My Kind of a Saturday Eve
Sunday, 7am: We actually went home.
Sunday, 3:30am: Headed off to Franz's house. And then dozed off after a short chat.
Sunday, 2am-3:30am: Nearby local bar. Now with Jena. Had food and beverages. (The life!)
Sunday, 10:45pm to 1:35am : A curious date with Benjamin Button. :)
Saturday, 9:45pm. Met up with Nano and Franz.
Beautiful. Beautiful Movie. Just Beautiful. What better way to start the year.
Labels: Activities, Friends, Movies
"Enjoy Life. There's plenty of time to be dead. "Enthused by my cutesy friend Danica. Apparently, it kind of seemed like a running joke then. Well, sabagay, in the land of the living, it's easy to die, to kill, or take away life. On the other hand, mahirap bumuhay ng patay na. To un-die someone, if there's such a phrase. To die, just so simply means, coming to a complete halt. We cry when people dear to us leave us for some place else. Going out of the country, or relocating someplace else, it doesn't matter. For the many of us, physical contact is just as important. Tangibility. And again, just like the aforementioned, when this comes to a sudden stop, we are stunned. Actually, what dawns first is the sudden stop. And then, we don't know what to do next, how to act, how to respond, because it is our first instinct is to adapt, first at hand. That is just temporary leaving. Places. Earth-bounded. And then comes, the permanence. And we call it Death.With the recent string of events, a neighbor on the verge of dying due to a terminal illness, an old teacher suffering from ESRD (End-stage renal disease), and the heart shattering demise of some of my friends' pals, I couldn't let these things pass by without me mulling over the subject. Actually, it really is difficult, even for me who's not directly hit by the grief. And to this note, how much more to the closely related?Death may sound bad. Even fearsome. I am scared as well. Scared as hell. I don't know to where I am bound to just in case. And I know, this sentiment is shared by the majority. Una-unahan lang talaga, in the race, where no one wants to take the lead. And then the others go , prepared, while some, are gotten, at the snap of the finger.I am not promulgating anything for my recent post. I just felt it rightful that I give my share, and to pour my musings. This may sound mawkish, but this is another current reality we have to face. Because it happens. At any given time.I dedicate this post to EJ, and to the friend of Soulmate Karen. I don't know if I have the right, but since you've made them happy during your lifetime, then, I owe you a part of their goodness. You may not know me, might not ever heard of me, but since you make an impact to them, I could almost feel the waves you've made.See you at the afterlife! And just so you know, you are loved. :)Labels: Current Issues, Death, Events, Sadness
Current Reality
Because I kind of missed Karen Beltran (no, I DO miss her!), for she is my current merms, and I call her my soulmate and milady, I decided to go grab her latest brainchild. Thanks for the title!
Festival Supermall. Starbucks to be specific. Yuck. Here again. At this pfft-forsaken place where everybody drinks high-maintenance caffeine in tall cups. And I wonder what was I doing here on a Sunday night (Oct 5). I missed a church visit because I opted to go on a little shopping spree. And to breathe air. Haha. Usual litany. No, they call this self-mode. During weekdays, I couldn't even hear myself think. Sometimes, I would just stare at space during those few idle times, and suddenly, in a jiffy, you are zapped back to reality. How's that?
Digression. Sorry about that. Now, this place, reminds me of simple questions I once posed to myself, and a few unfortunate beings. The lady at my corner, cozily seated on a couch, and wearing beautifully that white asymmetrical dress, and donned a hairstyle fitting for a celebrity, why is she here? And this American seated next to me, sipping on his hot coffee, with nicely cut jeans and seemingly-genuine Giordano top, why is he here? And those young adults, nicely dressed, for a Sunday night, why are they here? All of which narrows my inquiry. What has gone into today's society that these people all flock to coffee-drenched-atmosphere shops to relive singlehood. Haha there.
Sometime, I've mulled with the idea on the variety of these details. Starbucks, Figaro, UCC, Cafe Breton, Coffee Bean, you name them, they all foster that ambience suitable for singles, and those wanting to break from this status. For almost at a cost of $3.00, you get the usual high the coffee brings into the soul, plus the sight of some singles searching for singles. It has become the local bar at the tinseltown, when everything has become more or less subtle.
Being single is not at all bad. (Ows?!) Really. Pray tell, I hope I do get some amen from here. Haha. But seriously, the way these things do to one's imagination, they could be so astonishing. I mean the coffee shops and all. And going back to the singlehood, I've read that to put oneself in the shoe of a single, isn't that easy. In a world that is today, it is far harder to be single than to be attached. In a sea of people, all coddled by their SO (Significant Other), it makes you want to double take and hurl stuff. And yeah, what could be more difficult than preventing yourself from doing so.
At least, when you are single, you get to admire people for as long as you like. Hmm. And for those houses that the coffee beans built, whoever started the idea, thank you for giving me the temporary high. At least!.
Labels: coffee, singlehood, Thoughts
Disturbia
No, not one of Rihanna's recent offerings. But these are indeed disturbing. Whoever made these shots, I wonder.
And prepare yourself for this one.
I know. I was thinking of the same thing. Lol.
Labels: Celebrities, Gossip Girls, Updates
Near-Catatonia
No. Catatonia is not any other place on earth. And, it is nowhere near Carthaginia, please. But if I almost came close to the State of Catatonia, this could be it. And word of caution for me: I visit the place, passport-less, 9 hours, 5 days a week, excluding non-office interactions! Gesundheit!
...And this is the start of my "medical profession". Just got really better. :)Labels: Activities, Office
