Sunday, November 15, 2009

Miracles Do Happen ^_^

Yes, miracles are just out there... waiting for us to believe that they really do happen. ^_^ And I am so happy that at last there was one sent to me that will really change my life... for the best. My life seems to be needing a lot of silence and peace of mind. Derailed and battered, crazy and ever-changing... that's how I could describe what my life is all about right now. I've been asking why am I always entering this door of fate for several times already... is it me the problem or I just wanted to grow and I just wished for a better life??? Feeling that there will be a dark cloud for tomorrow, not only for me but also to my family, I really get anxiety attacks every night keeping me from a good night sleep that I deserve. I always caught myself thinking of how to give my family a better life that they should be enjoying but I always ran-out of options and see myself helpless about it. And the last thing that I could do is to ask for help... to HIM... and then I get enlightened and been heard of... Thanks for listening and for a wonderful gift on its way to me... I won't sit around waiting for days just to unfold in front of me... I won't keep myself complacent that I am receiving or waiting for anything, I will think of other options that I might have but never been thought about. And of course, I wanted to be sure of my future, I won't just play and have fun... I will look for more choices to think about... Going oversees is my priority right now but what if fate played around me again like just what happened last year for Burj Al Arab right??? This time, I want to be secured... be safe... I won't think that I have no more choice but to get the first offer that will arrive, I will weigh things pretty clear and unbiased... I don't want to just jump over and get hurt when I landed to a uneven platform. I am dealing about my future, as well as my family's tomorrow... I am the only person right now that they are counting on. I can have my mistakes but I need to avoid doing it nowadays... My life right now is really pressuring... but I am fighting. I am strong, I know I can do it. Storms of life will come but they will surely go away too... I want to see my life and our life, as a family, that after a rain... there's a rainbow to enjoy to see.
Thank you for the wonderful gift... I will expect for it for sure. ^_^

Monday, October 19, 2009

Loveless... Crisis Core



LOVELESS
(Final Fantasy Crisis Core)

Prologue
When the war of the beasts brings about the world’s end
The goddess descends from the sky
Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting

Act I
Infinite in mystery is the gift of the goddess
We seek it thus, and take it to the sky
Ripples form on the water’s surface
The wandering soul knows no rest.

Act II
There is no hate, only joy
For you are beloved by the goddess
Hero of the dawn, Healer of worlds

Dreams of the morrow hath the shattered soul
Pride is lost
Wings stripped away, the end is nigh

Act III
My friend, do you fly away now?
To a world that abhors you and I?
All that awaits you is a somber morrow
No matter where the winds may blow

My friend, your desire
Is the bringer of life, the gift of the goddess

Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return.

Act IV
My friend, the fates are cruel
There are no dreams, no honor remains
The arrow has left the bow of the goddess

My soul, corrupted by vengeance
Hath endured torment, to find the end of the journey
In my own salvation
And your eternal slumber.

Legend shall speak
Of sacrifice at world’s end
The wind sails over the water’s surface
Quietly, but surely.

Act V
Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return
To become the dew that quenches the land
To spare the sands, the seas, the skies
I offer thee this silent sacrifice.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Finding out What My Future Says...

I opened my Friendster account just to check-out my horoscope for today and it's kind of suggesting not to do anything for this day, and definitely just for now, my priorities are a little bit hard to figure out... Well... it really bugs me off... it has been a week already since I'm having this weird "quarter-life crisis-ish" feeling again... But damn... I'm loosing focus and the will to go on this unlucky life...

Work. Fine. I'm getting paranoid and having my hidden/secret trust issue with someone from the restaurant and it really makes me loose my focus and urge of working further, farther, and more for them. I am not good at lying and, for the fact that I could read people's mind, makes it harder for me to handle dishonesty. Sometimes I just wanted to freak-out, shout whatever I am reading from them/him, and do something that is very not me. But it's not so me causing any scene from something pathetic. I can't get enough professional advise from my professional friends because everyone seems to be very busy I don't know why, but for now I am considering myself getting a little paranoid until I get to talk to someone with a clearer mind than mine and grasp whatever they have to say. Yet. As always, I wanted security. I am planning to move-out again. Start somewhere else. And re-create my professional world. I'm rushing on too much things now not thinking it is not so proportional to my age... I am only 21 and young but I am doing responsibilities of a 30 years old manager. Well, looking it positively, it is very nice but come to think of it, people will have a hard time absorbing the truth that I am on that position. Sometimes, I find them confused saying "He's only 21??? And he looks younger for his age and his job title!"

Friends. OKAY!!! I know everyone including myself is very busy with their own personal lives. But why do you think Friday and Saturday night gimmicks are made for??? Come on guys, give yourself a break!!! If money is the only restraint for having a wonderful bonding time with the BERKS, well, don't worry I'll be going to figure out a way or something. Let us not stop having good times with each other just because we are out of our last cents to spend. Let us not waste our youth working like crazy or studying on and on, time for our youth is running out. And don't give me the reason you are busy anymore. Studying or working professionally is not an excuse. I am a bit busier than anyone within the group but I am always be the one to put myself on doing invites for everyone to reply. But oh my God, no one is replying I don't know why. Is it just because I transferred to another network??? Berks please... I miss everyone...

Family. This got to be long. Great. We'll I felt somewhat nagged... but what is the irony of it, I am treated as a Prince at home. But I can't spell out this feeling. Right now, I am working my ass out too hard, that I get sick every two weeks time, not for me but for them, my family. I know it is a very good thing to do and it is one of my responsibilities now. The things is, I'm a little stressed out now... and tired. I've been doing a hard life and sacrificing too much for this family even before and I am forgetting the fact that I have my own life too and soon, or maybe one day, I am really going on my own way. Just me. My savings are getting emptied for the bills and some other stuff but I planned to use it to buy myself my own place. I craved on too much things but I doubt on having those things because I am somewhat obliged to allocate the whole portion of my earnings for them.Oh crap, I feel I am a bad guy... Maybe this is just a thing called "stress". Damn it, I am so young to be stressed out with these ridiculous problems. I've been dealing with these ever since I was a child but for God sake... until now, I am having arguments of having unlucky life... well... technically, unlucky financial life. I'm giving myself two more months to recover and establish again a firm lifestyle, just like before. Let us see what's going to happen...

Personal.Ultimate. Just going to make it short. I hate the dating scene!!! I am not a PRO but definitely I am not a newbie here. I really hate having this casual dating... I wanted to "exclusively" date someone rather than flirting with everyone I met and liked. I'm getting confused and one night I came to an idea to stop doing this funny thing and be single for a year. Well, it is not a very big issue to me being single, to relax, and to enjoy singleness for a year... But it is always been my priority for me to be loved... because I loved to be in-loved and be cherished and be taken care of someone who loves me. Okay. I want to make it easy and stress-free since it is the only outlet in my life that doesn't require materialism, just being myself. And I think I'll just wait what's going to happen... I also hate prejudices.

Oh well, I think it is going to be a long road to take starting from today. But it is always like that, full of twist and turns and ups and downs. What I am thankful for is that I am always able to manage it right... even for sometimes that it is too late. And I think I just need a little more inspiration to have a determination to go on. I can't give up now and I am not planning to.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

A Better Stake!!!

Status??? Still single and very available. Life and Love, to me and on my perspective, keeps on going unbalanced.

I've been formally single since the day I was back from Boracay. And I thought that love will be back on its rightful track when I come back home. For which I knew it wasn't. It grew worse than I expected it and nothing happened that seems to be good for me. It became unhealthy for me to keep the relationship, and even love itself, so I decided to take it out from my system before it become serious and change my life again. I don't afford to be that person again... and I am not planning to be one again.

What can I do??? Move on, of course... there's no other way for me. So here I am now... enjoying the single status as always. Well... it's been a roller coaster ride every time I fell in love but all of it were all good experiences not considering some changed me a lot. Now... better to be single than not to be happy in a relationship... and I am not planning to look for a replacement as soon as possible... I am taking a break from it all... but I am planning to take on new things... to experience a different kind of lifestyle... Well... I am really bored with my life right now and I think it is time to try on new challenges and craziness life has to offer me.

Enjoying my free time... more with myself and alone. But I am always asking the Berks to meet up and catch up with the things we were missing to each other. I am really grateful of having this set of friends. Even though I am not so open with them emotionally, at least I am giving hint on my status and what state of consciousness I am right now. And here is one person I wanted to be my best friend... but lately I realized that I cannot make someone my bff if that person doesn't appreciate my efforts. Well... I can only say that... there are still other people who are far more interesting to be my bff and it is not yet the end of the world so I have so much time to look for one to be. If you don't like then might as well say it so I'm not wasting my damnest time sending you messages and trying to catch up things with us. If you aren't capable of being a bff... let's be enemies forever of our fucking lives!!! Hehehe... peace bro!!!

A dream keeps on bugging me for almost a month now... Well... it is addicting because it is Twilight Saga related... Why does Edward Cullen keeps on showing on my dreams??? I hoped it to be Bella Swan but why Edward... I'm getting confused!!! After writhing in pain and getting bed-ridden for days, I thought I was on my conversion to be a vampire. But for I knew that I only had influenza, I am really hooked with this "vampire" thing. Can't explain why I wanted to be one... maybe I am also afraid to get old... I want to stay twenty-one forever.Hehehe... well... maybe I definitely be missing the whole novel already... November 20 is still too far and waiting won't do any good... but I can't spell out myself these days. Why do I keep updated on these US series of dramas and shows... just like when I am hooked on Korean series last year and the other years... now, it is the dawn of US films and shows... great!!! I am really hard to spell-out!!! I am liking the Americans little by little. Crazy right???!!!

It is as simple as, "I wanted to be happier with this life of mine." Period. Having a better stake on my life means a greater risk taking but I am sure I'll get over things on no time. I am not focused in some sense but professionaly I am taking the right path. In other aspects of life, I am desoluted, but I am on the process of making things better. It is just like reorganizing my bedroom... I wreck havoc on it first before I go on fixing things for the better...

More plans and new dreams to strive on. Future for me seems to be very blurry because I always tend to change my mind... more subjective sometimes and then more objective the other day... you really cannot tell and spell me out unless you focus to know me well... Even myself... damn... I have so many plans!!!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Assets...


"Can't wait for another five years for my future to unfold. This is it, the break I am waiting for... my chance to be over the top!!!"

For all the waiting... interviews and meetings... for all the hopes and prayers by everyone, I am now starting to really create a professional person inside myself. And to tell you the truth... it is some kind of surprising to me each day that comes. A little bit awkward and confusing at first because it would be my first time to handle an establishment with all of myself to depend on. Just the owners to be my guide... this is going to be my make or break!!!

The first few days at work were just the normal scene from all the previous jobs I had. Food tasting... Menu conceptualization and proposals... Marketing strategies... and still... so much responsibilities to take in charge of. I am really getting a lot and learning so much from this job. I am having fun though I am getting sick so easily due to our "ever-unpredictable" weather and all the stress and hazards my job includes. But as far as my happiness and career will be considered, I am really making a huge mark on my own history.

By the way, I am now the Head Chef of Muruve Wine Cellar and Bistro in Ortigas Home Depot. And I am excited to tell everyone that we at Muruve are changing our menu to better serve our patrons. Aside from the menu renovations, there will be weekly special menu for the coming months.The plans really make me feel thrilled and challenged everyday. I am on full-boosters on creating new Spansih dishes-tapas and main courses to focus on.

Professionaly speaking, I can say now that there is learning and progress that is happening on my career. But what I am just sad about is that I really cannot balance-out my life in the perfectly weighed idea I have in my mind. I wanted to live a life like those of the professionals I see on newspapers and television shows. Not the glamour and the shine of a star but the stability and security, and maybe power and control. Not so much wealth and prestige but just only recognition and enough assets to tell myself and show everyone that I am reaching a higher stake for my life.

But there are a lot of "enough and right" time for every plans and wants that I have right now. I just turned twenty-one and I am still very young. I don't want to rush up anymore to everything so I won't regret of making nuissance mistakes. And for the time being, I'll just focus on making myself on my chosen professional world to be one who is setting trends. With that, I will make Muruve to be the best destination for Spanish cuisine.

My greatest asset right now is myself!!!

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Scared of my dreams...


Twenty-One and Young


It was my birthday yesterday,
it passed so quickly.
It was a special day,
everyone celebrated.
It was a good day,
I felt so happy that day.
But the night before the day,
I came to see myself on my dreams...
walking as an old man.
I don't like to picture it out,
the person is weak and slow.
I don't want to think of it,
I am getting scared by just thinking.
But what if it is true,
Time flies so quickly... can I avoid it???
It was my birthday the other day,
And I was one year older after.
Don't like to see the breaking dawn alone...
Neither watch a full moon on just a pair of eyes...
Breathing air lifelessly is too much...
Running on the hills will be fun...
I just can't keep it aside, I'm getting curios.
What will be there in my future???
Will there be someone else or just me alone???
Will there be an old man,
Whose skin sags and dry???
Will there be just one man,
Loveless and alone???
Will there be me,
Forever walking without you???
I just celebrated my birthday the other...
I am now twenty-one.
Forever of never ending is still so far,
but I got older the other day...
But hey...
Why am I so anxious of it...
I am happy...
I am twenty-one and young...
Still young!!!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Returned in Solitude...

This is Home (by Switchfoot)

I've got my memories
They're always
Inside of me
But I can't go back
Back to how it was
I believe now
I've seen too much
But I can't go back
Back to how it was
Created for a place
I've never known

This is home
Now I'm finally
Where I belong
Where I belong
Yeah, this is home
I've been searching
For a place of my own
Now I've found it
Maybe this is home
Yeah, this is home

Belief over misery
I've seen the enemy
And I won't go back
Back to how it was
And I got my heart
Set on
What happens next
I got my eyes wide
It's not over yet
We are miracles
And we're not alone

And now after all
My searching
After all my questions
I'm gonna call it home
I got a brand new mindset
I can finally see
The sunset
I'm gonna call it home

Now I know
Yeah, this is home

I've come too far
Now I won't go back
This is home.


"The best part has not yet begun... right now, all good things come in my life."

Happiness has joined me when I came back from my Boracay sojourn. I emptied my shattered, deprived, and stressed heart before I left my unit at Kamalig. I've worn the nicest attitude before I landed back in Manila and greeted "home" with the warmest smile. It feels so good to be back home... and it really feels so very very nice to feel that I belong. Include the fact that you know that you find you life back...

"Hope" and "Prayer" aren't just plain words... they are created for us to be positive in life... to hope and all that. And I am really thankful that when the time I prayed and hoped... there He was listening... and thanks to those people who help me to have my life back and bring it where it really belongs... And what makes it better is that my life now seems to be perfect... just like walking on a straight line. After all what happened in the island, I never thought that I could still feel this kind of happiness. I wake up each morning with an energized feeling... so warm... so good. I could wear a smile as much as I could without any pretentions. I see the worth, a better worth, of everything in my life while I go to work everyday.

Career... the good news is, I get what I really wanted from my job right now. Operations and Management, as planned and as expected. I have flexible schedule. Respect is given to me by my staff unconditionally and professionally. The best of all, they appreciate everything I do for them and they let me feel that I am also important. Who cares for the brand if they cannot deliver well?! Who cares for a reputable company if the company itself can't fulfill its promise?! Who cares for stability if there are bad people who will always pull you down for their sake?! I don't care! Because I found a place where I can really soar... a place that I could work happily.

Family... hmmm... of course they are one of the reasons why I am so happy right now. My mother is back from Japan from her years of trying to find livelihood for us, well, to raise the family and all. And to see the old times like deja vu... I get teary-eyed everytime all of us dine for lunch or supper and to experience the old days when we were really a big very happy family... Now, we begin to get close to one another after a very long depression we had for years. And I am thankful that little by little, problems get fixed and curved lines straightens as days goes by.

Friends... well... I appreciate more my BERKS now. It is a good thing to know that each of us are taking good paths of our chosen professions. Many graduated and now pursuing a good start for their career... some still doing hard work for their studies. But all in all, I am pleased to know that we are growing up, and professionally speaking, we are improving. Can't wait for the next get together... we are planning to have a night out to dine,drink, and watch movie too. I miss you BERKS!!!

LOVE... I am happy to say that I am in-love. Yes, there are times I really get crazy about it but what can I do... for me, Love is a crazy thing. I went back to a person who I consider my soulmate... who I know needs me... who I am sure I am in-love with. No more taking back... I know she is my forever... I hope no "roller coaster ride" for the mean time because I am happy to experience the life I am having now... Sorry to tell you guys that no further insights about this part now, I don't want to prejudice the good thing I am having now.

All in all... I have returned to the place where I belong. A place where I see my life is... a place I feel at home. Yes, there will be worries and sudden change of events in my life... who cares now? I am home and I am safe. I am happy. Hold backs... Of Course! I am still afraid to feel down and negative. I wish this good cycle of my life continue to go on forever... as in forever in bliss and contentment. I hope no more major, life-changing happenings again... I hope I won't worry for the next day... I wish this happiness will go on.

See... this is a place where I belong... and I am HOME!