Wednesday, November 16, 2005
What is the real Christmas story?
That is the title of a program about the Nativity on NBC's Dateline. They have the full text of the program here.
Singles Weekend Retreat
My brothers and sisters in the Singles For Christ (SFC) community in Talisay will be going on a two days and three nights retreat this weekend called the Singles Weekend Retreat (SWR). I just feel so helpless because my GG (God's Gift, that is what we in SFC call our girlfriend/ boyfriend) and I really wanted to attend the retreat but can't because of my class on Saturday. The venue will be at Tabor Hills in Talamban, a very ideal place for retreats, because it sits atop a small, um, hill. Which means it will be cold there at night. Which means it will have an awesome view of Cebu City in glimmering lights! It is actually the destination of many devotees during Holy Week because it is designed to portray the Stations of the Cross.
So next time na lang pud... :)
So next time na lang pud... :)
Can laws eliminate social conflicts?
I was able to add Asian Civilization and Science, Technology, and Society to my study load. That's good. I now have 19 units in my load.
In our Asian Civilization class this morning, our teacher posed a very interesting question, one which I really wanted to answer. But the thing is, I get really excited when I have an answer to a question a teacher poses, to the point that I am paralyzed by fear, fear that I might sound like a "know-it-all", fear that my thoughts might be rejected, fear that I'm not really motivated by a wish to share my opinion but by a desire to give way to my pride and egocentricity.
Anyway, the question was, "Are laws able to eliminate social conflicts?" The answer is kind of easy, I think. It seems common-sensical, but nobody in our class was able to give a satisfactory answer. I had the urge to raise my hand but chose to keep silent. Our teacher supplied the answer, saying that laws cannot, that conflicts can only be eliminated when each individual in society is willing enough to eliminate it, through his or her attitude.
I would've wanted to say that laws cannot eliminate social conflicts (at best laws can only minimize them), because people have free will. Each person in society has the power to either act in such away that she lives in harmony with her neighbors, or in such a way that she is a pain in the butt of the community. Each human being has his or her own interests, desires, wants, and needs, and there will always be conflict as each person seeks to fulfill those needs, wants, and desires. The state is there to regulate all those desires and needs, in such a way that everyone's, or at least the majority's interests, are represented and met. The state can legislate all the laws it deem necessary for its people, but no matter how "good" or "perfect" the laws are, people can still choose to do ill, to act irrationally, to commit crimes, to harm others, etc. Therefore, it all comes down to the level of the individual. All peace and progress emanates from each member of the society.
I just feel like venting that out, because I kind of regretted not speaking... :)
In our Asian Civilization class this morning, our teacher posed a very interesting question, one which I really wanted to answer. But the thing is, I get really excited when I have an answer to a question a teacher poses, to the point that I am paralyzed by fear, fear that I might sound like a "know-it-all", fear that my thoughts might be rejected, fear that I'm not really motivated by a wish to share my opinion but by a desire to give way to my pride and egocentricity.
Anyway, the question was, "Are laws able to eliminate social conflicts?" The answer is kind of easy, I think. It seems common-sensical, but nobody in our class was able to give a satisfactory answer. I had the urge to raise my hand but chose to keep silent. Our teacher supplied the answer, saying that laws cannot, that conflicts can only be eliminated when each individual in society is willing enough to eliminate it, through his or her attitude.
I would've wanted to say that laws cannot eliminate social conflicts (at best laws can only minimize them), because people have free will. Each person in society has the power to either act in such away that she lives in harmony with her neighbors, or in such a way that she is a pain in the butt of the community. Each human being has his or her own interests, desires, wants, and needs, and there will always be conflict as each person seeks to fulfill those needs, wants, and desires. The state is there to regulate all those desires and needs, in such a way that everyone's, or at least the majority's interests, are represented and met. The state can legislate all the laws it deem necessary for its people, but no matter how "good" or "perfect" the laws are, people can still choose to do ill, to act irrationally, to commit crimes, to harm others, etc. Therefore, it all comes down to the level of the individual. All peace and progress emanates from each member of the society.
I just feel like venting that out, because I kind of regretted not speaking... :)
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Images from Negros
Here are a few images from our trip to Negros last Oct. 30 - Nov 2.
A portion of our land in Sanke beach
Sunset over Sanke beach
As our barge was leaving the port in Tampi, Negros Oriental
A portion of our land in Sanke beach
Sunset over Sanke beach
As our barge was leaving the port in Tampi, Negros Oriental
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Sunday, November 06, 2005
An outrage
Today's PDI editorial rightly called the incident at the Subic Bay Freeport last Nov. 1 and 2 an outrage:
Meanwhile, the government issued a statement that the incident at Subic was an "isolated one":
I didn't know the Visiting Forces Agreement actually protects the US military from any legal or criminal liability for actions done during the "military exercises". That's very disturbing, I think, and is one reason why we should re-examine the VFA.
THE ALLEGED rape of a vacationing college graduate from Zamboanga inside the Subic Bay Freeport during the holidays last week has provoked great public outrage and greater public interest. In part, that is because the young lady was said to be the victim of a group rape, inside a rented van and, in part, because the alleged rapists were US servicemen.
A rape, whether it is committed by a foreigner or a countryman, is one of the most terrible of crimes. But what allegedly happened in the late hours of Nov. 1 and the early hours of Nov. 2 cannot be dissociated from the identity of the alleged rapists. A rape is not only a crime against a person; it is also a crime of power, of unequal relations between victim and victimizer. The fact that the alleged rapists are American soldiers, running wild inside a former American naval base, makes their American-ness, in the context of our country's own history, an inescapable reality.
The trauma the young lady is going through at the moment is unbearably personal. But part of the public fascination with the case is the role Americans-former colonizers, once and future allies in the war on terrorism, current lone superpower-allegedly play in it. That is something the US Embassy, or indeed even Malacañang, cannot wish away.
To be sure, both the administration and the US authorities have thus far handled the matter in a praiseworthy manner.
The five American marines implicated in the crime have been detained; they were not allowed to leave with their warship last Thursday, and they remain in the custody of the US Embassy.
Malacañang has refused to lose its head on the issue. "This is a matter that is very well covered by the provisions of the [Visiting Forces Agreement], and we are letting the Department of Foreign Affairs handle this," Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told reporters, reassuringly.
And the Department of Justice is studying the legal options open before it, including possibly submitting a request, under VFA provisions, for "transfer of jurisdiction."
The Olongapo city prosecutor's office has also taken an encouragingly active stance, even while acknowledging that because the VFA is in effect, the nature of the work facing the government has fundamentally changed: It has become a diplomatic rather than a criminal issue.
That said, we must belabor the obvious: The government must pursue the ends of justice regardless of the diplomatic or political costs (or indeed, regardless of whether the alleged victim testifies or not). As Sen. Rodolfo Biazon noted, remarking on the task of the presidential oversight committee and the legislative oversight committee on the VFA, it is the government's responsibility to make sure that the Philippines is not "unnecessarily" taken advantage of.
Perhaps, all he meant was that we should not be disadvantaged. There are reasons for thinking that a US hard line or a weak Palace position may lead to unhappy results. The first US Embassy statement on the issue missed the point entirely, saying visiting American soldiers are always under orders to observe "cultural sensitivity, proper behavior and respect for the law of the communities" being visited. This makes the alleged rape rather like a violation of a quaint local taboo; the last time we checked, rape is a universal crime. Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez also has made discouraging noises, talking aloud when he should let the DFA do the talking.
Justice must be served; that is non-negotiable. If we will not stand up for one of our own, no ally would.
Another one
ON the front page yesterday, Brad Tiffany, "an American from New York staying in Manila," is shown arguing with members of a feminist group who staged a lightning rally in front of the US Embassy to condemn the alleged rape.
"She's a prostitute asking US servicemen for money," Tiffany argued. A foolhardy argument, and also a specious, morally bankrupt one. It assumes that the victim of the alleged group rape by American Marines last week was a sex worker (she wasn't). It assumes that sex workers cannot be raped (of course, they can, if the sex act is forced or done without their consent). Worst of all, it assumes that money excuses everything, even rape. (It doesn't.)
Meanwhile, the government issued a statement that the incident at Subic was an "isolated one":
Presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye said the incident would not affect joint military exercises.
"This is the only case of this nature reported despite the many American troops who have participated in various joint exercises," Bunye said.
"We cannot say this is a pattern. We believe this is an isolated case and this should not affect our objective of holding joint exercises," he said.
I didn't know the Visiting Forces Agreement actually protects the US military from any legal or criminal liability for actions done during the "military exercises". That's very disturbing, I think, and is one reason why we should re-examine the VFA.
Do aliens have souls?
It's very likely that there are other intelligent life forms out there in space, considering the unimaginable vastness of our universe and the countless stars in our galaxy alone. There are equally countless numbers of galaxies that exist out there. So, there must be intelligent life out there (The universe may even be teeming with intelligent life), although we may be separated by trillions of light years away from them.
So the question I guess is not really if we will someday be able to "discover" intelligent extra-terrestrial life, but when will it happen?
When it does happen, how will it affect our faith? How will it affect theology, and the belief in Christ? Will it invalidate religion, or reinforce it?
A Vatican astromer has published a booklet that tries to answer those interesting questions.
Read this article and listen to Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno's interview over at Vatican Radio.
So the question I guess is not really if we will someday be able to "discover" intelligent extra-terrestrial life, but when will it happen?
When it does happen, how will it affect our faith? How will it affect theology, and the belief in Christ? Will it invalidate religion, or reinforce it?
A Vatican astromer has published a booklet that tries to answer those interesting questions.
Read this article and listen to Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno's interview over at Vatican Radio.
Faith and reason
Here's a quotable statement on faith and reason:
Taken from this news article.
"Religion divorced from reason runs the risk of falling prey to fundamentalism." (Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture)
Taken from this news article.
Vacation's over
Today's the last day of my semestral vacation. It was really great, I had a lot of time to relax and recharge my "spiritual batteries".
I think I'm ready for the next semester. But, I don't think it's going to be hard (I hope), since I only have three subjects (I know, I'm so underloaded. I hope to add two more subjects next week):
Health Care 2
Basic Nutrition
Biochemistry
Nursing students who are in their junior and senior years may laugh at my list. I know the third and fourth years of nursing are extremely challenging (And that may even just be an understatement).
I think I'm ready for the next semester. But, I don't think it's going to be hard (I hope), since I only have three subjects (I know, I'm so underloaded. I hope to add two more subjects next week):
Nursing students who are in their junior and senior years may laugh at my list. I know the third and fourth years of nursing are extremely challenging (And that may even just be an understatement).
Eucharistic Mountain Retreat
Just watched Life On The Rock at EWTN TV tonight and they had a wonderful program. They interviewed a priest and two lay people (one single and the other married) who are into doing retreats in the mountains (that is, mountaineering). They aim to seek and adore God and His wondrous creation (Nature) by climbing mountains and celebrating the Eucharist there. It's an inspiring experience.
I wish I could someday experience that, too. It's true what one of the guests in the program said. In our cities, there's too much noise, man-made. When we go to the mountains or the forests, we see and experience nothing but God's creation. The solitude that an excursion to nature provides gives us the opportunity to hear the noise inside us, to fight that noise, and to finally hear God's voice inside us.
I was delighted to find out that EWTN has a record of that program at their website. If you want to listen to it, go here (Click on program number 436, "Eucharistic Mountain Retreat for Youth"). I was even more delighted when I learned that the EWTN website have audio files of previous Life On The Rock programs. This show is great. Try to watch it every Saturday night, 11 PM. They occasionally interview very interesting guests and discuss very interesting topics and issues.
More info here: In Altum Productions.
I wish I could someday experience that, too. It's true what one of the guests in the program said. In our cities, there's too much noise, man-made. When we go to the mountains or the forests, we see and experience nothing but God's creation. The solitude that an excursion to nature provides gives us the opportunity to hear the noise inside us, to fight that noise, and to finally hear God's voice inside us.
I was delighted to find out that EWTN has a record of that program at their website. If you want to listen to it, go here (Click on program number 436, "Eucharistic Mountain Retreat for Youth"). I was even more delighted when I learned that the EWTN website have audio files of previous Life On The Rock programs. This show is great. Try to watch it every Saturday night, 11 PM. They occasionally interview very interesting guests and discuss very interesting topics and issues.
More info here: In Altum Productions.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Back from Negros
I'm back from our trip to Negros (I actually arrived two days ago). I enjoyed it. (But I would've enjoyed it more had I stayed longer and traveled alone or with my Baby =) ). When we arrived in Dumaguete it was already dark. We ate at Jo's, and while we waited for our chicken inato, I went down the street and toured a portion of the city by foot. It was surreal seeing Silliman again, the SU cafeteria, Scooby's, Chowking, Union Drug, Ever Theater, Lee Super Plaza, Rizal Boulevard, Cafe Memento... After the meal we headed to Bayawan and then to Sanke.
On All Saint's Day we went to Basay to hear Mass at the town cemetary. The day before we visited my sister's grave and lit and offered candles.
On the way back to Cebu a shocking reality greeted me: Gasoline prices have increased for over two pesos! The "E" in EVAT must mean "evil".
On All Saint's Day we went to Basay to hear Mass at the town cemetary. The day before we visited my sister's grave and lit and offered candles.
On the way back to Cebu a shocking reality greeted me: Gasoline prices have increased for over two pesos! The "E" in EVAT must mean "evil".
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Off to Negros
I'll be going to Negros today with my family. I'm a bit excited. It's been a long time since I went to our home province.
I'm so excited to see Dumaguete again. I really love Dumaguete. I have so many wonderful memories when I was there early this year.
I'll savor the travelling, as well. Only, I would've wanted to travel by bus with the Ceres bus lines. And also, I would've loved to ride the pumpboat again from Liloan to Sibulan. We will be bringing along our car, so there's no chance for that. Perhaps on my way home back to Cebu.
Until then.
I'm so excited to see Dumaguete again. I really love Dumaguete. I have so many wonderful memories when I was there early this year.
I'll savor the travelling, as well. Only, I would've wanted to travel by bus with the Ceres bus lines. And also, I would've loved to ride the pumpboat again from Liloan to Sibulan. We will be bringing along our car, so there's no chance for that. Perhaps on my way home back to Cebu.
Until then.
Going to Church early
I went early to the city today to meet Bel. We went to Church (in Mabolo) early.
Going to Mass early is really a fresh experience. It sets the mood for the rest of the day right. In contrast, going to Mass late in the day can be stressful.
We had hotdogs, coffee, and Lift for breakfast.
We plan to join a Bible Study group in the Mabolo Church. It will be great since I've been planning on doing it for a long time already. The study group will be held every Wednesdays in the Church, 8:30 PM.
Going to Mass early is really a fresh experience. It sets the mood for the rest of the day right. In contrast, going to Mass late in the day can be stressful.
We had hotdogs, coffee, and Lift for breakfast.
We plan to join a Bible Study group in the Mabolo Church. It will be great since I've been planning on doing it for a long time already. The study group will be held every Wednesdays in the Church, 8:30 PM.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Prayers for Purity of Heart
What do you do in moments when your heart is tempted by lust? Would you repress the feeling or indulge in it?
Most of us think we only have those two options. According to Christopher West, and according to the Theology of the Body, there is actually a third option: Acknowledge the sexual feeling and embrace it as a gift from God. Mr. West expressed it beautifully in this prayer:
Our sexuality is God's gift to us. Things go wrong when we distort it or misuse it (Obsession with it leads to perversion, for example). Sex is such a beautiful gift because it allows the couple to express their love for one another physically. It is an instrument that allows the non-visible mystery of Love to be communicated, expressed, and shared into the visible language of sex. But it becomes legitimate only in the context of marital union.
Love -- real, authentic love -- is the giving of oneself to the other freely and totally, the same way Christ gave himself totally to the cross for love of us. That is the meaning of love that must define our relationship with our love ones: with our family and friends, and even with strangers, we must give unconditional love; and with our spouse, we must give ourselves totally for his or her welfare and for his or her growth as a person.
So, sexual attraction is a normal thing. What's not normal is when we allow that feeling to be transformed into lust, because lust reduces the person to a mere object. The wise thing to do, therefore, is to arrest that feeling before it turns ugly. We can call on God to guide our thoughts. We can thank Him for our sexual desires, and ask Him to help us express our sexuality the right way. And we can thank Him for the beauty of His creation, reflected, physically or non-physically, in the persons we meet in our day to day lives.
Most of us think we only have those two options. According to Christopher West, and according to the Theology of the Body, there is actually a third option: Acknowledge the sexual feeling and embrace it as a gift from God. Mr. West expressed it beautifully in this prayer:
Lord, thank you for the beauty of this person whom you made to be loved -- never to be treated as a thing for my gratification. I renounce any tendency within me to use this person for my own pleasure, and I ask you to set my desires aright. Amen.
Our sexuality is God's gift to us. Things go wrong when we distort it or misuse it (Obsession with it leads to perversion, for example). Sex is such a beautiful gift because it allows the couple to express their love for one another physically. It is an instrument that allows the non-visible mystery of Love to be communicated, expressed, and shared into the visible language of sex. But it becomes legitimate only in the context of marital union.
Lord, I praise you and thank you for the gift of my sexual desires. By the power of your death and resurrection, untwist in me what sin has twisted so that I might know and experience sexual desire as you created it to be -- as the desire to love freely, totally, faithfully, and fruitfully. Amen.
Love -- real, authentic love -- is the giving of oneself to the other freely and totally, the same way Christ gave himself totally to the cross for love of us. That is the meaning of love that must define our relationship with our love ones: with our family and friends, and even with strangers, we must give unconditional love; and with our spouse, we must give ourselves totally for his or her welfare and for his or her growth as a person.
Lord, help me to accept and receive my sexuality as a gift from you. Grant me the grace to resist the many lies that distort this divine gift and help me to live my sexuality according to the truth of self-giving love. Grant me purity of heart so that I might see the image of your glory in the beauty of others, and one day see you face to face. Amen.
So, sexual attraction is a normal thing. What's not normal is when we allow that feeling to be transformed into lust, because lust reduces the person to a mere object. The wise thing to do, therefore, is to arrest that feeling before it turns ugly. We can call on God to guide our thoughts. We can thank Him for our sexual desires, and ask Him to help us express our sexuality the right way. And we can thank Him for the beauty of His creation, reflected, physically or non-physically, in the persons we meet in our day to day lives.
Missed the blogs launching
Yup. I wasn't able to go to SM for the SunStar blogs launching because I was in school the whole afternoon for our enrolment. Naka-ingun ra ba ko ni Max Limpag nga muadto ko....
Update:
Naunsa man ko uy... Last Tuesday pa man diay ang event (Oct. 25 = Tuesday, not Wednesday). I thought today. LOL.
Update:
Naunsa man ko uy... Last Tuesday pa man diay ang event (Oct. 25 = Tuesday, not Wednesday). I thought today. LOL.
Oh my love, my darling, I've hungered for your touch...
I think that Unchained Melody by the Everly Brothers is still the most passionate and beautiful love song ever written and sung. For me, at least. I'm listening to it right now and the melodies are reaching deep into my heart.
Hehe, and that's not an exaggeration.
Hehe, and that's not an exaggeration.
Friday, October 21, 2005
SunStar Blogs launching
SunStar will be launching its blogs this coming October 25, Wednesday. It will be at the Atrium in SM City, in front of Krua Thai. The launching will start from 1:30 to 2:30. I plan to come.
The semester's finally over!
The semester's finally over. Whew. I'm so happy, but it's somewhat an empty kind of happiness, because for months I've been a bit busy with school, especially these past few days with our finals -- there was always something to read, to study, etc. -- and now, all of a sudden, I have time in my hands.
Finally, I will have time to continue reading more about Theology of the Body, which has really fascinated me, continue listening to the audio archives over at EWTN and their online radio programs over the internet, and start and finish the online "courses" at the Institute For Christian Living.
Hay salamat. Round 1 of my life as a nursing student is finally over. Am I ready for Round 2? This coming second semester we will be starting already our Community Health "duties" (I don't know what the proper term is) to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center and the different Health Centers. I'm actually a bit excited. I can't wait until I can start wearing the all-white nursing uniform. It would really make me feel that I'm a bonafide student nurse... =) I really want to get into the action na. To really go to the hospital and health centers and do some actual nursing work, instead of just reading and reading and reading the nursing books.
*****
On my way home this evening from Banilad in a jeepney, I sat next to a very interesting man. He was with a companion. They were maybe more or less 60 years of age, and they were talking about their schooling. They are taking a course at something over at USC Talamban, perhaps. But perhaps not, because I suspect they're pursuing a Masters degree in Theology (That should be in the San Carlos seminaries in Mabolo). That got me really intrigued. This man, he was talking about philosophy, about spirituality, about faith, about Marxism, about existentialism, about Heidegger, Buber, Tillich, and Nietzsche. Wow. Ganahan unta kaayo ko muistorya niya, to inquire where he was studying, and whether he's a teacher or professor, and whether he's really taking Theology. I wanted to talk to him about philosophy and existentialism. But I didn't have the time and opportunity. Dungan mi nanaug sa Colon, and I was hoping he'd ride a Bulacao-bound jeepney so I could have the chance to talk to him because I was also going to take that route. Sadly, he was not going my way. Sayang kaayo. Interesting unta kaayo siya.
I'm thinking that perhaps I'll study theology someday. I mean, really pursue a degree on it. And then later perhaps, teach. Maybe. My interest in theology today may just be passing. I'm interested in it because I'm interested in how I may live my life the right way.
*****
Hmmm.. what to do this semestral break? Me and my family, we're going to our province in Negros Oriental for the Kalag-kalag. Nagplano sila ako parents na magdala lang mi amo sakyanan, but I want to travel on my own, to ride the Ceres bus (Gimingaw na ko sakay ug Ceres bus!), to cross the sea from Liloan to Sibulan via the pumpboat (Ah! The pumpboat ride!), take a multicab to Dumaguete (Ah, Dumaguete, how I miss you!) and while away my time there. Go to Libro Bookshop, stroll the length of Rizal Boulevard, visit Silliman, eat at Scooby's, and just basically tour the city once again, and perhaps, if I have more time to spare, watch a movie at those old theaters. Ah, what a nice thought! I just wish I could bring my Pangga along with me... :(
Ah, the thought of travel reallly excited me! The last time I traveled was in March, when Pangga and I went to Davao. It would be an exhilirating experience to travel again, to see places again. Travel really expands one's horizons. It expands one's view of life, and I really need that right now.
Finally, I will have time to continue reading more about Theology of the Body, which has really fascinated me, continue listening to the audio archives over at EWTN and their online radio programs over the internet, and start and finish the online "courses" at the Institute For Christian Living.
Hay salamat. Round 1 of my life as a nursing student is finally over. Am I ready for Round 2? This coming second semester we will be starting already our Community Health "duties" (I don't know what the proper term is) to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center and the different Health Centers. I'm actually a bit excited. I can't wait until I can start wearing the all-white nursing uniform. It would really make me feel that I'm a bonafide student nurse... =) I really want to get into the action na. To really go to the hospital and health centers and do some actual nursing work, instead of just reading and reading and reading the nursing books.
On my way home this evening from Banilad in a jeepney, I sat next to a very interesting man. He was with a companion. They were maybe more or less 60 years of age, and they were talking about their schooling. They are taking a course at something over at USC Talamban, perhaps. But perhaps not, because I suspect they're pursuing a Masters degree in Theology (That should be in the San Carlos seminaries in Mabolo). That got me really intrigued. This man, he was talking about philosophy, about spirituality, about faith, about Marxism, about existentialism, about Heidegger, Buber, Tillich, and Nietzsche. Wow. Ganahan unta kaayo ko muistorya niya, to inquire where he was studying, and whether he's a teacher or professor, and whether he's really taking Theology. I wanted to talk to him about philosophy and existentialism. But I didn't have the time and opportunity. Dungan mi nanaug sa Colon, and I was hoping he'd ride a Bulacao-bound jeepney so I could have the chance to talk to him because I was also going to take that route. Sadly, he was not going my way. Sayang kaayo. Interesting unta kaayo siya.
I'm thinking that perhaps I'll study theology someday. I mean, really pursue a degree on it. And then later perhaps, teach. Maybe. My interest in theology today may just be passing. I'm interested in it because I'm interested in how I may live my life the right way.
Hmmm.. what to do this semestral break? Me and my family, we're going to our province in Negros Oriental for the Kalag-kalag. Nagplano sila ako parents na magdala lang mi amo sakyanan, but I want to travel on my own, to ride the Ceres bus (Gimingaw na ko sakay ug Ceres bus!), to cross the sea from Liloan to Sibulan via the pumpboat (Ah! The pumpboat ride!), take a multicab to Dumaguete (Ah, Dumaguete, how I miss you!) and while away my time there. Go to Libro Bookshop, stroll the length of Rizal Boulevard, visit Silliman, eat at Scooby's, and just basically tour the city once again, and perhaps, if I have more time to spare, watch a movie at those old theaters. Ah, what a nice thought! I just wish I could bring my Pangga along with me... :(
Ah, the thought of travel reallly excited me! The last time I traveled was in March, when Pangga and I went to Davao. It would be an exhilirating experience to travel again, to see places again. Travel really expands one's horizons. It expands one's view of life, and I really need that right now.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Delicious to the ears
I'm feasting my ears on Orange and Lemons right now.
They're one of the best Pinoy bands out there, in my humble opinion. :)
Their music and lyrics are exquisitely beautiful.
I especially love this song... Such melancholy and tendeness...
Heaven Knows (This Angel Has Flown)
There are times when I’m lying in my bed
How I bellow and cry from this stupid get
And my eyes are like windshields on a rainy day
Almost rubbed-out, swelling as I keep on
Digging my face in these cold hands of mine
Heaven knows how embittered I am
CHORUS
‘Cause this angel has flown away from me
Leaving me in drunken misery
I should have clipped her wings
And made her mine for all eternity
Now this angel has flown away from me
Thought I had the strength to set her free
I did what I did because I love her so
Will she ever find her way back home to me, ahh
INTERLUDE
I’m so tired, I feel like catching forty-winks
Being up all night in this elbow-room that puts me in a trance
Where hopes and dreams come true
Now, my lips are burning and my eyes are hurting
From these fumes I make, still I light another cigarette
Just to pass my time, oh, heaven knows how embittered I am
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