I Finally Got Over You

i feel like crying now because i cannot contain the joy i feel inside!

whew!! i never thought that moving on can this be excruciating and fulfilling at the same time.

i am abounded with bliss, now that i have eventually accepted the fact that there are just some things that are not meant to be..

we risk. we love. we feel happy. we are content.

we are hurt. we cry. we move on.

and after quite sometime, we risk again to love..

basically that is what loving is; it's a cycle.

not all the people we love reflect what we feel for them,

there are instances that no matter how we pray for the person to be a part of our life, they cannot just be so.

for the paths we take are far way different or worse, completely opposite.

nevertheless, the beauty of it is- we loved and we hoped..

if it is not the person we long for to be with, surely there is someone better meant for us.

living and loving do not end when a sad lot happens, rather it continues its pursuit..maybe next time it'll be way better than we expect.



i have loved and i've grown happy with it but i have realized that he is not the one for me. he just dropped by my life to teach me salient points in the aspect of love.

i never thought that life is a lot better being friends with him.

now, i can just be me. no pretension or no disguise.

to the guy i have liked and loved recently, thank you for teaching me lessons which i can benefit from for life.

you taught me that there are just some things that are not meant to be realized.

you taught me to accept things and hope for the best next time around.

you taught me to appreciate.

you taught me to admit to myself that i am capable of loving a person even if he does not entirely fit with the standards i set.



will i forget you?

surely not! :)

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Cultural Differences?

the world has 194 countries.

from which spring various countries, nations, people,cultures.

the people of the world were too sensitive and intelligent enough to come up with a universal language and basic rights and laws to combat the chaos that the disparities among us will possibly bring.

i am glad they thought of that.

but i'll be more glad if people from all the countries in the world will appreciate and apply the importance of which.

in the language aspect, i am not saying that they really have to learn english even if it is against there will. i know there are a lot of people who are not that open to learn the universal language because they have their bias to their language. and one thing more, some do not feel the need learn such.

good thing, in the philippines; as early as kindergarten days, we were taught how to speak the universal language. that worked really on my advantage.

so i'll let the issue of learning english pass. people do have their right to decline on such if they do not feel like doing it.



ok, the meat of the matter is about how we should view the basic rights that govern us all.

i have been in korea for almost 6 months now and i have many encounters which always lead me to raise the question: "cultural differences?"

abroad, some things will never fall into the same manner you experienced it wayback in your country

things from one place to another differs, including the people's belief and ideals.

we may be different on how we get things done, how we address issues, how we tackle tasks and how we respond to complaints..

but

one thing holds true~~~once we talk about human rights, it is the same set of rights known anywhere.

you do not need a book,a computer or a sage to check whether you stepped into others' rights.

you can definitely feel it, oh well that is if you are not that too naive. or evenso you are naive, there will always be a way that the basic rights will get into your nerves. each one is aware of the basic rights. it is our personal yearning that others will give due respect to it.

what i want to air out is.. this phrase "cultural differences" cannot always answer to the confusions brought by diversity, it cannot be used to clean one's hands from overlooking others' rights.

it's a lame excuse on an issue..especially if the issue is, as what i have said- about bypassing the rights of other people of the other culture.

whatta heck!!! why always say that to us???!!!???!!!

basic rights wherever you go are the same despite of the race you belong or what kind language you speak.

it is just so disappointing to note that some people are taking too much advantage of that phrase.

going to another country is surely no joke.

you will adjust to their culture and the kind of people there are.

it is more disapponting or shall i say distressing when you experience the agony of trying to figure out their track of mind and their actions. and in return, they do not give damn effort to understand yours..

you get burned out trying to understand the unfathomable.

you'll realize later on that~~ you are then too naive to give home in understanding them because you have already exhausted all the possible means and efforts that needed to be done.

sometimes, i wanted to think that it is better to be ignorant on what is right from what is wrong..

sometimes, it pays to be dumb about your rights so that you will not get hurt or pissed off when those were bypassed.

but what can i do, i am knowledgeable about my rights?!?!

i cannot help but to assert and fight for it eventhough i am put into the hotseat.

my consolation is~~~at least after all this thorny journey, i'll reach the end happy or joyful shall i say, for i just did not let others stepped on my rights without even saying a thing to them.

i already started to fight for my rights. come what may, wherever this will lead me, i'll have peace of mind.

i will never ever regret the day i decided to assert for what i believe is upright.

"our anger and frustrations come in various packages. inasmuch as i want to keep mine, i just simply cannot. once provoked, you'll realize how foul the package i got"

"you'll dread the day you annoyed me"

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