Rant: Knowing and Learning

I know proper English. I can write in Stenography. I can multiply from my 1s to my 12s. I can tell you the quadratic formula in my sleep. I can tell you the differences between supply and demand, and tell you other different things in my 15 years of existence.

The reason this generation is losing interest in education, is because going to school, is when the aim is no longer to "learn", but our main goal turns into graduating and "getting it all over with". We lose interest in what we want to do, because we do not "learn". Instead, we are forced to "know", because that's just how it is. If you do not know, you are called uneducated, but people who spit on these people are called "successful", and "educated", not realizing that we start to know so much that we forget the deep meaning of learning, which involves enjoying and applying. How our grades would be the basis of our own knowledge, so that we could get a good job and earn money, because we are supposed to. Lines from text books, formulas, calculations, meanings, shoved down our throats because they say it is important. Because a sheet of paper is what this system is going to use to measure of intelligence. On a sheet of paper with a red ball pen, that either gives us a 100% rating, or an A+. It's great, but if you get a 74%, or a C, or a D, they'd say you could do better. In my 15 years of existence, I've been told to as a child, up to the present to learn off pages through the text books, get a good job, and help my family, but how can I when learning is now known as a form of memorizing, class standings, ratings, attendance in an institution called "school", to get, "a proper education", and knowing. Not applying. These grades, that we focus too much on that we forget our own personal health. We wake up at 5 am, spend 10-12 hours at school, go home and spend another 5 hours studying and doing assignments, and what? Get 4 hours of sleep? They ask us questions, but they never asked us about our own personal health, our emotions, our aims and goals, and questions that help us apply what we learn in the real world. We are forced to know, not to learn. Thinking about it now, just makes me feel sad about what we have come to. LEARN because you want to, not because you just "need" to.

VERY VERY HEATED RANT: Concert Tickets

Earlier today, One Direction Philippines (Official1D_PHIL) officially announced that One Direction are coming here to the Philippines. Along with that, they also announced the ticket prices for the long-awaited concert. They simply posted a photo with a description that contained the ticket prices and when they are going on sale, which is on May 23rd, 2014, exactly 4 days from now, and as they announced the details, which were just passed down to them by the sponsors or company/ies in charge, These are what they get.

Just to clarify, I am not from 1DPH, nor am I an officer or an admin, But you must understand that the ticket prices and the date of when they go on sale are not within their hands. Like I, and they said, the information were just simply passed down to them, and they were just doing their job like any other normal street team announcing it. Let me just remind you that they do not get paid for doing this. They do not get free concert tickets. They do not get special items, or whatsoever, but they still choose to serve us. 

Most of you people don't notice, but the whole time they've been helping us. If it weren't for their help, the boys wouldn't even be able to come here until now. They united us Juan Directioners, they helped organize events, helped organize launches, did some petitions, helped other Juan Directioners via social media, and most of all, helped the boys notice us. If you haven't noticed, whenever there seems to be a problem with the company or sponsor, it is ALWAYS them who gets blamed by some ungrateful people. BEAR WITH THEM FOR THEY TOO ARE HUMAN AND EASILY GET SICK OF YOUR BULLSHIT. 

You know what the other problem is? Why do we need to bring up a conversation of someone's wealth status just because they can afford things some people cannot? It wasn't their fault they may have been born rich or that they're wealthy, so why hate? Sure, they can afford concert tickets, merchandise, so why hate them for it? If you were in their position and can buy those too you wouldn't even hesitate. What if someone hated you just because you have food on the table at night? What if someone hated you because you have warm water to cleanse yourself with? What if someone hated you because you clothed in yourself in nice clothes? All actions have consequences, it is up to you if you are willing to face them. Irrelevance is what makes your point/reason invalid, so if you're fighting for something or a cause, make sure you are reasonable and that it isn't just something that came from a product of your envy/jealousy.

Another thing is, why do you guys care if celebrities want to buy tickets and watch the show? Ano? 

"Dahil hindi sila real fan", "Dahil kawawa naman yung ibang directioners na real fan tapos di makakanuod"

EH ANO BANG PAKIALAM NIYO SA TRIP NILA, it's their life, don't tell them what to do, and as long as they're not hurting anyone in the process, why do you care? It's their money, they earned it, and it's also from their hard work. You see, just like you, they worked hard for their money, so instead of hating them for it, gumawa ka ng paraan para makabili ka rin ng concert tickets.

That's all I have to say for now. I'm done, you may now move on with your lives.

Rant: Self-Harm

I hate self-harm.

I do not hate people who self-harm.

I hate people who like to post photos, or tell other people publicly that they self-harm.

I hate people that think every single person that self-harms is an attention whore. 

Let me get down to business. People self-harm because of depression. Whether it be drugs, cutting, alcohol, suicide attempts, it is an act of self-harm. These days, most kids spend a lot of their time on social media, and websites such as Twitter, Facebook, on Tumblr are where a huge number of teenagers decide to express freely about themselves, or what they feel. Sometimes, other go on social media sites for likes, faves, retweets, reblogs, or comments that appeal to a form of flattery. People who crave too much of these are called, "attention-seeking", which most of the time for me is true. The problem with this generation, is rather than consulting actual or personal help from people is that they decide to post things on the internet without even actually thinking. Some attention-seeking people like to post photos of themselves, cutting.

This is the real thing: People who post photos of them cutting, or saying that they're going to commit suicide, or whatever it may be, DON'T NEED HELP. You know what they need? ATTENTION. Maybe they may need help because (excuse my language) they're offensive pieces of fucks. How is that offensive, you ask? Well, for one thing, it's offensive because it's almost as if you're mocking the people who actually DO cut and need help. Lots of people who cut don't post it. Also, they don't try and consult for help anymore which is what they really need, because for one thing, because of people romanticizing this bullshit, and people who post cutting/cuts, and think it's socially acceptable are the reason. THESE people. THESE people who actually DO need help can't ask for help, because they are simply misunderstood because of what these people have done to make the society believe, otherwise. They're scared. Scared that they might be judged and that they might lose all their friends. People say it is a sin to hurt yourself or body because it is a gift of God, and that people say people who hurt themselves are so selfish. They aren't selfish. They're just tired. And people who say that people should just kill themselves rather than cutting are the other reasons as well. This is so wrong. So so VERY wrong. 

Rather than you judging and judging them for what they do, have you ever asked them, "Hey, how are you feeling today?". Or, "hey how are you?". Or, "Do you want to hang out? I hope you're happy.". Sometimes all, and what they really JUST need is a smile, or a hug, and someone to help them get through. Someone they can trust who won't judge them and just accept them for who they are. 

These are actual people, and they are far different from the people who like to post and say stuff about self-harm. They really are, and if you just tried to understand or talk to them about it, you'll learn so much. 

1.) You don't post photos of you self-harming.

2.) You do NOT post photos on how you can relate to a picture that involves of a person self-harming.

3.) You do not act like you are a self-harmer all over the internet and tell everyone about it.

4.) You do not post things like, "I need help", "No one loves me", and "I can't stop cutting". 

and 5

5.) Love yourself. Yes, you. You fucking love yourself no matter what happens, because if you don't, how do you expect others to love you more as well. Love. Your. Self.

You can't always be happy. Life comes in a package of up and downs, but you can choose what to make out of life. Happiness is a choice.



If you disagree with my opinion and hate me for this, because you are "one of those people who post about self-harming", and try to prove me wrong, then just please distance yourself and shut your mouth, because I do not care. These are my thoughts, my opinions, my words. That's all. You may now move on with your lives. 

Rant: Beauty Comes In All Shapes and Sizes

I hate it. I hate this so much. I. Hate. It.

I hate it so much when people think it's bad to call oversized women "fat", but it's completely okay to call thin people "walking skeletons", or "sticks". I hate it so much when people are allowed to defend oversized women, but are not allowed to defend thin women. I hate it so much when people can criticize and tell us how being too skinny is too bad, but people say it's bad to say that being too fat is bad as well. I hate it so much. Reality check: just because most/some girls wanna be skinny and are hurting theirselves for that, does not mean you can hurt someone else's feelings about how they actually look like just because they're skinnier, or prettier. Why is it okay for some to be called, "boney"? "Sticks"? "skeletons"? Just because some people are skinny and the opposite want to be like them does not mean these people do not have feelings or don't get hurt. For one thing, it's offensive, and two, it's hurtful. Do you ever even think of the people suffering and are also being bullied for being too skinny? Size isn't always the most important thing ever in the world, and before you say something to people who are just as self-conscious as you are, you should think about how your words might hurt them too. Sure, there are some people who are way too overconfident, and are too boastful about being skinny, but that doesn't mean the whole skinny population is that as well. People are people, and they deserve to be respected, AND THIN PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE TOLD TO GAIN WEIGHT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO, JUST AS MUCH AS HOW OVERSIZED WOMEN DON'T NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO. 

In conclusion, what I'm actually trying to say is that you may not think you're the prettiest, but everyone has their own different kinds of beauty in their own way. Sure, their might be someone prettier than you in your opinion, but always remember, that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, and someone will love you, and someone will and have always love/d you. You are beautiful, and don't ever let someone think that you aren't. 

I am done. You may now move on with your lives.  

Rant and Opinion: Gay Marriage

Matthew 7:1-5

Judging Others

7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

John 13:34-35

34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Equality. 

Gender. Sexuality. Bible. Religion. Beliefs. Rights. Judgements. God. Love. Sins. Marriage. 

These words mean so many things. Mean so much to some people. Important words, that are such big topics in the modern world today. Gay marriage. So many people don't support gay marriage, and it's always because of the Bible, God, and how disgusting it is to love the same gender. People think, there's a treatment to what you want and what you are. You know who's disgusting? You. Yes, you, the one who wants a person to change just because your beliefs say so. Saying it's wrong because it's gross. Saying it's wrong because you're supposed to love the opposite sex. Saying it's wrong because the bible says they're bad people. We're all about what's wrong and what's not, but are you/we forgetting the fact that the Bible also said we should love one another and not judge? But what are we doing now? What have these people molded into? They said sinning is wrong. That it is a wrong thing to do. But last time I checked, sinning involved hurting someone or a neighbor in the process of a certain action. You keep saying, "Gay marriage is a sin". You know what else is a sin? You, hurting your neighbor. How and why? Because you have to hurt someone in the process to shove your beliefs down their throats. 

Now I ask you. What harm will gay marriage do to a person or the whole community? Will there be a war? Will people hurt each other? Will the religions change? People become so numb to what they're saying. We call people names behind a screen, and go crazy over gay marriage, but we don't care about racism. We don't fight for justice. We don't care about anything, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GAY MARRIAGE EVERYONE LOSES THEIR MINDS. I've had enough of this shit, and I have to go to school everyday hearing stuff like this about gays and people who are part of the LGBT community. People keep dissing about gay marriage, but have friends, even LOYAL and great friends who are there for them who are part of the LGBT community. What's wrong is, they judge people through their gender, but don't even try to see through what they are as a person. Not considering how much of a good person they are, but immediately judge because it's what they've been told to. Them being gay is a choice they chose to accept, and not some religion that they've been anointed with when they were born. They're gay because they accepted the fact that they are gay, and they know what they're doing, and they're brave for not being afraid to tell people that they are gay.

Whatever God it is that we believe in, we all came/come from the same one. 

At least that's what I choose to believe in right now.

I'm done. You may now move on with your life.  

MGA KAILANGANG ISANG-ALANG-ALANG NG MGA PAPANSIN AT MALALANDI

(Disregard some of the typos.)

1.) Hindi required na araw-araw magpalit ka ng DP. Hindi araw-araw required na magpost ka ng litrato mo. Alam mo kung ano required? SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS. MAG-ARAL KA NAMAN, PARA TUMALI-TALINO KA AT NANG HINDI KA IKAHIYA NG MGA MAGULANG MO AT NAGPAPA-ARAL SA'YO SA KALANDIAN MO.

2.) Tandaan, wala kaming pakialam kung *girl gamer* ka o hindi, dahil hindi porke babae ka at naglalaro ka ng video games, eh espesyal ka na at may pakialam kami. WALA KAMING PAKE. Maslalo lang maiinis sa inyo ang mga tunay na gamer, dahil 'newbie' o 'weak' na nga lang kayo, feeling niyo pa eh boy magnet kayo. Kamutin mo na lang 'yan.

3.) Wag kang magpanggap na mahilig ka sa sports para lang masabi mong, "boyish" ka at nang makapaglandi ka ng mga lalaki, dahil isang malaking sampal yun sa mga atleta, maari ka ring mahampasan sa mukha ng raketa. Hindi ka 'unique'. Punyeta tawag sa'yo.

4.) Hindi mo kailangang i-post na naglalaslas ka o sinasaktan mo ang sarili mo para sa isang lalaki at i-broadcast pa, dahil kung kailangan mo talaga ng tulong, EH ANO BA, MUKHA BA KAMING PSYCHOLOGIST O COUNSELOR OR WHATEVER NA KAILANGAN MO sabihin mo sa malapit mong kaibigan; hindi mo kailangan ng tulong, papansin ka lang at paawa at gusto mo lang na may magsabi sa'yo na: "stay strong, mahal ka namin". Isang malaking "pakyu" yun sa mukha ng mga taong may sakit o depression (WAG KA RING MAGPANGGAP NA MAY SAKIT KA KUNG AWAY MONG IPAKO SA PADER.)

5.) Wag na wag niyong ibro-broadcast ang mga bagay na dapat itinatagong personal sa buhay niyo, hindi naman kadiring TMI, pero pag-family or related issues, HINDI KAILANGANG MAGPARINIGAN SA LAHAT NG NAPAKALIIT NA DETALYE. Kung may problema kayo, wag niyong lang basta-basta i-post sa social networking sites. Tapos mamaya nagtataka ka na may nangchichismis sayo?!!! Uso mag-isip.

6.) Kung iko-compliment ka, WAG KA NANG PAKIPOT. Kung hindi sumasangayon, e'di wag! Mag-thank you ka na lang, hindi yung tipong, "ANG PANGET KO KAYA", E'DI ANG PANGET MO SIGE, WALA AKONG PAKE, IKAW NA NVA KINOMPLIMENT, IKAW PA MAGAGALIT, ANONG PINAGLALABAN NATIN DITO fishing for compliments lang? Tough luck, you're the only fish left in the sea.

7.) Wag mag-ingles kung hindi kaya. So ano kung magtagalog ka? Lumaki ka sa bansang 'to, kaya normal lang na mag-tagalog ka. HINDI MO KAILANGAN MAGPAKA-SOCIAL CLIMBER. Wag feeling mayaman kung hindi. Maslalo ka lang mapapahiya.

8.) Hindi mo kailangang lagyan ng "is <3" lahat ng bagay ng nakikita mo, o kaya '♥'. ANO 'TO? ♥ Natatae na ako hihi ♥ Pagnatatae ka sa brief is <3

9.) Wag kang pa-cute o mag-feeling maganda. Umayon sa itsura at social status. Hindi mo kailangang mag-update ng "DOTA po, ano po ♥". Hindi ka cute. Mukha kang nilalang inahon sa kailalim-laliman ng lupa na masmasahol pa sa mukha ng ipis. Tama na.

10.) Huwag kang mag-feeling o know-it-all. Yun na. Obvious naman na concepy nun eh. Kung bobo ka, wag kang feeling matalino. Kung tingin mo magaling ka kumanta o sayaw kahit pilit lang boses o katawan mo at halos mabasag na ear drums ng mga nakikinig sa'yo, mahiya ka na. Kung pinagpipilitan mong tama ka kahit scientifically naman na proven eh shunga-shunga ka at statistically proven na outnumbered ka sa sagot mo at pinaiiral mo pa rin na tama ka, e'di magpakatanga ka lang. GO LANG

11.) At huling-huli: WAG KANG MAARTE O MA-DRAMA PARA LANG MAPANSIN KA NG GUSTO MO. Maslalo lang siyang maiinis sa'yo na hindi mo alam, ay unti-unti na palang umaapaw ang kagustuhan niyang itulak ka sa riles na may paparating na tren. Wag kang malandi, wag kang ma-drama, at wag kang maarte. Studies first.


P.S.: This post is not intended for a specific person, but for everyone who does this. Seriously, it's annoying. Go eat a rock or something.

I Gave My Best, But My Best Wasn't Good Enough

""I gave my best, but my best wasn't good enough", well, if you gave out your best and it wasn't good enough, then it wasn't your best."

I heard this earlier, and I know some people are just trying to be positive, but can we be realistic here? Sometimes, we need to accept that not everyone is capable of doing things some people are good/great/better at, and YOU, saying that it wasn't their best, may be the reason why they stop trying. YES; maybe that wasn't your point, but in some way, it could've been an iron thrown onto their face, because WHAT IF it was their best and gave it their all and effort, but you just failed to realize it? The possibilities are just endless on what runs inside the mind of a human being, and not everyone has the same opinion as the other, and the same way of thinking. MAYBE it's because you don't notice the effort they put onto it. MAYBE you just don't see how hard they try. I have nothing against the person who said this, and I am not saying that I am one of those people this person was referring to (since the person wasn't actually referring to anyone), but sometimes, we need to open our eyes and remember that the world is not full of rainbows and happiness. Sometimes, we need to open our eyes AND our minds, and be logical. PEOPLE, IT'S 2014.