CONFESSIONS OF A LATE BLOOMER

            When I let my high school friend read my first entry here in my blog she told me that it was good and that it confirmed that I am a late bloomer. Not knowing what a late bloomer is, I reread the article that I sent her hoping that I can get a clue on what the word means.  But I did not. In which I consulted Wikipedia, oddly enough it exists. Late bloomers, I have learned are people whose talents and capacities are not visible to others until later than usual.

            On questions about my talents and capacities, I am still enhancing them and figuring out what else is my purpose here in the universe. Hence the confessions:

1.      I first thought of naming this blog as Confessions of Late Bloomer but then I crossed it out because I won’t be making personal posts here often or more confessions of my life here.

DEFINITION OF A MOTHER

 I find it difficult to put into words the definition of a mother. I, as a daughter, have an ultimate respect, love and faith with my mother and to every mother that I have known my entire life. Part of my life philosophies is influenced by mother, my aunts who helped to raised me, and my ever religious grandmother. Each woman is distinct in their very own manner of speaking and their views of raising a child. But all of them have the same final motto when I become stubborn and all, in which I translated to, “All I want is the best for you. I want to see you happy.”

A QUOTE FROM DON'T LOOK BACK BY JENNIFER ARMENTROUT

“You had your moments. And those moments outshone everything.” – Don’t Look Back  by Jennifer Armentrout

            Perhaps this is not new to you. Explaining this quote might result paraphrasing and redundancy. But I will do it anyway. We have our own interpretations of things. We have our own philosophy in life. This is mine. I may have written lot nonsense things here my blog. But you never say a word about it. I believe that somehow you read an article or two that pleases you or a poem that touches your heart. Well, that might be my moment. And that moment is good.

A TALE OF A FOOTBRIDGE AND ON CROSSING STREETS

            I remember when I was in Grade One our teacher was very persistent on teaching us on how to cross the street. “As a child if possible you must not be alone whenever crossing the street. If by chance you cannot help but go on your own because everyone is telling you that you are a big girl already, by all means go and cross that street. But I want you to remember that you must: 1. Stop, 2. Look, and 3. Listen. Stop before you take a step on that asphalt road near the waiting shed. Look to your left and to your right if there are cars coming. If you see no cars you must listen because cars are coming when you hear a loud engine sound. It is like brooomm!” She said.

SEVEN ANGELS

Seven angels watched him sleep. The three go with him wherever he go. The two stay at home. The other two resides at heaven ready to be called for emergency.

HOW WILL YOU MOVE ON, IN LIFE?

When someone run away from your life

Empty yourself of the thought of what went wrong

Keep your head up high and gaze into heaven

For that is where your shattered piece has been sent

THE BRIGHT SIDE OF YOUR HELL

 This is not an advice column but since these blog aims to let you think of whatever you might be thinking. I want to share to you some positive note that might help you stay happy and not lose the love for yourself.

LIFE LESSONS I LEARNED FROM CATS

Meet Summer and Sunday, and their friend (that cute cat in the middle)

The things we learned at school are totally different from the things that we considered as self – taught or self discoveries. Especially life lessons that we get when we graduated from schools most likely from the persons we just meet, totally strangers and from our pets. In my case they are our cats.

QUICK HELLO!

                                                       Photo courtesy: Do2Learn

Hello there.

This is  a very short post. I just wanted to say hello and to remind everyone to never give up. Yours is about to come just wait and hold on. Enjoy while you are not busy. I suggest that you do things now while you can. You do things now while you stil have the resources. You don’t wanna be like me.

All of as sudden I am very busy. Well the good news is I am busy living my life. I am back in the circulation, you know like those people who wake up at 4:00 am but are always in hurry despite of being awake early. Catching FX or jeepneys while having a bite of whatever food I grab at the convenient store as my breakfast. And if I am lucky I can continue my eight hours sleep  while the jeepney (jitney) or the FX (wherever I am) is running. In short I have got a new job. Yehey! In which I am telling you along with my succeeding posts whenever I find time.

Everything changes.

Also, I have this plan, very ambitious one. I want to buy my own domain. I’m looking through the net now. Can you suggest good domain hosting. I am also trying to contact Web Designers for my blog.

REMINDER: LIFE IS NEVER BORING!

Contemplating is very difficult. Focusing is hard when we can’t ignore distractions that serve as our inspiration.

Since we need to feel all the earthly emotions, there might be a chance that someone will come to get us out in our comfort zone. It is therefore a challenge for us in which factor we will allow to penetrate in our system at a certain time. So when you think life is boring, think again.

There are thousands of things worth doing. There are millions of possibilities waiting to happen. All you need to do is to lift a finger. Give the world a try. Do what you want to do.

Look at me. That’s what happens when I am not bored and when I am very hyper. Imagine if it is you. Who knows you can do better. So when you think life is boring, think again.

There is a certain task destined for all of us. We all have our own purpose. If you think you are tired and had enough of everything, and if you have been through a lot I urged you not to despair. I urged you not to end  that precious life.

Pray. It helps. 

THIS WRITER'S BLOCK

Originally, this is not the post for today but as I type the title it was set as draft since morning. The cursor is blinking faster, faster and faster and faster. Images are flashing in my head but I have no specific words for them. Whenever I try to form a sentence, I forgot what the original idea is. Would it be shameful if I tell you that I am not sure how some words are spelled?

DON’T SEND ME FLOWERS

“Don’t send me flowers when I’m dead. If you like me, send them while I’m alive.” 

                                                                                                          – Brian Clough

WHERE DO THE GOOD ADS GO?

I’ve been seeing this TV commercial in a local channel which is operated by a religious group for a month now.  In fact, one sure reason I click back to the channel because of the TV commercial itself not the daily programs. Unlike any other commercials running in the other stations, it does not require TV enthusiast to spend a centavo. Surely the company or the organization that put up the ad would not be able to measure the effectiveness of the campaign through consumer’s rating. They probably pour out their unerring trust upon us to recall the things that we might have forgotten.

The advertisement is divided to different series according to a value. The first time I saw it I thought it was a teaser for one of their program. I was not always on that channel so I let it deliver.

   

A group of football players enter (I think they are, because they are big guys carrying that helmet easily associated to a football player and they a have a paint of stripes on their face.) in a locker room talking to each other loudly, certainly about their game. Then the camera pans to an old man answering a phone call, he turns to the group and handed the phone to a big guy. Big guy get the phone.

Big Guy: Hello.

  

Pause (The caller is talking.)

Big Guy: Right now?

  

Big Guy pauses and started singing Itsy Bitsy Spider (If you ever been a kid of course you know what Itsy Bitsy Spider is.), while doing the action – you know. Other players stopped talking and walked towards Big Guy. Then the scene shift to the location of the caller. It was her sweet little girl, giggling because her daddy granted her request.

Little Girl: I love you daddy.

Big Guy: I love you baby.

At the end of the phone call the other players started teasing him. But it was good teasing. They all started laughing – real happiness. In fact one of the guy, laugh showing of a missing tooth. In which, I think added reality to the story.

Big Guy: What? That was my little girl.

It ended with a text that encourages everyone to pass on LOVE.

Now, that was something I did not see often a father passing on his love to his daughter without feeling awkward. The love was presented in a manner that we already now but in a different situation. It was in a TV commercial. Flicking back to the regular channel I watched I wonder where the good ads go.

I am very well informed on how an advertisement should be. The very first it was conceptualized by the creative team either from the company’s marketing department or a creative agency. The moment it was approved and waiting for the feedback of the consumer.

I am very much aware what works in public consumer. Those are the advertisements that run on the popular channels. They are very effective. The endorsers are worth paying for, the tag line is good in which I adore the creative team for such thinking and good execution. In fact, I buy some of the products that I used because it was well presented and explained in an advertisement.

Well of course, we see ad that manifest love and other values in the popular channel. But what I am missing much are the ads that do not worry about the return of the investment (ROI). An advertisement that would simply reminds us of something we have forgotten. An advertisement that would make our money’s worth. An ad that strikes us unintentionally on whatever we believe.

Perhaps, it is timing I am failing to see.