A Bipolar’s Faith

I really think that I’m bipolar. Or better yet, I have cyclothymia, which is a relatively mild mood disorder — not a full-blown bipolar disorder. I have my ups and downs. I have my “on” days and “off” days. My moods alternate between elevated and depressed over time. I have been experiencing this maybe for [...]

Remembering MMK

The recent episode of Maalala Mo Kaya (MMK) of ABS-CBN has been a trending topic (at least among my friends) because a lot of people can relate. It’s love month already and people are smitten by the idea of it — falling in love. So there goes the TV shows (and other mass media), commercializing “love.” [...]

On Getting Older and Wiser

I’m turning 24 on Monday, but I feel like I’ve grown more than that and now I think like a 30something.  Trivia: January 9, my birthday, is called “Coming of Age Day” in Japan. Suits me, right? Anyway, here are the signs that you’re age-ing like I am: You hate Lady Gaga and Rebecca Black. [...]

Sweet Serendipity

  Sweet Serendipity (Lee Dewyze) I ain’t got no car And I’ve got one pair of jeans They’ve been stretched too far And now they’re weak at the seams I can’t say what’s next And I got nothin’ up my sleeve But I don’t lose my head Cause’ it ain’t really up to me And [...]

“That Should be Me” by Justin Bieber Playing on the Background

And it goes… Everybody’s laughing in my mind, Rumors spreading ’bout this other guy, Do you do what you did when you did with me? Does he love you the way I can? Did you forget all the plans that you made with me? ’cause baby I didn’t! Seeing the profile pic of his and [...]

The Script Concert in Manila

Back then, I knew the song “The Man Who Can’t be Moved,” but I did not know that it was The Script who sang it. I thought it was James Blunt, because they sound almost the same. But when my friend, Gillian, lend me her earphones to listen to “Breakeven,” she corrected my false belief. [...]

JOKEbox SELECT!

April 10 was a fun-packed Sunday for me. After attending my friend’s graduation at PICC and his graduation party at Gateway and being a buzzer beater, I flew to UP Diliman to watch UP SAMASKOM’S Live A.I.D.S. 27: Jokebox Musical at the UP Abelardo Hall Theater, College of Music. With an impending deadline and hellache [...]

Rock on: UP Fair 2011

It was Saturday night and I had nothing else to do, but to wait for tranquility to lull me to sleep. But it was up to no good. I felt so restless, surprisingly. I already went out with my friend and strolled at the mall earlier that afternoon, but it didn’t wear me out. My [...]