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Life is tough. Life is unfair. Kailangan kong sipagan at tapangan. "Nak, ganyan talaga mahirap." Ang hindi magtrabaho, hindi kakain. "Bawal...
Relationships
Meant to know each other but not meant to be together
It could be you...
Yes, those were my first words when I met you.
It was a friendly approach at first.
You smiled at me, introduced yourself, then w...
To the man who still believes in old-fashioned courtship, keep it up!
To the man who believes that a woman is a treasure, I truly admire you. I wonder where you are. I wonder if you're near or far. No matter what it take...
A Distance Just Far Enough
This one is for the man who has been intentional in guarding my heart.
Yes, I know. It is not difficult to know your intentions. I have known you a...
Sana Kapag Pwede Na, Pwede Pa
Nababasa ko sa pagitan ng iyong mga salita. Nais mo na ako ay manatili ngunit ang oras ay hindi tama. Paano nga ba napunta sa ganitong sitwasyon? Tila...
Huwag mong sanayin kung hindi mo kayang mahalin
In a world full of paasa and umaasa, ang hirap umiwas sa mga taong nagpaparamdam sa'yo ng panandaliang kilig or saya. Siguro nasanay na rin tayo sa mg...
It Was Also My Fault
It's been a half year. And during this time, I've reflected so much. I've realized the things that I've said. I wasn't myself and everything didn't so...
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Poetries
Maraming Salamat at Paalam, aking Ama! Hanggang sa muli nating pagkiki...
Tatay, Daddy, Papa, Erpat, Tatang, Itay…Anumang katawagan pa yan.. sila ang tinagurian na ating haligi ng tahanan…
Sa aking ama, salamat sa walang sawang pagmamahal. I...
I Cannot Pursue You Yet
I cannot pursue you
Yet,
And I might never do.
I may be starting to like you a lot, in more ways than I had expected.
I like all your good things, your beauty, your p...
HAHAYAAN NA MUNA KITA
Hahayaan na muna kita. Oo tama ang rinig mo hahayaan na muna kita, alam kong 'yan ang kailangan mo ngayon. Yan ang gusto mong hingin sa'kin kaso hindi mo kayang sabihin, ...
I Will Stop Loving You
I will stop loving you not because I gave up, but to help myself recognize the significance of my Lord's will.
I will stop loving you for the sake of my own growth, to t...
To My Favorite Rejection
It was a painful experience.
No day and night, I stopped dreaming.
Hoping that this illusion can be reality
That you and I can be together.
I woke up on this Fantasy
Mad...
Moving On
Today, I stopped.
Read this if its you.
" Remember if you are uncertain and unhealed, it’s not okay to tell people that they’re special and then treat ...
Bye My Almost
Instead of sitting someone down to talk about our feelings, we play guessing games. We avoid asking questions about labels because we are worried...
How I Moved On Without Closure
6 months ago, the most constant person in my life for two and a half years chose to leave me - - for someone else. My world was shattered because...
Move on, kahit hindi naging kayo
Ang weird lang sa pakiramdam. Nasasaktan ka. Kinikilig ka. Masarap sa feeling kapag kausap siya. Pero ang tanong, ano ka ba talaga sa kaniya? Bak...
Thank You For Not Choosing To Stay
That night, when I asked you to leave, at the back of my head, I said, "Please, don't let me go."
And the world agreed with what my heart wanted...
To the Person Who Refused to Love Me Back, It’s Okay.
I’m sorry, it took me a while to set my mind straight. Anxiety and confusion has been a handful for me to carry these past few days. But in case...
Waiting
Faith
Maraming Salamat at Paalam, aking Ama! Hanggang sa muli nating pagkiki...
Tatay, Daddy, Papa, Erpat, Tatang, Itay…Anumang katawagan pa yan.. sila ang tinagurian na ating haligi ng tahanan…
Sa aking ama, salamat sa walang sawang pagmamahal. Ikaw ang aking sandalan sa mga ...
Singleness
Para Sa Mga Single Pa Rin Hanggang Ngayon
Oo! Alam kong single ka pa. Pero sana alam mong okay lang yon.
Sa panahon ngayon na naglipana ang dating apps, kasalanan na ang ‘di lumandi at ‘di magka-jowa.
Sa panahon ngayon na lahat ng kaib...
Recent Posts
Uyy, oo ikaw Tara na't maglaro Isang larong nakaaliw Kung saan ika'y ngtago At unti unti nang naglaho Simulan natin sa kalsada Kung saan may puno ng mangga Bibilang ng pikit mata Sampung bilang ika'y mgtago na Isa, dalawa, tatlo Lumakad ng dahan dahan Apat, lima, anim Mga hakb...
This is just a common question from a girl who has the same feeling for a boy, but is not yet ready to utter those words. As for her, those are sacred and can change her suitor’s life. And I think, there's nothing wrong with that. Those are her beliefs, after all.
...
"Is it a mystery why people fall in love? Is it a mystery why it happens and when it comes? Is it a mystery why some love grows and is it really a mystery why some love fails?"
I was on my way home when I started to ask myself of those questions. Thought of, why don't we analy...
Anong nangyari? Bakit ngayon andito tayo?
Akala ko nung una totoo na may 'ikaw at ako'
Teka, 'di ko alam bakit andito na tayo sa dulo
Biglang nagtapos, nawala ang damdamin, naglaho
Ang mundo nating masaya at makulay
Ngayon malungkot na at puno ng lumbay
Nas...
You don't know how much I want to talk to you, but God knows.He knows how much I want every conversation I have with you to last longer, an hour, a minute, or even a second longer, I will wholeheartedly appreciate it.
You don't know how much I want to hear your voice,but God k...
Hi, I'm in a 5 year relationship. Attracted ako sa kawork ko, then ngECQ, naging close kami habang malayo ako sa boyfriend ko. Then, ung kawork ko and I, ngkaron ng fling. I broke up with my 5 years bf, then si fling, hndi sya ready to commit with me pero sweet sya at gusto nya d...
It’s been six months now since the last day I wrote about you. I saw the notebook where I wrote it, and was amazed when I realized the date it was written— 26th of ***, and today was also 26th, exactly six months ago.
You see, it has been six months ago, but somehow, I still f...
I guess feelings that are not genuine enough do not last. They are meant to mend you for a time, but will leave your broken, again, afterwards. But nonetheless, it felt good - real or not.
Hey! Thank you for making me feel that I can be liked, be held, be kissed, and be touc...
Laro lang ba ang lahat?
Katanungan na umiikot sa utak ko. Gusto ko sana itanong kung kahit kaunti naging seryoso ka ba?
Minsan gusto ko sanang itanong kung laro lang ba ang lahat. Para naman makapag handa ako kung sakaling malapit na ma-game over.
Ang daming tanong na ...
Last night I remember you,I tried to ask myself these questions.
Is it possible?Can I be with you?What will you look like?
I always wanted to know everything about you.
Every day I asked God when will I set my eyes on you.
I wonder if you think of me the way I do.
Do I ever cros...
My ex classmate
Kung babalikan natin lahat ng nangyari sa nakaraan
di mo maiisip na totoo ang nangyayari sa kasalukuyan
Di ko lubos maisip kung paano nangyari
wala pang isang taon pero ang bilis ng mga pangyayari
Lumagapak sa unang hakbang
linggo lamang ang pumagitan
...
May girlfriend na siya
Mga katagang ayaw kong marinig, makita o mabasa. Dahil aminin man natin o hindi masakit ito. Pero hindi ba mas nakakatawa kung nasasaktan ka, pero hindi naman naging kayo. Hindi naman kayo umabot sa ganong level. Mukhang timang di ba? Nakakatawa pero so...
It's the fourth of July, and a social media memory popped up and reminded me of a time when I conquered my third mountain. After awhile I remember a thought of mine before..and that's...
In hiking, just like in life, one is governed by a particular concept that encompasses th...
Akala ko pareho tayo
Pareho ng pangarap
Pareho ng patutunguhan
Pareho ng nararamdaman
Parehong nag-mamahalan
Kaso isang araw
Sabi niya, gusto ko ng bumitaw
Ayaw na kita kausap
Nawala lahat sa isang iglap
Ganon lang kadali
Itapon bawat sandali
Gusto ko magalit sayo
Pero tumulo la...
Oo pre! Para sayo to, nasan ka man, at ano man pinagdadaanan
mo, realtalk to para madama mo at para naman masampal kita ng katotohanan,
charot!
David, Alam mo ba na ang puso mo dapat iniingatan mo din? Yung
paalalang “ireserba mo ang oo mo para sa da-one mo” di lang para sa b...
Why do you keep it? Remove it. Why do you imprison it? Set it free. Why do you hold on? Let it go.
We have our own regrets in life. We have our own failures and disappointments. We all have a dark past. However, no matter how hard it is, we tend to protect it with a smile. A s...
Kumusta ka na? Miss na kita.
Miss ko nang makita yung mga mata mo habang nakatingin sa mga mata ko.
Miss ko na yung mga ngiti mo na nagpapakita kung gano kaganda ang araw mo.
Miss ko na yung boses mo na sintunado habang kinakanta yung mga paborito mo.
Miss ko na din y...
First of all, I would like to say sorry if instead of saying "I love you and I respect your belief" I asked you "Why?" You, of all people, is the closest person to me though we are apart physically. Hearing you say arguments that God doesn't exist really hit me personally, emot...
Bigbigkasin muli kita.
simplehan lang naten ang kwento
walang maayos na eksenang
tila bang plinano ng direktor.
oo,dekada na mula nung makilala ka
pero di ko inasahan na
parang humigit tayo dun.
Di naman kasi din balak
dahil nuon pa man alam kong
mahihirapan akong timbangin ung...
This one is for the man who has been intentional in guarding my heart.
Yes, I know. It is not difficult to know your intentions. I have known you as someone who’s not into mind games in relationship.
Let me take this time to appreciate you.
Thank you for creating safe bo...
Everything in me are just ordinary and simple things. The only special to me is the grace of God and God Himself. I was walking in the right path that He led me to and living a peaceful life not until you came into my world. I was caught by your love and promises. Your words are ...
Gusto kong magsimula
Sa unang beses na binigyan kita ng babala
Diba sabi ko sayo ayoko munang kumawala
Sa bugso ng damdamin ayokong magpadala
Gusto kong magsimula sa unang beses na tinawagan mo ko
Sa kalagitnaan ng gabi tinanong kita kung anong intensyon mo,
Hawak ang tel...
The worst painful but then it makes you happy everyday. You know that this kind of relationship is not good but you take risk and you always keep telling yoursef.
Maybe he will choose me over her.
Maybe he will love me than her.
Maybe he wil...
Mahal kita
Kahit pa isa kang timang
Mahal kita
Kahit pa ang taba mo
Mahal kita
Kahit pa di ka nagpapagupit
Mahal kita
Kahit pa di ka gwapo
Mahal kita
Kahit pa lagi mo ako inaasar
Mahal kita
Kahit pa basag ka
Mahal kita
Kahit pa sabog ka
Mahal kita
Kahit pa ang sungit mo
Mahal ki...
To the boy she'll date after me,
Hi.
When I think of you I don't get flushed by any particular emotion except for sorrow. Because I have reached the point where I have to write this, which never in my worst nightmares had I imagined. Inadvertently, it's all my fault. So my ...
To my future lover,
I am not giving up the waiting for your arrival.
I've been anticipating your coming ever since.
Even when i was still in the wrong relationship, the still small voice of the matchmaker foretold your existence.
You see, I've been through to...
WHAT IF may chance tayong makausap yung younger version natin? Ano kaya ang sasabihin mo sa kanya? Ano kaya yung sasabihin niya sayo?
My ex broke up with me the time ECQ started. Yes, mahirap. Dika makatulog sa gabi, iyak doon iyak dito, sobrang stress hindi ka maka focus sa m...
There is a...
Season of sadness
Season of healing
Season of asking
Season of forgiving
Season of hoping
Season of waiting
Season of acceptance
Season of contentment
Season of falling inlove
Season of joy
Season of peace
and behind this season is a lesson
a lesson from God that ...
EXPLANATION----kailangan pa ba? Does it really matter? Of course, YES.
Lalo na kung alam mo'ng may nagawa kang mali. But, what if, that person didn't have the courage to face you?
The best solution to that is to PRAY for him/her. Their feelings, decisions and actions are no lon...
Let me share my thoughts regarding No label relationship.
Consequences:
It steals your peace.
It is a prerequisite to ghosting.
You"ll have an unexpressed jealousy.
You suddenly become a stalker of his/her close friends, likers and reactors.
...
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Nagtago at naglaho
Uyy, oo ikaw Tara na't maglaro Isang larong nakaaliw Kung saan ika'y ngtago At unti unti nang naglaho Simulan natin sa kalsada Kung saan may puno ng mangga Bibilang ng pikit mata Sampung bilang ika...
REPLY 2020
This is just a common question from a girl who has the same feeling for a boy, but is not yet ready to utter those words. As for her, those are sacred and can change her suitor’s life. And I...
Random thought: October 20, 2019
"Is it a mystery why people fall in love? Is it a mystery why it happens and when it comes? Is it a mystery why some love grows and is it really a mystery why some love fails?"
I was on my way home...
Anong nangyari?
Anong nangyari? Bakit ngayon andito tayo?
Akala ko nung una totoo na may 'ikaw at ako'
Teka, 'di ko alam bakit andito na tayo sa dulo
Biglang nagtapos, nawala ang damdamin, naglaho
An...
The Ending Only God Knows
You don't know how much I want to talk to you, but God knows.He knows how much I want every conversation I have with you to last longer, an hour, a minute, or even a second longer, I will wholehearted...
5 years committed and now I’m cheating
Hi, I'm in a 5 year relationship. Attracted ako sa kawork ko, then ngECQ, naging close kami habang malayo ako sa boyfriend ko. Then, ung kawork ko and I, ngkaron ng fling. I broke up with my 5 years b...
The Ghoster’s Point of View
It’s been six months now since the last day I wrote about you. I saw the notebook where I wrote it, and was amazed when I realized the date it was written— 26th of ***, and today was also 26th, exactl...
To the person who I trusted,
I guess feelings that are not genuine enough do not last. They are meant to mend you for a time, but will leave your broken, again, afterwards. But nonetheless, it felt good - real or not.
Hey! T...
Talo na ako.
Laro lang ba ang lahat?
Katanungan na umiikot sa utak ko. Gusto ko sana itanong kung kahit kaunti naging seryoso ka ba?
Minsan gusto ko sanang itanong kung laro lang ba ang lahat. Para naman m...
Unexpected U
Last night I remember you,I tried to ask myself these questions.
Is it possible?Can I be with you?What will you look like?
I always wanted to know everything about you.
Every day I asked God when wil...
My ex HS classmate
My ex classmate
Kung babalikan natin lahat ng nangyari sa nakaraan
di mo maiisip na totoo ang nangyayari sa kasalukuyan
Di ko lubos maisip kung paano nangyari
wala pang isang taon pero ang bil...
May girlfriend na siya
May girlfriend na siya
Mga katagang ayaw kong marinig, makita o mabasa. Dahil aminin man natin o hindi masakit ito. Pero hindi ba mas nakakatawa kung nasasaktan ka, pero hindi naman naging kayo. H...
Hiking through this trail called Life
It's the fourth of July, and a social media memory popped up and reminded me of a time when I conquered my third mountain. After awhile I remember a thought of mine before..and that's...
In hiking...
The feeling is not mutual
Akala ko pareho tayo
Pareho ng pangarap
Pareho ng patutunguhan
Pareho ng nararamdaman
Parehong nag-mamahalan
Kaso isang araw
Sabi niya, gusto ko ng bumitaw
Ayaw na kita kausap
Nawala lahat sa isang i...
Ang Natatanging Sulat Para Kay David ...
Oo pre! Para sayo to, nasan ka man, at ano man pinagdadaanan
mo, realtalk to para madama mo at para naman masampal kita ng katotohanan,
charot!
David, Alam mo ba na ang puso mo dapat iniingatan mo...
I MISS YOU, I MISSED YOU!
Kumusta ka na? Miss na kita.
Miss ko nang makita yung mga mata mo habang nakatingin sa mga mata ko.
Miss ko na yung mga ngiti mo na nagpapakita kung gano kaganda ang araw mo.
Miss ko na yung ...
To my atheist Ex boyfriend
First of all, I would like to say sorry if instead of saying "I love you and I respect your belief" I asked you "Why?" You, of all people, is the closest person to me though we are apart physically. ...
A Distance Just Far Enough
This one is for the man who has been intentional in guarding my heart.
Yes, I know. It is not difficult to know your intentions. I have known you as someone who’s not into mind games in relationshi...
You are my Beautiful Disaster
Everything in me are just ordinary and simple things. The only special to me is the grace of God and God Himself. I was walking in the right path that He led me to and living a peaceful life not until...
NARATING KO YUNG DULO, PERO HINDI NA IKAW YUNG KASAMA KO
Gusto kong magsimula
Sa unang beses na binigyan kita ng babala
Diba sabi ko sayo ayoko munang kumawala
Sa bugso ng damdamin ayokong magpadala
Gusto kong magsimula sa unang beses na tinawagan mo ...
NO LABEL RELATIONSHIP PLUS FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS
The worst painful but then it makes you happy everyday. You know that this kind of relationship is not good but you take risk and you always keep telling yoursef.
Maybe he will choose me ...
To the Man that She Will Love after Me:
To the boy she'll date after me,
Hi.
When I think of you I don't get flushed by any particular emotion except for sorrow. Because I have reached the point where I have to write this, which never...
YOU ARE WORTH THE WAIT
To my future lover,
I am not giving up the waiting for your arrival.
I've been anticipating your coming ever since.
Even when i was still in the wrong relationship, the still small voice of the...
Poem of an 11 year old to a 26 year old me
WHAT IF may chance tayong makausap yung younger version natin? Ano kaya ang sasabihin mo sa kanya? Ano kaya yung sasabihin niya sayo?
My ex broke up with me the time ECQ started. Yes, mahirap. Dika...
Reason in Season
There is a...
Season of sadness
Season of healing
Season of asking
Season of forgiving
Season of hoping
Season of waiting
Season of acceptance
Season of contentment
Season of falling inlove
Season of...
SOMEONE LEFT ME WITH UNSAID WORDS
EXPLANATION----kailangan pa ba? Does it really matter? Of course, YES.
Lalo na kung alam mo'ng may nagawa kang mali. But, what if, that person didn't have the courage to face you?
The best solution t...
Consequences of No Label Relationship
Let me share my thoughts regarding No label relationship.
Consequences:
It steals your peace.
It is a prerequisite to ghosting.
You"ll have an unexpressed jealousy.
Yo...
