Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Parallel Synchronized RandomnessJune '07 has been a memorable one. It's been great.
Congratulations to my sister for getting married for the second time (Pictures in my
multiply). Seven Months In Sunny June.
The Rise of TAJ (TJ, Andrew, Jay-Ar).
Start of a new school year.
Faux True.
Daboise Basketball tour.
Family Dinners and Trips.
Doing Manila with TAJ.
It's been crazy.
I'm a lot fatter. I have no more money in my wallet. School stuff's beginning to pile up. In other words,
life's good. Life's normal. And this is exactly why I'm beginning to get worried. I'm a firm believer in balance in the universe. Call it faith, call it physics, sooner or later, things will balance out. The complicated algorithms of an existence so vast and unexplainable compute non-stop to produce the lives that we live. In other words, God's up there. And of course, He's not one to sugar-coat what we go through. Nope. We're not getting syrup, chocolate chips, or sprinkles. Not all the time anyway. Eat too much, you get diabetes. Eat too little, then you're just one sad, little person. I find it quite annoying that I'm too busy worrying that I'm slowly finishing my sweet treat - worrying that in a few licks it'll all be gone - that I'm not even enjoying it to the fullest anymore. Where is the spontaneous, Jack Sparrow of a character I esteem myself to be? Lately, I've been looking too much at my feet, carefully following my steps. I can't even look up to see what a beautiful view I've got around me.
Remedy: get over myself. Just do what you got to do and live where you are.
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All right. Say you've fallen into a pit. It's dark, you're alone and there's no one around to hear you scream. You can't see around you. You start to get afraid. But it's all right, you're still holding up pretty well. Then, you start noticing the fact that you ARE afraid. You start thinking to yourself, "Oh shit, this is scary." Because of this, you get even more afraid. You scream and panic. And because you realize you're screaming and panicking, you become even more terrified. This is called an Emotional Feedback Loop. It works both ways. You feel happy. You think about the fact that you're happy. You smile. You become happier. You notice that you've made yourself even happier, which, in turn, makes you even happier. It's all just a matter of putting yourself in a much higher perspective (or, in a negative situation's case, a lower one).
I think that using this psychological concept to one's (positive) advantage is a great way of looking at life. I've been an advocate of this for as long as I remember. The only problem with my practice of it is that I apply it to negative situations as well. Hence, when I feel pathetic and weak, I realize how much I've made myself so pathetic and weak, and become even pathetic-er and weaker. Right now, I'm trying my very best not to apply it to my forward-looking, present-ignoring self. But, writing this blog-entry, I think I might be too late. Hahahaha.
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Out of Words. Gone to the market to haggle for some cheap ones.
the adventure ended at 9:09 PM
Monday, June 04, 2007
TaggedI've been tagged by Jana.
These are the Rules:
1.Each player of this game starts with 6 weird/random unknown things about him/herself. 2.People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 things as well as state the rule clearly.
3. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names.
P.S. Don't forget to leave a comment that says you are tagged in their comments and tell them to read your blog.
1. I cool my pillows by the AC before I sleep. (oh, and I wear eye shades.)
2. I love playing make-believe. Like a little kid. I think of elaborate, imaginitive situations all the time.
3. I'm afraid of fast-moving, man-eating zombies. (Like in Dawn of the Dead)
4. I wear a white undershirt everyday.
5. I sing random lines from random songs that just pop into my head at random times during the day. (copied from Jana's! Haha. Same here! Most especially when I'm in the car.)
6. I love to drive. Don't let me drive M/T (or any fast car for that matter). I go crazy!
6 people :
Doyti, Jau, Joel (Three people na lang!)
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Wow. I can't believe this is my 3rd annual post of this already. Time sure does fly fast. I checked the past two and most of the things I've written about people were so obvious and utterly emo. What a shame. Hmm, maybe I'll make everything this year into lyrics?
Here's how it goes. Write 10 things about 10 people. It can be anything, a description, a secret, a confession, lyrics or an address. You cannot, under any circumstances, say to whom the messages are addressed to.
1) Much has been said. Why'd it have to be harder than it had to be? Don't you throw blame. You were part of this. Much has been said. Will I never learn? Keeping my fingers crossed, praying for my luck to return. But I can't complain, I'm living it easy, job's keeping be busy, I'm going crazy! - Much Has Been Said, Bamboo
2) You're an exception to the rule. You're a bonafide rarity. You're all I ever wanted. Southern girl, could you want me? - Southern Girl, Incubus
You do something to me that I can't explain. So would I be out of line if I said I miss you? - I Miss You, Incubus
3) First time it's shame on you, second time it's shame on me. Look, I ain't playing you, you sure ain't gon' be playing me. I've got this icebox where my heart used to be. - Icebox (remix), Omarion
4) You were better to me than I was to myself. - How Sweet It Is, James Taylor
5) But remember this, every other kiss that you'll ever give as long as we both live, when you need the hand of another man, one you really can surrender with, I will wait for you. Like I always do. There's something there that can't compare with any other. - Kissing a Fool, Buble
6) I spend so many nights just thinking how you did me wrong and I grew strong, I learned how to get along. - I Will Survive, Cake (Yes, specifically the Cake version)
7) Call on your main man, what can he do for you? Hang out with stupid so you can tell him what to do. Major this is your day. Living alone in a jar never gets you very far. - Sgt. Major, Jet
8) Orange is young, full of daring, but it's very unsteady for the first go round. And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from giving my life to a rainbow like you. - Bold As Love, Jimi Hendrix/John Mayer
9) Nineteen is not the age of reason. I didn't have a reason for setting you free. I was only nineteen. - Nineteen, Old 97's
10) How many special people change? How many lives are living strange? Where were you while we were getting high? Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide, in a champagne supernova in the sky. - Champagne Supernova, Oasis
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Whew. Effort.
the adventure ended at 10:06 PM
