Daily Walker

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gino — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:12:14 +0000

I shall give myself a pat
on the shoulder (after the wells cleared up
again),
for unearthing in me some nobility—
that little pure droplet, like a dew, a baby spring.

Run then, to where you think you can find
your oasis;
fuss I shan’t.
A floating leaf instead I shall be,
while remembering the ripples
begun one drizzly August night—
the very same things which now tell me
dauntingly,
how close I came to danger.

But I choose not venom, instead
with bowl-shaped hands scoop
from the freshest fountains I can find:
for you to quench your mortal thirst
and for me, to understand you and
cleanse myself.

That I did not know
it is something I possess brings
a smile: yet it is there,
flowing freely,
in some of the deepest sepulchers
of my heart.

25 February 2010, 3.17pm

I want this.

gino — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:23:24 +0000

photo from www.therebelution.com

If you’re thinking of giving me something this Christmas, I’d be happy to unwrap this book. It’s available at NB, just so you know.

More about the book? Click on the pic.

first of august

gino — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:49:12 +0000

neither the song nor the moon it
was, but us, who dared tame
time—and winning but for a moment,
made now everlasting

and we are a crazily creative bunch of people

gino — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:52:51 +0000

when two hands are not enough

vertical organization

the streets must be kept clean—at all times

going to school is an adventure

as fast as a rocket

sleep tight!

spacesaver

oh well

pics from www.funonthenet.in

skin swirlings

gino — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:01:55 +0000

I was settled and then you come centripetal centrifugal you are delicious but our friction must just stop.

then1:25 am, 17 June 2009

zero

gino — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:34:24 +0000

ripples and waves come from that

un-grasped-at-there’s-not
—yet from there springs everything.

last shot at summer ’09

gino — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:51:26 +0000

Who said money’s a must to have fun? That Friday, all we needed were P100 each, three (must-happen?) bloopers, a half-planned plan *giggles*, and tons and tons of laughter! We hit Dauin beach, and the rest was all fun!

blooper no.1: katie left her key in her (locked) room—and surprise! all our things were inside too!

blooper no. 2: one of marvin’s car tires suddenly gave up, and demanded for an immediate air refill.

blooper no. 3: rain. yes! it rained before this pic was taken, and we had to make sure our grilled pork’s safe or else lunch would be impossible. we finally had lunch though, but not until past 2.

human na ang bloopers. beach, beach, beach!

lumpya makulob-makaya for the tuyok-tuyok game

bogy (@facebook): b*tch man ko diri oi! lol

bogy again (@facebook): murag ga-cheerdance si JP

bonfire for mallow roasting

sashi: bahog gas akong marshmallow!

jp: ako kay bahong lukay.

eating bogy’s pomelo, and katie’s korean dried laver sheets

dauin, friday, 05 june 2009

sustained

gino — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:08:13 +0000

Yes, I felt nothing, nothing was left. I was a hole from the inside out. And how ridiculous it is for a self-professed optimist to say this! But that was the truth, I felt nothing; as if even air, and blood,—even tears—turned their backs on me and left me in and with a vacuum.

And yet to have this courage, to rely on Someone because there is absolutely nothing in you to sustain yourself, to depend solely on an Unseen for the last shred of hope, this beautiful humility, has got me back to my senses. And I hope it isn’t too late.

_______

Only the dark can teach the light brightness.

(10:06:41pm)

_______

The purpose is not to run away, it’s to chase after dreams.

(from a series’ soundtrack)

Finding you is like…

gino — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:37:19 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy0HNWto0UY

And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.

-T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land

Sharper

gino — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:06:51 +0000

Above all, don’t fear difficult

moments….

The best comes from them.

-Rita Levi Montalcini

(Italian Nobel Prize winner for Medicine in 1986, during her 100th birthday celebration)