i hope there's cake in the ref
i had always hated studying. back in grade school, i just do my homework at school (which isn't supposed to be, because it's called homework), and just shrug off the worry of an exam (although i forced to memorize some bible verses for that unjust religion exam). same with high school. i can not imagine how i survived that vicious stage of my academic life without studying. well, studying to a certain level of expectation by people. so now, haven't learned the art of studying, i am this kid who chooses to play than to open books. which equates to some *unlucky* failures (academic ones of course).
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i often took my teenage years for granted. for me, being a teen means i gain more pounds (because of the natural increase in body mass), grow taller than the kids who tease me for being short and just undergoing all the changes the body undergoes. also, i was allowed to sleep much later than kiddie bedtimes, cover more of gala places and can come home at a much later time.
when i stepped into college, a new world was opened up to me. i had freedom, more, much more than i had. i had learned to do stuff at school, i had learned to eat stuff i haven't eaten or would have not eaten. much more than what the es department has taught me, i have learned these imporatant lessons:
everyone has a certain degree of maturity, but be mature enough to understand.
not all people will like you, or will agree to you all the time. people who you think act immature or too mature for you will make you very much, um, furious. i learned that lashing out only gets you more trouble. increase in entropy of a system will only increase the entropy of the universe. of course the entropy of the universe is increasing, but don't add salt to the wound.
humility is best consumed with sincerity.
there is this grade school joke "pinagmamayabang ko na mapagkumbaba ako." of course it was funny that time but it is really annoying. i have met a lot of people an they sense, especially the professors if your humility is sincere. there should be no ulterior motives. it is like sinigang. although all your meat and vegetables are there, if it isn't sour, then it is not sinigang.
your instincts are not always right, so go ahead a make that mistake.
i make a lot of mistakes ranging from those choosing the wrong flavor ones to really life-changing ones. i usually base my decisions on my instincts (but i know better now), and end up screwing up a lot of things. it's really sad but at least i have experienced commiting the mistake early enough to learn from it. now, i take a lot of time thinking, usually in decision making, but anyway, instincts can be trusted, but not all the time.
when we get hurt, there is a lesson afterwards.
i get hurt everyday. one day, i might have an upset stomach. another day, i might be spoken to very harshly. still another, i might fail in an exam. everyone of us gets hurt more than once a day, and it's not a good thing to get hurt because it requires a lot of time to recover from, a lot of fun things to make you feel better, and so much compromise on a lot of things. just to look at the bright side of it, we get hurt because we failed to see, do or understand something. we should learn from the hurt we felt.
you can actually overdo minding others' business.
there is such a thing as being too nosy. actually, there are a lot of things in our life that we should pay attention to. also let us give our brains a rest and give it space to breathe. if we pile ourselves with too much burden from others (or on the other side of things, chismis), we can actually destroy our lives. also, over-reacting to what people say belong to this category. everyone is entitled to their opinion however biased and filthy they may be. so if you are expecting a big rise in your blood pressure, drop it and eat some ice cream.
being hardworking can actually mean a lot.
diligence goes a long way. it isn't enough that you have superbrains. hardwork is important.
you have your own beliefs, principles and ideals, but if it is to disregard others' beliefs, principles and ideals then yours are null and void.
we are all humans and we are entitled to believe in what we want to but we should see that other people want to feel that they are free to believe in what they want. #1: do not force others to believe in things they do not want to. #2: respect their beliefs. who would have thought that the earth revolves around the sun before Copernicus? however, some beliefs are far-fetched and therefore should be dismissed. but who knows? and it is very bad to bully a person to believe what you want him/her to. spreading false rumors are equally wrong.
there is no 'free' in this world anymore.
with the increasing prices of oil in this planet, every potato chip you eat would cost more than what our parents used to pay for whole meals. also, there are a lot of new 'responsibilities' that bind us. damn the media for that. but then freedom is free if you decide that it is. but it will be costly. get the point? ok. recently two persons were abucted because they were outspoken protesters of the current administration. they chose to use their freedom, and they had a price to pay. i pray that they be released because freedom should be free.
at least my life isn't a big waste. if you think so then yours may be.
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i often took my teenage years for granted. for me, being a teen means i gain more pounds (because of the natural increase in body mass), grow taller than the kids who tease me for being short and just undergoing all the changes the body undergoes. also, i was allowed to sleep much later than kiddie bedtimes, cover more of gala places and can come home at a much later time.
when i stepped into college, a new world was opened up to me. i had freedom, more, much more than i had. i had learned to do stuff at school, i had learned to eat stuff i haven't eaten or would have not eaten. much more than what the es department has taught me, i have learned these imporatant lessons:
everyone has a certain degree of maturity, but be mature enough to understand.
not all people will like you, or will agree to you all the time. people who you think act immature or too mature for you will make you very much, um, furious. i learned that lashing out only gets you more trouble. increase in entropy of a system will only increase the entropy of the universe. of course the entropy of the universe is increasing, but don't add salt to the wound.
humility is best consumed with sincerity.
there is this grade school joke "pinagmamayabang ko na mapagkumbaba ako." of course it was funny that time but it is really annoying. i have met a lot of people an they sense, especially the professors if your humility is sincere. there should be no ulterior motives. it is like sinigang. although all your meat and vegetables are there, if it isn't sour, then it is not sinigang.
your instincts are not always right, so go ahead a make that mistake.
i make a lot of mistakes ranging from those choosing the wrong flavor ones to really life-changing ones. i usually base my decisions on my instincts (but i know better now), and end up screwing up a lot of things. it's really sad but at least i have experienced commiting the mistake early enough to learn from it. now, i take a lot of time thinking, usually in decision making, but anyway, instincts can be trusted, but not all the time.
when we get hurt, there is a lesson afterwards.
i get hurt everyday. one day, i might have an upset stomach. another day, i might be spoken to very harshly. still another, i might fail in an exam. everyone of us gets hurt more than once a day, and it's not a good thing to get hurt because it requires a lot of time to recover from, a lot of fun things to make you feel better, and so much compromise on a lot of things. just to look at the bright side of it, we get hurt because we failed to see, do or understand something. we should learn from the hurt we felt.
you can actually overdo minding others' business.
there is such a thing as being too nosy. actually, there are a lot of things in our life that we should pay attention to. also let us give our brains a rest and give it space to breathe. if we pile ourselves with too much burden from others (or on the other side of things, chismis), we can actually destroy our lives. also, over-reacting to what people say belong to this category. everyone is entitled to their opinion however biased and filthy they may be. so if you are expecting a big rise in your blood pressure, drop it and eat some ice cream.
being hardworking can actually mean a lot.
diligence goes a long way. it isn't enough that you have superbrains. hardwork is important.
you have your own beliefs, principles and ideals, but if it is to disregard others' beliefs, principles and ideals then yours are null and void.
we are all humans and we are entitled to believe in what we want to but we should see that other people want to feel that they are free to believe in what they want. #1: do not force others to believe in things they do not want to. #2: respect their beliefs. who would have thought that the earth revolves around the sun before Copernicus? however, some beliefs are far-fetched and therefore should be dismissed. but who knows? and it is very bad to bully a person to believe what you want him/her to. spreading false rumors are equally wrong.
there is no 'free' in this world anymore.
with the increasing prices of oil in this planet, every potato chip you eat would cost more than what our parents used to pay for whole meals. also, there are a lot of new 'responsibilities' that bind us. damn the media for that. but then freedom is free if you decide that it is. but it will be costly. get the point? ok. recently two persons were abucted because they were outspoken protesters of the current administration. they chose to use their freedom, and they had a price to pay. i pray that they be released because freedom should be free.
at least my life isn't a big waste. if you think so then yours may be.
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