01 january 2005
A New Day Has Come!
I don't know where to begin but today is the first day of the year.

02 january 2005
Ikaw Lamang
(Gary Valenciano)

Bakit tayo nagkaganito
Binitiwang pangako bigla na lang naglaho
Laman ng isip ko, laman ng puso ko
Iniwang alaala ng ating nakaraan

Ngayon ako'y nag-iisa
Umaasa pa rin muling makikita

Tanong ng isip ko
Tanong ng puso ko
Paano nga ang buhay ko
Ngayong wala ka na

Refrain:
Ikaw lamang ang minahal
Ikaw lamang ang lagi kong dinadasal
Kahit kailan pa man ako'y maghihintay
Araw-gabi ang tangi kong hiling sa Maykapal
Ikaw lamang, ikaw lamang

Tanong ng isip ko
Tanong ng puso ko
Paano nga ang buhay ko
Ngayong wala ka na

Refrain:
Ikaw lamang ang minahal
Ikaw lamang ang lagi kong dinadasal
Kahit kailan pa man ako'y maghihintay
Araw-gabi ang tangi kong hiling sa Maykapal
Ingatan ka at hagkan ka ng mahigpit
Hawakan niya ang puso mo 'gang
Sa 'yong pagbalik
Ooh..ooh...

Kahit kailan pa man ako'y maghihintay
Araw-gabi ang tangi kong hiling sa Maykapal

Ikaw lamang ang aking mahal
Ikaw lamang ang lagi kong dinadasal
Araw-gabi ang tangi kong hiling sa Maykapal
Ikaw lamang...

03 january 2005
Perlas ng Silangan

On my trip to the East in 1997, I found this gem of the sea.

05 january 2005
Soulmates
It is by chance you met him, by choice you became friends, by fate you became soulmates. - Claire Voyante

A Journey to the world of a fish

06 january 2005
Happy Birthday Mom
Happy birthday to my mother. Thank you for your presence.

Lakandiwa Died Today
My Sony VAIO PCG-GRZ630 is the problematic notebook in its class. After almost two years in my possession, it has served me well. May his memory be preserved in his 512MB consciousness.

09 january 2005
The Flow of Life
"Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows." ~ Henry David Thoreau

10 january 2005
Display of Elegance
Welcome Lakandiwa II! My Sony VAIO A130 has arrived in my lap. I can call this a laptop and not a notebook. Lakandiwa was a notebook and it was hot on the lap and its battery life was short. In contrast, Lakandiwa is a true laptop and can run with batteries only in 4 hours. I hope I can run it in 5 hours as the manual says. I love my new laptop with its new aesthetics and sophisticated looks but it's not all about skin. It's about performance. Lakandiwa II is Centrino based that's why it is cool while Lakandiwa used a Pentium 4 desktop CPU making the notebook's life cut short due to poor design and cooling system.

14 january 2005
My Place in the World
"I think that's just our natural vision of ourselves in the world because we are all outsiders. We're all individuals or kind of trying to figure out our place in the world. Everything I write has that kind of theme. Every artist, director, whoever has a thing they try to work out through their entire career. For me, it's about what's my place in the world. How do I fit in? Am I weirder than other people? Am I like everyone else?" – Paul Feig

15 january 2005
Bruce Almighty converses with God

"Now come on. What do you really care about?"

"Grace," Bruce says, thinking of his girlfriend.

"Grace. You want her back?"

Bruce seems surprised by his own response. "No. I want her to be happy, no matter what that means." Bruce closes his eyes. "I want her to find someone who will treat her with all the love she deserved from me. I want her to meet someone who will see her always as I do now, through your eyes."

"Now that's a prayer," God says. "I'm going to get right on it."

16 january 2005
Hello Kitty
I'm one of the ninongs in my friend's daughter's first birthday party at the Wailuku Community Center. The theme was Sanrio's Kitty. My inaanak was so cute this evening. I got some photos. My kumare gave me a Kitty stuffed toy as a giveaway to the ninongs and ninangs. I've met some friends of mine with their kids. Nakakainggit! Hahaha. Anyway, it was a fun-filled evening coz I got to bring a Hello Kitty. Yung lang? Basta ganun! Sleep na ako.

17 january 2005
The Alchemist
I downloaded the audiobook version of The Alchemist instead of reading the book again in the evening. I miss reading this book but wasn't able to do so. It's an excellent bedtime story for children and young adults.

19 january 2005
Ransom Note

27 january 2005
Your Silence

thanks for everything.
your silence is a farewell
to the journey
where life has begun
where flowers bloomed
withered and died...

This poem was written on 30 July 2002. Silence is a moment when the soul is talking. When you hear nothing, it is not the silence that you hear.