I'm taking a break, . .


I think I need this to overcome my hiatus @__@
(thanks kuya Mikey and ate Selene)



After this~ I'll make sure to get things done,.. ^^


What am I going to do?! wahaha

1. Marathon Reading of One Who Waits I & probably One Who Waits II - uulitin ko talaga wahaha!

2. Study Sparring Tips / Guides - kailangan eh, . this is the first step to my dream! wahaha


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Sa mga nab-boring?! maari kayong mag-basa, . . hehe

ito ang mga kwentong di kayo mabibitin:



One-shot,.. ^^

1. Four Seasons by redkinoko
~ hay, isa ito sa pinaka favorite ko, mild lang pero ang lakas ng impact,. panoorin niyo na rin ang Prequel. hehe

2 The Red Haired Terror by Nerva al'Thor
~ malupit, . sobra,. astig at andami ring matututunan, . hehe Nagustuhan ko mga Mage dahil dito.

3. The Princess And The Garden by redkinoko
~ simple lang pero nakakaiyak, .. hay~ di naman talaga ako emotional na tao eh?!haay

4. A Girl's Diary by redkinoko
~ di naman puro si kuya red diba? wahehe plug ko lang ito~ kasi, . ginamit name ko para sa bida,.. :wub: siguro nga ito na rin ang diary ko? waaah masama mag-joke! omg


Sa mga masisipag naman mag-basa~ haha at kaya ang series, .

1. Wanted: Full-Support Priestess by redkinoko
~ English, love story w/ action, ragnarok meets reality ang style,.hehe Panoorin niyo na lang yung Opening Video para may idea.

2. Ang Alamat ni Pritong Kandule
~ Tagalog, comedy w/ action? WAHAHA di ko maipaliwanag. Mahaba ito pero sulit naman! Natuto ako magmura dahil sa fic na ito. /swt NinooonG!!!!

3. Chiksilog Confessions by T'wolf
~ Tagalog, love story, konti lang part ng ragnarok, pwede na ring sabihin na nangyayari ito sa totoong buhay. Grabe naiyak ako sa fic na ito. Chiksilog~ ako ay nahulog, nilinlang niloko~~~

4. Imposible by imperfect
~ Tagalog, umpisa na ito ng love story, . . at maraming matututunan, . . =) know more about girls~ why are they mean, . . etc.

5. Second Glance by Rien-chan
~ English, Assasin and Priestess love story plus all the conflicts~ hehe mild read, medyo lime lang? or, . .is it just me?!! @__@ heheh~


Para sa mga gusto pang mag-basa~

Marami pong link dito sa left, . . haha o kaya manood kayo ng video? tugsh~



Ang masasabi ko lang, . Do something productive ^^



Ciao! ~

balik na si lyra sa pag-babasa~ =P


Enjoy!

I have to admit, .

Naging adik din ako sa friendster bulletin na yan, . lalo na sa surveys (typical girl) pero hindi rin nagtagal yun. Naisip ko din naman na ano ba pakialam sa akin ng ibang tao noh? at saka, . Mas kinarir ko na kasi ang paglalaro ng ragnarok.

Hindi ko rin alam kung bakit mayroon pa ring mga chain messages, . . Panira lang madalas sa magagandang posts, . . kasi daw blahblah may mamatay, may lalabas na mumu, mamalasin ka sa pag-ibig, matutulungan daw nito si ganito,.. at marami pang iba, . huh? pano kaya iyon?


Pero siguro nga mas matino na yun kumpara sa mga bulletin posts na magmumura lang diba? haaay nako, . .


Bakit nga ba may friendster bulletin?


para mas simple, . . para saan ba ang bulletin board?


TSK, . .


gets? hahaha


Here are some of the relevant articles I found aside from the relevant announcements a few of my friends posted. I just made up the title, . haha and BTW, . .WILL YOU STOP CURSING?! ~ flood ka sa bulletin ko oh, . ./pif (kung sino ka man, . . tsk)



Title: Love VS Like
Posted by: Jane Paula Angelo - high school classmate


Know the difference between
"somebody you Love" and "somebody you Like"

In front of the person you like, your heart beats faster.
But in front of the person you love, you get happy.

In front of the person you love, winter seems like spring.
But in front of the person you like, winter is just beautiful winter.

If you look into the eyes of the one you like, you blush.
But if you look into the eyes of the one you love, you smile.

In front of the person you like, you can't say everything on your mind.
But in front of the person you love, you can.

In front of the person you like, you tend to get shy.
But in front of the person you love, you can show your own self.

You can't look straight into the eyes of the one you like.
But you can always smile into the eyes of the one you love.

When the one you love is crying, you cry with them.
But when the one you like is crying, you end up comforting.

The feeling of love starts from the eye
But the feeling of like starts from the ear.

So if you stop liking a person you used to like,
all you need to do is cover your ears.
But if you try to close your eyes,
love turns into a drop of tear and remains in your heart forever




hope the person you are with right now
is the one you LOVE....


Reaction: HOLY!~ tsk, . i told yah, . tama talaga yung walang standards, . tama lang na wala akong gusto (i mean particular traits) alam mo bang lahat yan tumama?? kaya, . . wag ka na po mg-doubt saken,.. masakit eh, .. sobra, . . =)



Title: The Tree, The Leaf and The Wind
Posted by: Roxanne Bido - College classmate



TREE

===

People call me "Tree" .



I had dated 5 girls when I was in Pre-U.
There's one girl who I love a lot but never dared to go after.
She didn't have a pretty face, or good figure, nor an outstanding charm.
She was just an ordinary girl.




I liked her. I really liked her.


I liked her innocence, her frankness, her intelligence and her fragility.

Reason for not going after her was because
I felt somebody so ordinary like her was not a good match for me.

I was also afraid that after we were together,
all the feelings would vanish.

I was also afraid other's gossip would hurt her.

I felt that if she were my girl,

she'd be mine ultimately and
I didn't have to give up everything just for her.


The last reason,
made her accompanying me for 3 years.


She watched me chase other girls, and
I have made her heart cry for 3 years.


She was a good actress and
me a demanding director.



When I kissed my 2nd girlfriend,
she bumped into us.

She was embarrassed but smiled

and said, "Go on!" before running off.


The next day,
her eyes were swollen like a walnut.

I didn't want to know what caused her to cry.


Later that day,
I returned from soccer training to get something and
watched her cry in the classroom for an hour or so.


My 4th girlfriend didn't like her.
There was once when both of them quarreled.

I know that based on her character,
she's not the type that will start off the quarrel.

But I still sided my girlfriend.

I shouted at her and ignored her feelings
then walked off with my girlfriend.

The next day, she was laughing and joking
with me like nothing happened.


I know she was hurt but she didn't know
deep down inside I was hurt too.


When I broke up with my 5th girlfriend,
I asked her out.


Later that day,

I told her I had something to tell her.

I told her about my breakup.

Coincidentally,
she has something to tell me too,

about her getting together.

I knew who the guy was.
His pursuit for her had been the talk of the school.


I didn't show her my heartache,
just smiles and best wishes.

Once I reached home,
I couldn't breathe.


Tears rolled and I broke down.


How many times have I seen her cry for
the man who didn't acknowledge her presence?


During graduation,
I received a text message from her.


It said,


"Leaf's departure is because of Wind's pursuit.
Or because the Tree didn't ask her to stay ..."



LEAF


===


People call me "Leaf".


During the 3 years of Pre-U,
I was onvery close terms with a guy as buddy kind.

But when he had his 1st girlfriend,

I learned a feeling I never should've learned - jealousy.
Sourness to the extreme limit.

They were only together for 2 months.


When they broke up,
I hid my happiness.

But after a month,
he got together with another girl.


I liked him and I know he liked me.
But why won't he pursue me?

If he really loves me,
why didn't he make the first move?


Whenever he had a new girlfriend,
my heart would hurt.


After some time,

I began to suspect that this was one sided love.

If he didn't like me,
why did he treat me so well?

It's beyond what you will normally do for a friend.
I know his likes, his habits.


But his feelings towards me
I can never figure out.


You can't expect from a girl like me to ask him.

Despite that,
I still wanted to be by his side.
Care for him, accompany him, love him.

Hoping that one day,
he will come to love me too.


And because of this,

I waited for him.


Sometimes,
I wondered if I should continue waiting.

The pain, the dilemma accompanied me for 3 years.


At the end of my 3rd year,

a juniorpursues me.


He's like the cool and gentle wind,
trying to blow off a leaf from a tree.

In the end,
I realized that I wanted to give this wind
a small footing in my heart.

I know the wind will bring the leaf
to a better land.


Finally leaf left the tree,
but the tree only smiled and
didn't ask the leaf to stay.


"Leaf's departure is because of Wind's pursuit.
Or because the Tree didn't ask her to stay..."



WIND


===


People call me "Wind".


Because I like a girl called "Leaf".
Because she's so dependent on the tree
so I have to be a gust wind,
a wind that will blow her away.


When I first met her,
it was 1 month after I transfer to the new school.

I saw a petite person looking at my
seniors and me playing soccer.

During ECA time,
she will always be sitting there.

Be it alone or with her friends,
looking at him.

When he talks with girls,
there's jealousy in her eyes.

When he looked at her,
there's a smile in her eyes.


Looking at her became my habit.
Just like she likes to look at him.


One day,
she didn't appear.

I felt something a missed.
I can't explain the feeling except
it's a kind of uneasiness.

The senior was not there as well.

I went to their classroom,
hid outside and saw my senior scolding her.

Tears were in her eyes while he left.


The next day,
I saw her at her usual place,
looking at him.


I walked over and smiled at her,
took out a note and gave it to her.


She was surprised.
She looked at me, smiled,
and accepts the note.


The day after,
she appeared and passes me a note and left.


"Leaf's heart is too heavy and
the wind couldn't blow her away".


"It's not that leaf's heart is too heavy.
It's simply because leaf never wants to leave the tree".

I replied her note with this statement and
slowly she started to talk to me and
accept my presents and phone calls.

I know that the person she loves is not me.
But I have this perseverance that one day,

I will make her like me.


Within 4 months,
I have declared my love for her no less than 20 times.

Every time,
she will divert away from the topic.

But I never give up.

If I'm really decided for her to be mine,

I will definitely use all means
to win her over.


I can't remember how many times
I have declared my love to her.

Although

I know she will always try to change the topic,
I still bear a small ray of hope deep within me,
that she will agree to be my girlfriend.

And so

I asked her again.


I didn't hear any reply from her over the phone.

I asked,

"What are you doing?
How come you didn't want to reply?"



"I'm nodding my head", she said.


"Huh?" I couldn't believe my ears.


"I'm nodding my head", she replied loudly.


I hang up the phone,


quickly changed,
took a taxi and rushed to her place.


My hands were trembling when I
press the doorbell.


I hugged her tightly as she opened the
door.


"Leaf's departure is because of Wind's pursuit.

Or because the Tree didn't ask her to stay..."




Reaction: Oh, . just Wow, . . Patience is a Virtue guys~ Kasi naman,.. you tend to rush even if you said you would wait, . . just plain , . . . tsk , . .nevermind



Original Title: Beware of Mr. Tiny (Scam)
Posted by: Marian Benetua - high school classmate



He approached me---this, shrunken-
faced and small man in the Manila City
Hall area. He seemed harmless, so I
thought. And so he began talking.

"Don't worry, I'm not a bad person.
I'm Christian..."

I wanted to contradict his statement
at the very second, but I just let him
talk for a while.

"Ako si Louie Ocampo. Naholdap yung
bus na sinakyan ko and I was hoping to
ask some money from you..."

He wiped his face with this towel and
as he was talking, I saw his almost-
gone teeth.

I decided to lend the guy some money,
considering how misfortune can be very
very rude. So I lent him P50 just so
he could go to McDo and meet his dad
there. He asked me if he could text---
and I did.

Only that I didn't want him to be the
one to text.

I texted his "dad" to meet him there
and he asked for my company even for a
while.

He said:

"I want to give you a gift for helping
me, as soon as I meet my dad. I'll ask
him to bring the N70 Cellphone. I will
be leaving for the US kasi by April 30
and I wanted to give you that as a
gift..."

The idea of a stranger giving me an
N70 wasn't impossible, but being in
Manila and all, it just seemed like
crap. Yeah, it would have seemed
really cool, considering I just
borrowed this cellphone I have now.
And so I just nodded my head, as if I
believed him.

He kept on asking me if he could text
and I kept on saying, "Ako na lang."

He looked at me with almost hurt eyes
and said, "I seem to feel that you
don't trust me."

Dammit! I don't even know you and I
should trust you?

I didn't answer him and just texted
his "dad".

Finally, after a long exhausting walk,
he finally said goodbye and thanks.

_______________________________________
___________________________

Weeks after that incident, here I was
on my way to school. I was so dead
tired, that I decided to rest my head
on the couch and sleep for a while.
When I woke up, the people sitting at
the back of the fx were talking.

I thought I was dreaming, but I
clearly heard them saying words like
Christian, I'm not a bad person.

That really woke me up.

Apparently, this girl was in Baclaran
and waiting for an fx, when a man
approached her. He used the exact
opening line, "Don't worry, I'm not a
bad person. I'm Christian."

He was asking for help and she helped
him. This man RODE with her on the fx
and she paid for his fare. Apparently,
the guy got scared because the woman
sitting on front of him was looking at
him suspiciously. With this, he got
off the fx.

Guess where he was going?

Manila City Hall.

Scams aren't new nowadays. It's funny,
because nothing like this has ever
happened to me. Well, I was talking
to God in my head on the way to school
and I was complaining why nothing was
happening to me. Ha! After that,
something did happen to me.

I hate the fact that people use God
and the lure of helplessness to
deceive people. It sickens me to the
core, that these people have such guts
to do these things. Poverty is a
reason, but it is not an excuse. Not
everyone you go to has money, okay?
And even if they did, they worked hard
to earn it.

Now one can really say how poor "we"
are.

Everyone's that poor that they steal
from other people to survive. They
probably can't help it. How can they,
when their stomachs are growling from
too much hunger?

I have said this, because people like
Mr. Tiny are everywhere. Always be on
the lookout. After this incident, I
could have done nothing else, but
sharpen my nearsighted eyes.

*Oh and by the way, if you have the
same experience, contact me and we can
rant about him. Or probably track that
bastard down.

BEING CHRISTIAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE
NOT BAD, CREEP!



Reaction: waaa,. . mabiktima din ako,.. pero middle-aged woman naman,. haay madali ako madala ng mga ganyan eh/pif




~ yan lang yata? tsk, . mas mabuti na yang mga ganyang kwento kaysa naman sa magp-post lang na nagmumura diba? ~ haaay

oh, .. BTW, . . "the perfect boyfriend?" ( there was a subject entitled like this,..) why do you have to insist that? err,.. ang hirap nun ah?! at walang perfect na tao,.. una,.. mas maganda kung maging perfect girlfriend na lang kaya muna? diba? sigurado gagayahin ka ng bf mo, . . oh diba perfect kayo pareho,.. ayos,..



grabe napagod ako? ilang pages din yun ah! FRIENDSTER is full of CHAOS indeed.

I will make this short =)



"What do you want to be when you grow up?"



~ quite easy for some eh?

I admire those people esp those kids who have the clear vision of who they wanted to be.
I even had my profile in our yearbook in high school ruined because of my damn ambition.



I don't know what I wanted to be~



just plain simple, . .



I don't know~





why? I was brain washed (term too morbid X_X ) by my mom since elementary that I should be an Accountant, .. A Certified Public Accountant




You can't blame me, . . I never had the chance to contemplate of what I wanted to be because MY future is set even before I realized that it's necessary to have an AMBITION~


but then, . .finally, . . I'm proud to say that



I KNOW what I want to be when I grow up! . . . . . . I mean when I get older, . .



Firstly, . . I wanted to be a Certified Public Accountant!!!! (pangarap ng nanay ko wag na kontrahin, tuparin na lang)

Secondly, I wanted to be a black or at least brown belter (whatever the term) in Taekwondo. ( this is not about self defense only this is about honor?! hahah Ayoko na maging Lawyer eh,. :P )

Thirdly, I wanted to be a part Nutritionist, part Connoisseur, Gourmet or simply, . Epicure. (basta forte niyan wine and liquors)



*bow*

yan na ang ambition ko.



aww, . .typical hope ng mga girls, . .



We want to love and be loved in return.


(tama bah grammar?)








Oo nga pala, kaya siguro ayoko ng mga ganyang nilaalgay kung ano ang gusto, . .kasi diba may kasabihan na kung ano yung gusto mo parang hindi pa natutupad?



oh well~ kung saan man ako i-lead ni Lord~ alam ko for the BEST yun. . . . wahahah




P.S to kuya Michael Madrazo, .. thank you very much! and I wish you all the best, . .=)



additional quote:


"The difference between doing what you want and doing something casually is that you urge yourself to do it in the most perfect way." Nerva replied. "I am doing something I want to do, master, so it works well for me."

~ The Red Haired Terror by Nerva al'Thor