Time out

Back to school

Just an few days ago, the semesters starts again. Meeting the most loved and hated people in the campus; from the professors to campus celebrity. Along with my friends, we feel that we want an extension of our semester break. After all we need some break; obviously, out of town vacation is out.

What do we do?

For me, it is simple. I just do what ever I want. If I want to read, watch some movies or television show, then I do it. Whatever I want.

Going back to the main topic,I just read some books. Reading some novels relaxes me; as long as I like what I'm reading. I manage to read 7 full length novels in less than 10 days. I don't know what made me to read books for the last two weeks but after reading I feel much better. So read and relax so we could face the world's challenge.




Please take note that I only read after making sure that all of my responsibility for that day is completed.

Upset :(

What does it takes to be happy? I mean true happiness... there are various song, stories, movies and many more that tell us about happiness, the tears and joys of life. I know, I'm still young, that I could not understand it from the prospective of adults.

What can bring us happiness? Is it material, unconditional love, recognition or self worth?

Is happiness worth searching for? After all, one cannot know about happiness until one was able to comprehend sorrow, anguish and dejection.

Well... I'm just a little upset and know I can't even get my thoughts straight. they are jumbled in my head along side from the ideas formed from my college courses: philosophy, social science and psychology. I just want to have answers to my questions.

Reading

Reading is some much fun yet sometimes it just bears tears and some realization to us. Sometimes we just cry, as we are able to relate to the pain and happiness of the characters. Reading is a way to escape reality for a moment to forget. Being one with the character, we tend to temporarily neglect time or even our own anguish.

What the hack I'm talking about.... well just some ideas/insights and maybe some emotional breakdown

Salvation

I’ve been reading the Dark Hunter series of Sherrilyn Kenyon for the past few days. Seen the first book I picked out the character of Ash or Acheron Parthenopaeus. The more books I read the more I wonder about the man. Said to be the first dark hunter and later revealed be a Atlantean god from various books of the whole series. He is enigmatic his appearance from the previous book. He speaks of in-depth wisdom and understands the pain of others. This led me to jump to the book, titled Acheron, which is revealed his secrets to the readers. How he had suffered in childhood and the reason he valued humanity. The book revealed how his past had hunted him through the years. The wisdom he carries and the person behind the façade. The man hiding in a punk Goth outfit, the man who refuses the touch of others and the man willing to sacrifice himself for others but takes nothing for himself was finally revealed in the book.

In the book, there was a scene where Acheron sang the Nickelback’s song, Savin’ Me. The song really relate to Acheron’s search for salvation. I say salvation from the pain of his past. As the song’s lyrics:

Heaven's gates won't open up for me.

With these broken wings I'm fallin'

And all I see is you.

He had sought to end his life as means to end his suffering, as a human, but all his attempts were futile. He was not allowed to die, when he was still a human, due to the fact that his life is tied to his twin brother. His brother, the second born, was the heir to the throne. As a god, he cannot even see his real mother, Apollymi the goddess of destruction as it would free here and cause the destruction of the world nor could he die since it would also result in the same fate which one he choose. As his love for humanity and the Dark-Hunters, he couldn’t even touch his mother not escape pain by means of death. He really is seeking salvation.

As I finished reading the book, I think the song Kenyon had chosen for Acheron to sing was fitting. He was just asking for his burden to ease just like everyone. We all have our own personal demon from out past that we want to forget or wished that there was a way to escape it. But as the song implied help, compassion and love from others which are freely without regard given can save us.