"The Blooming Of Flowers"

FLOWER FESTIVAL

We celebrate Flower Festival on the month of Febuary every year here in the Summer Capital Region of the Philippines.

At 1400 hrs a day b4 the Grand Opening of this Festival Charity came to fetch me to accompany her to look 4 a transient place 4 her friends from the lowlands who wants to come up here in Baguio City to witness the Flower Festival. However, they are not the only people to come up here. Everyone elso does...People from different places, age and races comes up here to watch the highlands unique, glamourous, outstanding Flower Festival every year. So if you gonna take a ride goin to town u bettah walk!!!LOL!!!coz the whole city is jammed....all people around....cars can't pass by the streets...If you wanna take a stroll with ur friends, family or relatives along SESSION Road u will notice people are compressed!!! Fastfood Chains are full so u bettah eat at home b4 u go out...

This 21st, it was really boring 4 me coz i've never gone out to Watch the "STREET DANCING" performed by the different levels of universities and schools may it be private or public...Street Dancing is juz the advance party of the Festival....I found it boring coz it was cold reachin 7-9 degrees outside plus it was also raining....i wondered how all those students performed and the audience outside with the hard rain....So i watched the TV Live and all the people are still watching enjoying to watch the street dancing of the respected different schools...At this moment im writing about this day & how bored I am really...I juz stayed at home did my old chores and after dinner i stayed in my room listening music, read a novel & some journals from one of our country's best writers.

The whole day My friends are out with their respective dates and some with their families; my boardmates are gone to watch the 2nd program. The "FIREWORKS" started at 1800 hrs held at the MELVIN JONES GRANDSTAND. I can hear it all from here inside muh room. Juz 3000 meters away from me. Imagining the people around shouting wondring how happy they were enjoying each others company.

The 3rd program starts at 1900 hrs til dawn. "Scattered Concerts" all diferent kinds of bands around the city began at the same time exactly after an hour of FireWorks. Scattered Concerts are hel around the different cool places around the City of Pines like; Malcom Square, Melvin Jones GrandStand, Athletic Bowl, Baguio Convention Center, Upper Session Rotonda, Sm Baguio and etc...You will hear Acoustic, Emo,Country, Pop, R&B, Alternatives and ofcourse All Kinds of Rock. Rock Bands are never phased out. All the bands came from the National Capital Region.
The bands are our Country's greatest bands from the Philippine Music Industry. u have no worry watching all of these concerts coz its all for free no need for tickets to pay!!! All you need to do is get up ur asses off from whea u at and get in thea!!!Join em as if ur all in energy to hang out til dawn not thinking bout the cold temperature!!!

Takin a moment to seek about myself inside my room while people are all out thea celebrating PENAGBENGA. How have I gone through all these years? Facing the mirror smiling, combing muh hair and searching for the changes despite of age, looks and everythin!!!Looking further from the inside ...I had this question "Am I Happy?"then i was smirkin...ofcourse i was happy!!!dammit!!! I am askin "are you happy now?" I anwered stating the question back "Am I Happy Now?" Negating myself , feeling a li'l bit crazy like in a Mojo status...lol!

Well, do I have to explain everythin? wuts up from the matter of bein a fool sumtimes? tryin to make a CLEARWAVE inside me givin a try to make myself look good thru the mirror with muh jammies. Oh c'mon Fame! Wut were you thinkin all about? Can't u juz give urself a break? juz be jolly the way u were since childhood. A jolly good fella thaty brings happiness to the world.
Wut brings me to this situation is tryin to make a good pathway or Direction of my life. A life that deals with full acceptance of reality, changes, facing challenges, keepin faith, havin good humour, sense of reponsibility, respect and love.

Haven't I noticed that im bein a loner at this moment??? As th DJ from my favorite FM Station (K-Light) played the song "I'm All Out Of Love" by Air Supply...Whoooaaa...I felt like cryin again but then thea's no tears at all....Am I changing for the BETTER? or for the WORSE? Then I hummed, singing with the radio all along....it feels great, making me more think about challenge; then here's the next song Aired from the station......"Thank You For Loving Me" by Bon Jovi!!!Now, wut am i feeling about this song makes me more emotional yet with no tears at all...Singin with the radio feeling the sense of releasing my emotions singing out loud!!!"I can't see the Bottom Line""I couldn't Breathe""Thank You For Loving Me."

Then here comes the song of "RiverMaya" one of our country's best rock band...singing the 1st and 2nd stanza of the their song " A LOVe TO SHARE" goes like this.................

"If i could take overThe world we're in
I wanna reach out to every human being
I'd take all the sorrows from every goodbye
I'd shed all the tears so no one ever needs to cry."
"I'll summon the oceansTo drown every pain
I wanna be shelter to the countles in shame
Erase every conflict from every divide
I wanna give every bit of me til I die!!!"

This song took me long facing the mirror; switched off the light, grabbed my penlight flashin it back thru the mirror...having an abstract thinking about a li'l "brightlight" despite of the darkness....switched back on the lights realizin muh self from the inside...missing my MOM who's 1800 hrs away from me by Plane and my only younger brother who's 1200 hrs away from me by Bus. I'm missing my Family and relatives! I love yah all guys! you're all that i got that inspires me...have to sign off coz' i'm having this humane attitude again..Gotta make a cup of tea b4 i sleep!!! Ooops..ofcourse....I don't forget to pray for everyone!!! Love yah all!!! Till next time!!!

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PENAGBENGA: "The Blooming Of Flowers"

Written By: Julieva Famejud
February 21, 2004
Camdas, Baguio City
also posted from my famejud23.deardiary.net account
Baguio City