In a span of two weeks, two of my friends lost their dads.
Being a daddy's girl, I could never imagine the pain they must be feeling right now. :(
I was so burdened by my friend's Facebook post last night.
Friends,Please pray for the soul of my father. He needs it right now.. Tatay, i love you.. You will always be missed.. Ang hrap tanggapin. God,please help us.. :'(
My mom saw this too. "Ang hirap tanggapin." So we both prayed for her and her family, that God comfort them through this dark time.
May they find comfort in this song.
♥
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Dear Mega,
You are not called "Mega" for nothing.
As Wikipedia defined it, mega comes from the Greek word
meaning great.
You are like Madonna of Philippine entertainment. You may be not-so-visible to the public eye but once you return, it's like you were never gone. Madonna can do everything she wants, good or bad, but she still is Madonna. Not that you've done bad things. What I'm trying to point at is this: people will always love you no matter what.
And no, that isn't always the case for all celebrities. Only a handful get to have that space in most, if not all, Filipinos' hearts. You have raised that bar not just in entertainment, not just in acting and singing, but in... living life. You are a testimony that things may go so bad, rock bottom as they say, but with God's help, you rise above it all.
As a woman, you give that certain strength, that strength that can only come from having experienced pain. Raising a kid on your own in the midst of public scrutiny, and raising her so well at that? That's some kind of accomplishment. I do not know you personally (oh, I wish I could meet you someday) but what you've been through and how graceful you've managed to go through it would always be an inspiration to us women. A constant reminder that women are tough. And that breakups do not define who we are, that we are beautifully strong and can bounce back.
Oh, and you have bounced back. Your love for your family is another inspiration, an example of what a family should be. You and Sir Kiko have raised beautiful, intelligent kids. And as to what we can attest here in Twitter, you are so in love with them.
Yes, you are the Megastar because you have been in this business for so long, and you have made blockbuster movies and sold a lot of records, but for me, you are the Megastar because you are a great example to people, to women especially. Beautiful (that's a given), intelligent, always hungry for knowledge, witty, compassionate to others, a child of God. And you have a big heart. As I tweeted before, you are Sharon Cuneta because you have a really big heart, so big that it can accommodate people you do not personally know, people like us.
The reason for this blog post? Just a reminder that you ARE and always will be an inspiration to a lot of people. You may not know it, or you may not feel like you are sometimes, but YOU ARE.
So smile :)
And thanks!
xo,
Nika
As Wikipedia defined it, mega comes from the Greek word
meaning great.You are like Madonna of Philippine entertainment. You may be not-so-visible to the public eye but once you return, it's like you were never gone. Madonna can do everything she wants, good or bad, but she still is Madonna. Not that you've done bad things. What I'm trying to point at is this: people will always love you no matter what.
And no, that isn't always the case for all celebrities. Only a handful get to have that space in most, if not all, Filipinos' hearts. You have raised that bar not just in entertainment, not just in acting and singing, but in... living life. You are a testimony that things may go so bad, rock bottom as they say, but with God's help, you rise above it all.
As a woman, you give that certain strength, that strength that can only come from having experienced pain. Raising a kid on your own in the midst of public scrutiny, and raising her so well at that? That's some kind of accomplishment. I do not know you personally (oh, I wish I could meet you someday) but what you've been through and how graceful you've managed to go through it would always be an inspiration to us women. A constant reminder that women are tough. And that breakups do not define who we are, that we are beautifully strong and can bounce back.
Oh, and you have bounced back. Your love for your family is another inspiration, an example of what a family should be. You and Sir Kiko have raised beautiful, intelligent kids. And as to what we can attest here in Twitter, you are so in love with them.
Yes, you are the Megastar because you have been in this business for so long, and you have made blockbuster movies and sold a lot of records, but for me, you are the Megastar because you are a great example to people, to women especially. Beautiful (that's a given), intelligent, always hungry for knowledge, witty, compassionate to others, a child of God. And you have a big heart. As I tweeted before, you are Sharon Cuneta because you have a really big heart, so big that it can accommodate people you do not personally know, people like us.
The reason for this blog post? Just a reminder that you ARE and always will be an inspiration to a lot of people. You may not know it, or you may not feel like you are sometimes, but YOU ARE.
So smile :)
And thanks!
xo,
Nika
Monday, October 24, 2011
One Hit Combo
They're back! Ang pinakamalupit na banda!
One Hit Combo sounds like a sequel to the very funny and epic The Yes Yes Show.
Thanks to my third year high school seatmate, I've memorized The Yes Yes Show by hook (not by crook :p). Ralph, he was always singing this song. Internet was not that big here yet (at least for us classmates), so googling for lyrics was really not an option. He wrote down the lyrics in a piece of paper (my intermediate pad, mind you) and he would always try to memorize it when there were no teachers around. Next thing I knew, we were having a duet! Haha.. This was the very first rap song I've ever memorized. The only rap song, actually.
Francis "Kiko" Magalona was still alive here (the last guy who rapped). He died in 2009 of leukemia.
Watching this new video now kinda made me sad, I love Gloc9, but I still kinda miss Kiko. He is the Master Rapper after all.
Oh well, this band was one of my high school heroes. Inspired me to learn how to play the guitar. I'd always love them. :)
Mallary read it!
Remember my post HopeFULL which was totally about Mallary Hope?
SHE READ IT.
Like Oh.My.Gosh she did.
I was on her twitter page but I was also watching Grey's Anatomy so I didn't notice it immediately. And then, there it was, 5 new tweets. At first, I got confused. Why was my name there? And my blogger address? And then I remembered tweeting her the link the day before. I thought she never got the chance to read it, why, she has 5000 plus followers and I don't know how many tweets she gets a minute. Haha.
Here it is, officially my most favorite tweet (at least for now). I just had to print screen it. I just had to! Hahahaha.
Even now, I get tickled when I read her tweet! Hahaha.
Thanks, Mal! You rock!
xoxo
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Always
My mom is so excited to know that she can put songs in her cellphone. She's had an ancient Nokia monophonic phone for the longest time. She didn't want to "complicate" texting, as she put it. But because my sister and my brother-in-law are a great influence, she decided to take a big leap and buy a MyPhone. Hahaha.
Anyway, we added lots and lots of Hillsong music in her memory card. And so my ancient archive of Hillsong songs have been, uhmm, unearthed.
When I first heard this song when I was in college, I just cried in a corner. God is just so great and He has so much love for us and I find this song very sincere.
As I saw in a Youtube comment, this song never gets old.
Blessed morning, you guys :)
Anyway, we added lots and lots of Hillsong music in her memory card. And so my ancient archive of Hillsong songs have been, uhmm, unearthed.
When I first heard this song when I was in college, I just cried in a corner. God is just so great and He has so much love for us and I find this song very sincere.
As I saw in a Youtube comment, this song never gets old.
Blessed morning, you guys :)
Early Bird
This is the first day in a verrry long time that I was able to sleep at home at night. So yey!
It makes me wanna sing, "Good morning sa inyoooo!!!!" Haha! So many people get annoyed with that commercial, I find it really really refreshing and a great song to jumpstart a busy day ahead.
Haha!
And I did say a busy day ahead right? Today is Grad School enrollment and I have to go half-day to work after that. So wish me luck and a loooot of energy!
xox
It makes me wanna sing, "Good morning sa inyoooo!!!!" Haha! So many people get annoyed with that commercial, I find it really really refreshing and a great song to jumpstart a busy day ahead.
Haha!
And I did say a busy day ahead right? Today is Grad School enrollment and I have to go half-day to work after that. So wish me luck and a loooot of energy!
xox
To my Big Sister
It's 8:09 PM and I just woke up from a 9-hour "nap". It looks like everyone went somewhere because the house is quiet and because yeah, it's Sunday night! I'm such a bummer.
Anyway, I was just browsing through my twitter timeline and saw Bianca Gonzalez tweet. Of course I clicked on her profile. I haven't browsed through her blogger site for the longest time so when I did, it was like blogpost overload! Since college, I've followed her blog. Blogger was not really that big here then and so I thought it was like a special treat. Not all celebrities write down a piece of their life, their experiences, so I was eager to read about what she had to say. As I said, I was in college by this time and her initial blogs were about her college life in Ateneo. Ateneo de Manila University is a very elite university here in the Philippines. If you have money AND brains, enroll here. I, on the other hand, studied at a state university, so I was curious how a well-off college student goes through, well, college.
Even after graduation, I make it a point to read her blogs because it became a habit. I may not read it religiously, but when I do, I feel like I'm talking to a friend I haven't talked to for a long time. Her blog was actually one of the reasons why I maintained one myself. Shameless plugging. Come to think of it, mine's four years old now!
Thank God for blogger, I gained another big sister. Her posts were like heads up! for me, words of wisdom from a big sister. And her latest post was no different.
Halfway through, I was crying. I was brought up with people asking me "what's your plan?" and I have never been someone who wants to plan things. Being asked that question in the dinner table actually made me (and still does) uncomfortable and pressured. My dad always said that he had a planned out his life even when he was still in high school. They were really poor so doing that was not really a bad idea. He had dreams.
Sometimes, I ask myself if I have dreams. Do I really want to do something with my life? Where do I want to be five maybe ten years from now? Well, thank God I still have answers to these questions but then I ask myself : "Then why don't you have plans?"
Thank you, Bianca, for reminding me that not all things should be planned. Yes, I do plan but not really the kind that would tell me where I would be and what I would be doing five to ten years from now. While I know that planning will make me focused and hold some kind of security, I'm a firm believer of spontaneity and I always love how life would surprise me with unexpected twist and turns.
I am so excited and I dream for the day when I'd post a blog entitled The Accidental Everything as well.
Your virtual little sister,
Nika :)
Anyway, I was just browsing through my twitter timeline and saw Bianca Gonzalez tweet. Of course I clicked on her profile. I haven't browsed through her blogger site for the longest time so when I did, it was like blogpost overload! Since college, I've followed her blog. Blogger was not really that big here then and so I thought it was like a special treat. Not all celebrities write down a piece of their life, their experiences, so I was eager to read about what she had to say. As I said, I was in college by this time and her initial blogs were about her college life in Ateneo. Ateneo de Manila University is a very elite university here in the Philippines. If you have money AND brains, enroll here. I, on the other hand, studied at a state university, so I was curious how a well-off college student goes through, well, college.
Even after graduation, I make it a point to read her blogs because it became a habit. I may not read it religiously, but when I do, I feel like I'm talking to a friend I haven't talked to for a long time. Her blog was actually one of the reasons why I maintained one myself. Shameless plugging. Come to think of it, mine's four years old now!
Thank God for blogger, I gained another big sister. Her posts were like heads up! for me, words of wisdom from a big sister. And her latest post was no different.
Halfway through, I was crying. I was brought up with people asking me "what's your plan?" and I have never been someone who wants to plan things. Being asked that question in the dinner table actually made me (and still does) uncomfortable and pressured. My dad always said that he had a planned out his life even when he was still in high school. They were really poor so doing that was not really a bad idea. He had dreams.
Sometimes, I ask myself if I have dreams. Do I really want to do something with my life? Where do I want to be five maybe ten years from now? Well, thank God I still have answers to these questions but then I ask myself : "Then why don't you have plans?"
Thank you, Bianca, for reminding me that not all things should be planned. Yes, I do plan but not really the kind that would tell me where I would be and what I would be doing five to ten years from now. While I know that planning will make me focused and hold some kind of security, I'm a firm believer of spontaneity and I always love how life would surprise me with unexpected twist and turns.
I am so excited and I dream for the day when I'd post a blog entitled The Accidental Everything as well.
Your virtual little sister,
Nika :)
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