I will never knock upon your doorBut then againYou just say whenLook aroundAnd everything has changedSome things goneAnd some things...
"I've only had a chance to speak with Manager X and Manager Y, but both were very, very impressed with Karla. They said she came to the booth, introduced herself to everyone on her own, asked lots of good questions, was inquistive, did not get in the way of clients, did not become someone that needed to be looked after, etc. All very...
Why do you say such things to me? Do they mean anything other than what is safe in the measure of friendship? Why suggest how to sit my date when you are sitting across me? Why read my messages and tease me with those three words from your own mouth? In any case, on this date I got a text message and an...
This conversation began with a shoutout "Hey, can I kiss you? We know each other so this has no malice." Intrigued, I asked and found out it was addressed to a girl who can kiss with no malice, which is a trait of a liberated woman according to JR (part of his real name).JR: She's frustrated. She was emphasizing that she's 30 but...
CHASING CARSby Snow PatrolA E D AWe'll do it all, everything, on our own.A E D AWe don't need anything, or anyone.A EIf I lay here, if I just lay hereD AWould you lie with me, and just forget the world.A E D AI don't quite know how to say how I feelA E D AThose three words, I said too much, but...
I just had an epiphany. Love is didactic, dialectic and yes, rhetoric. I just had an epiphany. Love is didactic, dialectic and yes, rhetoric. ...
I don't know youBut I want youAll the more for thatWords fall through meAnd always fool meAnd I can't reactAnd games that never amountTo more than they're meantWill play themselves outTake this sinking boat and point it homeWe've still got timeRaise your hopeful voice you have a choiceYou'll make it nowFalling slowly, eyes that know meAnd I can't go backMoods that take me...
"May doesn't look nearly as mad as did April for Goat people. You have begun to feel stronger about how to cope with the eccentrically erratic mood of the Tiger year. The first eleven days of May, Mercury will still be in retrograde mode. Don't go vowing undying fidelity or committing to a contract you can't get out of easily until at least...
Today, I have successfully prevented a potentially heartbreaking process, I think. I have been wanting to do something about you. I cannot keep you, that I know. I don't want to be haunted with sadness when you leave. I do not want to keep good memories of you. When I think about it, no, I don't want to be just a friend. Well,...
Will we be rosemary and thyme? (Got exposed to this wonderful combination this year)I just wanted to put it on record that I have developed an attachment. And I am not quite sure if I really want it. "Hindi naman kailangan ng maraming tao para bumuo ng mundo e.. minsan isang tao lamang ang kasama mo, buo na ang mundong kailangan mo habambuhay."...
"When the person you're attracted to attempt bold gestures, it's generally considered romantic. when the person you're NOT attracted to do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho" - David Ty, one of Bente's favorite men.This was his reaction to Sarah Jessica Parker's "When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho." Gender,...
"Relationships are overrated. Just look at all the long relationships around you. According to my observations most of those are bitter, conflict-ridden, power games." - HosepStill, I want one. I think. ...
While in a public seating area at Fort Bonifacio Global City, I was asked what I was looking for in a man. The first thing that came to mind was "tall" which I think by instinct would be the safest answer ;p I know I have tried making a list of the qualities I wanted (you know, the kind of list that you...
This photo was taken when my grandmother died back in 2004. The wake became a reunion venue for us. It has been a while since we have had a really huge reunion.When I was younger, I have always heard two things from my grandmother. One is that time is gold and the other is that, money cannot buy happiness. To the first, I...
Whenever I'm alone with youYou make me feel like I am home againWhenever I'm alone with youYou make me feel like I am whole againWhenever I'm alone with youYou make me feel like I am young againWhenever I'm alone with youYou make me feel like I am fun againHowever far away I will always love youHowever long I stay I will always love...
The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing, it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a...
It has been a while since we last talked. I didn’t realize it was you in a fake almost Indian accent greeting me a happy birthday. Seriously. I thought you were someone else. Realizing you said “you’re in Abu Dhabi” and finally figured out who you really were, I was half relieved. Being 30 and single isn’t bad, I figure. At least, I...
