The Light in Darkness

I’m exactly neither the scaredy-cat type nor a daredevil but when eerie stories are told, I couldn’t help it but feel the creeps. I haven’t really seen real ghosts myself just yet so I qualify myself as lucky and matter-of-factly hope not to see one for that might change my balance and composure right off the bat - forever. Ha ha!

Getting scared probably stems from the thought of death. We fear death and we abhor all that’s dark. Dark seems to be the word that we conveniently associate with death and its reason. And the more we permit ourselves be consumed by this noun or adjective, the more we fear death and the dead. How playful can the dark be? Do you fear death?

On a lighter note, I’ve read a line from a book sometime ago, it goes that the more you’re unprepared with your life, the more you fear death. I closed the 24th chapter of my life three weeks ago and right now am currently seeking the subsequent chapter. As my age reels in, I’m caught up with what you call as “cramming.” Twenty-five is never neat with literally nothing on hand. Finding a good drive to keep me at pace will have to be the task of my life. Conquer the fear of death!

Tomorrow is All Souls’ Day, the day of the dead – let us commemorate in prayer our dear departed ones and may we gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of life.

That's all for me now!

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Canigao Island: A Revisit

I have to post my 2009 summer experience in Canigao Island now before these photos become totally stale (I know, the long overdue is never forgivable!) . I already have 2 posts about the island but I take the liberty to blog about it again so you may know about it or to just keep you refreshed.

My early posts:

Canigao Island (Matalom, Leyte)

http://briefstories.blogspot.com/2009/03/brief-stories.html

http://briefstories.blogspot.com/2009/03/canigao-experience.html

Lechon (roasted pig) should be enough for the day.

At the terminal. Where's Joemill? :)

Souvenirs.

Approaching. Views from afar.

Feeling the island!

So you wouldn't get lost, here's the map but don't wander to the protected area. The lighthouse.

Everything that breathes the island life.

Way back home. Arrived safely. Soaking in the sun all day long was surely fun.

The sun set perfectly.

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To Be Aware is To Live

While many paid attention to the call, still more turned a deaf ear.

This day, the 15th of October is Blog Action Day where bloggers all around the world unite in attacking one issue that is relevant to the global status quo. The world's most pressing concern at least today is climate change.

Everyone should be reminded that the worst is gradually showing its might. What happened to the greater part of Luzon, the Philippines recently is a true testament to nature's wrath. Floods, landslides, abnormal average weather, increasing global temperature, glaciers melting, etc. - these are but aftermaths of an environment deteriorating if not giving up. I am a non-expert on this matter to be honest. Scientists are debating on the real cause/s of climate change.

The simplest I can do perhaps is to accept the fact that the world is changing and that climate change is a serious problem. Everyone should care for the world. It just needs some loving. Some can still probably laugh at the thought of human annihilation, the next Atlantis, the next Great Flood or a typical chaos in a movie but shrugging the possibility is just insanely a gesture of ignoramuses.

In any way we can, we should help find its cause/s and take radical and immediate action on the environment before the worst nears in our midst. That way, we control climate change and we choose to live better.

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Thank You

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people behind the Philippine Blog Awards for the recognition as a national finalist for Best Personal Blog! Being a finalist is more than reason enough why blogging should be part of my lifestyle.

I have been blogging before "blogging" was really even called as such. It was in 2000 (hmm, 4th year high school makes me a bit old). Then officially a Blogspot writer in 2003. Blogging however was an on and off activity. Then in early 2009, came Brief Stories because of a friend's encouragement (I say thanks to you). I'm enjoying it now and I promise to squeeze blogging in between work (I know) and my affairs with the outside world.

Also, to my readers and to those who voted on Flippish for the Viewer's Choice Award, I have to manage thank-you letters sent to you.

So, this is definitely a good start!

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Cebu Bloggers Society up for Bloggers' Choice Special Award on the Philippine Blog Awards

This is your Brief Stories once again amigos.

Point-blank. I am here to proudly cast my vote for Cebu Bloggers Society (CBS) for the Bloggers' Choice Special Award on the Philippine Blog Awards (PBA Visayas). The event will be held on October 18, 2009 (7 PM) at the Ayala City Sports, Cebu Business Park, Cebu City. This is a first in the Visayas region, should be exciting!

Reason. CBS is undeniably instrumental in putting Cebu in the forefront. The group is doing a great job in promoting Cebu. Kudos to the minds behind CBS! I myself have the chance to meet a few of them (I am a newbie), they're definitely a pack with different personalities that makes up an excellent CBS.

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