nOt jUst debRis

January 23, 2006 - I was saddened by the news of the untimely death of ka-Ernie Baron.  =(    ‘I wanted to meet him in person’, is one of my childhood wish.  I looked up to him. amazed by his genuisities.  bad.

ANyway, got this poem from the net, a poem for him.  I can’t make onE… I’m  bad aT woRds, so here:

THE LAST WEATHER REPORT

the wise weatherman dies;
his face as familiar as
local monsoon rains.
local network mourns

passing of pixellated monarch
on Philippine television screen.
he is also the undisputed
king of trivia, knowing even the

most trivial of things. his
final report indicates that death
is as inevitable as today’s sunset at
6:03 pm; like tomorrow’s

cloudy skies and scattered
rainshowers. towards the end
of the segment, he says:

trivia: yes, death is
like evening news
like weather report
like pointing rod on Philippine map;

inevitable.

and let us remember:
when there is no knowledge,
there is no power.

bye-bye.

                             -anonymous-         

more about ka-ernie:

http://beta.inq7.net/common/print.php?index=1&story_id=66680&site_id=42

for the past few months until recently, i’ve never gone under the sky again. :(   i realized that i don’t have the luxury of time to do it.  I haven’t lose interest, it’s just that, maybe, (besides of time), i couldn’t take myself to another level, not just merely locating objects, but also take a closer look.  Crossing my fingers, that someday will come, I’m gonna own a telescope or at least a good pair of bino…  haaayy!

“When one has weighed the Sun in balance, and measured the steps of the Moon, and mapped out the seven heavens, there still remains oneself.

Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?”

“We are all in the gutter, only some of us are looking at the stars.”

– Oscar Wilde

Let me start with a story, and here it goes:

One day an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget.

As he stood in front of the group of high powered overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz." Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide mouth mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully place them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class said, "Yes." Then he said, "Really?" 

He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space between the big rocks. Then he asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?"

By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered. "Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rock and the gravel.

Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?" "No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.

Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?" One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!" "No," the speaker replied, "that’s not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: "

"If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all."

So now I’m asking myself. What are the big rocks in my life then. I couldn’t figure out instantly. Should it be my studies? My tutoring? Family? Faith?  Dreams? Interests? Love(?!?%#&%^&)? and the list goes on…

*thinking deep* I’m such a mess!  I really couldn’t figure out. Certain dilemma comes into the picture and it’s truly ripping my mind. grrr!

Well ideally, my family comes first, then my studies and dreams(they’re just one, of course) then interests. Love?? should be the first. On the contrary, considering the reality, contemplating on what is actually happening, things really do get complicated. Then, LIFE, as they say is really not that easy, i realized(well it’s always been, nka-think lang ko!LOL *serious ra kaau noh?hihi..*).  However, doing the right thing is surely the best one to be in the highest regard. But then again, how can I think of that when I’m in a total mess? tsk..tsk.. sooo many things to fix.  Hope I’ll not be too busy fixing… so help me God

on the picture: that was me when I was still a baby posing with my favorite aunt at the plaza just across the Law Office of my grandfather(eternal rest be granted unto him) in Dipolog CIty. opaw kaau ko noh? hehe.. pero cute! LOL