Jandrea...so far

https://youtu.be/0jMHvfE15fc Our quartet cover of “Magnificat” was one of several songs we learned as a family during the early months of quarantine due to Covid-19. We went into lockdown in March 2020 and sang our first song in June as a gift for someone’s birthday! The next few months were spent learning new songs individually and then coming together to rehearse and finally record the final version.  The final recorded songs didn’t come out perfect, with voices either falling flat (or sharp) in certain sections but they were enough testament to our successfully working together to produce our own brand of music! Even if I probabaly drove my family crazy by the numerous takes I demanded, I think all our efforts helped us fortify our nerves and kept our spirits high during such trying times!  Here’s our prayer for those who will come this way …. https://youtu.be/0fOrtQSQLwE

Eto na naman ako  Unti-unting gumigising ang ulirat Bago pa man imulat ang mga mata Nag-uunahang mga tanong ang bumabangon na Anong aking haharapin ngayon?  Paggunita ng mga planong nakabilanggo? Pagluluksa sa mga pangarap na sa bawat sandali ay naglalaho? O pag-alala sa mga minamahal na napakalayo? Mula sa aking munting piitan Nadampian ako ng hangin at nasilaw sa liwanag Natanaw ko ang mga kulay ng buhay Narinig ko ang hiyawan at tawanan ng mga nagdaraan  Naamoy ko ang kape mula sa kusina At halimuyak ng bulaklak sa may bintana!  Sisilip muli ang nahimlay na araw Pagkaraan ng mapang-aping dilim Buhay pa rin ako  Lumuluha, nagdurugo, nagdadalamhati! Humahalakhak, umiibig, umaawit! Ngunit higit sa lahat, nagtatanong, kumikilos,  at lumalaban!  Lahat ito, dala ng pag-asang dulot ng Poong Maykapal!  18 Agosto 2021

It’s one those nights … https://youtube.com/playlist?list=RDK64cCwbEe2c&playnext=1  

Did you ever know? Because I could only tell you in whispers And only when I could no longer hold back the words  Because I could never show you The way I would have wanted to If we were not encumbered By our entanglements And fear of punishment from above Did you ever feel, even without your arms around me The painful throbbing inside of me that  I would not admit to Like the pulses of a hundred stars in the dark night  That I refused to see Did you ever see through my calm facade The fear of being abandoned, the misery of being apart? Did you ever look into my eyes  And read the reason behind my recklessness and  My disregard of guilt that would always plague my heart? Did you not know for certain How much I wanted to stay by your side? That running away with you  Was such a frightful option?  Did you ever want to loudly declare That, without hesitation and doubt, You wanted me, longed for me Loved me unreasonably, just as much as I did you? And so I wonder That if you ever really kn

I didn’t ask to love him I didn’t want to be the one Who waits and cries in the darkness I can’t be the one who makes excuses For tired mornings after restless sleep I didn’t ask not to be loved in return I should have listened to the voice in my head Saying his heart was someone else’s I would have spared myself  This sin of wanting to die So that I can set him free.