After two agonizing months of pulling out the drive in me (to blog), I have come to a conclusion that starting anew is a better option. I don’t want to force myself to write about anything interesting. From now on, I will blog just like the old times. I will write about anything and everything I want to express. I won’t have to consider being known for my site. I will just write.

Automatic Writing in a blogger’s view means typing without hitting the backspace.

Open your notepad or the write page of your blog. Be in a ‘receptive’ frame of mind and type the day away. Be spontaneous. Quit worrying about errors and type as fast as you can. Just like a sponge, absorb all the overflowing thoughts and squeeze it all out. If, for some reason, the flow stops, leave a space and immediately begin again by writing down the first letter of the next sentence. Choose this letter at random before you begin.

When you feel that you have put down every single detail, you’re done. You will realize that you have already made a rough draft. Though it may be quite disoriented and unsound, it remains crucial as you have created the basic text. Editing, which becomes rather easy, precedes.

Automatic writing is writing directed by the unconscious mind. It is sometimes called “trance” writing because it is done quickly and without judgment, writing whatever comes to mind, “without consciousness,” as if in a trance. It is believed that this allows one to tap into the subconscious mind where “the true self” dwells. Uninhibited by the conscious mind, deep and mystical thoughts can be accessed.

-A Book of Surrealist Games

I am one of those who lack the passion to write. And whenever I feel like writing, I just can’t finish it. Or worse, I don’t know how to start. So I figured that this technique might help.

• Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day.
• The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined.
• Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
• Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.
• 51 percent of the world’s 100 hundred wealthiest bodies are corporations.
• The wealthiest nation on Earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation.
• The poorer the country, the more likely it is that debt repayments are being extracted directly from people who neither contracted the loans nor received any of the money.
• 20% of the population in the developed nations, consume 86% of the world’s goods.
• The top fifth of the world’s people in the richest countries enjoy 82% of the expanding export trade and 68% of foreign direct investment — the bottom fifth, barely more than 1%.
• In 1960, the 20% of the world’s people in the richest countries had 30 times the income of the poorest 20% — in 1997, 74 times as much.

More facts here.

The truth may bore you. But however you shake this world, it will still remain as it is. The poor will still be on the lead when we speak of numbers. Majority of our population will still belong to the state of poverty.

To whom do we point the finger? Do we have to blame the poor and needy for landing into such situation? Some of the fortunate few believe that the poor are solely responsible for their plight. Their own predicament is just a consequence of wrong decisions and indolence.

I express my dissent in a contrary opinion. We could probably examine the government. They have definitely pursued policies that have actually harmed successful development. Behind the increasing interconnectedness promised by globalization are global decisions, policies, and practices. As expected, these are controlled by the rich and powerful which includes high-ranking officials and global actors in the form of multinational corporations, institutions, and influential people.

Now I understand why they blame the poor for being poor. They just want someone to cover up their ulterior motives.

Seeking inspiration while in the doldrums? Futile move. People in sluggish state don’t think of anything at all, so don’t expect a productive output.

I had 8 examinations in the past 2 weeks. I had the last one this morning and my brains are totally wracked. I think I’ll write later. Andy talked me into this. I won’t waste his effort.

Results were released last Friday, January 11, 2008. It is posted at the New OUR (Office of the University Registrar)/ UP Office of Admissions. Also posted online in this site. Currently, it can only be accessible within the UP Diliman Network. External DNS entry under repair. Fortunately, I am one of the few to have access on both the online and physical results. Leave a message for inquiries. I’d be willing to help.

Update: Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus Batch 2008 UPCAT Passers. This is an unofficial count.