Arya-Thoughts

My Journey as a Writer

2011-04-16T08:18:00.000-07:00

Half a year since I've started writing my own book masterpiece. However, interrupting challenges from corporate career & higher studies came along the way that I had no choice but set this secret passion aside. I'm crossing my fingers now...whew! Allocating time to different things that I love doing is no joke, haha!

To those who're stiff in believing my potential of becoming a novel writer, please extend your patience for it will take another six months to finish my masterpiece.

To those who criticize me, haha thank you very much. It made me even stronger. As it is said in the bible...."when you are weak, then you are strong!".

To those who see me as an inspiration, thanks to you. That is the most flattering things I've ever heard that has given me more push!

To those who hated or envied me secretly, you have no choice...haha I am more loved than being hated! So it's up to you -- two options are placed on your table. Take it, or leave it!

To God, thank you so much for the different talents you've endowed upon me. Felt like being showered with too much blessings. Sometimes, I questioned of why there are some people who couldn't just be happy in my high moments. However, in the end of my meditation & self-reflection, I feel so blessed of having YOU. Thanks for guiding me along the way. Thanks to you, my greatest Saviour!

To my family, thanks for all the support and always believing of what I am capable of doing in this world.

Whew! I am now turning at 168th page of my book. I am almost at the finish line!

Book Review: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

2011-03-10T00:53:00.000-08:00

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Into Thin Air is the first book that I've read among the masterpieces of Jon Krakauer; and from there on, I'd considered Krakauer as one of my favorite authors. Writing a true-to-life story, not to mention a tragic one, isn't that easy to achieve; but Jon Krakauer filled his masterpiece with a perfect flavor of thrill at its magnitude that readers are seemed being plunged to an actual encounter of cataclysmic disaster at Mt. Everest. The pacing is quite impressive, and the story's approach itself is worth raising the bar. The detailed description of Mt. Everest is very entertaining as if readers have had their real climbs up on the mountain. What's more, like any other stories that inject lessons worth of keeping, Into Thin Air proved to mankind that there's no such thing as burning desire nor fame and prestige to compensate the glory of 'life and survival' no matter what risk it demands.

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Book Review: The Lovely Bones

2011-03-08T03:08:00.000-08:00

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A unique approach of a story that can be found only at The Lovely Bones. Alice Sebold made a beautiful narrative of a dead innocent who'd been a victim of human's cruelty and sexual insanity. I was never been fascinated to reading a story where teens are the target readers, but when i got bumped into The Lovely Bones, it changed a whole lot of things. Though the pacing is a bit dragging, Alice Sebold successfully took me to different paradigms: how life could be after death, & how should it be after a shocking discovery of secrets from people you've valued & loved most. The Lovely Bones presented a tragic & sad fate where lust & selfishness are worst mixture in the quest for justice.

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Book Review: Windmills of the Gods (by Sidney Sheldon)

2011-03-08T02:27:00.000-08:00

Windmills of the Gods by Sidney Sheldon

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

How a story is presented in the beginning, middle, & end is an essential factor that keeps the readers of into pages. Sidney Sheldon did it well on his Windmills of the Gods, & successfully placed a strong ingredient that surprises readers every now & then. The pacing is perfect. The plot is excellent. The story itself is well-researched. Windmills of the Gods is one of the greatest suspense stories I've had read, and Sidney Sheldon succeeded in hooking me up with such a breath-taking story, a fast-paced journey unto the world of politics & its darkest mysteries, the hidden risks behind intellect & fame, the roller coaster ride to the international secrets, sex & murder at their worst, a family at danger in every choice to take, and the survival amidst greedy interests and deceits in a game of life. There are only a few writers who can bring it on; and Sidney Sheldon is one worth to get such prestige.

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Book Review: Eleven Minutes (by Paulo Coelhe)

2011-03-08T01:28:00.000-08:00

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A very sensitive topic in our society that was excellently written to appear artistic, professional, & informative. Paulo Coelhe wrote it more than great that each revelation of life's realities in the story is worth a lesson to keep. so many sensitive questions about life & wild sex, & the reason it is treated according to choices is seemed being answered. but the bottom line of the story, amidst the twists & turns, or even in the dark side of life, there is always a home for love...that home is found in Eleven Minutes!

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Book Review: A Perfect Stranger (by Danielle Steel)

2011-03-08T01:27:00.000-08:00

A Perfect Stranger by Danielle Steel

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

a beautifully written story of love...A Perfect Stranger has caught the emotions of everybody regardless of races & beliefs. Superb book i couldn't dare to stop reading each page.

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Worth Inspiring

2011-02-03T23:47:00.000-08:00

"Love cannot be forced.
Love cannot be coaxed and teased.
It just comes out of Heaven --
Unasked and unsought!"
--PEARL S. BUCK

"Always listen more than you speak.
People you meet each day will teach you --
Great lessons if you listen enough.
Great leaders are teachable...
And in my eyes--
You're a great leader!"
--- GODWHISPERS

"If your actions inspire others to
dream more, learn more,
do more and become more,
you are a leader."
-- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

"Your playing small doesn't serve anyone.
When you play small, you steal from the world
the rich blessings that they were supposed
to have received if you reached for the stars.
Reach for the stars!
You're made for sublime greatness!"
-- GODWHISPERS

Quotes of the Day

2011-01-21T02:32:00.000-08:00

Let's talk about the different faces of friendship.
Is there really a true friend?
Here, I present some realities of this so called "friendship".
Check it out which fits you.

"There are many friends, that's true.
But there are only few who stand with you."

"Friends come to your life for reasons.
There are few to cling for your wealth.
Others want to shed your fame.
Some needs your generosity.
Many aim your intellectual and talented labels.
But despite this hard-hitting reality;
There is only one that stands genuine."

"Friendship can be measured when...
Your secret story doesn't circulate
Your sorrows cause her pain
Your pain becomes her anguish
Your anguish turns her struggle
Your struggle leads her strength
Your strength gives her hope
Your hope makes her joy
Your joy is her victory!
For friendship is all about...
Greatest feeling and moment!"

This is inspired from Talk_Back's post via Twitter:

"Don't say "Black" when you don't have an exact vision of its color.
Or else, you'll end up like an idiot trapped defenseless in a battle."
-- (Talk_Back)

Beautiful Twist

2011-01-13T01:40:00.000-08:00

Wishing for a beautiful and smooth twist where no one gets hurt, and everybody lives happily despite the abrupt change in love & life's journey!

May the limelight turns on to where you hide so I could find you easier, and that my travel in search for my ONE could have been ended.

May you see a glimpse of hope to become stronger and keep on walking till you catch a hint of my footsteps.

May you hear my voice calling for you amidst the loudest sounds caused by mankind around the planet.

May you sense the touch of my heart's desire so that my long quest for you is worth the wait and tears.

May our stars and our planets in space collide and a magnetic force of the universe leads us together in one place.

Untold Stranger

2011-01-10T21:52:00.000-08:00

She sat on the bench inside the campus quadrangle. Folks & fellow students passed by without noticing her. She observed them passing, seeking for meaning of life when a man in white T-shirt approached her and asked: “Alone?”

She stared at him blankly. She couldn’t think of anything that reminded her of any formal or informal acquaintances with the man. Her eyes traveled to the personality of the stranger in front of her, who managed to notice her amidst the crowd in the campus. This man of early 30’s was moderately tall with a brown complexion. His build wasn’t that impressive but his eyes showed sincerity and filled with mystery. He looked a bit tired and burned out -- like he’d traveled so far. Then, darkness and white colors suddenly flashed and faded the man in the scene. She woke up to realize that she just had a dream.

She went to the kitchen and got a glass of water. She was thirsty. She was totally tired of crying for a man she thought was meant for her. She couldn’t believe how she’d survived from emptiness and pain after discovering her fiance's marriage to someone else. Yes, someone exactly of her version. How pathetic! That’s how she felt. She returned to her room and thought back to her weird dream. She raised her brows and murmured: It was just a dream. A simple sign from a woman being burned out of much pain!

A year and months later, that dream faded and was forgotten. She was busy at law school. One day, a friend request across SNS surprised her. The name was so familiar to her – yes, the name! Of course it was! She saw that name on her campus Communication ID. Could be a shame but that man was the only student-president she never got acquainted with! Not even getting familiarized of his face, worse even listening at him on speech. She didn’t recognize him completely. To save the man from insult, she fooled herself settling a fact that her life in college was a busy mixture with her job at a radio station! Okay, I was too busy then. Too busy to listen to his speech, or to meet him in campus newsroom, or even in campus radio station! Simply because I was totally devoting myself to the outside world of media.

That man left nothing but a legacy of his name!

But in the lighter side, she recalled giving an effort to see him. She lined up at the Communication studio when a speech was set to be delivered but she gave up – she didn’t like huge crowd! Before the president arrived to deliver a speech, she left. She was too impatient, really!

Unnoticeably, a smile drew at her face. After nine long years, nice meeting you, Mr. President! She exclaimed and started to browse at the photos and that gave her a big bang! The face was so familiar because she got bumped to this man outside the Starbucks. He wore a denim jacket and had a serious chat with his peers when she passed by toward the bookstore, one or two meters away from Starbucks. The man stared at her and showed getting familiar of her, or might just a curious stare, or whatever it was, she recalled ignoring him and them. She felt awkward caught at the group’s stare – simply because he was and they were totally strangers to her!

She moved the mouse and traveled down where she could see a link to the president’s blog. Curiosity pushed her to read. Impressive! She murmured. Then, she started to read and read again the man’s blog as if she had known him already for so long. Yes, she started to appreciate the man: the wise man with adorable characteristics! His different views that made her think this man was so real to himself. No pretension at all! She ended up accepting Mr. President’s friend request. She just realized, she sent in a private message: “Thanks for connecting!” And that was it! She didn’t apply her learning from a stringent TV interview session. What she did was an opening and closing statement.

A week later, she was totally bothered. There must be something she’d forgotten. She tried to have a flashback and she almost giggled when she got it finally. Yes, the man of her dream was no longer a stranger! She met him finally! Who would have thought that the man of his dream was Mr. President? She just stared at her computer’s screen blankly, playing around the keyboard, after that big mind-recall-hit! How did it happen? What’s his role in her life?

She stood up and got back her Revised Penal Code book. That day, her life was back on track being the great teller of her time. Part of that story has been told, but what lies ahead of this life’s mysterious surprise would be worth waiting: could be a great friendship, a lover, or a brotherly care could have been found! Yet, there was a lesson learned out there: that fate rules its own timing for two strange individuals to meet for reason. And whatever might be that reason, it remains untold.

How Far Would You Go to Keep the Hope of Love Alive? --- Part 1

2008-12-19T18:08:00.000-08:00

I have heard about The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Lucky One, etc but I never got acquainted of reading these books nor watched the filmed versions of these masterpieces; not until a friend talked about Nicholas Sparks’ latest work entitled The Choice. Ops, it was my first time either to hear about this author. Poor me!

Since i learned about the book, I've been dying of getting a copy of it. Actually, till recent i never get a chance of reading Sparks' latest release. As i returned home from a long trip, all bookstores i went on was out of stock (anyhow, congrats Mr. Sparks!). Meanwhile, this is what i have - so to those who haven't read the book yet, just sharing you this synopsis i got online. I will post a review after reading 'The Choice'. The attention-grabbing line How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive remains a cliche to me. I'm counting days, huh ;-)

THE CHOICE by Nicholas Sparks

Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life -- boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies -- he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite his attempts to be neighborly, the appealing redhead seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him...and the presence of her longtime boyfriend doesn't help. Despite himself, Travis can't stop trying to ingratiate himself with his new neighbor, and his persistent efforts lead them both to the doorstep of a journey that neither could have foreseen. Spanning the eventful years of young love, marriage and family, The Choice ultimately confronts us with the most heart-wrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?

I Will Never Date That Alien Again

2008-12-16T21:46:00.000-08:00

Today, i challenge you to make a fiction story and convince your readers that the story is real. Using a title I will Never Date That Alien Again, your challenge is how to make your version realistic...as if it really happened at our time.

In my attempt to this one-hour writing challenge, here's what i have come up.

I WILL NEVER DATE THAT ALIEN AGAIN

In the history of mankind, the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) has suddenly become a word of everybody’s tongue. Perhaps, we all have heard about a 15-year old girl in United States who was abducted by aliens; and after several years was returned to earth at her same young age.

Different speculations come in and some attempts to theorize what aliens and their spacecrafts may look like. Still, there are people in our generation who never believe in aliens and think that the Earth is the only planet in the galaxy filled with living creatures.

From the very first time I’ve heard about aliens, it has evoked my curiosity and opened my mind to the possibilities that there are really aliens existing and sometimes they get to visit on Earth. I have read several books about people’s real encounter with aliens but the one I grabbed in the library entitled I Will Never Date That Alien Again tells a different story. It's alienated story is not just interesting because it talks about a creature from other dimension. Indeed, it is worth attention-grabbing because it talks about a real encounter between a female author and an alien, and the love story at their emotional peak.

In the book, the author has stated about her experiences with the aliens; and has described how the alien and his spacecraft look, how she in the character is elated upon seeing the UFO landing at the back of their house, and how the alien has saved her life several times. It sounds like a romantic heroism, isn’t it?

I was about to finish the final page when a line caught my attention – My alien friend waved goodbye. My heart was squeezed and I started to cry for I learned to love the alien who saved my life so many times. His flying soccer was about to fly when he hurriedly went down and ran toward my direction and said “Can I take your earrings, necklace, bracelet, and the ring in your hand? You might not ask but I really love to be a woman”.

I have almost believed in the story of love and heroism between alien and people on Earth. I must admit that I used to be one of those alien-actual-encounter fanatics. But after I read about I Will Never Date That Alien Again. All i could say? I will never read about aliens again!

In our life, there are lots of stories about aliens that are unanswered. Their technology was never even justified, no reasons for their earth exploration were given, and we didn’t even truly see one of their flying soccers. There are people who have made their efforts to read or even more conduct a research about people’s factual encounters with alien. We have several insightful alien invasion stories that can set our curiosity afire. But if they get the same chance of reading the book, I Will Never Date That Alien Again, I am rather very interested to see how they react on it!

NOTE: After some readers got a chance of reading this piece, a question was raised by one of them & he said: "Is this book really existing?" He referred to the book title that I've mentioned in the story. From that question, I celebrated my triumph! For all you know, even the title of the book is not real! So it's your turn, & make your own piece.

Nature's Cry

2008-12-16T21:37:00.001-08:00

This so far is a simple challenge. With its minimal requirement, it is not surprising if you can finish it at half an hour only. Can you see the object? All you need is list down at least five (5) adjectives that could best describe the photo shown. Using the adjectives you've listed, write a poem that could best fit to the mood of the photo.

In my attempt to this challenge, i played around with these adjectives: furious, thick, poor, devastating, and damaging. With my love and appreciation to nature, this is what i come up after an hour challenge.

NATURE'S CRY

Ashamed, I was part of this barbarity
The furious fire burned out of control
All for mankind’s greediness,
Greenery turned into ashes.
Thick smog-like haze over the crying forest
Poor, it dirtied up the skies,
Devastating destruction!
A damaging threat to mankind
Mother Nature cried…
Everybody got it together
Green, green! All covered in flowers
“Bring me back to tranquility!”

Day of Evil

2008-12-16T21:18:00.000-08:00

Imagine putting life to an object. Can you do it? Here's how. Think of your favorite object and make it as your story's main character. In my attempt to this writing challenge, i played around with LIGHTS as my narrator of the story. Here, i preferred of adapting to a horror-story approach. For an hour tough challenge, this is what i got.

Day of Evil

People called me Lights. I lived at the ceiling of St Benedict Hospital where all newborns were placed after delivered by their moms. They called it ‘Nursery’. My role in the hospital was to offer lights to babies. I didn’t expect to witness an evil’s ritual to happen. But it did, and I was there.

June 6, 2006. It was Tuesday and I called it the ‘Day of Evil’.

Inside St. Benedict Hospital’s nursery, sixty six newborns were peacefully sleeping at that time. I watched their faces from the ceiling, ensuring I could offer them enough lights – that’s my role of welcoming them in St. Benedict.

When the clock pointed its long hand to 12 midnight, a horrifying story started.

Amidst the heavy storm, the thunder’s roar, and the lightning’s anger, I heard the cries of babies. But Baby Daniel, the son of the country’s renowned gymnast and a dauntless policeman, was different and mysterious.

I heard Daniel’s laughter, enjoying the bad weather condition. Suddenly, the wind blew so cold and I saw his body rising and a black smoke appeared, forming a human body. I saw the evil and his horrifying smile while carrying Daniel on his arm.

“This is the earth. I welcome you, son!”

The music of evil played; and I saw the door as it opened, inviting Daniel’s mom to come in. The gymnast danced with the music of evil, and the policeman, undoubtedly, pointed his head with a gun.

“To you my Lord…” the policeman kneeled. “… I offer my wife, my son, and my blood”.

The policeman killed himself and the gymnast hurriedly dropped his blood to Daniel’s mouth. To its horror, Daniel transformed into a treacherous monster.

Daniel hungrily ate the policeman’s flesh and sipped his blood.

I heard the sound of evil echoed in the nursery and faded slowly and everything was gone – the storm, the thunder, the lightning, the gymnast, including Daniel.

No trace was left. The story remained a secret. The ritual I had seen remained untold.

It was the horrifying ritual I’d ever seen. If I could speak and foretell my story to the people, perhaps no one would buy it. But I was there; and I witnessed an evil’s ritual.

Trailer

2008-12-16T21:04:00.000-08:00

Let's explore to the world of Trailers. One way to promote a movie is creating a trailer to entice the target market. Prior to the airings of movie trailer on broadcast media and theater houses, it has undergone a stringent procedure of conceptualizing a copy.

Let's put the challenge this way. Think of your original version of movie concept and come up your own title. Right then, all you need is to formulate a copy. Here's what i got after an hour challenge of producing a trailer copy for my movie i entitled...

UNDERCOVER

“In 1909, the world witnessed as the gate of Hell opened with its unprecedented simultaneous volcanic eruption in Nepal killing billions of people from all over the world. From the mouth of the volcano went out the Son of Satan whom, by the joined forces of 11-F from the East, was imprisoned in Mt. Bakulkeg in Nepal.

After 100 years…in year 2009, the 11-F is back, forming the so called –‘iCOMM Team’. Its mission is to act as special marketing undercover against the world’s renowned soap manufacturing company in the US that is owned by the most controversial King of Cults whose products are patronized worldwide. The Cult’s ritual will happen in the first day of year 2009. There are 10 days left.

No one escapes the powers and genius minds of the iCOMM Team, here in UNDERCOVER”.

Vulnerably Miserable

2008-12-16T19:34:00.000-08:00

Have you tried writing a stage play? Today, let’s focus on a scene of two best of buddies in their serious-turn-wacky conversation. Can you figure out the element needed to put down the script requirement into context? This is how.

Here, you are given the opening and closing conversations. With the middle story missing, it’s your challenge to play around and make your play justifiable.

The opening statement “Did I ever tell you about Daisy”
The closing statement “Yes, I think the zoo is a terrific idea”

Shooting my wild imagination, here’s what I came up after an hour challenge. Enjoy!

VULNERABLY MISERABLE

Characters:

Gino
A jobless and lonely man whose life always depends on what he only earns in a day.

Melvin
An ambitious civil engineer. He is Gino’s childhood friend.

SCENE:
2:30 PM at Melvin’s house. Melvin and Gino are drinking beers.

Gino: (after staring at Melvin for a minute) Did I ever tell you about Daisy?

Melvin: (keeps on drinking) Daisy?

Gino: (sigh) I mean Daisy! The pretty white –

Melvin: (burping) – Oh, yes. I Got it. For all I know, she’s pregnant.

Gino: (sigh) Yes, she is.

Melvin: (puzzled) Something is wrong?

Gino: (sad look) She’s sick, man. She’s getting thinner and I’m afraid it could affect her pregnancy.

Melvin: (placed the glass of beer on the table, pulled his pocket and handed a calling card) I wish this could help. Let my doctor see her.

Gino: (blushing) Is it fine –

Melvin: (shrug) – I know how much you love her!

Gino: (shameful look) Do you think I can pay? I have no work this time.

Melvin: (insisting) You’re a friend. Who do you think will help you?

Gino: (sigh) I’m sorry. I know this is too much –

Melvin: (hands up) Well, maybe not ‘too much’. It is just so ridiculous to see you mourning for…

Gino: (blushing) Does it look bad?

Melvin: (laugh) Well, not too bad!

Gino: (helpless) Funny?

Melvin: (sarcastic) Hmmm, not even funny but it’s just a bit disgusting. Why don’t you look for a WOMAN to marry for instead of worrying for a DOG for the rest of your life? You’re not getting younger…

Gino: (hit by his ego) So, shall I send Daisy to the zoo so she can have a better life there?

Melvin: Yes, I think the zoo is a terrific idea.

Lights dim, curtains close.

Beggar’s Cellphone

2008-12-16T01:56:00.000-08:00

Have you ever plunged to a challenge where shape is one of the requirements? This entry below is a masterpiece I created after an hour challenge of coming up an 11-line poem in a shape of a DIAMOND. Enjoy reading...

Crossroads

2008-12-16T01:36:00.000-08:00

Can you imagine yourself being thrown into a tough challenge of creating a story in a span of an hour? Obviously, it really is a difficult one. However, there's no harm in trying. Here i poured out my creative mind just to come up one, if not good.

CROSSROADS

She hurriedly grabbed her laptop and got into her car. She knew that in seconds of delay, she would be late for a very important business conference. It was the fastest drive she’d ever made in her entire life. Three minutes. Two minutes.

“Damn it! There’s no room for late. Not this time, please!” she helplessly murmured.

Sheila was about to right turn at the intersection when a black car suddenly deterred and blocked her in the middle. Her eyes grew bigger when the man armed with a gun went off and as fast as seconds, opened the door of her car, and pointed her with a gun.

“Get off!”

Sheila couldn’t move. The disgust she felt from getting late abruptly changed into panic.

“Ms. Sheila Arzon…” the stranger said while pointing her with a gun. “…please get off the car and go with me. Quick!”

Sheila’s entire body had shaken for fear. She found herself following the order of the stranger.

MEANWHILE, Garry couldn’t relax. He walked, then sat, then walked again. Six minutes. Five minutes. His phone rang and he could hear the voice so clearly. He drew a smile.

“Take her in. Thanks bro.” Garry commanded the person he talked with on the phone. He waited for this time. Though uncertain, he’s determined to gamble whatever loses it may demand.

He managed to get calm. Two minutes. One minute. Garry watched as the door opened. The stranger escorted Sheila inside, then went out, and closed the door.

“Garry?” Sheila’s eyes grew bigger. Her tone was terrified and full of question. She couldn’t believe it.

“What’s up, Sheila?” his voice remained calm. He took off his hat and faced her.

“What did you do? You’ve scared me!” she shouted.

“Why? You thought you’re abducted by a stalker?” his voice remained calm.

“How did you know about that stalker –?

“– How did I know…because, I was!” he said it loud, enough for Sheila to get shocked of what she heard.

“You were –?”

“– Yes, I was. The man behind the messages and miscalls that were bugging you over a couple of years”, he said it bitterly.

Sheila’s temperature went down. She’s quite sure Garry wouldn’t harm her. Two years ago, their relationship was filled with intense insecurity, jealousy, and immaturity. Garry had just left for no reason, no proper conversation, and it was the end – a bad exit for both of them.

“Why did you stalk?” Sheila broke the silence.

“Because I was afraid... you forgot me completely.”

“You left.”

“I left for reasons” Garry remained calm.

“For reasons?…that damn reasons I never even know one!” her voice echoed.

“Listen, I’m sorry for leaving you alone. I had to…to give you a good life.”

“To give me a good life?” She nodded sarcastically. “It was two years ago, Garry. You left me hurt and puzzled? You left me helpless and pointless on how to go on with life without you. How could you expect me to understand your reasons? ” She said it well, she knew.

“I left for our future, but I was afraid of asking you to wait”. Garry almost couldn’t speak it out, but at least he did it, and everything just went out. “But I realized I was wrong. I can’t do it without you.”

Silence conquered the entire area.

“And what is this now all about?” her voice was full of question.

“We need to talk Sheila, and I have no other way of doing so –”

“– than abducting me?” Sheila’s voice was filled with bitterness.

“I know you’re angry –”

“ – of course I am, Garry! What do you expect from me?” Sheila started to cry.

“I’m sorry…”

“Sorry? Okay, okay”, she shrugged. “You’re sorry. I think I can go?” she looked at him.

“No!” Garry said it loud. His voice was determined and full of command. “I still have more to say. Please listen!” he looked straight to Sheila’s eyes.

“Then, say it now! Garry, I was rushing to catch up a very important business conference. You don’t know the delay you’ve done!”

“You’ve grown up tough”, he regretfully said.

“Tough? Yes, I am. Life has made me tough, Garry.” She smiled with her eyes full of bitterness.

“I’m sorry, it’s just…” Garry was certain he needed to finish all things out, win or lose. “…I can’t forget you and I’m expecting for more, Sheila”.

“Like what?”

“Like going to church…”

Sheila remained standing, staring at the person in front of her, who left her two years ago.

“Make it clear, Garry”.

“…Marriage…” he blushed. "Please give me a second chance."

“Do you think I will accept your proposal?"

“Yes, i feel it.”

“How sure are you?”

“Because you don’t have someone else, I gamble”.

“What if I’ll refuse? I can sue you for abducting me” she looked at him through his eyes.

“I’ll kill myself for leaving you alone, bugging you over the phone, abducting you… and losing you.”

Garry moved out to hide the tears that started falling down. He knew life could be different without her; and it was all his mistakes. However, he couldn’t regret for at least he gave an attempt to resolve his mess; though abducting her was a harsh one.

“Hey!” Sheila shouted.

“What?” Garry replied without looking back.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m setting you free. You can now catch your business conference”.

“You’re leaving me again? You didn’t know the damages you’ve done. I suffered for a couple of years. I was not able to catch up the conference because you’re abducting me!”

“I’m so sorry!”

“I’m not yet finished. Could you please turn around? I hate talking at your back!”

Garry turned around and tearfully smiled. They both smiled.

The End

Tanka

2008-12-15T02:04:00.000-08:00

Have you ever experienced dancing? Have you ever wanted to? Today, I take you to poetry themed to dancing and your feeling about it. And to make it even more challenging, why don’t you explore to the world of Tanka?

Tanka is a Japanese syllabic form composed of 5 lines and arranged into a tercet (3 line stanza), followed by a break and then the final couplet. Tanka syllable is structured to 5-7-5-7-7 pattern.

In my attempts to Tanka mixed with my feeling about dancing, I have written two versions of poetry and successfully expressed my deep feeling about dancing. Read on.

Dancin’ Shatter

Footwork, shake, rotate
Kick the floor, move the beat, stance
Back flip head-spin – ouch!

Face to the floor – smashed and hushed
Never ever dance too fast!

Dread ‘n Dance

Music played, beat’s fast
Partner’s here and she was there
Hand’s sweats, body’s shake

Forward step, bend and rotate
Fast and fast until she dropped!

Tritina

2008-12-15T01:49:00.000-08:00

There are lots in poetry in which we can explore more of our imagination power using a variety of artistic approaches touched with some writing technicalities. Here, let’s join this unique style of poetry called Tritina. A tritina is a 10-line poem that doesn’t use any rhyme scheme. It consists of 3 stanzas and a final line which uses the 3 words in the starting sequence. A tritina follows this pattern:

A..B..C…
C..A..B…
B..C..A…
A,B,C…

In my attempt to Tritina, I played around three powerful words – love, heart, and time. Here’s what I’d come up after an hour challenge.

IF I AM CUPID

A Thousands of words, I can write about love
B The joy and beauty it brings to a nymph’s heart
C But why does my story lead to a wrong time?

C If loving an imperfect person perfectly takes a long time
A Perhaps, I can write a million in finding the greatest love
B Yes! I say, healing is torment for a wounded heart!

B Cupid, where have you been when the scream of my heart…
C Was a cure to its wound brought by irksome time?
A Or, shall I say wrong time is so cruel in giving the right love?

A, B, C Wish I am Cupid so I endow the greatest love to a heart that doesn’t deserve a wrong time.

Tale of Silence

2008-12-09T01:36:00.000-08:00

I waited for moment to cure
Timeless and irksome tale, I was buried for
I was on a journey down to miserable road
And though I tried, life’s remained a fold.

I asked for little time, enough to love more
Uncertain, still hope inside was there
That someday as I stood, heart’s totally yours
Yet I woke to find, life’s remained so cruel.

You were vanished, exactly when I got healed
Just as my heart was about to bestow for
The love and faith we both deserved
Again, life’s so empty, too fraught!

Silence became hell of nightly misery
Why heart? Why so frail?
Wonder if could stand from this deep fall?
Now, I’m left longing for your return.

I ran each corner, reaching for you
But you stood at dark, I couldn’t see
If I beg you home, would I find you?
Then I took courage, saying I love you so!

More to follow...

-Glimpse of Hope
-Grow to Die
-Vanished
-Pledge
-Astray

Limerick

2008-12-05T20:26:00.001-08:00

A limerick is a five-line poem with a strict form, originally popularized in English by Edward Lear. This form of poetry is written with one couplet and one triplet. It follows a rhyme pattern of AA BB A with lines 1, 2, 5 (containing 3 beats and rhyming), and lines 3 and 4 (composed of two beats rhyming). Most of the time, a limerick is made of hyperbole, onomatopoeia, idioms, puns, and other figurative devices. Limericks are witty or humorous, and sometimes obscene with humorous intent. The last line of a good limerick contains the punch line or ‘heart of the joke’.

In my attempt to limerick, I got two versions after an hour challenge. Enjoy reading...

There was a young woman from Kamuning
Who caught the bus in the morning.
It said on the door:
“Don’t spit on the floor!”
So, she jumped up and spat on the ceiling.

NOTE: Thanks Paperbag Writes for the proper attribution and making this piece an inspiration!

http://paperbagwrites.wordpress.com/page/2/

NOTE: Thanks to My Writing Exercise for the feature & inspiring attribution!

http://mywritingexercises.blogdrive.com/archive/15.html

Here's another piece of limerick> Enjoy reading.

3 A pin and a pen in a pan
3 Were given wishes, a wisecrack one!
2 “Preen me with a pen”, the pin asked.
2 “Pen me with a pin”, the pen asked.
3 Confused, they were pinned through the pain in the pan.

Ops…I’ve done my part. It’s your turn to write your version.

Dark Confession

2008-12-05T18:37:00.000-08:00

An acrostic (from the late Greek akróstichon, from ákros, "top", and stíchos, "verse") is a poem or other writing in an alphabetic script, in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out another message. A form of constrained writing, an acrostic can be used as a mnemonic device to aid memory retrieval. A famous acrostic was made on the Greek for the acclamation JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S SON, SAVIOUR which in Greek is: Iesous CHristos, THeou Uios, Soter (ch and th being each one letter in Greek and u is also y). The initials spell ICHTHUS same as ICHTHYS, Greek for fish; hence the frequent use of the fish by early Christians and up to now as a symbol for Jesus Christ.

In my attempt to Acrostic poetry, I put into context my real name. Observe carefully, and you'll have an idea of who I am. I faced an hour challenge to come up this poem called...

DARK CONFESSION

Lament of the past, an anguish to cure,
Ungodly hatred turned demented like hell,
I waited for time, enough for me to return.
Despite the slumbering days, I was left imprisoned,
An agony so deleterious took me to nowhere.

Compliment and honor I never thought of,
Alluring maleness seemed rare to find for a
Broken heart that took years to heal,
An ambiguous sentiment no nymph may wish for.
Tough! They said I was! But –
Alone and empty feeling, senseless fellows didn’t see.
Nightly misery made a rotten heart,
Awoke to enjoy enough the world’s splendor!

Note: Thanks to Paperbag Acrostic for the feature & attribution

http://paperbagacrostic.blogspot.com/2008/11/dark-confession.html

TheTMSway co-founder spoke on New Media Plan at Casbaa Convention

2008-11-12T18:03:00.000-08:00

Given the expertise on the rapid changes of today’s advertising world, TheTMSway co-founder, Frederick Saurat, spoke on a panel in one of Casbaa Convention’s conference sessions ‘The New Media Plan: A Roadmap to 2012’.

The panel discussion was staged October 30 at the Casbaa Dome in West Kowloon, Hong Kong where Mr. Saurat delivered bold outlooks on the essential changes to current advertising and where would it lead in the next decade.

TheTMSway, a mobile applications development company, shares a revolutionary marketing solution that bridges the advertisers and media to the digital generation through direct pull marketing (media to mobile) platform. TheTMSway new platform is one of the arising propositions today that surprises advertisers and media in terms of leveraging marketing results.

Likewise, quick introductory snapshots to an arising first-rate conversation in social media was presented in the session with mobiles largely on focus and SMS 3.0 advertising relatively tackled. This is a revelation to promotions on demand (POD), friend recommendations, and free SMS video.

TheTMSway joined Coca Cola, Star TV Group, TNS Media Research, and M&C Saatchi on the New Media Plan panel.

About TheTMSway
TheTMSway (www.theTMSway.com) is the provider of TMS Factory, a Media to Mobile platform to connect with the NorMobs (Normal Mobile Users). The platform offers to build Mobile rebound campaigns and to display direct access to the Mobile offers in all Media (Print, Web and Social) via the customization of Cross Media widgets.

White

2008-10-11T03:12:00.000-07:00

MINIMALISM. When we say minimal, let's talk about a deceptively simple, yet challenging form of poetry. Ernest HemingwaY is one famous poet known as the master of minimalism with his distinctive writing style characterized by economy of words and understatements.

The essentials of Minimalism is about writing a short-short story with exactly 10 sentences, and ONLY ten sentences. The first sentence must contain exactly 10 words, the next 9, and so on, until the final sentence of just one word.

In my attempt to minimalism, this is what I'd come up after 1 hour:

10 Someone has called my name and her voice is tempting.
9 I step out slowly amidst the house’s horrifying darkness.
8 I hold my shivering hands, memorizing my steps.
7 Breath is heard like a stupid hell.
6 In the distance, white is glimpsed.
5 I touch it, it’s wet.
4 The horror-struck shout’s heard.
3 Mom’s in facial!
2 I’ve mistaken —
1 Ghost.

NOTE: Thanks to Paperbag Collector for the feature & attribution

http://paperbagcollector.blogspot.com/2008/06/white.html

New Advertising tool to connect all mobile users simple and cost-effective

2008-10-10T19:43:00.001-07:00

Amidst technology advancements taking its place today, it is not surprising that advertising may find its way to a more effective conversation with consumers. Here's a fresh advertising medium ready for take off and to lead enterprises directly to global consumers.

TheTMSway reveals a new 'media to mobile' platform for creating the mobile version of websites and advertising campaigns and connect directly to mobile subscribers.

Cost-effective, personalized, user-friendly, and optional services to choose from. All you need to do is buy clicks, and bingo...you can start creating your mobile campaign contents and connect to all of your target consumers in the world.

HOW TO DO IT?

Of course, you need to register your company for a new campaign. Here’s what you will do

Step 1: Enter the name of your campaign. E.g “Traders Hotel”
Step 2: Choice a slogan for your campaign banner . E.g “ Manila Hotel”
Step 3: Select a mobile landing site: You can use your own mobile site
or build a microsite using the TMS tools and templates
Step 4: Schedule your campaign.

Fire off questions, contact, or simply comment at www.tmsfactory.com/blog

Register your company for a mobile campaign at www.tmsfactory.com/register/

Fresh TMS Factory post for you to read on at www.tmsfactory.com/blog/?p=54

New platform to connect all mobile operative service in the world

2008-10-09T23:20:00.000-07:00

TheTMSway introduces a new ‘media to mobile’ platform that connects to all mobile operative service (OS) anywhere in the world, including iPhones and Blackberry.

The TMS Factory is pioneering a platform to offer the next level of SMS, the web 3.0 generation. The platform offers the functionality to enable links in the mobile SMS offers for direct access of consumers to the business sites.

Using various tools and TMS code solutions associated in the platform, it becomes easier for businesses to mobilize their websites and advertising campaigns to all internet-enable mobile subscribers in the world.

TheTMSway shares two simple options for the creation of campaigns and websites in mobile version. Marketers can create their mobile offers first hand using the platform themselves. The multi-device platform provides library templates useful for advertisers to create their own mobile offers. The template selection vary in interactive, downloads, multimedia, services, microformats, and data in a user-friendly drag and drop navigation.

On other hand, marketers may adapt to the Premium service if they want to customize their mobile contents and websites the way they want them to appear.

For more details, visit www.tmsfactory.com and www.thetmsway.com

Complete

2008-09-24T23:02:00.000-07:00

It takes time to become a song writer. Sometimes, you need brainstorming sessions in order to come up a good, if not excellent one. I don’t have the supreme talent as music arrangers have, nor the musicality to put down astounding notes. Yet, when emotions invaded you at the brink of great silence, leaving you rotten behind bars of misery – I tell you, you will discover that there is more than what you used to know. Discovering your talent? Perhaps, life has lots of surprises to indulge with after your utmost pain. After all, when life turns normal and you find yourself home –you are home with a talent just discovered!

Here, I would like to share a masterpiece I wrote four years ago. It's entitled...

COMPLETE.

I
It was yesterday when I cried
Finding for a place to hide
Releasing all the pains inside
Coz I lost my love
II
I thought I'd die
But you're there
Understanding me all the way
Offering your arms and turning sorrows to laughters
III
You held my hand so tight
Baby, I could hear our heartbeats
And when our eyes met
All the pains and emptiness disappeared
Chorus:
Oh, I just can't believe
That it's you, baby
Whom I'd been waiting for
To make my life so complete
Coda:
Ohhh...yeah...
It's you, baby
Who make my life...
So complete

Deep Inside

2008-09-24T23:00:00.000-07:00

Hey world, sharing this song piece I've written 4 years ago. It's entitled DEEP INSIDE...

I
Sitting down the bench
Staring to nowhere
Baby, I can feel your dream
But what's the matter?
II
Is it me who's holdin' you?
It is fear that I'll be lost?
Is it love that stops you goin'?
And forget your dream?
III
Baby, hug me so tight
Once again feel my heart
Close your eyes as I promise
That I'll be yours forever
Refrain:
You are my strength
My hope and my life
Have faith in love
And everything's alright
Chorus:
Take my heart with you
Walk with smile for tomorrow
Forget fear and hesitation
Coz deep inside I'll be waitin'
Coda:
Ohhh...
I'll be yours forever
Deep inside, I'm waiting...

Hypochondria

2008-09-24T22:59:00.000-07:00

How often do you write poems? For me, poetry has become part of my life. Everything that is caught by my sight, my mind captures to come up an interesting masterpiece. Some friends told me that I am one of those writers who write deep thoughts, and it needs a literature professor to interpret it. I don’t intend to write that way, it’s just I love using figurative languages – I’ll face it, it adds flavor to each masterpiece I write.

Hypochondria is one of those poems, I could still recall, a fellow writer protested the way I incorporated medical term to my masterpiece. Alright, hypochondria in its medical term, is referred to a human’s unstable state of mind imagining that he has serious disease without objective evidence. LOL – I wasn’t crazy when I wrote this though. But sometimes, much pang drives a human temporarily crazy, isn’t it? That’s how I comparatively drew creative view to love misery – human is just at his state of hypochondria.

Once again, here’s a poem I wrote four years ago. Hypochondria is on your way – enjoy reading.

HYPOCHONDRIA

Amour! Look!
What thou hath done?
Though singeth a human soul!
Thou heavenly kneeleth those sensuous altars
Egad! Even Saturn and Demeter cared for
Whilst Psyche couldn't allay Cupid's recaltcitrance
The effect of insanity struck those resting creatures
Ah! Thy arrow captivated a thousand foes
And even Thor lost his strength for thy sake
To thee: Treacherous fire offered its vows
But alack! Sham tongues victimized thee
As Lothario-like beau slashed thy benighted nature
Benumbed the legacy of Eve's generation
Bah! Who then believeth in thee?
When inquietude engulfed nymph's weakness
Or left none but poisoning the well
Hah! Albeit those mere shadows
Margaret gave up her crown
What's in thee suitable such negation?
Perhaps, Apollos was cast out of blitzkrieg
Or, even Ares lost the warfare
Oh, Amour!
To thee: The world salutes!

Excelsior

2008-09-24T22:58:00.000-07:00

Behold! Descendant of Adan!
Thy journey has not yet dead
For thine is just a beginning
An endearment of thy endeavor
Thou crawleth with nepenthe for thy destiny
Open thy mind
Storms are foes
Darkness is bleak; yet thunder roars
Touchee!
Prepare for a battle
Self-faith be thy armour
The arena is thine, thou shall not fear!
Stares of Aphrodite bringeth swears and pray'r
A shadow of undesptutable love offers a strength
Embracing the existence of thy fighting spirit
As to thee illuminates Odin's resplendent power
Excelsior, man!
Excelsior!

Phenomenon

2008-09-24T22:57:00.000-07:00

Behold!
Rain fell to thy sensuous rosy soil
Cry roared; shaken the human nature
Even abyss so deleterious took its vow
Time was dead; silence conquered thine
Alas!
The world mourned for those aching senses
The agony was thine as thy love ascended
Leaving nothing but spectacles of shadowy mem'ries
Stares to grave brought pangs to thee
Thou burst tears from thy watery kingdom
Teardrops landed unto his name
Yes, cry! Daughter of Eve!
Was thy mind wondrin'?
Hush!
Thy strength be thy armour
Tragic end just detested
A love phenomenon!

Outbreak

2008-09-24T22:55:00.000-07:00

Beyond that masky night came a dazzling shadow
A cry of agony roared; choked a force of nature
A bloody twist conquered, shaking a human soil
A menace so cruel; a culprit that crumbled
The sweat of oily strength brought impact too deep
Voices of young souls; pangs of benumbed weakness
Breath of anxiousness engulfed a song so chaotic!
A history of greed; a future so bleak
Drops of reddish water colored the dry soil
A paradise so beautiful; a kingdom of fire was built!
Art to artistry, creation to ashes
Destruction of mankind; a human law's OUTBREAK!