FreeThink: Reflections, Criticisms and Emotion

It is hard to dream because nobody will believe you could. It is hard to set things up because there will be people that would find pulling you down is their duty. People will say they love you but only some of them are true. If there is a goal there is only one rule. Strike hard pursue it until it falls in your hand. Enjoy the process make friends and stay humble.

What is love? What is not love? What are the elements of love and what are not? Is love really an illusion? Is love really real? Is love romance? Does love bring peace? How could a word with with no exact definition bag us and affect us to the point of ruining our selves or in the same manner could live us to higher sense of self actualization? The easiest questions are the hardest to answer. It is a basic principle in communication that we should never use words that we do not fully understand. But our society nowadays are obsessed with it? Have they understood it already or they have thought they had. This phenomenon had been the subject of Philosophical inquiry over the years but do we really understand its essence and nature? Is love really an emotion being defined by an organ located just on the meeting place of our skull and spinal cord? Then if love is a sensation the moment we lost our ability to feel love is gone. If it is an emotion it is therefore nothin...

This song was requested from me by an unfortunate person who is living an unfortunate life. I want your happiness. I wish your success in what you do. The lyrics is mine but the title is hers. I What a treasure have I found What a mystery it abounds When I see your face When I hear your voice Everything fades away II What a beauty it displays To always see it oh I pray When I hold your hand and with you I stand Everything fades away Chorus. So stay with me So be my Life Hold me close to be with you This will I always choose (Chorus 2x) Refrain Let us stop pretending let us be glad let us be ourselves clad in the power of love III What a victory have I won What I might that have I shown When I see you smile when I feel your touch Everything fades away chorus

Comparison is both an angel and a devil. It was 2015 when I opted out of PSU and chose the Department of Education. Now I'm back in the academe. More experienced, seasoned and forged. Many would raise their eyebrows. Many would not understand why I would dump such a secured tenure for something that is still immaterial. I did all this because of the following reasons: 1. Life is short . In the department of Education it is not secret that I hate the job. I hate the paper works I hate the level of instruction in which I have committed myself. I hate the fact that I am specializing in Social Science yet I have a very little opportunity to practice it. Life is shot for me to do the things I want to do, to be the man I want to be, to the best in what I do. Life is so short for me to move beyond my limitations. Life is short to be spent on things that is alienating. I am not investing my for myself just to compete for something that I do not really aim. Life is too short to...

We are living in the 21st Century. Being a millenial myself, I grew up in a culture when I think that knowledge is more advanced that ever. Science is booming, discoveries, technologies and everything under the sun seems to be so easy.  Communication? There are the mobile phones, internet, media. Information is transmitted fast and who knows what will happen next.  Transportation? Cars, ships, airplanes, supercars, cheap cars, automatic cars, self drive cars, solar powered cars, space rockets.   Science? We have discovered new, elements, new medicines, new diseases, new treatments. Politics? They say we are living in the most  peaceful era of the world history. We are living the utopia of democracy, the blessings of liberty, human rights, gay rights, minority rights and everything that seems to be good.  They say that it is a manifestation of progress. If I were to assess the present society in the light of the past events and what ...

I have not been able to post anything for some time now. Always, I pretended to be busy when in fact I really am.. I just finished my Master's Thesis Manuscript. I submitted it to my adviser for pre Defense revisions. I had done my shopping. Just finished the Cantata tomorrow will be the last day of preparation for our school's Christmas Party.  Still in the middle of an highway, whether I continue my stay in DEPED or leave for good to seek a better treatment in PSU. So far I am much inclined in choosing the ACADEME. I want a true career as an intellectual. My research direction is much clearer now. I want to pursue a study on indigenous people's culture. As for the Doctoral study, I am choosing between the RURAL DEVELOPMENT and EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT program of Western Philippines University. I am much more inclined in choosing the Rural Development.  Well I just need to win against the one last remaining obstacle befored my MAED degree be conferred to me. That is t...

What is the meaning of life for them? To those who expect to earn less than a quarter of a thousand per month? Yesterday I did another set of interviews with my research participants. I am trying to examine the effects of the labor culture of Palaw'an in education. What I found out? Life is unfair for them. Food is scarce and even public education appears to be so expensive that they could not afford. High school graduation is a thing they could be proud of. What is life for them? It is food. It is survival.