Einstein: A Must-See Documentary

I have no interest in Physics, but I am aware of his vast contribution to the field and how it had changed our view of the universe. Einstein. The image of a genius. It has always made me wonder how the mind of people like him works. This documentary might not give all the answers about how his worked, but for me, it has given me a lot of insights and whoah moments. Actually regretting not taking many Psych cognate courses in college! Haha.

Overplayed is just a state of mind...

For a few weeks now, I have been playing ONLY One Direction's Little Things all day long. What is wrong with me? Hahaha. Yet I realized that this is not the first time this has happened. Uhmmm, *cough* You're Still the One (Lee DeWzye's version) *cough* and ofcourse, *cough* the mash-up of I Feel Pretty and Unpretty of Lea Michel and Dianna Agron *cough*. When you find a song really beautiful and captivating... I think "overplayed" is just a state of mind.

Little Things by One Direction

You're Still the One by Lee DeWyze

I Feel Pretty/Unpretty (Mash-up) by Lea Michele and Dianna Agron

Hello, World!

I survived my first sem in grad school!!! :D Now that I have a few days off, I'm trying to finish some unfinished blog entries. And oh! I've imported some of my old posts in Multiply! :)

"I don't even have a PLA" -Phoebe Buffay

Habang nanonood ng ASAP nung isang Linggo, pinalabas ang commercial ng PHILAM Life. May bago silang tagline... "Ikaw, may plano ka na ba?" habang sinasaliwan nang kanta ni Bamboo (Bamboo's back!) na may pamagat na "Basta may plano, kaya mo yan."

Nung medyo bata pa ako, akala ko napaka-simple ng buhay. So ang simple lang din ng plano ko. Maglalaro. Makikipag-kaibigan. Makikipag-away. Pupuntang Maynila para mag-aral ng kolehiyo (at magliliwaliw at magkakaroon ng night life at magiging maganda ang accent sa English). Magbo-boyfriend ng gwapo. Kahit ka-level lang ni Daniel Radcliffe. Magtatapos ng pag-aaral with honors (haha!). Magta-trabaho sa isa sa mga nagtataasang mga opisina sa Makati at magmumukhang disente. Magiging boss. Mag-aasawa ng naka-Amerikana. Magkaka-anak ng kambal. Pupunta sa iba't ibang bansa. Tatandang kasama ang irog (Naks! Lalim!). Tapos habang nasa balkonahe kami ng bahay, pinapanood namin ang aming mga apong nagtatampisaw sa ulan. *sigh* Mamamatay na may ngiti sa labi. Hehehe.

Pero hindi naman ganun kadali. Sa lahat ng plano ko, hindi mahalaga kung hindi ako sa Makati nakapagtrabaho. O kung hanggang ngayon di pa ako marunong mag-make-up at hindi pa mukhang kagalang-galang sa kasuotan sa araw-araw. Ang ikinasasama lang talaga ng loob ko... oh boyfriend na gwapo, nasan ka na? HAHAHA, charot lang.

What I am trying to say is... kahit nakaplano ka, at kahit gaano pa ka-specific (hindi kagaya ng plano kong napaka-vague) ang plano mo, hindi mo hawak ang plano nang ibang tao na maaaring makagulo ng plano mo. Walang nakakaalam kung anong mangyayari bukas. Tandaan, bilin ni Zenaida Seva:  Hindi hawak ng mga bituin ang ating mga kapalaran, gabay lamang sila.. meron tayong freewill. Gamitin natin ito.HAHAHAHA, kelangan may corny talagang part bawat paragraph.

Ganunpaman, masama din naman 'yung wala kang ka-plano-plano. Mahirap. Parang hindi mo alam kung anong patutunguhan mo. Ikaw pa rin may hawak ng magiging bukas mo-- 'yung future mo na summation ng lahat ng desisyon mo sa buhay.

Mangarap at planuhin kung paano ito makakamit. Kung hindi man agad makamit sa unang plano, magplano ng panibago. Peborit ko talagang quote 'yung, kapag hindi daw nagtagumpay ang plan a, may 25 letters pa sa alphabet. Ayos ano? ;P

Soulmates

I've just finished reading Perks of Being a Wallflower last week... which I consider as a very big achievement. I started reading the book way back in 2010 but I put the book down only after the first few pages. I know Charlie (protagonist) would understand. Come on, he once left Ian (from the book The Fountainhead) for a while because he was starting to get mad at him. Except that, I didn't get mad at Charlie. It's more like I was in a boring mood when I read the book, i.e. when everything seemed boring even if they weren't.

Or so I thought. Because I've tried picking it up for a few times, during my happy times, and got the same results: I've always stopped after the first few pages, chapters, or one time even after midway. Don't get me wrong, it is a good book. After finishing the book, I can say that it has a good narrative, well-developed characters, unique style, and ofcourse, a very thought-provoking plot. Just not my cup of tea, though.

This "cup of tea" issue made me think.  We all have our own set of preferences. Books. Movies. Television Show. Music. Sports. And I realized, maybe this same concept also applies to the people we meet and interact with. There are many psychological and sociological concepts that can be attributed  to forming relationships and how really it is different liking living things from non-living things haha.

But for the sake of this short blog post, let's make it this simple: Just like how we can't like every book, every movie, every TV show, every song, or every sport... not everyone we meet has this certain "click", or as my friend calls it, "spark". Not everyone we meet leaves us with this unexplainable connection. Some people come and go, and we don't care. Yet there are some people that we want to put in a safe lock and keep forever. These people may not even matter to other people, yet to us, our world won't be just as bright without them.

Be thankful if you found yours. :)

I've Met an Angel!

I've started this blog a few weeks ago and since then, I've been thinking of a topic to write about in my first post. I could've written a simple, "I'm blogging again, bitches! Muahahahaha." Then I could've proceeded with a very long narrative about my short-lived experience as a "feeling" blogger and how I suddenly just stopped blogging and how I attempted to blog again for a bunch of times but failed 90% of the time and how this blog has a large probability of being included in that statistics. Except that it'd bore you big time.

I really want to start off with a feel-good entry. You know, just to set the mood for the future posts. I really want this blog to be a happy blog. I want this to be one of the places you visit when you're feeling down and you want to be inspired and be happy and get a cyberhug from me and then your mood would instantly be better. Hehehe, wishful thinking (see blog description).

But since the past few days has been, well, not so kind towards me, I've had nothing to share. If I was forced to write those days, this would be filled with rants about how life is so unfair and cruel. It was that bad. Although I have a few moments to be thankful for, the real FEEL-GOOD moment happened last night and I really just felt the need to share this.

I got locked-out of our building last night.

I had dinner with my friends in a far, faraway land and got back late at our neighborhood. I went to our gates and being a fan of signage, I first checked if there were new announcements and what I read next made my eyes widen. There was a notice. The building's management has finally decided to change the locks (it has been semi-broken since God knows when). I wasn't informed. Why wasn't I informed? When was that notice posted?!

Still not believing my luck, I tried to open the lock of the gate with the old key... and *insert drum rolls here* it didn't open! When I inspected it, it was indeed a new lock... all new and shiny. I panicked.

The first logical action should have been to call one of my housemates to come and get me (the gate can be opened from the inside). But my relationship with them was purely "Hi-Hello" and nods and smiles so I didn't have any of their numbers stored in my phone. Second option: Go to my landlady's house which was some blocks away. But it's already really late and what if she's not informed about the new lock too?! Third option: Spend the night at McDonald's. Who wants to stay at McDonald's alone?!

There's a fourth option: Wait and pray to the deity that one of the tenants of the other units also had a good time with his/her friends and had to get back home as late as me. :P

I looked around. No one's coming. If only few people roam around our area during the day... imagine the number of people at night. Almost none. Therefore, goodbye option 4. I was starting to lose my hope. I went for a modification of option 2-- I planned to call my landlady.

I was about to dial her number when I saw him approaching. He was looking back at me. For a moment, I thought he was just passing by our street... but *insert drum rolls here*... he stopped infront of our gate and I saw him produced a key from his pockets. I couldn't even remember who between us asked, "Dito ka?" If it was me, that was stupid of me to ask. If it was him, ermmm, did he think I was a thief or something? Haha. But surely, it was him who said, "Pinalitan na kasi 'yung lock, kunin mo nalang bukas sa Unit 1132 'yung susi."

Never have I imagined that the sound of the lock unlocking and the sound of the gate opening would make me smile. I entered and surely, the tone of my "Kuyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" reflected how happy I was.

I don't know about you, but I believe in angels. In my belief though, they don't always have their wings with them, or their halo. Many times, angels are human beings whom in their simple actions helped us big time, who made our lives better, and unknowingly to them, saved us. Parang si kuya. :)

How about you? Have you ever met an angel?