Archive for May, 2006

Love is short, forgetting is long

{ May 23, 2006 @ 10:15 am } · { Musings }
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If there was definitely one thing I’d rather not remember during my senior year in college, that was letting me get bullied into joining a society pageant. The day of the pageant itself wasn’t bad, but the process? Oh my…

I had to be interviewed by the society paper about the pageant. But it turned out that the short piece about me came out all wrong. I think I was miscontrued with my answers; that my responses were not used in the right context. To my great horror, the article about us (the pageant and the class representatives) is still posted in the society site. Just the thought of my horrible interview can make me cringe, wince, roll my eyes and shiver at the same time; a feat that not even horror flicks like The Ring, Feng Sui and Urban Legends could make me do.

Then comes the worse part of the pageant: we had to showcase a talent. The first time I heard it, I was mentally screaming my head off with “Talent? What talent? How could I possibly showcase painting and climbing trees without boring those people to tears?” Tears, which I might add, may also either be of supreme boredom or of excessive laughter.

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Musings on A Restless Day

{ May 17, 2006 @ 7:39 am } · { Forwarded Messages, Lyrics, Musings }
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“Someday you’ll be loved like you never have known/
and the memories of me will seem more like bad dreams/
Just a series of blurs: like I never occurred.”
– by Death Cab for Cutie, which I copy-pasted from Burn Magazine’s blogsite.

Change is good, I once so said. Pain is good, I also once claimed. It must have been really painful to just become a “someone from the past”—forgotten like an old school book, gathering dust. A school book that you once sought to solve and unravel some life’s mysteries.

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“Never let someone be your priority, while allowing yourself to be their option.”
– from Rhea.

My dear, the message struck a very sensitive chord. My body hummed when I read it. Can you still hear the echoes of the after-effect?

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“Like water, seek your level.
Like earth, know your balance. … continue reading this entry.

The Irony of it All

{ May 10, 2006 @ 8:20 pm } · { Musings }
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I spent half my day at the office finishing check requests for writers. Translation: I’m doing paperwork so my writers can earn their moolahs. Then when I had to scoot, I found out that I lost my wallet. My money, credit cards, ATM card, memorable receipts, an Internet card, my 1×1 ID pictures? Damn it. All gone.

How f***ing ironic.

The Sight of Humanity

{ May 4, 2006 @ 10:57 am } · { Musings }
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“We may be equal in the eyes of God, but not in the eyes of others.”

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I forgot who wrote that line, but it just somehow touched a nerve. These 16 words definitely made a lot of sense in the last few days. And I don’t think I’d still be alive come the day that all people wear the same kind of glasses. In fact, it would be quite impossible.

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“Pondering one of life’s greater mysteries would be the death of me.”