How I'd love to dance with my father again....

Dance With My Father
Performed by Luther Vandross

Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then
Spin me around 'til I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure I was loved
If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
How I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way, I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
'Cause I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear how my mother cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me
I know I'm praying for much too much
But could you send back the only man she loved
I know you don't do it usually
But dear Lord she's dying
To dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream

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Are you getting Hard Candy?

I know it's about over a month overdue but i got Hard Candy!

The 49-year old pop icon did it again! Except for 4 Minutes (which is very Timbaland, production-wise), everything else is Madonna. And contrary to earlier fears of Madonna going all gangsta, the Madonna-Pharell tracks are actually "groovy" (i.e., nice grooves), catchy and refreshingly unpredictable (e.g., "She's Not Me" and "Incredible"). Now, before i get carried away with the "i.e.'s" and the "e.g.'s"....

The CD has 12 tracks (with a 13th bonus track included in the Japanese release). Lucky them Japanese!

My favorite is Heartbeat. "See my booty get down like... uuhhm." 8)

Gas price looms at sixty-f******-five per liter

At the P40-P45 range, it was tolerable.

Nearing the P50 mark, i felt helpless.

By P54, i was defeated (and angry!).

I wonder how i'd feel if gas prices actually hit P65. I dare not find out.

Only in the Philippines are consumers so helpless against this brand of capitalism. In this case, motorists are dead in the tracks of oil companies.

I've ventured on a personal boycott of sorts--i don't use my car unless i absolutely have to. This isn't such a tall order as i thought it would be.

For the past 2 weeks now, I've taken the jeepney (2 actually) from Manila to work (P8 + P9 = P17, back and forth would total P34/day). Pros: i get to have my morning walk and my own public stairmaster when i use the overpass. Cons: inconvenient, of course.

Prior to that, i spent an average of about P100 (give or take) per day on gas/parking alone. Yes, of course, no doubt about it, it's convenient, but unreasonably/outrageously expensive for my middle-class taste (?).... read: remuneration.

Now, if there were thousands and thousands like me, that is, taking public transport (unless they absolutely have to drive their cars), this "boycott" of sorts would be a whole new ball game.

Ahh, but that's just me dreaming out loud.

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Postscript. Raise that flag, citizen! Mabuhay tayong lahat on the occasion of our 110th anniversary as a nation.