Tadhana: Ang Paborito kong Musika.

Bahagi na siguro ng aking buhay ang mga paborito kong musika. Tila ba sinasabi nila ang mga bagay na hindi ko kayang bigkasin.Para bang ang bawat musikang aking pinakikinggan ang siyang naglalarawan at nagsisiwalat kung ano ba ang aking nararamdaman at kalagayan. Minsan pa nga, ito yung magsisilbing kaibigan mo sa tuwing nalulungkot ka. Sa totoo lang, sa tuwing nakikinig ako ng musika, pinagagaan nito ang pakiramdam ko. May kakayahan din itong  iparamdam sa iyo ang bawat liriko nito.

Nagbago din ang pagtingin ko sa musika simula nang mapakinggan ko ang kantang "Tadhana" ng Up Dharma Down (UDD). Ito ang isa sa mga pinakapaborito kong musika sa ngayon. Bukod sa magandang ritmo ng kantang ito, gustong - gusto ko kung paano pinagtagpi-tagpi ang bawat liriko nito. Malalim ang bawat salitang binitawan ni Armi Millare na siyang bokalista ng bandang UDD at sumulat ng kantang ito. 

Sa tuwing pakikinggan ko ang kantang ito, may kung anong kakaibang mensahe ito na hindi ko maipaliwanag. Agad kang makabubuo ng maganda at madamdaming larawan sa iyong isipan dahilan na rin upang siguro'y mas lalo ko itong magustuhan. Para sa akin, sinasabi ng kantang ito kung gaano kahiwaga o bakit ba talaga naging mahiwaga ang pag-iibigang pinagtagpo ng tadhana... na para bang may kung anong lakas o puwersa na nag-uudyok sa dalawang tao dulot ng tadhana na hinding-hindi basta mapaghihiwalay ng kung sino man. 

Dahil sa kantang ito, masasabi kong kaya nating takasan ang mundong ating ginagalawan - sa pamamagitan ng musika. 

Mabuhay ka, Ate Armi! 

Up Dharma Down - Tadhana

Sa hindi inaaasahang

Pagtatagpo ng mga mundo

May minsan lang na nagdugtong,

Damang dama na ang ugong nito

Di pa ba sapat ang sakit at lahat

Na hinding hindi ko ipararanas saýo

Ibinubunyag ka ng iyong matang

Sumisigaw ng pag-sinta




Ba't 'di pa patulan

Ang pagsuyong nagkulang

Tayong umaasang

Hilaga't kanluran

Ikaw ang hantungan

At bilang kanlungan mo

Ako ang sasagip saýo




Saan nga ba patungo,

Nakayapak at nahihiwagaan

Ang bagyo ng tadhana ay

Dinadala ako sa init ng bisig mo

Ba't di pa sabihin

Ang hindi mo maamin

Ipauubaya na lang ba 'to sa hangin

'Wag mong ikatakot

Ang bulong ng damdamin mo

Naririto ako't nakikinig saýo

Hooohh... hoooohh...

Hooohh... hoooohh...

Hooohh... hoooohh...




Lalalala...

After God's heart

One windy night
I look at the stars
Stretching out my hand
As If I can reach those stars in the sky
Suddenly, I saw a girl
She has a paper pinned on her dress
"Ms. Feelings"
I whisper as I read her name
Weird. I thought
I asked her if she was really true
But she just looked at me
And went away
After a few minutes,
I saw a boy,
Standing beside a tree
He also had a paper pinned on his shirt
"Mr. Feelings"
This time, I did not whisper his name
Instead, I said it out loud
He looked directly into my eyes
"Maybe this one is true"
I said on my mind
I asked him,
"Hey! Are you the real one?"
But like what Ms. Feelings did,
He also left me,
Without saying a word
I am really disappointed
I think I'm about to cry
I'm confused
Who was the real one?!
I immediately stand
And run as fast as I can
I felt something
It was raining
But the raindrops can't stop me from running
Suddenly, A man embraced me
I was shocked
It was God
He pointed out a man after him
"My princess, Would you wait for this man after me?"

Just the Name

This Literary Article is not mine. It was my friend's article. :)


"I wonder what goes through your mind when you hear my name."

The way you look at me with that blank stare, your eyes are telling me that I should look away when our gazes meet because we are strangers – two different people who happened to be in the same realm. It was not like we were going to be friends. No. The boundaries set between us are clear—you stay on your side, I stay on mine.



No interaction involved. No talking, no smiling, nothing, for the rest of the year.


I don't know how it happened, but we became friends (at last) —talking about the most random things, laughing. Then I noticed your smile. How the corner of your eyes wrinkle when you do. How you look happy when you laugh. How you are one of the most sincere people I have ever met.

But my feelings are never part of the plan. We are just one of the seven billion people who happened to be an acquaintance. And colleagues or at least, friends are not supposed to feel this way. But still, I do.

They say I should be over it by now. That my feelings cause too much drama and that I should move on because it was a feeling that has never really happened fully. Maybe they're right. Maybe I really should have fully recovered from the drama and trauma you have caused me.


What can I do? I am still stuck to what we have before. But loving you and being with you for quite some time is the one of the best things that has ever happened to me.

There was never an "us" to begin with. But whatever that was, whatever we shared, I can say that it was beautiful. That love is a beautiful thing. For a little while...