Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Note to Self
there's always someone out there fighting a harder battle.
*breathe...inhale...exhale...*
everything's going to be fine.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Encounters in Cyberspace
While I was helping my officemate search google for some anecdotes, I came across an article about the Palanca winners for 2007. Just like in the past couple of years, more than a few familiar names jumped out of the page. It feels weird to see the names of people I used to work with in Heights but at the same time, I can't help but feel the joy and pride that I know they must be feeling at the moment.
I don't know how to reach them but I'd still like to let tell them know that I'm very proud of them and that I'm very happy for the things they've achieved since leaving Heights. Congrats guys!
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Saturday, September 01, 2007
Hope and Love
To love anybody is to expect something from him, something which can neither be defined nor foreseen; it is at the same time in some way to make it possible for him to fulfill this expectation. To expect is in some way to give: but the opposite is nonetheless true; no longer to expect is to strike with sterility the being from whom no more is expected, it is in some way to deprive him or take from him in advance what is surely a certain possibility of inventing or creating. We can only speak of hope where the interaction exists between him who gives and him who receives.
- SchleiermacherXOXOXOXOXOXOLabels: random ramblings
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Monday, May 21, 2007
The little, the ordinary, the seemingly insignificant...
A girl falls in love with a boy because he listens to her when she speaks and remembers what she said a month ago. Love is sparked by the little things – the quiet word, the gesture of compassion, the look.
- Father James B. Reuter, SJ
Loving is best done in the milieu of everyday life. When there is love, everything you do with, for and apart from your beloved is always infused with the love held precious in the heart. Only then will these little chores, the compulsory routines, essentially become more than what they are.
- Father Thomas Keating
XOXOXOXOXOXO
what the eyes cannot see, the heart can feel and what the mind forgets, the heart remembers. the ordinary things are the highlights of our life...the very things that nourish and sustain the big blessings we already have and hold. *sigh*Labels: random ramblings
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
A Collection of Random Quotes
As we grow older, it becomes difficult to just believe. It's not that we don't want to, but too much has happened and we can't.
- Samantha, Now and Then
I went looking for my ideals outside of myself. I discovered it's not what the world holds for you, it's what you bring to it. The dreams dearest to my heart are right here.
- Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
If you love someone you say it, you say it right then, out loud. Otherwise the moment just passes you by...
- Michael O'Neill, My Best Friend's Wedding
I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
- Harry Burns, When Harry Met Sally
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
- Oliver Barrett IV, Love Story
Even if we never talk again after tonight, please know that I'm forever changed because of who you are and what you've meant to me.
- Holden McNeil, Chasing Amy
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. One.
- Seth, City of Angels
William: I live in Notting Hill. You live in Beverly Hills. Everyone in the world knows who you are, my mother has trouble remembering my name.
Anna Scott: I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.
- Notting Hill
Michael: Why me?
Mia: Because you saw me when I was invisible.
- Princess Diaries
I love you without knowing how, why, or even from where. I love you straightforwardly without complexities or pride. I love you because I know no other way than this. So close that your hand, on my chest, is my hand. So close, that when you close your eyes, I fall asleep.
- Patch Adams, Patch Adams
You are everything I never knew I always wanted.
- Alex Whitman, Fools Rush In
Kyle Davidson: You want me to tell you how I feel about you?
Miranda Presley: Yeah.
Kyle Davidson: Okay, okay. Uh, sometimes you hear a song on the radio and it's just the song you want to hear right then, and then it's over and you're just glad you heard it.
Miranda Presley: And I'm like that song?
Kyle Davidson: No, you're nothing like that song. You're like if that was the only song in the world that I could hear for the rest of my life. You're that song.
- The Thing Called Love
Henry: Do you really think there is only one perfect mate?
Leonardo da Vinci: As a matter of fact, I do.
Henry: Well then how can you be certain to find them? And if you do find them, are they really the one for you or do you only think they are? And what happens if the person you're supposed to be with never appears, or, or she does, but you're too distracted to notice?
Leonardo da Vinci: You learn to pay attention.
Henry: Then let's say God puts two people on Earth and they are lucky enough to find one another. But one of them gets hit by lightning. Well then what? Is that it? Or, perchance, you meet someone new and marry all over again. Is that the lady you're supposed to be with or was it the first? And if so, when the two of them were walking side by side were they both the one for you and you just happened to meet the first one first or, was the second one supposed to be first? And is everything just chance or are some things meant to be?
- Ever After
Albert: You know, honestly, I never knew I could feel like this. You know? I swear I'm, I'm going out of my mind. It's like I want to throw myself off of every building in New York. I, I see a cab and I just wanna dive in front of it because then I'll stop thinking about her.
Hitch: Look, you will. Just give it time.
Albert: That's just it. I don't want to. I mean, if this is the only way I can stay connected with her, then... well, this is who I have to be.
- Hitch
We need a witness to our lives. There are a billion people on the planet... I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things... all of it, all of the time, every day. You're saying 'Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness'.
- Beverly Clark, Shall We Dance (2004)
I'm going to feel this way until I don't feel this way anymore.
- Sandy, Tootsie
I think sometimes... you have to lose somebody completely before you can figure out what they really mean to you.
- Dawson, Dawson's Creek (TV)
Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too - even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling.
- Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays with Morrie (TV)
I don't give a crap about what other people think of me. Because I'm a happily independent and successful woman and I like it that way, only when you say stuff like this, it just makes things too hard. So please, don't chase me anymore, unless you're ready to catch me.
- Callie, Grey's Anatomy (TV)
My father told me there are two types of girls: the ones you grow out of and the ones you grow into. I hope I'm the latter. I may not be the one you love today, and that hurts. But I'll let you go for now, hoping one day you'll fly back to me. Because I think you're worth the wait.
- Chloe, Smallville (TV)
Luc: Why are you chasing after him, after what he's done to you?
Kate: Because I love him!... And because I'm afraid that if he doesn't come back, it'll hurt so much that part of me will just shrivel up and die and I'll never be able to love anyone ever again.
- French Kiss
Love isn't about ridiculous little words. Love isn’t about grand gestures. Love isn’t about airplanes pulling banners over stadiums, proposals on jumbo-trons, giant words in sky writing. Love is about going that extra mile even if it hurts, letting it all hang out there. Love is about finding courage inside of you that you didn't even know was there.
- Gabe, Little Manhattan
I wonder if you think about me half as much as I think about you.
- Adam, Untamed Heart
Nothing could possibly match that moment. It's everything you wait a lifetime for and that dream finally came true. What else could ever come close?
- Peter Colt, Wimbledon
But in the end, the most important thing to accept is that no matter how alone you feel, how painful it may be, with the help of those around you, you'll get through this too.
- JD, Scrubs (TV)
XOXOXOXOXOXO
25 quotes taken from the 39-page movie and tv show quotes i've compiled.Labels: random ramblings
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Last Day...Last Entry...
Today is my last day in Trend Micro.
A few minutes ago, I was creating the mailing list for my sentimental farewell shit and I realized how few of those I would even care to say goodbye to are still here. It's sad to leave because this has been my comfort zone for the last two years and nine months but I know deep in my heart it's time to go on with life. Along with a lot of junk from my locker and my desk, I'll be bringing with me memories of people and moments I'll never forget.
On Tuesday, I start my new job.
XOXOXOXOXOXO
i'll miss the schedule...the people...and of course the network shares...*sigh*
oh and by the way, i am ms. november, the 9th resignee in the techwriter team in just a little over a year.Labels: random ramblings, work-related
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
i am moving on...
things went a little too fast,
believe it or not, i am sad -
but it's been almost three years
and i think it's time for me to move on...
XOXOXOXOXOXO
this is to mark the significance of today in my life. and no, i am not referring to my love life (or the lack of it...)
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Thursday, October 12, 2006
alles Gute zum Geburtstag
alles Gute zum Geburtstag my dearest. here's a virtual cake for you. i hope you have wonderful day ahead.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Birthday Eve
it's the eve of your birthday and here i am waiting for midnight so i can greet you. how i wish i could see you tomorrow and greet you personally. but that's not possible - i have work and i know you're on duty.
just 13 minutes more...
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Sunday, October 08, 2006
Of New Numbers and Text Messages
last night as i was drifting off to sleep, a text message came in and with half-closed eyes i read the text. it was an unknown number informing me of a new number. but the nitwit who woke me up forgot to say whose new number it was. while i was composing a polite "who's this" text message, another message came in.
so you changed numbers...
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Thursday, June 08, 2006
Scrubs Season 1: My Sacrificial Clam
You know, when you start med school, they warn you that you're gonna have to make sacrifices. But I guess that means different things to different people. Like giving up something you really want now for something you wanted your whole life. Or spending less time on yourself so you can spend more time with someone you love. At some point you might even have to give up your own sense of safety and well-being. But after awhile, it doesn't feel like you're giving up anything at all...
- JD, Scrubs Season 1
i don't really know if you were thinking along the same lines as Elliot did, but you did tell me once that you wanted to be a doctor since you were 5.
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Sunday, May 28, 2006
*sigh*
wish you were with me...
XOXOXOXOXOXO
punta fuego - may 25-26, 2006Labels: random ramblings, snapshots
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Monday, May 22, 2006
Mr. Holland's Opus
"Mr. Holland had a profound influence on my life and on a lot of lives I know. But I have a feeling that he considers a great part of his own life misspent. Rumor had it he was always working on this symphony of his. And this was going to make him famous, rich, probably both. But Mr. Holland isn't rich and he isn't famous, at least not outside of our little town. So it might be easy for him to think himself a failure. But he would be wrong, because I think that he's achieved a success far beyond riches and fame. Look around you. There is not a life in this room that you have not touched, and each of us is a better person because of you. We are your symphony Mr. Holland. We are the melodies and the notes of your opus. We are the music of your life."
- Gertrude Lang, Mr. Holland's Opus
regardless of how many times i watch this scene, i still get teary-eyed. it must have felt really good to retire and know that you touched a lot of lives in a very significant way.
after last weekend, i remembered why i wanted to be a teacher when i was in high school. i think i might have just fallen in love with teaching all over again...
XOXOXOXOXOXO
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Saturday, March 18, 2006
Between You and Me...
i bought these for you - but i don't know if i'll ever have the courage to give them to you...
XOXOXOXOXOXO
good luck in your final week of school. i hope i get to see you some time during your break...Labels: random ramblings, snapshots
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Friday, March 17, 2006
Closing Cycles
One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through.
Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished.
Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an end? Did you leave your parents' house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden?
You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened. You can tell yourself you won't take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that.
But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill.
None of us can be in the present and the past at the same time, not even when we try to understand the things that happen to us. What has passed will not return: we cannot forever be children, late adolescents, sons that feel guilt or rancor towards our parents, lovers who day and night relive an affair with someone who has gone away and has not the least intention of coming back.
Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away. That is why it is so important (however painful it maybe!) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home. Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place.
Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from them. Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Do not expect anything in return; do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood. Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else.
Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the ideal moment. Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person. Nothing is irreplaceable. A habit is not a need. This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important.
Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.
Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.
XOXOXOXOXOXO
by Paolo Coelho
the other day, while i was listening to some officemates discuss about guilt feelings regarding ex-boyfriends, i remember telling them that it's not their fault if those ex-boyfriends continued pining away for them even years after their respective relationships have ended. it's an individual's choice how far and how deep to allow a heartbreak to run, right?
i know this because i have made my choice to keep loving someone who will never quite love me in the same way i love him. it's not his fault that i'm still here waiting - i never held those three and a half years against him nor did i ever throw it in his face. i can't say i'm really happy with where i am in my life right now, but staying here is my choice...Labels: articles, random ramblings
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Sunday, February 26, 2006
Two Years...
two years of this - of spam, of VRs, and of outbreaks...
wasn't as smooth sailing as i'd like to claim, but at the end of the day - i have no regrets about coming and staying...
by the way, i made it two years without a single late...hahaha...it's such a dorky accomplishment to be proud of!!!
XOXOXOXOXOXO
February 26, 2004 - February 26, 2006Labels: random ramblings, snapshots, work-related
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Monday, January 30, 2006
Almost but not Quite...
I know it's not right to say you were mine, even if we did have our time. And no matter how painful it is for me to see how it meant nothing to you, I just have to deal with it and accept the fact that all I can hold on to is the thought that you were almost mine...
i found this quote in my two-year old files.
the realization that it's still something i could have written or said would have made me laugh with bitter irony if it weren't so painful. the situation is still practically the same, the only difference is that the thing i always believed to be true two years ago is now something i actually know for sure is the truth.
XOXOXOXOXOXO
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Sunday, December 25, 2005
Hearing from You Again
funny how one text message can make all my efforts of forgetting you go to waste...but i'm glad to hear from you just the same...merry christmas!
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Sunday, November 27, 2005
Thank You
...thank you for touching my life in a way i can't even begin to describe.XOXOXOXOXOXOLabels: random ramblings, snapshots
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Post Secret Postcard
i hope i never get to feel the pain of having this secret...
XOXOXOXOXOXO
one of my favorites from the Post Secret blog...Labels: random ramblings, snapshots
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