In life, our greatest enemy are ourselves.

Pretend

In life, people always tell us that the truth would always set us free. But would it?


Everywhere we go, almost everyone pretends, because sometimes its better to pretend than to let everyone see who you really are. Some are just scared to let their walls break down or to let others reach out to them because of the pain they have felt. Just like me, there are times you would see me smile,but the scars I have, made me feel pain, thus making it hard to open up in fear that once I do, the scars I have in my heart won't heal, but will be opened again. . . .  but this time much much more deeper.

Why do we need hate when we have love?

SUNDVOLLEN, Norway (AP) — The man in the police uniform shouted for the campers to come closer. When they did, he killed them.

The gunman who killed at least 80 people at an island youth camp northwest of Oslo used his disguise to lure in his victims, then shot them twice to make sure they were dead, survivors said in the village of Sundvollen, where they were taken after the massacre.

"I saw many dead people," said 15-year old Elise, whose father, Vidar Myhre, didn't want her to disclose her last name. She just feet away from the gunman when he opened fire in the camp on Utoya island.

Elise said she had just come out from an information meeting in a nearby building when she heard gunshots. She saw a police officer and thought she was safe, but then he started shooting.

"He first shot people on the island. Afterward he started shooting people in the water," she said.

Elise said she hid behind the same rock that the killer was standing on. "I could hear his breathing from the top of the rock," she said.

In panic, the girl phoned her parents, whispering to them what was going on.

"They told me not to panic and that everything would be OK." Her parents also told her to get rid of a brightly colored jacket she was wearing to not draw attention to herself.

She said it was impossible to say how many minutes passed while she was waiting for him to stop.

Survivors described a scene of sheer terror at the camp, which is organized by the youth wing of Norway's ruling Labor party. Hundreds of young people were eagerly awaiting a speech the prime minister was to give there Saturday.

Police said the man arrested in the shooting is Norwegian and had set off a bomb that killed seven people outside the prime minister's headquarters in Oslo, about 20 miles (35 kilometers) from the camp.

Several of the survivors seemed calm as anxious parents picked them up at a Sundvollen hotel, but the stories they told were of utter terror.

Dana Berzingi said the fake police officer ordered people to come closer, then pulled weapons and ammunition from a bag and started shooting.

Several victims "had pretended as if they were dead to survive," the 21-year-old said. But after shooting the victims with one gun, the gunman shot them again in the head with a shotgun, he said.

"I lost several friends," said Berzingi, whose pants were stained with blood. He said he used the cell phone of one of his fallen friends to call police.

Emilie Bersaas, identified by Sky News television as one of the youths on the island, said she ran inside a school building and hid under a bed when the shooting started.

"At one point the shooting was very, very close (to) the building, I think actually it actually hit the building one time, and the people in the next room screamed very loud," she said.

"I laid under the bed for two hours and then the police smashed a window and came in," Bersaas said. "It seems kind of unreal, especially in Norway. This is not something that could happen here."

Another camper, Niclas Tokerud, stayed in touch with his sister through the attack through text messages.

"He sent me a text saying 'there's been gunshots. I am scared (expletive). But I am hiding and safe. I love you,'" said Nadia Tokerud, a 25-year-old graphic designer in Hokksund, Norway.

As he boarded a boat from the island after the danger had passed he sent one more text: "I'm safe."

You just gotta love him!

 I melt whenever I see him!!!

unpredictable

Life is never easy and we should always expect the unexpected

Oxygen!

I need it! Just like I need Oxygen.

Etched In My Heart

Reading the harry Potter series was epic! I thank J.K. Rowling for making a book that made me laugh and cry at the same time. I was very fond of the 3 main characters not only in the book but also in the movies. We've seen them grow altogether as they become who they are now. When the first movie went out, Emma, Rupert and Daniel were only 11. For the past 10 years I've seen them and they are now part of my life. I never believed in magic before, but now I do. Why? because they made me feel what their characters feel, which for me was impossible.

Take a shower. It's good for you.

Have you ever noticed that whenever we take a shower, random ideas just pops out of nowhere? If you didn't notice that, I did! For example this morning while I was taking a shower i just remembered some scenes from this really really awesome movie called "flipped".

It's not just your ordinary love story. . . . . trust me.

Compared to other love stories that are just completely FORGETTABLE this one will make you fall in love. It's really unique compared to other movies since this movie's setting was during the 1980's and doesn't talk only about love. It also talks about family problems, school and . . . . . life.

I really thank God for giving us water and brains. Water for cleaning ourselves and take wonderful showers and of course for our brains that gave me the ability to remember almost all the scenes from this really really awesome movie.

Here I am, fatherless.

Today, I wanted to share what I wrote regarding "Divorce". What motivated me in writing this is because I was so inspired when I read the book  "The secret life of Prince charming" . When we read the title, we think it's about love, but it's not. It's something much deeper than that.What I wrote is sort of a story but not really a story. And By the way, this has nothing to do with my dad.(I completely made this up)

Here I am fatherless

       CRASH!!! I hear the plates break on the floor as I see my parents fighting again,my mom sobbing my dad all red with fury. I try my best to make the tears stop and to make all the pain go away. But that's just it.... I try, and I can't make it all disappear. And before I know it, I see my dad packing his clothes, take a cab, and leave. He left me and my mother there, broken.

It's been a few years since my dad left, and here I am fatherless. Why? because my parents got divorced. Whenever I say our parents are divorced people tend to be all mushy and say "I feel so sorry for you" or "Aww, that's too bad". But they don't get it. I became strong. Compared to the small problems of my classmates I've been through worse.

 I see some  children in the park, with their families and I always tend to look at their fathers and how lucky they are. But as I see wives with their husbands I tend to fear for them. Thinking that at the end they'll just leave you someday. And here I am still fatherless,knowing that I'll never feel love from a father.

Rain, Rain Go away!!!!

Yesterday was the last day of our Kapatiran. The day started out pretty well for me and I thought everything will go smoothly as we had our Gawad Kalinga activity. But of course I was wrong

Everyone was excited to experience this activity. Even I was excited because during the summer holidays, I got to experience what it was like and it was so much fun. Even though I felt like I was going to melt, and the weight of the cement felt like 1,000 kilograms, I still had fun. It made me realize that sacrificing a day to help make a home can do so much for someone else.

Everything went as planned, but when we started to gather to ride our jeepneys, something went wrong. At first it only stared as a drizzle. I kept praying in my head, hoping that it would stop, but when we arrived there It only got stronger and stronger so we had no choice but to come back to school. I Feel sorry for my classmates who haven't experienced this yet. They won't be able to feel the happiness that we feel once we've achieved something. But I hope when they get the opportunity, they should grab it and give it their all.