Man in the Mirror (R.I.P. Michael Jackson, 1958-2009)

Despite all the negative things that had been written about the man, there is no denying that Michael Jackson is a true musical genius that only comes once in a lifetime. And just like the rest from my generation, I was fortunate enough to see him rise from obscurity to a staggering iconic peak of [...]

Tears

Do your eyes tear up when there’s secondhand cigarette smoke around you? Do you get teary-eyed when you’re chopping up onions? Do your eyes well up in tears when you choke up on your emotions every time you’re reminded of a failed relationship? Or do you go bawling when a loved one dies? If your [...]

Drag on, human!

Ahh…today is a good day to live! Beautiful earth, beautiful creation! What breath-taking miracle! I feel so alive and free! The monkey is finally off my back and I am now ready to fulfill my destiny. There is no reason why I should falter again. I feel sooo good!
Oh, but looky what I got in [...]

Say it loud, say it clear

My father passed away a little over a year ago, of a heart attack (on April 12, 2008).
I remember the last time we were together, we were happy. And the last time we spoke on the phone, I told him I love him. But still I wished I had held him more, hugged him more, [...]

Wordle

I was toying with wordle’s tool for generating “word clouds,” and I came up with mine (shown below) when I entered my blog’s URL on its “Create” page. You can also copy-and-paste in a bunch of text from any of your blog posts, or enter your (or someone else’s) del.icio.us user name (to see their [...]

Can’t we try

When you believe that you’ve finally found love, cherish it, nurture it, and don’t let it wither away. Because when you give up on love, it will take its true course and seek its own kind– the one that will truly make it grow. If you lost it because you did not try hard enough [...]

Convicted

CONVICTED
Beguiled by the moonshine
and the chanting of the pagans,
the man’s pulse throbbed relentlessly
as though racing with the night;
but agony he was to meet at sunrise.
Alas, the morning brought the shadow back–
ghoulish, ominous, depressing
image of an idle day just gone;
mood became a maidservant
embodied in wiles
obsequious only in desire.
While letting the second hand slide past around
the longstanding [...]