so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors
are beautiful
like a rainbow

angat sa iba

this has got to be one of my favorite tv commercials of all time.


aside from the fact that it brings back fond memories of my childhood,
it also instilled pride in me as a kid.


i just think it's world-class.
from the music to the production design,
filipino ingenuity at its best!


i still get goosebumps no matter how many times i've seen it.
i still feel proud to be pinoy every time i see it.


why can't we make tvcs like this anymore?

there's only so much i can take
and i just got to let it go
and who knows i might feel better
if i don't try and i don't hope

"the lesson"

"today, i learned that stars are really meant to be enjoyed from afar. they may entice you to come near, encourage you to try and reach out for them, and however unknowingly, allow you to believe you can. but the only thing they could truly accept is a sacrifice–the death of your dreams in exchange for an attempt that would never succeed. he who tries to reach, the foolish one, is to be cursed with such terrible helplessness. the death is far from painless. but the worst part is this: the stars twinkle as your dreams die. they return your mourning with iridescent lights of laughter. and then they tell you to try again, this time in exchange for your own death. and foolish one, what can you do? they are stars, so pretty, so perfect–so perfectly out of reach and yet maybe, just maybe, if you wish hard enough, if you TRY hard enough, you could hold one in your hand. and so you yield foolish one. you yield, and the lesson dies with you. you tell yourself a story before you close your eyes for the last time, and you begin, 'today i learned that stars are really meant to be enjoyed from afar.' twinkle, twinkle go the stars…"

fate is a bitch

why do you keep playing me?
you know i'm such a sucker for coincidences.


you always give me hope
just when i had given up.
and then you take it back
like it's not even funny.


and here you go again.
and here i go sucking it all up. 
again.


bitch.

coming home

'tis a shivering
moonless night
on this road of infinity,
with just the lucent stars as aegis,
i valiantly move forth;

capricious and fluctuant,
i continue my ceaseless trek,
carrying through without everything-
but barely an ounce
of faith;

for, in due course,
i will get there,
and then finally i could breathe-
thank heavens!
thank god!
i am home, home!
oh, yes, i am home at last!

this is my church
this is where i heal my hurts...

-faithless, god is a dj

lately, i've been pondering

how i got this far.

i've seen the best of times,

i've seen the worst of times.
i must be much stronger now.


but, am i?


in retrospect, i wonder
how i got through everything
back when i had barely nothing.


then i remember,
i had my blog.


this is my church blog
this is where i heal my hurts.


it's that time again.