Twilight’s Killer Quotes

Before anything else, please wait on the quotes I am working on based from the other three books (New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn)…….I have read the unpublished Midnight Sun Book by Stephenie Meyer also – this book is from Edward’s point of view, its nice and more enthralling to get into Edward’s mind. Please check my other entry for Twilight.

“About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him – and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be – that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.”

“To me, it was like you were some kind of demon, summoned straight from my own personal hell to ruin me. The fragrance coming off your skin…I thought it would make me deranged that first day. In that one hour, I thought of a hundred different ways to lure you from the room with me, to get you alone. And I fought them each back, thinking of my family, what I could do to them. I had to run out, to get away before I could speak the word that would make you follow. . .”

“And then, as I tried to rearrange my schedule in a pointless attempt to avoid you, you were there – in that close, warm little room, the scent was maddening. I so very nearly took you then. There was only one other frail human there – so easily dealt with.”

“I took precautions, hunting, feeding more than usual before seeing you again. I was sure that I was strong enough to treat you like any other human. I was arrogant about it.”

“Of course then you were nearly crushed in front of my eyes. Later I thought of a perfectly good excuse for why I acted at that moment – because if I hadn’t saved you, if your blood had been spilled there in front of me, I don’t think I could have stopped myself from exposing us for what we are. But I only thought of that excuse later. At the time, all I could think was, ‘Not her.”

“I’d have fared better If I had exposed us all at that first moment, than if now, here – with no witnesses and nothing to stop me – I were to hurt you.”

“The thought of you, still, white, cold…to never see you blush scarlet again, to never see that flash of intuition in your eyes when you see through my pretenses. . . it would be unendurable.”

“You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.”

“I’m here which, roughly translated, means I would rather die than stay away from you.”

The Incessant Quest for Glory

There are people who are simply assiduous in making a diary, recording every tiny detail of events in their lives. I am not in the habit of recording everything that is happening in my life, the best way however, for me to take a glimpse of the past is through my mind. Yes my arcane mind. There are times when I need to look back in the past to somehow unravel the connection of events or perhaps for self-dicovery if not finding for answers in the conundrums I face everyday. I have compartmentalized my mind in such a way that there is this virtual space I have inconspicuously spared, only to subsume the realm of events in my life.

Every day there are questions left unanswered and every time we turn around we ask ourselves “why is this happening?” “why am I in this situation?” then we would ceaselessly seek for answers; we would try to look back, what happened in the past; what decisions have we made which brought us to where we are now. Then we would either have regrets (talking about the things we shoulda, woulda, coulda done) if faced with seamy side of life or we move on and learn. I strongly believe that we learn best from the school of hard knocks. Every choice, every decision and every event in our lives connect to who we are now and what we will be. Everything happens for a reason, eventually if not soon, we will experience epiphany which will lead us to solve the many afflictive mysteries of life. We may not understand what the reasons are at this moment, tomorrow however or even at a later time will make us see life in a different plane.

We are torn between good and evil but we have a gift of free will that gives us the power to choose. Our main avenue is to grow. We are here for a purpose; to love, to dream, to live life, to make mistakes, to learn, to forgive others, and to forgive ourselves. The quintessence of our existence is the incessant quest for glory – the splendor of heaven; perfect happiness that even in the realms of ambiguities, cataclysm, insurgencies, and failures we remain stalwart, learn from our mistakes and never cease the quest for glory.

GLORY GLORY GLORY – I will be here, I will search for you in every which way and in every nook and cranny of this nebulous macrocosm.

Poverty – what is the cure?

I am irrefutably crestfallen with the underlying poverty scene in the country. I happened to watch a poignant episode of The Correspondents last week entitled “MANINIMA” – it moved me in a somber way that now I am finding myself eliciting sympathy by writing this entry. The documentary underscores the poverty-stricken families in Pampanga whose lives depend on a limited number of leftover mud crabs and prawns that they could catch in a nearby private fishpond.

Brgy. Sagrada, Masantol Pampanga considering its geographical location – it is close to Manila bay and it is along the shores of Pampanga river -  harbors quite a number of mud crab farms. These mud crabs are harvested after reaching its marketable size, the owner then would invite the neighboring people (maninima) to catch the leftover. The film showed a family of maninima composed of a father and his five juvenile sons, who compelled by indigence have to wake up at dawn, walk a few miles and start a strenous day of catching mud crabs. Some of these kids do go to school but constrained by the fact that they have to have the necessities of life; they would rather ask their teacher to allow them to get excused from class just so they could help their parents catch crabs. The stern reality of life has deprived these children to experience childhood.

The average catch per day is from six – eight mud crabs and would cost PhP300 which would then be used to buy their food for the entire day. There are times when competition is stiff or caused by inevitable circumstances, they couldn’t sell their catch, they would simply trade it off with any food just to fill their stomachs and yes they are literally down-and-out. The place is not as far as you think it is, as it is only two hours away from Manila but consider the treacherous, long, muddy, unpaved road to reach Brgy. Sagrada you would think that it is far-flung and out-of-the-way. The place has one hospital with barely seen one doctor and a resident has to spend PhP200 on transportation just to go to a neighboring town to get grocery supplies or visit a doctor.

Hunger is a ramification of poverty and surely Brgy. Sagrada is not the only place in the Philippines grieving for such dysphoric situation. I wonder, what has government given in the last considerable years to help these people? Is it that hard to reach out to our poor brothers and sisters who spent all their lives finding food for subsistence. The government has proudly announced that they have built the first elevated Uturn slot in the Philippines along C5 Kalayaan, when in fact there is no need in building it as it made the lives of every citizen who passes through the said highway worst because of unbearable traffic. You would understand what I mean if you come and take a look at it. They should’ve spent all that money they spent for the unsought elevated Uturn slot on building the road to Brgy. Sagrada or wherever else is in dire need.

Kathie Olivas – Scavenger Silver Aubrie, Benny and Red Bird, and MadL Flip Philippines Exclusive Launch

I was in my usual Saturday mood and I was so vehement to finish reading the fourth book of the Twilight Saga when Aldolito had to drag me to FRESH Manila, exclusive launch party of Scavenger Silver Aubrie, Benny and Red Bird Platinum and MadL Flip. If you are not aware, scavenger silver Aubrie, Benny and red bird platinum are mini figure series vynil toys designed for ages 15 and above and were released in a very limited number ( FOR SALE SILVER AUBRIE, LEAVE ME A COMMENT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED). The artist who designed these toys is Kathie Olivas – a multimedia artist based in Tampa Fl.

Aldolito - just like a child, bought MadL flip and scavenger silver Aubrie in addition to his scavengers set at home. I must say that these toys are for the big boys because I have noticed that 98% of the buying population inside the store were male species within the ages of 18 – 35 and if I may add they surely belong to the opulent class. Big Boy – the owner, in his munificence has provided us free-flowing beer and killer but highly delectable, mouthwatering food – sisig, lechon, balut, chicharon, isaw, and peanuts. I have spotted Borgy Manotoc in the party – not that it would matter – but I have to say that he looked so stunning. I would guess, he stands at least 5′11″ with the physique of a surfer.

We went home with a big grin on Aldolito’s face while gloating with his newly bought mini friends.

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Frugality – please take over me

 

Expensive food, expensive coffee, expensive books, expensive shoes, expensive clothes, expensive gas, expensive travel, everything is expensive!!! Prices of commodities are remorselessly skyrocketing, where is justice in this? It makes me wonder if the fundamental laws of Economics specifically supply and demand are solely responsible for this or who knows, what else is there to consider. I’m sure that there are a lot of things to consider like trade barriers, futile gorvernment policies, international market, money devaluation, etc..I am not an economist, so it is highly unlikely of me to elicit assumptions but I want to seek answers because it is becoming stringent everyday. The gorvernment is hardly making any move to somehow alleviate the underlying economic crisis or maybe I’m just blind. The government officials are so busy working for their personal interests they forget to serve their purpose. I could go on and on…but ranting and raving over these filthy bastards won’t do any good. One thing for sure though, I will continue to unravel my thoughts whether it is still reasonable to live here considering the seemed imposibility of correcting the wrong practices of everyone, government and people alike. I am so grossed out. With the impending economic disaster that we are going through, the best thing that I can do for now is to be frugal – I should’ve learned how to be one a long long time ago. BILLS, will you just please go away!!!

Twilight Saga – Addicted

TWILIGHT

NEW MOON

ECLIPSE

BREAKING DAWN

 

I couldn’t help myself but be relentlessly engrossed and worst, consumingly addicted to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Book Series, I couldn’t even get myself to work anymore. HAHAHA I bought Twilight the first book last week it’s of 500 or so pages and I have finished it in 2 days, I just finished the second book New Moon and I’m looking forward to go to the bookstore later to buy Eclipse which is the third book and Breaking Dawn the fourth one. I’m not obsessed, I am simply enthralled, Stephenie – I hope that you would get to read this somehow. You are a brilliant author and I adore you. You have created such perfect characters, that even when I go to the shower or simply doing my mundane tasks, I still get to think of them and find them play in my mind its as if I have known them all my life especially Bella and Edward and believe it or not at some point I had to convince myself that perhaps vampires and werewolves were true after all (crazy isn’t it? I’m sure I’m not the only one) wink wink. The Love that they have is so powerful so ultimately strong – it made me cry. I will definitely watch the movie.

A still tongue keeps a wise head

Nowadays I prefer to recluse myself from them, it’s not that I am regaling my thoughts to be away with the fairies but this is my own way of eluding an inevitable. This is somehow better, at least now I get to have a peaceful time by myself and was able to pull in the reins. My time is gold and wasting it on people who are way too big for their britches is never part of my actuality. And oh I’m not running away I am simply wise.

 

 

Balut

Balut – according to Wiki is a fertilized duck or chicken egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. It is a delicacy in the Philippines and last weekend, Patrick took a rather horridly beautiful picture of it. Just after slurping the succulent juice inside, he finished off with the yellow and white parts. Then he took out the poor embryo, (as they say save the best for last) laid it on his hand, took a picture of it and in a fraction of a second he placed the embryo on his ardently craving mouth and he gently munched it savoring every taste of it while gloatingly smiling to his sisters. HAHAHA Would you like to have some?

 

Balut

Bad Hair Day

This is a world full of mystery, seemed endless human toil, uncharted waters and everyday we seek for answers in the conundrums relentlessly thrown at us. We live in ambiguity where every day is all about making choices and we are flabbergasted by the ramifications brought by the subsequent battle between good and bad.

I have made a series of wrong choices in my life but there is no reason to dwell on them now. Indeed, life isn’t always all beer and skittles and things bizarrely don’t always go the way we want them to, nevertheless I am in extreme gratitude for all the things I have received and that I have every reason in the world to be delighted and grateful regardless. And guess what, tomorrow’s another day.

 

Have you thought of the things you have to be thankful for?