Friday, May 11, 2007

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Chit Chat with Chiching

Chiching says:


Is there something wrong with me? Why do I feel like I am about to commit such utter rubbish?

I was looking at this wonderful piece of art. You see, I would like to think of myself as someone austere. No make it downright boring and not given to anything pleasing to any or all of my five senses.

I smirk and say to myself, well it’s very pretty but I don’t need it. I can do very well without it can’t I?

Days pass and as life would have it, I win a ticket allowing me to once again see this piece of art coupled with a raffle stub which, if I’m lucky will allow me the right to ownership. ( that was quite long)

I feel myself going for it. I take three steps forward. I stop. I remember something and I take two steps back. I hear something in my mind and once again go still. This voice propelled me five steps forward. Now excitement begins to build up over the prospect of having this thing in the palm of my hand. I see wonderful images. All of a sudden, these images turn into something ugly, almost painful. I stumble and force myself to stop yet again. No I don’t want to be a charity case I tell myself. I don’t want this. I go through my customary chats with my conscience.

Maybe I shouldn’t be doing it this way. I don’t really need this! Besides, if I want it I’ll have it through my own resources. Who needs it anyway? I’m happy without it. And if I have them, what then? Just so I can have something to flaunt? Bah! (I can hear my friends chuckling over the familiar lines. So me ei?)

Then it had me thinking, things that won’t really make any sense if put to words but which lead me to this realization -- YOU WANT IT. In fact you want all forms of it. You want it in every possible way. You want it to be made available for you, for things to go in a way that this thing is almost begging you to have it. However, given all these you’ll choose not to have it. The choice NOT to take it, that’s what you want. More importantly the feeling of pain at the thought that you could have had it, not because you wanted it but because it wanted you and you turned away from it.

CHOICE

PAIN

THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT.

RUBBISH?

Saturday, May 05, 2007

winterson

PICTURE THESE:

1) A simple chiffon cake coated with plain white vanilla icing. No frills. no flowers. NADA

You're given a slice, you take your fork, tuck in and when you finally feel that small piece of pastry in your mouth you're simply at loss for words. And when I say at loss for words it has nothing to do with the fact that your mouth is full and you've been taught the "proper" table manners.

Later on you find out that this cake was the creation of no other than the confectionery master. THE ONE.


2) One hundred billion neurons which are capable of electrical and chemical communications with tens of thousands of other nerve cells.

This mass which typically weighs 1.5kg is the source of conscious cognitive mind. (Wikipedia) More popularly known as the brain, it is capable of almost anything.

Take it out of the skull and it's vulnerable, unassuming, almost undesirable. Who would want a terrible looking mass like it? Take it away and you're nothing but a vegetable.

Although i have to say vegetables can be more logical that some people. Pichay's campaign vehicle just went past our street. I guess I'll have to take back my vegetable praise.

I wont pretend that I know all about the gazillion authors and their respective novels in this universe. I don't. ( Ask me about hair and hair products, i just might go rant for weeks. No need for honorarium.)

BUT IF YOU ASK ME WHAT I THINK OF JEANETTE WINTERSON AND HER NOVEL ORANGES AREN'T THE ONLY FRUIT, EXPECT AN ANSWER SIMILAR TO THIS BLOG:)