Random Thoughts
I really NEED to get organized. My room is FULL of clutter… believe me! I have tons of work to do… I’m just so tamad! I’m thinking it all started after I got back from Baguio. I was able to accomplish very little after that. I don’t even go jogging anymore.
Ever heard of the Mozart Effect?
The Mozart effect can refer to:
* A set of research results that indicate that listening to Mozart’s music may induce a short-term improvement on the performance of certain kinds of mental tasks known as “spatio-temporal reasoning;”
* Popularized versions of the theory, which suggest that “listening to Mozart makes you smarter”, or that early childhood exposure to classical music has a beneficial effect on mental development;
* A trademark for a set of commercial recordings and related materials, which are claimed to harness the effect for a variety of purposes. The trademark owner claims benefits far beyond improving spatio-temporal reasoning or raising intelligence, defining the mark as “an inclusive term signifying the transformational powers of music in health, education, and well-being.”The term was first coined by Alfred A. Tomatis who used Mozart’s music as the listening stimulus in his work attempting to cure a variety of disorders. The approach has been popularized in a book by Don Campbell, who trademarked the term, and is based on an experiment published in Nature suggesting that listening to Mozart temporarily boosted students’ IQ by 8 to 9 points. As a result, the Governor of Georgia, Zell Miller, proposed a budget to provide every child born in Georgia with a CD of classical music. (Source: Wikipedia)
This is what I’m doing right now… listening to classical music. And this reminds me of CO. 
I remember we compiled a CD of classical music MPs. (Yep, I have a CD of just classical music. CO and I have Audio CDs of classical music and I converted it to MPs and burned it into just 1 CD. He also has a copy of the MP3s.) Then when we’d go on a road trip, we’d play classical music. Wala lang, trip lang… and we wanted to see how our friends would react. Haha! Okay naman. Of course, as always, they thought we’re weird but there were no violent reactions. Anyway, I’m trying to see right now if the Mozart Effect would actually work on my brain. So far, so good… my head is clearing. I remember when I was the one taking care of my niece when she was still a baby, I’d play her classical music while she slept. 
And I also need to put some sense into my brain. Last night I had a breakdown… I cried… hard. I was thinking about my mom and dad, and you know who, then bigla na lang akong umiyak ng umiyak… non-stop for about an hour. Parang lahat bigla na lang lumabas. Hay buhay… But I’m much better now but I’m still missing my mom. I’ve heard my cousins took her to a San Francisco Flower and Garden Show. I really hope she’s enjoying her vacation.
Edited: June 19th, 2008
I really am tamad… especially when going to places. I always ask my dad or my sis or BIL to drive me whenever I’m going somewhere, or if there’s no one available then I’d take the cab. But since the price of gas went skyrocketing, I have to start being practical. Before, whenever I have a client, I spend P1000 on gas alone. That’s P500 on the way to the album supplier and P500 again when I’ll get the finished album and deliver it to my client. I think that’s too much and I just couldn’t afford it anymore, so, yesterday, I went to the album supplier by commuting. I went to Quiapo first to have the photos printed (because the album supplier won’t give me discount on printing services)… the trip was okay, except for the traffic because of a group that’s rallying. Bad timing talaga ko! It took me almost 2 hours just going to Quiapo but it only cost me P17 for the jeepney fare. Yep, I took a jeep because I’m scared of FX taxis, cabs are too expensive, and buses are rare. When I got to Quiapo, I had to wait for an hour for the printing to finish so I just walked around Hidalgo and looked for expired films for my new lomo hobby. I found one store which still had a few expired rolls available and the owner talked to me about lomography. She asked a lot of questions and I was patient enough to answer her, medyo makulit lang because she couldn’t understand what’s the art daw in lomo and ano daw mapapala don and why daw would lomo hobbyists invest on a P2000 plastic camera, eh plastic nga. Hay nacoo, kaya nga hobby eh. And I don’t get her… she’s interested in selling lomo cameras so baket kailangan pang kwestuyinin niya yung mga lomo aritst about their art. She should focus na lang on her target market… nangengelam pa eh. Haha! So anyway, I bought all of her expired films… that’s 7 rolls, 12 exp each. I couldn’t decide where to each lunch so I just went back to the printer to wait for my photos.
