a friend of mine told me he was worried about this friend of his whose house got burned in a freak neighborhood fire. friend of his is a teacher somewhere in mindanao and he left his parents and younger siblings in cebu where the fire took place. the house is all theyve got, it was not even grand, probably just a notch higher than your favorite charity home. text messages from other friends confirmed that his parents now live in make-shift tents. they are not well-off and yet he chose to become a teacher because he wanted to teach kids.

why do bad things happen to good people?

princess diana died in a car crash 10 years ago. ninoy aquino got shot at the tarmac. jose rizal got shot at bagumbayan. julia campbell. martin burnham. nelson mandela. and many others.

bad things probably happen because destiny made it so. to make these living saints human. and for us to follow their example. that we should be greater than who we are, that we should be living beyond our own lives. by falling we are able to appreciate the power of standing up. and it is in standing up that these good people are rewarded: they become immortals.

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nung isang araw nag badminton kami nila gang eh sobrang galing humataw ni jay na kalaban namin binansagan naming umaaksyon star, mala fpj, ace vergel, tapos tumatalon pa! ala dante varona!

ano na nga ba nangyari kay dante varona? ang natatandaan ko lang sa kanya tumalon sya sa san juanico bridge at nagka punit-punit ang pantalon nya. sabi ni gang, pinag-agawan pa daw ng magkalabang probinsya ng leyte at samar kung saang hospital sya dadalhin habang nakahilata sya sa ambulansya. sabagay, madya-dyaryo nga naman ang lugar at hospital na pinagdalhan sa kanya, claim to fame din yun.

pero asan na nga ba ang hari ng mga stuntman? ang konti kasi ng data sa wiki. ano na na kaya itsura nya?

dapat merong dante varona day. tapos lahat ng tao tatalon sa tulay tuwing araw na yun. kahit sa guadalupe lang. hehe.

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ihanda ang mga sarili. manood. makinig. (dahil nasa credits ako. hehe.)

mula kay gang. ,

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habang hinihintay ko ang pinaka inaasam kong mr poon’s toppings, bigla nalang luminaw yung focus ng mga mata ko dun sa poster na nakasabit sa ding ding ng adidas sports kamp. takte, nag de-daydream na naman ako kay claudine barretto at kung bakit sya pumatol kay raymart.

mula kay claudine nag juxtapose ako to jana victoria, wag ka mag-alala, wala akong balak na masama kay jana. nakapirma kas sya dun sa poster kasama ng mga pangalan nila chito loyzaga, zoren legazpi at marami pang iba. poster yun ng mga well wishers nung opening yata ng sportskamp. daming pumirma, napuno yung 3×2 ft na frame.

naisip ko lang, bakit kaya pag pinapirma tayo sa isang well-wishing frame o birthday card eh dapat tabingi yung sulat natin? yung kelangan hindi parallel sa borders ng frame? pagkakuha mo nung card automatic itatabingi mo sya tapos tsaka ka pipirma. tulad sa mga kasalan, binyagan, graduation, yearbook, autograph, tshirt, etc..

bakit kaya kelangan tabingi?

simbolo siguro ng merry making yun, or panandaliang defiance ng norms, or wholesome na pagpapahirap sa magababsa. parang konting kalokohan, yung walang halong libog. para cute. pwede rin ibig sabihin you turn me upside down. nge. kung ano pa man yan, nakakatuwa lang. isa yan sa mga automatic na bagay na ginagawa natin at naging bahagi na ng kamalayan.

habang kumakain ako naisip ko ulit si claudine. pero syempre di ko na inisip kung bakit sya pumatol kay raymart. ganun yata talaga, tabingi kapalaran ko kay claudine.

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i never understood why i am a big fan of the third eye blind until now. taena, i am living their songs.

3.motorcycle drive by - this song’s melody hit me first, and then the last line made me wonder: ive never been so alone, and ive never been so alive. for years i wondered what it meant, then one day my heart got broken and i got so low and then it hit me. now when i sing it you will see me close my eyes.

2.ten days late - every single guy’s world will crumble when she’s ten days late. blue eyes looked at me for what to do, i cant lie, i dont know! yeah i can see you nodding. cheers tsong. lahat tayo napag daanan na yan. yung iba nating kaibigan ayun o, di na pwede lumabas pag huwebes..

1.blinded - vapor ’round your body glistens in the shower, and i wanna stay right here, or go down on you for an hour, or stay, and let the day just fade away.. when i see you, i think of all the things weve done and im blinded like im staring at the sun.. kakaibang tama neto. there is that one person in our life that shines at us and we just blindly follow.

when we’re in our twenties, things become practical and we are forced to move on and accept things as they are. the songs of the third eye blind reflect these concerns and it feels good to know that these songs exist.. singing it frees my soul of the burden, a release of that feeling that there’s no other way but this.

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