In Re Tortured
Posted at 09:36 PM

I remember back when I was still doing my apprenticeship, my professor and I were talking about possible arguments for a pleading. It had taken us quite a few hours to think of two arguments and I could tell he was getting a bit frustrated.

We were quiet for some time after that. Then he just blurted out, "Ayoko na mag-isip." he suggested we smoke outside the office and just talk about anything other than pleadings.

I think that's the problem. We think too much. Don't we?

Remember when I used to blog about it? Yeah, yeah, that thing that gets me every now and then. I figured that I get that way because I think too much. It's like a vortex of some sort.

Anyway, and a good morning to you, too.

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I still have not written the poems I've promised to write. But I'm not really worried. I think (I hope) I'm past the tortured artist phase.

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Happy 3rd Birthday Antonio Gabriel B. Dui! Awwww... Cool nephew!

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Estelle- Pretty Please

falling foundations: notes
Posted at 12:12 PM

perhaps it is because we are too volatile, too passionate. the trappings of lust (or love) became no more than that - trappings. in the end, foundations are overwhelmed by the desire to protect the other, or the desire for self-preservation.

we, all of us who have tasted this elixir, know how it is to feel forest fires, and would never settle for anything less. forest fires consume others as it consumes the self, leaving nothing but embers, shadows of former selves. it is something terrible and beautiful at the same time.

 

foundations fall not because of tiny cracks. they fall under the pressure of their own weight.

 

and perhaps it is because precisely we are so volatile that sitting still would not suit us for very long periods.

 

we have woken up by and in hunger. this hunger has been carefully cultivated to last.

 

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i really don't care if no one else understands this entry )

keep moving
Posted at 03:47 AM

how do you keep moving forward? one step at a time? people who tell you that aren't in pain.

religious truths joke
Posted at 10:52 AM

(originally a jpeg file, but i wanted to transcribe it :D)

Taoism - Shit happens.

Zen Buddhism - What is the sound of shit happening?

Protestantism - Let shit happen to someone else.

New Age - Affirm shit doesn't happen to us.

Confucianism - Confucius says, "Shit happens."

Hinduism - This shit happened before.

Catholicism - If shit happens you deserve it.

Atheist - I don't believe this shit.

Buddhism - If shit happens it is not really shit.

Islam - If shit happens it is the will of Allah.

Judaism - Why does shit always happen to us?

Rastafarian -Let's roll this shit up and smoke it.

 

singular
Posted at 03:14 PM

bleed mati bleed

In Re Raisins
Posted at 08:34 AM

My first recitations for this semester resemble my first recitations when I was in first year. I was trembling, unconfident, only now, I'd like to think I got some few correct answers before the dreaded, "Oh, sit down, please."

My Remedial Law II class is harder than expected.

When I got called by my Civ II prof, I was in the middle of troubling a tub of raisins I had so intelligently placed near my cases. So, I stood up, my mouth trying to negotiate a few pieces into my digestive tract, while my hand was attempting (in vain) to hide the evidence of my friggin' hunger, only to hear my teacher say, "The next time you eat in my class without sharing, I'll deduct 5 points from your grade."

Yeah, if you plan to hold classes from 12 in the afternoon up to 5, expect a few students to require some form of nourishment.

I'm also thinking of transferring my Poli class from Monday/Friday to Friday/Saturday. Two-day break. What fun.

Way harder than I thought.

Ergh. Shorter entries. Life is beginning to sneak up on me.

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My grades so far for this semester? I really don't know. Recitation-wise, some professors use the common college system, 1 being the highest, etc etc. Except when I was in college, we used a different system. So now, 2.8. What does that mean?

I think it's the equivalent of 1.5 in La Salle.

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major reconstruction on-going...
Posted at 02:49 AM

forgive my website, it is currently overhauling itself. with a little help from me and obi. haha.

Heart - These Dreams

Mga Linyang Nakakatawa Pero May Sipa...
Posted at 02:18 AM

galing kay Benjo

Kung hindi mo mahal ang isang tao, wag ka nang magpakita ng motibo para mahalin ka niya.”  -- onga. sa maikli't madali, wag kang paasa
Huwag mong bitawan ang bagay na hindi mo kayang makitang hawak ng iba.” -- agree!
Huwag mong hawakan kung alam mong bibitawan mo lang.”
Huwag na huwag ka hahawak kapag alam mong may hawak ka na.” -- onga. wag sakim.
Parang elevator lang yan eh, bakit mo pagsisiksikan ung sarili mo kung walang pwesto para sayo. Eh meron naman hagdan, ayaw mo lang pansinin.” -- ang hirap lang dito, paano pag ayaw mo talaga mag-hagdan?
Kung maghihintay ka ng lalandi sayo, walang mangyayari sa buhay mo… Dapat lumandi ka din.” -- korek. wag nang mahiya.
Pag may mahal ka at ayaw sayo, hayaan mo. Malay mo sa mga susunod na araw ayaw mo na din sa kanya, naunahan ka lang.” -- hahaha
Hiwalayan na kung di ka na masaya. Walang gamot sa tanga kundi pagkukusa.” -- bat mo pa nga naman kasi ipipilit pag ayawan na?
Pag hindi ka mahal ng mahal mo wag ka magreklamo. Kasi may mga tao rin na di mo mahal pero mahal ka… Kaya quits lang.” -- amen!
Kung dalawa ang mahal mo, piliin mo yung pangalawa. Kasi hindi ka naman magmamahal ng iba kung mahal mo talaga yung una.” -- e paano pag temporary insanity lang?
Hindi porke’t madalas mong ka-chat, kausap sa telepono, kasama sa mga lakad o ka-text ng wantusawa eh may gusto sayo at magkakatuluyan kayo. Meron lang talagang mga taong sadyang friendly, sweet, flirt, malandi, pa-fall o paasa.”
Huwag magmadali sa babae o lalaki. Tatlo, lima, sampung taon, mag-iiba ang pamantayan mo at maiisip mong hindi pala tamang pumili ng kapareha dahil lang maganda o nakakalibog ito. Totoong mas mahalaga ang kalooban ng tao higit sa anuman. Sa paglipas ng panahon, maging ang mga crush ng bayan nagmumukha ding pandesal, maniwala ka.” -- potah. pandesal? hahahaha.
Minsan kahit ikaw ang nakaschedule, kailangan mo pa rin maghintay, kasi hindi ikaw ang priority.” -- aray o!
Mahirap pumapel sa buhay ng tao. Lalo na kung hindi ikaw yung bida sa script na pinili niya.”
Alam mo ba kung gaano kalayo ang pagitan ng dalawang tao pag nagtalikuran na sila? Kailangan mong libutin ang buong mundo para lang makaharap ulit ang taong tinalikuran mo.”
Mas mabuting mabigo sa paggawa ng isang bagay kesa magtagumpay sa paggawa ng wala.” -- heheeh. makakatikim ako ng sermon ke obi dahil sa linyang to.
Hindi lahat ng kaya mong intindihin ay katotohan, at hindi lahat ng hindi mo kayang intindihin ay kasinungalingan.” -- korech!
Kung nagmahal ka ng taong di dapat at nasaktan ka, wag mong sisihin ang puso mo. Tumitibok lang yan para mag-supply ng dugo sa katawan mo. Ngayon, kung magaling ka sa anatomy at ang sisisihin mo naman ay ang hypothalamus mo na kumokontrol ng emotions mo, mali ka pa rin! Bakit? Utang na loob! Wag mong isisi sa body organs mo ang mga sama ng loob mo sa buhay! Tandaan mo: magiging masaya ka lang kung matututo kang tanggapin na hindi ang puso, utak, atay o bituka mo ang may kasalanan sa lahat ng nangyari sayo, kundi IKAW mismo!” -- hindeh!! i blame my body organs!!! hahahaha.
Pakawalan mo yung mga bagay na nakakasakit sa iyo kahit na pinasasaya ka nito. Wag mong hintayin ang araw na sakit na lang ang nararamdaman mo at iniwan ka na ng kasiyahan mo.” - e paano yun, masaya ka nga kahit nahuhurt ka? masokista?
Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang mga taong malalapit sa iyo. Gamitin ang utak para alagaan ang sarili mo.”
Ang pag-ibig parang imburnal… nakakatakot mahulog… at kapag nahulog ka, it’s either by accident or talagang tanga ka. Kaya please lang tama na magising kana wag ng magpakatanga, okay? -- paano mo malalaman kung nahulog ka lang by accident o natanga ka lang?

Kayo friends? Anong mase-say nyo tungkol sa mga linyang ito?

Eagles - New York Minute