Insanity:::Acquiring books, yet letting them sleep with dust

The Art of Essay for hundred bucks, having Barthelme, Achebe, Atwood, Walker, E. M Forster, McPhee, Lessing, V. S. Naipaul et al., in one. And the Bluest Eyes of Morrison ( I lost my Beloved even before i finished reading it, to my dismal) and also the fictional work Frida (got intrigued of this Mexican painter after reading the poem in Kabisdak, and online searches aren't just enough). And the week before i got Tobias Wolff's collection of short story, Cliff's No Telephone to Heaven.

the smell of unread books is hovering in my room. and it is just insane, having a lot of books, and the dedication to read them is not there.

Enough for now. Read everything first before buying some more. i become greedy; my loyalty to each book is slowly eaten by selfishness, perhaps i have to learn the lesson first.


Whatever will it be.

Balak:::Dyslexia

ni Jona Branzuela Bering


Uy, Ondo!
Tingalig naa ka ining sakita,
kay-- unsa ba?--maglisod
man kag basa sa matuod
nga istorya.


Samot na ang pagbasa
sa tingog sa budlat
nakong mata,
nga naglanog:
Ikaw ra, ikaw ra.

Balak::: Sa Babayng Naghuwat sa Uyab sa SM

ni Jona Branzuela Bering



Ang oras nagkamang,


gikuyogan ang dangaw-dangaw


sa pagtadlas-tadlas sa


mga nanurok nga pagmug-ot


sa iyang utok.


Ning
ka
mang

Ning
ka
mang


ug sa dihang naabot na


ang gipaabot,


ningkaratig dagan ang iyang



utok, gitamparos ang kasingkasing,


gikasab-an:


ahak man ka! maot paman na

sa lubot sa langaw!

Philosophy:::Argumentum Sodium

Disclaimer::: Lifted from somewhere. The title is original... :D

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy speaks to his Class on the Problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY.

He asks one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .


Professor :You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?
Student :Yes, sir.
Professor :So you Believe in GOD ?
Student :Absolutely, sir.
Professor :Is GOD Good ?
Student :Sure.
Professor :Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?
Student :Yes.
Professor :My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him.

Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.

But GOD didn't.

How is this GOD good then? Hmm?


( Student is silent )



Professor :You can't answer, can you ?

Let's start again, Young Fella.

Is GOD Good?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Is Satan good ?
Student :No.
Professor :Where does Satan come from ?
Student :From . . . GOD . . .
Professor :That's right.

Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
Student :Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ?

And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student :Yes..
Professor :So who created evil ?


(Student does not answer)


Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?

All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
Student :Yes, sir.
Professor :So, who Created them ?



( Student hasno answer)



Professor :Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you.

Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?
Student :No, sir.
Professor :Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?
Student :No , sir.
Professor :Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD?

Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
Student :No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Professor :Yet you still Believe in HIM?

Student :Yes.
Professor :According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist.

What do you say to that, son?
Student :Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor :Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.
Student :Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor :Yes.
Student :And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor :Yes.
Student :No sir. There isn't.


( The Lecture Theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events )


Student :Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat,

a Little Heat or No Heat..

But we don't have anything called Cold.

We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that.

There is no such thing as Cold.

Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.

We cannot Measure Cold.

Heat is Energy.

Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.


( There is Pin - Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )



Student :What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?
Professor :Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?
Student :You're wrong again, sir.

Darkness is the Absence of Something…

You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . .

But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it?

In reality, Darkness isn't..

If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?
Professor :So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?
Student :Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor :Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student :Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality..

You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD.

You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.

Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought.

It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.

To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that

Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.

Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it.

Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?
Professor :If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.
Student :Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?


( The Professor shakes his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument is going )


Student :Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and

Cannot even prove that this Process is an On - Going Endeavor,

Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?

Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?


( The Class is in Uproar )


Student :Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?


( The Class breaks out into Laughter )


Student :Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . .

No one appears to have done so.

So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that

You have No Brain, sir.

With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?


(The Room is Silent. The Professor stares at the Student, his face unfathomable)


Professor :I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student :That is it sir . . .

The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.

That is all that Keeps Things Moving & Alive.

NB:
I believe you have enjoyed the Conversation . . . and if so . . .

You’ll probably want your Friends / Colleagues to enjoy the same . . . won't you?

Forward them to Increase their Knowledge . . . or FAITH.



It turned out later that the student is Albert Einstein.

***
I have faith then, just have perpetual absences in church... :D

Balak:::Wedding Picture

ni Jona Branzuela Bering

Ang disenyo kinopya
sa mugna ni Monique Lhuillier—
Off-shoulder. Unya sa may dughan,

nanambo ang duha ka pikas

nga buwan. Sa pagtan-aw nako

sa atong wedding picture
nasinati nako nga dakong sayop

ang akong gown. Ug ang imong barong
maayo na lang isul-ob kon naay lubong.

nahipatik usab sa unmuteness.blogspot.com ug balaybalakasoy.blogspot.com

thanks to Sir Mike for editing the balak.

i still need the hacker. :( please...

SOS:::I badly need help

i have forgotten the new password of my email. i had the old password for three years and id changed it last night, but i was totally oblivious of what it was now.. kinsa kahibaw mohack (or whatever the correct jargon will be)? i have to retrieve my password as soon as possible...grrr, it is my primary email. i had tried all the possible ways to retrieve it (birthday dates and those stuffs), yet it seems i provided the wrong infos before since it was not working... please, i badly need help...

i was reckless, i know.

:(

:(

:(

:(