Looking at gorgeously drawn manga characters and… PLEASE MAKE MY NOVEL A MANGA ALREADY BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE CRYSTAL YAN AND JAY WITH FACES!
Searching the name of my female lead character, and then look at the google suggestion. It’s her name with the male lead’s surname. Who’s more kilig than the writer?
You constantly edit. Whether itâs while youâre driving down the street and pass a misspelled sign, or grammatical errors in Facebook posts, you fix errors constantly in your mindâand sometimes not …
Can I just say…
Buti pa nga, in my case, I’d say “I hate my job (that’s why I’m leaving), but I enjoyed working with you.” Kesa naman, there’s somebody I know who says “I love my job, but I hated working with them (that’s why I’m leaving).” Yun ang, oh well, “sayang”.
Not because I graduated with an Accountancy course, I’d automatically be affiliated with an accounting firm (in whatever sector, ok), or doing an accounting job. There’s no cause-and-effect relationship or whatsoever. I’m not an Accountancy graduate, I AM a BAA graduate and now, I have the world in front of me. Whether I conquer it or not, is not up to my degree but to me and nothing else (but chances, perhaps?).
People keep on telling me (and it hurts when some of these people are the ones closest to me), “Sayang”. I’m even madder when that word is continued by phrases such as “matalino ka pa naman”, “taga-UP ka pa naman”, etc. It’s sad to know that most of the time, only the word “matalino” lingers in people’s (stereotypical) minds when they learn somebody’s from UP. The other, equally (and necessarily) important adjective, “matapang”, is often forgotten, or rather, interpreted differently. Now, for me, (and I may be wrong), being “matalino” is doing what is wise, doing the best in what you do, in your craft. On the other hand, being “matapang” is doing what you want to do (or love to do), and may be sometimes be selfish and foolish. Being both, I think, is the way to describe people who have the drive to make the world a better place. I’d like to be both, that’s why I’ll make this decision.
(Please, take note. I’m not generalizing that people who actually stay with the firm are not actually being “matalino” and “matapang”. Staying for a goal, leaving for a dream, chasing something out of this world — each person can show how “matalino” and “matapang” he or she can be in his own way.
Gosh, I also don’t get why other people also say something like “Hindi niya kinaya”. Somebody’s life is still ongoing. Why judge somebody like he or she’s already dead?
I’m sorry. I’m mad like crazy. Maybe someday I’d post this in a better way, with an accompanying success or failure story. In any case, successful or not, taking a risk is the better story.
(In the end, I am still currently affiliated with an accounting firm. It was a choice to be here, there’s no point in denying that. There’s no point in making a point to people who don’t bother to understand either, but then I have to blog here in my client’s premises while my boss is already nagging me just because everyday, I realize that I made a choice which is not so good.
But then again, I know that I am so blessed because my margin for error is still so wide just because I’m young. Because of this, I, too, learn to appreciate that a life in which nothing is certain is the fun way of living.)
(This post fits the graduation season, yes or no? Well, if yes, I want to say that the sablay, the word in its simplest sense and in contrast, the grandiose symbol, should be a reminder of our being both “matalino” and “matapang”. To all our sablays (negative, positive, whatever, it’s always something worthy of cheering for)!)
POST EDIT: Somewhere, along the line, I think my ranting about just being “matalino” or “matapang” or both can be said in another way through this quote from the 2013 UP Valedictorian: “Passion without skill is an empty promise. Skill without passion is an empty feeling. And either of these without a sense of social responsibility is an empty future,”
Dream #16 Molecular Gastronomy
- No attempts in trying
- More on experiencing
Check this out! http://www.behance.net/gallery/Molcule-R-Packagings/875250
Summer, where do we begin?
Summer is runnin’ through the sprinklers in your T-shirt, shoes and jeans
Rolling down a grassy hill, yeah, that’s what summer means to me
It’s true
There’s so much more to do
The days are longer
The nights are shorter
The sun is shining
It’s noticeably warmer
Summer, every single moment is worth it’s weight in gold
Summer, it’s like the world’s best story and it’s waiting to be told
It’s ice cream cones and cherry soda dripping down your chin
It’s summer, man, where do we begin?
Summer is ponds and pools and garden hoses, tryin’ to beat the heat
Summer, bicycles and roller skates and even just bare feet
It’s also… Surfing tidal waves, creating nanobots
Or locating Frankenstein’s brain
Finding a dodo bird, painting a continent
Or driving our sister insane…
Oh, wait. Maybe we’re going too fast.
Summer, it’s crickets and cicadas and a glass of lemonade
Summer, it’s sitting with your brother in the backyard under the shade of a
Big tree
That’s what it means to me
The days are longer
The nights are shorter
The sun is shining
It’s noticeably warmer
Summer, every single moment is worth it’s weight in gold
Summer, it’s like the world’s best story and it’s waiting to be told
It’s ice cream cones and cherry soda dripping down your chin
It’s summer, man, where do we begin?
It’s summer, man, where do we begin?
It’s summer, man, where do we begin?
Summer
Where do we begin?
Summer
Where do we begin?
Life lessons in a childhood movie.
Random blogging while listening to Einstein reading his essay, while working in the client, while thinking about life.
(via ogurishun)
