By Fauxx
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In ships, they would turn off the lights at night on the bridge, the place where the captain navigates. That’s why the whole place is usually dark. Being a young boy then, I thought, “Why would anybody turn the lights off and grope in the dark while you navigate a huge ship?”
Is that faith?
Not really. But I learned that one of the reasons is for the crew to see other ships ahead with their lights, or the lighthouses, so they know how far away the land is. The darker it becomes, the brighter the lights.
The clearer it is to know where the ship is and where it is going.
There is a nugget of wisdom from that. Especially when you are cruising in the darkest moments of your journey.
Also, If you ever find yourself in a ship at night time, go to that dark place and try to look up. On a cloudless sky, you will see stars. It is vastly different from the stars and the sky we have in the city. The city has gone too bright and it kills the light of the faintest of stars.
At sea, these specks of light, the brightest and the less conspicuous, literally twinkle; and are literally innumerable. At that moment the twinkling star concept comes out of the metaphor of books and hallmark cards and you realize their meaning.
Somehow you would begin to understand why people in the ancient times marvel at the celestial sky. This is one of the reason why I enjoy travelling by sea and maybe the reason still why people then didn’t need a TV.
Do you know that even though light travels at the fastest immeasurable speed humans have speculated, it would still take millions of years for the light of the nearest stars to reach our planet?
Think about it, even if one star changes from supernova to white dwarf, (feel free to correct my literal astronomical lapses) it would take many years for us to see it. The very stars that we may be looking at right now may have been long gone many million years ago… they are just bright phantoms of their glorious shining moments.
And technically, when we gaze up, we are looking back in time.
Time.
Short of being true or otherwise, I dread the upcoming days.
I do not intend to go back in time, but I do want it to freeze… even for a moment. And breathe in each second. Maybe make something out of them, like what people did with the stars. Map out my own constellations from the stars of distant past memories and moments. And maybe take a souvenir from each.
Everything was made beautiful. Fearfully and wonderfully made, one way or another.
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Stardust originated from stars like a souvenir from what they might have been before. But in the end, gathering stardust is still gathering dust.
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The guy who illegally owned the name Fauxx is the author of the unpublished psychograph. He sprinkles courage to other players when playing Bluff, a card game. While I am the literary editor of our Filipino newspaper back in high school, Fauxx is one of the editors in our English Newspaper 😀
Staring at something you knew as part of the ‘past’ —there— in front of you.. knowing that the stellar parameter of that ‘past’ is billions far away from you yet ‘it’ managed to reach you even though you are in a time period commonly understood to contain all events that have yet to occur, the future.
Nice Gus.
Ow, of course, bare with me by correcting my literal astronomical lapses!
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Comment by Jayr Solomon Santos on April 15, 2009 at 8:22pm
wow. good read here XD
i also love gazing at the stars. it just makes you ask questions. and it makes you understand that in the end you may not understand it all.
but later in my life have found out that there’s out there more awesome than visible light. they call it dark matter, neutrinos-kind of thing (sorry im not an astrophysicist).
as I write this, millions have already passed my body, actually passed through Earth. No physical matter can detect it.
And dark matter makes star more beautiful. And just like a good photo, a subject needs a good backdrop. Unassuming even selfless. But without that contrast dark matter gives the heavens may just be plain white. then of course, we call it dark matter regardless of its purpose.
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lalagay ba natin yung comment ni ella? hehe.
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lol
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stardust is still just dust.
point taken.
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true, indeed.
but dust is not dust anyway, it is just something in the wrong place.
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Offtopic:
hembak..ola ola
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elkambak! oha oha!
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translate mo naman sa tagalog… toinkz…
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awts, hehe. stardust = alikabok ng tala?!
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oo nga.. lalim. eheheh
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i too sometimes like that to happen where time can stop and you just enjoy that moment. we need a time machine. hehehe…
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ow, a time machine!
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ang galing…..alam mo kahit city boy ako ngayon (nakatira sa central district ng Rome)…hanap ko pa rin ang mamuhay sa mga liblib na lugar….kaya nga every now and then….i do really escape the lights and sounds of the city….
i go stargazing….nature tripping at higit sa lahat communing with nature in silence,,,where the only sound i hear…is ancient one from the beginning of earth’s conception…
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huwaw on whatever you said kuya blu!
me, too! im just like you! i would love to be one with nature!
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intay ko ang susunod mong posting…busy ka nga!
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totoo kuya blu, busy ako this days..!
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Stars in your multitudes
Scarce to be counted
Filling the darkness
With order and light
You are the sentinels
Silent and sure
Keeping watch in the night
Keeping watch in the night
You know your place in the sky
You hold your course
And your aim
And each in your season
Returns and returns
And is always the same – Les Miserables
stars..!
they are magical..! 😉
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magic exist as what the magician told me last night.
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Again Ax, it is an honor to be published here in your realm. 😀
Thanks!
P.S.: Wala pala akong mahanap na pic. Haha. At hindi ako ‘boss’!
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Sows.
Salamat din!
P.S.: At sino ang boss?
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ako!
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say your name!
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unrelated comment.
ey ax, im bringing a group to moriones next year, just in case you’re interested. pwedeng pwede hiramin ang masks para magpapicture.
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talaga? magkano ang budget? next year pa naman. hehe. okay sa sched ko at marami akong pera! hehe.
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hi new to your site…
nice interpretation you got there…
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thanks! thanks, it’s by faux!
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point has been pointed out. nice one!
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thanks! thanks! in behalf of faux!
although, it is not your average dust.
i wonder what faux will comment on all these.
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“The darker it becomes, the brighter the lights.”
pag pinapatay ng barko ang ilaw ibig sabhin may turning point na kailangan gawin at dun makikita sa pinakamalabong bahagi ng paglalakabay, parang sa ating tao, hindi lahat ng dapat makita ay ibinibigay ng liwanag. hindi lahat madaling makuha.
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huwaw, ganda naman ng comment! salamat pareng dencios sa wisdom na yan!
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Thats why I want to go home to Phils, I want time to stop, no work no doggie, no madame, just me and me in a place where no one can call me, to say: Did you find my keys? Can you make dinner for twelve????
grrr, I missed inihaw na fresh seafoods in the beach!With pina colada…OR reading a bestseller, and soak to the warm sea…
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Sana nga makapunta ka dito sa Pinas.. para makadalaw!
Si madame naman kasi at si doggie ang daming kaekekan! hehe.
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that’s why people like to collect photos or letters or whatever. it is like stealing something from the suitcase of time, or death.
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and the clocks ticks away.
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I’d love to see a clear night sky, with my fascination with constellations. It must be a breathtaking sight that can elicit the most puzzling thoughts. This has been a wonderful read.
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thanks, as what i say, it’s by faux!
i don’t fancy for constellations. i fancy more on the moon’s halo! and the clouds. ow, should i add the dark matter (ha, jayr)?!
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Actually, I’m grateful and flattered for the comments. I don’t know what to say. Thank you for the comments!
Ax, http://fauxx.multiply.com/journal/item/119/Did_You_Know
puro plugging ng axrealm yan! 😀
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hehe. salamat din!
parang mutual benefit ang ginagawa nating plugging sa isa’t isa. hehe. agenda ba ito?
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galing galing naman! lahat pala may meaning.. hihihi.. ngayun ko lang din nalaman na ganun pala ung ship! nag papatay ng ilaw hehe dipakasi ako nasasakay … gusto ko matry gusto ko kasi sa madilim. marami pedeng gawin at mangyari pag madilim hahaha, joke!
nice one!! stardust!
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oo nga. pag madilim. tapos may ingay! yay! thanks kuya bons.
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Dati, sumakay kami ng mga officemates ko, 64 of us from our department, sa Superferry going to Cebu and yes, it was wonderful looking up the sky with sparkling stars while the ship was cruising. Parang nawawala ka sa earth hahaha.
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Huwaw, parang nawawala ka sa earth. Nakakatuwa naman ang experience na yun! Di pa naman ako nakakasakay ng barko habang gabi, to be exact! hehe!
I bet, napakaganda ng langit sa gitna ng karagatan.
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This may be my most favorite post so far. Napaisip ako sa sinabi mo.
“The very stars that we may be looking at right now may have been long gone many million years ago… they are just bright phantoms of their glorious shining moments.
And technically, when we gaze up, we are looking back in time.
Time.”
-This is the best part. I actually looked up the sky on the terrace and wondered what the stars I’m looking at right now looks like in the present. Oh geez. So beautiful. So magical. ^^,
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This maybe my most favorite comment on this post so far. Natuwa ako sa sinabi mo.
This is by Faux, not by me. Faux is a friend slash erstwhile classmate during my high school years.
And yes, the first time I read this, I looked at the stars differently than before. More beautiful. More magical.
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great writing you have here. it’s so good, it’s other-worldly, almost spiritual. congatulate Faux for me. he’s german, you said? he’s got a very french nickname.ü
God bless!
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thanks, ill will congratulate faux because you like it. actually, he is not a german. he is taking german language, that’s why. he is pure pinoy!
god bless din brother utoy!
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nice articles.
nice nice.
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spammer!
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the stars are bright.
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really?
talaga?
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seldon felt no signal doorway. she looked at the sky and full of stars.
she looks at the window and full of dusts.
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ratio and proportion. yay.
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Aleksandr would arth blue and earth broken.
stardust are great.
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i like the Aleksandr.
stardust, oh, dust and stars.
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I am hoping that someone, someday ay “maambunan” ako of that awesome shirt.:)
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haha, hiatus kami ngayown eh!
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Think about it, even if one star changes from supernova to white dwarf, (feel free to correct my literal astronomical lapses) it would take many years for us to see it. The very stars that we may be looking at right now may have been long gone many million years ago… they are just bright phantoms of their glorious shining moments.
J.Kulisap- ang pagkakaunawa.
Parang mga tao, sa simula ay walang binatbat pero kapag nakaratay na ng mahimbing, kumikinang, pinupuri,inaalala..ganun din ang bituin..matagal bago natin maipinta sa isipan, napapansin na lang kapag wala ng matitigan.
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kung simpleng kadiliman na lang ang kalangitan.
okatokat.
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Maganda ang iyong suhestiyon, kapaan..pakiramdaman, ngunit walang takot na mararamdaman..dahil hindi mo alam kung sino, ano at saan.
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at ang sarili mo ay wala ring pagkakakilanlan sa mundo na tanging kadiliman ang iyong kaibigan.
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Baka ito na ang solusyon sa ating nasisilayan ngayon, kadiliman..walang mukha ng paghihirap, ng tuwa, nag hinagpis, ng pagtangis, ng pagtitika.
Kung magkagayon sasamahan mo ba akong ilatag ang kadiliman?
Kadilimang walang paliwanag, walang katapusan, walang kasagutan o mananatili ka sa liwanag na nakukuha mo ang sagot pero hindi mo kontrolado ang iyong kapalaran?
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Ang hangarin mo ay hangarin ko.
Kung tanging kadiliman lamang ang paraan upang mailigtas ko ang sarili ko sa mundo na puno ng emosyon.. ako ay kasapi mo.
Ang walang kulay na mundo. ang madilim na kalawakan. ihimlay natin ang ating bagong mundo.
Walang liwanag.
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Nag-aaklas ba kayo sa MAY LIWANAG ANG BUHAY?
KASI GUSTO NYO NG KADILIMAN.
WOW..
syempre joke lang
napakalalim ng palitan nyo ng mga salita…
at nakuha ko pang magjoke. toinks..
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hi ..favor naman po pa update naman po ng url ko
http://www.anakngpating.com/
salamat..hugs..lovely po hehe.,..
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dotkomista na! haha. yun pa rin ba password? yay. sana yun pa rin para pwede ako maglagay ng link! hehe.
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nag iba na pare..
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yay. ganun ba?!
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“Time.
Short of being true or otherwise, I dread the upcoming days.
I do not intend to go back in time, but I do want it to freeze… even for a moment. And breathe in each second. Maybe make something out of them, like what people did with the stars. Map out my own constellations from the stars of distant past memories and moments. And maybe take a souvenir from each.”
well-written. i love this part. and yes, i dread the coming days. i don’t know, i’m confused.
speechless.
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Thanks for loving that part! Ow, me too.
Don’t know what to say.
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Everything was made beautiful. Fearfully and wonderfully made, one way or another.
lov it.
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er. hehe.
akala ko di mo babasahin kase nga english. yay.
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maganda din ito pag tinagalog…
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hehe, kaso malalim na ang scientific terminologies!
salamat father sa mga comments!
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mahirap nga lang
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hehe isang malaking hamon yan na mabigyan mo ng kaukulang tagalog ang mga salita ng siyensiya…hehe. nahawa tuloy ako sa yo.
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nakidaan lang ..hehe..di ko nabigyan ng pag kakataon basahin ang post mo kahapon eh hehe..
at isa ako sa aayon kung ito’y isana tagalog mo hehe..tulad ng sabi ni fr. hehe..
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mukhang mahihirapan akong tagalugin yan! hehe.
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oist. diko to nabasa dati ah. di ako nakapag-comment.
ang masasabi ko lang e, namangha ako dahil ngayon ko lang nalaman na it takes a million years pala for the stars light to reach our planet. hmm.. interesting.
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yup, sticky post to Mon! hehe. sayang naman kung di mababasa ng ibang bloggers!
yay. ano nangyari sa chatbox mo?
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oo nga
tiunamaan ako
di a kasi ako nakakapagbackread sa mga post ninyong lahat
hehehe
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bang bang.
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eto yung ini-quote mo dati diba? I love this. Lalo na yung about sa star.
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yup allen, sticky post lang to! hehe.
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stardusts may crystallized beneath my
eyes, that will cause me a blurry vision.
but im not complaining at all.
it’s an engraved beauty that was
caused by an important matter.
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pinapabilib mo ako! hehe. pag english ang post ko, english din ang comment mo!
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syempre baka mahalata na
tagabundok ako
nyeh!!
hahahaha
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teka ax repost to no?
bakit?
parang may kaugnayan ang stardust at bulalakaw mo
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hehe, dude repost to para sa’yo! para mabasa mo! yay.
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haha sapul na naman ako!
hindi kasi ako nakakapagbackread
sorry namen
hahaha
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hehe, di naman!
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nice taytol
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nice reply!
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URGENT!
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reading it Adnos! sorry for being lame. yay.
promise to read it before midnight.
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kinakabahan talaga ko palagi pag nagcocomment ng ganyan si elsa,
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hmmm… stardust,,after bulalakaw?
pag may bumabagsak bang bulalakaw sa lupa, may kasama itong stardust?
I’m digging again..
Pinipilit kong hanapin ung gusto mong iparating sa post mong ito..
hmmmm.. ano nga ba un..aw kaw ba author nito o si faux?
anyway, basta ang ganda.. nakalimutan ko nga mag in eh sobra akong nadala sa pagbabasa. ahehhe
pero
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yay. i’ll reply to this later! hehe.
faux is a friend of mine!
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gusto kong mag star gazing.. habang nasa yate, (susyal) ahehhee.. kahit siguro sa barko pwede na, taz kasama ko yung taong mahal ko, tapoz biglang may babagsak na bulalakaw, tapoz, pareho kaming mag wiwish..tapoz, saming dalawa babagsak tapos.. tapos kami. TOINKS..
seriously, gusto ko yung eksena na nasa barko at nag s star gazing, at kasama nga ung special someone, at eeksena ang bulalakaw, pwera yung babagsak samin hehehe…
Oh, I’m such an A.. este hopeful romantic lang.. ahehhee
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ako rin. gusto ko mag star gaze sa malawak na karagatan at tanging ang kadiliman lamang ang aking kasama!
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hmmmmm
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mamalim ang pinaghuhugutan… pero parang nakarelate ako…
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syempre si ax yan magaling talaga yan!!
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si faux yan.
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malalim pala…
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sing lalim ng balon.. na malalim! awts.
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ang lalim naman nito..made me think…thanx for this post.nice!
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hehe. salamat!
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kagabi habang nakapila, napatingin ako sa langit, may mga bituin,,wala lang, naalala ko lang to..
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huwaw! yung mga stars na yun, siguro matagal ng patay yun!
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i dont think so..hehe..
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i believe.
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ano raw stardust??hehehe
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hm, stardust nga!
yay, kuya Chris, down ang site mo?
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ayos na ha…balik na ulit sa normal..nagkaproblem kasi sa transferring of host..pede ka na ulit magspam..hahaha
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Beautiful. Sometimes we are too preoccupied that we don’t notice the light. I can look up at the stars all night.
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i sure can do the same!
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minsan may mga bagay na simple lang sa paningin, ngunit sa mga ‘di inaasahang pagkakataon at pangyayari, ay magpapaisip at magpapaunawa sa atin ng mas malalim na bagay..hehe.. 😀
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tumpak jem! may mga nangyayari araw araw na hindi natin napapansin na kung pagtutuonan lamang natin ng konting sandali ay malalaman nating napakaganda nito!
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sabi nga:
what is essential is to the eyes.. XD
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ba’t ganon? naspoil ang special fx ng comment ko..haha..nawala yung space between “is” & “to”.. 😐
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haha. sorry naman! sige, edit natin!
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nice post ax.
ex links?
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sige, ex link tayo!
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gleng gleng! 😛
i’m awed and moved.
ax, pakikowngrats ke faust. 😀
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faux pala. sorry, eng eng land. 😛
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hehe, faux nga!
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wala ka pa update?
o nahihilo lang ako at di ko makita?
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hehe, wala talaga akong update! five days na ata. sticky post lang!
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WOW. dude, ang lalim nun.
pero nakuha ko yung message nung post.
its all true!!!
galing!
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salamat, .po0t. si faux ang gumawa niyan! classmate kow nung high school! galing ng stardust niya di ba?
labanan mo na ang pagka adik sa facebook! at mag post na ng bagong artic!
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The darker it becomes, the brighter the lights. -i fell in love with this line hook, line and sinker.
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kris! huwaw.
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Ako rin sobrang gusto ko laging nag-star gazing. Nakakalungkot dahil hindi na masyado makita ang stars dito sa Metro Manila pero tuwing nasa mga provinces ako kung saan clear yung sky, hindi ko talaga pinapalagpas ang pag-star gazing.
Mas maganda pag nakahiga overlooking the sky katabi ng someone special. Hahaha.. Sweet!
Nabilib ako dun sa pag-turn off ng lights ng captain ng ship. Ang galing ng logic!
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hehe, huwaw! ang daming nagbabalik ah! star gazing is one of the best time killer!
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sandali ax
tong post mo na ito bat ganun yung date, bago lang ba ito or repost
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sticky post po! hehe.
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dumaan po ako ulit…
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salamat sa pagdaan father fiel! hehe.
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Thanks AX kanina!!
hahahaha
kahit na ang haba ng prusisyon natin nila alvin
suceessful naman ang EB LOL
hahahahahaa
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sows! aga ko natulog kagabi! hehe. grabe ha, tinatawag pa rin natin tong EB kahit hindi na dapat! yay.
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hahahaha oo nga naman
hindi na ito EB
ito ay get togheter na,
GT
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hehe. tumpak! yay.
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