Turmoil in Progress

The Lovely Bones

“These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections - sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent - that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. The events that my death wrought were merely the bones of a body that would become whole at some unpredictable time in the future. The price of what I came to see as this miraculous body had been my life.”

I love this line.

What if you were to die today? What do you believe will happen next? What will happen to you and everyone around you? What happens to the things you have been building all your life? Where will you go? How do you move on? These questions are like the ultimate questions of our existence. A lot of us avoid this questions because we are afraid to find the answers.. Strong answers that would shake us.

There is one thing that's sure about death though.. After you die, the world will not stop from turning. People will still keep moving on. And the moments you left in this world, the impact of your life -- and death -- to other people who knew you, will change their lives forever...

Who's Your Doggy?!

Do you have a pet? What's his name? Is it Max? Spot? Benjie? C'mon guys! You can do better than that! There's a lot of pet names that has been used over and over, and it's just sad. Think about being born in a world where you can't be yourself, a world where everyone is either a John or a Jane. That sucks. So please, guys. If you're gonna name a pet, be creative, at least. Your pet will love you for it. :D

So, how do we become creative with our pet's name? As a spontaneous person like myself, I loved naming my pets with random things that comes to my mind. I named my last goldfish "Porkchop". I named two of our cats as "Mom" and "Dad" [Inay at Itay]. (Just imagine how it would sound when I call for them at night, right?)

In my lifetime, We had soooooo many pets. We had dogs, cats, mice, birds, lizards, fish, pigs, lice, worms, pigs, spiders, you name it.. Our family has always been pet lovers. I think it's different when you grow up having pets. You become kinder and more sensitive. There was a time when a kitten fell to our backyard. We cared for it and welcomed it in our home. A few months later, we just realized we had 24 cats already. Each of them with a name different than the other. How do we know who's who? We named them after their markings. Do you know those inkblots the Psychologist show people, and ask them what it is? It's kinda like that.

Why become creative with a pet's name? Well, you can always be a mediocre pet owner, right? I think one of the advantages of having a cool pet's name is that it's always a good icebreaker. Specially when a boring person. [lol] If you find yourself in an akward situation, you can always say, "I named my dog Herpes." or "Last night I was dreaming about Porkchops."

Personally, I think the name Herpes is the bomb. I read someone named his dog Herpes and he was like, ""hey my Herpes broke out last night, have you seen it?", "I didn't want to give Herpes to my sister but my mom said I had to.", "The thing about Herpes is once you have him you'll never let him go!", "I had to pay $600 for Herpes shots today!", and "My Herpes broke out and put my neighbor in the hospital." This is hilarious! xD [thanks tshp]

So, what are good pet names? Well, there are these names that demand attention like: Hey, Hey You, Left, Right, Help, Stop, Psycho, Snatcher, or Bomb. Or you can name them as people like: Mister, Miss, Baby, Mr.President, your teacher's name, someone you knew, your neighbor's name, or your neighbor's cat name[if you have a dog]. This two categories are good if you and your pet our outside. People will definitely look at you. Or arrest you. You can also name them as food like: Spaghetti, Carrot, Onion, Apple Juice, Porkchop, Chowder, Coke, or whatever your favorite [or least favorite] food is. You can also name them with random terms, places, phrases, or event like: 4 hours, iPod, Destroyer, Herpes, Agent 99, It's complicated, Burger King, Johnny Depp, Ultra Killatron Omega 5000X, Elven_Master051, or even Chuck Norris. Anything.

The sky is the limit to having a BadAss name for your pet. Just make sure the name fits on their tags. And please, no obscene or insulting names. It's for your own good.

Just Trippin'

Last weekend, I met my boyfriend's cousin, Claudio, and his wife, Yuka. We had a lot of fun touring San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Monterey. Monterey is like the Clam Chowder capital of America. In every store/restaurant, they will give a sample of their Secret Clam Chowder.

Thanks for the wondurful time, guys! Happy Anniversary! And Congratulations! Hope to see you again soon. :)

A week before that I met Sidney's other cousin, Claudio's brother, Danilo and his wife, Fernanda. We had lots of fun in San Francisco! Thanks for sharing with me the joy of Jumping Pics.

Shaking the Shackles 2...

I feel so sad.. How can doing something good turn out to be something bad.. or unwanted..

It's not like I have a vice or anything...

I'm no smoker..

I don't drink that much...

I don't spend compulsively..

Put your money where your mouth is..

Why don't you do the things you say?

All I wanted is to make you smile..

But still you took it the wrong way...

I am still the wrong one..

Bioshocked

Bioshock is the best game I've ever laid my hands on. First to Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core. I can't believe this game existed until last year. And it was up and available since 2007. I used to think that the XBox console sucks. I don't think that anymore. I completely misjudged the console and was completely biased, jaundiced for the PlayStation systems..

The story really captured me. It made me feel. It made me a part of Rapture.

If Rapture would exist, I would definitely want to experience it and move in. A city where man would not fear the censor. A place with no discrimination and morality. Where everyone would be equal. No one is higher than anyone. Everyone is important. But this is, of course, just a dream. Such place could never exist. Man would always be drawn to curiosity and evil. There will always be a hunger for power, and a lust for self-fulfillment. And by realizing the difference between good and evil, we make a choice between the two. Although, I believe, man is born good, he is also corruptible, vulnerable. Thus, will make Rapture to inevitably fall.

I felt so serious on the last paragraph. [LOL!] It's just my way of wishing i could do a lot of things more than what I am capable of. [LOL]

I enjoyed a lot of memorable lines from the game. The lines from this game is priceless. Here are my favorite ones:

"A man chooses, a slave obeys"

"We all make choices in life, but in the end our choices make us."

"What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds. A parasite asks 'Where is my share?' A man creates. A parasite says, 'What will the neighbors think?' A man invents. A parasite says, 'Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God..."

""No Gods. No Kings. Only Men.""