just say yes

i am such a big snow patrol fan but nicole scherzinger's did justice to her cover of this lovely song. and when i get married, i'd love this to be the backdrop song on my avp. enjoy! =)

I'm running out of ways to make you see
I want you to stay here, beside me
I won't be ok and I won't pretend I am
So just tell me today and take my hand
Please take my hand
Please take my hand

Just say yes
Just say there's nothing holding you back
It's not a test
Nor a trick of the mind only love

It's so simple and you know it is, you know it is
We can't be to and fro like this, all our lives
You're the only way to me
The path is clear
What do I have to say to you, for god sake dear
For god sake dear
For god sake dear
For god sake dear

Just say yes
Just say there's nothing holding you back
It's not a test
Nor a trick of the mind only love
Just say yes
Cause I'm aching I know you are too
For the touch, of your warm skin as I breath you in

I can feel your heartbeat through my shirt
This was all I wanted, all I want
It's all I want
It's all I want
It's all I want
It's all I want

Just say yes
Just say there's nothing holding you back
It's not a test
Nor a trick of the mind, only love
Just say yes
Cause I'm aching and I know you are too
For the touch
Of your warm skin as I breath you in

young love =)

the letters i posted here, published in a local broadsheet, were really beautiful. but i was specially struck by the sincerity of the young man's response. finally we have the two sides of the coin. reading from the guy's perspective, it was really heartfelt and girls are probably wondering who the mystery guy is. nevertheless, it just goes to show that guys do have the same sentiments as girls. it is all just a matter of right timing. and with God's plan, these two shall meet and create the most awesome love story of their lives.

and now, a young man responds..

Dear You,
I will admit that it came as a surprise to me when you decided to write a letter such as this. I always thought you were the type to keep things to yourself—one of the many things that keep us apart until now.

There is a part of every boy’s heart that dreams of his princess. However, no matter what the age, this princess does not change.

Nineteen years into this life, and although your unwillingness to give your heart away is what troubles you, what troubles me is how willing I am each and every time to give my complete heart and yet there is no one to receive anything of me.

Try as I might to give my heart to someone I had imagined was perfect, and I end up putting the pieces back together, mustering the courage to make it seems like nothing is wrong and nothing has been lost, when in fact, everything in my life at that point feels otherwise.

Although I have only known you for a few years, I am as confident as a man in love can be, that you are the perfect girl I have been thinking of ever since. Nineteen years into this life, and we are both still apparently waiting… for someone to be swept off her feet, and for someone to sweep you off yours. And yet, here we are closer to each other than you would expect.

I am sorry I took this long. But, I hope you know, it has not been entirely easy, trying to whisk you off to my palace on horseback. I am not alone in this pursuit of your love and I have no palace to show you in comparison to the many other men who will try to win your heart. You have not been entirely cooperative as well, but I do not blame you for this. In fact, it’s just one of the many quirks that sets you apart from other girls out there.

You will be disappointed to know that it has not been such a fairytale - meeting me, and for this I will be eternally sorry. I hope you know guys spend more than enough time trying to come up with the perfect introduction, what with sweaty palms and a shaky voice. As to the extreme disappointment I may cause you, I also hope you know that you are still as perfect in my eyes as always. I may not have begun it as a fairytale for us, but I will go through leaps and bounds to make you feel like the princess that you are.

Your eccentricities are what I love about you. Even during your occasional mood swings, it is the most endearing thing to see you shift gears. Although I must admit, sometimes it can be quite confusing; keeping me on my toes, it just makes me want to be with you even more. I want to be the man you stand beside at your best and your worst—because either way, you are still too beautiful, and I would be nothing less than the luckiest guy in town if you were just as happy as I was, standing beside you.

You are and will always be my best friend, even if one day I end up finding no more shirts because you have borrowed them all. And when you return them I end up not wearing them, still, because the scent is there to remind me of you even when you are not around. You are my best friend because you look out for me, after a stressful day, or after we lose a game of basketball. Even during times when you refuse to speak to anyone, me included—you are still my best friend.

You will be the girl I try so hard to cook for, and despite my best efforts I know I will fail, but I will love how you will try to taste my concoctions, even when the taste might make you cringe. You will be the girl whose mom I will try so hard to impress, and then you will fix my collar in hopes that I am ready to meet your parents. Adventure after adventure, you will be the girl I will see the world with, complete with the local cuisine taste and souvenir shots.

You are the girl I will smile to even in the worst of times. Even when the day feels like s__t, I know that when I see you that my world cannot be so bad if you are beside me. You are the girl whose smile I will wake up to, even when some mornings might find me with a slight case of morning breath. I cannot wait to love you.

Fingers crossed and palms held together, I hope one day you will find me worthy of your heart. In the meantime, know that I am out here somewhere, waiting for you, hoping that you will be mine.

Loving you forever and a day,

Me


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I will admit that sometimes I really do wonder if you exist.

I read this line on a newspaper article a couple of weeks back. This is first line of an open letter of the writer's daughter to the man she will love someday. 

I'd like to make my own version, but would probably end up saying the same things. 

Who wouldn't like the idea of loving someone and being loved  back? 

When I was younger, I have always dreamt of someone who will sweep me off my feet. I still do up to this day, but then again, reality would always set in and remind me that I am not living in the world of fantasy. That there are more pressing issues that grown ups would immediately have to address to, and that pain is not always cured by rainbows and sundaes. 

People adjust and priorities change. But I am not losing faith. I am just saying that sometimes, we tend to overlook things and in the end, suffer its consequences. But it would be nicer if I can have someone to share my ups and downs with, create special memories, grow and learn from each other. I know it is just a matter of time, and I believe God is just preparing me so when that time comes when I get to meet my significant other, I am a whole person, and that I am ready to share my life with him. 


I am still optimistic, but more often than not, impatience gets the better of me. I would still like to believe that he is just out there, waiting for me too. 

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http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/relationships/relationships/view/20100808-285501/My-daughters-letter-to-the-man-she-will-love-someday

Two Is Better Than One

I remember what you wore on the first day

You came into my life

And I thought hey

You know this could be something

'Cause everything you do and words you say

You know that it all takes my breath away

And now I'm left with nothing

So maybe it's true, that I can't live without you

Well maybe two is better than one

There's so much time, to figure out the rest of my life

And you've already got me coming undone

And I'm thinking two, is better than one

I remember every look upon your face,

The way you roll your eyes, the way you taste

You make it hard for breathing

'Cause when I close my eyes and drift away

I think of you and everythings okay

And finally now, believing

And maybe it's true, that I can't live without you

Well maybe two is better than one

There's so much time, to figure out the rest of my life

And you've already got me coming undone

And I'm thinking two, is better than one

Yeah, yeah

I remember what you wore on the first day

You came into my life

And I thought hey

Maybe it's true, that I can't live without you

Maybe two is better than one

There's so much time, to figure out the rest of my life

And you've already got me coming undone

And I'm thinking

Oooh I can't live without you

'Cause baby two is better than one

There's so much time, to figure out the rest of my life

And I've figured out with all that's said and done

Two, is better than one

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