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In lieu of Mother's Month on May, I decided to spoil that event and just share what I have received last 18 April, on a beautiful yet exciting saturday. I was in the mall competing on a tournament.

I was playing a card game (refer photo above) when I received a text message from our mother, which is now in California with my young brother. They went there December last year.

What I read made me smile. That even if I lost on that tournament(I placed 92 out of 135 players ), my day was filled with enthusiasm and cheers, that no sad thoughts could punch my mind and pierce my heart. My ears are filled with good music.

Here's the exact message from my mom, which I find it surprising in a good way:

mama_dear: Hello ank i mssd u so much, pls work on your birth certificate together with ur kuya gavin. I mssd d two of u. Take care and GOD BLESS.

Simple? Yeah. Why am i surprised, if you may asked? Because I know our mom very well. She's not the typical mother who is wordy and emotional when it comes to her sons. A strong woman with a bunch of extraordinary experiences being a pre-school teacher. Sometimes, mababaw ang luha. But she's rarely sweet especially on text messages.

A heart melted that day. It was mine.
Someone was smiling all throughout that day. And it was I. :)

Life is...

...only as good as the memories we make." -The Ataris

This single line from the song "So Long, Astoria", depicts how powerfully depressing memories could be. Especially if you're trying to muster one fine happy thought that may conjure a Patronus. We all have just a few happy thoughts e. Why's that? But on the lighter note, it also shows what we were before. It makes you re-asses things clearly, and you'll eventually say.. "Ahh.. ganito pala ako noon?" It will also make you ask, "does life way much better now than 10 years ago?"

As I looked at these memories printed on a glossy paper, I can't help but to compare the one smiling before me and the one who's holding the photo and thinks that he could have pass for "That's My Boy" contest...

...only if I was brave enough to ask my Ama to bring me to the studio. but the problem would be...

Joey De Leon: Ano talent mo, Hijo?
The 6 years old me: Wala po.
Joey De Leon: E ba't nandito ka?
The 6 years old me: Kasi po wala ako doon. :-D

Sigh, the shulda, wulda, culda's of life. :-)

I believe that every person has this one shot to become someone more than just his/her usual self.

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I wondered, what if there's no such thing as memories?

Describe Your Summer In One Word...

There's something about summer that makes summer so immaculate.

A three hour drive from Manila to the destination beach? It could be.
The scorching heat? Probably.
The safety roads on the way or way back home? That's one.

But one thing's for sure that I notice to each and every one of us who experienced summer,
its fullness of life...

I will no longer wonder why people in this 7, 100 plus islands are so insanely excited about
summer. And it may be Holy week, but I'm sure that our dear Lord up above have given us
whole year (minus 7 days) to make pain-driven sacrifices and remember His Son, our Savior, in exchange for a week with family and friends...

Yet, there's always an option for you to go alone...

Or get lost somewhere...

Or just surrender your shades...

And be a hermit...

Who wants to be alone on a summer, anyway?

-Overture-

I believe that the closest thing to be with God is to be with mother nature.

I regard summer as an escape to the inescapable turns of my life. That was before I had been humidified by the saltiness of the sea, held my seat on a vehicle due to a hundred and fifty kilometers per hour speed, and by the smell of sunblock on my skin.

Summer should never ever be an escape.

IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

This is us grabbing life the way He wants us to spend it...

And...
this is me...

...reaching the happy clouds, unrelenting sun and the thoughts of not being there, and

wishing you were here...

Surely there's something about my summer that makes my summer so divine and worth thanking for...

My dear speed-loving buddy, you have so many friends and it means a lot that I got this rare chance to be with you, guys!

What a road trip we had way back! Way back home concluded the trip in a very unique fashion: having an eye for photography, creepy eerie roads, nasty windshield and a car radiator that made us anxious! :)

and of course.. the 90's pop music... lol!


in these photos: Cali, Joan, Dennis and Yours truly.

Why is that..

......most of your friends only take time to see the importance of a person when they're not there anymore?

Take Time To Realize A Person's Worth While They're Still Around.

And respect those people who find time for you in their busy schedule. But love unconditionally those people who never see their schedule when you need them.

Wanted: Guitarist..

My amateur band, Epic Proportions, is in dire need of a guitarist...

Qualifications:

1. with or without experience in gigs
2. BUT has a passion for playing music and
experimentation.

3. Preferably female.
4. Knows how to sing.
5. Has her own electric and acoustic guitar and
effects.
6. Lives within Quezon City, Manila and Makati
areas.

We are not dissing out any particular genre. Kahit ano genre na tinutugtog mo, okay lang yan.

For interested people, please drop me a message and leave your contact number.

If you, the reader, knows someone who would like to join a starting band like us, then give me a message as well.

THANKS!

Epic Proportions

I Want This Album.. NOW!!!

Sinong may album nito? Peram!!! or.. saan nakaka bili? WAAHHH!!!
ANG GALING!!

I'll Post some of their songs!