Quotes on Love

"I think God brought together two people from the opposite sides of the world from two completely different cultures, two different ways of life, two different languages, he blessed it, and he put us together, gave us a love that's strong and let us be happy."

— Robert, a U.S. Army soldier who married an Iraqi woman named Vivian

Loving is not about race, age, physical looks and etc. Loving someone is completely accepting each others looks, habit (good or bad) and I guess all of the above.

I see trees of green........ red roses too
I see em bloom..... for me and for you
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world

Change your style

Businesses need to change its headline stories into something believable again. No, honest businesses don't make up stories. I call this innovation. It is like changing clothes everyday.

Whenever there is a new building located at the main street, 95% of the passers by get curios. So they come in and ask. Maybe some will spend a penny to try what's this new product is all about or what's this new service offered.

Few months after, people will forget what you have told them. Thus this mean the business has to close down too? It will if it will not change its style.

Honestly, that's the hardest part for me as a marketing assistant. I have to think of how to change the stories. Changing in a sense that this had happened and yet was neglected and it needs to be told now or else I wouldn't be able to help the company I am to grow.

What I think the child might say

I ain't married. But I took care of 2 boys while their mother and father work. And the boys' auntie in California is supporting them both. Not your ordinary story isn't it?

Right now, I do not really stay at home and watch them, the boys' Auntie hired two nannies one for each kid to watch over them. I sleep with them at nights and yes, they are scared at me. I don't blame them. I talk to them immediately whenever they commit mistakes.

Although there grandmother is till living with us, I doubt she will stay longer because she will have to follow the boys' auntie in the US. That would probably leave me as the primary guardian of the boys. Sooner, boys will leave me for the rightful caretaker. I would probably miss them.

I am not against any early marriages nor early pregnancy. What I am not in favor of is not facing the consequences of getting early into situations like having a baby or early marriages. I love kids either 5 or 7 or 12 or 18. I can attest to that. Ask my younger cousins about what I do to them, if you have contact with them.

Everyone getting into early marriages or pregnancy are adults. If they were innocent, they could have asked their mothers how to have sex. You may laugh at it but it's true. In short, they know what they've done and what could happen if they get pregnant. They just let go of the hard fact for the soft fact of it is enjoying sex itself. You know how weak human is when it comes to sex.

There are reasons why they get into it and like others tell me, it is none of my damn business. True again, but after which it had happened it is my damn business now. Why? I know for a reason I can not extend help financially and emotionally to the kids. Relatives or friends or I don't know them at all.

I did not write this post to go against the parents. In this post, I would like to express what I think the child might say.

1. Do you ever get to hear a child scream at night? I did. I don't have my own child but I sleep beside two nephews that screams at night. Not literally scream, but you know what happened when two boys are playing all day. Expect a kick in your face or a loud talking.

2. Do you ever get to experience a kid who is scared and would go under your armpit? I did. I still do, every night.

3. Do you ever get to experience not to move when you sleep for if you do you would fall or you can't really move because in your right is a wall and in your left is a little boy sleeping about the age of 5? I do, every night indeed.

Honestly, it brings to me so much happiness to see them trust me. I am the cousin of their mother and yet, when I tell them I love them, they would "I love you" back at me. When you call them and ask for a hug they would hug you back. Tightly and you would want to squeeze them too.

I missed that when they first left Davao. I will miss that again when they will leave me again. I know sooner they will. But these are all just my feelings. I didn't ask them what and how they feel.

If you could only put yourself into their situation. They'll grow and see how happy their friends family is and they don't do that with their dad or mom, only with me, the cousin of their mom. Plus I am not with them the whole day. It would probably be a lifetime to discuss about this but it definitely hurts. It hurts for my side for everyday I have grown to love them. But to think about it, the hurt they feel would probably be 300% more than what I feel.

There are a lot of situations like this in any part of the world. Battling child custody, the mother always win but the father always come to the rescue especially when the mother sees an opportunity for her to work again or to remarry again. Like I said, what do you think the child might say?

To honestly think deeper, there are more consequences to this when they start growing up.

Imagine There's No Heaven

My Dad's favorite band, The Beatles, where John Lennon was a member and sang this song titled "Imagine". I was listening to this song last night after a talk over twitter with Jesse, a.k.a @jesatiu. We exchange thoughts on some violence not stressing on which violence, emotional, physical, et.al.

I was thinking, literally imagining, what would happen if the song would be for real?

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

This is what we want right? We hate the government, we hate our neighbors, we wished there'd be no more killings or sufferings, and etc.

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

I am not trying to interpret what the meaning of the song is and I maybe wrong with the way I understand it. I think the song is telling me that I am not perfect. I wanted peace but I can not have peace for I am not at peace with my inner self, my surroundings, with the people close to me. I wanted to share the world but what makes me human is that I am being selective with what I try to share. No one in here can absolutely share 100% of his or her self to others because we got our very own responsibility as a parent to a child, a child to his or her parents, as a brother and as a sister. Not unless you are Jesus. (to the religious, sorry I do not intend to use the name of the Lord here. Just trying to make a point.)

Again, the song is trying to tell us that in giving a little of what we have should be given wholeheartedly. And since we can only do so little that we are all encourage to give what is the best that we can give and when everything is added starting from what I give, to what you give, to what others can give makes up a bigger deed that will be greatly appreciated by those who are given. Violence will never stop unless we don't cure the core of it's problem. It is not even a problem anymore, it is one kind of disease that has been with us for a long time.

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

I can not absolutely say this will be achieved in time but how can this be started when no one will make a stand.

Why are women so sensitive?

A lot of guys have asked this question several times. There had been cases of break ups because of women being over sensitive. I'll say that again, over sensitive.

Guys, us girls, are not sensitive. Oh yeah, I can hear some reactions now.

Here are some that may help you.

Girls love to be appreciated all the time. Gifts are good but you have to give it little extra added affection in giving it. A doctor friend of mine said, girls experience mood swings which is part of being a girl because girls have the menstrual cycle. Frequent mood swings are symptoms of menopause so I hope your special girl is not in her menopausal stage.

Guy came in greeted his woman, "Hey! Honey. How's your day?". Either she just look at you or she said, "I'm not in the mood." You can ask her what happened and if she insist on not to talk about it then don't ask further questions. Don't say anything just stay beside her. If she's reading a book then read a book as well. Watching TV then watch TV with her, even if you don' t like Desperate Housewives or whatever that is. Slowly, she'll get near you and cuddle with you or she'll ask you questions that starts with, WHY. You can answer some questions though or just listen to her but never argue with what she's telling you. You can say "Maybe...(followed by what you would want to say)" after she took that deep breath and tone down her voice.

Guys, just let your girls be mad at you sometimes. It does not mean the end of the relationship. Girls, don't go too far with your sensitivity. You may lose your man if you are over sensitive.

One thing I would like to add though, don't end the night without talking about it.

What's Inside Your Bag?

I would like to share the things inside my bag. I don't have pictures of them but I hope these pictures will help you visualize it.

What are inside the bag of a girl spells out who the girl is.

Things inside my bag are:

Make up bag. Inside of the this bag are lipstick, powder, perfume, lotion, lip gloss, and etc.

I got one notebook inside my bag.

Vitamin C

A coin purse. (Thanks to iStockphto)

Some CDs. Files from the office.

Wallet

Book by John Maxwell. Developing the leader within you

My checkbook. Don't leave home without it. (I don't own a credit card)

I am a book lover and I sometimes wear stilletos. (Lol)

What the World Needs Now

Do you remember that song, What the world needs now is love? It is sang many times and yet we don't understand it.

I got a question to ask. Is it that hard to give love? Or you only choose those whom you will give love?

I have been reading a lot of articles on the web regarding violence, sexual assault, and anything to a degree of unlikeable to my conscious mind. Surely does tell me I am still lucky. Somehow it got me to thinking am I really lucky or I was unlucky? Ironic feelings isn't it? Lucky because I was not the victim. Unlucky because I have been reckoning life's difficulties that seems to be impassable.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No not just for some but for everyone.

My other question is, how do we start giving love? Or spreading love?

Sick

I am sick
literally

very sunny in the morning
getting dark around 9 am
rain starts to fall at 10 am
goes heavy till the afternoon

I am sick
with politics

they love Obama
I don't know Obama
Bush endorses McCain
Who is he?

I am sick
with life

no matter how hard you do
someone still pulling you down
it don't even matter to them
they'll say, Who the f**k are you?

I am sick
with dreaming

it always make me weak
maybe because it shows me what I want
but it never happens
and I'm so sick of that

I am sick
with loving

you give
but no one appreciate it.
you share
but one will get jealous

I am sick
literally

Dreaming

And so the dreams are just dreams
And so the dreams are hopes
And so hopes are just dreams
And so hopes and dreams resides where?

And so we can't make dreams come true?
And so dreams coming true are luck
And so luck are for some people
And so luck are not for everyone

And so are we unlucky?
And so some lucky people can no longer be reached
And so the unlucky ones are struggling to be like the lucky ones
And so the lucky ones are calling us fools

And so we are just dreaming
And so we are just hoping
And so dreaming
And so hoping