love actually is all around ... even with my dad

General opinion makes out that we live in a a world of hatred & greed, but I don't see that. Seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy but it's always there. ... If you'll look for it, I got a sneaky feeling that love actually is all around.

This is a quote from the movie Love Actually, my newest fave flick. I've always believed that this world has always been corrupt and full of hate but after I saw the movie, I realized that I was wrong. And why is that? Because no matter how you've decided that you hate a person with all your heart, we still become concerned if something bad happens to him/her?

It is my dad's birthday today and although I live every day looking at my dad as if he's a stranger that I really know, I still love him. It doesnt matter how many times he has bothered, annoyed, and angered me because I still love him. It doesnt matter how much determination i gathered to proclaim that I'm against him, I still love him after all.

I've always been indifferent with my dad and although it's difficult to change that, there's always much hope.

Because LOVE ACTUALLY IS ALL AROUND.

(So maybe it's true. That your life can be turned around by a movie.)

Bamboo!

Here a pic of me and my new crush, Philip, at a three-day interschool leadership workshop.



Philip, or PJ as they call him, is ten years old but he's already in sixth grade. Because I don't have a little brother, I want him to be. And he looks like Bamboo - the leadsinger of a band of the same name.

Thanks to Pam for sending me the pic and if i get Pam's URL, I'll post it here.

Now that the UPCAT's over

There was a quote that I took note of when i was watching this Robin Williams film Patch Adams. It said, "See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see out of fear and conformity and laziness. See the whole world anew each day." (Damn, I've memorized it!)

I also thought about it. Of what it meant ... Out of conformity??? Wow. Who lives in this world without conforming? Without seeing what other people see? I haven't met one and you also haven't for sure. But if there is such a person, what would he be like? Maybe he would be a horrific character, or at least like Charlie Chaplin.

When I was taking the UPCAT this morning, I remembered the quote again. I saw my future. It was not a premonition but it was so clear that I nearly believed it. Maybe my mind just made it up. Maybe it was meant to suggest an paradox. Maybe it would come true. Of course I don't know if it's meant to come true. I don't want to presume but it made me cry but I was so thankful they didn't drop or else anyone who'd notice would think I was a wacko.

I was in our car with my parents 4:30 in the streets to UP. I don't know but was it just me or was it the AC that was making me so cold. I started feeling goosebumps on my skin. My parents were chatting while I sat at the back thinking about my future.

I can only see two exams in my life: the UPCAT and the bar.

Now that the UPCAT's over, I'll make sure I'll pass the bar exam instead. But, man, it was easy!
Now that the UPCAT's over, I'll continue my life the way it was before and focus on the thing I left unattended - my studies.

Tata.