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Digging Inside Volcanoes

jynxypanda — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:39:25 +0000

I’ve always wondered what the Earth has seen through her lifetime. As the opening song of The Big Bang Theory goes

“Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait…”

If the Earth really were 14 billion years old (CORRECTION 4 BILLION YEARS AGO, thanks Chiui!), then man, she must have seen a LOT of things. And she’s probably made a lot of things too. Whenever I just walk around along the streets of anywhere, any country, I always wonder, what lies under the ground beneath my feet? I’m sure there’s dirt, crust, bones, and who knows what living things. The Earth has risen I think as we pile concrete or other materials on top of the Earth, we tend to bury a lot of things. And yeah, maybe we can find things inside mountains and volcanoes too.

And who knows what you might find.

Probably a gold mine, maybe Atlantis, maybe your lost sock.

Or maybe…
MAYBE WHAT? ▼

a 500-year old well-preserved 15-year old Incan girl.

I saw this news on Facebook and was quite BLOWN AWAY. I was amazed at first because heck, she doesn’t look mummified a day old (well what do I know about mummies anyway?) but then tradition came over me. I was shocked, even appalled at some point because they put her up in a museum. I was also shocked that the Incas used little girls as sacrificial tributes for the gods. Hunger Games? SHEESH these tributes were worshipped and had only the best food and everything and were offered willingly. Nobody knows though how these girls feel, would they have been all “HOLY CRAP THIS IS AN HONOR” or would they have been more “HOLY FUDGE, HELL”? I know that there have been movies and documentaries shown about these and now I have become more curious. We don’t understand why they do these, what made them do these in the first place? The archaeologist in me wants to find out, that’s why I’m so interested in these things. I used to dream of becoming like Indy Jones, climbing mountain to mountain and seeking out treasures and secrets within. For more information about this girl, please watch the video below and also read this news article. What do you say though, should she be kept like that in a museum? Frankly… I think she should be given a proper burial again. But what about the other famous mummies? Mother of problems!

Well now that we have talked about the dead, let’s talk about the living! Sighs, I haven’t been active lately ever since my coupon for 1 month unlimited use at Gold’s Gym expired and I feel like I’m going to need liposuction for weight loss already. And if ever I do keep this up, I might need tummy tucks to remove stretch marks too. But I’m going to change, I’ll probably enroll again and maybe if I do get a job soon, I won’t be that inactive. HOPE SO!

Instagram has recently been bought by Facebook (everyone knows about this already) and I think it’s a good move on their part. Instagram can help a LOT with photo and mobile applications. Mark Zuckerberg saw the potential and seized it. GOOD JOB MARK! I’m very active on Instagram and hope you can follow me! Username’s jynxypanda It’s actually helping me accomplish the Project 365 goal that I’ve been trying to finish for years! YEARS I TELL YOU. YEARS. But thank you really Instagram for helping me! Instagram is now available for Android users too! WEEE!!

It’s summer in the Philippines and it’s freaking hot. Temperature ranges from 33-36 degrees Celsius here (that’s 96.8 degrees F for US people :D) and this cloudless blue sky

may look harmless, but combine that with scorching heat of the sun PLUS FREAKING HUMIDITY (the desert is even better, at least it’s DRY THERE), you’ve got angry people who are tired to do anything. And they say Filipinos are lazy? NO. They’re just recuperating from the heat.

Sighs, I wish I can see snow again…

I’m trying to blog as frequently as I can now. With the free time, I think I’ll be able to keep it up. I’ve got some posts ready to write. Going to try to blog every other day. Thank you for those who commented on the last post, it means a lot to me.

Will leave you guys with a cute picture of Toby before you leave and a Meme-fied me (yes download memefied dear iphone users, it’s free and awesome!)

Updates when I update!

Striving Thrivin’

jynxypanda — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:20:02 +0000

*WARNING: PERSONAL POST. SO UH, IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ MY DRABBLE, DON’T PURSUE FURTHER UH, JUST READ UPDATE POST BELOW THIS INSTEAD XD*

This is the title of my playlist in my iPhone

READ ONNNNN ▼

before my finals week in the last year of University. I only had a few weeks left before my student life ends (if ever I do pursue Graduate studies, it’s going to be different and frankly won’t be as “carefree” as a University student) and how I’ll be entering the real world. I don’t want to make a super dramatic post about finding my soul or self or identity as I struggle to find the meaning in all of this (but maybe it will turn out dramatic, I don’t know). And how I struggle with questions such as, “Holy crap what if the life that I really want wasn’t the course I chose?”, “What now? Where do I go? Do I leave or do I stay?”, “After 8pm of March 23, I’m officially not a student, so does this mean I’ll be a working girl now?” and plenty of questions such as that.

I kind of envy those who have already heard their calling early in their lives. Look at Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg. Do you think they’re successful because of talent? or hard work? No my friends, there has to be luck in this game called life. It’s when you luckily roll the correct number on that dice that you’ll win in Monopoly. Life’s a gamble and only a few can be called winners. A lot of people say that success depends on perspective, I actually agree on that a whole lot. Know the book Secret? The Secret of getting what you want? Well I’ll spoil it to you my friends, it’s actually all about the Secret of the Law of Attraction. Concentrate on positive things, and positive things will go to you. THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, BE SPECIFIC. But without luck, I don’t think you’ll be as successful too.

I just finished reading Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs. It’s a GREAT READ especially for those Steve Jobs/Apple/Mac fans and actually those who want to know in the lives of crazy successful people. Or those with a different line of thought. After reading it, you may disagree with me and would want to rip its pages, heck you might even hate Steve for being an Asshole with a capital A. But I think it’s important to learn his mistakes and know his struggle to success. I just learned about one thing though, he was lucky. He found his passion, heck he called up the head of HEWLETT PACKARD back in the day and was hired as an intern. How gutsy can you be? If you want something that much in life, go get it. But first, you MUST WANT SOMETHING. I think that’s the problem with me, and maybe you too? Or a lot of people out there, ask first the question, WHAT DO YOU WANT. The day you can answer that is the day you can become like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.

I wasn’t born with a great talent. I’m an adequate but I think a failing singer (well I’d like to think adequate but coming back from a sore throat, my voice has become a man’s voice with the ability to speak like Minnie Mouse. It’s crap XD). I can’t dance well to save my life but I do try. I’m not artistic enough unlike my cousin so I’m just one of the faceless anonymous in this realm. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing. So yeah, I’m still searching for that. I have many wants, many many wants, but passion has to be something more concrete. I believe in a lot of things, but which one should is the icing on top of the cake? Hopefully I’ll be able to ask that soon because I feel like I’m just an empty shell (OKAY NOW I’M BEING DRAMATIC SHOOT, I DIDN’T WANT TO BE XD) handing out job applications, one after the other but with so many goals in my head that I don’t know where to turn to. I have a few set of “ideals” I’d like to follow. I’d want to travel and live in another country. I’d really want that but once I commit myself to a company here, would that restrain me? I am sure though that I’ll never join a company that doesn’t confirm with my beliefs and principles. NO TO SMOKING. NO TO ALCOHOL. It’s not that I’m choosy, I still have to respect myself. If you’re next asking me about my relationships… well that’s a matter I don’t want to talk spill at all. Let’s just say, the time will come when I do.

So after 700 words, I’m now going to actually just list down my playlist. Hope you get the feeling of what I was going through in the last few weeks (and up to now actually). My only problem wasn’t about graduation, it was about life. These songs were chosen because of their lyrics, their meaning and their melody. The guy who commentated on Adele’s performance at the Brit Awards 2011 summarized it PERFECTLY.

“There’s nothing quite like the feeling when you’re listening to a song, written by someone you don’t know, who you’ve never met, yet somehow manages to describe exactly how you felt, a particular moment in your life.”

I’ll be sharing the top 10 songs here. Let these songs speak/sing for themselves and I hope you can choose one below and play it as you finish this post. Or just keep it with you. If you don’t, I hope you like any of them. Will be posting their music videos! Don’t have to play them all, or you don’t have to play them at all (well check out the last 4 songs, they’re really. FREAKIN’ AWESOME.). Thanks for reading up to this point my friend. If you have found your passion, you are one lucky person so STRIVE TOWARDS IT. BE POSITIVE, WORK AT IT.

1. Believe – All American Rejects

I don’t ever want to believe
No I don’t ever want to believe yeah
That when we die
We all leave

2. The Cave – Mumford & Sons

Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it’s meant to be
And I will hold on hope
And I won’t let you choke
On the noose around your neck
And I’ll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I’ll know my name as it’s called again

3. Change – Taylor Swift

Tonight we stand, get off our knees
Fight for what we’ve worked for all these years
And the battle was long, it’s the fight of our lives
But we’ll stand as champions tonight

4. Defying Gravity – Wicked Cast

I’m through accepting limits
Cause someone says the’re so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I’ll never know…
Tell them how I am
Defying Gravity
I’m flying high
Defying Gravity

5. No Curtain Call – Maroon 5

I have no time for fear
Or people in my ear
Head down and running so fast
Try not to dwell on the past
I’m fighting through this pain
And things I cannot change
Running right into the flame
Rather than running away

6. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da – The Beatles

Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
Life goes on, bra! – REPEAT LOADS OF TIMES

7. Marchin’ On – One Republic

For those days we felt like a mistake,
Those times when love’s what you hate
Somehow
We keep marchin on

For those nights that I couldn’t be there,
I’ve made it harder to know that you know
That somehow
We’ll keep movin on

There’s so many wars we fought
There’s so many things we’re not
But with what we have
I promise you that
We’re marchin on
We’re marchin on

For all of the plans we’ve made
There isn’t a flag I’d wave
Don’t care where we’ve been
I’d sink us to swim
We’re marchin on
We’re marchin on

For those doubts that swirl all around us
For those lives that tear at the seams
We know
We’re not what we’ve seen

Oh
For this dance we move with each other
There ain’t no other step
Than one foot
Right in front of the other
Oh

We’ll have the days we break
And we’ll have the scars to prove it
We’ll have the bombs that we saved
And we’ll have the heart
Not to lose it

8. Shake It Out – Florence + The Machine (DARNNIT THE WHOLE SONG IS FREAKIN’ BEAUTIFUL

Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues strong
It’s always darkest before the dawn
And I’ve been a fool and I’ve been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I’m always dragging that horse around
And our love is pastured such a mournful sound
Tonight I’m gonna bury that horse in the ground
So I like to keep my issues strong
But it’s always darkest before the dawn
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaah
Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, ooh woaaaah….
And given half the chance would I take any of it back
It’s a final mess but it’s left me so empty
It’s always darkest before the dawn…
And I’m damned if I do and I’m damned if I don’t
So here’s to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I’m ready to suffer and I’m ready to hope
It’s a shot in the dark and right at my throat
Cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Well what the hell I’m gonna let it happen to me

9. The Times They Are A-Changing – Bob Dylan (THE WHOLE SONG. JUST LISTEN.)

ULTIMATE SONG: UNDER PRESSURE – QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE / ANNIE LENNOX & DAVID BOWIE(THE LAST PART OF THE SONG IS ONE OF THE BEST ENDINGS, EVER. IN ANY SONG. EVER. THE FREAKING MELODY. THE LYRICS. BEST. EVER. One video isn’t enough so here’s TWO!)

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure – that burns a building
down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
It’s the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out
Pray tomorrow – gets me higher
Pressure on people – people on streets
She been around
Kicked my brains round the floor
These are the days it never rains but it pours
People on streets
Insanity laughs under pressure we’re
cracking
Can’t we give ourselves one more chance
Why can’t we give love that one more
chance
Why can’t we give love
Give love give love give love give love
Give love give love give love
Love’s such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves

This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure

FREDDIE FREAKIN’ MERCURY, YOU ARE MISSED. SO MUCH!

So that’s it! Thanks so much for tuning in

From Africa to Uganda to Loving It

jynxypanda — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:03:21 +0000

I wanted this post title to be about the most important subject in this entry (in short not Joseph Kony, but Uganda itself). Just wanna explain

Everyone must have already heard about the Kony 2012 video that has become viral in a matter of days which basically is a

film and campaign by Invisible Children (organization) that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice. – Youtube video description

Jason Russel, the director, spearheaded this organization when he and his friends went to Uganda, straight out of film school, and noticed the plight of many children under Joseph Kony and decided to do something about it. One might say that it is commendable and brave with what they are doing: trying to bring down a most wanted man and trying to raise awareness with this huge amount of publicity and charitable donations.

Here’s the video if you haven’t seen it yet

But if one actually sits through the entire 30-minute film, Russel actually talks about more on selling promotional kits, vying for Oscar nominations according to an article on New York Times and disregards the real issue of the Ugandans. (WTF SERIOUSLY, NOBODY EXPECTS FOR AN OSCAR, WTF)

There have been reports of the distribution of the donations with regards to where does the bulk of the money go to and most of the percentage go to promotional awareness programs such as this film, kits, staff and others. Through research, people have found out that the footage in the film was actually taken five years ago and that Joseph Kony’s army is weakening and has moved to Congo. The film simplifies the problem and constrains it inside a box and objectifies Ugandans.

One Ugandan blogger and activist spoke out (and actually countless others in Africa, they are now promoting to spread #WhatILoveAboutAfrica hashtag on twitter) and it would be worthwhile to watch this most honest, heartfelt opinion and video blog of Rosebelle.

Take note everyone that Joseph Kony ISN’T the main problem and you can’t just simplify Ugandans like what the Kony 2012 video has done. Please read her points on the role of America (should they be pictured like the Messiah always?) and on the stress and importance of local initiatives. I am not saying that The Invisible Children organization is a bad organization, it’s just the mission-vision of their organization is questionable and makes us wonder, do we really want to participate in this? We can’t just blindly watch the video and be moved with pity and then jump in the bandwagon. Everybody has to get their facts straight.

I’m sorry guys for not posting for more than 10 days now! Man am in a blogging slump but it’ll pick up! My classes have officially ended and I am just reveling in my freedom. I’ve been going to the gym for a week already attending Zumba, Bellydancing, Yoga, Body Combat classes and basically using the gym equipment too. Got this voucher with Chair for a bargain price using one of those coupon sites (we now made sure that it’s a dependable store, Gold’s Gym must certainly be!). One month free unlimited gym for just 750php! That’s only 17.5USD! haha Cool isn’t it? Loving everything so far and there are some quirky characters but I’ll reserve that for my next post. And of course wait for my ultimate graduation post and Steve Jobs biography review It’s time for reflection people!

Questions:
1. What are your thoughts on Kony2012 video? Do you agree?

BA-BA-BA

jynxypanda — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:11:42 +0000

If I don’t share this, I’M GONNA DIE OF LAUGHTER. PLEASE LAUGH WITH ME TOOO!!

DESPICABLE ME 2 COMES OUT IN 2013!!!

Under Pressure

jynxypanda — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:55:03 +0000

Am I gonna crack?

Am I gonna squeal?

Am I gonna… die??

UNDER PRESSURE!

LAST FRIGGING WEEK!

What do you do when you have David Bowie and Queen together?

Running Dead While Rick Rolling

jynxypanda — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:19:45 +0000

Just wanted to share something really insane stuffs that’s been going on in my University the past few days (oh gosh why am I

writing something academically related again well not really…) such as…

THE RUNNING DEAD!

Our mountaineering society has decided to pattern it to a similar marathon in the US where people who marathon are also chased by ZOMBIES!!!

It’s a BRILLIANT idea if you ask me. I mean not only will you be able to get your usual “exercise” factor from a normal marathon, but you also experience THE ADRENALINE RUSH, THE FEAR, THE ANXIETY, THE SHOCK and everything that you imagine a Zombie chase scene would feel like. Of course it’s not a pleasant sight, I mean who would REALLY want to be chased by zombies? But this is a safe and “realistic” way of imagining it. There were only limited slots for the runners and zombies (would have LOOVED to be a zombie, I’ve been practicing my zombie skills after watching too many Zombie films and series — WALKING DEAD IS AWESOME, PLEASE WATCH IT. Just be patient with the first part of the first episode and you’ll LOVE the ending — and too bad I wasn’t able to use them Next time I guess??

//EDIT I found the original American marathon! It’s called RUN FOR YOUR LIVES and it’s FRIGGING HILARIOUS! Setting is really somewhere in the boonies and the zombies are meaner and the obstacles are crazy! LOL and btw SPOT THE NINJA TURTLES AND WALDO HILARIOUS! Oh my gosh I want to see this in action, but how could I get to America? I would probably need a payday loan!

Also one of my coursemate (hmm should I blot out his name? hahaa but more than 6000 people have seen it so maybe not… !) has now become a 9gag celebrity! Have you seen his reaction paper regarding a field trip to the Malacanang Palace (aka The White House here in the Philippines, of course Obama doesn’t live there)? Come on I’m sure you have seen this already!

TOTALLY GOT RICK-ROLLED! 9gag frequent readers would know this term since Rick Astley is such a great Meme My coursemate didn’t really have plans on posting this on 9gag, just Facebook but… you know how some of your friends just suddenly go to you and say, “OH WAIT ___ BY THE WAY I UPLOADED IT ON ___! DON’T THANK MEE!!” And that’s what happened to him. Friend apparently didn’t erase his name so he keeps on being googled and being stalked. He has got some pretty WEIRD e-mails and calls. And he has been featured on our local news channel as the ____ STUD (___ is my university name, I just don’t want this post to be googled that’s why I’m not going to give any specifics) I have no idea why they didn’t complete the word STUDENT and just wrote STUDE. Weird! Also he just got a call today and it’s from a BIG media company! I wonder what will happen… Stay tune!

So there, exciting events have been happening lately! OH AND 2 WEEKS UNTIL I FINISH UNIVERSITY.

I CAN’T WAIT.

I Kant Take This Anymore!

jynxypanda — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:16:51 +0000

And here I go again! My post for some reason on Philosophy DISAPPEARED for some reason. It’s as if the Internet is conspiring against me and they Kouldn’t take the post anymore either. Is talking about Philosophy that bad? But kidding aside I should probably enable a feature here on WordPress where it e-mails me my post every time I write a new one so if ever I do lose a post or two (it’s not the first time it’s happened -__- Silly of me not to back up after every new post), I wouldn’t be that horrified.

I’m going to try to rewrite everything again just because I did enjoy writing it. I wonder how I’ll sound like the second time around

For those in college or Uni or have taken Philosophy in high school, do/did you guys enjoy it? Before entering college, I never knew the reason why people had to study Philosophy. I mean why ponder on life when you could be just living it. You know Carpe Diem, JUST DO IT. Don’t stop to think or smell the roses and bees (okay maybe not the bees), color ze roses or pluck the roses if you grew your own roses or found them from a place that allows people to pluck roses. Don’t think about the existence of the rose anymore or what its purpose may be or why did you suddenly have an encounter with this rose.

Or should I? The only influence that I’ve had on Philosophy is the Filipino “term” pilosopo. Actually maybe it’s only in the Philippine language when being called a philosopher is actually a bad thing. It practically means being a smart aleck or an ass or being sarcastic or something. It’s also a term for a “joker” too.

Por Examplo (it’s a bit green):

Teacher: Bobits, magbigay ka ng halimbawa ng hayup? (Bobits, give an example of an animal)
Bobits: Dog Mam!
Teacher: Very good! Give me another example.
Bobits: Another Dog mam!
Teacher: Abay pilosopo kang bata ka ah! Sige, subukan ko ang galing mo. Use “2 dogs” in a sentence. (Ay kid, you’re such a pilosopo! Okay, let’s see how smart you are.)
Bobits: mmmmmmm.. Yesterday, I saw a dog..
Teacher: O, sabi ko dalawang dog ah! (Hey I said 2 dogs!)
Bobits: E mam teka muna di pa nga tapos e. Yesterday, I saw a dog.. connected to another dog. (Eh Ma’am wait I’m not yet finished!)

AND BAM, you’re branded as a pilosopo. The person talking to a Pilosopo would usually roll his/her eyes or smack his/her head after speaking to one. But hey, this isn’t what Philosophy is about.

This isn’t the Philosophy that Socrates taught Plato at all or any of the Greek/German/French/Chinese philosophers have argued and debated for thousands of years. If you have read Heidegger’s What is Philosophy, he doesn’t exactly ANSWER the question straightforwardly (for that matter, do any philosopher?) and just goes about that philosophy is the act of philosophizing itself! The moment you question philosophy, that’s the moment that philosophy arises from. The moment you notice that a chair isn’t really a chair but simply the essence of a “true’ chair, the chairing-ness or the chair-ness of the chair, that is philosophy. Actually Philosophy is so broad, that after studying a few philosophers, I STILL DON’T HAVE A DARN ANSWER. Maybe just a form of one but it isn’t really the answer because nobody has ever answered the question yet. But philosophy deals with a way of life (though it is confused with religion because religion too is a way of life). It’s a set of beliefs I think anyway, I mean philosophy talks about ethics. The last philosopher that we talked about was Kant, and it was actually my professor whose name is Ice and looks like Jesus Christ (hey that sorta rhymes XD) who said this quote because he couldn’t take how Kant GOES ON AND ON and then says his point only at the end so you’ve got garble and hifalutin words (WHY KAN’T PHILOSOPHERS JUST SIMPLY SAY WHAT THEY WANT IN SIMPLE TERMS? Don’t they want to be heard? But I guess that’s the difficulty of language. They have to be written that way to be fully understood. It’s the reader’s problem then to interpret what it means) at the beginning and you wanna smack Kant in the face.

Kant deals with the kind of ethics where he sees that in a moral dilemma for example, a murderer walks in and demands for the location of your kids or loved ones, for Kant it is the right thing to tell him the location because YOU DON’T CONTROL THE CONSEQUENCES. YOU DON’T CONTROL OTHER PEOPLE’S ACTIONS SO YOU DID WHAT WAS MORALLY RIGHT EVEN THOUGH THE CONSEQUENCE MAY BE THE DEATH OF YOUR LOVED ONES. It’s all about the Categorical Imperative, in short if you have a maxim or a belief that can be applied TO ALL (NO EXCEPTIONS, THAT’S THE POINT OF KANT) then that is the thing you must do. HE’S CRAZY if you ask me. I mean wouldn’t you? He says that you must tell the truth ALL THE TIME. No exceptions.

I wanted to write about this because I found this nifty youtube video that explains Kant as much as possible in 3 minutes AND IT’S QUITE EFFECTIVE. Please do try to watch, it’s humorous and the drawings are also funny. You won’t get bored at all. One commenter even said that he learned more in 3 minutes than in 3 months. Haha!

This is why talking about Philosophy or reading it is important because this actually defines how we live. I mean would you follow Kant or go with Aristotle who judges people by moral character and virtue? I love my class now because my professor dares to ask the right and difficult questions and it’s a training that we must all have. We must learn how to question properly and rightfully so to help the situation for example of your country, or maybe even just your home. He questions those who don’t like Kant, who think that Kant is too idealistic or optimistic because he has a set of rules already. He’s not imposing though, he just says that a man can choose what is right for himself and doesn’t need external influences. I mean WOULD THERE BE POVERTY IF EVERYONE FOLLOWED THIS RULE of Kant? Wouldn’t everyone be all equal since you can’t lie, you can’t kill or anything like that (so yeah he doesn’t include cultural relativism so Eskimos killing their babies and old people is considered a wrong practice). But what do you think?

I suggest reading some of Plato’s works or Aristotle or Marcel (so that you’d get the Empricist side of Philosophy, based on experience and shiz) to get you started in Philosophy. Thomas Aquinas is good too for starters. I wanted to smash Heidegger when I read his paper but maybe it’s because he was discussing the difficulty of language AND BOY WAS IT DIFFICULT. Here’s one of Aristotle, quite funny really! AND I FORGOT ABOUT DESCARTES!

I guess this is long enough hahaha! By the way, I just received Krystal’s AWESOME letter last month! Doesn’t she draw well? Man thank you really so much for sending me a letter. Receiving letters is a joy of the past

Awesome isn’t it? I’d probably write more letters once school is finished

Questions:
1. What is Philosophy for you?
2. Do you agree with Kant?
P.S. Oh gosh my first academic related post in years

Why I Hate Religion But…

jynxypanda — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:27:52 +0000

Love Jesus.

Check out the poem that this guy wrote about religion and Christianity. You don’t have to be a Christian or even a theist to understand this. I want to hear everyone’s opinion!

Sorry guys if I can’t blog about personal stuffs now, currently sick (with hemorrhoids ONLY hopefully so I just change my diet) and dying with Academics, so please ponder on this!

To There and Back Again

jynxypanda — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:52:41 +0000

Whenever I blog, I usually have so many ideas that I bunch them up together (check out my 2009 blogs, I usually write 2000-3000 words a post. HAHAHA ) and people probably get confused on what to comment on now.

Well I plan to change that as 2012 is my I’m-supposed-to-be-more-organized year because, I need to pick up the pace and you know, I’m gonna be in the corporate world or wherever this year. Well anyway the point is I need to lessen my weaknesses to become a better person. So I got my planner ready and now this whole, arranging posts bit. I now write a draft for every new idea I receive just so I have some posts in queue and even if I’m busy, I will still be able to post using my queued posts! hahaha!

I decided to write reviews too (i should be more bold, say my opinions more clearly and firmly because i am an insecure person ). I’ll be posting my first restaurant review soon and also add my movie/book reviews too. I talked about a book in my previous blog but haven’t really gotten reviewing it yet.

This post though will feature movies, trailers and production videos in particular. I had the fortunate opportunity to read The Hobbit in my fantasy literature class and I enjoyed it immensely! In the future, I will reach my children not only the Harry Potter series, but this as well. Actually I would read them The Hobbit first just because Tolkien’s writing is suitable for younger audiences. It’s childish in the sense that the essence of innocence is preserved and there is genuine wonder at the world of Middle Earth. Not to mention that there are many funny scenes and situations that would delight any child (and child at heart). This is a TOTAL contrast of Lord of the Rings #2-3.

So why am I blabbering about The Hobbit? BECAUSE ONE OF THE GREATEST DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME HAS DECIDED TO RETURN TO MIDDLE EARTH AND FINISH IT! (CAN I PLEASE GET A PAYDAY LOAN SO I CAN GO TO NEW ZEALAND??)

*loud applause*!!!!

The first trailer of the first half of The Hobbit] (YEAH THERE WILL BE 2 PARTS!!) has just come out and I feel like that it’ll live up to my expectations The casting is perfect and Martin is just perfect for the young Bilbo! *hums the dwarves’ songs*

But what really makes me admire Peter Jackson, is he’s freaking down-to-earth. His riches doesn’t get to his head and he knows the most important part of film-making, which is the FANDOM! Well audiences anyway so he interacts with them, talks to them, and now introduces us to production videos which are so real and so sincere, you can’t help but feel like you’re part of the team too. This is what makes a great director in my opinion. He knows his vision and he knows how to do it! Now we know how magic is made, and despite him showing almost everything of the structure, we still retain wonder and mystery whenever we watch his films and I’m sure this will be the same for The Hobbit.

Currently there are 5 production videos (vlogs if you want to call it) and I’ll be updating this post every time he uploads a new one. It’s amazing though, how movies are made?

SO DECEMBER 21, 2012 ISN’T THE END YET COZ WE NEED TO WATCH THE HOBBIT

Production Video #1

Production Video #2

Production Video #3 – one of my favorites!

Production Video #4

Production Video #5 – THE BEST YET!

Alive – Never The Strangers

jynxypanda — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:25:19 +0000

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Hey guys! Just want to feature a rising Pinoy band that is composed of my fellow Atenean batchmates! Their music is actually quite different from the local Pinoy artists and it has a really good alternative so I’d suggest this to fellow 80s or 90s fans Check it out!

From their YouTube page:

Never the Strangers, after all, as the band members explained their name, comes from their love for music, how it is a common thread that brings people—even strangers—together. This unabashed idealism shows the age of its members, who are all still in college at Ateneo de Manila University.

Meet NEVER THE STRANGERS ACE Libre—lead vocals and keyboards, PJ LaViña—drums and percussion, FRANCIS Victa—bassist and JP del Mundo—guitars.

Never the Strangers is a band formerly known as Leonecast—the band Ace and JP carried over from high school to college. When they realized that they are already a different band from when they had started—half of the members are new, even the band’s sound has evolved—they decided to change the name to Never the Strangers.

When asked how they define their music, each member throws in: “New Wave synth rock,” also “keyboard-driven rock,” but they have songs that are guitar driven too—but they all agree that rock music is their main foundation, influenced by New Wave, alternative and synth.