Absolutely Still

This gray room
This bunker
The air is humming
Us to sleep

While outside
The city hurries
The endless worries
Are out of reach

(*) Promise me we'll never leave this room
A million years from now would be too soon

(**) The world is spinning turning day to night
And my thoughts are running at the speed of light
Got an empty feeling that I never want to fill
Absolutely still
I waited longer 'cause I needed proof
That every door I shut is leading me to you
And there's a nervous feeling that I never want to kill
Absolutely still

We were running
From the same noise
We were stuck in
The same pursuit

Now the door's locked
And I find that
This dizzy madness
Is bleeding through

(Repeat *, **)

(Repeat *, **)

I'll go anywhere you want tonight
'Cause my head is spinning like a satellite
I got a restless feeling that I never want to feel
I'm absolutely still

Sense and Sensibility

I admit. I'm overly OC sometimes. I say sometimes now because I used to be so almost on all matters. Time has mellowed me down. Anyway, I hope everyone has sensitive ears for treble and bass balance. It's far from rocket science really. You just gotta have a sensible hearing. Like when the bit rate of an audio file is below 128 kbps or when it's hard to tune in to a certain radio frequency or when you and those around have different musical tastes, don't play it loud. It grates on the ears. Live and let live, man! =P

Psyche

In no way is this a researched conclusion or a general fact. This is just based on my personal experience and opinion.

In the Philippines, there's a culture to exploit employees whether consciously or unconsciously. Of course, it can be argued that there will be no exploitation if no one allows it. I guess that it's a Filipino (or maybe even an Asian) character to be submissive or agreeable. We are the polar opposite of our vocal and litigious Western counterparts.

Like, why do we feel overly obligated to work beyond our work hours, work days and job title? Where else can you find an online English instructor also be a tech support, troubleshooter and semi-consultant rolled into one? Why do we do overtime and feel bad declaring the actual time we spent?

There's a good side and a bad side to things. For developing nations, it's good that they appear more viable to outsourcing companies, but it's bad that it's at the expense of the employees.

Now, I can only ask these questions. To change this would require a whole lot of people standing up for themselves.

PS

I don't have anything worthy for a post. Life has been blah! But I have post-scripts if you wanna fill your time with something to do (asinine as they may be). (Post-scripts?! I just don't know how to transition from one random thought to another.)

PS (1): Subscribe! Stop for a moment and think before clicking that button. Don't you have too many subscriptions already? Sure, you read each one for at most a week, then oblivion! With the information age, they go straight to your inbox. And thank God and the chap/gal who thought of filter. Emails can be sorted into their designated folder automatically. Now, when you glance over your folders' list, you have literally hundreds of unread emails accumulated over time.

PS (2): Text and instant messaging, email, online social networking sites (the whole slew of them... Like, really, when are they gonna stop making new ones!). I don't know when my sister and I started ignoring the (landline) phone ring.

PS (3): Ants are annoying! Especially the smallest kind that are super fast for my finger to stomp.

PS (4): This is officially going to be my first post/semi-post/non-post in my new home, but I haven't found a new home yet. I did find some articles comparing blog service providers. It's a big deal, you know. Wherever I end could be my home for a long time. (Insert preferred laugh sound here.)

Links:
Which Blog Service is the best? WordPress vs Blogger vs LiveJournal
Seven Blogging Tools Reviewed

PS (5): What is the purpose of writing haha, hehe, hihi, bwahaha, nyahaha, etc.? I think they're okay if you're reacting to something from another person or if it's a nervous/coy habit, but a little uncool if you're trying to be funny or laughing at your own joke. What do you think? Do you generally like or dislike them?

PS (6): I've read the reviews on blog sites, but I still want the hands-on experience, so for the meantime, I'm going to maintain one in both Blogspot and WordPress. =P