Kape at Keso

Pacquiao fever is on! If not most, more Filipinos expressed their disappointment over Pacquiao's recent defeat against Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez in their sought after fourth fight. I am not a boxing analyst, so I'd rather not comment about Pacquiao's performance during the fight. My concern here is somehow the controversial Pacquiao's "change of religion" which according to fans is the reason of his pitiable loss. In a country dominated by Catholics, someone is more acceptable if he belongs to the same church. However, there is still this right of every Filipino to be free in choosing his religion. Pacquiao just exercised his right. And it is just proper for people to understand and accept his decision. A christian fellow, Aaron, had this conversation: P1: napildi si pacquiao kay nag-ilis man gud ug relihiyon (Pacquiao lost because he changed religion) Aaron: nag-ilis pud siya ug Ginoo (he also changed his God) P1: ha!? (what!?) ...

Biyernes ako nagdali sa pag-uli, Nakulbaan, nagkapuliki, Tungod karong gabhiona, Ako manamilit sa usa ka higala. Sa akong paggawas sa San Jose, Mipara dayon ko'g 03B, Dili madugay monaog ko sa Mabolo, Maghuwat og jeep nga ang ruta Ouano. Og sa dihang pag-abot ko sa mao nga dapit, Milingkod ako sa ngilit, Nagpaabot sa akong higala, Kinsa mi-text og "pdung na:)" Samtang nagpaabot, gikuha ko ang akong ballpen ug notebook, Gipasagdan ang akong mga kamot nga molihok, Wa madugay, migawas ang mga pulong, Nga dughan ko maglisod og utong. Salamat! miabot na ang akong higala, Og sa dihang gitan-aw ko ang iyang mga mata, Wa ko kapugngi ang magduha-duha, Nga angay ba gyod manamilit kaniya. Apan, gipalabi nako ang akong garbo, Di nako gusto mautro, Masamdan ang malipayong dughan, Sa taw nga walay kasayoran. Ang akong higala, Aduna'y laing gihigugma, Asa pa man ko ibutang sa iyang dughan? Nga dugay na man diay kong gihulipan. Og nianang gabhiona, ...

THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMMON PERSONALITIES ANYONE COULD ENCOUNTER WHILE RIDING IN A JEEPNEY:) 1. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE - mga pasahero na akala mo 'yung kausap nila eh nasa kabilang jeep, when in fact, nasa tabi lang nila, daig pa ang naka-mega phone sa lakas ng boses at kung tumawa? hay naku wagas te! 2. THE F.C's - ito naman yung mga kunwari eh nagtatanong kung anong oras na tapos pagsinagot mo na eh may follow up question agad yung tipong kulang na lang pati araw na kinasal yung magulang mo tinatanong din... phew! 3. THE PAKISUYO PO (THE PALIHUG KO) -mga taong pag sumakay ay pinipiling umupo sa may pintuan ng jeep lalo na kung walang konduktor, kung makipagsiksikan lang, wagas din! eh kasi nga ayaw ma sabihan ng "pakisuyo po" these people are also known as "the not-so-lazy"  4. SMOKEYS -kahit ga'no pa kalaki yung sign na "NO SMOKING" di pa rin nakakaintindi, minsan nga yung driver mas malakas pa bumuga ng usok kesa sa...

To Peter, God has been faithful to me through all this year. I thank Him for all the wonderful things he has been showing me. I know you’re one of it. Honestly, I still love you. For me, you are special and will always be. If there’s a man I would allow to take my heart, it will be you. However, young as we are, there are uncertainties that have come along the way. I get so cynical and doubtful. The “what ifs” have been clouding my mind the past days. I have more important things to accomplish that God has entrusted me. Sadly, being committed to you is not part of it. I love you for who you are but we still have to grow more and more in faith. I just want to thank you for letting me feel special. I may not be so assured of what you feel for me, still I’m grateful. You have been occupying a room in my heart. Right now, I just have to lock it and give the keys to God. In that way, in His most appropriate time, He will open it. It is painful for me to do this. Yet...

In life we cannot dictate what will happen along the way. Though we hope for certain moments to happen, it doesn't affect the reality. All my life I did not wish to have a roller coaster love affair. I just want it so serene and full of love. I just want to love and be loved. The kind of relationship founded in the love of Christ alone. Let me share to you the time when I was trapped with my emotions and was drowned in this sudden feeling of infatuation. I was torn between two people I wasn't even sure of what they feel for me. To hide their real identity lets call them Mr. Wrong-time and Mr. Wrong-guy. Mr. Wrong-time is a good friend of mine. I've known him for such quite a long time and he’s been special to me. He’s one of the few people I trust the most. We've spent a lot of moments not together but with our group of friends. I never imagined him being committed to me nor me to him. He wasn't my type. He...

As what an old adage say, life has its own way of surprising us. Too bad the surprises are sometimes the worse scenario we could ever think of.  July started as ghastly as the weather. It's terrible! Nonetheless, it brought me two things to brood over. First, dreams are more painful than that of the reality. Definitely! I end up disappointing myself when I fail to realize it. I grumble when things don't come the way I dream despite being too fixated on it. Because what made it wrong from the start is not minding the fact that my father in heaven has still control over me. Most of the time, I neglect His guidance bearing the principle that this is my life and I have the authority over it. Secondly, taking things slow in not a weakness rather a mark of a strong person. I get too frantic of rushing things. I'm too impatient to wait. I keep on pretending that I can wait when the truth is I can't. Almost every day, the Lord is telling me to wait for H...