Life Math

A burden shared is burden halved. Happiness shared is happiness doubled.

Of Gurus

The problem with most gurus is that they preach the ideal life. Advice such as "follow your heart" and "do what you love doing" is good, but unfortunately not everyone can follow them. When faced with practical needs, like a family to feed, or a mortgage to pay, people need something that can help them go through it. Even Christ, the ultimate guru, asked that "this cup be taken away" when He was facing the moment of truth in Gethsemane. We need gurus who will help us not only to "grin and bear it", which is resignation to one's fate, but to "bear it and grin", which is finding happiness in what we call life.

Fear of Mortality

The fear of mortality is not so much the fear of a finite life, but rather the fear of a life that passed without significance.

Memo to Self

Go with the De La Torre method. It's what works best for you. Proven when trying different approaches in a round. Always the swing thought, specially the downswing with both arms, when playing well and striking irons solid.

Technics SL1200 mk2 and Shure M97xE

A match made in heaven. The Technics is a disco machine with a DJ cart such as the M44-7. With the M97xE it becomes an audiophile turntable. Smooth non-fatiguing yet detailed sound. Plenty of bass without being heavy. Most of all the midrange, which is what analog is all about. It has the TONE. I can live with this analog source for years. And it doesn't break the bank.

Surigao City Sunrise

The sun rises above Nonoc Island and Siargao. View from The Tavern. Taken with Canon EOS550D.

The Lure of the Unfamiliar

It was alien to me, a world I wasn't born in. But I wasn't scared, on the contrary I was intrigued by it. When I was offered a glimpse of it I chased it. I was hypnotized by this new vista, and I adored this window to this new world. I thought it was better than anything I had or was. But then I learned more about this world and entered it myself, by my own discovery and effort this world welcomed me. And I became a part of it. It was no longer unfamiliar, it was no longer mysterious. It is indeed a better world, but it just makes you more of what you already are. Because of this I realized that the window that offered me the first glimpse to this world is not the only window, nor the best one. And I'm glad I entered this world through a different door. Still I am thankful for being given that view, and the fortune of having been offered another door to this unfamiliar world.