Ganoon ba talaga kalupit ang buhay???

Nalulungkot ako tuwing nakikita ko ang aking ama na  nagtatrabaho pa rin hanggang ngayon. Nalulungkot din ako tuwing nakikita ko ang aking ina ay hindi pa rin lubos na nakakapagpahinga sa mga gawain na dapat ay hindi na nya ginagawa sa mga panahon na ito. Nakakalungkot lang talagang isipin na nahihirapan pa rin sila hanggang ngayon. Sa kabila ng kanilang edad na dapat nagpapahinga na eh kumakayod pa rin para sa aming magkapatid. At ang pinaka nakakalungkot sa lahat ay ang katotohonang hindi ko pa rin sila matulungan sa kahit ako'y nakatapos na sa aking pag-aaral. 


Tila ganoon nalang ang ilap ng kaparalan sa akin. Gustuhin ko mang makapagtrabaho na at makatulong na, hindi ko pa rin magawa. Dahil sa tuwing naghahanap ako, lagi nalang kabiguan ang aking natatamo. Sa isang buong araw na paglilibot, ni isa wala man lang nagbigay ng pagkakataon. Higit isang taon na akong naghahanap. Ewan ko ba parang kusa nalang itong lumalayo sa akin. Kung susumahin ko ang lahat ng aking ginastos sa paghahanap, tiyak kong malaki-laki na iyon. Isama mo pa ang pagod at gutom na inaabot ko tuwing nasa labas ako. Tanging kendi na lamang ang aking pantawid gutom para lamang makatipid dahil hindi naman araw-araw ay kaya akong bigyan ng perang panustos sa paghahanap ng trabaho. Hirap kung hirap, literal at emosyonal. Ilang luha na rin ang aking naiyak tuwing nawawalan ako ng pag-asa.


Nakaksakit sa damdamin tuwing pinagtatalunan ang tungkol sa pera. Mga utang na kailangang bayaran, pambayad sa kung anu-anong bagay, gastusin sa araw-araw at marami pang iba.Isabay pa dyan ang paninisi sakin dahil sa mga bagay na aking nagawa sa nakaraan na hindi ko naman sinasadyang mangyari. Minsan gusto ko nalang na maglaho ng kusa upang wala na akong marinig na kahit na ano. Ngunit hindi pwede. Tao lang tayo at kailangan natin maranasan lahat nang iyon.

Kaya ang tanong ko, ganoon nalang ba kalupit ang buhay?



Pero sabi ni Ming-Ming heto lang daw ang sagot sa tanong ko:

100 Facts about Guys

Guess this one's familiar esp those who have read the last issue of Junior Pharos, March 2003. But the article that was published there is incomplete. Now I'm giving you the complete list.

***Warning: NOT A GUY-FRIENDLY ARTICLE :)
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1. Guys don't actually look after good looking gilrs, they prefer presentable and neat girls.
2. Guys hate flirts.
3. A guy can like you for a minute then forget you afterwards.
4. When a guy says he doesn't understand, it is simply mean you're not thinking like the way he is.
5. "Are you doing something?" or "Have you eaten already?" are the first usual question a guy ask on the phone just to get out from stammering.
6. Guys maybe flirting around all day but before they go to sleep they always think of the girl they truly care about.
7. When a guy really likes you, he'll disregard all your bad characteristics.
8. Guys go 'gaga' over a girl's smile.
9. Guys will do any 'papansin thing to get the girls' attention.
10. Guys hate it when you talk about you EX's.
11. When guys want to meet your parents, let them.
12. Guys want to tell you so many things but they can't. And they sure have habit to gain courage and spirit to tell you many things and it is drinking.
13. Guys cry.
14. Don't provoke the guy to heat up...believe me...he will!
15. guys can never dream and hope to much.
16. Guys usually try hard to get the girl who has dump them and this makes it harder for them to accept defeat.
17. When you touch a guy's heart, there's no turning back.
18. Giving a guy a hanging message like; "you know what...uhh...,never mind" would make him jump into conclusion that are far from what your thinking.
19. Guys go crazy when girls touch their hands.
20. Guys are good flatterers. When courting they usually stammer when they talk to a girl they really like.
21. When a guy makes a prolong, "Uhm..." or make any excuses when your asking him to do you a favor, he's actually saying that he doesn't like you and he can't lay down the card for you.
22. When a girl says NO, a guy hears it as try again tomorrow.
23. You have to tell a guy what you really want before he gets the message.
24. Guys hate gays.
25. Guys love their Moms.
26. A giy would sacrifice his money for lunch just to get you a couple of roses.
27. a guy often yhinks about a girl who likes him but this doesn't actually mean that the guy likes her.
28. You can never understand him unless you listen to him.
29. If a guy tells you he loves you once in a lifetime, he does.
30. Beware guys can make gossip scatter throug the half the face of the earth faster than the girls can.
31. Girls are guys weaknesses.
32. Guys are very open about themselves.
33. It's good to test a guy first before you believe him but don't let him wait that long.
34. No guy is bad when he is courting.
35. Guy hate it when their clothes get dirty even a small dot.
36. Guy really admires the girl he likes even if they're not that much pretty.
37. Your best friend whom your boyfriend seeks help from about his problem with you may ens up being admired by your boyfriend.
38. If a guys tells about his problems, he just needs someone to listen to him. You don't have to give advice.
39. The usual act that proves that guy likes you is when he teases you. (NOT ALL!!!)
40. A guy finds ways to keep you off from linking with someone else.
41. Guys love girls with brains than girls with miniskirt.
42. Guys try to find the stuff toy a girl really wants but he would unluckily end up with the wrong one.
43. Guys virtually brag about anything.
44. Guys can't keep secrets that girls tell them.
45. Guys thinks too much.
46. Guys fantasies are unlimited.
47. Girls height doesn't really matter to a guy but her weight does.
48. Guys tend to get serious with their relationship that they become too possessive. So watch up girls!
49. When a girl makes the boy suffer during courtship, it would be hard for him to let go of that girl.
50. It's not easy for a guy to let go of his girlfriend after they broke up esp if they have been together for 3 years or more.
51. A guy has to experience rejection because if he's to good-never been busted, never been in live and hurt, he won't mature and grew up.
52. You have to tell a guy what you really want before he gets the message clearly.
53. When an unpleasant circumstance comes, guys blame themselves physically.
54. Guys have strong passion to change but have weak will power.
55. Guys are tigers in their peers groups but became tame cats with their girlfriend.
56. When a guy pretends to become, check if he's sweating, you'll probably see that he is nervous.
57. When a guy a says he's going crazy about the girl, he really does.
58. When a guy asks you to leave him alone, he's actually saying, "please come and listen to me."
59. Guys don't really have final decision.
60. When guy loves you,bring out the best in him.
61. If a guy started to talk seriously, listen to him.
62. If a guy has been kept shut or silent, say something.
63. Guys believe that there is no such thing as Love at first sight, but they court girls anyway.
64. Guys likes femininity not feebleness.
65. Guys don't like girls who pinch harder than they do.
66. A guy may instantly know if the girl likes him but can never be sure until the girl tells him.
67. A guy would waste his time over video games and basketball, the way a girl would do over her romance novels and make-ups.
68. Guys love girls who can cook.
69. Guys like girls who are like their moms.
70. A guy has more problems than you can see with you naked eye.
71. A guy tells everything about him. Use this to your advantage.
72. Don't be snob. Guys may easily give up n the first sign of rejection.
73. Don't be bias. Try loving a girl without prejudices, you'll be surprise.
74. Girls who bathed in their perfume do more repelling than attracting guys.
75. Guys are more talkative than girls esp when the topic is about girls.
76. Guys don't comprehend the expressin , "Get lost!" too well
77. Guys really thinks that girls are strange and have unpredictable decision but still  love them all the more.
78. When a guy gives a crooked or pretentious grin about your jokes, he finds them offending and he just tried to be polite.
79. Guys don't care how shinny their shoes unlike girls.
80. Guys tend to generalized about girls but once they get to know them, they'll realize they are wrong.
81. Any guy can handle his problem all by his own. He's just stubborn to deal with it.
82. Guys find it so objectionable when a girl sweats.
83. Guys weakness point is at the knee.
84. When aproblem arises, a guy usually keeps himself cool but is already thinkingof a way out.
85. When a guy is conscious of his looks, it shows he's not good at fixing things.
86. When a guy looks at you, either he's amaze at you or criticizing you.
87. When you catch him cheating on you and he ask for a second chance, give it to him but when you catch him cheating you again and ask for another chance, ignore him.
88. If you have a boyfriend and your bestfriend is a guy, always glances at you and it obviously shows that he is jealous whenever your with your boyfriend, all I can say is that your bestfriend loves you more than you boyfriend does.
89. If a guy lets you go, he really loves you.
90. Guys can learn from experiences not from the romance books than girls read and take as their basis of experience.
91. You can tell if a guy is really hurt or in pain, when he cries in front of you.
92. If a guy suddenly ask you for a date, ask him why.
93. When a guy says he can't sleep if he doesn't hear your voice for just one night, hang up, he laso tells that to another girl.He only flatters you and sometimes make fun of you.
94. You can truly say that a guy has a good intention if you see him praying sometimes.
95. Guys seek for advice not from a guy but from a girl.
96. Girls are allowed to touch  boy's things, not their hair.
97. If someone says you're beautiful, that guy likes you.
98. Guys hate girls who overreact.
99. Guys love you more than you love them if they are serious with your relationship.
100. REMINDER: Test a guy first if he's really the one. Some are just pretending to be one.

***Source: Mag (dunno what magazine. Ask Jei ) :) I just compiled it.

Shane on being a "thunderkatz"

I can still remember a few weeks ago, my brother asked me this; “Ate ano feeling ng nasa 20’s na?” I just laughed and said; “Ha? Ano feeling ng isang ‘THUNDERKATZ’?” From there we just laughed at it nalang. Well, I can’t deny the fact that few hours from now I’ll be turning 23 already (Gosh! Hahaha! So hard to drop that line!). I’m on my early adulthood, nearing late adulthood. In line with that I want to share this simple trivia about me. Maybe some of you learned about it already, some don’t so I’ll share it anyway.

23 things you should know about SHANE:

1. Tomorrow is my birthday. Born on October 19, 1986 under the star sign of Libra and my element is Air. (*Feng Shui ba ito?!) Born at ITRMC in San Fernando, La Union at exactly 5:30 am. A registered nurse but still no hospital experience yet. So, you know exactly what my birthday wish would be.

2. It’s pretty obvious that my name SHYNNE is very confusing. You don’t know exactly how you going to pronounce it. Is it SHINE or SHANE or whatever! Actually, it’s SHINE according to my Mom but they are calling me SHANE instead as nick. I was actually named after Maricel Soriano’s character in a movie. I can’t remember the title of the movie but I understand GMA7 made a remake of it with Yasmin Kurdi playing her previous role as Shane.

3. I LOVE PURPLE. You are not my friend if you don’t know about that. It started in high school. All of a sudden I became fascinated with it. And every time I see that color it really makes me smile. :)

4. My passion for chocolates is so immense! Dark chocolates really drive me crazy. Really love the bitter-sweet taste it brings.

5. "Smile though your heart is aching, Smile even though it's breaking, And you'll see that life is still worthwhile if you just smile..." of all the songs I listen to, that would probably my most favorite song of all. Every word is so meaningful.It says a lot about life and how from a simple gesture of smile can make a difference.

6. Kakanin-- i love eating those. Any kind, name it. My relative told me that I inherit that from my Lolo. Best merienda of all!

7. Actually, I'm not too picky of dishes I eat. In fact here's my favorite; ginisa na bagoong isda! so, so yummy! asked my aunt about it.

8. I'm a girl but i love watching basketball games. It started out because of my Dad and until now it goes on. Actually i really don't know the rules, but i just love watching it. May it be live or on television. I love to cheer for my bet team. I'm a fan of the Ateneo Blue Eagles, hahaha! And i dream of having a one on one game with my ultimate crush Chris Tiu :) Tatalunin ko sya!!! :)

9. You can catch me in deep sleep when my eyes are partly open. hahaha!

10. I have this bad habit that i can't eat without my slippers on but after I have eaten my meal, and unconsciously, i always just leave it under the table. Kinda weird diba?

11. I often daydream esp when i do have problems. Probably that's my defense mechanism. But because of that, I'm having "shunga moments".--nadulas ako sa hagdan not knowing nasa likod ko pala crush ko --nasa LRT ako, bababa talaga ako sa monumento pero bumaba pala ako sa 5th avenue --at marami pang iba.. :)

12. I usually sleep with 5 pillows around me. 3 big sizes and 2 regular sized-pillows.

13. *to become a tv host *to perform infront of a big crowd --that's only few of my wildest dreams haha!

14. Everytime my mom and i or my bro and i have conflicts and when i'm not talking to them they usually offer me a variety of foods. After a while, we're ok na, hahaha, in short food pleases me. Yun lang ang pang uto sakin.hahaha!

15. I admit, i'm too sentimental. I keep every little thing people are giving me. Swear kahit sobrang luma na!

16. I have: fear of heights, fear of water and fear of flying insects =/

17. An earing from my Lola. That's one of my priceless possession. Mom said I'm the only apo whom she gave that earing. I miss her. Last time na nagparamdam sya sakin was before my board exam. I dreamt that she's tapping me on my shoulder. Don't know exactly what she means but only two bug my mind. It's either, she's asking me to sleep comfortably in place (coz that evening nakatulog ako while reviewing) or she's giving me a moral support. No matter what it is, I'm thankful coz she guided me through her spirit and with that I became a registered nurse.

18. Aside from writing articles or journals, I'm writing poems too. It started when i was in gradw 6. My teacher then asked us to write a simple 6-stanza poem. After writing a successful one, I continued it until my fourth year H.S.. Don't know when will i be writing again. Sana gumana ang utak ko and my mood will favor it.

19. I love writing. Any kind. that's why i made this blog. before, hindi talaga ako marunong. Laging pinapaulit sakin ang article na ginawa ko. But that didn't put me down. In fact i used that para matuto ako and eventually naging part pa ako ng school paper nung HS. I was a Beat Editor then. :)

20. In line with that i have this favorite article of mine that i have as my last entry for the paper. It's entitled, "100 facts about guys". I'll publish it soon :) Well i don't personally wote it, i just compiled it. I got the info from a friend. And mind you, many guys, even my EIC reacted on it coz it's very true. I made buking th boys, hahaha!

21. This is the first time that I'm gonna say it; I am technically NBSB. Oooops hanggang dun na lang.hahaha!

22. Tall, meztizo and of course gwapo--qualities of a guy that can sweep me off my feet! *blush*

23. I AM SINGLE AND VERY MUCH AVAILABLE!


Maybe I shouldn't complain na nadagdagan ang age ko. Actually thankful ako for another year that God gave me. I'll have the opportunity to grow, to love, to share, everything. thanks for another year Dear Lord. Hope this will have a great turnout! :)

...not only because "I need to, but I also want to"

Let me just do this in vague.

--Right from wrong

--Realistic from idealistic

--Love vs pity

--"Fairy tales do not come true and they will never do."

--No guy is "close-to-perfect"

--Not all Cinderella stories have happy endings

--Don't want to be called a" home wrecker"

--There is no such thing as "forever"

--There's no Prince and Princess

--Temptations are everywhere

--FIDELITY

--Change is the only permanent thing in this world

--"...and they DON'T live happily ever after

--"I really don't know how to trust you again"

--Promises are REALLY made to be broken

--"Let me live my own life now"

--"Let me go"

--"Thanks for everything"

--"I want to move on,... not only because I need to but I want to"

Ikaw pala, Pepeng...

Noong nakaraang linggo lang nakapagsulat ako tungkol sa mga nasalanta dahil sa bagyong Ondoy. Ginawa ko yun upang kahit papaano ay bigyan ng pag-asa ang mga taong naapektuhan nito. Hindi ko alam ang bagyong Pepeng pala ang babayo sa pamilya ko sa norte.

Oktubre 9,2009; ito na yata ang petsa na hindi ko makakalimutan sa buong buhay ko. 7:30 ng umaga ng araw na iyon tumawag kami sa tiyahin ko upang sabihin na hindi na namin itutuloy ang pag-uwi sa La Union upang dumalo sa kaarawan ng dalawang pinsan ko. Ngunit bago pa man magsalita ang Mama ko, umiiyak na daw ang tiyahin ko. Yun pala, naanod ng baha ang 31 alagang baboy ng pinsan ko na ginagamit nya bilang pangkabuhayan. Naalarma kami sa nangyari. Nagsimula na ako magtanong sa iba pang kaamg-anak ko tungkol sa nangyari. Bukod pala sa pinsan ko, nasalanta din ang iba ko pang kamag-anak na nasa iba pang barangay. Binaha din ang iba ko pang kamag-anak na malapit sa ilog. Tama ba naman kasi na magsanib pwersa ang ilog at sapa kaya hayun, nagmistulang dagat ang bahagi ng Naguilian Road na kung iisipin ay isang National Highway. Ang bahay naman ng lolo't lola ko sa isa pang barangay ay binaha din. Hanggang tuhod sa bakod, hangggang tuhod naman sa loob ng bahay. Kinakailangan nilang lumikas sa isang mataas na lugar iyon ay sa kabutihang palad ng kanilang katapat na bahay. Halos lahat ng kamg-anak ko binaha. Ang ipinag papasalamat ko na lamang ay hindi landslide ang tumama sa kanila.

Noong araw din na iyon humingi na ako ng tulong sa mga nakakataas at nakakaalam kung ano ang nararapat na gawin. Maraming tumugon sa panawagan ko. Salamat sa kanilang mabubuting loob at nagawang puntahan ang aming lugar at ihayag ang sitwasyon doon. Nabunutan ako ng tinik nang mapanood ko na sa telebisyon ang sitwasyon sa aking mahal na probinsya. Totoong kalunus-lunos ang naging kalagayan nila doon. Maputik na at tapos na ang landslide sa ibang lugar nang sila ay mapuntahan. Naiintindihan ko naman kung bakit walang nakaka-abot sa lugar namin sa kadahilanang hindi na madaanan ang Pangasinan dahil nagmistula na rin itong dagat. Magmula noon ay nagbigyang pansin na rin ang lugar na aking sinilangan.

Mahal ko ang La Union. Doon ako isinilang (sa San Fernando), taga doon din ang parehong magulang at naroon lahat ng pinakamamahal kong tao. Kaya ganoon na lamang ang pag-aalala ko noong araw na iyon. Sobrang naawa ako sa sinapit nito. Pero ganoon pa man, katulad nga ng lagi kong sinasabi, may pag-asa pa rin. Bangon lang. Agkararag tayo laeng ken Apo Diyos.

Gusto ko lang ipaabot ang aking taos-pusong kong pasasalamat sa mga taong ito:

• Kristel Lee
  
• Mr. Jim Paredes
• Mr. Manuel L. Quezon III
• Ms. Sarah
  
• Cindy Yap
• GMA 7 News
• Ms. Ruth Cabal

Maraming, maraming Salamat!

Shynne's Wishlist :)

For my family:

1. pay all our debts
   
2. my brother will be healed from his asthma and hypokalemia
3. settle the conflicts between my parents
4. Papa's vacation will push through on December or early next year
5. Arild will finish his studies and finally earn his A.B. degree
6. send Arild to St. Benilde to study Multi Media Arts
7. give back to Mama all her posessions that she lost
8. buy Mum a sewing machine
9. buy a nice car for Papa
10. build a house for them in La Union and here in Manila
11. church wedding for Papa and Mama
12. get,stay and live them in US/ London
    
13. throw a big birthday party also for them
14. good health to them
    
15. LONG LIFE TO ALL OF THEM

For myself:

1. get a stable job soon, as a nurse (hopefully in heart center)
2. passed the NCLEX exam and earn my USRN degree
3. work in US or London
4. Hongkong invasion in December
5. plans in going in London will push through
6. get a condominium unit
7. get my dream car
   
8. own a cat as a pet
9. an i-phone
10. Mac laptop
11. build a house in US/London
12. have my Master's degree in Nursing
13. have a business of my own
14. help others in sending kids to school
15. help my other relatives or other people in need
16. BE A HOLISTIC NURSE EQUIPPED WITH THE 4 H's ESSENTIAL IN NURSING

***** Guess I'm not too bad to dream. There's nothing wrong isn't? If ever I'll be successful, I'll share all my blessings to others because I know that material things are not that important,can't bring them to grave. It will be more meaningfull if i'm going to share it to everyone. So i'm hoping it will all come true but i know it will all depends on Him up there. :) Atleast i have a goal, not bad. God please help me make this wishlist come true. All glory will be Yours. :)

Hope is coming

Devastated-a single word that could define the situation we are in right now. Metro Manila almost brushed out from the Philippine map because of Ondoy. People from different walks of life were all affected. Different stories of survival and heroism are heard. It's really heart-breaking to hear those sob stories. I admit, it really makes me cry hearing them again and again. But every person has their own way of coping with what had happened. some just laugh at them as a defense mechanism, others become apathetic because of trauma. But for me the most inappropriate attitude is to lose hope. Yes we can't blame them to do so but there is also we can do to keep their faith.

Hope is always there. You just have to believe and reach out for it. Never stop believing that everything's going to be fine in God's own time. Just keep the faith. I know it's easy for me to say these things because I'm not one of the victims. But mind you, I'm also in a situation right now where I was about to lose hope. It's the same thing but only in different package. But then, I realized, we are all lucky enough because we did not lose our own lives compare to those who did. We are still breathing and we are waking up everyday and seeing the sun shines that i know symbolizes a new day to live. Let's be all thankful for that!

I heard someone said, "Whatever is taken away from you, it will be given back to you, in two folds." Very true! God took away those things for a reason. We may never know his reason for now but someday, somehow it will be revealed. And i know when that days comes, we will all smile and say that, "God is so, so good! God will never give us problems we can't handle. He knows that we are strong enough to face these challenges. Remember that, "Worrying is a sin". Believe in the power of prayers and have faith in Him. Just follow Him and He will take the lead. Hope will come SOOn, very very SOON!

And I think the best definition of HOPE is this: