BandAids for the heart

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

nakagat ako ng pusa noong valentine's day. kamusta naman yon?!
the doctor told me to take anti-tetano (tama ba spelling ng tetano? o whatever...) anti-tetano shots if i wanted to make sure i wouldn't have the virus. hindi ako nagpainjection kasi natatakot ako... just yesterday, nagtatawanan kami ni elbert about something. i forgot what. unconsciously, bigla ko siyang kinalmot. grabe. sabi ni ms. di baka daw maging catman ako. sabi ko naman.. why not? magandang career yun. baka sumikat pa ako sa hollywood.
meow..

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now i know kung bakit lumulubog ang sunken garden. dahil lahat ng tao doon ay samasamang nagtatalunan habang sumasabay sa pagkanta sa mga banda mula gabi hanggang alas siete ng umaga for one whole week pag up fair..ayun.

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this is her story
her name is onis. the other, edeng. i grew up convinced that they are sisters. it took me some time to realize they are never really connected with each other. they had a small store in the very old spanish house in our compound. they are both unmarried, hence, they had no family of their own. all they have, in this evanescent world, is each other.
lola onis was very sickly. and lola edeng would always be there to attend to her every need. lola edeng has her own house but she chose to stay with lola onis so that she would be there everytime she needed her or maybe just to keep her bestfriend company. they ate together, listened to the radio together, laughed together, cried together, prayed together and watched time pass by together. they were together most parts of their lives. they were more than best buddies. they found in each other sisters they never had, the warmth of a family they both deserved. im sure they have a big box of old memories in that old spanish house that only the two of them would know.
tomorrow, the remains of lola onis will be sent to her final resting place. and who says their bestfriendship ends here? they are both fortunate, or shall i say blessed, for they had something people spend their whole lives finding -- a bestfriend.
and i know they will be bestfriends forever.
May God bless you lola onis..

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ang dami daming kailangang gawin. buti nga mejo nababawasan na. pero mukang nasesense ko na nadadagdagan na naman. grabe. last week, kumakain ako habang naglalakad kasi i had to go to another class pa. e alam nyo naman kung gano kalayo ang mga buildings sa up. di na ako nakakanood ng mga teleserye kasi gabi na ako nakakauwi from school. tapos hagom parin ako sa extra-curricular activities kaya nabubuwang na ako sa sobrang daming ginagawa. pero ok lang... hanggat may kikiam at footlong, hanggat may cello's doughnuts, hanggat may globe unlimitext, hanggat may marshmallow, chicken, french fries, pizza, spaghetti, ice cream, hanggat may radyo sa fx papuntang philcoa, hanggat pwede tumawa, hanggat may bahay pa kami, hanggat may mga kakilala ako sa mundo katulad ng obzite at pamilya ko, hanggat nanjan Yung tumutulong sakin palagi, kaya ko to. kayang kaya. parang nagkakape lang.

OneLove

_marvin_
2:10 AM

A b o u t _ m e - - - - - - -

I was a swimmer, a tennis and volleyball player. I was a dancer, pep squad member and stage performer. I was a team leader and CAT Executive officer. 'Hyperactive' would be an understatement if you were to describe my lifestyle.. And who would ever think that somebody like me has a congenital heart defect?

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im marvin. im from cavite. im a speech major from upd. i love to eat, to sleep, to talk, to laugh. i love having fun. id love to meet shrek one day. marami kasing nagsasabing magkamuka kami. nakadilat na daw mga mata ko nung pinanganak ako.. mahilig ako kumain ng spaghetti, pizza, marshmallow, chicken at french fries.

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It never occurred to me that for the past 17 years of my existence, I was at risk of having a heart failure, and my active lifestyle made the risk grow even more. That is why I thank God and His instruments here on earth - my family, obzite, my friends and the people who touched my life - for keeping my heart beating all this time..