Laugh

I see you but can you see me?


Laugh,
That's all I ever do.
Everyone laughs along with me.
Cry,
That's all I ever do.
But this time no one has a clue.

I see people looking at me
I see them looking at a mask
Blind is what they are
Deaf is what they are

I scream and shout
but no one hears
I curl up alone
and cry 'til I bleed

Laugh,
That's all I ever do.

Typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana)

Hey, It's been a while....

I'm bringing my blog to life again but sadly it's with news of a tragedy.

Typhoon Ondoy or Ketsana hammered my dear country last saturday. I woke up early on Saturday morning to go to a site I was working on. When I looked out the window, I couldn't see a thing... It was zero visibility, not because of smoke or fog but because of rain. At first I just thought it would pass but hours later the rain still raged on.



Later, I was surprised to hear that the Pasig River started to overflow. This rarely happens -- the last time it hapenned was when I was still in grade school -- and it barely reached 12 inches. Watching TV pretty much told me that the same thing was happening everywhere, and in most areas, worse.






As the day trudged on so did the rain. It was said that a month's worth of rain fell within 5 hours... People were not ready. People were helpless. People are in need of help. Please open up your hearts, help as much as you can.


For those in the US and want to help:

Call the American Red Cross to help. 18004357669

Will be posting more soon..

I'm back :)

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I promised I wouldn't let my blog become idle for a long time but here I am again after being gone for half a year. :P

In my defense, a lot has happened.

In December of last year, my dad underwent a quintuple heart bypass surgery, carotid surgery and eye surgery as well. It took it's toll on my family, me definitely included. I left work for more than a week to stay in the hospital with my dad and my mom, who at the time seemed even worse than my dad. We spent Christmas there in the hospital.

I thought after all that everything would be better: He had a successful operation and we could spend New Year's at home.... or so I thought. My dear grandmother's condition worsened with each day. She suffered a heart attack in her already much deteriorated state.

New Year was spent at the hospital as well.

She passed away on Jan. 3, 4 days shy of her birthday. Of course, tears were there, but we tried our best not to let them out. Sudden outbursts of emotion are not encouraged when someone next to you is still recovering from surgery. So is the way of my family, "best be happy in times of misery".

For now, everything is good. We have all moved on and we just try to celebrate life the best we can. :)

I love you Lola <3>