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One happy family. [missing Jolly though!]

We all had a great time at Reignforest Collective’s 2nd Anniversary event Listening Lounge at 111 Minna last night. Didn’t get a chance to snap enough pictures from the night, but this one was definitely overdue.

thanks for schoolin me on rebloggin Lu!

Starry Night

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving opportunities behind.
Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.

“I think that this is the first time I am meeting most of you. But to me, whether it is an old friend or new friend, there’s not much difference anyway, because I always believe we are the same; we are all human beings. Of course, there may be differences in our cultural background or way of life, there may be differences in our faith, or we may be of a different color, but we are human beings, consisting of the human body and the human mind. Our physical structure is the same, and our mind and our emotional nature are also the same. Whenever I meet people, I always have the feeling that I am encountering another human being, just like myself. I find it is much easier to communicate with others on that level. If we emphasize specific characteristics, like I am Tibetan or I am Buddhist, then there are differences. But those things are secondary. If we can leave the differences aside, I think we can easily communicate, exchange ideas, and share experiences.”

-H.H. The Dalai Lama, from “The Art of Happiness”

We are meant to lose people we love, how else would we know how much they mean to us?
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds
Strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind
Pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy…happy

i WANT a new phone

via Engadget

Freida Pinto. my mama would approve. she’s catholic!

just reblogging my post:

doin nothing in the Philippines > doin nothing at home.

then again, doin nothing in the Philippines would undoubtedly turn into doin hella SOMETHINGS. for the past few years, i’ve been dying to to go the Philippines, but i always had school or work holdin me back. BUT now that i’m freshly graduated and jobless seeking employment.. NOW would be the perfect time to go..

“Oh i didn’t tell you she was going? you were supposed to go with her.”

that’s what my mom said to me. that she wanted me to go to the Philippines with my cousin. since i was in Santa Crazy so much, she figured i had other priorities that i needed to handle, even though she knew i wasn’t working. i mean, don’t get me wrong, spending my last few days chillin with homies before i had to move out was good ass times, but if i had known that going to the Philippines was within my horizon, i woulda been shook. TOO BAD my mom didn’t tell me about her little plan until i moved home and after my cousin had left. i actually wouldn’t have known my cousin was leaving unless i didn’t randomly call my mom the day before my cousin’s flight, where she still failed to tell me of her plan..

i guess all i can do is wait until the stars are in perfect alignment.

until then, i gotta live it through other people.

Soul101’s Flickr is one of them. it’s kinda ironic that my mom is the one who forwarded this to me.. but.. Soul101 has captured the beauty that is the Philippines and has posted them to share with everyone in the world, especially for those who can’t be there to experience it in person. it isn’t doin too much for me in terms of what i’m missin out on right now, but the photos are cuhhleaan! and i can’t help but feel inspired and take pride in my roots.

SMASHED. 5x! lobster buffets are the biz! i woulda had more but my sweet tooth got the best of me and i hit up the desserts.