My taste in music is somewhat different from most kids my age. I grew up with parents who were interested in theater, classical music and classical rock. Naturally, when I was old enough to develop my own tastes, they were incline to those genres.
Naturally, we all believe that our tastes are somewhat superior compared to others - there's no denying it, we will inevitably have a bias for ourselves when compared to others. It's just the way it is and it's fine so long as you're aware. In any case, why I brought this up is simple:
I loathe the music of today.
Miley Cyrus, Justin Beiber, etc. The music idols of today are less about the music, and more about the image. Their music isn't even that good! I hate what music has become, and even more, I hate how everyone is buying into the image. For some reason, nobody seems to care about it.
Young people are being raised to these kinds of people - to these kinds of creatures - and I'm stuck here, thinking about days of music that were so sweet yet not my own.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
6 ~ Ignore Your Love!
Ah, love, such a wonderful emotion. It's empowered kings, prophets, peasants and slaves to feats of greatness. It is an emotion that has stood the test of time, and has become the undisputed feeling of all time. Everyone knows about it, even if their opinions are different. Love truly is, the greatest feeling in the world.
It's also one of the greatest ways to ruin your education.
Love among adults is tenuous and full of problems at best, but love between teenagers is a certified natural disaster!
When one becomes a teenager, the feelings of love, lust, passion and desire all mix up and slowly erode at your common sense. Love makes you capable of great things, yes, but it is also capable of making you do stupid things! and woe to you if it happens to be a combination of both - great AND stupid!
Sadly love likes to bloom in its own time, and usually that time is when it's most inconvenient; namely in the middle of the school year. It's the time when you should be focused on your studies, but instead you become absorbed by thoughts of your loved one, and one way or another, you forget what you're supposed to be doing.
Now I'm not saying that falling in love as a teen is a bad thing, and in fact I encourage it - it's a part of growing up! but I caution being too absorbed in your love story, or else you lose both love and life shortly, and in that order.
It's also one of the greatest ways to ruin your education.
Love among adults is tenuous and full of problems at best, but love between teenagers is a certified natural disaster!
When one becomes a teenager, the feelings of love, lust, passion and desire all mix up and slowly erode at your common sense. Love makes you capable of great things, yes, but it is also capable of making you do stupid things! and woe to you if it happens to be a combination of both - great AND stupid!
Sadly love likes to bloom in its own time, and usually that time is when it's most inconvenient; namely in the middle of the school year. It's the time when you should be focused on your studies, but instead you become absorbed by thoughts of your loved one, and one way or another, you forget what you're supposed to be doing.
Now I'm not saying that falling in love as a teen is a bad thing, and in fact I encourage it - it's a part of growing up! but I caution being too absorbed in your love story, or else you lose both love and life shortly, and in that order.
5 ~ Rush Rush Rush!
The midterm is almost over and everyone's rushing - including me! This is not a good thing, by the way, but it certainly leaves me with a deep impression: never ever cram!!!
Cramming, it's the messiah and Satan of every student everywhere since the dawn of time. Cramming is when you leave your work undone until the very last second, before panicking and hitting the books or computers or whatever in a vain attempt to complete your requirements.
Sometimes it works, most times, it doesn't, and at all times, cramming is very, very stressful. Usually, the work you create while cramming turns out to be utter cow-dung, so all your efforts were a waste in the first place, making the whole thing even worse.
A little work goes a long way when it comes to things like this. There was a saying, 'an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure'; a phrase that is self-explanatory, but I shall explain it anyway, but in the context of work - a little work, bit by bit, is better than a sudden, large amount of work! It's easier, less stressful, and over all the better choice, but for some reason we rarely choose it.
Anyway, that's about it. No cramming now people!
Cramming, it's the messiah and Satan of every student everywhere since the dawn of time. Cramming is when you leave your work undone until the very last second, before panicking and hitting the books or computers or whatever in a vain attempt to complete your requirements.
Sometimes it works, most times, it doesn't, and at all times, cramming is very, very stressful. Usually, the work you create while cramming turns out to be utter cow-dung, so all your efforts were a waste in the first place, making the whole thing even worse.
A little work goes a long way when it comes to things like this. There was a saying, 'an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure'; a phrase that is self-explanatory, but I shall explain it anyway, but in the context of work - a little work, bit by bit, is better than a sudden, large amount of work! It's easier, less stressful, and over all the better choice, but for some reason we rarely choose it.
Anyway, that's about it. No cramming now people!
4 ~ Power of a Smile
Never underestimate the power of a smile. Having someone smile at you and to simply tell you, "It's going to be okay" can have a greater effect than what ever you could have imagined. I realized this when I was feeling down, and a stranger, someone I didn't know, walked up to me and asked what was wrong. We talked, and he listened, and gradually I felt better. By the end of it all, he reassured me with a smile, and told me everything would be fine so long as I put effort into it.
Today, most people don't see the value of a simple smile. The world is too dark, and our media, the media of the world in fact, likes to promote this ideal, with movies that have dark themes and even darker characters; they love to portray the world as a dangerous, unsafe place.
In a sense, this is true; the world has its dangers and is definitely not always a safe place, however, that is only one side of the coin. The world can be as colorful as it is dark, and I feel that no one should forget that. The world is not in the shadows all the time, because after every night comes the dawn of a new day.
So, to those reading this, never forget to smile, and never forget that you can trust and put your trust in people and in the world. You may be cut down, but you can get up, and similarly, when you see someone cut down, help them back up.
Today, most people don't see the value of a simple smile. The world is too dark, and our media, the media of the world in fact, likes to promote this ideal, with movies that have dark themes and even darker characters; they love to portray the world as a dangerous, unsafe place.
In a sense, this is true; the world has its dangers and is definitely not always a safe place, however, that is only one side of the coin. The world can be as colorful as it is dark, and I feel that no one should forget that. The world is not in the shadows all the time, because after every night comes the dawn of a new day.
So, to those reading this, never forget to smile, and never forget that you can trust and put your trust in people and in the world. You may be cut down, but you can get up, and similarly, when you see someone cut down, help them back up.
Friday, July 3, 2015
3 ~ Worst Day Ever
Ever have those days were its starts of bad and then just gets worse? For me, it was this one time when I over slept and ended up late for school. So there I was, rushing everything, then I go to commute. It took forever for a jeep to arrive, and to make things worse, it was steaming hot out. So naturally, once I was on the jeep, I was sweaty and grumpy, and thought to myself: 'How much worse could this guess'.
Rule number one of life: Never ask how much worse things can get, because the answer is always 'it can always get much, much worse. I've had the pleasure of finding this out personally.
Once off the jeep, I get to the front gate and am all eager to get into the school, until the guard points out I'm not wearing my I.D. Panicking, I try to call home to have it brought over soon, but then I find out I'm out of load. Deciding to just take the penalty, I go into school without an I.D. and head straight for class. There were no elevators available, so I had to walk up ten flights of stairs. Naturally, I was rushing, so I ran.
Upon reaching my destined class, I found out that nobody was there. Checking my schedule, it turned out that I was looking at the schedule for the day afterwards, and that I had no classes today. Cursing to myself, I decided to rest for a bit and eat at Jollibee. Can you guess what happened next?
That's right! I LEFT MY WALLET AT HOME.
The money I had on me was only good enough to commute going to school, but the money needed for lunch and going back, I had accidentally left at home, probably because I was rushing.
Frustrated, demoralized, and angry, I had to start walking home, a trip that goes on for five kilometers and roughly an hour and thirty minutes while under the unforgiving sun.
Halfway through, I received a text: My driver was back at school, waiting to fetch me; apparently, I had told him to fetch me, but it mus have slipped my mind because I had no idea he was going to show up. So, having no load to tell him to fetch me, naturally I had to walk back. YAY!
So I ended up back at the start, where my driver was, and finally began heading home. As soon as I got home, I wanted to sleep so badly until I looked through my bags stuff, and realized I had left both my leather shoes and change of clothes at school (it was PE day) and tried to contact my driver to bring me back; unfortunately, he was already gone.
So, that was how my day ended, and I drowned my sorrows in games and ice cream. That day, I learned that if you think something can't get any worse. well, it can. Moreover, always keep your cellphone loaded, or else. Really, cellphones are a gift from god, but only if you can actual use the thing!
Rule number one of life: Never ask how much worse things can get, because the answer is always 'it can always get much, much worse. I've had the pleasure of finding this out personally.
Once off the jeep, I get to the front gate and am all eager to get into the school, until the guard points out I'm not wearing my I.D. Panicking, I try to call home to have it brought over soon, but then I find out I'm out of load. Deciding to just take the penalty, I go into school without an I.D. and head straight for class. There were no elevators available, so I had to walk up ten flights of stairs. Naturally, I was rushing, so I ran.
Upon reaching my destined class, I found out that nobody was there. Checking my schedule, it turned out that I was looking at the schedule for the day afterwards, and that I had no classes today. Cursing to myself, I decided to rest for a bit and eat at Jollibee. Can you guess what happened next?
That's right! I LEFT MY WALLET AT HOME.
The money I had on me was only good enough to commute going to school, but the money needed for lunch and going back, I had accidentally left at home, probably because I was rushing.
Frustrated, demoralized, and angry, I had to start walking home, a trip that goes on for five kilometers and roughly an hour and thirty minutes while under the unforgiving sun.
Halfway through, I received a text: My driver was back at school, waiting to fetch me; apparently, I had told him to fetch me, but it mus have slipped my mind because I had no idea he was going to show up. So, having no load to tell him to fetch me, naturally I had to walk back. YAY!
So I ended up back at the start, where my driver was, and finally began heading home. As soon as I got home, I wanted to sleep so badly until I looked through my bags stuff, and realized I had left both my leather shoes and change of clothes at school (it was PE day) and tried to contact my driver to bring me back; unfortunately, he was already gone.
So, that was how my day ended, and I drowned my sorrows in games and ice cream. That day, I learned that if you think something can't get any worse. well, it can. Moreover, always keep your cellphone loaded, or else. Really, cellphones are a gift from god, but only if you can actual use the thing!
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
2 ~ If I Could Talk To Animals?
Recently, a question popped up in my mind: What if I could talk to animals? Let's face it, humans are the most complex creatures on the planet, but that doesn't necessarily make them the most interesting. In terms of what looks cooler, a person, or an iguana, an iguana wins hands down. Anyway, with that thought in mind, if I could converse with an animal, what animal would it be and why would I choose it?
For me, the answer is simple: The Turtle!
Why is that? For the simple reason of that turtles can live up to two hundred something years! There is no other animal their size or species that lives as long as they can, and when I think about how long lived they are, I begin to wonder exactly what they experienced in their long lives! I would probably ask simple questions like, what has changed for you since you were born, or has there ever been any animal that you've no longer seen lately; you know, stuff like that.
If, for some reason or another, I'm unable to talk with an old turtle, I have a back up: dogs~! Dogs, who know every nook and cranny of their territory, and who are one of the most domesticated yet free creatures I've ever seen. They're playful, wary, vicious, kind, and basically come in all sorts of colors! I imagine dogs would talk somewhat like humans, only with the occasional mention of things humans would never actually do (like pee on a fire-hydrant) or some weird mannerisms.
If I wanted to talk to a turtle because of it's experiences in its age, then I would talk to a dog for a simple, good time.
So, that would be my most likely animals to talk to. Of course, given how there are so many strange and interesting animals on this earth, it's likely that I'll end up trying to talk to every single one of them anyway~!
For me, the answer is simple: The Turtle!
Why is that? For the simple reason of that turtles can live up to two hundred something years! There is no other animal their size or species that lives as long as they can, and when I think about how long lived they are, I begin to wonder exactly what they experienced in their long lives! I would probably ask simple questions like, what has changed for you since you were born, or has there ever been any animal that you've no longer seen lately; you know, stuff like that.
If, for some reason or another, I'm unable to talk with an old turtle, I have a back up: dogs~! Dogs, who know every nook and cranny of their territory, and who are one of the most domesticated yet free creatures I've ever seen. They're playful, wary, vicious, kind, and basically come in all sorts of colors! I imagine dogs would talk somewhat like humans, only with the occasional mention of things humans would never actually do (like pee on a fire-hydrant) or some weird mannerisms.
If I wanted to talk to a turtle because of it's experiences in its age, then I would talk to a dog for a simple, good time.
So, that would be my most likely animals to talk to. Of course, given how there are so many strange and interesting animals on this earth, it's likely that I'll end up trying to talk to every single one of them anyway~!
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