Season 2, Episode 9 - STARE

It was dark.

I heard the door close. Someone was in the room. I suddenly felt someone snuggle up from behind me like it was just the normal thing to do. It was you.

I turned to face you on the bed. You were already smiling and you seemed happy. I felt at peace. You continued staring at me silently with your brown eyes for a couple of minutes. Even from the darkness, I could still make out the contour of your face, your nose, your lips, of how your eyes crinkle when you smile. You were just staring at me and I felt myself numb from it.

From what seemed like forever, you suddenly uttered something.

"Promise me one thing," you said. And then you suddenly kissed my forehead and hugged me tight.

My brows furrowed. I got confused and I felt myself tearing up. But you were still smiling. 

'Wait, what is this about?' I asked myself.

You were about to say something but I suddenly found my right index finger to your lips and shushed you. I held your hand and there was that smile again.

I inched myself closer to you, our breathing already in rhythm with each other. I saw your smile disappear and turned into that look of longing. You brushed my hair and caressed my chin. We continued to stare at each other for a few seconds. Then, I found myself brushing my nose against your eyes, your cheek, your nose, your lips.

Suddenly, from the darkness, we found our lips just a mere half an inch from each other and our eyes gazing in the heat. We were about to lock our lips to what seemed like a night of passion.

And then, I woke up.

Silent Adventurer out!

Season 2, Episode 8 - MILESTONE

It's a bit pathetic but, nonetheless, it's still definitely a milestone. It's my first ever Facebook post achieving more than 100 likes. Pathetic...(smirk)

Silent Adventurer out!

Season 2, Episode 7 - REALIZE

I came to realize something this morning.

In the middle of my reverie while I was brushing my teeth in the bathroom and staring at myself in the mirror, a familiar passing thought held on. It held on and made me reflect on it.

Suddenly, I came to realize that my love life has been mostly defined by cases of wrong timing, what-ifs, or what-could-have-beens. Come to think of it, I have been falling for the same shit over and over again. Without warning, I felt myself suffocating - that feeling of loneliness which I was ready to wallow myself again in frustration and self-pity.

Still, I managed to pull myself together, spit out the crap, and washed it off. There was really no sense succumbing myself to yet again another bout of reliving scenarios and pondering on possibilities.

In the end, I need to keep it in. I need to keep it real.

I will have to settle for this. That's enough for me. For now.

Silent Adventurer out!

Season 2, Episode 6 - TONE

Funny scene earlier while assisting two Chinese customers who had difficulty understanding and speaking English:

Me: Ma'm, Sir, I'll be calling again the China customer service hotline because I received a busy tone earlier.

Chinese woman: (staring blankly) ???

Me: (gesturing) me...call China again...because got busy line...

Chinese man and woman: (looking at each other) ???

Me: You know, busy tone?...you know, toot, toot, toot, toot, toot?

Chinese man and woman: (smiling) ahhh, yes, yes, yes!

Dah! Kasabot lagi! Faet!

Silent Adventurer out!

Season 2, Episode 5 - STUDENT

Tuesday evening, sa mall:

I was roaming around the new wing of Ayala looking for the Mossimo shop while waiting for Igat J for our dinner later that night.

Correction: I was roaming around 'lost' for forty minutes already. Forty minutes spent just looking for that shop.

I vaguely remembered that the shop was definitely on the lower ground floor of the new wing. Nasira kase yung pang office bag ko and MG recommended good black sturdy ones daw in Mossimo.

Now, if I could just find that damn shop! Ma-pride chicken kase, hindi nagtatanong sa concierge!

So there I was still searching when two fairly good looking Adonises, who seemed to be students, approached me. Napakagat-labi ako at kinabahan.

'Ooh, grasya sa langit! Hallelujah!' I smiled to myself, amused.

One of them, medyo matangkad, mga 5'7", medium-built, chinito, lumapit na saken. "Hi, good evening," sabi niya.

He had nice teeth.

Ngumiti siya, "I'm a student of the University of San Carlos Talamban Campus. I was just wondering..."

At that point, I was full expecting he was going to ask for my number. But he raised his palm in front of me, tapos, tinanong niya ako, "Will it be okay for you if you could give me a high-five?"

'A what? Ano raw?' I thought to myself. 'Gago 'tong mokong na 'to ha! Is this a prank?'

I don't know what came over me at that moment, but for the life of me, parang bumaba ng slight yung EQ points ko at bigla na lang ako nag high-five! Yep, I gave that dude a freakin' high-five!

And both of them just merrily went on with their way after that.

And I was left dumbstruck in silence at what just occurred. I was anticipating naman a follow up act or conversation or maybe a bevy of cameras expecting I was some part of a gag show or something. Well, exaggerated na siguro yung last bit.

So I just attributed it na lang to maybe it was just for a fraternity initiation rite or maybe it was just a social experiment or it was simply two guys pranking hapless angatch me.

Still, I was hoping he'd give me his number though. Awwwpp...

Anyhow, nakita ko na rin yung lecheng Mossimo shop na yun. Angatch episode 2 for that night: nasa itaas pa pala na floor! I had been looking for it on the wrong floor! Hay naku! Pak!

Silent Adventurer out!

Season 2, Episode 4 - REINVENTION

"I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention...To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone." - Henry Collins

Oha! Pang Miss U Q&A lang ang peg! I'm just trying to figure out the best way to fill everyone in on what's new with life.

Hindi ko nga alam kung may nagbabasa pa ba dito.  I hardly ever post here anymore so there's not usually much to read.  Pero mahalaga sa akin 'tong blog na ito. Nang sinimulan ko itong pagba-blog, it was just to share whatever general thoughts and experiences at kung anong ka ek-ekan ang dumarating sa life.

Huwaw naman! Has it really been that long since my last blog post?! Trust me, gusto ko man mag compose ng isang perfectly articulate blog kada araw but after a long, 9-12 hour work day, sometimes I just do not have the energy, desire, creativity, nor mental capacity to get back on the computer. Work has been busy and life has been crazy.

Pero heto na naman ako. May energy na naman magsulat at mag update. But this time, this will be version 2.0, Fifty Shades  Of Gemini - BRAVER, BOLDER, FIERCER! Pak! Yebaaah!!!

Silent Adventurer is back and out!