Girl From Sta. Ana

Last week, bumili ako ng album ng The Bloomfields. I like that band, reminds me of The Beatles. Eh likes ko pa naman ang oldies. Naimpluwensyahan ako ng tito ko. Hehehe

Anyway, mayroon silang kanta na ni-revive nila from a Brazilian singer. Yung "Girl From Ipanema". Medyo pinatatamaan ako sa kantang iyon, kasi there is a person na mukhang 'di ako vibes, kaasar.

Basta, yun lang. Kaasar talaga eh.

Eto 'yung lyrics.

Love lots,
CIP

But each day, when she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead, not at me

Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, each one she passes goes “ah”

When she walks, she’s like a samba
She swings so cool and sways so gentle
And when she passes, each one she passes goes “ooh”

[chorus](Ooh) But I watch her so sadly
How can I tell her I love her
Yes, I would give my heart gladly
But each day, when she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead, not at me

Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, I smile, but she doesn’t see

[repeat chorus]

Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, I smile, but she doesn’t see

But she doesn’t see
No, she doesn’t see

To where the breeze blows

I was assigned as our Mathematics department head kanina for the Boys and Girls Week na magtatagal until Thursday. Ok lang sa'kin 'yun, pero nakakairita rin pala kung puro nakakaasar na estudyante kaharap mo.

Nakakabuwiset lang. Parang walang mga respeto.

Kaasar talaga.

***

Kanina, while in my post as the Head, I saw that girl. That girl with that angelic face. The face I called heaven--that was then.

There are a lot of times na nagkakasalubong kaming dal'wa. I admit, gustung-gusto ko siyang makita. Siyempre. Kakilig. Hehe.

But I can't take the situations we were going through. Kapag nagkakasalubong kami, parang hangin lang akong dumaan sa kanya--at siya rin sa'ken. Parang 'di kami magkakilala. Sino ba ako para pansinin niya, 'di ba?

Kung sa bagay, hindi natin maikakaila na di-kagandahan ang nakaraan. 'Di natin siya masisisi sa ginagawa niya. Ako rin naman may kasalanan nito, 'di ba?

But still, my doors for negotiations are still open.

Slightly enraged,

Charles

What a week!

CAVITE--Bagyo. Lindol. Tapos hotel siege. And then curfew.

Masyado atang tine-test ng panahon at pagkakataon ang bansang Pilipinas at ang mga Pilipino, sa mga pagsubok na pumasok nitong linggong ito.

Nitong Tuesday (yata), isang intensity 4 na lindol ang yumanig sa Metro Manila, which was yung pinakamalakas was in Baguio and Lingayen, Pangasinan. (Some reports said na 'yung lindol e yumanig din sa ilang parte ng Luzon.

Before the earthquake, dalawang bagyo ang rumagasa halos sa buong RP. Ang bagyong 'Mina' (international name: Mitag) at ang nagbalik na bagyong 'Lando' (international name: Hagibis). Tawag daw dun sa phenomena na 'yun e Fujiwara effect. Ba't di na lang Fuji apple? I wonder why.

Tapos nitong Thursday, isang showstopper ang ginawa ni Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, yung lider nung 2003 Oakwood mutiny. Bigla siyang nag-walk out (together with Gen. Danilo Lim) sa hearing tungkol dun nga sa coup. Umabot ng ilang oras ang trauma sa Makati, na nag-resulta pa nga sa pagpasok ng tangke ng military sa facade ng Manila Peninsula Hotel. Na nagbigay-daan din sa 12am-5am curfew, na ni-lift rin kinabukasan.

Malapit na ang Pasko, sana maging mapayapa at maligaya ang Xmas ng bawat Pilipino.

Bye for now,

Charles