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LOL pic of the week

facebook photo comment FTW

tara.

“She had an overwhelming desire to tell him, like the most banal of women. Don't let me go, hold me tight, make me your plaything, your slave, be strong! But they were words she could not say.

The only thing she said when he released her from his embrace was, "You don't know how happy I am to be with you." That was the most her reserved nature allowed her to express.” 


― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

work on

"Before taking care of the universe, be a little selfish and take care of yourself first."


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(I cannot do two things perfectly at the same time; I don't want to be pretentious online so before I could go out and help the world - I gotta fix myself first (act humanlike! motto of my lifetime).


One thing I knew I had to work on was my focus.  I need it for everything, specially with work.  There are times when I was just so out of it, you know?  Ang dalas kong lutang, for reasons I couldn't tell.

So, to keep myself more focused, I had been trying to practice mindfulness / awareness teachings from articles I have read on the net.  It also does these things:

"Mindfulness meditation practice adopted from Buddhism is being used in psychology to relieve a variety of mental and even physical conditions, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and even in restoring the function of organs impaired after a stroke."

(*from an article)


Right mindfulness.
We knew about it, but we can't seem to really practice it.

"The exercise / practice is to do a very slow walking meditation in which the students are asked to be aware of every movement of their foot from onestep to the next.  It must be done so slowly that it should take 5 minutes for one foot to touch the floor."

And so, I tried - but I only targeted for one minute.  But even just for trying it, I couldn't do it.  I'm not that patient when it comes to some things.

And so I realized, before working on my focus, I had to start working on my patience first. ;)



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famous last words:

"Mindfulness is attentive awareness of the reality of things, especially of the present movement.  it is an antidote to delusion, but it should be accompanied by an understanding or comprehension of what is happening.  Mindfulness, if practiced correctly or consistently, eventually results in wisdom."

rawr

repost from a man on the internet

Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.

see the changes? that was me almost 2 years ago

she's funny,fabulous and happy-go-crazy. she talks too much about her feelings that she's totally out of touch with them. a casualty of a lost love and a rollicking social life,she's helplessly obsessed with love,caffeine,career,cats,and,most of all,herself. tough yet fragile, she's hanging on - and she's not sure why. in short, she doesn't lead her life. she follows it around.♥ 

 (cut/paste,rephrased. from a book.)

go fight win

mindfuck film. we need some of these

so, are you listening or are you singing right now?

MySpace days (LOL pic of the week)

hello please read this mesage i got in MySpace just yesterday… and then answer my question below. thanks it means a lot  



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Date: Feb 7, 2008 10:42 AM

Subject: hello

Body:  I’m a model/ talent scout for an adult/ nude video film company from
the USA. You are SO beautiful! I love your innocent but sexy look. We
will be in the Phillipines soon auditioning girls for films/ dvd’s to
be released in Europe only.They would not be available in the
Phillipines so none of your friends or family would ever see them. You
can make a LOT of cash money. Check out our profile and write back if
you’re interested. Also, take a look at the male model’s pics, he will
be the guy having sex with the girl in the video.

hope to hear from you beautiful,
Dave
Cash Money Videos



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now my question is:
DO I LOOK LIKE A PORNSTAR?
i’m worried. please help

I have no more words

for the sake of art

Adolfo Alix Jr.'s "Porno" was screened at the Cinemalaya Film Festival last week at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.  This year, movie entires (for new breed and director's showcase) are also being screened at selected movie theatres/cinemas.

Having a very sensitive theme, Alix decided not to have a "mall screening" for his film for this one reason: he doesn't want to make another vresion that can suit the standards of a "commercial run".

*CCP (and Mogwai Cinemateque when it was still open) is the only theater that is exempted of MTRCB - meaning films being shown there doesn't have to go through the Movie Regulatory Board and get the chance of the film being axed / rated as X.

He only wanted viewers to see one version.  He would rather NOT get more profit so people can see exactly the version that he envisioned.

Adolf Alix - ikaw na! =)