Posts published during July, 2008
Young divas have been choosing role models from books and fairy tales to dress up as during parties. For unknown reasons, I and some of my playmates then could relate more to the ethereal beings than actual people. We called ourselves fairy princesses, and I think this hasn’t changed much.
When I started reading however, I met some of the most powerful goddesses in the literary world. These women didn’t live in storybooks but in comic books. One goddess in particular is named Diana.
She was a descendant of a woman whose soul was intercepted by the Goddess Gaea at death. An army of female souls soon were reincarnated as the race of the Amazons. Powerful women with illustrious powers. Diana was a former Princess of the Amazons and Goddess of Truth among her people. Her life changed somewhat when she joined the Justice League, but she is by no means less powerful than she was before.
She is more commonly known as Wonder Woman, the lasso wielding savior and my earliest paradigm of an Alpha female.
Nowadays, when I see kids wearing halloween costumes, I smile and reminisce about how meaningful my costume plays were for me. Donning costumes of celebrities and heroes makes a childhood more memorable. Kudos to the parents who let their kids live out their fantasies of heroism through cosplays.
Boys love to wear Iron Man and Batman, and those characters too have special meanings to me. My knowledge of the stories behind these comic book characters could be more extensive than some, but one thing is for sure, those of us who still remember being kids will always think of these dress up memories as we grow older.
You should have seen the way I wielded that golden lasso (rope painted with gold poster paint).
Friends are the people we share our thoughts with. They are our anchor. They are the ones who weigh us down when we fly too high for our own good, and the ones who lift us up when we need to soar higher.
Being quite sentimental about friends, I plan to send out a friendship quote to each one during this day. I invite you to do the same.
Here is a collection of some quotes from the Bible, about friendship, camaraderie and basically loving the people around us.
Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Friends always show their love. What are brothers for if not to share troubles? Proverbs 17:17
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
An honest answer is the sign of true friendship. Proverbs 24:26
The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them. John 15:13
A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. Sirach 6:14
We have only a few years to live, and within those years we meet people. Isn’t it wonderful that we get to share a portion of the life we live with them?
I have a passion for languages, and one of the most intriguing languages for me is French. When I started studying French years ago, I felt elated, happy and totally in control. I guess that’s what anyone who pampers herself feels.
I did it not just for learning more about the world, but also for giving myself something to look forward to each day. By fueling my dream to learn another language, and learn about the European country, France, at the same time, I wake up eager to go to the office and dress my best. This is because I know that when the clock strikes five, I’ll be inside a classroom with other students saying our oui’s and non’s.
It made me happy.
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I learned a trick from a former dorm mate. She keeps a diary that isn’t really a secret one, she lets us read every once in a while, or she reads her entries to us. The only weird thing at that time was the way she divided a page in her notebook and only wrote on one side. If you viewed a page from afar, like we all do, it would seem as if she’d suddenly freak out if she accidentally wrote something on the other side. It was spotless.
I got curious enough to ask, of course, and her answer startled me a bit. She writes her daily thoughts on the left part, and the right part is for writing her thoughts when ’she knows more’. It’s like self-therapy and self-discovery.
Here’s an example to illustrate how this self-coaching method works:
On one part of the page, I wrote about how scared I am to start freelancing. Listed there are the reasons why I hesitate and how I plan to start. A few months later, I write about my experiences with conquering my fear and actually doing it.
This way, I analyze the way I think and find a pattern. I can directly pinpoint my weak points, what things usually debilitate me too much that I just quit.
My goal of course is to lessen my procrastination. If I can do this regularly, I know I will be a better person.
I think there is a specific age when single people start craving for automobiles. I think it’s between 21 and 25, while the person is starting a career or getting promoted after a year or so in an entry level position. This is like a status symbol among young ones, a sign that one is moving up the social and financial ladder. Obtaining a loan for a car during your early twenties makes sense in that you can pay for it until you’re 30 and then be able to say that you own the car completely when you reach the age of contentment.
While I am aware of these things, I chose to commute my way through traffic in Metropolis Manila. Although admittedly jealous at how some of my friends are cruising around with their new cars and getting involved with loan for car agents, I am nonetheless content with my decision.
An automobile symbolizes additional responsibility, which I wasn’t ready for. I was 22, earning just enough to sustain my love for languages and my daily needs. Perhaps the only thing I failed to study in depth was the debt system, and how I could have made it work for me. Nowadays, the car issue is still an issue as I feel that I should do everything in my power for my child to live comfortably.