Tuesday, January 4, 2011 | 9:09 PM
Finally, the year 2010 has ended.
Our first day of 2011 begun with a subtle crazy night.
2011, make us proud.
Saturday, December 11, 2010 | 3:49 PM
I still exist – and I haven’t forgotten you.
I’ve gotten out of the habit of updating anyone on how I’ve been doing. The time goes so quickly and although we are extremely busy and much has happened, we just keep ploughing ahead with a steady rhythm that I take it for granted that anything has actually happened because I still feel like life is very much the same as I remember it being a week, two weeks, or two months ago.And then, on top of having to re-train myself to spend time reading and writing on the computer – something I’m doing rather reluctantly (it was so nice to find myself with so much more time for other things when using the internet wasn’t an option) – I am also having to figure out what my blog means to me now i.e. who my audience is and what I want to write to them.
Things have changed though, as they always do when I find myself in a full-fledged relationship. All my thoughts, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, positive or negative in nature, I have been able to share with the man that I am in love with, leaving little that I feel I have to share with the world. And strangely, I’m finding myself much more private of a person. I have posted a few private posts in times of high drama and I wonder if it causes this blog to lose its purpose and meaning. I do want this to continue to be a place where I can learn openly about myself so that perhaps someone else might learn something from me, so here I am again, trying to figure out what I should write to make up for my absence.
Labels: everyday nothings
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 | 5:59 PM
I got a little ticked-off by how the society especially the part of the world I’m living in, illustrated themselves during the Halloween week.
Growing up part Filipino (my catholic half) we string along the traditions of what Halloween is really about.
Originally, Halloween is a festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Samhain was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and prepare for winter. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops. Masks and costumes were worn in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or appease them.I’m all up for getting dressed in a costume and “trick-or-treating” but here and so is the whole world, just got influence by American culture of dressing in a slutty outfit (animal ears + lingerie does not count as a costume honey) partying till drunk.
Halloween is actually the eve of All Saints Day (All Hallows), which the Catholics celebrate (All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day) in the essential belief that there is a prayerful spiritual union between those in the state of grace who have died and are either being cleanse in purgatory or are in heaven. The days were we go to visit our decease love-ones, repaint their grave and just be there to pay our respects.
So it was a little stupid to see people celebrating the “eve of an eve” It’s the point in time the world stops using ignorance as an excuse anymore. Times are changing. We should be more conversant on our information.
Labels: Holidays
Thursday, October 28, 2010 | 7:12 PM
As I'm learning the language,
The easiest way is to hear it from a song.
My favorite so far.
By Carla Bruni
Quelqu’un M’a Dit
On me dit que nos vies ne valent pas grand chose,
Elles passent en un instant comme fanent les roses.
On me dit que le temps qui glisse est un salaud
que de nos chagrins il s'en fait des manteaux
pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit...
Elles passent en un instant comme fanent les roses.
On me dit que le temps qui glisse est un salaud
que de nos chagrins il s'en fait des manteaux
pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit...
Refrain
Que tu m'aimais encore,
C'est quelqu'un qui m'a dit que tu m'aimais encore.
Serais ce possible alors ?
C'est quelqu'un qui m'a dit que tu m'aimais encore.
Serais ce possible alors ?
On me dit que le destin se moque bien de nous
Qu'il ne nous donne rien et qu'il nous promet tout
Parais qu'le bonheur est à portée de main,
Alors on tend la main et on se retrouve fou
Pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit ...
Qu'il ne nous donne rien et qu'il nous promet tout
Parais qu'le bonheur est à portée de main,
Alors on tend la main et on se retrouve fou
Pourtant quelqu'un m'a dit ...
Refrain
Mais qui est ce qui m'a dit que toujours tu m'aimais?
Je ne me souviens plus c'était tard dans la nuit,
J'entend encore la voix, mais je ne vois plus les traits
"Il vous aime, c'est secret, lui dites pas que j'vous l'ai dit"
Tu vois quelqu'un m'a dit...
Je ne me souviens plus c'était tard dans la nuit,
J'entend encore la voix, mais je ne vois plus les traits
"Il vous aime, c'est secret, lui dites pas que j'vous l'ai dit"
Tu vois quelqu'un m'a dit...
Que tu m'aimais encore, me l'a t'on vraiment dit...
Que tu m'aimais encore, serais ce possible alors ?
Que tu m'aimais encore, serais ce possible alors ?
Labels: J'dore