Kape o Ice Cream?

     Kapag ako ang tatanungin, hindi ko ito masasagot agad. Pareho ko kasi silang gusto eh. Pero kung ikaw, pwedeng oo, masagot mo agad, at pwede ring tulad ko, mahirapan ka ding pumili. Bakit nga kaya ang hirap pumili, ano? Dalawa na nga lang ang pagpipilian, nalilito na tayo. Eh paano pa kaya kung tatlo, tatlumpo o tatlundaan ang pagpipilian natin? Malamang eh mahilo na tayo sa kakaisip.

     Kahit sino sa atin, dadating sa point na kailangan nating mamili. Whether we like it or yes, we have to choose at kadalasan, hindi lahat ng napipili natin ay tama. Agree? Pero ano nga ba ang sukatan ng pagiging tama ng pinili natin?

     Para sa akin, simple lang. Tama ang pinili mo kung kaya mo itong panindigan nang buong puso. Eh kasi minsan, kahit gusto natin, hindi natin kayang pangatawanan kaya ayun, sa huli, pumipili na lang din tayo ng iba. On the other hand, pwede ring gusto natin ang pinapanindigan natin pero in just a change of mind, wala na ulit. Dun ka na ulit sa kung ano yung gusto ng iba para sa'yo o ng sa tingin mo ay tama. Tama, pero mali? Parang ang gulo ah.

     Basta, nasabi ko na ang point ko. Ngayon, nilalamig ako dahil may lagnat ako. Pero, mainit ang panahon. Ang dapat eh magpalamig!

     Makapag-ice cream nga. :)

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Hourglass: A Life, A Name

             Have you ever experienced hearing a song that in an instant took your breath away? Like, in that very moment, you were transported in a world that the only ones that exist are you and the song? I did. And for the first time in my life, I found myself engrossed to the totality of the song and the voice behind it.

             It was during my most "sensitive" years that I heard this song that definitely changed my life. You see, I'm not really a fan of mellow music or on most typical terms, love songs. It's just that generally, when people hear songs like them, they can't help but become emotional on things or people even when they're not in a melancholic mood. To me, they're just a bunch of drama hidden in a form of a song. But that day was different.. I don't remember too well why I was gloomy back then but one thing's I'm sure of. During that time, I was in a state where my emotions were as fragile as they could be.

            And then the song flew into the air and in just a matter of seconds, I was brought into the deepest emotions and my tears began to fall as I thought of many things that have gone from my life including the people I loved, dearly.

           The song was entitled "The Last of All Days" popularized by a local group called Hourglass. As the song begun and the lyrics were delivered, I can hardly move an inch from the radio and my toes felt weak. I was totally moved by the song and when it ended, I tried my best to hold back my tears but my eyes were not agreeing and I finally cried a bit. Exactly as the last lines were said, I knew to myself that the impact that the song brought me will remain forever in my heart. That was the first and last time that I heard that song until after almost 10 years that I came across a very popular website where videos are posted for the public to view. There, the memory of what I felt when I first heard the song on the radio relived again. I don't know what's so special with the song but the fact that hearing that song only for the first time but capturing my heart a million times is what made the song so significant to my whole being.

          As inspired as I was, it was also by this time that I realized that I want to write. Like what the song did to me, I want to capture hearts and bring good memories. So I decided that when I write, I would go by the name "Hourglass" and use it as my pen name or pseudonym. Before, it was just a mere respect for the ones who brought the song into my life by singing it so beautifully and soulfully but now, I realized that I chose that name because my life and the hourglass are very much alike.

          There are thousands of grains on the top of the hourglass and they all pass slowly through the narrow neck in the middle to reach the bottom of the hourglass. However, there is nothing that we can do to bring all the sand down at the same time. It all has to happen little by little. These sand represent the problems and challenges that life has to offer me. In order to reach the bottom, I should pass through the problems one by one until they all get solved and I will be able to reverse the hourglass again. Similarly, these sand also symbolize the things that I want to do or aspire to obtain in my life. I cannot, in a single lifetime , do all those things simultaneously. Rather,I should do things one at a time so I can give my very best to whatever I'm doing and regain whatever I have lost in the past. Truly, life is just a matter of good management of the things or persons you have in your life.

         As what my special song has taught me, we don't need to have everything in order to say that we have a complete life. In life's simplest lesson, all that we have to do is to be free and enjoy our present, and not be tied on a bitter past or the uncertain future.

         I have probably said everything that I wanted to say. But I hope someday, somebody will realize that we have to live our lives in the best way we can because we are responsible for it. Live for a moment and not just today, who knows? Maybe today, is the last of all days.

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Touch Move

           Why do people have different desires? Can it just be universal? Seems impossible, right? It is because from the day that we were born, we were given myriad choices – enough to make or break our lives. . .

          For quite some time, I have noticed certain persons in my life who seem to be clueless with a “choice’s” mystery. I referred to it as mystery because up until now, no one can explain how a simple choice can change an entire plan or a destined undertaking. In life’s endless chapters, we are all bound to have different choices. We choose the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the music we hear, the books we read and even the person we love.

          You will not stick to a person if at the first place; he/she does not fit your preference. Every one of us has a particular standard of how the person we will love should look like or act like. It is every person’s prerogative. But how do we measure if what we prefer is enough to be our choice? Surely, many would have dilemma in simply answering this question. As for me, a person is enough to be our choice if we can’t find 

in our hearts even a single reason why he/she should not be the one. Then again, I sound like hopeless-romantic but that’s not the point here. LOL… All that I am scribbling about is that we should not always practice our right to choose a loved one because in one way or another, our relationship, which was already been established, is deemed to fail.

          If we find a person who completes us, who feels for us and whom you know, you can’t live without, we better have this person fairly cherished and worthy of our love, time and effort. I know it’s hard especially if we find a person who has better qualities than what we already have. But like a child who lets go of his kite when he finds a lollipop more attractive to his eyes, we should stop the urge to pursue him/her. Let’s bear in mind that what we have right now is simply the best, the one that will die with you, your other-half, and most especially, your companion through thick and thin.

          Love is not just based on how a person meets your certain standards. Sometimes, it’s about sticking to your choice. Like in a chess game, when you touch a piece, you have to move it...for whatever risk awaits you.

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Everything's Temporary

.."Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.." 

          Sounds familiar right? It's taken from the song "Closing Time" by Semisonic. So, why do I have to specially mention this particular line? Well, the answer is simple. I believe that everything in life has to reach its end. Everything, be it a person so dear to you, a very strong relationship, a thing you wanted the most, a job you worked so hard to obtain, or even your own life.. All of these couldn't last, whether we like it or not. 

          This haunting truth usually causes myriad heartbreaks, unending lonesome and numerous disappointments. A quite bitter downside, right? But when you flip a coin, two faces will be shown on your face. And relating it to this matter, this downside can be easily disregarded because of the fact that when something ends, a new one begins. It may not be exactly like the way it was before, surely, it will commence. You'll be able to regain a new person in your life, commit on a relationship made in heaven, possess the best material thing, find a better and more stable job and reformat your life, again.  Nothing is permanent right? The only exception is change. Because changes are made to bring mankind a little spice in their lives. Life's challenging changes make man better, stronger and most importantly, ALIVE. We really wouldn't know what we have and how important are them to us, until they're out of our grasp.

          So as prescribed, enjoy everything that you have. Go with the flow and let life take you where you're ought to go.. Everything's temporary, so why worry? Hakuna Matata :)

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The Standpoint of a Writer

       

          When I came to realize that I want to write, I never thought of having a particular subject to write about or even what genre of writing I would focus on. Now I know why. I cannot choose what I would write because for some time now, I often write about just anything that comes on my head-- anything I feel like writing. The scribbles are everywhere so I just allow them and let them all out. All I know is that I want to write. I may not be the person who writes best but I am trying my best to write.

          Things are just like that, whatever we enjoy doing or whatever our passion is, we should always pursue it no matter what. The art of living life does not rest on how well we are doing but on how we strive for what we want. As a writer, I know I can't change the world but I know somehow that through my works, I can change something.

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