This Made My Day (12/21/09)

PETER JAMES REPLY

"How can you respect the past if you don't fear it? You can't love anything in life without being afraid of it"

-Peter James

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Waiting On The World To Change

You can listen to the song HERE

ME

Man

I can't believe

That after all

This time

Thought

I had been better

And found reasons

To rhyme

All I wanted was to see

If the world could change

But then I had been so stupid

And acting strange

Jordin Sparks
Said

Take it

One step at a time

Coz

One will never know

If the price is right

I can't help but to expect

That life is unfair

Coz one day you're out

Then

You're back

In there

The rich is gettin' richer

The poor is gettin' poorer

So what now?

Oh

Wake me up

'til it's over

I have a dream

Like the noble

Martin Luther King

One day we'll realize

What beauty life can bring

It's either choice or chance

The time is tickin'

It's up to us

To enjoy the life we livin'

No more time for complainin'

Want this and that

The time is up

Why don't we all clean up our acts?

Uh

JOHN MAYER

Me and all my friends

We're all misunderstood

They say we stand for nothing and

There's no way we ever could

Now we see everything that's going wrong

With the world and those who lead it

We just feel like we don't have the means

To rise above and beat it

So we keep waiting

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting

Waiting on the world to change

It's hard to beat the system

When we're standing at a distance

So we keep waiting

Waiting on the world to change

Now if we had the power

To bring our neighbors home from war

They would have never missed a Christmas

No more ribbons on their door

And when you trust your television

What you get is what you got

Cause when they own the information, oh

They can bend it all they want

That's why we're waiting

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting

Waiting on the world to change

It's not that we don't care,

We just know that the fight ain't fair

So we keep on waiting

Waiting on the world to change

And we're still waiting

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting waiting on the world to change

One day our generation

Is gonna rule the population

So we keep on waiting

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting

Waiting on the world to change

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MY LATEST TWEET SAYS

I deserve a fighting chance from you
I ain't got no idea when
But at least have the guts to tell me no
If that's what you meant

By your simple silence
Or by your short IMs
I could have a heart as hard as a stone
And a one that is so friggin' cold

Even If YOU Won't... I Still Will

Lying at a corner of my room crying, dying, wishing. I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote down everything that popped in my head.
Well the first thing that popped is the question "WHY". This word is never answered.

not yet done

CATHARSIS OF THE DAY (10-01-09)

I first thought that lying would get me out of anything. I, seriously, tried to live my life like that. So then I lied when I told her that I love her. Then again, I assume, I pay the price. Damn, I never learn. UGH!

List of the songs I am addicted to right now:
1. Sunlight by Plain White T's
2. Elevator by Junior Sanchez Ft. Joel & Benji Madden
3. Lost In London by Kid British
4. Before The Worst by The Script
5. I Never Knew You by Cage

You could listen to all the songs HERE

PeaceOut!

STEPS IN WRITING NEWS STORIES

1. Write a summary
2. List down the facts to descending format
3. Dig out the LEAD facts/ Put the BEST W forward
4. Write several ideas for the LEAD
5. Write out the story according to the sequence in step
6. Review for clarity, coherence & accuracy
7. Type copy according to the specified format
8. Submit the copy

GUIDELINES
1. Write the story as soon as you gathered the facts
2. Lay up a dominant point (Main Idea)
3. Be accurate (facts, language, words, spelling)
4. Avoid opinion called "editorializing"
5. Use adjectives sparingly
6. Avoid libelous & rebellious matter, prejudice & bad taste
7. Give the source of the NEWS (attribution)
8. Write names in full when first mentioned for the first time
9. Identify the names mentioned
10. Write one idea, one sentence paragraph
11. Choose words with care, consult the dictionary
12. Use familiar words, common or concrete
13. Avoid worthiness
14. Do not use a phrase, clause (shorter word will do, the better)
15. Strike for variety in sentence structure
16. Watch out for errors in grammar
17. Observe the guidelines for clear & effective writing
18. Adopt a paper style sheet or style book for consistency

LEAD
Ask these questions:
1. What was unique or the most important or unusual thing that happened?
2. Who was involved?
3. Who did it?
4. Who said it?

AFTER ANSWERING
Is it a direct or delayed lead? Which is best?
Is there a colorful word or dramatic phrase I can work into the LEAD
What is the subject & what verb will best move the reader into the story?

GRAMMATICALLY INCORRECT SIGNS

CATHARSIS OF THE DAY (07-31-09)

So sick of watching happy couples pass right in front of me
Thinking at the back of my mind when will MY TIME be?
I ain't even given the chance to show C
How'd you know US ain't meant to be?

Is it because I tend to LIVE a LIFE BEING ME?
Of being TRUE and enjoying a life that's free
As I said everybody deserves to be happy
Better if it's YOU and ME

Experience wise?
It's a fools demise.

EXCERPTS

"You do not hear me, but still I ask it: if I left, would you follow my trail, would you collect the bones of stories they would tell about me and wear them as a pledge; and most of all, oh most of all- what would you give up, for that glimpse of me you will risk again and again to see: a figure under broken lamplight, the endpoints of my cape flying upward to the moon because finally nothing, not even the magnetism of emptiness, could withhold from us the ache, the promise of such music-"

Luisa Igloria

"I myself may have chosen to forget a face, a name, some cruel word uttered carelessly, but not, after all the harm is done, intending any pain. And many others may have chosen to forget me. It works both way. My people say, nasa huli ang pagsisisi: regret is the final emotion. It's what you see when you look back. It's what's no longer there."

Eric Gamalinda

CATHARSIS OF THE DAY (07-25-09)

Why did I even call you and confessed about all my feelings inside? Why do I love you still? I should have stuck to my plan - to ignore you and pretend that you do not exist. It worked for 6months. And now after a hard and long ignorance it fell to this crap. I know I can't control this emotion anymore but I don't want to fall and be with you again. Ok, I can't avoid you because we study at the same building, but trust me, I will not be pulled by your string again.

SOLAR ECLIPSE 07/22/09

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I have never seen such determination from Serena Williams.

Awesome service and footwork which made her bag both the Ladies' Singles and Ladies' Doubles Wimbledon Championship 2009


Venus Williams was not in her zone which made her lose the Singles' from her sister. Nevertheless, they were both EPIC!

I am so lucky to see them play at their best. They are inspiration to all.

CHAMPIONS

CATHARSIS OF THE DAY (06-26-09)

I saw you walk when I wasn't supposed to be looking
I saw you cry when I was laughing
I saw you die when I was living
I saw you hurt when I was happy

CATHARSIS OF THE DAY (06-25-09)

You think we made a mistake
No I think we didn't
This missing you is killing me softly
Promise me that you will move on with me

No pretending, there's no need with that
A fake smile and a hug, AIN'T GON STOP THAT
Look at me in the eye, place your hand in my heart
Can you feel its silence? It doesn't want you back

Because if it didn't work out the last time
What makes you say everything will turn out right?
We've done all our best or at least I had
You only took me for granted and nagged

So much for all those weekend Cookies and Cream frappé
And late night talks over the phone
Those scrumptious finger-food we call Mojos
And those finger-licking chicken bones

The problem was not me, it was you
Always had, you were crazy and a fool
I should've just realized earlier
You were nothing but a SOB

EGO (U)

Yes, most of the time I prefer to be alone. I wanted to feel that no ones cares because I did not want to expect them all to be there - Once I am disappointed I will never learn to earn that trust back ever again.

Trust is a very important thing for me, for all of us. Yeah, they call me gullible and I felt pretty OK with it. So I trusted U. I felt very safe with that until you started to burn that trust apart. I know that I can never bring the past back though we want to. We can't all undo everything that we did. And we can not always think that way. We can not always blame the past for every mishap we had instead we have the present to correct all of it.

You chased me everywhere for a very long time. You sacrificed a lot. But do you remember when I was the one doing that? You took me for granted and I still continued doing so because... NO... I am not going to say it. People called me a fool, laughed at me and hurt my dignity. I was too blind to see what's going on right in front of me. Wait, I was acting blind. I did not give up but then I got tired.

Then came the other way around. U only realized my worth when I was gone, when I did not love U anymore. I felt pity, loneliness and desperation. Unfortunately, I gave in.

It was a mistake, yes indeed it was. But I do not regret it because I learned a lot from it. Pac said,"I know I'd die alone but yet still I'm hoping." We are not sure if we can still see tomorrow. If we can still correct all the mistakes we made.

So tell me how this will end. Tell me if this is how you want it to end. Because I never expected that you will be there for me until the end and I am glad that I didn't. I am so confused and all I want now is repentance. I want you to compromise. No this is not my pride I made a mistake too. So I will say it now, I am sorry.

I did everything, gave U everything and this is what I get.

"If you think you TRUST the person so much, make sure your body armor is fastened pretty tight in your body."

I will drop it and as a matter of fact I will forget U. No matter what and this is the last time that I will talk about you.

Goodbye-U.

TUSSLE

They say a 'picture is worth a thousand words' - I say it is a cliché. But nevertheless I still believe in that.

It is 3Am and until now I could not scrutinize the right word to use. I am puzzled. I am confused. Should I say it is "Picture Perfect"? There-the world stopped and I am looking straight in your eyes. At the back of my mind I wonder what you are thinking-right at this very moment. Is it ME , is it YOU or is it SOMEONE ELSE? Then I went on. If you were thinking of me then you would have answered my calls, my text messages and my e-mails. I slowly sunk in my pillow and bit my lips. I shouted underneath it so hard and I alone could hear it. Then I asked myself "Is she worth every single cut from the thorns along the path?" I did not want to answer that . So I stared at your picture again. Ahhhh- so fulfilling, charming and heart-warming. Despite your absence for the past 4 years, I still feel your warm touch, tasty lips and smooth cheeks.

Yes, 4 years. I thought of giving up and little by little I did. I did 'almost' everything I could to make you talk, move and love me again. Every single time you shun me down until you finally made me. All that is left for me to do is look at your picture which I carry with me everywhere. Every morning I greet you "Good Morning." I talked to you when I am alone and defenseless. You WERE my hero and that was about it.

I moved on, safe to say or have I? So I went on with my life and I could say you had.

Then unexpectedly you rang back. You said you do not want people to change. You do not want me to change. I did not reply immediately for evident reasons. Multiple questions kept flooding my mind and I did not want to think about it-YOU. But I could not help it! Why? Why only now? I can not say that I regretted because I was very willing to wait for you. But I still can not find a suitable answer for it. Saying I love you is never enough until you show it.

Should I or Should I not? So much for tussle between I and ME.

I love you but do I still should?

(not yet finished)