Sunday, January 31, 2010

breaking the silence

And just as I thought only celebrities could break their public silence, I find the need to do it as well. And what better platform than my very own non-famous blog. 

If you have been a follower of my blog, there's a greater chance that you have an idea of what issues I went through last year. Especially, the issues about some form of real Gossip Girl-ish type of drama. Ugh! Although I did put in countless curses and ugly words, still, I never dropped any names, and this site, my very few readers, is a place not much people know about. But lately, I have been hearing few downright mean and bitchy status messages and posts from some particular Facebook and Skype hater. If there's going to be a group site titled "I freakin' hate Julie Kwong", I tell you, she'll be the moderator of that account. 

Just to cut the long story a bit shorter, remember my post from early last year? We Used To Be Friends? An old friend that became an ex because apparently, I unknowingly became a threat to her preys? I was never a competitor, I only wanted for us to cohabit harmoniously. So I stayed out of her victims. Until I became friends with the guy she was so madly crazy about. And that guy, well, he eventually ended up with me.

Alright, alright. Seriously, I never imagined that I would have a boyfriend at this point in my existence. Let alone, be a girlfriend of my boyfriend now. We were friends, buddies, and I was good with that. And the vulture, well, she's been hovering on some other victims during the last few months of last year. And I have very well accepted the fact that we are no longer like how we used to from about two or three years ago, but along with that, I remained civil with her. So, she was with her group of bitches, and I was with my crew. The best crew I ever had in that fishbowl. And during those times, I never thought that I would actually fall hard for "the guy". And "the guy" would feel the same. And like Incubus' song, it has been a three-fold Utopian dream. We have been together now for over a month. And it was only, I guess, last week when the vulture confirmed the truth. 

So I have been called one too many ugly things. A snake. A backfighter. That I was shown nothing but goodness and I no longer deserved to be her friend. Whatthemotherfuckingsonofabitch! 

Ok. Point Number ONE: I've talked to her many times before, told her about my grudges and whatnots with her, I remained civil, tried to save our so-called "friendship" too many times that I got fucking tired of that senseless crap. I have come to terms with the reality that some friendships can't go on just because you're hanging on for old times' sake. And that ended many months ago.

Point Number TWO: Who was she calling a snake, a backbiter? Moi? Nah! There was never a past with her and my guy. NEVER. I, along with all the observant tenured people on that fishbowl, very well know about that truth. Many times before, I pity the guy. He was always drunk and cornered by that untiring hovering insatiable vulture. Many have tried, including myself, to get her back on her feet and see the truth from the real perspective, but it's hard to open a door that has been tightly shut from the inside. I never owe anyone an explanation. It was no one's fault that I and the guy fell for each other. And we were both singles, for crying out loud! There was no snake, only a failed temptress, and that's not me.

Okay, I understand, she was hurt, alright. God knows it's unintentional. But what I don't get is how she's turning the whole thing into a sick and ugly hoopla, and how she's turning herself into an evil psycho-pathetic revenge-seeking hag that she is now. If she can't be happy for us, then, just leave us in peace. It was only last night when I learned that she already filed for immediate resignation the night before, when I and my boyfriend were both absent. This was exactly one of the major reasons why we kept our relationship under the radar. We know how she would handle this kind of issue. And we were right: she handles it insanely ugly. 

Well, too many things have been said, but now that the vulture already left, I hope she finds in herself the acceptance for the real truth, and not just her own truth. That she finds a man that will fill her heart with love and empty out the bitterness and contempt that eats it now. I wish her happiness and success and love, nothing less.

xoxo

J


Oh, and yeah, mushroom? Well, it's good for your health. ;-p

...:::j u l i e:::...

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Empire State of Mind

What I'm listening to at the moment:

"Empire State of Mind"
by Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys

I have always wanted to be in New York. To breathe its beauty and live its challenge. That's one secret I used to keep. One of the many places I'd like to step on during this lifetime.

And, man, how I just adore Alicia Keys.

And the black-and-white photos shown on this video.



"...New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear for New York..."
- "Empire State of Mind (New York)" - Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys


...:::j u l i e:::...

my new boyfriend

He has always been what I wanted. Dark. Lightweight. A bit complex, but easy to grasp. Understands my unpredictable moods. What you see is what you get. Fits right into my small hands. Could take it slow or fast. Responds quickly and does not make me wait. Could be brought anywhere, anytime. Seems quite a perfect boyfriend, right? If only he's human.

He just came in last Saturday. My new Nikon D3000. My new boyfriend.





I have yet to finish reading its manual. It's all new to me. Below are some of my beginner's shots:









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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Diary

Book of the Week:

Friday, January 15, 2010

15 January 2010 Friday

Walked this part of Makati where I used to frequent about two years ago. I miss this place. Sitting here in one of the classy chairs in this new coffee house in the corner across the street of my destination, my French school. Sipping my 155-peso cup of cold creamed coffee I drink few and far between. Sweldo naman. Holding Chuck Palahniuk's novel about some tortured promising artist in one hand. A fitting choice to start my book list for the year. The bitter taste of coffee. The cooling effect of black menthol cigarettes. I was the first customer in this place, and it felt like I own this corner. Watching people hurry to get to the other side of the street, going about their daily routine. Hearing cars honking. Some bossa music playing in the background. Then I looked up. Gloomy skies. The chilling wind. The jacket that covers my skin. And, for the longest time, I feel normal. Missing this part of me that's like this morning's weather. Finding elation in my own strangeness, depth, and solitude. This darkness is where my soul feels home. And for months, I turned my head away from that person, so I could make the most of what I thought would be a slimming time with my "coral", my "master". I never imagined that we would end up together, more so, that he would stay longer so he could be with me. But I could only turn my head from myself for so long, and I can't seem to fit him into my own private world. More than missing him, is missing myself. And no matter how it becomes more and more apparent how completely opposite we are with each other, still, I put a value in him and in our relationship. More than the comparison, seeing the biting reality in your face, is believing that we could bring out the better, if not the best, in each other. 

...:::j u l i e:::...

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

T H E O C E A N

What I'm listening to at the moment:

"The Ocean"
by The Bravery



I climbed up a mountain, and looked off the edge
At all of the lives that I never have led
There's one where I stayed with you, across the sea
I wonder do you still think of me
I carry your image always in my head
Folded and yellowed and torn at the edge
And I've look upon it for so many years
Slowly I am losing your face

Oh the ocean rolls us away, away, away
The ocean rolls us away

Sixes and sevens we live on jet planes
And so many faces I don't know the names
So many friends now and none of them mine
Forgotten as soon as we meet
All of these moments are lost in time
But you're caught in my head like a thorn on a vine
To forever torment me and I wonder why
Do I wish I'd never known you at all

Oh the ocean rolls us away, away, away
The ocean rolls us away

Oh the ocean rolls us away, away, away
The ocean rolls us away

The sun and the moon
An ocean of air
So many voices
But nothing is there
But the ghost of you asking me why
Why did I leave

Oh the ocean rolls us away, away, away
The ocean rolls us away

Oh the ocean rolls us away away away

And I lose your hand through the waves

"The Ocean" by The Bravery


The ocean rolls me away from my coral. And I'm a fish who wants to swim in larger seas. I don't want to lose him, but faster than the waves reaching the shore, I am losing myself. I used to want him, but never have I entertained the idea that we would end up together. And now that I have him, I don't know what to do with it. I wasted so much time, wasted away myself in so much booze, and I got exhausted from all of it. Other than the murky fishbowl and the almost daily beer fest, we can't seem to find other common grounds. Guilt-stricken, a picture of me, him holding my hand, and my head looks back to who I used to be, and the life I should be leading. And it tears me apart, whenever he tells me he loves me and I can't say it back without having this doubt if it would come out as a lie. I like him, but it's not enough to say it's love. But I want our relationship to work out. He fought for me, he stayed in the murky fishbowl, traded better things just so he could be with me. It makes it so hard for me to stand on two opposing poles. Balance, they say, but I can't seem to find it.


...:::j u l i e:::...

Friday, January 1, 2010

Reposting this heart-warming wishes from Neil Gaiman:

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.

...I hope you will have a wonderful year, that you'll dream dangerously and outrageously, that you'll make something that didn't exist before you made it, that you will be loved and that you will be liked, and that you will have people to love and to like in return. And, most importantly (because I think there should be more kindness and more wisdom in the world right now), that you will, when you need to be, be wise, and that you will always be kind.

[source: http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/12/wishes.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter]

...:::j u l i e:::...