http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/ It's beautiful to be alive.. Featuring 'The Jabberwock'. From cultured bacteria in my pencil case to jigsaw puzzles (now in Lithuaninan!) Everything including the kitchen sink. Proudly Philippine-made. en Tue, 08 May 2007 14:59:07 +0000 Ateneo Checklist ( ) learn the alma mater (not quite yet..sorry!)
( ) get on the dean's list (SOMEDAY)
( ) sleep on a bench
( ) be a TNT
( ) jog around the campus in the evening
( ) visit the art gallery
(X) know at least one xerox lady, manong, or technician by name
( ) get a Jesuit for a teacher
( ) itch from higad bites
(X) have gotten an F in something (TAE)
(X) have taken a crap in school (HEHE)
(X) watch a La Salle vs. Ateneo UAAP game (on the La Salle side with my family..haha)
(X) give a powerpoint presentation
(X) study in the caf upstairs
(X) watch a T.A play
( ) sit on the SEC ledge and watch the stars
( [ken afford lang]) eat in Full House, Martha's Kitchen, and Ken Afford
(X) sleep in the lib
( ) visit Mr. San Andres
(X) go to the chapel
( ) have gotten a pebble stuck in your shoe/slippers in the middle of the quad
( ) cut class with your block to watch a movie
( ) sign up for those institutional (i.e. difficult but brilliant) teachers
( ) go to CERSA night
( ) have tried siomai rice (Eww)
( ) learn how to smoke
(X) fall in love (where?)
(X) actually read the book you keep borrowing from the lib
(X) play cards during your free time (just recently...and by force..haha)
( ) dress in business attire
(X) learn to stay awake for more than 24 hours straight
( ) have gotten side comments from ASSOC
(X) take Saturday classes
(X) go to your immersion
( ) eat Food for After Thought sandwiches
( ) get a boyfriend/girlfriend
(X) take time to read the vandalism in the CR doors
( ) watch Minsan Lang Sila Bata and Macho Dancer for class
(X) do a last minute paper
(X) have spent a lot for 1x1 ID pictures
(X) get exempted from final exams
(X) attend a college mass
( ) promise to quit smoking
( ) play hide-and-seek in the mini-forest
(X) know where the best restrooms are on campus
(X) join an org
(X) allow yourself to make mistakes
(X) take summer classes
( ) admire the sacred heart statue in the evening
(X) make a video for a project
(X) have a crush on a teacher
( ) attend a Jesuit retreat
( ) have gotten a parking ticket
(X) come to school in your crappiest yet most comfy clothes
( ) learn how to use the Bayantel pay phones
(X) participate in school activities
(X) catch the Blue Babble Battalion tryouts
(X) ride a tricycle on campus
(X) find a tambayan
( ) admire the marikina valley at night
( ) go drinking along Katipunan
(X) learn how to beg for a higher grade
(X) use your cuts wisely
( ) volunteer to be class beadle
( ) had the worst lottery schedule for reg
(X) admire the trees on campus
(X) have forgotten about your freecut and gone to that class
(X) eat in the ISO canteen
(X) be active in your org
(X) have signed up on an ACP class just because the girl or guy u like signed up for it
( ) get as many app forms as you can during the job fair
(X) learn how to cram
( ) sell tickets (or watch) an org-sponsored movie premiere
(X) save money to Xerox all of your seatmate's notes
(X) have accidentally seen a make-out session
(X) check out the Meron Lagoon and Lambingan Bridge
( ) have dozed off in class
(X) learn how to work with groupmates from hell
( ) perfect the art of parking on campus
(X) had a bad encounter with one of the guards on campus
( ) develop a love for sisig
( ) learn how to pronounce AEGIS properly
(X) have used typing rooms at the library
(X) have reserved a classroom, AVR, etc. for a class or org function
(X) have asked the library for an endorsement to research in other libraries
(X) have lost a perfectly functioning umbrella (that wasn't mine...it was our log's during orsem..he hates me!)
(X) have used consultation hours properly
(X) Looked forward to lab breakage refund, in case you didn't break any equipment
(X) visit the Guidance Office
(X) and Infirmary (creepy!)
]]> http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1418284.html http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1418284.html Tue, 08 May 2007 14:59:07 +0000 BS Hardening of Hearts I always knew them as sophisticated, cunning and gentle creatures, who always thought of themselves as superior. They were stealthy predators, who were in the higher end of the food chain. As pets or friends, they were affectionate and playful, and yet would not submit to the demands of a life by the leash. I would have to say that this trait separated cats from their canine counterparts, who would willingly fetch the ball and follow you all around all day. They were very much willing to take part and interact with the human world, but had a life of their own, and their respective owners would just have to respect that fact.

I had this distinct picture of these cuddly, cute and adorable animals in my mind ever since… until today.

3rd floor, comparative anatomy laboratory. Piles of dead bodies. The hardened remains of what used to be cats. And biology students, dragging the heavy carcasses all around the laboratory, as if they were carrying pieces of luggage, as if they were bartering for goods in a flea market. Stunned creatures with their mouths and eyes wide open, they looked like they were stuck in a nightmare, which they never woke up from. I found myself sharing this nightmare with them…but everyone else was awake and oblivious to the horror of this massacre. They were blinded by science. Or maybe I was blinded by my own emotions. For a while there I was confused as to what this course really was. What I initially thought of as BS Biology, now seems to be BS Killing, or BS Hardening of Hearts.

[A histrionic catharsis on my first encounter with feline mass murder]

]]> http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1255498.html http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1255498.html Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:11:20 +0000 (89) Things I Have Lived Through (..ang drama naman..haha)
Put numbers instead of x's [1, 2, 3, 4...].)

[1] I have read a lot of books.
[2] I have been on some sort of varsity team. (once lang nagtrain HAHA)
[3] I have run more than 2 miles without stopping.
[] I have been to Canada.

[4] I have been to Europe.
[5] I have watched cartoons for hours.
[6] I have tripped UP the stairs.
[] I have fallen down an entire flight of stairs.
[7] I have been snowboarding/skiing.

[8] I have played ping pong.
[9] I swam in the ocean.
[ ] I have been on a whale watch.
[10] I have seen fireworks.

[ ] I have seen a shooting star.
[ ] I have seen a meteor shower.
[11] I have almost drowned.
[12] I have been so embarrassed I wanted to disappear.

[13] I have listened to one CD over and over and over again.
[ ] I have had stitches.
[ ] I have had frostbite.
[ ] I have licked a frozen pole and got stuck there.
[14] I have stayed up til 2 (and beyond) doing homework/projects. ("uh, duh, it’s a lifestyle" -> i agree with Dino:D)

[ ] I have been ice skating.
[15] I have been rollerblading.
[16] I have fallen flat on my face. (and everyone laughed at me:()


[17] I have tripped over my own two feet.
[18] I have been in a fist fight. (Hehe..Borax anyone?)
[19] I have played videogames for more than 3 hours straight.
[20] I have watched the power rangers.

[21] I attend Church regularly.
[22] I have played truth or dare.
[23] I have already had my 16th birthday.
[24] I have already had my 17th birthday. (OK now I feel old..)
[25] I've called someone stupid.
[26] I've been in a verbal argument.
[27] I've cried in school. (Everyday!:D)
[ ] I've played basketball on a team. (Hmm..)
[ ] I've played baseball on a team.
[ ] I've played football on a team.
[28] I've played soccer on a team. (and I sucked!)
[ ] I've done cheerleading on a team. (Uh ew? Hehe no offense)
[ ] I've played softball on a team.
[29] I've played volleyball on a team. (I am 4-2's greatest libero!! Haha)
[ ] I've played tennis on a team.
[ ] I've been on a track or cross country team.
[30] I've been swimming more than 20 times in my life.
[ ] I've bungee jumped.

[31] I've climbed a rock wall.
[32] I've lost more than $20
[33] I've called myself an idiot.
[34] I've called someone else an idiot.
[35] I've cried myself to sleep.
[36] I've had (or have) pets.
[37] I've owned a spice girls CD/cassette. (YEAA!!)
[38] I've owned a britney spears CD.
[39 ] I've owned an N*Sync CD.
[ ] I've owned a backstreet boys CD.
[ ] I've mooned someone.
[ ] I have sworn/yelled at someone of authority before.
[ ] I've been in the newspaper.
[ ] I've been on TV.
[ ] I've been to Hawaii.
[40] I've eaten sushi.
[ ] I've been on the other side of a waterfall.
[41] I've watched all of the Lord of the Rings movies.
[42] I've watched all the Harry Potter movies.
[ ] I've watched all of the Rocky movies. DUN DUN DUN
[ ] I've watched the 3 stooges.
[ ] I've watched "Newlyweds" Nick & Jessica.
[43] I've watched Looney Tunes.
[ ] I've been stuffed into a locker/I have stuffed others into lockers.

[44] I've been called a geek.
[45] I've studied hard for a test and got a bad grade. (PAK MATH!!!)
[46] I've not studied at all for a test and aced it.
[47] I've hugged my mom within the past 24 hrs.
[ ] I've hugged my dad within the past 24 hours.
[48] I've met a celebrity/music artist. (Si Nina..HAHA..and Akafellas in Ek)
[49] I've written poetry.
[ ] I've been arrested.

[50] I've been attracted to someone much older than me.
[51] I've been tickled till I've cried.
[52] I've tickled someone else until they cried.
[53] I've had/have siblings.
[ ] I've been to a rock concert. (not exactly rock...)

[54] I've listened to classical music and enjoyed it.
[55] I've been in a play. (Peter the Chimney Sweeper)
[ ] I've been picked last in gym class.
[ ] I've been picked first in gym class.
[ ] I've been picked in that middle-range in gym class.

[56] I've cried in front of my friends.
[  ] I've read a book longer than 1,000 pages.
[  ] I've played Halo 2.
[57] I've freaked out over a sports game. (I prayed the rosary for La Salle to win over Ateneo in a UAAP Finals game pa..haha)
[ ] I've been to Alaska.

[ ] I've been to China.
[ ] I've been to Spain.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[58] I've had a fight with someone on AIM/MSN.
[59] I've had a fight with someone face-to-face.
[60] I've had serious conversations on any IM.

[61] I've forgiven someone who has done something wrong to me.
[62] I've been forgiven.
[63] I've screamed at a scary movie.
[64] I've cried at a chick flick.
[ ] I've watched a lot of action movies.
[65] I've screamed at the top of my lungs.
[ ] I've been to a rap concert.

[ ] I've been to a hip hop concert.
[ ] I've lived in more than 2 houses.
[66] I've driven on the highway/been on the highway. (been)
[67] I've driven more than 40 miles in a day/been in a car that went more than 40 miles in a day.
[68] I've been in a car accident.

[ ] I've done drugs.
[69] I've been homesick.
[70] I've thrown up.
[ ] I've puked on someone.
[71] I've gone horseback riding.

[ ] I've filled out more than 10 MySpace/LJ surveys.
[72] I've spoken my mind in public.
[73] I've proven someone wrong.
[74] I've been proven wrong by someone.
[ ] I've broken a leg.

[ ] I've broken an arm.
[ ] I've fallen off a swing.
[ ] I've swung on a swing for more than 30 minutes straight
[ ] I've watched Winnie the Pooh movies.
[ ] I've forgotten my backpack when I've gone to school.

[ ] I've lost my backpack.
[ ] I've come close to dying.
[ ] I've seen someone die.
[75] I've known someone who has died.
[76] I've wanted to be an actor/actress at some point.

[ ] I've done modeling.
[77] I've forgotten to brush my teeth some mornings.
[78] I've taken something/someone for granted.
[79] I've realized how good my life is.
[80] I've counted my blessings.
[81] I've made fun of a classmate.
[82] I've been asked out by someone and I said no.

[83] I've slapped someone in the face.
[ ] I've been skateboarding.
[84] I've been backstabbed by someone I thought was a friend.
[85] I've lied to someone to their face.
[86] I've told a little white lie.

[ ] I've taken a day off from school just so I don't go insane.
[ ] I've fainted.
[87] I've had an argument with someone about whether cheerleading is a sport or not.
[ ] I've pushed someone into a pool.
[ ] I've been pushed into a pool.
[89] I've been/am in love. 
]]> http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1223516.html http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1223516.html Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:11:22 +0000 Dear Jabberwocky Dear Jabberwocky,

I'm sorry I haven't been blogging for quite some time now. You have been nothing but wonderful and kind to me, listening to me until the wee hours of the morning, allowing me to use you as the ultimate catharsis to my most intense and craziest emotions. You've been a witness to the many thoughts and experiences I have come across in life. My ideas are fleeting as well as the life that I have, but you have helped me immortalize them onto this plasma screen. You stood by me, patiently to hear me at my most pathetic moments, and you were there to celebrate with me when I've created something great. This line that connects us will be indelible, Jabberwocky. Please do not feel bad that I often spend time with my Blogspot. You are the most user-friendly blogging device I've ever known. However, I sometimes feel trapped and limited by the lack of skins I can use for this blog... And sometimes I cannot totally reveal what is on my mind because many people are able to witness the conversations between us. I hope you will someday learn to break free and explore life beyond this html supported box. I promise to visit you.

 I hope you understand Jabberwocky.

Sincerely,

Cat 

]]> http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1219230.html http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1219230.html Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:03:13 +0000 Our Friendly Friends Here are 2 photos of our friendliest friends in the house:

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Fig. 1 : Our ever-famous friend, commonly know to us as Mr. Ipis, is shown here, courtesy of a dissecting microscope and my faithful Canon Ixus 40. Hehe. Caught in just a few minutes. Abundant kasi dito. Haha!

Fig. 2 : Our next friendly friend, is no less parasitic than a common classmate, Mr. Garapata. From the Class Chelicerata, his humble mouthparts are friendly enough- if we're willing to have our blood sucked. :)

And that's all for today folks:), join us again as we get to know more of our friendly friends here on earth! All thanks to nature and technology.:)

]]> http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1123123.html http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1123123.html Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:35:06 +0000 I need a break from pulmonates, cepahalopods, bivalves and annelids!! I'm looking forward to diving again this weekend...my motivation for the week. Although I expect this week to be heavy and filled with a lot of requirements, it's just much better having the reasearch paper off my mind now.

Whatever you do, choose life / the thoughts on your mind, choose life /
Wherever you go, choose life / ...Choose life

-Urbandub]]> http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1121295.html http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1121295.html Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:29:26 +0000 Anilao Beybe!! There's nothing better than the sea now. It is the escape from every nightmare on land. It is (as geeky as it sounds) every biologist's paradise. Although I am a complete worshipper of books and words, nothing can compare to this magnificence. I met Nemo, Dory, Patrick (Spongebob's best friend), and the funny pufferfish that goes *poof* like a volleyball when you agitate it. Sayang nga lang my camera was not equipped to take you there.

I'm moving in...if there's any place I'm migrating to, it's under the sea.

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Arrthur's Place, Anilao, Batangas

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Listening to our wonderful dive instructor Dante Abelarde as he gives out last minute instructions

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Happy times with my fish-faced brother Kuya Liit

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More happy times with Ate Pia

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Happy and narced times with Ate Pia, Dante, BJ and Steve

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Happy and crazy class of Open Water divers on January 15, 2006

Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea
 

Under the sea we off the hook
We got no troubles
Life is the bubbles
Under the sea

]]> http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1106485.html http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1106485.html Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:32:18 +0000 A Bag of Rice seriously need "Sleeping for Dummies." At first I didn't want to sleep because I didn't want to put down Harry Potter 5 but when I finally gave up I couldn't sleep anymore. I finally slept at around 5 and woke up at around 10, all groggy and sleepy, but I had no choice since we're supposed to visit the reserved venues for my debut (yeach).

I was eating breakfast this morning, which is a rare circumstance because I wake up in the afternoon during the break or when I have school I usually don't have the time to eat anymore. I don't really know what they do to the leftover food. Either 1) it gets thrown away (e.g fried egg that you can't really preserve for someone to eat later); 2) It is kept in the endless realm of our refridgerator and a) it gets eaten right away; or b) some martyr in the house (oh that's mom) tries to eat it so that it won't go to waste; or c) it stocks up interesting-looking molds but since I'm no scientist yet, it has no use for me and it gets thrown into the trash anyway. Wow.

Anyway, I'll get to my point soon. So I was busy eating fried rice, bacon and fried egg, while thinking about all sorts of things in my half-asleep mind, when someone called and my mom answered it. When she got back to the table, she told me that it was the old lady who comes to iron our clothes (sorry nakalimutan ko yung pangalan niya) who called asking if we still needed a driver because her son who was a taxi driver now needed to find work again. Since we did not need a driver at the moment, my mom told her that she will ask around if she knows anyone who needs the service of a driver. (Wait, wait...I think I remember her name now. If I remember it right, let's call he Aling Linda.) Aling Linda also asked my mom if she could perhaps borrow money which she will pay back with her services when we needed her because they needed to buy rice to eat for the day because they had run out of it. So my mom agreed, and while telling me all this, she was packing some rice (bigas ha), a bag of pandesals bought yesterday which no one bothered to eat, a pack of Oreos still edible but was forgotten by everyone here at home, and a 500 peso bill I think.

Finally, Aling Linda arrived at our doorstep and was asked to come inside the entrance that opens to the kitchen and eating place, where I was. It felt awkward to be there, and I didn't really feel comfortable eating away this meal of mine. Anyway, I kept silent and tried my best to eat as fast as I can before anyone could see that my eyes were getting shiny. They were talking, and she was telling my mom how a close relative of hers died, and so the wake took place in their house and while she was busy going around, managing everything she found that she couldn't breathe and she was brought to the hospital. Due to this, her income of course (she is the breadwinner of the family) went to hospital expenses, and you know these expenses...can be bloody hell. (Actually, fine, fine, I don't but I can just imagine.) So because of this, she wasn't able to budget for their daily needs. I sat there thinking, wow, I can imagine this was like SI (i.e. social investigation done in visits to Payatas by ACLC), though I haven't done SI yet and I wanted to butt in the conversation but I didn't want to at the risk of being rude and besides, the lack of venom or shyness was in the way.

I am so verbose. (Incoherence for Dummies by me) Anyway, she mentioned her son, na bakla daw pero matalino, who is in first year college right now taking up (guess what) BS BIOLOGY. She said he stopped studying for now and is looking for work because she could not continue to pay for the tuition in University of Makati. At this moment, my own little world stopped and everything just went BAM! against my forehead. They continued to talk about schooling and her other kids and other stuff but my mind was stuck to that little bit she she said about his son. It struck me so much and it was started to make my eyes shiner every minute, so, not wanting to get more rice out of shame, I just gobbled up the remains of my bacon and egg.

I went to the bathroom (my lair, my sanctuary :D) and released a catharsis right then and there. (Don't worry folks, catharsis-emotional release. Nothing nasty or biological:D) Imagine. Here was a guy, no different than me, a student, taking up the same course but had stop studying to look for work. And here I am, studying in one of the most prestigious schools, slacking off, cutting classes, and dreading each day of school. WOW. Here I am, free to eat almost anything I want but I still have the guts to complain and worry about everything when some people worry if they will have something to eat today.

I couldn't help but let out a few tears there thinking about how much I've taken my life and my education for granted and at the same time I couldn't help but wonder why all these things have to happen. Why does money have to be THE borderline of this wide gap among many peoples? Why does money have to be the deciding factor that dictates the life and status of one person in society? Who really has a right to say that people who have no money are poor and the people who are so full of it are rich? *sigh*...Money can really complicate life when in essence it is not...

Moral of the day: Be thankful for what you have.
Money is not everything. ]]> http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1034956.html http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1034956.html Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:22:45 +0000 My Little Dystopia  
In the midst of the night, in the silence of darkened surroundings, it comes to me. All I can hear is the whirring of non-living things, the machines- the electric fan beside me, the air conditioner and constant clicking sound the keyboard makes as I type these words onto the plasma screen. The only sound of life I hear is my sobbing, the only things I feel- tears flowing from my tired eyes and this heaviness..and yet this emptiness inside my being. Oh I long for even that unbearable lightness of being...whatever that really is, that Milan Kundera once knew.

In the shadow of the night it comes to me and I do nothing but cower in the darkness. No time is better but now, to emphasize its presence. It makes itself known to me and slaps me on my face, left, right, left, right...as if such a human being deserves such cruelty... Wherever I go it taunts me...it does everything it can to haunt me and bring me down.

In school, it trails behind me, whispering words of mockery and I plunge into the sea of people as I search for familiar faces in hopes of losing it. I find the faces of friends who have shared with me many joys and pains even from so long ago...but even in the comfort of these very friends, you, you find many ways to strike me down. In the classroom, ah yes, this is where you laugh the loudest. It is sad that only I can hear your horrifying laugh. It is in the classroom where you almost always win the battle. These faces, these people, are so hard to reach...and I, a distant face in the background, like a wallflower at the loudest, most enjoyable prom night...fades into non-existence. Left alone to mingle with the dissected frogs, the frikkin visual aids and the smelly books in the library.

Wherever I go you find ways for me to skip a meal or so, to sulk in the library...or to do useless nothings in hopes of finding distractions. At this point, I still do not hate you for that. But I hate you now for this unbearable weight within me. For these tears in my eyes. For this heaving of the chest.

Many months ago, I wrote this:

Sa dami ng taong makakasalamuha, sa daming lugar na mapupuntahan, sa daming
libangan at gawaing maaring atupagin, sa laki ng daigdig na ito ay
nakapagtatakang isipin...
na ang mundo ay maari parin maging isang mapanglaw na lugar...
na ang isang tao ay maari paring makaramdam na siya'y nagiisa...

It's funny how much I am feeling this right now and it's funny how just one person...or two...can make you feel so, so lonely, despite having everything else. It is a haunting word...with its unfathomable depth, its darkness... It's like a Dementor from the Harry Potter series, that tries to suck out all the happiness in you. It makes you fear this question:

Are you happy?

It makes you bitter, because it makes you want to crush and destroy all beings that emit laughter, couples cuddling with each other, boisterous groups fooling around with
each other, and everything else in this earth. It makes you jealous too because deep inside you you know you want to feel the way those happy creatures do so badly. Or at least not feel anything the way immobile things do. But even the plants feel, so you scrap that out, maybe you'd rather be a tapeworm (yes Pau) relishing the food that willingly comes to you. Oh yes, it makes you desperate even, just to save you from feeling like tinapakang tae. But alas, alas...sadly, one can rarely escape it once it runs after you. It caught me by the collar and it's choking me to death.

If you want it "straight from the horse's mouth": it hurts me. Very much. To hear your escapades, your rants, your crushes, your happy moments from someone else. To be talking in my mind instead of talking to you. To have awkward moments of silence so unlike before. To have known you so well and now see you as a stranger. To be so far away. To witness you living life without sharing it with me.

To helplessly watch the rotting log flow along the strong current of the river.

]]> http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1034954.html http://tabulas.com/~jabberwocky/1034954.html Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:21:00 +0000 Bumming by Making Book Reviews for Dummies  
Oh yeaa...it's a bum's life alright...I woke up at around 2:30 pm and all I've been doing the whole day-or rather the whole afternoon- is adding pictures to my neglected friendster account. Kadire. :P

I finished The Time Machine last night despite the objections of my bloodshot eyes and failing body systems. Haha. And in my desperate attempts to make something out of my free time, I forced my brain to work. :D The product:

               An Amatuer Semi-Book Review: The Time Machine

It's a book, (yes of course), by H.G. Wells, who also happened to create other works of science fiction such as the classic The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds, all of which have been turned into movies. Anyway, it's about this time traveller, who travels into the future and finds that humanity and the world we live in have evolved into something very much different from what we know of the world today.

Humanity has evolved into two races- the "peaceful Eloi-vegetarians who tire easily-and the carnivorous, predatory Morlocks." It's very Darwininan in its portrayal of humanity and all living things as evolving beings, and though it is a very interesting possibility (for science fic is all about "exploring the fantastic possibilities of scientific discoveries" in the first place- Nyeta..ang nerd ampota!! Haha), the doctrines of my faith do not allow me to believe in this kind of theory.

Very different from the tulmultous world we have today, the world of "Eight Hundred and Two Thousand Seven Hundred and One" is a world where its inhabitants have forgotten the concept of fear, simply because they coexist with one another and all their needs are satisfied. It is a seemingly Utopian society where at first glance one might think that it has eliminated all social conflicts. However, with the distinction of the two races we see that the Eloi, those who live in the Upper-world are the rich, and they are the capitalists who benefit from the commodities produced by the Morlocks, those who live in the Underworld, and they are the proletariat, who labor in order to survive. There is a social breach, a gap, as seen in the disparity of the two races. But there is no conflict that concerns them, for they live in harmony. "The rich had been assured of his wealth and comfort, the toiler assured of his life and work." From this springs forth the explanation of their ignorance of fear for "life and property must have reached almost absolute safety." It's very Marxist as well for it analyzes social classes and envisions the futuristic world in this way where the "proletariat siezes the means of production" and both they and the bourgeois benefit equally from this system of production.

It is seemingly Utopian but it is not, for humanity at this age (if you can still call it that) has dwindled in its intelligence. I would even call it a Dystopia for humanity has greatly regressed. Imagine, humanity, once the highest form of creation, once prided itself as capable of the highest form of thinking, has now gone STUPID! What a dangerous possibility Wells has daringly (and you may even say blasphemously) created! But his explanation for such an idea reveals a relevant truth and it is this:

...Intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger and trouble.
...Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no change and no need of change. Only those animals partake of intelligence that have to meet a huge variety of needs and dangers.
A world where there is no change and no need of change is a world that is perfect. In this kind of world, there is nothing to improve anymore , there is nothing to change and therefore there is no need to go beyond one's borders, no need to think out of the box, for there is no need of transformation. To put it simply, there is no need to do anything else but to exist. And that is where life ends.
All our lives, many people dream of a perfect world. However most fail to recognize that these imperfections give meaning to our lives. I will take the risk of sounding cheesy but it is through these imperfections that we see our need for one another and our need to make a mark, our need to make a difference in this world. It is through these conditions that we begin to have a purpose; hence, our existence gains importance and gravity in this world.
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