Your Japanese name should be

'Moriko'

which means "forest child".

You
love being in nature and see beauty in almost
everything; the trees, the flowers, the sky,
the sun. You're at your best surrounded by
nature. You love animals and they love you!

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Oh my gosh! Imagine me doing a "philosophical" post here at blog! Maybe I was full of philosophy this week that had urged me to write down what I think about this intimidating subject. I tell you: it's soooooo hard to understand it!!! It will really split your brains apart! And I'm not even kidding about this. Just ask my fellow blockmates in school. How the hell are you suppose to know about the things around you without using your senses? Now this is what philosophy is talking about.

Before I blab on about this really really crazy subject, I must first make an introduction of it. We are currently studying Descartes' (the guy who invented the Cartesian plane. Ring any bells?) philosophy and he condemned that senses deceive us. (Like when you see a bent stick submerged in a glass filled with water) "To see is to believe" is a big NO NO for him. He asks us how certain are we that we exist. How certain are we that there are things called the sun, the moon, the world or the universe? The title itself is in Latin and it means "I think therefore I exist". Judging by the message it conveys to us, Descartes firmly believed that we can know an object's certainty through our reason. Our minds do the reasoning. He said that we are a thinking thing and that makes our existence certain. But just imagine us, a thinking body without senses. We all know that our knowledge comes from our everyday experiences and to experience means to sense. So why does Descartes argued that it is through reason and not through senses that we gain certainty? He would bombard you with trivial questions like the following: How certain are you that you are not dreaming about reading this post of mine right now? How certain are you that you are now in front of your computer and not somewhere else? How positive are you that you could very well differentiate reality from dream? I think his ideas are all farfetched. I'll bet you on anything that he came from Mars. (Watch out for Mars' appearance at exactly 12 midnight tonight!^^)

I guess you are getting bored with all this non-sense and I am not going to tire you out. I'm not even good in thoroughly explaining all this philosophical stuff because I, myself, cannot understand Descartes' mind. I jusy want to share with you what our Philosophy professor said. Descartes' philosophy was created not to complicate our lives but rather the other way around. Its purpose is to lighten things up and to open up our minds to a world full of impossible possibilities. It would be good to think about life in a philosophical sense once in a while. You'd definitely see things flowing through the stream of life logically. I don't necessarily agree with Descartes. I'm more of an empiricist (a person who believes in his senses rather than reason) rather than a rationalist (like Descartes, who's weird and all). But I guess we live in a much more liberated world now. Thinking and believing in what you like is for free. No one's stopping you in doing so and certainly nobody can dictate what you're supposed to believe in. So, for the meantime, cogito ergo sum!

Oh and by the way, I was listening to my cd just now and I just posted the lyrics of a song which caught my attention:

"No Such Thing"

'Welcome to the real world', she said to me
Condescendingly'
Take a seat,
take your life
Plot it out in black and white
'Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding up my sleeve

They love to tell you "stay inside the lines"
But something's better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

So the good boys and girls takethe so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits, maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't
Find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies

They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at theTop of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above

I am invincible as long as I'm alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above

I just can't wait til my 10 year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
And when I stand on these tables before you
You will know what all this time was for

Ooh! I bet you John Mayer's a rationalist!!!^__^

This is my best friend Tea and I during our senior year graduation. 10 years of friendship and still counting!! I miss her so much!!!

I am once again alive from the world of the unknown! I haven't formally shared with you what I've been up to these days since I thought that my blog would be as hopeless as it can be. Now that I'm loving my blog because of its new layout, I'm going to share! Share! Share!

So anyways, you all know that I'm currently studying at the University of the Philippines, the supposedly prestigious state university in town but sadly I'm just admitted to its extension program held here in Clarkfield, Pampanga and not in Diliman. I call the place "a jungle" where I may be able to meet Tarzan and Jane. That's what I thought of first but as the saying goes "Never judge a book by its cover", never in my dreams did I see myself actually liking the place. It's not your typical average school. UP Pampanga is just like a huge run down warehouse that was just forcibly made into a school. I mean, believe it or not but what I'm saying is true. If I have time, I will take a photo of it and post it here someday. Its population approximately ranges from 500-600, from faculty to students down to maintenance included. It's such a small place and not really what I dream of. I dreamt of studying in La Salle and not in UP for godsakes! My mom wanted me to study in UP just for the sake of getting the title "iskolar ng bayan". Can you believe that? But I guess I can take it as a compliment because not all students had pass the UPCAT last year and tens of thousands were aspiring to enter UP but couldn't make it. The plan is that I have to excel in my studies and endure a year of UP Pampanga so that I may be able to transfer to Diliman the following year. Which I tell you can be dangerously hard.

I know that when you take a look at my recent notes, you might say that "Sheesh! That's just basic high school!" or something. I'm telling you this: UP professors can really be professional saddists. They will make you study some basic stuff and then give you nerve-wracking exams. Afterwards, you'd feel dazed and dizzy, you wouldn't know what to do with your life anymore. Yep. It happened to me. And to my other blockmates as well. It's a good thing my academic performance isn't that as frustrating as that of my blockmates. My grades were all in the borderline, between the passing mark and the failing mark and thank God for it! I have just received my 2nd exam result in physics yesterday and I was just 6 points away from the failing mark! Thank God for our kind prof too, for she lowered the passing score to let us pass this one.

All I can say is that in UP, I learned a lot of stuff and am still learning. Not only in studies but also in communicating with different people who grew up in different environments. And my mom is right about UP. I may not have fully adjusted with my surroundings yet but I am glad to be here. Pass and fail, I am a "iskolar ng bayan".

Finally! at long last! I'm able to update my blog to its newer version as you see right now. It's pinkish! Hehehe And I'm really sorry if I wasn't able to update my blog for such a long time. 2 months, I think. But anyways, I'm back and it's time to share!

Yesterday night was the most fun night I had so far in weeks! The story goes like this: A week before, while my head's full of physics equations and desperations to get a score of 3, my mind lingered on jubi and her birthday in the coming days. (That was just last Thursday) She haven't informed us if she's throwing a birthday party or not. And so my chaotic mind suddenly decided that what if we, the barkada, throw her a surprise party on Sat night. It was already Tuesday afternoon when I informed the other guys about it so it's kinda short notice and everything. I've also invited some of Jubi's close friends (Raina, Eunice, Adeline and Mysh) and I got all their reply by Thursday night, about the same time Jubi finally texted us that she's inviting us to her simple birthday celebration. But as I surveyed, most of the peeps can go on Sat night and not on Sunday lunch so we decided to push through with the original plan. I had Kathleen ask Jubi's parents' permission for her to go to our supposed barkada eat-out (which we usually hold once a month). To cut the story short, Clar and the others perfectly covered me up while I was with Jubi's close friends eating dinner. After paying up the bill, everybody got into their positions: Richmond, Leonard and the others moved in our room while Clar and Tea cornered Jubi in the CR. When they finally brought Jubi into the room, VOILA! Surprise! I had a perfect Kodak moment of it and seeing Jubi's surprised expression confirmed that the plan went well and unsuspecting. Jubi was so happy. She told us she felt like a super model that night. I was glad that the one-week plan turn out so well, I myself, could've rejoiced and celebrated. We had bonding time together and I'm sure that Jubi had her most memorable birthday bast ever, despite starting the day with the most depressing moment of her school life. (which is then another story)

So that ends my share. Hope I will be able to update my "new" blog more often now that it has a new appealing look. I will be posting some pics as well once I tune in again.

So long, farewell, I hate to say goodbye... Sayonnara minna-san!