The Great Tragedies Tuesday, Oct 23 2007 

Blogroll and Literature and life and philosophy and random-ness and school crimsonkings 7:12 am

I was reading up on some Greek mythologoy today. Among all stories, I found this bittersweet one as the most satirical of them all.

Here’s the summary::

[FACTS to SET STRAIGHT :: 1) The promise of the gods always HAS to  be fulfilled no matter how much they want to let go of it even if it's for the better. 2) The true form is a light so immense that it can instantly kill a mortal with it's magnificent brilliance]

Zeus had this blossoming relationship with a mortal woman, who was the fairest in all the land. Hera, Zeus’s legitimate wife, became jealous because she sensed that Zeus always spent so much time with the mortal woman. Zeus always took on a form of a human in the presence of the mortal woman.

One day, Hera transformed herself into a woman seer. She came to the dwelling of the mortal woman and asked her about how she (being the fairest in the land) had still not a companion in life. The mortal woman explained that she had a relationship with the almighty Zeus.

Hera, then said, “what proof of this have you got?” The only thing the mortal woman could do was to shake her head, since she didn’t have any proof. “Why don’t you ask him to show you his true form? That way, you’ll know if he’s for real or not.” With this, Hera went away, a formidable smile was on her face.

Some time later, Zeus went to see his mortal sweetheart, only to find her down and low. He asked her what the matter was, and she said that she didn’t believe if he was really THE REAL Zeus. To console her, Zeus gave a god’s promise that whatever she pleases will be granted. She told Zeus exactly what Hera told her.

Zeus frowned. He knew that she would perish if he did that, but he had no choice. He transformed into the brilliant light he truly is; this, sadly immediately sent his sweetheart to her untimely demise.

I don’t know. It’s something I really admire about satires — they’re timeless and comparable to every generation of humankind. I get the message of this story — I hope you did to. 

Anyway… haha, my day today ::

at 12 a.m. I was still cramming over my chem. make-up work. I reviewed like for an hour. Slept at 3a.m.

Woke up by 6:40, left home at around 7:05… got to school by 7:30.

Chem. periodical was so-so.

CLE periodical was bittersweet.

I ate. Reviewed a LOT of geom. stayed in school with nina until… 12:30 or so.

Went to SM — ate again. Went home.

Wrote this entry.

The End.

 

Bittersweet Sunday, Oct 21 2007 

life and random-ness crimsonkings 1:49 pm

Today, I’ve started writing a new [possibly, the one I'll finish] manuscript which I’ll dedicate to my best friend.

Anyway, I started this day in such a daze, savouring every moment of sleep I can get. My whole room was cluttered, as I just lay down my bed, looking at the ceiling. I had a lot to do today. I had to study, I had to go back to the wake, I had to make lakad my sister’s parish involvement forms, I had to finish my homeworks, I had to finish re-organizing my mini-library… and so much other SHIT [Schoolwork, Homework and other Important Things] *props go to gie for this acro*

The morning was a complete blur. My shoulder was hurting, and I mistook it for HBP. I got up, took a bath, got dressed and waited EONS for my mom and sister. Called up Fefy about some parish info. Bottom line. I’m not going to Don Bosco, so it was smooth sailing to the wake, with my books. [lol]

When I got there, I was alone. Turns out that Ava and Ras had been there. Norence opened my bag and got my GEOMETRY book and my CANTERBURY TALES book and we studied. YES, in CAPITAL LETTERS… S-T-U-D-I-E-D. Anyway. some time later, Kaecy arrived and we got to talk about some stuff and then we WALKED all the way to Norence’s condo unit in Galleria where we just told Noreen that her classmates were there. We went back to the chapels after [and thanked norence for the cardio]. More talking, kaecy left [SK Chairwoman - SURE WIN]. I remained there, talking about random school stuff. Anyway… Ms. Reyes arrived, consoled Norence, and stayed there for like half an hour. We talked about the details for tomorrow’s class visit… and… she left… I left… I ate… went home… hit the on button on the computer…  wrote this entry… I’m making my english journal… I feel so tired…

Oh yea, so just you know. I didn’t study for any subject today. I didn’t finish any book today. I did absolutely NOTHING but to text, text, text, eat, go to the wake, eat, text, text, text, eat, text, text, walk, drink, walk, eat, text, text, text, eat, computer, computer, eat, computer. I’m so pissed off with my current lifestyle. I need to re-model it soon. I’m in dire need of ET. SHIT

So… I’m still not done with my SHIT. Better get some shut-eye too. :)

Celebriamo Vita,

Amici