Garden of Eden

Amid the jungle of Makati lies the garden of Eden. There is an Adam and there is an Eve too. But George of the jungle has invaded the picture and showed Adam the vine to swing to another jungle in the south where the snake lives.
Adam and Eve lived separately. And one day, the infamous snake made her entrance but it’s Adam she tempted and Eve she hurt. Because Adam and Eve were having problems, the snake hid her fangs and took advantage of Adam’s confidences. She played with the couple’s problems and lured Adam into taking a bite of the apple ( or was it Cherry?).
And a great booming voice could be heard shouting, “I have forbidden you to eat the apple ( or was it Cherry? It’s kinda confusing. Really.) but you disobeyed me. As a punishment, you Adam will live with that snake and be forever blind to the sneakiness that you failed to see right from the start. As a reward, you Eve will meet Prince Charming.”
“Higher Power is that you?” asked Eve.
There came no answer so Eve continued, “If I get to kiss Prince Charming, will he turn into a frog?”
“No I already gave you one Prince Charming who turned into a frog. This time you deserve the real thing.”

Sneaky Snake

I have always been afraid of snakes. I don’t mind roaches ( as long as they don’t fly). I don’t mind rats either. But snakes? Thanks but no snakes.
I don’t like slithering creatures like worms. To me, they are in cahoots with snakes in scaring the wits out of me. I don’t like to run, but when that factsyet snake greeted me on top of the stairs, the scream failed to get past my throat but run like hell, I did. I don’t like disturbing him especially when he was tired, but whenever I see worms in the bath, cry for help, I did. And knowing my serious fear, he never tried to tease me about it while fishing the worm with a used kiddie toothbrush. I suspect he started the habit of ridding the bath of worms whenever he’d use it before I do.
I tried exorcising my fear of snakes. We went to Manila Zoo (gasp!) and lo and behold, Kim Atienza’s cheesy snake was on display. My idea of exorcism though was manipulating him to touch the snake and have his picture taken. Maybe through projection and association, I would have one less fear. No such luck!
Snakes.. Though I have always been afraid of them, I realized I hate that one particular snake. Be careful mihunko she might bite you too.

My Brother's Wedding

i got so involved in planning, preparing and coordinating my brother's wedding. it took almost all my time, consuming my days and my energy. after all, it is a practice for when i start preparing for my own wedding.

and the wedding was perfect. i am so happy with how it went, a sign that my own wedding is going to be perfect too.

only i didn't see the signs that my groom was no longer around.

Pongdora's Box

i was swept off my feet.. two years and nine months later, the rug was pulled from under and i saw the lies unraveling before my unbelieving eyes.

it's hard to deal with something after discovering things that put new meaning to everything that happened. my belief that his decreasing amount of time and attention was due to his reason that he is busy at work is now proven as an alibi because there is someone else claiming it. i told myself then that i shouldn't demand too much and for things to stay just the way they are. so i chose to believe him.

he said she is just a stalker. he said it so i believed it. only to find out that isn't true. she is another girlfriend, a girl he lied about when asked by his aunt and friend.

there are so many lies.. lies so sensitive it's hard to write about them. each lie exposed is like a brick falling from the crack on the wall. will the bricks continue falling till the whole wall crumbles? or will there be bricks left on the foundation from which i viewed our relationship?

is the relationship a lie at all?