Sunday, May 2, 2010
In an ordinary hot summer day, a man was walking, wondering what life is…
“Why am I here, what’s the reason for me being here...”
The question keeps repeating in his head, like a politician in a TV commercial trying to win votes...
Then his face began to sweat. He took a handkerchief and wiped his face...
after that, he saw an amusement park, and it seemed to be weird, because a few days ago
it wasn't even there... Out of curiosity he ran toward the main entrance, finding a way in.
He can see a lot of people around: Enjoying, walking, running, and maybe swimming. “I don’t know...” The man implied … “That’s what I’ve heard... I’m just writing about it.”
He became jealous, so he went to the ticket booth... He saw no one there.. "Now how can I get inside this wonderful place" he wondered. And when he almost gave up waiting, a small kid was eating ice cream beside him. It was a strawberry flavored ice cream. Then the kid asked the man, "why are you here outside the park?" Maybe the kid was wondering who this man is or why is the man wandering...
Wait let’s name the guy Tony, sounds weird calling him man after all this time… this is not a parable anyway, so Tony was wondering who is this kid, and he told the kid how he wants to get in the park, badly...
maybe he's just bored, sad or maybe he just wants to have fun...
after listening to Tony, the kid gave him a weird coin. the kid explained to him that this is a token for the park entrance and you just drop it in this slot.. blah blah so on and so forth...
Tony was excited. He asked the kid, “how can i repay you?” the kid answered "may twenty pesos ka ba dyan? pang Cornetto ko lang kuya." this is not a cornetto commercial...
so the tony gave the kid 20 pesos and ran off toward the main entrance. he tried to look back to thank the kid but the kid was gone.. oh well.. moving on..(oh by the way i don't know if the kid is a boy or girl. one thing I know is the kid is cute.. that's enough reason for me talk to them. :) )
So Tony got in the amusement park and he rode all the rides even the rides you think are for kids...
(Well the rules of the park is don't leave your kids unattended and don't scatter your trash and grown-ups and children can ride together...)
So Tony tried the ice cream.. the popcorn.. the pasta.. The sago’t gulaman.. The pizza.. and my Lapaz batchoy, and kinilaw, adobado "I add up the filipino foods" sorry.. as i was saying..
for one token, sulit diba? it’s not a credit card by the way.. :) it’s a token.. tookenn...
Then as the long day was ending, he felt tired and sleepy. Then Tony wanted to go home and rest.
As he outside to the exit, he saw an old man, in a white long-sleeves with a tie that has small ice-creams with different colors, and the old man ask Tony, "So how was your day? Did you enjoy the park?” Then Tony being friendly answered the old man how he felt, how much he enjoyed...
Tony asked the old man, “what about you sir, do you love the park?” The old man said, "I love to see people happy, even though deep inside their hearts are full of sadness and sorrow. I like to smile even if everyone is sad, even if I’m hurt, or angry, because I know life is fragile and short, and sometimes real life is no different from an amusement park, you get to meet different people, you get to taste different kinds of food. you may be afraid of other rides but some rides you enjoy very much. you get to see people with talents and sometimes you wonder if you can do that as well. It feels free to just do what you want, but sometimes you have to hold back, so that other people can enjoy as well. You see amazing things and sometimes you win something, and sometimes you lose, but once you get the hang of it you can move on. If someone goes before your line, you get angry, but if you see someone pretty you let them take your line, all the choices we make affects how our day will end."
And if you live long enough, you hallucinate more. Tony didn't get the old man's story (this old man is so emo), but honestly this old man looks familiar...
Tony said goodbye to the old man and thank him for the conversation. After Tony was about to leave, the old man said "So son have you found the true meaning of life?" Tony was shocked when he heard about this, and after turning around to the old man, he was gone, and so is the amusement park.
It was one hot afternoon and an ordinary day, and Tony was tired and sleepy...
Lesson: it’s quite simple, don’t accept tokens from kids with ice cream :) nahh
life for every person is unique, and special. if sometimes we don't understand its meaning, we can always ask someone old enough to explain it to us. in one simple prayer and a special book wherein we could always open up anytime. Life is like a token, when you were born it was given by someone else, and you should be happy about it, it doesn't belong to you, and so you should take good care of it. Enjoying free will and all the pleasures in life has a good side and bad side. like eating, if you eat too much, you will have stomach problems. And so, who is God? What is God? the boy and old man are just the same, like a man who loves ice cream, ever wonder where they come from? Or what made them? if you think deeply enough, you'll understand that God is everywhere.. Even in a hot ordinary morning in a walk searching for something…
By: Kenneth Doromal
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Editors:
Keohime and ZuPei
“Why am I here, what’s the reason for me being here...”
The question keeps repeating in his head, like a politician in a TV commercial trying to win votes...
Then his face began to sweat. He took a handkerchief and wiped his face...
after that, he saw an amusement park, and it seemed to be weird, because a few days ago
it wasn't even there... Out of curiosity he ran toward the main entrance, finding a way in.
He can see a lot of people around: Enjoying, walking, running, and maybe swimming. “I don’t know...” The man implied … “That’s what I’ve heard... I’m just writing about it.”
He became jealous, so he went to the ticket booth... He saw no one there.. "Now how can I get inside this wonderful place" he wondered. And when he almost gave up waiting, a small kid was eating ice cream beside him. It was a strawberry flavored ice cream. Then the kid asked the man, "why are you here outside the park?" Maybe the kid was wondering who this man is or why is the man wandering...
Wait let’s name the guy Tony, sounds weird calling him man after all this time… this is not a parable anyway, so Tony was wondering who is this kid, and he told the kid how he wants to get in the park, badly...
maybe he's just bored, sad or maybe he just wants to have fun...
after listening to Tony, the kid gave him a weird coin. the kid explained to him that this is a token for the park entrance and you just drop it in this slot.. blah blah so on and so forth...
Tony was excited. He asked the kid, “how can i repay you?” the kid answered "may twenty pesos ka ba dyan? pang Cornetto ko lang kuya." this is not a cornetto commercial...
so the tony gave the kid 20 pesos and ran off toward the main entrance. he tried to look back to thank the kid but the kid was gone.. oh well.. moving on..(oh by the way i don't know if the kid is a boy or girl. one thing I know is the kid is cute.. that's enough reason for me talk to them. :) )
So Tony got in the amusement park and he rode all the rides even the rides you think are for kids...
(Well the rules of the park is don't leave your kids unattended and don't scatter your trash and grown-ups and children can ride together...)
So Tony tried the ice cream.. the popcorn.. the pasta.. The sago’t gulaman.. The pizza.. and my Lapaz batchoy, and kinilaw, adobado "I add up the filipino foods" sorry.. as i was saying..
for one token, sulit diba? it’s not a credit card by the way.. :) it’s a token.. tookenn...
Then as the long day was ending, he felt tired and sleepy. Then Tony wanted to go home and rest.
As he outside to the exit, he saw an old man, in a white long-sleeves with a tie that has small ice-creams with different colors, and the old man ask Tony, "So how was your day? Did you enjoy the park?” Then Tony being friendly answered the old man how he felt, how much he enjoyed...
Tony asked the old man, “what about you sir, do you love the park?” The old man said, "I love to see people happy, even though deep inside their hearts are full of sadness and sorrow. I like to smile even if everyone is sad, even if I’m hurt, or angry, because I know life is fragile and short, and sometimes real life is no different from an amusement park, you get to meet different people, you get to taste different kinds of food. you may be afraid of other rides but some rides you enjoy very much. you get to see people with talents and sometimes you wonder if you can do that as well. It feels free to just do what you want, but sometimes you have to hold back, so that other people can enjoy as well. You see amazing things and sometimes you win something, and sometimes you lose, but once you get the hang of it you can move on. If someone goes before your line, you get angry, but if you see someone pretty you let them take your line, all the choices we make affects how our day will end."
And if you live long enough, you hallucinate more. Tony didn't get the old man's story (this old man is so emo), but honestly this old man looks familiar...
Tony said goodbye to the old man and thank him for the conversation. After Tony was about to leave, the old man said "So son have you found the true meaning of life?" Tony was shocked when he heard about this, and after turning around to the old man, he was gone, and so is the amusement park.
It was one hot afternoon and an ordinary day, and Tony was tired and sleepy...
Lesson: it’s quite simple, don’t accept tokens from kids with ice cream :) nahh
life for every person is unique, and special. if sometimes we don't understand its meaning, we can always ask someone old enough to explain it to us. in one simple prayer and a special book wherein we could always open up anytime. Life is like a token, when you were born it was given by someone else, and you should be happy about it, it doesn't belong to you, and so you should take good care of it. Enjoying free will and all the pleasures in life has a good side and bad side. like eating, if you eat too much, you will have stomach problems. And so, who is God? What is God? the boy and old man are just the same, like a man who loves ice cream, ever wonder where they come from? Or what made them? if you think deeply enough, you'll understand that God is everywhere.. Even in a hot ordinary morning in a walk searching for something…
By: Kenneth Doromal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Editors:
Keohime and ZuPei
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