Thank you Julia.

Reading her blog (http://juliainthephilippines.blogspot.com, tnx ciel :) ), i suddenly missed my old life in PI (kelan ko ba ndi namiss :P). Dati, kamatis at kanin, ok na kami. ngayon, kelangan may chicken rice =)Sometimes, we're so trapped with our own struggles, we forget that somewhere, at the same time, there's a different life being lived... mas selfless, mas committed, mas patient, mas may humility, mas faithful. Quote:""""In October 2006, with seven more months to go in her tour of duty, Campbell wrote about missing her family and "my old life." "It's been a rough road and I am hoping to finish, but I would be lying if I did not say that every day is a struggle. Time will hopefully fly quickly."Early this week, with the discovery of Campbell's body in Banaue, time instead froze for everyone whose lives she had touched in two countries."""Thank you Julia.




"I'd really like to say that I am one of those volunteers who just loves the Philippines. I don't. There are things I love, things I hate, but mostly I think that it isn't really possible to totally adjust to life here. It is just too different and it's too much pressure to be different (white) in a culture that is not diverse. It's funny, but next week I will speaking to the new batch of volunteers (Yes, I am a veteran now) about adjustment issues." - Julia's post in Isang Taon Na (One Year Already?) 8May2006


She went missing last 15Apr:

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view_article.php?article_id=60379


And found last 19Apr:

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=61234

Here's a nice article from Volt Contreras of inquirer:

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view_article.php?article_id=61476

Your Helping Hand

I am so restless
Living without peace
All this confusion
running through my head, yeah it's real

I long for Your helping Hand
Just to hear You breathe
Take this broken cup
Make it all well again.

How do I overcome
The pain's too much it's making me numb
When there's nothing left but remorse
Can't even say what's the cause
Nowhere to go, yeah I'm lost.

I long for Your helping Hand
Just to hear You breathe
Take this broken cup
Make it all well again.

Your will not mine Your will not mine
Be it done Be it done in your time
Your will not mine Your will not mine
Be it done Be it done in your time

Pagsamo

Nalulumbay.
Nalulungkot.
Hirap kalabanin ng mundo.
Hanggang ngayon nagtatanga-tangahan ako.
Gusto ko ng magpaaalam.
Ngunit pinigilan.
Ano bang dahilan?
Di ba't tama naman
ang piniling daan.
Limot ko na ba
pag-ibig sa yo
Bakit kelangan pa ring masaktan
Tuwing nakikita kita
Litong-lito sa nararamdaman
Tinalikuran ko na ang lahat
Pagkatapos malaman
Ang totoo'y ndi tayo pwede
Natanto ko na
kelangang umiwas
bago pa lumala
Wag ng pigilan
Kelangan talikuran ng lahat

Anonymous Quote

My Heavenly Father puts this cup of trial into my hands
that I may have something sweet afterwards.
I will wait and see what good God will do to me by it,
assured He will do it.

Don't doubt. Just believe.

And when I look at you...

All I hope and pray for
as I gaze at you across the room
is to catch your lovely eyes on me
Your smile always reaches them
and it melts my heart away.

Hilo

I.
matagal na kitang nahuhuli
panakaw kung tumingin
ndi naman kita mapilit
lam kong mahirap manilip

Refrain I:
lam kong ndi ka sigurado
kung sya ba o ako
sana lang manalo ko
kahit mas malalim na kayo

Chorus:
(kaya) sana'y pumili ka na
ndi naman kelangang maging tama
maiging pag-timbang lang naman
kung kanino ka magiging tapat

II.
sana nga tayong dalawa
yung tunay walang pantasya
mas gugustuhin ko pang tayo'y magtagal
kesa ang ending kayo palang dalawa

Refrain II:
ang problema'y nasa akin
kelangan ko na ata bumitiw
bigyang halaga muna ang sarili
yoko ng masaktan pang muli

Repeat chorus

coda:
at kung sakali sya'y iyong gusto
siguraduhin mong ndi ka na lilingon
(sa direksyon na) kung san ako naroroon
dahil tiyak makikita mo
tingin ko'y nakapako sa yo.
adlib refrain chords

chorus
Huling huli ko ikaw ngunit di makasigaw oohohoh...

Hinto

stop it
wanna make you wanna stop
there's nothing really
there's nothing left so just
stop

i got to let go
before you become a fascination
i'm putting too much
into something i'm not so sure of

so you gotta
stop
stop it
wanna make you wanna stop
there's nothing really
nothing really there but..

wishful thinking
you got me doing that again
i've learned my lesson before
so i'm not gonna do it again

and i just gotta
stop
stop it
wanna make you wanna stop
there's nothing really
nothing really there but...

your brown eyes
the way you make me smile
falling harder every day
missing you when you're not there

gotta
stop
stop it
wanna make you wanna stop
there's nothing really
nothing really there but

falling harder every day
missing you when you're not there

hindi pa tapos

nakakapagod ang ikot ng mundo

minsan kay sarap na lang

humiga sa buhangin

maghikab buong araw

maligo sa gabi

ang hirap sabayan ang toyo ng tao

kahit anong halo ndi ka makakuha ng tono

umadlib ka na lang pagdating sa koro

wala namang magagawa

kaw lang ang kawawa

Babaing Mahiwaga

Hindi mo maisip
Kung bakit nangyari
Bigla lang nawari
Meron nang nangyari

Ndi sya katulad ng iba
Pero dati nama'y ndi mo puna
Babaing mahiwaga

Kelangan makahanap ng paraan
Ang iyong gusto, sabihin mo na
habang ika'y nanunukat
sya'y iyong tinutulak

wala namang mawawala
Bakit nga hindi mo maamin
Na gusto mo nga syang kilalanin

Dahil ba ndi ka sigurado
Na sya'y di tatanggi sa yo

walang sigurado
walang panalo
kung ndi ka magsisimulang kumilos

adlib:
ayoko ng torpe ayoko ng torpe ayoko ng torpe