To Quote Two Playwrights

"All the world's a stage,

And all men and women merely players:

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts."

As You Like It, William Shakespeare

Life is a Dream. When I was in third year college, my professor talked about this play by the Spanish dramatist Calderón de la Barca of the Baroque period. "What is life? A madness. What is life? A illusion, a shadow, a story, and the greatest good is little enough, for all life is a dream."

(You'd think it's amazing that I remember all these details given the fact that I don't pay much attention in class because that I am perpetually sleepy but no, I am currently copying the lines from the de la Barca play from an amazing book I am reading entitled "Sophie's World" by Jostein Gaardner. So there.)

Life is a dream. The conflict in this play lies in the main character's situation wherein he wakes up from a terrible dream although not knowing whether or not it was real. He is then convinced that the world in which has woken up in is the dream world. A story reminiscent of Inception.

People wake up every morning convinced they are in the "real world" per se. But what IS the real world? Can we sleep as paupers then wake up as royalty then next day? Which then would be deemed the real world?

The real world, based on people's constant rambling and complaining, is the realm wherein we are splashed with the harshness of reality. Where we are made to work 9 to 5 for a living that will never seem to be enough to satisfy worldly desires. Where we are made to think that a life of feeding your passions is less important than a life of feeding your avarice.

Life truly IS madness. Life IS but a stage. We are merely actors, merely dreamers. With this gift we have been bestowed with, what shall we dream up? What shall be the lines that we will deliver as we play our part in the grand scheme of life? What world will we wake up in?

Will you be content to live in the real world? Or the life that you have the power to dream of? The power to transcend from this dream into the reality of your schemes?

P.S. Sometimes I think I read too much, write too much or watch waaay too many movies. Feel free to tell me what you think.

:)

I love being BUSY

..but I am NOT a workaholic. Or at least, I think so. :)

So. Good morning! I had a scary dream, a weird one and a lovely vivid one. I woke up with a smile wider than the Cheshire cat's. Teehee.

Not exactly the Cheshire, but still a cat, right?

SCARY DREAM: My usually quiet and timid blockmate (yes, in real life) was throwing her yosi (but she doesn't really smoke haha) ashes at me and bullying me around. I got up and BEAT the living daylights outta her. As in I really beat her to a pulp. Everyone else was just watching and staring and not caring about what was going on. Then suddenly, one of my previous professors (didn't like him/her very much) came in and intervened. He was telling both of us off because we were both at fault here; me more than her though. He then proceeded to tell me that I didn't act like a lady (F if I care) and that I was in danger of expulsion and never finding a job and never having my dreams come true. Wow, deep. Haha. Moving on..

WEIRD DREAM: I was hanging out in the rooftop deck of my condo. But!! Before that, I rode on an elevator that was lightning fast. Hehe. Anyway, It was raining. After a few minutes or so, IT WAS FLOODED. As in the condo (well except for the top floors and the rooftop deck) was submerged. Uhm. Weird? Scary? Damn. Pero it didn't seem like much of a big deal because everyone I knew was hanging out at the rooftop deck. Haha. I think there was a party going on.

LOVELY DREM: WARNING! This is pretty mindless and superficial. Well, don't say I didn't warn you. So. I had a dream about my crush from another college in UST. I think it was because my friends and I hung out at Starbucks last night then I wrote his name on a napkin to show to my friend because I didn't want to say his name out loud in public, especially in a place were he MIGHT frequent, or have friends who are there. What have you. On to the dream! We had a date, and it was lovely. I don't wanna go into specifics here because it would give everything away. Nah. So I'll just leave you with this:

@mchmglsng

"alam mo yung tipong you had such a vivid dream, it seemed so real that you didn't wanna wake up? wow. good morning indeed :>"

Sigh.

I'm back to reality now though, and my conscious mind tells me there's much to be done today. Lezzdoodizz. Oh and yeah, THANK YOU FOR THE MADDENING INSPIRATION! Haha <3

Chicken noodles with egg for breakfast.

Day 28

Somewhere you'd like to move to or visit:

Paris, France ♥

PS: These photos aren't actually photos of Paris. They just remind me of it.

City of Blinding Lights.

Romance.

Stripes (my previous Twitter display image hihi). I like to think that dress is Parisian..ish

Day 21

How you hope your future will be like:

• I will be a successful lawyer.
• I will have been well-traveled before I hit 30.
• Family? Sure :)
• I will still be friends with the ones I'm friends with now.
• Everything else remains to be seen.

You May Say I'm a Dreamer

1. When I grow up, I want to be a lawyer.
2. I've always wanted to work as a barista in any chic coffee shop.
3. I want to see the whole Philippines, Pearl of the Orient. If possible, all her 7107 islands! :) I want to visit romantic Paris, beautiful Rome and exciting New York.
4. I want to see any of my works (arts, articles, designs, etc) published for public viewing in exhibits or in the media.
5. I want to be famous. Sans the glitz, glamour and all that whatnot? Sure. But I'd like fame, please.
6. I want to meet Jason Mraz, Katy Perry, Lea Salonga, Howie Severino and Neil Gaiman.
7. I've always wanted to be a pro-photographer (armed with a Lumix!) or a playtime photographer (lomography fun!) or a polaroidee.
8. I've always dreamed of writing, directing and making my own documentary on any interesting subject.
9. I want to be a volunteer for Greenpeace, World Vision, Habitat for Humanity and/or Unicef.
10. I want to learn French, Japanese, Italian, Mandarin and German. Both the languages and the cuisine :))
11. Apple green or red hot VW Beetle or Mini Cooper. Please!
12. LUMIX DMC LX3. Please! Review?
13. I want to earn my very first hard-earned paycheck! Sometime soon...
14. I want to bungee jump, sky dive or rapel down a hundred foot building. I bungee jumped already but not from a very high altitude. Just a bouncy bouncy thing. Sky dive? Nope, not even close.. yet. Rapelling? Yes, but down from a 30 foot high ledge.
15. I want to see all the beautiful places of this world.
16. I want to do Yoga! Really!
17. I want a total wardrobe makeover. I need one :))
18. I want to go on out-of-town (or country! :D) adventures. One with my HS batch mates, another with my block mates and another with my siblings.
19. I want to fly to the moon and play among the stars.
20. I want my Dream Twenty to come true.

:)