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Thursday, October 04, 2007

how many heartfelt handwritten letters have we written to each other?


how many minutes have we spent in our all nighter phone conversations?


how many endless laughters have we shared?


how many instances have i called you,"crazy?" and you call me, "hey girl?"


how many miles have we travelled together to and from?


how many times will i hear stories about you from your own mother?


how many moments have i stared at your eyes from the rear view mirror?


how many incidents have i watched you walk away or drive off?


how many favors have you asked of me that i did not fulfill?


how many times did you come back to my life each time we drift into silence?


i don't remember the every accurate occurances of each moment i spent my life with you.


i just know know one thing...


it's been 2, 252 days since i let you enter my life.
and i haven' been myself since.


i guess, i'm still counting.


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tinik
Sunday, September 23, 2007

mahapdi ang tinik sa aking dibdib

sa bawat pagdiin ng mga palad ko

sa pagbura sa bakas sa aking mga bisig

mga bahid ng sakit sa paglalakbay


sa madawag na daan, landas sa kabundukan

ng mapagbirong larangan ng pag-ibig.

habang lumalabo ang tinahak na landas

palayo nang palayo sa aking pag-usad


pilit tinatalikuran ang higanteng lumipas

nililinis mga tinik, mantsang di kumupas;

ngunit malalim ang anyong bumakas,

binabalikan ng diwa, binubura ng isip.


maliksi, aninong nakihalubilo, nakisabay ako

sa kanyang mga hakbang, pagsayaw sa mundo,

hanggang ako'y mawala sa sarili at ritmo,

ng hindi mawawaang balat


kayo ng anino,

malabo ang galaw ngunit binigyan ko ng wisyo

gawagawa kong larawan, ang minimithi ko.

nakakapagod ng maghintay, alam ko ang huling


unit anyong makiakbay, hanggang sa dulo..

hanggang luhaan, mabilis, dumalang, ang pagdaloy ng luha sa bisig,

tinig ko na paos,

bulong ay humina, di matawag ang sinisinta,

di masambit, kahit na nakatarak sa abang dibdib.


bakit di mo dininig tunay na pananalita ng puso?

bakit ngayong ayoko ng marinig ang tinig mo,

ika'y pilit na bumubalik?

sa tahimik ko ng mundong akala ko'i iniwan mo na?



ngunit bakit kabaligtaran,

parang walang pag-asa nating magkasama?

bakit pinalaki ang bubot na nating kasaysayan?

bakit ngayon lang kung kelan ako ay lumalarga nang mag-isa?


salawahan ka...

pinabayaan mo lang ang ating pag-ibig.

babalik ka, lilitaw ka, tapos lalayo ka ka rin pala?

pagmamahal pa ba ang turing mo doon?


mapagbiro pala talaga ang ating tadhana.
damdamin ko nga'y napariwara na sa iba.

mapaglaro kasi ang ating puso...
ang pagmamahal pa ba'y meron pa bang hihinatnan?


at ang ating puso...

hindi alam kung saan pupunta.

kung saan dadamay.
pero sa tutoo lang, ako'y pagod na, mahal ko.

ang puso kong ito'y takot na sa mga panata mo.

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TONIGHT I CAN WRITE
Saturday, September 15, 2007


"Tonight I Can Write"
By Pablo Neruda

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.


Write, for example, "The night is starry

and the stars are blue and shiver in the distance."


The night wind revovles in the sky and sings.


Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.


Through nights like this one I held her in my arms.

I kissed her again, and again under the endless sky.


She loved me, sometimes, I loved her too.

He could one not have loved her great still eyes?


Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

To think that I do not have her.

To feel that I have lost her.


To hear the immense night, still more immense without her.

And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture.


What does it matter that my love could not keep her.

The night is starry and she is not with me.


This is all. In the distance someone is singing.

In the distance.

My souls is not satisfied that it has lost her.


My sight tried to find her as though to bring her closer.

My heart looks for her, and she is not with me.


The same night whitening the same trees.

WE, of that time, are no longer the same.


I no longer love her, that's certain, but how I loved her.

My voice tried to find the wind to touch her hearing.


Another's. She will be another's.

As she was before my kisses.

Her voice, her bright body. Her infinite eyes.


I no longer love her, that's certain,but maybe I love her.

Love is short, forgetting is so long.


Because through nights like this one I held her in my arms

my soul is not satisfied that it has lost her.


Though this be the last pain that she makes me suffer

and these the last verses that I write for her.











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ito ba ang dapat?
Sunday, August 26, 2007

lumimot ay mabuti,
pilit sinasabi;
ngunit ang nagkukubli
sumisilip rin lagi.

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just go away....


rain drops are falling...
hard...
strong beats...
wetting...
flooding my surrounding...
does it even care?
it does not give a damn.
it passes through every creation...
at first, it pours steady and slow,
the next second, it pours tears of barrels.
fighting every danger,
filling in every hole,
and i hid.
i rushed...
i ran away from it...
away from you, strong rain...

but damn this rain....
it's quite a different rain.
it follows me
chases me in my own house.
and once again, it tears me all apart.
why, oh, why...
my rain of life.
please....
just go away.

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BAHAGHARI
Thursday, August 16, 2007

bahagharing nawawala kapag sa dulo sang hakbang na
inasahang kulay na mahahawakan hindi na matagpuan
sa malayo'y pangakong di masukat sukat ang handog
kapagkapit naglahong tila wala roon
walang dinatnan
nangarap
pinagsakluban ng sumpang hindi siya ang lumikha
walang laban walang masabi
walang darating
abot ang tingala
sa langit na nakalimot
kahit walang sawa
walang awa
walang dumarating
tumayong naghintay ng ulan mula sa ulap na hindi naman maabot
isang saglit, isang oras, isang araw, isang taon,isang buhay,
di na makaalis
dahil masakit
maghintay sa patak
na ayaw bumitaw sa ulap
bahagharing hindi na makita
iniiyakan
kapag nagiisa
nagiisa
nagiisa na
ang dating dalawa
paalam ...
bahagharing di ko makita

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hindi na muna.....


hindi na muna siguro
ako iibig.
kasi,
sa tuwing iibig ako,
parang nalalanta ang mga orchids sa hardin,
parang umiitim ang bughawing langit ng tanghali,
at napupunit ang mga pahina ng paborito
kong libro.
darating na lang siguro,
ang bagyo na magpapalaya sa akin
sa rehas ng pagiisa.
siguro nga mayroong bukas,
na tutunog
muli ang musika ng pag-ibig,
at sasalubungin ko ang agos
ng liwanag
ng pagpapatawad.
pero sa ngayon, di na muna...

di na muna ako
ako iibig.

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close topic


i have this guy friend "dragon dancer." well, he decided all of the sudden he will be up north for "school." but what he does not know is that sometimes, i think there is a personal reason why he moved there.

while he is the one i cried to most of the time, i know he cries inside. he never tells me anything about what he truly feels. and when i asked him, he never admitted to his brokenheartedness. he always claims positive feedbacks. he always focuses on what he wants to do and what lies ahead.

what he doesn't know is that, i know he secretly grieve from his broken heart. everytime i asked him what happened to "them" (him and the ex), he does not want to discuss her nor what he feels towards her.

recently, i viewed his ex's myspace and i found out she's with someone new. and from what i recall, she moved on with another asian guy after only couple days they ended their relationship. and mr. dragon dancer boy, he has not. and while he makes excuses that he's "over" her, i know he's pained by these events that all he wanted to was escape from it all. and so he left.

my poor dragon dancer boy...i cried to him but he refuses to cry even if i know his heart his torn into pieces.

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sabi ng nanay mo....
Friday, July 27, 2007


sabi ng nanay mo



[by the way, kaya ako nagkakandahirap na nagtatagalog dito kasi i think, may nagbabasa ng mga istorya kong ito. hindi ko alam kung alam ninyo pero itong mga sinusulat ko rito ay dikta ng aking puso at damdamin. ito'y nabuo sa maraming beses kong gustong magsalita subali't sa pag-aakalang baka may masaktan ako, hindi ko nasabi sa mga partikular na mga taong minahal ko ang mga katha ko rito.

subalit ilang taon na ang nakakaraan, naibigay ko yata ang web blog na ito sa isang minahal ko sabuhay. ngayon ay bumabalik na naman siya at may puna akong baka binabasa niya iton. at kung sino man yung taong yun, baka maintindihan niya ito kapag nag-ingles ako. so para wala siyang maintindihan, itatagalog ko na lang. saka na ako mag-iingles.]

di mo alam ito. pero tumawag sa aking ang nanay mo kanina. hindi ko nga alam kung anong sasabihin ko sa kanya. mas madali nga yatang ibaba na lang yuing telepono kesa kausapin ko siya. ipinagbilin ko sa kanya na huwag niyang ipag-alaman sa iyo na tinawagan niya ako.

sa tutoo lang, masayang masaya akong makausap nanay mo. pero mas masasayahan pa siguro ako kapag ikaw ang kausap ko. ikaw lang naman talaga ang nagpapasaya sa akin. pero ewan ko sa iyo. hindi talaga kita maintindihan. kapag wala ako sa harap mo, tawag ka ng tawag sa akin. palagi mong sinasabi na lugod mo akong gustong makasama.tapos ngayon namang, nandito na tayo, sala sa init, sala sa lamig ka na naman.

sabi ng nanay mo, tahimik naman daw ang mga araw mo. sabi pa nga niya, tinutulungan mo siya sa pag-aruga sa lola mong may sakit. madalas nga raw ay kasama mo ang tiyo mo at mga pinsan mo. tapos, nagsisimba ka pa raw. habang nagkukwento siya, iniisip kita.

sabi ng nanay mo, pinagsasabihan ka raw niya. na kung maari eh, magtino ka na sa buhay mo. na magiging masaya siya kung makita niyang lumagay ka na sa tahimik, kung may babae kang mapapangasawa na mag-aalaga sa iyo. pakiramdam ko nga, ako yung pinariringan niyang babae. ako lang naman yata ang babaeing nagpaaptino sa iyo e.

gusto kong sabihin sa nanay mo, pagsabihan ka niya. dahil ako, malapit na akong magsawa sa mga pinaggagawa mo sa akin. paiinlabin mo ako tapos nanlalamig ka sa akin. niyayakap mo ako ng mahigpit tapos hindi mo man lang ako matawagan. pahawak hawak ka pa sa mga kamay ko, tapos hindi mo rin pala hahawakan ang mga kamay ko ng madalas.

sabi ng nanay mo, kinukwentuhan mo raw siya at madalas niyo raw akong pag-usapan. bakit palagi mo siyang kinukwentuhan sa mga pangyayari sa buhay ko eh hindi mo naman ako kausap?

sabi ng nanay mo, minsan sinabi mo raw sa kanya na ako ang babaeng pakakasalan mo dahil katulad na katulad ko raw siya..

sabi mo raw sa kanya, mabait ako at mapag-alagang paris niya.

nasabi mo rin daw na baka operahan na naman ang paa ko..

buti pa siya, sinasabihan mo ng nararamdaman mo para sa akin. mahirap bang sabihin sa akin? kapag nandoon na ako sa harap mo, wala kang masabi subalit ang higpit naman ng yakap mo.

litong lito na ako. ayoko na kausapin na nanay mo. nagdurugo lang ang mga sugat lalo. sana naman ay kausapin mo ako. at sana, habang nakatitig sa aking mga mata ay masabi mo sa akin ang tunay na nararamdaman mo.

hihintayin pa ba kita? nahihirapan na rin ako.

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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


DISCOVER ME: who is the lady behind the blogs?



"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."

---Paulo Coelho's "Eleven Minutes"

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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PAMPER ME in this stressful world, i need relaxation. places i hibernate to and hide away from the world. here are some of my favorite spots.




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::hodori::
::alcove::
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::mayflower::
::tommy's::
::roscoe's::
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::the pantry::
::pinks::
::koji's::
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