Buddha babble on Real Life Fiction

    There comes a time when a person must move on…life is made up of stages: there must be movement otherwise life stagnates.  Sometimes, you find yourself stuck at a certain stage, trying to get to the next one, frustratingly, always falling short.  In game terms, this would probably mean that you haven’t XP’d enough-you haven’t had enough experience nor are strong enough to go to the next “level”.  The willingness is there (thus the “frustration” part), it’s just that Life often throws you on a loop.

    There are also times when you feel comfortable – too comfortable – where you are at that the thought of moving is just so…scary.  Your comfort zone cannot be violated…must not be violated.  I call this stage where there is no movement for some time “Limbo”.  Yes, the Church has debunked its existence but as a literary allusion it is very apt. Limbo – a place that is neither here nor there.  Being stuck in Limbo can drive a person into desperate measures - case in point: in our group, we once had a friend who literally cut off his ties from us – decades of ties – because we were his Limbo.  As long as we were in his life, he couldn’t "grow" and "move on" to what he should be.  Limbo was holding him back.  Suffice to say, I don’t know where he is right now.  Heaven or Hell, better than "nowhere" eh?

     The person who treats Limbo as his safety zone is the one who is more in peril: the caterpillar who refuses to go into the dark cocoon, the person who hides his talents in the ground, the Apostles who refuse to give up the Master, the children who would rather live under their parents’ roof, the person in a relationship that is not going anywhere and yet refusing to let go for lack of motivation.  What makes people stay? Is it simply because inaction is so much less complicated?  Why upset the balance eh?  If you have found a measure of happiness…a happiness that you could live with, why do anything to change that?  

    For the longest time, my friend of almost 3 decades (that’s 30 yrs for you mathematically-challenged dweebs) has stayed in the most comfortable zone a guy could ever find himself in: a house with a roomful of gadgets enough to while away all his days (from SNES-PS3), a dream career in the gaming industry (ONLINE GAMING being the rage these days), a dedicated and patient girlfriend who’s been there through the roller coaster ride that could only describe my good friend’s lifestyle, and a strong family and peer support group (brothers-in-law and friends who share the same passion for toys – if you know what I mean).

     My friend has left Limbo.  Last June, JAN NADAL tied the knot with RICA LINESES - a  very wonderful woman. Welcome to Paradise, my friend.  In a simple but very solemn wedding ceremony held at the Sanctuario de San Jose in Mandaluyong City, these two souls swore to love and ENDURE (i mean this positively, of course)  through all the ups and downs that life has to offer.  A formality  really, for these two have been in-love for as long as I can remember (and it IS the longest, right Jan?  I swear if you had let me talk during the reception, I could have given such a wonderful and interesting speech about the short ones. Hahaha. I’m kidding).   

   Rica is truly a magnificent bride.  Now comes the rest of your life… 

  Here’s to you Jan and Rica Nadal!!! I wish only for blessings and happiness to both of you!

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On this day, I remember with fondness and thankfulness those people- children and comrade in arms, who used to form my days of priorities.

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This February 2005 AMP Girls Uno magazine I bought at 150 pesos and sold for 800 pesos.

Closet bursting with clothes?

Too old for your childhood toys? Comic books and magazines gathering dust?

Too much stuff for your own good?

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It’s THAT good.

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(Before you read any further, this article is a user review from a layman user perspective; so there are no technical specification references or techie name/term dropping. You may google many other sites for tech specs. Thanks to GSM Arena for some of the pix.)

In today’s times when having two mobile phones is insanely affordable (more so for sim cards as they go cheaper by the month), the Samsung D880 Duos caters to satisfy that part of the market that keeps their professional and personal sim lives distinctly separate but without the clunky extra burden or cost of buying another phone for that other sim, (unless of course for other nefarious illicit matters).

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Do you see dead people? Or ladies in the water? Or hydrophobic aliens in the bushes? Or those who we do not speak of in the woods?

Well neither does M. Night Shyamalan but he does tell the most intriguingly twisted stories about them.

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I am writing this article one week late of the actual event and around four years early for the actual experience.

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Typically, guys like fights when they’re at a Ginebra game, or watching reality TV. But guys don’t particularly like fights when they happen in relationships.

We shy away from confrontation for several reasons: first, men win arguments with women about as often as the UP Maroons win the UAAP championship.

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