Describe ‘rainbow’ to a blind person… October 29, 2008

There were two groups in theclassroom. The teacher asked them how will they describe a rainbow to a blind person.

Naturalist:

 It cannot be described (since they cannot determine the colors of the rainbow).

 

 

Romantic:

You want to touch it though you really cannot; and when you think that you can almost touch it, it suddenly disappears.

Literacy October 24, 2008

i consider myself literate in English. In fact when I was in grade school, i receive comments from teachers that I am good in English. I have written letters, articles, journals in English. And in high school, my classmates thought that I am fluent in every language that I use (maybe, they just wanted to tell me that I was better than them, not really that good. haha).

Be that as it may, I came to think that I wanted to learn other languages aside from English and my own language, and so I enrolled on a Nihongo course. It was a challenging language because Japanese have a different mode of writing. Since I was eager to equip my mind with a new knowledge of other languages, I was able to master the hiragana and katakana characters. But when I reached to the part where learning the kanji, I choked some air. The sensei said there are thousands of them. Ha! Now I only remember 5 of these characters.

Yesterday, I stumbled on a page written in Japanese; and that was when I was reminded how illiterate I am to other languages than Filipino and English.

Awkward Situation #1 October 24, 2008

fRom Kirstain:

How can you say ‘yes’ to a guy when the question has already been asked a year ago? It isn’t that late but the feeling, well, doesn’t feel like it hits the timing…

Q:  why did this happen?

A: well, because I asked the guy to wait.

Aside from that, the reason why it felt more awkward was because the timing wasn’t good. A misunderstanding had happened on that assigned date (that I only have the right to set, therefore, I was the only one who knew).

Fruits Basket Opening Song September 10, 2008

Totemo ureshikatta yo / kimi ga warai kakede ta

Subete o tokasu chou emi de

Haru wa mada tookute / tsumetai tsuchi no naka de

Me fuku toki o matte ta ‘n da

 

 Tatoeba kurushii kyou da to shite mo

Kinou no kizu o nokoshite ite mo

Shinjitai / kokoro hodo ite yukere to

 

 Umare kawaru koto wa dekinai yo

Dakedo kawatte wa ikeru kara

LET’S STAY TOGETHER / itsu mo

 

Boku dake ni waratte / sono yubi de / nee sawatte

Nozomi bakari ga hateshinaku

 

Yasashiku shitai yo / mou kuyanu you ni

Nageki no umi mo koete ikou

 

Tatoe kurushii kyou da to shite mo

Itsu ka atatakana omoide ni naru

Kokoro goto subete nage daseta nara

 

Koko ni ikiteru imi ga wakaru yo

Umare ochita yorokobi o shiru

LET’S STAY TOGETHER / itsu mo

 

Tatoeba kurushii kyou da to shite mo

Itsu ka atatakana omoide ni naru

Kokoro goto subete nage daseta nara

 

Koko ni ikiteru imi ga wakaru yo

Umare ochita yorokobi o shiru

LET’S STAY TOGETHER / itsu mo

 

 

English Translation

 

I was so happy, you were laughing

With a smile that melts everything away

Spring is still far away, inside the cold earth,

Waiting for the time to sprout

For instance, even if today is painful

And yesterday’s wounds remain

I want to believe that I can free my heart and go on

I cannot be reborn

But I can change as I go on, so

Let’s stay together always

Smile only at me and touch me with those fingers

This simple desire is everlasting

I want things to be simple

Let’s finally get across this sea of mournful sorrow

For instance, even if today is painful

Someday it will become a warm memory

If you leave everything up to your heart

I understand the meaning our living here

It is to know the joy of having been born

Let’s stay together always

For instance, even if today is painful

Someday it will become a warm memory

If you leave everything up to your heart

I understand the meaning our living here

It is to know the joy of having been born

Let’s stay together always

 

 

 

 

I just love this song from fruits basket. =D 

 

 

On Movies and Talented Inds… September 6, 2008

Watching movies is one of my hobbies. I like to play three movies simultaneously and can actually forget about meals. When I find a movie interesting, I would check out who the director is and give the credit to him/her; but I don’t usually look for the name of the scriptwriter.

For every movies, the scriptwriter is also responsible for making it enjoyable and wonderful through good plot, crisp dialogues and the like. It’s not solely the director. I perceive scriptwriters to be creator of the soul of a movie; and the director to be the one who gives it life through movement.

It is not since college that I appreciate more of the writer than the director. And apparently, it is also not until college that I saw the movie Mean Girls. (I am not a fond of girl stuff. It’s just that I love movies….*wink*…. )

Lately, I have read an article about talented individuals. That’s when I came about Tina Fey. Witty, talented, and rich. She was the  writer of Saturday Night Live, the script writer of Mean Girls where she also co-starred in, and many others. And she was announced as the “Sexiest Woman in the World” in the Annual Top 100 List  of a bisexual Web.

It’s Near!! September 6, 2008

They say a girl should act like a lady when she turns 18.

I’m an exception..  I sit on the chair in squat position, I walk lazily on the corridors, I act like a child sometimes, and also, I still feel a bit boyish even though I try to act feminine.

How much more would it take if I turn 19. It’s already fast approaching. I don’t usually cross out days on the

Haze September 3, 2008

We collide on purpose

not our own

leaping

into orange.

Then I am red

and you are yellow

circling

a solitary fever.

We make

rings of fire

in dim spaces

stroking time

Where I am red

And you are yellow

And when we meet

We set ourselves on fire.

-Fran Ng

I like the poem for its fiery message, an exchange of heat creating fire. This is not only sex but also love that entails sex.

marathon August 15, 2008

I like to run.

 

Whenever I am late or when I’m the only person in the path walk, I run. It keeps me going.

 

I want to feel the beat of my heart against my chest, to pant when I feel the chaos in my lungs as they grasp for air, to heave my legs heavily with every lift and every stomp. And every lap I finished, an almost gained victory burst inside my ribcage like a bomb detonated.

 

I love the emotions escaping my mind. My piece of peace.

 

I love to run.

 

I love to forget why I run.

 

I want to forget that once we ran away to escape what we had left behind.

 

Now you run away, leaving everything on my shoulders.

 

I want to run too. To escape.

 

I love to run. I feel that it will keep me going. Running. Running.

Of thriLL and inTelligence June 21, 2008

DEATH NOTE

I AM JUSTICE

I just love this anime. When I read the title, the first thing that came into my mind was that this anime could be gothic and gore; but, the story doesn’t emphasize these two elements.

Death Note is written in a way that the story revolves around the theme “catch-me-if-you-can”. There is thrill and wit as the story unravels the adventures undergone by the characters:

1. Kira – The protagonist: a genius and a bored 17-year old.. His name is really Light Yagami (Raito) but the ones who are after him call him Kira. He happens to pick up the Death Note and discovered that it is a dangerous notebook that can kill humans. He chose the most hideous criminals to be victims.

2. L – The antagonist: a mysterious world-class detective that hunts down Kira. He is so curious about how Kira killed the criminals without leaving any evidence. He takes strategic measures to catch him, including his willing risky disclosure of some information about him.

3. Shinigami Ryuk – He describes the life of a Shinigami (a death god ) as a boring one. So, he dropped his Death Note to have some fun while a human uses it. In Kira and L’s chase, Ryuk has made a battle between the two. And the reward is life.

So far, this is the basic facts the story gives to us, readers, as we are about to experience the thrill in reading/watching DEATH NOTE. Keep the story come alive as we unfold its mystery and we’ll surely have fun within our boring days.

About Tim… =D June 12, 2008

First of all, I come with different names. Sometimes it’s Tim short for Tina Marl, sometimes it’s Tina or Marl, TM or Arl. It could sound as a boy’s name or a girl’s name. It doesn’t matter to me that much.

So what do I write in this blog?

I just love making friends. And my friends have a lot to say. What I do ?

I keep records of the testimonies of my friends and with their permission I publish them in my blog. This means that not all of the posts here are mine. Some of them are my friends’ but I rewrite them and put them here.

Hope you enjoy!! And keep on visiting!