Thursday, July 06, 2006
[ time and biology ]
First of all, let me just say aaaarrrrrgh! Grrrrrr.. Where is my archive? This layout is so.. ugh! Pati comments wala! Anyways, happenings..
We had Bio Lab today. We were supposed to test different substances for acidity and basisity (if there's such a thing as basisity). I don't know what the substances were, but one was urine. Yes, urine.
When Ms. Sison announced that the boys would have to provide urine samples for our experiment, a lot of us went "Whaaaaaat?!" But today they did it anyway. Yung sa group namin, natapunan pa nga ng you know what si Erika eh. Eeeeeew. Ako, walang ginawa. Nao-OP ako sa group ko eh. Pero ayos lang, mababait din naman yung groupmates ko.
We used pH paper, litmus paper, methyl orange and phenolphthalein to test the samples then recorded the stuff we found out. Anyway, end of story.
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Time.. what is time for us today? Every day seems to just pass us by. Too often, we do not stop to smell the flowers. Instead we wish the day would go faster.
I would just like to share something I read in a book. Notice how, for us, time moves in a straight line? There's only yesterday, today and tomorrow. Past, present, future. Nothing else. Now how about if we go back to, say, the medieval times. For them, everything was a cycle. Everything moved in a circle. Everything was repeated, but nothing became a routine. Let me give an example: They're celebrating Christmas. We in the future are also celebrating Christmas. Well, let's compare..
About a day before Christmas, they're setting up the town square for festivities. Christmas day comes and there is much celebrating. Then it's over, and next year they will do the same thing again. But you know what, they aren't thinking of next year. They're not even thinking about tomorrow. The only thing on their minds is now.
Fast-forward to our time. A month before Christmas, we're already waiting. A day before and we feel we can't stand because it isn't coming fast enough. The day comes and we do our thing, just like we did last year. Pretty soon we don't feel the spirit anymore, because it seems like just another Christmas, a part of our routine. The day after that we wake up and say, "Christmas is over?!" Without realizing it, the occasion we've been waiting for has come and gone.
Ever wonder why life seems to go so fast, and how you suddenly realize how old you are? Ever experienced feeling like life just passed you by and you didn't even see it?
They say the secret to happiness is living in the present. I believe in that. Because if you worry too much about the future and wallow in your past mistakes, you'll never be happy. But if you concentrate on what you're doing right now and just be happy to be right there where you are, you'll enjoy life. If there's something you're waiting for, don't wish that time would go faster. In my experience, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. Actually, it depends on you. You can make time go faster or slower. For each of us, time is different. Only the person can make it what he wants it to be.
So what I'm saying is, slow down. If you've ever felt life just passed you by, take a little time to remember. Plan ahead. Then return to the present, look around and see life for the first time.
QUOTES LANG..: Time is gold.; Haste makes waste.; Remember the past, live in the present and plan for the future.
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Ahahaha.. sorry kung hindi niyo maintindihan yung "Time". I was just thinking aloud, todo English tuloy ako.
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