Today I Am Normal
Once upon a boring evening, this was what I thought of writing. I didn’t get to complete it and I doubt that I ever will.
I will not bury myself with work. I will not meet too many people. I will stay home and rest a little, blog a little. I will just free my mind. I will not listen to rants. I will not agree to them neither. I will just be neutral and laid back. I will keep my cool. I will do it for myself and for the people who worry about me and my eye bags. I will be normal.
Keep out. You can’t enter my room. Though you don’t see walls, there is a barrier and it is called ‘Privacy’ for a reason. You do not have to mind what clothes I wear, which parties I attend or in whose company I am with. You do not have to mind me at all.
Speaking of incomplete written works, I was a bit anxious to post about another blog I started. It was a sort of literary journal I kept unnoticed for a time… for quite some time. It’s entitled with a very cheesy title Four Chapters.
Four Chapters was supposedly a book I started thinking of writing a summer or two ago. I can’t even call it a “book” because it’s not that long actually. Through time, the plot of the story has changed but the main points have remained, I guess. I always loved writing in the summer mostly because I had more time. I wanted to be a writer- but turned up as a kind of computer techie (though not the professional type). What’s funny is, when I was fifteen, I thought I’m gonna be one of the few kids who could publish a book at that age. Eventually, I didn’t finish a written work that was worth publishing (my very encouraging friend told me what I wrote was more of a “booklet” because it was too short- I’m being sarcastic here, he wasn’t encouraging at all). When I was sixteen, I thought the same thing- and still no book was done. Now I’m seventeen and the problem is, I don’t think I can do that anymore. Ha ha. Silly.
Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 12:00 am
Wow, writing a book. that would be great if you will be able to materialize it. You did a good start and why not make the best out of that good take off? You can do it. You just had to consider more things like maybe, listening to rants? hehe.. but yeah, keeping the cool is always good.
Sunday, April 1, 2007 at 1:04 pm
i used to have like a series of “so-called-books” when i was young… i finished two books and an unfinished 3rd part. planning to make at least six of them. one was not returned to me.. and the other is here.. somewhere in my room. i have to go look for it.. and write it here online ahihi.
Monday, April 2, 2007 at 7:38 pm
dumaan ang reyna.
http://reynajuana.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/paurong-ang-aking-pagtanda/
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 9:25 pm
You have plenty of time to write a book, Elaine. Just give it some time and experience life. Go out and explore the world. Start by visiting other cities in the Philippines like Davao, Cebu or even Manila. Meet as many people as you can. You should have plenty to write about by the time you are in college.
Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 11:53 pm
Guys, thank you so much for giving me a reason to push through with this even if I may still have to do and finish it in the future.
I appreciate it.
Monday, December 3, 2007 at 11:31 pm
hey, elaine if ever you finish your book, can you give me a copy. ill take my time reading youre story.hehehe