Regrets. . . Eleven Minutes by Paolo Coelho :)
Posted by fayevAleNtiNE at 10:49 PM on June 30, 2004.
Hello, the only thing I have to say right now is that im starting to regret the things I did before. . . The once that really altered my "normal" way of living. . .
I hate regretting, I always thought theres no point in having regrets, I mean, it just shows how stupid you were to make decisions that would make you regret them, and it will even make you feel sulkier when you do, thats why I always, always tell myself never to regret, and just always think that you learned a good lesson in doing those things thats why you shouldnt regret them when something unexpected happens (which always does). . .
The second resort how ever when this comes to pass is blaming others, and for me another stupid thing to do, you made those decisions yourself, why the hell would you blame others for it?! -.- sheeesh. . .
*sighs*. . .
I wrecked my life, lost important friends, made me live an even harder life right now, gave me a hard time making up with the people I dont want to lose, made me feel even more stupid and have I mentioned wrecked my life?. . .
Right now im really confused, if it wasnt for what I decided on doing before I wouldnt have met great people who affected my life greatly, but in the process I lost some of the people who are important to me. . . So Im grateful but I really didnt want to lose the people I lost. . . Do you get my point?. . .
*sighs*. . .
Whatever. . . Dont mind that, I dont think im making any sense. . .
I havent finished reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, my baby borrowed it
its sort of twisted, its absurd, as in incest, like really weird theories, beliefs, nonetheless, its a great book (even though youre going to get tired and confused reading all the names over and over and over, like Jose Arcadio Buendia, Arcadio Jose, Arcadio, Jose Arcadio, Aureliano Jose, Aureliano, see what I mean?
), the way he incorporated the past and the present is pretty amazing
i cant even find the right words to describe it, and havent even finished reading half of the book, not even a third of the book 
Im reading Paolo Coelhos Eleven Minutes right now, im almost finished with it, its actually different compared to his other novels, its about women (almost all his books are about women :D), of course enlightenment, but in a sexual way, physically and "emotionally" sexual, and I like it, I really like the book and I recommend you guys read it, im actually thinking of quoting a lot of the things in the book when I dont have anything to write
The main character is actually a prostitute, oh yeah, and theres this Filipina mentioned, her name is Nyah (of all the names diba?) shes the co worker of Maria (the main character of the story) in a night club in Geneva, Switzerland. Filipinos talaga are known when it comes to prostitution, hayyy. . .
The funny thing is, so far, the "Eleven Minutes" described in this book is the span of time where in a "prostitute and a client" (a person and another person) are having sexual intercourse
I dont think that counts the removing of clothes and the talking before and after the intercourse :D
Anyway, in a way, I can relate to Maria (yes, pokpokerz kasi ako eh, hahaha), heres one of the things she wrote that I like. . .
"I stood for a long time by the roller coaster, and I noticed that most people get on it in search of excitement, but that once it starts, they are terrified and want the cars to stop."
"What do they expect? Having chosen adventure, shouldnt they be prepared to go the whole way? Or do they think the intelligent thing to do would be to avoid the ups and downs and spend all their time on a carousel, going round and round on the spot?"
"The roller coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; its taking chances, fall over and getting up again; its mountaineering; its wanting to get to the very top of yourself and to feel angry and dissatisfied when you don’t manage it."
"If I had fallen asleep and suddenly woken up on a roller coaster, what would I feel?"
"Well, I would feel trapped and sick, terrified of every bend, wanting to get off. However, if I believe that the track is my destiny and that God is in charge of the machine, then the nightmare becomes something thrilling. It becomes exactly what a roller coaster is, a safe, reliable toy, which will eventually stop, but, while the journey lasts, I must look at the surrounding landscape and whoop with excitement."
That person is a very lonely person, and still she has this positive view of life, that even though truly she doesnt know the meaning of her life, and she thinks most of the time it is meaningless, her faith, her belief in god is the only thing that matters, as long as she has faith, there is meaning. . .
If only its that easy for me to believe. . .

I hate regretting, I always thought theres no point in having regrets, I mean, it just shows how stupid you were to make decisions that would make you regret them, and it will even make you feel sulkier when you do, thats why I always, always tell myself never to regret, and just always think that you learned a good lesson in doing those things thats why you shouldnt regret them when something unexpected happens (which always does). . .
The second resort how ever when this comes to pass is blaming others, and for me another stupid thing to do, you made those decisions yourself, why the hell would you blame others for it?! -.- sheeesh. . .
*sighs*. . .
I wrecked my life, lost important friends, made me live an even harder life right now, gave me a hard time making up with the people I dont want to lose, made me feel even more stupid and have I mentioned wrecked my life?. . .
Right now im really confused, if it wasnt for what I decided on doing before I wouldnt have met great people who affected my life greatly, but in the process I lost some of the people who are important to me. . . So Im grateful but I really didnt want to lose the people I lost. . . Do you get my point?. . .
*sighs*. . .
Whatever. . . Dont mind that, I dont think im making any sense. . .
I havent finished reading One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, my baby borrowed it
its sort of twisted, its absurd, as in incest, like really weird theories, beliefs, nonetheless, its a great book (even though youre going to get tired and confused reading all the names over and over and over, like Jose Arcadio Buendia, Arcadio Jose, Arcadio, Jose Arcadio, Aureliano Jose, Aureliano, see what I mean?
), the way he incorporated the past and the present is pretty amazing
i cant even find the right words to describe it, and havent even finished reading half of the book, not even a third of the book 
Im reading Paolo Coelhos Eleven Minutes right now, im almost finished with it, its actually different compared to his other novels, its about women (almost all his books are about women :D), of course enlightenment, but in a sexual way, physically and "emotionally" sexual, and I like it, I really like the book and I recommend you guys read it, im actually thinking of quoting a lot of the things in the book when I dont have anything to write
The main character is actually a prostitute, oh yeah, and theres this Filipina mentioned, her name is Nyah (of all the names diba?) shes the co worker of Maria (the main character of the story) in a night club in Geneva, Switzerland. Filipinos talaga are known when it comes to prostitution, hayyy. . .The funny thing is, so far, the "Eleven Minutes" described in this book is the span of time where in a "prostitute and a client" (a person and another person) are having sexual intercourse
I dont think that counts the removing of clothes and the talking before and after the intercourse :DAnyway, in a way, I can relate to Maria (yes, pokpokerz kasi ako eh, hahaha), heres one of the things she wrote that I like. . .
"I stood for a long time by the roller coaster, and I noticed that most people get on it in search of excitement, but that once it starts, they are terrified and want the cars to stop."
"What do they expect? Having chosen adventure, shouldnt they be prepared to go the whole way? Or do they think the intelligent thing to do would be to avoid the ups and downs and spend all their time on a carousel, going round and round on the spot?"
"The roller coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; its taking chances, fall over and getting up again; its mountaineering; its wanting to get to the very top of yourself and to feel angry and dissatisfied when you don’t manage it."
"If I had fallen asleep and suddenly woken up on a roller coaster, what would I feel?"
"Well, I would feel trapped and sick, terrified of every bend, wanting to get off. However, if I believe that the track is my destiny and that God is in charge of the machine, then the nightmare becomes something thrilling. It becomes exactly what a roller coaster is, a safe, reliable toy, which will eventually stop, but, while the journey lasts, I must look at the surrounding landscape and whoop with excitement."
That person is a very lonely person, and still she has this positive view of life, that even though truly she doesnt know the meaning of her life, and she thinks most of the time it is meaningless, her faith, her belief in god is the only thing that matters, as long as she has faith, there is meaning. . .
If only its that easy for me to believe. . .


