The Insightful Path

I didn’t have any plans to write an entry for my blog today but after hearing a fellow employee share her emotional experience when she lost a loved one to a bombing incident, it inspired me to write this piece. A famous quote states “art imitates life” and so I realized there are a lot of movies that showcase our real struggles and experiences in life. Some movies make us laugh, some movies make us cry and some movies make us do both. Here is a list of movies that have elicited different feelings for me and I feel that one should see these movies at least once in their lifetime. Movies starring Robin Williams – for some reason there is a lot on my list from Robin Williams 1. What Dreams May Come – This movie takes love and loss to greater heights and I mean that both literally and figuratively. In this movie, you will see how a husband loved his wife dearly that he went to the depths of hell just to find her. This movie is also a feast for the eyes because of the rea...

Do you believe in coincidence? I do and I’ve had a lot of experiences to show for it, one of which is for our Halloween Party in the office. I was planning to just wear the white dress given to me by my sister-in-law, pair it with angel wings and a halo and voila, I’ll be a wholesome angel. However, a series of coincidental events changed my Halloween look to exactly the opposite and this was the result: This was what happened: I went to an Ukay2x Store to look around for stuff after paying for my bills. I checked one store and saw a long black dress reminiscent of vampires and witches and I grabbed it immediately, thinking I’ll just pull off a gothic look. A few blocks away, I saw another store that had some items on sale for 50 pesos. I just went through the shoe rack and saw what resembled a witches’ hat in a clear plastic. Intrigued, I checked it out and instead saw a black pair of wings with a maroon and black headdress. It was just for me! Here are a few more ...

For a few days, I’ve been all stressed about the coming 1st birthday celebration of my little boy Izel but just today, all those apprehensions turned into excitement. Initially, my plan was to have a no-hassle party and just book a Kiddie Party Package at either Jollibee or McDonald’s but the no-hassle definitely came with the word “impractical” attached to it. That part stressed me was it would definitely spoil my budget plus the concept of having to pay for the food “after the party” scared me. (I dreaded the idea of possibly having to wash all the dishes should my bill reach critical level!!!) So, I decided to organize my own Kiddie Party instead; have it at my Lola’s place and work out the details myself. After putting my plans into paper, everything became clear and I realized I could save and don’t mind the hassle at all. Here is what I have achieved so far: Step 1: Canvassed the streets of Colon for supplies (i.e. Invitation Cards, Party Hats, Balloons, Loot bags and a...

(an entry on my other blog on August 2007) Yesterday, Monday, August 6, my beloved Itoy and I spent the whole day together….. we ate BBQ somewhere in Colon, bought 1/4 atis to eat, drove thru SRP or the South Reclamation Project in a motorcycle, went window-shopping at G.Fiesta Mall (a.k.a. Gaisano Tabunok), went to a vulcanizing shop to get some air into our almost flat tire, went back to Cebu thru the SRP, stopped at SRP for a while to watch the sea and get some sea breeze until we spotted 2 police cars heading our way and left as we were scared we weren’t allowed to park there, went to Greenwich Raintree Mall to eat a family-sized Hawaiian pizza, looked at one punk store in Raintree Mall, had a 30-minute foot massage at a Thai massage parlor still in Raintree Mall, and finished the day off by sitting in the grassy areas of I.T. Park just talking and looking at the view and ohhhh trying to get my hands on a "I-thought-was-cute-but-I-was-wrong-because-it-was-evil chihuahua...

After seeing a rerun of the movie Never Been Kissed on cable television… its not a coincidence that I am bound to reminisce about my years back in high school and college. (which by the way, isn’t that long ago…) In the movie, the character played by Drew Barrymore was of a nerdy copywriter, who had a not so memorable high school experience and now, due to some twist of fate, is forced to relive her high school days (a.k.a. undercover work) in her 20’s, specifically 25.  For those who already know this, you can skip this part but for those who don’t, you will be reading my short summary of the movie. Now, at first Drew didn’t really fit in, (how could one fit in by being a little too out-there anyway?) a nerd like she was, it was hard for her to get rid of her traumatic experience caused by the cool and popular people… Just like way back in her "real" high school, she got laughed at and was even called a Loser… It was all just de ja vu for her and it was not good...

It was on the 10th of November when the hopeless-romantic me grabbed a pen and let the ink drip and drizzle on a piece of paper… This was the concoction me and pen came up with….. If anyone should find themselves relating in one way or the other to the words written, then I’ve realized my goal ~ to touch people. (nmed) QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING By: nmed November 10, 2003 Question: How do you stop the heart from feeling? From getting hurt, from feeling pain? Answer: You can’t. For it the heart stops to feel, it would lose its purpose. It would lost its very reason for existence. Question: If we can’t, how can we at least ease the gripping pain? How can we stop the invisible hand from clutching the heart too tight? Answer: Let it be. For if it weren’t for the pain you feel, you would never appreciate the joy it gives you. Question: Why then do we have to feel so much pain in order for us to feel joy? Can’t we just leave out the...

Anybody here want to talk about irony???? I do.. How about buying a can-opener that (guess what??) cannot open a can??? Funny huh, but I hate to tell you its true… because I just spent how many minutes talking on the phone with a houseware personnel just explaining to him how this can-opener cannot open cans and how I can have it replaced and most importantly how, upon replacement can I be assured it will now serve its purpose for being – - – opening cans?? Which ironically, to drive to a point, I told him I can’t be the one to bring a can just so we can test if the can-opener can open cans… can it? (Ok, so the last part doesn’t really make sense but I just like to put that there for tongue twister purposes.. hehehehe…) Or how about, when days when you feel like you’re the ugliest creature on earth, you just miraculously bump into your long time crush?? And why on days when you feel like you’re a supermodel (and note: actually look like one); there is never anyone who can visually ...