An hour: Internet

It is like a countdown. I want to explore more and read lots of things, but this one hour indeed makes me prioritize to do what is the most best - to communicate with the people I love, my Tatay and Cecille.

Everytime I am in the internet cafe, it seems like being fast is the most that top on my mind. I laugh so hard at home as I arrived from the Internet cafe because it feels like I am always on a race, a race between me and the time.

Having an internet connection at home is what I wish I could have. But for now, I cease because of some priorities that the need to budget is urgent. That is why, I end up going to the internet cafe and do the stuff of surfing and of course, communicating. And when the times ticks to count as 5,4,3,2,....1, there you go, the happiness subsides.

Whatever that is I take it as a regard. Situations do come as like that. If one doesn't have patience, doesn't have understanding and doesn't know how to modulate one's feeling, the risk is, he will end up spoiling his day because of not having an internet connection.

This is just temporary. I can fully enjoy the internet connection with no time-bounded as "You have only 5 minutes left"-thing. Life is so funny and laughable. Now, I have to say goodbye! Time is up! :-) 

The child in me

Pics from http://xandddie.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/the-heirsthe-inheritors-110/

Everytime I am happy and amused about something, this reveals the child in me.

I am fascinated about many things in life especially those things that are simple and those that what makes me excited, giggle, happy and smile. But this week, the child in me shows more fully as I follow watching the movie series of Lee Min Ho and Park Shin-Hye's "The Heirs" in Filipino version that aired in one of the famous TV program here in the Philippines. I can't help myself but giggle alot. I feel like I am part of the scene. I feel like I am Park Shin-Hye.

I really love how this story has been told. It all comes in the idea of a poor woman who fell in-love with the rich guy and how their lives circulate in the story, but they too both love each other. It feels like it is all against the odds. But I believe in the fighting spirit of Ryan (Lee Min Ho) who really go on loving and standing firm for the woman he really loves, Julia (Park Shin-Hye). I totally love the kind of story for the main reason that somehow I can relate to the situation of Julia in some ways.

I really love to watch love stories film and tv series as much as I also love to watch true-to-life stories too. I am more fascinated in everything in life especially the ones that suits to my taste and those that I find simple and extraordinary. But Ryan and Julia are my favorite now. I am a child in myself as I watch them feeling in-love all over again and I was like feeling the same way to to no one.

Time, we all have it.

Out from what we do in a day, I pretty well know that we do have time.

Being busy is not an excuse for spending time for some things that need the attention of our time. I firmly believe that we all have time. It is just a matter of giving portions of our time to really head on to something that needs our time. In short, it depends on our priority.

I don't have to say, "I don't have time" because I do really have time. What is just the different of it is that I give time only to the kind of instance that really deserves to spend with. As much as possible, I want to insert events to get into my schedule because every occasion and event is very important to me. I don't find happenings insignificant especially that I want to be apt to spending it.

Spending time for everything is a matter of choice, whether one prefers to make not being able to go, as an excuse or it is just one doesn't care at all.

My way of managing my time is a sort of spending and savoring it with full fun and happiness. I rely to the fact that every bit of its second, minute portrays a story like no other and thus, I am always awaiting for good things to come.

Spending time is like cherishing every moment of it even though I can say that I spend it with less than 30 minutes or so. Being workaholic is not an excuse being with people.

My time is always for my love of writing, for helping people, for sharing the meaning of life, for enjoying what life has to offer each day, for being with friends and for setting to the kind of happiness out from listening to music and studying.

There are lots of wonderful moments that time offers. And I do believe that when one says, "I don't have time.", he is just making a big excuse...exception: Unless that is a bad thing to do, there it can be that he doesn't have time.

Time is important for me. It is precious. It is gold. It is money, but the whole of it, it is indeed a whole lot of fun! :-)

Self-study

Relying in the discussion of the teachers in school is simply not enough. One’s knowledge, for me, is not based more on the teachers’ teachings. It can wonderfully earn through self-studying. The kind of self-studying that you are really serious into it. The way one taught oneself on merely his own way is distant from what teachers’ do in school. That is what I have realized because one can find easy avenue in learning and understanding everything in his own way. 

For me, to properly understand and implant what I have learned in school and to put them by heart, registering in my mind, I do self-studying. It is my way of helping myself learns even more. I review those things which I find it hard to understand. I go over their basics. I research and read even more on them, unlocking their meaning, deeply tracing its roots and simplying everything. I go to its details and finding clues for me to be able to remember them quickly. Learning them is all in the way how I coach myself. It is in the way I do self-study.

Bundles, piles, unending information that the teachers are sharing to everyone each day are normally igniting all minds to carry loads of information, thus called “information-overload”, but how much capacity does one’s brain shoulder all those information? Is there any learning that is taking part on the process?  

It is not merely for the sake of finishing the whole topic and getting done with the deadlines or quota of the duration of one’s subject plan. The vital thing is that if the class really understands what the teacher disseminates to them.

The way teacher makes learning a quality access for everyone – making it fun and learnable is on the way on how they manage to understand the learner and the learning process. There are those students who are more on visual. Then picture presentation is what they need in the class. There are those who are more on auditory, then sounds are what they prefer of. Others do want tactile or kinesthetic, them movements should be shown in the class. Individual differences dominate the whole class. One student is not the same as the other. And teacher should seek to provide and at least try his best to cater what individual differences mean for everyone in the class.

The way teachers care for students has the ultimate know-how in making the classroom a good learning environment, the one that calls for “conducive for learning”. Time, money plus effort, these essential “three” are the components that students shed in order to be in school to learn. Now, the question boils down to – “Does every educator care to really care teaching in a way to be better understood by his students and that does he has the heart to teach with love, making his student the main consideration at all aspects of his teaching strategies?”.

Self-studying is my way of braising myself in preparation for my future apart from what my teachers taught in school. In this way, I can better understand all the things that I need to learn from school aside from what they taught.

I do believe that my way of doing the self-study will reap me a fruit of success in the future. That is why, I always find this fun and indeed teachable.

Does my expression make me a “Joker”? A friend made me realize that.

Just this afternoon, my friend named, Teddy, made me known the kind of Johari’s Window in me. That kind of Johari’s Window that tells – ”I don’t know, but he knows”. Out from all our conversations, this one captured my senses and it made me laugh thinking of it all the time. 

Teddy said that he was amused seeing me as “tarantetet” (worrying out). I was laughing out loud. It is not that I am worrying out. It is just that I want to move with feelings all the time.

Out from my busy life – being a student in school, mother to my sisters at home, writer for some and adviser to many, it takes me to do things on the spare of the moment as if I don’t know tomorrow. That is why, I do move. I do directly accomplish them. It is not about being “worried”. It is more that I do really care. For me, one of my principle that I live on is “Don’t put things ‘till tomorrow what you can do today.” This probably made Teddy observed me that I always do directly things in school as fast as I can that he finds it as “worrying”. The truth, I set priorities.

Being always the leader heads me to gather my members right directly if there is time. I don’t want to spend my vacant time wasting for time is so precious for me. I do directly things because when I go home from school that is another thing. When I am at home, it is the time for my sisters. Responsibilities drive me to take the task as fast as I could with no wasting of time.

Teddy also said that I made him laugh everytime that I do express with feeling and gestures especially when I do things. Then, this made me really really laugh because it is my first time to know that I am like this. For me, it is my natural, but for others or maybe especially for Teddy, it is extraordinary to the point that he said that I am like “Joker”.

“I am a very, very, very expressive person,” I tell him. There is no faking in that. I can’t stop my hands from making gestures, my eyes from moving, my face from showing signs of total expression every time I do converse or react to things. It is just the way I am. I just knew now that it made him really laugh all the time as he sees me. And that means that he is laughing at me from the moment we have known until now. I just knew this kind of me now. And so weird, he said that it made me appear worried. I was just laughing out loud.

It is just that what I feel, what I say no matter what my facial expressions reveal, it totally explains the real me. It is just the way I am.

Every tasks of each day is part of my agenda. The moment I stepped out in the house for school, my schedule begins. That what makes me do things fast. I am engrossly focused on things because I get tired when I don’t have something to do. It gets me totally bored all the time. That is why, I pretty well know that when Teddy showed me moving directly and making plans fast, that is when he find me “worried”. But he is totally wrong. It is just I don’t want to put things until tomorrow what I can do today. Every tomorrow for me is another day. And that entails another agenda, another schedule, another story.

Does minding things, a fret? Does being always on time, a joker? Do my expressions – moves, actions, facial expressions and gestures made me a “Joker” or an “old-fashion” lady? Hahahaha…I just find him amusing telling me all these. He doesn’t know that I know how to dance.

Teddy made me realize the hidden-me that he saw on me. At least, I am aware of it. It is just that I am a very, very, very expressive person and that I found no wrong on that. This is me and I love the way I am. There is no way to change that. :-)

Not Just a Dreamer

Many of us would want to leave a positive mark on those around us before life knocks us to farewell. “Life is so short”, this I always hear of. The exception: it is not meagerly short to accomplish things out for others and make a difference in everyone’s lives

Are you a dreamer? For I am a dreamer. I guess, we are all dreamers but not just plain dreamers. Dreams vary. There are dreams that tend to be selfish, but cool dreams are those that are selfless.

Achieving our dreams is all in the matter of two important things: To plan and To work them out. “To plan” means finding ways, means, alternatives, solutions for dreams to be able to reach them. “To work them out” is to be able to carry on, actualize, and do something for a dream to make it happen. It is not about “Whatever will be will be” nor “Just let it be”. Efforts are needed to fully taste the beautiful harvest of our dreams. Its fruits are sweet and unparalytic.

Maybe you have a dream but you are just afraid to let it come or even pray about it for maybe you are apprehensive that it will not come true. If that’s the case, no advancement will happen in your life. Putting limits on them will lead you no good.

Saying “I am no good”, I always fail”, “I can’t do that”, “I’m not qualified to do anything for I am not brilliant”, etc. These negatives die your dreams. These just bring worthlessness on you.

Directing yourself to follow your dreams is not being able to brainwashing yourself with negative thoughts. For me, I am certain of saying that your attitude is also an edge than your I.Q. There are those who were not able to finish schooling or there are those who were even dropouts become successful people for they were able to find meaning in their dreams and they do them.

Growth will always take place in your life if you not just dream dreams for the sake of it and don’t do anything to actualize them.

Take things light, but be serious in dealing with them. Be happy and contented. Never rule sadness and loneliness get into your system. Life is indeed a matter of choice.

I shall say that there are those who earn billions of dollars but were unhappy while others are empty-handed, yet their lives are fun and exciting. But you can have money, be excited, be happy and successful in life. Actualize your dreams.

Never get tired creating dreams, planning dreams, achieving dreams. Believe the person that you have become. Be positive and try to always wear the perfect smile no matter what situations or circumstances you experience. Don’t you not wonder? Trees are alive without even moving to find food to eat. Birds are wondering everywhere with no permanent residences, but still can spread their wings to find shelter and food for them to live. How much more that you are completely and wonderfully crafted in whole package. Be positive in tackling the challenges.

You don’t need to brag. Slowly and surely, reach your dreams by and by. I have observed that a calm person with good thoughts are mostly the ones who know how to adapt. After all, you can say, “I am going to have a great day, everyday.”.

Learn to joke around. Life is wonderful! :-)

Sandara Park rocks!

Picture from http://dailykimchi.com/korean-celebrity/sandara-park-2/

I miss this woman, the Pambansang " Krung-Krung" ng Pilipinas (acting funny all the time). I have seen her interview in GGV and she was so funny. Sandy  (nickname of Sandara) is still funny. She doesn't change.

I see the moon

“It’s the most beautiful time of the year…Lights fill the streets spreading so much cheer...I should be playing in the winter snow, But I'mma be under the mistletoe...I don't wanna miss out on the holiday...But I can't stop staring at your face...I should be playing in the winter snow...But I'mma be under the mistletoe...With you, shawty with you...With you, shawty with you....With you, under the mistletoe”

I can’t sleep. It is already past 12 a.m. Listening to Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe” all over again. I stand steady. Does someone remember me? I went out of the house. There, I see the moon and the moon sees me. The wind is so fresh. I breathe deeply. The night seems exclusive. It is just me and the moon. Then I think, what is on the other side of the world today as I witness the moon’s light glitters to wake me. It’s simple. It’s adorable.

The interior is extremely hot. I love the outdoors. It is positively glorious. Here I am, hanging out with the moon. Being with the moon lets me appreciate what this Earth has. Though it is not yet Christmas, Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe” distant me not about the most beautiful time of the year – Christmas season. As I take a closer look at the big moon, I can see like there is Santa Claus who is riding on his reindeer – It’s like “Rudolph the Red Nose Deer”. I smiled. What a simple life this is! Got a paper and pen. I scribble words to form thoughts.

I am just wondering what is on the other side of the world now on this early morning with only me and the moon. Would it still be the same. :-)

What is every Sunday like?

Sunday is not an ordinary day for me. I have my sisters with me though I am always with them at home, but this time, every Sunday, we go to church and pray. We eat food after the mass. We have a good time together.

Out from my busy life, I make it sure that my every Sunday reserves me a moment for them. Weekdays give me bunches of works and even piles of tasks to write, write and write in order to earn, earn and even earn for a little. Saturday modulates me to at least rest for awhile, but Sunday is a full blast. I spend it with my family. We dine together at the restaurant in the mall. We have ice cream and “Siopao”. When I am with them, it gives me more happiness because I see them happy too. We do window and grocery shopping. I love being with them. We smile and laugh. Though our cash is not that big, at least we spend time with each other. A “Buko” juice with bread is enough. “Takuyaki”, fish balls and even “Tempura” with juice are perfectly enough. And if I have more cash, I let them eat in a perfect restaurant which can make their stomach full. I am supper happy seeing them enjoying with the food I buy for them.

Family Day is essential for me. It is the time that out from my hectic schedule, I got my sisters with me. I can’t say that I don’t have time for them. Allotting my precious time in every thing is just a matter of priority. That is why, I can’t say that I don’t have time. My every Sunday is my time with them. I just love Sundays! :-)

Show it up!

I was walking by myself on the crowded streets. The persons in my front of me were so adorable. They were in their young adulthood, I guess. I never make a fast pace because I was amused seeing them. I couldn't stopped staring at them though I wanted not to. They are so lovely and they are just so compatible for each other.

The woman is making"manya" to his lover. The tone of her voice is like a child, in fact, super childish voice and it was the corniest voice I've ever heard. The girl is asking a request from his boyfriend. Her boyfriend's voice turned childish too. In fact, it was also the super-childish voice from a man that I have ever heard. This makes me much amused seeing them. I just can't stopped. Their gestures and expressions made me think of my past. So cute! I was like the woman at love.

Her boyfriend gave her a tight hug and a kiss at the public. Wow! That is indeed love!

I adore and admire lovers who are not afraid to show the expressions of their love in public at the right instance. It is a sole indication of how much they really love each other, that they want to reveal what they really feel. That, I take my side on that. Why should lovers be afraid when they expose their PDA (public display of affection) to the crowds? If the minds are dirty, that is a shocked for the closed-minded ones, but if the minds are carefree and exact, that is an expression of love to the open-minded.

I don't really matter on expressions of love even if it is the corniest ever and the public is the audience. What is important is how much they show their love for each other at the right place, at the right time.

Expressions of love is not to be hidden. It is like, "I don't care what the people will say as long as I show my love to the person whom really love". It is like holding hands, hugging in public.

It is all in the state of mind. Show it up! And to the corniest couple whom I was amused of, they indeed rock!

True love should not be hidden. It is an expression. Unless you are on the right track, who cares?

Kiss the rain

''Yes! Finally, it rains!''

I have been waiting for you, Rain and thanks that you came.

I hate the extreme heat. It makes me unease. I easily get tired, dehydrated and irritated.

I love the rain. The atmosphere becomes cold and fresh. My mind is active. I don't easily get tired. I am happy. Rain comforts me. Flowers bloom. I get some fresh air. The rain always brings good news for me just like I'll be continuing to pursue my schooling. It is indeed a good news.

That's why, I wanna kiss the rain.  Mwah! :-)

Because you are wonderful and amazing

Life's a gift.

Happy Birthday, Ate Inday!

Today is a double celebration. It is Mother's Day and it is also the birthday of my Ate Inday.

Celebrating the birthday of Ate Inday is just so simple. We went to the church to hear the Words of God. We say our individual prayer and we greeted Ate Inday, a Happy Birthday. I hugged and say, "I love you". After the mass, we bought Ate, ''Lechon Manok'' and for Mama, we bought her flowers.

Never slipping the moment away is savoring the important and significant ocassion not to pass without even making the most out of it even though the celebration is not the expensive type. What is important is to celebrate it with love, care and happiness.

 

Sharing this moment with Ate Inday as she celebrates her birthday and to remember Mama on this Mother's Day are two important events that define how wonderful life is. That, in spite of life's challenges, we still know how to spend the celebration with smiles, hugs, laughters, love, care and happiness all around.

The way one makes every moment treasurable is just within reach, whether the celebration is grand or not, what is very important is that you spend it with love.

Happy Birthday, Ate Inday! You know how much love you. :-)

Avocado and Banana for summer

These hands: You will always be a living memory.

These hands are extensions of yours, molded by tough times, sharpened by experiences, pound by trials, hardened by ups and downs, but created with love.

You brought me up into this world with happiness. You perfectly formed me with the kind of love shared by two. Delivered me from your womb courageously and gave me these hands.

I was awakened early to see the reality of life. We are both holding hands as you take me to this world. You cry, I cry.

I stumble many times and these hands you always mind to lift. My hands are cold and you shelter them. Your hands wipe my tears and teach me to stand from every fall. These hands are your hands.

I have witnessed how your hands struggle to find ways and means each and every single day. I go along with you.

It was June 29th of 2004 that your hands show no signs of life. That day I can't forget. My hands hopelessly die as if I don't know what to do. That's when you say "goodbye".

These hands were the ones easily get matured. I knowingly accept, telling myself that you are really gone. Those times were the toughest. These hands do just what I have learned from you - to extend my help to everyone.

You hold me tight with your warm embrace. I can feel you holding me. It's when everytime I cry, you wipe my tears away.

It is so hard to live life now that I can't hold you, but even though you are not here with me, with us, I can feel that you will always lift me up. Hope you could see that the little girl who you mold in love and who have been with you until forever, is now a woman who keeps your teachings and love. She will not leave all her sisters behind.

She is looking for you everyday because she totally misses you very, very much. She longs to embrace you tight. She wants to talk to you like you are alive. She wants to cry in your arms. She wants to tell you all her accomplishments, achievements and successes in her life. She deeply wants to tell you how so tough life everytime. But you know what, how many sacrifices she's been through, it is all worth it because she sees the ones she loved are happy with all the help she has given to them. The pains are her strengths. Your love is her love. Your lost is her determination to go on with life in love and understanding.

If you question her, "How much do you love thee?". My answer, "I love you more than my life."

 

I love you very much, Mama. You will always be in my heart. You will always be a living memory. You are the best that is happening to my life. You are the best Mama ever and we thank God for giving you to us. Happy Mother's Day! ( May 11, 2014 - Sunday)

Thank you very much for these hands.

The Yummiest fact of Pork and Beans

Pork and beans in can can't be boring. Once opened, it can go along with other vegetables. This makes watery-mouth satisfied and it's"Yummy!".

Ingredients:

1 small piece onion, sliced
7 tbsp. cooking oil

3 pieces tomatoes, sliced

1 piece carrot, slice in small cubes

"Kalamunngay" leaves

1/4 kl. Monggo beans

390 grams pork and beans
250 ml. water


Procedure
*Boil the Monggo beans for about 25 minutes or until it is cooked.

1. Saute onions.
2. Put on the tomatoes. Mix.

3. Put on the carrots. Mix and wait until the carrots is cooked.

4. Pour in the Pork and Beans. Mix.

5. Put on the Monggo beans. Simmer for awhile.

6. Put on the "Kalamunggay" leaves. Simmer.

7. Serve hot.

Pork and beans in veges is a delight! Once tasted, you just can't resist. I tell you, it's "Yummy!"

Tomatoey Vege Dish

 Tomatoes are good for the heart as what the experts said. And for me, my prepared dish is tomatoey (tomatoes dominate the whole taste of the dish). That is why, I called it, ''Tomatoey Vege Dish" and this how you can have it:

Ingredients

 1 piece small onion, sliced
4 spoonfuls cooking oil
1/4 kl. meat, chopped in small sizes
4 pieces small potatoes, sliced
1 piece carrot, sliced
227 grams pineapple tidbits
1 pack tomato sauce

Procedure:

 1. Saute onion.
 2. Put on the meat and mix. Wait for few minutes until the meat is cooked.

3. Put on the carrots and mix.

4. Put on the potatoes and mix. Wait until the carrots and potatoes are tender, but don't overcooked them.

 5. Pour in the tomato sauce and mix.

6. Put the pineapple tidbits and mix.
7. Simmer for a while.

 
8. Serve hot.

Eating vegetables is not boring unless you know how to go out from the usual. It is all a matter of innovating, inventing, creating, mixing, tasting and of course the idea that goes along while eating them with friends and family - enjoyment.

My "Tomatoey Vege Dish" is indeed tomatoey!

When communication is lacking...

No man is an island. I do believe whether we want to be in a quiet place all alone, the power of two is still applicable. We need each other's company and presence even in the midst of tranquility.

One can't live without conversing to people. Conveyed messages need the involvement of the "sender" as well as the "receiver". The two plays an active role in the process of communication. But what if there is missing in the process?

Just like "It takes two to tango", communication is also like that. It only impairs in imbalance if one of the two active participants is not involving himself in the process, whether it be verbal or non-verbal.

When communication is lacking, there is separation. There is the big possibility that the one will lose attachment while the other would always want to seek justice out from the missing link.

When communication is nowhere to be found, life's a total mess. There are massive fighting and killing, extreme anger, unfathomable revenge, unjustifiable arguments, shattered dreams and lives, ruthless explanations, etc. All negatives are present.

When communication quits, it is the total "period" of everything. No more "buts", "ifs", etc. The "period" explains it all.

That is why, before losing the harmonious track, be open and be real. It is defining yourself and making clear that shadows not the truth. Never be afraid to tell it all, or else you will end up living in lies and lifetime regrets.

Communicate, extend and be open.

In my silence

Dealing with things in life doesn't mean that I have to voraciously announce it to everyone. I keep what I want to keep for myself. I let out just the stuff that I am certain of telling.

An encounter last week stirs my mind. The question of a person whom I know is: "Why are you so silent and don't comment more on things?" I simply answer her, "I am a type of a person who is not minding people's business and that I can't judge people the way they are."

Reasons. Definitely, all that is happening in our lives, all our actions, our intentions and even the things that we desire, we planned come with a reason. I can't simply jump into conclusion without speculating what is happening, what are the facts. That is why, I end up without a comment to drop to everyone. I have some ideas in mind, but I do believe in respect. That is why, I want to remain mute at things that are obvious.

It is all in the mind. I just can say that it is bad or good, but the rest, that I can't judge. People do have various perspectives and decisions. It all comes in a choice. It is their discretion. I have nothing to do with it.

That is why, in my silence, I don't want to comment more. It is the reasons behind that makes me always understand.

Life is also fighting for the fiettiest. Realizations, everyone has to endure that within themselves.

I don't take sides on judging. It is just a waste of time.

Hate the Rotating Brownout

Due to evaporation, the water in the dam is minimal and it can't produce much electricity supply for all. That is what they have said.

Summer's extreme heat is frustrating. I am not at my best especially when the electricity is off. I hate it. I can't do what I want to do. It is so hot. No matter how I take a bath, still sweat drifts all over my body. I am tired of fanning. Ice are melting. I can't have my cold favorite juice or drinks. I am bursting with extreme heat to the point that I feel like my head is going to crack. I am not in the good mood. If it is not because of drinking liters of distilled water, I would simply fall out into place.

Hate it to the max when electricity dies off. Rampage of music, I can't be able to hear them. What I did, I just strum my guitar and go over with the tune to find the right chords of my favorite songs. Our house turns out to be a concert hall. I sing and sing and my sisters go along with me, singing.

I am unease everytime the electricity ceases. I don't like a house with no music. I don't like a very quiet environment. I want to hear "tolerable noises" of people. At least, I am not alone. I don't want a very quiet atmosphere, unless if I am with nature.

I really, really hate the rotating brownout. It makes me sick. I can't be able to write well. I am not in the mood. I easily got irritated. That is why, I just keep my silence because I am afraid that when I tell words, I can reply screamingly.

They say, it will start at 8 am - 5 pm and then, I was shocked, there is also 5 pm - 11 pm. And the worst, I am like guessing.

I hate the rotating brownout. My water, my guitar save me from being irritated.

Hope it will rain. I love the rain. I love the waters, but I don't love the storm.

Hope it will rain! :-)

I'll "Jackie Chan'' or "Bruce Lee" you!

It was 4 o'clock dawn, the street is so quiet. I make a fist. With all my might, I'm ready to attack the "approaching" enemy. There I go. The dog is barking. I start thinking to run, but hesitate to do so. Maybe the dog might bite me. I don't want to lose a kilo. That sounds scary.

I am thinking, if ever someone is approaching, I'll "Jackie Chan" or "Bruce Lee" him. I make all efforts to escape from him. I will box, kick, slap him with all my might, to the best of my strength. I will run away from him as fast as I could. I just hope that he doesn't have supernatural power that he might appear and suddenly disappear. If that is the case, I'll lose the battle. I hope the "enemy" is not a ghost. Though, I don't really believe in ghost. Never seen one. That worsens more my bravery.

My heart is beating so fast. My arms and legs are trembling, but I still make a positive pose courageously. The taxi is beeping. The driver slowly drives his car. I turned without smile or else if I do so, he will misinterpret me liking him. That sounds ridiculous. The man in a motorcycle gives me a goose bump. Maybe he will suddenly harbor my wallet or my iPod. I don't want that to happen. That is why, I walk straight and fast, not minding the dog's endless barking.

If ever someone will try to harm me, I will "Jackie Chan" or "Bruce Lee" him. Good thing that I have seen their movies before when I was still young and their "karate" moves is still a fad for me. My target is the eyes. I will pick dust from the ground. I will splash the dusts to my enemies' eyes. I know they will losen their control when the eyes are hurt for they can't see.

Then I will run as fast as I could until I will reach to my favorite place, McArthur's Park. I know it was then that I will find my unchained relief!

Every dawn, my feeling is like this everytime I go out early to jog. At least in this way, I have already plan how to attack an "approaching enemy". Well, I am just a woman trying to be a "karate" expert in my own self. Pretty weird, but self defense is always a must even though I am trembling all over.

Dawn makes me great to start jogging. And to the dogs, just bear with me please. I just can't hurt you.

My imagination gone so wild everytime I am all by myself walking in the dark, quiet streets. But happily and luckily, I have never encountered such a wild scenario in real life. And frankly, I don't want to experience such in reality. But at least, I prepare and condition myself about it.

It always takes bravery to do what I want at early dawn. Good thing I am that courageous enough to walk alone in the middle of the quiet, "unpredictable" street. But nevertheless, I am not all worried, lights up at the crossroads.

Hee yah!...with kicks, kicks and kicks.