Pagtanda at Pagbabago...

Tumatanda ka na.

Nasa Friday Magic Madness na yung mga paborito mong
kanta. Nakaka-relate ka na sa Classic MTV. Lesbiana na yung
kinaaaliwan mong child star dati. Nanay na lagi ang
role ng crush na crush mong matinee idol noon.

Dati, pag may panot, sisigaw ka agad ng "PENDONG!".
Ngayon, pag may sumisigaw nun, ikaw na yung
napapraning. Parang botika na ang cabinet mo. May
multivitamins, vitamin E, vitamin C, royal jelly,
tsaka ginko biloba.

Dati, laging may inuman. Sa inuman, may lechon, sisig,
kaldereta, inihaw na liempo, pusit, at kung anu-ano
pa. Ngayon, nagkukumpulan na lang kayo ng mga kasama
mo sa Starbucks at oorder ng tea.

Wala na ang mga kaibigan mo noon.

Ang dating masasayang tawanan ng barkada sa canteen,
napalitan na ng walang katapusang pagrereklamo tungkol
sa kumpanya ninyo. Wala na ang best friend mo na lagi
mong pinupuntahan kapag may problema ka.

Mahirap nang makahanap ng totoong kaibigan. Hindi mo
kayang pagkatiwalaan ang kasama mo araw-araw sa
opisina. Kung sabagay, nagkakilala lang kayo dahil
gusto ninyong kumita ng pera at umakyat sa tinatawag
nilang "corporate ladder". Anumang pagkakaibigang
umusbong galing sa pera at ambisyon ay hindi talaga
totoong pagkakaibigan. Pera din at ambisyon ang sisira
sa inyong dalawa.

Pera. Pera na ang nagpapatakbo ng buhay mo.

Alipin ka na ng Meralco, PLDT, SkyCable, Globe, Smart,
at Sun. Alipin ka ng Midnight Madness. Alipin ka ng
tollgate sa expressway. Alipin ka ng credit card mo.
Alipin ka ng ATM. Alipin ka ng BIR.

Dati-rati masaya ka na sa isang platong instant pancit
canton. Ngayon, dapat may kasamang italian chicken ang
fettucine alfredo mo. Masaya ka na noon pag
nakakapag-ober-da-bakod kayo para makapagswimming.
Ngayon, ayaw mong lumangoy kung hindi Boracay o Puerto
Galera ang lugar. Dati, sulit na sulit na sa yo ang
gin pomelo. Ngayon, pagkatapos ng ilang bote ng red
wine, maghahanap ka ng San Mig Light o Vodka Cruiser.

Wala ka nang magawa. Sumasabay ang lifestyle mo sa
income mo. Nagtataka ka kung bakit hindi ka pa rin
nakakaipon kahit tumataas ang sweldo mo. Yung mga
bagay na gusto mong bilhin dati na sinasabi mong hindi
mo kailangan, abot-kamay mo na. Pero kahit nasa iyo na
ang mga gusto mong bilhin, hindi ka pa rin makuntento.

Saan ka ba papunta?

Gumising ka. Hindi ka nabuhay sa mundong ito para
maging isa lang sa mga baterya ng mga machines sa
Matrix. Hanapin mo ang dahilan kung bakit nilagay ka
rito. Kung ang buhay mo ngayon ay uulit-ulit lang
hanggang maging singkwenta anyos ka na, magsisisi ka.
Lumingon ka kung paano ka nagsimula, isipin ang mga
tao at mga bagay na nagpasaya sa yo. Balikan mo sila.

Ikaw ang nagbago, hindi ang mundo.

"the deeper you fall, the higher you can fly"

Spongeshop Squarepage

Jorg and Jorgettes!

Nood tayo Spongebob Squarepants ang Pelikula, sa Sabado, April 16! Si
Melai kasi may pasok ng Sabado till 6, so malamang after 6pm na tayo
nood dahil sasama ang babaeng may napakagandang buhok.

Magbabasa pa ako ng Movieguide for the sked. Hehe
NOOD NA!

It's Movietime @ ---------

AWIT PARA KAY KAGANDAHAN

Kita kita sa isang magasin
Hindi ko alam kung ano ang iyong suot at, buhok mo'y itim
Sa isang tindahan
Sa may Cubao
Napatingin, natulala sa iyong KAGANDAHAN...
Naalala mo pa ba noong tayo-tayo pa
'Di ko inakalang sisikat ka
Tinawanan lang kita
Tinawag mo 'kong WALANG HIYA
Medyo pangit ka pa noon
Ngunit ngayon... Hey

CHORUS:
IBA NA ANG IYONG NGITI
IBA NA ANG IYONG TINGIN
Nagbago nang lahat sayo
Sana'y hindi nakita
Sana'y walang problema pagka't kulang ang dala kong perang
Pambili.... oooh..... pambili sa mukha mong maganda

Kita kita sa isang magasin
AT SA SOBRANG GULAT HINDI KO NAPANSIN
FHM pala ang pamagat
Dalidaliang binuklat
At ako'y namulat sa hubad na katotohanan.... hey

(CHORUS)

Saan ka na kaya
Sana ay masaya
Sana sa susunod na isyu
Ay centerfold ka na

*lyrics were changed to better suit jossa ng kagandahan's FHM appearance

Closing Cycles

By Paolo Coelho

One always has to know when a stage comes to an end.
If we insist on staying longer than the necessary
time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the
other stages we have to go through.

Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters
whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in
the past the moments of life that have finished. Did
you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to
an end? Did you leave your parents' house? Gone to
live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all
of a sudden?

You can spend a long time wondering why this has
happened. You can tell yourself you won't take another
step until you find out why certain things that were
so important and so solid in your life have turned
into dust, just like that.

But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for
everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife,
your friends, your children, your sister, everyone
will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves,
getting on with life, and they will all feel bad
seeing you at a standstill.

None of us can be in the present and the past at the
same time, not even when we try to understand the
things that happen to us. What has passed will not
return: we cannot for ever be children, late
adolescents, sons that feel guilt or rancor towards
our parents, lovers who day and night relive an affair
with someone who has gone away and has not the least
intention of coming back.

Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them
really go away. That is why it is so important
(however painful it maybe!) to destroy souvenirs,
move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or
donate the books you have at home. Everything in this
visible world is a manifestation of the invisible
world, of what is going on in our hearts and getting
rid of certain memories also means making some room
for other memories to take their place.

Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from
them. Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so
sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Do not expect
anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be
appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love
to be understood. Stop turning on your emotional
television to watch the same program over and over
again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a
certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing
else.

Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love
relationships that are broken off, work that is
promised but there is no starting date, decisions that
are always put off waiting for the ideal moment.
Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be
finished: tell yourself that what has passed will
never come back. Remember that there was a time when
you could live without that thing or that person.
Nothing is irreplaceable. A habit is not a need. This
may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it
is very important.

Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or
arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your
life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the
house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were,
and change into who you are.