landscape on a vast space

This is from “All I Really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten” (uncommon thoughts on common things) by Robert Fulghum. This book by Robert Fulghum is much like Bob Ong’s books, made up of thoughts on random things. Sometimes funny, sometimes quirky, sometimes a bit serious. It’s not a lengthy read; you can actually finish it over a cup of cappuccino or any mocha drink at your favorite café. Here’s my favorite part of the book and I have added my own thoughts too.

HOW TO LIVE

1) Share everything. Share good stories or even bad ones, pieces of advice, smiles, hugs, your time, even your oatmeal raisin cookies (it’s also heavenly if it comes with warm milk. Ahihi!). Share your book, knowledge, experiences and adventures. Well, just don’t share your toothbrush, undergarments, etc for hygienic purposes ‘coz you wouldn’t want to catch anything unpleasant or unhealthy, right?

2) Play fair. Pardon the cliché, it’s not really winning the game that matters but how the game is played. Winning the game by playing fairly is the best boost to self-esteem.

3) Don’t hit people. They might hit you back harder and that would hurt. Well, it’s violent and wars could spring from such. But if you’re really angry and can’t contain it, go to a quiet corner, away from people, and vent it out first. Release the tension. Then, iron out a quarrel the way higher beings should do—by talking rationally.

4) Put things back where you found them. Doing this spells good manners. It is being respectful too. And yeah, you wouldn’t want to go through the ordeal of looking for lost things, especially when you’re in a hurry.

5) Clean up your own mess. Tsk. Tsk. You cannot expect other people to do it for you. Besides, it’s really very embarrassing. If you screwed up terribly, you can ask for help from friends. Though, you should know how to do it by yourself. It’s part of being responsible as a grown-up.

6) Don’t take things that aren’t yours. It is not yours and you have no right over it, so don’t take it. After all, I believe that karma works.

7) Wash your hands before you eat. This a basic good routine for hygienic purposes. You wouldn’t want to get the food that you take in mixed with unwanted particles. Yu-uuck!

8) Flush. Yes, pretty please! Oh, show mercy and spare us the agony of being confronted by such terrible show of negligence. Eeeww to the superlative!

9) Take a nap every afternoon. When I was a kid, my brothers and I used to sleep (though not willingly but we were forced to at the sight of that wooden stick!) in the afternoons. I think it helps rejuvenate a tired mind and body. Even at work, when you seem to be at a standstill, a ten-to-fifteen-minute nap is advisable. Just don’t take the whole afternoon or your boss will have your ass.

10) Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody. Face it: you did something terrible. You can do nothing but own up to it. People forgive; all you have to do is apologize. I know it is really difficult to say sorry but it is the right thing to do. To show that you regret what you did, mean it. Amen to WORLD PEACE!

11) Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Yummmy. Indulge and bring out warm feelings and good memories.

12) Live a balanced life—learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. And while you do these things, don’t forget to live life to the fullest. It is short so create wonderful memories while you can. Carpe Diem!

13) When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. Protect each other and be sensitive about each other’s need. You have no one else but each other to do that. Treasure your loved ones. They’re like postage stamps: they stick it with you till it gets to the destination, to the end.

14) Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. God is wonderful! Nuff said.

15) Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even little seeds in the Styrofoam cup—they all die. So do we. I reiterate… Life is short, life is wonderful so love life. Live it well!

16) And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned—the biggest word of all—LOOK. Look and learn. Learn and learn. Knowledge is, indeed, power. Just remember, be responsible. “With great power comes great responsibility.” Ahihi! Familiar? Just look!

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i just found this from my forgotten friendster blog. it was posted last July 02, 2005, a little over two years now. and yet, i said that, at the end of it, i should blog more often since i thought it was fun. wahaha! broken idea. well, i hope i can keep up this new blog. hmmm. cheers! =)

"cafe mocha plus a monitor"

i can't believe i am actually blogging. my inbox is being flooded with messages from Friendster re other people's blogs. and out of curiosity , I'm trying this out.

it's actually fun to put your thoughts here because those who make an effort in skimming-slash-serious reading of your posts get to know you better. for i think that whatever you say here tells a part of your character, of your personality.

but don't judge by face value. what you read doesn't totally define a person, ayt? let's just read between the lines. sometimes, there are hidden messages. you just have to dig deeper and understand better.

hmmm. WWW is so great. bridges people from any point on earth. unites different characters. compresses time and space. provides all sorts of information and interesting finds. brings you to lots of wonderful places that may otherwise be unreachable. lets you discover and uncover mysteries. haaay. i could go on and on...

thing is, we also have to be careful with the use of WWW. paralleled to the concept of action-reaction theory, if there are delightful benefits from the usage of WWW, there are also disappointing effects. we should enjoy this technological gift and use it wisely. otherwise, we're just missing the whole point of its existence.

well, anyway, cafe mocha and net surfing is a good combination. ahihi! ;)

it's freaking 3 AM already. I've gotta say that we should really live life to the fullest and live harmoniously for we are created not just to live alone but with the people who love and care for us. more important, everyone and everything is interconnected.

so there, first blog ever. fun. i think I'll do this more often. hahaaay.. =)

Hi friends! ;-D

If you have a blog, please send me a message so we can get linked. So we can share entries and stories and all. I need friends here. My blog is so alone. Waaah!

Hope to see you here. Take care everyone. It's been raining in the metro. The thunder and lightning are terrifying. Get covered and keep warm!

=)

I just simply love the song entitled "Origin of Love" by Hedwig and the Angry Inch. It is Hedwig's philosophical belief about the origin of love, a myth which she (Hedwig was actually born as a boy named Hansel, who had undergone a botched sex change operation to be able to escape to US by marrying an American navy) has anchored on ever since being a kid. Feeling incomplete (and performing this feeling in her aggressive gender ambiguity), she’s searching for her other half. Well, read the lyrics of the song and everything will be revealed to you. I hope that you'll be able to watch the self-titled film. I found it entertaining and interesting. A drag queen and punk rocker rolled into one toe-tapping and head-banging melody.

This is an image from the animation sequences of "Origin of Love."

If you get the chance, you can watch this particular scene at http://youtube.com/watch?v=ll3KO-wtVSY

Here is the movie poster.

Song: Origin Of Love

When the earth was still flat,
And the clouds made of fire,
And mountains stretched up to the sky,
Sometimes higher,
Folks roamed the earth
Like big rolling kegs.
They had two sets of arms.
They had two sets of legs.
They had two faces peering
Out of one giant head
So they could watch all around them
As they talked; while they read.
And they never knew nothing of love.
It was before the origin of love.

The origin of love

And there were three sexes then,
One that looked like two men
Glued up back to back,
Called the children of the sun.
And similar in shape and girth
Were the children of the earth.
They looked like two girls
Rolled up in one.
And the children of the moon
Looked like a fork shoved on a spoon.
They was part sun, part earth,
Part daughter, part son.

The origin of love.

Now the gods grew quite scared
Of our strength and defiance
And Thor said,
"I'm gonna kill them all
With my hammer,
Like I killed the giants."
But the Zeus said, "No,
You better let me
Use my lightning, like scissors,
Like I cut the legs off the whales
And dinosaurs into lizards."
Then he grabbed up some bolts
And he let out a laugh,
Said, "I'll split them right down the middle.
Gonna cut them right up in half."
And then storm clouds gathered above
Into great balls of fire

And then fire shot down
From the sky in bolts
Like shining blades
Of a knife.
And it ripped
Right through the flesh
Of the children of the sun
And the moon
And the earth.
And some Indian god
Sewed the wound up into a hole,
Pulled it round to our belly
To remind us of the price we pay.
And Osiris and the gods of the Nile
Gathered up a big storm
To blow a hurricane,
To scatter us away,
In a flood of wind and rain,
And a sea of tidal waves,
To wash us all away,
And if we don't behave
They'll cut us down again
And we'll be hopping around on one foot
And looking through one eye.

Last time I saw you
We had just split in two.
You was looking at me.
I was looking at you.
You had a way so familiar,
But I could not recognize,
Cause you had blood on your face;
I had blood in my eyes.
But I could swear by your expression
That the pain down in your soul
Was the same as the one down in mine.
That's the pain,
Cuts a straight line
Down through the heart,
We called it love.
So we wrapped our arms around each other,
Trying to shove ourselves back together.
We was making love,
Making love.
It was a cold dark evening,
Such a long time ago,
When by the mighty hand of Jove,
It was the sad story
How we became
Lonely two-legged creatures,
It's the story of
The origin of love.
That's the origin of love.

Hello World!

Hmmm. This is my first post in my first account in blogspot.

This is the first picture that I am attaching. It was taken at Chocolate Kiss at UP Diliman. Choco Kiss is one of my favorite eating places.

Well, I hope I can update this from time to time. Hope to see friends here too.

Cheers! Carpe diem! =)

~Let