What makes you different?

Long story short, here I am. Being a writer. Doing things I’d always love to do. Sharing my experiences of what I learnt.

Consider a rat who never came out of the hole fearing for his life. He stayed in the dark for years and died one day, unbeknownst.

Anxious to get a job, I chose to do what was socially recommended for me. So, I tried. Being a govt. servant. Failed. A Research Scholar. Didn’t make it. A Professor. Guess what?

Why does Filipino culture dictate that parents should be treated as gods?

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde

What if he’d come outside?

"Life is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the ride." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

What does it mean if I had a dream about my mom who passed 12 years ago waking up from her coma and asking for my dad? I have never had a dreams about her since she has been gone.

Being different is being okay with failure, so you know what the dessert of a win tastes like.

Don’t choose to be an engineer just because it pays well.

Don’t go to the gym because it’s a fitness fad.

How long can someone with narcissistic tendencies maintain a facade of fake love before their true self is revealed? Is there a specific trigger or amount of time that causes them to reveal their true nature?

I have always wanted to write things. Wrote poetry during my grad and reluctantly left it for preparation of a govt. exam because who’s got extra time for it.

I experimented. A lot. And now I know I don't need more trials of this kind. I’m writing this today at just the right place from the comfort of my home while it rains outside. While a cold breeze rings music to my senses.

Can you make it?

How do people who are deaf learn sign language? Is it typically taught by parents at a young age or are there programs available for learning it later in life?

So, keep on experimenting.

P.S. What’s your idea of being different? Do you have a different point of view?

He would have experienced the miracle called light. Maybe he got better food to eat. Then he got wounded. Then in search of balm, he travaled to the wilderness and found a party of rats, eaten to its heart’s content and danced the night out.

How do I get over a long-term relationship breakup?

A govt. job could do it for me. Plus Money, plus security, plus prestige.

All of it would have been different, and this life would mean something, at least for him.

Not because people show it off and you have to follow the lead.

What kind of book did you write after turning 55?

Experiments: My life has been a group of experiments that failed to take off until I resorted to writing.

If you’ve read this far, let me tell you one more thing.

C’mon, it’s an opportunity to break the rules, stand out and become ONE of a kind.

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To take out these experiments, accept the asymmetry of your emotions, your eccentricities, aspirations and thoughts for what they actually are. Instead of filtering it through the social system, recognize the difference and apply it in your life.

Yes, I was not at all happy.

Being different is being a mess, yet being okay with it.

What measures are shipping companies taking to navigate around conflict zones like the Red Sea and Black Sea?

You can be fearful and still use it to tame your weaknesses and build your emotional strength.

Not ignoring emotions because they can be destructive. Not underestimating your aspirations because society calls them second-rate.

Take my word. You won’t regret it.

What does it mean when a guy says he doesn't want to ruin the friendship? Is he rejecting me or is there another explanation? Why would a guy choose not to risk the friendship if he has feelings for me?

What makes you YOU.

You know how all of this enlightenment came to me.

Don’t get a partner because you’re jealous of your friends.

What is the rudest/meanest thing a family member has said to you?

Otherwise, thank you for reading. It was fun writing to you all. Hope it helped you in more ways than one.

Indeed, a number of other factors contribute to your uniqueness, but that’s for you to introspect.

Everything has shaped me. Friends who gave me their pens and journals. Best friends I never made. Crush that made me write poems while he didn’t care. Romances I’ve missed. Opportunity to become an editor or a news correspondent I missed. I think all this has made me the writer I am.

Are there any penalties for bestiality in the USA and laws prohibiting it?

Agree?

Become different not according to the world, but according to what you like and what you don’t.

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” - Lao Tzu

Experiences: What has happened to me? Have I led a normal life with two parents and two siblings? Yes. Breakups I’ve had. Friends I’ve made. School I have attended. Guides I’ve met. Places I’ve been.

I am an ordinary human being with the same body structure as you who are reading, you and I have the same material of what our bodies and brains are made up of.

Being different is being a weirdo. And being okay about it.

Honestly, there’s nothing that makes ‘me’ different.

So, what actually makes us all different?

I always yearned to go for government jobs because I had a few relatives already into it and doing well with money and security. And here is me, with an arts background, uncertain about what to choose.

Do anything and everything because you like it. You love it. Do the things that make you go crazy. Things you’d barter your breath for. Things that make your life a rainbow.

Neither I’m Tesla, who got poor grades in school, nor I’ve grown to invent electric current that powers many electronic devices today. Nor I’m an entrepreneur who is the idea behind the Tesla cars.

Until the day I choose to listen to myself. I let my subconscious go wherever it wanted me to go. It was not just in dreams I wanted to live, but in real life. Not allowing others to cloud my personality, my ability, my inclination towards philosophy, knack to motivate others, and my indifference towards others’ opinions.

Don’t drink because everybody does today.

Without experiments, is life worth it.

Even if that means disappointing your parents and teachers for some time, but believe you’ll eventually make them feel proud.

I know being a writer is no different. But my journey is different. Its unique to me.

Tried everything. A well-paying corporate job, govt. exams. Nothing provided me with security. I didn’t have time to myself. Hustling was my name. Didn’t go to parties, travel or anything. Didn’t talk to friends.