Ripley's Believe it or Not -Jan 19, 2009

EPISODE 2 3 AIRING: January 19, 2009

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A Love Lost

for that person who was once a part of my life in the distant past....who is now far away...


I am sorry.
I was not able to see the twinkle in your eyes whenever you glance upon me.
I am sorry.
I did not hear the melody of your heart beat.
I am sorry.
I did not tell you just how much you mean to me.
I am sorry.
I was not strong enough to admit that I do feel something for you.
I am sorry.
I did not swallow my pride to say "I am wrong."
I am sorry.
I did stop you when you walked away.
I am sorry.
I did not give you a chance to apologize.
I am sorry,
for all the years that we had to be apart.
I am sorry,
for all the pain that could have been avoided had we been together.
I am sorry.
I cannot bring back the hands of time.
I am sorry.
I am simply sorry.
I hope that one day you can see how sorry I am.

Prayer

While I was Christmas shopping last year, I was able to get a free copy of our Daily Bread from Celine after we bought stuff for gifts and my mom's pair of shoes. Then, my spiritual director gave me a pamphlet on forgiveness. While I was going up the stairs of my office building today, the guard handed out a book that was apparently left by one of my friends. I realized it was pandesal (bread of salt). I realized that these were all reflection guides or prayer guides. There was probably a message there somewhere to just pray. I probably have not prayed that much for a long time, and this is God's way of telling me that He misses me. =)

The Challenge of a New Year

Yesterday, one of my best friends asked me in her email what my super goal for the year is. She said it has to be just one, and I could not come up with an answer to fit what she was saying.

Today, my prayer group's spiritual director was telling us to focus on the Gospel for the day. He shared it to us. It was the beginning of Jesus' public ministry. He wanted to tell us that Jesus was often active. He was always creating and recreating. The question now is what do we want to be active with.

Again, I have no answer. I realize that people always assume that since it is the start of a year we have to always start something or change something. Is life not a continuum? Does it truly have to be episodic?

I guess for someone who was not brought up to write resolutions and all that stuff, it is quite hard to really make one goal even. I usually make a goal any time of the year and follow it trough.

At this point, I guess I can only claim this - I have goals. They are the same as last year...only more refined.

but who knows? I might end up finding one tomorrow....

The price of fame and success

This has two parts.

1. I was able to watch High School Musical 3 and Twilight last year. Needless to say that it stuck me how the male leads were the ones who were catapulted to stardom. Zac was the one voted as most likely to succeed in an informal online survey. My mom said, " well, he is gwapo(handsome in filipino) and talented." Who would have thought that Robert Patison's hair would spark that much concern and even rage? Isn't that enough to show how much interest he had sparked? The focus has been away from the leading ladies towards the leading men, so it seems.

2. At the height of the brouhaha over Twilight the movie, there was picture of Kristen Stewart and a caption that said she had committed a fashion faux pas during one of the primiere nights. I was a bit sad for her. Maybe because it was her first time to ever have a major movie and walk the red carpet with her as the lead, and yet the fashion police seemed to be quick to tear her to pieces. Not to mention that it was splattered all over the internet for a few hours or days enough to have a lot of people see it. It was quite unfortunate, but i realized that is probably the price of success. Being thrust to the public eye to be scrutinized and criticized is something that they should be prepared to face since they decided to be an actor. I guess the same is true for Robert Patison's hair. Who would have thought that strong reactions will be garnered from something as mundane as a hair cut? Simply the price of success, I suppose.