Quotable Quotes

Quotable quotes for the week.

To help us stay sane and get on with our crazy lives.

Happy Monday!

Drive

How I wish falling in love were like driving a car. Take a joyride and see what's out there. Drive around 'til you settle for a special spot. Accelerate when you feel like hitting a low point in the relationship-- in such a way that you can get past the ugly phases.

Perhaps, hit the brakes when everything's just happening too fast, or worse, out of your control. And when you feel like everything's falling apart or like giving up, you just have to shift the gear. May be take a detour and head to the unpopular bend and go down memory lane- to cherish only the cheerful moments.

The best thing about it though is driving the car with someone you want to travel your life with. 

Hopefully, 'til the end.

Life and the Movies

Ikr, sometimes you just wish life is just like the movies. And during times of distress, your knight in shining armor- may be in the form of Richard Gere-comes in to rescue you. Perhaps your dream girl saves you from frantically drowning ala Pamela Anderson of Baywatch. (Ooooh)

Or when you are gloomy, tired and alone and stranded in the streets during an unforgiving downpour, the Amazing Spiderman enters the frame, albeit inverted, to comfort the lady with a wet kiss. (U huh)

Dont you just wish you can get lost in the mystery and magic of the movies: where lighting creates an ambiance, music sets the mood and makeup covers the imperfection.

Voila! Perfect!

But it is all staged. And everyone acts.

You know, in life, it is pretty much the same. The world is our stage and we are all actors. But there's no Academy Award.
Too bad, we would have won for the Best and Worst Version of Us. Depending on the scene.

SOULMATE

What is a soulmate?

DAD.

On my way to Munoz tonight, I chanced upon a sad scene in the sidewalk. A man was cradling a kid, who was may be around 5-8 years old and apparently afflicted by hydrocephalus.

It was heartbreaking.

The man was not directly asking for alms but there was what I thought to be a donation box right in front of them. Most people pause and give em barya.
Then walk away.

Pag ganito, it's a no-brainer-- of course, I want to help them! So naglagay din ako ng barya dun sa box. Then moved on.

But something was pulling me back. I wanted to talk to the man and ask about their plight.

So I did. And I even hinted that I could seek help online by taking their pic and posting it here.

But he refused. Last year daw kasi,a student also did the same thing.... He was getting gibberish, so I couldn't understand the rest of what he said. Or may be I was just too distracted by the situation before my eyes.

Basta sa pagkakaintindi ko, parang wala namang nangyari so he'd rather not let me take a pic of them. After all, to him, what's the point?

I was taken aback na ayaw nya. But I didn't want to cause a scene by insisting... Instead, I respected his request and slowly moved on.

That right there made me think so much about life.

Really, how could we just walk away from a sight like this? Isn't it alarming that scenarios as such have become too commonplace in the metro that we already accept them as part of our culture and turn us into these jaded, apathetic citizens who opt to live lavishly and comfortably while in any given day, we see so much of the opposite sa ating mga kababayan?

Street children. Rugby boys. Old people, the blind who are serenading us under the scorching sun and sweltering heat.

Etong mga taong to na matatagpuan pa natin sa labas lang ng City Hall.

Normal na lahat ng yan so hayaan na lang...Yan na ang kinagisnan natin, so life goes on...

Really? Really!

Put yourself in the position of a tourist who is visiting our country for the first time. Someone who is foreign to our land.

Wouldn't you be surprised by the indifference? Or would you be amazed how apathetic we are?

Si manong at ang anak nya.
At ang iba pang storya sa kalsada.

Happy Father's Day na lang sa kanila.

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Giving alms... Ibang storya naman yun.

Independence Day 2013

Naturingang Independence Day pero di ka pa rin nakakalaya sa mapait na alaala.

Bilanggo ka pa rin ng nakaraan.

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Late post.
Just a share.

Duality

 

Read up on people being "in a rush to do all things at once."

I'm wondering...
Is that bad? What if the person does not view it as rushing? But rather seizing the moment?

Isn't that normal-- maximizing our borrowed time?
Like finding every opportunity to cross some items on our bucket list, because as we all know, we dont have forever in our grasp?

And when we are seemingly in a rush, do we really miss out the essentials...?
Why, is time proportional to quality...?

Do we really find ourselves at lost, burned out, or hitting a dead end so soon, once we accomplished our goals?

In the first place, do people really run out of hopes and dreams?
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Those are the questions.
Must be the weather.

Ayn Rand on Love

So, does the name Ayn Rand ring a bell? 

Since, Valentine's day is just around the corner, let's talk about love. And here's something to share about Rand's definition of love, which is featured in her book The Fountainhead. And it goes...

 "To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I. The meaning of the ‘I’ is an independent, self-sufficient entity that does not exist for the sake of any other person. A person who exists only for the sake of his loved one is not an independent entity, but a spiritual parasite. The love of a parasite is worth nothing.”

You can view the article here.

I Love Yous

 

Food for thought:
Can you ever quantify love and appreciation? Well sometimes, you just can't afford to squander "I Love You's". You gotta earn it.