Fragile Things

I have been reading a lot of Neil Gaiman's short stories lately. He recently, well that's 2006-recently, released Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders, and it has been my morning companion for the past three weeks since I've had the book. It was one of the things I wished for this Christmas, along with the Holga 120N cam and two DVDs.

Reading each page of Fragile Things had been a roller-coaster ride. Gaiman is known to write stories so vivid that you'll have yourself holding on the edge of your seat. His characters and scenarios are pretty darn scary and overwhelming sometimes. I'm almost at the middle of the book and have read more that ten stories, with poems and other amazing works in between.

I'll write a complete review once I'm done :)

Name On The Wall

It's not everyday that people see their names etched on walls or establishments. This one's at the Greenbelt Walkway in Makati. When I was younger, I hated my name because it's not really a common name but a famous surname. I get teased a lot and I always, always get "De Ayala?" as the usual reply whenever I introduce myself. But as I grew older, I learned to love my name. Few people were only christened with such an uncommon name. No offense, but how many Annas, Christines, and Jennys do you know? 

Why Is It Hard To Do?

I was talking to a friend some days ago about her boyfriend and how devastated she was when the BOY decided to end it. Third party wasn't an issue. He said it just doesn't feel right...

Yeah, right. 

Incomprehensible reasons like that one, for me, has a lot of loopholes. Why can't he just be more direct? He can just say: 

I hate that you smoke.

You/I wanted more.

You embarass me. 

or that gun-shot-straight-to-the-heart statement,

I found someone else. 

Morbid as it sounds, even it doesn't involve messy and bloody encounters, I most definitely want the other person telling me directly what really is the reason of the break-up, not getting through the sidelines and giving vague, on-the-edge statements that will make the other party think of other ideas like floating in a parachute from a million miles away, letting the winds talk and explain what really is behind the sudden, hurtful fall. 

In short, just be honest. Don't use saving-grace statements that would result the other person thinking the other way around. 

13 Minutes

That's what's left of my internet time. I'll be attending mass later and go back to the hospital to check on my Mom. We will be transferring her in another hospital in a few hours. I'm a bit hungry, but I'll survive, hehe. 

I hope Trillanes will come to his senses and stop all this non sense... *sighs*

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