This morning, while we were having brunch, the radio was on, playing OPM... and there was this song that really got to me.
it was about a group of friends in high school... barkada sila... during lunch break, they were always together in one corner of the cafeteria... One of them had a guitar, and when he/she played, the whole barkada would get singing... They had a happy time...
Then high school was over, and they were in college. They barely had time tp see each other again. Some of the others were already in far away places... concerned with getting jobs and making profits and such... that in the end, their barkada was no more...
I hope that doesn't happen to us... It won't... I won't let that happen...
If anyone could get me the title of that song, I'd really appreciate it...
Magkaibigan, magkaibigan...
Magkaibigan, walang iwanan...
In continuation of the recent tradition of "non-emo" posts, today's article is about Avatar: The Last Airbender.
For those who do not know what it is, go look it up on Wikipedia. It's not a simple mindless Western cartoon that has a generic Asian motif. Well, I'm not here to describe the series to you; you have Wiki for that.
Anyway, in the series, certain people are gifted with different kinetic abilities allowing them to manipulate one of the "elements" of their world: water, earth, fire and air. Now, given the choice, which element would you wish to manipulate?
Well, because this post is simply about my choice, I suppose I'll go discuss it already. I would choose water... and why? Well, here are some of the reasons:
- You can use it for water's various cleaning purposes. You can clean stuff, dry them afterward, separate water from polluted sources of it...
- You can "heal" people by messing around with the flow of water inside them. You could probably relieve hypertension with that.
- You'll almost never be thirsty again - you can make a drink out of sufficiently moist air. Or if stuck in a desert, just get water from cacti and anything else that's alive.
- It allows you to cook food well, making sure heat is evenly distributed inside your cooking pot/pan/whatever.
- Uhm... don't get me started on swimming...
- You are your own microwave oven.
- Contrary to popular belief, you can get water to manipulate anywhere... from the air, from yourself, from other living organisms... as long as you know there's water in something, you can manipulate it.
- You can make art, tools, anything solid you need with ice.
- You can travel via water, as long as you have the stamina to traverse seas and oceans.
- If you're strong enough, or if you have a lot of people with you, you can manipulate weather.
- You can forcibly vibrate water inside living things, making them blow up or burn due to the heat.
- You can manipulate the blood inside organisms, making them have strokes by preventing the blood from getting to the brain.
- You can freeze the blood and watch them die of hypothermia.
- You can forcibly dehydrate them and leave their bodies' proteins to denature.
- Or you can just make the water go out of every single hole and pore in their body.
- You can manipulate the air around you by moving the water suspended in it.
- You can manipulate earth by manipulating the water present in it.
- You can manipulate the bodies of the organisms themselves as though they were merely dolls of ice.
- You can make ice out of air/nothing, just like what Hohenheim was doing.
- Waterball mode, like a RO wizard/high wizard.
- You can make weapons out of ice (Law of Ueki mode...)
That's all for today, folks. Now, I'm not sure how the next one will go. I can't really think of anything. Oh well, back to emo posts again :)
In contrast to my usual "emo" posts, I will try to make a post about something else this time.
Today, we, or rather I, will talk about Heroes. (Potential spoiler alert.)
If you were to ask which ability I would prefer, I would state "time travel", which is Hiro's. Well, sure, you can't really use it to defeat enemies and such. While it would be advantageous to use such powers to change any undesirable past experiences we might have had, we are not supposed to do so, because as we all well know, screwing around with the past can have disastrous consequences.
I prefer said ability because such an ability would help me understand more about said undesirable experiences. Remember Dumbledore's Pensieve? It is easier to view events from such an angle because your mind isn't like a video camera that records everything that you've experienced completely. When viewed from another viewpoint, you can understand more what exactly you did or said that offended your friend, or something like that. You aren't allowed to change the past, but you can use it to change the future.
Also, I prefer Hiro as the main protagonist instead of Peter. I suppose the show tries to have human characters instead of invincible and inhuman ones. Then again, there are some characters who are just too human, like Peter. Being human isn't about having emotions, loving someone or sex. Being human is rising above yourself and your limitations, and overcoming difficulties due to the unique abilities and choices you make. It's being able to do the right thing, in spite of how hard it is. It's about choosing between what is right and what is easy.
Hiro figuratively cut out his heart and gave it to the dragon, because he knew he had to do so. It was the right thing. Peter on the other hand was all emo about his girlfriend so much that he let himself be played like a puppet by Kensei. Peter is like Marcus Brutus; brave, yes, and caring, but still undeniably stupid. Yes, sure, it was the fault of Cassius/Kensei, but such things wouldn't have happened if he wasn't that stupid. First of all, he trusted Kensei too much just because he did something good for him. Didn't it ever occur to him how Kensei knew there was a secret deadly virus strain somewhere, and it just happened to screw up the future? It was supposed to be secret. Didn't he ever bother to think how it could have leaked out? He's really, well, stupid and naive. Still, I suppose it is good that he cares a lot about the people he loves.
Now that Nathan's dead (oh no! what a spoiler!) I suppose Peter and Hiro would somehow end up fighting again. Peter would be kicking the Company's butt, I suppose. That's another flaw of his - the fact that he's too dependent on his brother all the time. Now that his brother's gone, I suppose Peter would go be stupid again. He's like Brutus; he loves, but he has no thoughts of his own. If he can be goaded to do something he believes is right, he would pursue it until he is proven wrong, or is dead. What a tragic hero.
That concludes this day's commentary. Next issue: bending disciplines (Avatar: The Last Airbender.)
I'm a bit sad, actually, because I miss you.
I miss you so much...
I have nothing to worry about, though. We'll see each other again, soon.
You'll always be there for me. All of you... will be there for me just in case...
I miss all of you so very much...
I miss Sampa... I wish we could finally have an outing before it's time... Outing or not, we are all still together, no matter what happens.
I miss Gluon... Gluon is such a nice class, because I would always feel welcome. We've been through many tough things together, and we appreciate each other more... We were the nobody section. We didn't dominate sports, or have a lot of DLs, or anything like that. We were a collection of, well, ewan. But we managed to succeed in tasks one after the other given to us. I am thankful to God, and to my classmates, for making this all possible...
I miss Sodium... While I may not really know all of you just as well, we are a class bound together. We may have our differences and so, but we have overcame them. I'm gonna miss you people...
I miss you, [someone]... I hope you come back, safe and sound... Hope you take care of yourself, and be happy wherever you are. Wherever you are, I know that at night, we would be under the same dark sky, looking at the same stars and moon. Well, yeah, you are that far away so that it's night there when it's day here... but, oh well. I hope you are successful in your endeavors over there.
And most of all, I miss you. I am lonely, but I am happy and content, because I know that wherever you are, you will always be there, caring for me. Thank you for everything. I look forward to seeing you again...
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good and hopefully cooler Night.
P.S. To all of those who tease me or my friend about me, please stop it. It's inconsiderate, immature and stupid. Just go bother someone else. Thank you.
Paskorus na!!! Go Gluon!!!
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Zum zum Zum zum Zum zum Zum zum Zum zum
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Zum zum
Zum~
Magsaya tayong kapatirang banal ipagdiwang lugod sa puso
Si Hesus natin Siyang tanging Maykapal lumuhod tayo sa harap niya
Magsimba tayo siyam na simbang gabi uwian ay bukang liwayway
Ang buong bayan ligid-ligiran mga tindaha't kakainan
La la la La la la La la la La la la La la la La la la La la la La la la
La la la
La la la La la la
La la la
La la la La la la La la la La la la La la la
La la la
La la la
La~
Ang durungawan puspos ng ilaw luntian at pula kulay na masaya
At ang pintuan pinagsabitan parol na tunay sa paskuhan
Ang maganda nating bihisan ay isuot kahit na minsan
At ang gintong hikaw at singsing ay linisin bago gamitin
Popopopom Popopopom Popopopom Popopopom Popopopom Popopopom Popopopom Popopopom
Popopopom
Popopopom Popopopom
Popopopom
Popopopom Popopopom Popopopom Popopopom Popopopom
Popopopom
Popopopom
Pom~
Mano po lolo mano po ninong ang sadya po sana'y mamasko
Kung wala ma'y salamat din po sa Tatlong Hari ng balik ko
Ding dong Ding dong Ding dong Ding dong ding~
Kung wala mang gaanong natutunan ngayo'y magsikap sa aralan
Kung wala mang gaanong natutunan ngayo'y magsikap sa aralan~
Ikalabing anim ng Disyembre
Ikalabing anim ng Disyembre
ding dong ding dong~
May mga parol na nakasindi (Ikalabing anim ng Disyembre)
May mga parol na nakasindi (Ikalabing anim ng Disyembre)
Oooooh...
Simbang Gabi
Simbang Gabi
Ay simula ng pasko
Simbang Gabi
Simula ng pasko
Sa puso ng lahing pilipino
Siyam na gabi (Siyam na gabing nagigising)
Sa tugtog ng kampanang walang tigil
Dong~
Maaga kami kinabukasan
(Lalakad kami) Langkay-langkay
Babatiin ang ninong at ninang ng "Maligayang Pasko po"
At hahalik ng kamay
Simbang Gabi
Simula ng pasko
Sa puso ng lahing pilipino
Siyam na gabi (Siyam na gabing nagigising)
Sa tugtog ng kampanang walang tigil
Dong~
Maaga kami kinabukasan
(Lalakad kami) Langkay-langkay
Babatiin ang ninong at ninang ng "Maligayang Pasko po"
At hahalik ng kamay
Lahat kami masayang masaya
At~
Puno ang bulsa
(Hindi namin) malimut-limutan ang masarap na puto't suman
Matutulog kami ng mahimbing
(Iniisip ang bagong taon at ang) Tatlong Hari darating sa Pilipinas ay pasko pa rin~
Maaga kami kinabukasan
(Lalakad kami) Langkay-langkay
Babatiin ang ninong at ninang ng "Maligayang Pasko po"
At hahalik ng kamay
Ding dong (Ding dong, ding dong)
Ding dong (Ding dong, ding dong)
Ding dong (Ding dong, ding dong)
Ding dong (Ding dong, ding dong)
Pasko Na! (Pasko Na!)
Pasko Na! (Pasko Na!)
Manalo man tayo o hindi, go Gluon! Go '08! Merry Christmas, Maligayang Pasko, at sana naman hindi kayo mawalan ng kamay o daliri sa bagong taon...
I would probably be the "person most likely to screw up."
By all standards, I am supposed to be genuinely happy. I have friends who care about me. I have special friends who understand me. I have classmates who enjoy me being around (at least, I think so...) and I enjoy being with them. I have STR groupmates who have been enduring me for this past year - I am really thankful for them in particular, and I am sorry. I am relatively better off grades-wise compared to some other people. I've had the chance to go to such exotic and faraway places. I am content...
And yet, I have this tendency to just screw up once in a while. Ask my friends; well, if you don't really know them, or me, then don't. What I meant to say is, I am the one who keeps getting into fights and such with my own special friends, misunderstanding words and gestures and getting into heated arguments over misconceptions.
I wish I wasn't like that anymore. I wish I wouldn't keep making mistakes and getting into heated arguments over such insignificant trivial matters. I'll have to change that about myself.
Right now, I'm supposed to study for Physics and English Periodic Tests. I've already finished Les Miserables and read whatever I missed in Spark Notes. I've already studied the list of vocabulary words. I hope I can do well again this Periodical Exam. As for Physics, I've forgotten most of the B equations (the equations concerning computations for the magnetic fields due to various conducting materials.) Luckily, it would help to remember Ampere's Law. Still messed up about interference and diffraction, though. Hopefully I still remember how induced emf works.
//to be continued sometime soon. Then again, by that time, the Phys and Eng perios would be finished.