Archive for August, 2006

Sonnet XVII

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms,
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

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*Neruda

View from the TOP TEN

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Dahil wala akong sasakyan at hindi ako marunong magdrive, isa akong masugid na tangahanga ng mga bus at jeep…

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mga peyborit kong ginagawa sa bus

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10. makipagkwentuhan… (sa mga taong hindi ko kilala! hehehe!)

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9. manood ng bulagaan o ng kahit anong pelikula basta hindi nakakabato (Aba no! mahaba-haba din ang EDSA!)

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8. mag-soundtrip.

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7. kumain! (may mas sasarap pa ba sa tindang hepa A ni manong mani?!)

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6. tignan yung mga eroplano sa NAIA. (hehehe! bata?!)

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4. magdaydream…. (hmmmmmm……) na nauuwi sa…

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3. zZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZz

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2. mang-spot ng mga rakista(-ng tulog)!

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1. mang-usyoso sa mga magsyotang nagp-PDA (hahahah!)

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0. mag-isip kung paano isusulat ang mga nakikita ko! (nyah-ah!)

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Doo Bi

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Kumusta naman ako?! August 31, 2006 na ngayon! HELLO JC! Parang walang mangyayaring importante sa mga susunod na araw ah! Hindi pa rin ata nagsisink in sa maliit kong kukote ang September 2 at 3. Parang wala lang…

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Naririnig ko na tuloy na kumakanta si Jay…

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" Heto na…! Heto na…! Heto na!!!! WAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"

SAPUL!

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

IF YOU FORGET ME

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

- Pablo Neruda

wala naman

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

pakiramdam ko lang mamamatay na ko… hehehehe!

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*ngayon handy si Fred Durst…

uy! namiss ko tuloy si Dotti!

Monday, August 21st, 2006

Vamanos!

Save me from this prison
Lord, help me get away
‘Cause only you can save me now
From this misery

Well I’ve been lost in my own place
And I’m getting’ weary
How far is heaven?
And I know that I need to change
My ways of living
How far is heaven?
Lord, can you tell me?

I’ve been locked up way too long
In this crazy world
How far is heaven?
I just keep on prayin’, Lord
I just keep on livin’
How far is heaven?
(Oh, Lord, can you tell me?)
How far is heaven?
(I just gotta know how far it is)
How far is heaven?
(Oh, Lord, can you tell me?)

Tu que estas en alto cielo, hechame tu bendicion.
[translated from Spanish: you that's in a higher place, send me down a blessing]

‘Cause I know there’s a better place
In this place I’m livin’
How far is heaven?
So I just got to show some faith
And just keep on givin’
How far is heaven?
(Oh, Lord can you tell me)
How far is heaven?
(I just gotta know how far it is)
How far is heaven?
(Oh, Lord, can you tell me?)
How far is heaven?
I just gotta know how far
I just wanna know how far

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eto yung isa sa mga kanta dun sa trip na trip kong ginagasgas na cd ni dotti hahaha!

Heaven - Los Lonely Boys

Ako? Oo!

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Nagising ka na ba isang araw, naghilamos, kumain, naligo, nagtoothbrush, nagbihis at umalis ng bahay na walang kamuwang-muwang na may isang ekstraordinaryong bagay na mangyayari sayo?

Nagdalawang-isip ka na ba kung pupunta ka pa sa sakayan o mag-aabang na lang ng bus sa kanto tapos mapagdedesisyunan mo na lang bigla na pipiliin mo na lang na pumunta sa sakayan para makaupo habang papunta yung bus sa distenasyon mo?

Naranasan mo na ba yung nagbabasa ka lang ng nakakabatong libro tungkol sa hema tapos napatingin ka lang sa tv ng bus dahil herbie yung palabas tapos may makikita kang parang pamilyar?

Naisip mo na ba na yung akala mong pamilyar e hindi lang pala pamilyar dahil kilala mo pala talaga?

Naramdaman mo na ba na sana lumipat ka na lang sa may pinakalikod ng bus nung naisip mo yun kanina para tabi kayo (di ba?! hehehe!)?

Naranasan mo na ba yung kahit gusto mong magbasa ng nakakabatong libro tungkol sa hema e mas pipiliin mo na lang magdaydream at mag-isip kung paano mo kakamustahin ang taong hindi mo alam kung kilala ka?

At kung katapat mo na yung taong gusto mo sanang kamustahin, kausapin, kilalanin para naman malaman nya na buhay ka pala, naranasan mo na ba yung bigla ka na lang titingin sa ibang lugar, bagay, tao at magkukunwaring hindi mo nakita ang taong matagal mo nang gustong titigan?

Naranasan mo na ba yung maglimang-isip kung ikaw na ba ang mangungunang magsalita baka sakaling maalala ka nya o mamukhaan man lang tapos dahil mabait sya e mag-uusap kayo tungkol sa nalalapit na board exam o magtatanungan kung may balak ba kayong pumasok ng med school o kung ano na ang mga plano nyo sa mga buhay-buhay nyo?

Naramdaman mo na ba yung sobrang nahiya ka na lang, napabuntong-hininga habang naglalakad sya palayo sayo (tapos habang papalayo sya sinasaulo mo naman kung ano yung pakiramdam ng muling pagkikita, na ang kulay ng suot nyang fitted shirt e ang paborito mong red, at na mas gusto nya ang mejo fit na pantalon na tinernuhan ng chucks, tapos magtataka ka kung bakit dalawang back pack ang dala nya)?

Tapos naglimang-isip ka na ba kung sasakyan mo rin ba ang jeep na sasakyan nya dahil alam mo naman kung saan sya pupunta at dun din naman dadaan ang jeep papunta sa pupuntahan mo?

Naisip mo na ba na sobra na, OA na kung pati sa jeep e magkakasabay kayo kaya pauunahin mo na lang syang makasakay (tapos pag nakakita ka na ng jeep na pwede mong sakyan, hahanapin mo naman yung taong kanina mo pang tinitignan, tapos maiisip mong hindi mo na siguro sya makikita pero tingin ka pa rin ng tingin sa mga loob ng mga jeep na pumapasada)?

Naranasan mo na ba yung sa sobrang gusto mong makita yung taong gusto mong makita e bigla mo na lang sya makikita na patawid na sa kalye habang hawak-hawak yung cellphone nya (tapos itatanong mo sa sarili mo, sino kayang tinetext nito? girlfriend nya?)?

Naranasan mo na ba yung iniisip mo kung ano siguro yung nangyari kung nagsalita ka at nangamusta (tapos bigla mong sasabihin sa sarili mo na hindi na importante yun dahil nangyari na lahat ng dapat mangyari at tapos na at wala ka ngang ginawa kaya walang nangyari! tapos babalikan mo ang nakakabatong libro na tungkol sa hema na kanina mo pang pinanggigigilan tapusin)?

Naranasan mo na ba yung pagkatapos ng anim na oras mong makita yung taong gusto mong makita e makikita mo ulit yung taong gusto mong makita kahit hindi mo naman iniisip na sana magkita nga kayo?

Naranasan mo na ba yung hindi ka na nagdalawang-isip na tignan sya dahil baka sakali ngang makita ka nya at mamukhaan at dahil mabait nga sya e ngingitian ka nya?

Naramdaman mo na ba yung masaya nung nakita ka nga nya at namukhaan at dahil mabait nga xa e nginitian ka na nya (tapos sasabihin mo sa sarili mo na "uy! meant to be! hahaha!")?

Naranasan mo na ba na kahit nasa bus ka na pauwi e naiisip mo pa rin na nakilala ka nya at nginitian ka nya (tapos maiisip mo kung ano ba? mabait lang ba talaga sya o nakilala nya ba talaga ako? tapos sasabihin mo sa sarili mo na sana nakilala ka nga nya pero kung hindi ka naman nya nakilala sana isipin nya kung sino ka?)?

Naranasan mo na ba yung nagsulat ka sa blog mo ng mahabang post na punung-puno ng tanong para lang ikwento ang masaya at weird mong araw?

Naranasan mo na ba yung nagsulat ka sa blog mo para sabihin lang na "AKO OO."?

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AKO? OO!

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pagkatapos ng dalawang buwan, nakita ko ulit si Mr.Noname.

 

A Kind of Burning

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

it is perhaps because
one way or the other
we keep this distance
closeness will tug as apart
in many directions
in absolute din
how we love the same
trivial pursuits and
insignificant gewgaws
spoken or inert
claw at the same straws
pore over the same jigsaws
trying to make heads or tails
you take the edges
i take the center
keeping fancy guard
loving beyond what is there
you sling at the stars
i bedeck the weeds
straining in song or
profanities towards some
fabled meeting apart
from what dreams read
and suns dismantle
we have been all the hapless
lovers in this wayward world
in almost all kinds of ways
except we never really meet
but for this kind of burning.

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By: Ophelia Dimalanta

What about love?

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

What if I took my time to love you?
What if I put no one above you?
What if I did the things
That really mattered?
What if I ran through
Hoops of disaster?

No one would care if
We never made it
We’re in this alone
So why don’t we face it
There is no room to
Blame one another
We just need time to
Forgive each other

What about love?
What about feeling?
What about all the things that make life worth living?
What about faith?
What about trust?
And tell me baby…what about us?

How can I give this
Love a new beginning?
How can I stop the rain?
It’s never ending
How do I keep my soul believing?
Memories of how we
Should be keep calling

I’ll take the rivers rise
I’ll take the happy times
I’ll take the moments of disaster

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finally, my search has come to an end…

Half Crazy

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Know i havent slept a week at all
Since you’ve been gone
And my eyes are kinda tired
From crying all night long
Know i’ve never been too good at cooking just for one
It’s so lonely here without you baby
Come back home

’cause i’m half crazy
Feelin’ sorry for myself
Half crazy
Worried you’d find someone else to love

Know life hasnt been much fun at all
Since you’ve been gone
And my eyes being to feel
Each time i hear a sound
I spent every minute asking myself
What went wrong
Can’t we try to talk it over baby
Come back home

’cause i’m half crazy
Feelin’ sorry for myself
Half crazy
Worried you’d find someone else to love
But baby there is no-one else
Half crazy
For everything you saying
Half crazy
No one else could love you like i do

’cause i’m half crazy
Feelin’ sorry for myself
Half crazy
Worried you’d find someone else to love
But baby there is no-one else
Half crazy
For everything you saying
Half crazy
No one else could ever love you
No one else could ever be

Half crazy
Feeling sorry for myself
And i’m worried you’ll find someone else
Feeling sorry for myself
Half crazy