here's a shoutout to all mothers out there.  may it be your mom, grandmother, mother-in-law, your wife (mother to your son or daughter), or you as a mother yourself.  happy, happy mother's day!!  cheers to the hardest working person in the world.  we thank you for your tireless efforts and endeavors.  here's to you!!  😀

if my memory serves me right, this year, i have watched a total of five movies.  that's a far cry from last year's total.  i mean, that's just the total number of movies i have seen from the period of april to may last year!  even though this year's summer movies are the ones worth anticipating (shrek 3, fantastic four:  rise of the silver surfer, pirates of the caribbean:  at world's end, 28 weeks later, spiderman 3, die hard 4.0, and the one i'm really looking forward to watching, transformers), they're i think fewer than what was offered last year.  or maybe these films i mentioned open several weeks apart.  but in any case, i just wished i could've broken the streak of watching movies in succession for five straight weeks last year.  one thing's for sure though:  in a couple of months, pirated dvd manufacturers will be making a killing, as if they're not making one everyday…

until you come back

by markie – written at 9:10pm, 11/23/1999

I caught myself again
thinking about what was before
bringing a smile
to an otherwise unhappy afternoon.

As I sit by the phone
I glanced back to the days
of not so long ago
of how we came to be.

The mindless chatter, the happy stories,
the late night whispers, the songs with glee.
Those which made us closer
than we'd ever imagined.

Yet as fate found its way
we found each other,
knowing the person
behind the lovely voice.

As we grew closer
something special followed
a feeling that was born
which I thought would last.

From then on we were together
not losing sight of what we felt
for it is forever
we'll love till the end.

Dreams of the future
together we will spend
a lifetime of love
in our own world of happiness.

But fate took a twisted turn
and you left me all alone
wondering how to spend my life
without you by my side.

As I hold on to our dreams
years since that fateful day
firmly believing I would rather spend my life alone
or with you and not any other.

For you are truly different
from all others past,
no other person
can match the love you gave.

I caught myself again
dropping another tear
for until you come back
forever I'll be waiting.

another heartbroken poem i wrote during my earlier twenties.  i seldom write happy poems for that period in time i was still undergoing a recovery period that many don't know of.  anyways, i look back at this and share it to everyone who may feel the same way.  enjoy!  🙂

thank god it's another weekend… well, at least for me.  i'm looking forward to resting my sore body as i go home in a couple of minutes, not worrying about work early tomorrow morning.  day two of getting in shape was yesterday and i guess the pain i'm experiencing is just temporary, a way my body is telling me that it's not used to being pounded like it was years ago.  birth pains, so to speak.  but i'm not complaining, in fact, it's making me realize that i should've done this a long time ago.  the pain is actually a welcome relief for me, and it just adds more motivation to what i'm doing.  day three is tomorrow and i plan on having thrice a week sessions.  so i'm expecting the soreness of my body to continue until it gets used to the routine i'm having.  as the saying goes, pain is just temporary…

on another note, spider-mania has hit the world last week.  i actually saw the movie on opening day with cher and i would have to agree, the sequel does justice and the numbers at the box office speak for itself.  i was kinda hoping there would be a teaser at the end for a fourth installment, but there was none.  but still, the series was successful so i hope they (the filmmakers) continue to make it as good, if not better, than this last one.

a couple of minutes, and i head home.  i'm thinking of going on a dvd marathon later tonight to help relax my aching body…

he stared blankly at the monitor, his chin resting on his cupped hand.  he tried to fill his mind with things he needed to say, but was repeatedly blanked for some reason every time an idea would come up.  he leaned back on his seat and looked around.  silence was with him at that time, and upon looking around, it looked like it was going to be that way for a while.  he ran both his hands thorugh his hair, stopping as they reached the back, and clasped them as his head rested on both his hands.  he stared up, still nothing.  suddenly, the sound of pouring rain echoed thorugh the room.  it was the first time it had rained for months.  he heaved a small sigh of relief, for the humidity in the room would go down a bit as the rain cooled down the warm afternoon.  he stood up and walked towards the screen door, stretching as he goes.  he stared outside as children from across the street started to play in the rain, a welcome respite from the searing heat felt in the afternoons.  he then wandered back into his childhood years, as he did the same once the first fall of rain would hit towards summer's end.  back to where problems were non-existent, and what mattered was having fun with friends.  they would play all sorts of games in the rain–tag and hide-and-seek to name a few–and would even run sprints to see who's faster running in the rain.  then suddenly, the rain stopped.  the faces of the children outside turned from glee to sadness as they walked home as his walk down memory lane ended abruptly too.  frustrated, he went back to his PC, shut it down, then went to his room to finally get some sleep.