Rain I don't mind

Rain I don't mind, originally uploaded by *Kit Kat / kathie.

everything cries.

After the rain has fallen...

After the rain has fallen..., originally uploaded by LOlandeseVolante.

if i could shield you from rain and storm everyday, i would.
if i could shine my colors upon you everyday, i would.

Cassette Rainbow

Cassette Rainbow, originally uploaded by The Bottomless Paddling Pool.

rainbows and music.

05.07.08 : Rainbow House On Clipper St.

05.07.08 : Rainbow House On Clipper St., originally uploaded by PJ Taylor Photo.

people who live in this house must be very happy people. rainbows are happy things.

my hopes are high.

a new leader, a brand new chance for the country.

i hope your integrity and your honesty will give you enough strength: the strength to carry the children of the country, to bring us up on our feet.

i hope your parents' legacy will give you enough courage: the courage to say what you need to say, to do what you need to do, to separate right from wrong in ALL circumstances and to stand for what you believe in.

i hope the faith the people invested in you will not be put to waste.

i hope you will be the change that we so desperately seek.

i hope this time, this country will not fail.

delicious ambiguity.

strength.

“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”

delicious ambiguity.

podcasts don't change the world.

anyone who thinks he can change the world simply by pointing out flaws and expecting everyone to come to an epiphany and get on their feet is deluded.

one does not change the world by picking out the weeds and stomping on the ground.

one cannot change the world without changing a country, a community, a person first. and this does not happen over angry podcasts that tread on a country's identity.

adam carolla was right in saying that manny pacquiao should not be allowed to lead merely on the basis of his fame and his fortune. i believe that he is in his right place in this lifetime: inside the boxing ring. all his charitable deeds are just that: charity. it does not show an exceptional ability to lead, to govern, to breathe life into this dying country. he cannot buy a first-world ranking for this country. he cannot sustain whatever is left of the life of this country on charitable donations. his fame cannot feed the hungry, shelter the homeless or heal the sick. his hands were made for sport, not to build a country.

true, he unites the filipino people. he is a symbol of hope. we've become so used to losing and being tread upon that he became our silver lining. but we are not all stupid, contrary to what most of the world thinks. we are not all contented with slavery and passivity. we are kind but not tolerating. we are understanding but not naive. we are small but we are strong.

manny pacquiao is not everything to the filipino people. he is simply a source of pride, a ray of hope, a symbol of strength. he is not this country's knight in shining armor. we are our own saviors.

so don't look down on us. we may be a third world country, but we can survive in places and times you can't even dare imagine. on the day when we finally rise up to your level, we will not push you to the ground, we will just rise even higher.

delicious ambiguity.