i can phil it :)

hi folks :) im inviting you to view the photos from my walking trip in the streets of philadelphia last july 2006 where i had to conduct training for a client. if you have seen the movie national treasure with nicolas cage, some of the pictures would seem familiar to you. philly is a very historical place. has interesting places to hangout to and shop. but it's relatively small compared to chicago so i felt like i saw a lot kahit sandali lang ako duon.

hope you enjoy the pictures and please feel free to leave any comments for me. thanks and have good day!

lapit na

kaaliw...

agos

buong araw ang pag-agos
kailan ang huling unos...

isang umaga muli ng pag-iisa
walang mayakap at makasama
pusong pilit na sinugatan
landas kong karaniwan

ayos lang, agos lang...

from Up Dharma Down's Pag-Agos

THE WORLD IS OUR PLAYGROUND AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE HOME
written by Pol Yap
performed by Up Dharma Down

you are my sunshine
and my occasional rain
we become divine after every pain
so please, won't you
sit this through because everyday
will find reasons to stay
if words are too few
to keep horizons in view
will you go
or stay and grow
standing on the edge
between crazy and sense
remember what I said...
NOTHING HAS TO END.

salamat to my bro for sending me the mp3 of this song. its been playing in my media player over and over again since i downloaded it. the intro reminds me of coldplay's shiver. the last part where she softly asks "where do we go from here?" and then repeatedly sings, "i swear, i belong...this is where i belong..." -- ay, ang ganda sobra... been asking my friends to listen to it. there are other songs in my "Up Dharma Down" playlist worth listening to rin. try nyo. hope you enjoy them.

the hours

"I remember one morning getting up at dawn, there was such a sense of possibility. You know, that feeling? And I remember thinking to myself: So, this is the beginning of happiness. This is where it starts. And of course there will always be more. It never occurred to me it wasn't the beginning. It was happiness. It was the moment. Right then."

-from the movie, 'The Hours'

i never consider a day lost or wasted even when i feel lost myself or forgotten or trapped within my own fears or made humble or struggling or reminded of my own shortcomings and limitations... there will always be the minutes, and the hours when everything you had ever imagined to become or hoped for is right there in front of you. even in such circumstances, there are minutes when happinness is not something you have to decide on for yourself but is handed to you as a gift. there will always be those minutes, there will always be those hours.

to my partner in crime here in chicago

ate....amishu! kaaliw picture natin dito, o. hahahaha! we are so cuuute, ate!!! haha! hey, paramdam ka naman kahit kaunti kahit busy... miss kita super... wala na ako kasama mag-volunteer, ate...mag-iswim sa 25th floor, mag-videowke with matching english-tagalog translation and sometimes dance interpretation at wala na rin akong tagapagluto ng filipino foodie such as sardinas with miswa, hehehe! anyway, sana ay nasa mabuti kang kinalalagyan at nagpapakasaya sa piling ng labs mo! yiheee!!! ingat, ate!!! see you soon :)

ay, ate... naiwan ko pala ung miswa ko sa room mo... hehehe... bye!! mwah!!