#phlit

-did you get a personal trainer again? what was the pre-tour workout routine like?

-dan, what have you been playing on the piano lately?

-what’s your favorite coffee drink to make at home (with that fancy ass machine)?

-what is one place you’ve been on any tour that you’d like to go back to for a proper visit?

-phil, how has it been being back on tour?

-assign each other a color (not black or blue)

-we know phil does the bolognese but if dan actually cooks what’s his go-to?

Nagmahal. Nasaktan. Nagsulat. Tumula.

In contemporary Philippine literature, perhaps the name Juan Miguel “Gege” Severo is on the top of the list who exemplifies and gives color to the beauty of arts through words.

Maybe we’ve seen him having rounds in cafes such as Sev’s, Route 196 and Bunk; and also appeared in the sought after ABS-CBN’s teleserye On the Wings of Love. Indeed seeing his alter ego makes us wonder how he could turn his poetry into a flame burst by pain.

In his newly published book entitled, Habang Wala pa Sila, the 27 year old spoken word artist showcased the metaphoric gist of every single moment in his life. From Malabon, to Guimaras until Correigdor, Bataan; he’ll take you to the places where the lost boy began to wander.

You can also entirely feel his heartache through the remnants of his ‘not so good one night stand’, to the pillow soaked by tears, and even on the matter of supernaturalism that he wanted to believe ‘cause it’s the only thing he could have (aside from trusting he HAD loved).

Undeniably, Gege’s Habang Wala Pa Sila makes us all hopelessly romantic again. It can also make us dependent on the fact that ‘to love is to hurt and to be hurt’. And even if coffee we’re spilled, glass can be shattered, and paper can be teared; love always find its way not to lose its hope. That wounds can heal, there’s sunset and dawn, rainbow after rain and life goes on.

While having a session with your bottle of JD’s and cigarettes, here are the quotes of Gege that makes you wanna feel like there is light in the dark:

“Kapag sinabi kong mahal kita, 

ang ibig kong sabihin Masaya ako.

Dahil mahal, gaano man kahaba ang araw, 

Uuwi ako sa 'yo.”

“At naniniwala ako na kung maging masakit man, kung pagdating sa dulo ay patayin man ako sa sakit ng saya na ibinibigay mo, magiging sulit ang lahat dahil naniniwala ako sa'yo.” 

"Hindi ako tanga. 

Alam ko, matagal nang tapos ang giyera, 

pero minsan kasi nalilimutan ko pa.

Nangyari pala ito. Nangyari pala sila."

"Pakiusap ko sa'yo: sabay nating gamutin ang pinsala ng pag-ibig na ito."

"Mamahalin kita na para bang mauubusan tayo ng oras."

"Kung kaya kong maniwala sa mga bagay na walang basehan... bakit hindi ako maniniwala sa'yo."

“Kamusta ka?”

“Nagsimula pero hindi tayo matatapos-tapos sa hindi pa at hindi na.”

“Luha ang pinakamabisang panglanggas sa sugat ng puso.”

“Kumapit ka sa kasalukuyan hanggat may makakapitan ka pa.”