January 2011
36 posts
Stagnant
Adj. Characterized by lack of development, advancement, or progressive movement.
“Why does one begin to write? Because she feels misunderstood, I guess. Because...”
– Nicole Krauss (link)
“Pain takes up residence within a family, just as it does within a person. No one...”
– An excerpt from Paralyzed, a memoir by Roxana Robinson published in Harper’s September 2010 issue
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On leaps of faith
I still don’t know how things work, but. I’m beginning to think the following are crucial points, and in figuring things out, keeping them in mind would help:
1. The kind of life we will lead is up to us. We choose.
2. Options are given to us. We don’t create them, but we could choose.
3. I once heard that we can never know for sure whether we’re making the right choice...
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The Lunch Blog '11: post no. 10 - On Second... →
On the truth retrospection has shoved to my face in a very polite manner, how Second Options become our ultimate option, and why this is not good, and why, instead, we should have backup plans.
regression
Biology. Reversion to an earlier or less advanced state or form or to a common or general type.
- No, not only in biology.
Now this is dread I haven't felt in so long
“Writers live twice. They go along with their regular life, are as fast as anyone...”
– Natalie Goldberg
Saturday at Mercato Centrale →
Jabin and I spent yesterday at Mercato Centrale, Bonifacio Global City. It’s a weekend market with booths and stalls that sell really awesome stuff, particularly very delicious food. Because we weren’t able to try everything - I don’t think you could in just an hour, how long we were there - we plan to visit it again this coming Saturday.
Shock, awkwardness, and then five minutes and...
I find myself weirdly happy. And I find that there is piece in accepting. Or in making peace with something. Or, in choosing to be at peace with something.
The world is okay. It’s still going round. The only difference is, five minutes and twenty-two thoughts later, I’m a teeny bit happier.
A few things:
I’m quite tired of doing unchallenging things.
Even if I’m getting paid for it.
They’re just not worth the time and the mental energy (whatever little of it that it requires)
“Go be that starving artist you’re afraid to be. Open up that journal and get...”
– Jason Mraz (via mynameisary)
Lobo
Karla: Lobo ka.
Gela: No, I'm a vampire.
Karla: You're a balloon!
“How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us,...”
– Stephen Covey (via yearslater)
Comical should we find it, how time comes to a...
December 2010
19 posts
I have a new layout up, yay!
It’s not much, but it’s something I actually like. Finally, something I could stick to for a semi-permanent while.