Belles-Lettres

Hindi kasing bilis ng bagyo, Hindi sumasabog tulad ng bulkan, Hindi kasing init ng sunog, Hindi rumaragasa sa agos ng baha, Hindi isang delubyo, Hindi! Pinapabagal ang araw, Pinapaiksi ang gabi, Pinapagpapahinga ang katawan, Ngunit, pinapagod ang damdamin. Ikinukong ang mga gunita. Papaliparin ang isip sa kawalan. Kay hirap tiyakin ang kasiguraduhan at kalayaan. Sa bawat delata Ay pangamba Na sa tulong na dumarating Ay kawalan ng pagkukuhanan Ng pangunahing kailangan. Hindi ka lalagnatin O uubuhin. Ngunit Pag-iisipin ka. Tatakamin. Pasasabikin. Dahil sa pandemyang Wala pang bakuna, Umasang Sa sakit ka lamang Palalayain. At tuluyang Pagpapahingahin.

Soon, my body goes back to work while my mind wanders home; my hand grabbing hers squeezing every moment to last; my sight recording every smile on her lil face; my ears remembering those chuckles to make them stay; my nose sniffing every bit of her smell; this taste so bittersweet I just don't want to leave but if I stay moments like these will be more far away so even if today makes my heart uneasy and my soul stray far from where I am at the moment just as the the clouds are to the sun. I know that more of these I will have very very soon.

--> Now leave and let me rest. Dame Pleasure, be content- Go choose among the best; my doting days be spent. By sundry signs I see thy proffers are but vain, And wisdom warneth me that pleasure asketh pain; And Nature that doth know how time her steps doth try, Gives place to painful woe, and bids me learn to die. Since all fair earthly things, soon ripe, will soon be rot And all that pleasant springs, soon withered, soon forgot, And youth that yields men joys that wanton lust desires In age repents the toys that reckless youth requires. All which delights I leave to such as folly trains By pleasures to deceive, till they do feel the pains. And from vain pleasures past I fly, and fain would know The happy life at last whereto I hope to go. For words or wise reports ne yet examples gone 'Gan bridle youthful sports, till age came stealing on. The pleasant courtly games that I do pleasure in, My elder years now shames such folly to begin. And all the fancies s...

I think this blog proves that when you are too happy or too sad, you do not have time to pause--to take a snapshot, or at least to write them down. You simply share them to those closest to your heart, hoping but not demanding that they would remember these as well as you do. At times, I feel I should have had a photograph to remind my failing memory but at times I also feel that the MOST MEMORABLE will remain, not just in photographs, but in my ever failing mind and heart. Those that Father time takes with him, I guess, I shouldn't remember...for a reason. So many times, being forgetful saved me. It saved me a lot of pain, a lot of grudges, a lot of not-so-important people. It feels good to forget. But you NEVER forget everything. And those that I do not forget make me think, make me move, make me live. Life has become simple as I matured. I love tne youth I had but I loved life better now that I no longer need to give a f*ck about everything around me. Only to those that matter...

Kung ibig mo akong makilala, lampasan mo ang guhit ng mahugis na balat, ang titig kong dagat– yumayapos nang mahigpit sa bawat saglit ng kahapon ko’t bukas. Kung ibig mo akong makilala sunduin mo ako sa himlayang dilim at sa madlang pagsukol ng inunang hilahil, ibangon ako at saka palayain. Isang pag-ibig na lipos ng lingap, tahanang malaya sa pangamba at sumbat may suhay ng tuwa’t ang kaluwalhati’y walang takda–ialay mo lahat ito sa akin kung mahal mo ako’t ibig kilalanin. Kung ibig mo akong kilalanin, sisirin mo ako hanggang buto, liparin mo ako hanggang utak, umilanlang ka hanggang kaluluwa– hubad ako roon: mula ulo hanggang paa.

"If you have the ability, the vast network of scouts and talent spotters will find you, and if you are willing to work to develop that ability, the system will reward you." "Our hero is born in the modest circumstances and by virtue of his own grit and talent fights his way to greatness" "People don't rise from nothing. We do owe something to parentage and patronage." "It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't." "This is not a book about tall trees. This is a book about forests." "Selection, streaming and differentiated experience" "Teachers are confusing maturity with ability." "It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely given kinds of special opportunities." "Success is the result of what sociologists like to call a cumulative advantage." "We make rules that frustrate achie...

"There must be more to life than just eating and getting bigger." There must be more to teaching my students, nurturing my family and excelling in my studies but whatever that "more" is I leave it all to God. What matters is I am definitely becoming better each day with what I do best--loving my job, my family and myself.  "The single-minded approach" I really hope I can do this but with so many things on hand, NEVER MIND.  "No matter what is up there--it just isn't worth it." When you reach the top, you realize it is a very lonely place because you are all alone.   "Each know every hair of each other." This is the danger of long term relationships. Boredom will always be around the corner but so is creativity. "Yellow: We can have a nice home and we love each other and that's enough. It's much more than those lonely climbers." There is indeed danger in being too ambitious. You might ...

Life devoid of mystery and risk is only half a life. All I really owned was what I was. Learn to listen. You don't learn anything from hearing yourself talk. If I were living with me, would I stick around? Be polite. Love does not give you the license to be for rudeness. What a grand feeling to have a relationship with someone who is loved not only by you but by many. That means you've made a good choice. Don't think in terms of forever. Think of now, and forever will take care of itself. With each relationship you are not only giving but becoming more. There are times when you may want to give up on a relationship, but never give up on relating. After an argument is over, forget it. Feelings have meaning only as they are expressed in action. Perhaps much happiness is lost in the pursuit of it. We must learn that loving others is to want them to be themselves--painful as it may be--with or without you. Laughter is the closest distance between peo...

Life decided to separate us. A loyal adversary who would not let me win a fight I didn't deserve. Only women believe in love. Men don't. I don't see why I shouldn't forgive the man I love. Hating is very wearisome. I will be capable of loving regardless of wether I am loved in return, of giving even when I have nothing, of drying my tears even while I weep. Good fighters use their opponent's energy. Conflicts are for undiscerning souls. A life without cause is a life without effect. Love being stronger than the individual. Yes, but love us made up of choices. I am crying because there is no other way to show what I feel. I am alive. I'm afraid of my fear. Only two things can reveal life great secrets: suffering and love. Our relationship is more alive than ever. I haven't been married for more than 20 years to the same person, because neither she nor I have remained the same that's why I don't expect her to behave as she did we first met. Nor does sh...

I want... a look that does not question us a word that does not pick doubts a touch that does not ask why I feel bad a hug that does not say sorry a kiss that will remind me what's missing I don't want them if all they ever ask is why. I badly need them to tell me how much.

My race has forgotten the beauty of meaning much by saying little. Now tongues work all by themselves with no help from the mind. I could make a point strong enough to stop a womb--or a knife. Each story has a monster in it who made them tough instead of brave so they open their legs rather than their hearts where that folded child is tucked. Most demons get hungry at supper time like us.

Eyes mark the shape of the city. The district plays by its own rules at a time like this. She seems to be biting off and chewing the book one line at a time. Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with people coming and going--people with places to go and people with no place to go; people with a purpose and people with no purpose; people trying to hold time back and people trying to urge it forward. As you wish You don't have to answer. I was just asking myself. If you really want to know something, you have to be willing to pay the price. He couldn't suppress that curiosity, no matter how big the price was he had to pay. We take what we can get. Everybody's got their own battlefields. Love ho - love hotel Ni Zemme Le? - What happened? Time is unclear. Defer judgment and accept the situation as it is. I'd better study hard because I'm too ugly for anything else. I don't stand a chance if you compare me to her. Between the last train le...

It's my efforts to find balance. teachers...in many curious forms Say it like you eat it. I wish Giovanni would kiss me. Oh but there are so many reasons why this would be a terrible idea. To begin with, Giovanni is ten years younger than I am, and--like most Italian guys in their 20's--he still lives with her mother. In daylight hours, I refused that thought but at night it would consume me. The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. You don't need to know the final answer right now. How do you negotiate once you have offered everything? I am the planet's most affectionate life form. Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation--based love story. You have now reached infatuation's final destination--the complete and merciless devaluation of self. Is this lifetime supposed to be only about duty? ...with even civility between us... Labbiamo rotto (we broke it) I get to thinking a little too muc...

You take either all of me or nothing. There are certain things you cant undo. Anyhow, I didn't give up is that I thought if you were to come back to me, I would be able to take you back. Maybe you will hurt me again. Or maybe next time, I'll hurt you. No one can promise anything. Neither of us can make any promises. But I still do love you. Death is not the opposite but a part of life. He lived in his own special hell. “At this hour?” she said, surprised. “Why do you have to go all the way to Hakone at this hour?” “There’s something I need to think over,” I said. “So you won’t be back tonight?” “Probably not.” “Darling, I’ve been thinking over what happened, and I’m really sorry. You were right. I got rid of all the stock. So why don’t you come home?” “Yukiko, I’m not angry at you. Not at all. Forget about that I just want some time to think. Give me one night, OK?” She said nothing for a while. Then: “All right.” She sounded exhausted. “Go to Hakone. But be careful driv...

Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action. They are important things I cant go on avoiding any longer. Maybe it felt that way because I had thought about it so often--too often, to the point where it had distorted my sense of time. Don't let yourself get impatient. I have a lot more patience for others than I have for myself, and I'm much better bringing out the best in others than in myself. If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark. If you do not, please lie to me later and tell me that you did. The love is so good we can barely cope. Things will go where they're supposed to go if you just let them take their natural course. Despite your best efforts, people are going to hurt when it's time for them to be hurt. Open up a little more and let yourself go with life's natural flow. Stop eating yourself alive. Too many memories of him were crammed inside me, and as soon as one of ...

2-BORGIA behind the happy mask are my tears, my lonliness i wish i could remove it, the mask and sadness inside but i'm afraid to stop the show Brigole, 2-Borgia Raindrops accompanied me As you walked away from me. Just a few minutes the dark alley was empty just like the way you left me. Castor, 2-Borgia Sun shining brightly As the leaves dance with the wind I stand, smiling like a sunflower Rain or shine, I remain joyful At the beautiful green field Mantilla, 2-Borgia Addicted to her I never thought I will be. The weakness in your eyes Those tears rundown my face The moment you walked away Ong, 2-Borgia I wander in a crowded place Searching for someone Further I walk, I have found my long lost friend... There, standing at a mirror. Dumlao, 2-Borgia I heard the thunder It frightened my soul within Made me feel afraid But the cold wind hugged me tight And I felt it comforted me tonight Carorocan, 2-Borgia Sitting on a bench feeling alone in this world no friend to listen Chirp! A b...

because I believe we would be stronger together than a part. because I wanted more than what nature had in store for me. because you bring happiness to the empty places in my heart. when I realized the kind of love I was missing. because I needed you to become whole. to receive the love you have to give. because I wanted to be the one to show a love without limits. because you needed a strong heart to guide you. because I wanted to be the one you'll remember when you look back on your life. because I want to share my blessings. to help me make the best person I could become. because I want to be the one to kiss your pain away and make it all better. because I want to be there when you experience life's challenges. because you needed someone as I did. because you touched my heart. so that neither of us would be alone. because I knew that without you in my life I would not be as happy as I am now. because you fill my days with more meaningful purpose. because you help me experien...

BEST HAIKU POEMS 2-BORGIA an enclosed sea shell underneath the deep blue sea bears a precious pearl -Brigole, 2-Borgia Tears flooded rivers and valleys and after, a rainbow -Castor, 2-Borgia Moon’s brightness in the midnight Sparkling on the ocean Reflects its own light -Ong, 2-Borgia Withered leaves Sense off aroma To release relief -Ong, 2-Borgia The morning sunset Behind are the black shadows of a flying vulture Lizardo, 2-Borgia Carrying the day behind my back leaves a trail of leaves Riego de Dios, 2-Borgia A seed grew A flower blooms And wilts after a day. Tech, 2-Borgia On a calm sea Splash! A whimsical dolphin plays around. Ibanez, 2-Borgia A firefly in a cave Though alone, Shines against the dark. Pinili, 2-Borgia rain or shine there it stands still - a rock Naranjo, 2-Borgia 2-CANISIUS tiny butterfly sitting on the cherry blossoms taking a short rest Han, 2-Canisius canopy of trees remembering their old leaves Han, 2-Canisius the sun eats the darkness of my sorrow Sanchez, 2-...

behind the happy mask are my tears, my lonliness i wish i could remove it, the mask and sadness inside but i'm afraid to stop the show by Kristianne Gayle Brigole