grace ibuna - the voice of the mistresses v.01

well, this is quite sensitive. while writing this blog entry, i am hearing grace ibuna - the mistress of the dead congressman iggy arroyo (brother-in-law of the former president gloria macapagal-arroyo). 

i am not afraid to admit that our family used to be one of those families in rugged path so-called "lol" - not laughing out loud but love or lust. i was in high school then when we found out that my dad is having a relationship with another woman. i hate her, in fact, given a chance i can bite her head off from her effing body. the feeling or situation might be a little different but having your family in the loosing ground is something that i don't want to happen again. 

well, going back to my point, i hate mistresses because i value family better than anything else. for me, a "man" should not get involve with a "woman" if you think you can't hold her forever. a woman is like a rose, don't cut them off from their stem if you can't withstand the pain of her thorns. in iggy's case, it just happen. two women trapped in a situation they don't like. in the eyes of every filipino, aleli arroyo is in the position to claim and talk about anything about her late husband. aleli has all the rights over everything. in the eyes of God, aleli and iggy is just one. He bonded them together. unfortunately, things went wrong.

picture from here. 

grace healed everything in iggy's heart. she sealed it with love and confidence. for me, this is the reason why she's talking right now. she feels that she has all the rights out of a wrong foundation. a mistress trying to tell the world that women of her kind is loved more than their man's wife. do you call it love? should iggy sing - "sana dalawa ang puso ko" or "bakit ngayon ka lang?"? do you call it true love? now that iggy is dead, how can he straighten things up? honestly, i don't like to hear her voice. i feel that she just wanted to  steal the limelight.

the greatest thing that you'll ever learn is how to love and be loved in return. is this what happened to iggy and grace? so, who's the trapped in the middle? who's the third wheel? aleli arroyo? at this point, i would like to ask my readers to read on Brida by Paulo Coelho. its an awesome book about love triangle and finding their soul mates. 

i rest my case here. everyone has the right to talk but i hope people should have "delikadesa" or sometimes "kahihiyan". 

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paulo coelho in pirate bay!

when i checked the pirate bay site today, i saw a familiar face of a man who influenced my career (see my blog -  samu't sari - not explicitly mentioned but his words in that entry is awesome!) in so many ways - paulo coelho. i find it very weird so i grabbed a screenshot of their home page.

there it says, "The Pirate Bay proudly promotes Paulo Coelho".  and when i checked his blog site, he's proud of it! i say, "what?". anyways, here is what Paulo say >> Promo Bay. it was awesome. i really love his thoughts and beliefs. lol!

go Paulo!

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samu't sari

sa tuwinang may naririnig akong mga mabubuting salita sa ibang tao o maisip ko lamang, sine-save ko ito sa cellphone ko. at ngayon, panahon na naman na i-purge ito sa isang blog entry...

ang change ni-le-learn yan! di yan iniimpose. - this is my thought when someone is trying to pull some strings over what i am doing. ahehehe...

ang tunay na pag-bibigay ay yung alam mong kaya mong ibigay sa isang tao kahit na masasaktan ka. - father alex in one of our eucharists.

happiness is doing things that you love to those people you love. - father alex in one of our eucharists.

ichigo ichie - japanese term which means treasure every encounter with another person - from a wall post in tokyo cafe.

do not haste to change. direction is more important than speed. - paulo coelho in his facebook account.

gaganda right? hhaayy...

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alchemist

this is so good and fantastic. i mean, its really awesome! yeah, awesome is a nice word!


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“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?” the boy asked, when they had made camp that day.

“Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.”

“But my heart is agitated,” the boy said. “It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it’s become passionate over a woman of the desert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights, when I’m thinking about her.”

“Well, that’s good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say.”

“My heart is a traitor,” the boy said to the alchemist, when they had paused to rest the horses. “It doesn’t want me to go on.”

“That makes sense. Naturally it’s afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you’ve won.”

“Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?”

“Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet. Even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you, it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you’re thinking about life and about the world.”

“You mean I should listen, even if it’s treasonous?”

“Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because you’ll know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them.

“My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer,” the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky.

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”

“Every second of the search is an encounter with God,” the boy told his heart. “When I have been truly searching for my treasure, every day has been luminous, because I’ve known that every hour was a part of the dream that I would find it. When I have been truly searching for my treasure, I’ve discovered things along the way that I never would have seen had I not had the courage to try things that seemed impossible for a shepherd to achieve.”

So his heart was quiet for an entire afternoon. “Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him,” his heart said. “We, people’s hearts, seldom say much about those treasures, because people no longer want to go in search of them. We speak of them only to children. Later, we simply let life proceed, in its own direction, toward its own fate. But, unfortunately, very few follow the path laid out for them—the path to their destinies, and to happiness. Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out indeed, to be threatening place.

“So, we, their hearts, speak more and more softly. We never stop speaking out, but we begin to hope that our words won’t be heard: we don’t want people to suffer because they don’t follow their hearts.”

http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2010/09/18/the-alchemist-conversation-about-our-heart/

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imagine this is just an excerpt...go find your dreams!

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5…best movies that I’ve watched for 2009>>
a. The Classic (Korean Film).
b. My Sassy Girl (Korean Film).
c. A Very Special Love (Filipino Film) - http://eduthegreat.blogspot.com/2009/03/quasi-static-process.html (twice ko na napanoood ito pero i really love it!)
d. And I Love You So (Filipino Film)
e. Avatar

5…best newly found hobbies for 2009 >>
a. Cooking
b. Running
c. Going to the gym
d. Playing video games with my housemates
e. Watching sub-titled films

5…most exhilarating experience for 2009 >>
a. Met Mickey Mouse in Disneyland.
b. Met Kiko in Washington D.C.
c. Experienced the Daredevil Drop at Six Flags in New Jersey.
d. Saw John Cena (and other wrestlers) for Judgment Day in All State Arena
e. Fulfilled a promise to someone. (can’t reveal sorry…)

5…most fantastic places that i visited for 2009 >>
a. Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
b. Holiday Inn (i did the Shema with 4th Community of St. Gertrude) in Itasca, Illinois.
c. Ate Lei’s House in Las Vegas, Nevada.
d. Washington D.C. when we met Kiko.
e. Orpheum Theatre (where we watched Wicked) in San Francisco, California.

5…best buddies (newly found) for 2009 >>
a. Bianca Araujo
b. Jose and Adriana Perez
c. T. A. Mangalubnan
d. Emilio Marrero
e. Vence Abuyen

5…best buddies that I have for 2009 >>
a. John David
b. Jay Pamilacan
c. Amy Alcantara
d. Boni Ale
e. RJ Idang

5…most heart breaking experience for 2009 >>
a. heard my mother crying over the phone
b. saw people affected by the calamity in the pinas
c. when someone gave me a very bad comment – it almost ended our friendship.
d. GL married another guy
e. got busted (lol) - i wasn’t suppose to include this but i think i need to admit that i was affected somehow.

3…most gruesome fight for 2009 >>
a. misunderstanding with Tere
b. an email exchange with my Manager
c. a nasty move by my co-worker >> http://eduthegreat.blogspot.com/2009/03/march-25.html


2…best books read for 2009 >>
a. Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
b. Brida by Paulo Coelho

2…best achievements for 2009 >>
a. Fulfilled a promise to someone. (can’t reveal sorry…)
b. Learned how to cook.

There are still a lot of things that I need to include but this entry might have been too long. 2009 has been so great. I am hoping that 2010 will be better year for me.

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dapat gawin...

The past few days became so special. Special kasi dami kong naiisip at kulang na lang nang lakas ng loob para isulong ang kailangang gawin. Hhhaaayyy! Ang hirap talaga kasi alam mong kailangan mong gawin pero di mo agad magawa.

Siguro napapansin nyo na wala akong masyadong blog entries sa first half ng buwan. Dahil na siguro yun sa sobrang busy ako ngayon at sobrang emotional. Kapag emotional kasi ako, nasasabi ko lahat. Paulo Coelho said in one of his books that emotion is like wild horses that need to be tamed. Tama siya dun. Kailangan kong kontrolin yung emotion ko kasi kapag hindi, patay na! Hehe…

There are some thoughts that I wanted to share with you that molded my emotion for the past few days >>

a. When you see the truth, it started to hurt. This came from the person I consider as Kuya, and its true! Kapag nakita mo ang katotohanan na mali ka, unti unting sumasakit ang puso at damdamin mo. Wwwaahhh! Sobrang naka-relate ako dito nung sinabi nya sa amin (with some of my other friends).

b. You knew me but you never know who I wanted to be. Biktima ako at nambiktima din ako nito. Kahit ano kasing gawin ko, di ko na mabubura sa ibang tao ito yung masama kong ugali. Well, in a way, wala naman akong pakialam kung ano sabihin nila sa akin pero ang punta ko lang – WALA BA AKONG KARAPATANG MAG-BAGO? Haha! Nambibiktima din kasi ganun din yung tingin ko sa ISANG TAO! Haha! This is the best example ng kung anong ginagawa mo sa kapwa mo yun din yung gagawin nila sa iyo. Haha! Anyways, these words from the book of Mitch Albom – Have a Little Faith – is really inspiring! Balang araw, matatanggap ko din yung mga mali ng tao dahil mali ko din yun.

c. God is everywhere. Don’t get me wrong. I know this by heart. Pero ang pinupunto lang nang taong nagsabi sa akin nito ay di importante kung saan ko daw gawin ang dapat kong gawin. Ang importante ay kailangan kong gawin ang dapat kong gawin.

Hhaayy! Magiging mahirap talaga ang mga susunod na araw sa akin. Sana magawa ko.

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love na naman

isa pinaka-nakakaaliw na parte ng eucharist ay yung pag-tatanong ng pare sa mga bata. tulad ng sinasabi dati ni rollie sa min, di daw talaga dapat minamaliit ang mga bata kasi marami kang matutunan sa mga sagot nila. kanina, ayun natauhan na naman ako.

bakit nga ba kailangang magpakumbaba ka kung gusto mong mauna sa lahat?

nung tinanong ni father eric ito sa bata, miski ako di ko maintindihan. una, bakit ang hirap ng tanong sa bata. ayun di nakasagot yung bata. miski kung ako yung tanungin di ko masasagot yun eh. hehehe.

simple lang daw ang sagot. dahil sa pagpapakumbaba, matutunan mo ang pag-mamahal na walang hinahanap na kapalit. ito yung tinatawag na "love that consumes" ni paulo coelho - agape.

hhaaayy..."love" na naman...smile na lang ako kasi darating din yun...hehehe...

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' "Perhaps solitude has made his madness worse, " Brida thought, and again she felt the first stirrings of panic. She may have been young, but she knew the harm that loneliness could do to people, especially as they got older. She had met people who had lost the glow of their being alive because they could no longer fight against loneliness and had ended up becoming addicted to it. They were, for the most part, people who believed the world to be an undignified, inglorious place and who spent their evenings and nights talking on and on about the mistakes others had made. They were people whom solitude had made into the judges of the world, whose verdicts were scattered to the four winds for whoever cared to listen.'

these were the exact words written in the book Brida by Paulo Coelho. when i read these words, i came to realize something and in somehow understand myself and others. its really hard to become lonely for it can definitely kill somebody.

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25 Random Things

Ito yung patunay na wala ako sa mood. Noon ko pa gustong magkaroon ng ganitong blog entry, pero wala akong panahon. Ngayon namang may panahon ako, wala naman ako sa mood. Kay eto, one week ko ginawa itong blog entry na ito...

1. I love watching Tagalog movies with my Mom. John Lloyd/Bea, Kim/Gerald, Toni/Sam John Lloyd/Sarah – name it napanood namin yan ng Mom ko.

2. Di ako masyadong umiinom. Minsan minsan lang.

3. I undergone 4 to 5 times of ungiectomy when I was in college due to my ingrown toenail.

4. I am a graduate of B. S. Chemical Engineering but ended up as Software Engineer. Hindi kasi ako nag-top sa board. LOL! Kidding aside, I think it’s a calling to have a new career so I accepted the offer with Accent to the Future. Mapua Tech at that time is offering three Minors for my course - Environmental Engineering, Management and Computer Science. I took Envi Eng’g. If I knew that I will end up with computers, I should have taken Computer Science. Hehe. You really do not know what will happen in your life.

5. I hate waiting but I have no choice. I need to be patient.

6. My dad died April 5, 1999 – one day before my 18th birthday. This was so far, my loneliest birthday. This makes me the only guy in the family.

7. I am a big wrestling fanatic. Gustong gusto ko si John Cena. First time kong nakapanood ng live wrestling dito sa Chicago. Sayang, di nyo ako nakitang tumatalon noong nanalo si John Cena over Big Show!

8. I usually do not comb my hair when I am at home.

9. I used to be the Corps Commander nung HS ako. Ito ay dahil sa tingin ko wala nang choice.

10. I think I am best with History – Philippine History to be specific. I simply love it. Only few people know that I have a great desire with Philippine History.

11. I hate fresh pineapples. I do not eat pineapples if it is not from a can – processed.

12. I used to love dugo – yung street food na kasama lagi ng adidas at ng helmet. Pero nung nalaman ko kung saan galing yun, I started to dislike it.

13. I love writing poems. Kaso lang, na-discourage ako ng teacher ko nung HS kasi ayaw nyang maniwala na ako yung gumawa ng isang poem. I thought its good pero ewan ko sa kanya. Umpisa nun, minsan minsan lang ako nag-sha-share ng poems ko. Depende pa sa mood.

14. Mag-yayabang ako ng konti. =) . Silver Medalist ako sa B. S. Chemical Engineering. Mapua Tech ' 98.

15. I love the game Pokemon in GBA Emulator and in DSi. People would think that it’s just a game but for me, it’s more than a game. You will learn a lot from this game – e.g. in order for you to catch them all, you have to be patient and know your foe’s strengths and weaknesses. Lalim!

16. I love walking. With Kuya Sonny and his friends, we used to walk from our town to Baclaran during Maundy Thursday.

17. Di naman din obvious na mahilig akong mag-post sa blog site ko di ba? Madalas ditto ko nailalabas ang sama ng loob ko.

18. I used to be the Little Municipal Mayor of our town - October of 1997.

19. I am currently walking along the path of Neo Catechumenal Way. Sa Pilipinas, kabilang ako sa ikalawang komunidad ng Sto. Rosario sa Rosario, Cavite. Here in US, I am part of the fourth community in St. Gertrude in Franklin Park, Illinois. Don’t get me wrong. I am always in crisis. Many people would say that if you go to church often you are already HOLY. This is not true; being a Catholic is a continued effort to be commune with God. The operative term is EFFORT because I still do what I wanted to do – most of the times. Nag-sermon pa talaga ako, ano? Haha! In short, I am not HOLY. But, I always try to be as good as I can, in my own little ways.

20. Nag-cocollect ako dati ng mga bus tickets - kahit anong bus. Pero ngayon, wala na siya dahil sa sobrang dami. LOL!

21. I am totally in loved with the City of Baguio. Gustong gusto kong pumunta dun.

22. I love to read books, too. Paulo Coelho is the best for me. Dalawa na lang yung books nya na di ko pa nababasa. By the River Piedra, I sat down and wept ang pinaka-favorite ko. However, if ever I will be writing a book it would be like that of Bob Ong’s books. I love the humor, its so me! Humor na may dating. I used to read Sydney Sheldon books as well.

23. Nagiging addict na akong tumakbo. Sa ngayon, sa treadmill pa lang ako tumatakbo. I am hoping to join some events here in Chicago.

24. Umpisa nang tumira ako dito sa Chicago, nagustuhan ko na ang mga musical plays. Ang una kong napanood ay yung Rent – sa Oriental Theatre. Tapos, Wicked naman sa San Francisco. Ano kaya ang susunod?

25. Sobrang taba ako dati. I used to have a 40 inch waistline – possibly more than pa! I have no permanent diet. I eat what I want pero ngayon nagiging cautious na ako sa pinipili kong food. Sa ngayon, I already reached my 145 – 150 lbs level. Ang saya ko!

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