will you come and take my paradise?

just a boring afternoon at the office.
missing my zaiid, wanting to go to sleep. after a year and 7 months, i write:

can you see through your broken mirror
the parts missing, coming, taking
away from the thoughts begging you to
whisper it's name, again you look through them

last night the moon shut its eyes
like the way you shut yours when you dream
far away beyond your trunk of memories
of seas and waves that might bring us back

my intention of taking you again
to eat you and sleep with you does not count
at all. nor can the wind hear my words
across the melody of my lips and tongue.

you do not own me nor do i owe you.
we live on the same forest and you call it
your home even with snakes at sight
i am part of your universe.

i will take you again and sing songs with you
if you will take me and dance above
that purple-doubt flower that's withering.
will you come and take my paradise?


- g o v i n d a 12.10.07
found the perfect image: The Releasing of Mimi's Embers by Amy Sol :)

thank you SAMMYDEW!

we got a surprise package all the way from Canada! wala jud ni nako gi expect sammydew!!! thanks kaayo!

i got a NEIL GAIMAN cd - of course naa jud na si tori amos! ga kirig2x jud koooo!
dwynn got a WWE - collector's item! - "tawag kong sam!", haha abi'g naa's cebu!
and.. zaiid got two ANNE GEDDES books!!! - nya kinsa man ang nikirig? ang inahan! wahahhaha!!! wala nako gi sagol sa books ni zaiid kay kbaw ko unsay mahitabo... heheh..

thank you thank you sam. :) not just for the gifts, but most importantly by the mere thought of making us extra happy... we miss you and love you back!!!

World's Tallest Building in the Making

Why does man want to achieve the grandest, ultimately the tallest?

Just a thought seeing it everyday from work, going home.

The World's Tallest Building.

riding the wave of the pink and the blue.

yeayhoooo! im getting the job i want (at least in terms of vibe and location and smell and scope of work). big big family of pink and blue, im joining the Signature Group, under Mile High Media (LLC).

can't wait to get started on sunday!

riding the wave of the pink and the blue

yeayhoooo! I'm getting the job I want (at least in terms of vibe and location and smell and scope of work). Big big family of pink and blue, I'm joining the Signature Group, under Mile High Media (LLC).

Can't wait to get started on sunday!

high on OGILVY yeah!

10:00 am, sheikh zayed road. al attar building. shoot, we got off from the wrong building. "after two buildings, that's it" feet swelling. I. DON'T. WEAR. HEELS. face sweating.

24th floor. kayasa. nindotaaaaa!!! and there's the big name. "hulata lang ko sa silong tambol." "cge hon. shucks"

"hi. good morning. im here for a job interview..." "please take a seat."

"govinda? hi. im robin. please come in. this is the creative team"

the place is like the real thing. papers everywhere, toys, vandals on walls, weird looking people... it smelled like..THE ad agency.

and robin was soooo cool. but a dad kinda cool. he was the creative director. and a guy came in. guy, the art head. and we just talked about my site, and my works, and everything else just melted into a great big creative paradise... i can't believe im sitting right next to these guys, talking about tori amos, and laughing about "it's just photoshop" (referring to tori amos and me pic). i think they like me. heheh. "are you seeing others?" like.. uh.. oh they meant other agencies. i said they are my first :)

BUT. they aren't hiring. so. they'd call me if something comes up :) ok ra dili madawat; hearing those words coming from the big guys is more than enough :)

im just soooo high i can't even complain about my swollen little foot-pinkie. pag abot namo sa flat, ga tiniil jud ko gikan sa pultahan padung elevator hantud naabot sa among door, where my little Taputingking greet us with his smile. haaaaaaay samot ka high ang govinda...

my new site's now up!

Finally nahuman na gyud nako! Dreamjob-hunting here we gooooooo! whohoooo! *crossingfingsers for that dreamjob!

www.g0vinda.com