three important things

It has been a long weekend for me. And i do not have to go to work early tom since i'll be in night shift so yeah. Here are three important things I have learned:

1.) Documents needed for legal purposes. I was able to engage actively in one of these this weekend.
2.) I learned how to replace a flat tire. I didn't have to do this. I watched how it is done so I'd learn from it.
3.) I re-learned how fortunate I am to have such a wondeful family and group of friends. Love you all! :)

This is quite a feat already for me. :)

Life's Pleasures

I have been visiting the Ayala Triangle Park quite often the past couple of weeks. I started a routine during early morning weekends wherein I go to the park to jog and walk around. I believe it would be a good way of jumpstarting my journey to becoming healthy. I realized how bad I have been to my body and I want to live longer so I'm making a couple of measures in trying to ensure that.

I am starting to appreciate a lot of things that I have not appreciated before. I enjoy going to parks and seashores to see the beauty of nature. There is something about these things that make me happy. In addition to these, I am having fun looking at the mere sight of the sunset or driving around Fort. I also enjoy listening to the radio (it is better than listening to your ipod, trust me!). I dunno what brought this about. I'm normally more inclined into the night life filled with booze and all the other stuff that comes with it. I still enjoy these things but I am starting to like other things as well-things I never paid any attention to.

I dunno if this has something to do with maturity or anything but I am liking this kind of change. I remember what my PE prof said to us during college: "When you work out, the first sip of water you take tastes better than the finest wine available. You would really see that it brings life's pleasure into its simplest form."

It is true. When you find enjoyment in the simple things in life, you get to have fun and you accumulate more dough in your pocket. :)

If only we were a nation whose culture is based on meritocracy

Ok, so I have been blogging a lot about myself which is not necessarily a bad thing considering the fact that this IS MY BLOG. But anyway, I figured I should spend some time talking about Philippine politics for a second.

My interest towards the coming elections is substantially lower than anybody else's because they ran out of forms when I was trying to register thereby forfeiting my right to suffrage this year. So I found it quite unnecessary to devote much of my time if I am not going to vote anyway.

However, as the election draws nearer, I find it an obligation to at least think of who I want to lead our country. The executive powers, priviliges and responsibilities are quite magnanimous (for lack of a better term that expresses huge) so I think it is a subject worth thinking about. It pains me that Gordon and Gibo are not in the frontline of winning the elections. You look at these two individuals and see what they have done and what they are capable of doing; you feel bad that they are not being talked about as much as you would hope. To me, Gibo would make the best president and Gordon would be a nice alternative. But as my mom says, they are the right men in the wrong parties.

Do not get me started on the Noynoy-Villar race. I do not like either but if they are the only candidates I would go for Noynoy.

If I was registered I would go for Gibo-Hands Down!

Sadly, our country does not base on merit as much as it does on popularity so I am really guessing that the election will boil down to the much talked about Villar and Noynoy competition...


:/



I rest my case.

ADULTHOOD

I am a tad different from who I was a year ago. I guess I pretty much have the same personality. I make the same jokes (and not all people get it, just those who think the same way I do haha). So anyway, I think I did not really change in how I deal with others, etc. but I do think I am starting to grow up. This would even be made manifest but the apprent thinning of my hairline, which bums me out to my very core! And my face looks a bit older than I was a year ago...

But I think real adulthood begins when we realize that we have obligations to pay. It makes us stick to something not because we want it but because we know our priorities. I always wondered why some people stick to their jobs even if they hate it-thereby making them alienated workers. But I now realize that there are things that we need to do even though we do not like to do them or we do not enjoy them simply because we have to. We have needs that we need to fulfill. It is in this respect that I would like to dedicate this blog entry. I recently purchased a 2-year subscription for wireless broadband. So I am committed to pay a two-year service and I cannot revoke it unless I have it transferred and that is fine. Now, I find myself committing to another responsibility. My parents are leasing me money to buy my own car. It is really cool and all because I would finally use a car that is under my name. I would admit though, it is quite frightening for me but I think it is something I would have to do in the future anyway so why not right? I am very happy about it but I am also quite scared... What if I lose my source of income? How will I pay for it? I mean, my parents would be patient with me and all but it would be quite embarrassing on my end and I do honor my word...

But at the end of the day, it is all about growing up and knowing your responsibilities. I am starting to understand why adults act the way they do. There are necessities in life that we need to do. It is quite understandable why people are so scared of losing their jobs (in my case, I have house utilities contribution, gas, my own opex, internet and now lease). It is quite interesting how life pans out..


I always knew it was going to be hard.




But I expected it to be easier than the reality..

My accepted beliefs are becoming validated...

If I had 10M USD 3 months ago, I would have made 700k USD by now... Imagine that! I have made a total gain of 7% in 3 months. And the best part about it is I never even bother to look at my stocks in a daily basis...

Haaayyyy.. If I only had that much money in real life...

Brick Walls

Brick walls are there for a reason. They prove to you how badly you really want something. They are there to block off the other people; those who do not want it enough.

- Randy Pausch

who took away my smile?

up until recently, i was not paying that much attention to the changes that have been going on in my life until i looked at myself in the mirror and saw that i had a gloomy frown in my face...

who took away my smile?

how did it come to this?

so i have been searching for a way to smile.. and i have realized that the only way that i could smile is when i find a source of joy...

where can i find it?


















That's THE Question... And it has be-lingered my thoughts for days if not weeks.