a musing: derivations of a non-conformist idealist

Last Valentine’s was a particularly enriching day.  I was invited to sponsor a child at my officemate’s son’s birthday party held at Tahanan ng Pagmamahal in Pasig.  All I had to do was show up with presents for the sponsored child.  (It was a little difficult to shop for a dress and panties for a [...]

On behalf of CRIBS Foundation, I would like to thank the following for supporting this charity fund-raising endeavor:
Lisa Taroma
Lesley Espejon
Aisa Pasahol
Cristine Gamayon
Cedrick Uytanlet
Mark Sapasap
JT Guarnes
Glaiza Francisco
Tin Acedera
Marilyn Punzalan
Tin Morales
Camille Salalila
Kelly Jordan
Cindy Panaligan
Vic Realuyo
Mitch Carilo
Joseph Moll
Cris Mendoza
Nina Saligao
Belle Areola
Abby Ramos
Mharu Talicuran
Mickey Almazan
Kelly Jordan
Pee-ay Danila
Carol Salazar
Crissel Mismanos
Cris Mendoza
Mah Punzalan
Winnie Uy
Joanna Estacio
Marian Mangahas
Jennylen Peralta
McRon Villanueva
TJ Moscoso
Elline Buenaventua
Roald Valentino
Nino [...]

I wrote Missin’ Missin’ You while I was in Boston in 2005. It’s about person 1 losing person 2 who can’t commit or is used to playing the field. Person 1 is a martyr type and would rather endure the pain just to be with person 2; however, things can still change and for [...]

Since I was a bit busy with the boot-camp I was facilitating at work, I have not been able to send out an email announcing the CD’s launch yet (I’ll do that later tonight and tomorrow) so I took the opportunity of being in front of 30 or so people to talk about the charity [...]

I wrote More Than I Let You Know just this June. It’s about person 1 and person 2 celebrating their first anniversary last July 2. At first I thought wow after writing so many bitter/bitter-sweet songs, I can write something more sweet than bitter. But sadly, one interpretation was that the [...]

Oh no! I made a mistake on cd version C! All the printed inserts up to now and 90 version C discs have May Rivera on track 5 when it should be Ryan Arguillo’s turn. Apologies to Ryan Arguillo. Anyway, the next batch of insert print-outs and cd burning have been corrected so… here’s the [...]

I wrote Learn To Let You Go in 2005. It’s about person 1 getting it on with person 2. They shouldn’t be getting it on at all but they do. They sort of fall in love with each other though they know it’ll never last. Maybe in some other lifetime they [...]

There will be three versions of the charity cd: versions A, B, and C. Below is the track listing for each, taken from the back side of the cd insert.
Ryan Arguillo, May Rivera, and Michael Carino are all from Accenture. Jerwin Santos is from Soluziona. They all have their own versions of No [...]

I wrote No Goodbyes in 2001. It’s about person 1 having a really big crush, maybe bordering on love-like feelings, on person 2, but can’t really reveal it because of being shy or scared and knowing that nothing can become of these feelings anyway; and so person 1 just resolves to forget about [...]

Love writing! Between high school and college, wrote concepts for musical plays. In college, a high school batch-mate and I collaborated on what was supposed to be a sung-through musical. We only got to finish the first of two acts of Esther (based on the Bible’s Book of Esther). From that [...]