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before sunset

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I needed an excuse to start a blog so I opened my diary and looked for an entry that I could use for inspiration. Here’s what I found:

10.09.2004.06.13.a.m.
Some people don’t know when to give up on things that don’t work anymore. They tend to hold on to something broken in the hopes that it might one day be magically fixed, like some miracle or fairy tale. While it’s not bad to dream, we must learn to put our two feet on the ground. What’s gone is gone, we must know when to move on and close the door, or else the other window might not open and we would end up suffocating on our own fears.

“They say it is always darkest before dawn. We will never fully appreciate the day unless we experience the night in all its darkness”

cebu skyline

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this is all that i took home from my short trip to cebu last week.

the days were so fast that i barely had time to see all the people i’m supposed to meet up with.

well, that’s what next times are for.. something to look forward to (or dread).

mmmmmmmmm.

capote

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“There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.” – Saint Teresa of Avila

this movie depicts truman as a manipulative man and a literary genius. i just hope those two traits doesn’t necessarily need to be present in a person in order to gain respect and reap success in life.

where: Glorietta 4, Cinema 4
when: Sunday, 12 March 2006. 1:10 p.m.

the dark side

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i finally gave in to the dark side and bought a portable running on windows – the dell 710m, no i didn’t buy it just to play the latest sims 2 expansion pack (yeah lie to yourself some more!) =)

so far i’m loving the xbrite screen, but i miss the dock.. i want os x on this!! good thing there’s wincustomize.. i just hope the machine doesn’t crawl.

there goes my savings, now back to the drawing board,

jishin

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there was a minor earthquake last night (03.01) at around 7:40 p.m. but the rest of the country was busy with political affairs so i couldn’t see more info about it on any of the online newspapers. some buildings in ortigas were evacuated as emergency precaution. probably another tectonic activity in taal volcano. i hope noone was hurt.

turn it around

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today felt like any other day. i woke up and found the sun’s rays invading my window blinds. i looked outside and everything is at it should. the never ending construction noise from gb is still there as well as the shouts of children enjoying the pool of another condo’s rooftops. there is no view from this side of the city, except the walls of other buildings, sactuaries they built to keep themselves away from things they want to be close to.

i stare at the empty space under my table where my cpu used to sit and ponder what else i should dispose in order to “simplify” my life. i can’t believe i’m in another existential crisis, i get this every start of the month, like seasonal flu.

good thing my ipod adds music to my life, here’s one of my pick-me-up-from-the-dump songs:

—
woke up today like yesterday
i keep holding on
find my way through the city haze
it wont be long

today will be the brightest day
will never fade away
holding back the rain
turn it around

live and die in the 9 to 5
i sing your song
work overtime to buy peace of mind
we carry on

the man up there never seems to care
there’s something wrong

today will be the brightest day
will never fade away
holding back the rain
turn it around

hold on one more day

—
song lyrics by the meadows. listen to them here

syriana

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political manipulation. racial prejudice. plot within a plot. conspiracy theory. how much more real could it be? i just think it’s too manipulative and preachy to talk about such things in a movie. maybe i’ve degraded myself and now i’m beginning to hate “intelligent” films. they just seem so …

perhapsi just had a system overload with all the rallies and the state of emergency declaration the day before i watched this. nonetheless it’s an enlightening experience.

where: Glorietta 4, Cinema 5
when: Saturday, 25 February 2006. 8:00 p.m.