YOU ARE NOT YOUR MIND |
The mind of a freethinker. The shrewdness of a capitalist. The morality of a humanist. The belief of a skeptic. The soul of a human. The idealism of a teenager. The rashness of a child. The curiosity of a philosopher. Democratic Socialist. Deist. Filipino. Freethinker. Seventeen years old. College Sophomore. Psychology. Ateneo de Manila University. Everything else is insignificant. |
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A message to my future child.
Since high school, I have been saving up my allowance to buy books so that you would have an awesome library to grow up into. I’ve been buying books with all the money my small allowance can allow, and instead of saving up for gadgets, I invest in “my future library” for you. I hope you’ll come to love books, literature, and reading as much as I do. May logic and reason be your moral code.
With all the love a rational person can muster,
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I know I’ve deteriorated. I’ve lost a fair amount of my sense, of my reason. My high school self would probably yell at me and say, “Hey, Marisse, WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU FORCING YOURSELF TO STUDY?!”
Simple. I’m not allowed to fail. When I started college, all the pressure just started to pile up on me, making me lose both my vision and identity.
Suddenly, there’s so much to lose once I get a failing mark. My scholarship, for starters. Since my parents don’t exactly have the money to fund my studying in Ateneo, I’d probably have to find a different, less-renowned school. With that, the possibility of my landing on a good job would take a serious plunge.
There’s the constant threat that if I fail to please my teachers (which is required to get an A) and conform to their requirements, I would lose the opportunities a lot of Filipino students would kill for. My teachers and professors hold such a ridiculous amount of power at the tip of their pens.
I miss the joy of reading and writing. What had made me willingly stay for hours in the library long ago? What made me stay up all night reading a book, or writing an opinion? Those moments simply became buried under the pressure of having to excel. Reading became tedious. Writing became a burden. And learning? What ever happened to it? Like almost everything and everyone, it has become buried under pressure.
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"If we had the convenience of being able to go back in time, we would exert less effort in thinking about the repercussions of our actions. In effect, we may become mindless fools, running around circles and never moving on to the next phase of life. Having such a convenience can make us avoid the inevitable and escape our fears, such as death… and that stagnation and devolution may lead to our self-destruction."
Marisse Galera
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"It ain’t the parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me; it’s the parts that I do understand."
Mark Twain
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"Revolution is 90% evolution."
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RELEVANT.
(via amodernmanifesto)
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Dear Mr. President, National political affairs and close familial relationships shouldn’t mix.
Senator Osmeña grills PH envoy to China, warns of disaster
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Where is the meaning for my world?
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facebook should have a limit on the number of times people can change their relationship status. After a series of 3 or more changes within a relatively short period of time, it should default to “unstable”.
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"That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not."
Thomas Paine
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NotesThis is just too funny. Good job Rizal Lib.
Best lib ever.
I love my school
ATENEO HAS THE BEST LIBRARYEVER.
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Notes"This never-ending quest of Filipinos to matter, to be admired by, or to just be plain recognized by other countries has not only become cloying, it has evolved into a glaring sign of our insecurity as a people."Marguerite Alcazaren de Leon, Filipino Freethinkers
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i love jon stewart
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Avengers vs. Batman. Oh Lordy, I cannot stop laughing.
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In no particular order, my favorite places to poop in Ateneo de Manila University
as requested by schizofragile
Wuteva wuteva, I do what I want.
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Why the friendzone is bullshit and self-proclaimed "nice guys" are misogynists.
As defined by urban dictionary, the friendzone is…
“When you are...
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The problem with most religious statements is that people speak in behalf of God like they know everything about Him, that they have mastered the...
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