the one that got away

read this from a friend’s blog and i cant help but mak a post it myself

The One that got Away

Source: The Manila Times
By: Mark J. Macapagal
In your life, you’ll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There’s the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you’re with ?and the one that got away.

Who is the one that got away? I guess it’s that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn’t fall the right way, I suppose.

I believe in the fact that ending with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance.

How often have you gone through it without realizing it? When you’re not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn’t matter who you’re with, it just doesn’t work. Small problems become big; inconsequentials become deal breakers simply because you’re not ready and it shows. It’s not that you and the person you’re with are no good; it’s just that it’s not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you’re ready. You really are. And when this happens you’ll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it’ll work because you’re ready. It’ll work because it’s the right time and you’ll make it work. And it’ll make sense, it really will.

So that day comes when you’re finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you’ve become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there’s no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you’re single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn’t matter.

All you know is that you’ve changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about.

You’ll think about them because you’ll wonder, “What if they were here today?” You’ll wonder, “What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?” That’s what the one that got away is. The biggest “What if?” you’ll have in your life.

If you’re married, you’ll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you’re mature enough to realize that you’re already with the one you’re with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you’ll think about him/her every so often, but it’s alright. It’s never nice to live with a “might have been,” but it happens.

Maybe the one that got away is the one who’s already married. In which case it’s the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you’re old and gray and reminiscing. But if neither of that is the case, then it’s different. What do you do if it’s not yet too late? Simple find him, find her. Because the very existence of a “the one that got away” means that you’ll always wonder, what if you got this one?

Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn’t matter if you’ve dropped in from out of nowhere. You’d be surprised, you just might be “the one that got away” as well for the person who is your “the one that got away.”

You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won’t make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it’ll all just fall into place somehow and you know, I’m thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, “Hey you, you’re the one that ALMOST got away.”

 love this article even though it was ages ago. when i was reading this it made some sense. it made me think of my current stuff and yeah mabe, why not, and there is nothing wrong with it, go for the one you feel thats right for you. it doesn’t matter who he is. if its him. its him.

swine flu is now in pandemic level 6!

today i heard in the news that the cass off A(H1N1) or commonly known as swine flu increased. 

this freaks me out. the number is increasing and it is very risky.  this is the first in forty years. 

fine i read in an  article in yahoo that it is not severe than a common seasonal flu. but still it may turn into a more dangerous form. so i really hope that it would not really get worst. school have opened up late because of the cases that grew larger. and i hope that it would really be treated and that may we have vaccines to fight against this disease.

lets just hope and pray that we may not be stricken by this virus. and also, lets pray for those people that have been affected. lets pray for our friends, family and all loved ones, that we could survive this new challenge ahead of us.

independence day

today is independence day here at my beloved country philippines.

im going to get registered this coming monday so i could vote this coming 2010. i cant really say that i trust the current government, but you see i would want to exercise my rights to vote that’s why im going to get registered. in my seventeen years of life, i may be too young to say that i have seen everything, but i could sa that i already saw a lot of flaws in this government. the arroyo administration have been in power for a long time. and i witnessed a lot of faults in it. i am not saying that those that wants to run for power now may give a better life, but what im saying is that, this country needs a new leader and a fresh start. 

i really hope that the constitutional assembly that is starting to form will not succeed. because if our government turns into a parliament. the arroyo administration may have another chance for power. and that would mean that our chance for a new start will vanish in thin air. 

this days i feel that independence is not something that is freely enjoyed here in our country. fine, we may have our rights and everything, like the government doesnt give a damn on where we use our money and what we do with our lives, but i could also see that there is not much freedom in the press. peole in media cant fully express themselves and that if they say anything that would offend the current government, they may get a lot of lawsuits coming. so i really hope for a new start.

our country needs a little freshening up. it needs a little change. and i beleive that that change must come from the youth today like myself.

Pussycat dolls live in manila!

last night i watch the PCD’s concert at moa concert grounds along with some of my friends. we had a blast and the crowd was so awesome. there were over whelming groups of people from every corners.

LOVED THE NIGHT! one of the most awesome nights i had! 

love the rave lights, the hanapan in the crowd and the ohhh so great screaming because of nicole’s and the other doll’s singing and dancing.

gosh… id turn gay just for nicole. hahahaha… she is suprer and oh so damn sexy. and the dolls are just as good too. loved them all.

by the way i had an awesoe time with mai and ivee when we were waiting for the time of the concert. we ate at tokyo-tokyo, watch ivee kicked an insect from a wall. had lots of fun playing at the seaside. and of course had an awesome lots of picture taken before and during the event.

RANDOM: good thing i brought a spare battery. LOL. nonetheless i loved the night and had fun all the way!