Hindi mawari ang gagawin - 

Habulin ang kulimlim na ningas
O magkubli't yakapin ang damdamin?
Tatakpan ba ang isipa't pipiliting umasa
o tumalikod sa puso kahit maglaho ang saya?
Tumakbo nang tumakbo at mapagod sa pagsunod
sa isang alapaap na waring ayaw paabot;
O patuloy na kumapit sa pangakong hatid ay kirot
at bulagin ng huwad na ngiti ang libu-libong lungkot?
Kahit himig kang bumubuhay sa lumbay kong mga tiklada
at sukat sa aking liriko't bilang ng mga linya;
Liwanag man kitang gustong manatili
sumalungat man sa mundo't ipaglaban sa gabi
Walang mangyayari...

Pagkat hindi mapapawi ang lindol sa dibdib
Huminto man ang pangarap kong tala sa langit
dahil langit man ay abot ng aking paningin
kailanma'y hindi ako mapalilipad ng hangin

siguro nga, marahil...
dahil bituin kang hindi tatanaw at mahuhulog sa akin
lumuha man ako upang ika'y abutin
idalangin ko mang taimtim at buong-pusong ibigin
na ako'y paliparin ng pasubali kong hangin.

My heart always skips a beat whenever i hear my phone rings for a message, more for a call. Then it sinks when I see that it's not you...

It is always a nice feeling to help people in need.

A significant friend's cousin, a 13-year-old child, is currently suffering from stage 2 leukemia, and is in dire need of blood donors due to profuse bleeding. Thank God I have siblings and friends who are more than willing to share blood, though it is all our first time and we all have busy schedules.

I feel for the child, in the sense that I am also scared to die. It is a morbid thought indeed, realizing that all of us will go to that "destination" one day, though we just don't know when.

This is not the case of this kid who was given only 6-8 months to live, way back November 2011. It must be dreadful counting hours and days, while you are bed-ridden, getting weaker and weaker as minutes pass by.

Life is short. But it is long enough for us to live and be alive, to feel all the love and blessings in our life, to appreciate all the people we have in our whole existence and to extend an arm just to help save a life, even in our own little way.

Friends will always accept the whole you. I'm just glad that they do. :)

Fragile as a flower, strong as an oak
Gentle like the wind, scorching like a storm
Calming as a river, punishing like the tide
Rest on her wings, be shaped on her side

She delights on my joys; she understands all my fears
Patient to my stumbling but wary on my wounds
The sturdy wall of my defenses, she’s the knight to my kingdom
The source of my dreams, my hopes and my freedom

Herself is the least of her priorities; her welfare is the last
As long as I am happy, and living the life that I want
She’d rather go against riches, as long as I’m fine
She’d shiver in the rain to give me the warmth of sunshine

She cries on my trespasses, but forgives me nevertheless
She sometimes hurts on what I utter, but always forgets
Her embrace is what I get when I push her away
She’ll offer a safe haven though I refuse to stay

Care that cannot be exhausted,
Love that is pure and unpaired
You’re the greatest treasure, in this Earth I could find
You’re my mom, you’re my whole…
You’re my life

I just came from a choir practice with the Stella Maris Chorale (at least a bunch of them) for an upcoming parish concert next month. I just love practicing with these people. A mixture of amateur and veteran singers who love to serve God through singing.

I then remembered how I love to sing; realized how i wanted to be heard. Thus, "The Voice".  Fitting for the first blog entry. Fresh start. New beginning.

I'll write with the intent to express myself (and hopefully be heard and be understood). I'll post entries as I want them to serve as my windows to various parts of my life - may it be the brightest or dullest; meaningful or plain stupid; exciting or boring.

Cheers to all the things that happened, and a warm welcome to those that are yet to come. :)