Friday night. I slept at 12 midnight. Before drifting to slumber, I uttered “oh, not a good idea sleeping so late.” Saturday dawn came, I woke up at four in the morning. I told myself, “Er, I should have slept earlier.”
While bathing, I thought of something to make my mind busy. And so I discussed with my imaginary friend the idea of why humans have dreams? Sleeping is divided into rapid eye movement and non rapid eye movement (who cares about those? ) Anyways, REM and NREM goes through a periodic cycles. With the brain in a stasis-like state, you have your non rapid eye movement. This is where the body is unconscious of the physical environment. While the brain goes through the state of being active, rapid eye movement takes place. Dreams will strike in this period.
And so what?
I can’t remember what my dreams were in my four-hour sleep.
Ow boy, I will be late. And so I do my normal routine stuff, I dressed up, I chose the green polo shirt. I wore a shoes which will complement the green polo shirt. I ate breakfast, a never-ending chicken meal. I am ready to go. It’s still dark when I left the house.
At the office, there ’re lotsa work to do. I texted my friend, Amiah. She texted back confirming that she’s free. We decided that after working hours, we will go to American Cemetery. Jayr texted me to wear a specific shirt. I told him I am in the office and does not have the luxury of time going back home and wear the ‘specific shirt’ he wanted me to.
We needed this kind of getaway. Amiah is stressed. Jayr is stressed. I am stressed. And we thought that a cemetery is a good place to go to. Quiet. Serene. This cemetery has its fair share being a shock-absorber to us. Way back high school, we would go here just to hang out. On our first time here, we broke all the rules thus resulting in our exile. That did not bother us in visiting this place though.
These past few months, Amiah is always here in the cemetery. That concludes she is always stressed. It goes the same for me. I am preoccupied of a lot of things. I should fix the mess. Reassess myself. Think of a plan.. And so I stopped for awhile and reflected on myself.
After this day, I am ready to get through hell. So, c’mon world, give me your best shot!
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Er, here is me again. Jumping from one topic to another! Bear with me. Haven’t eaten lunch yet!
Hello Ax! ganun talaga…
Ako nga e… Hanggang nagyon, nag-iisip pa rin na bangungot ang nangyari last week.
hehe. ganun ba! nakow, gumising ka na!
oh wow hanging out at the cemetery, that is interesting. and as for dreaming, you know what? you get as much as 20 dreams a night but only remember the ones you get just before you wake up and i have no freaking idea why LOL
yeah. we just don’t remember all of them. information overload?
hey AX love this post…finding serenity in the most unlikely place…..cemetery…you are right friend….silence…solitary…communing with the nature and the dead (hwhwhwssss!)
cute ng first pic….hmmm pangcover nang isang glossy magz……hehehehhhehe
haha. ganun ba. er, ayaw ko nga sana i-post yang mga pics na yan. mukha akong ewan!
hehehe ang galing ng trip ah, tumambay sa cemetery. But yes, it really helps to be in a place like that just to snatch some quiet time and enjoy a peaceful atmosphere even for just a day.
Makapunta nga rin dyan hehehe
maganda diyan, american cemetery. pwedeng lakarin from market market. or sakay ng mga shark trike. libre lang yun, although kelangan mo magdonate. they are not using gasoline or diesel. electricity ang gamit nila kaya earth friendly!
Thanks for the info, Ax! Will surely visit it.
Have a blessed week.
no prob! enjoy our week!
ax photogenic ka :)
haha. tama yun. mas pangit ako sa personal! hehe.
wow great shots! galing talaga.. :)
hehe. kase dslr gamit namin diyan. kahit di kami magaling, gaganda yung shots! hehe.
parang okay nga puntahan yang cemetery na yan ahh.. btw, cool shoes!
er, gola shoes. last last year ko pa nabili yan! discounted!
nice colors. very vivid.
my friend is a very talented photographer, that is why!
A quiet place to — take photography.
Do you need to get a pass to getting in?
nope, there is no pass!
nope! no need.
That last photo is amazing. I love cemeteries. They are so capitavating for so many different reasons.
Me too! I fancy to go there when I was younger but very afraid to go or my mom won’t let me! Thanks for the comment!
Ganda naman ng mga pictures nyo. Peborit ko rin nagpupunta jan sa American Cemetery. Ang tahimik jan. Ang sarap magmuni-muni. Kaka-relieve nga ng stress kapag nagpupunta sa mga lugar tulad nyan.
Hehe. talaga? nagpupunta ka pala sa american cemetery! Yup, tahimik kase!
yes, hinintay ko ang post na ito. it turned out I AM JUST A SHADOW :) lol at ang pangit pa ng shadow ko para akong naputulan ng braso (because I need to hold the cam in my freaking face dahil walang live view ang Nikon D60 :(
you are just a shadow na nanunungay ng katabi.
its a peace sign man! yo!
ows!
uy ax, lam mo ba yung pic mo sa puno, naalala ko dun yung kwento about a man who slept for a hundred year? not sure about the details, hindi ko rin malala kung si Hans Christian Andersen ang gumawa nun.. basta naalala ko yun from Rai.
Is it Rip Van Winkle?
or Juan Tamad?
:D
maybe both? lol
sige lang! hehe.
wala pa rin akong broadband ngayon.. nandito pa ako sa opis.
i really like my icon here.
ay im using the Wolf account pala. pagdating sa bahay, magcocoment ulit ako para makita ko si dancing red blob with matching coconut tree-inspired do.
wooohooo!
dance baby dance! :D
huhu. buti ka pa! tsk, sana may broadband na ako pagdating sa bahay!
bagay kay Gus ang icon! *clap*clap*
Well, it is on your timing.. pwede yang mapalitan kung papalitan din ang e-mail ad. hehe.
shhhh!
dont spill state secrets!
Hello AxRealm! I like the last photo ;)
thanks dude!
ako di ko like. kase mainit nung time na yan. hehe. di ko maayos yung mukha ko!
ehem. Dudette. Just kidding =)
LOL.
waaaaahhhh! ang ganda! nakakawala nga ng stress!
try to go there allen if you have school projects that requires out-of-school activities!
kakaiba ah, imbes pumunta sa church.. sa sementeryo pa trip.. hehee sabagay.. matry ngayan.. hehehe..
hindi na nga ako nakakapagsimba! er. hehe.
pupunta ulit kami dyan, siguro nek week.
wow! never been there. it’s a photographer’s haven i believe apart from being a place for relaxation.
sobrang ganda ng lugar! tama, magaling ka naman na photographer, punta ka dyan sa american cemetery!
hmmmmmm…parang masarap ng magmuni muni sa sementeryo..tapos wala kang kasama tas may maririnig kang bgla na sisit sit.paglingon mo wala ka aman makikita.tas…..ayyy relax pala dapat.hehe
walang nakalibing sa american cemetery! no need to worry..!
American Cemetery. Whoa. On my senior year in high school, we visited that “park”…er, as the last itinerary on our field trip. It was strange, and all we did was a photo shoot. Lol. And the people there were mad because they can’t keep us off the grass! Haha.
Really! hehe. Way back then, no one is permitted to step on the grass.
Hello Ax! Invite lang kita… See my blog. Thanks!
hehe! sure.. er, sana okay ka na! have a nice day!
very creative shots..wow!
sa panaginip ko lang nakakasama mga frens at family ko sa pinas..
paggising ko wala na ulit.i’m alone again.
uy, april na! pupunta na dyan sila owa at paul! at ilang months na lang ulit uuwi ka na ng pinas! FD, huwag ka na malungkot!
love the photos! yup let’s control our world but first of all mag lunch muna tayo,anong ulam mo ? :)
LOL
yup, yup! naglunch na po! hm! ano bang ulam ko! stork?! hehe.
The title of this post really caght my eye. Perhaps you should be glad you don’t remember your dreams. I was told that means you had a deep sleep.
I have never though of hanging out at a cemetery. Relaxing? Quiet, for sure, haha!
relaxing dyan. walang tao!
ah, ganun pala yun. nowadays, i slumber in a deep sleep. hehe. thanks sa pagbisita sa mundo ko, kat!
ang galing ng photographer!!! shets nakakainggit! waaaaa
nakow, nasan na ba si jayr? hehe.
nice pics… magaling yung photographer hek hek
don’t be amazed on the pixel-clear free images. be amazed on because it’s my photos! haha. biro lang!
Maganda ang lente ng kamera, isang obra o sining.
Kapag napaparam ang ating pisikal na katawan, tayo ay naghahanap ng tahimik na lugar upang makapag-isip o makapagimbak ng panibagong enerhiya, at may mga tao palang talagang sa libingan nakakahanap ng kapayapaan.
Sana nga ay kapayapaan ang ating matagpuan.
Sabagay, anuman ang gawin natin sa libingan, walang magrereklamo. Tahimik ang mga nagmamasid.
Tayo ang hari.
sa lugar na puno ng krus at lapida, ako ang tatanghaling hari.
katahimikan sa lahat ng dadalaw!
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