i unearthed the truth
"With this hand,
I will lift your sorrows.
Your cup will never empty,
for I will be your wine.
With this candle,
I will light your way in darkness.
With this ring, I ask you to be mine."
...
With this hand, I will take your wine.
No.
With this hand...
...I will cup your...
Oh, goodness, no.
With this...
With this...
With this candle, I will...
I will...
I will set your mother on fire.
Oh, it's no use.
...
A tragic tale of romance, passion...
...and murder most foul.
Hey, give me a listen
You corpses of cheer
At least those of you
Who still got an ear
I'll tell you a story
Make a skeleton cry
Of our own jubiliciously
Lovely Corpse Bride
Die, die, we all pass away
But don't wear a frown
Because it's really okay
You might try and hide
And you might try and pray
But we all end up
The remains of the day
That's right.
Well, our girl was a beauty
Known for miles around
When a mysterious stranger
Came into town
He was plenty good-looking
But down on his cash
And our poor little baby
She fell hard and fast
When her daddy said no
She just couldn't cope
So our lovers came up
With a plan to elope
So they conjured up a plan
To meet late at night
They told not a soul
Kept the whole thing tight
Now, her mother's wedding dress
Fit like a glove
You don't need much
When you're really in love
Except for a few things
Or so I'm told
Like the family jewels
And a satchel of gold
Then next to the graveyard
By the old oak tree
On a dark foggy night
At a quarter to
She was ready to go
But where was he?
And then?
- She waited
- And then?
- There in the shadows, was it her man?
- And then?
- Her little heart beat so loud
- And then?
And then, baby, everything went black
Now, when she opened her eyes
She was dead as dust
Her jewels were missing
And her heart was bust
So she made a vow
Lying under that tree
That she'd wait for her true love
To come set her free
Always waiting for someone
To ask for her hand
Then out of the blue
Comes this groovy young man
Who vows forever
To be by her side
And that's the story
Of our Corpse Bride
...
You lied to me!
Just to get back to that other woman.
Don't you understand?
You're the other woman.
...
And I thought... I thought
this was all going so well.
Look, I'm sorry, but...
...this just can't work.
Why not?
...
Listen, under different circumstances,
well, who knows?
...
Roses for eternal love.
Lilies for sweetness.
Baby's breath.
Why so blue?
...
What does that wispy little brat have
That you don't have double?
...
If he only knew
The you that we know
...
No, she doesn't compare
...
- lf only he could see
How special you can be
If he only knew
The you that we know
If I touch a burning candle
I can feel no pain
If you cut me with a knife
It's still the same
And I know her heart is beating
And I know that I am dead
Yet the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
And it seems that I still have
A tear to shed
...
If I touch a burning candle
I can feel no pain
In the ice or in the sun
It's all the same
Yet I feel my heart is aching
Though it doesn't beat, it's breaking
And the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
I know that I am dead
Yet it seems that I still have
Some tears to shed
...
Time to pick up the pieces and...
You know, and move on, I suppose.
...
Now I feel like I'm caught
in the tide, pulled out to sea.
The sea leads to many places, dearie.
Maybe you'll land somewhere better.
...
He just walked off without saying
a word. Are all men like this?
Well, I'm afraid none of them
are very bright.
They get something stuck
in their heads...
...and you can't do a thing with them.
...
Well, perhaps in disappointment
we are perfectly matched.
...
This woman is obviously delusional!
...
...can a heart still break
once it's stopped beating?
as i enter the ice cream store
Matthew 5: 43-48
"You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.'
"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
"For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
"If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
"Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
he's not nameless or faceless. and i couldn't help but draw closer while he was plucking the strings of his acoustic guitar. how do you love someone even before you meet him? i really should learn to... i could hear him singing "who am i" as i was leaving.
“It’s just made of cornstarch and glue,” I said. Then my best friend remarked, “But it’s made of hard work, too.”
The “it” here refers to one of the blue star-shaped souvenirs we, the Kalayaan Christian Fellowship or KalCF, handed to the graduating UP Dormitories Christian Fellowship (DCF) members.
It is a tradition of the UP DCF to let the KalCF handle the Kick-off General Assembly. We organized everything from the registration and nametags, to the program and souvenirs.
One Friday night, when “it” was really nothing but cornstarch and glue separately, I gathered the members of the fellowship, as I am one of the core leaders. We settled the materials on the floor, and spread out sheets of plastic. We poured cornstarch onto the sheets and poured glue over the cornstarch. We then mixed the substances together until they achieved the consistency of clay. The process could be likened to the preparation of dough. The original plan was for bits of the sticky mass to take the form of a cross, but we somehow ended up painstakingly shaping them into stars. I was so hungry at the time and kept imagining the stars were cookies, wishing so hard that I could eat them. We also sang songs in order to entertain ourselves. My roommate came up with the idea to perform the song entitled “Paglisan,” which we were singing at the moment, at the Kick-off General Assembly. On that night, a bond other than that of cornstarch and glue was made, a bond of friendship among us who already had fellowship.
The next few days were spent waiting for the mixture to dry, painting the stars blue and sprinkling them with glitter and colored sand, and creating boxes to put them in.
On the day of the DCF General Assembly, the packaging was not yet finished. In fact, we lacked about 20 boxes. Much effort was poured into the production of the boxes and finalizing everything, including the emcees’ script. We were thirty minutes late in going to Balay Kalinaw, where the Kick-off Assembly was held. We found out that we actually forgot to ask the people assigned to lead the opening and closing prayer. So much was left undone, but the event turned out to be a success. The graduating students enjoyed the game prepared for them. They actually had to stuff marshmallows into their mouths and shout “Gagradweyt na ako.” The song we dedicated to them also touched their hearts. Everyone appreciated the souvenirs. Most of them asked how we made the stars while some likened these to starfishes.
The stars by themselves would not indicate that they are souvenirs if not for the pieces of paper that come with each that says “Dormitories Christian Fellowship Kick-off General Assembly March 11, 2003 Balay Kalinaw.”
Souvenirs in general don’t have a prescribed appearance. The Webster’s New Pocket Collegiate Dictionary simply defines a souvenir as a keepsake (“Souvenir”). This means that a souvenir can be anything kept or given that can serve as a reminder, usually of an event or a place.
Psychologists of the modern era, from their earliest speculation about remembering to the foundation of most of their latest experimentally based views, commonly have assumed that the critical problems are concerned with the physiological mechanisms by which events and experiences can be retained so that they can be mentally reproduced, either in their original mode or with the assistance of signs and symbols that are regarded as equivalent to that mode. (“Memory”).
These signs and symbols that aid the memory in remembering can take the form of tangible objects such as keepsakes. However, in our case, we chose to create souvenirs that are fashioned like stars. Not the shining celestial bodies seen as twinkling points of light, but rather as the conventional illustrations of stars with only five rays. These could be geometrically defined as polygons with ten sides. Due to the fact that these souvenirs were shaped to represent stars, the term ‘star’ has been used as a synonym of ‘souvenir’ in this essay.
Why make stars? What message do they impart? The answer can be found in Matthew 5: 14-16...
You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all those who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. (NASB).
The Scripture explains that the purpose of my existence is to bring glory to God. It further instructs in 1 Corinthians 10: 31, “Whether, then, you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (NASB).
In his book, Truth for Today, John MacArthur writes, “The joy of a Christian is to be a living example of God’s truth—to be a living verification of what is pleasing to Him”. As the term ‘Christian’ indicates, we, believers, must be imitators of Christ.
Spiritual growth is the result of matching practice with position. MacArthur states,
As believers, our position in Christ is perfect… We need to progress in our lives in a way that is commensurate with our exalted position… Giving glory to God is directly related to spiritual growth.
This translates to not compromising what we believe in. As the print on the UP Christian Community shirt says, “No more compromise. A campaign for personal holiness.”
“We ought to be willing to expose our lives to light so that it will prove that we are light,” MacArthur adds (). Our lives as Christians should serve as a testimony of the goodness and glory of God. We should manifest the values of a true Christian by following the standards set in the Bible. In other words, we should have works on the outside and faith on the inside, for faith without works is dead. Sometimes people do learn more from our lives than from what we say. Action really does speak louder than words.
“The fruit you bear is the manifestation of your character, and the only way people will know that you are a child of God” (MacArthur ).
The souvenir may be defined as it can be seen. A hardened mixture of cornstarch and glue painted blue, sprinkled with glitter and colored sand, and placed in a box. Or by what it’s made of other than cornstarch and glue, that is hard work. It could be defined by the story of how it came to be and how it drew the KalCF closer. Or as a reminder to us Christians to let our light shine, since our lives serve as a testimony for the unbelievers, and an inspiration to fellow believers.
*** written three years past so that we may not forget ^_^
That way lies our hope where sits our greatest fear. Doom hangs still on a thread. Yet hope there is still, if we can but stand unconquered for a little while.~ Gandalf
I Hope You Dance
In other words, blind acceptance of everything is not a virtue any more than indiscriminate fighting is. There is a time and place for each.
