...

Heart, don't fail me now
Courage, don't desert me
Don't turn back now that we're here
People always say
Life is full of choices
No one ever mentions fear
Or how a road can seem so long
How the world can seem so vast
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
On this journey...

Somewhere down this road
I know someone's waiting
Years of dreams just can't be wrong
Arms will open wide
I'll be safe and wanted
Fin'lly home where I belong
Well, starting here, my life begins
Starting now, I'm learning fast
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
On this journey...

Home, Love, Family
There was once a time
I must have had them too
Home, Love, Family
I will never be complete
Until I find you...

One step at a time,
One hope, then another
Who knows where this road may go
Back to who I was
On to find my future,
Things my heart still needs to know
Yes, let this be a sign!
Let this road be mine!
Let it lead me to my past
Courage see me through
Heart I'm trusting you
To bring me home...
At last...

Ode to Broken Things

by Pablo Neruda


Things get broken
at home
like they were pushed
by an invisible, deliberate smasher.
It's not my hands
or yours
It wasn't the girls
with their hard fingernails
or the motion of the planet.
It wasn't anything or anybody
It wasn't the wind
It wasn't the orange-colored noontime
Or night over the earth
It wasn't even the nose or the elbow
Or the hips getting bigger
or the ankle
or the air.
The plate broke, the lamp fell
All the flower pots tumbled over
one by one. That pot
which overflowed with scarlet
in the middle of October,
it got tired from all the violets
and another empty one
rolled round and round and round
all through winter
until it was only the powder
of a flowerpot,
a broken memory, shining dust.

And that clock
whose sound
was
the voice of our lives,
the secret
thread of our weeks,
which released
one by one, so many hours
for honey and silence
for so many births and jobs,
that clock also
fell
and its delicate blue guts
vibrated
among the broken glass
its wide heart
unsprung.

Life goes on grinding up
glass, wearing out clothes
making fragments
breaking down
forms
and what lasts through time
is like an island on a ship in the sea,
perishable
surrounded by dangerous fragility
by merciless waters and threats.

Let's put all our treasures together
-- the clocks, plates, cups cracked by the cold --
into a sack and carry them
to the sea
and let our possessions sink
into one alarming breaker
that sounds like a river.
May whatever breaks
be reconstructed by the sea
with the long labor of its tides.
So many useless things
which nobody broke
but which got broken anyway.

put your records on

Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don't need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.

Maybe sometimes, we've got it wrong, but it's alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, don't you hesitate.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in a bar by the roadside,
(just relax, just relax)
Don't you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love that afro hair do.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don't you think it's strange?

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

'Twas more than I could take, pity for pity's sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realize, that you don't ever have to try any longer?
Do what you want to.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favorite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, you're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow

one more chance syndrome

thanks dale for taking down notes. i was too busy crying kasi sa part na 'to e! hehe

"Kung nakaya ko, kaya mo rin. Naaalala mo nung ako yung nandiyan? o, e diba't ikaw pa ang nagsabi sakin na baka kaya tayo iniiwan ng mga taong mahal natin kasi may bagong dadating na mas ok, na mas mamahalin tayo. Yung taong hindi tayo sasaktan at paaasahin. Yung nag-iisang taong magtatama ng mali sa buhay natin...ng lahat ng mali sa buhay mo."

-Popoy

at isa pa...

"sa tuwing naaalala kong mahal kita, naaalala ko din lahat ng sakit na naramdaman ko nung iniwan mo ko..."

- Popoy ulit, with the UST main building gleaming in the background.

I can watch this movie every day and cry every time

"Gyeon-woo, can you hear me? I'm sorry, I really can't help it. I thought I was different, but I'm just a helpless girl."

To the next guy...according to Gyeon-woo

1. Don't ask her to be feminine.
2. Don't let her drink over three glasses, she'll beat up someone.
3. At a cafe, drink coffee instead of coke or juice.
4. If she hits you, act like it hurts. If it hurts, act like it doesn't.
5. On your 100th day together, giver her a rose during her class. She'll like it a lot.
6. Make sure you learn fencing and squash.
7. Also, be prepared to go to prison sometimes.
8. If she says she'll kill you, take it lightly and you'll feel better.
9. If her feet hurt, exchange shoes with her.
10. Finally, she likes to write. Encourage her.

*******

To the next girl...

1. Don't ask him for directions, you'll both get lost.
2. Let him drink with his friends, he knows his limit. (plus he's scared of having a beer belly)
3. He likes his food fat- and cholesterol-free as much as possible. If you can, cook for him, he'll like it a lot.
4.When he's angry, he doesn't talk. It doesn't happen all the time but when it does, it could last forever.
5. Don't expect him to remember special days.
6. He rocks at every sport so if you want to win, play word games.
7. Also, be prepared to answer all his questions in the middle of a great movie.
8. If he says he's stuck in Japan with a hot Japanese girl, it means his plane has already landed and he's on his way to your house.
9. He's vain, the best way to hurt his feelings is to insult him physically.
10. Finally, he takes good pictures. Encourage him.

Just because its relevant...for now.

Falling Away by Miguel Escueta

here we go, it’s crashing down around
through the speed as we try to define
doubts re-surface, waves you can’t withstand
we find ourselves here once again
and we’re…

we're falling away
we're falling away
we’re falling away from this

wasn’t it enough to let you feel the sun?
am i not worth every fall?
we’ve gone too deep to just let this fly
so please hold on and let me save us
please hold on and let me save us

how long must i weather this storm?
i’m drowning into your condescending eyes
please bend for me, even just a bit
can’t you see that i am already broken?
and you’re…

you’re falling away
you’re falling away
you’re falling away from me

wasn’t it enough to let you feel the sun?
am i not worth every fall?
we’ve gone too deep to just let this fly
so please hold on and let me save us
please hold on and let me save us

oh… can’t you feel it?
we are falling into the abyss that we just can’t comprehend
oh… don’t you know that
some wounds just never heal