Sunday, April 13, 2003
beyond boundaries

i send a package for maffi and alyssa last week. it contained a gold necklace for my bestfriend and a bunch of goodies for alyssa. in that package, i made a slumbook of my bestfriend's life which i made personally. it included moments in high school, our escapades, our pictures, our secrets, the men in our life. yesterday, she called me at work and she thanked me. i opened my email today and she also wrote a thank you letter for me. she said she cried while browsing through the pages.

maffi and i went through a lot. our emotional rollercoaster rides we encountered seemed unbearable at the times it occured. our live's trials were overpouring and multiplying. but it was during these moments that we gave imporatance to our friendship. it was these challenging times that made us closer. it was during these incidents when we clenched ot each other. to her, i poured my tears and she defended me all the way. in me, she confided her innermost and best kept secrets. we spent endless hours watching filipino movies at her house. other times, we spent the whole day and night chatting and telling stories about our entire lives and more.

together, we explored and enhanced our spirituality during BANAL NA PAG-AARAL ( holy studies). we acquired leadership roles during leadership class in high school. we flirted with our ex boyfriends in Homecoming , Sweethearts Ball, and Prom dances. we learned over the years that we were Englishly inclined and we were averagely smart in mathematics and arithmetic (and oh, I hated that teacher in high school -ms. habibian). her family embraced me with open arms and my family became her extended family. i witnessed her first neartbreak and how she rebelled from it and she saw how martyr i was to my exboyfriends. i saw her fall and get up. she stood by me when i was down. she was one person whom i knew will believe in me no matter what i do. and i hope she knows i will be here for her no matter what.

my friendship with maff is irreplaceable. i am now a nurse and still planning to go to medical school in the folowwing year. maffi is a paraegal now and is venturing out to law school and eventually become a lawyer. although i am in california, and she is settled now in nevada, and although we do not talk as much, we have stabilized our friendship that no wall can break our bond. this is the story of me, len and my bestfriend, maffi. it just calls to show that friendships are beyond boundaries once you have established a foundation.

NOTE: thank you, maff for keeping our friendship alive. looking froward for more!

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MY SILENT REVERIES
writing is my passion. i created silent reveries years ago to vent out things i could not tell the world. it was my private, modern tech approach to scribbling my thoughts and emotions in a journal. in here, i can feely be who i am. i could cry my woes, i can love freely, i can grieve over a broken heart, i can celebrate the joys in my heart, i can rejoice with my accomplishments, i can tell stories of remarkable friendships and unforgettable connections i made with extraordinary people SECRETLY AND SILENTLY without worrying people might judge me. i hid under the name PINAY FREESTYLE.

but eventually, some people gained access to my secret place. so i opened my doors to them in the purpose that i could inspire them: to be better versions of themselves and to share themselves to the world. slowly, i embraced my readers as a part of my life. i welcomed the strange idea that my untold life stories and unconcealed revelations could be of help to others, to love and accept themselves as they are. and i, i came out from the animosity. i eventually became just the regular LEN - the nickname my family & friends call me.

i developed stories of love, of letting go, of falling in love all over again. i made great friendships. but if there's one thing i was particularly proud of, it was my undenying love for the LORD. i wrote and made soul searching, heart wrenching entries i entitled, "SPIRITUAL REVERIES" which you will find many here. it was my productive way to heal myself from twinge and while i am at it, i could also mend others spirits along the way and bring them back up to par with their faith and relationships with God. it has not stop there. it's still a constant journey.

and so, for as long as i can, i vowed to tell my memorable reflections,i have unmasked the hidden me. and the seeking and searching of life's meaning and purpose is not over. LIFE is a long road of discovering. and i still yet to discover many wonders of this world and satisfy my unending curiosity. but be warned. you can either love me or hate me. but i don't care. this is me: sripped and bare as i can be.

so i invite you into my chaotic unperfect world. join me in my whirlwind new travels of diving into the unknowns. let me share my life with you all over again. come in, as i tell you my SILENT REVERIES.

love,
len


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"I want to have a personal light, the glow of oneself that comes from sheer willpower, the light of someone who has made important sacrifices in the name of things I think are important."

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my name is len. people always tend to judge me without discovering who i really am. i might look intimidating, a typical shop girl, and i act like a crazy party girl on the weekend. but i actually have brains. and i own an even bigger heart. the truth is, beyond the louis vuitton bags, beyond the lavish parties, the excessive passion to travel and the desire to get to know the world, if you got to know the REAL ME, i am really just a simple girl. my only desire is to be loved for who i am.

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