a promise

listen to me, take comfort from my words

let go of your inhibitions

just ignore all the distractions 

take my hand and close your eyes 

we will fly and you will smile 

don't be scared, i'm here 

trust me, i'll make things clear 

i know you've been hurt 

i know life's not fair 

here's my shoulder, lean your head 

here are my arms, i'll carry you to bed 

i'll wipe away your tears 

i'll help you face your fears 

i'll make you see the beauty of life 

i'll give you courage to continue this fight 

i'll be your voice when you cant speak 

i'll be your eyes when you cant see 

i'll give you answers when you start having questions 

i'll give you hope when everything's going down the slope 

i'll be your shield, i will protect you 

i'll sing a lullaby when you cant sleep 

i'll be your lover and your best friend 

you can count on me til the end 

this poem is for you, my future love 

i know you're out there somewhere 

my words are true, my heart's sincere 

i'll do everything for you my dear 

but then again i just have to wait 

coz after all, i just haven't met you yet

buti pa sila...

buti pa ang kalendaryo may date,
buti pa ang Hershey's may kisses,
buti pa ang probability may chance.

buti pa ang telepono hini-hello,
buti pa ang film nadi-develop,
buti pa ang typewriter nata-type-pan.

buti pa ang exams sinasagot,
buti pa ang problema iniisip,
buti pa ang assignment inu-uwi.

buti pa ang panyo nadidikit sa pisngi,
buti pa ang baso dinadampian ng labi,
buti pa ang unan inaakap sa gabi.

buti pa ang kamalian napapansin,
buti pa ang salamin minamasdan,
buti pa ang hininga hinahabol.

buti pa ang tindera nagpapatawad,
buti pa ang music at lyrics pinagsasama,
buti pa ang sugat inaalagaan.

buti pa ang lungs malapit sa puso
buti pa ang pera iniingatan
buti pa ang kotse mahal.

buti pa sila...
eh tayo, paano?




disclaimer: nakita ko lang ito sa internet mula sa isang hindi nagpakilalang manunulat. ang taba talaga ng utak ng mga pinoy. :)

50% sabaw and 50% anonymous

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Controversial BAYO "What's your mix?" ad campaign.

Nung nakaraan, binasag ng maraming tao ang "What's your mix?" ad campaign ng BAYO. May pagka-racist daw kase ang dating. Mukang pinapalabas daw kasi na mas angat ang kalidad ng mga pinay na may mix blood. Nagmumuka daw tuloy na hindi pino-promote ng BAYO ang pagiging 100% Filipino.

Sa simpleng observation, pinaka una ngang papasok sa utak ng mga tao na nationality ang basis nung tag line. Pero kung makikita ang ibang ads at kung sa mas may utak na perspective, makikita na wordplay ang diskarteng ginawa ng BAYO, at yung style/wardrobe na suot ng mga model yung pinaka tinutukoy.








Kung tutuusin magling yung concept, kaso dahil nga impulsive ang mga Pilipino, syempre yung initial impact na lang ang binanatan agad. Nag-apologize ang BAYO. Kung may negative message man daw na na-send ang ads na yan, hindi daw yon intentional. Sa totoo lang walang dapat ihingi ng sorry ang BAYO. Pero dahil nasa clothing industry sila kung saan importante ang brand image, kailangan nilang maging pleasant sa consumers. Sayang dahil mukang hindi pa handa ang Pilipinas sa mga ads na kailangan gamitan ng utak. Mukang matagal pa tayong maliligo sa mga ads na dinadaan lang sa kasikatan ng endorsers.

UPDATE: Sinabi ng BAYO na unang phase lang daw ng ad campaign ang nilabas nila. Part daw yan ng tatlong phase.




Hindi namin alam kung damage control na lang yan, pero uulitin namin, para samin walang mali ang BAYO. Ang "damage" ay nanggaling lang sa mga moralistang mababa ang I.Q.

At dahil mahilig tayo sa mga spoof ng mga issues, eto ang mga kanya-kanyang version ng BAYO ad na gawa ng mga taong may sobrang daming free time.

"What's your mix?"

Ten Ways to Find Your Inspiration

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Ten Ways to Find Your Inspiration

The word inspire comes from the Latin word for inspirare, which means to breath upon or into. When we inspire others, we’re living from our higher selves. When we’re being inspired, we expand beyond what we previously were, or know our selves to be. Our lives have new breath. Our soul and our actions are one.


1. Know what inspires you.

Go back to your memories and recall when you felt most inspired. What was the common thread amongst the different times when you’ve been inspired? Was there a theme to the times when you’ve been inspired, or have been inspiring? Was it an action that a person took - or that you took? Think about what’s inspired you in the past. Look to see what’s missing now.

2. Learn to live with ambivalence while striving for perfection.

Inspiration lives between the two spaces of ambivalence and perfection. Inspiration speaks to the best within our selves - ambivalence is the messiness of our lives, the life process. Perfection is the ideal, while ambivalence is its application. Inspiration is what moves us forward in life - through the ambivalence and towards the ideal.

3. Take a break from your life.

Go to a movie or hike a mountain to its highest vista. Surround yourself with the sound of the rhythm of water, while the warmth of the sun energizes your body. Move your body so you feel its life. Keep your focus on nothing other than your experience. Live in the present.

4. Inspiration isn’t only what’s done TO you.
Being inspired requires an openness of heart and spirit. Create an environment that supports an open heart, so that inspiration blossoms in your life. Inspiration can’t exist without this.

5. Sometimes we fall before we stand.

Don’t beat yourself up when you fall from grace. Life is a process and isn’t static. When you fall, don’t beat yourself up for falling. Acknowledge the fall and it’s impact on your life. At some point, you’ll take action and stand up. Trust the process.

6. Divert your attention.
Forget about the joys that inspiration brings, and live from another domain. An inspired life isn’t only about inspiration. It’s also about exhilaration, about passion and living life fully. Do something completely different than you normally would. Strike up a conversation with someone you typically wouldn’t, and approach the conversation with naivete, openness and depth. There’s a good chance that inspiration will come to you when you’re least looking for it.

7. Surround yourself with what inspires you.

If a certain type of person inspires you, follow and nurture the attraction. Trust what inspires you, and let it guide your actions. If a Wagner opera inspires you, surround yourself with it’s music so you feel completely at one with the music, and with what inspires you. Lose yourself in what you love and be inspired.

8. Get outside of yourself.
Though you think you know what inspires you based on past experiences - this doesn’t mean that you can’t be inspired by something new that previously didn’t effect you. Live in the present and pay attention to what tugs at your heart. This will give you a hint to newer sources of inspiration.

9. Grace + openness + life + soul = inspiration.

Create a formula consisting of the ingredients that define inspiration for you. We all have different perceptions and experiences of inspiration. Define what it is for you.

10. Inspiration is a quality and a state of being.
To be inspiring to others is to be self-generative and inspiring to our selves. How can you be more self-generative? One must live in a state of being that allows for inspiration to take root. How can you cause and create your own source of inspiration? Where are you self-generative in your life, and how can you be more self-generative?

sa kabilang dako

Sa Kabilang Dako

isang katha ni Kiko

Sabi ng matatanda, ang bawat panaginip daw ng isang tao ay may kahulugan. Maaring isa itong babala o pangitain ng maaring mangyari sa hinaharap. Pwede din daw na ang mga napapanaginipan mo ay ang mga bagay na ninanais mo sa buhay. May mga panaginip na nagkakatotoo at meron namang hindi. Noong una, hindi ako naniniwala sa mga panaginip, hanggang isang araw, nagbago ang pananaw ko pati na rin ang buhay ko.

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