Closing The Decade

Ugly scars that turned into beautiful marks...
Painful scratches that turned into strokes of wisdom.

Thank you 2010-2019

Thank you Lord for the wonderful journey full of lessons, purpose-driven, and most of all for your Faithfulness.

I'll never lose my Faith in you.

The Hero Out of Sight

For this year's National Hero's day post...

Let us acknowledge the hero of our everyday lives. 

The hero that keeps us waking up each day, do what we're supposed to do, the one that kept us going, kept us hoping, kept us alive all this time...

Let us acknowledge our FAITH as our unseen hero in our daily struggles.

For whatever our faith is, whether you're a Christian, a Muslim, Buddhist, Taoist, Atheist, or simply Humanist...
Whether this Faith is blind, or hardworking, or simply a belief without a clause...

THIS FAITH OF OURS KEPT US THROUGH OUR DARKEST HOURS.

Truth is it doesn't matter where our faith belongs.
I believe that Faith is simply implanted within our hearts to give us hope. For who knows if there is really someone up there watching and hearing our prayers at night... No one could prove that there is really a god of any sort... But because of Faith in what we cannot see, we live. We feel that warmth that someone is really watching over us, someone up there really cares for us... And that belief kept us alive in our darkest moments.

FAITH plant seeds of hope in our hearts. The reason why we hope is because we have Faith. The reason why we gain the courage to Love is because we have Faith. The reason why we keep on going is because we have Faith.

It maybe as tiny as a mustard seed... It maybe as fragile as our mortal souls... But it has always been the source of our strength.

As for me...
My frail Faith is leading me somewhere I don't know...
But I'm learning the art of walking by my Faith more than trusting my instincts.

I maybe walking in the dark...
But the last time I checked... I got that shot in the dark and that shot was one of my best shots in life so far... So who am I to question this Faith?

I maybe in the dark...
But the stars and the moon has always been in the dark eversince the world begun...
But the last time I checked...
They just keep on shining.

So it is not a question whether you're in the dark...
It is about how would you shine in the midst of darkness.

And there goes Faith.

It is that spark of hope somewhere...
It is the warmth of love in there...

FAITH is that warm spark that ignites hope and nourishes love.

FAITH is the HERO that lives within us.

FAITH is the HERO that guides us.

FAITH is our HERO in our everyday lives.

I'll never lose my Faith in YOU.


P.s. Happy Rizal Day everyone!

Suntok Sa Buwan

This is the reason why my guitar string snapped...

🎶🎶Hindi mo ba alam

Damdamin ko'y pinagtakpan

Makasama ka'y suntok sa buwan...

🎶🎶Itanong mo sa akin

At tatanungin ko rin

Kung ika'y aamin

Lahat ay gagawin...

Broken String

Oh little one's broken lying on the ground 

Trying to get up 'till his last breath out
Wings are strewn everywhere there's blood all around...
Oh, broken angel, you've got to learn to fly
Get up and earn your wings tonight.

(Broken Angel - Hansons)

Remaining Fragments

You're my old ragged shirt that is so comfortable to wear like a second skin.
You're my dirty old shoe that fits I just can't throw away.
You're my favourite song I could listen to on repeat.
You're my old school movie I could watch over and over and still cry like it's the first time I saw it.
You're my coffee in the morning and my tea at night.
I could keep on talking about you till I reached my destination...
And still...
The remaining fragments of my reveries.


P.s. All those other girls, well they're beautiful but would they write a prose for You?

Believe

And this one's for me, I'm starting to believe...

Oh! Why so damn good and gorgeous Dan Layus?

#Fangirl

It Don't Matter To Me

I could go on and on writing poems about you even though it might not reach you.
It doesn't matter anyway...
I'll tell "I love You" to each and every stars I see each night even though you can't hear it.
It doesn't matter anyway...
I will choose You everyday...
It doesn't matter anyway...
Even if you don't know it.

CHECKMATE

You make me fly between the eagle and the dove

On the careless winds up above

Just between the clouds and the stars

Beneath your breath I stay awake and breathless

In your eyes I fall with my hair so messed

But I didn't care...

Cause with you I will gamble like a queen on chess.

The Art Of Hoping

Your give me the patience that I'm needing.

Your presence is entertaining me so much that I don't mind the waiting and all it's fuss.

Thanks!

Master your fear so it can't control you 

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it."

- Mark Twain

I'm learning the art of it Mr. Twain...

You can playdead all you want and I'll be fine.

Toasted

You made me see the world differently.

Like when everything is shaded black and  white,

You make me see blue, red, and green.

I swear I could even see rainbows in the night skies,

Painted with your name lined with stars.

And on my side is your green tumbler giving me another shot I can't refuse.

For how can I...

When it is you offering another toast.

When you're indulging in country music and all of a sudden you switched into Augustana... Just because...

Getting a runny nose and a headache on holidays...

• A dose of Taylor songs please!

Oh Tay!

When all of a sudden Taylor makes so much sense...

And what do you do when the one who means the most to you
Is the one who didn't show?

Isang Dosenang Tula Para Sa'yo

#4 SILAB

Sa wari ko'y tila isa kang sugo

Naka ukit ang larawan mong hawak ay sulo

Sa isipan ko doon ito nakatago

Habang buhay na tatanawin ang pag-dating mo sa buhay ko.

Nag-silbing tanglaw sa kadiliman

Sa malamig kong mundo't kaharian

Silab mo'y nag dulot ng kaliwanagan

Sa bisig mo ang aking kanlungan.

P.s.  I told you...

I could give you fifty reasons

Why I should be the one you choose...

All those other girls, well they're beautiful

But would they write a poetry for you?

Hey!

...I could give you fifty reasons

Why I should be the one you choose

All those other girls, well they're beautiful

But would they write a song for you?

Merry Christmas! ☃️🌲

#FanGirl

Lost

I got literally lost awhile ago inside the mall...

Yes, inside the mall... 🙄

I wonder how I passed my geography class in highschool. 🤔🤣🤣🤣

And this song was playing on my playlist while I was looking for my way out...

Coincidence...

Ikr!

It's exactly 7 days before National Hero's day.

Who will be my featured hero this year?

I'm excited!

12-30-2019

Beautiful Mistake

I call this painting a "Beautiful Mistake" because this painting started out with a big mistake.

It was suppose to be an Eiffel Tower painting but it turned out to be a disaster so I let it dry for hours and started to cover the whole canvas with yellow paint to create a sunset.

And this is the end product.

Lesson:

Don't be the victim of your own mistake.

Acknowledge it.

Accept it.

And take the responsibility to MAKE IT RIGHT.

For you can make your own tragedy into a piece of art.

Art Gallery

These are some of my paintings...

Some of which are even past 20 years ago.

Way back in highschool.

Home Coming

"You can always look back but you can never go back."

Maybe that cliche is true...

Maybe I can no longer go back...

But I will always Look Back to the roots that nurtured me to become the tree that I am now.

#Work

Getting Jiggy

Real talk now guys...

Meet this cute little man...

The inspiration behind the post:

THE BOY WHO BELIEVED

http://odessamann.blogspot.com.TheBoyWhoBelieved

We were merely freshmen

I accidentally pressed the unliked button and that phrase suddenly appeared...

And all of a sudden I have no idea what to feel...

Because I was laughing but hurt at the same time.

P.s. But just so you know I pressed the heart button again... Because I love this song.

For Christ sake! It was an accident! 🤣

Isang Dosenang Tula Para Sa'yo

#3 NAGBAGO

Minsa'y umikot ang mundo ko sa'yo

Iyong pinahinto lahat ng gulo

Ako'y iyong natagpuan

Ikaw ang aking kanlungan.

Ngunit lahat ay nawala sa isang iglap

Akala ko'y ikaw ang aking pangarap

Damdamin ko ngayon iba na ang tanggap

Sapagkat ang puso ko'y di na ikaw ang hinahanap.

Drops of Jupiter

Tell me...
did you fall from a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were
looking for yourself out there?

🙄🙄🙄
(Why do I have this feeling that WE are no longer the same as we were?) 😣

Shot For Lunch

I was home-alone this weekend so I decided to just eat out.

So I headed to starbucks awhile ago for lunch wearing an old shirt and short pants, and to be honest, I haven't showered yet... So just imagine what I look like.

Then on my way, I bumped with someone I know and she asked me where I'm going and I said - to Starbucks.

Then she laughed and said - "you're going to Starbucks wearing that?"

And I answered her - "I'm going to Starbucks to eat lunch and have some iced coffee and NOT to show off some fancy dress, THAT thing is for Social Climbers. And I am NOT a social climber... In fact... I'm HUNGRY."

She smiled at me and said - "You're definitely always slaying girl!"

Photography Weekend

May your coffee be as strong as your character...

As soothing as your heart...

And as dark as your soul... 

Black and White Faith

One thing that I've learned from this painting is that you have to believe that you can... and for sure you will.

Before I started painting this piece I was in doubt if I could really do it right because it is my first time to paint using only black and white hues.

But I started it anyway and the rest is history.

Believe in yourself and have faith that God will help you realize your destiny.

Morning Scenario

This is my Morning scenario for today...

Working at home on a weekend at 6am...

With Tadhana Song by Up Dharma Down on repeat.

🎶🎧🎵