Comments on Recent Events

First off, it's been quite a long time, it's been, well, a trimester, since I last blog. I miss doing this. In fact, during my hiatus, I've been thinking of writing about stuff, a lot of them.

My blog is surprisingly inactive right now, because of a lot of stuff like... School work and playing with my new Playstation 3(my dad bought it on Thanksgiving Day Sale). Speaking of which, I heard Sony's losing money for every PS3 unit sold, Microsoft is breaking even for every XBOX360 sold while Nintendo is earning a lot for every Wii unit sold. Wow. Must be a lot of kids these days. (Ooooh! Pikachu! HAHAHA! Joke!)

Oh look. I've strayed away from my topic. Anyway, I'm blogging right now because I think it's appropriate and a damn lot of things have happened. Maybe I'm gonna comment on some. In fact, so much has happened that I didn't even get the chance to blog about my favorite soap opera(Kahit Isang Saglit) while it was still showing.

So where do I start? I didn't think it was this difficult to think about that. I thought I had it all figured out. Seriously. When I read Sir PJ's most recent blog post, I got a bit jealous and then took my wireless mouse, inserted it into a USB port and took my mouse pad. I thought it would be easy. Hmmm...

Recession in the United States of America

Not so sure about this, but I think the US admitted that they are currently in a recession which began sometime last year. Did they?

No wonder the exchange rates were going strong last year. Well, nearly a year after, they pull the economies of all nations down along with them. I remember blogging about how exchange rates are better off. But who cares, right? Everyone's going down now. The Philippine Peso(Php), which reached a 40 something rate a few months ago, is still the same right now. To some filipinos that is. Truth is, the only thing the same is the 1st digit, or 4. The current rates are around 46 and 49. That's nearly 50.

Enough of the Php thing. Again with America. Why the crisis?

My teacher in Accounting, Dr. Marivic Manalo, put it this way: Unpaid Debts.

Well, easy for the most part, right? You have pests who can't pay their debts. How's that possible? Well, in my opinion, offers make look stuff cheap, claiming low percentages of interest, but there's more to it than that. Sure, in the long run, for example, maybe people can buy a car, for example, 10% down payment, 0.5% interest. It's possible IF the only cost you have to pay for is the car itself.

It's quite easy to be deceived by that. You'd have to! I mean, it's quite a tempting offer. But once you try to envision your cost, you'd probably just plan for the cost of the car itself. It's sad how it's so stupid for someone to think that way, but even sadder is the fact that people think like that.

Once you buy the car, you'd have to incur more costs, such as Gas & Oil, Repairs & Maintenance, Insurance and Taxes. Since you forgot to think of those other costs that come with the car, you'd run out of cash in the long run. Since some debts have collaterals with them, the bank you owe would instead take your properties. Well, after that, the banks consider you paid(I think).

But really, are those properties you have, i.e. furniture, equipment, houses, what the economy really needs? Last time I checked, money was the most important thing circulating in an economy, not tables, chairs, computers, lots and houses.

Why is that? These high-cost properties are not liquid. They are not, say the least, not near to being cash in form, they can't be easily converted into cash.Since money isn't circulating very well in the economy, it would grow weak, thus, the recession. Well, that was a guess, but it sure looks plausible (I'm the one who wrote this, so, you can still doubt it).

America's First Black President

Well, in case you live in a cave, you must've heard that Barack Obama is the president-elect. Change has come to America, I guess.It's quite common for the ordinary man to go with Obama. He's young, and likeable, and he looks quite... Strong. Charismatic.

He's a democrat. That's one of the reasons he won. I think George Bush is not a very popular president, and he's a republican. Why would America go for another 4 years with a republican after one of them sent them to war with Iraq? An unnecessary one at that.

He's dark. Not evil-dark. Skin-dark. That is change in it's truest form. You don't just want to change the way the system works. You also want to change the appearance of the person in charge. Sounds stupid, right? But let's face it, a part of you wanted Obama to win because of his skin color.

He's young. He has a better distance from the current generation, so he undestands what the younger people want. We all know that even the old people want the young ones to finally step up. Obama stepped up. The chronologically advanced people must've liked that, so they voted for him.

There are probably more reasons why Obama won, but those just might be too technical. To tell you the truth, I'm not aware of their plans.

Kahit Isang Saglit (Even Just For A Moment)

Well, it's the best soap opera I've ever watched. It's... Just right. The mix of action, drama, a little bit of comedy at times made this one amazing. Since it is set in two countries, there is a noticeable blend of cultures as well.

It's so good due to the fact that it had very surprising twists and meaningful ones, at that. The short time it had only added to my amazement, because the people working on this were able to deliver a deep story without haveing to make people wait too long or rush the revelations.

This is a huge step towards the globalization of the Filipino people because we're trying to move forward into the global stage. Kudos to ABS-CBN for this. GMA was unable to make the bold move first. They'll be known for this, like Neil Armstrong and the 2nd guy on the moon, respectively.

My 2nd Trimester Just Ended

I'm just waiting for my grades now. The 2nd term was quite a ride and it was way more difficult than the 1st one.

The supposedly group or pair efforts were squeezed into one me, again. The big difference from the 1st term is that I don't ask for money anymore. Well, in the latter part of the 2nd term, that is.

It's quite a natural thing, but I close this term with a smile. I'm happy to have worked with the intelligent people (Gregorio "RJ" de Lima III & Diane Yu). At least when these people worked with me, I felt how it was to work as a team in college, because normally when I hang out with my friends, I work alone in exchange for $$$, although that has lessened, 'cause for the most part, I don't trust my fun friends. So after this term I could probably classify my friends in two, "Fun Friends" and "Smart Friends".

Next term when I'm classmates with Robert in every single subject, I want to feel again what I felt when I worked with RJ and Diane. They don't know I have a blog, but what the heck. I just want to mention them.

Unlike last term, I don't think I pulled off another Accounting Salvation. That sucks but I gues that's how it works. It's just that it feels bad to know that I'm unable to make the people around me better. Part of that, however, was due to my recent skid in the Accounting Subject. I did not focus very well on the subject due to professor issues and the much more difficult subjects, but that's that. I just hope I can make it to level 3.

Closing

Well, this is it for now.

I'll be more active now since it's quite a long break and we won't be bringing the PS3 to the States. Have a nice day. Thanks for reading!

Heroes are Overrated

Hi! Just watched the Dark Knight so...

Heroes are Overrated

Having watched The Dark Knight last night and then got a bit drunk last night(just a bit, unlike that blockbuster grad ball night), I got a good idea for a blog. And by the way, I was inspired by the movie.

You see, we all want to play the heroes because this is our story. This is our life and we definitely wish to be the hero, but really, that's not it.

To be a hero, or the hero requires us to save the asses of people. It's not just saving lives, but saving people from embarrassments and whatever you can save them from. Heroes are not amazing. Being one is all about being a role model to your people or your society, projecting the good qualities and traits, and whatever the result of your actions, people would still look at you as the hero.

This is not remarkable, because what happens is that the means justify the end. Doing the thing that is right in the eyes of society does not always give way to the much needed end.

There will be moments that we should just let the end speak for the means.

Bruce Wayne did not always do the right thing in the eyes of the people, proved by them saying the Batman should just take off his mask and turn himself in.

And what happened? He ended up saving their asses. He invaded the privacy of the people through the use of an enhanced sonar, that was a wrong thing, but hey, he couldn't have saved the people of Gotham without it.

Basically, doing the right thing does not always yield the needed results.

We have to do what the world needs us to do. We have to be what the world needs us to be.

The people do not always know what is good for them. All they do is cheer or boo what a single person does, clueless of the results.

Let the end justify the means. Let's play the role of Dark Knight, let us be what the people around us need us to be, not what they want us to be. The desire of the masses is not always right.

So if you have to look dumb in front of an audience and have the production crew shout at you, do it if you know if it will save the lame act and you'll get the audience into it.

Truth be told, heroes are overrated. They couldn't avoid that their images be destroyed. Heroes are mere puppets of the masses.

Be a Knight, and you act on your own, not caring about what people say, but the finale will always be something deserving of a standing ovation.

Blink

Hi. Nearly 2 weeks after not blogging, here I am again.

In those two weeks, I was so damn busy with school work that I didn't have time to blog. College is damn tiring. You might think I'm not busy right now, but I really am. It's just that I'm having a hard time with a Sociology assignment which is really pointless, since sociology is a minor subject which doesn't have anything to do with my major which is Accounting.

Blink

I've already done an essay on this actually, with the title being "Blink Of An Eye". It was by the way a requirement by my english teacher. This is going to be different though. The essay I submitted was utterly self-centered, as it was all about me.

So a blink is the super quick closing and then opening of the eye. As in, super, super duper fast.

I think we've all experienced incidents when you know, something is suddenly something else, or someone is suddenly someone else. It's so fast you can compare it to a blink. In our life, there really comes a time when everything suddenly becomes different.

Routine, difficulty, people, everything. I think it's easily a high impact thing when you don't expect them or when you didn't want them.

I actually want to share my own experience.

Coming in from high school, I didn't expect college to be as difficult to cope with as what's happening to me right now. I expected it to be quite the same, aside from the fact that I'll be using public transportation instead of being taken to school and being fetched from school.

Back in my class at high school, I was the noisy guy who probably knew so little that he had to speak too much so he can at least say something who was not at all shy. I was also the guy who helped no one, because I was known to be a bit irresponsible. I always had to ask my classmates, especially the smarter ones, what we had to do or what would happen the following day. I was a fun guy too, usually laughing, cracking green jokes with my friends, and they laughed because they thought it was gross, and some would laugh at my impressive bragging skills. My teachers had known me as a person who likes to bug them. I had conservative friends. 6:00pm arrivals at home. Oh my God. Sorry to reminisce.

Then, less than 2 months after graduation, I'm in college. The silent guy. Smart guy. Ask-Him-What-The-Assignment-Is-And-How-To-Answer-It Guy. Initially known as a guy who doesn't have a clue about sex. Only a few teachers notice me. My english teacher even looks like she hates me. The people who I hang out with nowadays are the exact opposite of conservative. 7:15pm arrivals by bus and standing in it.

It all happened so fast that in the first week thoughts have been running in my mind.

"What did I get myself into?"

"Can I handle this?"

"I miss my old life."

Then again, folks what would I get if I complain like that?

You'd pick me up in the streets. I'd be hungry. I'd be dirty.

Basically, I have to do it. It's like medicines which taste bad. You have to swallow it so you can get better.

Abrupt changes really happen in life - you can't take it away. I can not, however, teach anyone not to be shocked by abrupt changes, simply because you can't warn someone as easy as just saying to him or her "be ready". No matter what happens, these changes will happen with you not being totally prepared.

It's how we take the changes along with our lives and live with it. It all depends on how we handle it. At first, I found myself being sad most of the time, missing my classmates and my school, but it all eventually fades away with acceptance, like what I have said in my other blog entries. Change, like most people say, is the only thing that does not change. If we accept our fates well, we can live our lives with so much more ease, whether our fates contain abrupt or gradual changes.

We have to be the ones to adjust to changes. We can never wait for the changes to adjust to us, because that never happens. If you keep whining, nothing will happen. We all just have to move on.

To Dream

Hi. 36 hours till the first day of classes. My streaky blogging ends now.

To Dream

Simple topic. The dream I'm talking about is not the dreams we have at sleep. It's about our ambitions. Our goals in life.

Dreaming is a big thing. You know, people say that you should dream all you want 'cause it's all for free. It's big because it's a factor that sets the directions of our lives.

We want to become our dream. Become who we want to be. Do what we want to do. But dreaming is only positively big for those who are able to become their dream. Big for those who can look back and say to themselves they have indeed become the dream. At that point, dreams give birth to a feeling called hapiness. While some may have difficulty describing it, I consider it a feeling that has the ability to make a person smile.


It's the complete opposite for those who do not become their dreams. Dreams turn to nightmares. Frustrations. It's negatively big. It only makes a person regret his life. This happens when you're contented with dreaming. It doesn't get anyone anywhere.

Dreams are things that we know we can do. You can't say you want to become a singer but you don't have a good voice. Acceptance plays a huge role in dreaming. We must accept we are not capable of all things. If you're naturally inable to do something, then don't aspire to do that something.


If you dream of something you can do, don't wait for the dream to become itself, because that never happens. You have to do it yourself. Goals are achieved through hard work. Dreams only guide us. It's as simple as being in a cave, and you see light at the end. Last time I checked, the light never came to the person inside the cave. You have to approach that light.

The light is your dream. You want to get there, so you'll have to walk or crawl. Caves aren't smooth. You have to work hard. If you don't, you'll be stuck in the darkness. You'll be one of the many, yes, many, who regret what they've done to their lives. Don't wait for that to happen.

Do something about it as soon as, perhaps now.

Dreaming is the only the beginning. It's the easiest part. Living it is the most dificult. And to become your dream, is the best fulfillment of all.

Did David Cook Deserve The Win?

Hi, I'm blogging today to talk about the results of American Idol. So, really,

Did David Cook Deserve The Win?

To be honest with you, I'm not a fan of either one but I know in myself that I wanted Archuleta to win. Again, in all honesty, I do not hate David Cook. I think he's a teriffic performer with a nice voice. He has that rock star capability but he can hit some of the higher notes. I can't deny that, and I can't take that away from him.

I have a bit of a problem with his voice though. I really think he sound like Lifehouse's lead vocals, or maybe hat's just me. I hear a few bands with the same style. I'm not sure what I should call it, but it some kind of "making the throat rough", so when the voice comes out, it's a bit modified.

That's not going to be by any chance a basis for my answer to the question/topic.

I truly believed after watching the top three performance night that Cook would win the title. There was no doubt he was the best performer, and he outmatched the guy with the same name as his. All Cook had to do was ride his momentum and Archuleta would have been done for.

All my beliefs changed after the final performance night.

D.A. came out on stage hungrier than D.C. It didn't show if you just watched them. A balladeer doesn't have the same charisma as a rock star.

If you just watched the Davids, it would show that DC wanted it so much more. DA was just a small guy with a good voice, nothing more. He would raise his hands a bit, and that was all. You can't "feel" Archuleta.

If you listened to them, it would be a different story. David Archuleta, in all his 3 songs was at his best. It's as if the top 3 performance night was so long ago. DA showed up. He showed to the world what an American Idol is supposed to be like. Talented. Determined. Driven. He showed us his best. That's what the show is about.

To be fair with David Cook, I think he's still the better David in terms of talent at this point in time. DA may be young, but that won't cut it.

The better David in the finals?

Archuleta.

David Cook, no matter how teriffic he is, didn't flash before our eyes how magnificent he can be. I heard it from him. He didn't want to do something he's already done before. It's nice to hear that from him. He wanted to try something new. At the finals. That wouldn't work. And it didn't. Really. American Idol is about finding a star, according to Simon, and in the finals, DC didn't shine very well. What the people wanted to see is not a new David Cook. People wanted to see David Cook at his finest, rockin'! I expected him to bring the house down. Instead, he sang a weak song to end his three chances. Bad song choice. It kept us from seeing the David Cook we wanted to see.

Archuleta gave us possibly his best night, while Cook tried a song or two that hindered his magnificent form from landing into our eyes and ears.

What DA did was he improved his style and gave it to the audience. It was a very good performance, excellent actually. He wanted to make sure he'd be the American Idol by doing his best in his style.

DC didn't show up. If there was a fourth song, maybe he'd do Soulja Boy's "Crank That".

For me, Cook did deserve the win, but he doesn't deserve to be called better than Archuleta. While it shows, Cook didn't beat Archie in the finals.

Good thing, when Cook goes on to record songs, he won't be deciding on the songs he'll do. We won't hear him rap. So, it was OK, I guess.

Caring Too Much

Hi! It's me. Again.

Caring Too Much

This is one of the topics that I really have experience in. I think I can't go wrong. But that's just me. Of course, I'm not always right. And of course, I only said that to make people who are included in this topic, well, shut up.

I absolutely have no problem with people who care for others. I actually love 'em, because when a person's having any kind of breakdown, be it emotional or something else and you're there to "catch" them, that's cool. You're being unselfish.

That being said, the title will not really indicate which person I'm going to "take down". In my blog, there's a difference between the people I hate and the people I try to teach a lesson to.

Now, onto the problem. You see, caring too much has its downs, no matter how much people would look up and say to you you're such a kind person. In an exaggerated case, you might even be the toy of the person you care for, after for example, catching that person after a big emotional fall a year ago. "Do this for me, carry this for me, act like a dumbass". Oh sorry, that wasn't an exaggeration. That really happpen(s/ed).

Look. If you think that doesn't happen, look at very young kids. If their parents spoil them too much, they tend to be, well, uhhhhmmm... Spoiled. "Daddy, buy me this. Mommy, carry me! Daddy, let's go to Disneyland! Mommy, let's go to the park!" I hope you see now. There's quite a similarity.

The person cared for too much becomes spoiled, and that's a truth if that person can't appreciate. It's also true if that person, despite being overcared(is there such a word?!) for, did not recover from her/his breakdown. After about a year, that person can't let go. That's a big problem. That's why the person can't appreciate afterall. Because it's ineffective. There are A LOT of other reasons why a person can't appreciate. And, to tell you the truth, most people can't appreciate even if they say they do.

The spoiled person becomes a silent monster. Wow, you must be wondering if I had the right to say that. HOW?!

That person becomes, well, used to the fact that he/she is spoiled. She believes she can never lose, and that she's always the hero(ine). She also believes she's the know-all. Sorry I forgot the "/He" after the she's, it's just too long.

So, for example, a guy cares for a girl so much that after, like I said above, had an emotional breakdown, he "catches" her. After a year, he becomes a toy. So the girl has a rough year after her breakdown, after being left by someone she loved(gee, I don't know, could be a guy.). After a year, the girl hasn't recovered yet. She's still in love with that guy/person. After all the effort the guy did, the girl still can't appreciate.

Up until now, the girl still doesn't know what happened. "Why did he leave me?"

The guy tells her it's as simple as "I just don't love you". The girl thinks, "Unacceptable."

That's the problem with spoiled people. They never accept anything. They think it's all about themselves.

What happens in that example is that she destroys the images of the people she thinks are involved. They always want to win. No matter what. They become the silent monsters I told you. People like that don't directly destroy you. They destroy you by giving to the people your bad side.

They can't accept direct truths that are against them. Like if they're unwanted, if they're unloved. It can't be as simple as that for them. They always need a reason. Those two things are abstract and there's no real explanation.

They can't have everything they want. They can't take that. If they can't have what they want, they talk to everyone else. "What do you think of me? In your opinion, why [insert scenario here]?" If they don't get the answer, they cry and that's when they turn to silent monster mode. When they do that, there's no sign. You won't recognize it.

That's the problem with people who have monster tendencies. You never know if they really are monsters. They may look innocent, arguably beautiful, but then again, you can't judge a book by its cover. The inside may be bad.

That's why you can't care too much. You never know who would turn out to be a monster. You might even end turning them into monsters just because of your saintly trait. It's ironic, but that's how it is.

Just accept it.

Dig Deep

Hi. I'm blogging rapidly because I'll already be going to school on May 26.

Dig Deep

I'm a young guy, 16. I just graduated from high school. Despite being young, I've seen a lot of things.

Corrupt government. Cheaters. Whiners. Dishonest people. Then there's something normal to my age, SCL.

You must be wondering what SCL is.

So
Called
Love

Wow. You must think I'm a hater. Please let me finish.

It's so called because I say it's not true.

I see a lot of people flirt in school, honestly, but it's not a yuck for me. I perfectly have no problem with people who want to tell the world they're in love with somebody through gestures.

Sometimes, young persons have tendencies to say they're already in love, or that they're already taken. Sometimes, you think you're already in love or you're aready being loved by a simple sharing of secrets. Ask one of my friends. I just don't want to mention names. Love as I see it isn't that low. Ask couples everywhere. Almost everyone's married not to their high school sweethearts because they find their true love somewhere else.

I don't know, really, because I've never been in those relationships but I think I'm smart enough to observe. Some might think it's cool to have boyfriends or girlfriends. It's shown in the media. Movies usually feature a guy having a girl even if it's an action or suspense movie. They make it look easy and cool. Friends may even force you to So Called Faill In Love. What happens is people fall in love for others just because it's cool and it's a trend.

I even have a friend who said our group wasn't cool because we didn't court girls or give any of them gifts. ..!..

Getting back, I also see some pairs in school. I also see websites of people who declare their very in love. Again, no problem with that. I just think that if you admire someone, it's not love instantly. Love's not like instant noodles. To admire someone is actually very low.

You admire certain aspects of the person and that person's personality, but you never really love the way that person is. When you admire and you find something not very cool about that person, people tend to be "turned off".

There's also something about mutual understanding. It's when someone admire someone else and it just so happened that both of them admire eachother. It's just two way admiration actually and it's the same thing. They both think it's love and they become temporary "lovers". When one of them does something off the hook and then the other finds out, they break up for a while. When they go back together, it's not as solid and, you know where it goes from there.

Speaking of two way SCL affairs, young people fall for reciprocated infatuation.

Some people also "fall in love" quickly. It's not that easy. I think love is best tested first. Ya know, get through all the difficulties so it's strong in the end. Experience with eachother matters. If it happens all too fast, it also goes down just as fast. Again, love isn't instant noodles.

Others take SCL too seriously that they cry too much for nothing. They think they're hurt but they're not. I don't know, but if some people try to imitate authors and make stories or essays about they SC Loved ones, that's just stupid.

Dig deep first if you think you're in love. Think about it and consider how you really feel. What I have given you might be of help. If you're one of those people above, I hope you'd understand.

In spite of the things I typed, I still know it's not all SCL. Young people can also fall in love. If you know in yourself that what you're feeling is love, go ahead end express yourself. I'm happy for you.

On the other hand, if you now know it's not really love, stop the joke.

Stop kidding yourself. Get a life.

Success

Hi. I'm blogging. Again.

Success

This is actually an issue(if it is) that most people nowadays understand. For convinience, I'll say, it's simply being able to achieve a goal. Here's the thing. Success can be viewed from two different angles.

1. Success, as you yourself sees it and
2. Success, as others see it.

The problem lies in those two, not in defining the word itself(success).

Here's how there are two angles. According to the definition, it's being able to achieve or meet a goal. It's not just you setting goals for yourself. Other people who watch us have expectations too. It becomes their goal for you.

You got that? I hope you did.

Example. You happen to have a goal. Due to the hype of American Idol nowadays, I'll use it.

You're a good singer and you want to know what other people think about your voice because you're not really sure. You say to yourself, "I'm going to audition and I am going to hollywood!". Those people who don't watch the show, going to hollywood is like phase 2. Right there, I guess you've made a goal for yourself.

Your mom, a woman who would like her child to become a sensational recording artist, tells you to make it and she wants you to make the finals. Now she has a goal for you too. We just picked up the two things I enumerated.

After auditioning in your hometown(i.e. Las Vegas), the three judges say yes, say you have a lot of talent and you are going to hollywood. Then they give you the ticket. You and your mom are both happy, as you have just been sent to hollywood. You're pretty much done with your business, but of course, you wouldn't waste an opportunity, right?

Come hollywood week, you get outsung by your peers. So when the results come out, the three judges say you're just not ready for the bigger things ahead. You're happy because your voice was acknowledged and t'was commended, but you just weren't ready.

It was good. Dream done. You made it to hollywood. Your voice was good. You had a chance to be shown on TV. It's time to move on, live out your life before you auditioned for the show. That was good while it lasted, you were thinking while in the elevator going down. Goal accomplished.

Back home, your mom's disappointed at hearing the news. She scolds you for not giving your best. She criticizes you and says you're not a hard worker. Yad-yada.

Even though you've accomplished your goal, you come back to your room with your head down.

You get online on your messenger and a lot of people start talking to you.

"Too bad."

"Oh well."

"There's always next time."

"You could've done better."

"I'm sorry."

Sickening messages of pity, discouraging, you thought. You then realize, they had other plans for you. You know that when you walk through the streets, you're not that cool person who they see on TV anymore. Same old you.

True, some people will acknowledge your accomplisment. Some won't. Of course the negativity of it will affect you more. Hey, if you made it through, maybe everyone might praise me. Not just some.

Having some problems on success, you go to google and you search for success. You come across a blog entitled "Gift of Thought" and you start reading.

Maybe I can help you.

With that example, I can say people think too much of how people think of us that we give too much of ourselves to them. After an achievement, we should just be proud of what we have done. We don't do things for them all the time. Keep your heads up.

It could be the other way around too, because sometimes others expect less than what we have in mind, but you still can't mind them too much. We can't have them tell us, "Well done, that's enough.".

I think that we know in ourselves which is fulfillment and enlightenment. It's our call if we stop or step on the gas.

We can only care for others if they're really affected by what we're doing. We should check if we're stepping on people but not to the extent that they'll be the ones running our lives.

We only get one shot at life. Let's make it ours.

Rant of the Day

Did you watch Game 6 of the 2nd round of the NBA playoffs between the Hornets and the Spurs?!

Horry hit West! A desperation move by the champions. They really want to retain this one. If San Antonio goes on to win this series in New Orleans, game 7, I wouldn't be happy. This is Chris Paul's time. He will knock off the champs. Horry had to make another dirty move after his blow to Steve Nash last year. They had to get Amare and Diaw off the court before they could win on the road. If West won't be 100%, I'd say f*ck you Horry! That would be the 2nd year in a row that your Spurs beat my West teams!!!

I'd have to say that was a f*cked up dirty play! Definitely unnecessary! Get a life old man!

Thanks for reading!

What is Blind?

Hi! I came home just yesterday from Boracay. Right now I just came from driving school. Just had my orientation. Speaking of orientations, I had already gone through mine for the university I'm going to study in.

The topic I'm going to write about might seem uncharacteristic of me, but I want to add flavor to my blog. Isn't it always nice to have someone surprise you?

So, to surprise you, or not...

What is Blind?

First off, let's take it literally. What IS blind? Blind is a word used to describe a person who cannot see. Unfortunate fate. Miserable. Pitiful. For me, I feel bad whenever I see blind persons. I see them play instruments in groups. In front of them is a box with a hole on top so you can place coins in them. It's a heavy feeling to carry. (I do not know if this is right English)

Blind people cannot see, so they are basically unaware of what their surroundings look like.

Figuratively, a blind person is someone unaware of the truth. He is unable to see what is real, unable to see through lies. Unable to see through the clouded thoughts his enemies feed him.

Now, to substitute words. What is blind?

Judging from the first few statements, would you like to try and guess?

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Love is blind. Cheezy mayhem. True, but I have dreamed of writing about an abstract aspect of a man's personality. What a perfect topic to begin with. Though without true experience, I would like to share with you a product of my immense imagination and brilliance. While I may have used brilliance to look like it is for self glorification - it is a mere booster of confidence as I go along. (This is new territory for me, and maybe you can either help me do more or stop doing these topics by simply commenting, whether you are on my blogger or multiply.)

Again, love is blind. Whether you have used the dictionary definition or the figurative implication, I really don't care, we'll all arrive at one point.

Actually, true love is blind.

True love cannot see the faults and wrongs of its recipients. You can't truly love and say, "I love you, but I won't love you anymore if you change". Love pushes through even the darkest hour, because when you love someone, you love that person because you just do, not because you are forced to or because you found comfort in that person.

Love is blind when you love somebody and never really care about what he or she does. True love is only true love when it's blind, when you're prepared to accept personalities those below set the standards you once have set.

Love can only feel. It gives it's approval of true love when your heart feels light everytime your receiver responds to you. The heart is an organ inside our body and tot ake it figuratively, it only feels. It is never able to sense the outside of our system.

Figuratively, too, it's the reason why, if we look around, people who are dating eachother aren't always the prefect match. There you have it. Love is blind. That's why love stories have poor people fall in love with rich ones and vice versa. People with different religions fall in love. It doesn't really matter what people say for a love that's blind. There's not always an explanation.
Love is blind. It, too, is magic.

Hannah Montana Steam

Hi! I'm blogging and blogging and blogging. Got home two hours ago from the University(De La Salle University) I'll study in. It was a whole day of non-sense and I expect tomorrow to be no different. When I was in my block, I was really silent. I know I wasn't not like that back in my Senior Year. I miss my old self. I miss that comfort.

However, life goes on and I'll have to adjust for 2 terms. After that, another adjustment. It might seem like I'm complaining, but i do NOT regret that decision.

Hannah Montana Steam

The first time I saw Hannah Montana(a year or so ago) on Disney Channel, I didn't really have anything to say. I didn't care at all. I mean, I was 15 years of age. Why should I like her songs? I have never listened to Miley Cyrus' songs. I just see them on TV when I'm scanning channels.

As time went on though, she goes on to be a super famous singer and her hits become more and more noticeable. The craze has gone through the minds of her audience like plagues that used to wipe out an entire town back in the day. It's like fire feeding off paper and wood to burn a house down.

Then a night came. I was scanning channels and then I hear people talking about Miley Cyrus. It was on The Insider.

I thought, De Javu.

Since when did the mature showbiz guys care about Disney's products?

I saw them make fun of Britney after she got pregnant. Britney, I think, had her share of memories with Disney. I heard them talk about Lindsay Lohan. After her career crashed. I watched them show Vanessa Anne Hudgens' photos. Censored because they were nude.

And just like the three I mentioned, they were talking about another career that is on the brink of downfall. Good thing it stayed there. Here's another star who has kids for her target market. And she risked her career. She really did. How?

She posed like an adult on Vanity Fair.

After typing those sentences, I wasn't thinking De Javu anymore. I was thinking...

Quade Javu. Yes, I made that up.

Miley Cyrus could say she did it because it's a part of growing up. I understand that.

How about her fans? The kids. Newsflash, most of her fans are kids. Isn't she supposed to be a role model? Is Miley thinking her child fans would pose sexily with bedsheets? No, no.

Yes she has freedom but now is not the right time to do that. Kids admire her too much. What a show. It's timing was as bad as it gets. Her career was rising. She had captured the hearts of her child viewers. And then she almost puts it to waste. She's seen it happen to Disney gals. Why let it happen to herself?

I hope we are not looking at one plus quade javu. I hope that doctors have not found a cure for Miley's plague. I hope the firefighters aren't here yet to put out Hannah Monatana's fire.

Why? It would break children's hearts, fragile as they are. I might sound like I'm exaggerating, but... If you're an 8 yr old boy and you're an avid fan of say... Batman, and Batman gets killed by the Joker? Wouldn't that be sad?

One more thing... Is Miley trying to get teenagers' hearts? That isn't gonna happen. As a guy, I can see that Lindsay has a better body than her. And I still think Lindsay's low.

Safe to say, what an Miley is not made for that kind of stuff yet. She also has not considered everything when she did that. She skipped her loving fans while thinking. This is not her time. She is on the rise and she just might have wasted that. She may do that only when she's desperate for fame again. That too might not be far ahead.

I heard the firetruck's already left the station.

Yes, the cure has not been found out, but the doctors seem to be almost there.

Destiny

Hi. Moving on...

Destiny

... And I'm still struggling with title-making again. Whatever. Though I do find the one word title kind of... Strong. Or maybe that's just me.

Or maybe it's the word.

It's a very famous word coming out of the mouths of your movie or TV heroes. They say that only you can control your own destiny. They say that our future is in our hands - that nothing can take that away from us.

That's true, and I've been sticking to that since God knows when. I'm not particularly cautious, but I think I do a good job of reflecting on my actions, and I try to do something about them when they turn out to be wrong. Something's not right here though.

You know how some people ask you and your answer would be "It depends if it's this or that"?

Well you get it. Control of your destiny - it also depends. You don't have a full grip on it but you influence it. Oh - don't be confused. There are some cicumstances in life that are out of our reach.

If you knew that now, in your future endeavors you, won't be so shocked.

There are times that we try so hard, and we put our heart into everything we do but we come up short. Trying your best IS the best thing to do if you want a good future ahead of you - if you want to go on destiny's good side.

Don't be too optimistic, though.

Trying your best is the best thing to do, but doing your best isn't always enough.

When your best isn't enough, don't be too disappointed, because you did everything you could. Be happy for yourself because you were able to unleash all your abilities to try to achieve your goal.

When you fail while doing your best, don't put your head down because destiny will prey on you. It's all a matter of acccepting the fact that we don't totally control our destiny. Even the best of our abilities may not be enough to reach our goals and ambitions because like I've been repeating to you each and everytime in this entry, we don't have a hand in it all.

In the end we just have to accept that fact. In the world, things happen, and some of these things may affect you. You'll just have to cope with these things that you can't control.

Your destiny will await you in the future, and if you handle yourself well despite the bad things, and at that doing your best, you won't be putting down your head once you and your destiny meet.

While all I've been talking about is the negative side, that's not all of it. These things you can control could also be good for you.

We also have majority of the control of our destiny, I just informed you that not everything's in our control but we still pretty much have most of it.

This was a post to keep you from failing even more if you fail at trying to achieve your goal. No one deserves to blame himself/herself after trying his/her best. Acceptance is a part of a good meeting with our destiny.

I hope I was of help to anyone.

... And then I'll introduce a new part of my blog.

Rant of the Day!!!

"Rant of the Day" will not always be in my blog entries.

Why are people so obsessed with iPods that they'll kiss the asses of the people who made it? I don't get it. I just hope noone fills a 2GB memory stick with photos of iPods. That will really suck. I mean, do they feel like they could die already after having one? It feels good to have one but it isn't everything! The way they adore these things, it's as if they were born for just that.

Sorry. I just shared.

Thanks for reading.

Common? Come on...

Hi. So, in truth, I wasn't able to do a post in a week. I did say, however, that I would try. Unfortunately, I didn't succeed but what matters is I'm typing again. Let's go straight to business.

Common? Come on...

I tried...! It's not half a good title but I guess it'll do. So... Common?

Something common is something you see everyday, or almost everyday. It's the usual thing. Right? I think you know what I'm saying. It's definitely the same thing as normal. You know. It's a regular thing. It's NOT at all special.

Hey, normal and common, they aren't by any chance different, I think. My teacher told us they're the different, and I think he's wrong. He told us that what is common isn't normal. Don't you think he's wrong? He likes promoting his school, but if he promotes his school, and what he tells us is wrong, wouldn't that make his school stupid?

If my definition is wrong, feel free to criticize, I don't care. That's not even my focus.

You wake up everyday, and go about your own businesses, and there are things you encounter... Which are... Common. These common things, in society, sometimes they become trends.

Trends are standards people go with because most people go with it too. You might be able to call it a bandwagon, but I'm not so sure about definitions so I'll play safe.

When you don't "go with the flow", people usually think you're stupid, weird or "not cool". When that happens, the "not cool" guy loses his composure and then himself. He goes with the trend because he thinks he has no choice. He doesn't want to be the odd guy. That, actually, is a common thing, we all adjust if everyone thinks that what we're doing is wrong.

Isn't that right? We care so much about what people think is right that we forget our own side. We forget to listen to ourselves. So to correct my teacher, it's not "what's common is not normal", it's "what's common and normal isn't always right".

Again.

"What's common and normal isn't always right."

If you'd cooperate, please open your Notepad or Microsoft Word. Type it. Ten times.

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Did you do it? If you did, that's cool. If you didn't, you're right. You didn't have to.

There's a big problem about this trend thing. Like I said, you'll lose your composure and then yourself. How do you lose yourself?

A guy walks along a hallway with ladies in the chairs at the sides of the hallway. He sees a candy wrapper on the ground, stops. He was about to pick up the wrapper when all the beautiful ladies watching him started laughing. Noticing that, he instead ties his shoelaces. He pretended to do that.

Without the trend that guys who do that are weird, he could've done a small thing to save earth. Unfortunately though, he doesn't want to be laughed at. He lost his truthfulness to himself, because he knows that it was right, but because of the trend, he comes up with the conclusion that it's wrong.

Whenever you go out and present yourself to the public, be ready to be stormed by trends that might alter your personality. Protect your own beliefs.

How do you do that? Take your time to think. Solidify your own opinions and figure out what truly is correct. Figure out what really has to be done. If you know in yourself that what you're doing is right, when you go out and go public, it'll take more than a trend to bring you down. You might be even good enough to stand for yourself and inform everyone they're wrong.

I'm brave enough to say that people who exchange their own ideas for trends are weak. Only those who believe in their own ways are strong, and my God, you can not survive in this world if you're too weak. You'll have no identity if you adjust to trends too much. It's as if there's no real you.

Common? C'mon....

Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed.

One Night Stand

Hi... I kind of got that writing energy this summer. Expect me to throw in a blog entry probably at least once a week IF I get my brain rolling. Here goes.

One Night Stand

Don't get me wrong here, I mean, probably first thing that comes to your mind is that this topic is going to be sexual. Hmpph. Not really, but I really love how "One Night Stand" fits into my topic.

The president saw himself vowing before thousands of the citizens of the nation he was about to govern. They were howling as they cheered for him. After 7 years, it all seemed like it didn't happen. Those same thousands who cheered have turned into thousands who despised him and criticized him.

So... To start off, a One Night Stand is a sexual affair not done for love but for sexual desires only. In fact, the persons who will be doing the activity of sex have probably met only for the first time and of course, having said that, love is absent, thus there will be no plan for commitment. It's something that only lasts for one night(not literally), and thus has no bearing and fruit.

A one night stand is in fact the perfect embodiement of my topic. Hmmm... My topic is about promises, commitments and agreements that last for only as long as a month after it was stated.

Are you... getting this? Ever been told a secret? Probably... been to a group of people who pledged that there will be no more chaos and diversity?

If you've been through those kinds of things, you'd probably understand the next few sentences.

A lot of things like this are going to keep happening to you. And I don't want you to fall for lies. I don't want you to believe in promises made by people who have no commitment and people who can not stand the longetivity of an oath.

After 16 years of existence, I came up with something that might actually be true: Only a few have the guts to stay commited and loyal to an agreement.

Please, do not deny this. You see it on TV, hear it on the radio and read it on newspapers. The media actually helps you to realize this.

People marry others, after what? 3 months, they divorce. Candidates say I will not be corrupt, and they stay like that for a year maximum. After 6 mere months, you've got people saying "we don't like him" and witnesses sprout of nowhere. Please, oh please.

On the other hand, someone votes, and then the person he votes wins. After issues about corruption, he turns his back on his guy. What's up with that?

People, this is not just a political situation.

Michael trusts Ron and tells him a secret. Ron of course, promises Michael he won't tell anybody. After 3 weeks with a zipped mouth, he suddenly can't contain and he tells Mr. Olaguera, his boss.

Members of a group with a lot of problems cry together, forgives each other and promises to cherish eachother till the end. The next day, they go about their own businesses again.

A guy flirts with a girl, kisses her and tells her "I love you", but then they both decide "we're not fit for eachother".

Now, enough with the situations, I know you got me. We people are not fond of promises, treaties, agreements and such.

We do a lot of things recklessly but please learn. Haven't you realized that everything you haven't thought of turned into waste? Let's stand for something that we know we can actually stand for.

We talk a lot, but we can't walk the walk. We get so indulged sometimes, we think it's real. Think before you act. Life is not a joke, it is real... Yes it is, and something real is supposed to be taken seriously. Never say something you can't do because you'll always end up just disappointing everybody. If ever you decide to do the opposite of that, it has to be done with determination and hard work.

To conclude this relatively short post, I want everybody to know that we must learn how to put value into the things we do. We must put our heart into everything we say or do so we can become committted.

If you can't do that, don't ever promise. Don't ever say you're committed to something. Shut the hell up, lie down. You have a lot of thinking to do to not be like those sex morons.

Thank you.

Gets Into Your Head

Hey everybody! I'm back, and this time I'll try to post regularly. I've been gone for so long, missed me? I've been busy lately, graduated from High School and spent nearly 70 hours playing Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core. Cool game. VERY, actually.

I have a lot of topics in my head but as usual, you're only gonna read about one, and it's up next.

Gets Into Your Head

I admit it, vague title. You really don't know where I'm gonna come from. Fortunately for me, I do.

I'm gonna get you warmed up. Think about all the TV shows or movies you loved ever so much, probably even those video games that you spent some time on because you love the story. You might have fallen in love with them.

If you fell in love with the story, I'm pretty sure you fell in love with the a certain character and from there, there are two possibilities. It's either you're just going to admire the character or you're going to try to compare yourself to the character.

Now when you compare, it branches out even more.

1. You are alike and you're going to like the striking similarities or
2. You are not the same, so you're going to try to make yourself like the character.

You must want to ask me why I put those two in bullet form and the other two were just in either or form. Well, we're gonna focus on item number two, so it has to be special.

The personality is so impressive to you that you try to adopt it. How? There are a lot of ways you try to do that, and to simply put it, it degrades your own character in real life. Models or idols are fine, but if they get in to your head, consider your soul lost.

C'mon. Don't think I jumped the gun. I didn't.

SIMPLE, because we have our own character. We have our own lives. If you try bringing a fictional character's own personality to life by sacrificing your own, that's just wrong because if you do that, everything fictional will try to influence your way of thinking and may alter the way you live your life. What happens is you try bringing in the character in real life situations you encounter or face.

Hmmm. Not yet convincing. Game time.

I think we have all encountered some situations in life which question the morality or the correctness of a decision i.e. "Was it right to bet on this thing?", "Was it right to question him?". You know those things, some of them probably about love, or a simple judgement or maybe decision making.

I'll give you a situation. Specimen A (21 yrs of age, female, working), watches TV and comes across a movie which goes like this.

"A girl transfers into school and is a bit confused. She is pretty, but has a weird gesture. She always lick the back side of her spoon when she eats. Other than that, she's perfect. Kind, funny, joyful and gorgeous.

"A boy which belongs to the class beside this girl's own is often teased for not being able to court girls. He then bets with his friends that he can. It just so happened that the gorgeous girl with abnormality(in paragraph 1) passed by so she was the subject of the bet."

You know what happens next right? They both fall in love then girl finds out the bet. TWIST TIME!

"The boy, after getting slapped by the boy, decides he isn't really in love and it was really all because of the bet."

OH MY GOODNESS!! Specimen A bursts into tears and she really admires the girl. She then decides to be like the girl. She then makes herself presentable everytime she goes to work. Now two of her officemates are attracted to Specimen A. Specimen B and C(both male) then seem to be competing. Two of her officemates, Sepecimen D and E(both male) then make a bet. Their terms go like this. Who among Specimen B and C will get the key to Specimen A's heart?

Specimen C dismisses his feelings and decides he only wants to be friends with Specimen A. They become so close, then Specimen B falls in love with Specimen A but then, decides he doesn't want her shit! Specimen A bursts into tears!

So... Specimen A learns about the bet but doesn't know it really and gets mad at Specimens D and E. Pointless anger. She shouldn't even know cause it's not her business. She gets the wrong idea that Specimen B only made his move because of the money though he wasn't involved, in the bet. She then thinks the whole world fell down on her, even though she was completely wrong.

WHY!?

BECAUSE. Specimen A thinks she's the protagonist in the story. She puts herself into the girl at the movie. Got into her head? Think about it.

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So it put a scar on four lives. Good thing this was fictional, eh?

Safe to say, never push yourself into a fictional character's story. It only ruins your life. In real life, we aren't always the protagonist. We aren't always right. We aren't the main characters all the time, there are more people out there, 5 Billion of them, who have their own point of view.

Don't let your sould get lost through identity problems. Stop it from getting into your head.

Thanks for reading!

Reflecting On Your Past

I may have disappointed a few readers for not updating my blog. I don't have a valid reason for that, but let's say it may have been good. I'm fresh from my retreat(A program of my school. by the way I'm Roman Catholic) and hey - if you got a different religion don't go away from this page because I'm not gonna talk about faith. It's just the thing/s that the priest talked about. Hey this guy was just cool. He's probably met all sorts of people and he knows how your lif might end up.

Let me get started.

Reflecting On Your Past

This is a time to reflect on what we have done to our past.

We all have memories. You know, memories? Your first ever birthday party. The first time you walked. The first time you got to school. Your first boyfriend or girlfriend. Your first kiss. Your graduation. The first time you received a salary. In addition to those, a lot more firsts.

If all your memories are happy, you're living a joke, so memories aren't all happy. A life is never complete without the frustrating parts - those we usually regret. Your first spanking from your parents and more of it. First time you cried. Your first injection. Your usual fights with your parents. The "I wish I didn't say that"s. First failed relationship. Failing marks. First time debts stacked. All that pain, and some people - they want to give up on their life.

We never wanted these. They were mistakes we usually did unintentionally and things which occured we never knew that did and there were some we are really responsible for. Common thing? We regret it.

"I don't want to remember it."

"Forget about it."

"PRETEND it never happened."

Remember these words? At least one of these must have come out your mouth once. At least I gave you a background of what words you might say. You see, all these statements are wrong. Never, ever forget your past. It never leads to anything good. You should forgive your past, not forget it, according to our retreat facilitator.

"Oh shit! This guy is talking about forgiving my past and my past is not a person! He's crazy!"

Of course you can forgive your past. And of course, your past is a person - because you are your past. Whoever you are right now is because of who you were or what you did in the past. Forgetting your past is like burying it. You will not know yourself. Forgive your past, do not forget it.

You see, there is a big difference between forgiving and forgetting. Forgetting it of course... forgetting, in the truest sense of the word. Forgiving is acknowledging that a certain event or icident has occured and accepting it. From forgiveness we learn.

Do you ever feel light inside when you forgive? I know you do, because I feel such when I do so myself. I feel good. However, whenever we simply forget, it's heavy it's like killing a part of yourself, just like what I said.

Forgetting is "PRETENDing nothing happened." I've made sure that I make the word pretend all caps because it should capture your attention. Pretending is not good for a life. When we pretend, we do a lot of things which are uncharacteristic of our real selves. Sometimes we pretend we are strong so that people might fear us and we might get the advantage or sometimes we pretend we like something so we're in. On the other hand, some people also pretend they have a weak side so they could be pitied. Some boys do this so girls can talk to them. You know girls nowadays. Crying is an extra point.

So we must forgive our past to acknowledge and accept our faults, our other people's fault to us. How do we benefit from it? Well you know history right? His story, Man's Story. A lot of people ask - "Why do we have to know who the first humans were or what history bullshit war happened?" We have to know it because we should learn from our mistakes.

Learn from our mistakes - and then make sure it never happens again. Thank the historians. Now! Thank them.

'Thank you."

If we simply forget and PRETEND nothing happened, then how can we learn from our mistakes and not repeat them?


So if you haven't been able to get it yet, my message is pure and simple. Forgive your past so that we may learn from it, do not forget it so that we may not repeat our mistakes over and over again.

Now, refelect on your past, acknowledge those which you have regretted and attempted to forget and learn.

Special thanks to Fr. Ding Cortez of Don Bosco Batulao.

Thanks for reading!

Bragging

Hi! January 24, 2008. History is made. Today, I silenced my doubters and made more believers.

We performed our version of Les Miserables and I play the role of Enjolras. Hey, I can sing. And hey, we stamped our names in school history as the first class to attempt to do a musical if Les Miserables and... Succeeding. You see succeeding is broad, and maybe I'll talk about it some other time. For now, it's the post title. Let's get there.

Bragging

So about bragging... I'm actually the type of guy who brags a lot, and with that I'm gonna say it, this may turn into nothing close to my other posts. It might go on and become a rant.

Bragging/Boasting is telling everyone your excellence on one or more catergory of life.

A lot of people look at it badly, but I don't think so, they look at it that way maybe because that is the automatic response of ordinary people. Finding the wrong in what people do.

You know how people look at small mistakes as big time, but they don't see your contributions and it is all disintegrated by one puny, tiny mistake. I know you know this happens to you occasionally, and when it does, when you're not used to it, you get demoralized. I, however, am not.

To me, this is all a part life. People putting you down. Yada yada. So you might have gotten lost in my very moving statements, so to remind you, it's what people usually see in bragging. They only think of it as a bad thing and they put you down because of it. They backstab you, stuff like that. So basically, people see bragging as bad even if the "evil" factor isn't there...

EVIL FACTOR??!! Huh?

The evil factor is an optional part of bragging - putting other people down. Down below. Down benneath. In case you didn't catch it... Here's an example.

John: I am very good in video games, and oh man, your skills aren't even half of mine!

What is the evil factor here? The italicized letters.

Let me tell you, bragging isn't bad unless you put the evil factor in it. I admit that I use it myself, but not as much as I use the plain bragging.

What am I saying? I suppose you figured it out already. The people who say bragging is all bad are just OMGSDOAP. What is... OMGSDOAP?

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These are the people who say that braggers are bad people, or that when good people start bragging without the evil factor(let's call it EF), they immidiately become bad. How can you be bad when you are not putting other people down?

I mean, isn't evil all about involving other people and making them slide down ramps to make them hit hard? And, since when is raising self-esteem bad?

Is that the case? Well if it is, let's call ourselves bad when we say "I can do this", "I can get through these obstacles" or whatever.

If bragging without EF and raising self-esteem isn't the same at all, let me prove to you that they are in fact the same.

If I say "I can do this, this is easy" in my mind people can't hear that and it serves as a statement that raises self-esteem. However, if I say "I can obviously do this. It's gonna be a piece of cake" out loud it would be immidiately bad, however to me it's just something that raises self esteem. I mean, they mean the same thing. Duh.

Conclusions:

1. Do not ever try to hit a person who's trying to get his spirits up with lame statements which composes of stuff telling him/her that he/she is immoral. If you do try to do that after reading this blog entry, you're messed up cause you know what the difference between bragging with and without the EF.

2. Do not judge a person's intentions by what he says.

3. Analyze all angles before telling a person what you think.


That's it. I guess it did turn into a rant. Didn't mean to hurt anybody. I also think I don't have to write about LeBron anymore. Just keep it up.

Have a nice day everyone. Thank you for reading.

My Own Philosophy

Hello everybody... I guess greeting you all a happy new year is never late, so, happy new year. I didn't compose a blog for quite a long time now because I didn't have the energy I really wanted to release(refer to blog title).

I have also been busy, so don't expect me to write regulary. I'll be writing occasionally, yes, occasionally. In this blog entry, I will propose my greatest thing yet(read blog entry title)...

I'm a bit excited to present this to all of you as I have thought of it well. Here I go...

My Own Philosophy

I never thought I could actually come up with these kind of things... I even came up with absolutely ridiculous names:

1. josepocholochicosebastianism(my favorite, which is my whole name with ism)
2. josism(my first name)
3. ilogism(ilog, tagalog for river)

Then... I based it on my two concepts... Which I call the two towers... So I came up with a "good" name. (It's still actually bad)

Dostorrism(from the spanish word Dos, meaning two, and the spanish word torre, meaning tower)

Why the name? Again, the concept is split into two towers. The two towers are two concepts which are used by the mind. Towers stand tall, and these concepts surely stand above the other possible components of the mind as these are concepts are introduce are used to deal with the harsh realities of life.

Torre Uno: Two Minds

We are composed of two minds. All human beings are.

First, there is the high mind, the mind wherein everything is processed, where everything is put in place.

Do you know when sometimes you are given a problem? A good example is when (1)choosing a course for college. You want a course for sure. (2) Or when you want to apply for work somewhere, and you have finally decided where to go to and you're sure of it.

Then there's the interpreter mind.

In the examples above, in (1), your friends are applying for a different course and they're all going for just one. They ask you which course you want. You tell them the same thing as they want. (2), the other company offers you a higher salary and you are losing your luxuries. You then go to the company with a higher salary even if you don't like it much.

How do these two parts work?

The high mind, which is sure of all things it processes, is the mind which is truly ours, never influenced by anything, as in (1), he really wants the course and same as in (2), he really wants the place. Both examples, the person knows it. This is caused by the high mind.

The interpreter mind is the one which ruins the superior mind on most occasions. This is the mind which is affected by all outside factors, such as friends and the need to adjust to the brutal game that is life, as in (1) and (2) respectively. We are usually influenced by these factors because we are pressure by those around us... Which is the trend? What do I need? What do they want me to do? What will they do?

Sometimes the biggest mistakes in life is when we follow the interpreted results of the high mind, when we are forced to get into something we don't really like. People now dream the dreams of the people around them or of the society. We don't want that. Let's aim for our own ambitions, not ambition of others.

In other words the interpreter is that which attempts to adjust the reults of the high mind to suit those factors around us.

We want the high mind to be above the interpreter. One of the reasons I named it high mind is because of its need to triumph. Just like the common good over bad.

To be able to overcome the demons of the world, we must follow that which we think and believe, but keep in mind we still do not know everything. We can only stand up for that which we know, never for that which is beyond the grasp of our mind.

Torre Dos: Time Is Never On Our Side

Remember that I said these concepts make it easier in this harsh life. I know everyone experiences time turning its back on us. Whenever we are doing something we want, that which we desire, whenever we look at the time it's suddenly gonna be all over in 5 minutes. Whenever we do something which we despise and hate, time moves as if it is slowed down by some vortex from another dimension. (I still can't believe I'm doing this entry)

Whenever you have to get up in the morning at about 7am and you sleep at about 10pm, that 9 hours of sleep seems like a minute. Sleep and then get up. You see... Time sucks.

Time keeps on playing with us every now and then, yet we do not see or feel it. It is an element of life which is abstract but hits us hard every now and then. We keep getting stuck in places because of traffic or delays, and we worry because there isn't much time. You see, time controls us.

You see, they key to this is Torre Dos' text, its mentality. Knowing this, we must keep in mind that "slowly but surely" is a very obsolete concept. Right now, as time keeps playing with us even more, it's "quickly and surely". We must make the most of each and every happy moment in our life because time runs quick.

It is up to us to achieve our goals and cope with time, as it is never going to adjust for time. Noone's too lucky nowadays. Time is never on our side.

With that I conclude my philosophy. I hope you liked it and may you apply it to your lovely lives.

Trying the NBA: LeBron James

It's back to magnificence for the king. The Cavaliers have a winning record and they can't thank him enough for his big late heroics.

Thank you for reading.