Live life! Don't keep your love HIDDEN AWAY.

HIDDEN AWAY
(Josh Groban / Click to Watch or Download mp3)

Over mountains and sky-blue seas
On great circles
Where you watch for me
The sweetest feeling
I've got inside
I just cant wait to get lost in your eyes

And all these words
That you meant to say
Held in silence
Day after day
Words of kindness that our poor hearts crave
Please don't keep them hidden away

Sing it out
So I can finally breathe in
I can take in all you're saying
Holding out for something I believe in
All I really need today

I want to free your heart
I want to see your heart
Please don't keep your heart
Hidden away

You're a wonder
How bright you shine
A flickered candle
In a short lifetime
(A) secret dreamer that never shows
If no one sees you
Then nobody knows

And all these words
You were meant to say
Held in silence day after day
Words of kindness that our poor hearts crave
Please don't keep them hidden away

Sing it out
So I can finally breathe in
I can take in all you're saying
Reaching out for someone I believe in
All I really need today

I want to feel your love
Will you reveal your love
Please don't keep your love
Hidden away

I want to free your heart
I want to see your heart
Please don't keep your heart
Hidden away

Two Serenades

Hi friends! Heto na po ang excerpts from Ervin's recital. Isa lang ang puwedeng mangyari pagkatapos niyong "mapanood" ito. You will promise not to miss his graduation recital sometime in March 2009! See you then!



Elaine & I finally caught up with the star of the night, at the after-show cocktails...

...organized by DCBC and led by the wonderful Ilongga Powerpuff Gurls!

(P.S. Photos in AVP courtesy of Anelle. Thanks, meni!)

Takin' a break :D

Havana Family KTV here we come! Err..came, and went. We did visit a couple of days back, and found out that the hourly rate is non-consumable -- which is very reasonable, actually. But I was out for a good bargain, so no thanks this time :(

Driving off, moving on...Try Encore! Encore? Sure! Off to SM North ... huwaaat? No more Encore! The space was being re-constructed for a fastfood chain. Tongkantangtong para Chowking. Ok :(





But wait! There's more! How bout the KTV at the foodcourt? Aha! The video-game-arcade has come up with a fantabulous idea --- videoke rooms! Except it's limited to 10 songs at a time :) Good enough! Plus, you are right smack where the food is, baby.




Cheap thrill? Priceless fun! And oh, Rio had a blast 'coz she's literally a step away from the arcade games. (won some, too!)


Now that's a real good time!!! That's all folks :)

Aligando (Galikin!)

Masantos tan mablin oras
So inter na Diyos lawas
Umbangon tayon misalamat
Umbangon tayon misalamat
Ta inianac lay Dios Anac
Ta inianac lay Dios Anac

Galikin, galikin kapastoresan
Gali kayon, gali kayon manangigalang
Ed Ari ray, ed Ari ra'y catauaenan
Diad Belen so nianacan
Diad Belen so nianacan!

Last night a group of old folks (seven of them, between 50 to 70 in age) came by to sing this traditional Pangasinan Christmas carol (normally sung between January 2 to 6). It is something similar to the Pasyon chanted during lent, except that instead of telling about Jesus' life and suffering, it narrates in many stanzas the events surrounding and leading to Jesus' birth.

The chorus bids everyone to "come...to give respect...the King of Kings...born in a manger."

Regretfully I only know one verse and the famous chorus. I hope to teach Rio once I found the lyrics (wait...found it online, great!). She enjoyed listening to it (although she tugged my elbow after every line for translation)-- she even went to the next house to listen again!

And the semester comes to a close ...

Thank you, MDM friends, for a truly worthwhile Module I! This song is for you. Have a merry Christmas and enjoy your holidays!



FOR GOOD
(Composed by: Stephen Scwartz / "Wicked: The Musicale")

I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them and we help them in return

Well I don’t know if I believe that’s true
But I know I’m who I am today
Because I knew you

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
(But) Because I knew you I have been changed for good

It well may be
That we will never meet again in this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You’ll be with me like a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have rewritten mine
By being my friend
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a sky bird in a distant world

Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
(But) Because I knew you, because I knew you
I have been changed for good

And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I’ve done you blame me for
But then I guess we know there’s blame to share
And none of it seems to matter anymore

Like a comet pulled from orbit (Like a ship blown from its mooring)
As it passes a sun (By a wind off the sea)
Like a stream that meets a boulder (Like a seed dropped by a sky bird)
Halfway through the wood (In a distant world)
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better
And because I knew you, because I knew you
Because I knew you I have been changed for good