.: lost in purple mist :.

poetry, numbers and aikido

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

*poet mode*

ESCAPE

Caught in a time warp
I am.

I close my eyes to freeze this moment
to capture again the glimmer of that city
at night, the glow that is half-starshine,
and half-lamplight.
To trace the lines of the memory
of a place i grew up in,
and grew to love.

In a split-second
vivid images of that place
come rushing back.
Familiar faces of strangers,
bumper-to-bumper traffic,
street signs and street children,
overpassess, skyscrapers
and winding bridges that cross
over a thousand roofs.
The artificial light blends
with indistinct honks and murmurs.

I close my eyes once more
and take comfort in my belief that
reminiscing can give me the power of flight.
It can warp me to that place
where I left my heart behind.

I close my eyes and I'm home.

~ dedicated to the people and places I left behind.

Number of...

...times a day I eat cereals: 3-4. Pramis. No joke.
...sleepless nights: countless. It is better to sleep on the floor than on a soft mattress.
...dreams about Bamboo: 3
...dreams about Sponge Cola: 1
...original OPM CDs: 3 (-1 because I left my BC CD in the Philippines, +4 because my cute and cuddly Ninang is sending me Nina Live! and all 3 CDs of MYMP. Hehe, di rin ako MYMP fan 'no?)
...blogs: Let's start from the start, shall we? Nutang acct (1), Blogspot (2+3), Hi5 (4), Friendster (5), Blogdrive (6), Xanga (7)= SEVEN. Now, you're probably thinking that with 7 blogs, I'm a 16-yr old who definitely has a LOT to say. I mean, what kind of lunatic maintains SEVEN blogs?! Anyway, if you're thinking I'm that lunatic kid, you're mistaken. The only blogs I took seriously were the ones in my blogger acct. ^_^

News flash: *kidlat, then kulog*
Eto no joke talaga - I'm having my first brush with martial arts on Thursday. I'm taking Aikido lessons.

Gag me.

This afternoon, we went to Ponciana to see the Academy of Martial Arts. It was a samll place, nothing like a dojo but more like the ones they have in SM North Edsa. Pramis, initial reaction ko talaga nung sinabi ni Daddy na maga-aikido nga kami ay *excited* Pano kasi, trip ko yung uniform... loose white top and baggy black pants (It looks like a yukata. Picture Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai.) Cute. Wala lang. ^^

And then, biglang... I saw one class going on, a Taekwondo class I think, and I recoiled. My knees turned to jelly. Nah, not jelly - Jell-O. In my mind, I saw myself being *huwaiya*-d and *whapak*-d by the kids there. Tapos nagdilim ang paningin ko at namatay. The End.

Haha. Sana nga ganun lang kadaling lumusot sa aiki lessons. And now I ask myself: What have I gotten myself into again? Once more, I jumped into the pool before checking the temperature of the water. San ka ba nakarinig ng taong nag-aikido dahil nakyutan siya sa uniforms? Sometimes my sense of logic amazes me. And if ever there was an award for Ms. Late Reaction, it would be presented to me.

Now you ask: Does Thu. make me nervous? Hell yes, considering that I'm no sports lover and that I have 0 experience in martial arts. Let's hope my instructor goes easy on me, lest I be bruised as a bloody prune after class.

Uulan na naman. Yay. >,<

4:39 PM

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