He's just NOT that into you

A girl will never forget the first boy she likes
Even if things will not quite work out
But usually, someone is there to offer words of wisdom
And there it is...
That's the beginning of our problem
Do you know what that means?
We're encouraged, programmed to believe
That if the guy acts like a total jerk
That means he LIKES you.

Girls are taught a lot of things growing up
If a guy punches you, he likes you
Never try to trim your own bangs
And someday you will meet a wonderful guy
And get your own happy ending
Every movie we see
Every story we're told
Implores us to wait for it
The third act twist
The unexpected declaration of love
The exception to the rule.

But sometimes, we're so focused on finding our happy ending
We don't learn how to read the signs
How to tell the ones who want us and the ones who don't
The one's who will stay and the ones who will leave
Maybe, a happy ending doesn't include a wonderful guy
Maybe, it's you, on your own
Picking up the pieces and starting over
Freeing yourself up for something better for the future
Maybe, the happy ending is just moving on
Or, maybe, the happy ending is this:
Knowing that after all the unreturned phone calls
or broken-hearts
Through all the blunders and misread signals
Through all the pain and embarrassment
You never gave up hope.

Two-sided

Sometimes...

Life is hard
It seems the other side

We owned the world
The world own us

I feel that it's great to live
I feel it's better to die

We burst into laughter
We cry a tear

I feel so inspired
but feel deceived later on
and shudder at the thought of it

Friends are there
Their shadows are nowhere

We meet people unexpectedly
We lose some suddenly

We forgive easily
but no easier to forget

I feel i'm special
Nobody cares at all

We're at the top
but what goes there,
goes bottom

We try to kill the time
that is chasing after us

Love dared by the heart
Only to keep apart

Distance away
But true love will forever stay

Pinoy-style Pasko

I can see the trees rustle through the cool and gentle breeze in the morning. I can already feel the gradual change of the season.

Temperature check. 27 degrees. That would approximately be 10 degrees below the average temperature of summer heat in Dubai. If you’re from Dubai, you will understand why such drop is a big deal and why just people feel the excitement like it is the most awaited time of the year. If people living their entire life in the winter-spring-summer-fall places can’t wait to get rid of those shovels, boots and winter coats, here, people, I guess, can’t wait to wear those winter stuffs and eager to say goodbye to summer. How ironic.

Anyway, that’s not the only thing I am excited about these days and in fact not the primary. Kapag malamig na ang simoy ng hangin, that would mean Christmas is also in the air. Yes, it’s Christmas! My most favorite part of the year and my most awaited holiday to celebrate is fast approaching day after another. You’ll soon wonder the countdown is over (just to start again another earth’s revolution) and days gone in a snap (yes, that’s how fast time is.)

But hey, you think that’s all? No, no, no way!

Actually, the main point for this blog is this: Babaita just called our travel agency regarding my flight booking in going home to the Philippines. Yes, I’ll be having my second vacation in perfect time for Christmas, a thing I thought I would never experience again. After two awful Christmases in a Muslim world, I’m gonna be spending it, finally, Pinoy style. That would mean, together again with family on Noche Buena, Pinoy Christmas bazaar which I miss so much, kids and adults alike, house-hopping in their Christmas carols and all other stuffs you can see in Pinoy-style Christmas.

But the mere presence of the people I love and care about on Christmas is what simply defines my happiness and what gives meaning to it. Now tell me, who wouldn’t be ecstatic about this?

Can’t wait to greet ya’ll a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!