Helpless

I just got a text from Jen telling me about her dad's condition.

It's sad feeling helpless knowing that someone needs you but he's nautical miles away. But I just realized that it's distressing to have that person at arms reach and still be helpless.

Dude, please hug your dad for me. At tama ka, gusto ko lang maka-tyansing! Hahaha! Iba talaga ang tama ng Buddha-ish tummies.

My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye

And the list goes on. I honestly dunno how to react everytime I hear people telling me that they have to fly out of the country to work, or study, or be there for good.

Why do they all have to leave in order for them to fulfill their dreams?

Hay. And once they're there, I just get sad everytime I read blog posts saying how sad they've been, and it even makes me sadder to think that no matter what I do, I'm rendered helpless and the least that I could do is to just give them comforting words over the Internet. That no matter what we do, the encouragement given by a simple pat on the back or the solace that we get from having our arms locked around each other cannot be replaced by typing four characters on our keyboards (>:D< ; that's four, not counting the Shift key). And I also get sad thinking that now, we can only share our lives through a monitor.

Well, I can't blame/hate them for leaving. Maybe one day I will also take the paths that they all took. We'll never know. Then, it'll be my turn to say goodbye.

Schnappi Das Kleine Krokodil

Schnappi

Das Kleine Krokodil


Ich bin Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil
Komm aus Ägypten, das liegt direkt am Nil
Zuerst lag ich in einem Ei
Dann schni-, schna-, schnappte ich mich frei

Schni Schna Schnappi
Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp
Schni Schna Schnappi
Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp

Ich bin Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil
Hab scharfe Zähne, und davon ganz schön viel
Ich schnapp mir was ich schnappen kann
Ja ich schnapp zu, weil ich das so gut kann

Schni Schna Schnappi
Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp
Schni Schna Schnappi
Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp

Ich bin Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil
Ich schnappe gern, das ist mein Lieblingsspiel
Ich schleich mich an die Mama ran
Und zeig ihr wie ich schnappen kann

Schni Schna Schnappi
Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp
Schni Schna Schnappi
Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp

Ich bin Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil
Und vom Schnappen, da krieg ich nicht zu viel
Ich beiß dem Papi kurz ins Bein
Und dann, dann schlaf ich einfach ein

Schni Schna Schnappi
Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp (schnapp!)
Schni Schna Schnappi (ja!)
Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp (schnapp!)
Schni Schna Schnappi (mhmm!)
Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp (ja!)
Schni Schna Schnappi
Schnappi (hmm) Schnappi Schnapp

Cute song. I bet it'll get on my nerves after a while. But not as annoying as that frikkin crazy frog. And that stupid purple dinosaur. Poor kids.


Download song.

Sources:
Lyrics - http://www.lyricstop.com/d/daskleinekrokodil-schnappi.html

Image - http://dot.kde.org/1105642626/1105644167/1105644703/1107113962/1112262378/1114115385/Schnappi.gif

Salamat sa kalokohang 'to Rhoda. Kinakanta ko ng alas singko ng umaga.

Writer's Block

I guess I'd have to content myself in writing one liners or one paragraphed entries for a while. I have topics queued in my head but when I start writing, words seem to elude me.

It's like my head just throws in tons of information so fast that my brain can't keep up and my locomotive skills aren't that fast either that by the time I'm able to process a whole sentence in my head, I have just managed to write a couple of words and the whole thought just gets...lost.

Writer's block ka dyan. Kinakalawang lang utak mo!

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