Analytical Eyes

Silver 23/07/2018

t’was not so long ago …
when you didn’t want to go out with this fellow
but not sure what changed your mind
perhaps then there was no one you can find? 🙂
and yet this guy came very late
oh my … on your very first date

time and again … there were quarrels and fights
make-ups and late movie date nights …
but then your first born came …
and life has never been the same!
young as we were we began to cope …
the challenges of a family when we eloped!

the rag and tag place which we called home
where your 2 little boys loved to roam
then your little girl came now we had three!
oh how oh how can we support our family? 😦

though life was very hard then …
blessings from above were always there
struggles and pains did we endure
now here I am looking from the future
We travelled indeed here and there
but as a family we were, we clinged together!

25 years have indeed gone so fast
who thought then this would even last …
our love molded indeed like silver ..
and praying as well that it will be forever …

Nineteen … 24/07/2012

Another year indeed has pass …
For a love that nobody thought would last
Another page …Another chapter ..
Sorrows, pain, blessingsand laughter ..
The challenges we did face …
Gone through it with prayer and grace …
The memories we together built …
Forever in our minds they will sit ..
Three angels that built our home ..
From our love they have been bourne ..
So how long has it been then?
Nineteen years but still remember when …
You’ve waited for me on that sunny day ..
When you could have left and gone your way …
But thanks that you are still here …
Thanks so much for all the wonderful years …

Dont have anything to give you this year … 22/07/2011

Don’t have anything to give you this year …
But my love, this poem and some tears ..
A tear for all the pain I’ve caused …
A tear for all the dreams you have lost …
For the disappointments through out the years
And for the moments you’ve also shed a tear

Sorry, perhaps is the only word which will do
And perhaps a promise to start anew …
But thanks for still being here …
These times when things are really unclear …
For being my strength and my guide
For just being there … my wife

Thank you for the past 18 years ..
For all the laughter, the pain and the tears …
Praying for another 18 years from up Above
I love you … Happy Anniversary my Love …

Seventeen 23/07/2010

I’ve loved you … ever since that faithful day
When you gave your hand and heart away
To another young and lonely heart …
Yes – this was how we’ve start …

For a young and adventurous love …
Traveling down a once unknown path …
We’ve been through Thick and Thin ..
To highs and lows … with failures and wins …

And yes – Our First, Second and Third
Three beautiful kids which became our world
Memories we’ve spent and shared …
Thanks for always being there ….

Yes – still seems like it was just yesterday …
Our first date on that sunny Saturday …
When cupid’s arrow flung on our way …
And in our hearts did it forever stayed …

Yes – it’s has been seventeen years …
Of Joys, sorrows, laughter and tears …
And I always thank God from up Above …
For sending you … my one and Only Love …

I thank God for You … 29/03/2010

I still remember that fateful night
The day I met the love of my life
Seventeen years indeed has past
How time really flies fast
A young and and simple lady then
Her name – a heaven’s send
Now look at what she’s become
A matured and loving mom
A beautiful and faithful wife
The one who shows me what’s right
The one who makes my life complete
My better half – indeed!
A companion thrugh this lifes test
Stucked through the worst and best
So I thank God that I met you on that day
Love u so much – Happy birthday!

OUT with the Old and IN with the New 31/12/2009

As we mark the end of another year, I look back at the things that happened this year … How time flies they say when you’re having fun, indeed a decade has breezed through without me ever noticing it …

The New decade started and marked the New Millenium and everyone got scared with the Y2k Bug. 2001 started our life
overseas. It’s now ending with 2009 being the year we became new citizens of our new home and the first time our family travelled and had a vacation overseas.

We are always not immuned to life’s highs and lows, and we
had a fair share of it … a Lost loved one, a new home; Meeting New and Old friends, new technologies which we never even imagined when we were little kids … Alas is it just
me getting old?

So here’s my own countdown as the old year winds down ….
Five … 5 Years in the Lion City
Four …. 4 Years going at the Land Down Under
Three … 3 Young Kids growing fast
Two …. 2 Cars
One … 1 New House

Here’s a toast to the Old Decade then … and here’s praying to a New and Blessed Year and Decade ahead!!!

You’re all I need … 21/07/2009

“I know that she’s waiting
For me to say forever”

It’s been 16 years since I gave her this song, sixteen years since we first met. Two young hearts who’ve grown too soon, moulded by love, hope and trust …

“I know that I sometimes
Just don’t know how to tell her
I want to hold and kiss her
Give her my love
Make her believe
She doesn’t know
She doesn’t know”

I know she knows how I always feel, I know she knows our love is real ….

“You’re all I need beside me girl
You’re all I need to turn my world
You’re all I want inside my heart
You’re all I need when we’re apart
You’re all that I need”

Yes, she’s all I need, she’s what makes me who I am, she’s what makes me complete …

“I know that she’s always
There when I need her loving
I know that I’ve never
Told her how much I love her”

I never forget to tell her how much I care, though sometime she would ask if the feeling is there?

“I see her face before me
I look in her eyes
Wondering why
She doesn’t know
She doesn’t know”

Looking at her when she sleeps… Her image in my heart will forever keep …

“Say, say that you’ll be there
Whenever I reach out
To feel your hand in mine
Stay, stay within my heart
Whenever I’m alone
I’ll know that you are there”

So for all the times, through the lows and highs … Thank you for still being here by my side

All that I need
Is for you to believe
All that I need
Is you

Happy Anniversary Love …

Divine Grace 27/03/2009

What if 34 years ago this woman was not born?
A beautiful baby on a sunday morn …

What if I have not met her 16 years ago?
A love wound not have then bloomed …

What if she has not said “YES” then?
Then where could be our three angels from heaven?

What if she has decided to leave?
That day when I’ve caused her grief …

So I tried my best to be there for her …
To give her … all the best I could offer …

Now here’s a couple of phrases and lines
A tribute to her name with a heavenly rhyme …

Here’s to the lady I hold very dear …
Thank you “Love” for still being here …

Wishing you the best in every special way …
I love you “Love” … Happy Happy Birthday!!!

Resident No More .. 22/03/2009

Coming back to SG time and again is like going back home. Having stayed here for five years, I have indeed considered it home as well. Half of my kids life were spent here, I’ve started my Security Career here as well… so being here provides a bit of nostalgia everytime I come back… the shopping centeres where we used to go during weekends… the buildings and offices I use to report work … the roads and alleys, the kopitiams and the hawker centere … the churches where we used to go … houses where we lived …

This week I came back for another round of business trip, but I am also here for another thing … to give up my “resident status”. I was having mixed feelings coming to the Immigration Office … it’s like when I attended the citizenship ceremony as well … it’s like something’s being taken away from you … it’s like you’re no longer the person you are any more, when the Immigration Officer chopped: “Residency Revoked”

Another chapter of my life being written … another page being closed … so here’s thanking SG for the opportunities it gave me when I was here, here’s a toast for all the memories experienced here … though time and again will come back here either for business or for holiday … it won’t be the same …

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi 22/03/2009

26 Jan 2009 – It’s 2pm and the kids have started to dress up. The Little Girl has a new dress, while the boys … this is the 1st time that the boys are dressing up formally … It’s the 26th of January … and the 26th of January marks Australia’s National Day … This is our 3rd Year here in Australia and also marks the Day when we become Citizens of Australia.

We arrived at the ceremony at least 30 minutes early as what the invitation required. We looked for our names at the registration and they asked us to fill-up the voting registration form. There were around 50 candidates on this day, though it seems we’re the only ones of Filipino Heritage … though there was a surprise when we found out that the mayor who is administering the oath is Half Filipino.

Aside from the Citizenship certificate, wee were also given a plant which represents a new life here in Australia. After 35 years of being a Filipino, have I turned my back on my culture, have I forgotten it’s rich tradition?

NO, it’s just I’m embrasing a new one … Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi