“Spoiled” ~ Joss Stone

February 28th, 2007 by jmondejar

I kinda thought that I’d be better off by myself
I’ve never been so wrong before
You made it impossible for me to ever
Love somebody else
And now I don’t know what I left you for

See I thought that I could replace you
She can’t love me the way you do
‘Till now I never knew
Baby

[Chorus:]
I’m spoiled
By your love Girl
No matter how I try to change my mind
What’s the point it’s just a waste of time
I’m spoiled by your touch Girl
The love you give is just too hard to fight
Don’t want to live without you in my life
I’m spoiled

I tried to tell myself that I’d be over you in a week or two
But baby that was ’bout a year ago
I’ve never seen the word love so personified as I do with you
And that is why I just can’t let go, oh no

[Chorus]

Spoil me

And I would only be fooling myself if I tried to
Believe there’s room for someone else in my heart
There ain’t no way I’m getting over you
I don’t know what I’ve been trying to prove
I’m hopeless, helpless when it comes to you

[Chorus]

I’ve been spoiled yeah yeah

THE GREATEST TEST OF TRUE LOVE

January 7th, 2007 by jmondejar
THE GREATEST TEST OF TRUE LOVE

The most important, most critical component in successful loving is
commitment.
Not love.

It’s easy to love without commitment.
People do it all the time.
Easy to love, to give of oneself for a while.
But commitment implies bonding in such a way that  one promises to keep
the fires of love burning indefinitely.
It also means shutting one’s heart to the possibility of loving another
who might even be more attractive,
even more lovable.
Not easy.
This is why solid commitments are not at all as common as we are led to
believe.
In fact, more often than not, I think that the commitment two lovers
make are not equal.
What I mean is that the commitment of one might be a whole lot more or a
whole lot less  than the partner’s.
We see it all the time.
One loves more than the other and is more committed than the other.
We have often seen lopsided love relationships where one partner is
giving so much more to the relationship than the other.

But writers and poets seem to always indicate that love isn’t just a
two-way street, but an equal two-way street.
That hardly ever happens.
It is impossible to determine exactly how much a man loves a woman or
how much a woman cares for a man.
Love cannot be measured and that can be a huge problem.
You can love someone and tell him "I love you" and you’re telling the
truth.
But how much do you love him? Enough to let him court you?
Enough to marry him?
Enough to die for him?
THE GREATEST TEST OF TRUE LOVE is COMMITMENT.
And the greatest indicator of deep love is deep commitment.
I have heard people say all the right words, make all the right moves
and pledge undying love, only to walk away weeks or months later.
Were they in love?
Sure they were.
But not enough to allow them to hold strong in their love.
Not enough to keep a commitment regardless of the pain.

Lover gets this sinking feeling when there is a sense that one is more
committed than the other.
When one is giving a lot more than one is receiving.
When one’s love is a lot more solid than the creaky love of the partner.

When a couple believe strongly that their commitment to each other is
rock solid, there is a deep sense of security, a feeling that it’s OK to
give all because the gift of yourself is safe in the hands of the
beloved.
If, however, there is doubt or, even worse, the conviction that one is
engaged in one-way giving, in a one-way commitment that is lopsided,
then there is a tendency to pull back and not give as much.
And when that happens, love begins to fade.

In the countless counseling sessions I have had with troubled couples
over the years, there has always been the problem of a failing
commitment on the part of at least one of the partners.
Unless there is the raising of the level of commitment, the relationship
is doomed.
It’s finished.
Sooner or later the stresses will take their toll and the relationship
will begin to fall apart.
On the other hand, look carefully at couples who are still very much in
love after 20, 25 years.
Their commitment to each other cannot be shaken.
Neither can their love.

Best regards

~jhong

The Remedy

August 18th, 2005 by jmondejar

The Remedy

words & music by jason mraz & the matrix

I saw fireworks from the freeway and behind closed eyes I cannot make them go away

Cause you were born on the fourth of July, freedom ring

now something on the surface it stings

that something on the surface it kind of makes me nervous who says that you deserve this

and what kind of god would serve this? We will cure this dirty old disease

if you’ve got the poison I’ve got the remedy

the remedy is the experience. It is a dangerous liaison

I say the comedy is that its serious. Which is a strange enough new play on words

I say the tragedy is how you’re gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on

So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.

I won’t worry my life away.

I won’t worry my life away.

I heard two men talking on the radio in a cross fire kind of new reality show

Uncovering the ways to plan the next big attack

they were counting down the days to stab the brother in the be right back after this

the unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast his catastrophe

dance with me, because if you’ve got the poison, I’ve got the remedy

the remedy is the experience. It is a dangerous liaison

I say the comedy is that its serious. Which is a strange enough new play on words

I say the tragedy is how you’re gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on

So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.

I won’t worry my life away.

I won’t worry my life away.

When I fall in love I take my time

There’s no need to hurry when I’m making up my mind

You can turn off the sun but I’m still gonna shine and I’ll tell you why

Because

the remedy is the experience. It is a dangerous liaison

I say the comedy is that its serious. Which is a strange enough new play on words

I say the tragedy is how you’re gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on

So shine the light on all of your friends because it all amounts to nothing in the end.

I won’t worry my life away.

I won’t worry my life away.

I won’t and I won’t and I won’t etc

Where Can You find Your One True Love

May 6th, 2005 by jmondejar

Where Can You find Your One True Love

(By Jonathan Mondejar)

How can you know that the person
Who’s sweet smile and gracious form
is really meant for you?
this is one of the question that boggles my mind
As i look at all my friends wedding pictures and i wonder
"paano mo ba nalalaman na sya na nga?"

I never gone into any relationship…evah
most of my chatmates always ask the question why am still single?
we’ll, the answer to that…"I DON’t KNOW"
maybe i’m not as handsome as Richard Gomez
or as sexy as Brad Pitt
or not as perfect as Denzel Washington
but,…hmmmm…(oo nga noh, what do i have???)
we’ll, when it’s there it’s there
I believe in ‘X’ factor
somehow you gotta know
I also believe in trial and error
Be really enthusiastic about it
Pursue someone you think is right for you for life
But it should be within boudaries (if you know what i mean…)

Or maybe, i was answering the wrong question
Maybe the question should be "Am i ready to find my one true love?"
It’s the question of time, rather than the question of situation or
event’s that should take place.
It’s hard sometimes to figure things out.
Relationship is one area that cannot be calculated, or measure
You cannot put it into testube and made some experiments and let the
formula be use all over the world
We’ll i guess this is the thrill of it, so i’ll just enjoy the ride

I’m turning 25 this June (Although most people look at me as if im
28 or 30)
A late bloomer, counting each day that pass
We’ll, waiting is not that bad anyway
It will be bad when your not doing anything aside from waiting
So my resolution is to do different kinds of things not to focus
myself, on that Relationship thing
I swim, climb mountains, rock climb, go to the gym, etc etc
Escapism has some temporary values

It’s good that I have relationship with God
I guess that’s one relationship that should be treasured the most
You don’t see God in person(physically), but I can sense him
Just like my future spouse…i dont see her physically but i know
one day we’ll gonna meet
and spend the best days of our lives
Created by Jonathan Mondejar (09218010680) of Mandaluyong City.
Created 04/27/2005 12:00PM

Capones Adventure

May 5th, 2005 by jmondejar

My Capones Experience

It was April 30, Friday 8:00PM, and i’m still in the office. Yung mga kasama ko sa Cell, nsa Chowking Galeria na, ready to go. I still have to fetch Ton (15yr Old, the new member of my cell). I really want to leave the office but still there are things that i have to do. So after few minutes, alis nko. Uwi muna ko to fix my things (i should fix this nung gabi p lng but wla ako oras nung gabi, pagod na galing pa sa gym). So rush ako pauwi, sakay ng cab to travel straight to home. Muntik ko pa mkalimutan snorkeling gear ko, so binalikan ko pa. Sakay ako mrt, jun told me, that he’ll pick me up na lang sa poveda. Out of 4 or 5 cars, kme na lng pla naiwan sa poveda, yung iba nkaalis na. 100 lng yata laman ng wallet ko that time, i have to find ATM machinev on the way.

Next stop, sa ATM machine na. Since wla kme mkitang Metrobank, we stop sa isang BPI ATM machine. Tatlong beses ko ni-try ynug card ko (both bpi atm and metrobank). Ayaw tlaga maglabas ng money, seems na sira yung machine. What a waste of time,so dumiretso na kme papuntang Double Happiness. Sarado na Double happiness that time, so hindi nako nkakain. Stop over n lng kme sa Caltex pra bumili ng makakain at mkapagkape si Jun ang aming dakilang driver…hehehe… I just bought some peanuts and carbonated water. Then diretso n kme papunta San Antonio Zambales, dun sa resort ng Capones…

Pagdating sa Resort, nagunahan agad mga PG pips (pasaway group). namili ng kubo, tapos humilata n lng agad. without asking Paul kung saan kme talaga dapat puwesto. Unfortunately, yung kubo na malapit sa CR nkuha nila…hahaha…ako napunta sa isang 8-10 bed kubo with it’s own CR and shower room (separate rooms). Ang laki pra saming apat lng. I turned on my 6630 listen to some of my MP3s (Nina - Live Album, Jazz, Michael Bubble). Enjoy ang tulog kse sobrang pagod sa byahe…zzzzz

Saturday, a new day…paggising ko, nkakain na yata lahat…so i headed to the dining area to eat my breakfast…tocino,itlog ang ulam. Sarap nmn kanit feeling ko daming mantika… then prepare na kme, heading towards the island…Caponess Island

So sumakay na kme ng boat…sanay nako sumakay…nagdala ako ng whey protein pra may supplement p rin ako. I put sa water container ko…pagdaong nmin sa Island, nakalimutan kong damputing yung container ko with it’s whey. Dun p lng ,prang nasira na araw ko…sayang yung whey, d bale na mawala yung water container, wag lng yung whey ko (containing 50g of protein and whey isolates…huhuhu). Ang init, but sa linaw ng tubig dagat i cannot resist na magsnorkeling kaagad. It’s good may nagdala ng sunblock. I’m Tan already, ayoko na magkasunburn (yes, nasa-sunburn din po ako..hehehe). So todo swimming nko…inikot din nmin buong island…exhausted man, but theirs a feeling of serenity, kse kme lng tao ng island…para kmeng mga "cast-aways"…sarap talaga gumala na kasama mo barkada mo. Wholesome-fun that’s how i describe it. View so serene, sea water so gentle. Sarap mag Capones :)