Fountainhead, Ayn Rand, page 261 of Centennial Edition -

Keating to Roark:
“It’s a secret, Howard. A rare one. I’ll give it to you free of charge with my compliments: always be what people want you to be. Then you’ve got them where you want them. I’m giving it free because you’ll never make use of it. You’ll never know how. You’re brilliant in some respects, Howard, I’ve always said that — and terribly stupid in others.”

Terrible advice.

hmmm…okay…anong kwento ko? I’ve been spending my days at home since the beginning of August and working only on weekends. I’ve been on study mode, couch potato mode (kahit wala akong couch), and oversleeping mode. We all need a good amount of sleep, 6-8 hours sabi nila, but I’ve been abusing the privilege because I don’t have to wake up early so I feel more sluggish than usual and I get headaches that are only relieved by, guess what, more sleep hahaha. And I get that nagging feeling that I’m wasting time. An instructor said in class that people who get less sleep are more productive; syempre gusto kong maging productive person :). Here’s a WebMD link to the physical side effects of oversleeping. According to them people who sleep nine hours or more at night have higher death rates than people who sleep less. Haha kilos kilos my friends.

To my credit, I did finish the 1000 questions I’m supposed to answer. I had to get 80% proficiency so I might have answered double the number before I got that 80%. It was a long and boring process. I went to school and took the 3 required exams and failed one of them haha. There’s a few people in the library and we asked a classmate if she finished the tests and if she passed. She said, “In my heart, I passed…” hahaha. Anyway, I’m just laughing because we always get remedial for these and a lot of people are in the same boat.

Hmmm…there’s really nothing much to say. Since school starts next week, I can sum up my summer now: work and schoolwork. The truth is I can’t wait to be busy again. I miss the pressure, sort of. It takes my mind off things and that’s when you learn, when you really have to.

Kaninang umaga ng papasok sa trabaho, sumakay ako sa aking usual na train tapos sa may kanan ng inupuan ko katabi yung dalawang lalaki na siguro nasa late 20s or early 30s. Sa kasunod na stop merong sumakay ng pamilya na may kasamang 2 bata. Sa mas malayong kanan ko meron palang aleng buntis na nakatayo, nakakapit sa pole sa may tabi ng mga lalaki. So ngayon yung nanay at mga bata tumayo sa may harapan namin tapos medyo malakas yung boses ng nanay sabi nya sa mga anak nya, “honey hold on to the pole…yada yada yada.” So medyo nakonsensiya naman ako ibibigay ko sana yung seat ko dun sa batang babae na mukhang 7 years old. Pero iniisip ko pa lang bigla sumigaw ngayon yung aleng nanay kung wala daw bang magbibigay ng upuan dun sa buntis na babae tapos halata naman na pinapatamaan nya yung 2 lalaki sa kanan ko kasi talagang sama ng tingin nya wahahaha. Medyo nakonsensiya naman yung medyo maedad ng mama sa kaliwa ko at tatayo sana siya para ibigay ang upuan niya pero meron ng nagbigay sa aleng buntis na mas malapit dun sa pwesto nya. So okay na pero naggagalaiti pa rin yung aleng nanay at bumulong ng malakas na “Shitheads” habang deadma lang yung dalawang lalaki sa kanan ko at tinuloy lang ang kanilang kuwentuhan ng parang walang nangyayari. Tinuloy ko na lang yung binabasa ko, makakasurvive pa naman yung aleng nanay at kanyang mga anak ng 10 minutes pang pagtayo.

You can’t demand people to be nice to you. If they are, then good. If they ignore you, then leave them alone.

I was browsing on Yahoo’s homepage for tidbits of news and I read this lip-syncing story about the Beijing Olympics opening night. Officials of the ceremony admitted that they chose Lin Miaoke to appear for the performance of Ode to the Motherland while lip syncing to the voice of one Yang Peiyi. Apparently, the latter was not cute enough. Aw I feel bad about this; of course she’s cute, she’s a 7-year-old girl. How can they snub a little kid? Chen Qigang, the general music designer of the ceremony, said that they did this because they “wanted to project the right image”. Haha and what kind of image is that?

I also liked the part where the article says that the interview with Chen “appeared briefly on the news website Sina.com before it was apparently wiped from the Internet in China”.

Nakakamiss ang mga pasaway na pinsan :D…Naubusan ako ng disk space nyan kaya di na natin mapapanuod ang pag-aaway nila tungkol sa buhok na nadip sa pagkain.

Dialogue:
*Kogepan posing for a picture.*
Kogepan: Video yan eh.
Lorie: Kaya nga.
Kogepan: May kanin pa?
Ate Cris: Ang daming pagkain dyan o.
Lorie: Ate Cris tumingin ka naman sa camera.
Ate Cris: Ayokooo!
Lorie: Hindi yan…
Ate Cris: Pasaway.
*Kogepan proceeds to dip his head in Ate Cris’ dinner.*
Ate Cris: Ay tanga! Umano…

Naputol na…Natatawa talaga ako tuwing napapanuod ko to. Classic yung mga ganitong gulo sa bahay namin.