A light when all other lights go out!

I had almost forgotten that it was valentines that day. I tried to recall how I spent last year's valentines but for a moment, my mind was blank until it came to me that I had spent it at the Hot Air Balloon Festival held in Subic that year. I was with Clyde, Cherry, Maricel, Cress, et al. that day. I got off the tricycle at our gate to find my brother's car waiting for its passengers. We were going to head off to this swimming pool resort called Bethany - me, my sister, Ate Irene, Ate Ruth, Ruro, Renz and Manoy Rudyard. What was the occasion, I wondered. Oh, it was valentines. I had forgotten. I hurriedly got into the house, debated whether to take my laptop or the portable DVD player, then decided on the latter, not wanting to risk my precious laptop getting wet in the event that it might. And off we were and it was such a novel experience for me, maybe even a valentines to remember, because it was the first valentines that I ever celebrated with any of my family members. I...

Kurt came up with this youtube video dedicated to the victims of the January 8, 2011 Tucson, Arizona shooting. They featured the song "Imagine" originally by John Lennon, and while I share the lament, I actually don't agree with the message of the chosen song. But I get that it was meant to be a proposition for peace and I was moved by the gesture so I dedicate this simple space in my blog to those who perished in the shooting. I'm very sorry for the tragedy. My prayers have gone out to you. Yes, we will.

Hello. I'd like to go abroad to distract myself from my serious thoughts for a while. Wanna come? THIS is my (MOST) favorite place in the world. It's Assisi. Have you ever been to this place? I have, and it's a b-e-a-u-t-y! When I first clapped eyes on it, I swear I fell in love. 'Cause listen to this: Assisi. was. pink. It was pink. Can you believe it? It was pink! It was a very pretty shade of muted pink washed down even further with white and gray stones. I loved it. I think heaven should be pink. Don't you agree? Let's walk and wander on and on and around and around Assisi for a day and a night. Tara? It'll be like - what was that movie? Before Sunset. Except that Before Sunset was set in Vienna. I've always wanted to go to Italy with friends and family. It would have been the greatest fun. It's still my dream to do it. One day, we shall go, eh? :D It'll be like a dream come true. So that's it. Cheery thought for the day. :)

This is just going to be a simple post about simple moments. I know that they hardly know about it and I suppose that they hardly think about and I know we’ll NEVER talk about it, but this is my secret blog anyway so here goes… We – Manoy Rudyard, Ate Irene, Ate Ruth, Renz, Ruro, and I – went to the “small mall” this afternoon, because Tuesdays and Wednesdays are Ate Irene’s days off from work. Renz and Ruro were there to play, and us three girls wandered around from clothes rack to clothes rack, looking and just looking at clothes. Ate Irene showed me a dark blue dress that would have looked nice on me; I pointed to a pretty orange blouse with a ribbon that tied at the back that I thought would have looked nice on either Ate Irene or Ate Ruth. After a while, Ate Ruth and I went down to McDo; she for a burger, me for a drink. We started going up the escalator back to where the boys were (in the arcade area) when we saw them coming down. We met them at the ground floor again, and w...

This for me is a textbook example of inspired thinking. I couldn't stop laughing when I watched this. It was so funny. The dragon drank coke and couldn't but emit fireworks. What an idea. Good work, Coca-cola!

I'm not gonna get to watch Taylor's concert. It's okay. She's not gonna die soon anyway. There'll be other opportunities. Never forget the essence of your spark, Taylor.

So...at the end, and only at the very end, the prince finally got the other princess - cinderella's sister. And in another, not less significant vein, cinderella and her stepsister, who loved and detested each other intermittently all throughout the series, also finally lived happily together ever after. But it's not yet over, because the final 3 minutes is still buffering, and you have yet to hear more from me about it. XOXO, cinderella's sister's watcher.