Ang Gusto Kong Gawin Ngayon

Mag-travel, magbakasyon, makipagkwentuhan, lumayo, matulog, humilata, mag-drowing, magbasa, manood ng TV, mag-PS2, mag-Magic, mang-Magic, tumitig, mag-daydream, kumanta, huma.., mag-FFVIII, mag-chat, manood ng blue films, mang-asar, umupo, kumain, maligo, mang-away, magbasa ng dyaryo, makinig ng radyo, mag-sulat sa blogger.com, magsulat ng nobela, tapusin ang Anna Karenina ni Leo Tolstoy, mag-download ng kanta, mag-inat, manood ng sine, mag-mall, magkaroon ng sariling apartment, magkaroon ng raise, uminom, mag-simba, maglakad-lakad, mag-sulat ng diary, tumitig sa kawalan.

Meeting New Guys

People, guys or girls, playing Magic: the Gathering are almost always stereotyped as geeks. Sadly, I am one of those who play these cards, but being branded as a geek is okay for me because I admit that I am, it just doesn't show. But going to play groups proves to be fun, since I meet new guys of the same wavelength, and not necessarily on terms of sexuality.

I'm glad I have new people to talk with regarding Magic cards, anime, and Marvel. Yep, Marvel Universe. Just last night, I met some guys over at Megamall. Who would ever thought that Scarlet Witch had created a virtual universe for everyone, making every mutant's desires come true. It's called the House of M (M for Magneto, the greatest Marvel hero-villian of all time).

And for the first time in recent memory, I played Magic the whole afternoon and went home past 10 PM. Wow. What an achievement for me.

And of course, the guys. This one guy, let's call him Jon. He's hot. Let's just leave it at that. The other one's cute. Silly me.

No offense to my friends, ito talaga ang trip ko, ang maglaro ng Magic at makipag-usap sa mga taong pareho ang interests sa akin. This is my social life.

Being There, Having Done That

It's just saying that I am getting bored with what I am doing, and that I need more growth because certainly I haven't reached my full potential yet. I know what I can do, and I know I can do it, I just need to put this "thing" someplace else.

Senseless Messages.

I really hate senseless conversations/messages. It irritates me for some reason.

The Indigent

This "discourse" was formed in my mind after I talked with an officemate a week ago, since they were talking about Divisoria. I asked her how it was nowadays. She answered that it was basically the same, except for the increase in the number of Aetas begging for money and picking-up trampled vegetables.

I was saddened by the fact that these indigenous people had to experience these things. Minority na nga sila, they still had to live a subsistence existence. Of course their plight touched the messianic complex in me.

I can't entirely blame the incompetence of past administrations for their failure to take care of the Aetas' welfare, since they are the ones who refuse to interact with the "lowlanders".

The question now in my mind is: is it okay for us to educate or teach these people modern methods in order to support their daily needs? In short, are they willing to learn new technology that would alter their way of life? Remember, we are also trying to preserve our history, our roots for us to remember where we came from. Teaching them would demolish their traditions, much like what the Spaniards did to the alibata written on banana plants and leaves. Are we willing to teach them the future at the same time lose the past?

It's the nostalgia that sets in me. Our ancestors have lived in our archipelago for the last thousands of years. In other countries, their settlers have established great civilizations that we have become great powers of today.

What hurts me more is not our lack of support for these peoples, rather, it is the lack of respect for our fading heritage.