where is this sun you speak of?

If money isn't a problem, I would tour in Europe. I've always wanted to go to Paris. It's the only place I've known in France until I've met someone from Lille. Photo dump! All photos are taken by Aurelien of Lille, France :) These photos were taken on January 5, 2007 around 9:50 in the evening. It was during Bombsayers de Lille. According to Yanyan (I made up that name. Good thing he likes it!), Bombsayers de Lille is a joke. It means: "kisses from Lille" but Bombay is the French name for Mumbay, town in India. During the event, there were shows in different places but they didn't go. It was raining so we stayed in the car. That's why the photos are not so great and the angle is weird. There were big and tall elephants in the place. Cars can pass under them! "Big and tall, all girls say that when they see it" :P The station decorated as an Indian Place I think I'd love Lille more than Paris. (My friend says L...

An excerpt from a letter I wrote for Tip's 22nd birthday: Isn’t it calming to know that the people we know have problems, too? It means you are not the only sad person in this world. And isn’t it inspiring to know that these people can still afford to smile and laugh and dance and sing? You deserve to be happy. We both are. So, always look at the brighter side of things.  It isn’t always sunny, I know. But I hope when things get cloudy, you will expect it to be worse. Why? Because when you expect things to be worse, you build yourself up. You make yourself stronger for an unknown catastrophe. And I want you to be strong.  Happy birthday, Tip! :)

For the rest of Summer, I didn't get to meet up with my favorite people in the whole universe!! Because I was too lazy to go out of the house, I made sure to be somehow productive. During the whole period, I swear I didn't forget to think about them -- Eileen and Tip. I made Stitched Cards for them!! Yay :) I am going to insert a paper somewhere in those cards to write my letter. One for Eileen and the other is for Tip. I finished these cards in May but decided not to blog about it until I've given them away. It wouldn't be fun if they know about this already. Although I don't really know if Eileen visits my blog from time to time (she does when I am online in Facebook but then I deactivated it for now because, well, Facebook is evil hahaha) and Tip only visits when he's bored, I think! Hahaha I also made something for my scrapbook! :) I was supposed to be making a cross stitch of the Eiffel Tower but I got discouraged so maybe I...

Isn't it awesome how writing takes you somewhere beautiful that you sometimes forget about what this harsh world has offered? So I write, write and write more. Sometimes I wish I took up any writing course so I will be better at writing. Whatever it is that I am feeling, I write them down. Encapsulating the emotions in a sentence or two. Most of the time, I end up with a set of sentences. And then I feel okay. It calms me down. I am glad that works for me because writing rather than talking about it is much easy.  I am very bad at public speaking or even just in a classroom setting. I can't arrange my ideas well. Something that I need to practice, really. Or maybe I just need some self-esteem booster. I don't know. I can talk to a couple of people (maybe one, two or less than 10 ), though. But I find writing a good sense of communication for me. Because I can say whatever I think is needed and important and whatnot without any interruption from someone during the p...

When I am bored and I could not sleep, I always end up writing stuff in/for my scrapbook. And sometimes, I make little stuff for strangers. I plan to insert these little cards and bookmarks whenever I visit the Ateneo Library. I hope they will be inspired and keep it :)

Like a ferris wheel ride, life takes a journey filled with thrill, surprises, and adventure. You sit still and brace yourself for the unknown for you will never know what you'll see, and what you have imagined might not be what you will perceive. You can be alone, with a friend or a stranger. You can shout, laugh or stay still. Life then takes you to the highest point. Most of the time, the things that you focus on will become smaller but larger as you go upward -- you see things in a larger scope. The larger it becomes, the more you have to widen your knowledge, the more you understand them as a whole. The higher you go, the more you feel responsible enough for your self. But it goes down naturally. You can't command it to stay on top. It goes down as how it must be. This time you become familiar with the things that you've seen. That you sometimes forget about their worth -- how they excite you, thrill you, feel to you. You become less appreciative than before. The lowe...

Isn't it unlikely to find a snake in the city? It's unlikely, but it's possible! Days before the capture, Tiya P told us that she found a tail of a snake (most probably that long in the third photo because she exclaimed it's big!) in the ceiling while resting in her bed one afternoon. We didn't believe her because as what my brother said it is impossible to find a snake in the city and if there is, it could have been seen earlier if it is really big. That was most likely my thought after I heard about it. Also, she might have just seen something else -- a rat or a cat or something. It's kind of dim inside her house so she might not be so sure. Tiya P's house is right beside ours. Just thought you should know. Anyway, so... Two nights after, Kuya D and Kuya J were drinking after work at home. It was around 8 PM. I was washing dishes after dinner when Kuya D saw a tail of a snake hanging on the firewall. But Kuya J said maybe he's just drunk...

One of my first flowers in my little garden. They look so pretty when they bloom! :) Isn't it sadly surprising to realize that you are in the darkest and deepest point in life? You never get to do something about it while on your way down. And here you are sulking over your sad life. Everything's black and white. Then you start to blame almost everything you've touched, you've spoken to, you've been to, and mostly you blame yourself for being so stupid for not helping yourself. Back then, I thought that I am the only twentysomething girl who goes through this because as what I see among other twentysomethings they look less troubled and less confused. But then, I will never get to know how they are inside so I just think they are also going through something deep emotionally just to calm myself. Most people tell me that being in your twenties is a roller coaster ride. Knowing that makes me feel a little lighter; these feelings I have may be normal and mos...

"Life's too awesome to waste your time thinking about someone who doesn't treat you right." - Jack Barakat

I want to write something tonight. Something about how I feel as of this moment. But instead of having this entry end lingering to the feeling I felt tonight, I decided to just have it concluded with something that will be written a month after. I want to know what will happen about this feeling after (at least) a month? (Written on June 1, 2012) Photo taken two days ago. I just want to recall the time this photo was taken. I fell in love to the boy I have fallen for some years ago. And, funnily enough, I always smile unconsciously whenever we talk. Some years ago, we used to being so close. Then years passed, I didn't know what happened. Really . It was like, at one point, we walked to different paths and didn't even care or bid good bye to each other. We were just walking without minding about each other. We were kids back then. We didn't care much, I guess. Then came a time, unexpectedly and surprisingly, we got to talking. We may never get to talk like how we...