2018-07-16 14:50
For that someone you can't have but still keep longing for.***He's not like you.You wouldn't turn at the sound of my voiceNor be at full attention to the treble of my laughterYou wouldn't si… Read More
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2018-07-08 08:03
Hi. My gosh, how long has it been since I last wrote something? I practically had to clear some cobwebs after opening this blog. Anyway I finally got the chance to listen to some music and l… Read More
2017-10-17 10:18
Sometimes, you don't really need to put your works of art out into the world. All you need is to connect with the right people who share the same passion for creativity and artistic expressi… Read More
2017-07-31 23:11
I wanted to practice flash photography to see if adding flash lighting (??) to my photos will really enhance them, as most photographers claim. Of course, it also takes skill, so consider th… Read More
2017-07-27 04:00
Natatawa ako kay Anne Curtis. Recently she's been expresing her fondness for Korean dramas. She's one of the neophytes in the growing community of mga nilamon ng K-drama. At first I thought… Read More
2017-07-24 07:18
I have always wanted to incorporate visual interpretations of my writings just to give Lang Leav a fair fight (lol), but I really can't draw to save my life. Luckily Ellie, my talented and a… Read More
2017-07-12 06:56
I swear, I'm kinda "SHOOKT" these past few days. I can't get something out of my head. It's like that line from Ellie Goulding's song: "My heart don't understand why I got you on my mind." C… Read More
2017-07-11 03:47
When you regret your decision but you're no longer qualified for a second chance.... ***I was minding my stride when the wind made me turn, and I saw you there, looking j… Read More
2017-07-08 06:02
Remember my post about controlling my social media consumption? No? I figured. Anyway, you can refresh by clicking Just Me. Just Be. Lol.Well, obviously I haven't kept my promise, as I let m… Read More
2017-06-21 15:17
I've been thinking of getting inked lately. I've always wanted to get a Scorpio tattoo -- among others -- ever since so many years ago, somewhere near my nape or at the back of my ear. So I… Read More
2017-06-13 03:23
Aaand I made another one. Yes, it's true. I'm so talented that I wrote two poems on the same day, one immediately after the other. My gosh, the world is so lucky to have me. LOL.Ego aside, I… Read More
2017-06-12 14:45
Christiana RiversI've been reading some Lang Leav again and voila. For you. Wait for me. :)***There's always a reason,as I've finally learned.I've always questioned whyuntil you.All you need… Read More
2017-04-26 07:39
Aaaand I'm back with another set of songs for the 30-Day Song Challenge which I will compress into approximately 5 days because I don't have enough patience to do the whole 1 month stretch… Read More
2017-04-24 13:01
So I got this off Twitter and thought it would be interesting to do this challenge. However, being the low-EQ individual that I am, I decided to give answers for Days 1-6 all at once in this… Read More
2017-04-19 10:21
Wala lang. :) I figured I've been writing too many poems about heartaches and unrequited feelings, blah, blah. So I went for something more...reciprocated(?) today. I'm kind of singing… Read More
2017-04-17 13:47
Just letting off some steam. When you're too much of a disappointment to yourself. ***I'm finding myself belowand I can see the light aboveFrom a small openingTwenty feet above meI can… Read More
2017-03-07 11:17
“It is good people who make good places,” says Anna Sewell. Indeed, a good part of Bagan’s magic springs from its locals. Come to think of it—temples, sunrise/su… Read More
2017-03-03 02:18
So John Mayer's been doing Instagram live sessions for his fans lately to help promote his new album, The Search For Everything. He's been releasing the tracks in separate sets called "waves… Read More
2017-03-02 06:03
I was just lazing around in my bed yesterday afternoon when the rhyming bug bit me (lol) so I typed this on my phone's notepad within 15 minutes or so. I'm sure everyone's familiar with how… Read More
2017-02-28 15:01
EXPECTATIONSI was used to comfortable travel, having the convenience of efficient transportation around the city and a myriad of shopping stores which, even though I rarely really buy anythi… Read More
2017-02-20 08:10
Closing something right after it's opened...or something like that. ;)***There's comfort in distance --a mutual resistance to something too strong, it could overwhelm us.A thin cur… Read More
2016-12-28 09:09
I can't think of an introduction for this piece so I'll just drop it here raw. It's a song, I think. :)***Hold onto meIf you don't plan to leave,Then grab my hand tightly'Cause I'm not capab… Read More
2016-12-19 09:37
Hello, hello!Ohmygod it's been one hell of a week last week. As in, I probably just got about 7 hours of quality sleep in the last 5 days IN TOTAL. I've forced myself to enroll I'v… Read More
2016-12-05 01:19
It was raining yesterday so it seemed like the perfect weekend--cold weather on a Sunday afternoon just lazing at home (as if I needed a rainy day to be lazy. lol). Most of the time, g… Read More
2016-10-11 02:15
Hello there.I woke up with a fever today and I didn't want to just lie down and surrender to head and body aches, so I decided to write myself an encouraging poem/song (I'm trying to get a d… Read More
2016-08-05 16:26
So about our Japan trip some 13 months ago….LOL. This is going to be quite a challenge, trying to remember what we did from beginning to end. I didn’t blog about Japan because t… Read More
2016-08-05 09:04
***Today I thought of you.Just like that, without warning.I never meant to.Even I was surprised how easily you broke into my mind.I was at peace with where we are now.Or what we are now.Or w… Read More
2016-07-30 02:08
I'm doing my usual song hunting on Youtube and as always, the mood veers towards the melancholic, you-never-looked-at-me kind of feel. And it's only 10AM on a Saturday. So here. I don't like… Read More
2016-07-18 03:28
"Life is a pinball game. There is no real target, only random hits to collect points from. What you can control, is how much push you give to keep the ball going." Read more » Read More
2016-07-14 14:33
I needed to write this. I'm also slightly reminded of my other entry, La Douleur Exquise, which by weird coincidence, was written around the same time last year. It was a different expe… Read More
2016-07-08 06:42
Always. Always. ALWAYS. When I have to do something I always have this itch to write instead. Like it's my excuse to procrastinate. Before, it was more of the petty activities like cutting m… Read More
2016-07-03 08:30
Got a rock song in my head for this.***I need a good shakeSomebody wake meSomewhere in the middleI've lost gravityCannot move at allI'm stuck in a free fallLeft foot, right footCounting the… Read More
2016-06-24 06:28
I finished watching this Korean drama, The Heirs (hello, Lee Min Ho, my love), and every time Choi Young Do (Kim Woo Bin) comes out in a scene, this song with an electric guitar solo intro p… Read More
2016-06-20 02:19
Why, hello! It's been a while. Not much happened, obviously, so I was merely uninspired. BUT I've just come back from a 2-week road trip with the family and somewhere in the midst of everyth… Read More
2016-04-27 08:17
I couldn't stop laughing at this blog entry by The Soshal Network.Sobrang benta talaga sila sakin. But this particular kahibangan that Ms. Provinciated did at the airport hits very… Read More
2016-03-26 06:21
I have mentioned in my About page that I would include funny anecdotes in this blog -- whether they be my own experiences or someone else's. Today's the Black Saturday and since there are no… Read More
2016-03-24 01:43
Another one of those random thoughts I have when I read sad love stories. That regretful feeling of hurting the one you care for the most. You know you love them, but you don't know how to… Read More
2016-03-13 14:01
"Hello my old heart, are you still there inside my chest?...Everyday I add another stone to the walls I built around you, to keep you safe....It's true, you'll never beat, but you'll never b… Read More
2016-02-27 16:40
Spent the day at the farm today so I took photos of our loyal and loving guard dogs. Note: Two of them are in the cage because it's their dinner time. Otherwise they would freely roam around… Read More
2016-02-26 08:19
Have you ever just stared at the moon and wondered what it sees? Or if it is trying to observe the people below it?Read more » Read More
2016-02-25 08:20
The list of the Top 100 entries for the 2016 Philpop Songwriting Competition is here! See the results here: http://www.philpop.com.ph/top-100-entries.htmlRead more » Read More
2016-02-25 08:20
Just something that came to me last night when I was about to sleep. It's kind of a wishful thinking, I guess, that someone can actually make you believe. That someone could make you turn aw… Read More
2016-02-19 01:27
So. I've been following Philpop (@philpopmusic) and Mr. Ryan Cayabyab (@ryancayabyab) on Twitter to get some inspiration on songwriting from time to time. And then I saw them post about Phil… Read More
2016-02-19 01:25
I'm sure you saw this coming. It has been almost 2 months now since I became an accidental ALDUB fan. It's really funny how my world has flipped. I was in fact very skeptical about this "p… Read More
2016-02-19 01:24
Di na napigilan. Sabi nga ni Alden Richards, "What's bound to happen will find its way." So eto na nga, my age found its way to 31 years. Haha! Oddly, I felt very differently compared… Read More
2016-02-19 01:22
I've posted this before but somehow the link was broken so here's a reupload of my first (and probably the only) Tagalog song ever. It's harder to express in Tagalog without sounding too des… Read More
2016-02-19 00:49
La Douleur Exquise - (n.) the heart-wrenching pain of wanting the affection of someone unattainable.WARNING: This post is very long, and maybe unrelatable or corny or both. Read at your… Read More
2016-02-18 10:12
Go an! That means good afternoon, and I just Googled that today as well. :)I'll compress days 3-5 because this has become a ridiculously long series of entries for just a 5d4n trip. But I gu… Read More
2016-02-18 10:08
Gau cha, Taiwan!I just Googled that today. It means good morning. ;)In celebration of the 1st year anniversary of my Taiwan trip, I am posting this entry. LOL. Yes, I am aware that it's supe… Read More
2016-02-13 14:57
"You know I never believed in love or believed one day that you would come along...and free me."- The One by KodalineHi.So this afternoon I watched Kalyeserye, per usual, and it was a… Read More
2016-02-13 10:30
Snaps from my trip to Taiwan last January 2015.Read about the experience here:Taiwan (part 1)Taiwan (part 2)Photo Gallery by QuickGallery.com Read More
2016-02-13 10:29
Snaps of Davao City on an early Saturday morning. Photos were taken during the 500px photowalk in Davao.Photo Gallery by QuickGallery.com Read More
2016-02-09 11:01
I SAW ALDUB IN PERSON /insert fangirl squeal here with matching body shake/. There. Derecho agad. No introductions or salutations. :) (Note: skip to the end of this post to se… Read More
2016-01-24 05:30
"If you love me, got to know for sure. 'Cause it takes something more this time than sweet lies, before I open up my arms and fall."- This Year's Love by David Gray Not even 24 hours la… Read More
2016-01-24 03:48
"Oh, how you laughed at my complete lack of grace. But I could not recall a more perfect fall, 'cause when I looked up into your eyes, it didn't hurt at all."- Be Still My Heart by The Posta… Read More
2016-01-23 16:30
WAIT, THERE'S MORE!It's been a while since I've listened to A Fine Frenzy. I think the last ones on my playlist were You Picked Me and Borrowed Time. It's nice to hear her again. This one's… Read More
2015-12-16 16:17
Lol. Sorry, Heneral Luna's doppelganger (referring to guy on photo above), but I really need to share this dream I had this morning. Because as a lost, jobless, directionless, 30-year old wh… Read More
2015-12-16 01:33
"Keep pressing rewind but I'm getting older. Tried every door, don't know who I'm looking for. I've made up my mind over and over."- Gone by JR JRI have a new theme song in life. LOL. J… Read More
2015-12-10 08:18
"Di na ba dapat pang maghintay? Ako lang ba ang nagkasala? Kumakapit sa natitirang sana."-Sana by Up Dharma DownDon't you just love Up Dharma Down? I do. I love the way they write the lyrics… Read More
2015-11-26 01:21
Well, not really. But I was able to find a website that recovered some of my blog entries from Friendster!Yes, you read it right...FRIENDSTER! That Facebook predecessor that only 30 year-old… Read More
2015-11-25 15:01
"Cupid, why'd you do it? Gave me a love that's not my own. When his eyes glow and his heart beats, I won't be the one, I won't be the one..."-Stupid Cupid by Aubrey Bouskill&n&hell…Read More
2015-11-25 13:49
SO.I'm now playing the cajon. LOL!Where.WHERE can you find such a musically gifted woman like me?Just a little backgrounder, I have always wanted to learn to play drums since I saw the movie… Read More
2015-10-21 12:50
As I've mentioned in my other T-ARA entries, this group is basically being snubbed by any media body lately -- music shows, variety shows, magazines, radio programs -- because majority of th… Read More
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