It was a beautiful Sunday morning. Mi, Nikki and some of their friends are busy practicing for the choir. After the practice the story begins…

(1^st scene)

Mi: hi almond! How are you?

Almond: hey…I thought I saw a familiar face. I’m fine…wow…you’re singing really improved a lot. You’ve been dead practicing, huh?

Mi: hehe of course. Practice makes perfect, they say…(pause/music #2) um. By the way, this is my friend Nikki. She’s one of my colleagues in the choir. We’ve met there and we wewre friends since then

Almod: hi there!…I’m almond. You can never miss it. It’s everywhere and famous especially among chocolates.

Nikki: oh I love chocolates. I can remember you easily. That’s for sure!

Mi: almond nuts, his common name

Nikki: don’t be too harsh, Mi

Mi: ows..Come on…don’t be too defensive. Oh! Look at the time. I guess time flies faster than we think. I’ll go ahead. I have some errands to do. I’ll leave Nikki to you. Take care of her for me, okay? (Mi goes off)

Almond: ok, bye!

Nikki: bye…

Almond: so I guess it’s just the two of us. Will you mind strolling around the park? I heard there’s so much to see in there

Nikki: okay, sure!

                (music #3 strolling around the park…close curtain)

                While walking in the park, Almond and Nikki are starting to know each other deeper. Their exchange of ideas and laughter left a permanent impression to each other. They soon realize they have something in common more than they imagine: their thoughts, aspirations and beliefs.

Almond: you know what?  You’re very interesting to be with. I’ve never met someone like you

Nikki: of course, I’m one of a kind

Almond: hehe you’re humble, huh?

(Nikki and Almond laugh)

Almond: but seriously, I mean what I said…and frankly I’m beginning to like you

(Nikki staring at something)

Nikki: wow! What’s that?

Almond: oh! It’s a paper crane, an origami

Nikki: it’s very nice, I wish I know how to make one

Almond: don’t worry. Someday, someone will teach you how..Or perhaps someone can give you one just like that

Nikki: I hope so

                (close curtain)

                Nikki and Almond’s friendship have grown deeper, as time goes by. It came to a point that their feelings for each other evolve into something they did not expect. It was very strange at first. It was like a disease that corrupted their minds and hearts, but in a more positive way. They soon realize that it is love. Almond, with all his courage, decide to reveal his feelings for her. Without so much ado, he called up Nikki to meet him in their rendezvous.

Nikki: hi…so why do you want to meet me? What’s the agenda?

Almond: hehe very funny, huh? Nothing new, I just want to say and give you something

Nikki: ows…so what’s in the box?

Almond: hello? I’m not carrying any box..Actually I want to give you this…(paper cranes) (music #3)

Nikki: wow! That’s very sweet of you. You made all of these by yourself?

Almond: it doesn’t matter anymore. Nikki the first time I saw you I know you are the one; it’s like I was hit by a cupid. You made me feel something I’ve never felt before…Nikki, the bottom line is…will you be mine?

Nikki: should I answer it with words? Because words alone cannot fully express how I feel for you. And the truth is I feel the same way

                (close curtain)

                Nikki and almond spend their days together happily. They were inseparable. For them their world revolves solely around each other. They breathe only for each other. But those days were never meant to last forever when one day…

                (music #4 at the park)

Nikki: Almond, I have something to tell you

Almond: what is it?

Nikki: it’s very difficult for me to say this but I guess we need to break up

Almond: (shock, stands up) w-what? But why?

Nikki: Almond listen…my parents decided to migrate in London next week and I have to go… I’m sorry. This is all I have to say (Walks out but stopped by Almond/music #5)

Almond: wait.. Maybe we can work this out…

Nikki: I’m really sorry goodbye…

                (Almond left and “nag-emote”/music #6/ close curtain)

                Years passed since Nikki left. Almond is left with a shattered heart. He forced himself to move on, to forget everything between him and Nikki. But the truth remains; his heart is and forever will belong to her. In those years fate made a sudden turn. Because of loneliness and longing, he met Vanessa that made his pain easier to bear. After sometime, eventually they were engaged to be married. Meanwhile, almond was unaware of Nikki’s return from abroad.

                (in the mall)

Vanessa: hey, I will just go to the washroom, wait for me here, okay?

Almond: yeah…okay.(music #7/he saw Nikki again) Nikki? Oh hi!

Nikki: oh hello!

Almond: h-how are you? When did you arrive?

Nikki: just a week ago…I’m fine…how about you? I heard you’re already engaged…she must be lucky to have you

Almond: um yes…I’m with her right now

Nikki: oh I see

                (silence…awkward moment)

Nikki: ill go ahead

Almond: okay bye

Nikki: who was she you’re talking to?

Almond: well…she’s just a friend of mine

Vanessa: um let’s go?

                During the Sunday mass(music #8), almond and Vanessa went together. Meanwhile, Nikki was there too. She’s in the choir. Actions may conceal everything what the heart really feels but it will never long contain the feelings inside it. It will always find a way to fully express it. (Almond is staring at Nikki. Vanessa notices it and got jealous)

                After the mass…(a gangster attacked Nikki and Almond came to rescue…music #(..Almond helped Nikki…Vanessa got jealous)

                WEDDING DAY!

Fr. Jeff asks Vanessa first…

Vanessa: I..i.. don’t. I’m sorry. I know who want to be with. I knew deep in your heart you still have feelings for her. I don’t want to commit the greatest mistake of my life by marrying a man who has never been mine. So I want to set you free…

Almond: Van…

Vanessa: someday, I will find my true love and I’m sure he will make me happy. But you? You belong to her

Nikki: thank you so much… I will always remember this

                (music #10)human na jud…finally..you may kiss the bride..hehehheh

                THE ENDZZZZ… :D

Dope (by Nikay Tablada)

~FUN

~FRIENDLY

~ACCOMODATING

~ADVENTUROUS

~UNITED

~DETERMINED

…and a lot more…  :))

< i can’t identy their names because i’m not really part of their community.
~ just glad to be given privilege to join them in this adventure.
Thanks, most especially, to te ling ;D >

l-r: ma’am/ate anna and ma’am joan
the only two ladies I came to be with whenever duty calls
they’re like my look-outs always . ;))

w/ sir robert…the one who coordinates to CRS that’s why we’re always together
he’s fun to be with though we’re not that close :D

 l-r: sir ermin pimentel (XU-KKP Director), me, and sir nestor (KKP staff)
two of the people who interviewed me when i was applying at KKP
i failed first yet they believed in me afterwards :3

~~they made me see the things I’ve been trying to ignore. They were also the people behind my first salary ;)) 
Thankies 

And at last I see the light
And it’s like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it’s like the sky is new
And it’s warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted

All at once everything looks different
Now that I see you  <3<3<3

theartofanimation:

Julia Tarasenko

That was one of a dream!!! This is the first time I woke with tears in my eyes, not because I was chased by a monster but because I was faced with my own death. I was in the hospital then, alone. The nurse came in and said that I only have 4 minutes to live. I didn’t know what my sickness was. It wasn’t presented in my dream. But it seems like I have known it all along. I didn’t react with what the nurse said. I just nod and said thank you. By the looks of it I already know what will happen and am prepared for it.

Thinking of the 4 minutes left to still catch breath, I decided to go somewhere. I was just shocked after I woke up remembering that when I went down the stairs, it is already the house of my grandparents, when in fact I was in the hospital first. Notwithstanding, I saw my relatives gathered in the house. They all look like the world was dumped in their shoulders. I proceeded to go at the back of the house. There I was in the garden. I saw my mother there and I asked what time is it. Instead of telling the exact time, she said that I have only 4 seconds left. I was shocked in my dream but all along I nodded, as if accepting that I will die.

I faced up and then suddenly my mother hugged me. I felt warm and noticed that all of the people who were inside the house were also in the garden looking at us with a sad look. I just smiled at them and suddenly felt perplexed. My heart was thumping very hard and then I remember my dad. I kept on looking for him with the feeling that I really have to find him. While I was worrying about my dad, the people that surrounded me just stayed still and didn’t even bother to help. Some of them are crying.

Out of the blue I saw my dad painting at the near table inside the house, using a black color. I called him and he came to me. I picked something in my pocket. It was a paper with a print, “I WAS NEVER BEEN PAINTED BY YOU USING YOUR BLACK PAINT.” This was the exact note in my dream as I could remember. My dad said something, yet I failed to look at his face. Unnoticed, my older sister was with us, hugging me. I smiled at her and then faced up. I felt “contentment” and “happiness” at that time. I then said to myself that I am ready. A minute hadpassed and I fell down on the ground. Dad held me but left me lying in the ground. He left while my sister was grabbing me and keeps on calling my name. In a few seconds, my dad came back and brought a machine that he always used to fix things. It was a tool where current freely flows. In order that one may use it, one must wear a very thick cellophane-like-gloves to avoid burns. He brought the machine using his bare hands and then pointed the two wires in my chest. It will serve as a defibrillation to help the heart pump. I quite saw what he was doing so I stopped him and said, “please don’t. I am ready.”

My dad didn’t stop and continue pumping the two wires into my chest hoping that my weak heart will cooperate. While pumping the machine into my body, my dad kept on saying, “I won’t let my child be taken away from me. I won’t let that happen”. He keeps on repeating these words with his loud voice. I saw everyone crying. But they could not afford to do anything, they just cried up to the extent of fainting. But my dad never lost his energy, he keeps on pumping the machine until I fully felt air again, I started to open my eyes and then I was awake.

This was my wildest dream so far. Most of my dreams do really come true. They even serve as my warning to the future. I dreamt the death of my grandparents and the death of my classmate’s mother. Aside from the sad reality of dreaming the death of a significant other, I am also dreaming of happy moments but most of my dreams are the sad events in my life. I also consider my dream as an answering machine to whatever I asked from God. Whenever I need some answers from Him, it is through my dreams that he communicates.

How lucky I am to have this gift of somehow knowing what will happen in the future yet at this point in time, it was my own death that had faced my dream. I can’t afford to say thank you for the forewarning or be mad at Him for reminding me that death is existing. That I will one day perish in this world—that I am only a contingent being. If this dream will happen in the future, which I know it surely will. I am just hoping that it won’t happen that soon. Most of my dreams happen after a week or a month. It is sad to know that I might only have one month, at most, to live.

Of course, remembering that we all are going to die makes us live everyday to the fullest. Saying I Love You to your loved ones doesn’t make us less human. It makes you truly human. From now on, I will refrain from wasting time and do relevant things for myself, my family, my relatives, my friends and to all human beings that I came to come across with. Everything is in the power of prayers. I will accept whatever is your plan to me Lord. May you guide and bless me always.

[still trying to figure out what does the number 4 and the color black mean]

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orientaltiger:

Experimental kite, designed by Sash Reading with Ivan Morison, features 1,700 3D printed connectors, carbon fiber rods and cubenfiber aerospace fabric. Watch the video here.