Saturday, July 21, 2007

o kay gandang bungad

naranasan mo na bang...

mawala at umasang magiging maayos ang lahat dahil sa iyong pagbibigay luwag...
... para malamang wala naman palang nagbago?
maging isang mapagparayang pusa para lang puslitan ng kalokohan ng mga mahal mong daga?

kung gayon, anong saysay...
a. ng aking pagmamalasakit...
b. ng aking pag-alis...
c. ng aking pagbalik
d. ng aking tahimik na pananatili.
** kung bale wala maski na ang aking punto. pagod na akong magalit, manumbat, magilitan ng ugat sa leeg, magtiis.

wala akong inaasahang para sa akin, pero nakakapagod lang sigurong umasa kahit man lang sa kapakanan ng iba.
nakakapagod lang talaga ang di pakinggan. ganito lang siguro yun.
tsk, masakit pa rin pala. akala ko wala na.

o whattacomeback. tsk tsk.

Monday, July 09, 2007

nietzsche...

... during his heydays, 1864.


Para lang syang sacristan ng UST-AB Pax Romana, or Thomasian Volunteer ng Campus Ministry hehehe.
Hairlength policy-breakers, i suppose it's high-time to think twice. (Ganun eh. Hehehe.)

Friday, July 06, 2007

what if...


... all dogs are like him?

I wouldnt have the phobia, i guess.

Buti pa ang aso. Hehehe.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Now Online: http://www.kritike.org

"KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy" <editors@kritike.org> wrote:
ANNOUNCEMENT
Launching of KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy
ISSN 1908-7330

KRITIKE’s editorial team would like to welcome you to the maiden
edition of the journal. KRITIKE is an independent Filipino journal of
philosophy.
The founding editorial board of the journal is composed of academics
who are alumnae of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo
Tomas, Manila. KRITIKE seeks to bring together and publish the works of
academic philosophers, graduate students of philosophy, and aspiring scholars
who have strong philosophical inclinations in a scholarly journal with an
open-access format.

KRITIKE is our way of responding to the need for an academic forum
suitable for aspiring young academic philosophers in the country and to
the growing popularity of the internet as a legitimate medium of
research.
The journal is grounded on the belief that the flow and dissemination
of ideas or theories should be free. It is mainly for this reason that the
founding editors decided to launch an open-access journal where
seasoned and aspiring scholars from all over the Philippines and the rest of the
world can share their critical opinions on philosophy and its impact on
society and our individual lives. We hope that the materials published
by the journal will provoke the minds of the readers and will initiate
dialogue and healthy debate which, from a dialectical stance, are
crucial in the development of Filipino philosophy.

Please go to:

http://www.kritke.org/ to visit our website

http://www.kritike.org/Current%20Issue.html to access the current issue

http://www.kritike.org/Call%20For%20Papers.html if you want to submit a
paper for consideration in the December issue of KRITIKE


KRITIKE VOLUME ONE NUMBER ONE (JUNE 2007)

Contents:

1. Editorial: Welcome to KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy
The Editor

2. Gender Jihad: Muslim Women, Islamic Jurisprudence, and Women’s
Rights
Melanie P. Mejia

3. The Critical Role of Art: Adorno between Utopia and Dystopia
Paolo A. Bolaños

4. The Paradox of Ipseity and Difference: Derrida’s Deconstruction and
Logocentrism
Roland Theuas S. Pada

5. Banal and Implied Forms of Violence in Levinas’ Phenomenological
Ethics
Fleurdeliz R. Altez

6. Against Alienation: Karol Wojtyla’s Theory of Participation
Dean Edward A. Mejos

7. Understanding Man as a Subject and a Person: A Wojtylan
Personalistic
Interpretation of Human Being
Peter Emmanuel A. Mara

8. The Changing Image of God in Process Philosophy
Rev. Fr. Salavador P. Barcelona

We are also inviting you to submit your work for consideration in the
December issue of the journal. Please click the link for the guidelines
http://www.kritike.org/Call%20For%20Papers.html. We will send further
announcements regarding the submission due date shortly.

Again, welcome to KRITIKE!

Sincerely,
PAOLO A. BOLANOS
Editor
KRITIKE: An Online Journal of Philosophy
http://www.kritike.org
editors@kritike.org

Sunday, July 01, 2007

swift shifts

I'm not writing this to lecture, this time I want to share.

I just had a hell of an emotional ride this day. As I started the day right, I was happy -- clucked at the middle of the day (uhhh, frustration) -- cried a little then got back to my neutral working mode in the afternoon -- poured my heart out in prayer at the mass -- and ended the day smiling once more with a family dinner at KFC. (Don't get me wrong, di eto hormonal problem -- hehehe that's funny may mga taong wala nang masising iba para sa kanilang mga personalidad kundi ang sarili nilang katawan na parang wala silang kinalaman.)

Close friends know that I can work under (and gracefully get through) pressure, but definitely not under pretense. I have patience but when there are things around me that I know would fall short of what I think is right, I try my best not to use that prized-patience, i.e., i find a way to leave -- mag-away kayo dyan, basta ako dito tahimik - sayang pag naubos ang pasensya.

let's define terms:
patience - determinable of the time span i spend for a "sensible" job, i can do things quick (i know, im being overconfident), but really... i can spend a lifetime solving something that i find sooo important.
pretense - i can't fake, and with the transparent gut that i have i cant stand a day not saying anything about things that i find wrong. so instead of being over-blunt, i avoid ocassions of sin by not going too close.
get through - not in the sense that i'll simply get over it, but in the sense that this will teach me (and the others involved) lots of lessons in life and friendship. sure, sure, we'll make it through -- closer and way stronger (i've always believed in that dont worry)

It is just odd why I am choosing to persevere on something that I thought I wouldnt get through. It's funny finding myself going through emotional roller coaster rides while I shouldve just abandoned the ship months ago. I never got into something like this for so long, until today. Namiss ko ngumuyngoy. HOWEVER, after hours of sulking, I find myself in a perky-friendly mode trying to work things out for another project as if nothing's wrong. And since I never work under pretense, I promise that my being perky is not just because I have to put up a business mode. What's been pulling me through? Prayer, i suppose. Talk about God's grace, I think He's the main reason why nothing has been broken, and why nothing can't fall apart. Fr Nolan Que mentioned the magic words once more -- there's no turning back for things that you're being called for. And in my mind I was like, Oo na father, di na nga aalis eh, nagtitiis na nga eh. Yea, onga naman had it not been for God, this shouldve been done, over and out -- i must've lost a wonderful friendship if this isn't meant to 'stay'. It's part of the package, in His greater scheme of things.

Well I suppose there's nothing wrong about us. The problem lies with the circumstances and the people around. Di gawaing Kristiyano ang umalis.

For all of these, there are few things that I know. Emotions operate on an S-R basis. There are indeed reasons why we become happy, sad, angry, excited, raging, hesitant, complacent, etc. -- and all of them would be fleeting. Emotions are valuative by-products of what we perceive, and yes while not putting up the most important thing that we have as human beings -- the intellect.

Sure we're smart and wise. We'll get through. Surely. Why? Because out of the little of what we can do and exhaust, God's always here anyway.

AMEN?