balang araw wengky

…Magkaka-star ka rin diyan. (Mwahaha ako na ang pinaka-makapal. Oh well wala naman masamang mangarap diba, at mag-attract ng good vibes at positive visions? )

Eastwood Mall, July 15, 2010. Senti time pagkatapos umattend ng isang press con.

yes i’m still very much alive

Geez, my last entry was last summer! Man, time to sweep some dust off here.

Between summer and now (which still kind of looks like summer because it doesn’t always rain, although when it rains it’s pretty hard) as my favorite line to use says: “a lot of things happened.” I met a lot of people, most of whom I never thought I would. I’ve been through some things which are really unexpected but then I guess that’s what’s exciting about life. YOU’LL NEVER REALLY KNOW. And sometimes when we get used to things, it kinda gets boring and somehow we secretly wish that things  will shake up. And so they did in mine.

Not-so random lines enumerated in random order about what I learned from the past few months:

1. It’s better to ask than never to ask at all. So what if you stutter, so what if you sound weird, so what if you look nervous… (but of course it’s better if you don’t) Just do it and take the chance. You’ll never know what you’ll learn from the other end. Practice and continuous “exposure” would nail it soon.

2. It’s better to say too much than never to say what you need to say (yes John Mayer I’m quoting you again). It may be embarrassing, but I realized it’s better if you say how you really feel (of course let’s choose our words wisely so as not to be misunderstood/misinterpreted) because there would be no regrets in the end and in your end.

3. Since I took on this job until now… I’ve learned a lot about writing. But I’m not really contented about them. I know there is still so much to learn and so much room for growth. For me art is unlimited and the communication lines are endless. There’s a lot of possibilities we can come up with and so I’m excited to learn more. 

4. Don’t act on your own. Even if you work by your lonesome, you’re still part of the team (especially if you work for a company). Be sensitive and discerning about the things you say, the things you do, because it’s not just you. Take caution.

5. We can never undo our mistakes, but we still have the future to do better, to not repeat the same mistakes, to show that we’ve learned and we’ve grown. If we’re given the chance, LE’TS NOT WASTE IT.

6. RELATIONSHIPS ARE WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE JOB YOU HAVE. Cherish them, because you’ll never know when fate decides to play and tests them.

7. Evaluation time! As a writer I should improve (badly needed!) doing interviews, especially being keen enough for follow-up questions. And I think actually writing down questions on paper doesn’t work for me. Perhaps spontaneity is beauty. Haha. Or maybe putting keywords on my phone would at least do. Basta, I don’t want to write my questions anymore on paper. I become blank. )

8. No matter how difficult things and times are, when you love what you do, and you appreciate the people you work with, it will take forever for you to give up on it.

9. GOOD VIBES FOR THE WIN! \m/

10.  __________________________________ Will leave this blank for now. Learning never stops.

Thank you God for the “fresh start.” 

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Sharing here something I posted on Facebook. Got this one from one of my notebooks. It was written beside some unfinished verses for a song I was supposed to write, I think. Hehe. Anyway, I expanded it and here’s what I came up with:

6 music player commands as applied to human emotions and situations: REWIND para sa may mga regret; SKIP para sa may mga gustong kalimutan; FAST FORWARD para sa mga nagmamadali/ di makuntento; PLAY para sa mga steady lang; STOP para sa mga stuck; at PAUSE para sa sabik sa pahinga/sabik sa pag-freeze ng moments/anxious sa change.

I wish everyone well. Lovelovelove and happiness!