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Mending a Broken Heart

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When your heart is broken, you feel alone. It is as if all the happiness you felt from before have gone. For most, this can be one of the most painful things they have to endure. Broken hearts have a different way of testing your strength. It is difficult, for you have to deal with emotions. You can talk to your friends all day about it, but the pain will never go away. So how will you deal with it? Years have taught me that no one knows your feelings better than you do. Many will say they understand because they went through the same thing. But no one will actually feel the pain for you (except for your mom, maybe). This is why you have to take matters into your own hands. Here are some of the things I did: Cry: Well even if you don’t want to, tears will surely flow. For me, crying helps, because it is a form of release. You can cry all you want, scream even. But understand that sooner or later, you have to stop. Crying helps, but the world will not stop because of the...

3 Tips to Complete Tasks Without Overworking

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Many of us are so caught up with work that we fail to spend valuable time with the people who truly matter to us. One of the reasons for this is unorganized workloads. If only we have managed our tasks better, we will have a balanced time for both our careers and personal lives. If you want to have enough time for your friends and family, then here are some of the tips you can follow: 1.       List the things you need to do. Before starting your day, enumerate the tasks that need to be accomplished for the day. After listing everything, prioritize them by organizing the list. The most urgent should be on the top of your list. The least important task must be at the bottom. This will not only remind you of the things you need to complete, but this will also help you track your progress later in the day. 2.       Allocate enough time to complete the tasks. If you are to complete a report and you need an hour to do it, ...

The Art of Cosplaying

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I don’t know a lot about cosplaying but I was really amazed by the time and effort that cospalyers put into their costumes when I accompanied my cousin at the Mindanao Cosplay Summit (MCS) 2012 held at SM City Davao last October 27-28, 2012. I was able to witness the final day of the event. Aside from the registered participants, there were more than 200 walk in cosplayers who joined in during the final day. Here are some of the cosplayers during the event. According to Wikipedia.com, Cosplay is short for “costume play.” Cosplay is a type of performance in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture centered on role play. A broader use of the term "cosplay" applies to any costumed role play in venues apart from the stage, regardless of the cultural context. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay ).  How di...

Reliving Notting Hill

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I am a hopeless romantic. Let’s have that out of the way before you continue reading this blog. If you have read my blog about Aiza’s rendition of I Won’t Hold You Back , this is sort of the epilogue, the blogs are not really related but the song led me to look for Anna Scott’s (Julia Roberts) famous line, “I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” Ouch… Well, let’s not be unfair to William Thacker (Hugh Grant). He is an unbelievably nice guy, who does not seem to get mad at the movie - considering what he’s been through. He had his heart broken by the same girl 3 times in the movie, I believe. Let’s take a look at the story first. It is not your typical love story, somewhat predictable but very interesting. It does not happen all the time as well. I mean, come on, what are the odds of John Lloyd Cruz eating at my store, spilling his shirt with a drink and offering him our house so he could change? Hmmmm.. well now that I think about i...

You Don’t Love Me Anymore (The Funniest Sad Song)

Remember when you were a child and a song plays on the radio? You sing the song without really understanding it judge them by their melody. If you don’t, well I do. One of the songs I remember was You Don’t Love Me Anymore by Weird Al Yankovic. It is a sad song, a very sad song with a very sad melody. Back then, I could only hear its chorus clearly which states, got a funny feeling, you don’t love me anymore.  But when you start to listen carefully to the song and its lyrics, which I’m sure most of you did, your jaw would start to drop, then cover your open mouth, slowly close it and smile. For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, here’s the lyrics of the song http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/youdontlovemeanymore.html . "You Don't Love Me Anymore" We've been together for so very long But now things are changing, oh I wonder what's wrong? Seems you don't want me around The passion is gone and the flame's died down ...

I Won’t Hold You Back: Singing Your Farewell

Last Sunday, Aiza Seguirra sang one of the most heartbreaking classics of all time –at least in my opinion. She sang I won’t Hold You Back by Toto. The original rendition is very good but I prefer the sessionanista’s version. There is something about Aiza’s voice that will make a sad song even sadder (sniff). The next thing I did was rush to my laptop and look for the lyrics of the song. Yes, I knew the melody but did not fully understand the song until yesterday. If you are not familiar with the lyrics, here it is courtesy of http://www.elyrics.net/read/t/toto-lyrics/i-won_t-hold-you-back-lyrics.html . I Won't Hold You Back lyrics Songwriters: Lukather, Steven; If I had another chance tonight I'd try to tell you that the things we had were right Time can't erase the love we shared But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared Now you're gone, I'm really not the same I guess I have myself to blame Time can't erase the things we said...

Not Yours

One of the most painful things is to find someone, fall madly deeply in love, and find out he is never meant for you...