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Sábado, Junho 05, 2004

Road To Perdition: Straight Ahead

I'm frustrated. I'm depressed. I'm disturbed. It's because I had very little sleep! Been wide-awake on my bed from three in the morning. The room was cool, there was drizzle outside, and I lay absolutely restless on my bed by the window. I knew all along that reading a dull book would make me sleepy and all, I didn't want to do that though 'cause I'm a sensitive person (what?). Yeah, if you could just imagine there's three of us in a not so spacious bedroom. I share a king-sized bed with my youngest sister while my pretty cousin (who religiously practices conspicuous labeling) has her single bed on the other side of the room. Enough with the description, what I'm trying to say is that I didn't want to wake my bed companions up before sunup with the bright light flashing intensively on their drooling faces while I read a boring book to get me some stupid sleep. That makes me a sensitive girl.

So finally I did get some sleep at around five in the morning but that didn't get me elated at all! I thought I have endured the lousy distractions I got during the two hours that I was restless but nightmare came and invaded my dreams! *shivers* It was terrible. Probably the worst I've ever had in years... What's it about? I'M NOT TELLING. Not here. Not now... Probably in another lifetime.

Yesterday was the first time I went to Robinson's Galleria. My whole family save my sister (who preferred staying home and review for her board exams) celebrated my Ma's golden year there. We weren't very much familiar with Galleria but we thought the mall, in its entirety, is an ubercool place, like Ayala Center. Ah! We were shocked at what we've seen as we stepped inside on the first floor from the parking lot! 'Twas not what we've expected, really. At the first sight of the dirty tiles, the antique escalator, and the poorly lit place... we thought we were in Harrison Plaza! We almost wished we were in Makati instead.

'There's THX in the mall, so the upper floors must appear more pleasing to my eyes' I thought. So there they were, they reserved the best restaurants and movie houses at the topmost floor, and I never felt more relieved. My family heavily ate Japanese food at a restaurant on its soft opening. Afterward, we headed to the theater to watch The Day After Tomorrow. It was scary, but I liked it. I liked it because it won't happen in my lifetime. I'm no expert on these things, I only know global warming is hideous and detrimental to life, and I don't believe that extreeeeeme climate shift from melting ice cap would take over in a matter of DAYS.

And I can tell you a more factual/credible thing about possibility of extreme climate shift. I, being a Discovery Channel baby, have learned that it is through the loss of the earth's natural satellite (otherwise known as the beautiful moon) that we can actually experience that. The moon, ladies and gentlemen, isn't merely a source of light on a gloomy night. It also is in charge of the tidal friction making the earth rotate in a slow motion. The moon also has it's own gravitational pull, my amigos, and that's why our world has a fixed axis on a 23 degree angle. Unfortunately, since the moon rotates around this earth, it is influenced with a centrifugal force, which would EVENTUALLY make it fly off in an outward direction. And once the earth loses the moon's gravitational pull, everything is in total chaos. Meaning: there's no axis, there's rapid rotation in EVERY direction, then there's what we call extreeeeme climate shift, my amigos. At one time, the Sahara Desert would become as dead cold as Siberia, and at another time, South Pole would melt like mad, the Pyramid of Giza would be covered with great slabs of ice. Even the Philippines and Brasil would create heavy snow. Timepieces would be futile, people would not be aware of the time, because TIME would not exist! Big time designers would have a hard time making wardrobe since weather shifts instantly! Humanity, wildlife, plant kingdom (or just anything that has life) by that time would all cease to exist. That, baby, is what science calls the 'end of the world.'

Carpe diem.


Carnaval took a nap at 3:32:00 PM

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