ZEN Bitchin'

Dispatches from a foreign country

Month: April, 2009

You gotta work (Supermodel)

You Gotta Work (Supermodel) – RuPaul
I arrived in Singapore at 4.30AM Saturday, after a 5-hour bus ride from Kuala Lumpur. The trip was uneventful; the bus was way better than the buses that plied the Phnom Penh-Siem Reap or Ho Chi Minh route. I got to my friend Danika’s flat at around 5.30AM. He didn’t [...]

Work it

work it – missy elliott
Last Sunday, I went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to participate in a training organized by TSF–an institution that has been both my client and my provider of PDA (professional development activities, not that PDA!) This was not my first workshop with them, as this was certainly not the first time I [...]

If ever I see you again

If Ever I See You Again – Sheryn Regis
He stayed with me until the very end. He asked me if he could stay. He was so polite. “Do you mind,” he said. He looked like a kid shyly asking me for candy. Or some equally sweet treat. I did, actually. After all, moments like what [...]

I heard love is blind

I heard love is blind (live) – Amy Winehouse
Ikaw Lamang
Di ako nakatiis,Magkahawig kasi kayo.Ikaw ang nasa isipHabang yakap niya ako.
Huwag sanang magalit,Labis akong nangulila.Ikaw ang lahat sa ‘ kinSiya nama’y bale-wala.
Di na nakapagpigil,Tagal mo kasing bumalik.Hindi ‘to pagtataksilDahil sa puso ko’t isip
Ikaw ang tanging kaniigKahit iba ang kasiping.
Only You
My love for youHas become like air–Vital [...]

What I did for love

What I Did for Love – Alyson Reed
Is there a bigger tragedy than a crime of passion? This has been a subject of many films and television programs, consistently presented as a tragedy. Love, specifically the intense (and obsessive) kind, can easily result in the murder of one (or both) of the lovers, or some [...]

No more tears (Enough is enough)*

No More Tears (Enough is Enough) Remix.mp3 – Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
*written many years ago, but still rings true today
My Karma
It’s almost funny, the wayPeople and things comeInto one’s life, like rainIn the middle of summer,Food while one is fasting,Like love, after deciding,
That enough is enough.
Phnom Penh, 2004Copyright Michael P. De Guzman