5th level of hell
Monday, December 29, 2008
i was reading dear mico's blog a while ago and i stumbled upon this test.
upon answering it, i found out that:The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels:Take the Dante Inferno Hell Test
nice. they banished me to the 5th level! imagine... 5th level.
that was... far.
oh, and read dear mico's entry on HYPE BOOKS. haha. 'twas cool.
but twilight was profoundly elaborated by dear rosie
'twas reaaaaaly cool.
am currently downright addicted to BATTLE ROYALE.
search it on wiki if you dont know about it.
"...it's like social darwinism. survival of the hippest."
- quoted from a character
oh, btw, heard about the TWILIGHT TELESERYE.
twilight?
tagalized??
craaaap. what would be the title?
DAPITHAPON: ANG PAG-IIBIGAN NG PROMDI AT NG ASWANG...[??]
sounds.. uh... just waaaaay bizarre.
"...with rival named ASKAL and a little daughter named TYANAK...", as a friend once said.
laugh out loud. tagalized version? nuh-uh. 'twas no longer that tolerable in its original version.
borrowing from a friend: nonsense out of nonsense? that'd be great. first time someone tried that out.
anyway, let's just wait for that. more to mock, eh?
gotta keep on my current addiction.
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battle royale
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
yesterday, the DEARS have gathered.
yesterday, Red: The Traveling Bear was introduced to our group by mico.
yesterday, we watched friends kill each other.
yes. you heard right (or rather, read...)
friends kiling each other.
BATTLE ROYALE.
it is not a new film for that matter. it is a japanese novel turned manga turned movie.
and it's about society gone mad.
adults vs youth.
every year, the government picks a class and that class would be sent to a far off island for the Millennium Education Reform Act.
what's that?
they kill each other until one remains.
and they have this waterproof shockproof collar around their necks whose bombs can be triggered electronically.
the limit is three days.
at least one dead body every 24 hours or the bombs would all explode.
and...
there must only be one survivor. or the bombs would all go off.
they have to play. or they die.
it was a damned good idea, honestly. but then, we started thinking of the what ifs of that film..
what if we were there?
what if we were chosen to be part of The Program?
what if we were forced to kill someone?
under those circumstances, would our sanity be enough to get us through?
or would the limitations of human sanity be blatant?
under those circumstances, would we have the capacity to kill?
would we crack under pressure?
would we yield to the animal inside?
in reality, it is not the capacity to kill that is the issue. everyone can kill.
it is the willingness to kill that matters. the resolve to take away one's life.
under the grave circumstances, the life-and-death situation, what would happen?
it is easy to say things at our current situation. easy to decide at this moment since we are not under the pressure of killing or being killed. but in an insane twist of fate that that situation be real, could we trust logic to prevail?
could we trust our rational selves to predominate the irrationality of it all?
could we trust ourselves?
man can kill. but man will not.
when faced with a situation as grave as this, will man kill?
when morality is no longer an issue, you're back to the primitive ages, and the primal instinct is the instinct to survive... what will you do?
there is a thin line between sanity and madness. if you went to hell and back again and to hell and back again (you get the idea), could you cross over that line and not go back to the sensible world?
kill or be killed.
under that circumstances, which would you choose?
"...we are not playing the game but that's not to say that they're not playing either..."
who would be there to trust?
who would trust you?
what if the government gave you a gun with one bullet and you ought to shoot someone in the head with it... someone from your class...
if you don't do it, everyone in that class will die of gruesome deaths.
the catch is this: you're the only one who knows the choices. you cant explain things beforehand.
what will you do?
now, what if after shooting someone (or not shooting someone and getting everyone killed in the process), the people left alive would be sent to the deserted island for the reform act?
what will you do? who would you shoot?
shoot yourself? good idea since you would no longer experience the gruesome reform act. but could you really escape? are you willing to die THAT early on?
shoot a friend? he might not get why you would kill him. he might damn you to the deepest pits of hell. his last thoughts might be "i thought better of you". but it would be for his own good. swift death over long torment.
what if the situation above was given BEFORE the class was taken to the deserted island?
you all know what awaits there...
everyone was begging you to kill them. now.
what would you do?
killing yourself is a good idea. but would you leave your friends to fend off on their own?
mico and i spent about three hours talking about the psychological and philosophical aspects of the film/novel/manga.
spent three hours talking about the what ifs...
the storyline created an impact on me. there were no villains, to tell you the truth. they weren't given any options. they have to play the game or they die.
gonna read the manga...
mangathon. bookathon. moviethon. phone-a-thon???
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master authors
Sunday, December 21, 2008
haven't posted for quite some time. i just didn't have any inspiration to write on that moment... haha...
soooo... christmas party.
the almeda's christmas party has been fun. really.
GO MELO AND OLIVER. haha. just kidding. don't wanna be assassinated yet, you know.
im happy. i received four books!!!
FOUR BOOKS.
cooooool.
joyce gave me neil gaiman's ANANSI BOYS!!
rowane gave me neil gaiman's NEVERWHERE!!
mam frias gave me a book of stephen white
paolo gave me The Craving...
looooooooooove it!!!
thanks guys!
i'm a few pages short of finishing American Gods by Neil Gaiman...
(it's not that obvious thati'm soooo into neil gaiman these days...)
he's just downright magnificent.
he writes sooooooo damned good!
i wish i wrote his books. haha...
he is a writer who doesn't thesaurize his words... i mean, he uses highfalutin words, yes, but he uses those words because those words were appropriate in the context of what he was writing. unlike so-called writers who speak of "chuckling blackly" [how can one chuckle BLACKLY again?] or "his eyes rolled down my shirt" [gawd. was that horror??] or "i feel bored and perforated" [oh my. someone opened the thesaurus for the word 'bored' and got the word 'perforated'. so, uh, you were punctured?]
and his books have plot. there is the beginning, middle, and ending. unlike some other books out there who tried really hard to make the plot appear, and having failed to do so, were forced to just state the plot. rather crude, if you might ask me.
beginning was cliche. ending was rushed. middle, or rather, MUDDLE, was... uh... muddled.
no comparison with neil gaiman's works.
and neil's characters are really developed, intricately and realistically. not like some cardboard stereotypes out there in some books who seemed to lack life. they just seem to move because that was what the author requires them to do. an insult to the intelligence, so as to say.
and just for the fact that stephen king, that master author, stated that neil gaiman's works are intimidating is saying something.
neil gaiman is good. no doubt. you just have to read one of his works to figure that out. try reading GOOD OMENS... or AMERICAN GODS... or STARDUST... or any of his wonderfully crafted works...
you wouldn't be saying that a hype book is good.
i've finished Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat.
hey, if you're a vamp fan, read Anne Rice. not Meyer.
Anne Rice's characters are so deeply developed and intricately designed that you'll really believe that they exist. you'll feel their emotions, the very logic of their actions, the sensations...
the characters are so realistically made that you'll think you know them like they're your friends.
and you'll certainly love the plot. there IS a plot! not like... uh... *winkwink*
anne rice is still the Queen of the Vampire Genre.
i've committed a bookworm crime, dearie.
i haven't read sidney sheldon's Master of the Game yet.
gawd.
sidney sheldon is a master of suspense writing. his storyline formats are unforgettable. he can craft a masterpiece that spans several generations and yet everything would come out clear... he can craft a wonderful twist, so magnificent that you would be blown out of your mind... he can use the flashback format perfectly, you'll never know what hit you...
he is the epitome of imagination. when you're deeply engrossed in his craft, you'll realize that everything can happen in the world of books... and you wouldn't be able to wait anymore to venture further...
there are lots more... michael crichton is really good. jeffery deaver, too. kathy reichs. and heaps more...
well, i reckon this entry will end here. i'll finish the pending books. then, i'll post a review.
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amalgamation of words
Saturday, December 13, 2008
it has been quite some time when i last posted an entry here in this blog. we have been quite busy. as you can see, we've had the Seniors Christmas Concert last night. the preparations have been overwhelmingly extravagant, we know. especially for our section.for three consecutive days, we have been crying our hearts out. if only we've gathered all the lachrymal secretions that we've shed, we could have filled a jug or what.there will be more battles to come but as long as we are together, we will come out not unscathed but definitely stronger than before.we have learned lessons in life. heaps of it, actually. sometimes, there are lessons that are meant to be learned the hard way. there are lessons that cannot be learned in any other way except through the most damaging way possible."...what doesn't kill you will make you stronger..."in an ironic twist of fate, unity put wings on our backs and carried us high... leaving the important values behind.it is not the goal but the process of how you reach that goal that is important.i remembered something i've said during a recitation. "...the ends justifies the means..."and it was opposed by my teacher. after that, it didnt cross my mind anymore. then, it was stated again.stated but in a revised version."... the ends DOES NOT justify the means..."and in that moment of reckoning, it dawned on me that the revised version provides for a clearer sense than the original quote...washing one's hands off the matter at hand would not do anything remotely good.one might think, might believe, that s/he is not involved. but let us recall that when you follow evil, that is considered evil as well.and, uh, not to mention the saying UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALLhave heaps to say. heaps to share. heaps...but time is directly contravening to my desire to continue my rantings...well then, until here.
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