The Greatest Beach Date Ever.
Saturday, April 19, 2008I am especially thankful for my day. :]
I had plans — me having ME time at the beach, "celebrating" a month and a day after the painful breakup, indulging in a few pages of Gabo Marquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera, and putting my photography potentials in practice. I just wanted to be alone today, to be somewhere else and to not care about the world for once. I started according to plan, actually. Everything was as I had imagined it to be. Until I got to the beach, that is.
My beach of choice was at Ebenezer Bible College. For all I know, it was almost nonexistent to fellow Zamboangueños, thus the perfect place to spend a lazy quiet afternoon by myself. But when I saw children running about and adults yelling at them to be careful and stuff, I knew it wasn’t going to be that quiet after all. Well, I didn’t care. I took a spot on the stone steps and got "busy" being idle when the children formed three or so groups and started what seemed like practicing. They were singing songs like "Read your Bible, pray everyday…" and "Ang Diyos maayo man… (GOD is good)". That’s when I figured that it’s some sort of Sunday schooling. Or in their case, Saturday schooling.
Watching them sing, dance, and recite Bible verses inspired me to be makapal and take shots of them. So I put on my genuine happy-stranger-slash-joiner face and approached Ate Ging, one of the organizers, and asked permission to document the rest of the activity. The pictures would tell you she said yes. Haha. ;]
It’s amazing how the BIG GUY UP THERE uses other people to remind you that life goes on and that you have no reason to fret whatsoever. I was aiming for an emotional dreary day — which was totally wrong and not to mention stupid! — but instead I met these angels and felt myself alive and healing once more. :]
It’s been a month and a day now. And I am scared no more. Thank You, LORD. Thank you, dear angels. :]
This was a priceless moment. Priceless. :]
55 Says It All.
Friday, April 18, 2008Because I have nothing better to do with my time, I’m posting my first ever (trying-hard, if I may point out) 55-fiction. It’s actually a story that’s summed up in 55 words: no more, no less. In my case, I got inspired by a picture of a rose I saw in one of my folders.
It’s kind of like PostSecret, ‘no? Only longer and well, fiction. Haha. I think I should build my own site now coz I’m becoming too comfortable (and obsessed!) with digital imagery as an emotional outlet. Uh-oh. Hahaha. And oh, by the by, there is a somewhat hidden “pattern” in this post. Go figure, baby Einsteins. =D
Atty. Thinking Time
Wednesday, April 16, 2008In the recent years, I’ve always hated summer. One, because it’s always so boring. Two, because I almost always spend each day of it at home doing nothing but wasting my breath of oxygen. Three, because I don’t get to have my allowance due to Two. Four, because I tend to suffer from insomnia (the REAL thing). And Five, because I am left with a lot of thinking time.
Reason number five has its pros and cons. Most of the time I misuse my thinking time by wallowing in self-pity and negatively emotional thoughts. Other times, I do better by planning out activities and/or non-disturbing "happier" stuff. And that’s what I decided to do today. (Actually, yesterday. Since it’s already past 1 AM and I violated my 12 MN rule again.)
I cannot believe that I spent a couple of eye-blinding hours in front of my computer scouting for law schools. Crazy, I know. But at that moment, I felt productive. And inspired. I felt like I wanted this so bad, like I cannot wait to do well in college so that I’d be more than accepted come the time for law school. Recharging my drive? Feels good. :]
So far, I have explored the sites of the top schools in the country like Ateneo de Manila Law School and University of the Philippines College of Law. Nahirapan na ‘ko sa dalawang yan pa lang. They were both very tempting, the latter being even more tempting due to the number of scholarship grants it offers. I have yet to assess Silliman University (my Alma Mater) and the other schools abroad. (Yes, I’m also dreaming of having my Degree in Law outside the Philippines.) I’ll continue tomorrow, err– today. And I can’t wait. :]
I’m not saying that this is really where I’m heading to after college. Who knows, I still have three years more — three more summers each with the allotted thinking time — and I might change my mindset again. But for now, I’m enjoying spending my thinking time wisely. Why haven’t I thought of this kind of distraction before? It feels great, actually. For the first time in a long time, I’m really genuinely excited about something. =D
I can see me now — business suit, high heels, a leather briefcase in one hand, Starbucks latte on the other, hair tied back, THE look on my face, entering an office where people stop to greet me, "Good morning, intern." (HAHAHA. Intern lang pala yun!)
Oh well. It’s a good start. ;]
A LIFETIME OF SECRETS.
Thursday, April 3, 2008I suddenly realized what I would want to give myself the next time I feel like I deserve a treat: POSTSECRET BOOKS.
I have been following PostSecret for a year now. The first time I ever hit the site, I immediately fell in love with the anonymous people who were brave enough to send in their secrets and confessions. Although there is that guarantee of anonymity, the secrets posted every week would tell you how much courage these fragile souls take to let these personal things out. If you visit the site, you’d know what I mean. The secrets range from the craziest to the weirdest to the most dramatic to the most sincere. They all exude real, honest, and raw emotions, and that’s why I love collecting them myself. There are also four compilations, I think, that are out in the market. I really hope that I can buy at least one. Please, LORD.
Some of my favorite secrets would be… (more of them at my PHOTOS)
And if I were to send in secrets of my own…
Haha. Share secrets, anyone? =D
P.S. I know this site is very boring. I’ll try to improve in the next few days. ^___^
