Love Chronicles #1

Let me write may first tagalog-english post. iakakapagad mag English, nakaka nosebleed. Anyway, this is a collection of love-related stories and sabe nila, Love can be expressed in many language. 

This "love chronicles" is my daily observation about how good people are and how love is present everywhere. So in short, this is all about LOVE.

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It was 7am. I arrived an hour before our first subject. I was a freshman in college. Before my classmates arrived, I placed a smiley pin on each desk, 40 of them. I told myself that I will make this batch happy, so I did some random acts of kindness. When they arrived, I saw the smile on their faces as well as shock. Nagtataka sila bakit may smiley pins sila. 

During that same semester, I have come up with a pseudo reality show through text. It's a big brother inspired text game but the "housemates" are all cartoon characters--spongebob, mickey mouse, snow white, etc. During "eviction" all my classmates vote for their favorite housemate. The cartoon character with the  least number of votes  will be evicted. It was funny that my classmates are actually talking about it during break time. The twists and turns of the game is really fantastic. I made this batch happy, and Im sure of it. 

Don't get me wrong. This is not to boast about the "good things" I did in college. Actually, looking back, I am asking myself "Bakit ko ginawa mga yun?". What got into me to enter such an awkward state. I should be the quiet guy. Ako dapat yung mysterious guy. Hindi dapat ako mainvolve sa katatawanan. I am not the high school kid anymore. I am in college. I need to be mature.

But I was thinking, LOVE will always be awkward. Instead na mafeel ko ang awkwardness, I got frustrated that I am no longer living a life of whimsy. I entered the safe zone. I lost my zest to do such stuffs. Love left me. No. Actually, the love that was left in me is the love of self. Ang napapasaya ko na lang ngayon ang sarili ko. 

I want to live a life of whimsy again. The goofier the better, as long as it is done with love. 

And that reminds me of Jesus' love for us. It is actually strange that he saved the world by being born in a manger and died on the cross. Goofy but POWERFUL!