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Today was a good day
Today was a good day, and I haven’t felt a truly good day in a while. Maybe my qualifications for a good day have changed or maybe it’s just perspective, but today was a good day for me. Today I got to wear my favorite sneakers, while seeing that a pair of other sneakers that I had seen two months before but didn’t have a size for, and also on sale so I had to get them. I got to get out of my usual cycle and may actually be able to fix my sleep cycle soon. Be awake with the sun and sleep when the moon is out. It’s…
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A Failure to Connect
I’ve gone to church a lot more lately. Maybe it’s lack of plans or my mother has become more adept at making sure we’re there, but I’ve been hearing a lot more sermons and learning about the church as an adult that has me left with a feeling of disconnection. You see, the church I attend always stresses the value of giving back to others, putting them first, prioritizing everything over material things. However, the church of life is the complete opposite. Get ahead. Sacrifice your time with loved ones to provide. Do things you wouldn’t usually do to get a leg up. It’s very confusing and as a person…
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Life will out
I’ve had time to myself this past year. For a number of different reasons. Surprisingly, I’ve found that I actually enjoy the solitude sometimes. Walking around, just listening to music on earphones, or just enjoying the view, there have been a lot of introspective moments for me. It has been educational. Defeaning. Sometimes defeating. Not to say I don’t enjoy the company of others. I do. There is nothing that makes me happier than sitting with my friends, the people I love and just listening to them laugh. I admit sometimes I just let my mouth run away from me, if it makes them happy, it’s worth it. But I…
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Take Care of Yourself
Lately I’ve been thinking about the cost of living, literally. What does it take for you to live? What sacrifices do we make that compromise our health, in order for us to make a living, or what we deprive ourselves of in the name of saving money. This isn’t a new thought. Last year, when a friend from work had an actual stroke, it was a scary wake up call. That even a person who is a comfort to others and can pull off being there for his family in the day can still be there for his team at night, has a breaking point. I can’t deny that after…
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I think you should listen to Ben&Ben’s Maybe the Night today
Those strings, those lyrics, the quiet calm of this song until the swells of the violins chime in. Then it feels like when you hold your breath before after the first glimpse of your person. I only recently heard this song late December (again, cousins who played music that I eventually heard the lyrics to). These lines are particularly sweet for me: Maybe the night holds a little hope for us, dearMaybe we might want to settle down, just be nearStay together here I don’t know why songs are this clear to me when most other things really are not. I do hope you listen to this song today and…
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I think you should listen to Up Dharma Down’s Anino today
Hello 6 readers, since I know most of you are related to me and/or Filipinos, you most likely know how to speak Filipino. So today, in this lovely Friday, I think you should listen to Up Dharma Down’s Anino. I’ve always found Up Dharma Down’s music quite soothing and straightforwardly beautiful and this one is no exception. Here are a few of the lines to make you think feel today. Pagod na ang mga labi kahit wala pang sinasabiPuro minsan na lang, nakapako sa aking isipanTahan na, umiiyak ka na namanHindi ba’t ikaw din ang papahid ng luhang yan Hindi ka ba nag-sasawa sa tuwing titindig at titig sa salaminLahat ay nag-wakas,…
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Hit like a frying pan
I only found out yesterday that GQ came out with an article about Anthony Bourdain, compiled of snippets from the people that really knew him. I knew I had to read it immediately and in private the words just resonated with me, especially this quote from Lydia Tenaglia and Chris Collins, his colleagues from Zero Point Zero Productions, and who he’d been working with his whole television career. People were detailing how they found out and this is what they said: Tenaglia:Â I don’t think it was a shock that one day we would get a call. It was like, “Okay. Maybe we should prepare ourselves that one day Tony’s either…
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I think you should listen to Lany’s ILYSB (Stripped) today
Simply because it’s damn sexy. And I don’t say that about a lot of new songs since I am an oldie that likes songs that even my parents were too young to like. But this song is just breathy and simple and I can’t get enough of it. Here are a few lines from the song: Ain’t never felt this way Can’t get enough so stay with me It’s not like we got big plans Let’s drive around town holding hands Mad warm when you get close…to me Slow dance these summer nights Our disco ball’s my kitchen light And even if it sounds sexy the lyrics are pretty innocent.…
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What motivates you?
I’ve been reading a lot of motivational things lately. If you know me personally, you know that I’m not a person that reads self-help books a lot, or attend those workshops or necessarily believe in the theoretical versus the actual. I tell people I’m very grounded in reality, which sometimes can come off as cynical. Maybe it’s because of what’s happened to me in the past, or sometimes I’m just being over cautious to the point of paranoid. I’m trying to see things more positively. I’m trying to be less sarcastic and cynical. There is just too much reality sometimes trying to grind us down to nubs and it’s not…
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You lucky SOB
I catch myself complaining a lot, and 2018 was not a year that I was very positive about a lot of things. When life threw me for a loop, I bitched and moaned about it. A lot. And I can recognize venting and mourning loss, but I also have to acknowledge what a lucky son of a Barbie (I won’t curse at my mother today) I am. In 2018: I got to be there a lot more for what turned out to be our Nanay’s last year. I spent a lot of times with my friends, and made a few new ones. I finally got to deal with my health,…
