cheesy love letter

hi, ________!

though it’s odd for us to receive letter from anyone unfamiliar, may this simple gesture reach you safe and comfortable. i can see that you’re mystified to look at the name behind this message, so, allow me to provide a minute of your time to hear me out and i’ll bare myself eventually.

i am attracted to you. every minute we crossed path, a sudden impulse of magnetism pull me down. my world that  was once fixated with occupation overtime suddenly came to a halt when you are near with that smile. your name, your look, your scent, always captivated my concentration and formed an angel in my dream. pathetically insane you may pronounce, yes, indeed and i admit—not to mention i’m always defeated to watch you from a distance. for i can’t utter a word to express myself with only a brave noble demonstration of affection come in the form of letter such as this.

now, even if i completely declared my feelings, i yearn for so long that you may someday hear, you may opt to forget everything and be on your usual day. perhaps you don’t find it with common interest so i will return alone to my desk as well. but, if my love found way in your attention, give me a sign ________, and i’ll be delighted to recall this moment the day you accepted my presence.

until then,

Angelo Legaspi

family affairs

there is a hole in the family relationship when a dispute to find truth and reason arose among members between an elder sibling (panganay) against their younger sibling (bunso), whose side should be sensible and sympathetic enough to rationalize the situation?

a "panganay", who considered next in line of the elders and expected matured enough to understand the entire condition of the family; or, a "bunso", who is fresh to learn the meaning of life and on the way to reality that gives support to the family.  the same scenario also goes with of a parent and a child—who among the two follows the truth and who has the reason?

between the two parties even if there is an arbiter, none of them is right or wrong which is nothing really matters.  so, who decides reason then?  whose truth needs to be followed?

message on the bottle

message on the bottle

as i’m on my way home late night from work, i came to see this peculiar thing at the sidewalk—a mini glass ship in a bottle.  what captured my interest on this object is not the item per se but by who created it.  i learned from the vendor that it was made by an ex-convict.  after careful reflection, i realized that it’s not easy to cover up and be accepted again from past mistakes against the society that demands his silence; and, by merely exhibiting this piece of art to the world symbolizes that they too have a room to start a new life and be counted again among us.

may our holiday season create crisp appreciation on all the blessings we received!

Angelo Legaspi

sequence of events

imagine that everything around us is fainted black and our understanding of the whole thing is totally empty.  what are we then?  obviously nothing.  from the period we’ve been delivered into this outside world, our eyes fancied at all the miracles mankind could offer and a sensation of unpredictable end is yet we alone need to discover.

we’ve been nurtured and guided by our so called parents starting from simple etiquette to household chores, a basic ingredient to accept responsibility as well as to become a well mannered citizen.  since we can no longer remain as a child and our potential requires modern comprehension and further abilities that a simple family incapable to award, they send us to an institution, an inescapable decision drifted behind bars in a place we called second home and teachers we labeled as our next parents.  at school, we are not just learned all about arts and sciences of arithmetic, grammar, literature, and other unheard of subjects; but as well as cheating, dishonesty, indifference, and the rest that we tried to hide from others somewhat changed the views we believed then.  from kindergarten toward college years on the way to job search, a once known snotty innocent toddler that had turned to a prim class student is now a crafty competent professional, capable enough to haze at the doorstep of our community who now continue to extend finest assistance to the society they served with a principal character of prime respectable quality to survive at work they belong.

we begin to select what we recognized as worth and beneficial to us; and, remove what we discern as opposing to our decision—a familiar state that we never intend to happen somewhat appeal us to move in that different motion of choice.  soon, retirement place us in the condition that we can no longer capable of functioning which brings us back home for isolation—a general state of issue "how did i serve my life well"?

on this sequence:  we experience life homewards—the actual feeling we get pleasure from; the university develop us to become obedient and compelled; and, our occupation shape us to be shrewd and restless.  this crusade somewhat offer us an opportunity to exist temporary and complicates our life as we continue the will to live and survive yet left us meaningless in due course; or, we have the capacity to bend our destiny to any direction we set forth.

step up

face it, we are not born equal:  wealth, good looks, intelligence, and any other illustration that would describe the opposite favor.  except the difference in us may also be an arrow to win the imagined target.  picture yourself in search for a career in business office for example.  you desire for a position equivalent to your earned degree.  upon application, you observe numerous candidates on your way to this challenge:  their years of experience and educational attainment unacquainted to you that somewhat appalled it may seem test your wit and dream. 

i see two situations to be accepted, if:

            1.  you possess the required qualification; and,

            2.  you have a different capability.

when you’re accepted having item one on your pocket, congratulations, a bargain will be yours similarly.  what about the difficulty of not being comprised to this condition?  “search another luck of course”.—the most predictable on all human expression.  if can only sense that all big dreams came from small beginning there’s another way to have a dream on board.  to get a fresh start, apply at the lowest position you deemed fit—a data entry for instance.  we understand it is obviously out of your key to be on that level but to see its potential to climb the ladder of success, one needs to be patient.  what if the ladder does not suits you?  then use the elevator.

it is not hopeless an invitation from the top office may require a suitable vacancy you choose to apply someday.  while you continue to blend the allot offer, all the experiences and skills you gathered now are prepared to compete the untaken post; and, you may now win the opposite favor.

who deserves a plate?

several reactions crossed each reader’s attention while observing the difference state served on each plate.

life cannot be anything until it is lived.  we take responsibility for all our actions.  thus, we decide our own destiny or even choose what end we wanted to be.  don't put the blame if you see prosperity on your neighbors, they deserve that.  no one knows how they obtain such achievements like you and i accomplished:  education, work, family, friends, livelihood, et.al.

let's separate ourselves from those who can still remember their struggles and became as what they are now; to those people who merely waiting for grace and stroke of luck yet remained static.  as what most people say: "'hindi bale nang tamad, huwag lang pagod"—'it's fine to be lethargic than exhausted', is reasonable; or, "'hindi bale nang pagod, huwag lang gutom"—'opt to be exhausted than starving', is feasible?

who shall prevail?

it can be said that "what women wants, women gets" can definitely ignite the query of that assertion.

having observe the elegance of their beauty—their awesome styles and lucid looks, will definitely capture the very heart of every men and allure us under their control for sure.  as a result, resisting is impossible to their bidding.  true perhaps, women are extremely dominant.

except, are they who are the most influential:

a woman trust "what women wants, women gets"; or,

a man who can give everything what women wants?