<body> ?my light will shine when all else fade.
...the girl, JOAN.




*I love the city life, but I'll always be a small town girl at heart.

*I never regret a thing, it's a wasted emotion

*I live life to the fullest each day. I've seen that life is just too short not to take chances.

*I am outgoing and i do crazy stuff especially when i'm with my friends

*I love taking pictures and writing on my blog so that someday, I can say these words to myself:
"..I have lived a happy life."

*I don't let things bother me or get in my way..I will succeed because I know I will.

*I am a risk-taker; what's the sense of making mistakes if you can't learn from them?

*Nothing could go wrong if I just follow my heart

*What doesn't kill you will make you stronger and tougher.

*-AD ASTRA PER ASPERA-; TO THE STARS, THROUGH DIFFICULTIES*



This is ME. Like me or Hate me. Either way this is my page and you chose to be in here.

that's all i can say...just read my posts to know more about me


...MY DESIRES


This is my page so please behave here!

Constructive Comments are very much appreciated

If you can't follow my SIMPLE rules here...better leave and do your own thing.

enjoy your stay!!!

___ JOAN ___

...OUR GOSSIPS



...FALLING STAR


I wished upon a shooting star Falling to it's death
 My wish came true
It brought me to you
 But only to show me
 Just to share with me
What I can't have
 I am like a star
 Flickering in the night
 One minute you make me feel so right
 The next second I run away
 Afraid of being happy
 I am an angel with a broken wing
 I hide it with a mask
 I have so many deep wounds
 I have been scared
 It is not my fault that I am this way
 He did it to me
 He cut me so deep
 There's so much hurt inside
 I have hidden it well
 But my heart has been torn
 I feel like Hell
 Please heal my wounds
 Help me to love you
 I already do
 but help me to stay by your side
 Before I fall to my lonely death
 Just like the star that brought me to you

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Joan

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Trisha

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Lara

Clayton State University

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    Sunday, July 01, 2007


    I just woke up one morning, realize how different my life now compare to my life before. It's been a life-changing event for me. Leaving my country is one of the most heart-braking thing I have ever experienced.I leave everything behind..moreso, i leave my own LIFE.

    I am living a simple and happy life in the Philippines. I have great family and friends. I am serving God through church activities in my community. I am studying in one of the most prestigious school in the Philippines..I even have a great chance to get the position I want in the student organization in my college. But all this and more suddenly vanished. Everything I have, everything I have worked for, they're just gone; the wind blew it away from me. Then, I have decided to take a chance on the life here in America. Most of my friends and relatives told me how lucky I am to go to America. They stressed out that a lot of people wants to be on my shoes. But who cares? I love Philippines. I love who I am and what I have there! I don't need thousands of dollars..I just wanted to stay.

    December 28, 2006 - I leave the Philippines. I want to break out, run back, run toward the familiar excitement. I can't be leaving everything behind - but I am. I definitely want to stop the time..to hold the plane still with the force of my will. Looking ahead, I come across a cold blankness-an erasure of the imagination, as if a camera eye has snapped shut, or as if a curtain has been pulled down my future. That time, I don't know what is waiting for me in America or should I say that I'm not expecting anything from it. It's really hard. It's like building a whole new world..I don't know how and where to start. I feel as if a part of my life has come to an end. I have been pushed out of the paradise. At that particular time, I questionned my faith. I ask God for what I have done wrong to deserve this kind of 'punishment'. Yes..I thought that He is punishing me because I did not devote much of my time to serve Him. Later on, I realized that God might have a great plan for me that's why He sent me here. Far place, huh? well I guess I am destinned to be here and all I have to do is to accept the fact. Ofcourse it's not as easy as ABC. I have been through a lot of hardship.

    I've met Inez and Ashley. That's where everything started. I felt as if another door opens up for me. I have learned new things. I became more involved in the church community. I participate in almost all of the church activities and I gain more friends by doing that. I worked part-time in a big mall. As of now, I'm preparing for an admission test in a prestigious university. I feel as if I got my own LIFE back again. I have successfully surpassed all the challenges and pain. The most important thing I gained by moving on is that I have become a stronger person. Someone who are not afraid to take risk and try new stuff that I thought I'm not capable of doing.

    My life here in America is no longer a 'crucial punishment' but a 'wonderful blessing' instead. I gain much more than I lost. I have achieved more than what I expected. So I guess the longer I stay, the harder for me to leave this place.

    "You cannot have roots and wings at the same time" - my friend Daniel once told me that. Since then, I've decided to take risk. Fly as high as I can reach. And someday...if I get tired on flying, I will go back to my homeland, the Philippines.

    SMILE...you're with me!