Just Leave Me Here in Pieces

When darkness has clouded over you in a black haze

And you can't see the stars anymore

When the passion that used to cradle you in warmth is gone

And sheer coldness is now grazing your soul

When you hear nothing but the broken beats of your heart

And you grievously shed tears, screaming misery

When you lose an angel

And you helplessly watch her fly away

You're just suddenly dead

There are questions everywhere, yet answers nowhere

You'd wish there were answers

Your empty, questioning heart is tormented

Restrained by a chain of tears and fears

Agonizing

Perishing

Dying for answers

When you lose it all

And there's nothing but questions unanswered

When you lose yourself in anguish

With misery tales unexplained 

Would it matter anyway?

How We Vibed at Scriptures Café

If you’re anything like me and my friends, then nothing beats a fun, chill Friday night to end the stressful work week that has gone by.

I recently spent an enjoyable T-G-I-F-night with my friends after work at Scriptures Café, a newly opened hangout place in Springville, Molino. We played the weirdest form of the Scrabble game ever, stuffed our bellies with tasty food, laughed a lot, sipped sugary-creamy frosted drinks, and took advantage of the place’s warm, cozy interior for some Instagrammable photos. Reflecting on the fresh memory, I doubt we’d have the same experience had we done it in a different café. Scriptures Café helped us all unwind, and I’d just like to go into detail a bit of how this new place truly satiated our desires to achieve fun.

Supple menu with appetizing food and coffee choices

With their supple menu, I think that customers wouldn’t have a problem coming into the place, no matter their divergent taste buds and food preferences. I say ‘supple’, because you’ll find multiple flavors on their menu that your appetite could decide on. Want something American? They’ve got meaty burgers for you. Maybe you prefer it Italian? You can savor their bountiful pasta platters. Looking to eat native? Their rice meals are there to save you. Or, maybe you and your friends just feel like grabbing something light but delish? They’ve got fries, nachos, chicken wings – you can even enjoy some classic Pinoy favorites like siomai and siopao.

All of these at a N I C E price. ^__^

And you certainly don’t need to be a coffee addict to be able to pick one drink from their list and enjoy it. Whether you’re going for something as basic as the salted caramel frappe, or something as distinctively fresh as the matcha drink (Matcha anyone? They’ve got it, too!), Scriptures Café just lets you choose with ease and you'll appreciate it.

Fun games for everyone’s amusement!

Definitely not everyone is made for the whole waiting game, and various restaurants and hangouts have developed their own different methods on how their customers can kill the time while waiting… but Scriptures Café just had that ready for us, too.

My group decided to have fun with the café’s Scrabble board game, and we put a little twist to it by putting Tagalog words instead. Not to mention, we included the very unique “dialect” famously called Jejemon, which people either found funny or disliked.

But I don’t think we’ve ever faced the most intense moment of our lives until my friends and I decided to face off against the café’s own hand-biting crocodile! We had to push one of its teeth until someone hit the “trap” that would cause the crocodile to close down its mouth and bite you. The crocodile rounded us and everyone took turns. We shared the biggest laughs combined with the loudest shrieks. I can never explain the feeling of having to finally be the one to go through a mental struggle on which tooth to push down. It was I think one of the toughest choices you’d ever have to make in your life. Like a matter of life-and-death situation, almost.

So in case board games didn’t work for you, just go ask the owners and look for Mr. Crocodile Dentist. And you’ll never have a dull moment, I promise.

The warm and pleasant vibe, cozy interior, and the friendly crew

Obviously, Scriptures Café is among the couple of hangouts and stores with a Biblical theme that welcomes you into the scriptural confines of their humble place.

Personally, the moment I walked into the place the first thing I felt was inspiration. It was warm inside, walls decorated with nothing more than encouraging words that center on God. I’ve seen many café places, and by nature, they all possess that inspiring and artistic feel to their atmosphere. I think what’s different about Scriptures Café is that it’s already both inspirational and artsy, but it also tells you that it’s God who gives us every single new day to live, reminding us to be thankful, grateful, and to feel blessed.

Definitely no question about the crew’s cordiality towards their customers – they’re all nice and very accommodating. Such a sweet joy to have them give us free peppermint frappe drinks before we went home!

It gladdens me to think that a place like this is just a few minutes away from where I live. Living in the South, many lifestyle places are up and running to provide satisfaction to all Southerners – BF Homes in Paranaque, Evia Lifestyle Center, etc.

But it’s also cool to spend portions of your life on a low-key point. And knowing that just minutes from where I live, along the M.V. Villar Avenue in Springville, Molino here in Cavite, a place like Scriptures Café exists; it will help me do just that. I’m already thinking of bringing either a different group of peeps or the same folks upon my next visit.

‘Cause one thing is for sure: I’m definitely coming back! 

Legit jump scares from Resident Evil 7, and it’s only a demo!

Okay, okay. I might seem overreacting to some, I know. It could be either I’m overreacting, or I just happen to be an overly appreciative creature of these things. I don’t know about others and their uncanny gaming viewpoints, but I played the demo with my younger brother and sister, and I did release a barrage of disturbing reactions.

I think I have a lot to say about Resident Evil 7, and in order to organize my thoughts I wanted to break them down into these three key points:

It’s different.

I’m sure I pretty much speak for the RE nation when I say that this new game is waaaay D I F F E R E N T from all the Resident Evil games before. It’s the first main series to be played from a first-person perspective. This alone makes a huge difference, hence generating its distinction amongst the other RE games.

It’s setting definitely feels different. My brother was telling me, game’s scenery has WWE’s Wyatt Family-feel to it, which I totally agree with him on. It does remind me of the Wyatts and their uncanniness. Developers also say not to expect a “gun fest”, which obviously is gonna give another freshness (others might like it, others probably won’t). 

It’s such a tease..

A lot of teaseeee! But unlike an ‘actual tease’ that has nothing more than people leading others on and on to nothing, this kind of tease strikes me as one where you know you’re looking forward to something. It’s the tease-type that you just feel has a lot packed for you. You know by the end of your gaming journey, you’ll find yourself a bag of treasure.

It is said that the presence of both the “Resident Evil” and “Biohazard” in the title of the game for the first time, was indeed, a conscious choice…and in fact, is a ‘clue’ to what’s behind the game’s plot. It’s like an old wrinkled paper folded unequally that looks like it’s seen all the wars this world has waged – you’re just gonna want to UNFOLD IT.

It’s scary!

There really are jump scares from this new hot stuff! Legit jump scares to me and my siblings, might not be the case to others, but come on… just… just try to wrap your brain around the idea that this new game is chilling! As I’ve mentioned, it did remind me and my siblings of the Wyatt’s – it’s indeed eerie.

Imagine playing the demo and your main protagonist (which you’re playing) is walking around an abandoned, dilapidated, unnerving house. You touch one thing, something is moving. You take this object, something seems amiss, and now you’ve caused trouble. It’s so scary, that when you hear some kind of feet screeching, it’s almost as if you hear it around YOUR house and not from the game anymore! Downright scary. Definitely recommend playing it with a group of friends!

All in all, basing from the demo play, I think Resident Evil 7 will be awesome. It looks new. While we may miss the old school RE themes, the zombies, gun fest, and even though the fact that there will not be any returning characters makes me sad, I still greatly appreciate Capcom’s work. Despite the many changes they have gone through the years, they were still able to offer something even MUCH NEWER to the table. I think it’s a good job – might be too early to say since the full game hasn’t come out yet, but yeah, let’s see!

Welcome to the family, BOYS AND GIRLS!