..my dad is a three-timer..

he loves my mother and another..

and that would be me and my sister..

ahaha.. =P

I wanted to say something nice, quote a famous person, or say a touching story to comemorate father's day.. and when I was cleaning the clutter a while back, I found this frame I had misplace long ago.. it was a poem and (as you guessed) its something related to my dad and to all fathers for that matter.. so here it goes:

It's So Nice to Have a Dad Around the House

DADS are special people

no home should be without..

For every family will agree,

they're so nice to have about..

They are a happy mixture

of a SMALL BOY and a MAN..

and they're very necessary

in every family plan..

sometimese they're most demanding

and stern, firm, and tough..

but underneath they're soft as silk,

for this is just a bluff..

But in any kind of trouble,

Dad reaches out his hand,

and you could always count on him

to help and udnerstand..

And while we do not praise Dad

as often as we should,

we love and admire him..

And while that's understood,

it's only fair to emphasize

his importance and worth..

For if there were no loving Dads,

this would be a loveless Earth..

I know you may find it corny like i do.. but without it being cheesy and all, how else would it appear sincere or meant? ahehe.. Wrapping things up before I am drowned by all the cheese.. I know it wouldn't be exactly true when I say my dad is the best dad in the whole world.. because sometimes I may not even think so (only sometimes) and I'm almost sure that you would say your dad is too.. dads are different persons for different people.. so I'll just say that I have a dad, he's the only dad I have, and I wouldn't have it any other way.. I Love my Dad, and I'm pretty sure he does too..

P.S. It wouldn't hurt to greet your father with a kiss on the cheek, or a big warm hug, or an outright surprise.. corny but true: what matters is that it comes from the heart.. because fathers may generally be not very emotional, but they become happy and touched by sweet little gestures reminding them that they are appreciated for what they do, and that they are loved for who they are.. (CHEESY! XD)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!

t a K E C A r e

Two Girls, a Piano, and..

musical genius!

This is nothing short of an extreme UNDERstatement about the two girls I just seen, or more appropriately put, heard, just minutes ago on youtube. I was browsing for some new piano pieces, when I clicked a link with the picture of a little girl beside a huge piano. Let's face it, who wouldn't want to see or hear a young kid play the piano. If you are a normal and sane person, you would be at least interested when a kid plays the piano because either 1.) it's extremely funny and down-right hilarious when a kid mindlessly hits away at the keys of the piano making the most indescribable of sounds with the hint of innocence and joy in their face (as it seems so bad that it's good^^) or 2.) the simply mind-blowing and breath-taking moment, when a little child not even reaching a double digit age, sits in front of a piano and plays a piece SO friggin good that you might have a good chance of forgetting that the one playing such a piece, is a kid that also likes to play with toys or in the playground. And what's more, these pieces: Gnomenreigen, Solfeggietto, and even personal compositions, are their own band of genius that only a few dare play, and many only dream of playing. This combination of musical genius and irresistible charm is something that's just out of the ordinary..EXTRA-EXTRAORDINARY at that..

And without further a do, though I would have liked to give at least some introduction to the two girls I am talking about, I fear that what I may say might fall short of portraying who they are and what they can do. So why don't I just stop talking, and let their fingers on the piano do it for me..

UMI GARRETT

and

EMILY BEAR

"True genius thinks with the brain of a genius..

..and sees with the eyes of a child."

t a K E C A r e

summer sunset..

It's June, that means summer's on the horizon, and it's setting real soon..

Now would be the time to 1.) be excited for enrollment, which means reunion with close and dear friends, which means schooldays, which ULTIMATELY MEANS..allowance! *imagines holding a lot of money and fans himself* Money does make the world go round even if just a little bit^^ 2.) temporarily lose excitement when I realize I forgot where I put my enrollment folder, only to discover it under piles and piles of paper from last schoolyear (and thus 'welcome back excitement') 3.) discover a lot of things you could have done in summer time, but never realized until now. AND 4.) feel remorse at such a discovery and for not having done enough to enjoy summer as much as I thought I could have. And at that I realize the irony of summer: that at the beginning when you have so much time, you know so little what to do; and when it is ending you suddenly figure out what to do only to find that you have little or no time at all. Tsk2. I'm starting to think I could believe that guy who theorized that (pardon me for inconsistencies) "When you go look for something it does not usually come to you, and when you're not looking for it is when it suddenly comes to you" or something like that.

But for all it's worth, what has come to pass is something we cannot change (unless your an alien, time traveler, or esper for that matter). And I have to say, it might not be the best summer I have had, but it's not the worst either. Although I havent really proclaimed any summer to be my worst, so it doesn't leave this one completely out of harms way. But still, this summer has it's share of moments and experiences, discoveries and learnings. Not to mention the things I have done and have failed to do though it would be completely BORING and DRAGGING if I had to narrate and explain the different events that had filled my summer. (Either I am concerned for the reader not to get too bored, or I am just too lazy to do so considering the possiblity that noone ever reads this) So, concerned or lazy, with someone reading or not, let's just sum it up shall we? Using the power of bullets (if you know what i mean..ahaha)

what i did..

• arranged and cleaned my VERY messy room.. (ever since we moved in just recently)
• endured endless weeks of internet drought.. (leading me to discover new things.. new 'fun stuff'..^^)
• fixed my LG flip phone.. (one of the 'fun stuff' i did..well it was after i broke it first 2 weeks back.. :P)
• wrote 3 new songs, and learned two new piano pieces.. (45% of summer fun was thanks to music)
• downloaded and watched anime.. (55% of summer fun was thanks to anime..lots of anime at that)
• chores and 'summer work'.. (99% of summer boredom..*please don't tell my parents* ahaha^^)
• TRIED learning basic french.. (salut..comment t'allez-vous?)
• learned LATIN prayers.. (pretty nifty and neat..totally)
• some plumbing, electric wiring, and carpentry around the house.. (the handy-dandy-man..ahaha)
• went to the beach.. (like duh, it's summer..why wouldn't I?)
• went to a couple of lunch and dinner parties.. (definitely one of the contributor for what's next^^)
• gained "some" weight.. (one of the most common tragic effects of summer..tsk2)
• gained "teeny bit" of height.. (more like a microscopic centimeter..maybe it's the hair)

what i didn't..

• publish a song, and finish rewriting another.. (schedule was too hectic..ahaha^^)
• finish learning my 3rd summer piano piece.. (guess that'll have to wait till next time)
• read a book.. (it's been a month since i got my hands on a book, and it's bothering me much)
• open my old wooden stash for the whole summer.. (i usually open it every week, the least)
• cut or trim my hair for 1 month and 1 week.. (my hair hasn't been this long in a long while..and curly^^)
• be asleep at nightime.. (i'd like to believe i have evolved into a nocturnal being..but maybe it's just insomnia)
• be awake at daytime.. (but being a vampire ain't that bad ain't it?.. ;P)
• mention all the things I did and didn't do in this blog.. (lol)

summer's numb3rs..

• 2.. musical compositions conquered in the piano.. (still needs some practice though..)
• 3.. songs i've written.. ("Please Don't Let Me Go Just Yet", "The Music that's Taylor", "The Only Girl for just Another Guy" *unpublished*)
• 4.. movies i have downloaded and seen.. (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, 5 cm per second, FFVII:Advent Children)
• 6.. anime series i have completed watching at least twice.. (FSN, FMA, Kanon, Clannad, Claymore, and Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya^^)
• 7.. times i've watched The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.. (in all sorts of orders.. @.@)
• 30.. days i haven't read a book, let alone touch one.. (that's got to be a record)
• 37.. days i haven't cut my hair.. (not the most, but definitely one of the longest times)
• 40.. km *estimate* of bicycling.. (i finally got my bike back at the start of summer..oh joy)
• 218.. km *definite* of driving.. (my dad finally let me drive the van..oh stupendous joy)
• infinity.. the number of times I spent being bored.. (ok, so it's not exactly infinity, but it really did seem like it^^)

and some other things I am either too concerned for you or too lazy for me to type down. Not that anyone's reading right? (i am definitely just joking, if there is someone ELSE other than me reading this^^) And with such and all the afforementioned details and useless side comments, that is generally what me summer was about.

Thank God for Music and Anime which had kept me sane and for the most part forgetful of the swarming and negative thoughts of boredom and regret. But most of all Thank God for time and opportunity, of summer and all the things we get to see, hear, feel, smell, EAT..and the people we get to spend it with..and the discoveries and learnings, most important of which (and I have made this as a resolute resolution in order to save myself from further misery of suffering all the 'thinking-what-to-do-and-then-what-to-do-next' engima, and the summer irony of a late coming realization of what I was looking for all summer-long) I decided and am not having second thoughts about it how silly and childish it may seem; to have a small notebook and I shall name it ("SUMMER SUNRISE" please dont mind the corny name^^). And in it I will write all the things I would like to do, to see, to hear, to feel, to smell, and even to eat when summer came. And make sure not to lose it, like last time, in order to be happy as summer deems to be, as God wishes us to be.

So from today, when summer sets on my horizon, I'll be waiting with heart and mind (and stomach) better prepared, along with my "SUMMER SUNRISE" notebook (please dont mind the corny name again^^) in hand ready and happy to face the coming of a new summer, God willing, the coming of another summer sunrise. Until that time comes, I face the summer sunset and say..

au revoir et a bentot mon ami..

t a K E C A r e

..the musiC that's taylör..

It was two pm when I first heard her singin, in the radio that one sunny summer afternoon

Halfway through her song bout him was it Tim? In a song that started too early and ended too soon

And by two am I am finally done downloadin, the last of all her songs in my iPod and my iTunes

She’s the superstar girl singing her songs in MTV, I’m the super fan boy voting for her in CMT

She travels on a tour bus and writes platinum records, I stay in our house and write my homework

She combines music with lyric like magic, if I could just say hello and let her know

It’s not just bout her radiant golden hair, that sends sparks shootin everywhere in the air

It’s not just bout her captivating blue eyes, that sends me flyin to the stars in the skies

It’s not just bout her endearing smile, that beauty I’ve been lookin at for a long while

It’s bout the melody of her music, every time she sings and plays her guitar

It’s bout the poetry of her lyric, every time she writes from her heart

Its bout the music that’s her, It’s bout the music that’s Taylör 

Didn’t see it coming head on but from then on, I found her to be the answer from my wishing star

When I was lost to everything going wrong, I found her voice held me and kept me from falling apart

When I was empty with nowhere to come along, I found her echo in the corners of my heart 

She’s my love story’s Juliet my heaven’s angel, I’m hers another boy tryin to find a place in her fairytale

She puts on her make up wears boots and dresses, I put on a smile cause her beauty could never be any less

She has a kind manner and chic glamour like no other, if I could just hold her hand and make her understand

It’s not just bout her radiant golden hair, that sends sparks shootin everywhere in the air

It’s not just bout her captivating blue eyes, that sends me flyin to the stars in the skies

It’s not just bout her charmin smile, that beauty I’ve been lookin at for a long while

It’s bout the melody of her music, every time she sings and plays her guitar

It’s bout the poetry of her lyric, every time she writes from her heart

Its bout the music that’s her, It’s bout the music that’s Taylör 

Cause when I think Tim McGraw, all I ever hear is her singing that song

Our song of the best days, for forever and always, all I’ll ever dream about is that place

Where I can’t breathe but I’m tied together with a smile, cause I’m with her even if for a while

She’s never seen me, heard me, or knew me, so I’d lie if I ever told her she belonged with me

Even If am implausible and Invisible, she’s still my beautiful unbelievable miracle, 

If I could only look into her eyes and make her realize

It’s not just bout her radiant golden hair, that sends sparks shootin everywhere in the air

It’s not just bout her captivating blue eyes, that sends me flyin to the stars in the skies

It’s not just bout her charmin smile, that beauty I’ve been lookin at for a long while

It’s bout the melody of her music, every time she sings and plays her guitar

It’s bout the poetry of her lyric, every time she writes from her heart

Its bout the music that’s her, It’s bout the music that’s Taylör 

It’s the soul of her voice; it’s the voice of her soul

That makes her music and lyric whole

And it’s all I ever need to fall

Into at all

It was two pm when I first heard her singin, in the radio that one sunny summer afternoon

by: ötaKECAreö

t a K E C A r e

..pLeaSe dOn't let me gO juSt yet..

Sunrise sunlight condescends to silent starlight
As I fade into the horizon of the empty night
Sunset twilight concludes another summer week
As another teardrop glides down my cheek

All the pieces left of me lie shattered on my bed
As the memories of you and me play in my head
Wasn’t it just yesterday, when I found where my heart would belong
And when I gave it to your heart to stay, how could I have done you wrong

And I know
You think after all this time, that I just simply did forget
All we’ve been through ever since the day we met
All I ask of you
Is don’t let me go just yet
Because I remember..

That ever since I met you, my whole life has changed
It isn’t just my phonebook and YM you’ve rearranged
You were the girl who could close streets for your birthday
The girl with a charming humor, and opinion I couldn’t sway

It isn’t just as ordinary as each and every passing day
That someone like you comes by along my way
I would never have thought, that I could live through a day without you
But after the pain and sorrow I got, it’s something I just never want to do

And I know
You wouldn’t think that I’m a friend that’s the safest bet
Especially after I hurt you and made you really upset
But All I ask of you
Is don’t let me go just yet
Because I have..

Been looking all over the thesaurus and dictionary
To find the perfect words that would fit my apology
Been listening all day long, over mtv and the radio
To find the perfect song, or melody to let you know

That of all the things that I have ever done to someone
Hurting you proved to be the stupidest and worst one
And know that I’d give everything, to bring back your smile and laughter
Whatever it takes I’d do anything, for you to have your happy ever after

And I know
I’ve blown more chances than any man should ever get
But for this last chance I ask, please don’t ever fret
Cause All I ask of you
Is don’t let me go just yet

Not before I could mean it like I say I mean it
Not before I could prove it like I mean to prove it
And make you see it, feel it, and believe it to be true
That what I say comes from every part of my heart to you

Till the time I can truly show, Till the time you truly know
Till that time, Please Don’t Let Me Go
Just Yet

..i'm sorry..
..lady kristee..

_ t a K E C A r e _

..LiFe waS nEveR thiS unFAIR..

"He paid the Ultimate Price..because He carried our cross.."

"..can you??"

In the beginning, GOD, the source and creator of all things made the world, life, and everything in its place. But a there is a common misconception, in that people tend to think that GOD made all things now. GOD never made the world as it is now; He could have because He can, but He wouldn’t and more importantly He didn’t. GOD made the world then, a beautiful and serene haven, and our lives in perfect harmony with everything else. Life then was fair, as fair could ever be, given the circumstance that everything and everyone was given its rightful place and just dignity. But when GOD gave us the gift of choice, our human-nature made misuse and abuse that powerful gift bestowed upon us. Instead of manifesting our divine-nature by committing ourselves to the propagation of this wonderful haven that was then, we started caring for ourselves a little bit more than anything else. And in that brief moment, when Man made such a choice, was the precise moment that Life began to tilt its favor, Life began to be unfair.

Such a saddening predicament and heart-breaking circumstance has been well displayed and manifested in the film we saw entitled “Ang Pinakatagong Lihim ng Simbahan”. A depiction of the Life that is the consequence and the precursor of Man’s Nature, such was what the film is. A Life nowhere near what bountiful haven we used to have in the palm of our powerful and responsible hands, when all that’s left is our dirty and stained hands scarcely filled with the alms given to us by the people who are given power by other people, and GOD’s promise of a saving grace. It was never clear who or even what the source of all this turmoil and suffering we are in, it never is, and it never will be. But as things are now, the problem is no longer with the people or the things that started it, but with us, the people who choose to do nothing, or even worse contribute to what is now a hurting sight to the One who made things then.

It is now a reality that Life is unfair, because it really is, for NOW. Furthermore, it will most likely stay that way, as seen in the seemingly never-ending cycle of poverty shown in the film that could extend for many generations of families, if no one will make a stand and more importantly make a move towards making life to what it is supposed to be. BUT, the actions of a single one is never enough, in this world where those with the power and fortune could easily pay-off or dispose such single-heroes of change. The pains and burdens of changing the whole world does not lay on the shoulders of those heroic few that choose to care for others a little bit more than themselves, like the Forest Guardian Priests in the film, and the people in the squatters fighting for their rights. But because of how the world works, it seems as if it really is because everyone else is too busy caring for themselves a bit more, a majority staying stagnant amidst a few trying to move everyone else.

A very important lesson I have learned and I have come to imprint on my Life, is the constant reminder of the conviction and the responsibility of not only becoming a miracle for change, but also in becoming an advocate for being the change. Not only being the one who helps the world change by my own actions, but also by my words. Inspiring people to becoming the very instruments for being the change is one of the best ways of changing the world. True, that changing the whole world begins with a small and individual step, but nobody ever said it had to stay that way. If only the world knew how to follow those heroic few, and the Holy One, who suffered the greatest pain and burden of renewing the world, or more appropriately, returning the world to its original place; then maybe, just maybe, and this I pray and move for, the world and Life itself will become the beautiful haven and serene paradise that GOD has made for us; Because Life was never this unfair . .

"be not only the change.,

but also be the inspiration for people to be the change.."

"and be happy.."

t a K E C A r e