I like the feeling of staying out late at night. A routine which I have accustomed to do for months now. Two, three or four times a week... I really can't tell the frequency. I guess it's relative to the mood for the day and to the invitation of my constant "night friends". The places aren't the same places where I usually go for coffee break (ie. Mr. Bean, Coffee Mix and the like). This time it's something different. From the oriental restaurant where we eat our dinner we move to the prominent bakery for a take out of cheese bread. Next stop is the seashore park-Boulevard. We spend 3 hours of our lives watching the waves of the sea and the infamous motorace while eating the take out food. It explains why I wrote something about the place. Honestly, I don't really feel the exceptional ambiance of the area. But I'm happy with the thought that I not resting my butt at home. Truly, I am an outgoing person or so I say. But my night life would not end there. After feeling dormant I usually drag my friends and hop to our favorite 24-hour net cafe. This is where we finish the daybreak session. We go online for two hours and evaporate afterwards. Usually we arrived to our dwelling places at 4AM. And we'll wait for our eyes to voluntarily open.

THOUGHTS:
A simple lunch date flickered the extraordinary feeling I have towards you.
An honest remark motivated me to open my long lost heart.
A humble recognition of my gender is like an open book in the library.
An undying concern encapsulates me in the sphere of caress.

REALIZATIONS:
The thoughts which are never part of your mentality are the same thoughts which linger in my mind every night. A question finally engraved in my brain; is this true or another false hope? For a moment I realized that whichever answer my fate will give me, is the exact answer I have defended as my choice. But who is to blame? Is it the believer of the concept of love or the ordinary world-lover?

BJE: Is this the last resort?

In the light of confusion and misunderstanding between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Government Republic of the Philippines (GRP), the real stakeholders that are placed under the limelight of abuses and conflicts are the residents of the affected areas in Mindanao. In North Cotabato, Tipo Tipo-Basilan and the like, the quest to an anomalous peace which was intervened by the Supreme Court through the issuance of the Temporary Restraining Order whereby it temporarily halted the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement-Ancestral Domain, has flickered the problem on the inequality against the Moro populace. In turn, injustice actions such as burning of houses, killing of innocent civilians and marketing on human-shield as their ticket to exit the area has been a rampant practice by the so-called lost command of the MILF.

In my own personal discretion, I stand firm with the believe that the expansion of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) should not be a tool for peace in the Mindanao region. Rather this attempt will create a dichotomy and polarization of the people- both the Christian settlers and the Muslim communities in the areas claimed to be part of the Ancestral domain. Moreover, the principle of cultural differences and unjustified distribution of resources as presented by the MILF to pursue their dream of a federal and alienated region of the country is like sniveling under the skirt of relativism. Furthermore, the status of ARMM at present in terms of economic development is similar with that of Burundi in Africa. Thus, the progress and development of the expansion is questionable given that in status quo the region is underdeveloped. With this, I say, If we can live in peace and unity amidst the diversity of cultures and traditions, why then should we resort to this chaotic solution?