Escape

           Do you ever wonder a place where you can forget everything, a place that no one knows you. A place where you can live at peace. Does it exist? Maybe in our fantasies 'cause in reality it doesn't exist.

          Reality is a battlefield where you need to survive your everyday existence from never ending pain, optional struggles, grief, and from demons that surround us. If we could just run away from reality for us to live in our own fantasy.

If we could just sleep for a long period and wake up until it's all over, and we are all wiser enough to face reality.

If we could just forget all the people who brings us pain over and over again.

         We will, but the reality is we can't. It is reality, we can not change it but as we accept it, we will know how to handle it. It;s up to us how we're going to handle and face our weighs and sometimes we just need a escape, to escape the reality.

         Lucky me, I already find mine. I found a way to escape from my reality. Where I can be me and I can be somebody else. It's a place where I can embrace the liberty and live my own fantasy away from the agonies. Luck you, your are now in my place, my way to escape. In my blogs.

A Part of MINE

                  We are all fond of nature, all of us want to travel. To go somewhere to see a beach, mountains, cliffs, forest and any other beauty of nature. We could just fly away in this world, we'll do. I wonder why? maybe the beauty of nature brings us peace of mind. 

                  Let me share you my favorite escapade. In our province Pangasinan, every year we go there of course to see our relatives but the main reason is to have church to Our Lady of Manaoag. My family is a proud devotee of that church. Honestly, I'm not a religious person but everytime I had church there. I feel like I'm clean enough from my sins (It's just a feeling :P) I always go there with my family because I believed that best things are meant to be enjoyed with your family.

               










 Then after that we'll go to Nibaliw beach, San Fabian Pangasinan. Our relatives lives there near the seashore. I'm always amazed by the sea, though I'm already saw it for many times. But it always feels first. 

The beautiful sunrise that reminds me of hope... that everyday is a new beginning for something. 

The cool breeze of wind that reminds me of, that there are things that are not meant to be see but are meant to be felt. 

The blue clouds that makes me thinks, that God is behind that clouds while watching me enjoying my happiness.

The sea that reminds of my life... It can be calm or still and rough or rigid, but in the end it is always beautiful.

I do really love that place, it's a place of peace and place to enjoy. That place is really a part of mine.


(This entry is for Nature.)

Opinion with a FLIP

  

The first Filipino Battle League popularly known as fliptop or fliptop battles, is the Philippines rap battle contest that was joined by amateur rappers. It was founded by Anygma in 2010, it became a trend and gained prominence through video sharing site YouTube. Fliptop was described as a modern day "Balagtasan". The format of the competition is 2 competitors, each battle have 3 rounds and theres a panel of judges who will decide and determine the winner.

Most of Filipino's enjoy this unique kind of competition especially teenagers ot's different way of expressing words they are able to use words regardless of the grammar which give them the freedom to express themselves in a artistic way. It may sound easy but if you watch one of battles, you will be amazed because of their distinctive intelligence in using words. Competitors use any kind of languages: Tagalog, English, Spanish and native languages with vulgar and harsh words and usually delivered in freestyle lyrics and with rhythm. It is very important that they must catch the crowd. But this is not recommended to be watch by everyone especially children because of some words that are used in Fliptop was too bad and some videos promotes bad behavior. So parents must strictly guide their children in watching it. And if you are interested to watch it you must be open minded on what you're going to hear.

Here's one of my favorite battle, hope you enjoy the way I enjoyed it. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyIxD5K4lUo


(This entry is for New Trends.)

Quatrain

Butterfly Pendant

A butterfly pendant of gold and blue
Sparkled with beauty in the blazing sun.
No matter if it were broken or new,
Its breathlessness could not be outdone.

Blissful was the lady who received this gift,
From her sweetheart, a young college boy.
Never again did she feel this kind of lift,
Which had blanketed her with love and joy. . .

Until one fine day she was called upon
by her sweetheart love to spend her life.
With her smile, his heart she had won,
So he asked her to be his lovely wife. 

With the butterfly pendant upon her chest,
blossoming buttercups filling her bouquet,
And two gold 

rings
 to be forever blessed;
The couple was married without delay. 

Copyright © 2005 Marie Summers 

Blank Verse

The Ball Poem 

By John Berryman 

What is the boy now, who has lost his ball.

What, what is he to do? I saw it go

Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then

Merrily over—there it is in the water!

No use to say 'O there are other balls':

An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy

As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down

All his young days into the harbour where

His ball went. I would not intrude on him,

A dime, another ball, is worthless. Now

He senses first responsibility

In a world of possessions. People will take balls,

Balls will be lost always, little boy,

And no one buys a ball back. Money is external.

He is learning, well behind his desperate eyes,

The epistemology of loss, how to stand up

Knowing what every man must one day know

And most know many days, how to stand up

And gradually light returns to the street,

A whistle blows, the ball is out of sight.

Soon part of me will explore the deep and dark

Floor of the harbour . . I am everywhere,

I suffer and move, my mind and my heart move

With all that move me, under the water

Or whistling, I am not a little boy.

System of a Down

              I live in a town that have a system of a down. Our leader wears crown but I see him as a clown. I'am in the top of a hill, from there I can see that crimes are widespread, children needs bread and many people feels dread. Then I ask myself  "Why?", "Should I blame my mayor?", "Should I blame my people?" or "Should I blame myself?".

             I whole-heartedly appreciate the achievements of our mayor the reforms of our town to be a better one. His sacrifices and his eagerness to have a kind of change that will bring progress in our town. But sometimes there are circumstances that comes unexpectedly: Poverty and Calamities. As our town was challenged by these, we only blame our government. We tend to forget all the good things that they did for us. Maybe it's in the human nature to blame others once they are in need. People spend too much time finding other people to blame and too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being. If people could just start putting effort to change something rather than wasting effort complaining about it. Maybe there will be a change, not our in town but maybe in our lives. I just hope it's not too late for people to realize.  It's not too late for us to have some change. We should start now not tomorrow and we don't need to be great to start something but we should start something for us to be great.

             It is not the politics who can save us, it is not them who can change our town. It is us who change our lives and it is me who can change the system from a down to a best one.

Man in a body of a lady

        

         I met a man who lives in a body of a lady. As I look at him she is covered by her. He want to go beyond that lady, he want to do things over that lady. But he can't, because he's a prisoner there not only a lifetime but a forever. He has many confusions, he use to question questions and question answers but he can't answer his own questions. No one knows that he's a man and no one see that he's a man. Maybe because he minds the idiocracy of people. The sharp sword of words by people kills him inside. From that, his fears grows as high as katana. I feel sad for him because behind his laughs theres a lady whose confuse, behind his beautiful eyes theres a lady that full of fears and behind his smile theres a pain that is being suffered by a lady. But I salute the lady for her fortitude because she exist to cover up the man. She live in a world of pain that make her departed but she's not dead nor not alive. She's not living, she's just trying to survive in a world were she does not exist.

        I just hope someday he came to a point that he don't need to hide the real him and tell the world that he exist without considering the judgement of people. Because from that he'll find his happiness and because of that it will set him free from the body of the lady. As of now, as I stare at him. I just want to hug him to tell him that it's going to be fine but I can't because the mirror was too big.

WHY DO I LIKE YOU?

This is an example of Concrete or shape poetry,  poetry in which the typographical arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect as the conventional elements of the poem, such as meaning of words, rhythm, rhyme and so on. It is sometimes referred to as visual poetry, a term that has evolved to have distinct meaning of its own, but which shares the distinction of being poetry in which the visual elements are as important as the text.

This is the first time I made a poem like this, so sorry if it is not that perfect but I really try me best to make it good. :)

Movie Review: PROJECT X

THE SICKEST PARTY EVER!!!!

Project X is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Nima Nourizadeh and written by Michael Bacall and Matt Drake based on a story by Bacall, and produced by director Todd Phillips. The film follows three friends—Thomas (Thomas Mann), Costa (Oliver Cooper) and J.B. (Jonathan Daniel Brown)—who plan to gain popularity by throwing a party, a plan which quickly escalates out of their control.

                                        Parents need to know that Project X, a very raunchy comedy about three high school seniors who throw a huge party that spins wildly out of control -- is packed with constant strong language ("f--k," "s--t," and much more), topless teens, sexual situations, graphic sexual innuendo, and excessive teen drinking and drug use (Ecstasy and pot). Punches are thrown, and though there's no actual fighting, the party has an increasing air of danger and violence (a flamethrower appears in the final act). The movie is funny in a shocking way, but parents will be appalled at its message: that a shy teen "needs" a huge party to break out of his shell and become a social success, regardless of the fact that the cost is thousands of dollars in damage.

              This film is not a movie to watch by everyone because of the content of it. But as a party-goer like me, I definitely enjoyed it. While I'am watching it, the only thing that I could think was "I wish I was there!" Honestly, I don't know why I chose this movie to have an review because theres a lot of movie that I like, movies that will give us moral values. The idea here is in order to gain high school popularity you need to throw the biggest and baddest party the world has ever seen. Yes, you ca't get any moral values from this movie and morelike it is full of immorality. But what I appreciate in this movie was the friendship of Thomas, Costa and JB. They didn't left each other, and even though they are totally wrecked by the situation they just enjoy and forget the problems. I can see myself and my friends to them, as a typical teenager who loves to make bad decisions just to have some fun regardless of what will happen next. :) I appreciate the movie so much because it is different from other typical movies.  Parents will hate this film, it may be their worst nightmare to happen and people may find it as a movie that influencing bad behavior will surely hate this movie. But for those people who love to have some one of a kind party will definitely appreciate this movie. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3HmHbt1r28

This is the ultimate celebration of bad behavior. Theres a link above, you should watch it guise. And if I have given a chance to throw a party like that. You are all invited :)

Torments

      

         I found myself in the corner, leaning at the cold wall of my place. The wind furiously whipping at me. The ceiling glooms at the darkness that reminds me of my torments. Is it wrong to love you? Is this a mistake? Is it worth to ride a shotgun for? You almost consumed me baby. I don't know what to feel anymore. I thought your love will make me whole, cause your the bliss of my smile. Your promises of eternal love feed my soul to live by. I became a fan of forever because of your words, but now I'm a wall that wrecked by your vows. You choose to detached me from you because of some disputements. I thought you'll fight for our love but you just give up effortlessly on me. As I give a piece of me to you, while I'm trying to give you what I have. I never realize you we're breaking me and left me hanging on a piece of strand. While I'm trying to put the pieces back together, you were there not to fix it but you were there ripping apart mine. 


       Every morning is supposed to be another beginning but it became a battlefield to me. Another morning that I need to conquer, another day that I need to survive. Where are you now baby? I need your vows to lift me, I need your hug to calm me and I need you now to love me. I guessed I'am already done with you, but everytime I say "I'am done" I just find myself trying again. I just hope One day, you're going to wake up and notice that you should've tried because I was worth the fight.

A hug from a Mug

A hug from a Mug

It’s been a tiring day

My body’s tired and I should lay

But i need something to make my night

I need some cuddle to end this night

There’s an emptiness, when you’re not with me

You make feel better cause you’re my glee

You took me to a place, where I can live happily

Your smell feels like enchanted, surprisingly

You are always there to calm my night

A cup of you, hugs me tight

You’re not just a coffee that  I sip from a cup

Coz’ for me you are, a hug from a mug.

The hero without a cape

Feature Story

I want to feature  the “Worlds Greatest Tita Ever” She is BanBan Aquino, my father’s sister. A businesswoman, housewife, provider, O.F.W., breadwinner, full time mom and of course full time tita to me. I grew up with her since I’m in junior High School because of some family issues.She provides me everything and forgive my mistakes. To me, she’s like a mother and a father too but most of all that she’s my bestfriend too. Maybe God knows my parents will fail as a parents to me, that’s why she gave me a tita; a tita that is one in a billion and so rare to have. 

I knew we’re not the kind of sweet thingy, who says I love you all the time and give thanks for little things. Instead, we always fight over stupid things. You don’t know how thankful I’am to be your niece. Thank you for providing me everything, especially for the values that you innate to me. 

"Be strong all the time, whatever happens God has his purpose."

"If you think you’re right, fight for it. Make a stand on it and fight until you can."

"When others do bad things to you, forgive them."

Those are the words that you keep on reminding me of. What I really love about you was your humility. That’s the thing that want to have from you. I know that, that’s not inheritable because that’s a choice. But because of you, I’am challenge more to be a good and nice person. YOU are a inspiration tita. :) One day, I promise you that you’ll be proud  of me not because I’am a successful but because of the values that you innate to me. You always remind me that maybe I'am not your child but “I’am your product”.  You are my hero without a cape. 

If I’m going to die, I don’t want you to be my tita anymore. Because I want you to be my child. So I can raise you the way you raised me. :)

An Unexpected Path

An Unexpected Path

“ Sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places.”

Hi! Let me first introduce to you myself as a student. I’am Aira Rose V. Aquino, a not so good a not so bad kind of student. I’m just a typical student who do random things inside the classroom. When I was in Elementary, my mother was always in my school every P.T.A meetings because I got high grades (I’m proud to share this) My teacher always give me encouraging words like “You’re a good student!” “Keep it up!” and etc. Then when I was in High School. I had a mindset that I’am good student, I’m far more better than them. Then I began to have friends. We always had good times inside and outside the school. We don’t mind about our grades, we choose to live young, wild and free. I became teacher’s enemy, I always make fun of them. My mother was always at the guidance office for some offenses that I’ve done. There’s a point, that they will pass me as junior high school, if I will leave the school. :D I don’t know why I act like that, it’s not because I’m a rebel one. I just want to enjoy things while I'm young.

As I graduated High School. It’s a new chapter, I knew. It’s a new beginning for me. I had hard time in choosing my course. They said that criminology will fit to my character but I don’t want that. Then I choose Business Administration, but there’s no more schedule for that course. Then I end up choosing Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education. There’s something inside of me that tells me “What?! You’ll gonna be a teacher?” “No! They’ll laugh on you, when your friends knew it” “You’re not the type of teacher”. Unexpectedly, I take it as a challenge. It’s like I’m already here, so I should give a try. Honestly, at my first year in Education I already want to give up. Because of the lot of paperworks, reports and pressures in becoming a teacher. I already admit to myself, it’s a wrong choice I’am not gonna be a teacher. But I still try. In my second year, we had a subject Field Study. Where we will go in different High Schools in Marikina to observe. When I enter the room of my designated school. I saw different kind of students. There was a student there that I saw myself my exact me, a notorious student. Then I ask myself as I look at her. “Is that me? Why does she act like that?” Then I realized that she just need a teacher. A teacher that will touch not only her mind but also her heart. In my high school experience, none of my teachers act like that, they are just concern in my grade not with me. So I come up with the question of “Where we can find a teacher like that? Do they exist?” and at that moment a bulb appeared on my head and God tap my back. I realized the most unexpected words from me. “I’m gonna be a teacher, those students need me. Yes, maybe I’m not that smart. But I can assure them that they will be understood. Cause’ my purpose was to listen and believe in them.”

As of now, this is my last year in Education and I'm still a not so good and not so bad student but I'm now concern about my grade. :)

I always thank God, for all the realization and to my professors and friends that makes me happy despite of all the pressures. I will make a difference cause I’m a teacher. :) Maybe it’s a wrong choice but it was not a mistake because I believe that he is the one who put me, where I’am now. 

(This entry is for memoir.)

Forever Kicking Ass Together

Sometimes I look at my friends and think to myself "Where did I meet these crazy people?". But then i think "What would I do without them?"

I'm a friendly person, friendly as I can socialize with a lot of people and consider them as my friend in 30 minutes conversation. All of us have friends but what does a friend really need to take, for them to be called a "friend?". We have different standards, different qualities that we're looking for I want to introduce to you my friends (Ugh. correction?) My crazy friends is a better term for them. :) Let me also tell you what does a friend mean to me. 

"If you have crazy friends you have everything." -- a quote from anonymous person from the internet.

So does it means that I have everything because I have them?  Is that as easy as that? IN choosing my friends, I don't really have any standards or what so ever criteria for you to be my friend. There will be just something on you that we'll keep us together. That something? Honestly, I can't explain it through words because at some point in me I can just feel it, enjoy it and say to myself "She's my friend" as simple as that. My friends are annoying but I love them and I really do. I'am a lucky person to have them. They understand me the way i want to be understand, they provide me happiness that everyone's looking for, they knew my flaws and accept it without any hesitations. Maybe that's the reason why I have everything and God knows how thankful I'am for having them in my life. So to all my friends here's a not so short and not so long message for you:

To all my friends,

      You are not a friend, you are a family to me. You are my sister from another mother. You guys, is a home. So here's to the crap we talk, the guys we stalk, the laughs we can't stop, the gossip we spill, the conversation that is impossible to be understand by others, the beers we'd shared and the tears we'd shared to our mutual pain. We'll stay together through the years! 

        I won't leave, you won't be alone. We'll be forever kicking ass together. Thank you for everything!

Your friend,
Aira.

How to be HAPPY?

Hi! I'm here again to share my thoughts. This blog is about a tutorial, a not so commaon tutorial because it is a tutorial of emotion. The 7 steps to be happy :)

1. THINK less, FEEL more

We should lessen thinking, over thinking destroy happiness. It’s alright not to know all the answers. Sometimes we should let our mind be free from questions that floats in us through out the day. We should feel more, despite if all the problems and questions we must know when to stop stuffs, take a deep breath and have some coffee then feel the moment and forget everything for a while. It may sounds funny but I assure you. It helps :)

2. FROWN less, SMILE more

Frowning, sad face, poker face or what so ever face kind of face that brings negative vibes does not help at all. It just ruins your beautiful face. Smiling must be a habit. You don’t know how does a simple smile change a day of a person. It may bring them joy that will make their day. Smile is the makeup that will fit for all, it can also hide feelings and emotions. But whatever the reason behind that smile, just remember that everything will be fine and let your smile be the sign of your happiness for a while.

3. TALK less, LISTEN more

We talk often, talk about people, issues and everything under the sun. Words can make or break people. So we must be careful to the words that comes from us. We should listen more, sometimes listening is better from talking. Don’t just hear to something, listen to it then out in your heart analyze and maybe feel it at some point. For me people who know how to listen are the intelligent one. 

4. JUDGE less, ACCEPT more

By judging others, we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just entitle to as we are. “ Never judge others” You have no idea what their journey is all about or what they are going through. Whenever someone judge you just always remember that their critics are based on their content of understanding. We should accept more, accepting something is same as respecting the difference of others and sometimes acceptance will lead us to a better understanding of life. 

5. COMPLAIN less, APPRECIATE more

Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the problems and challenges we have and thank God for the problems that we don’t have. If you’re not going to put any effort to change it, don’t waste your time and efforts complaining about it. It doesn't change anything, it just ruins our thoughts. In my 18 years of existence here in earth. I realized that the secret of happiness is the appreciation for what you've got whether it’s a little or a lot. Learn to appreciate everything or anything. It will help you to be a better person. We must trade our expectation for appreciation.

6. FEAR less, LOVE more

Fear is an illusion, it just a product of our thoughts we create. We should stop letting fear rule our life. It just limit our capabilities, our ability to do something. All of us have fears but I’m telling you, you must choose faith over that fear. Keep that faith, hold to that faith that whatever happens everything will be alright and God have his purpose on why it need to happen. So from now on you must “Take every CHANCE and drop every FEAR”. Choose to love rather to have fear. Embrace love, share it. Feel it and let yourself be loved.

Those are my 7 steps on how to be happy. We all do have reasons to be happy. I just hope my steps will help you to find your happiness and when you finally find it never let it go. Keep it and treasure it. :) <3 (Credits to the owners of pictures)