Two hours ago, an exam just ended. Not mine, I passed it early because the parts I couldn't answer were the ones I weren't able to study (ehem FEEDCON...)
So when the fact that I would never be able to get a grade higher than a 75 (provided I didn't do anything else wrong) settled in, I started the long trip home. The LRT was a bit crowded but nothing like the sardine-can-like crowding you normally get during rush hour. I thought that there was a tour group in the car because of a guy telling the people to hang on to the rails, not to lean on the doors, watch over your valuables, etc. The guy wasn't the recording by the way.
The train ride was uneventful. At least that was what I thought. Upon reaching EDSA station, I suddenly heard someone say "We have arrived at EDSA Station, thank you for FLYING PHILIPPINE AIRLINES" then a few more reminders and then "Mabuhay!". It's kind of similar to the PEP Squad as far as I noticed.
As for the rest of the trip home, I'll just include that on the "things I really want to forget" list.
Finally, a link that I don't want to post a separate entry for,
1) DS Stylus that I think goes well with multiplayer (duel na lang pag nag-tie no Tammy?) hahaha link: http://tinyurl.com/67czxn
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Now Boarding: Flight "PR A15" Bound for Baclaran
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Hitting Rock Bottom... Application of a Sermon
The homily I heard at the Sto. Niño de Paz Chapel this afternoon was a real eye-opener. Especially since after I went through FEEDCON Q1, man, it was really depressing.
The priest talked about hitting rock bottom. He mentioned J.K. Rowling's speech at Harvard about the "fringe benefits of failure", even citing what she considered her biggest failure, a broken marriage, losing all financial stability, etc. He cited some of his own, like a swimming pool experience which was due to his height.
I honestly thought that the quiz (and many before that) qualifies. Especially when you fail enough of them to fail a subject. But just a few hours ago, I realized its not only that. I have quite a few experiences like this (but I'll stop myself here. Iba na lang. hehehe).
The mass ended at 5:30 pm. I was on the FX before 6. Really, I'm supposed to be more street smart than this. I should have been suspicious that the driver asked for 70 pesos as fare. But I thought it was due to the gasoline prices. I was definitely suspicious when I saw high-tension power lines in a straight line. There was only one place on the SLEX that I knew I could see those. And I knew I needed to do something when I saw the Wheel of Fate shining in the window.
There was one person I knew who took this route often. Good thing he replied quickly enough for me to get my bearings. To cut things short, I've been to a lot of places today. DLSU, SM Makati, Glorietta, Landmark, Greenbelt, Target Mall, SM City Sta. Rosa and finally home. Definitely the biggest u-turn I took to date.
I guess my other definition of rock bottom aside from total and complete failure would then be a detachment from one's comfort zone. Far, FAR from your comfort zone that you don't even know what went wrong.
