The Indio Experience

The FLICKRISTASINDIOS, a Flickr group (internet based assemblage) composed of Filipino photography enthusiasts will be having its first photo exhibit on the 15th to 19th of December at the TRINOMA MALL.

As what the title says, “The Indios Experience” will be showcasing the groups activities and interests through their creative captures. From the simple scenarios of people in different walks of life up to the extraordinary interpretation of the world through the photographers point of view.

Truly an event worth experiencing, the spectators would not only enjoy the photos in this exhibit but would also be inspired by the groups demonstration of their passion for the photographic art as well as the visual manifestation of their love for life itself.

by Anjo
aka tacit requiem
a proud Indio

Stagnant Like water, Clogged like a drain,

Stucked like a wheel burried deep in the mud.

Efforts seem futile like life in a coma

scenarios redundant circling like the merry go round

Exhausted and wasted like a hamster runnin’ round

only to cease and feel unpleased having all the miles dismissed

Vast may be the place with each corner,doors half open

amidst there stands confusion clinging to reclusion

The cocoon is overdue. Within it, lies hesitation

faking slumber, counting number delaying flight as it could.

Engulfed by bitterness consuming woeful vile

pathetic reasoning devour this whole being of mine.

How do i start to end this numbing plight?

when boredom sets a placid light

Have I began to succumb?

Maybe time has left me with procrastination to keep me

company.

Has my words turn to dire? left me hanging in empty desire?

Maybe now its better to yield in fate

regardless of the destination it may take.

Before I let my life kill me

and delude me to senseless sanity.

Everytime I open my friendster and view some of my friends profiles, especially those who I became close with when I was still in ABS, I feel a slight pain inside me. I know kasi that things are never gonna be the same. Moving away from each others company werent really our choice. Nawawala kasi sa ere ang programang naging dahilan ng pagkakasama namin. And you really have no choice but to go with the flow. Malilipat yung isa sa ibang programa, yung iba naman mananatili mong kasama. Okay lang nung una kasi we were still in one roof - nasa ABS pa din naman at magkikita’t magkikita pa rin. Kaya lang with the situations goin on in ABS, which I think most of my friends would agree, parang hindi na nagiging maganda ang patakaran. MAy mawawalan ng programa pero hindi na yun mapapalitan kaya kailangan maghanap sa iba… may iba hanggang ngayon naghihintay pa rin. Pero syempre if you have other choice naman outside the network bat ka pa magtitiis sa lumalalang sitwasyon sa loob? Kaya ang iba nag-abroad na habang ang iba nagnegosyo. Isa ako sa mga umalis… I have no regrets lalo na pagnaririnig ko sa ibang hindi pa rin nagbabago ang problema sa loob, lumalala pa nga. Although meron naman ibang nagtyaga at gumanda ang estado. But still parang nakakaklungkot… lalo na pagnakikita ko ang iba kong friends na dati kong ka-close pero para na kayong strangers ngayon. Bakit nga kaya ganun ano? Well I guess thats life… minsan theres just nothing left for you in the past to hold on to so you just have to move on and meet new freinds. Sana nga lang ganun yun kadali, the problem is there are just some people who leaves a mark in your heart that no matter what you do it just stays there. Hmmmp, even those you hate nga pala may nile-leave ding mark! Kainis talaga! Anyway, siguro lang talaga they’ve served their purpose na in my life at nag-expire na yung purpose na yun. At kung ano man yung mga natutunan ko out of my shared experiences with them, nasa akin na lang kung pakikinabangan ko as I step into a new chapter of my life. Ganun naman yun di ba? Every person that walks into your life is a teacher. They teach you because they show you where your limits are. Oo nga, meron akong mga naaalalang tao na pinakilala ng husto sa akin ang sarili ko… kung gaano ako kahina at kung gaano ako kalakas. Siguro lang talaga inabot ko na ang limit ko sa ABS. I’ve finished the last page and now I’m opening a new book and starting a new chapter. But still, no matter how many books I will open siguro, I would still consider my lifes learning in ABS as the most valuable book I have experienced…yet…considering my 31 years of living. And just like a real book meron lang talagang mga characters dun na hinding hindi mo makakalimutan because they’ve taught you a lot about life and how you should and should not live it. Kaya sa mga naging friends ko at kaaway na rin. I guess all I want to say is not only I miss you but also thank you for the experience of life that you’ve taught me.

Let Me Love You
One Day At A Time

Let me love you one day at a time
and please love me that very same way. We may never learn all there is to know about love, but every day together will teach us a little more about ourselves and the special kind of happiness we can bring to each other. One of the best things you’ve helped me learn is that love starts with being honest, speaking straight from how we really feel. I like how we’ve opened doors, and windows of our lives and invited each other to come in, look around and get aquainted. The more I’m with you, the more at home I feel.

Let me love you one day at a time.
Why talk about "always" and say things we’re not sure we mean, when we can talk about today and mean exactly what we say. Let’s think of each sunrise as a fresh start, a brand new beginning… and try to fill each day with as much love as it can hold. I know you’re not always going to be exactly the same person Sunday thru Saturday, January thru December, and neither am I. We both need laughing times and crying times…. and time for every mood in between. The important thing is that you can be the kind of you that feels most natural and that I can be my most favorite kind of me. That’s what makes us so comfortable together….
it’s also what keeps us from taking too much for granted.

Let me love you one day at a time.
Let’s not wonder how long love will last but how beautiful we can make it grow. Let’s give our best to each other but, let’s never expect miracles of our love. There’s no need to…. the reality of you and me is better than all the impossible dreams and fantasies I’ve ever imagined.
Being with you is feeling proud, blessed, grateful for each hour we share.

Let me love you,
not according to any how-to-book, or by someone else’s set of rules….
but simply for who you are and how you are with me.
And please love me, not for what I might be molded into, but for what I am here and now. Don’t expect me to be someone all good and all giving, someone who could never disappoint you…. someone too right to be real and too perfect to be me.
I’m just as human as anyone I know…. and very thankful that you are too.
Let’s try to remember that love means keeping in touch with each other’s thoughts and feelings…. listening not just to words, but to the emotions behind them…. seeing, not just the smiles and frowns but the hurt and pleasures that cause them.

Let me love you one day at a time,
starting today. Let’s have the courage to try to change whatever needs changing about us, and wisdom to know what should never be changed. Believing in ourselves and in our ability to handle whatever tomorrow brings…. and trusting that this love we share will continue to grow stronger as the future years unfold…. One Beautiful Day At A Time.