Wednesday, June 08, 2005

answer to finding "F"

WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.
READ IT AGAIN !
The reasoning behind is further down. The brain cannot process "OF".
Incredible or what? Go back and look again!!
Anyone who counts all 6 "F's" on the first go is a genius.
Three is normal, four is quite rare.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

songs i remember most

I was listening to my collection of "Timeless Classics" MP3s this morning while fixing up my wife's PC when I suddenly found myself fluttering in a nostalgic trip to a sentimental past. Each track plays my mind a montage of events in my life which were already history. Some were happy thoughts; others are tear-jerking episodes which all are worth reminiscing. Moments later, I was already living in the past. Recollecting the people, the places and the times...

These are the songs that made me soar back to the past:
  1. Missing You - topping my list is this John Waite's song which I don't actually remember any significant event why I go sentimental whenever I hear this. I just love this song very much that it hits me in the spot. It was finally revived by Tina Turner and I still loved it. Both versions give me a striking air inside.
  2. Almost Over You - another song which really has no significant event that I can associate with in my life but this is one heartwarming song that I always get a lockjaw whenever I hear this. FYI: I always ask my girl friends to sing this in videoke for me.
  3. All Out of Love - Ok, fine! This is Air Supply and it is "baduy" to most of the people who hears this but this is one of the songs that make me remember my childhood days. Read: I steal coins from our grocery store's cash register just to hear this in our neighborhood jukebox.
  4. That's The Way of Friends - believe it or not, this is the first song I have memorized when I was still age 5. I got tired of nursery rhymes very early in my age that I turned singing radio songs instead.
  5. Terminal - the second song I have memorized and became my favorite more than the first one.
  6. Vincent - the song I always sing on my way to school when I was already in First Grade. I didn't know its title until I was already in Fifth Grade.
  7. The Search is Over - this is one song I wish I was the one who wrote and sang it. This marks a great period in my gradeschool life that it became my favorite for long years.
  8. Dust in the Wind
  9. Fast Car - two of the songs I loved playing in the guitar. Dust in the Wind is the first song I learned strumming and Fast Car is the first one I learned plucking.
  10. Old Photographs
  11. When I'm Gone - these two songs both have the same intensity on how it strikes me whenever I hear them. I even thought they are the same songs and were sung by the same singer. Maybe it's because they are both tragic.
  12. Against All Odds - I haven't seen the movie where this song was played as its OST but I really loved this one. There was even a time I forgot to pay fare in the jeepney just because I heard this song which mesmerized me `til I reached my destination.
  13. Is It Okay If I Call You Mine - not really my favorite one but this song makes me remember a highschool girlfriend. I always sing this song to her then. Her name is in the title :o).
  14. Love Me for What I Am - not also my favorite but in reverse, this makes me remember a college girlfriend. She wrote the lyrics in the card she gave me when we broke up. Eeuuw... mushy.
  15. Out Here on My Own - not once my favorite but it became one. During one of our rehearsals in highschool theater, my crush sang this one while we were in backstage waiting for cue. I became more in love with her. Now, she's no longer out there on her own. She's married.
  16. One In A Million You - one of the immortal songs I always loved to sing in videoke. I always get 100%, hahaha. It's because I give my all whenever I hit this one.
  17. First Time - I first heard this one in a Coca-Cola commercial. I still remember vividly how the guy blushed when his crush caught him staring at her in the classroom. Not long after, it happened to me.
  18. Open Arms - this was the song I dreamt to be my processional march in my wedding day. Funny? I find it weird, actually. It's a good thing Mariah Carey revived the song. I lost the enthusiasm to pursue it.
  19. Looking Through the Eyes of Love - it was actually my highschool friend's favorite after watching Ice Castles. She doesn't know anything else to sing but this one whenever there is a chance. She didn't know I had a crush on her. Until now that she is already married.
  20. Don't Give Up On Us - my first official girlfriend in highschool played this song in her voice tape to me when she already fled back to London. She wants me to hold on 'til she comes back and fight for our "long-distance" Romeo and Juliet relationship. I failed not to give up. Not soon after, I was already singing "Is it Okay if I Call You Mine" with another.
These are just top 20 of those memorable songs that give me a sentimental feeling whenever I hear it in the air. This marks that I am an 80's boy and the songs reveal my age. I'm proud of it. I love it...

Friday, June 03, 2005

For You, Buddy... Wherever You Are Now

I was Papa's only son. I am Mama's only boy. All I've got is sisters ahead of me and I grew up never having a chance to be close to them. I stood up with my own two feet as I became a young man, and learned to understand the meaning of life on my own.

As soon as I reached college, a whole new world arose in my path. Perhaps I was just adventurous and envious as well that I always wanted to do what my college bestfriend had with his life that I never did --- fraternity. With him I was able to know what brotherhood is, what camaraderie brings to your life and how companionship enlightens your overview and perspective of what world is. When you are with someone, you'll never be alone. You will never fear to trip off to grounds. He always tells me that "you'll never understand why a cat kills rat unless you're a cat..." As I thoroughly pondered for that, I decided to go for it and feel how it works.

I sought fraternities on my own and found one. I was welcomed. It was warm. It felt great to know new faces and new lives.

The day came for my first physical test as a neophyte. Paddling. The six of us were brought to a dark dungeon. Blindfolded and tied. The deafening silence and irks of mice triggered my pulse and heartbeat to fear. The sound of the paddlestick knocking on the floor came nearer. As they ripped up my bottom, ready to strike the first blow, a loud scream suddenly flew in the air. But it wasn't from my voice box. Neither from my both sides. The scream grew fainter; and hurried footsteps - heavy and furious - nabbed the sound. A hand from behind suddenly untied my knots and pushed me to flee. "Go! Run for your lives!"

When my eyes were uncovered, flashes of light stole the dark place as stampede horrified in my face. Later did I realize - rival fraternity group attacked us and riot exploded! The next thing I remembered was a bloody and petrifying scene. Fists and knuckles flew in the air... limp bodies fell onto the floor... and roaring voices swiped the stillness of the night. And before I could make another move, two hard hands grasped my shoulders and pulled me over in the dark corner. He dragged me crawling on the floor and came into a dark asylum. Trembling - I turned my face to him but his hands clasped my mouth and muttered "Hush! I didn't haul you to mob. I tugged you out to escape..."

We survived that tragic riot. Months passed and we became closed friends. We meandered through the city lights and spent dreams and laughter under the stars together. But some good things never really last. Not long after and he has to say goodbye. And one good friendship really has to end so soon.

That final day, which the last time I'll ever see him... I was speechless. I didn't know what to say. And I remember, I still haven't thanked him since the day he save my life. When he came, my spiel has already been prepared. But before I could say a word - his hands clasped my mouth and murmured "Hush! I want to thank you for coming into my life. With you, I learned how to fight with life again and laugh over problems. I learned how to fight with life and laugh over problems. I learned how bright dreams are and how reachable stars were. Because on that day when we first met, I was on my way to kill myself for I already lost hope from living life. But when I heard your screams, I came for rescue. I didn't save your life, friend... you saved mine."