false alarm

false alarm, i thought my blog was deleted already after 3 months of not posting anything here..i hope i could still cope up with all of my endless thoughts circling around my head and write all of them down here in my blog.

right now... i feel sad about what happened to shy's dad, he passed away last night.
i also feel sad about the text message i received this morning..it's very bothering.

what happened?

i was just checking my blog but it seems that my dashboard doesn't want to appear anymore? what happened?

it's been a long time

wheew...it's been a long long time since i have not written something here in my blog. i missed this. i know i have a lot of things going in my mind that i want to write here and be a reminder of those times that i've felt them or experienced them but i really can't put all those things into words...i even forgot my password and not to mention my blogspot address..june, july and august were very memorable months for me..i'll just put the details in my next article..

wheew!!!was the first expression i thought when i remembered my password because i was afraid that i'll be going back to zero to create and to start again from scratch. as i've remembered my password, all the things that i want to write clogged again my mind and this time i'm trying to organize it so i can translate them into words in the best that i can...for now..i'm leaving this thought....i'm really having a hard time trying to convince myself that i really have to depend on myself for motivation, in everything..career, family, most specially with my relationship...i'm really having a hard time......

till my next article..

going south

AKTUAL FAMILY GOING SOUTH


It’s been more than a year now that we haven’t had an out of town adventure since Inday went to Australia. After doing a lot of escapade in the northern part of the Philippines, this time the Aktual went to the southern part for a change…LIAN,BATANGAS…

The group was almost complete with Cherry around confirming on the last minute of the planning. She was so reluctant in joining us since she was not sure if she’ll be given permission by her husband. In the end, she got the approval. We have Nikki who arrived first in the meeting place wondering if this is the right place since there were no Aktual people in the area yet. When suddenly one by one people started to arrive, he was now sure that this is the right place. The guys from the apartment were fetched by layla who just live around the area since the original plan of fetching the van from picoy’s place didn’t materialize. In the end, the meeting place was changed from Quezon ave to picoy’s place in santolan…

This is where the escapade begins…the Aktual Family going south celebrating Picoy’s birthday, shy’s birthday, Joc’s birthday and Peachy’s promotion…the group composed of Picoy, Shy, Jocs, Peachy, Sid and friend Nikki, Nadz and Perry, reslly and the new boyfriend Ren, Jolly, Lyle, Nowell, Chang, Layla and Cherry, with the bagets, Anya,Jerone and Waxy….Leaving picoy’s place at around 5am, the group headed to Lian, Batangas making another story of laughter, fun, party, cooking, eating, pictorials, eating, drinking and endless breath taking revelations from different sides of life…of the Aktual family….

childhood days..

I was so amazed to see my grade 4 picture. I was browsing my friend’s friendster account when I come across an old picture. Reluctant to figure out who these kids were when I realized that it was our own picture taken more than 20 years ago. It was really an incredible feeling that before I found out this picture, my housemates and I were reminiscing old grade school days. We’ve been talking about our crushes, our puppy love, hobbies and all those kids stuff.

Now that I am in my early thirties, it was my greatest desire to know what my other classmates have been doing for the past years. I would be very glad to know what have they become after 20 years of no update even a phone call or an email. Though we may have gone to a lot of experience already after a long time of no communication, I’m sure they will be glad to know my update as well especially my close friends and best friends during those times. I know that because once upon a time, we have become important to each other and no time can erase that in our memory….

The man of steel is trying to bend time...it was such an awesome feeling trying to fly like superman. This wonderful shot was taken on one my out of town this summer. It was a wonderful feeling floating on air like an angel...Though we really don't have that much fun on this resort because of some fortiutous events that happened to us from the time of airline check-in up to our 1st dinner on the resort, we tried our best to make the most out of it. we really want to stop the time from passing by so we could really enjoy the sun, the sea and the sand. We still have a lot of areas that we need to explore and experience but time wasn't really cooperative on us. Nevertheless, it's been a great exposure to see such amazing and captivating work of nature on this resort.

weekend snapshot

These are my friends, Mayla, Don and Eugene.. it’s been a long time since we haven’t had this kind of bonding. The only girl in the picture is Mayla who came all the way from Canada and she’s been living there for eight years now. This is our first time to meet again after 8 years and nothing has change, the friendship, the closeness and the stories of each other’s lives.

Our journey started last 1998 on my 2nd job. We don’t have much to offer to each other but as the years go by, we started showing our similarities…we love to sing and dance and have fun…these are the basic foundations of our friendship. The rest is history…friendship nights, out of town activities, sing a long bars, sing along on the streets, overnight escapade, intrigues and revelations….our friendship is already 10 years old and counting.

Mayla arrived in Manila last Saturday after 21 hours of traveld. We were so excited to meet her so we went directly to their house to finally see her after 8 years. She has changed physically since she lost a lot of pounds since we last saw her. I felt that we really had a long weekend combining all our stories for the past 8 years over dinner, breakfast and lunch. It was indeed a memorable time and a quality time for us.

Our friend Mayla is going back to Canada on the last week of this month and we’re sure gonna miss her. Though her stay is just short, it was filled with memories, laughters and a lot of pictorials...…

Wordless Wednesday

window glass

The smell of the new mourn hay brought me to pose like these on the wall beside the glass window. It’s just 7am and I’m already awake since I just arrived from metro manila to the beautiful place of Tagaytay. One of the best scenic spot in the country. My mind is still relaxed and when I saw the volcano surrounded by a lake within a lake, it just gets even better. With my friends strolling around, I found this spot to express my thoughts at that very moment.. the thought of being away from your busy job and to concentrate communing with nature…and indeed..I found myself humming and singing the songs of silence as my mind relaxes with nature looking through the glass window..

This is the famouns montalban mountains where according to local folklore, Bernardo Carpio, a giant resident, tried to hold both mountains to prevent them from colliding. As the years go by, local inhabitants share this story to their visitors as part of the local history. Aside from this interesting story, these mountains hold a lot of stories of fairies and earthbound spirits.

This is where our journey begun. It's was one of our highschool adventures when we decided to take the challenge of climbing one the mountains of montalban. Incidentally, one of our student teachers is a resident of the said province. After the end of the school year, our group composed of 12 guys joined him in going to his resident up rooted on one of the highlands. We spent the rest of the summer climbing trees, eating fruits,bathing in the river and telling unending stories of our childhood and classrooms adventures.

After a month of staying on my teacher's nipa hut on top of the mountain, we were not aware that it was the observance of the Holy week already. We were reminded when my teacher's churchmates went for a retreat on that same place. They've introduce us their teachings, practices and their beliefs. Though our stayed there was just for fun, we tried to mingle with the other members so as to observe and see what they were doing.

That was 15 years ago when we are still young and trying to establish what faith and belief should we hold on to. Now that were adults, only 3 of us remained and held on that faith we found in mountains of montalban.

The faith that provided us the answers to our questions.

The faith that bind the 3 of us.

The faith that continue to give us the light to our paths.

More importantly , the faith that brought us closer to our divine creator..

If you could have any music group or musician play at a party, who would you hire?

I love hearing fast music played by a band during parties but this time I’d like to try a quartet specifically a piano quartet consisting of violin, viola, cello, and piano. Would it be so romantic hearing the melody of beautiful songs played by a quartet on your birthday with your family or special and best friends around? I've experience that when I attended one of my friends birthday party and I’d like to try it on my own birthday party so I would know what it feels like on such very special occasion.


Name three things to be happy about today.

I’m happy today because I arrived early at my office. No traffic and the weather is not that hot.

Secondly, I get to upload pictures from our weekend activity in my computer so that my other officemates could view and enjoy it.

Thirdly, it’s fun to do your work and finish the sooner than you expects it.


How do you release frustration?

Normally, I shout first and throw all the things that I can reach then I lay down and stare at the ceiling, after that I would sing, I would dance and watch all my favorite movies then I’ll forget my frustrations already.

family tree

Having a long week of work makes me so excited to go out of the house during weekend. This picture was taken at ecopark during one of my family's weekend gathering but this weekend was so special because we celebrated my nephew's 13th birthday. He is the one wearing shirt with blue and white stripes. We had so much fun biking, strolling and picture taking.We also enjoyed eating our lunch on top of banana leaves and sleeping on grass as we spent the day together. Weekend like this relaxes me and strenghten me as well for a challenging week ahead of me. Happy weekend everebody...

The Brother In Me

It has been more than 24 hours since i sent my brother off to Kuwait yesterday. He'll be working there on a newly opened restaurant.Together with my mom, we had mix emotions on that day. We felt sad thinking that one of our family members will not be with us on the next celebrations of our special days, birthdays, christmas and new years..Happy as well knowing that this time, he'll be standing on his own feet and finding his own space in this world...bringing only his experience from his past jobs and the love of his family. Being the brother I am, after helping him on all the financial burdens that he needs to settle,I am so happy that he'll finally experience the responsibility of being a man, a son, brother and father to his own son...kudos to you bro...!

bridge to guimaras island

Watch your step....said the big signage on the narrow bridge. I'm on my way to the boat heading back home . I've just spent 3 days and 2 nights to this wonderful island of Guimaras,Philippines. lucky me, i had the chance to enjoy the beautiful beach and the scenery before the oil spill. unfortunately , the beautiful island of guimaras was damaged by the oil spill from a certain oil tanker...up to this time, they haven't revived the beauty of the island yet....

meet marky

This is marky . the first gift i received from my yellow yankees team mates. he has a very nice story.

i had this one last call before my 1 hour break. We are having an argument regarding his deductions and he's insisting that his deductions are not valid. after giving him all the necessary standard spiels and explanations, he then got my name and told me that if these deductions were not reversed in his balance in 3 days, he will file a complaint againts me. I tried to ignore what he said but honestly, i got nervous at the same time, very mad.

Before going to the pantry to eat, i went to the powder room to relax and forget everything about what happened. However i got really nervous when one shift supervisor called my attention and told me that they received a call from one subscriber and he's complaining me. i explained to them what happened but they're insisting this his complaint was valid. He even gave a comment regarding my transaction...this is what he said...."Happy birhtday..."and all the other supervisors inside the room greeted me and gave me my present..Marky...I then proceeded to the pantry knowing that all of these are but ideas of my team mates..i was teary eyed...it was a real surprised

First Time

2 days more and we're off to Puerto Galera...oooh...it's my first time. The nearest island from the mainland Luzon and yet it's only my first time..I don't have the chance..not for any reason though...I heard a lot of stories about this Island...but this time...it will be my own stories.......i'll be with my friends on Jan 26-27 in this island called..the temptation island.....watch out ...!!!!

The Man of Steel

I’ve been watching smallville for the past weeks and I’m really amazed how the writers and the directors establish the character of Clark Kent. Being the boy he was, he made me realize that one thing is for sure in this world, you will have to grasp your responsibilities as you grow older.

I really can’t remember the first day when I became superman fan. Most probably since I started watching TV or movie and I heard the famous tag line, is it a plane, is it a bird? No, it’s Superman…After watching these movies that’s when I started thinking can a man really fly? Can he really lift heavy objects? Can he really see objects thru walls and burn objects thru his eyes? Abilities that an ordinary man doesn’t posses.

All of these questions were answered as the years gone by.

I began my quest as a man when I became the eldest child of the family. I’m really not the eldest but I acted like one. My older sister left our home and tried to be on her own so as a second child, the responsibility was passed on to me. My growing years with my two other siblings were not that easy. Along with my education, I’ve learned life the hard way and I’ve realized that a man may not posses Clark Kent’s abilities but he can level up with him in one way or the other.

A man can’t fly but he can soar high, he can’t lift heavy objects but he can lift and carry heavy burdens, he can’t see thru walls but he can see your soul thru your eyes. A man can’t burn objects thru their eyes but he can melt your heart.

I’ve realized that normal human being can also be called as Man of Steel.