dumaguete

so i'm back :-)

still taking in all the intoxicating smells, sounds, sights of dumaguete.

i'll go out by myself in a few.

i brought bokbok with me :-) this should be fun.

thanks to tita guing for the tix hehe.

LSS

sobrang LSS. found this:

kainis! LOL!

LOL!!!!

please do not drink and read.

you should've kept your mouth shut

asked about his opinion, a lousy congressman commented:

"gusto niyo ba ang pangulo niyo kumakain sa mcdonald's?"

BOBO! that's the lamest and dumbest answer i heard so far. i never cared about the meals that the president had in restaurants whose names i can't even pronounce. but that, i mean THAT, was just stupid! not only did he give an insensitive (and did i say dumb?!) excuse but he also antagonized those who eat at mcdonald's. did he mean to say that whoever eats at mcdonald's degrades their socio-political and economic status? stupid. just, stupid.

you and that other grandstanding senator who parades his love life on national television should just end your political ambitions now. NOW!

"for you, a thousand times over!"

hassan: "have i ever lied to you?"

amir: "how should i know?"

hassan: "i'd rather eat dirt."

amir: "would you really do that?"

hassan: "do what?"

amir: "eat dirt if i told you to."

hassan: "if you asked, i would."
"but would you really ask me to do such a thing?"

amir: "are you crazy?"

"you know i wouldn't."

hassan: "i know."

this is a story of two young friends who got lost and eventually found their way back to each other despite being worlds away. this is such a moving story and you should watch it.

ciao.

of realizations and dvd

i was watching how i met your mother last week when marshall and lily were planning their wedding. they were making a list of cliche things that people often do at weddings when barney said "1st corinthians chapter 13." marshall then recited the chapter and i thought he said it well. ofcourse, there was a punch line. :-)

so i read the love chapter and found this.

1 cor. 13: 10
but when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

i guess i am always striving for "the perfect." ang dami kong naiisip at ang daming bigla nalang dumadating sa isip ko these past few days na connected dun. as far as i know, in this world kasi, there's no such thing as perfect. maraming "almost" but not quite. marami din namang "perfect" pero you'll realize, sandaling sandali lang pala yun. yung mga bagay na pinaniwalaan mo as perfect, eh hindi pala laging perfect at mas lalong hindi habang buhay na perfect. pero as cynic as i am sa perfect-perfect-an na yan, i am still waiting for that day when at least, kahit sandali lang, may mangyaring perfect sa buhay ko. na kahit lumipas ang panahon, hindi siya mababahiran ng imperfections. that the things you deemed perfect are not only perfect for a short period of time. yun yung perfection na inaasam ko -- na kahit anong mangyari, that "perfect" will not be made imperfect by time, memory, consciousness, and experience.

sabi din kasi diyan, pagdating ng perfection, lahat ng mga imperfections at kahit yung parte lang ng perfection will be done away.

sana mangyari na yun.

yun lang.

cory aquino: the funeral

more here.

ciao!

corazon c. aquino

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.

- Mary Elizabeth Frye

mini conversations

the bride-in-waiting

the bride was looking for the photographer. apparently, nawawala yung photographer nila. reg and i heard her friend talk to the photographer on her cellphone.
"nasan ka na? nandito na kami sa park kanina pa! umikot pa kayo?"

the trees in the park

their day in the park

they were both sweet. i just smiled at the woman and gestured towards my cam and she smiled and nodded. i smiled back at her and took her daughter's pictures. while reg and i were just talking near where the koi's were, she passed by us and asked in (i think) a german accent,
"your hobby?"
i smiled and said, "yes."

the excavation

it was raining and i was just shooting random things when i saw the excavation near our office. while waiting for some special thing to happen, that guy on the right noticed me taking a picture, he waved and said,
"psssssst!!!"