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    • 21 Nov 2008
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    Got this form Paulo Coelho's blog:
    Number 7 Life is sexually transmitted. Number 6 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. Number 5 Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich. Number 4 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks. Number 3 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. Number 2 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. Number 1 In the ’60’s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
    These are interesting takes on life; quite true too. Do you agree? Hmm...Right now, I'm hungry. Hahahaha!
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  • XVII

    • 24 Jun 2007
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    Another sonnet by Pablo Neruda:

    No te amo comi si fueras rosa de sal, topacio
    o flecha de claveles que propagan el fuego:
    te amo como se aman ciertas cosas oscuras,
    secremente, entre la sobra y el alma.

    Te amo como la planta que no florece y lleva
    dentro de sí, escondida, la luz de aquellas flores,
    y gracias a tu amor vive oscuro en mi cuerpo
    el apretado aroma que ascendió de la tierra.

    Te amo sin saber cómo, ni cuándo, ni de dónde,
    te amo directamente sin problemas ni orgullo:
    así te amo porque no sé amare de otra manera,

    sino así de este mondo en que soy ni eres,
    tan cerca que tu mano sobre mi pecho es mía,
    tan cerca que se cierran tus ojos con mi sueño.

    Translated:

    I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz
    or the arrow of carnations that fire shoots off.
    I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
    in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

    I love you as the plant that never blooms
    but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
    thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
    risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

    I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
    I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
    so I love you because I know no other way

    than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
    so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
    so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

    -- An old friend of mine just IMed me suddenly to ask about my avatar.  It was a good thing since I wanted to talk to someone but didn't know who to talk to.  So there, we talked a while.  Funny how some things seem to happen right when you need it.  Thanks.

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  • Addicted to life?

    • 16 Feb 2006
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    • Life People Reflection Video games
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    Computer Addiction or Just Modern Life? Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday February 14, @10:29PM Ant writes to tell us that ABC News has an interesting look at computer addiction and what it might take to be considered addicted in today's society. From the article: "Video games and the Internet have been subject to suspicion since the computer became a household fixture. One complaint: People get sucked into spending enormous amounts of time on the computer, to the detriment of other parts of their life. But are they addicted? The answer depends on what you mean by 'addicted.' Most experts say computers are not addictive in the same sense that drugs are, but they could be on the same level as gambling."
    The world becomes smaller through the internet. Loads of information are waiting to be found. Either that, or publish your own. The internet has truly helped with communication. Sending documents, pictures, and other data is no problem with the help of e-mail, file sharing and the like. These are all happening in the virtual world, but the social aspects are very real. I guess this is why "computer addiction" is somewhat like gambling. We put in some time and hope to gain even a little from it in any aspect, but mostly socially. Unfortunately, it is difficult to call virtual communities communities. Although there may be discussions, actions or movements of individuals or groups in the community, one can always opt to "quit" the community temporarily or forever. Also, communities can get too large and quickly change in number that makes it hard to recognize individuals. In online or networked games, one can be part of a guild or clan. One may have started it, be invited into it, or requested for membership. But if one decides to stop being a member, one can just press a button and quit the group. The same goes with forums and lists. One can choose to participate, lie low, or just leech information. With all these movements and instability in the virtual world, it cannot be helped that it becomes fragmented. And with this fragmented world comes a fragmented individual. Thinking again, rarely are people able to self-actualize themselves in the greater scheme, but are often able to in smaller social groups. And sometimes, that's all that matters because in these groups are those people that truly matter to them.
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  • "We only wanted to make these people happy."

    • 4 Feb 2006
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    Manila stadium stampede kills 88A stampede outside a sports stadium in the Philippines capital, Manila, has left at least 88 dead, many of them women, with more than 200 injured. Tens of thousands of people had come to the stadium for the first anniversary recording of a popular TV gameshow. Rumours of a bomb hidden in the crowd reportedly caused the crush. The Wowowee show is popular for offering large cash prizes in a country where 40% of the population live on less than $2 a day. The show, which airs six days a week, normally offers a 1m peso ($19,250) top prize, but Saturday's anniversary edition had doubled that money. "This is a programme that intends to help Filipinos, especially the poor," said host Willie Revillame. "We only wanted to make these people happy." Gates barred About 30,000 people were waiting to get into the Ultra stadium in the Manila suburb of Pasig - significantly more than the usual 5,000 who attend recordings. The programme, produced by ABS-CBN television, had never used the stadium before. As well as rumours of a bomb, other witnesses said the crush began when guards refused to open the gates to the stadium. Vice-President Noli de Castro visited the scene of the disaster. "We did not want this to happen. It's just that there were so many people wanting to watch Wowowee because of the big prizes awaiting them," he said. Bodies covered in sheets were lined up beside a police cordon at the stadium. Merquieades Salazar, 45, wept over the body of his wife. The couple, jobless, wanted to enter a raffle run by the programme. "In the desire to win money, she is the one I lost," he said. Presenter Willie Revillame said the show would go ahead to provide information for the injured and their relatives. But police said the show, scheduled to begin at 1300 (0500GMT), should be stopped. "The show must be cancelled so that people will go back to their homes," said Manila's police chief, Vidal Querol.
    BBC News Published: 2006/02/04 05:42:13 GMT
    It's sad that ABS-CBN just wanted to make these people happy...or this is what they say. But with all the issues floating around them and stuff, one cannot help but doubt their true intentions. Do they value life & happiness or do they just want the money (even if it involves exploiting these people)?...but I guess that's another story. So what went wrong? Do we blame the ones in need: Plain stupidty, fear of the bomb, the desire to win, ...? The organziers: Unforseen scenario, negligence, ...? Others: Allowing people to such a state of great need, etc...? In the end, lives were lost and nothing can be done about it. Yes, we can blame but we cannot turn back time and recover those who were lost.
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  • a little bit of sunshine

    • 23 Jan 2006
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    May the Filipinos enjoy this glorious day for one our heroes, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, has proven himself worthy of the win long past. May the Filipinos feel proud of who they are. May they forget about all their troubles and worries on this day of victory. Each day there are those who are oppressed. Each day there are those who suffer. Each day there are those who are forgotten. But on this day, we are united as one. Let us jump, shout, cry, or what, for we are exhuberated over his victory. Let the Filipinos be happy. Let the Filipino be proud. The flame may keep burning tomorrow, the day after, and even long after. However, there is still a tomorrow where we have to go back to our lives.
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  • Desensitization to Death

    • 17 Jan 2006
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    Violence
    • exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse
    • injury by or as if by distortion, infringement, or profanation
    • intense, turbulent, or furious and often destructive action or force
      • (taken from
    Merriam-Webster Online)
    During history class, we briefly talked about the seppukku/hara kiri (ritual suicide through belly-slitting) and jigai, its counterpart for females. A very honorable thing to do at that time, but a amusing topic today? The teacher told us about the different steps in the ritual and other stuff. He told us how dishonorable it was to not restrain oneself from reacting from the pain. He also told us how other females would opt to use the aid of the wall to force a blade through the throat, into the spine and out the other side. Then, we talked about how someone who completely beheaded another [such that the head rolled on the ground = dishonorable] who just finished with the ritual would have to perform the ritual himself. During the discussion, a lot of hypothetical situations were raised. There wasn't a minute without laughter or jeers. Is a loss of life such an amusing topic? I guess it's because the blank wasn't filled in. We couldn't sympathize with someone general. Besides that, something done unintentionally could be potentially funny. But put yourself in their shoes and see if you'd still be laughing. I think we're mature enough to laugh in the face of death. We understand its seriousness and then learn to look at it from a lighter side. A good thing is that we are able to openly talk about these things with little to no restriction. But then, we must be careful with our liberty, our being free from control. Should any offense be taken, laugher turns into dead silence.
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  • Music, paint and lego...

    • 17 Dec 2005
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    Yet another casualty of gaming...
    Taken on December 16, 2005 (GMT+08:00) from: http://thestar.com.my/...

    Teenage gamer electrocutedBY MARC LOURDES

    (Thursday December 15, 2005)

    PETALING JAYA: A 16-year-old boy was found electrocuted in the study of his Section 4 home here at 3am yesterday.

    Yap Wai Chung was discovered lying on the floor when his parents rushed into the room upon hearing a ear-splitting scream.

    His father, who declined to be named, said Wai Chung had asked him on Tuesday night to replace his faulty computer modem.

    Worried about his son’s addiction to computer games, he lectured the teenager about it and told him to limit his computer playtime to an hour a day.

    After the scolding, Wai Chung ate his dinner and continued playing computer games while his parents went off to bed.

    Unknown to Wai Chung, his father had asked a friend that night to change the modem.

    Wai Chung's mother, who also did not wish to be named, said that when she woke up at 1am to get a drink, she saw her son watching television.

    “Everything seemed fine and I didn’t suspect anything,” she said.

    However, two hours later, Wai Chung screamed loudly.

    “We rushed to the study and found Wai Chung on the floor with electrical wires around his body,” the father said at the University Malaya Medical Centre, where Wai Chung's body had been sent for a post-mortem.

    His father said a note was found on his computer, asking his parents to give his beloved computer to a friend.

    Petaling Jaya Deputy OCPD Supt Abdul Rahman Ibrahim confirmed the incident.

    When I become a father...

    This makes me not want to expose my kids to computer/video games at an early age even more. (even more? yeah...I've been thinking about this a lot, thanks to my lil bro's addiction...) One of the first few things my kids will be playing with are musical instruments, paint, modeling clay and lego...

    I guess there will be a time when they will be exposed to games, and probably that I would still be playing video games...Plus, totally not exposing them to games will somewhat leave them out of conversations.

    Being a responsible parent seems hard...but quite fulfilling :P I don't know...it'll still be a while 'til I become a father :P

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  • The Shy

    • 16 Nov 2005
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    We had our first meeting with the History teacher today....he kind of reminds me of another history teacher in AdMU, Mr. Alejandrino (I know him because he was my Soc. Sci. teacher during 3rd year HS).

    Sometime in the middle of class, he said something like: "the world doesn't work for the shy." It stuck me since I have experienced this a lot of times. It's really pathetic. The shy ones don't get their ideas up front. The shy ones watch in the background. The shy ones don't get noticed.

    What is being shy in the first place?

    1 : easily frightened
    2: disposed to avoid a person or thing
    3: hesitant in committing oneself
    4: sensitively diffident or retiring
    5: secluded, hidden
    6: having less than the full or specified amount or number
    7: disreputable

    Source: http://www.m-w.com

    Two, three, four, five...that's me! I may not be as shy right now but it still disturbs me. There were a lot of things that I could have shared, done and said before and that's why I try to make up for these things now.

    Why am I shy in the first place? I guess it's because I fear embarrassment and judgement (I think there's a better word for this...). I don't want others to think of me wrongly. But then, so what? If they don't like who I am, then it's not my fault anymore.

    I don't want to be shy...

    I want to and will become more assertive and agressive with what I do (but of course, still remain balanced)...

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