Squash VS Pumpkin

Boredom came into me. So what is the real difference of a squash and a pumpkin?

Care to post anything if you know.

Reminiscing AHS C03

Filipino.

Isang tanong sa Filipino midterm exam noon.

Ano ang ibig sabihin ng ulirat sa konteksto?

A. kamalayan B. hirap C. mahal D. Voltes V

Letrang A talaga ang tamang sagot, subalit kapag papansinin mo, unang tatanggalin mo ang sagot na letrang D sa mga pagpipilian. 'Di ba, sino naman ang bobong sasagot ng letrang D? Subalit, noong high school kami, nang ibalik sa amin ang pagsusulit, kapag sinagot mo ang letrang D, may +5 ka pa sa iyong marka. Hindi ka nga tama, pero may bonus ka naman na makukuha na hihigit pa sa tamang sagot.

Philosophy ang natapos niyang kurso. Kapag hinambing mo sa ibang mga guro, kakaiba talaga ang kanyang istilo. Siguro doon ko unang namulat ang aking mga mata na masasabi natin ang tamang sagot ang pangkalahatang kasagutan. Subalit, masasabi rin natin na hindi parati ang tama ang kailangang isagot sa isang katanungan.

It is wise to answer A, but it takes guts to answer D.

Love on TV

I know TV drama couldn't be compared to reality, but this media type is the most influential if one thinks about it. When TV talks about love, in a way it can be compared to real-life issues. Just like in Friends, too much hurt has happened between Ross and Rachel. And still, Rachel picked him and stayed in the end. And in Sex and the City, even if Big came back then screwed up her life over and over, in the end, they were together in the end. I could talk this for about a day, and there sure are a lot of screw-ups in TV series talking about love.

The thing is, most people are influenced to do whatever it takes just to hold on to that thread of love. The thin line of true love and being desperate.

Should people be stupid enough to love their counterparts if they've been hurt for the longest time?

Would they still cling on to that bit of hope even if too much hurt has happened between them?

Is that true love? Or should they open their eyes, and leave their counterpart?

I could only advise, but that is as far as it goes.

Still, the choice is up to them.

Reminiscing AHS C02

Homosexuality.

I hated homosexual people when I was in grade school. As an 8 year-old kid, they were like an infestation of the country. I questioned myself why do they act softly feeling all preppy while the other boys just play marbles, basketball, or just plainly boy stuff. I teased them because they were different. I mock at them that they were fags, and they should act manly.

But honestly, a few years after, I questioned my own. One of my classmates teased me that I was gay. I didn't know why he said that, but boys just tease everybody generally. But, I was stunned. Thrown aback. I didn't know what to do. Was I really gay to others' eyes? So for a few more years, I scrutinized myself if I really were. In that confused period, I gained a sense who the cute boys were in grade school. Was that really being homosexual or was it just admiration? But before high school, I knew I am a man even if I found some of the boys cute. *wink* *wink*

Then high school came, I wasn't disgusted at homosexuals. In fact, I was happy when I was with them. They really are a nice company since they generate a different aura. A different perspective. I know I am a man, and they opened my whole mind. They liberated me. They implicitly formulated even some of my philosophies. They are people no matter who they are. They are even a positive force to this world. They shouldn't be prejudiced, discriminated, or typecast.

So am I pro gay marriage? A big fat YUP. People should have a choice. Anybody, literally anybody, should have a right to marry their loved one. They have a right to be happy. They should have the same rights as anybody has.

Liberal. Democrat. This is who I am.

So to all of my gay classmates in high school, cheers to all of you. You guys changed me... a lot.

Reminiscing AHS C01

Ateneo High School Prom.

I agree that going to a prom is like a lifetime of experience. It really shouldn't be missed, but sadly, I missed one -- my senior prom. But I would have regret everything if I even missed my junior prom. It's probably the most memorable event to any student in their high school days.

Anyway, one will never forget the moment of asking a person to be his date to a prom. Boys might literally have cut off their balls because boys literally feel devastated when she says no. That's how one guy actually feels in general maybe in those days. Buying flowers and corsages and everything, those create excitement on how one looks, how your partner looks, and how the date would turn out. One would even dream for days where everything was perfect -- the car, the coat and tie, the food, the hotel, the songs, the dance, the works. But that time I wasn't taught on the ABCs of dating a girl, so it wasn't as smooth as it would be in my dreams.

One more thing, one person even asked me out to a prom when I was a sophomore. I really was flattered, but that time, all I knew was to play Diablo, so it wouldn't be cool if I would just talk to my date that I have a level 50 sorcerer character in Diablo. Joking aside, it really was one of the nicest feelings a girl asking a boy out to be her date. It might make a person's head a bit bigger, but any boy couldn't forget those rare moments of one's life.