Richard was looking forward to this dinner. His friend Anthony was bringing his girlfriend with him, plus a blind date for Richard – the beautiful Sabrina. Richard obviously wanted to impress them so he planned everything to have a perfect evening. He made a list, bought the ingredients, set the table elegantly. They arrived, introduction was made and he gave them some wine. He went to the kitchen to check if everything was going according to plan. The turkey was still raw and will probably take a couple of hours, so he put the oven on the highest temperature. The tiramisu wasn’t setting properly. The onion soup was done and as he was bringing the pot of soup to the table, he dropped it on the floor. Everyone heard the loud bang, went to the kitchen and saw him on the floor. Richard got up and said….Pizza anyone?
Questions, questions, lots of questions
About life, about love, about the universe
Who am I? Where am I? What do I do here?
Am I here at all? What do I want in life?
Questions, questions, lots of questions
Do I have some answers to my questions?
Why do I even bother asking? Why oh why?
Perhaps we are meant to asked or to think
Otherwise we’ll be like robots, just doing
What they were programmed to do
Like a child with a never ending questions
We ask when we don’t know the answers
We’re curious about things, about life
And so we shouldn’t stop asking questions
Questions, questions, lots of questions
One of my favourite groups, the APO Hiking Society and their song, “Blue Jeans” reminded me of our college days and the struggle we have endured just to earn the much-deserved degree.
I (Blue jeans) Alam mo ba ano ang ibig sabihin ng ating pagsisikap sa ‘skwela (Blue jeans) Ba’t ‘di na lang iwanan ang pag-aaral at sama-sama tayong magsaya
Ngunit ang kabataan daw ay kayaman ‘Wag daw basta’t itapon at papabayaan Kaya magsikap tayo habang may panahon at Mag-aral at mag-ipon tayo ng karunungan
II (Blue jeans) Sige, sige, sige kayod sa ‘skwela at balang araw makikita n’yo (Blue jeans) Pagkatapos ng iyong paghihirap, ‘di ka rin makakahanap ng trabaho
Sino ba silang nagmamarunong sa buhay Huwag sana silang makialam sa ‘king buhay Anong kinabukasan pagkatapos sa ‘skwela Huwag nang isipin at baka mangamba ka pa
CHORUS Kay tagal-tagal ko nang nag-aaral Tignan mo, kupas na’ng aking maong, hoo Kung akala mo ako ay natuto na Hindi pa rin
O kay tagal-tagal ko nang nag-aaral Tignan mo, kupas na’ng aking maong, hoo Kung akala mo ako ay natuto na Hindi pa rin (‘di pa rin, ‘di pa rin, ‘di pa rin)
I
( Blue jeans )
Do you know what the meaning of our efforts to school
( Blue jeans )
Why not just leave the study and together we have fun
But they said youth is wealth
Don’t just throw them anyway
So strive as we have time and
Study and let’s invest in wisdom
II
( Blue jeans )
Go ahead , go ahead , go ahead struggle in school and someday you’ll see
( Blue jeans )
After your suffering , you also cannot find work
Who are they to know all about life
Forbid them to say how I lead my life
What does the future offer after school
Never mind lest you worry
CHORUS
For years I was studying
You see, my faded jeans, hoo
If you think I have learned
Not yet
Or for years I was studying
You see, my faded jeans, hoo
If you think I have learned
Still ( ” still , still , still )
nadarama ang himukin kapag ang paraluman ay abot-kamay dumadaloy ang pagkalikha ngunit kapag ang paraluman ay nawala lahat nito tila hihinto walang kulay ang aking mundo walang salita , walang pang-uri , walang pandiwa walang dahilan upang lumaban walang dahilan upang pagmasdang mabuti walang dahilan upang umibig
encouragement felt
when muse is within reach
creativeness flows
but when muse is gone
everything seems to stop
my world is without colour
no words, no adjectives, no verbs
no reason to fight
no reason to contemplate
no reason to love
