One More Chance
(Piolo Pascual)

You say it’s over
I say we’ve just begun
‘Coz it ain’t forever
Until our lives are done
I know I did some things
That I never should
I’d undo them if I could
I’d turn my life around for you
Anything you’d ask me to…
Just tell me…

What must I do to make you want to stay
And take the hurt away
And leave it all to yesterday?
What can I say to make you change your mind?
To have the chance to turn the hands of time
Back to the days when you were mine?
Just give me one more chance for one last time.

I won’t deny it
I know that I’ve done wrong
But you have to admit it
This love is just too strong
To just fade away into the night
Without putting up a fight
We can make it all alright
If we just give it on more try…
So…

What must I do to make you want to stay
And take the hurt away
And leave it all to yesterday?
What can I say to make you change your mind?
To have the chance to turn the hands of time
Back to the days when you were mine?
Just give me one more chance for one last time…

And what can I say to make you change your mind
To have the chance to turn the hands of time
Back to the days when you were mine?
Just give me one more chance for one last time.
Just one more kiss to last a lifetime
One more chance for one last time.

The silence is deafening when one can’t find the right words to say
Or just too stubborn to voice them out loud.
Is it pride or cowardice?
It is hard to say but can be both.
Just let the time pass by and handle the future on its own
Though what passed by won’t come back anymore
Glad there was silence to keep me sane.

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I was riding the bus last Sunday and like always, if there is an available sit, I chose to sit by the window so I can watch outside. It was raining that day but I noticed a street sweeper was still busy doing her job. Questions came to my mind.

Do we really need that many street sweepers to clean our streets? Here’s the logic to the question.

If people are responsible enough to throw their candy wrappers, cigarette butts, plastics, papers, etc. on provided garbage bags or cans, do these street sweepers be on the streets even if it is raining? That in order to earn a measly income not even enough to buy medications, they are risking their health?

As Filipinos, should we not be ashamed of our actions, throwing our garbage anywhere?

Should the people in the government be proud to say they’ve lessened unemployment rate when the only job they can provide for the many unemployed Filipinos is street sweeping?

[This was supposed to be published last summer. Unfortunately, it remained as draft until now so bear with me. :)]

Summer comes and leaves turned into golden red
Soon, these leaves will play with the wind
As they fall on the ground

I looked for you
I hear laughter all around
But you are nowhere to be found

Summer’s here but I am wishing for the rain
So that under the umbrella
I can hide the pain

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The notice for the annual payment of Prudentialife Wealth Builder plan arrived last March and I was already preparing to pay it this week. The plan is to be paid in 5 years and it’s already our 3rd payment. I was surprised that I got contacted by a member of the forum where I belong asking whether I’ll continue with the plan or not.

Just a preview on this.

We acquired the plan last April 2007. Upon payment, we were given a temporary paper of which some of the details of the plan were written but the official documents were delivered after about a month. Upon reading the whole content of the documents, we realized that the agent (intentionally?) misinterpreted the contents. Or, the explanation she had given to us was for a different plan. We immediately faxed a letter stating the circumstances and demanding cancellation of the plan and refund of the payments made. Naturally, it was denied.

Upon inquiry and some research, we found out that there are other victims of the same false statements and/or misinterpretation by the said company

Recently, I found out that SEC handles such cases. If I had been more informed about 3 years ago then I might have been successful in cancelling the plan and getting a refund.

Now, reading the report from Inquirer.net stating that

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the license of Prudential Plans Inc. to sell pre-need plans because of a deficiency in its trust fund

I am more inclined to cancel the said plan with information and help of some forum members who were and/or are in the same situation as I am now.

It’s another expensive lesson in life as I was told by a sibling 3 years ago. A lesson that will never be forgotten when it comes to some scrupulous agents/companies who intentionally misrepresent their products/plans to entice new subscribers.