Yesterday, my highschool friends and I turned into kids again when we went to Enchanted Kingdom for a bit of summer fun.
I promise I’ll be posting a more detailed entry about this next time. For the meantime, here are some of the photos (credits to me and biggie for the photos :-)):
That’s us just after having lunch at Tokyo Tokyo in a gas station along SLEX
Emote naman si Pareng Serj and Mutya dito
Angels On My Doorstep
These are my kitties, Bait and Baba. They are brothers. Sadly, Bait had recently passed away. I don’t know if I’ll get over it, having seen how he died choking and I wasn’t able to do anything about it. But I know I have to let go of the memory of that miserable night. I still have Baba with me and to him, I must devote full attention.
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In many ways, fear pervades our lives and influences every decision we make: the clothes we wear (we want to choose the appropriate clothes so as not to be an outcast in our group), courses to take in college (because we fear getting stuck in a job that wouldn’t give us good income), person to marry (because we fear being stuck with the wrong person for a lifetime), whether to have children or not (we fear we have no one to leave our legacy to), whether to leave the country or not (we fear having to adjust in a new, foreign place). We can’t escape from having fears. This means every choice we make entails certain risks. It is only up to us how daring or calculated those risks will be.
But what if we weren’t afraid?
It’s an interesting question really. Am I to interpret being not afraid as the mere absence of fears or do I interpret it as the state of not being overwhelmed by fears, only considering it once in a while to check decisions are still rational? I believe the latter is what I should do.
The following list is inspired by a similar list made by Mr. Jim Paredes in his article, “Overcoming The Fear Factor”, in Humming in My Universe, in the Philippine Star Newspaper. The article is also posted in his blog.
1) Run a coffee shop and a library business. Coffee and books are two of the things I’m passionate in life. If I’d get the courage to start a business, this is what I want to have: a coffee shop where coffee drinkers can read books while enjoying their coffee. There would be novels from hundreds of authors, art history books, medical journals, books about creative writing, poetry, computers, business web designs, and so much more. I want it to have computer stations, too, with internet access so people could email/blog about their favorite books. Of course, it has to be a wi-fi hot zone, for those who bring their laptops and notebooks. And there would be events like poetry and short story reading. I want that coffee shop/library to be a place throbbing and overflowing with creative ideas. That is my paradise and I believe it could be every coffee drinkers’ and booklovers’ paradise, too.
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