Let me go

I once read of a girl who was so tired of her parents controlling everything she does. She wishes to get out of their lives, and when she wakes up the following morning, she is 17 years older the night before... Yeah, yeah, yeah... fiction huh?

But it really is a major phenomenon in the life of ours, young adults. We actually started feeling autonomous the moment we try to walk on our own. But it's different this time. It's more of sophistication in our ways, and we tend to make it a reason to tell our parents that we can take care of ourselves. Sure you can.

See your mum. You can be 18 or 19 and is of course entitled to your own decisions, but they will ask, "Where has my baby gone?" or like "Oh my god, my baby's growing up!" It's kind of weird sometimes. I was in second elementary grade when I first revealed my first ever fully-fledged crush to my mum and she actually started crying, saying her baby's gonna leave her na daw. Now that's a nice thing to look back to.

Kids will always be kids. Or should I say that kids are of all ages... humm, but of course, every person experienced being a kid for at least a portion of his life, and it would really be nice to have sometime to leave that and just store it on your pensieve.

If you feel your parents pressure you so much or are being overprotective, its up to you to show them that you deserve some trust from them. And you can let that be shown without going out and partying all night and not getting drunk... That's not the trust they require of us as their children. It's on the simplest things we do- at home, at school, the way we respect the elders and a lot more of that.

Be on the right track, guys.

Of Tans and Curls

Have we ever felt isolate, different or out of place because we feel there's something unusual at what we look, or a physical injury that has brought visible damages? We might and we might not, of course, but its still one of the main reasons why we can't go enjoying our short stay in this planet.

Kung ganyan ka or isa ka sa mga yan, try to look into yourself again. Check your features. You've got the eyes everybody has that has been helping you appreciate the beauty and the madness of the world, that nose that has susutained you your whole life, and that mouth which keep on stuffing food down our throat which has kept yo alive and strong, those legs which has kept you upright and firm as a tree for the trying moments of your life (of course you have had...) and all the others. They may differ in proportion, but they all function the same anyway- same as most other human beings' do.

You can be as dark as your worst nightmares but will it ever hinder you from speaking your mind? No, it wont. It never will. Will those curls ever terrify the people around you? Think again. Come to realize that there are more important things. If you fear about insult or whatever may happen, hear this words from the Crown Prince of Genovia in Walt Disney's The Princess Diaries which I have paraphrased: "Courage in not the absence of fear. It is the acceptance that there are more important things than fear. The BRAVE may not live long, but the CAUTIOUS may not live at all. Be on the journey of figuring out who you are and what you can be." Set your mind into conquering this vast journey into a more fulfilling and contented life. Be on the happy side enjoy it. Ask the Creator to be with you.

mah fuss tahm

well, this has been a wonderful first time, i hope i can go on sharing my thoughts with the world... watch out, it can be scary...