I'm Missing You

currently obsessed with this song.


Case---Missing You

Standing here looking out my window
My nights are long and my days are cold
Cause I don't have you
How can I be so damn demanding?
I know you said that it's over now
But I can't let go

1 - Every day I want to pick up the phone
And tell you that
You're everything I need and more
If only I could find you

2 - Like a cold Summer afternoon
Like the snow coming down in June
Like a wedding without a groom
I'm missing you
I'm the desert without the sand
You're the woman without a man
I'm the ring without a hand
I'm missing you

Driving 'round thought I saw you pass me
My rearview mirror's playing tricks on me
Cause you fade away
Maybe I'm just hallucinating
Cause my loneliness got the best of me
And my heart's so weak

Every day I want to pick up the phone
And tell you that
You're everything I need and more
If only I could find you

Like a cold Summer afternoon
Like the snow coming down in June
Like a wedding without a groom
I'm missing you
I'm the desert without the sand
You're the woman without a man
I'm the ring without a hand
I'm missing you 

Like a cold Summer afternoon (cold summer day)
Like the snow coming down in June
Like a wedding without a groom
I'm missing you (baby baby)
I'm the desert without the sand
You're the woman without a man
I'm the ring without a hand
I'm missing you (see bab, I'm missing you)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

(Said I'm. I'm missing you)Like a cold Summer afternoon
Like the snow coming down in June
Like a wedding without a groom
I'm missing you
I'm the desert without the sand
You're the woman without a man
I'm the ring without a hand
I'm missing you

Like a cold Summer afternoon (baby)
Like the snow coming down in June
Like a wedding without a groom
I'm missing you (I'm missing you)
I'm the desert without the sand
You're the woman without a man
I'm the ring without a hand
I'm missing you

Like a cold Summer afternoon (like a cold...)
Like the snow coming down in June
Like a wedding without a groom
I'm missing you
I'm the desert without the sand
You're the woman without a man (I can't sing no more)
I'm the ring without a hand (I can't sing no more, baby)
I'm missing you

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...

My Birthday Prayer

a few minutes before my birthday ends..

Dear God,

i know that saying a bajillion "thank you's" isn't enough to to cover all the blessings you have showered upon me. But i'm still going to say it: thank you.

weeks before my birthday, i was under the impression that the older you get, the less exciting birthdays become. now that i'm a little bit older and supposedly wiser, birthdays have been about dinner and coffee (with the occasional alcoholic drink, of course).

before my birthday, i realized that i am now comfortable with this new style of celebrating birthdays with my friends. i was content with not having the extravagant parties, receiving gifts and all that hullabaloo. all i wanted was to be in the company of my family and good friends. i wanted to see them happy.

today, i got all of that and more. this morning 'til now, i was greeted by all sorts of people, though majority of them were through facebook and twitter. i didn't care. their greetings felt extremely genuine and warm. though my birthday is shown on facebook, i still very much appreciated that people actually took a second of their time to visit my page and to place a greeting on my wall. it's the effort that counts because it means that i crossed their minds and they wanted to share good wishes for me, even for just a second.

dinner time came and i met up with my family, relatives and childhood friends (too bad some couldn't come). over pizza, pasta and chicken, we laughed and talked, something that we often do (eat and talk) but this time it was different for me. usually i want to be absorbed in the conversations, but this time around there were moments where i would just observe my friends and family. and when i saw them laughing and having a good time, i felt contentment. this was the only gift i wanted. it was the icing on top of a cake.

Lord, thank you for giving me so many amazing and beautiful people in my life. parents who constantly support me on all my endeavors, who work their hardest in order to provide for us, who love me unconditionally despite all the things i lack. younger brothers who has their own way of expressing their love for me. a close group of friends who are like -- no, who ARE family too, who have been there for me through the good and bad times. acquaintances who have kept in touch, who reach out to create a stronger bond of friendship.

these people play big parts in my life. i pray that you bless them with hope, confidence, enlightenment and strength in whatever they may be going through. and most of all, please bless them with happiness, strength in whatever they may be going through. and most of all, please bless them with happiness, just like the kind of happiness you have given me.

thank you Lord, for an amazing birthday filled with love that is so overwhelming.

Baguio, baby!

it's been awhile since i last visited baguio. so when the opportunity came, i grabbed it immediately! rius (3rd's bro) is going to train in metrobank baguio since he just got promoted to the loans department. we all made hatid to him, together with his gf gretch, friends bj, nancy and baby aendy! :)

i had my own "to-do-list' for baguio.. gonna ukay with tita amy, re-visit burnham, mines view, ziplining at camp john hay, drop by the mansion, etc. BUT i wasn't able to because of chedeng :( it kept raining all the time. maybe next time i guess. had fun but it was sooo bitin. will be back for sure! *crossing fingers*

healthy lunch at mini shabu-shabu

THE GANG at SM Baguio - it was raining all throughout the time we were there so we weren't able to go anywhere *sad* (uuyy, rhyming! haha)

loved the  ambiance of this place. big serving of food yet very reasonable prices :)

i'll be coming back to this place. loved every inch of it! i'll be posting a separate blog for this restau when i have more time

treated them for dinner at Cafe by the Ruins :) it was the week before my birthday! 

Bawai's

two sundays ago, i was with my tita, tito and cousin amai in tagaytay for lunch. we had lunch in bawai's. it's actually a vietnamese restau owned by a native from vietnam married to a pinoy. bawai's means grandma in vietnam.

truth be told, i can say that their food is really, really good not to mention they have reasonable prices. the almost 2-hour drive from manila was super worth it. the ambiance was cozy and very homey, felt like i was just at home having lunch with my beloved family. allow me to show to some of our pictures when we were there.

our tummies were so happppppy!

with bawai, the owner

ca nuong xa ot: cream dory with some seasonings. YOU.MUST.TRY.

pho bo: vietnam's signature noodles! just like the one in pho hoa :)

ga xao xa: tastes like chicken adobo but still it satisfied our taste buds

goi cuon: the ever-famous spring rolls

goi ga: basically this is their version of italy's caesar's salad? haha not sure

bo kho: like a braised beef. super tender the meat! :)

chao tom: the meat-y part tasted like squidballs. it comes with a dip that was so delicious! the "stick" is a sugarcane. you can munch on it after eating the meat part. so delish too!

 their pandan iced tea

ban da lon: this is their only dessert. it's like a bibingka/pichi-pichi sans the cheese ;)

vietnamese hot kopi

and for these i'm quoting my tita doodle: "Bawai's is a simple (not too fancy & pompous) & small vietnamese resto that is open only on weekends & since it is small, it is strictly by reservation only. when your taste buds crave for an authentic vietnamese taste, set aside pho hoa & pho 24 because definitely, this is THE place to go!" 

UST Quadricentennial fireworks!

i just had to post these links for my reader's to see (feelingera ako hahaha) how proud i am to be a part of my alma mater's history and of course this is also for my documentation purposes.

i'm gonna say this over and over again, I LOVE MY SCHOOL! always and forever proud to be thomasian!

viva santo tomas! :)

UST @ 400

today, Jan. 28, 2011, marks the 400th year of my alma mater, THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS -- The Royal and Pontifical Catholic University of the Philippines.


below are clips in line with this celebration.

1) the theme song for the quadricentennial celebration of UST



2) the UST quadricentennial fireworks for the grand countdown last night Jan. 27, 2011. i was there!

i love my school and i'm a proud alumni! :)

IBA ANG TATAK TOMASINO.

How are you going to interpret pain in your life?

got this from the net and i wanna repost it because i can relate to it very much - something to ponder on.

They say that pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. We all experience pain in our lives. The question is, how do you interpret pain?

Are you a victim of your pain? Do you fight it. Do you accept that it won’t change. Do you see pain as a portal of discovery and growth? 

These questions apply to physical pain, but I am talking about emotional pain.

The strongest muscles are made by tearing them apart over and over again, only to be rebuilt stronger and stronger.

The more you are willing to put yourself out there and subject yourself to the pain of life, the stronger you can become. The tool to use is to apply an empowering meaning to the pain of life. They rejected you. How are you going to interpret that? That you are worthless and unlovable, or that the right one will respond to you in perfect timing. Do you keep trying and keep loving? Or, do you give up and let the momentary pain of rejection win?

You didn’t get what you really wanted. Do you believe that life’s a bitch and then you die? Or, do you hold the belief that something even better is waiting for you?

Every time you experience pain you have the choice of how you wish to interpret this pain. Does your interpretation of pain cause you to suffer to to grow?

 

Seriously consider this question: from now on, how are you going to interpret pain in your life?

 

-- Mastin Kipp

Hello, 2011!!!

hi cyberspace! i'm baaaccccccccccck! i know i've been gone for awhile but this time i swear, i'll update this blog more often. i need this as an outlet especially now that i'm going through a lot of things. 2010 has been quite not-so-nice to me but hopefully 2011 will be!!!! :)

GOODVIBES EVERYONE!  :) 'til next. i have a lot of things to share. will keep you posted. :)