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    29/08/07

    The Bride

    Sheryl Ann is…… born under the sign of Capricorn (Year of the Snake), 28 years old.… the middle child and only daughter of 3 siblings… obviously, daddy’s little girl… her Mom’s best friend and Kuya’s bank manager. And siyempre ang ever always caring ate ni bunso.… a B.S. Architecture graduate in Polytechnic University of the Philippines, who wanted to pursue a career in Culinary Arts and Photography (ang layo ata ng gusto i-pursue). But right now currently working in an Engineering Firm in a Laoag-based Project as a Junior Cad Architect.

    … a very jolly person … that makes it easy for her to have friends.

    Sheryl Ann loves …

    … to cook and knows how to bake yummylicious cakes!

    … reading books especially by Bob Ong… like hanging out on bookstores and magazine stands …

    … Popoy (pet golden retriever) and Max ( pet Labarador)

    … loves to sing (frustrated singer)

    … chocolate so much!

    … Jason so much as in!

    The Groom

    Jason is …… born under the sign of Scorpio, 31 years old, a B.S. Architecture graduate in Far Eastern University, an Architect of nine years already. Has his own company, JR Design Icons.… the middle child of 3 sibblings (a doctor, an architect and a lawyer! o ha!)… mabait pero masungit… an alaskador pero mabait pa rin… a jack-of-all-trades. he knows how to play badminton, billiards, bowling & basketball (and he’s all good at it!)

    Jason loves…

    … eating everything Sheryl cooks…

    … badminton (so much, he’s an addict!)

    …Â Ragnarok… Pangya … name it!

    … Sheryl Ann so much!

    She said …

    This is my side of our love story … how it all began …

    I was a fresh graduate then, applying for a job in Designtech Consultancy and Management. While waiting for the person in charge for my interview, I stayed at their receiving area just in front of the receptionist desk. Then a guy went inside to punch in his DTR card. He’s smiling actually and I smiled back. The receptionist was teasing him that time and was about to make his attempt to tease her back when he stepped on something that almost tripped him down.

    The receptionist laugh so hard, and so did I … not because natisod siya but because of the laughs they both shared with the incident. Obviously, I got the job. After that, I was introduced to the whole staff. Heading to the Architectural Dept. where I would meet the person in-charge with me, the person who will sign my logbook for my board exams … to my surprise … was the same guy I laughed about that morning … Oh no! He’s my boss!

    Arch. Jason D. Jamias, baby face (he was 25 then and I’m 22), very poised, looks serious. I didn’t know at first we could get along. He’s a jack of all trades, one hell of an alaskador. When he laughs nawawala mata niya. Everybody just loves him. An architect for four years already (after graduation, took the board exam and passed agad! galing ng baby ko), he really knows his craft. No wonder at that age, he handles that position.

    As days went by, we became close. He was like a long lost friend. Opposites really attract. He’s an introvert and I’m an extrovert. He wasn’t just my boss, he became my bestfriend. Every lunch time, he never fails to give me a Tofiluk chocolate bar. He always walks me hanggang sa terminal ng jeep after office hours. He helpedme a lot when it comes to our field. How to master the CAD software, to know how to write BOQ’s and the do’s and don’t of Specs. Writing. Even if work has filed up on him, he still takes time to answer my queries. Sometimes, he lets me checks errors in drawings so that it would be easier for him to revised it in the computer. We write each other through the use of Word Doc and save it in a diskette so we could read it at home. Lahat ng angst namin sa work nakalagay dun. Ang corny ba? Nah I don’t think so. Knowing Jason, that’s something sweet kasi wala sa personalidad niya yun. He’s courting somebody that time. I became his “ligaw” consultant. But little did he know, I became jealous of that girl everytime we talked about her. He even have a picture of her on his desktop. And kainis pa dun, some of our officemates tells me they thought it was me when viewd from afar … heller??? mas maganda kaya ako dun?

    As friends, I gathered all my guts for us to talked about our very complicated relationship. I don’t want myself to be left hanging. I know there’s something going on between us but we’re both afraid we’ll gonna lose the friendship if love will come our way. I didn’t get the answer right away. Play safe siya kumbaga. My treatment towards him became cold. Phone calls became less, I tend to be more masungit and mataray towards him pero he’s there pa rin and never left me.

    One fine day, the moment was right but not the right place (literally, it is not the right place hahaha!), July 6, 2000, we became “us”. I made my bestfriend the happiest person alive. I’m his first and he was my last. And for almost six years of being together… Finally, I’m going to marry my bestfriend.

    He said…

    This is my side of our love story:

    I met Sheryl in our office at Designtech as a CAD operator. She saw me first having a blooper (what a nice way to see me at first time, hehehehe), I was tripped by a cabinet handle at our secretary’s table while she was sitting at the waiting area. Sheryl giggled at my blooper that time.Actually I’m the supervisor of the Architectural division in our office, so I handle all the CAD operators including Sheryl. Sheryl just graduated in college when she started working; obviously she tends to ask me questions on how to do some drawings and advises how to simplify commands in AutoCAD program.

    We eat lunch sitting beside each other, share stories during lunch break, even exchange letters about our life, and accompany her to a jeepney terminal wherein she rides to get home. From thereon we developed a special friendship, and some of our officemates usually talks about our being so close with each other.

    During that time I’m courting a girl named Nil, I usually asked Sheryl how to make my date memorable. Sheryl on the other hand had a crush with one of our CAD operators named Arnel, I got jealous when I knew that. Every after date I made, I share with her stories what had happened to my date. But some of the stories about my date are just made up, because I want to see her reactions if she will also get jealous. I think I got my purpose from doing that.

    Then came the unexpected day, we had a general membership meeting at the UAP Capitol Chapter. Sheryl joined us to fix ourselves together with our friends Dex and Dax. A question that can never be answered by “NO”, I was asked by Dex, what’s the real thing between us, then Sheryl asked me the same question, I was silenced and answered…

    WE’RE GETTING MARRIED ON OCTOBER 28, 2006. (did I answered the question?)
    Submitted entry

    The Story of Us by Sheryl Anne

    Visit her blog at Chronicles of a Pasawife

    29/08/07
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    Letting Go

    my ex jUst sEnt mE a mSg tO sTop bUgginG him (LikE caLLing oR evEn txtinG hm) tO pRevEnt him fRom bReaking uP wiTh hiS pReSent gf.. it huRts…it rEaLLy rEaLLy huRts…it’s Like my whoLe wOrld’s cRusHed in fRont oF mE…i can’t aCcept tHe faCt anD i can’t LivE my LifE wiThOut him in it…i havE maDe tHe biGgeSt miStake oF maKing him my wHoLe wOrLd in tHe fiRst pLaCe…i want tO cRy bUt tHeRe aRe nO mOre tEars tO sHed anD siLence cOuLd cUt sO dEep.. i sTiLL LovE him..wHat wOuLd i dO? i’vE aLrEady tRiEd eveRytHing..anD i’m LoSing hOpe nOw…i wiLL caRry tHis my wHoLe LifE anD i dOn’t tHink i cOuLd gEt ovEr him fOrEveR….. hE’s tHe onLy pErSon ivE evEr LovED tHis way anD i dOn’t tHink i cOuLd finD a LovE LikE tHis aGain…my LovE fOr him waS unCondiTiOnaL..anD i havE saCrifiCed a LoT… i havE tO keeP mySeLf bUsy at aLL timEs tO mOve on…. anD gEt uSed tO tHe feeLing…im a biT haPpy cOz i aLrEady toLd him tHe tHings i kEpt dEep inSiDe my hEaRt tHoUgh iT wOn’t cHangE anytHinG aT LeaSt i Let iT oUt anD hE aLrEady knEw… im nOw cOntEntEd aS LonG aS he’s haPpy… i am aLso haPpy

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    29/08/07
    For Cupid

    For Cupid

    Love are you for real?
    Or just sort of illusion,
    Running on my mind

    Love why can’t I feel you?
    Believe me I tried
    But you are nowhere to be found

    Love oh love
    Can’t you see I am desperately ill?
    I need you here by my side

    Love please stop hiding
    I’m too tired chasing
    My heart is already dying…

    ? Submitted entry

    For Cupid by Lobisloid

    28/08/07

    What is Insanity? Well, Insanity or madness, is a general term for a semi-permanent, severe mental disorder. How about Stupidity? Stupidity is the quality or condition of being stupid, or lacking intelligence, as opposed to being merely ignorant or uneducated. This quality can be attributed to both an individual or a person’s actions, words or beliefs. The term can thus also refer to poor use of judgement, or insensitivity in a person who is otherwise intelligent. (From Wikipedia) In our own words… “B*LIW AT B*BO” (let’s include pagka T*NGA). Sabi nga when you’re IN LOVE, you’re insane and stupid (nga ba??) Whew! Love is not always a pleasant ache in the chest. It’s a terrible pain that could be fatal. Kahit super sakit na ang nararamdaman mo, you’re still hoping and walang kamatayang wishing na magbago ugali nya. But let’s face the truth! Once a liar… always a liar! I’ve been there na kasi. I admit I’m not perfect or kinda “SANTA”… I lied but not as grabe sa EX ko. How will you handle such 13x lies??? (13 women to be exact) So, Insanity and Stupidity- Applicable!! All those lies pinalampas ko lang na parang wala lang. Still hoping, praying and wishing na magbago siya. But sabi nga “Mahirap turuan ng bagong taktika ang matandang aso” Hanggang sa dumating ang time na I can’t handle the pain, naging NUMB na ako until kahit ga butil ng asin na love hindi ko na maramdaman sa kanya. It’s true… NAKAKAPAGOD, NAKAKASAWA,NAKAKAPANGHINAYANG! But it’s okay, natanggap ko na lahat un sa sarili ko. At least nagising pa ako, and talagang THANX kay God dahil after that tragedy, nakita ko na din ung 1 tao na magmamahal sakin na hindi magsasawa, mapapagod, at hindi manghihinayang na gawin lahat for me and to spend the rest of her life with me… c”,)

    ? Submitted entry

    Insanity vs. Stupidity by nucleus10

    “nakita ko na din ung 1 tao na magmamahal sakin na hindi magsasawa, mapapagod, at hindi manghihinayang na gawin lahat for me and to spend the rest of her life with me… c”,)”

    hmmm.. thanks po…

    28/08/07

    picture15.jpgLike M.C. (marriage contract po), ang ring (kahit anong klase pa) is also like a rope na talagang nakatali ka! Some pips pag binigyan ng ring natutulala dahil super happy sila at ready ng umakyat sa “next level”. Ung iba naman natutulala dahil sa dami ng lumilipad sa isip nila (Sh*t! ayoko pang matali sa kanya, I’m not yet ready!) or ( sinong gagastos sa wedding? magbubuntis na ako!) I don’t know kung bakit napaka big deal sa ating ka pipz ang RING. I admit kahit sakin big deal din po ito. Kahit ano pang sabihin ng iba, keber ko sa kanila! Kahit yari sa tanso o gold o galing pa sa silverworks yan, ok lng diba? basta galing sa mahal po (kahit di pa mahal… yung ring) Sabi ng iba pag binalik sa iyo yung ring “ayawan na” “tama na” “break na”. But actually, it’s not like that. In my case, I have it nga eh! as in ayan oh nakikita mo ba ung pic? yan po yun. Ako na ang ring keeper ngayon and time will come, when I’m ready or we’re both ready, we’ll wear that same ring and we’ll utter the same words all over again and again… (I love you still…)

    Submitted entry
    The Tie That Binds by nucleus10

    (thanks hon… and i love u too…)

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    The Ring

    28/08/07
    Feelings are made to be expressed..
    They are not meant to be kept..
    Don’t be a loser without fighting..
    Never make regrets for yourself to suffer..
    Coz you know what?
    In silence it hurts more..

    Ouch! That hit right through me like a bullet piercing my body and into my soul.. creating shock waves that resonate in an endless cycle.. stirring.. throbbing.. straining and pressuring my core. Tension that I can no longer ignore. Maybe this could be like a volcano.. Now I can’t help myself to explode..

    I can no longer contain this and I choose to explode in Words and it might give me sympathy and distress Words too much that God and Goddesses would not miss it and finally hear my agony.. my little vanities.. my prayers. They might be touched and gracious enough
    to grant my plead and endow you with a similar affliction.. just like me.

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    Thanks for sharin’ your life with me… i love you still…