Dobutsu-Uranai: I'm a Brown Tiger!! RAWR!! :P

Aldo
22/02/1990

You are Brown Tiger, who will not bargain about your love affair, or suck up to your boss.
So your words carry a lot of weight.
And your attitude is at ease any where you are, and this creates feeling of security to others.
You are not a shy person, and can clearly state your own opinion to anyone.
This powerful conversational skill tends to be attractive to others.
You also listen to the other person carefully, and can adapt flexibly to situations, by correctly grasping their points.
You dislike getting in unnecessary conflict.
But you possess a strength to not withdraw when the need arise.
If you get too confident over your ability, people may think you pretentious.
You may look as though you are contemptuous to others.
You are quick thinker; you can make quick decisions, and is a person of action.
When the time comes for the need to stand up and act, you will.
You have a face of a theorist.
The way you can talk logically persuades other people.
Although you are not a smooth operator, you can not act negligently; you are a very responsible person.
Although you are a late starter, with experience, you will be able to acquire further insight and self-criticism.

TODAY :D

YAY!!! wala lang!! YAY FOR TODAY!!! ahhahahaha LABO!!! okay weird

enough... :D

YAY!! XD

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*dance! dance! dance!*

Musical Progression

Music Copyright

Some people say that music is the language of the soul. It brings together people from all cultures and walks of life. It gathers them and binds them with sweetly strewn melodies that float through the air enchanting each person's imagination. It is such a big part of human culture that I think hardly any of us can imagine a world without music. There is one thing that is bothering me though. It seems to me that the music now has stopped progressing.

We hear on the airwaves songs that sound so much alike. They have the same beats. Lyrics of songs are pretty much saying the same things. Songs have become almost imitations of each other. I guess it's because music has been around for so long that it's almost as if every conceivable melody has already been done. Some even resort to just replacing the lyrics of really old songs that they think have been forgotten.

Music artists now also do countless revivals of oldies. If not a revival, then artists make remixes of their songs and release them in a new album. They do this to divert attention from the fact that they are running out of ideas for new songs. I think this is the biggest sign that music now has stopped evolving.

I guess we just have to wait and see if there is still any chance that today's music will progress. As of now, I guess we just have to deal with the never ending stream of indistinguishable songs over the radio.

Do You Hear The Trumpets Calling?

The word flower is not what would first come to mind upon hearing the words Angel's Trumpet and Devil's Trumpet. I guess what I mean is, most people would probably think about some Bible reference to the Book of Revelation. The Angel's Trumpet and Devil's Trumpet actually do refer to two flowers, the Brugsmania and the Datura respectively. They get their “trumpet” names from their physical appearance. Brugsmania opens downward as if it were calling from the heavens, and the Datura opens upward as if sounding from the abyss.

The thing that I find most interesting in these two flowers is their chemical make up. Both flowers are quite toxic and even deadly. They are also known for their hallucinogenic properties.

Sometimes used as a sort of drug, people will gather the leaves and flowers of these plants to boil and fashion them into a kind of psychoactive tea. The boiling process is done so that the more lethal effects of the plants’ toxins are removed. Once finished, the tea is then consumed and people just sit down and wait for the trip to start.

Many people have made a record of their trips with Brugsmania and Datura and have told of their Good Trips and Bad Trips (Also one of the reasons for their “trumpet” names). Most accounts involve having weird hallucinations that were very real. Good Trips are usually when people have conversations with other people who are not really there. Some have sat beside a non-existent campfire with strange creatures, with whom they had non-sense conversations. In general, nothing really traumatizing happened to them, unlike those who have had Bad Trips. Bad Trips are usually characterized when people experience discomfort and horrifying visions of demons and devils. Accounts have stated that it is as if their worst fears have materialized in front of them. Victims of these Bad Trips, more often than not, end up in hospitals and are admitted for a couple of days so that the poison can be flushed out of the system, sometimes the effects are permanent, some may even die.

These plants are not to be taken lightly. After reading the accounts collected at www.erowid.org, a site that promotes awareness on psychoactive plants and their possible effects on humans, I think it is safe to say that these plants are dangerous and should be avoided. Sure there are Good Trips, but would you take a risk even if you knew the consequences? Remember, Brugsmania and Datura are drugs, and though the plant itself may not be illegal (at least not in the Philippines), people can still go to jail for using it as a drug.

With all that I have said, I trust that you will think twice before doing something stupid like drugs.
It is not something worth throwing your life away for.

Lazy Paper on Martial Arts and My Life

Living to Fight

I have known no other passion other than martial arts. It is the one thing I think I cannot live without. From my five years of Karate to my four years of Capoeira, martial arts has been quite an influence in my life. Martial arts not just offers a person ways to fight or defend himself, it also gives him, what I like to call, a way of life. It is wrapped in many philosophies and theories that tell people a lot about life. Trying to understand what lessons I have learned from martial arts, I came up with three simple essentials of life: Discipline, Respect, and Trust.

Martial arts requires concentration and discipline. Without Discipline, order is lost. No order means that chaos will run amok. There will be no progress. Discipline gives us the power to overcome the laziness that comes with taking on different tasks.

A hierarchy of members exists in martial arts, respect those who out rank you. Without Respect, relationships will fail. It is one of the most, if not the most important, things in a relationship. Broken relations mean conflict between each and every person. Respect teaches us to value everything around us and promotes a harmonious life.

You need trust when training, especially with a partner. Without Trust, you only leave room for yourself. To be alone is to not have the unwavering support that friends and family give. We were not meant to be alone in this world. We cannot make it on our own; we need one another.

All these I learned from martial arts. Some see martial arts as learning how to fight. I see it as learning how to live. These three things are essentials in my life, and I share them with you. This is how I choose to live my life.

I am fucked. Fucked beyond reason. I am lost. Lost in a sea of torment...a sea of mine own creation. All hope lost. But then a glimmer. Hope may not be lost.. Company surrounding. Slowly but surely making my way out of there.. But i got greedy.. I got selfish.. I ask for more than what is given. My expectations exceed what was duly given. And selfish does not even begin to describe it. And one slip up...I bring the whole team down. I destroy what grace was bestowed on me..on us... Regret, Sorrow, Torment... Once again I am in their clutches. Forever slave to their tortures. And again i find myself...fucked and lost..


im real sorry guys... and sorry doesnt even cut it...