Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Punching Bags

I actually started another blog which I promised I would update regularly. Well, that's not going to happen anymore. I'm sticking with this blog.

Hi! I'm back!

I guess, I was inspired from reading my students' blogs and saw how much they enjoyed blogging. It was a requirement for my subject because I really wanted them to write their hearts out. Because in our course (Communication Arts), they are always assigned topics to be written in a certain way, set to be read by the mass audience. This ultimately could wear them down.

With blogging, I wanted them them to 'work out' and 'flex' all their writing strengths, like a boxer one-on-one with his punching bag-- no technicalities or prescribed movements, just the basics. Just punch, punch, punch.

When I was reading their entries (I required 4 each month), I suddenly missed dealing with my own punching bag. Now, I'm putting on my boxing gloves again to do free-throw punches.

Well, I'm currently enjoying myself. No drama. Just life. But isn't life all about the drama? Hmmmm... I'm starting to miss it though. But when life slaps me with a whole lotta drama, I know I'm going to head for the door...So, let's just keep it this way. Stay tuned!

The earthquake and tsunami in Japan terrified me. It was devastating. I keep myself updated through CNN, YahooNews and the evening news in our local channels. It does make you wonder: Is it all coming to an end?

Suddenly, I'm so aware that we can die anytime, and I'm suddenly forgetting all the petty things I'm so annoyed and frustrated about to make room for the bigger picture--Have I lived enough? Is there anything else I have to do?

And so I stood up and wrote 'Try something new everyday" in the whiteboard hanging on the walls of my studio.

I will...

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