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All About Birds

June 4th, 2006 by epoyz

So what’s up?

everything and nothing, really.

i’ve got an early meeting tomorrow (10 am is really early for me) but i’m still riding high on ginebra’s overtime come-from-the-ass victory over air21 for the final quarterfinals seat in the ongoing PBA all filipino conference to really be able to fall asleep in the next few hours, so..

i’m puttin’ on the tunes and i’ll be bloggin’.

my heart is still racing, man. that was some game. do-or-die contests really get you a-m-p-ed!! specially with ginebra working with just two starters, (based on court experience, practically) four rookies, an injured reserve and two replacement mercenaries; with them falling behind big and storming right back to take the lead late in the fourth quarter, only to be on the brink of elimination again with two booming treys from air21; regaining their composure to force overtime (papah eric menk converting two clutch freethrows with 2.7 left..) and finally pulling out the win in the extra period.. that’s just sweet, almost orgasmic. i thought i’d be sleeping like a baby tonight after that crucial win, but five hours later i’m still wide-awake. oh dear. i’ve got to be up in three hours. whoop-tee-do.

i was looking around in friendster and i noticed a lot of young boys and girls flipping the bird in their friendster photos. is giving the guy taking your picture the finger the "in" thing with these teenagers nowadays? what the fuck is up with that? what does that mean, really? "look at my picture, you fucker?" "i’m having a really good time so screw you?" what? what does it all mean, basil?

the kids aren’t alright.

we’re three weeks into this ‘the da vinci code’ showing and i’m really glad things are starting to calm down. listening to all the yammering about this "highly controversial" movie makes me want to jam a pencil in my ear. i attended a baptism last week, and having been a ninong quite a lot made me familiar with all the "seremonyas". before the actual baptism they usually conduct a 30-minute seminar for the parents and godparents, covering everything from how the whole ceremony is going down, to the roles of the godparents on the kid’s upbringing, to guidelines on raising a catholic child.

one thing that stood out of place for me was  this: the man conducting the seminar took the time to give this stern instruction to the parents, complete with acting:

"..pag isinasama po natin ang ating mga anak sa pagsisimba, wag po natin sasabihin sa kanila na ‘kiss papa Jesus, kiss ka kay papa Jesus..’, mali po iyon! kahit kailan po, ay hindi naging tatay si Jesus, kaya wag po nating ituro sa ating mga anak na tawaging ‘papa’ si Jesus.."

wow.

i pointed out to my friend that this new item added to the seminar was a jab on the da vinci code movie coming out. man, they just won’t let anything slide, no?

apart from that, i found it a bit funny that the guy conducting the seminar was a bit.. you know.. may kulot ng konti ang daliri. i thought it was really inappropriate for him to be uttering the word papa in that situation, that i just wasn’t able to suppress a giggle. i know, i know, ang sama ko, yes, but that shit right there was funny.

but again, why all this extra activity in "preserving" the catholic/christian faith? why get all riled up when i can’t really see how one’s faith in God can be altered by a movie screening? what i find really disappointing is how the church has handled this, like they’re not really giving enough credit to their followers, assuming that most people are not smart enough to handle this. with all the hullabaloo surrounding this da vinci code circus, it really does look as though they’re trying to hide something. they’re trying too damn hard, you know?

with the church putting a lot into this "preserving the faith" movement, they have neglected to have faith in their followers, and that’s just sad. honestly, i’m really lost when it comes to discussions about religion, and my faith is just that: i’m not really sure what to believe, but i know in my heart that there is a God and i will follow my heart in doing what i feel is right whenever i’m put to the test. i really find it hard to follow a strict set of rules that can be bent or interpreted a whole number of other ways by some people that i just don’t attempt to understand it. all i know is i feel what is right and what is wrong when i’m there, and i’ll try my darndest best everytime to do the right thing.

really, since the dawn of civilization, this whole religion thing, this whole struggle between who’s right and who’s wrong, all the wars and inquisitions and purging and shit seemed to have taken more lives than any other catastrophic thing that has struck earth. why all this bullshit? can’t we all just get along?

besides, who’s really sure of what went down in history anyway? i mean come on, this has been passed on from generation to generation, no one can be really sure anymore, right? we’ve all been ruled by different kings and leaders and emperors who ran shit back in the day, who’s to say they didn’t alter some shit to serve their purpose? all that we have is faith that somehow all this shit will be sorted out, right? but not here on earth, i’m telling you. we’ll find the answers at the end of the journey, when we come face to face with The Maker.

meanwhile, i wish everybody would just chill.

i’m unsure about a lot of things, but here’s one thing i’m pretty sure about: if i’m being asked to take another man’s life in the name of "faith", then fuck that, i can’t follow you no more. my God don’t allow that shit to go down. i’m sure someone will present to me a lot of other complicated situational bullcrap but i ain’t buyin’: like i said, i don’t do debates about religious stuff.

i’m not sure if i’m right so i can’t tell you that you’re wrong. dig?

 

Killer: father mangungumpisal po ako
Father: ano kasalanan mo?
Killer: pumatay po ako ng 20 tao
Father: bakit?
Killer: kasi po naniniwala sila sa Diyos, kayo po naniniwala ba?
Father: dati…pero ngayon trip trip na lang..

 

"Cold, Cold water surrounds me now

And all I’ve got is your hand

Lord, can you hear me now?

Lord, can you hear me now?

Lord, can you hear me now?

Or am I lost?"

             - "Cold Water", Damien Rice from O

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  1.   Cynthia said,

    on June 19th, 2006 at 2:11 am

    nice point of view!I enjoyed reading your blog.

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