Wednesday, June 18, 2014

The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. larg


At a point which had to be the very point, in the place of my sign, there was a shapeless scratch, bruised, chipped abrasion of space.I had lost everything: the sign, the point, the things that caused me--being the one who had made the sign at that point--to be me. Space, without a sign, was once again a chasm, the void, without beginning or end, nauseating, in which everything--including largo mall movies me--was lost. - Italo Calvino largo mall movies
The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. largo mall movies We keep our memories longer than our names. - Neil Gaiman s Coraline Madalas ikagulat, at noong lumaon ay unti-unting nakasanayan, ng aking mga kaibigan ang mga hirit kong: naalala mo nung ? Mukhang nakahiligan ko na talaga ang mang-ungkat ng mga (karamiha largo mall movies y masasayang) alaala kahit yung mga tipong isinantabi na sa pinakailalim ng baul na isinilid pa sa isang nakakandadong bodega. At madalas rin sasalubungin ang tanong ko ng isang blankong mukhang nakatingin largo mall movies sa kawalan, ligaw sa paghagilap ng nakaraan, tapos ay namamanghang sasabihin sakin: Grabe, Des, naalala mo pa yun? Nung bata ako, dahil na rin sa madali nga akong makaalala, naging papel ko na ang maging taga-hanap ng mga nawawalang gamit sa bahay. Pero hinala ko medyo selective memory largo mall movies e--minsan kasi pumapalya rin naman ako, na ika nga ng kabiruan kong kaibigan sa opisina e epekto ng aming lumalala, at mas lumalala pang memory gap. (Mas matindi nga lang siya, kasi ultimo short term memory largo mall movies niya e defective na, hehe:>) Nitong huli ko lang nabigyan ng mas maliwanag na pinaggagalingan itong penomenang ito (hindi yung memory gap a): dyslexic raw kasi ako, at karamihan ng mga dyslexic ay may matinding memorya. (Oo, dyslexic largo mall movies ako, dahilan rin kung bakit ako bad typist at maraming typo ang mga manuscript ko. Huling patunay e sa trabaho: pabaligtad kong tinype ang isang sentence, na napansin ko lang nang muli kong balikan yung translation largo mall movies ko. Ilang linggo rin bago humupa yung issue na yun hehe:>) Marami nang nagsabi sakin na swerte ako dahil biyaya ang matalas na memorya at sang-ayon naman ako, lalo na nung nag-aaral pa ako o kaya e kapag nangangailangan ng blackmail material. largo mall movies Biro lang yung huli. Pero minsan nagulantang ako ng isang kabatiran: hindi kaya masama rin ang sobrang pagbabalik-tanaw? largo mall movies Hindi kaya nabubuhay na lang ako sa nakaraan? Napag-iiwanan na ba ako ng kasalukuyan? Bigla ko yang naisip dahil hanggang ngayon hirap pa rin akong lumimot. Lalo na ng mga sandaling alam kong di na pwedeng balikan. Parang lahat e umusad na t marami na rin atang nakalimot nang tuluyan. Ikaw kaya, naiisip mo pa ba ako minsan? Nakalimutan mo na rin kaya ang aking pangalan? *** Waiting is indeed a monumental decision. Kit gave this to me as an option twice, the first instance I d rather not talk about, the second one I wish to share the real reason I brought this up in the first place. Are you going to wait it out? seemed to be the question I ve heard some million times at the Neil Gaiman book signing at Fully Booked in Greenhills last Sunday. When we came around past eleven, hoping more than actually believing that we were still early, a foreboding sight of about a thousand people welcomed us. No kidding. There were two queues, one with those lucky bastards with guaranteed stubs, and the other one which I called the risk line. Risk is the perfect largo mall movies word; because later we were informed that Mister Gaiman was completely exhausted from the previous night s event that he can only accommodate largo mall movies those fortunate largo mall movies souls with sure stubs and cannot largo mall movies will not accommodate people after 7:30 p.m. Nearing six thirty a beefy bouncer strides over to where we staunchly held our place, then said with a face asking for punching: So, ano? Manunuod na lang talaga kayo dyan? Tapos na talaga to e, no. So what comes after 7:30 p.m.? Disillusionment? Shattered, broken, largo mall movies destroyed dreams? A murder record? After six hours of waiting one is really largo mall movies capable of doing anyone bodily harm no matter how gargantuan the adversary is. Still, there was a glimmer largo mall movies of hope. Not yet seven-thirty, everyone reassures one another, largo mall movies plus some kindly faces of the organizers and the owner Jaime Daez while assessing the situation. Then there s Mister Gaiman himself, who smiled when we cheered him on every time the glass door expelled happy people from inside the store. It was almost seven when Mister Daez reaffirmed my faith in God, and my belief that man is innately good (except maybe for that bouncer): lucky, lucky fifty people will be given the chance to have two books signed, with specific instructions though: no asking Mister largo mall movies Gaiman to pose for a picture, open the book to the page you want signed etc. Kit and I lucked out (with enormous help from friends hahaha) we held the fourth largo mall movies and fifth places. And then THE moment: Neil: So, your name is Des? Me: That s right. (The Fully Booked people taking largo mall movies pictures asked me if I wanted mine taken, and as I nodded my assent Neil Gaiman looked up and asked

No comments:

Post a Comment