coming off a 13-hour shift that included driving from the office and back just to vote, a two-hour rigid workout session, and a five hours of sleep, today has got to be the worst feeling i've had all year short of becoming ill.  i dare not drink coffee for i have proven that it's effects will manifest only when i arrive home, hence affecting my wanting to hit the sack.  i fight off the nagging drowsiness by walking around the floor.  good thing i accomplished most of my deliverables yesterday during the long shift, otherwise i wouldn't be in the right frame of mind trying to do those things.  at least i'm still able to write something that makes sense, so i guess everything isn't all that bad.

now that the election, nay, the campaign period is over, i just hope that things would go back to normal.  normal in the sense that once broken fences are attempted to be mended and burned bridges are rebuilt, all gone awry due to politicking and campaigning.  after all, there's nowhere else to go but forward.  if there's something to be learned from this campaign season–and i'm sure there are lots of it–then by all means, use it to make better the next election which will be in three years time.  as they say, "the next best time to start to change is now."

on second thought, i think i'll have that coffee fill my mug.  😦

just arrived from the polling precinct to cast my vote.  i actually had to request from my boss to go out of the office for two hours then go back to work, to which he graciously granted.  i'm going extended hours today to cover for the closing shift thus the reason why i asked him the time off.  luckily, it took me a total of one hour to go from the office, to my polling precinct which is around 10 kilometers away, cast my vote (spent less than 10 minutes to do so), drop by my house to get my sunglasses which i left prior to going to work earlier, then go back to the office.  that's what 140kph driving on an unusually clear expressway can do.  anyways, i decided to go youth majority on the senatorial lineup, with the exception of those who i mentioned on my previous entry whom i wouldn't vote for.  it's about time for the more youthful leaders step forward and lead.  i just hope this exercise would be a peaceful one.  let's all hope and pray that it does.  and for those who haven't gone out, please do so and exercise your most important civic right.  we owe it to democracy to do so.

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!  🙂