Suicide...
Fact: rate of suicide in the philippines rises.
Fact: in the year 1993 alone, there have been 834 cases of suicide alone.
Fact: males are more prone to suicide than women.
Fact: the age group that is most affected by suicide is between 15-24 years of age.
Fact: you may help
teens are the most prone to suicide. i dont know why. all people have had suicidal tendencies one part of their life. teens mainly have this tendency because they sometimes feel that the weight of the whole world is on their shoulders.
they sometimes feel that they dont have anyone to talk to. that they have no one to turn to, and no one to believe in. they see the world that is truly out there, not the world shown to them as they were little. they see the ugliness of the world for what it really is, thru the eyes of a troubled young teen.
it is the time of their lives, where the only thing they can turn to is their friends. the people they hang out with. the people they spend most of their time with. the people whom they can relate to, understand.
maybe you dont know it but, you may have a friend who is feeling suicidal tendencies. sometimes, you might not realize it until it is too late. a lot of kids have problems. a lot of kids have a lot of problems.
some kids just do this to get attention, while most on the other hand really have problems that they cannot deal with on theri own. come on...you know what i mean. they sometimes find it hard to express their feelings. especially males (i bet the women agree...not only in suicidal tendencies but in their love life too...woops...back to the topic)
people have problems. and you as a friend can help them. try to see w/c of your friends may have a problem. you, as a friend have a duty to help them out. that is what friends are for. hear them out. make sure that they know that someone is there for them. that there is someone there who cares.
help stop suicide. help a friend. help someone out. you cannot change the world, but you can make a dent.
help stop suicide in the philippines.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Friends...
Okay, here's the thing...my classes ended pretty early. around 1030. we were planning on maybe going out for a movie(my block and i) after class and might even go for karaoke at octave in libis. quite a few of us went for the movie. we were wait...hmmm...9 altogether. we watched a movie and just hung out in the mall. we just bummed around talking about ordianry stuff like...you know different random questions. like who people dont you know what to give them for christmas...stuff like that.
we just talked and talked and time just passed. then we looked at our watches and swa that it was 4pm already. a couple of us had to go back to ateneo, so they got in my car and i drove them to ateneo. i also had to go back since a couple of people in ateneo wanted to go to the karaoke.
we got back to ateneo around 445pm. we just walked around and i looked for the people who wanted to go to the karaoke. i only found one guy. si niki. na di called gita up and she said that she was going too. i called the others up, looking for someone who was going too. no one was going any more. the only ones left were niki gita and myself.
niki's car was color coding so we couldnt leave ateneo just yet. we had to wait till 7pm. we just sat down on the benches in front of delacosta and met up with someblockmates who had to watch the play. we sat down and talked to each other...just talking about unimportant things. it was like feeling free without a care in the world.
around 7 we left, niki gita and i went ot eat at obento in katipunan. we brought our cars and went in and ordered. we just sat down talking about things ranging from dead batchmates to people's asses. we talked about those things, not caring about what the other pepole around us thought. we laughed as we usually did and we were happy. it was like there was no school. that we were just friends, hanging out and just living.
i guess thats what friends are. people who you can feel natural with. people you know you can talk about stuff with. people you know...not exactly the same as you but with different characteristics that well, canb bring out the better side in you.
Okay, here's the thing...my classes ended pretty early. around 1030. we were planning on maybe going out for a movie(my block and i) after class and might even go for karaoke at octave in libis. quite a few of us went for the movie. we were wait...hmmm...9 altogether. we watched a movie and just hung out in the mall. we just bummed around talking about ordianry stuff like...you know different random questions. like who people dont you know what to give them for christmas...stuff like that.
we just talked and talked and time just passed. then we looked at our watches and swa that it was 4pm already. a couple of us had to go back to ateneo, so they got in my car and i drove them to ateneo. i also had to go back since a couple of people in ateneo wanted to go to the karaoke.
we got back to ateneo around 445pm. we just walked around and i looked for the people who wanted to go to the karaoke. i only found one guy. si niki. na di called gita up and she said that she was going too. i called the others up, looking for someone who was going too. no one was going any more. the only ones left were niki gita and myself.
niki's car was color coding so we couldnt leave ateneo just yet. we had to wait till 7pm. we just sat down on the benches in front of delacosta and met up with someblockmates who had to watch the play. we sat down and talked to each other...just talking about unimportant things. it was like feeling free without a care in the world.
around 7 we left, niki gita and i went ot eat at obento in katipunan. we brought our cars and went in and ordered. we just sat down talking about things ranging from dead batchmates to people's asses. we talked about those things, not caring about what the other pepole around us thought. we laughed as we usually did and we were happy. it was like there was no school. that we were just friends, hanging out and just living.
i guess thats what friends are. people who you can feel natural with. people you know you can talk about stuff with. people you know...not exactly the same as you but with different characteristics that well, canb bring out the better side in you.
Monday, November 24, 2003
A Smile...
What is a smile?...is it a movement of the muscles in your mouth used to show the teeth? well...there's more to it than just that.
a smile is a lot deeper than that. a smile is a powerful thing. a smile can make you feel happy. a smile can make you do things. a smile can make you feel things, you have never felt before. a smile can..well, get you through the darkest of days and the lonliest of nights. and a smile can help you go through life easier every day.
with just a little smile, someone may fall in love with you or vice-versa. that is what a smile can do. a smile can bring two totally different people together. a smile can change a whole world. that is the power of a simple smile.
well, i have manny fond memories of girls that i know, or knew whose smile well..you know hahahaha. whenever i saw them smile, well everything i saw became clearer. my day became brighter. well..you know the rest.
however, a smile can do some harm as well. like when you know this person, and you like them and all, but you know it can't happen, when you see them smile, it hurts. when you see them smiling with someone else, it hurts. it hurts a lot. in whatever way the smile can make you feel, you just make yourself believe that its how life goes. you win some, you lose some. and you just go on living your life one day at a time.
well, a smile is such a beautiful thing. a smile is the purest form of beauty, well for me that is. nothing can compare a smile. you would even sometimes, trade everything you have for a simple smile from a friend or even someone closer than a friend. you would even do silly things just to make someone smile. my frineds know that all too well. i am a sucker for a smile. well, and i cant stand seeing a girl frowning. i always have to go over and try to make them smile, in anyway i can, even if it means doing crazy stuff.
most of the times, i say things. things that i do mean. some things that i dont want to say, but i have to just to make them smile. you know, things that you know that you should wait for a right time to say..to like you know..hahahaha make discarte if you like the person, but you have to say it to make them feel better. there are times like that.
you can't help them but you just have to do it.
a smile is beautiful. a smile is something powerful. a smile can make you do silly things. a smile can make you feel things you have never felt before.
a smile is...perfect...
What is a smile?...is it a movement of the muscles in your mouth used to show the teeth? well...there's more to it than just that.
a smile is a lot deeper than that. a smile is a powerful thing. a smile can make you feel happy. a smile can make you do things. a smile can make you feel things, you have never felt before. a smile can..well, get you through the darkest of days and the lonliest of nights. and a smile can help you go through life easier every day.
with just a little smile, someone may fall in love with you or vice-versa. that is what a smile can do. a smile can bring two totally different people together. a smile can change a whole world. that is the power of a simple smile.
well, i have manny fond memories of girls that i know, or knew whose smile well..you know hahahaha. whenever i saw them smile, well everything i saw became clearer. my day became brighter. well..you know the rest.
however, a smile can do some harm as well. like when you know this person, and you like them and all, but you know it can't happen, when you see them smile, it hurts. when you see them smiling with someone else, it hurts. it hurts a lot. in whatever way the smile can make you feel, you just make yourself believe that its how life goes. you win some, you lose some. and you just go on living your life one day at a time.
well, a smile is such a beautiful thing. a smile is the purest form of beauty, well for me that is. nothing can compare a smile. you would even sometimes, trade everything you have for a simple smile from a friend or even someone closer than a friend. you would even do silly things just to make someone smile. my frineds know that all too well. i am a sucker for a smile. well, and i cant stand seeing a girl frowning. i always have to go over and try to make them smile, in anyway i can, even if it means doing crazy stuff.
most of the times, i say things. things that i do mean. some things that i dont want to say, but i have to just to make them smile. you know, things that you know that you should wait for a right time to say..to like you know..hahahaha make discarte if you like the person, but you have to say it to make them feel better. there are times like that.
you can't help them but you just have to do it.
a smile is beautiful. a smile is something powerful. a smile can make you do silly things. a smile can make you feel things you have never felt before.
a smile is...perfect...
Duty
How do we know what we must do? like what tells us that we have to do something? ive been wondering about this for quite some time now...it started one day last semester. my lit teacher was telling us how his life couldve been if he wasnt a teacher. he said that he graduated m.e. and he like went to work for this company and that company and then went on to become a teacher. he said one word that summarized all of the reasons why he went on becoming a teacher. it was duty.
what is it? like what do we know what our duty is? before that, the only duty i knew was the shift my dad had to work in the hospital when i was young. he and my mom would always refer to it as duty. well, over the years ive had some recollection on what it meant. i saw it in the eyes of my fellow volunteers at this summer program called pkk, para kay kiko. well to be hoest, i joined just for me to be able to do something during the summer, a lot of people joined. well ost of them joined just to meet people of the other sex...unfortunately at the beginning, i was one of them, while others just joined for them to be able to put something in their college applicatin forms. then as the weeks passed, i saw a handful of volunteers. they didnt care about the other volunteers, they didnt care about the time they were wasting. all they cared about was the street children (well, not actually, coz most of them had cellphones and stuff, but all of them studued in public schools. so lets refer to them as financially handicapped...or f.h.)
i watched them from day to day. they werent just doing their work, they were showing the f.h. true compassion. they were treating them as human beings, not like most people i knew. one day, i was curious and asked them why they were like that. all they said was.."wala lang". i stood there wondering, pondering about what they meant. then i started being like them. i treated each one of them as though they were my close friends rather than students. i helped them along the way and well, i had this warm and fuzzy feeling as i did. i worked even harder, and each day i did, the feeling grew. then i knew what duty was.
duty is doing something you have to do. doing something that you know is right. even if you know that people will look down on you if you do. like, sitting with the loser at the loser's table during lunch, giving spare change to some f.h. people. not cheating, and yes, saying no to drugs. also, helping someone in need. basically that is what duty is. no one will ever know what they have to do, but trust me, when it comes along, listen to your heart and you will know what you have to do.
that is what i believe duty is. doing the right thing, not only for you but for everyone else. doing selfless acts for the good of others. luceat lux, let your light shine. that is what duty is.
How do we know what we must do? like what tells us that we have to do something? ive been wondering about this for quite some time now...it started one day last semester. my lit teacher was telling us how his life couldve been if he wasnt a teacher. he said that he graduated m.e. and he like went to work for this company and that company and then went on to become a teacher. he said one word that summarized all of the reasons why he went on becoming a teacher. it was duty.
what is it? like what do we know what our duty is? before that, the only duty i knew was the shift my dad had to work in the hospital when i was young. he and my mom would always refer to it as duty. well, over the years ive had some recollection on what it meant. i saw it in the eyes of my fellow volunteers at this summer program called pkk, para kay kiko. well to be hoest, i joined just for me to be able to do something during the summer, a lot of people joined. well ost of them joined just to meet people of the other sex...unfortunately at the beginning, i was one of them, while others just joined for them to be able to put something in their college applicatin forms. then as the weeks passed, i saw a handful of volunteers. they didnt care about the other volunteers, they didnt care about the time they were wasting. all they cared about was the street children (well, not actually, coz most of them had cellphones and stuff, but all of them studued in public schools. so lets refer to them as financially handicapped...or f.h.)
i watched them from day to day. they werent just doing their work, they were showing the f.h. true compassion. they were treating them as human beings, not like most people i knew. one day, i was curious and asked them why they were like that. all they said was.."wala lang". i stood there wondering, pondering about what they meant. then i started being like them. i treated each one of them as though they were my close friends rather than students. i helped them along the way and well, i had this warm and fuzzy feeling as i did. i worked even harder, and each day i did, the feeling grew. then i knew what duty was.
duty is doing something you have to do. doing something that you know is right. even if you know that people will look down on you if you do. like, sitting with the loser at the loser's table during lunch, giving spare change to some f.h. people. not cheating, and yes, saying no to drugs. also, helping someone in need. basically that is what duty is. no one will ever know what they have to do, but trust me, when it comes along, listen to your heart and you will know what you have to do.
that is what i believe duty is. doing the right thing, not only for you but for everyone else. doing selfless acts for the good of others. luceat lux, let your light shine. that is what duty is.
Sunday, November 23, 2003
Who we are...
like what i have posted last night, ive been doing a lot of thinking. i just finished watching lord of the rings...the fellowship of the ring. i was so damn bored that i found a copy at home and i decided to watch it.
a specific line hit me. well not literally..duh! the movie showed it 2 times...(hahahahaha yep, i counted it...) it aws when gandalf was sitting in the mines of moria staring at the 3 doors. he said "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time we are given." (no i didnt memorize it, i found a script...it's from simplyscripts.com incase someone might see this and sue me for plagarism...i'll post the site below...)
things happen in our lives. some of them however, we don't/didnt want to happen. however, we cannot help it. different things happen. we cannot help them from happening. we will all experiece hate, fear, grief, anger and happiness. it is like the myth of pandora's box, she was given a box, she opened it, unleashed all the evils in the world but there at the end came happiness, hope, love (not exact, but more or less.)
what counts is what we do after these things happen. the choices that we make after these events. good or bad, it is how we learn from it and use it. we all know that there are a lot of choices that we wished that we didint make. i for one have an entire closet full of them...ala skeletons in my closet. i dont want to remember them since well, sometimes it hurts. but sometimes, i wont have any choice and will be forced to open it; to help a friend, or to review such problems that are facing me at the present.
there is no such thing as fate nor destiny. nothing is set before us. we make our own life, we create it every step of the way. God sits there and watches us. He/She did not create a path for us, we make it along the way. he gace us freedom to make choices. some of them hard, while others a piece of cake. the way we spend the time we are given is what matters the most. "you can fly, if you try leaving the past bahind. heaven only knows what you might find. dare, dare to believe you can survive. you hold the future in your hand. dare, dare to keep all your dreams alive, it's time to take a stand." (from the song dare by stan bush. it was the song playing when "hot rod" was racing towardst the spaceship with...damn forgot the kid's name...in transformers the movie, which i believe is one of the best movies ever created...)
you make the choice. what makes you, you is how you live your life day by day. we must go on living. all we can do right now, is to do our best every step of the way. we must go on and hopefully, others may learn from what we have done in the past. we must make life easier for the people who will come after us. dont look at life as a problem, look at it as a game. and lead everyday with a smile. laugh a bit every day, and you'll see that living is a bit lighter. "dont treat every situation as a life or death situation, cause you'll end up dying a lot of times." (from van wilder. it's not the exact words he said. but i think i got the jist right.) or in the words of joe dirt..."life is a garden, dig it..." hahahha i don't know why i've been quoting a lot of movies now...
the site where i got the link for the script:
http://www.simplyscripts.com/l.html
the site of the script itself
http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/LOTRFOTR.html
like what i have posted last night, ive been doing a lot of thinking. i just finished watching lord of the rings...the fellowship of the ring. i was so damn bored that i found a copy at home and i decided to watch it.
a specific line hit me. well not literally..duh! the movie showed it 2 times...(hahahahaha yep, i counted it...) it aws when gandalf was sitting in the mines of moria staring at the 3 doors. he said "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time we are given." (no i didnt memorize it, i found a script...it's from simplyscripts.com incase someone might see this and sue me for plagarism...i'll post the site below...)
things happen in our lives. some of them however, we don't/didnt want to happen. however, we cannot help it. different things happen. we cannot help them from happening. we will all experiece hate, fear, grief, anger and happiness. it is like the myth of pandora's box, she was given a box, she opened it, unleashed all the evils in the world but there at the end came happiness, hope, love (not exact, but more or less.)
what counts is what we do after these things happen. the choices that we make after these events. good or bad, it is how we learn from it and use it. we all know that there are a lot of choices that we wished that we didint make. i for one have an entire closet full of them...ala skeletons in my closet. i dont want to remember them since well, sometimes it hurts. but sometimes, i wont have any choice and will be forced to open it; to help a friend, or to review such problems that are facing me at the present.
there is no such thing as fate nor destiny. nothing is set before us. we make our own life, we create it every step of the way. God sits there and watches us. He/She did not create a path for us, we make it along the way. he gace us freedom to make choices. some of them hard, while others a piece of cake. the way we spend the time we are given is what matters the most. "you can fly, if you try leaving the past bahind. heaven only knows what you might find. dare, dare to believe you can survive. you hold the future in your hand. dare, dare to keep all your dreams alive, it's time to take a stand." (from the song dare by stan bush. it was the song playing when "hot rod" was racing towardst the spaceship with...damn forgot the kid's name...in transformers the movie, which i believe is one of the best movies ever created...)
you make the choice. what makes you, you is how you live your life day by day. we must go on living. all we can do right now, is to do our best every step of the way. we must go on and hopefully, others may learn from what we have done in the past. we must make life easier for the people who will come after us. dont look at life as a problem, look at it as a game. and lead everyday with a smile. laugh a bit every day, and you'll see that living is a bit lighter. "dont treat every situation as a life or death situation, cause you'll end up dying a lot of times." (from van wilder. it's not the exact words he said. but i think i got the jist right.) or in the words of joe dirt..."life is a garden, dig it..." hahahha i don't know why i've been quoting a lot of movies now...
the site where i got the link for the script:
http://www.simplyscripts.com/l.html
the site of the script itself
http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/LOTRFOTR.html
Saturday, November 22, 2003
12:05
hay naku..eto nanaman ako...hating gabi gising pa. i dont know what the hell to do. i'm bored. i have been thinking about a lot of stuff. you know like, what if i made different choices in the different problems i had. like, what if i did this earlier, what if i did this instead?...you know, like what would i be right now.
i've been thinking about a lot of stuff. like what i am afraid of. one thing i am certain i'm afraid of is heights. hahahahaha damn, tatayo lang ako sa lamesa nagkakavertigo na ako...
another thing i know i'm afraid of is being alone. i've had nightmares about this a lot. you know, i satnd in a dark place all alone. i see my friends far away, i shout at them but they dont hear me. i run up to them but the more i run towards them, the farther i get.
the last thing i know i'm afraid of is being rejected. i dont like the feeling when i know someone doesnt like me. i dont like rejetion. thats why i often prove myself. often i just make people laugh and well, thank god they think i'm pretty okay after that.
i like making people laugh, smile, pretty much make them feel good. i dont like seeing people look sad. coz well, i end up pittying them and well, i dont like pity. i cheer people up. i like it. i like making people feel good, coz well i know its cheesy but well...making people feel happy make me happy.
basically, what ive been thinking ios mainly for me to find out who i am actually. hahaha i know it's dumb. i'm 18 and i still dont know exactly who i am. i think my purpose in life right now is to solve the problem of my existence. i dont like problems that keep me up at night. i like my sleep. well, and this problem has been keeping me up for a long time now. i try and find different clues on solving it everynight. i sit down, and think. i try to see the things i did that day and try to reason why i did them in the first place.
well...thats it for now...
hay naku..eto nanaman ako...hating gabi gising pa. i dont know what the hell to do. i'm bored. i have been thinking about a lot of stuff. you know like, what if i made different choices in the different problems i had. like, what if i did this earlier, what if i did this instead?...you know, like what would i be right now.
i've been thinking about a lot of stuff. like what i am afraid of. one thing i am certain i'm afraid of is heights. hahahahaha damn, tatayo lang ako sa lamesa nagkakavertigo na ako...
another thing i know i'm afraid of is being alone. i've had nightmares about this a lot. you know, i satnd in a dark place all alone. i see my friends far away, i shout at them but they dont hear me. i run up to them but the more i run towards them, the farther i get.
the last thing i know i'm afraid of is being rejected. i dont like the feeling when i know someone doesnt like me. i dont like rejetion. thats why i often prove myself. often i just make people laugh and well, thank god they think i'm pretty okay after that.
i like making people laugh, smile, pretty much make them feel good. i dont like seeing people look sad. coz well, i end up pittying them and well, i dont like pity. i cheer people up. i like it. i like making people feel good, coz well i know its cheesy but well...making people feel happy make me happy.
basically, what ive been thinking ios mainly for me to find out who i am actually. hahaha i know it's dumb. i'm 18 and i still dont know exactly who i am. i think my purpose in life right now is to solve the problem of my existence. i dont like problems that keep me up at night. i like my sleep. well, and this problem has been keeping me up for a long time now. i try and find different clues on solving it everynight. i sit down, and think. i try to see the things i did that day and try to reason why i did them in the first place.
well...thats it for now...
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