For Hin: the Always playlist

The Always Playlist 💙💕

Because its Tay's month :)

Para kay Hin (For Hin)🌸

It's past midnight and sleep seems to be nowhere. A thought came to mind. "I'm turning 29 in a few days." Made me look back on the years and realized that most of my life's highlights had you in it. It goes without saying that you take up a huge portion of my world, just by being in it (It's a good thing, don't fret) 🙃

So I thought, it would be sweet to take this chance to thank you for the years of friendship and love. I thought of writing to you and giving you a gift. I cannot think of a sweeter gift to give you (material that is), than this... the other half of my Ipod Nano 3rd gen (Dahil malamang late na naman regalo mo or baka nga wala, so ako na lang mag reregalo) 😊

You still remember this? We bought this during one of our secret trips. It was on 30% off. You were laughing at me because I had this unusual habit of buying a lot of things in twos (in the exact same design/model and even colors). You named them Gelato and Bingsu because you were too hungry at that time (I mean when are you not?) 🤣

Gelato and Bingsu became 2 of my favorite things on earth this planet (love ko sila, kahit may spotify na 🤪). More than the music it holds, they are like a treasure box that journeyed with me in keeping beautiful memories through music. Not playing favorites, but I am closest to Bingsu the most. Mainly because he is the music keeper of all the many songs that speaks of you.

I'm giving him to you, not because I don't want him anymore (I have my copy of course), but more because music has been a big part of us. It binds us with our many stories; from the silly us to our shining moments, our ups and falls, moments of plenty and few, our breaking frees and heartbreaks, even our most mundane of days. We can be together for many hours in silence and just be blown away by our favorite songs.

In this love letter (yes it's a love letter, Love 😋), I wrote down some of the songs dearest to my heart. Scroll up the songs and let it take you back to a wonderful memory lane. And oh well, allow my love to sing for you.

Anyone At All (Carol King: You've got mail, OST)
"you could have been anyone at all, i'm so glad it was you..."

I always believed that everything in this world has been planned. Everything written. That said, growing up was pretty easy as I learned to embrace everything with an open heart. I cannot deny though, that you being part of my life's blueprint will reveal a surprise I never saw coming. Out of the blue, a huge shaking seemed to lodged itself inside my soul. And then it happened, my heart's rhythm beat differently for you. Geez, heaven does know how to surprise me, BIG time (LOL).

Into the wild (Connell Cruise)
"i'm taking, i'm taking, i'm taking this step, no turning back, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be okay..."

Yes, my heart beat differently. For you. And as I told you before, the day I felt it was like the longest trip to my inner self. You know I also had little scares, but I still get awed to this day for the courage my heart held on to when I decided to jump that love cliff. The phrase "you only live once" does not bewitch me, because I live everyday when I chose to break free, spread my wings, and conquered this love and heartbeats for you. Into the wild I go, and to this day, no regrets Hin, only promising hopes and tomorrows.

It Had To Be You (Barbra Streisand & Michel Buble)
"i wondered around, finally found somebody who, could make me be true, could make me be blue, it had to be you...)

One tv commercial asks, "what makes you get up in the morning?"   It's always a wonderful feeling if you know that there is a deeper purpose for your waking up. When the seemingly unbelievable happened, you became a huge reason for my being. You became my everyday purpose. You are the reason of my every smile and dream. You became the very big reason for learning to take risks and even for letting go. In you I learned how to give my all. You and your love always make me want to be a better person; so much better that sometimes it even feels like an impossible self.