a note to myself

"Sometimes you need to step outside, clear your head, and remind yourself of who you are and where you wanna be. And sometimes you have to venture outside your world in order to find yourself." And as for me, I'm taking a break from all of this grinding and just continue clinging to the forlorn hope that I will eventually let go of all my demons.

we might as well be strangers in another town

while running away from you is such a cowardly act from my end, i am afraid that you actually didn't leave me any option but to just forget about you. how am i supposed to continue playing this waiting game, when i know for a fact that you'll never love me the way i've fallen for you? as such, instead of waiting for you to change your mind, i've decided to give myself a HUGE favor by moving on.

i know you still want to keep in touch in the near future, and i am glad to hear about your good intention. however, i prefer that we go back to being strangers if seeing you again would only remind me of another missed opportunity.

xoxo

love is a losing game

wake up and smell the coffee

over the love

I needed the shame, I needed the pain. I need to feel nothing for you

remembering...

last week, two major natural disasters hit the asian region which claimed the lives of thousands of people and destroyed infrastructure and private properties worth billions of dollars.

i hope people would get the chance to remember the people, memories, and even dreams that were lost in these two tragic incidents and to give a hand--in whatever possible way we can--to those who are now grieving and are searching for the justification on why such tragedies had to take place right before our very eyes.

someone like you

"There's nothing quite like the feeling when you're listening to a song written by someone you don't know, who you've never met, who some how manages to describe exactly how you felt at a particular moment in your life.

...if you've ever had a broken heart, you're about to remember it now"

Happy Valentine's Day

In the words of Carrie Bradshaw, “Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous.”

falling slowly

one of the few things that make me realize how pure and innocent love can truly be.

and so i ask

why do people cheat on their partner even if they know it's wrong?

this is how i am starting my new year

Girls [and guys] are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches [someone irritates] you he likes you. Never try to trim your own bangs, and someday you will meet a wonderful guy, and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, every story we're told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe... it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is... just... moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope. (Gigi, He's Just Not Into You)