Friday, May 7, 2010

Come Fly With Me

It was summer, my very lonely summer, it is the time that my Girlfriend and I had decided to go on separate ways. It’s not that easy for me to move on easily, but as time goes on I realize and had said to myself that it isn’t fair to care for someone too much, so I decided to take care of few things, things that of more important than my feelings.

But then, before my eyes, someone had really captured my heart, though she was chubby, a little childish, but still, I hate to admit it, I was really amazed. And she had become my best friend.

Me as a guy, I never had the chance to feel and experience true and fruitful friendship. But, when I first set eyes on her, and literally beginning to know her more. I can now say to myself, that a true best friend is the one who truly understand you, it is a person that just by looking at her eyes, you will feel contentment, comfort and satisfaction, It is a person whom you love so much, and you don’t wanna lose. Friendship really is a magic, it can turn your innermost desire to a love that’s last a lifetime. And it can even change how love moves, how love grows. But truly, something that’s more worth than anything.

These all happen when she came to visit my church, I don’t wanna lose the opportunity to introduce her to my God, we finally get the chance to bond with each other, after all those days that we are apart. And it came to the scenario when I started asking about her life and all, her love life, and all of a sudden, she opens something to me, a story not to be told but to respect.

Many things had happened between us but still in return, I never realize how much she means to me, but not until she told me her experiences, I didn’t know that she went all through that, I had never felt disrespect or anything, she is still and always be beautiful, perfect and I am so blessed to have her. This encounter really changes our story.

I have seen her tears, felt it, and even hold it in my own hands and now I understand what love truly means, I was so sad at that time though I don’t want her to see it, I just want her to know how much I feel for her and how much this unexpected friendship leads me now… I don’t wanna lose her. Not now.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Dahil ang Buhay ay Sadyang Maikli Lamang

A real friendship is a rare thing, mixed with excitements, troubles, and sometimes defeat and losses, and most of all, it I a thing in which you will learn how to break rules and understand what it is like to be a man in your own world.

It’s 4 am, just finished making a movie, the program I have used is movie maker, I am not that skilled in this type of program so it’s expected to have simple slides, very simple transitions, hallowed effects, but has a very good sound mixing, it’s my profession though. The movie I had finished is about my high school band, The feared ARMADA

Actually, my band consist of 6 members namely; Kate Rose and chuck – vocalist; Aldo – lead; Janzen – Rhythm Guitar; Jerome – Bassist; and me as their drummer. Way back in the summer of 2006, on the fourth of May to be exact, that was our first jamming, we played a hell lot of latest music in that year and most are Pinoy rock and alternative. I was a “totoy” back then; I really don’t like long hair so as my fellow “emo” band mates with long bangs. What can you expect, post – hardcore fashion was a boom at that time. But unlike Chuck, my vocalist, he prefers long hair than emo hair, but we get along just fine.
If I can remember, the first line up of our songs was this:

DOOBI DOO
AMBISYOSO
MARTYR NIEBERA
SAMA – SAMA
SA MGA BARKADA (greatly influenced by Alamid)
SALAMAT
PEKSMAN (on our very own version)

And later on, with My chemical romance, Silverstein, bless the fall, and then switched back to timeless alternatives like Evanescence, Paparoach, Creed, and finally resides to innovative compositions like SUNOG, API, and some real Pinoy Rock like NOSI BA LASI, ANAK and such. And we did some guestings, GIGS, etc.

The hardest part of being a band, is to stay being a band, after all the hardships you went through, still, you can’t escape the reality that all of us had an obligation in real life. You can’t escape the reality of career, miseries and break –ups. It was my first year on PUP, that’s the last time we had a jamming, it was my birthday, I am so surprised that my Band has reunited. One of my band mates, “bangag” band mates had made a toast for our five years of friendship. I was so happy but I cannot show them how happy I was because they might think it I'm lame and so sissy.

Well, we are still a band, though some of us are studying like me, some are working, some have repeated fourth year high school, some have entered theater arts, and some had their families now. It is so amazing to see that I am a part of this band, my training ground, my place of crime, my sanctuary in time of need, my life, my friends..

Cheers for the five years of happiness, defeat and friendship forever….

ARMADA