may God grant me the #grace of #discernment that i may see the...

may God grant me the #grace of #discernment that i may see the grain amidst the chaff. amen. (“,)

#reflection #quote #Michelangelo (at The Aerie)



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“

there are two great powers and they’ve been fighting since time began. every advance in human life, every scrap of knowledge and wisdom and decency we have has been torn by one side from the teeth of the other. every little increase in human freedom has been fought over ferociously between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit.

“

#quote #PhilipPullman #TheSubtleKnife

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“

she felt a nausea of the soul, a hideous and sickening despair, a melancholy weariness so profound that she was going to die of it. her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. the world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth.

“

#quote #PhilipPullman #TheAmberSpyglass

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#lunch: pasta with moringa pesto and dried fish. yes, malunggay...

#lunch: pasta with moringa pesto and dried fish. yes, malunggay and tinapa. (“,)

#foodporn #TripKo (at Laoag International Airport)



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a toast! (“,) to region 1 and vigan: for the secrets and...

a toast! (“,) to region 1 and vigan: for the secrets and surprises, for the friends and faces, for fountains and fireworks, and for the sacred spaces.

#TripKo (at Hotel Salcedo De Vigan)



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[earlier…] fireworks display. wöw. just wöw....

[earlier…] fireworks display. wöw. just wöw. (“,)

#TripKo #LeadershipWork #Kanawidan



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[earlier…] dancing water-fountain show… kanawidan...

[earlier…] dancing water-fountain show… kanawidan theme, naraniag na bulan, let it go, firework, con te partiro. wow, loved the selection. (“,)

#TripKo #Vigan #LeadershipWork #Kanawidan



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i love you, 23.❤ in the silence of my heart, i listen to the inner sigh.

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hush. what’s that i hear breaking? (“.) #ramblings

hush. what’s that i hear breaking? (“.)

#ramblings



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snapshot is a hunting term. (“,) paoay church at...

snapshot is a hunting term. (“,) paoay church at night.

#TripKo #LeadershipWork



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at a different campsite. #foodporn: tuna onion sandwich and...

at a different campsite. #foodporn: tuna onion sandwich and royal grape. (“,) (at Cafe France - NAIA Terminal 2)



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skritch-skritch

i am writing again. i don’t know why. i am one of the laziest people i know. and i don’t even know how. to write, i mean, not to laze. i have elevated laziness to an art-form that i could write a book about it. if lazing were a spirituality, i would be one of its englightened gurus. people from all over would flock to my cave (because the upkeep of a temple would be illogical and antithetical to lazing.)

and yet, somehow, like a stub of a candle set alight by the blazing of a star, i find myself unable to sit like a spider in the shadows i have spun. i think my last sentence is called a mixed methaphor, isn’t it?

refrain: well, i am sorry. you must have mistaken me for someone who gave a damn. (not really sorry.)

just put it down as creative license. i am drawn to figures of speech like a moth to a flame, whose facination blinds him to the likelihood of a fiery death. by ferris buehler’s words, lived my life I have. (wow. i sound just like master yoda.) “it is better to burn out than to fade away.” wait, i think a line from “highlander” that is. “life moves pretty fast. if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” yeah, that’s what ferris (a.k.a. matthew broderick) said.

refrain: well, i am sorry. you must have mistaken me for someone who gave a damn. (not really sorry.)

i like metaphors and personifications and ironies. i like sand, surf, sunsets. and words and phrases that come in threes. stillness, silence, solitude. always abusively alliterative.

refrain: well, i am sorry. you must have mistaken me for someone who gave a damn. (not really sorry.)

why am i talking(?) writing(?) thinking(?) like delirium of the endless?… i find myself stirring, writing down thoughts and feelings. like a butterfly drawn to a flower, i find myself once again stopping to smell the roses. by “smelling”, i mean “writing”; and by “writing”, i actually mean “writing”. i don’t mean typing or updating my blog—now, “blogs” with the advent of facebook, tumblr, instagram—i mean “writing”, scribbling, old-school, on a small leatherbound journal i now always carry around.

because i found that it helps. smelling. or writing. or dying. it really does. it helps when upon getting up every single day, i don’t know if i’m gripped by genius or maniacal with madness. it helps when every time i look in the mirror, i see a face scarred by experience and weathered by time and ravaged by doubt. it helps when dealing with love, loss, and lonliness.

each skritch-skritch of my gtec 0.4 helps clear away the scabs and heal the scars, freeing my heart to find a rhythm once more… a heart bursting with happiness and brimming with love and buoyed by hope.

it helps when i have a lifetime pass to the roller coaster of highest-heaven-and-deeepest-depths.



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LET us begin. hahaha! (“,)

LET us begin. hahaha! (“,)



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i love you, 23.❤ a reminder to myself: i am not perfect; but that does not mean my love is not real.

wika nga ni gary granada, "kapag sinabi ko sa iyo, na ika'y minamahal, sana'y maunawaan mo na ako'y isang mortal... at di ko kayang abutin ang mga bituin at buwan, o di kaya ay sisirin perlas ng karagatan. ako'y hindi romantiko, sa iyo'y di ko matitiyak na pag ako'y kapiling mo, kailanma'y di ka iiyak. ang magandang hinaharap sikapin nating maabot. ngunit kung di pa maganap, sana'y huwag mong ikalungkot."

#reflection #quote 1corinthians 13:4-7 #song #GaryGranada #KapagSinabiKoSaIyo

may God grant me #patience and #perseverance. amen. (“,)...

may God grant me #patience and #perseverance. amen. (“,) it’s going to be a gruelling climb.

#reflection #quote #RalphWaldoEmerson (at The Aerie)



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i love you, 23.❤ in the stillness, in the silence, in the solitude.

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“

the fear of loss is a path to the dark side. attachment leads to jealousy, the shadow of greed that is. train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.

“

#quote #MasterYoda #StarWars #RevengOfTheSith

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mind. heart. will. amen. (“,)

#reflection #quote #MichelQuoist (at The Aerie)



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[earlier…] does this count as #foodporn? (“,) (at...

[earlier…] does this count as #foodporn? (“,) (at Auto Grill Nunez)



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i love you, 23. ❤ listen.

when hello becomes goodbye,
you are left gaping breathlessly at the endless possibilities and empty promises,
paralyzed by the choices you could have, should have, made.

when conversations echo into silence,
you are left grasping desperately at imaginary straws to save yourself from drowning in memories,
dragged down by the weight of anger, sadness, and neglect.

when friendship fades into forgetting,
you are left growing hopelessly attached, more than ever, to an illusion of a tomorrow that will never be,
saddened by the sound of your heart breaking into a thousand tiny pieces.

~ song of azrael 150:123

‪#‎SongOfAzrael‬ #6240

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i love you, 23. ❤ can't sleep.

resonating with some classic OPMs that are so lyrically and melodically haunting... more than they have any right to be (",) or is it because they are simply what my heartstrings are currently playing on repeat?

"ngunit kung pag-ibig ay hindi rin lang wagas, mabuti pa, mabuti nga, mabuti ang hanggang maaga'y magwakas. pagkukunwari'y itago man ay lalabas at minsan kang matuklasan, hapdi'y walang kasing dalas."

~ gaano kadalas ang minsan

"kung anumang dahilan ay hindi mahalaga. basta't sinasamba kita. di lang pagmamahal ang siyang nadarama. basta't sinasamba kita."

~ sinasamba kita

if you can hum the tunes, you understand what i mean by "haunting". :(

#ramblings #6240

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may God grant me the #grace of #faith (because i need to believe...

may God grant me the #grace of #faith (because i need to believe that tomorrow will be brighter.) amen. (“,)

#reflection #examen #quote #MarianneWilliamson (at The Aerie)



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when emotions overflow 😖 #reflection #journal...

when emotions overflow 😖

#reflection #journal #AlunsinaHandboundBooks (at Ateneo Center for Leadership and Governance)



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deep dive. (“,) opening the self to questions. #ramblings...

deep dive. (“,) opening the self to questions.

#ramblings #foodporn #lunch (at Ateneo Center for Leadership and Governance)



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i love you, 23.❤ what is it about my brokenness that attracts other broken people?

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“

The Warrior simply has to accept the challenge. He knows that God never overlooks a single mistake made by those he loves, nor does he allow his favorites to pretend ignorance of the rules of the game.

“

#PauloCoelho #WarriorOfTheLight

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time for some introspection, my dearest alma mater....

time for some introspection, my dearest alma mater. (“,)

#ramblings #quote #MartinLutherKingJr (at The Aerie)



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i love you, 23.❤ i have been through darkness and doubt, sadness and separation, loneliness and loss. but i have never lost hope.

#examen

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"learning how to be strong, to feel her own emotions and not...

"learning how to be strong, to feel her own emotions and not another’s, had been hard; but once you learned the trick of it, you did not forget."

#NeilGaiman #ChrisRiddell #TheSleeperAndTheSpindle

there are choices. there are always choices. (at The Aerie)



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for the first time since 2007, i used facebook’s “i do not want to see this” option. i wish it were that easy to banish the image from my mind. heart-breaking.

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“

A Warrior of the Light knows his own faults. But he also knows his qualities.

He tries to make the most of his virtues. He tries to establish what he can truly rely on.

And he always checks that he carries three things with him: faith, hope, and love. If these three things are there, he does not hesitate to go forward.

“

#quote #PauloCoelho #WarriorOfTheLight #TALA

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excited for tonight’s bedtime story....

excited for tonight’s bedtime story. (“,)

#NeilGaiman #TheSleeperAndTheSpindle



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“

however difficult the objective, there is always a way of overcoming obstacles. he seeks out alternative paths, he sharpens his sword, he tries to fill his heart with the necessary determination to face the challenge.

but as he advances, the Warrior realizes that there are difficulties he had not reckoned with.

if he waits for the ideal moment, he will never set off. the Warrior requires a touch of madness to take the next step.

“

#quote #PauloCoelho #WarriorOfTheLight #TALA

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i love you, 23. i wish that i could simply wish away my feelings… but that wish would be a lie.

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love and loss in the light of the lone lamppost...

love and loss in the light of the lone lamppost (“.)

#ramblings



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The moment that he Begins to walk along it, the Warrior of the...

The moment that he Begins to walk along it, the Warrior of the Light recognizes the Path.

"That’s just how it is," thinks the Warrior. I was the one who chose this path."

In these words lies all his power: He chose the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints.

~ in paulo coelho’s “warrior of the light”

#quote #ArthurWilliams #PauloCoelho #WarriorOfTheLight #TALA



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i love you, 23. #homage #foodporn #lunch #bistrofellini #ppp

i love you, 23.

#homage #foodporn #lunch #bistrofellini #ppp



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i love you, 23. without labels. but that doesn’t mean i love you less.

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[earlier…] thank you for a productive brainstorming...

[earlier…] thank you for a productive brainstorming session. may God grant us the grace translate our ideas into action. amen. (“,)

#TALA #foodporn



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"tonight i can write the saddest lines…" #quote...

"tonight i can write the saddest lines…"

#quote #PabloNeruda #AlunsinaHandboundBooks #reflection



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so near. yet so far. (“.) (at Ateneo Center for Leadership...

so near. yet so far. (“.) (at Ateneo Center for Leadership and Governance)



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what is the universe but an ipod set on shuffle? late-night, now early-morning, ramblings. (“.)

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peace (“,)

peace (“,)



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#satti the zamboangueños’ comfort food. hahaha! (“,)...

#satti the zamboangueños’ comfort food. hahaha! (“,) #brunch #foodporn



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peace (“,)

peace (“,)



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hmmm. (“.) #sunset. the first one of the year. (at The...

hmmm. (“.) #sunset. the first one of the year. (at The Aerie)



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hmmm. (“.) #sunset. the first one of the year. (at The...

hmmm. (“.) #sunset. the first one of the year. (at The Aerie)

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almost always, and too soon, the new becomes the old; and old...

almost always, and too soon, the new becomes the old; and old things (and people) are often, and too quickly, taken for granted.

may you always appreciate the “new-ness” of the year… of events and experiences, of things and toys, of family and friends, of sorrow and joys. (at The Aerie)



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almost always, and too soon, the new becomes the old; and old...

almost always, and too soon, the new becomes the old; and old things (and people) are often, and too quickly, taken for granted.

may you always appreciate the “new-ness” of the year… of events and experiences, of things and toys, of family and friends, of sorrow and joys. (at The Aerie)

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