Hi!!!

TO BEGIN WITH…

Name: Melbert Ivan Mepieza Nickname: Melbz

Address: Sitio Kalubihan, Capitol Hills, Cebu City

Birthday: August 16, 1990 Birthplace: Chong Hua Medical Center, Cebu

Phone: 259- 7053 Mobile: 09275747996/ 09193690860

School: University of the Philippines

Course :…still in high school Email: treblem_leo816@yahoo

Hobbies: texting, surfing the net

Sports: basketball, volleyball, football, softball

Music: Emo Punk

Singer: My Chemical Romance, The Used, Alesana, Story of the Year

Food: Filipino, Korean, and Chinese foods

Color: Black and Blue

Likes: everything I had in my life

Dislikes: world chaos

Friends: everybody

Motto: The only way to make your dream come true is to wake up!

Describing Myself: 5’ 6 tall, fair complexion, almost chinky eyes, athletic, demi- God that Aphrodite can’t resist

Friendship for me is: the greatest wealth one should treasure in his entire life

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There is no typo- error here, it may not look like a poem but it is a poem. You can say the author is unorthodox but I' m impressed with his style of writing. He keeps the traditional style of poetry writing in this poem and I can say that the essence of poetry really requires analysis. This might not be easy to understand without knowing the title but we can analyze it by looking every details.

Let' s start on how it is arranged. The words are not in their proper places because it has been disarranged. If we arrange the poem vertically, we would be able to read it like this:
‘l(a leaf falls)oneliness’, the author inserted the phrase ‘a leaf falls’ between the letters ‘l’ and ‘o’ and I think there' s really one leaf that falls and is separated from the tree and the other leaves. This leaf might be the one that falls in front of the author while he was lonely and decided to write it in the poem he was writing. It could also be the author that relates himself to the leaf. So, if the leaf was a person he or she would feel lonely because he might be left behind or separated from the people he or she was with for a long time.

I think his reason for this structure would be the emotions he felt while writing this and why it is hard for us to understand is because his deep personality that belies. This would be just a poem he made to make the lonely ones get busy annalyzing it. Don't you think so? Just let your playful mind work in this. Sometimes we do not have to think complicately in complicated things, we just have to speak out our opinions with it...

I still remember my last summer...

Summer is the longest vacation time in as tudent' s life that lasts for about two months. It must be enjoyed by everyone although it is hit at that time because you do not have to worry for anything else that is waiting for you to be done just like homeworks and school projects.

I spent my last summer in our province in Medellin. It was the town' s fiesta and it lasted for about ten days which was held from April 18 to April 28. When my friends knew that I already arrived from the city, they went to our house and there we planned our plans for our vacation. Together with my friends and couzins, we party from 8pm until 2am in the dawn. We enjoyed every night of the fiesta because of its events and we all had a hard- rocking party with the new acquaintance of friends.

My summer did not ended after the fiesta. Instead it had just started. I wake up every morning at 8am because my mother would ask me to water the plants. After those stuffs, I scrubbed our wooden floor that has shined because of my hard work. (heheh! how a good son I am!) When I am done of all my household chores, I would already be watching my favorite TV shows together with my brother with an ice cold coffee on our hands. We are having our siesta at 1pm and ends it at 3pm to play basketball. You may think it is still very hot to play at that time but it is not because the basketball court is surrounded by old acacia trees. We usually stop playing at 5pm to take a rest for one hour and then take a bath and prepare our dinner. It is at 8pm that we go out from our house to meet mt friends and play some games or just hang out with them. It is until 12am that we go back to our house and rest for the next day. I do these stuffs for almost four weeks with the same things every day. Thus, summer was not that hot as you think, it was in fact a cool one.

Vanity or Gay... you decide!

Is it bad to be very conscious about the way you look?

Isn' t it normal for a guy to spend a lot of time making himself look good?

Is it vanity or already being a gay?

I am very conscious about the way I look and how people look at me. Of course I am not a gay and I am very sure of that, as sure as everyone would read this blog of mine. (hehehe!) Seriously, I really have this kind of attitude which I just got by myself- I am not influenced by any woman in our family.

Just read the things I usually do with myself and be convinced it is not bad to spend too much time just like the girls do with themselves.

I start my day with a thirty- minute bath. I would not just share with you what products I used 'coz you might fall into vanity too. I use body scrubs, facial foam and still lot more. I then put on a lotion after my bath for a moisturized skin and at the same time a protection against sun' s rays. The next thing I would do will be spending fifteen minutes in front of a mirror styling my hair and fixing my clothes. I am also a health conscious person that is why I balance every meal I take and I do not really go for junk foods. It is just that I do not find it healthy to eat and it does not tastes good for me unlike my other classmates who enjoyed eating it.

I know when I'm already gaining weight without looking at the weighing scale and when I do gain weight, I work it out. Sometimes playing basketball is my way of losing weight and I find it effective on me after a day at the school. After an hour of playing, I then refresh myself before I go home- I again face the mirror for a couple of minutes.

I was not aware of these things, that I seem to be like in vain until a girl friend of my mine commented that I am more feminine than her because she observed I'm more conscious on the way I look than her. It wasn' t just a person who gave me a feedback about that, there' s many of them. I was not overwhelmed by their reactions and I just stayed the same, I guess they are already used to it.

Oh, How sweet!!

Why do we love and lust after chocolate?

Soft and sweet, mouth watering goodness, warm and hugging to the palate, chocolate is the ultimate comfort food. With research revealing that it contains substances that have the same effect on the brain as marijuana, it is no wonder this once primitive drink has evolved into a culinary staple food, a world dessert favorite, and one of the most romantic gifts of love.

Hold on to that bar of chocolate you are eating because it was the ultimate precious commodity 1, 000 years ago. Mayan and Aztec civilizations used chocolate as a medium of payment. They brewed their excess cocoa harvest into a drink called "xocolatl" or "bitter liquid". Served in golden goblets, they believed it gave them wisdom and power. It was the Spaniards who added water and sugar. In 1848, the concept of "eating" chocolate was born: Cocoa butter and sugar were added to a paste of ground cocoa beans. In 1905, Cadbury created the first milk bars, starting with Dairy Milk. A key ingredient is chocolate liquor, extracted from roasted and crushed cocoa beans. It is what makes chocolate, chocolate. (www.femalenetwork.com)

Any connoisseur will tell you that the ultimate indulgence is Couverture, a top- of- the- line type of chocolate. Pure with high quantities of cocoa butter, Couverture ("covering" in French) is used for truffles and handmade chocolates. The best Couverture comes from Europe. Every country has a specialty- France, Belgium, and Germany make the best dark Couverture; Switzerland, the best Giuanduja, and Holland, the best cocoa powder and milk chocolate. My perfect chocolate experience? Freshly made Belgian truffles- they are the richest, but are only good for one week due to their fresh ingredients. I got a bad tonsillitis after eating one pack. (Good for me!)

...and will they live happily ever after??

Not to jinx things, but you have to admit: The sweet girl you have been steadily seeing practically has soul mate tattoed on her forehead. You both have so many similarities and in fact, your chemistry and comfort level are so solid, you can not help but think she might just be- The One.

Even so, in the back of your mind you still have a few lingering doubts. That is because liking the same things or having similarities and having sparks is not enough to sustain a long- term relationship. Rather, you need to be sure that you two are also fused on a deeper, more intuitive level.

Some of the things that can test your relationship would be:

Do you worry that things will end when you argue?

It is normal for partners to fight but only megatight twosomes don not have it without holding back on hot- button issues. A lot of partners do not bring up important subjects because they fear it will damage the relationship. Deep down, they do not trust that their union could withstand real conflict. Of course, expressing every little grievance will doom and not deepen your bond. But if you and your girl tackle tough topics, it shows that you are not scared to try the strength of your relationship.

Can you reveal secrets without fear of being judged?

Everyone has dark life secrets they try to keep concealed. But if you can reveal the dark secrets without worrying that your girl will leave you, then your bond may be built to last. Divulging your most intimate secrets demonstrates that you can show your true self, and you know it won' t affect his attraction to you.

So, you think you have found your girl? Only you know...

Mind over Heart... (harhar!)

How well do you decide? Are all your decisions right and have no regrets on all of them? What must be followed when you make decisions?

We are faced by a lot of different problems in everyday of our lives. Problems about money, family, studies and relationship are just some of those everyday problems. There are those who find it just easy to solve these problems but there are some who take so much time thinking and some even day dreamed trying to figure out how to get away from it. Decision making is a very crucial part in everyone's life not just because it solve our problems but because it can change our lives forever on what decision we make and if we wrongly decide, we feel so much guilt inside.

I have read something about this common problem of ours and I wanna share it with you. It goes like this:

"When you make decisions, follow your heart, not your mind. For if your mind' s decision fails, you regret, but if your heart fails, you will just smile and say- Nice try! "

I myself got a lot of problems and it gets more everyday. I even have tried to day dreamed about it but day dreaming does not really help me solve my problems at all, what' s worst is that it is a big waste of time and yet not all are well decided. I used to solve my problems by reading books and magazines and most likely I found answers to my problems but the statement I shared above really did help a lot. I agree it is not always the mind that works for all of our problems but the heart because it does not feel that bad when your decision fails. Trust me, you will regret a lot when you let your mind decide all of the time and the decision you made fails because you are expecting a lot from your mind and you forgot to balance your decision with your feelings. That is why we have a brilliant mind and an emotional heart so that we can decide well by balancing both factors. The final decision is still up to you.

Nobody' s Perfect....

Do you know the reason behind why nobody is perfect?

It is because of love. We are all destined to love an imperfect person and our mission is to fill each other' s emptiness. It is only when you are loved that the emptiness of you is suddenly filledand from nobody you are, you become a somebody. Even if we consider each of ourselves a very imperfect person and that we are not worthy to be loved, it is nice to know the fact that we love someone behind his imperfections. It is in this way that we feel love the most and we can say it is true love that we feel for that person. Love bears with all things, no one can hinder, and there is no perfect reason why you love a person. That is love. It is in imperfections that our love is being tested and it is where we see how much we love that person, not for being someone he/ she pretended to be but it is all about himself. To accept the whole of him with his/ her imperfections is up to us because we are the only one who knows what we feel for that person and if you are willing to do so, go ahead and fight for it. As the saying goes, to love is not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. This is the real essence of love- loving unconditionally and accepting everything in that person because it is knowing all about that person and not regreting for the imperfections he/ she have that you will discover in the later part. Just prove your love to everybody and work things out and not worry about the rules in love- what must be done and what must not. Go on lose yourself. You will just find yourself one day living in a happy ending story with the perfect moments, no regrets, no sorry, just in the top of the world.

You have it!!!

Are you contented with the life you have now? You must be. Do you think there' s still something missing even when you have already work hard for something you have been wanting? You should not. Do you think there is some thing wrong with the world? There' s nothing wrong with the world, it must have been you. How can you say there is still something missing when everything you need is just around you and they are all of your reach. As you see, we just have to work for it because there is no such thing that just walk in front of you and say "Hey, I' m just here... c'mon take me." Just like when you need money, you ask your parent for it but there are some conditions in giving it to you like, doing some household chores. You see you have to sacrifice something to get what you want and just do what you have to for it. After doing these things and having what you want, you will feel fulfillment to yourself and really worthy of it but contentment does not ends there. It is because, CONTENTMENT is not always the fulfillment of what you want but it is the REALIZATION of how blessed you are for what you already have. This is the reason why most of us are still not happy of their lives and would still ask for more blessings for themselves. I know we are living in a very busy world today and we want everything to be fast and instant just like the blessings we are asking and just forget what it takes to have it. I think everybody should know the essence of contentment so that they will know or realize what they already have and because it will just cost them more time and effort to work for something they already have. We just have to spend time in this busy world of ours and reflect ourselves the reason of living a luxury of life where everything we need asked for is just a reach away and when we have them, let us give importance to each because it is not everyday we get o have these blessings we receive.

How I want to be remembered...

The close- to- nature surroundings of U.P. High, the brilliant teachers, the hardworking students and just everything about high school life is just so great. From the first day of school where we first met our dear friends to day of our graduation where we' re about to depart our ways was very full of heart- warming memories.

How I want to be remembered when I left high school?

I just wanna be someone together with my batch mates be remembered as the batch of U.P. High who made it to the end of their fourth year life who never gave up on the trials that our school has given. Maybe we lose hope sometimes, that it came to our mind to stop going school but there' s no way you can payoff the bonds of friendship we made, the laughters and tears we've all experienced, the thrill and excitement we've faced in every day we came to school. We' re just ordinary students with great minds and a heart that beat as one which made as extraordinary persons, knowing how to survive in a fierce competition in this world with hard work, dedication, patience, and the help from our friends. When you are surrounded with these kind of people, you just lose yourself and be the best you can not just because you have to but because you know you can also be too. And when you are the best of you, there is no need to worry and regret for what is going to happen because you know that is what you are capable of doing and you did not cheat just to get what you want instead, you accept what is going to happen and learn from it to be better next time. You may think going in this school would be like committing suicide but it is not, you are just being challenged by everyone because they want you to be a strong person ready to face the global competition of great minds.

I know I have achievements and that I have made U.P. High proud of me and maybe I made a name worth remembering for everybody but still I wanna share it with the rest of my batch mates who inspired or in a way let me do what I thought I can not. It is not how long we had been in our school but it is the way we lived each day and make the most of it that made us contented that we are worthy to leave our school and be proud to call ourselves UPIAN.

Face: Mask of the Heart....

Face: Mask of the Heart

Smile: Window of the Heart

Heart: ?

The face can speak of a thousand emotions. It shows other people the smile and the tears you have. By looking at one' s face, we know what he/ she feels but it can easily mask what the heart truly feels. It's like showing an incomplete smile because of carrying a lot of problems inside. It is the smile that serves as the window to one' s heart.

There' s this one girl I know that owns one of the most beautiful smile I ever seen. She was just a simple yet cute girl. From the first time I saw her, I thought she was shy but as I get to know her, my perception changed. She was not. I bet you will never know her by just looking at her face because behind that face lies a very different personality. Believe me, she was in fact a talkative one and humorous as well. Yeah, she knows how to make me smile and when I did, my face can no longer mask what my heart truly feels. I guess she got the key to my heart and she really got me with her smile and I did fall for her.

It is not only the outside appearance that is the measure of beauty but also the beauty that lies within every person. You just have to know him/her for you to discover the beauty he/she possesed. Outside appearance is not enough to say he/she has a good personality just because he/she looks good. It is not always like that because sometimes the happiest face may just be masking the most hurtful heart.

As for me, I don' t need to mask what I feel for my girl. What she looks outside is how great her personality is and that is already the greatest thing you can ask for.

Are YOU man enough??

To the men who are reading this, are you sure you are man enough? Do you have what it takes for your self to be called a real man? To the girls and those who are loving their man, are they worthy of the love you are giving them? What I'm writing now might not answer all of your questions but this definitely can help you somehow. You will know that the things the men are showing in this world right now are just like pretensions for us to know that they really are a real man. Just sit there and try to consider what I'll be talkin' about.

A real man doesn't necessarily know how to play basketball. Instead, he must know how to play the game with attitude, just do what he can in the game and must know that being a loser is not something he must be ashamed of but something he must take as a challenge to himself to be better next time. Knowing how to play basketball is just a step closer to understanding that playing the game is not just about winning, it's enjoying the time you have in it.

A real man does cry even when in front of a girl. All of us do have emotions, it's just that the girls are more showy when they cry and they often do it than the boys. But what's wrong with crying? Is it just for the weak- hearted? I don't think so. Crying in front of a girl would be letting them know that men also have the right to cry because it's not always that we can control our emotions and pretend that we can also get hurt.

A real man does wear pink without hesitation. Now, why would the men have hesitation in wearing pink? Don't they know that pink means masculine? We often see girls wear pink than men and maybe that's the reason why we thought pink is just for girls. It really don't matters what color you wear but what matters is how you wear it and how well you carry yourself. Since pink means masculine, don't you think it should be the girls who would have hesitation in wearing it? (heheh!)

A real man never fights without any reason. Is showing your fist in public let the people know you' re a real man? Nope, it only shows you are a violent person and you' ll just scare people away and that' s not a good way to impress people. You' ld better not fight without any reason because it will just cause you bruises or not fight at all, instead, how about you try settling it for once. Force would not always be necessary to solve problems.

A real man doesn't have lots of girlfriends, only one. What is it with having a lot of girlfriends? Just having a lot of partners? So, its just causing you a lot of trouble and can make you busy most of the time. It would mean you' ll have a few time for yourself and it' s going to be a very stressful thing on your part. It' s not how many girlfriends you have but it' s how well you handle your relationship and make each last for a long time. It' s what you can do to make them stay.

A real man has respect for girls. Making friends with the girls is not that easy as it seems. You see, they are not the same with the boys as you make friends with them. They' re of different gender and there some things that we should not take for granted just like the jokes we have in mind. We should be sensitive enough to know what things they don't wanna hear and we must respect it. It' s not that they' re overacting but it' s just there nature. Just consider the fact that they' re still different from the boys and you' ll know how to give that respect.

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A real man is a servant of God. The things that the real man must have wouldn' t be complete without serving God. It' s giving back and thanking God for the great things we had in life that made us feel good about ourself. Not all problems in life are answered and being a servant of God enlightens our mind to solve these problems. After all, it' s still humility we must possesed.

You see? These are just some of the things we expect from a real man but it's not really what it takes

to be one. It' s just like being a perfect person even when nobody can but we' re still trying to. I' m not criticizing what the men are doing, it' s just that I wanna speak on something that' s overrated. I myself for one is trying to be a real man. I play basketball often, I don't cry when in front of a girl, I wear pink with hesitation, I fight without any reason, I have a girlfriend and I' m not planning to have more, and sometimes I disrespect girls. I hope these things have helped those who want to be a real man and those who wanna know what a real man is.