Metal Rabbit in 11 Numbers

11 - number of months I have paid for my 1st car to date

10 - number of songs V-Fort sang in our 1st out-of-town gig in Cebu

9 - number of songs V-Fort's debut album bears

8 - in the evening when American Idol, David Archuleta, David Foster & Friends, and Westlife concerts started

7 - number of Directors I became an Assistant Director for (6 TV shows, 1 movie)

6 - th of June when I had my 1st 6-day Found Story Scriptwriting Workshop under Mr. Armando "Bing" Lao

5 - network I had my 1st TV guesting stint on

4 - number of days I was away from Manila for my 2nd time in Singapore

3 - rd of September when I had my 1st Leadership Seminar since I graduated from college

2 - times I fell in love


1 - time my heart was broken

Merry?

Three-hundred plus days into this year's Christmas saw a multitude of firsts in my life.
First Car.
First Concert.
First TV Guesting.
First Personal Make-Up Kit (yes, I had to own & know how to use one!)
First Out-of-Country Gift to Family.
First Familial Grief.
First time to work with so many different people in the entertainment industry.
Perhaps what's making this Christmas exceptionally different is that first time unbecoming me - first time to miss the parties, every single one of them.
Zeroing in, it's work (or the dire need for it) that's deserving all the weight of the blame.
Or is it or my choices?


That I choose to work harder because I need to be responsible for the upkeep of my first car;
that I choose to abstain from staying up too late to prepare for a grand follow-up to VFort's concert;
that I choose to set my sights upon landing another TV guesting stint by staying true to the bachelor form - eligible;
that I choose to put on a productive face than a superficial, carousing face;
that I choose to save more for the Guelas' Hong Kong trip next year; 
that I choose to celebrate special occasions with my family that eternally inspires yet sporadically expires; and
that I choose to meet more people related to my career than to my partyphilic bearing.


Zeroing in, it's Life.
It's not taking our blessings for granted.
It's the expression of gratitude to Life that sustains while others have just lost it.
It's chasing Life like every waking day is a first and not a tradition to party.
Life, in itself, is a party.


Choosing to be merry this Christmas is by choice, not by carouse.


Merry Christmas to you, Reader.
And thank you for taking KristoPersnickety's Mind as your choice.

Hope or Nope?

Don't get me wrong;

i love this country so much 

but sometimes it occurs to me whether 

PAG-ASA means HOPE

or loosely,

DEPENDENCY (pag-"asa").

We litter dahil umaasang may Metro Aide.

We procrastinate dahil umaasang may bukas at may last-ditch cramming.

We forgive law violators dahil umaasang magbabago sila or mukha naman kasi silang mabait.

We vote for a Messiah and not a Leader in every sense of the word dahil umaasang yun nga, Messiah sila.

4th Pivot

Major turning points in one's life happen every 7 years.
Now that I'm at my 4th pivot, 
I'm changing my age, 
my river's flow, 
and 
my circles' borderlines. 








Time for KrisTOUGH to KristofFLY.

The Eve's 3 Words

How can 3 words 

"hello, u around?"

be more powerful than our 

"i love you" 
before?

Pain indeed creates long-lasting scars than love does stars

For stars may look pretty but they're too distant
they're light-years away.
And scars? Well, they're inescapably
tattooed on your skin.

My Baby's Too Hot

he blew up!

PERRFECT

"ERRING is an indispensable part of achieving PERFECT. 

In fact, the inventor of such word must have even erred him-/herself in failing to spell it 

PERRFECT"

Napatula sa Sakit

Ang sarap makipaglaban sa sakit
Kapag walang gamot na susungkit
Sa mga mikrobyong sumasabit
Tahol-singa na lang ang nasasambit


Kapalit ng lagnat ay paghapdi
Ng nag-aalimpuyong paloob na labi
"Dyan ka lang sa loob!" sabi
Sa pagtitiis namula tuloy at nangati


Sige punuin mo ko 'gang sa mabingi
Tiyak bulag ka sa aking pagganti
Ililigaw ka sa loob 'gang magapi
Tubig, prutas, pahinga lang dagli na 'kong magiging oki!

Journal Stickers Season Na Naman!

THE COFFEE SONG

I
Baby I was walking down the street
Saw you smile
Waiting for a little glance you'd throw at me
But then you walked away 
I didn't even get your name
Hoping I would bump to you the following day


Refrain I
And then the next day you came up and said hello
No one's ever made me feel this happy glow
I can't believe that this is happening to me
You brought to life one of my biggest fantasies


Chorus:
I love you
Girl I know it's just too soon
I need you
How about we take a cup of coffee? 
Then you'll love me too


II
Baby can I't least just have a kiss
A few like this
The pro'lly I can show y'a little place called bliss
Come a little closer
I'mma talk a little softer
I'mma squeeze a little fighter
I'mma dig a little deeper


Refrain 2
And then the next day you will come and say hello
I know that no one's given you this happy glow
You won't believe that this is happening for real
I brought to life the way the things I know you want to feel


(Repeat Chorus)

(Repeat Refrain 2)

(Repeat Chorus)

Performed by: VFORT

Music and Lyrics by: Larry Ropero and Jeff Cifra

Musical Arrangement by: Bimbo Yance and Jake Lumacad

Produced by: Vivre Fort Entertainment Inc.

Contact Info:

Vivre Fort Artist Management

Telefax: (02) 470.6956

Email: artist@vivrefort.com

Website: www.vivrefort.com

(Broken) ♥ Songs

I (co-)wrote this song back in July and why it was memorable is explained in this video journal:

HINDI KO KAYA
Written by Jeff Cifra and Kristoff Guela
Musical Arrangement by Jake Lumacad, Bimbo Yance & Josh Villegas


I
Kailan mo madarama
Ang pag-ibig ko sa'yo?
Paano malalaman
Kung lagi kang lalayo?


Hindi pa ba ito sapat?
Binuhos na ang lahat-lahat
Ng pag-ibig ko
Sa iyo...


II
Paanong magsimula
Hindi ko pa matanto
Nais ipahatid sa'yo
Gumuhong aking mundo?


Pa'no maiintindihan
Kasama mo'ng puso paglisan
Ako ay iniwang
Mag-isa?


CHORUS
Hindi ko kaya
Ang mabuhay pa
Ngayong wala ka na...


III
Sabihin mo sa'kin
Anong dapat kong gawin
Upang ikaw ay magbalik
Mabalot ng 'yong halik


Ibibigay ko sa'yong lahat
Tanging sa'yo ako'y tapat
Sana'y maniwala't
Pakinggan


(Repeat CHORUS)


Instrumental Adlib


LAST CHORUS
Hindi ko kaya
Ang mabuhay pa
Ngayong wala ka na...


Pagkat tanging sa'yo
Umikot ang mundo
Sana'y pakinggan mo


Mahal, hindi ko kaya...

Most thankful to my bi ep ep too for this gift albeit given out of nowhere on an occasionless day (actually, there was an occasion. We were at a hotel party, celebrating our ka-barkada's birthday. But it wasn't my birthday! It turned out the surprise was on me! Sweet bi ep ep!).


Let's see which song/stage I am in these days. Hmmm...

The Perk of Love for Reading

It spares you of getting to brush your teeth with this toothpaste:

WHO LET THE DOGS' TOOTHPASTE OUT?!

(Almost) Nicked in the Nick of Time

Nov. 25, 2011
Around 2:00 p.m.

Boarding the train at GMA-Kamuning Station, I had my iTouch playing when, out of protective habit, I groped for my pockets & learned that one of which was almost empty. In a snap, I alarmingly checked why & saw this guy fishing my iTouch out. With a glare, I instantly grabbed it back as we both hopped in between the closing doors of the train.

Mabilis ang mga pangyayari. He pretended to be rummaging something in his knapsack (worn on his front), which I suspect was his modus operandi to hook my iTouch's cord onto attaching it with his busyness with his bag.

Inside the train, I continued to throw him questioning stares and observed that he seemed disoriented. Thus the display of a restless behavior, pointing at some guy, whom I even doubted an accomplice but apparently NOT, as the latter is held closer by what looked like his girlfriend and the former (the thief) alighted the train ALONE right at the next station (Cubao). 

In this video, notice how he must have detected me trying to camcord him (for ID purposes) and turned his back directly onto my direction.

Beware and please report to the police once you see this familiar face.

Love Aight

There is 
Love at first sight.
Love without any sight.
Love in hindsight.
Love by a parasite.


But what I want
is 
Love with you day and night.

A Lifeless' Epiphanies

Lovelorn - the most powerful powerlessness.

Some bad things never lust.

There are naturally some people whom you'd love to kill yet hate to see dying.

How do you start your dream? By sleeping. Rest is riches. 

How do you make your dreams real? By waking up. Reality is wealthy.