Someone Like You

*Hiding behind excuses simply will not not bring any joy or sense of fulfillment."

"Lyrics from Adelle's Someone Like You"

I heard that your settled down.

That you found a girl and your married now.

I heard that your dreams came true.

Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?

It ain't like you to hold back or hide from the lie

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.

I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,

That for me, it isn't over.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.

I wish nothing but the best for you too.

Don't forget me, I beg, I'll remember you said:

"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"

Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.

You'd know how the time flies.

Only yesterday was the time of our lives.

We were born and raised in a summery haze.

Bound by the surprise of our glory days.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.

I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,

That for me, it isn't over yet.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.

I wish nothing but the best for you too.

Don't forget me, I beg, I'll remember you said:

"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead".

Nothing compares, no worries or cares.

Regret's and mistakes they're memories made.

Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.

I wish nothing but the best for you too.

Don't forget me, I beg, I'll remember you said:

"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.

I wish nothing but the best for you too.

Don't forget me, I beg, I'll remember you said:

"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"

Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.

The Rundown

"Successful people don't complain about the problems... they allow to remain as part of their lives"

December, the end of the year that follows a new frontier. It has been a tumultuous year for relationships, career, friends and family aside from the news that North Korea is bracing for a possible attack to the “Soul of Asia”. Relationships blossomed but have always ended with a sour note. I stop having delusions that someday..somehow I’ll have the right one or should I say destined to be with someone. Apparently, I really don’t believe in destiny and if you say I haven’t done my homework..well I’ve had enough upheavals that I’ve cried to much and even came to a point that I beg for to a guy just to love me. I’m just tired having three guys…that emotional wilderness trapped in me all this time.     You will never really learn any lesson from it. Just accept the fact that it happens; it will happen and will end. It’s like the current economic turmoil that everyone’s experiencing right now. Nobody is safe. It’s a cycle.

Relationships. Muji was my first love but it was Somtum Nua that I felt true love.. then in between was Greyhound, the type of love that always care. Ultimate FEAR..will it last? But then, I have that FAITH to nurture it and hoped that it would be for good at least if not for keeps. I FAILED. The only difference between fear and faith is in the kind of outcome you expect to experience (TY Ralph).

Career.  At 32, you begin to think what is FULFILLMENT, SECURITY, LIFE. The saturation point has come but really what lacks in me is a sprinkle of initiative, drop of bravery and a slice of will. It was only a piece of GOSSIP that really awakened all the awakenings. I am taking ACTIONS. The magnitude of your success and fulfillment are in direct proportion to how far ahead you consider the consequences of your actions (TY Ralph).

Friends and Family. Finally, after six years, I’ve already booked a ticket to spend a short but sweet memorable time with my family. I had an emerging year of connections with friends. At some point, I discovered myself piece by piece in knowing such wonderful people with great talents and insights. There is no end to the love you can give. There is no limit to the joy you can share.

2011 Year of the White Metal Rabit. The year will be an incredible joyful closeness year. The moment you get started, the task becomes infinitely more achievable. 

Karimlan

 

With what a deep devotedness of woe
I wept thy absence - o'er and o'er again
Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain,
And memory, like a drop that, night and day,
Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!
~Thomas Moore

 

 

 

Tila

 

Tila inulan ang puso ko
Nang nalamig ang 'yong pagsuyo
O bakit nagbago ang 'yong pagtingin
Parang malamig na panahon

At nang ikaw ay kinausap ko
Habang ang ulan ay bumubuhos
Nakita ko sayong mga mata
Na gaganda din ang panahon

Chorus
Tila hihina rin ang ulan
Tila lilipas din ang bagyo
Kahit madilim ang kalawakan may nagtatagon
Sinag sa ulap

Tila inulan ang puso ko
Nang parang naglaho ang pagibig mo
O bakit ka kaya nagbago
Sinlamig ng panahon

Chorus
Tila hihina rin ang ulan
Tila lilipas din ang bagyo
Liliwanag din ang kalangitan
At ang araw ay sisikat nang muli

Bridge
Ang karimlan ay haharapin
Matatanaw ko rin
Bughaw na langit
Umaasang ang pagibig mo ay magbabalik
Pawiin mo ang lungkot sa puso ko
Kahit madilim ang kalawakan
May nagtatagong sinag sa ulap

Chorus
Tila hihina rin ang ulan
Tila lilipas din ang bagyo
Liliwanag din ang kalangitan
At ang araw ay sisikat nang muli

 

 

(Sung by Lani Misalucha)

Wednesday Bloom

“Buddha said when we were born, we were lotus under water. Then, as we grow approaching the surface, we’re learning. As we surfaced, we finally and truly understand the meaning of happiness…Lotus is a sacred flower …it gives you a peace of mind” 

Playful Chef In Bangkok

I’m not religious to begin with, though I respect such insights. But whatever the LOTUS entails, for me it’s a flower that gives radiance. You appreciate the form it shows and how it blooms.

At the end of the day, how many people have we shared our laughter, argued or simply smiled at? We don’t even know and possibly would not even dare to care.

Same as LOTUS, we float and let others smile at us, argued how we grow and even perceived things around us and just laughed at our shared moments.

LIFE and LOTUS were such both magical wonders we have in this WORLD.

Strong and Invisible

“Small decisions may hold significant consequences.”

Paulo Coelho

As we aspire to be more human, our attitude towards ourselves and peers will play a pivotal role. Positive people learn how to handle life’s atrocities differently and use these opportunities to grow. We constantly working on self improvement, develop self-confidence, better self-esteem and greater internal motivation to be the best.

We explore on the pages of life, learn on the bookmarks and share our annotations.

Insights will always help us to be more positive and optimistic, motivated and goal oriented about our life and the world around us.

Realization always come when you feel lost, splurge in sheer pleasure of boredom or to the least challenged.

I AM.

Waka! Waka! Strong and Invisible!

SHINE!

“We never learn important things by being told. We have to find out for ourselves” Paulo Coelho 

Most of us are seeking a new leadership or creating a new system of thought. CHANGE! We hear people talking about their own way of adapting to changes that some even create a subliminal workbook/ guide. 

Before anything else, we need to examine the environment in which we are held. No system of any kind but pure creative intelligence essential to the understanding of the inconvenient truth. 

Love.

Politics.

World.

In the end...it is just and only be ME!

ADIA

“Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them."
~Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld~

 

Siem Reap City is the capital of Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. Siem Reap has colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market.  The gateway city for The World Heritage Site and Wonders of the World: Angkor Wat.

Angkor Wat enchants visitors of its grandeur and breathtaking scenery. 

 Sunrise at Angkor Wat

Picturesque Sunset at Siem Reap (Thanks Gibo)

Sharing Life is a gift so as Happiness!

The Power of Steel

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.” [1953] Dwight D. Eisenhower

Democracy if curtailed turns violent. Rights if suppressed turn amok. How could you explain to a CHILD these….

 Bangkok Post Picture

Or to a friendly Tourist Neighbor these....

 Bangkok Post Picture

 Or simply to YOURSELF?

 WE are here to make PEACE not WAR.

Talk.

Listen.

Love.

Colored Colors

“Until Justice is blind to color, until Education is unaware of race, until Opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact” -  American 36^th President Lyndon B. Johnson

It has been a couple of weeks now since Bangkok, the City of Smiles and Loving People, engulf with “Colored Strife”.

First, there was RED.

 JSL Picture

Then the MULTI-COLORED.

 Bangkok Post Picture

 And don't underestimate the Power of Yellow... right NoyNoy?

Bangkok Post Picture

And may I say this .... 

          

          I........... WE............YOU............... Need PEACE!

 JSL Picture

Isn’t it beautiful looking at this view? Waving for PEACE!

Diaspora of Emotion

Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.

~Swedish Proverb

Relationships demands sacrifices. Both the partners sacrifice to make the relationship work. Then there is compromise. Many relationships destroy person’s desires. Partners have to give up lots of freedom. I may have sacrificed a lot, but should it also go unnoticed? I will definitely feel used after that.

Then there is Emotional Distance. It occurs when you no longer connect with your partner on an emotional or maybe intellectual level. It happens when your partner just isn’t “there” somehow, when you no longer connect with your partner. You feel like you’re talking to and sharing your honest feelings with a WALL. When your partner offers a response, it’s remote, guarded, lacking in intimacy – perhaps because of a fear of intimacy. Intimate partners develop certain defense mechanisms to protect feelings and protect themselves from pain in intimate relationships.

 That is ME and CHOJI. We are not PERFECT and have a lot to LEARN.

 New Sunshine! 

Not only will this break-up not kill you, but it may be the best thing that ever happened to you. The pain of a break-up can push you into a world of magic, of release and of healing that you otherwise might not have entered. And even though you may think that your ex is the be-all, of your life, undoubtedly there is more love, even better love right around the corner and a great life ahead.

CHOICES

“The strongest principle of growth lies in Human Choice.”

George Eliot

The freedom to choice lies on the liberty of an individual to  make intimate decisions free from government interference, discrimination and public intervention. WE always have to make a CHOICE.

CHOOSE!

Religion.

Freedom of Religion.  It is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. It is a concept that generally recognizes the freedom to change religion or NOT TO FOLLOW ANY RELIGION.

Liberty.

 

Under Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

I choose to have No Religion because it is one of my fundamental rights.

I choose to be GAY because it is one of my rights and freedom without distinction of any kind.

SHOUT IT OUT!

Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.