MY ULTIMATE "MARANG" CRAVING @ILOILO CITY

thank you very much central market plaza for satiating my ultimate craving with my favorite fruit "Marang". it's been my 5th day of stay in Iloilo City and i can't remember a day that passed without asking my buddy to bring me to their market, hoping i could chance upon a Marang for sale, i don't know if its just a product of my imagination or am having a delusion, because i am smelling the awesome Marang smell when i passed by a certain street at the central market,  but when we searched the place it just ends  in frustration, then went home teary eyed (over naman! haha!). Nevertheless, on my last night stay here for this visit, buddy and i took a rushed walk at the central market and there again the smell i am smelling, this time i knew it's not just a make believe, because i am seeing Marang at the Stand, and the clock is ticking fast and soon we'll be leaving, so i jumped at the seller and grabbed the biggest Marang of all, with mouth open wide and eyes never blinking we ate the same there and then.
i recalled the last time i tasted Marang after the decade of longing was when i was at General Santos City and over a month ago, and again this time....eaten MARANG as if it's my very first time after a long time.

MY MOST PRECIOUS TRAVEL TO ILOILO CITY

had anyone here, been to ILOILO?
i've been..
 i couldn't tell much of it's History
all i know is that i spent some precious moment
here even while at  a hectic work and with an amidst inclement weather
as the rain never stops to pour especially at night.(it must be Quiel)

my comrades were kind enough in accomodating me

one of those footmarks i had at ILOILO

and make an awesome tour within the City (that is of course during my free time)

not much to say, but thanks guys
for the most wonderful stay in your place...

promise me when i come back you bring me to
bora, together with my scuba gear....

DETERMINATION

behind every courage is the determination to conquer the giant shadow beside and inside every human.

blame it to the fallin' rain

busy day is it
or was it?
i haven't noticed the time
 it just passed
 and when it hit the hour of 5
 i saw twilight
that means
its time to go
and so i gathered my things up and rushed to the ladder
for i know
He stood there at the blocks
as usual
standing, smiling, looking my way, waiting...
and then i reached to the treshold
 stirring eagerly,
as i am seeing HIM clearly in a distance
like a god perfectly statued
a face you would always wish to see
a cheeks you would always want to touch
a lips you would always longed to kiss
that's HIM i whispered to myself
i motioned to get close
 but as i get nearer
 HIS stance is slowly fading
disappearing
in a panic state i glanced sideways
i saw familiar place
pointing same direction
i know i've been here
but then i stopped
coz when i looked again into the blocks
 i saw an empty space
 and to realize
i'm having an illusion with a vivid memory..
i stared for a moment
wishing my eyes is not telling me right
but when i lift my head
it struck into my mind
that
seeing HIM here
 happened yesterday
He is somewhere else Today
and will never be here Tomorrow....
so i
take aback
walk away
 and 
blink..
one more blink
it must be the fallin' rain
touches my cheeks?
i'm not sure...

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 PAIN IN MY HEART
 Arnel Pineda