Another Celine Dion song for you today... this month of LOVE!
I have always loved Celine Dion songs and as much as I want to sing like her, that will remain a goal for now. I am working on it, ok? (LOL)  Here are my previous posts:
Water From the Moon
My Heart Will Go On

I just saw the movie trailer of ABS-CBN's Unofficially yours from youtube.  It's such an interesting movie, I think I want to see it when it's shown here in the province.



I fell like talking about love again. It's the "love fever" you know!

I was once in a situation that love is in-existent. I didn't know what it meant and how to define it. I still cannot defined it til now but I already have an experience of it.  I didn't know how to give importance to a person. I didn't know it would matter if I do some favor for them or not. It wouldn't really matter to me if I fail to talk to them or at least how they feel.

I thought love has to be confined with one person and I haven't found that person yet.  When I did, well, my world revolved around them. Everything was towards that person. I gave everything to that person to the neglect of the most special people in my life - my family!

That was the past. Now, my world is my family with a bonus and I don't think there's more I'd ask for when it comes to my love, my inspiration, my life.

Enjoy the lyrics and the video.


IF YOU ASKED ME TO

Used to be that I believed in something
Used to be that I believed in love
It's been a long time since I've had that feeling
I could love someone
I could trust someone
I said I'd never let nobody near my heart again darlin'
I said I'd never let nobody in 

But if you asked me to
I just might change my mind
And let you in my life forever
If you asked me to
I just might give my heart
And stay here in your arms forever
If you asked me to
If you asked me to 

But if you asked me to
I just might change my mind
And let you in my life forever
If you asked me to
I just might give my heart
And stay here in your arms forever
If you asked me to
If you asked me to

Ask me to, I will give my world to you baby
I need you now
Ask me to and I'll do anything for you baby, for you baby

(But if you asked me to...) 

All ya gotta do
All ya gotta do
'Are 'You 'Gotta do, is ask me to
I'll give you my world
I'll give you my heart
My everything, everything baby.

Just ask me to 

If you asked me to
I'd change my mind
I'll change my mind

I skipped classes today to visit my maternal grandmother, with my sister's family. It's been almost a month since I wrote an entry here. My case digest are still in the "editor's mill" after everything has been encoded.

Going back to my entry for the day. This song, with Aiza Seguerra as the one particularly singing, at the back of m head, kept ringing in my head while I picture my "lola" in my head. She is not getting any younger and so I decided to pay her a visit so that I could have a much fresher memories of her. I don't recall the last time we saw each other and probably it was not a good encounter because it was in the midst of family feud so most likely, that meeting was devoid of any affection.

I was tasked to drive back home a while ago. It was a two-hour drive and although I was sleepy and tired, I managed to stay awake, just like any driver would do, and again, this was the only song playing in my head. I think this is more of a love song but after hours of chat with my lola, about anything under the sun and under her nose, I realized, In my life... there is her.

In the midst of our conversation, I blurted to her that, if not because of her, there would be no "me". That's logical, but that is also what I was trying to let her know that her grandchildren love her and honor her and love her more than her children. Of course I can only talk about my generation, it's up to my mom's, and her siblings to let her know how much they value her as a mom.

However, I can attest to the fact that my mom loves her so dearly. I am taking this opportunity to publish mom's poem for my lola, written more that a couple of decades ago. Instead of the lyrics of the song In My Life, below is the poem:

Mother Mine

mother mine,

i've such sweet memories of thee

how you used to guide

and teach me endlessly

when i was a child.

mother mine,

i remember when you were younger

you had a beautiful smile

and your eyes used to sparkle

when you laughed.

mother mine,

i can still see your beautiful face

like then one in the old photograph

of you and dad in your prime,

when you laguhed.

mother mine,

i quite distinctly recall

the hard times you've gone through

in trying to give us all

the best in life.

mother mine,

you went through a lot of hardship and pain

you gave the best of yourself

to us, your dozen children

and you still do.

God bless you,

mother mine!

YouTube - Friends -- LIVE -- Michael W. Smith [With Lyrics/Subtitles]

Remembering by High School friends and of course my kuya who introduced me to this song for almost 2 decades ago. You're birthday is fast approaching and where should we celebrate it this time?

Pizza will do....

Anyway, I just love my family and despite all the differences and troubles, we keep the love strong!

I thought the title of this song is "Lumbay" (meaning, lonely). He was around 3 years old then and his papa would ask him to sing "lumbay" and that little boy instantly knew what to sing.

Yup! It was an Eraserheads song. My first born niece grew up with an Eheads song and this was the first one he learned. His dad plays guitar a lot and he probably have heard his dad sing this song a dozen times and so at a very tender age, he was able to learn a few lyrics of the song. Together, they sing it to his mom, as a serenade -to lighten things up.

This is a fast song. A song typically shared to someone who is indeed in trouble or feeling blue. It is a boy singing/serenading a loved one.

Wag nang malumbay (Don't be lonely)
Ang pag-ibig ko ay tunay (My love for you is true)
Sabihin man ng ‘yung nanay na (Your mother may tell you that)
Wala akong silbi sa buhay…tunay (I am worthless in life... true!)

Kung ako ang papipiliin (If I were to choose)
Ay nag amsterdam na ako (I would have been in Amsterdam)
Wag mo lang akong pipilitin (Don't just force me)
Na wag gumamit ng gaheto* (not to use a gadget*)

Buksan mo ang yong bintana (Open your window)
Dungawin ang humahanga (Look down to your admirer)
Bitbit ko ang gitara (I brought my guitar)
At handa ng mang-harana (Ready to serenade you)

Na..na..na.naaaaa..

Wag nang malumbay (Don't be lonely)
Ang pag-ibig ko ay tunay (My love for you is true)
Sabihin man nang yung kapit-bahay (Even if your neighbor would say)
Na di ako nag susuklay (that I don't comb my hair)
Oh..tunay (Oh True!)

Kung ako ang papipiliin (If I were to choose)
Ay nag congressman na ako (I would have been a Congressman)
Wag mo lang akong pipilitin na (Don't just force me to)
Isoli ang bayad nyo (Return your payments)

Tumutunog ang kampana (The bell is ringing)
Hali ka na sa dambana (Come to the altar)
Bitbit ko ang guitara (I brought my guitar with me)
At handa ng mang harana (Ready to serenade you)

Na..na..na..naaaaaaaa

*I cannot find the exact translation of the word gaheto so I just guessed it meant "gadget" since there is no direct translation of that word in Filipino language.

This song was introduced to me by my brother. I became more familiar with it and REM because of my borther. He used to be a fan, when we were still in colleg, I just don't know if it still stands true today. I can not recall the latest hit made by REM, and I mean like 2009 hit or song release. I am not really a wide fan, I am just familiar with them particularly with this song.

What was it like losing my religion?

It was not a secret that I once lost my faith, so to speak. I neglected my religious duties and lived life as if my soul didn't matter. Oooops... I didn't intend to say that I've grown bad when I lost my religion. I just think that I did nothing to "nourish my soul" back then. I could say I was really lost, and I lost everything, including my faith to my family. What only mattered was myself.

Hah! Selfish whale, that was me! What I did? I completely debunked that idea that there is a god. I somehow imbibed the philosophy of Nietzche that God is dead... because we killed him. I killed God in my thoughts. I was like a hard disk, erasing every bit of document, file extension and folder name from my memory and worst, I convinced others. However, they were not too shallow to follow my lead. At least I had that consolation. I even forgot my Sunday obligations and got to the point of almost burning the bible that a friend gave me. I was really insane and what I did was really horrible, that I don't want to expound on it anymore.

I really don't want to delve so much on this because I know, religion is a very sensitive topic. All I want to convey to you right now is my dark past. I call that my great divide where I learned so much so that I regain what I usually was: God-fearing. As a last note, let me tell you what I dramed of becoming when I was still a little kid. I wanted to be either a nun or a lawyer. Maybe God wants me to become a lawyer first then be a nun later. Who knows? Who could have guessed the thoughts of the Almighty? At the moment, I am setting aside my ambition to become a nun by becoming a lawyer first. Who knows really? God is full of surprises!

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Lyrics of the song Losing my Religion by REM

Oh, life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up

(chorus)
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight, I'm
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

(repeat chorus)

But that was just a dream
Try, cry, why try?
That was just a dream
Just a dream, just a dream
Dream

I was trying to find the music from imeem but to no avail. I just hope you know or still remember this song despite its absence in the airwaves lately. I do have a CD although I haven't synched it yet with my ipod, which I regularly use. I was trying to get a song from my past and this popped up.

This was a song contest piece of my brother's peers when we were still kids. Every summer break, which is from April to May, we spend our vacation with our very generous aunt in Manila. They lovingly accommodated us, most especially my eldest brother whom they have vocally acknowledged to be their favorite. Ooops, I'm done with bitterness okay? Of course his sibling envied him especially that all attention are in him. We had a lot of fun as kids too. It was my first "immersion" with Manila kids (as compared to kids from the province, that is from prim and proper to an urchin. Ahh, I just don't know what is the appropriate word for that.)

In the province, we were raised to wake up early in the morning. You should get off the body before the sun shows its rays; we eat breakfast together and we seldom have hotdog on the breakfast table. We had omelet, most of the time. Those kinds of breakfast table that I seldom eat now nor the kids of the new generation wouldn't appreciate. Then again, we eat dinner at around 5PM then we stayed inside the house before the bats start to hover above us. We don't live in caves, alright? I just remember seeing bats, few of them, I now wondered where they were heading.

In Manila, however, hotdog is a breakfast must! Kids tend to rise up any time they want, even when sun rays are all over their face. They manage to bear the heat of the sun in their face, plus the thought that they remain asleep despite the brightness of the sun. Likewise, kids eat anytime, regardless of who they eat with or they eat alone. That same scenario also happens in any meals of the day. And here's what really got me: kids in Manila get to enjoy the games in the evening when all the street lights are on minus the vehicles traversing the populate streets or "eskinitas" of Manila. It was an experience of a lifetime: to be able to play in the evening!

One particular evening that my brother's peers were all out was that one fiesta moment. I think it was a celebration on the feast of St. Thomas happening every May. There was a singing contest and one contestant is Maricel. I still don't know how to appreciate music then. I was just amazed with the idea that a friend of my brother would join a contest, which would I unlikely do. I don't even know a single dance step before.

Perhaps, I was just raised conservatively or I was just to afraid to explore, like a chick who's always beneath hear parent's wings. This was an eye-opener to me and since I am, as I always was, a slow learner, I started spreading my wings, the way Manila kids do. Was I proud? Do I really have to rejoice that I somehow adapted their culture? Why not? I am now a blend of city/province girl, to complain is of no moment.

As a final word: regardless of our upbringing, we are one.

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Will You Still Love Me lyrics

Take me as I am
Put your hand in mine now and forever
Darling here I stand, stand before you now
Deep inside I always knew
It was you, you and me
Two hearts drawn together bound by destiny
It was you and you for me
Every road leads to your door
Every step I take for evermore
Just say you love me for the rest of your life
I gotta lot of love and I don't want to let go
Will you still love me for the rest of my life?
'Cause I can't go on
No, I can't go on
I can't go on
If I'm on my own
Take me as I am
Put your heart in mine, stay with me forever
'Cause I am just a man who never understood
I never had a thing to prove
'Till there was you
You and me
Then it all came clear so suddenly
How close to you that I wanna be
Just say you love me for the rest of your life
I gotta lot of love and I don't wan to let go
Will you still love me for the rest of my life?
'Cause I can't go on
No, I can't go on
I can't go on
If I'm on my own
Do you believe a love could run so strong?
Do you believe a love could pass you by?
There was no special one for me
I was the lonely one, you see
But then my heart lost all control
Now you're all that I know
Just say you love me for the rest of your life
I gotta lot of love and I don't wan to let go
Will you still love me for the rest of my life?
'Cause I can't go on
No, I can't go on
I can't go on
If I'm on my own
I can't go on
No, I can't go on
'Cause I can't go on (Will you still love me?)
No, I can't go on (Just say you love me)
I can't go on
Without somebody I can call my own
'Cause I can't go on (Will you still love me?)
No, I can't go on (Just say you love me)
Just stay around
'Cause I can't go on (Will you still love me?)
No, I can't go on (Just say you love me)
I can't go on
If you could say your love
'Cause I can't go on (Will you still love me?)
No, I can't go on (Just say you love me)
Stay around, you'll never be alone

SUPER SONIC - JJ Fad

I used to know the lyrics of this song. I still can recall a few of them:
S is for Super and the U is for Unique
The P is for perfection and you know that we are freaks
The E is for exotic and the R is for Raps...

Me and my sister, we like its beat and the rap. We used to sing this together, it's like we are competing with each other
who is better at rap. She just easily gives up on me thinking I'd win. She is always like that. In order to avoid argument or
confrontation, she would just easily give in. I am not against such attitude. In fact, I want to emulate her "submissiveness"
at a right time. I also don;t want long, nonsense, crying-over-spilled-milk kinda argument because what has been done is done.

No use arguing about it. The right course of action is to find a solution and when we know the solution, work on it. I still want to imitate my sister's outlok at things and one thing I admire in her is she has patience towards other people.
I don't think I am as patient as she is. I mean, she could wait like forever and not say a word. She just keeps things to herself first then
produce her wit at a later time. Another thing I find nice about her is her dealings with people. She can find her way in gaining the trust or confidence of other people
which I personally deem impossible. And I tell her this all the time and I brag about her ability to deal with people and still remain as she is, her natural self.

Oh, so much has been said about her. I still have so much praises for my sister, It'll just come out later on as I go along with this journey here in the web.

Till next entry. Below is the lyrics and the music.
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We're J.J. Fad and we're here to rock
Rhymes like ours could never be stopped
See, there's three of us and I know we're fresh
Party rockers, non-stoppers, and our names are def
See, the 'J' is for just, the other for jammin'
The 'F' is for fresh, 'A' and 'D' def
Behind the turntables is DJ Train
Mixin' and scratchin' is the name of the game
Now here's a little somethin' 'bout nosy people
It's not real hard, it's plain and simple
Baby-D

Supersonic
Supersonic

Supersonic motivating rhymes are creating
And everybody knows that J.J. Fad is devastating
We know you like us girls so you better get stirl
'Cause we are the homechicks that are rockin' your world

Supersonic
Supersonic

Supersonic is a word when people start to listen
Especially bigger people, they pay close attention
You might not believe it, you might not even buy it
But when it comes to our lady (Beat Box), you might even try it

Supersonic
Supersonic

Now all you supersonic people try to bite our rhyme
You may think that you are def, but you're way (S-s-so) behind
You better listen good to what we have to say
'Cause when it comes to J.J. Fad you can get no play

Supersonic
Supersonic

Now he's the freshest DJ from coast to coast
My man can cut and scratch, but I don't mean to boast
He may be a little light, but that's okay
'Cause when he cuts to the beat it sounds this way
Hit it

Supersonic
Supersonic

Uh, uh, uh, yeah, it's finally my turn to rock the mic
Because my devastating beats I know you will like
You see my beat box is fresh, it'll blow your mind
And if you don't like my beats I'll go big in your behind
(Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-uh-uh-ha)

Supersonic
Supersonic

Now you party people know what Supersonic means
We didn't try to brag 'cause J.J. Fad is just too clean
Now baby, don't you know that our rhymes are so bionic
Don't listen too hard, don't be Supersonic

Supersonic
Supersonic

You see, the 'S' is for super, and the 'U' is for unique
The 'P' is for perfection and you know that we are freaks
The 'E' is for exotic, and the 'R' is for raps
So tell those nosy people just to stay the hell back

Supersonic
Them big everlasting ears
Supersonic
They can hear what I say faster than I can say it
Supersonic
They better chill (Rock box)
It's like, it's like
She's Supersonic
You ran out of words
Hit it, Baby-D

I'm light-skinned, devastatin', I know one thing, ???he is heavy???
That's right, ???'cause doll, I'll take
I'll take your man and you made him???
Always rappin', always clappin', everybody always say I'm happy
If you try to hang with me you should finally truly see

I'm always rockin', never stoppin', devastatin' rappin' lady
When I'm on the microphone it's either ???
??? everybody say I'm different
There's no other angel lover, everybody know I'm covered
Clientele is a pearl, everybody know in jail
To the beat so you can tell everybody know your cell

A sama lama lama lama doo ma see ma nama lama doo ma lama nama see ma
Na ma lama doo ma lama see ma lama see ma doo ma humma, yeah (Yeah)
That's it (That's it)

Supersonic
Yeah, that was it
Supersonic
Yeah, that was it

Superson-Superson-Super
Supersonic motivating
Superson-Superson-Super
Rockin' your world

Superson-Superson-Super
Supersonic motivating
Supersonic motivating
Rockin' your world

Eenie meenie disaleenie ooh wah bop a leenie
Asa cotcha Liberace I love you
Take a peach, take a plum
Take a piece of bubble gum
No peach, no plumb, no piece of
Supersonic

Big-big-big everlasting
Big-big-big-big everlasting ears

Supersonic
But that's o, but that's o, but that's okay
But-but-but that's o, but that's o, but that's okay

Supersonic
Supersonic

Eenie meenie disaleenie ooh wah bop a leenie
Asa cotcha Liberace I love you
Take a peach, take a plum
Take a piece of bubble gum
No peach, no plumb, no piece of
Supersonic

Sama lama lama lama...
Big, big Super
Sama lama lama lama doo ma...
Big everlasting ears

Supersonic
J.J. Fad, J.J. Fad
Supersonic
J.J. Fad, J.J. Fad is devastating

Supersonic
Su-Su-Su-Su-Su-Supersonic
Su-Su-Su-Su-Su-Supersonic
Su-Su-Su-Su-Su-Supersonic
Su-Su-Su-Su-Su-Super
Su-Su-Su-Su-Su-Super
Su-Su-Su-Su-Su-Super
Su-Su-Su-Su-Su-Super
Su-Su-Su-Su-Su-Supersonic

S-s-so
S-s-so
Supersonic
S-s-so
Big everlasting ears

Eenie meenie disaleenie ooh wah bop a leenie
Asa cotcha Liberace I love you
Take a peach, take a plum
Take a piece of bubble gum
No peach, no plumb, no piece of
Supersonic

Supersonic
Supersonic

Supersonic
Rockin' your world
Supersonic
Supersonic motivating
(source>> http://www.lyricstime.com/jj-fad-supersonic-lyrics.html)

you might also like to view it from youtube

It was my 5th night of darkness. We still didn't have electricity after the big flood we experienced last Thursday evening (October 8).

Everynight, I light a candle in my room and need not worry about burning the house down because I stay awake most of the time. I cannot sleep well thinking of my friends, thinking about the people around me or baby-sitting the kid beside me.

That small little candle reminded me of simplicity. A single light in a dark room makes a big difference. My head went back to the year 1987, when my sister, me beloved sister, graduated from gradeschool. (Here in the Philippines, we spend six years in grade school, then we move forward to 4 years in high school).

This song was their graduation song and I practiced with them. By the way, my sister graduated at the top of her class in grade school. It was one of my proudest moments. I saw them on stage, they were singing this song as they, one-by-one lit each of their candles. Of course, the stage was dark and the light was all we could see. It was part of the drama on stage that I still couldn't understand nor appreciate back then. I do now that's why I am blogging about it. It was my sister's graduation night and whatever is special for my special for my sister, I instill it in my head. I love her so much.

This is the lyrics of One Little Candle and the music below. By the way, we also sing this in church but searching the net, i discovered it was also sung by Chicago so I have cited them here.

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It is better to light just one little candle,
Than to stumble in the dark!
Better far that you light just one little candle,
All you needs a tiny spark!

If wed all say a prayer that the world would be free,
The wonderful dawn of a new day well see!
And, if everyone lit just one little candle,
What a bright world this would be!

Lets all light one little candle,
Why stumble on in the dark?
When the day is dark an' dreary,
And your way is hard to find,
Dont let your heart be weary,
Just keep this thought in mind!

It is better to light just one little candle,
Than to stumble in the dark!
Better far that you light just one little candle,
All you needs a tiny spark!

If wed all say a prayer that the world would be free,
The wonderful dawn of a new day well see!
And, if everyone lit just one little candle,
What a bright world this would be!

What a bright world
this would be!

One Little Candle (LP Version) - Chicago

I was just trying to relax until this song played on my PC and you know what I remembered? My mom's comment when she heard this specific song. She said: "What kind of music are you playing?"

Probably she got irritated because in the house, they always hear me play this music, my favorite Eraserheads collection, even when I was still in College. I knew back then that my mom judged the band through some of the lyrics they used like that part of the lyrics which says: "hihiga tayo at kakan---- tah!" There was a suspense at the end of the syllable which people might fill in the last syllable and would get a really un-wholesome kind of song.

Nevertheless, I still love this band and I admire the way they "twisted" words, phrases or sentences. Too bad they have to disband and too good, I still have their music to enjoy up until now.

There you are, just sharing with you my memory with this particular Eraserheads song. Below is my translation.

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Translation of the song Kama Supra by Eraserheads

Sampung buwan na akong hindi natutulog (It's been 10 months that I haven't slept)
Kasi naman ang ingay ng aming kapitbahay (Because my neighbors are too noisy)
Pag gabi disco house at videoke (During evening, disco house and videoke)
Kaya sorry na lang kung wala ako sa sarili (So I am sorry if I am out of myself)
Mahal kita pero miss na miss ko na... (I love you but I truly miss...)

Ang aking kama at ang malupit kong unan (My bed and my cruel pillow)
Ba't di ka na lang sumama (Why don't you come along)
Hihiga tayo at kakanta (We will lie down and sing)

Masarap matulog lalu-lalo na pag umuulan (It's nice to sleep especially when it is raining)
Huwag kang matakot sa pungay ng aking mga mata (Don't be afraid of my twinkling eyes)
Napuyat lang nang magyaya si Medwin kagabi sa kanila (I was just sleepless when Medwin invited me to their place)
Kami'y nagkantahan ng "muntik nang maabot ang langit" (We sang "almost reached heaven")
Kaya naman ako'y nasasabik sa (That is why I am so excited for...)

Ang aking kama at ang malupit kong unan (My bed and my cruel pillow)
Ba't di ka na lang sumama (Why don't you come along)
Hihiga tayo at kakanta (We will lie down and sing)

la la la la

kama supra - eraserheads

I have a fever... the 80s fever because I heard this song... from my brains!

Yes, I haven't heard this song for a very, very long time now. It just popped up in my mind and viola! What did I recall?

My cousins old house in San Fernando, La Union. I pictured myself looking out of the window, searching for where the sound was coming from. It was the radio station that our neighbor was listening to. Funny thing is, it was like yesterday to me but that picture I am referring was my recollection of a moment back in the 80s. I was still in grade school then.

I was lying down on my cousin's bed, alone, staring at the foreign beer stickers he proudly displayed on the walls of his room. He's got plenty of those stickers, I think it was heineken... and budweisser... and carlton... and I love beers! Those are just the brands I remember although I am only familiar with the Bud. (I found the pictures on the net, so I my guess was right.)

So there you are, the song that reminds me of my short stay at my cousin's room. Incidentally, their house is just a walking-distance to the sea or the Ocean.

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Lyrics of the song OCEAN DEEP by CLIFF RICHARD
Love , can't you see I'm alone
Can't you give this fool a chance
A little love is all I ask
A little kindness in the night
Please don't leave me behind
No, don't tell me love is blind
A little love is all I ask and that is all

Ooh love, I've been searchin' so long
I've been searchin' high and low
And little love is all I ask
A little sadness when you go

Maybe you'll need a friend
Only please don't let's pretend
A little love is all I ask
And that is all

I wanna spread my wings but I just can't fly
As a string of pearls, the pretty girls go sailin' by

Ocean deep
I'm so afraid to show my feelings
I have sailed a million ceilings
Solitary room...

Ocean deep
Will I ever find a lover
Maybe she has found another
And as I cry myself to sleep
I know this love of mine I'll keep...
Ocean deep

Now , can't you hear when I call
Can't you hear the word I say
A little love is all I ask
A little feelin' when we touch
Why am I still alone
I've got a heart without a home
A little love is all I ask
And that is all

This is my sister's favorite. This song means something to her, I know that for a fact but not for the reason. I also like this song but I really cannot relate to the lyrics.

It was like a love story for her and I always tend to picture her actually "lighting a cigarette" when the first line of this song is sung. There will always be a picture of her. Perhaps, this reminds me of her image when she lights up a cigarette. She reminds me of my mom who has been smoking probably even before we were born.

There was always a plea from us to make her quit the vice but she wouldn't. She quit for a short time. That was just a New Year's resolution. Typical resolutions, it didn't last long. She just couldn't resist it! When I grew a lot older, I let her be. Besides, I really cannot give her the things she enjoys the most and it appears that smoking has become her nature -as natural as breathing. But there you are... this is my smokey story about this song.

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Lyrics of the song Promise Me
You light up another cigarette and I pour the wine
It's four o'clock in the morning and it's starting to get light
Now I'm right where I want to be losing track of time
But I wish that it was still last night

You look like you're in another world but I can read your mind
how can you be so far away lying by my side
when I go away I'll miss you
and I will be thinking of you
every night and day just ...

Promise me you'll wait for me
'cos I'll be saving all my love for you
and I will be home soon
Promise me you'll wait for me
I need to know you feel the same way too
and I'll be home, I'll be home soon

When I go away I'll miss you and I will be thinking of you
every night and day just ...

Promise me you'll wait for me
'cos I'll be saving all my love for you
and I will be home soon
Promise me you'll wait for me
I need to know you feel the same way too
and I'll be home, I'll be home

He lied down beside me for 2 nights now...

He cries like a baby... because he is in fact a baby. His name is Zeth, like the third son of Adam and Eve only his starts with Z. The first night with him was devastating. I was sleepless. I told myself I'd rather have sleepless nights reading or doing some case digests for school than spend with him doing nothing. Or was it really nothing? Adding one meaningful day to his life is something isn't it?

Today, he sleeps with me again for the 3rd time. I wonder how far my patience would take me tonight. Nevermind, I have my sister's laptop with me the entire night so I can do something on the sideline.

While preparing his milk, this song came to mind. It is an OPM song by

Asin

(salt)

I was staring at him, joyfully realizing that it is indeed nice to become childlike and innocent again. He is my constant reminder that life is really simple: we sleep, we eat, we change clothes. He likewise reminds me that to get rid of the wrinkles, we minimize the stress, we let go of the worries (because "worrying is an insult to God"), and to forget the problems ("because all problems have solutions"). Those things came to mind and this song fits everything.

Here is the Lyrics of the song Itanong Mo sa Mga Bata (Ask it From the Children) and my English Translation.
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Ikaw ba'y nalulungkot (Are you Lonely?)
Ikaw ba'y nag-iisa (Are you alone?)
Walang kaibigan (without a friend)
Walang kasama (without a company)
Ikaw ba'y nalilito (Are you confused?)
Pag-iisip mo'y nagugulo (Your mind is in chaos)
Sa buhay ng tao (About human life)
Sa takbo ng buhay mo (About your life)

Ikaw ba'y isang mayaman (Are you rich?)
O ika'y isang mahirap lang (Or are you just poor)
Sino sa inyong dalawa (Who among you)
Ang mas nahihirapan (is having difficulty?)

CHORUS
Masdan mo ang mga bata (Observe the Children)
Masdan mo ang mga bata (Observe the Children)
Ikaw ba'y walang nakikita (Do you not see)
Sa takbo ng buhay nila (How their life is going?)

Masdan mo ang mga bata (Observe the Children)
Ang buhay ay hawak nila (They hold their life)
Masdan mo ang mga bata (Observe the Children)
Ang sagot ay 'yong makikita (You will see the answer)

Ikaw ba'y ang taong (Are you the kind of person)
Walang pakialam sa mundo (Who doesn't care about the world)
Ngunit ang katotohanan (But the truth)
Ikaw ma'y naguguluhan (Are you confused?)

Tayo ay naglalakbay (We are travelling)
Habol natin ang buhay (We catch up with life)
Ngunit ang maging bata ba'y tulay (But to be child is a bridge)
Tungo sa hanap nating buhay (towards the life we search)

Masdan mo ang mga bata (Observe the Children)
Ang aral sa kanila makukuha (We get the lesson from them)
Ano nga ba ang gagawin (What are we to do)
Sa buhay na hindi naman sa atin (With life that we don't own)

CHORUS 2
Itanong mo sa mga bata (Ask the children)
Itanong mo sa mga bata (Ask the children)
Ano ang kanilang nakikita (What do they see)
Sa buhay na hawak nila (In life hey have)

Masdan mo ang mga bata (Observe the children)
Sila ang tunay na pinagpala (They are truly blessed)
Kaya dapat nating pahalagahan (So we have to value them)
Dapat din kayang kainggitan (Do we also have to envy them)

Ever been a recipient of a comment: "your eyes are pretty" or "I love your eyes"?
I had.

With that I have learned to appreciate my face. I've gained a certain confidence in myself. I have always considered myself the 'ugly duckling' in the family but when people started telling me something positive about my eyes, I enjoyed it. Then I'd say, "I wish I was just an eye" (so everyone would say all positive things about me... kidding of course!)

But you know what? Me and my siblings (the three of them, 2 brothers, 1 sister), we don't look alike in anything. I am stout, my sister is tall and slim, a brother is chubby and big, the other dark and handsome. We are like the fruits in the fruit salad. We are combined then one would notice our similarities. Apart from each other, it would be so hard to believe that we are siblings. We have one thing in common though - our eyes.

Now as we grow older and aged (just to emphasize ;b), when those wrinkles are starting to show up, I am now convinced that we are in fact, siblings. For a while I thought I was an adopted child but as I look at their babies who got pretty eyes like mine, I brush that thought aside.

This is a song about eyes although this is a love song, I believe, from the movie 007 sung by another favorite Sheena Easton.

For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton

For your eyes only, can see me through the night.
For your eyes only, I never need to hide.
You can see so much in me, so much in me that's new.
I never felt until I looked at you.

For your eyes only, only for you.
You'll see what no one else can see, and now I'm breaking free.
For your eyes only, only for you.
The love I know you need in me, the fantasy you've freed in me.
Only for you, only for you.

For your eyes only, the nights are never cold.
You really know me, that's all I need to know.
Maybe I'm an open book because I know you're mine,
But you won't need to read between the lines.

For your eyes only, only for you.
You see what no one else can see, and now I'm breaking free.
For your eyes only, only for you.
The passions that collide in me, the wild abandoned side of me.
Only for you, for your eyes only.

For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton

My sister and I were in the market the other day. She asked if I want to eat this particular dish which I have associated with an uncle of mine who passed away. He is Raul, my mother's older brother who died a few years ago. And yes, I eat that kind of dish which reminded me of him.

I remembered this uncle again last night. I said a prayer for his soul and in my mind, I can see his face smiling. I miss him. When we used to have this videoke sessions, other than the glass of alcohol touching his lips, the mic also ocassionally did. This song, and the likes that has foreign lyrics, were his requested songs, plus the singer, for instance Engelbert Humperdinck, Matt Monroe, Paul Anka, etc.

He's got good voice too you know. But he'd rather stay in the kitchen and cook, while gulping alcohol. He also reminds me og the hand game "Battle City". He would spend hours and hours playing that game. That was his passion. I think what I really admired about him was his passion for reading books. I would always picture him with a glass of alcohol on the table beside him and a thick pocket book on his hands.

We miss you here.

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Lyrics of the song Quando, Quando, Quando

Tell me when will you be mine
Tell me quando, quando, quando
We can share a love divine
Please don't make me wait again

When will you say "yes" to me?
Tell me quando, quando, quando
You mean happiness to me
Oh, my love, please tell me when

Every moment's a day
Every day seems a lifetime
Let me show you the way
To a joy beyond compare

I can't wait a moment more
Tell me quando, quando, quando
Say it's me that you adore
And then, darlin', tell me when

(instrumental strings and brass)

Every moment's a day
Every day seems a lifetime
Let me show you the way
To a joy beyond compare

I can't wait a moment more
Tell me quando, quando, quando
Say it's me that you adore
And then, darlin', tell me when

Oh, my darlin', tell me when
Mmm, my darlin', tell me when

Let me start with the lyrics of the song:

I love you, you love me

we're a happy family

with a great big hug

and a kiss from me to you

won't you say you love me too

I love you, you love me

we're best friends

as friends should be

with a great big hug and

a kiss from me to you

won't you say you love me too

This is one of my favorite songs in the Barney show.

Isn't it a wonder how a person like my age watch Barney? That giant, purple dinosaur has been a favorite household icon. The kids in the house, most especially Kikay, loves watching it and she is now, at the age of 22 months, trying to sing this song. What is most wonderufl about this baby is when she gives a hug when the song reaches the part that says "great big hug...."

It is an everyday event for the two of us. We watch it together and sing the songs together... at least only those words that she can pronounce and understand. Yesterday, I taught her the left and the right hands. Fortunately she remembers her left hand. Way to go!!! To illustrate: I ask her to "give me five with your left hand" and she'd look at her left hand and we have "high fives" instead.

This experience with Barney and Kikay is blog worthy so here I am... blogging and bragging about me, an adult watching Barney, and about Kikay who is so sweet with this song.

I would claim that my siblings are eraserheads fan because of me. I bought almost all of their albums, in casette tapes of course because those were affordable for student like me.

We were just having some good night with Matt's guitar. He was continuously strumming it, playing all eraserheads song he can remember while we guessed the title. This song, Kailan, was the most difficult one because he strummed it differently. When I thought I could guess all the eraserheads songs he was playing, he tricked me.

Ahh! I was never really good at music after all. I couldn't believe I didn't guess it. Bitter! Nevertheless, we sang the song and we were still happy together. Those were one of the moments I missed in our old house. We used to have a "bahay kubo" there where we spend most of our jamming sessions. That's history now because, at the moment, Matt is trying to re-make the bahay kubo in another location. I Can't wait!

Lyrics of the song Kailan by Eraserheads with translation (I tried hard to translate this song because Eraserheads lyrics are sometimes very sophisticated ;-)

Kailan mo ako hahagkan (When will you kiss me)
Matagal na akong naghihintay (I've been waiting for so long)
Nakadungaw sa bintana (Looking outside the window)
Mga dahon lang ang kumakaway (Only the leaves are waving)

Refrain:
Kailan ko madaramdaman (When will I feel)
Pagdampi ng iyong labi (nearness of your lips)
Tinatanong ko ang mga bituin (I'm asking the stars)
Mga luhang humahalik sa aking pisngi (Only tears kiss my cheek)
kailan ako tatahan

Higpit ng yahak ng dibdib (When will I be calm)
Nakatingin ako sa salamin (Looking at the mirror)
May guhit sa noo (lines on the forehead)
Mapait ang ngiti (bitter smiles)

Refrain
Kailan ko masisilayan (When will I see)
Sa araw-araw aking mahal (In everyday my love)
Mula paggising (from early waking hours)
Hanggang sa pag-idlip (til I fall asleep)
Kagandahan moy walang patid (your beauty never ceases)
Kailan mo ako hahagkan (WHen will you kiss me)
Matagal na akong naghihintay (I've been waiting for so long)
Nakadungaw sa bintana (Looking outside the window)
Mga dahon lang ang kumakaway (Only the leaves are waving)

Kailan ako lalaya (When will I be freed)
Sa anino ng pag-iisa (from the shadow of darkness)
Mga rehas lang ang tanaw (I can only see metal bars)
Nanginginig sa seldang maginaw (I'm freezing inside this cold jail cell)

Kailan - Eraserheads

Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!!! Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!!!
That was the only phrase that made me smile.

It was 2004, I was on the wheel, my passengers were my aunt, my sister and five cousins. It was SUV I was driving and it was an estimate of 8 hour drive.

At the start of the journey, were we singing this song together. Except my other 2 cousins who came from New Zealand, everyone sang along with me. And then the noise waned and another song played on the radio. I was listening closely to that music then the rain starting to drop. Another SUV was approaching, park lights are on. I was running 80kph but trying to slow down. As I did, I passed by a bridge and then boom! The wheel locked, we were heading towards the railings of the bridge we just passed by. Then it stopped, evryone on their attention.

The right side panels of the van hit the metal railing of the bridge and we were so blessed we didn't fell on the fields. We were really thankful to that railings. We checked everyone, checked the van then decided to push through with the plan. It was our first time out of town, in some tourist spots just north of La Union. We were almost there.

There was another cousin who could drive the car but because of the accident, no one was ready to grab the wheel. I continued the drive until we reached our transient house. I was silent the entire journey and as soon as we unpacked our things, everyone was over with their nerves, it was time to cheer me up. I remember they just said Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! and i tried to give them what they wanted: a smile. I smiled but the worry was still there.

That was my major accident on the road and truly blessed for the safety of everyone despite the event.

This is our story behind this song. Our vacation. Our accident. Our song. I'm sure to you Rodel, Rey, Anna, Maria, Rose, Anthony and Faye, this was unforgetable!

Here is the song:

Mr. Suave - Parokya Ni Edgar

I just wrote about a Menudo song the previous post (Please Be Good to me) but you know who is the biggest Menudo fan I have ever known in my entire life? It's my Aunt. I'd like to protect her identity and baptise her with the name Red Rosa just for the sake of this blog ;-) I hope I gave justice with that choice of a nickname for you my aunt! haha!

I would say Explosion was the biggest hit of the group. Members are: Charlie, Roby, Ricky, Rey and Roy. Imagine her influence in me that I remembered the names of those guys. Of course, we all know, Ricky was the youngest back then but now he is a hit on his own. For those of you who didn't know, Ricky Martin was the youngest member of Menudo during the days. And again, I would say I know these stuff, not from the showbiz central but from my aunt. He was really cute. Although, my aunt's favorite was really Roby Rosa.

They were all good-looking and during their teeanage years, who wouldn't fall for them? They reminded me of F4... haha. But that's a different story. You see, my aunt's mom was strick back in the days but she let my aunt watched the Boys in concert. Manila was four hours away but she managed to get there. I'd say, she really was an avid fan. Wait, let me rephrase that. She really was a die-hard fan.

From my aunt, I have learned what it means to be an avid or die hard fan... because she was or at least used to be.

If I am going to ask her right now who were the subsequent members of Menudo, I bet she would still know it. By the way, I am not really sure of the original members of the group but at least, those names were stocked on my braincells. If given the chance to enumerate the songs in the first album of menudo where Roby Rosa was the lead, she could name them ;-) wanna bet?

Lyrics of the song Explosion by Menudo
I can hear ny heart poundin’ loud
Every time I feel you’re near
Something ‘bout the look in your eyes
My defenses disappear

It’s the tension(gettin’ closer)
That you trigger
You’re the spark(gettin’ closer)
That makes my heart quiver

Danger warnings flash in my mind
When I hold you in my arms(warnings, warnings)
Something ‘bout the thrill of your touch
Sets off all my love alarms(danger, danger)

It’s your nearness
It’s the pressure
Your intensity
That I treasure

Like an explosion!
My love for you
It’s an explosion!
My love for you
It’s an explosion
That keeps my heart beating
That keeps my soul alive-ive-ive
(Repeat)

My whole system loses control
When I hear you call my name(warnings, warnings)
Something ‘bout the sound of your voice
Sets my body into flames (danger, danger)

You are the fire in me
Temperature’s risin’ deep within me
You spark my heart’s detonation
You are the thunder, the lighting that strikes me!

This day in 1991, my cousin Jennifer celebrated her birthday with us for the first time. She turned 14 and we all went to the beach. Wait, before I proceed, I might cry... so I will have to pause every now and then...

It was a rainy day to the beach but still we headed on. We came back in the afternoon, all tired and ready to sleep. Jen, as she was fondly called, had a slight fever so as her older cousin, I took care of her. I stayed with her and monitored her medicine. We ate together, tell stories together and we were nothing but trying to make up for the long time that we haven't seen each other. Oh I remembered a story about her and my brother Matt during our childhood days in Zamboanga City. I could almost picture them playing water, trying to make a bubble by blowing a softdrink straw into the water (we call it "canal"). I guess they were around 3 years old then.

I remember asking her a favorite song and she mentioned this one. I didn't ask why but I assumed it was a message meant to a guy back in their school.

Jen grew tired one night. She didn't finish her food and so I left her to sleep. The following day, I was in school, she was brought to the hospital. Everything happened so fast and the next time I heard, she's gone! It was unbelievable....

Oh well, for all the good memories we shared together my dear, I wish we could still have it... Our meeting was so abrupt... your laughters were so short and your words were too few... but one thing for sure... your "ate" had always loved you.

And so I tried to be good... tried really hard not just to you but to your family.
You remain in my heart Jen until we see each other again. I miss you!

PLEASE BE GOOD TO ME lyrics
Once again your on my mind and I only wanna love you so
Oh deep inside I know I should let you go
Once again the pain the tears
All my friends say I’m fool, I’m blind but I don’t mind

I will love you all over again
All I want to ask of you

Please be good to me
Don’t let me cry any more
Hold me like you did before
Just a little mean so much

Please be good to me
‘Cause inspire of all the pain
I still love you just the same
Isn’t much I’m asking for
Uh, won’t you please be good to me

After all I’ve given you
I still want to give you more
And I wanna asking for

Please be good to me
Don’t let me cry any more
Hold me like you did before
Just a little mean so much

Please be good to me
‘Cause inspire of all the pain
I still love you just the same
Isn’t much I’m asking for
Uh, won’t you please be good to me

PLEASE BE GOOD TO ME - MENUDO

Today marks the birth of our National Hero, Jose Rizal. Incidentally, this is also the birthday of my angel.

I remember playing this song a few years ago, from one of my CD collections. I used to play loud music in our house and while my angel Sophie was cleaning the house, she commented: "Why are you playing a music for the dead?" At the back of my head, I wondered why this song was associated with death. The answer is because this is seldom played during interment / burial.

I told her this is a religious music, in fact it was part of the CD Servant of All. I explained to her that it was biblical and although it is played a thousand times during burial here in the country, it is still undisputed that it is a song for God, a prayer for some, and still for others, it is a love song from God.

A couple of days before her birthday, a butterfly visited me. It was like she was making her presence felt to me. I often pray for her soul and that she'll be now happy with the company of our Maker.

And for you my dear Sophie, I miss you all the time and I love you! As this song says: "I will never (ever) forget you"

Hindi Kita Malilimutan (I cannot forget you)
Hindi kita pababayaan (I will not let you down)
Nakaukit magpakailanman (forever sculpetd)
Sa 'king palad ang 'yong pangalan (on my palms)
Malilimutan ba ng ina ang anak na galing sa kanya (Will a mother forget her child?)
Sanggol sa kanyang sinapupunan (child from her womb)
Paano niyang matatalikdan (How could she neglect him?)
Ngunit kahit na malimutan ng ina ang anak niyang tangan (Though the mother may forget the child in her arms)



Hindi kita malilimutan (I won't forget you)
Kailanma'y di pababayaan (Never will I neglect you)
Hindi kita malilimutan (I won't forget you)
Kailanma'y di pababayaan (Never will I neglect you)

Hindi Kita Malilimutan - Basil Valdez