Stones From Heaven

Watch out, it's raining stones! Be careful not to get hit hard though.

As the Earth completes another successful rotation, the world is getting filled up slowly with so much insincerity and inconsistency. This cruel phenomenon results to a drastic reduction - almost to extinction - of the population of trustworthy people. Due to this very alarming turn of events, one must master the art of deciphering precisely. Unlike any other skills to master, this does not consume so much time for the moment you discover [and prove] a person's unreliability, that person belongs automatically to those who you should trust with your life issues less [or not at all].

And so, even if I'm afraid to admit, maybe this almost used up quote was right after all: "Be careful who you tell your problems to, most just want to know the story and the rest are glad you have them."

Let's Play A Game

Snake and Ladders used to be one of my favorite board games when I was younger. I'm sure most of you know the mechanics of the game already. Well actually, I enjoy and hate it at the same time, here's why:

Basically, your fate depends on the number the dice shows. As much as you want to take control over it, you simply cannot. Unfortunately, it all depends on pure luck and nothing else.

Ladders. Oh the joy that ladders bring. They give you the boost that you need in the game. They make the game easier to win, easier to say, "I'm almost there!" But sadly, there are few ladders as compared to the snakes.

Snakes. Watch out - just when you thought that you're almost there - the snake is there and ready to eat you all up and pull you down. Hence, you have no other choice but to roll the dice up and start moving forward all over again. It sucks, isn't it? Well, you just have to deal with it because it is really designed to be part of the game. You just have to be brave enough to start from the very beginning.

Sometimes, it is better to play the game slowly yet surely. You may not be getting boosts from the ladders, but at least somehow you are moving forward and trying to face the snakes along the way. Soon enough, you would not even notice that you have gotten to where you wanted to be in already. And it is more rewarding, I should say, because you really did a lot of hard work to be able to reach the end.