Ice Breaker Question

“Would you die a martyr for our country? Why?”

Many brave individuals before me have died martyrs for the Philippines—Jose Rizal, Ninoy Aquino, to name some. Even the latter is quoted for his famous saying: “The Filipinos are worth dying for.”

But if you ask me if I would die a martyr for our country, I would say that I will. If and only if I die for a good cause, that is, if I do it while fighting corruption and poverty. But at my age and my still self-centered (i.e. myself, my dreams, and the people around me) way of thinking, I would probably say “no” just for now.

Allow me to truly feel my sense of pride as a Filipino. Then I shall say “yes” to that question, without even answering the “why”.

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Literary Piece: For The Benefit of The Heartless Girl

Author's Note: This is inspired by The Beatles' "For The Benefit of Mr. Kite".


Originally written: October 5, 2009

For the benefit of the heartless girl,
I’m leaving her alone
With her anger and her hate
Oh, bitterness is her only taste!
She has turned into a hypocrite,
Plentiful of shh…

“The person you’ve become”
Or is it “the person that you are”?
I couldn’t give a fuck or damn
Just as you know that I am done
Did you feel that? Never mind
Why should I put up with someone so unkind?

Her best friends, they come and go
Too bad she doesn’t pay them as if they’re hoes
She pulls and pushes them away
Like rubber bands that flick, that never stays
Her anger’s a bombshell, pull the pin
Don’t forgive her, she doesn’t with others’ sins

Heartless girl, you will realize,
See through your hating eyes,
You’ll end up along with anger
With no one to make you feel better
As for me, well, I’m walking on!
Sayonara, I hope you fall!

10 Most Awesome Things About My 2009

Another year has passed and a new one is unfolding. My 2009 was a good one, for the most part. I received blessings, I shed tears, I smiled, I laughed, I loved and hated. There were plenty of awesome times, and this blog counts down those awesome moments.

10. Becoming fan of shows like Gossip Girl, So You Think You Can Dance, Grey's Anatomy, and America's Next Top Model.

9. Listening to awesome records from artists like Kris Allen (self-titled), Allison Iraheta (Just Like You), Lady GaGa (The Fame and The Fame Monster), Daughtry (Leave This Town), Papa Roach (Metamorphosis), Kelly Clarkson (All I Ever Wanted), and Paramore (Brand New Eyes). These favorite musicians of mine filled my 2009 with their new (in some cases debut) albums.

8. Watching long-awaited movies like Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen and Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince.

7. Watching fantastic moments in my favorite TV shows like seeing the inspirational Kris Allen win American Idol and seeing Lucas and Peyton get married and have a family on One Tree Hill.

6. Turning 18 on June 8. I spent the day with my family, we had lunch together, and shopped for my gifts. It was also touching to receive birthday greetings from my friends, family members from far away, and acquaintances via the net.

5. Finishing my first year in college without failing any subject.

 4. Establishing myself as a blogger under the pen name P. Viron, creating a Twitter page to help put myself out there, and creating my Facebook fan page.

3. Realizing who my real friends are and who have the potential to be one. There were people whom I thought were going to be my long-time friends, but they eventually showed their dark yet true colors.

2. Writing "Into My Web" and "The Only Exception". Not only are they inspired by songs of the same title, but I was influenced by what were happening in my life. The stories had a lot to do with my perspectives on love and life that I got to mold during 2009.

1. Becoming a more faithful and confident person. My personal faith has nothing to do with religion; it's more about faith in life, people, and myself. As for confidence, it improved in 2009 and hopefully by 2010 it will be something I have down to a science.

2009 was great, if not AWESOME for me, and now that I feel it in my heart than I'm becoming a better person, I hope that 2010 will be AWESOME as well.

The Worst Fights

One of the worst fights I ever got into was with one of my “friends” back in high school. Technically, it wasn’t my war to fight, but I got involved anyway because I got my friend’s back. I won’t go into deep details, but in the end we severed ties with that friend.

It’s one of the worst fights I ever got into because, well, after all, it was with someone I thought was going to be one of my life-long friends. I admit I felt kind of bad getting into the fight when it wasn’t my battle, but it’s behind me now. Maybe my friendship with that person was not meant to last for a long time.

1661 Most Significant Songs in My Life: Take Me by Papa Roach

The song came to me at a right time. It was senior year, the most emotionally-filled year in high school. I felt pressure along with my enjoyment.

During the days I felt down, “Take Me” was one of the songs I listened to. The song mirrored my loneliness, the coma my soul was in.

I wanted to be taken and let in, until the pain and confusion went away.