August Rush

This movie is a contemporary fairytale about a musically gifted orphan who hears music everywhere. Whether it’s the wind in the grass or the roar of a subway, the sounds of the world are a symphony to his ears, and he was described as a musical prodigy. He was born from a family of musicians, his mother was a celebrated cellist and his dad was an Irish lead singer of a band.

Finally! Graduate na... =)

March 20, 2009 is one of the most significant days of my life for on this day my sister got her college diploma. I'm so happy because she was able to finish her college degree without a failing grade and I'm so proud of her..I know she has not been so good, what with all the vices but despite all the craziness and peer pressure she was able to make us realize that sending her to school was really worth it.

Ma and Pa along with 2 of my bros arrived last Thursday but only my mother was awake at the time I arrived home from work. We talked literally for hours catching up on so many things about our family and just about anything. Then graduation day was a Friday where we all went to USC cultural center to witness the graduation rites. Afterwards we had dinner and prepared for the celebration the following day.

We celebrated the graduation party in El Salvador and it was a blast. Everybody enjoyed especially the kids. My diet was totally forgotten for it was a joy eating along with my family and all other people dear to our hearts. We went home tired and with heavy stomachs. =) The celebration did not end there though because we proceeded to Gimik and sang our hearts out. The joy reflected on the faces of every person in the room makes me forget all the hard days and just be thankful to a lot of people.

First, to my sister for all her efforts and will to graduate on time and for being so understanding especially during difficult times, thank you so much and again I'm so proud of you. Second, I want to thank my parents for continuously supporting us in all of our endeavors and for never giving up on us and last but not the least to those people who have supported me through and through despite some bad decisions I've made, you know who you are. I cannot thank you enough and I wish you all the best...

hapit na..

The inevitable has come. Effects of the global recession are slowly creeping into our lives. Yesterday it was announced in the company I work for that a certain number of employees will have to be fired. I choose the word fired because it caught some people unprepared causing anxiety which was translated to hateful words about the company, about a number of individuals and to life in general. It has been announced in the early part of the 1^st quarter that reduction of the number of employees was to be expected because of the steep decline of the company’s income so the fixed cost had to be decreased as well. This unprecedented collapse of business is not exclusive to the company I work for but is in fact happening to almost every other company in the whole world.

The changes that were slowly implemented and the warnings that have been continuously given were not enough to wake people up from their deep slumber and not even to peek out of the shell they engulfed themselves in. People refused to acknowledge the possibility of great loss and some simply did not care at all.

Thereby when news about the lay off finally was released, they were surprised but in the same were not for all along they have known yet they totally discounted the obvious. A paradox that made people re-evaluate how they spent the last couple of weeks and wait in vain until next week when the people who’d go will be named.

Pgtaitok sa utok!!

Saying goodbye to a phase of ones life is always a bittersweet experience. Its always hard to say the final goodbye to people that mattered in one way or another. We will often go back and reminisce the happy moments, sad experiences even the nasty occurrences will be something to think about. Each of the persons we meet regardless of the circumstance is there for a reason. There is nothing random in this world. Everything ought to tell us a lesson, a valuable one but its up to us to unravel the mystery that is to determine the purpose of such a meeting.

But there's no reason not to move on. Our ultimate purpose in this world is to learn as much as we can and use these knowledge for the welfare of everyone who coexists with us. This is not limited to individuals instead this includes every single thing that surrounds us. We should embrace everything that is given to us and all that comes our way. For definitely this is another opportunity, a better chance at that to do something worthwhile.

At the abyss of every phase, we are obliged to make a decision, a dilemma that we have to surpass. Knowing our goals and being definite about what we want is the key to making the best resolution. Hence saying goodbye is both the end of something good and a beginning of something even better...