Buried in Books

Yesterday, I spent the afternoon in a bookstore while Franco attended stuff for work after his eye operation. My patched-eye workaholic.

I was with Ling the entire time. We were reading books about lies and hilarious kababawan. The most enjoyable light-read ever. Presenting... novels written by Sophie Kinsella.

Don't get me wrong. I am not making fun of her. I truly enjoy reading her works. I actually have copies of the Shopaholic series (#2, 3, & 4) except the first one (the famous Confessions of a Shopaholic) which I borrowed from Coco before and Ling read yesterday. Now, I added Can You Keep a Secret? in the collection and am still thinking of buying a copy of The Undomestic Goddess.

Shallowness and wit. One of the most relaxing combinations in a book, which by the way are very effective in making people laugh.

First, because they don't make you think much. Sometimes after all the stress from everything else, you just want to relax and laugh out loud.

And second, because inside each one of us, a Sophie Kinsella character resides, even a teeny weeny bit of any of those characters (Becky Bloomwood, Emma Corrigan, etc)... or atleast my sisters and I think so.

So here's to my Tuesday afternoon, sitting on carpeted floor, literally hidden behind shelves of books, and laughing with my sister away. Whoever said being buried in books were boring? It was even better than watching a movie. We each saved P151.

Truth or Paranoia

Feel free to relate the following with your own experiences. Its vagueness is intentional.

They say that each person has instincts. The gut feel. But how does one know when our so-called instincts are working or when paranoia already starts to creep in. Paranoia blurs every rational thought in our heads, turning a person's usual angelic demeanor into devilish game plans:

How to catch a supposedly dubious act? How to catch someone red-handed? etc etc.

The problem with paranoia is that paranoid people don't think straight. Paranoia brings people to a sometimes zigzagging, sometimes curvilinear, sometimes squiggling search for something.

Because of it, we begin to search for the things that will prove us right instead of searching for the truth.

And that is why we must put a stop to paranoia. It hinders people from finding truth, even when truth is just there, blatantly sitting in front of us. Often, a tiny voice whispers, is it really?

See? We 're going around in circles now.

I've had my own share of paranoia which I will not disclose in this blog. But I've decided to let it be.

Just remember that persons who lie, cheat, and do fraudulent acts get caught by their own doings.

If this were an ad campaign, I'd say:
Think straight. Stop paranoia.
Truth always comes out if we let it.