The Last Day...

If today were the last of all days,
would it change how you feel, who you are?
Would you rise for a moment above all your fears?
Become one with the moon and the stars?
Would you like what you see looking down?
Did you give everything that you could?
Have you done everything that you wanted to do?
Is there still so much more that you would?
Follow your dream to the end of the rainbow.
Way beyond one pot of gold.
Open your eyes to the colors around you
and find the true beauty life holds.
Would you live for the moment
like when you were young?
Time didn’t travel so fast.
Be free in the present?
Enjoying the now?
Not tied to a future or past.
You would probably say all you wanted to say
but doesn’t it strike you as strange
that we’d only begin to start living our lives,
if today were the last of all days?

10 YEARS AFTER...A REUNION

I took up Industrial Psychology at De La Salle University for three (3) years and graduated in 1995. 10 years after, I just had this longing to see my blockmates once again... and so we held a reunion last friday (Feb 4) at Masas, Greenbelt 2. It was a success! Though, a more quiet place would have made it more than perfect! I was quite dismayed though to see the pics...i didn't know until then, that i had become chubby na -- or my face had become chubby! Ha ha ha...Still cute but chubby just the same....Oh my, the effects of aging! (ding!!!!!!!!!!!!! not really....the effects of eating too much at night!!!!!) Well, almost everyone i know came; our batch clown, Dennis, who hasn't changed a bit...he's still funny and comical as he used to be; Shawie, who had become prettier and slimmer; Ingrid and Othella...well they haven't changed a bit; Jhouanna...a bit heavier but still has the same beautiful smile; Allah...who had become a bit slimmer; Cindy...who had blossomed into a fine lady; Fepot...who came with her hubby, eldest child and 2 more relatives; Erwin, our batchmate turned model of Mang Tomas, who had maintained his feet leveled on the ground; Marshall, still sociable and cool (he came with his preggy wife); our three professors: Jeoffre, Javier and Louie came also; Lolay dropped by as well, but she didn't stay longer than needed.

Many people would often say "coño mga lasalista!" Well, i didn't see a trace of that that night. I am proud of the fact that all of us have this "masa" heart. In fact, before we ended the night (or the morning), we came up with rough plans of having a worthwhile activity. We're thinking of doing community work for cancer-stricken children or providing free career talk/workshop for jobless people. Whichever will push through, i will definitely support it!

Well, it was a great reunion...i hope we'll have more in the months to come!

ON BEING A MAN

I think it is part of our responsibility, as social human beings, to take care of other people. At least love or care for two people in your lifetime (other than your relatives)…to extend a helping hand or just make them feel that the world is indeed a great place to live in. There shouldn’t be, even just one person on this earth, who will breathe his last breath without even knowing what love, friendship or just being “human” feels.

Let's not turn a blind eye to someone who looks at us with desperation in his eyes...never close our fists and not share when we know opening them a bit won't even kill us ...never not express love and kindness when we really want to. For in the end, it is by how many lives or hearts that we have touched that really makes us more human.