Otsenta anyos na ako kaya makakalimutin na hehehe. Pero kung nakikita mong Valentine’s Day pa ang post ko before this one, ‘yan ay hindi dahil nakakalimutan kong mag-post. Ang pinakamabigat na dahilan ay NAKALIMUTAN KO ANG PASSWORD KO DITO hahaha. Kahit anong bungkal ang gawin ko sa memorya ko, hindi ko talaga mapiga sa utak ko kung ano ang password ko dito. Kailangan ko na siguro ng Sustagen Prime para gumaling ang memory gap ko

So, ano ang dapat gawin kapag nakalimutan ang password? Eh di syempre, click the FORGOT THE PASSWORD link, di ba? And I did. Syempre, para mabasa ko ang ipinadalang email ng wordpress containing my password, kailangan ko puntahan yung email address ko which I used to register for this blog. Heto na ang problema ngayon: pareho ang password ko dito sa blog at sa email addy ko. Ibig sabihin, hindi ko rin mabubuksan ang email ko huhuhuhu

Ano ngayon ang ginawa ko bukod sa sikapin na maalala ang password ko? Nothing. Hinayaan ko na lang muna na lumipas ang ilang araw, naghintay, at nagbakasakaling bumalik ang alaala ko nung panahon na nag-sign up ako for my email addy or for my blog. At effective naman ang aking paghihintay. Kaninang umaga, paggising ko, naalala ko na ang password ko! Saya!

Kaya heto ako ngayon, nagpo-post uli. At kung binabasa mo itong post ko, nagpapasalamat ako sa ‘yo sa pagdaan mo dito.

To the person who left 4 dozens of roses in a long box at my doorsteps, you just made my day!

Charing lang yun hehehe. Wala akong doorsteps at ni walang door ang bahay ko hehehe.

Anyway, happy valentine’s day sa inyong lahat! May nakikita akong mga sumisilip dito but are shy to comment. Wag na kayong mahiya, libre naman mag-comment .

Salamat sa ilang nagpahayag ng pagdamay sa pagkalungkot ko nitong mga huling araw even if I have kept you in the dark kung bakit ako malungkot. Special thanks goes to (drumroll…) Daisy who sent me an SMS at 4AM. How thoughtful. Salamat, Daisy! Please thank little C for cheering me up with her pics

Heto, still hanging on..trying to keep afloat….

Because of something that happened last night, for the first time in my life I feel as if I’m lost sa kung saan. Di ko alam exactly kung anong nararamdaman ko, hindi ko ma-organize ang mga nasa isip ko. Para akong bangkang papel na nasa tubig. Dinuduyan ng hangin, lumulutang habang dry pa ang mga part at hinihipan ng hangin sa kung saan lang. Tapos, mababasa paunti-unti ang mga part hanggang ang buong bangkang papel na ang mabasa at unti-unti itong lulubog.

Sana, bukas paggising ko ay nakalutang pa rin ako kahit na bahagya lang…maramdaman ko man lang ang sikat ng araw para makasilip ng pag-asang maaari pang matuyo at lumutang muli ang bangkang ako. Sana bukas hindi na ganito ang nararamdaman ko.

“Lahat ay dadaan at lahat ay maiiwan
Ngunit tayo ay dadaan
Dadaang gumagawa ng mga daraanan
Daanan sa ibabaw ng karagatan.”

Nabasa ko yan sa LRT noong isang araw na sumakay ako papuntang central post office sa Plaza Lawton. You may be one of its regular passengers pero maaaring sa sobrang pagmamadali mo, hindi mo pa napapansin ang verse na yan. Kung hindi mo pa nga napansin, next time na sumakay ka subukin mong hanapin ’yan sa loob ng train coach. Kung nakita mo na ‘yan at kasalukuyan mong binabasa itong post ko, pretend ka na lang na hindi mo pa ’yan nakikita heehee

So, ano nga ba ang verse na ’yan?

The verse is a Filipino translation of verse number XLIV of Antonio Machado’s poem, Proverbios y cantares (Proverbs and songs). Si Antonio Machado ay isang poet noon sa bansang España. The text in Spanish goes:

“Todo pasa y todo queda
Pero lo nuestro es pasar,
Pasar haciendo caminos,
Caminos sobre lamar.”

Bakit nga ba nakadikit sa wall ng LRT coach ang verse na ’yan?

Well, it’s because it is an advertisement of Instituto de Cervantes, a public institution created by Spain to promote Spanish language and culture. You see, la instituto de cervantes esta en frente de universidad de la salle. (tama ba ang Español ko? Kung mali, pasensya na po at sampung taon na ang nakaraan mula nang magkaroon ako ng Spanish subject sa kolehiyo hehehe). Dinadaanan ng LRT ang opisina ng Instituto de Cervantes. Isa pa, araw-araw ay maraming sumasakay sa LRT kaya maganda nga namang mag-advertise ’dun.

Gusto ko ang pagkakagawa ng ad. Simple lang kasi. Another thing that I like about it is its “punchline” which goes, “Español, malapit sa kulturang Filipino. Just a station away”

Isang pasasalamat nga pala sa kumuha ng picture na ito. I can’t remember from which website I got this, medyo matagal na kasi. This is a picture of the country’s longest bridge, San Juanico. Kung sino ka man na may-ari ng picture, sana wag mo po akong ihahabla hehehe.

Nothing much to blog about today so I’m just wishing everyone will have a great Sunday.

I know of some people who tend to take coins for granted or put lesser importance on their loose change. It seems that loose change have no use for them anymore. They just stick it into their pockets, empty their pocket when they get home, put the loose change somewhere in the house and forget where they have put them. Most often, loose change just end up under the sofa cushions, on top of dressers, and in the consoles of cars. But in many parts of my economically-challenged country, loose change means life.

In one of my trips to the countryside, I boarded a ferry which docked at a port in Bicol region. It was a pleasant trip because the sea was quiet and I fell asleep an hour before the ferry docked. I was awoken by heavy splashes in the water so I peeked out of the window and saw children swimming. Some of them have started climbing up the sides of the ferry.

But this is not all for fun. These children swim and dive for a living. Some of them have stopped going to school, and instead spend most of their time waiting for ferries to dock. Once a ferry docks, they would ask the passengers to throw coins into the water then, they would swim to the bottom looking for the coins. The more adventurous ones would climb up the ferry and dive to the bottom to get the tossed coins. I wondered how long does it take for them to stay in the waters to earn an amount that’s enough to buy a decent meal for the day. Then, I thought of those people who take for granted the value of loose change. I wish they’d see how these children risk life and limbs for a couple of coins. They may never look at their loose change the same way again.

My heart sanked as I watched these sunburnt children bobbed their head up and down the water. I turned my eyes away from the seashore, towards where the sun was beginning to rise over a ridge of mountains. Somehow, the calming orange beams of the sun created a distraction and soothed my heart.

I finally decided to take the plunge and got around to setting up a wordpress blog. Blogging certainly appeals to me eventhough I am not certain whether there’ll be a soul out there who’s going to stumble upon this blog and after his first visit retrace his steps back to read another entry.

I am excited about this wordpress blog where I would like to share some thoughts, communicate with other like-minded souls across the globe, reconnect with some fellow friend bloggers, and be able to update my friends and family on what goes around my everyday existence. I have been inspired by my friend bloggers who have patronized my previous blog and supported me all throughout, even when I was on the verge of abandoning it. I will be inviting them over and hopefully they accept my invitation. I also hope to meet new friends here.

Why August Clouds? It is because there was one cloudy day in August when I felt like I was the happiest person in the world. And each time I remember it, my heart swells with happiness and sings with joy. This blog will remind me always of that day.

Soooooo, this is the fourth paragraph of my first entry here. If you made it reading to this point, that means you can tolerate the kind of writing that I will be posting here . Feel free to pop in whenever you feel like it. The august clouds will be happy to welcome you as they glide silently in the air. Thank you for visiting today. Dalaw ka uli ha?