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be still

this week has been a series of ups and downs. i've been restless. i want to go somewhere. i dream of things to turn out well for me. but i just don't know how to get to where i want to be. i felt stuck. i felt days pass me by without much of a change... without progress. i sit all day in front of the computer doing my usual monotonous task and i feel like this is not the life i want for myself. i browse pictures of friends on facebook and i see how they have come so far, how they have achieved so much, how they have gone to places that i can only dream of (for now), how life seems to be more vibrant and well for them.

i began to ask why i couldn't attain the same stability, the same state of life. you know, the big green monster was consuming me making myself think and feel that my life sucks and that others have it better. it felt as if i always have to work doubly hard in order to get what i want, while others have it served to them in a silver platter. 

but then, i read the words that i badly needed.. words that can lift me up.

"If you think badly of the success of others, you won't be successful because you'll also be thinking badly of your own success. If there is envy in your heart for other peoples' success, you'll never receive success, either. You need to wish blessing on others. Train yourself to celebrate the success of others. If you see someone getting wealthy, be happy for that person. Admire him. Learn from him." (Bo Sanchez)

as if it wasn't enough, a dear friend reminded me how much i need to be grateful for everything that i have. he said, "do not count what is non-existent. count what you have". and he went on enumerating the things i have to be thankful for. 

i cried. because i know he was right. by being so depressed as i look at the things and the kind of life i wish to covet, i was being ungrateful to God. i was being unfaithful too. i forgot to keep in mind that He has something great in store for me too. that someday i'll make it. that if  i am just clear with where i want to go, where i want to be, what i want to achieve, He'll take care of the rest. He will work on the details.and He wants me to be really really happy. 

have you had the same feelings and thoughts lately? how did you cope with it. i must say that talking to our loved ones helps a lot. being with positive people makes life more bearable. talking more to Him lifts the burden away too. silence and moments to breathe deeply and simply be at peace work wonders as well. i always have to remind myself not to rush, to take time to savor life and all its complexities, let things, surprises, miracles unfold. all will be well, i have faith.

friends, let me leave you with this song. it calms and uplifts the spirit. a reminder that God is in control even in the middle of the storm. enjoy! and have a great Friday night, and a grand weekend. God bless you!


"Be still, and know that I am God..." Psalm 46:10
For the Love of a Good Song

Thursday Tune (Take 2)

There is that one great song or tune that dominates our day, our week, our month. We can't help but keep hitting the play button after it's over. I believe that what we love to listen to says something about us, about  our taste and about the current state of our emotions. You see, songs speak so much that mere words cannot even encapsulate. 

Join the fun! Link your favorite tune of the week here and allow it to say something about you, get to know bloggers you follow, meet new  online friends and  get to listen to awesome songs recommended by bloggers like you.

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My week's tune is The Piano Guy's awesome take on One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful. 


I have always been fascinated by this guy's great ways of playing the piano. He adds more awesome twists on those everyday tunes we hear and what he produces is always such a delight to the ears. I love this in particular because it's very positive, refreshing, and so full of life.

How about you? What's on your playlist? Share them here. I honestly want to listen to what you guys have on your music players. Help me spread the word, grab the button below! :)







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Last Week's Tune:
Ships in the Night by Mat Kearney @ Over Thinking
For the Love of a Good Song

Thursday Tune (Link-Up)

Hello, Friends! Today I am starting a fun link-up for everyone. It's called Thursday Tune. I guess this happens to everyone - there is that one great song that dominates our day, our week, our month. And we just keep hitting the play button after the song is over. I believe that what we love to listen to says something about us, about  our taste and about the current state of our emotions. You see, songs speak so much that mere words cannot even encapsulate.

And so I thought this link-up is great in order to get to know someone, meet new friends and get to listen to different songs in a day. I've read quite a few blogs that feature a song, an artist and I get hooked and start liking the song and artist too. It makes a great new discovery!

This week has been a week of listening to Sara Bareilles' songs. I can't get enough! And today's song is Uncharted.



 I love the beat. I love the words. And yes, it's true, I am currently in an uncharted territory and there are a lot of things and feelings that are new to me. But hey, experiences are the best teachers. And so I'm gonna make my way around discovering new things and getting used to new emotions. I know that a lot of exciting things are in store for me.  

So, what is your Thursday Tune? Let me know by linking-up. If you do, please link back to this blog and you may grab the button below. I honestly want to know what's on your playlist. I can't wait to listen to familiar and maybe new songs in the next few days.


Please help me spread the word. Happy Thursday, Friends!







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Love, Gravity and Sara

I have recently discovered the gem in Sara Bareilles' songs. I simply can't get enough.

I love this line of her song, Gravity. It is something I can totally relate, feel and understand. There are people we wish to set free but we always find ourselves being pulled into falling deeper. At times, we  wish to be set free because we cannot do so with our own strength. But then, just as gravity, falling in love is a force that we do not have control over... we just unconsciously allow it to pull us into the lives of the ones we love.
For the Love of a Good Song

Thursday Tune


Wouldn't it be lovely to have someone you can sing this song to? 
This brought me to tears today 
because of this eulogy for the country's most loved Comedian
by his love of twenty-three years. 
For the Love of a Good Song

Shouldn't Be A Good in Goodbye [Jason Walker]



After the silence, after the last words.
Caught in the silence. Caught in between.
After the madness. After the slow shock.
Before the wave hits, the flood comes rushing in.


This is the bad before the worse.
This is the storm before the storm
I haven't even hit the bottom of this ocean floor.
This is the bend before the break.
This is the mercy not the grace.
This is the proof and not the faith i try to find.
There shouldn't be a good in goodbye.

If I never loved you, if I never felt your kiss.
If I never had you. I know that I...I still would have mourned you.
I would have missed your smile.
If it wasn't so worth it, this wouldn't be...
Oh this wouldn't be the bad before the worse and the storm before the storm.

{via}
I haven't even hit the bottom of this ocean floor.
This is the bend before the break.
This is the mercy not the grace.
This is the proof and not the faith I try to find.
There shouldn't be a good in goodbye.


I know this is gonna get better ohh.
I know this is gonna get better ohh.
I know.

This is the bitter not the sweet.
This is the take and not the keep.
And I haven't even reached the bottom of this ocean floor.

{via}
This is the bend before the break.
This is the mercy not the grace.
This is the proof and not the faith I try to find.
There shouldn't be a good in goodbye.
Yeah. There shouldn't be good in goodbye.

{via}

There shouldn't be a good in goodbye. 
For the Love of a Good Song

Anima Christi

I am not a musician. I can't play any musical instrument. I am totally dumb when it comes to reading musical notes. But I do appreciate good music. And it is my dream to one day play the piano. So, I was so glad that last Sunday was piano day. I greatly appreciate my friend's effort to teach me a bit of the basics. I never thought piano jamming session is quite possible and not to mention, so much fun.

I asked Cha to play Anima Christi, one of my favorite Church songs. This song reminds me of my highschool days. Studying in a Catholic school developed in me the habit of going to Church not only on Sundays but on other holy days of obligation as well as every first Friday of the month. I was once a member of the choir (well, all fourth year students were). And I always loved the Communion part because of this song. It never fails to stir my emotions. It inspires me, strengthens me. The piano intro gives me goosebumps. It is a simple but very powerful song.

So, Cha played it and we (Carol, Kuya Aaron and I) sort of sang along. But you won't really hear our voices too well. The audio quality is quite poor because I recorded it using a mobile phone. I just want to post this as a keepsake of that day and because this song means so much to me.
Soul of Christ
Sanctify me
Body of Christ save me
Water from the side of Christ
Wash me, Passion of Christ
Give me strength
Hear me Jesus
Hide me in thy wounds
That I may never leave thy side
From all the evil that surrounds me
Defend me and when the call of death arrives
Bid me come to thee
That I may praise thee
With thy saints forever

For you to better appreciate the song, check out this version of Bukas Palad Music Ministry or this choral version of the Philippine Madrigal Singers. I hope you too find inspiration in this song  - that through the passion, death and resurrection of Christ, we are given new life. :)
Christ

My "Falling In Love" Song ♥

I am totally in love with this song. I thought all the nice love songs have been written, sung and heard. But I was definitely wrong. This one just makes me feel that it's Love Month!! And regardless of the fact that I am not with someone special at this point in time, not even on Valentine's Day, I am very much in love!!

Here it is friends, listen to it to believe it! haha Falling by Tyler Ward.
This is the best video I could find with the full song and the beautiful instrumentals. :)
Enjoy! And do fall in love! ♥
For the Love of a Good Song

I ♥ Parokya Ni Edgar

I am not the type of fan who goes gaga over a certain artist/celebrity/musician (well, maybe I do but it stops after a short period of time). I'm neither the type who stalks because to do so takes a lot of effort. But I'm a faithful fan.


And for so many years, even without knowing the history of the band, even without researching the biographies of its members, even without memorizing the names of the lead guitarist, the drummer,etc. ( I only know Chito and Vinci and Buwi), I have been a fan of Parokya ni Edgar. My loyalty goes way back my elementary years, when I'd hear my classmate, Patrick, sing "Sayang", or "Silvertoes" until I got to high school and my older brother and I would wait for the radio DJs to play "Halaga" and "Harana" (we'd even record the song on blank tape) and write the lyrics on a piece of paper. 
Parokya ni Edgar!!
I've watched them perform a few times - once during my first day in UP for "First Day Funk" and a couple of times in UP Fair. But two weeks ago, I was able to see them perform upclose in UST for Paskuhan 2011. I didn't know they'd perform that night. I was just invited by a Thomasian friend and my real purpose was really to meet up and get Starbucks coffee. But gee, was I so glad to be there! Funny, because I don't look like the type of person who sings PNE songs, but I found myself singing and jamming with a crowd of college students, who surprisingly know the lyrics of even the older PNE hits.
Chito Miranda. The band's vocalist, singing his heart out. :)
Vinci. Giving the fans a hgh-five!
If I remember it right, they were supposed to sing just four songs that night. But because they are Parokya ni Edgar and they only want nothing but the best for their audience, they sang more than the agreed number. I guess it's one of the things that makes them even more fan-friendly. That night, they sang Halaga, Para Sayo, One Hit Combo (of course with Gloc9!!!!), The Yes Yes Show , among others and my newest favorite, Pangarap Lang Kita, which won Best Ballad and Best Collaboration in the recent Awit Awards.

There is something in PNE songs that affects, influences and inspires everyone. May you be a high school student, professional, rich or poor, young or old, girl or boy - because all of us know how it feels to love and be hurt, to crave for affection and to regret not having the courage to say what we feel, to mourn the loss of a friend, and to give meaning to the simple things and experiences in life that make up so much of our beings. Parokya ni Edgar songs are our stories, they are "us" given some melody and neatly expressed through words.

Other favorite Parokya ni Edgar Songs:
My One and Only You (or is it "Your Song"? this confuses me, but really! I'm a fan! haha); Gitara (with that Koreanovela-inspired video); Maniwala Ka Sana; and Wag Mo Na Sana.

And if you have not "liked" the band's official FB Page, go here.
And be one of the group's ever growing fanbase. Currently, the page has 1,801,512 "Likes"! Yay!
Moderators are the band members themselves and they always have something fun for the fans. Like the "Nakakahiyang Pics" and "Trivia Time". :)


  Photos courtesy of
 Fray Jestoni Porras
For the Love of a Good Song
There were songs that were just songs until somebody came along and turned them into our life's OST.
For the Love of a Good Song

You and Me (Lifehouse)


In the crowd, I search for your face. 
I may be in the midst of countless people, 
may be distracted by a whole array of wonderful, colorful stuff, 
may be listening to a song or two, 
may totally look unaware of you - 
but when you are staring on the other side, 
I have my eyes fixed on you.

And right there, in the busy avenue, 
with hundreds of strangers and friends, 
I feel like the world revolves solely for us... 
that such wonderful songs exist 
only for you and me. 

video taken here
For the Love of a Good Song

The Waiting Series: Rascal Flatts


Today, November 18th, 2011, I am officially starting "The Waiting Series". This idea just popped up while I was listening to a Rascal Flatts song. You see, most people hate waiting. Waiting for the train or bus to arrive. Waiting for food to be served. Waiting for the results of that nerve-wracking exam. Waiting for answers. Waiting for someone. Yes, with all the mad rush around and the need to speed up, we are (unfortunately) an impatient breed.

And waiting makes us nervous, anxious, scared. We'll never know what's about to come. And that is what I feel half of the time - fearful of the unknown. At this point in my life, I am waiting for that special person to come. I don't know who he is. Is he someone from my past or my future? Or is he in my present? Really, these questions are bugging me. And I am, like the rest of the human race, impatient. But then, who says waiting can't be fun?

So, here I am making this "waiting" a whole lot better. I'll try to share songs, stories, images, quotable quotes all about waiting for that one true love. If you have some, let me know and I'll share it to the rest of the blogosphere. Check out this series every Friday, until the waiting is over. :D

And to officially jumpstart this hopefully-not-a-very-long-series (haha), let me share with you Rascal Flatt's Waiting All My Life. I love this song, with all my heart. The words, the music, everything! It speaks of how waiting feels like. And finally never have to wait any longer. I love the song because it's hopeful. It tells you that although at some point you missed each other, you will eventually find a way to where the other half of your heart is. 

So there, enjoy!!!



Everybody needs it
Everybody wants it
Everybody's searching for someone
Been down a thousand highways
I never thought would end
Baby, I've been

Waiting all my life to find you
Always been one step behind you
Your love babe
I've been waiting all my life

I was tired of waiting
Every night was praying
Everyday would be the day I'd find you
I grew so impatient, how long would it take
To know you were out there somewhere
Somewhere waiting, wondering just like me

I've been waiting all my life to love you
All that time I was dreaming of you
Your love babe
I've been waiting all my life

And did I lose faith, did I lose heart
Maybe I did, but I never lost my way
To where you are-I've been

Your love I've been waiting
Your love I've been waiting all my life
All my life, all my life
For the Love of a Good Song
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