What a thing to say huh? Saying something like “choose life”, well it seems pretty self explanatory…and it does seem obvious. “Kuya” (brother) Gene, I call him my brother but he’s just a good friend, always tells me every time I see him to well “sis, choose life”. Pretty odd that he accustomed to saying that, just as someone would a greeting. He’s the type of person I can talk to about thoughts…really random thoughts. He’s one of my friends who actually appreciated my story on “purple people”. It’s a real simple story, but almost everything has double meanings. haha. Well that’s beside the point…
Anyways, back to choosing life… do people really choose life? Well, life was actually given to us (and actually it could be taken away too), but…we do “choose life”, everyday, every step we take, every breath we breathe… we choose to live our lives the way we want to… and as easily as we take those steps and breathe and everything we could just as easily take it away. No matter how damn hard everything gets…people opt to choose life. But, why? I mean why not give up? Why not leave? Why not jump? Why not run away? Why ever wake up?
I think it’s because life has so much to offer, there’s so much to do, so much to grow, and so much to be. It would be a waste to throw something so coveted or so precious away. People are out there fighting for their lives everyday. For me, it’s really important to always “choose life”, in every decision that you make. In choosing life, you think of the future, you think of what could be, your potentials, your completeness, your everything. In a simple decision like lighting a cigarette, maybe it won’t kill you... But are you really “choosing life”? In simple everyday situations it’s good to reflect, is this for my own good? Everything nowadays is so temporary… In choosing a life, making yourself, and being who you ought to be, sometimes its so easy to forget that theirs something out there that’s well…bigger than you…bigger than everyone…and maybe you are not the center of the universe. It’s important to remember that everything is just temporary. It’s hard being caught up in the world…worldly worldness. But, there’s a difference in being in the world and using it to get to your greater purpose and being in the world just to use things/people for the mean time. Now that I think about it, when you use people do you really get anywhere or accomplish anything? Maybe people can say that they do, but really is it helping them at all?
Sometimes you get the feeling no one is on your side, no one cares and no one loves you. (Because of fights with your parents, fights with significant others, no one noticing the good things that your doing…) BUT, if you really really think about it, no matter what you say or how many ways you can think of denying it…someone is always out there loving you. Just try and figure out who.
If there are people “out there” engulfed by depression please remind them what they are worth. I have come to learn of a person(s) like that recently…and well even if I was not that close to them. I’m sorry no one told him/her to “choose life”. =(
I finally finished my oral defense… I can't believe I survived making a 43 page paper on marketing ethics. I’m so glad it’s over… Hell weeks are coming up, but I’m up for the battle…it’s always worth it in the end... one thing down...99 more to go… can’t wait for summer to start…I really want to take photography classes…
“Trigger happy” =)
Important life lesson:
Making a "living" is not the same as make a "life".
Wow, it’s still hard for me to believe my idea actually won 3rd prize at an interschool competition. The first ad competition I ever joined…There were 60 entries for the radio ad portion… for those people that were asking me to hear the ad just check it out here. =) I'll be posting it here soon. I’m glad I had my group to support me in the execution of the idea. It makes me really feel bad that I didn’t enter any of my other ideas into the competition. Anyways, that call from our group leader really made my day, that won and we were the only group from our batch to win something. The certificate they gave us was just a super last minute thing they printed on a regular sheet of bond paper, I mean the font was even times new roman. It doesn’t look like anything special, but hey, who cares about what the certificate looks like anyway =)
If you do listen to the ad, sorry that the giggle was way too loud…and the heartbeat should be louder.. the execution of the ad needs to be improved on, but we really didn’t have any time. I wish we could of made it better, (maybe we would have even won first place) haha. But, I won’t think of the what if’s anymore…it’ll just get me pissed.
ANYWAY, the ad is in Filipino because the target audience here is the masses. I wanted to present the idea that, well when a baby is aborted…a “life” was lost…a “life” that could have done so many great things…when a baby is aborted its like flushing all that would have been, could have been, great… there’s nothing greater than a person realizing his/her potentials. The tag is “laglag ang pangarap, laglag ang kinabukasan, itigil ang paglalaglag”…its real fun to work with Filipino words in a tag line because words have double meanings. “laglag” could mean like fallen/lost/dropped (sorry for the bad translation, but I guess I must be given props because its my 3rd year of actually speaking the language.) So, its like lost dreams…lost future…stop abortion. But the cool thing here is laglag can also refer to the act of abortion. I don’t know if ad is really that good, but maybe its because I keep listening to it and I keep judging it…especially the audio and the effects…However, I still can’t help smiling...yahoo! Third place =)
Why do parents always, ALWAYS think they are right? Parents are people too and are prone to mistakes but it is SOOOOO hard for them to admit it. In the world today, somehow I understand where they are coming from; I mean how their way of life before was like that. That is what they know. But, do they HAVE to pass it on to us? How are they sure that, that is the best thing? After all, times change and pretty much everything changes. Even if you have the best reasons to prove your point parents can always give you that “parental stare”, and you just know it means “OK, BUT I’m still right and your still wrong”… haha. It’s hard to even make your point anymore. I don’t know… I wonder if it’s any fun for them to be able to do that every single time. Maybe deep down inside they get to think about your points but I mean, really, it doesn’t show. I hope when that time comes I won’t get P.S. (that state of mind)…but maybe it’s inevitable…=)
It’s fun to act childish sometimes. It’s hard to face the fact that sometimes you just have to GROW UP…One of my “good” profs told us that “you carry the best of being a child into the future”, and it struck me right then and there…I remember friends of mine ranting that their “significant other” is so immature and everything… I had a ton of flashbacks of times when even I called people immature and childish…but I guess we can’t help it because that is what people do. We bring the best of being a child into the future. As my “good” Prof. (he’s the type of teacher that would really get you to want to learn) said, “the problem of people is not their being childish because they bring the best of being a child into the future…people should never lose their child-like sense of wonder”…that made me hope that I don’t lose mine. I think once people lose their child-like sense of wonder they become so critical of everything and maybe just maybe that’s how their worlds get so complicated...Not just complicated but they don't enjoy living as much as they should. Good thought. I’m glad I have Profs that make me look at the world in a different light. Even if their subject can be dry, boring, etc. Whoever it was that wanted to impart this message…It got to me =)
If you could have one superpower, what would you choose?
Submitted by J.T.
Superpower?
..Teleportation
I'd love to be able to teleport across the world.. haha
Trash Can + Computer Parts + A bit of paint = CPU
How have people mispronounced your name? How is it supposed to sound?
Submitted by Lorie.
People always mispronounce my first and last name ALL the time. My name is pronounced like eye-sha. People call me ai-sa..ayesha..a-sha..but I just hate when people call me ai-sa or ai-za..I don't know why..I just do..That's why my good friends just call me by my nick name "ice" or sometimes spelled "aice" =) or aish or whatever.. if it sounds like my name it's fine with me.. =)
Another quotable quote:
"Lahat ng tao merong isang nakatatak sa puso nila na mahirap matangal.. pero hindi ibig sabihin na hindi na sila pwedeng mag mahal ulit.. at hindi rin ibig sabihin kailangan na ung taong yun ang mamahalin lang nila. hindi ito matanggal dahil kahit papano espesyal ang tao na yun sa kanila dahil sa pinag samahan." - Dr. Budji (Dean of Psych,UST)
Rough Translation with a semi-interpretation (haha. bear with me here):
"All people have that one person that has made an impact on them/"left a mark in your heart"..but that does not mean that you can't love him/her again (because they are gone now), and that does not mean that he/she needs to be the only person that you will love.. This person won't be erased (from your heart/memory, even if you try) because of the fact that the person was special to you and you have spent some significant time(s) with that person. "
..some people know how to summarize exactly what you knew but could never put into words...
