Posted in Religion on Apr 30th, 2009 No Comments »
I skipped my regular routine attending church services in the morning that Friday. A week ago, I have already informed our pastor that I plan to attend the Industrial Area church service instead in the evening. I also missed out our church choir practice that night, which I am so sad about.
We braved the dusty road [...]
Posted in Memoirs, Religion on Apr 25th, 2009 1 Comment »
I was on my way to a restaurant that late afternoon to meet a friend, hurrying and my mind was filled with gloomy thoughts. My mind just wandered aimlessly, battling inner fears.
Rebel as I was, it seems that I am all wearied and fighting against the world, crushed in the agony of my self-defeat- I [...]
Posted in Literature on Apr 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Outstretched are
green mighty arms
of thorny crowns
prickly under the sun.
Lowly shrubs
worshipping the sand
winding tapestries
of the golden strands
It swirls. It whirls.
The desert breath
summoning the clouds
to quench its thirst.
Its parched hand.
Its speckled face,
lips of heaven planted
its misty kisses.
When the sun wearied,
will the cold rain
Preciously sparkles jewels
such in the night time.
Of the dewdrops
cusped into little ponds,
clustering brown cakes-
the food [...]
Posted in Memoirs on Mar 19th, 2009 No Comments »
At young age, I was severely smacked down by our pet dog. When my father learned about it, he brought down his gun and pulled the trigger. The dog instantly died. But I was hospitalized, sending my parents into panic if I had contracted the dreaded rabies. But thank God, there is no indication of [...]
Posted in Memoirs on Mar 16th, 2009 No Comments »
What if I finally embark on a mission to indigenous lands? How can I accept their way of life? Will I accept their culture as superior than I have born with and satisfied with? Will I ever change my way of life and draw some inspiration and become like them-unwary of the stress of the [...]
Posted in Religion on Mar 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Somebody asked me if it is true, that my age is way past 30’s. I just told them the truth, nothing less. Maybe it’s just a way to amuse me further, when they thought I am just 26 or something. But really, inside me is just so younger than what my real age is. I [...]
Posted in Current Affairs, Memoirs on Jan 1st, 2009 1 Comment »
Today is January 1 of 2009, I woke up early, surprised why there are no lights from my windows. Normally, I see car headlights in the street and lighted windows from the buildings each morning. Looking at the clock, time seems to have overstepped its normal pace.
I came out of the front door and there the [...]
Posted in Memoirs on Dec 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
Everyday. For the whole month of October, I holed up in a room with only a generous view of the outside as a companion. From the view I can see only the cars parked in the kerbside. The cranes slowly tilting like a clock in the distance. And a handful of passersby walking by, unmindful of these pair [...]
Posted in Architecture & Design, Memoirs on Sep 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Room gravitates with clacking sounds from T-square and triangles repelling each other at drafter’s boards. Blood races with time. Sweat drips left watermarks on vellum as inkblots nervously travels the maze of light pencil strokes. There were smudges of graphite dusting above the immaculateness of the paper that the fruity-smelled eraser had not breezed through. Then, forms of squares and [...]
Posted in Religion on Sep 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
A neighbor who lives nextdoor had a caged lovebird hanging in the hallway in our apartment. I was awakened one morning by its relentless chirping as if I was awakened by some familiar bird songs I once heard from my hometown’s parish church. There was a surging of long distant emotions that was laid dormant through all these [...]
