One and only

There are people that can’t stay in our lives forever, but they will always have that space in our hearts that no one can ever take.

She was walking that road, a road she wanted to be on for the longest time. But she knows that when she reaches the end of that line, her life will drastically change forever.

It has been 6 or 7 years, I can’t really remember the first time he rest eyes on her. We we’re in highschool, she and him didn’t know better. One day, a fairy god mother, in a form of a PE teacher came to their classroom during a lunch break. She was giddy and happy, a smile I haven’t seen on her face since.

The next few days, weeks and months flew by fast and the next thing we know, the lower classman and her we’re inseparable. You can never see her frown nor get mad as she changed her temper, she was happy as ever.

She spent the mornings being gazed at from a distant line, she spent breaks being seen by watchful eyes that wouldn’t let her slip, but the end of classes are spent hand in hand til she gets home. He calls her every night to tell her how he would love to spend the next day with her again. She is his angel, his falling star, his one and only.

Like every love story, they fell out. Slowly and painfully. She didn’t know why or what she did to fall fast and hard. He was her first kiss, her first love.

All the memories flashed on her mind like angry thunders in a middle of a typhoon. She cannot compare any feeling in her heart to any other feeling she knows. He was the only thing she can remember that made her feel; she cannot see herself being with someone else anymore. She was stuck in that moment where everything was falling into place and in a second, everything changed.

and to accompany this sick, sick thoughts from the past is Adele's perfect voice with a perfect song. Here comes the pain.

a 2nd shot at comfort food

The last comfort food place I went to was last year at Basilios at The Fort. Now I tried 2nds at Bonifacio High Street. It is on the 2nd floor of BPI beside Nike. You can try their ever so famous Lambshack Caldereta [shown above] and their Leche Flan Turon which has leche flan instead of Banana's inside.

2nd's

Wumanco Building 1

Quadrant 3

Bonifacio High Street

9th Avenue Bonifacio Global City Taguig

something new and something old

[bouquet from Mara's wedding, Classic pork bbq meal from Tiendesitas, Vintage Coca-Cola Cards and Old coins]

Sometimes I forget how beautiful it is to be sad and lonely.

It seems like it doesn't make any sense. Sometimes it sounds really really stupid.

Down time means me, going around my friends' blog, trying to catch up through reading their blogs. I can't believe how beautiful friendship and sadness is. I forgot how to appreciate the pain coz I am in constant aim to forget all the shit and just get a move on.

But we cannot always move or go on, we must dwell to think. We must dwell to feel.

I know it may sound really retarded or really stupid but sadness fuels up you up.

All the...

All the places I should have gone to, All the dreams I should have planned, All the adventures I should have took. There are so many things I want to do, I know I am not alone in that department. We all have a long list of the things we want to do, but if only money and time permits. Maybe I have found the perfect job to pile some personal stuff under that, to bury some of the shit I am trying to pass. I constantly tell myself how everything will be alright. Someday, somehow, everything will be alright. And I've been saying that to myself for the past 5-8 years, I'm keeping my hopes up. til now.

Anyway, the busy me recently took a trip around the Philippines. The back-packer that I am decided to bring, well, a backpack for a trip to two cities in one weekend. I usually bring crazy loads of stuff when travelling but I decided to take to low key and just go with a backpack and try to survive within those days with solely that.

no distractions

I don't really write about my travels especially when I can't bombard my post with photos, I recently lost my Samsung camera and have no intentions of getting a new one. But what I loved about travelling so bare is that I get to remember every single detail of every single thing I saw. I wasn't worried of not taking enough photos or not having anything to post on my blog or on my facebook or even something to tweet.

it TOPS my list

It was past midnight, we traveled up south to Cebu Tops. A sky garden where you can see the whole of Cebu. It was dark and the only light you will see are of the buildings and the street lights of the busy city. I we're on top of the World, I loved Cebu very much. I wanted to stay there longer, but I have a life waiting for me in Manila. I sat at the edge of the cliff and told myself that if I could only go to this place everyday, I could have fulfilled my heart.

I am not a back-packer

On the way back I sat at the window seat, took some time to look at all the places I should've gone to instead of sleeping at the hotel. I am not really a back-packer, I don't live by the bag on my back. I just keep the memories there and move from place to place. I don't try to live with the locals to experience their culture, I live on the edge to make an experience for myself. I love hotels, they give me the relaxation that I need. I travel because I want a getaway, If I wanted adventure I would have gone to the busy streets of Manila.

clasp

My weight fell on her shoulders just like satin. My skin touches hers, from her arms to her back to her chest. I hugged her body like a glove, I’m blown away by the way I can caress her skin. We walked through the rain and the storm, I don’t mind to be soaking wet as long as I can be near her, I don’t want her to catch a cold or even feel cold so I held on her tighter for her to feel the warmth. I can feel the rain pouring on my pale skin, but it wasn’t rain, it was her tears. I raised my arms to wipe her tears but she turned away and pretended it was just raindrops. We opened our arms to get a tight grip of each other but it wasn’t for long that we we’re sharing a warm hug with another. He held on tightly to us. How can someone so close to her, not see what was happening? I tried holding back but her arms we’re tightly around mine. I must get out, I needed to get out but I can’t I am tied to her, with no way out. I was there to feel her be in someone else’s arms.

going the distance for bloggers!

CEBU

We recently went the distance to reach our blogger friends from Cebu and Davao.

Cebu bloggers society headed by Mark Monta (it was his birthday) found some time out of their busy schedule to come to our bloggers dinner in Cabalen SM Cebu.

Cebu Bloggers Society Marketing Manager Sinjin Pineda with Gadgets Magazine Publisher and CEO Maribelle Alba

also, our Best Friend from Coca-Cola bottlers inc. Media Relations Manager Wally Panganiban

joined us to meet this bloggers.

Gadgets Magazine Publisher and CEO Maribelle Alba

Me with Cebu Bloggers, instructing them on how to submit an entry for the GoodBlog awards

Gadgets Magazine Publisher and CEO Maribelle Alba after a long day of work

At Tops Sky Garden Cebu

I can find a million reasons why i love Cebu and definitely, when you see this

you'll fall in love too.

DAVAO

Coca-Cola Bottlers Media Relations Manager Wally Panganiban talking to Davao bloggers

gadgetsmagazine.com.ph Online Editor John Nieves and Gadgets Magazine CEO and Publisher Maribelle Alba

chatting with our friendly Davao bloggers

me and Art Director Patrick Ilagan pre-drawing raffle winners (which everyone won something).

Davao blogger interacting with everyone and concerns how everyone can improve their writing skills

Coca-Cola Bottlers Inc. Mindanao HR manager Lea with Wally and Davao bloggers Vice-President Andrew dela Serna

Hope to see you all for the next leg of our bloggers meet!

See you all online!