Minsan Pa (Once Again)

There is one song that I would really love to perform on stage. It's just that I haven't got the chance to choose it every time someone ask me to sing in front of a crowd. It's a classic Filipino song but I really love the melody. The title is "Minsan Pa" (Once Again). It was performed by Filipino actress/singer Zsa-Zsa Padilla way back 1980's. I actually wanted to see whether I can sing it with justice or not hehehe. I'm not really that good but it feels great to at least be on the right tune though I still need some professional help in terms of refining my voice. So, I did some fun yesterday. I researched the song as well as its lyrics. Downloaded and installed in my mobile a sound recorder and recorded my voice while singing it. Well, the result is really not like a pro. Just a simple one but I'm having so fun while doing it. I have decided to post it here in my page not that I want to scare the readers or something hehehe but would just love to preserve a copy of it. It's actually the happy thoughts while doing it and ofcourse my passion in singing. This is a tagalog song but I have manage to find the English interpretation of the lyrics courtesy of Lyrics Translate . If you like, you can sing along with me. Just don't mind the other noises you will hear in the background. I'm just in the vicinity of my room having all the noises coming in from my window. Of course I opened my window so others in the flat will not be wondering what is happening with me and why I'm sort of screaming.. like scaring somebody hehehehe.

Anyways, Happy listening... I Hope ^_^

"Note to readers: Recording is just one of my fun-filled activities. I really don't have all the pro gadgets and was just trying to be resourceful using my mobile as my sound recorder. The output is really not that refine. But I'm still happy I was able to capture my singing. So, here it is. Just click the play button if you still want to hear it ^_^"







"MINSAN PA" (ONCE AGAIN)
Filipino
Minsan pa Kay tagal ko nang pangarap
At laging nang dasal
Pag-ibig na sadyang wagas
Ngunit waring kay ilap ng palad kong ito
At akoy patuloy na bigo.

O pusong kay sakit...ala-alang kay pait
At kung muling balikan ang lahat ng nagdaan
Tila walang pang minahal at walang natagpuan
Nais ko sanang mag-isa’t huwag nang umibig pa

Kung yan man ay tototo at manatili sa mundo
Na walang buhay, walang kulay, walang nagmamahal
Ngunit kong akoy mahihintay umasa pa’t
Umibig pang muli...minsan pa....

Minsan pa akong nangarap
At sanay maganap Sa iyo’y ibibigay lahat
Narito ngayo’t kailanman ‘ikaw ang langit ko
Tanging ningning ng buhay ko

Halina sa piling ko
Alisin ang takot ko
At sa muli’y malasap ang pag-ibig na ganap
At ang pangarap na mundo ay matupad sa piling mo
Ayaw ko na muling mabuhay pang nag-iisa.

Ikaw ang simulat wakas, ang ngayon at ang bukas
Ikaw ang pag-asa habang buhay..mahal pa rin kita
At sadyang wagas, pag-ibig ko’y
Ngayon at kailanman...minsan pa


English
Once Again I have long dreamed
And have always prayed
For a love that is everlasting
But it seems to have eluded me
And I am frustrated still

O heart so pained...
Memories so bitter
And if I would remember all that has happened
It would seem that I have never loved anyone nor found anyone
I wish to be alone and never to love anymore

If that were true and I would remain in this world
Without life, without color, without someone loving me
But if I wait, and hope, and
Love again... Once again...

I have dreamed yet once again
And hope it would come true
I would give all to you
Here, now, and forever, you are my heaven
The only brightness in my life

Come, be with me
Dispel my fears And once again taste the love that is complete
And the world that I have dreamed of, would come true with you
I would not want to live alone again

You are the beginning and the end, the present and the future
You are my hope, for as long as I live... I love you still
And truly eternal is my love
Now and forever... Once again

Channeling My Thoughts

Lately, I couldn't stop myself flipping the pages of the book I'm reading now as I eagerly wanted to know what would happen at the end of the story. The excitement made me feel very occupied that it's like I'm actually inside that fantasy world created by the author. I like it this way. I am liking this feeling when I'm so focus letting some pictures sink in my mind, the characters, the whole story itself. Because in a way I'm just doing my own thing and doesn’t minding anymore the people around me. Worrying whether I have offended a person or not and just hurting myself in the process. I don't like that. I don’t want to feel weak. Being depress is the first thing, I'm wary about and so I always find ways to escape from it. I'll jump from one place to another if I have to. But surprisingly, somehow I retrieve my old ways of how to channel things. I feel now a bit relieved because I nearly forgotten one of my passion which is reading nice novels and gladly was able to ignite again that momentum inside of me. I was just preoccupied with my curiosity to explore things and to know people. I feel the excitement recalling my gestures like when I'm hurrying home because I couldn't hardly wait curling to my bed and start flipping the page of the book again.

Well luckily, my thoughts now are very occupied and feel like no more room to entertain negative vibes, disappointments and fears. Such keen understanding flows in me again and I simply rekindled my reasoning of why I am here, working in this foreign land away from my love ones. I am simply seeing what I should do now. Just enjoy while things still there and the next day another challenges for me. Time flies so will just have to make the most of it. A blissful afternoon everyone.