Feynman and Grit

I am only halfway done reading this book, but it's really really good. 

It uses jargon, yes, but I assure you that the book doesn't go overboard.

It's amazing to get into the head of this genius (since Feynman wrote the book himself).

Plus, the short anecdotes of our hero are fun! They make me laugh, think and wonder. 

Feynman, obviously has grit (something that I've been reading about lately). 

Grit means staying true to your goals, notwithstanding hardships and difficulties.

It also means persisting, and valuing the process of creating, as opposed to results.

Link about grit: Grit Is More Important than Talent

(Okay, this was an incoherent post. But this blog is an online record book, remember? :)) )

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Yay. :)
Now it's time to throw in more fun to my sembreak.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.

Just A Thought

Oh wow, I've successfully thrown everyone
out of my life and now I'm alone.

Coincidence?

Yet another moment that will probably change my life forever, though I do not realize it now (Oh wait, I just did).

Still waiting for a revelation.

#spirituality  #thatpersoninthebookstore

The M Word

Since when did I get interested in marketing?

I've been reading plenty of articles about it for the past few months.

I think my mom's college course is all about marketing too.

So look who's following her footsteps :))

(Not on a professional level though)

Note: Sorry if my blog has become a hodge-podge of semi-fuzzy ideas. From a decent online platform, it has turned out to be a messy online record book. But hey, that's just the way I like it.

Reality is better than any other thing

IN A NUTSHELL

Most awesome weekend ever! Two lovely packages + Sarah's debut + Sleepover with Adelfa and Camia girls + Fort Santiago + MOA! :)

Also, new beginnings.

NO ONE LAUGHS AT LOVE

I’m gonna write from the soul

Though you don’t deserve a song

And I shall cry my heart out

Until I laugh at love no more

You can achieve anything

That you put your heart and mind into?

Well, it’s not at all true

And it’s all because of you

You remind me of

Stolen glances

Happy places

Bittersweet moments

But mostly sad endings.

What do I remind you of?

Nothing.

And I can’t even write now because of the rolling karaoke

And the glistening water in my face

And the uncomfortable sensation from too much walking

But no

Mostly, it’s because I’ve ran out of songs

You are no longer my song

Ha-ha, ha-ha

Taking cue from Regina Spektor and whispering
(silently whimpering)
my very last song for you

No one laughs at love when it seems like forever

No one laughs at love when everything’s okay

No one’s laughing at love when God has made way for what seems to be the best story as of yet

But love could be funny

When your mind is tired

And your knees are shaking

And your heart is crying

Out of shame, regret and longing

Ha-ha, ha-ha

What could be more futile than love

Than a fertile ground in forever, frozen

A SHORT BUT IMPORTANT ANECDOTE

My family and I went to Mall of Asia to ice skate, but then there was no room for us since too many people visit on Sundays. So instead, I made hints that we should watch a movie in IMAX instead. It seems as though they didn't like the idea though. I felt kinda :| (how do I describe the feeling), but when I saw the beautiful sunset and the glistening sea, I did not protest anymore. Why settle for virtual reality, when you can have reality?

And, on a similar note, why waste time on things that cannot be, when you can choose to be happy?

The boring streak ends here :)

Hi, exciting life!

Music Dump

Because I'm a forgetful creature, and I don't want my future self to be clueless as to what she she had been doing when she was sixteen.

Mostly popular songs in this post. Nothing indie or anything.

One of these days I'll rap like this. (I want to, at least.)

One of these days I'll sing like this. Sweet and soulful.

So maybe this really isn't a popular song. But this song goes into my list anyway.

One of these days I'll write a beautiful song like this. Clever and hooking (in some kind of weird and 

twisted way).

There goes my short list. Off to make my sembreak interesting now. :)

Edit: Recent Addition ('cause I only listened to the song just now): Avenue Q's For Now.

The top Youtube comment says it all: 

I think I'll listen to more Avenue Q songs in the coming days.

Toodles (for real)! :)

Today should be a happy day. Bye bad vibes. :)

Good way to ruin a good day

This song's been playing in my head for weeks already, and today, I figured that it was for a good reason. I think there will always be a skeptical and careful part of me that will consciously avoid, prevent and minimize any special encounter with the opposite sex. Simply because I'm afraid of mishaps and bad things and basically everything. Not making a choice doesn't mean being exempt from the pain, however.

(And yeah. Add that to the fact that I haven't seen someone seriously interesting interesting for the past few months.)

I've been trying to lay down before me an optimum path that is, as much as possible, fool-proof and nice-on-paper. Because I'm afraid that history will repeat itself and my dreams and happy ending will be sent to oblivion before they even get realized.

Family. Love. Money. Relationships. Life. Happiness.

I've been trying to be strong, okay. Practically my whole life, really.

Patterns are a curse. I want to deviate from the pattern and make the right decisions and make my life happy and successful and meaningful.

I shall not stagnate.

P.S. Oh, by the way, we had this Camia thing a while ago. It was a mini-celebration-slash-reunion for Sarah's birthday. People who attended: Jon, Otan, Amanda, Pauline, Justin, Kristine.

It was just high school all over again okay. Some feelings and things just never go away.

In case I forget (because I forgot my special red notebook and it's in the dorm), I'll record the things we did here: Supposed to watch a movie (What's Your Number), but took a group photo instead. Went near Timezone, and ended up riding carousels. It was sooooo fun (sense the sarcasm :)) ). Then we ate DQ. Mine's strawberry banana (cause that's my favorite flavor).

So yeah, that's basically it. Short and sweet to say the least. I look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday. :)

And with that I end my post. But not before I put two essential pieces of advice for myself (that I stole from Moper):
1) Don't make decisions that you will regret, but
2) Never live a single moment of your life with regret

And yeah, also: Make life awesome. :D

Yay, it's finally the sembreak! The post of this title should have been "Happiness beckons" or basically anything that contains the word "happy", because I know that's what I should feel by now. But no. I don't feel happy. The emo trigger has popped tonight and it's making me miserable.

In any case, I've done quite a few nice things this weekend. I figured it's about time to punctuate the first sem with a few good things for my soul:

[x]  Read Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Provoking book! If there's anything I've learned aside from life and faith and practical shizz about animals, it's the tiring routine of looking at the blue expanse that my father probably falls into whenever he's aboard).

[x] Jogging. Though this is something that's more for my body than for my soul. We rarely have the chance to do physical activities in Manila, and yeah, it hasn't done my body any good.

[x] Tried to play Sway by Bic Runga on the piano. I'm not yet done though. 'Cause like, I'm no pro, and yeah. You get the drift. I got the sheet music and all but I forgot everything that I learned in Pisay music classes. I resolved to make do with a Youtube tutorial video instead.

[ ] Read the story "Flight to the Stars", the first in a collection of stories in a book by Samantha Coyiuto. I bought the book because of her age, primarily. :)) She's only 16 but she's already a published writer.

Here's something I wish I'd done this weekend:

[ ] Watch Next to Normal. I really, really wanted to watch this. I planned to watch with my IMED friends, but it didn't push through in the end. For one, the tickets were expensive, and also, I think they wanted to do their Comm/Kom paper this weekend. I swear I'll watch a musical before this year ends.

[ ] Fix my room. It's been a stockpile of sorts since I moved to a dorm last June. Not good.

If I were my old self, I would probably proceed to the part where I rant about my life and love and other things in between. But no. That gets tiring din pala.

I know I'll have my happily-ever-after soon enough (especially if I don't keep track of the days and foget the conscious pursuit of happily-ever-after altogether.

I know the residing cynic in me will probably laugh at this post and the mention of the world "happily-ever-after," but whatever, okay.

I know I should do Kom stuff now. 

Bad

It may be a good idea to write about the things that you learned each day and compile them into a neat list. Something like this:
 http://o1iman.wordpress.com/everyday-a-new-day/

I'm not really in the mood to write right now (I feel kinda bad), but I just wanted to record this nifty idea in my space!

I think I'm having mid-midlife crisis and I'm thinking about the sense of doing it all. I've always been the studious girl, but now the lazy and unproductive me surfaces and progresses to eat  the goody-goody version of me. Not to mention that I've been reading articles with titles such as "Why You Don't Need A College Degree" and "Why You Don't Need A High GPA" for the past few days. Gah! Counter-intuitive, I know. Not to mention, distracting or even destructive.

Only a few days to go before the sembreak, okay. Do what you need to do. Study for 30 minutes or whatever. @-)