mon havre

Sad, but there are some Filipinos who find it very convenient to badmouth the Philippines in their effort to justify why they left their country.

When we joined the PMAI (Photo Marketing Association) Exhibit this year in Florida early this year I met a Filipino photographer tnt . He claimed he was a famous photographer in the country. He was very surprised that a filipino company joined the exhibit. He also was in disbelief that a Filipino company could produce a product acceptable in the US andinternational market. He was so sure that we have plans of going tnt in the US. When he realized that we plan to go back to our country and we have no plans of going tnt. He tried to tell us all the bad sides of our country in an effort to justify his own actions of going tnt. I just smiled at him and told him,

” you don’t have to do that. I know what is bad in our country. I also know what is good about our country and I won’t abandon something that I love just because, there are things that could be be better.”

I just hope that for our fellow photographers who would migrate to other countries, please talk fairly about the Philippines.
It is the country of our birth. The country of your forebears.

Leave the country if you must, but please don’t put it down because it is the easiest way to justify why you left.

– mon c.

Sleeps With Butterflies

airplanes
take you away again
are you flying above where we live
then i look up, a glare in my eyes
are you having regrets about last night
i’m not, but i like rivers that
rush in
so then i dove in
is there trouble ahead for you, the acrobat
i won’t push you, unless you have a net

you say the word you know i will find you
or if you need some time i don’t mind
i don’t hold on to the tail of your kite
i’m not like the girls that you’ve known
but i believe i’m worth coming home to
kiss away night
this girl only sleeps with butterflies
with butterflies
so go on and fly then, boy

balloons look good from on the ground
i fear with pins and needles around
we may fall then stumble upon a carousel
it could take us anywhere

you say the word you know i will find you
or if you need some time i don’t mind
i don’t hold on to the tail of your kite
i’m not like the girls that you’ve known
but i believe i’m worth coming home to
kiss her, waiting by this girl
this girl

you say the word you know i will find you
or if you need some time i don’t mind
i don’t hold onto the tail of your kite
i’m not like the girls that you’ve known
but i believe i’m worth coming home to
kiss away night
this girl only sleeps with butterflies
with butterflies
with butterflies
so go on and fly boy