“Kaya Pala”
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A piece of the puzzle fits; understanding finally dawns. “Kaya pala…”
Someone sheds light on an issue, and finally we get a glimpse of the other aspects of things which we couldn’t see before. “Kaya pala…”
Kaya pala. Such a lovely phrase. It speaks of enlightenment, of finally seeing that which remained obscure for sometime.
It is also a phrase of admission, that before, there were things that we couldn’t see, which now, thankfully, we see rather clearly.
Kaya pala. How many times have I exclaimed it? Countless already. But every time I am gifted with the chance to exclaim it, I am always awed at the wonder of it.
I say kaya pala and I wonder…
… how seemingly small things we used not to see or understand can altogether change how we see things.
… how seemingly small yet vital things in life are slowly revealed as we progress down the road of time.
… how we carry on with life thinking we understand everything we do, only to realize much later, that there are things we did not understand at all.
Isn’t it a wonder, this slow discovery of the reasons of our being, of the fruits of our earlier actions? How the tangled web of life seems to somehow untangle in time to let us understand how some things are interconnected? How life eventually sort of changes the angle of the spotlight to focus on that which we used not to see (or refused to see) to let us understand some whys and hows?
Indeed, life is an unending search for answers, of attempts at some glimpses of truth, of undertstanding, made more wonderful and worthwhile by our moments of kaya pala.
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Have you ever wondered why you are in a certain place, at a certain time, doing a certain thing that doesn’t seem to fit your long-term plan, only to realize much later that you were placed there to prepare you for something bigger? What is your most profound kaya pala moment?
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[This post was inspired by a series of heart-to-heart conversations with a dear friend, Brenda DG Corpuz, my ate (pronounced a-te) at NCCA. Love you, Ate Bren! Thanks for your friendship.]
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April 19th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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April 19th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Is this something like saying ” Eureka” or the French “Voila”?
April 19th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
hehehehe! How about “Kayang-kaya ko yan” or kaya kita!
April 20th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
naalala ko tuloy ang movie na Atonement!
so many times ko ng nasabi or naisip ang katagang ‘to. pero hoshi’s term for that phrase ay “ah.”
yung mga ganyang moment na enlightenment, yan ang nagmo-motivate sa akin to not judge other people right away o panatilihin yung first bad impression ko. baka kasi mali lang at may something palang good sa situation or sa tao.
good post BT!
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:24 am
There are moments that have changed my life, and when I think of it, I feel humble that my whole life as I live it now was born from such tiny things. An example: ten years ago, planting a tree with a new friend, I mentioned to him as we filled in the earth “I’m thinking of moving house” to which he replied ” I know a shared house with a room free, I think you’ll like the people”. In that house I met my love, and we have been together ever since.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
kaya pala si ganito, kaya pala ganun.. sagot sa ating mga tanong kapag mayroon tayong hindi maintindihan sa sinuman at anuman..
ang ganda
April 24th, 2009 at 3:42 am
Hi Sherma ~ In German I think it’s called “Gestalt” … literally “in a flash” in which an event sparks many or a big revelation.
I wanted to be an actor, but my area drama organiser would never see me because he was so busy. In my holidays, I enrolled on an acting course, not knowing he was to be the course leader. We worked together. He took me to London to audition for drama school. I got the place and eventually became the theatrical idiot I am…
…If I hadn’t gone on the summer course? Who knows???
xhenry
April 24th, 2009 at 11:28 am
aahhhh..kaya pala! now i know..kase ganun pala. hehe
April 27th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Guess thats why the elders say “everything happens for your good, even when you dont understand it”. When its time to know and we are ready to see, all the puzzle pieces fit into place.
April 27th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
kaya pala. i love this entry. well-written. :)
i do have a lot of “kaya pala” moments too…and now i understand why. thanks for sharing this..
April 30th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Hehehehehhehe! VF! You and your accented Tagalog! Hakhakhak! Kaloka.
It’s the “Ohhhhhh!” moment, I think.
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Hey Hito. Oh, I agree na talaga huwag panatilihin ang mga first impression. I think first impressions freeze a situation and the person in that situation. First impressions are unidimensional. Like snapshots, they can only show a person in a given time, doing whatever it is he is doing. They don’t show the person as he or she really is; they don’t tell a complete story.
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Hi BIRD! Oh, isn’t that sweet! Indeed, that’s one kaya pala moment. Kaya pala you moved into that house because…
Isn’t it nice to finally see the why of that particular decision you made?
Thanks for sharing…
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PS Folks. Will be back soon to answer all your comments. Hope to have time for my blog tonight or tom.
May 1st, 2009 at 6:15 pm
hmm…inspiring..i hope in time, masabi ko rin “kaya pala”.
I will be looking forward for that moment:)
May 2nd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
SANJIMARTIN: Hiya there. Ah, kaya pala. Hehe. Thankie, kaibigan.
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Hi SOULMERLIN. Thanks for sharing. Gestalt. Such a nice word.
Oh yeah, we can only wonder what would have happened if we didn’t do that which we led us to our destiny. Would there have been another way to get there? That’s a nice thing to wonder about from time to time.
Truly, it’s nice to say kaya pala…
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Hey Eli! Musta na friend? Hehehee. Thanks for dropping by.
May 2nd, 2009 at 3:33 pm
MYSOUL! Thanks for sharing that. Looking forward to kaya pala moments does help me to hold on and keep walking when things go wrong. And what you shared is the reason: things will eventually fall into place. Thanks. The pieces of the puzzle will eventually fit.
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Hi BIPOLARSISA. Hehe. I so love your name.
Let me welcome you to my abode. I hope you’d stay around. Don’t you just find those kaya pala moments awesome? You must be one lucky person to have lots of them. 
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Hey nyanya! Thanks girl. Looks like you are looking forward to some big kaya pala moment in the future. Hmm… Hope it comes soon, sistah. In the meantime, enjoy life is what I can say. And if you’re in the middle of something that makes you sad… just hold on. Time will come, I am sure, when you’d burst out KAYA PALA with understanding and awe. GBU, my friend.
BTW: Musta naman kayo diyan?
May 4th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
yup. pero minsan you come to question why?.. kasi di mo pwedeng sabihin lang na biglang “kaya pala.. ganun ang purpose..” we always asked why.. because we haven’t see yet the result.. :)
May 5th, 2009 at 3:23 am
Hi JENIFFER…
Definitely. Sometimes we just come to a certain point when we ask why…
…although I think there are also some instances where you don’t get to ask why, and then the kaya moment comes. This is perhaps because in your mind, the answer or your purpose seems clear… pero yun pala, mas may meaningful purposes pa.
May 16th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Kaya Pala the more i think and edit what i say the more intelligent i sound to others!
Good Wisdom in your post - again.
So far i think my greatest Kaya Pala moment was when i took a sudden leap of understanding that ‘everything is connected’ and - maybe in that realisation - that it is connected ‘through’ just ONE ‘thing’. (Not of ‘this’ world, but which passes all through it!)
Even if everyone of us ’sees’ that ONE thing in a different fashion - maybe even after our own ‘image’?
<B
May 17th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
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May 26th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Hey Friendster!
That’s a great realization you have. And I agree. We are all linked — by One great thing.