Why Study??

I’ve heard a lot of people, especially students, ask: why do I have to study calculus? Why do I have to prove that this identity is equal to this? When I go shopping, the clerk will not express my bill in terms of limits. And when I ride on an airplane it’s not necessary for me to compute the angle of depression or elevation nor do I need to compute the velocity of the plane. Eventually, we will forget about these things. So why study them when they will not help us in the future?
Justifiably, we can reason that these are not applicable to actual life. But believe me, it is.
Look at it this way, a baby will not need a diaper when he grows up but at the moment it is essential for him to have one. This is parallel to the necessity of studying calculus, genetics and the other “difficult subjects.” We may not be able to use these in the future but it is still necessary that we study them because they are prerequisites of the bachelor’s degree we want to earn. And a bachelor’s degree is important to find a job. And to find a job is important to sustain our life necessities and ad infinitum. Therefore, studying them is crucial to us.
I also hear people cursing the scientists for discovering, let’s say, the elements because if it wouldn’t be for them, we wouldn’t be memorizing voluminous atomic numbers, atomic weights and electronic configurations. Well, instead of cursing them, we should thank them and consider ourselves lucky because these scientists spent all their lives trying to know these properties, unlike us. We do not have to spend our whole lives just to know that hydrogen is the lightest element or to figure out that energy is equal to mass times the square of the speed of light. Before they have to travel around the world just to study different histories and culture unlike us because we can see the world with just one click. We can learn about China’s history through a book neatly compiled for us.
We must understand that the people we are cursing researched for the benefit of the human race, to make our life more comfortable and convenient. All they did benefits us now.
So, do you want the teenagers in of the 21st century to read in history books that the students in the year 2007 did nothing but curse the great scientists? I’m sure you don’t so grab your book, start studying seriously. In reality, the speed of your learning and understanding process is not dependent of the subject, it is dependent on how you try to understand and how eager you are to understand.

OH MY GOD!!

The other day, somebody told me that have to practice this and that to be saved, to enter the kingdom of God. I’m not an atheist but I believe that nobody has the right to tell me that I’m not going to be saved except God. I also believe that every individual has their own religion, that is, that everyone has their own way of worshipping God. I‘m a Catholic and I do not have the right to say that Muslims will not be saved just because they do not practice the things that I do. They have their own way of worshipping God and I must respect that. Different religions may call God with different names but these names, I believe, are referring to just one God.
Another thing is the Bible. I am a Catholic and I know its importance but right now, many people are arguing about the interpretation of the Bible. Different scholars interpret it differently so they are in dispute of what is the correct interpretation. In my own point of view, we must not argue about it because two people can look at the same thing and see differently. In other words, every individual has his or her own interpretation of the Bible and for me, the way you interpret the Bible is God’s message to you. It is what God wants you to do. I have faith that God set a unique mission for every person and because of His unconditional love, He is giving us all the chances. We may fail once or twice but as long as we learn from that failure, I know, He’s going to give us another try. God’s love is unconditional, eternal, it is not selective, it is not biased and it is available for everybody whose hearts are open to let it in.

Sa mga takot sa kagat ng hindi nangangagat na barya

Sumakay ako sa Toki nung isang araw. Pag baba ko nalungkot ako or rather nainis ako. Nakakainis talaga pag may nakasakay kang mga taong takot sa kagat ng hindi nangangagat na barya.
Iba-iba pa ang istilo ng mga yan. May mga lingon to the max kunwari'y hindi napapansin ang inaabot na barya. Kahit mapaos ka pa sa kakasabi ng "Makikiabot po ng bayad" ay wala kang mapapala. Mayroon namang sleeping beauty ang drama. Tulog kunwari. Di bale ng mauntog 'wag lang makagat ng hindi nangangagat na barya. Kawawang barya. At ang pinakamatindi sa lahat ng matindi ay ang mga taong tinitingnan lang ang inaabot mong barya na para bang sinasabi "Fly barya. Fly!"
Paano kung lahat ng tao ay matakot sa kagat ng hindi nangangagat na barya? Paano kung bawat sakay mo ng jeep ay kailangan mo pang lumapit sa driver (habang nakatuwad) para iabot ang bayad mo? Hindi kaya magka-scoliosis lahat ng tao?
Hindi ba mas magiging maganda ang araw nating lahat kung aabutin natin ang bayad ng iba at makakarinig pa ng "salamat" na may bonus pang smile? Hindi ba mas magiging maganda ang araw nating lahat kung sa pag-abot natin ng ating bayad ay may nakahandang umabot nito?Hindi ba mas magiging maganda ang araw nating lahat kung lahat tayo ay hindi takot sa kagat ng hindi nangangagat na barya??