Fact is...Life is Uncertain, thus we have to make excellent choices in whatever we say or do because we will never know on when will our life be put to a stop.
Honestly, I am too damn tired to write a blog entry at this moment..but I can't let all these things on my head go to waste, and so here I am, writing this one.
For the past five years, I've been trying to muddle up with one life's reality--DEATH. And this past few days, the harsh reality has slapped me once again...over and over again.
May 17, 2010, Monday, while having lunch with my office mates just outside our company's vicinity, I failed to check any messages eventhough I had brought my phone with me. Later in the afternoon, I decided to check on my phone for any messages because I forgot to do so earlier. I was shocked to receive a message from Tita Marlene Marquez because she often sends me a textmessage on a regular basis, she only texts me on special occasions. And imagine the shock when I opened the message, she was asking for prayers for Tito Jun who died earlier that morning. My knees were shaking and I didn't know how to react with what I had read--would I text her? What would I text her? Would I call her? What will I say? I was able to contact her in the evening, and all the thoughts circling on my head was finally answered. Tito Jun did not die on natural causes--he was killed infront of his house at around 4:30 -5:00 am. Shocking isn't? I had only a few encounters with the man, but those were quite memorable. His family has loved my sister, and has embraced my whole family when Eca left us. He has treated my sister as the daughter they never had, and with that I salute him and gives my respect. He is a man of honor, and he died while fighting for his principles. It is indeed good people dies at an early age. He was only 54, and has still a long way to go. He haven't seen his grandchildren. He had left his wife, Tita Marlene, and his two boys behind, Vinny (26) and Arvin (18). But then, Tito Jun has left a legacy that those who knew him would always remember.
It was also on this same date that the news on Governor Raffy Nantes of Quezon headlined every news station on the country--he died when his chopper crashed 15 minutes after its take-off. He is a friend of my father.
May 23, 2010, Sunday. After a two days of not checking my facebook, I was stunned with the message of my friend Sheryl. She had a miscarriage. She was 9-weeks pregnant and her baby died on the 6th week. I wanted to go to her, and give her a hug. I think she was pregnant the last time we were together but we both didn't know about her conception, and it took her 2-weeks to confirm the good news to us. She was excited for her 3rd baby. However, she had a bad fever on the 6th week of her pregnancy, and that is when she lost her baby Zed, the name she might have given to her little angel. I know my friend is so devastated at this moment and I really want to give her my hugs---eventhough that it won't be enough but at least she would know that we are always here for her.
Three deaths in a week...reality strucked me once again that life really is uncertain.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Portfolio Entry # 2 : Balconahe
i am now addicted with panoramic shots
from my point and shoot digicam
from my point and shoot digicam
...this is a shot from the perspective of our front door
shoes ginoo!
a quarter of the total number
see the big box on the inner pile, it's all shoes and slippers!
see the big box on the inner pile, it's all shoes and slippers!
...actually we are rearranging our things because of the renovation
Monday, May 10, 2010
i am a responsible citizen
after three long hours on the line
under the scourching heat...
finally...
I AM A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN
May 10, 2010 National Elections
Precinct No. 124-A
Sequence No. 40
Cluster 66
Sunday, May 9, 2010
mayo diyes
Tomorrow will mark another milestone not only in my life...it'll be my second time to vote for the National Elections...but this would be my first time to experience an automated election.
I had my doubts...with my little knowledge of a part of the history of Philippine politics..it is very sad to realize that the truth is CHEATING during elections is quite inevitable. At a young age of 9, I was quite aware of what was happening during the 1992 Presidential Elections. Being brought up in a family wherein they really took time to talk about politics and other social issues...I've learned to read the newspaper from cover to cover at a very young age. Moreover, I belong to what-they-call EDSA babies. I was almost 4-months old when Senator Ninoy Aquino was shot at Tarmac, and almost 3-years old during the EDSA revolution. I am part of those little ones who have tasted democracy after the Martial Law. Probably, those were some of the reasons why I was interested in the state of our country.
Back to being aware of 1992 Presidential Elections, I was one of the few kids who had always watched the news, and waiting for the updates of the canvassing of ballots. I was always on the newspaper stand at the end of our block every morning, checking on the newspaper who are leading on the counts. Moreover, I was aware of the blackouts and other anomalies happening during that time.
Fast forward to year 2010, 18 years after. I'm hoping that it won't be the same. I had friends, some were teachers who have had experienced violence regarding elections. A classmate of my mom, a Comelec official, was shot in broad daylight due to the upcoming elections. A family friend was shot dead at 6:30 in the morning due to rivalry in politics--he had left his wife and two kids at home to take care of the volunteers who are working for his wife's candidacy, but he was shot dead, and injuring a few civilians within the area..and it happened one day before the local elections.
My memories during elections are quite brutal as it may seem...but I am hoping that what I am aware of, and what I have experienced...I am hoping that the younger generations won't experience it.
On May 10, 2010, I would be voting for the ONE that I think would really make a difference. I would be voting for someone whom I think would not brag on his accomplishments six years after this election, but I'd be voting for someone who sees the things that he did, not as his accomplishments but as part of his responsibilities as an elected official of our country.
...I still do wish that after the May 10, 2010, all these candidates, win or lose, would all work together...because in the first place, they are all running for office because of one common goal right?
How I wish they REALLY DO have one common goal...and that is to improve the current situation that we have, and to change the current political system of our country---DIRTY and STINKY.
I had my doubts...with my little knowledge of a part of the history of Philippine politics..it is very sad to realize that the truth is CHEATING during elections is quite inevitable. At a young age of 9, I was quite aware of what was happening during the 1992 Presidential Elections. Being brought up in a family wherein they really took time to talk about politics and other social issues...I've learned to read the newspaper from cover to cover at a very young age. Moreover, I belong to what-they-call EDSA babies. I was almost 4-months old when Senator Ninoy Aquino was shot at Tarmac, and almost 3-years old during the EDSA revolution. I am part of those little ones who have tasted democracy after the Martial Law. Probably, those were some of the reasons why I was interested in the state of our country.
Back to being aware of 1992 Presidential Elections, I was one of the few kids who had always watched the news, and waiting for the updates of the canvassing of ballots. I was always on the newspaper stand at the end of our block every morning, checking on the newspaper who are leading on the counts. Moreover, I was aware of the blackouts and other anomalies happening during that time.
Fast forward to year 2010, 18 years after. I'm hoping that it won't be the same. I had friends, some were teachers who have had experienced violence regarding elections. A classmate of my mom, a Comelec official, was shot in broad daylight due to the upcoming elections. A family friend was shot dead at 6:30 in the morning due to rivalry in politics--he had left his wife and two kids at home to take care of the volunteers who are working for his wife's candidacy, but he was shot dead, and injuring a few civilians within the area..and it happened one day before the local elections.
My memories during elections are quite brutal as it may seem...but I am hoping that what I am aware of, and what I have experienced...I am hoping that the younger generations won't experience it.
On May 10, 2010, I would be voting for the ONE that I think would really make a difference. I would be voting for someone whom I think would not brag on his accomplishments six years after this election, but I'd be voting for someone who sees the things that he did, not as his accomplishments but as part of his responsibilities as an elected official of our country.
...I still do wish that after the May 10, 2010, all these candidates, win or lose, would all work together...because in the first place, they are all running for office because of one common goal right?
How I wish they REALLY DO have one common goal...and that is to improve the current situation that we have, and to change the current political system of our country---DIRTY and STINKY.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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