Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category

Dear Papa, I know that you are in a better place now but sometimes I can’t help but  wish you were still alive because I miss you so much. I miss having a father to talk to when I’m upset and when I’m also ecstatic. You were a great father to me and my siblings. [...]

I just finished watching a couple of movies – IN HER SHOES and THE NOTEBOOK. I love these films so much that I actually have watched them for like more than five times already, and I have read the books as well. Mind you, books are always better than the movies, and I think, everyone [...]

Hello my love, How are you keeping honey? I hope you are doing just fine despite my absence. I’m struggling every day to cope with this long distance thing but I manage. All I have to do is think of our good and sweet times together, look at all our pictures and think of your [...]

I found the song “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle incredibly beautiful. I have never stopped loving this song since the first time I listened to it.  When I first heard this (around March to May 2001), I thought about my father right away.  I mean, this is obviously a father-daughter song, and from the moment [...]

I’ve been trying to write a good poem, but the words won’t come out. It’s like grief lodges this huge obstruction into the opening in which my creativity escapes through. Long before, I used to write poems easily especially for my dad, or out of hatred and frustration, but now, it’s been too difficult. I [...]

The Pessimist in Me

Posted: September 25, 2003 in Diary, Journal, Personal

Why do I feel that it is so hard “not to say something?”   I’ve been trying to think of better words to say, however the apprehension of things such as “words will never come out too easily” is just wearing me down already.  But I really have to be set free, and be able [...]

About Myself

Posted: September 4, 2003 in Personal, Random Thoughts

I am a good teacher and a good learner. I am a good listener, too. I am an ordinary woman who has a lot of tough breaks in life. I am honest and loyal. I am a person you can turn to whenever the world is coming down on you. I have abstract thoughts. I can be [...]