My "Magic:The Gathering" Road Trip

Gio: I don't know who calls this card game a satanic game but all of you who says so are missing a lot. Not only is this a very exciting and strategic game, you also get to see a lot of insights in the cards' flavor texts. As I was sorting through the jungles of cards I have this weekend, I managed to find some cards with flavor texts worth to look at and reflect about. Here they are:

1.) "The wizard who reads a thousand books is powerful. A wizard who memorizes a thousand books is insane." (this is the best, I think.)

2.) "The world calls and I answer."

3.) "Inner conflict can defeat a soldier more quickly than any army."

4.) "Empires rise and fall, but evil is eternal."

5.) "Knowledge is no more expensive than ignorance, and at least as satisfying."

6.)"Passions can't be shackled by laws or mastered with logic. The choice is freedom or death."

7.) "Finnese is no match for brute force."

8.) "Those who know only one path to victory can never hope to triumph."

9.) "It is not you ask for, but how you ask for it."

There, this game's excitement, strategy and learning packed in one whole package. I don't know with you but I found the things listed above worthy to ponder upon.

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Imman: Last october, violently eradicating yuppies orchestrating undying presentations and macabre! Creating room underthe sea humanely neglecting allies cruising rapidly uniting select homes knowing it takes apples!

hahaha... wala lng.. anyways.. kung malabo.. then wag na pasakitin ang ulo.. I just needed to write an entry pronto! Anyways.. I am really down right now at wala ako ibang maponder about... buti na lang for a few people na medyo napasaya ang afternoon ko.. thank you! :)

11 minutes

Gio: I dunno what i could do in 11 minutes. I could start making my calculus homework or my english paper, but wait, botany seems to be more fun. I could watch a plethora of 30 second tv commercials or eat my favorite cake. what is 11 minutes in this world for us? It seems like we don't notice that 11 minutes have passed us by. 11 minutes..so an ant's bite from time's eternal ticking. Well, i think you could make that 11 minutes more meaningful and not just be buried in the deep recessess or your subconciousness. Spend time with someone special or make something wacky or downright stupid. That 11 minutes will be something that you will remember as you grow older and hey, that same 11 minutes may be something that you share with someone to. And ny the way...speaking of 11 minutes, read Paolo Coehlo's new book and you'll find something on how to spend that 11 minutes..(*wink)

Imman: Hm.. I really havent finished reading 11 minutes yet mainly because of ES handouts, lit plays and filipino reading assignments.. Read Fest pare.. hehe.. anyways.. since I could not comment on the importance of 11 minutes.. (maybe on a later entry..) I would like to share an excerpt from paolo coehlo's eleven minutes.. here's an entry from Maria's diary on the day she met the swiss man..

Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back where I came from because I didnt have the courage to say "yes" to life?... Ive realized that sometimes you get no second chance and that it's best to accept the gifts the world offers you.... of course it is risky... If I must be faithful to someone or something, then I have first of all to be faithful to myself. If im looking for true love, I first have to get the mediocre loves out of my system. The litle experience of life I've had taught me that mo one owns anything, that everything is an illusion... Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realize that nothing really belongs to them. And if nothing belongs to me, then there's no point wasting my time looking for things that arent mine; it's best to live as if today were the first or last day of my life...(coehlo 26) - kelangan ba may ganito? ayoko maplagiarism..

hm.. wise words from a wise man.. My friend jeric was looking for an entry about love.. but I was lost for words... I felt like jomari the time he broke up with ara. I couldnt express my thoughts with my own words.. I wanted to sing a song like jomari but Coehlo's words seem to encapsulate my thoughts. hm.. maybe next time when I would be as expressive and as verbose as coehlo.. and maybe if I gain more experience and insights.. then I could write my own entry about love..

Sinabi mo eh...

Imman: iya... pwede nga gawing tag so eto siya.. I really felt na kailangan to gawin kesa mabura na lng paglipas ng maikling panahon.. pwede rin ung kay juno...

iya: pasensya na sa post ko kung late.. ngayon na lang ako naka-visit dito eh.. bakit ganon? ako masaya sa pagka-bunso ko? hahaha.. feeling ko i have two ates contesting for me.. haha.. or feeling lang talaga ako? yes, it's true na i (sometimes) get to be picked on or bossed around by my big sisters pero i think now we're more like friends na.. that's maybe because we're considerably old (and mature?) already.. sometimes nga i can make utos pa sa sisters ko.. hehe.. and siguro true nga na when you're separated from your loved ones, you would learn to appreciate them more.. imman, try mo kaya maglayas, ay magcondo pala? hehehe.. p.s. haba ng tag ko noh? pwede na blog post to.. hehehe..

juno:The answer to the question "But why can't I sacrifice?" would be because sacrificing is difficult. That's why its a "sacrifice" in the first place. And due to the selfish nature of humans (magkaduktong entries naten..waw), we find it difficult to sacrifice. We want it all but we give up nothing. Some of us, that is.

ispeysal awards. (thoughts on how to get it)

Imman: Gio, guess what? I just had my face cleaned by some person for the first time. At first.. i was really excited to go but when the nurse/doctor/assistant started plucking away on my face.. hay... it really hurt so badly (either that or i have a very low tolerance for pain). My eyes were closed the whole time as tears rolled the side of my eyes. It was like playing the part of hell raiser(the guy with nails sticking out of his face). It felt like nails were being hammered down my nose! (exag ka imman!) Hm.. it made me think- sometimes, if life wants you to learn a lesson, it can be very discreet or it can be as direct as slapping it to you in the face( or in this instance, poking you with a metal stick with a holed tip) The lesson? pain exists just as well as pleasure exist. But is pain the absence of pleasure or is pleasure the absence of pain? Or are they two different things? What is important is they both exist. If I want to achieve my goals, then there should always be pain- or sacrifice... I now know that. But why can't I sacrifice? I know my goal and I know what I should do to achieve it.. but why can't I start doing it? gio? Why?!!? lack of self control and will power? or are the sacrifices too great to give up? Maybe I just dont see the light at the end of the tunnel?

"so many questions.. but the answers are so few..."

Gio: You know imman, things i think has gone better for you as far as I am concerned. For one thing, this has been my latest update since 2 weeks ago I think and you have so many na. Haha, but well, better late than never. Speaking of your happy derma trip, it isn't that much painful than what my dentist has been doing with my teeth. Thank God i was so gifted with so many and very large teeth that it took some really really painful OPERATIONS to remove those crummy wisdom teeth. Hell yes, I still even have extra teeth that was still under the gums! yup, i am glad that those teeth have been removed..imagine the pain of a very large needle piercing your gums every now and then (well, the first pierce is the only one that hurts.) Now, i still have one last wisdom tooth to be removed this coming nov.27 and after that, my sufferings are over! And yeah, removing all these teeth was for more space for the teeth to move on since i have braces. I think this is the light of the tunnel in my part...too many sufferings to make my teeth (and hopefully my face)worthy to look at. (hehe) Well, life is not always like that you know..you do sacrifice a lot of things but you really are not sure about the end results of your sacrifice. Like now, we're sacrificing a lot in school but you really don't know if you'll ever get a good job.(well, we're in the ateneo..hmmm)You also sacrifice your precious load on that girl you really want and wishing that she'd reply just this once. You wait for eternity, then nothing. Really, life is like that, sometimes you see the light at the end, but always, you don;t see it all. I think it is the other way around:

"Why are there many answers out there but so few questions to find them out?..?

Imman: The light at the end of the tunnel? I can see three scenarios- 1) I see what is in the end 2) I don't see the end 3) I see the light but the light is obscure and I can't make out of it. Too bright to see clearly? haha.. sometimes optimism works!

"The truth is out there!" hahaha...

Eh kasi naman eh!

Imman: Forgive me but I'm writing this entry out of sheer frustration and surge of emotion. Gio, maybe you won't understand my point but what is it about siblings? Why is it that the youngest is always wrong and the oldest gets to take advantage? Ay am so ped ap of it! What gives my sister the right to be always right? Why do I always take the losing side? Why do I always feel so trodden upon? Why am I writing this entry after fighting with my sister over the computer? Am I resigning and sulking? hm... I think this younger-sibling-under-the-older-one way of life has got to stop! It's unfair. What right do they have? 7 years more of breathing? (hm.. After 5 mins.. my dear mother asked me what happened.. guess what? I got the pleasure of being called a war freak! guess I ended up as the antagonist again ei?.. haay... btw, this is happening in real time pala as I am writing this entry) Hm.. am I always wrong even though my side was logically, and morally sound? My sister was printing some shit.. it was taking too long and I asked her "nicely" if I could use the computer already. I'd just give her the print out after it was finished! What is wrong with that? She snarled at me... I snarled back! I used my logic, she used black mail (she was going to tell I searched for smut in the internet while it was really my brother) So who is more sinister? Me or she? hehe... pero cge, siguro I was wrong too.. ahay! So much angst... uhm so little time? hehe.. Buti ka pa gio.. panganay! olats!

hm.. naicp ko lang.. Matanda na rin pala ako... pero why don't I assert my seniority upon younger people? Nakita nyo na ba ko nambully ng lower batches nung highschool? Ako pa nga minsan inaasar eh. Hindi naman ako gumaganti sa kanila. Sa mga salita ni aki... nagpaparaya na lang ako. Para na rin matigil tong sikulo na to? haha... o olats lang talaga ako? hm...

Gio: it's been too long since i have posted my latest thoughts. i think it's because of my stupid schedule and filipino teacher, but i guess i have to cope with these things to be able to make it to the coveted DL. haha, but going back to imman's topic, i guess that the older children in the family (like me) do have perks when it comes over their siblings. based on my experience, i can pretty much tell them to do what i want. for example, i could let them sit away from the tv when an nba game is on or i could tell them to get them some water. think of me as very sadistic but i think i am lucky to be the eldest in our family. yet, i think that younger do have some perks to. sometimes, they are the ones who receive more patience from parents since the eldest must be the one to know more between right or wrong. they also receive more attention. (i think..hehe) so imman, don't fret. that's just natural. makisama ka lang at sa tingin ko rerespetuhin ka rin.

Cross Roads

Imman: According to Barry Manilow's song, "I know our paths would cross again... somewhere down the road.." I was chatting with my friend Jeric... he proposed a scenario that would make anyone think. It goes, "What if you have already seen the person that is destined to be your wife? You may have known her, or might have just passed you by the street, but come a time, it is she you will marry." hm... it's really hard to imagine. It makes me think of all the people I have passed by or met. Here's another scenario. What if you have already met your friends today when you were just kids? Gio, we may have already met in a Mc Play Place somewhere or have shared the same caterpillar cart during grade school fairs. You may have met "3" or "ch" somewhere before- during a children's party perhaps? I don't know how people's paths cross. Coincidences maybe? (Like you said, it is pretty much present in our lives.) Or is it really a small world after all? Or is it destiny? destiny that some paths are meant to cross twice, thrice or infinitely many times? Maybe 2 roads can even merge into one after several crossings? Who knows! Maybe paths don't need to cross twice before merging. It may be as unexpected as a freeway exit is to a newbie driver. Love at first sight anyone? whoops... so much for the metaphor... hehe... gio?