January 30, 2012

I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens


I watched all the seasons and episodes of Ancient Aliens and most things there made sense, much more sense than most history books.

Still just speculations though, and we have to be careful to distinguish speculation from fact.

But while we are conjecturing and drawing conclusions It would be also wise to consider the possibility of multiverse, interdimesional or even time traveling. specially after they discovered FTL particles last year. Maybe not time travel, but space time travel instead, because our planet is not in the same position in space now than it was some years ago, so if we just travel in time we would just die in space.

If we consider time travel we could explain the Taman Shud Case in Australia, the voynich manuscript,  and so many other mysteries even this picture taken in the 40's.




I think it's not fair that when something weird happens we just tend to say it was aliens before considering other options. it's not fair to the other paranormal phenomenon.

Of course I'm not saying that aliens don't exist, but there's just not enough evidence yet. Some footage can be very convicing like the UFO's video in Israel, Russia or China, but it makes more sense to withhold the believe until there's more compelling evidence, instead of just blaming aliens for everything.


January 28, 2012

8 reasons why south korea is my favourite country


#1.  No cops bugging me: Sick and tired in Japan and some European countries that the cops will just stop you for no good reason on the street and ask to see an ID.

#2. No ticket controllers: No need to hide, no need to be paranoid all the time, no need to carry fake ID or run for it when you see them. Because on Seoul's subways and buses there are no ticket controllers.
In Seoul you can just enjoy the ride, without having to think that the police will storm into the train to harass you. You know why people hate cops? Because 70 percent of people are just terrible under pressure! including myself of course. So even if I do have a ticket, i can't deal with the pressure, of having those guys raiding the train in search of the people that have no tickets. Who (i think) are just normal people like you and me, except that they have no ticket, but for them, are criminal masterminds. And they have to be punished for not being able to afford a train ticket.

But.. wait a minute, we pay taxes every month, shouldn't that pay for the trains and public transport instead of paying for people to punish you for using it?

#3. Free visa and easy visa run: You know how in most countries after a few months you have to leave the country in order to re enter to get a new visa and sometimes they don't let you back in, or you can do it just a finite amount of times. That's not the case here.

#4. Free shuttle bus, concert tickets and Korean lessons.

#5. So safe! Unless you had the chance of growing up in a 3rd world country as I did, you probably don't know what it feels to be mugged at gun point, to be afraid you wont come back home alive, getting beaten up by the police, not being able to trust anyone and always having to watch your back to make sure you're not being followed.
Well it's not pleasant! So I'm very happy that in Korea people don't have guns, it's safe to go out at night. there's not much crime and the police are usually young guys in their 20's who just finished high-school and present no threat most of the time.

#6. Easily accessible: there are cheap flights and ferries to many countries (and by cheap I mean under 100 dollars)

#7. People: the kindest i've met, will expand on some other post, even though my korean friends say people here are friendly only to foreigners.

#8. Pokemon! Most korean words sounds like pokemon names. And some people look like pokemon also. I think.



Whatever 4


Friend 2: And why do you care about the revolution so much?

Bruno: Because i want to have a better life, I don't want to struggle anymore and I don't want other people to struggle either.

Friend 2: Struggle is good, it gives you some motivation to start your day. If everything was provided already why would we get up in the morning?

Bruno: Because it's nice getting up, provided you had enough sleep and a relaxing day ahead of you. If the future looks bleak you don't feel like getting up, but if there's an exciting day coming then it's nice!

Friend 2: So, just relaxing, every day?

Bruno: Yeah, we came to this life to enjoy and have a good time, not to struggle to survive and getting stressed out every day.

Friend 2: And how can you be so sure you know what we came to this life for?

Bruno: Because I know everything, oh, perfect and wonderful Bruno.

Friend 2: Haha, you see, you always tell people what to do, but you don't know why. 

Bruno: Well, I do my best, and I sincerely want to help people, not imposing my lifestyle on them.

Friend 2: I know, but you have to let them make their own mistakes.

Bruno: I should relax more I know, but I always feel like there's all this pressure on my shoulders to turn everyone into animal friendly anarchists.

Friend 2: So, just snap out of it.

Bruno: How to?

Friend 2: Weed.

Bruno: Oh, never thought about it, I've been wanted to try that for a while, but haven't met anyone who does it. I mean where do you even get it? Unless you live in the US or Europe you're pretty much up for a challenge.

Friend 2: Grow it yourself.

Bruno: Yeah, in my shoes. I mean, how do you even get into that stuff?

Friend 2: Google, how to grow weed.

Bruno: And then what, wait 10 years till it grows?

Friend 2: Pretty much.

Bruno: Any plan B?

Friend 2: Meditation.

Bruno: Yeah, I'm working on that, baby steps though.

Friend 2: So work harder.

Bruno: I should, i mean i will, probably.

Friend 2: Grow a beard.

Bruno: What for?

Friend 2: To relax.

Bruno: I can't relax, when i grow a beard people expect even more from me. the expect me to be wise and knowledgeable and give them advise.

Friend 2: Well it's not the beard on the outside that counts, it's the beard on the inside.

Bruno: That's from dexter.

Friend 2: Whatever

Bruno: !?






  

January 26, 2012

What do you do?



Friend 2: It's 4.30, what keeps you up this late?

Bruno: It's not so late.

Friend 2: You don't have to work tomorrow?

Bruno: No, I don't.

Friend 2: BTW, what do you do? Are you working or studying?

Bruno: Is there a third choice?

Friend 2: Traveling?

Bruno: How about a fourth option?

Friend 2: No fourth option.

Bruno: Well if you want to classify 6 billion people you're gonna need more than 3 categories.

Friend 2: Not really, most of them will fit under those 3.

Bruno: 99% maybe, but how about the rest?

Friend 2: Are you the 1%?

Bruno: Yes, but not that 1% you're thinking of. I'm the 1% inside the 99%

Friend 2: Maybe I shouldn't try to classify everyone

Bruno: We all make that mistake, when we meet someone we try to fit it in as many categories as we can, so it can fit a familiar pattern in our minds, we are afraid of the unknown so if we analyze it and label it as something we have seen before we can understand it, kind of.

Friend 2: And now it sounds like you are over analyzing things.

Bruno: Probably.

Friend 2: So, if you don't work, that means you are rich, you are the evil 1%

Bruno: Rich, really? you saw me eating that bread we found on the street this morning.

Friend 2: I thought you just didn't like people wasting food so you grabbed it and ate it.

Bruno: Yeah, that too. But you've seen me cutting my own hair.

Friend 2: Well, you have your own style.

Bruno: You've seen me going all the way to the supermarket just to eat the free food samples.


Friend 2: I thought you just liked to try different things.

Bruno: You've seen me sleeping in the park and on the beach.

Friend 2: Nature-lover.

Bruno:  You've seen me grabbing the coins from the fountain.

Friend 2: Actually I have a picture of that.

Bruno: So, how can you say I'm rich?

Friend 2: Because you go to many countries and only rich people can do that.


Bruno: That's ridiculous.


Friend 2: Well, that's what I think and that's what most people think. 

Bruno: But it's nonsense. You know I'm not rich and if I were you know what I would do with the money.

Friend 2: Buy a pony?

Bruno: No, I would do the same I'm doing now.

Friend 2: Which is...

Bruno: Surviving.

Friend 2: Fair enough.

Bruno: I can live modestly with around 800 dollars a month, that's like 10.000 a year, I may live another 60 years, so that makes 600.000 . I know it's stupid that we are the only species that has to pay to live on this planet. But if I were rich i would make sure I have the 600.000 to live the rest of my life in this planet and then just give the rest away, so someone else doesn't need to worry about surviving anymore and can relax and enjoy the rest of their life.

Friend 2: Who will you give it to?

Bruno: To you.

Friend 2: Cheers.

Bruno: No worries.








January 25, 2012

Christians in Korea


After spending some time in Korea, I started to wonder, why are there so many christians in Korea, how did they get here, when, why.


Yeah, I know this is a delicate subject and people usually get offended but get over it.


I was very surprised when some people I've met, instead of asking me: "do you have a religion?" or "what's your religion?" they would ask: "are you a christian?


Just assuming everyone's christian here, or all the foreigners are christians.


And even though I know it looks very arrogant, I can't help but laughing when they ask me that question, it's a reflex-like reaction for me. Same happens in the Phillipines.


I was surprised there also, because as a westerner I always saw chrstians as descendants or somewhat connected or influenced by the romans or jews, or at least caucasians.


So when I see a Korean or asian person going crazy about Christianity it looks weird, funny.. but weird!


Ok, so I googled and it seemed that the reason was mainly all the missionaries the US sent after the war, to gain full control over South Korea's society and economy.


And I came across a comment from a Korean guy on a teaching forum that got me thinking, he wrote: "Cristians are the retards of korea, you talk to them and it's like there's something missing."


So I thought about how many times I talked to someone, and there was something off.


Quite a few, not just in Korea.


And I bet they were thinking the same about me, that there was something weird about me.


We are all so similar and yet we find so many reasons to fight about.


If an alien were to visit our planet, do you think they will notice any difference between you and me?


Probably not.



January 24, 2012

As good as it gets


Last year.. well, not last year, 2010, so the year before last year. I met a beautiful girl and we went together to some small islands on the phillipines.

So one day while thinking about life while watching the sunset on the beach, a thought struck me and brought me back to earth. It was happiness I think.

I was in this paradisaical island with this gorgeous girl that was crazy about me, and I felt free. So I though.. this is as good as it gets.

The thought didn't come to me because of the island, nor because of the girl or the freedom, not even a combination of the 3 of them. It was a result of the way of life I had been leading for the last 3 years before that.

Those long years I had been searching for something, not really searching, waiting would be the right word. I was waiting for the lifestyle, the mindset.

This is it, It's not gonna get any better than this, i said to myself, so there's no reason to keep searching anymore.. this is where i stay.

Of course i didn't stay in the Philippines, but i stayed in that state of mind. that feeling, that sensation that I don't need anything else.

And i discovered that was how I wanted to live my life, on an island, with a cute girl and freedom of mind. Which was the equivalent of a trouble free mind, the calm after the storm, nothing to worry about.

Same freedom of mind that goku had after the final battle.





Actually, same peace of mind Goku always had.

Goku was the most altruistic person I've ever met. How is it possible to admire so much someone who's not even real?

For me Goku was the only one who had it everything figured out. And the one I can learn from.