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[maryann0724]

There are so many Olaf who doesn’t know where they came from. And they only like warm hugs. Those are already enough... ☃️☃️☃️

Shortest yet one of the most sagad to the ❤️ speech I’ve ever heard.

“Ako po si JR (hindi nia tunay na pangalan), 12 years old, ulila na po ako sa magulang.”

And he paused. He cried. He lifted his arms to hide his face. But then he knows he should continue, put down his arms and then he said:

“Namatay po ang nanay ko sa panganganak.”

And then he paused again. Looked up. Moved his body left and right, just like a bamboo being swayed by the wind. Then he gathered his confidence back, and finally he said:

“Gusto ko pong maging Computer Engineer.”

Everyone applauded him for his courage, not only for finishing his speech, but also for showing us determination on what he wanted to become, despite his not so fortunate childhood. But he is blessed now with a home.

And then after a while, before he left, called me “Ate Mhe-Ann!” with arms wide open, asking for a hug.

I got lost, thinking how can I make the hug as comforting as possible? But he is waiting, so I just gave him the warmest, tightest, and most powerful hug I can ever give.

So frustrating I can’t give him something to make his childhood ok. But instead, he left me with something that I will never forget.

[maryann0724]

To the “Single na nga, Driver pa” and equivalent EDSA users like me

Since advance ako magisip, like what I thought might happen sa “non-HOV ban in EDSA” implementation, inunahan ko na magdry run ang MMDA. A day before the actual trial day, I took other routes possible for a person living sa North, and working sa South ng metro. I also contemplated on possible options that I can share na pinagisipan ko talagang mabuti because I want to help those who share same sentiments as mine. I feel you.

Here will be our possible options:

1. Take alternate routes

This time, I tried C5. Left the house by 5:30 AM and since ban na ang mga singles from Balintawak, I took Mindanao Exit, then North Avenue kung saan baku-bako na ang daan (wag natin isisi sa gobyerno, isisi natin sa ulan nung mga nakaraang araw), then UP CP Garcia to Ateneo. Took almost 45 mins from UP to lagpas ng konti sa Ateneo (wag natin isisi sa MMDA kasi mataas ang vol ng sasakyan going to Ateneo).

Pinapasok ako ni waze going to White Plains then Ortigas to Lanuza Exit which took me another hour (wag natin isisi sa MMDA kundi sa waze kasi na sense nia ang high volume ng cars going to Eastwood, Marikina and Tiendesitas). Pero wala din naman pinagkaiba sa Ortigas Area so hindi din ako nakalamang. Nakalabas ako ng C5 Pasig Bagong Ilog area by 8 AM, and estimated to arrive in BGC 47 mins later. That is just 4km away, lamang lang ng konting kembot sa UP oval which pwede kong takbuhin ng 15 mins may kasama pang chismis sa katakbuhan ko. Actual arrival in BGC is 8:55.

That is 3.5 hours just going to work. Wag natin isisi sa MMDA kasi pwede naman ako tumambay nalang sa bahay at magrelax.

Plus, taking these alternate routes means more gas kasi mas malayo at mas forever ang traffic. Very good to kasi mas madami akong naibayad na tax, mas madami akong macocontribute sa lipunan.

2. Mag-Boarding House malapit sa work

Estimate rental fee sa mga bahay in Taguig would be at least 7,000 Php, plus bayad sa tubig, bayad sa kuryente, bayad sa parking, bayad sa pagkain. Ok lang, magtititigan nalang kami ng mga magulang ko pag weekend kasi nagamit ko na ang budget ko sa expenses for renting. Magdiet nlang kami puro gulay. Healthy!

3. Treat everyday as coding day

Leave the house by 5 AM para 7 AM nasa work ka na, and then leave office by 9 PM para wala ng traffic, makakadaan ka pa sa EDSA. Mag face time nalang kami ng parents ko while eating breakfast and dinner. Matuto pa sila sa gadgets and at least naexperience namin ang buhay OFW-like relationship.

4. Para sa mga single din ang relationship status, take this as an opportunity. Magpublish ng hiring with specific requirement. Hitting two birds in one stone. Galing di ba. Efficient!

Wanted: Perfect Kasakay

1. Preferrably Male, more than 5’6 ang height, mestizo, chinito, at kamuka ni Matteo G.

2. Mahilig manood ng basketball, pero hindi crush si James Yap

3. Ok lang makinig ng balita sa radyo

4. Must be working in BGC area nearest. Ayaw ko ng iiwan ako sa gitna ng EDSA or magpapahatid pa hanggang Magallanes. Pagod na ako.

5. Hindi antukin o nerbyosin

6. Matapang. Yung kaya akong ipaglaban kahit sa MMDA.

Congratulations in advance sa MMDA and MMC para sa mabilisang solusyon sa traffic sa EDSA. Since 70% ng volume ng user are non-HOV users, malaki nga ang ikaluluwag nian, and siguradong magiging successful. Kami nalang po ang magaadjust.

One of my colleague challanged MMDA hotline and asked him what will happen if lumuwag ang EDSA and sumikip ang C5. MMDA’s response is isusunod naman daw nila ang C5. Lumiliit na ang mundo ng mga singles. We are running out of time na, running out of roads pa. 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Also, the MMDA boss told kabayang Noli that they don’t advice taking alternate route kasi sisikip dun. Naisip din pala nila yun. Instead, talagang car pooling ang ineencourage nila like for example within family. Suggestion ko, take turns sa family para walang huli. MWF, papasok sa work ang family, TTh naman sa school.

Hope This mahabang article helped you contemplate and decide what option best suit you.

Meron lang din ako ilang additional request.

PS1: Sana magkaroon si Waze ng new option kung SINGLE or IN a RELATIONSHIP este with companion. Pwede din merong it’s complicated if bukod sa MMDA, meron pang pinagtataguang iba. For sure ipipilit nia lagi ang EDSA. Pagud na pagod na akong ipagsiksikan ang sarili sa ayaw naman sa akin.

PS2: Kung pwede lang piliin din namin kung san pwede dumaan ang tax namin, ilalagay ko siguro sa edukasyon. Edukasyon para sa mga ahensya ng gobyerno para madami pa kayo maimplement na batas na kagaya ng ganito.

PS3: Sana if ibaban nio kami sa pinakahuling kalsada na pwede namin daanan, paki-consider naman po sana kami. Punta lang kayo C5 and you will find us there during rush hour, magextend pa kung gusto nio.

PS4: Good job pala in hiring sobrang madaming MMDA enforcers sa EDSA para maglista ng mga noisy, este mga single drivers, nagpaliko sa C5, and magvideo. Pwede po bang makakuha ng kopya? Pakipicturan na din please. ❤️❤️❤️ Madami po kayong nabigyan ng trabaho para pag actual na, walang kahit na isang makakaligtas. Sayang ang isang libo.

Huling PS. I don’t expect you to understand my sentiments. Tanggap ko na po. I am not blaming you with these rants. Kasalanan ko kasi wala akong power, wala pang driver.

😂😂😂

[maryann0724]

I’m not used in making a movie review until after watching “Kita Kita”. Maybe because I would like to ponder every emotions that I felt about this film.

“Kita Kita” is an Independent movie, or Indie movie as most people know it, produced by independent agencies. Like other Indie films, this movie is very distinguished from mainstreams by its content and style, and more on its artistic vision. Starred by “tambalang hindi inakala” Alessandra de Rossi and Empoy Marquez, shot in just few locations from Japan, filmed in limited budget with few production and editing crews, and promoted and marketed by just “word of mouth” from the people who watched it, this film already reached 200 Million mark in just 2 weeks, surpassing many major films of famous love teams and popular artists.

I won’t be dwelling so much on what the story is all about, since you might already read many articles or even watched it, but instead, I will focus on what I can remember the story tells me.

Let me start with the title. The movie didn’t use highfalutin words, nor even derive it from a famous song, but rather, just use simple tagalog word, “Kita” redundantly. For me, the title is not catchy, but, after seeing the movie, there would be no best title that I can think of to fit for this. “Kita Kita” means “I see you”. It also sounds like “Ashiyu” which is the Japanese word for “Foot bath” and was also used in the film. And the highlight of the story is when Lea was able to see the real Tonyo (“Nung nakakakita ka, hindi mo ako nakikita Pero ngayong bulag ka, atsaka mo ako nakita.”).

Alessandra and Empoy There might be other actress who can portray as Lea, because there are also other good actresses like Alex, but I can’t think of other actor who can be Tonyo. After watching the film, I really feel “Tonyo is ❤️”. He even became the “new pogi”, “new bae”, and “new boyfriend” material dreamed by “Kita Kita” fans.

Location The movie was filmed in Japan and Lea and Tonyo might not crossed their path if it will be in other place. Remember that Tonyo went to Sapporo, through the intercession of Sapporo brand beer, which never left his side on his darkest days, until he met Lea.

Top 5 Favorite Scenes 1. When Lea blindfolded herself during her visit to the places where she and Tonyo went This scene really broke my heart, and felt my tears pouring uncontrollably down my cheeks. Specially when I saw both of them dancing and hugging, only from the memories of Lea. No heavy script needed, just KZ singing on the background, and of course, Tonyo and Lea’s sweet moments, in slow motion. 😭😭😭 Clearly, it is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eyes.

2. When Lea opened the house of Tonyo and discovered the Banana costume and the thousand paper cranes that he made Now, I would like to start making paper cranes, to make a wish. Though Lea said that having wishes can be disappointing, but still, there can be miracles, right? And a little effort might be of help.

3. The river, train, flower park, bike, foot bath and ramen scenes All of these, I can clearly remember. All the “pick-up” lines and “kakulitan” of Tonyo to Lea are ❤️❤️❤️.

This opened the door between Tonyo and Lea, when Tonyo offered his vision and Lea accepted it, then she became the tour guide of him. My realization on this is that there might be moments in life where we encounter imperfections, for us to need and appreciate somebody who can make it perfect.

4. The everyday battle of Tonyo to win the friendship of Lea Well, Tonyo has the most courageous and patient heart I now know. He never gave up, and got his reward. Use his “pilyo” moves, and reverse psychology tactics, he got Lea’s trust. And everything just happened naturally.

5. The 1 to 10 things of Tonyo’s feelings about Lea Though I can’t remember everything, I made one for a dear friend because I find it unique, sweet, and kilig. The things touched me are the number of steps before he reached Lea, the number of times he controlled his pee to spend more time with Lea, and the number of times Lea rang the bell. Sweet di ba.

*The “Saging and Puso” scene might not be on my top list, but won’t escape from me. We all know that “saging ay may puso”, but in this movie, it proves that everything is possible: “Nagkasaging ang puso”. Inspiring, di ba? 😂😂😂

Script The movie didn’t use heavy drama like other mainstream movies where you can easily remember the “hugot lines”. The film just focused on feelings, and then you can deliver their lines easily.

Original Sound Track My passengers might be “inis” na, because I won’t stop playing this song over and over again, but my ears makes myself floating in “kakiligan” while listening to the song. I even have some teardrops everytime I reached the chorus, because this is the part played while Lea is trying to see Tonyo in the darkness (blindfolded herself). 😭😭😭

Overall, I can say that “Kita Kita” movie is one on my top list. It didn’t gave me the ending that I expected and wanted, but make me dwell on the broken feelings it left in my heart that make me able to write this piece.

[maryann0724]

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[maryann0724]

You can’t tame an angry cat who wanted to harm you by harming him back. The best thing to do is to learn why he feel that way. Perhaps, he is troubled, hungry, thirsty, been robbed of something, or been wounded for quite sometime, though he showed you toughness with pride. Beneath his mask might be silent mourning, pleading to be saved from further drowning. Don’t throw your back to him, be patient, listen with your heart, and sincerely express words that can calm and inspire him to get up and move on. It might cost you part of yourself, or even hurt you, but knowing that you were able to lessen his suffering, totally rewarding. @onlymhi

[maryann0724]

Our time is running out, or rather, we are running out of time. I don’t know when, I don’t know how, i don’t know how long, and I don’t know why.

I’m trying not to see you often, to avoid hearing words that makes me weak. Even a kiss and a hug, i can’t give to you, what I can just do is to touch you.

It is hard to look in your eyes, coz it tells me its glow is fading. I can’t even stand looking at your face, coz it shows many lines of aching.

Your words of endearment is so sweet, “apo ko”, so precious we will terribly miss it. And your care is so unmeasurerable, that we will be broken once we lost it.

The coming months will be tough, perhaps the toughest days of our lives. We don’t know how to deal with it, the only thing we know is that we can’t easily accept it.

But I guess, it is not important how much hurt we are feeling, what matters is how happy you are with us that you are seeing. Sorry, we can’t do anything to avoid it, but promise, we will try very hard to lessen the pain that goes with it.

It will not be fast. It will not be easy. It will be painful. For us, for you, most specially.

PS. Written September 2015.. when lola begins to feel the pain caused by cancer. She lived more than a year, surpassing the 3 to 6 months average according to studies. And with her age of 89, I really don't know how to commend it best. Showed so much caurage, so much faith, and still so much love, and so much care to us along the way. She is at peace now, resting, free from any pain, winning the battle, in the best place in the world. Thanks to so many people who love her.