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Book 21 for 2012: For One More Day by Mitch Albom

This is the first Mitch Albom novel I’ve read (yep, I haven’t spent my Tuesdays with Morrie yet), and the first book I’ve read in over a month. I’ve fallen behind on my reading list, and this quick read was the perfect book to get me back on track.

It’s about a grown man (Chick) whose life has gone way off track. In his final and failed acts of desperation, he gets one more day back. He gets to spend it with the “ghost” of his deceased mother (Posey), and as they visit different people, Chick gets to know more and more about his mother, thus knowing even more about himself and his life’s worth and purpose. 

I guess this is one of those rare, and special books that you can’t gush about or explain to someone else as it hits close to home. We all have Mothers, right? And nothing’s as universal, yet intimate and personal, as a Mother’s love. 

And speaking of universal yet intimate things, here are some of the lines I highlighted:

“When you’re rotten about yourself, you’re rotten to everyone else, even those you love”

“It’s amazing, the fantasies your mind can put together”

“It’s such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it”

“You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart”

Like I said, those are just some of the ones I highlighted. The best ones are too long and too story-related to post here, but once you reach  pages 185, 194, 197, you’ll know what I mean :)

I’m not sure if my Mom already read this before she gave it to me, so I can’t really say if she wanted to send a message through the book. However, I’m very certain that whether or not she has read this, and knows of its message, My time channeling “Chick” will always be accompanied by my Mom (and Dad too, honestly) channeling “Posey” :)

"I don’t want to live that way, reading into every word you say."

Gotye, Somebody that I used to know 

The first time I heard the song (Gossip Girl commercial on ETC), I didn’t like it because I could barely hear him. I took notice of it again, as people kept on posting it, and talking about it (at least two people ang nagpost nun kada araw dati haha). I still can’t say I love it, because I don’t like how he whispers half of his parts haha, but the lyrics are really nice, and as Lulu said, “break- up na kung break- up.” I think it was a week ago when I read a quote here about how reveling in sadness can be beautiful, and that proof of it was how very beautiful sad songs can be. Aside from the obvious sadness of finding out that someone you know is now someone you used to know, which the title of the song bluntly tells us, the above line is what I consider to be the best part of the song. It’s sad, of course! But for me it also serves as a warning and a reminder. No matter how important a person is to us, no matter how we are treated, no one ever deserves to live like that. Reading into every word someone says, studying his or her actions, it doesn’t reflect “proper” relationships. I think that if you’re the kind of person who does exactly that, it screams desperation, and it projects a lack of assurance and love. 

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adding bitch to the end of sentences for emphasis bitch

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Congratulations, Phillip, you beautiful person.  Now feel better <3

Ang frustrating lang ng bitterness ng ibang tao sa pagkapanalo niya. Certain trends on twitter aren’t helping either. Super lump in throat sensation when he choked and started crying :( Gusto ko siya i-hug! 

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Love this blue on blue look from Sterling Style.

The person you should be waiting for.

inspiredbythisfeeling:

You meet a person. They’re attractive. You have great chemistry. You become infatuated with them. You love the intimacy, the flirting, the sexual relations, the butterflies, and the warm feelings you get from being cutesy-coupley together.

But take that away. Take away the feelings. Take away the intimacy. Take away the warm feelings. Take away the flirting, the sexual stuff, the physical attraction, and the passion. 

If you’re left with a person who you genuinely enjoy spending time with as a friend, someone you admire and respect as an individual, and you are completely addicted to this person’s presence. That’s the person you should spend the rest of your life with.

Everything else that I listed is just icing on the cake which makes the relationship so much more meaningful. But you need to start with a solid foundation. You can’t just take a lick of icing with your finger, only to find out that you’ll get bored eating the cake underneath for the rest of your life.

This is nice :) “You can’t just take a lick of icing with your finger, only to find out that you’ll get bored eating the cake underneath for the rest of your life” Props to whoever wrote this!! 

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