Those Sweet Words

What did you say?
I know I saw you singin'
But my ears won't stop ringin'
Long enough to hear those sweet words
What did you say?

End of the day, the hour hand has spun
But before the night is done
I just have to hear those sweet words
Spoken like a melody

All your love is a lost balloon
Rising up through the afternoon
Till it could fit on the head of a pin

Come on in
Did you have a hard time sleepin'
Cause the heavy moon was keepin' me awake
And all I know is I'm just glad to see you again

See my love is like a lost balloon
Rising up through the afternoon
And then you appeared

What did you say?
I know what you were singin'
But my ears won't stop ringin'
Long enough to hear those sweet words
And your simple melody
I just have to hear those sweet words
Spoken like a melody
I just wanna hear those sweet words.

---Norah Jones

can you hear me now?

my heart's down in the dumps all over again.


my ogre prince found his princess.


However, she's not me.


I hear my heart breaking.


I have no right to feel this way.


But why does it hurt so much?


He didn't give me a chance to tell him.


I chose him.


I love him.


It's too late.


He's happy with his princess.


He's happy.


And that's all that matters.

the sky was crying yesterday

Yesterday.

August 17, 2007.

The sky was crying yesterday.

It was weeping together with my lonely heart.

Memories kept replaying in my mind.

Happy or sad, they were all the same.

They brought silent tears to my broken heart.

The sky was crying yesterday.

It was weeping together with my lonely heart.

i did the laundry today

I've decided to do the laundry today.

You may find it funny but it was my first time to ever use a washing machine...haha

"Okay, okay how does this work? hmmm"

I learned to wash my own clothes back in college. We were on our on-the-job training here in Laguna.

It was kind of embarrasing.

"Frae, are you done? Nagbabanlaw ka na ba?"

"No, I just started. Why? Am I doing it wrong?"

"Ummm, Frae, I think you put too much water. Di na bumubula." he said, suppressing a laugh.

"Oh. haha..." red-faced me.

My guy classmate was actually observing me the whole time. Oh, how I wanted to throw myself into the labador...huhuhu

This time it was no different. No, I think it was worse. Yeah, it was...

Ok, I have managed to learn how to work the machine. So it was like WASH-DRAIN-RINSE-DRAIN and so on.

I was on to my 2nd rinse when Super Me destroyed the faucet causing the water to spray everywhere.

"OH NO!!! MOMMY!!!"

It was JM this time who came to the rescue. So embarassing...

"Frae may super strength ka ata."

Well at least I have learned my lesson... and I had fun.

You might be wondering why I've decided to do the laundry when it was already late at night and was raining out.

I've decided to do the laundry today.

'Coz his words made me sad.

I didn't want to cry and feel bad.

Well it sure did the job of making me laugh (at myself).

I wish it were just as easy to wash away

the words that have been spoken...

the pain that it have caused...

and the words that have been left unspoken.

The Giraffe

I feel good today.

I made a friend smile. Isn't that nice?

For one, I'm not a happy person in general.

"Nakasimangot ka na lang palagi. Parang ikaw na lang ang nagmamayari ng lahat ng sama ng loob."

My boss would always sing that song when he sees me sad...lol

But today I feel happy because I made a friend feel better.

Bing was all down and depressed yesterday over her lovelife. It's really cute how she still gets those giddy feelings when she's talking to her crush... yes crush. She even nicknamed him Giraffe. Well that's Binggay.

I should call her Ate Bing because she's the eldest in our team. She may be the eldest but she's the youngest at heart.

"Si Bing nga pala, ang dalaga namin."

That's how my colleagues would introduce her.

Well yesterday she had this sad look on her face. She said she would just give it up... "there's no use in loving him. It's just impossible for US to happen."

I didn't want her to give up. She was just assuming things anyway.

"Don't stop until you think you have done everything to make it work. So that in the end you won't regret anything because you have done enough."

I was at the mall last night looking for a present for my li'l brother when I came across this cute giraffe stuffed animal.

"Giraffe + Bing = 4-EVER"

I bought it for her. And yeah, you know what happened next...

She was bringing the stuffed animal with her wherever she went. She even lets it sit beside her laptop while she works. haaay

Bing sent me a message just tonight.

"Frae, I'm gonna make a shirt for Giraffe."

"Ok... Make it a turtle neck Bing. Giraffe would love it. Maginaw naman ngayon."

Was it a wrong move? lol I still think it's cute.