So far I have been successful at only half my 2007 mantra…the play hard part. This balancing act is proving harder than I thought. Will power and discipline are not abundant in me…
Well at the very least its going to be an exciting ride…
To push me I made a bet with Popie that I will loose 20lbs by March 31...Pops, if you reading this...YOU'RE GOING DOWN MAN!!!
Goodbye sugar, goodbye carbs, goodbye TJ Hotdogs...
Monday, January 15, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
What is ADD of topics?
ON POETS, SONGWRITERS AND BLOGGERS
I envy how poets and songwriters can capture in a sentence what would take me a whole night of drinking to express. Kakainis how they can put words together and people just know what they mean. Maybe Psychology just made my views too technical I forgot the feeling part.
ON CHANGE AND FINDING THE SILVER LINING
Many things going on…many experiences, new and old…change is inevitable…accept it. I love jaded people. Maybe because I’m secretly one. It’s just important for my sanity to stay positive and optimistic about the future. Maybe because if I tried looking at the half empty glass I might just give up.
ON MIDDLE CLASS VALUES
I want to learn more...
ON "CLARK GABLE" BY POSTAL SERVICE
“I want so badly to believe that;
there is truth, that love is real;
and I want life in every word to the extent
that it's absurd
i know you're wise beyond your years, but
do you ever get the Feel
that your perfect verse is just a lie
you tell yourself to help you get by “
Life is good…people are beautiful…I am happy…to my think
Contrast is good
I envy how poets and songwriters can capture in a sentence what would take me a whole night of drinking to express. Kakainis how they can put words together and people just know what they mean. Maybe Psychology just made my views too technical I forgot the feeling part.
ON CHANGE AND FINDING THE SILVER LINING
Many things going on…many experiences, new and old…change is inevitable…accept it. I love jaded people. Maybe because I’m secretly one. It’s just important for my sanity to stay positive and optimistic about the future. Maybe because if I tried looking at the half empty glass I might just give up.
ON MIDDLE CLASS VALUES
I want to learn more...
ON "CLARK GABLE" BY POSTAL SERVICE
“I want so badly to believe that;
there is truth, that love is real;
and I want life in every word to the extent
that it's absurd
i know you're wise beyond your years, but
do you ever get the Feel
that your perfect verse is just a lie
you tell yourself to help you get by “
Life is good…people are beautiful…I am happy…to my think
Contrast is good
Sunday, January 7, 2007
On finding your Passion
Before I start this entry please note that I have changed the title of my blog. I like this better.
Anyway,
Got a mouthfull about "passion" from my Dad the other day. I guess he wants to see the same kind of “fire” in me that he had when he was my age. Then the next day Corinne asked me “what are you passionate about ba?”… ahhhhh? You’d think someone in his mid 30's should have a straight answer.
All I had were more questions. What is Passion nga ba? Why don’t I feel it, or do I? How do you know its passion? Is it really necessary? I love talking to Popie and Corinne about these things. It’s really "our" thing. I think we feed off each other’s thoughts or energy or something. Anyhoo, there were no real resolutions except that Corinne has Passion ADD, Popie has Career ADD, and I just have ADD.
But in fairness, I did some contemplating and this is what I think I know or have decided to believe about Passion:
1) I have felt passion. I know what it feels like for my thoughts to be consumed by only one person or only one activity or even a gadget I want (passion parin yun diba?). Besides I am Mr. Overkill.
2) The object of passion is not necessarily found by chance…it can also be chosen (I felt empowered by this realization)
3) I have not found / chosen my passion in life but I have decided not to wait. 2007 will be about actively finding or choosing whatever it is. Deadline: December 2007 Blog
In the meantime, I am reminded about this quote I saw in an insurance office wall – Advice from a veteran trapeze performer “Throw your heart over the bar and your body will follow”… I really like that. All I need to do now is choose the bar and tell my friends I’m going over - in case my hands slip.
NAKS!!! LALIM!!!…tama na ito…need to go find some passion in insurance…
Pahabol lang...I was just about to publish when my ipod played Galileo serendipitously (haha! did i spell that right):
Corinne, paquote ng indigo Girls ha -
"if we wait for the time till all souls get it right
then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation
in my lifetime" haha! consuelo de bobo. Good luck nalang to my next life.
Anyway,
Got a mouthfull about "passion" from my Dad the other day. I guess he wants to see the same kind of “fire” in me that he had when he was my age. Then the next day Corinne asked me “what are you passionate about ba?”… ahhhhh? You’d think someone in his mid 30's should have a straight answer.
All I had were more questions. What is Passion nga ba? Why don’t I feel it, or do I? How do you know its passion? Is it really necessary? I love talking to Popie and Corinne about these things. It’s really "our" thing. I think we feed off each other’s thoughts or energy or something. Anyhoo, there were no real resolutions except that Corinne has Passion ADD, Popie has Career ADD, and I just have ADD.
But in fairness, I did some contemplating and this is what I think I know or have decided to believe about Passion:
1) I have felt passion. I know what it feels like for my thoughts to be consumed by only one person or only one activity or even a gadget I want (passion parin yun diba?). Besides I am Mr. Overkill.
2) The object of passion is not necessarily found by chance…it can also be chosen (I felt empowered by this realization)
3) I have not found / chosen my passion in life but I have decided not to wait. 2007 will be about actively finding or choosing whatever it is. Deadline: December 2007 Blog
In the meantime, I am reminded about this quote I saw in an insurance office wall – Advice from a veteran trapeze performer “Throw your heart over the bar and your body will follow”… I really like that. All I need to do now is choose the bar and tell my friends I’m going over - in case my hands slip.
NAKS!!! LALIM!!!…tama na ito…need to go find some passion in insurance…
Pahabol lang...I was just about to publish when my ipod played Galileo serendipitously (haha! did i spell that right):
Corinne, paquote ng indigo Girls ha -
"if we wait for the time till all souls get it right
then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation
in my lifetime" haha! consuelo de bobo. Good luck nalang to my next life.
Monday, January 1, 2007
Day 1
Day 1 of this blog also marks the end of one of the most special holiday seasons in my life. I was prepared for the usual December activities but because of an incredible group of people it turned out to be full of amazing experiences. The Chums are the coolest bunch of nerds I have ever met and I can’t wait to see more of you in 2007.
Gidge is still abroad and this will be our second consecutive Christmas apart (I hate how it is so hard to get an American visa. Anyway, the dyslexic digresses…) but my savior from loneliness this year was Corinne…MUSHFEAST 2K6!!! The ever-reliable Pops was there also but we gave him chance to work and be a student.
The season ended with a short roadtrip to Tagaytay with Popie, Corinne and Mac…we ate crispy pata, bulalo, sisig and laing, talked about life (us looking back at the past and Mac looking ahead)…and typical of us not knowing when to quit while we were ahead, we decided to squeeze everything we could out of the time left and watch Zsa Zsa Zathurna. It was an anti-climactic way to end the season of love but I’ll take every single second possible with them.
Christmas 2006 is over and 2007 begins for me in a few hours when I report for work again, but I am no longer sad because I know 2007 will be an incredible year and you will read all about it here…
2007 MANTRA: WORK HARDER AND PLAY HARDEST!!!
Gidge is still abroad and this will be our second consecutive Christmas apart (I hate how it is so hard to get an American visa. Anyway, the dyslexic digresses…) but my savior from loneliness this year was Corinne…MUSHFEAST 2K6!!! The ever-reliable Pops was there also but we gave him chance to work and be a student.
The season ended with a short roadtrip to Tagaytay with Popie, Corinne and Mac…we ate crispy pata, bulalo, sisig and laing, talked about life (us looking back at the past and Mac looking ahead)…and typical of us not knowing when to quit while we were ahead, we decided to squeeze everything we could out of the time left and watch Zsa Zsa Zathurna. It was an anti-climactic way to end the season of love but I’ll take every single second possible with them.
Christmas 2006 is over and 2007 begins for me in a few hours when I report for work again, but I am no longer sad because I know 2007 will be an incredible year and you will read all about it here…
2007 MANTRA: WORK HARDER AND PLAY HARDEST!!!
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