Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever.
-June Masters Bacher

My translation:
Ang pag-ibig ay parang isang biyolin. Titigil man ang musika, subalit ang kanyang hibla ay panghabang-buhay.

Sa aking lahok itong linggong ito, nagbabalik-tanaw ako sa pag-ibig ng aking ama. Noong 2008 ng Abril, sya’y pumanaw na. Kahit wala na ang kanyang pisikal na anyo dito sa atin, alam ko na ang pag-ibig namin sa kanya, at ang pag-ibig nya sa amin ay maihahantulad sa isang hiblang hindi napuputol at habang-buhay kong pagkakahalagahan.

Ito ay mga litratong hindi ko kuha… pero gusto ko sanang ibahagi sa inyo ang aking lahok na ito, dahil alam kong sa pag-alala ko sa kanya sa aking nalalapit na kaarawan, gusto ko lang sabihin sa aking ama na ang kanyang ala-ala ay laging nasa puso ko.

Boy Scout si ama. Isa sa pinakamasaya kong childhood memory ay ang pagkanta namin ng mga Boy Scout camp songs tuwing brown out.

Ito ang paborito kong litrato ng aking ama noong bata pa sya. Ang gwapo no? Hindi lang gwapo ang aking ama. Siya’y matalino pa

Marunong pa magkung-fu

Magaling pa kumanta (bass) at maghost

Mahal na mahal nya ang mama ko Hanggang sa huli, alam kong lahat ng sakrispisyo nya, dala ito sa pagmamahal sa aking mama.

i edited this in Photoshop with the chinese characters (papa and his little Arlene)

my family picture

I’ll always remember this picture because this was his picture at the wake.

I love you, Papa. I miss you a lot. You are the greatest Papa and nobody can ever take that place in my heart.

likas ba sa tao ang ngumiti? napansin ko lang, nung lumalaki na ang pamangkin ko, parang ang una nyang natutunan pagkatapos umiyak ay ang ngumiti. kung sana lahat tayo marunong ngumiti - di kaya lahat tayo ay makaramdam ng kapayapaan?

ang mga litrato ko ay kuha pa rin sa aking Nokia phone at edited sa Photoshop Happy LP! And Happy Huwebes! at ang aking modelo - Sundae Andreanna Thay, ang aking babaeng pamangkin

♥

♥

am so loving owl city right now!

Fireflies lyrics
Songwriters: Young, Adam;
You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep

‘Cause they’d fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You’d think me rude
But I would just stand and stare

I’d like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay
Awake when I’m asleep
‘Cause everything is never as it seems

‘Cause I’d get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance

A foxtrot above my head
A sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

I’d like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay
Awake when I’m asleep
‘Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

Leave my door open just a crack
(Please take me away from here)
‘Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep
(Please take me away from here)
When I’m far too tired to fall asleep

To ten million fireflies
I’m weird ’cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell

But I’ll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
‘Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar

I’d like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay
Awake when I’m asleep
‘Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

I’d like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns slowly
It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay
Awake when I’m asleep
‘Cause everything is never as it seems
When I fall asleep

I’d like to make myself believe
That planet earth turns slowly
It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay
Awake when I’m asleep
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams

Vanilla Twilight lyrics
Songwriters: Young, Adam;
The stars lean down to kiss you
And I lie awake and miss you
Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere

‘Cause I’ll doze off safe and soundly
But I’ll miss your arms around me
I’d send a postcard to you, dear
‘Cause I wish you were here

I’ll watch the night turn light-blue
But it’s not the same without you
Because it takes two to whisper quietly

The silence isn’t so bad
‘Til I look at my hands and feel sad
‘Cause the spaces between my fingers
Are right where yours fit perfectly

I’ll find repose in new ways
Though I haven’t slept in two days
‘Cause cold nostalgia
Chills me to the bone

But drenched in vanilla twilight
I’ll sit on the front porch all night
Waist-deep in thought because
When I think of you I don’t feel so alone

I don’t feel so alone, I don’t feel so alone

As many times as I blink
I’ll think of you tonight
I’ll think of you tonight

When violet eyes get brighter
And heavy wings grow lighter
I’ll taste the sky and feel alive again

And I’ll forget the world that I knew
But I swear I won’t forget you
Oh, if my voice could reach
Back through the past
I’d whisper in your ear
Oh darling, I wish you were here

Presenting the Filipino-Chinese Catholic Young Adults and updates for World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid!

Galing lang akong Naga last last weekend. Nakarating ako uli ng Cagsawa ruins at sa Lingnon Hills para makita ang Mayon Volcano. Tuwing naaalala ko ang Mayon, naaalala ko na ang bait ni Lord sobra - dahil inalagaan pa rin nya tayo dahil alam nyang hindi natin kaya ang isa pang malagim na pinsala pagkatapos ng mga ondoy, etc. at lalo pa ang pinarecent na earthquake sa Chile.

Anyway, a lot of things to be grateful about. At eto naman ang entry ko sa linggong ito All shot with my Nokia phone

Cagsawa Ruins

Mayon Volcano

And this one’s for Paula, a fellow LP member who likes clouds