December 2010
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WatchFrom Iligan to Cagayan de Oro. Sunset.
October 2010
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When we were graduating in college, we had to go on a retreat (I have shared this story a dozen times but I want to share again). During the last day of the retreat there was this activity where the nun, who facilitated the activity, laid down pictures on the floor and told us to pick one photo among the dozens and go back to our seats. Since I was sitting at the back I was one of those people...
Crave
Photo from: Food network
In my life the dreaded act of dieting and I have never met. I have always been skinny and had the privilege of eating what I want without visible consequence.
Oftentimes people would make me eat more rather than less but now I have to be more conscious of what I eat. It wouldn’t have been bad but my friend Lillly Em-em showed me what she ate for dinner earlier....
February 2010
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November 2009
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October 2009
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The Night I had a Catfight With A Gang of Pink...
I just had my first ever fight with someone at the Internet. It started when I joined a virtual world game called Smallworlds. I find it extremely entertaining game and I love the graphics. I find it better than the other popular virtual game in facebook because you can do more things in Smallworlds. Teleportation is a common ability. You are able to change your appearance in a snap. And when you...
Bad Omen and Manananggal and stuff-- A She Blog...
It started with a weird dream. In my dream I was smiling and the next I knew my mouth was filled with teeth that fell off from my gums. It wasn’t painful or anything like that. But the feeling of my mouth filling with these pebble like things, and my bare gums was awful. I could still feel my pulled out teeth even now, so alien in my mouth. Have you ever had a dream like that before?
I woke up...
Of books and of saying I love yous
I’m reading again a book by Ann Rice entitled The Witching Hour. It’s a story of The Mayfair family set in New Orleans.
I couldn’t sleep much last night. This has been common occurrence lately with my inability to breath through my nostrils and other icky stuff. Anyway, I have lots of books but no new ones so I was browsing through Jessica Zafra’s twisted (6 or 7) yet...
On Getting to The Big Fat 30's
I read an old entry I made at one of my blog sites where I lamented the passing of the years. Getting older it seems is like a dark cloud hanging over me smirking and pointing its cold gossamer fingers at me.
I watched Bones, the latest season. I had been looking forward for September to come. Almost feverish with anticipation (ok a hyperbole) to watch the new show- I sat down and clicked play....
A Perfect World (Reminiscing)
A perfect world is something that I have a difficulty envisioning. Perfection in general is impossible to imagine for me, but I will try anyway. When we think of perfection we usually think of a world free from starvation, wars and everyone’s lower heirarchy of needs are met. The lower heirarchy of needs according to Maslow being: basic physiological needs, safety and security, love and...
On Growing Up
I realize that people think whatever they like. If they like you they will like you. If they don’t, or don’t want to, it’s pretty hard to change their mind.
Being Invisible
I guess it isn’t fair to expect myself write as well as I did two years ago. When I worked in my profession and I had to stop my daydreaming and wall staring (what I call the process of writing) in order to function.
I like to give encouragement to people I care about. I’ve lived my life sorta doing things in a half assed way. Afraid of letting people know of my abilities, afraid of...
I keep hearing jangling of coins. “Is it my imagination? Is the universe trying to tell me something? Then I realized it’s just my cousin playing Café World.”
An Overwhelming Urge To Do Violence- Real Story
Lyra: (Shivering from cold).
Her: Preparing for bed.
Lyra: Palihug na lang ko “steady” sa imo ang electric fan kay matulog na man ka. Gitugnaw na man jud ko. Can you please turn the electric fan steady- since you’re getting ready for bed and all, and I’m getting cold.
Her: Yes, I know. I’ve been doing this (cranking the electric fan back) every night here in Butuan...
“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner...”
– Truman Capote (via quote-book)
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
“I hate when people start talking about how they feel sorry for blind people because they can’t see the beauty of a rainbow or the soft yellows and grays and browns of new kittens. Like a blind person’s life isn’t as good because they don’t have something that other people have. I mean how could you miss something you’ve never had? People are so caught up in...
What I learned Today
Today I learned so many things about friendship, and life in general. After what happened today I will have more reason not to dwell on the bad and be grateful that I have friends and family who really cares.
Early this morning a few houses from our house, a structure (I’m still not sure what exactly), caught fire. Ninang Hazel, already at the bank (she’s a bank manager) called up our...
September 2009
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September 16
Its September 2009. My agency finally called me on the day that she promised. I hope I’ll finally be able to work next month.
I read a blog by witsandnuts about her dream itinerary for her trip back home. She only has three days for her planned activities. It was mostly about food that she wanted to eat. Reading her blog I had a momentary twinge of not going through with my plans abroad....
A reminder from God
KArma
August 31st, 2006 by lyraviola (repost from friendster/myspace)
KArma
A Reminder from God By Lyra Viola
Whenever I feel that the world is against me, or when I’d feel such anger, I could almost yell, “This world sucks” or “Piss off,” I’m always humbled by a gentle reminder. When I’m in those moods I’d feel so all- powerful in my indignation that I sometimes feel invincible. Yet a...
Words in Time
Someone Are you there?
When I lean against this tree watching the tiny mayas fly away are you thinking of me?
When I look up above the clouds painting the skies with white cottony rabbits and and turtles do you see it, too?
Do you see the same silvery streaks of luminescent light at night from across the fields of makahiya and daisies?
Someone, are you waiting for me as I have ...
August 2009
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Hinatuan del Sur-- A repost
Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur Have you ever been to a place where there are lots of coconut trees, vegetation, beach, islands, interesting dialect and customs, fresh seafood, and friendly hospitable folks? Yes! That sounds like every other place in the Philippines (except for the orange soil) and more! Hinatuan is part of Surigao del Sur. It’s a small municipality, just a few hours away from Butuan,...
It was on fire when I lay down on it
This is the thought evoking title of the book by Robert Fulghum. I think it describes the condition of man and its peculiarities very well.
There’s this joke about a construction worker who keeps complaining to his co-workers about his lunch of rice and sardines every single day. Because his co-workers finally got fed up with him they asked him who packed his lunch-how come its so...
Two
When writing a blog I consider the frequency of which I post my entries. I have to make sure not to post more than once a day. This is especially true in myspace because my subscribers might bump me off their subscribed list because I’m cluttering their page with my bursts of “notice me” vanity. But then I realize that I write because I want to write. I might re-read what I wrote...