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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Blank Tape


Excited and Happy, this was the emotion that Bryan felt when he knew that he,  together with his family, will be attending the birthday party of one of his cousin. The party will be on Sunday but Bryan and his family went to the house of his cousin one day before the party, that’s why his cousins were very happy to see Bryan.

       One Saturday afternoon, Bryan and his cousins went to their favourite place to play and to pick some small stones. Because of tiredness, they decided to go back to the house and to take a rest. While they were walking, Bryan remembered something, “hey guys! Do you still remember the blank cassette tape that we hide long time ago? “Yes!” his cousins replied. “Hmmn, I have an idea, what if we will use that cassette tape and record the sounds that the cassette recorder will hear while we are all sleeps? What do you think?” then his cousins agree with him.
       8 o’clock in the evening, when everyone is busy preparing for the foods, Bryan and his cousins were busy also looking for the blank cassette tape, since it’s been 4 months ago since they hid that tape, they find it too difficult to look for that tape, so they ask help to one of their uncle. One hour later, Bryan’s aunt, called already their names to have their dinner, and because it is already a tradition to them that whenever they have their dinner, someone, among the group should lead for the prayer. And fortunately, it’s Bryan turn.
       After the dinner, Bryan and his cousins continued to look for the blank cassette tape, and finally, Bryan already found the tape. So, they clean it and they borrowed the cassette recorder to their aunt. Before they sleep, because it’s been a long time for them to see each other again, Bryan and his five cousins were still chatting and sharing their experiences while they are away from each other. “It’s already 12 in the midnight, I think we should take our rest because we will be busy helping our parents for the birthday party tomorrow” said Jasmine, one of the cousin of Bryan. “Yeah, you’re right” Bryan replied. Before they sleep, Bryan almost forgot to put the tape in the cassette recorder and he press the play and record button, then he sleep.
       After 3 hours, Bryan hears a sounds “tick!” that’s why Bryan open his eyes, then he remembered that he put the blank cassette tape in the cassette recorder , so he went back to sleep. Upon closing his eyes, he saw a big shadow at the corner of the room, but because he was really tired he didn’t mind the shadow and continue to sleep. Six o’clock in the morning, when Bryan was disturbed by a noise coming outside the room, while he was already awaked, he make some loud noise to wake his cousins. After a few minutes, Bryan and his cousins went outside the room. “Hey! Come on! Let’s have some exercise; all of your parents were in the plaza to jog”. So, they decided to leave the house and joined their parents in the plaza. Everyone was very enjoyed, it takes for one and a half hour to complete the set-up exercise, so they went back in the house 7:30 am.
       But because it was already Sunday, everyone was busy preparing for the foods that they will eat and busy also to prepare for the games. Because they’re all enjoying, they forgot to listen from the tape. Before lunch time, Bryan accidentally went to the room to take his cell phone, but when he went inside the room, he felt something strange in the cassette tape, he hears that sounds again, when he about to look for it, he was shocked because the cassette were played by itself. Bryan, feels so scared, he immediately went outside the room and pretends that nothing happens to him.
       Evening comes, when the party is over, Bryan and his cousins decided to go to the room and played the guitar to have some jamming session. While everyone was enjoying, Bryan can’t help to feel scared, he just look at the cassette recorder and seems that he was just alone in that creepy room. “Hey! What’s wrong?” asked his one cousin “no, not, nothing” Bryan replied, “why is it that you are busy staring the cassette tape?” ask again his cousin, Bryan did not replied. Then one of his cousins takes the cassette recorder and played the blank tape. Everyone was so silent, no voice, no noise. They concentrated to listen from the tape, no sounds coming from the tape, then suddenly, they hears a creepy laugh, “wahahaha!” it sounds a laugh of a demon, then they hear a Latin words, but because they can’t understand what does the man was saying, Bryan immediately get the tape and throw it outside the window. Everyone was shocked and scared, and then they decided to stay outside the room for a while then back to their room as soon as they are already not scared. Bryan suggested staying at other room but unfortunately, the rooms were already occupied and that room was the only room that they can use.
       After an hour, the six people went back to the room and prayed that God will protect them from any demons and evils spirits roaming around in that room. While everyone was taking their prayers, Bryan accidentally open his eyes and he looks at the window, the only thing that he could see outside is the darkness, but after a few second, Bryan saw a red eyes outside the window and it seems the eyes was staring at them. Bryan closed his eyes and try to open it again, hoping that the red eyes will be lost, but unfortunately it’s still there. Bryan feels so scared then he tries to concentrate again to pray. After the prayer, Bryan went outside the room and asks one of his cousins to go with him at the comfort room. While he was pissing, his cousin asks him “have you seen the creepy red eyes outside the window?” Bryan was shocked and immediately finished pissing. “Yeah! Why? You’ve seen that also?” Bryan replied with a scared voice, “yes, and he was actually looking at you!” Bryan stare at his cousin while he told that things to him, and he was bothered because he knew that it’s not the voice of his cousin. Then Bryan told his cousin to go back to the room, but his cousin told him that he will just stay at the kitchen to get some water, and then Bryan went to the room. While Bryan taking the stairs, he was surprised when he saw his cousin sitting outside the room while talking at his phone, questions starts to bothered Bryan, he said to his self “what does this man doing here, he just ask permission to me a while ago that he will get some water” then he’s heat starts to pump very fast. He doesn’t know what is really going on. After his cousin finished calling, he ask him “have you accompanied me in the comfort room?” his cousin replied “yes, but my girlfriend calls me that’s why I forgot to ask permission to you that I will go back here, sorry”, then Bryan starts to freak out, but he pretends that his okay.
       Its time to sleep again, while everyone was already sleeping, Bryan still can’t get over of what happened to him at the comfort room, after a few minutes, someone knock at the door, then Bryan opened it, but no one outside the room, then he closed the door. Surprisingly, he saw that shadow again, but this time, its starts to become real, the shadow, become a big man with red eyes and it has a two horns at his head, “it’s Satan!” Bryan told to himself, when he about to escape, Satan, hold him tight and he grab Bryan then he carried him downstairs and put Bryan in the sofa. Then Satan starts to talk to him, but because Satan was talking in Latin, Bryan didn’t understand even a single word but Bryan didn’t forget his creepy laugh. Then suddenly, Bryan wakes up and to his surprise, he was already in the sofa were Satan puts him.
       Morning comes and Bryan gets the tape outside the window, then he played it again, and he found out that, in his dream, the exact words that Satan told him, was the exact words that Bryan hears in the blank cassette tape. But this time, Bryan get the tape and he destroyed it and throw it in a place that no one would ever hear that creepy laugh again. The party that supposedly celebrated happily turns out to be the scariest, creepy and spooky party that Bryan attended for almost 18 years of existence in this world.  

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Loving Son




You always told me that I’m stupid
And yet, I always look at it as something positive
You always told me that I’m nothing
And yet, I always think that it means nothing

You always make me cry
But because I love you, I just let it dry
You always shouting me
But because I love you, I never felt any pain for you

You always blame me of the negative things in your life
But because you’re my mother, I just ignore that
You always told me that I’m a son of a devil
But because you’re my mother, I just take it as something unreal

Now that you’re birthday is near to come
I want to leave you this poem that really get from the bottom of my heart
Now that you’re birthday is near to come
I want to leave you with a beautiful smile

Don’t think that the reason why I hang myself in the ceiling
Is because I’m already tired of caring for you
The reason why I choose to leave you
Is because I truly love you
Happy birthday mom


Monday, December 5, 2011

A LETTER FROM A BROKEN HEARTED




DEAR LEN,
        Before anything else, I want to greet you a very happy morning. I supposedly give this letter to you before we broke up. You know what, it has been a very sad week for me because I did not use to be alone. Have you remember the time when we still love each other? We used to laugh all the time. Honestly, I miss everything, your smile, your hugs and your kisses. I can’t get you out of my mind. I want to forget you because I want you to be happy but can you blame me if I can’t do it? You became a great part of my life. You know that you mean a lot to me. Your smile brings so much happiness to my heart and your angelic voice brings so much hope in my life, if not because of you I could not be the man that everybody knows about. You bring so much change in my life, the life that I was expecting to be a very boring and very unfair was all ignored because of you.  
        For almost one year of being your boyfriend, I was just thinking to be the best man that you can have. This is supposedly the 2nd Christmas that we will celebrate together. Did you still remember, during the misa de gallo, I always buy your favourite food, the cotton candy and popcorn? And I still remember when you eat, you always complaining to the cotton candy because according to you, it could only make your teeth brittle, but still you want to buy, that’s why you always scolded me if I will not buy your favourite food.
Despite of all the “word of wisdom” that you throw to me, I choose to love you, despite of the trials that we face, I choose to be strong because I love you and despite of the feedback that I heard from my friends, I choose to be with you because still, I love you.
        But now, that you became a part of others life, I always prays that you will receive the happiness that God want you to feel. And since that you’re most happy day is coming, I wishes you all the best and hopefully, you and my best friend will have a big and happy family. Don’t worry if time will come that I’ll be going to have my own wedding, I will not forget to invite you, and hopefully that time, I will ready to love someone else that is more than the love that I’ll show and give to you. Thank you for the special moment that you spent with me and thank you for the love that you showed to me.
        Good luck to your new life and new career, God blesses you!

Always loving you,
          Lenor

A POEM FOR JAPAN


Japan was in our history
Because of its power and nuclear factory
They have been the most advance country
Because of their equipment and intelligent society

Japan was famous of creating new gadgets
Like notebook, iPod, cell phone, and even the new tablet
But aside from the gadgets that they created
Their culture is also interesting, that’s why it is always promoted.

Japan was a beautiful country
They have beautiful ladies who have sexy body
Most of them are white and cutie
But the only problem is, they are always covered not even to see their bra and panty.

I’m just kidding on the previous paragraph
Just to make you smile, just like the power puff
But this time, I have to be serious
Because Japan is now suffering and that is not hilarious.

Let’s help them even without money
By our prayer, that hopefully they can recover someday
Because Japan was contributed a lot to our society
By its discoveries and gadgets that makes our life easy.

I Love You Babe


   


   I was sitting beside her. She was crying. She holds my hand tightly and said “I want to die”, but I told her to be strong. She looks at me and touches my face then she starts to narrate her love story.
            Her name was Julianne. She was then a first year college student in Central Mindanao University where she met this bad guy. She hates the guy but because of some incidence that happens to them she now understands why the guy behaves like that. Actually, the guy grow up in a family that for him, he can never be like. His father was a businessman as well as his mother. He can’t find any reason why he should stay at their house. That’s why, he decided to be independent. Julianne was shocked about his life. But now, that she knows it already she let herself to become a friend of that guy, the first girl friend that the guy have ever had when he start schooling at college.
             A few months later, the guy courted Julianne. Julianne was surprised. But, because she also has a feeling to the guy, she accepts the proposal. Her friends hate her. She ignores everything that her friends told about his boyfriend because of her love, until her friends already accept the guy. Their relationship grew stronger as the day passed by. Until they celebrate their fourth anniversary, it was happen on March 17. Julianne was so happy and so with Robert (the name of the guy). Before they went home, Robert says these words to Julianne, “Babe, you changed my life, you make me happy every day, and because of you, I realize that, I should now accept and love my family. Thank you because you open my eyes and heart to love you as well as to love my family. You mean a lot to me. And, you are my everything babe. I Love You “. Julianne was speechless, and the only thing that she does was to hug Robert and cry to Robert’s shoulder. Robert kisses Julianne. Then they went home.

  After the graduation, Julianne immediately find a job. She was then a secretary in a multi-national company. Even if Julianne and Robert were far from each other, the two lovers still find a way to communicate and to have a date, at least once a month. Every morning, Robert calls Julianne just to say Good Morning and Have a nice day,then in the evening just to say Good night and I love you. Julianne was already use to it.
            Julianne works in Davao while Robert stays in Bukidnon. Although this is the kind of relationship that they have, but still Robert finds a way just to see Julianne. Until such time, when Robert did not shown up to Julianne anymore, but still Robert always calling her. Julianne wondered why but she just thinks that Robert was busy. It was October when Julianne decided to take a vacation and visit Robert. Julianne was surprised of what she saw. She saw a coffin, inside the house of Robert. Julianne paused for a while and then think. Then she said, “Maybe it is just the grandfather of Robert”. Julianne thinks positively. Before she reached the door, she saw me. Standing right before her, she asks me about Robert, if Robert was o.k or what are the things that Robert do. But I did not respond to her. I did not say any word. I look at her then suddenly my tears fall from my eyes. I hugged her and the only word that I utter was “sorry”. She looks again at the coffin, I can feel her heart, and it is beating so fast, after a while, she walk slowly to see who was in the coffin. I can see her hands, its shaking and so with her feet and body. When she was at the door, she ran quickly to know who was really lying at that coffin. Then she saw Robert, her one and only babe. She open the coffin and hugged the dead and cold body of Robert, she cried and cried. The atmosphere that time was so humid, but the air that touches my skin was so cold. I can’t explain my feelings it seems that my heart wants to explode. But even though that was the situation, still, I get Julianne and try to comfort her. Then we sit at the corner, and she tells me everything about their past moments.

  At the burial, Mrs. Bernabe, the mother of Robert, tells everything to Julianne and she said, “my son suffered a lot from the cancer, he always calling your name, he wanted to see you but he knows that it could never be happen because of his situation”, his mother paused for a while to take a deep breath, then she continued, “my son really fight the cancer because he wanted to grow old with you, it was almost two months of suffering, the time that he never showed up to you. The voice that you hear every morning and evening was really his voice but it was only a recorded voice.” Then she added, “he told me to give this voice recorder to you, here, take this, this is the last record he made”, then Mrs. Bernabe cried. Julianne take the voice recorder and she played it. But the only word that she hears in that recorder was, “I Love You Babe”. 

Sunday, December 4, 2011

The Cold Christmas



I was dreaming of a white snow
Together with a cold blow
It was really a very beautiful night
With the stars the was really bright

I was thinking if Santa was really true
And waiting for him while it was raining a white snow
Maybe before the Christmas will finally come
I could see Santa bringing the gifts for everyone

It was 11:00 in the evening
But still, I couldn’t find Santa everywhere
Maybe he just wants me to be surprise
And be happy with the gift that I really desired

Christmas Eve is already here
I can hear choir singing and the bells that ringing
Maybe Santa will finally give me the gift
Or maybe he forgotten me because I’m a theft

Suddenly, I hear a voice laughing
I’m sure that Santa’s coming
I open my eyes and it was really true
That Santa is hear and he will carry me over with this cold snow

I was really happy when he carries me
But why is it I can see my body
And I ask Santa if I’m already dead
Then he answer me with full of sadness

I hen I hug him and say thank you to him
Because finally I already done with the life that I really suffer
Because I was then a poor boy sleeping in the street
And wishing that someday this will be the last cold Christmas that I feltL0



MY BESTFRIEND



By: Orlan Doromal Tabuada Jr.

He knows when I’m happy
And he knows when I’m lonely
He knows when I’m angry
And he knows when I’m naughty

He makes me feel happy
If he can see me so lonely
And he makes my day so naughty
If he can see me so angry

He never speaks to me when he knows I’m angry
And he never let me become naughty
If he knows that I’m lonely

He tried his best to bring out my happiness
Just to live the day with full of gladness
He never leave me into the mid of problems
And never treat me as one of his enemies

That’s why, now, I become so lonely
Because no one dares to make me happy
I missed the day that we are naughty
And missed his advice when I feel so angry

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