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We did it!

Almost. We still have a ton of requirements to pass and school stuff to do, but we did it. We’ve been through way worse, I know we can do it. It just seems funny that we still seem to act like the fresh elementary school graduates we were back then, three years ago – only with our blue book cases and fancy pencil holders removed. We still need to adjust when the busy weeks and days come. We still complain with our adu la amins. I admit, [junior] high school had the high bumps we never had thought of with our two-homeworks-a-day-is-too-much minds then. It’s been a really tough ride for me, personally. [I never imagined myself crying over an unfinished movie trailer.] It had its high highs but with deeper lows. But, it was easier with you (winks).

And congratulations, too, by the way. You have endured [almost] four years being with people who you thought then were super mataray and lowkey nangangain ng tao. But, honestly, once we got to know each other, once we hid from a teacher in a press room with each other, we knew high school life’s not that bad. You, people, made these four years a lot easier. You make things seem so easy that we can decide to join a contest two hours before it happens – not to mention that that includes winning first place. It’s been four years na pala – four memorable ones. It was so quick we haven’t notice how Felmar’s hairstyle had changed. And with that length of time, I believe we have completely de-labeled each other as strangers. We became more than that to each other. We became each other’s complement. We became what each other exactly needed to finish the race. But now the time has come. The race is about to finish.

I could not help but endure the pain (while writing this) knowing the fact that there will come a time - when we grow up, have families and children of our own - that all of these will just be memories, the good ol’days as one would suggest. Seeing each other develop their potentials, find connections with each other and stand up after every defeat for about six percent of their lives makes me wonder. Why should we get to know faces, make bonds with them, at the peak of our youth, with our highly emotional states, just to lose them later?

Sad, but life’s like that. You don’t get to choose what to remain and what to let loose. For now, we just need to seize every second left. We can still make golden memories in two weeks right?

We’re now left with so far the biggest challenge we, as a class have to jump over. But even though if it is up to be, it is more up to the class than up to me. Thank you for everything. I sincerely love you all. In fact, I tried to make this as sincere as it can. Here’s for the trillion times we became mangibabain.

*Play the music.

We hardly shared a glance

To greet and know each other

Binarao. We barely talked. But I like how our conversations go at the few times they happen. It seems like we both agree in everything we say. I think you could’ve been a great tablemate, too.

Salve. Keep the faith. Don’t let pessimism bring you down. There’s more to life than burdens and tears. For example, in life, it all boils down to either believing what other says about you or letting that fire, with so much potential keep burning.

Micah. I’m amazed by how you tend to have high scores despite only going to school when you want. Continue being a good person. You are the perfect you. You are smart, kind and beautiful.

Jonard. I’ll always remember you as the boy who sings with the curls. Continue your passion for singing. And, I like how you seem so strong to everyone else. In fact I’ll always picture you in my mind with a smile.

Buena. You are still the girl I know since eighth grade – kind and smart. I admire how you always protect your friends from everyone who try to hurt them. I hope you’ll see your K-Pop idols in person one day.

Precious. Remain kind and the person that you are. You are a perfect mixture between an open door and a limit sign.

Karen. I admire you for being strong. Stay kind. Remain in the vicinity of equally kind peers.

And now the time is up

Each one is packing up

Aaron. You are good in drawing anime characters. I just advise you to socialize more and make even better connections with others. You have constant bursts of good ideas.

Joanna. Thank you for the notes. Those saved me from lower scores. You seem to be a friend to all of us – like someone everyone can talk to. I wish for your height dreams to come true. I know it will, trust me.

John Roe. Continue being a model Christian to everyone else. Sorry for the times we made fun of how you say sena. Keep the faith! I admire how you continue to live by the Word despite the tempting pressures of the classroom.

Lau. I hated you at many points in high school but I made those my motivation. Remember when you told me that we won’t win in PNSQ? Well we did. Take that as a compliment. Continue finding yourself. And always fight for what you think is right. Thank you for everything.

Kryssha. You were my classmate since elementary level and a tablemate for the whole year. Thank you for the teamwork. Dream bigger, for I know you are capable. Thank you for always inviting me in celebrations, by the way.

Editha. We were schoolmates back then but I didn’t hear much about you. But at least, this time, we got to be classmates. Continue fighting for what you think is right. That’s what the country needs right now. I wish, too, for your height dreams to come true.

Somehow I’m feeling sad

I know I’m gonna miss you

Judee. I’ll miss you, Judee. I’ll always cherish the memories we had in Pisay and during RICE. Continue being the good speaker, writer and speller that you are. I advise you to spend a little bit more time in your studies like what you did in G7 and G8. Thank you for everything. I hope we’ll still be good friends even though you’ll move to another school.

Kath. Thank you MTAPmate! I admire how you adjust with my attitude and how you are always in to my plans like the one when we tried to pre-enroll in Tugsay. I hope we’ll have way more memories in SHS. You are better than the person that I pictured you to be. Continue being better.

Jeanelle. Thank you for all Team! You were flexible enough to deal with my jokes. You are smart, beautiful and kind. I wish for more memories with you in SHS. I mean all of these with all of my gratitude.

Janae. Thank you for being a good friend. I hope we’ll still be friends even in SHS. You are a good companion. You have so many stories to tell. Promise me that you’ll dominate CNHS’ABM.

And fill each other’s cup

I feel like breaking up

CJ. You were my classmate since second grade. I admire how you pursue for what’s right. Just be less short-tempered and loosen up a bit. Don’t be over protective to yourself, you have great people around you.

Telle. I always tease you for crying in sixth grade just because I used the broom you’re using to clean my area. Congratulations to your achievements. Continue striving for higher heights. Thank you for everything.

Harvey. You are a cool boy. You seem like someone anyone can talk to. I admire you for continually trying. There’s something out there for you. Let the universe do its thing. Opportunities come in weird ways.

Timi. Continue being a good boy despite what others might say. I’ve always admired how you always use yourself to cover up the faults of our classmates as how Maám Gemma said. Dream bigger. I hope you’ll be a good IT worker in the future. God bless you always.

Darylle. My tablemate! You are one of the weirdly funny ones in the class. Remain the girl that you are ’cause your personality neither attracts so much nor pushes away people. Stay kind and happy.

Andal. You are the good boy of the class. Everyone admires you for that. You were a nice tablemate. We may have not talked to each other that much but I think you might have been a good friend. Dream bigger. You don’t know what you are capable of.

Still there’s one more thing

Before the day is done

Ronnie. You are one of the cheerfulness powerhouse of the class. I admire how you stay confident despite what others might say. I like, too, how you always dare to volunteer and be brave. You are a star.

Emil. We barely talked, but when we do, it was all fun. I thought you were not that nice when I first knew you. But here we are, we’ve come to this point. I even already saw you cry. I advise you to be better in doing your responsibilities.

Calvo. Ange, you’re the girl with the richest laugh. It radiates to everyone. I hope those are always genuine. Keep laughing.

Freidrich. You always surprise everyone with your personality, one like your Ate. Everyone likes you. Don’t give up on your goals. Set your dreams higher, for you are capable. Thank you for everything. If you have something to say, don’t hesitate to say it to me.

Julia. You’re one of the people in the class with the most efficient data storing abilities in their heads. Continue being kind. Step out of your comfort zone every once in a while.

Whesley. I advise you to be less short-tempered. You can do so many things but what matters the most with all of those is how you deal with people. It all boils down to giving your service to others. You are quite a good friend when you’re not in your mad Whesley form.

Before the light’s are gone

Before the curtain closes, let me

Ryan. You were my classmate since second grade. I admire how you think – it’s not the conventional type yet your ideas make sense. I believe you need to know what to focus at. Set your goals. May God bless your life in UST. Congrats! (I kind of missed the times when we were still that closer, while writing this.)

Kat. You are a kind person. You always give food to me. Nah, just kidding. I admire how you start tackling your problems – with a smile. But sometimes, you end up being pushed hard that you break down. Don’t let the pressure beat you. You‘re better than that. You deserve more.

Karlos. You are a silent dreamer. You, too, have a surprising personality. Step out of your comfort zone. I’m glad you’re still the Karlos I’ve known since second grade. But a little effort won’t hurt. I know you can do better.

Daryll. I like how you still and up laughing despite teachers getting angry at you. Just remember that you need to focus on your priorities. Schooling is fun, but it is not a game. Thank you for the memories, especially as an SSG officer.

Kezia. You were a quiet one, then. But once I got to know you, I was able to hear your loud ideas. You are kind – one of the kindest in class, in fact. You can be pictured in the mind as a smiling girl easily, maybe, because it’s natural. I think you should try new things, by the way. You’ll be incredible in whatever you do.

Thank you for playing my music

Thank you for singing my song

Karissa. I thought you’re one of the happiest in class, until one moment in February. Cheer up. We can do it. You have a lot of people around you to talk to. Open up. I’ll always cherish the class moments you made happen. Staymangibabain, we need those every once in a while.

Yran. Thank you for always asking how I felt. I wish you the best for SHS. Just don’t let problems bring you down. I know you know you can do it. You’re strong but be stronger. In my best moments of JHS, you were always there. I hope you find happiness.

Ayra. I admire you for being still one of the kindest and most cheerful in class. You are good at balancing social life and studies. I hope you continually be happy, because I know you already are. Just keep the negatives away. Just ask me if you have something to say, don’t have second thoughts.

Nina. With a lot of my best moments in JHS, you were there, too. Thank you for being one of the laughter powerhouse of the class. Just argue less with others because they might dominate other’s positive view of you. But, you are a great companion. Remember when I went out to SM with you? That was fun. Thank you for everything.

Thank you for sparing a moment

‘Cause with you I feel I really belong

Kenneth. You have your ways to make the class cheer up. Everybody likes you for that. You were almost always there in my best moments. I hope you can bring back to more studious Kenneth I kow. And also, I admire your directing and cinematography skills. You always are firm in your decisions. Just remember not everything in life is a joke. Continue making people happy, Thank you for everything, Kenneth!

Shany. You’re probably one of the few people I’ll miss so much. You’re always one of the first to congratulate me when I win contests. You’re also one of the first to laugh at my jokes. You are a good companion and I think you could be a good leader, too. May God bless your SHS life at USLT. Thank you for the memories. Please still be friends with us even if you’re away, okay?

Jem. You are so good at memorizing stuff. You’re one of the people in class with the most efficient data storing minds. Thank you for being a good companion I hope we can bring back the way we chat back then in ninth grade. Continue to pursue excellence. You are capable of it. I wish you to be happy. God bless!

Felmar. Hi, EIC. I’m sorry for the times I make fun of you. But remember that I only do those to people I am comfortable with. Thank you for being there at many times I needed you. Continue striving for a more competent you. You are more than able. I admire, by the way, your deep Filipino vocab. I hope to make more memories with you.

Dokie. Kristel, I admire you for being a strong girl in class. You are independent. You have your own views and opinions – both of which are genuinely yours. You can take a quiz by yourself and that’s cool. I hope you’ll always be happy. Thank you for being one who everyone can throw a joke to. Just remember to keep the negatives away. Let’s make more memories.

Thank you for keeping me company

Thank you for being my friend

ABCD. Thank you for being a stage mother when Grace and I compete in quiz bees. I admire your speaking and writing skills, by the way. I hope that you’ll find what you think is best in life. Just remember to take rests between those pursuits. You are more than what you think you are. You are firm in your decisions and are a good leader. Thank you for being a good friend. May God bless you always, ABCD!

Grace. Hi Team! Thank you for always being there when I need you. I like how you take pressure, still finding ways to make jokes. Just lessen them, though, especially during serious situations. Thank you for everything. I hope you top, too, CNHS ABM strand. I know you can do it – national champion ka kaya. May God bless you and always remember to pray.

Naiz. Naiza! You were still the girl I knew since second grade. I like, too, how you take pressure – always trying to look at the positives. I’m happy to know that you became better at handling responsibilities, especially now that you became a club president. You are open – like someone everyone can talk to. You have your own opinions and views, too (just like Kristel). Thank you for everything. I hope we’ll still be friends after JHS. Do goodly in USL!

Sam. You were a girl with the adaptative personality. You know when to laugh with people. You know when to sympathize. I hope we were closer. You are approachable and you seem to be open to criticisms. Thank you for being with the flow the class wanted. You were never against the whole. May God prosper your SHS life. Find happiness in the things that you do.

And if our paths should cross somewhere, someday

I’d love to sing this song again

Maám Rose. You are one of the most approachable teachers I ever had. You know your students’ needs. You’re always one of the first to congratulate me every after victory. You, indeed, are a teacher mom. Thank you for the memories, Maám. Your flexibility made those all possible. I wish we had more time with each other. I hope that you’ll be genuinely happy in life. God bless po.

Sir Reeke. What I said to you at the fifth of March 2018 is true. Thank you for teaching with passion. I liked statistics because of the way you teach and make your students work. You know the memories we as a class had with you. We’ll always cherish those. Thank you for everything Sir, I mean it. I wish for a less stressful atmosphere for you. May you continue inspiring students.

Maám Gemma. Thank you for always motivating us when we join contests. They’re a driving force for us to do better and strive for excellence. You are a balance of a strict teacher and a caring Mom. Thank you for the laughs and the lessons Maám. We’ll miss you.

Maám Vilma. You always have believed in me since you knew me back in grade school. It is evident on how you trust on my skills as an editorial cartoonist. I like your stories, Maám. They are quite engaging yet still don’t go off road from the topic. I’ll miss your periodically changing strictness and looseness, Maám.

Sir Edmund. I believe, Sir, you really love the SSG. In fact, you really love your officers. You are a mix of a teacher in class and a friend outside. I hope that you continue to make students grow and excel in Social Studies. You know what you are saying and have something for every question we ask you. Thank you Sir! Sana principal ka na ng SHS, Sir, tapos sign-an mo palagi excuse letters namin.

Maám Susan. Thank you Maám for the memories, both great and not. Thank you for understanding my situation when I hav problems with school. You were a fun teacher. We could tell jokes and do bad things and you just let those be with the cheerful character you’re hiding. Thank you sa paisaw Maám.

Sir Manolo. Hi Sir! Thank you for understanding when I miss so many requirements in class. Maybe realized how we spend our time when we are excused. I hope we had more time together as a class with you. You let me appreciate the beauty of Electronis with the projects you let us see. Thank you Sir! I’ll always remember you for the high and low moments.

Maám Elycen. I admire how you know, Maám, when I win every single time. You were our teacher since eighth grade so we made quite a lot of presence in each other’s life. I like, too, Maám how you engage your students in lessons. Continue being the teacher we know. God bless po Maám.

Sir Sherwin. We’re sorry for the lows Sir. But don’t worry Sir, we’ll remember the highs. I’ll miss watching educational vids in your room with the cinematic film. Thank you for caring when we still have not received our modules. Thank you for everything Sir!

All of those are genuine and were from the deepest of my heart. I want to put so much effort to this that I only slept for two hours just to finish this message to all of you.

Three. Two. One. Time is up.

We need to say goodbye and wish everyone good luck. It will be difficult but in the end we’ll all realize what makes farewells so painful. It is not the fact that two roads part ways that makes separation a tear to the heart. It is the fear that those two will never meet again. So to those who feel like this is the end for the all of us, cheer up. The only goodbyes that we should worry about are the ones we’ll say to each other for the last time – and this is definitely not it.

Thank you mga asi, mga mangibabain, and mga naka-duty kagabi sa Gold Bar! The memories we had will always have a special place in my heart. To never forget is the key. For as one tends to remember, the bond is alive.

Thank you once again. Here’s to the golden times we had. I love you all.

*I really cried writing this one.

March 2018

The Girl Who Wore Her White

Once upon a time, there was a girl. She wore white when she knew she was dark. She wore white for The Week, but not because she liked it. It’s just that it’s what the madam with the huge forehead only allows. Rules are not something that she always liked. But she follows. That’s, at least, to get The Print, everyone of her age had at the end of their roads.

Once upon a time, there were four years. And each year kneaded her as much as each broke my heart. The sphere she is living at is lined with deformities. She knows that. And she knows, too, that some would need others to rise above those pit holes. Others would only think of crying in the corner and then complain. But she won’t. She believes. I don’t know what those beliefs are, but I know, those can only be firm.

Once upon a time, there was a carp. That carp, soared into the air, flapping its wings like the hawk that it is. It then landed with the dynamics I am familiar of her, to wear those white garments she wore from the day I met her up to now. She is a heavy feather. She is a dry sea. She paves down unto TheUnwalkable as she shreds the limit signs that block her.

Once upon a time, there was a need for goodbye. I know, there’ll still be a lot of those same ol’ white blouses in the world - passing, vanishing. But, the one she wore is what I only have to think of her.

We barely talk, but we always see each other for The Week. And I think, that’s enough. Getting to know her was enough. Having her be a part of [so far] the best years of this insignificant life is enough.

I am insignificant to the world. You, too, are as she is to me. But, the moments we shared are what makes us a little more significant to each other, a little better than the selves we had when we entered this world. And at the end of the day, one could admit as I did, that that’s the best thing about life.

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SHORT VERSION

February 2018

The Girl Who Wore Her White

She has a brain of her own. I have mine, as well. Those two may not bump the most number of times in those years, but I think, the four says enough.

We barely talk, but things happen more on by what we see, rather than what we talk about. The eyes are the body’s most active receiver of information. And as to what mine have seen on her, those can only be played in the mind. I can let those in the brain come out of my mouth, but I can’t make others see what I saw.

Once upon a time, there was a carp. That carp, soared into the air, flapping its wings like the hawk that it is. It then landed with the dynamics I am familiar of her, to wear those white garments she wore from the day I met her up to now. She is a heavy feather. She is a dry sea. She paves down unto The Unwalkable as she shreds the limit signs that block her.

She should not, but she goes into The Parties. Going to The Parties is, in fact, OK. Changing what her mind thinks about The Faith, is not OK. She likes to break the rules, as what my mouth would have spoken. But these, could not speak for the whole of her, for I know things.

I’ve gazed upon the better side of her. There were many times when she could’ve, but she did not. That was the time when she voiced out a huge roar to resist the cave woman claims others had against her. That was the time when she could’ve leaped high scores but she settled for the lower ones that, at least, would assure her a good night’s sleep. That was the time, when she stood up, and show, at least to my eyes, that she was not the one everyone thinks she is.

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LONG VERSION

February 2018

A 2018 of Giraffes, Electrons and Complex Numbers

Three weeks ago, the Earth completed another full journey around the sun. Hey, it’s already 2018, one would surely have said. Others would have then answered back. Yes, indeed. We need to celebrate. Thinking then [and until now], I went to the corner for a while, waiting for someone to shout the exact words I wanted to hear.

It’s been two hours since those words should have been spoken. I went back to bed and chose to think of an answer to my question. What is it in a new year that makes it different from the ones we have and yet to celebrate? Just this day, I thought I might already have the answer.

It’s because it isn’t just a new year. It’s a new beginning. It’s an indication that we have [at least, in the dynamic sense of time,] surpassed the trials brought by time. It’s a new start, and what one would do during these times is to view and plan what he or she wants the future laid out in front of them be.

For my 2018, there are a bunch of things that I look forward to. They are not listed here explicitly.

Darwinian giraffes evolved longer necks to adapt in the crisis of diminishing food supply.

We all want what’s better for us. I, too, would not settle for the current version of myself. I want to make sure that I become the person I wanted to be, so changing my habits would primarily be my mode of offsetting this year from the track I have been following.

This hope of me, being a better person [in all aspects, even physically], would be my main motivation of running another year’s race of time. I look forward to a healthier me, a more mentally sharp me. I’m looking forward, too, to a bit broader social circle [or at least, more frequent social interactions]. But most importantly, I would like to explore more on my emotional side, especially on how I view the world and the human interaction. These mainly are because of the fact that I know, soon, I would be facing new faces, new personalities, and I don’t want this self to be the one experiencing those new changes.

Electrons exist in a quantum superposition until they are measured.

These past months, I have noticed that I was not that firm on making my decisions and following my rules. I have rules and goals, just so you know. I know each one does. But the problem is that the targets I make are not usually met due to the usual factors. These factors include poor time management and the lost of focus.

I look forward to more met goals this 2018 with being a more focused person as one of my personal targets.

The set of complex numbers includes the irrational, the negative and the imaginary.

The flow of downs even in our highest hopes on ups is inevitable in life. What’s the purpose of life if pleasure is what we would only experience? Life is a mixture of a little bit of everything. Expect problems to come in your way. Expect distractions and misleads to detract you from your goals. But that doesn’t mean that they can be lowered down or even avoided. If you know they’re coming, then do ways to at least lessen the impact.

This 2018, I’m looking forward expecting challenges that would make me slow and tumble. But after the pause, I would surely stand up and be back on my feet. Twenty seventeen had been a tough year! I know I can do this. The bottom line is, we should leave a space for the possibilities that unwanted things might happen but there should, too, be for the hopes of going back on track.

Yes. That was three weeks ago. And I should’ve been doing things to realize what I have been looking forward to for three weeks, too. The track for changes would be hard, but I know, we have been parts of the process of transformations in our lives in the very beginning. Beginning, yes! That’s what 2018 [and basically every year] is all about. It’s about the hopes for betterment, corrections and resilience.

January 2018

On Being Hated: Who I Why We Hate

Everyone has two questions for the rest of the world. Here are mine.

When facing the mirror, what looks back at you? Is that person a perfect one?

When looking at other’s flaws, what do you say? Do you speak off more of their strengths than their imperfectness?

If you answered yes on both questions, consider yourself safe. None of this is for you. But if not - that you have answered with two nos, call yourself a hypocrite. This was definitely written for you.

Hypocrisy is the down-side of all the bad kinds of hate in this world. It’s what’s keeping us down as connection-based beings through its idea of making ourselves social norms and standards without even us, who set them, being able to follow. It would be like setting the pace when you yourself don’t even have the will to run. It’s telling the right thing to do by showing how the proper human would act when you yourself don’t even know who or what that proper human really is.

In certain instances, especially in terms on how we deal with the human imperfections, the difference between telling the truth (honesty) and magnifying the flaws (hypocrisy) goes a little blurry. Though they may sound synonymous at certain situations, the main difference of hypocrisy with honesty and telling the truth about other people’s mistakes is that hypocrisy has some additional negative intent in it. It’s degrading and it’s based on the fact that the person was wrong rather than the hope that the person will be right.

This leads to what sums up the two questions: why do we hate others for their mistakes when we ourselves commit them as well? More importantly, why do we hate? Why do we keep on telling ourselves that we should hate, instill hatred in our hearts [even write blogs about the people we hate] when there’s more of them who did great things in our lives? Surely, there’s a number of not-so-good things about life but simply, why hate? There are far more of good things left to appreciate in this world

What I think [that experts have told to be true, too] the main reason for people being in the pool of this hate thing is because we have already set and viewed ourselves as receivers of hate itself before it can even really happen. Alternatively, they (pertaining to the experts) suggest, people find it difficult to distinguish between a critic and a hater.

The difference? The critic limits the psychological fallout of their point of contention. The hater takes a small point of disagreement as a way to access to deliver a wholesale bitter condemnation of us as human beings. The critic’s main purpose is to provide you the information on where the gaps you might have missed are. The hater finds a small hole, makes it bigger and bigger for your unwanted psychologically-induced exposure to be your everyday nightmare.

But, is hatred an innately bad thing?

Of course not! Like what I have said in my TOCY interview, we should always look at the brighter sides of everything. Hate can boost you up and push you to be better and not be like the person you like. In this view, you can tell yourself - You should not be like him or You should be better than her. It can also be viewed with respect to the things you hate. For example, it is undeniably good to hate the use of illegal drugs. But we should always remember that these are the good sides of hating. I like to call it the up-side of hate.

As you can see, these things – hypocrisy, the human imperfections, honesty and criticism, and [down-side of] hatred – are fundamentally interlaced into each other. Hypocrisy is being in an unfair situational use of the human imperfections. One of its social manifestations is hatred. Though alternatively used with each other, honesty and criticism does not go hard on the psychological side of the condemned.

So, who is the person I hate the most?

Don’t ask me that. I’ll just throw you back a bunch of questions. Like, why who? And why not why we hate or how to hate less? There’s a big difference between the significance on asking these two kinds of questions. One adds wood to the fireplace. The other tries to understand the science between the combustion and how to lessen it.

The world is too busy for facing the mirror, yet too quick to judge. We should not focus on the specific things that make us sad but rather on why they do. This will let us know how to tackle the problem and be happy again. In this busy world, it’s the practical thing to do.

By the way, if you would like to ask me who’s the person I hate the most, you could just ask me personally. But, hey, I don’t even know who that person is. Spread the love. Merry Christmas people!

December 2017

The Gastronomy of Philippine Politics

One of my grade school teacher once told me that crocodiles live at the damp vicinities of swamps. Aware, I knew she had an out-dated book.

That’s at least for me and those who feel [and had felt being] robbed by some of those situated at the high chairs. As so-called leaders, they should be the ones leading their people to the bright side of life. But they don’t. They sit there comfortably while those at the lower extremities barely crawl their ways up. They commit blunders that kill their own people. But what’s wrong with them may just reveal the errors that root deep within ourselves as a nation.

Crocodiles don’t chew their food.

Corruption, in its simplest sense, is what Juan commits when he decides to not give Juana what is intended for her for his personal benefit. The subject of the act can take many forms, but money is usually corruption’s fuel.

A correlation exists between [at least for many] the status in life of people involved in politics and the people who corrupts, id est, most of the crocodiles are of already high wealth even before engaging in the croc business. They have more money yet they’re the ones who want even more money. This makes the people with no money [indirectly] have even more no money.

They want the bills to keep coming. They just bite. No chew.

They tear apart flesh and swallow large chunks of meat.

When the poor are robbed off, they are put even farther from the light. So if one takes advantage of the aid meant for them, he is like taking away from them the only good thing they have. It is like cutting their lifelines bit by bit. It is like taking them off their skin and then left being munched by life’s harsh unfairness.

But why do crocodiles to this?

Maybe, it is because of their desires on always being on top - being on the center of the lime light. They want to be looked up on, without considering the means from which they will climb upon. They want the large portion of the cake [and the remaining will be shared by a large number of hungry people].

They sometimes swallow stones to ensure faster grinding of the food in their stomach.

Now, after years of leadership of crocs, even the sheep’s immaculate ideologies got challenged. And the people keep suffering – enduring the drastically reverberating consequences of the reptilian gourmet.

Now, 26 million Filipinos remain poor, with 12 million living in extreme poverty. A large number of children are malnourished and many die each day. Exposed to natural and man-made disasters, the Philippines has still so much to fuel with its funds. But where does the money go?

The crocs were wrong. And they have been treating their people badly [just like the crocs they are]. But where does the problem originate? Who is wrong in the first place?

Is it them who eat our flesh whole and swallow stones for fast digestion? Or mainly us, who let them tear us apart chunk by chunk and swallow without chewing?

It depends on many factors and the answer depends on you, too. Just remember, the power of the country is in the hands of the people.

And also, remember to keep your sources updated.

November 2017

Predetermined: What the Future Isn’t

I have to be honest.

I hate it when people act like they have full assurance of the futures they want to have. I believe the future is something no one has really heard about – nothing like someone have exactly foresaw. Though the things we do today bring about the future, the reality is, these things that we do are what we are only really sure of. We don’t know what will happen next and what consequences these actions will bring about. Nobody does.

But answering a question on how we see ourselves in the future is a whole different story. Answering it would turn the perspective, from a probabilistic field, to a more personal point of view, and what we think of ourselves.

Personally, I don’t really know what I’m gonna be in the future. I don’t know, not because of the “We’re Not Really Sure of the Future” argument. I just don’t like setting things I am not sure of. More importantly, I don’t like getting disappointed [again] about the things that really matter to me.

The reasons include, too, the fact that I am not really sure of what exactly I want to be.

Many of the people I’ve known are on their goals on being doctors. Yes, I believe in the magic of doctor-ship, too. It’s indeed a prestigious profession - something, when heard, sounds like a title in a bulb-decorated sign. Even my parents want me to become one. These pressures have set this artificial wanting in me. It’s like I just wanted to be a doctor because of them. I don’t like to be a failure so I try to be the one who best fits their definition of success. Well, I like, in a way, to be a doctor, too. But that’s really not what my interest is at. In fact, Bio ranks last in my Fave Major Scientific Areas. I’m more of a Chem and Physics guy in Science.

They made me do ‘it’.

I believe, these decisions we make is greatly affected by factors, this four-year-long JHS life have brought about. The school is where we most spend our active states at. It has become an abode of the arrows of our mindsets, playing amidst diversity, for us to see the ‘real world’.

But, was CNHS pivotal in ‘this’ future? Was that choice I made back in June 2014 to not push through going to Pisay MAIN right?

I do not know.

Why do these questions always bring me back to uncertainity? Maybe, I just don’t really know the answers to these. Or maybe because the future wants to be left un-thought of, that maybe what the future wants us to do is to not think about it but instead do the things we have to do, that maybe – just maybe – will lead to the future we have always dreamed of. Uncertainity, in the first place, is what the future is made up of. It is the fact that we have accepted in the beginning so we may continue our lives basing on it, that the future is not set, and that we can do the things we ought to do to achieve, somehow, the lives we have wanted.

The future is not just simply unsure. It isn’t set -it isn’t predetermined- and that means we have our time to redirect our ways.

Thinking about the future a lot, these times, isn’t the practical thing to do. The future holds its own accountability about its existence and, same to us, we are in control of our decisions. The best, for now, is to continue living in the present.

By the way, if ever I’ll be a doctor, I want to be an oncologist. If ever.

October 2017

Call of the Primes: The Game Changer Fundamental

For many, Maths should have been given the “What Is This Even For?” Award a long time ago. But, I believe though, that this ‘many’ are those who still have not read the marvelous The Call of the Primes.

Owen O’shea, in his book, connects perfectly the basic ideas taught in schools to higher concepts to try to clear the intuition of some students about math being daunting. He smartly used the simplest of terms and explanations in his 16-chapter masterpiece and included a great number of recreational mathematics pieces for the readers to not only understand but to enjoy as the main purpose. Each chapter shows a new side of the ‘boring’ high school Maths that schools might have wrongly introduced with the incorporations of essential ‘how it was derived’ and ‘why it works’ portions.

I would definitely recommend this book to everyone, especially to those who want to start changing their negative views on Math. Chapter 4 was great - it’s about the Monty Hall Problem and other probability misconceptions – the results will shock you. The number and system patterns presented will surely fascinate the reader. Though I appreciate the work of the author, I remind the readers to be careful with some parts, as a number of pages have mistakes which may be due to typing errors. This book was really great! Young Math enthusiasts should definitely read it. Out of ten stars, I give it eight.

October 2017

Wolfram Alpha: The Computational Scientist’s Essential

Solving number-related problems can be stressful even to the best of the best. But then, there’s Wolfram Alpha.

Wolfram Alpha is an on-line computational engine devoted in answering questions ranging from the fields of Economics to Integral Calculus and everything ‘computable’ in between. It is a solving tool used by many scientists and mathematicians to clarify their calculations or solve itself equations and problems – as long as solvable – that cannot be answered by the user.

Aside from the facts that it is versatile, goodly visual and explanation-rich, the best part here is that it is free. Anyone can just access it. And this will be useful to ones who are not able – maybe due to time – to solve their math equations. However, for a step-by-step outline on how an answer was derived can only be viewed using cash. But it would still make a huge difference if it will be considered as a necessity in answering computation-based questions.

Wolfram is the best computational engine I’ve seen. I would definitely recommend it to advanced math students and scientifically-inclined individuals. Out of ten stars, I give this ten.

October 2017

Gifted: A Turn In The Plot-Based Focus of Its Kind

"What is 3+3?"

"Come on. Everybody knows it's 6."

Marc Webb’s Gifted tells the story of an ex-Philosophy professor Frank (Chris Evans) and his motherless niece Mary (McKenna Grace) as they go through custody battles with the six-year-old’s maternal grandmother Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan). Mary, a young Math prodigy, is the daughter of a promising mathematician who committed suicide when her child was still an infant. Gifted with advanced understanding ability of complex mathematical concepts at a young age, she then spends her first weeks of out-schooling, after she was kept home-schooled by his uncle, between the pressures of her devoted uncle and manipulative grandma. The story goes on with how the two managed to go through with the situations as Evelyn try to use Mary, now that she’s got potential.

The story gives an insight on how some people only want you when you have something they need – just like what happens to people most of the time. As to the case of Mary, the baseline of all what happened in the flow, Frank wanted her even before she knew she would be smart – which is heart-warming, game-changing realization in the film. This further de-signifies Evelyn’s claims of irresponsibility and un-fittedness – which turned out to be hers herself. And Frank, he was a great uncle, for trying to give what’s best for her niece, to let her live as a normal child, as what he thought his sister would have wanted. How they managed to go through this can be a good question to them, however.

This movie is great and has a good redefining of how dialogues take part in a movie. I would definitely recommend this, especially to those who feel that they’re only wanted when they’re needed. Your ship mechanic uncle deserves you more. Out of ten stars, I give this nine.

October 2017

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