Chapter 23

Starting a new chapter in your life is always scary... and exciting :). There's never been a more appropriate time for me to say, I AM STARTING A NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE. Plus, I just turned 23 today (oo dagdag lang yon). My birthday festivities actually left me really tired, plus it's been weeks since I've been able to sleep well, so I wanted to go directly to bed. But I just can't ignore all the people that have greeted me a happy birthday. Last night I wanted so much to sleep like a log, and instead text messages were arriving nonstop from people greeting me. Thanks to everyone! What a way to realize I'm very much loved. :)

We ate at 'The Water Club', a restaurant overlooking the East River. It was beautiful, the food was great, and dessert was great (even the dessert wine was wonderful, and yes, recently I've been appreciating wine a lot). After dinner a little walk over to the bus stop gave us a great nighttime view of the other side of the river (also known as Queens). The area reminded me of Makati, with a flyover, some Christmas lights in August, and the heatwave making it feel so much like I was back home.

My sister gave me something I've been dreaming of for quite awhile: My very first Tiffany & Co. jewelry. Thanks ate!

I thought I was going to have a lot to talk about, but I'm pretty beat. I think this song encompasses what I'm feeling though... read on...

UNWRITTEN

I am unwritten,
Can't read my mind
I'm undefined
I'm just beginning
The pen's in my hand
Ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Oh, oh, oh

I break tradition
Sometimes my tries
Are outside the lines
We've been conditioned
To not make mistakes
But I can't live that way

oh, oh

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live you life with arms wide open
Today is where you book begins
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
the rest is still unwritten