I was doing the laundry yesterday morning when I heard this beautiful song. It has become my habit to listen to the radio while doing my chores. My father told me once when I was young that singing or just simply listening to the radio will make any chore or work easier and it helps pass the time away. Before you know it, the dreaded job is done. I have since followed his advice and I’ve grown to love it. Well back to the topic. Hehe. I was listening to Home Radio 89.5 when I heard a new song. Home Radio 89.5 by the way is my favorite radio station. When my ears are not plugged to my iPod–I listen to Home Radio. I heard a very beautiful song that caught me with its inspiring and heartwarming lyrics. I remembered my bebeh when I was listening to it. How he was there when I needed a friend and someone to help me. That time when I was so down. That time when I had to go away because of some bad thing that I’ve done. And countless times that I’ve been bad and needed his help. My bebeh knows all the ’skeletons in my closet’ and yet he still loves me and accepts me for who I am. Instead of forsaking me he helps me overcome my bad side and helps me grow. He’s always there by my side to guide me and make me not be the person I was before. Now you guys whose wasting the time to read this post know the reason why I really love my bebeh. Why I am always writing about him. I’m just so addicted to my bebeh. I keep telling him that he’s my lifeline and I’m sure that I’ll die if he leaves me.
Now back to the song. I didn’t know the title of the song so what I did is I wrote down the chorus then googled it at the office. I found out that this song was written and sung by Corrine May (born Corrine Foo May Ying) . She’s a Singaporean singer-songwriter whose currently based in Los Angeles, CA. I am now a fan of Corrine May. And this song is going to be a part of my wedding.
On The Side Of Me
Corrinne May
I’m not the easiest person to love
I’m often the one who lets things go unresolved
Yet you choose to be, on the side of me, on the side of me
Yet you choose to be, on the side of me, on the side of me.
I’m not too proud of some things I’ve done in my life
The skeletons in my closet are too big for me to hide
Yet you choose to be on the side of me, on the side of me
Blessed charity, you’re on the side of me, on the side of me.
Everyone needs a friend to hold
when it’s cold outside, and there’s no place to go
Everyone needs a friend to hold
All alone I cried there was no place to go
I remember when nobody cared but you.
I’m not the easiest person to love
But you opened your heart and show me what I’m worth
Cos you choose to be on the side of me, on the side of me
What a mystery, you’re on the side of me, on the side of me.
Everyone needs a friend to hold
when it’s cold outside, and there’s no place to go
Everyone needs a friend to hold
All alone I cried there was no place to go
I remember when nobody cared
I remember when nobody cared but you
Cos you choose to be, on the side of me, on the side of me.
Hey guys! I FINALLY HAD MY EAR PIERCED FOR REAL!!! I had my left earlobe, on the upper right part pierced. I bought this really cool cross stud with a faux diamond stud at Unisilver earlier this morning, around 9AM then I had my ear pierced for free. The lady who did it used a gun (not the real gun but the gun used in ear-piercing of course). I had to make my own waiver and to sign their waiver as well just to persuade them to agree to do the piercing. Because they’ve had bad experiences with dumb clients who complained when their ears got irritated because of the ear-piercing.
I have one wee problem though. Tim is in Bacolod and he still doesn’t know about what I did. He knows that I really want this done ever since before we met and he has always told me that he doesn’t want to see me sporting a stud. But because he’s not here well nobody stopped me so the DEED was done. And I’m feeling so cool and elated.
I thought my ear was going to hurt so bad that I won’t be able to sleep but right now I’m feeling so drowsy that I’m going to end this post already. I only hope that my bebeh won’t be so angry with me when he sees my new earring. Hope he’ll understand.
I’ll have a photo here of my new fashion statement within this week guys! So proud of myself!
*post written October 8, 2008
UPDATE:
October 14, 2008. My bebeh and my parents had seen the stud. My parents – no comment. My bebeh – very angry (of course as expected) when he saw the stud then ignored me for a day. I felt a little guilty but then the deed was done so there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Anyway, he’s ignoring the ear too. Fine with me. as long as he doesn’t pull the stud off. Hehe.
November 14, 2008. After a month, my ear’s still a little sore but I think it has healed. I can sleep without feeling it hurting now. And I don’t care much of hiding it anymore. I love my stud.
This morning we attended a First Friday Mass at Callbox. I forgot the name of the priest but I didn’t forget his homily. I went with Amy and Monica. Not everyone—actually—nobody else knows that Amy and I had a “cool off” phase in our friendship except Jeffrey and Monica. I really don’t remember the reason why we drifted apart for almost 6 months (it started the week after we came back from Baras, Guimaras) but we just stopped hanging out together. Before that happened, we were always seen together during lunch and break time. If Amy eats lunch, I eat lunch too. If I go to sleep, Amy goes to sleep too. And often we just sit at the couch at the 3rd floor and just talk about random things. And oftentimes we laugh and share secrets and personal stuffs happening at home and in our lives.
Then came that fateful day when we just stopped talking to each other.It was as simple as that. And I told Nong Jeffrey and Monica about what’s happening. And I also learned that Amy was talking to the two of them as well. So nobody else knew what was happening except the four of us. If our co-workers noticed, they didn’t ask. They were kind enough to leave us alone. What makes me happy with that kind of situation was that even if Amy and I were “not friends” we weren’t spreading rumors or bad things about each other. We weren’t gossiping about each other. And the secrets we shared were still secrets.
I’m telling you this because it relates to the priest’s homily. His topic was about love. Love for your special someone, love for your family and the love for your friends. That for love to last, you only not have to FEEL the love or THINK the love but also importantly to BE WILLING to love.Amy and I looked at each other on this part of the homily and we just giggled. J By the way we’re friends now. We talked to each other Friday of last week. To make the story short, we just hugged each other on Saturday morning. We missed each other. And we weren’t selfish to say that. I actually shed some tears. Hehehe. But that simply means that I love my friend and I value her. We’re hanging out together now. There’s no tension between us and everything is back to normal. It’s as if nothing happened. Nong Jeffrey and Monica are happy for the both of us. Amy is such a great friend and I would hate to lose her. I hope she reads this so she’ll know how much I value her friendship and her loyalty.
I’m so proud of Arnel Pineda. He’s the new vocalist for the famous band Journey. Everytime I watch this video of him singing I just can’t help but be proud to be a Filipino. Filipinos are so talented. It’s good to know that our talents are being recognized by the world. Take Arnel Pineda and Charisse Pempengco as examples. I’m just so proud of ‘em!
And here’s the lyrics of the song as well:
FAITHFULLY
Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
Youre on my mind
Restless hearts
Sleep alone tonight
Sendin all my love
Along the wire
They say that the road
Aint no place to start a family
Right down the line
Its been you and me
And lovin a music man
Aint always what its supposed to be
Oh girl you stand by me
Im forever yours…faithfully
Circus life
Under the big top world
We all need the clowns
To make us smile
Through space and time
Always another show
Wondering where I am
Lost without you
And being apart aint easy
On this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy
Of rediscovering you
Oh girl, you stand by me
Im forever yours…faithfully
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Faithfully, Im still yours
Im forever yours
Ever yours…faithfully
