I've been waiting, waiting and waiting still for a spurt of genius to come out of me. I want something substantial, nay, profound, to write in our Think Piece on the concept of Desire for my class. So far, I have nothing.

After months of waiting, I now own a copy of Thus Spoke Zarathustra. I've never come across any piece of literature that is so hard and yet so interesting to read. And since I am bored as fuck and I still have to wait for 5pm before I can register for summer classes, I shall share one of Nietzsche's aphorisms from the said book.

You crowd around ( Read more... )

Forgive me for living under a rock but I just watched Across the Universe and it was amazing. Not only was it inspired by the Fab Four but it was also an ode to the decade where music, particularly rock music, was at its zenith. Some of my favorite visualizations of the Beatles' songs were those of Let It Be (with the choir), Dear Prudence (when ( Read more... )

April 20 falls on a Sunday.

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Oh and did I mention that I hate going being forced to go to fucking church? 3 days in a row already and it's not even Easter Sunday. I wanna be un-baptized.

Simba na lang ng simba. Puro na lang simba. I just don't get why there's a need to be all solemn and shit when everybody knows that he's gonna rise after 3 days. I mean, isn't that what this faith is all about? And what the fuck was up with the lining-up-to-kiss-the-Jesus-statue thing? Haha.

Anyway, this day isn't so bad after all. MTV finally did ( Read more... )

The problem with Christianity is essentially rooted on the baptism of infants who are in no condition to make sense of what is happening around them. The infant unknowingly pledges its life to this religion. As the child grows and attains some sense of consciousness, terms such as Sunday mass, holy days of obligation, guilt and morality are already ( Read more... )

I have never had an educator who has made such a profound effect on me.

Thank you.

As I sit comfortably in this cozy black couch in one of the many coffee shop chains located around the area of my school, I am intently looking at one scene. In this scene, I see 5 middle aged individuals sitting around 3 round tables that were laid side by side. All of them have their laptops in front of them and by the looks of it, the guy ( Read more... )