Tweets and Twitters...

Dear journal,


"We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand..."

Archie was laughing at me the other day because he saw how affected I was with the news that AJ Perez died. How can I not be sad, I follow him on twitter! Though I am really not a fan, it is still shocking to know that somebody as young as he was is already gone. Showbiz or not, the demise of a young person (or any person for that matter) is still appalling to me as rain in the sahara desert.

Everybody in the Philippine twitter world was shaken up even those who were not really familiar with the one who died. I guess curiosity can get the best of people especially in today's world of information and social networks. I have read varying comments ranging from sympathies to bewilderment, from inquisitiveness to outrage. Who would have thought in the past that a single network can accommodate different people's opinion all at the same time. The power of technology is still overwhelming.

He was just seventeen and did not even reach the prime of his life. He finished a show without knowing that his life would end, too, after that. Life just flashed in front of him in an instant; and probably even before he realized what was happening, his last glimpsed was of himself in slow motion, awaiting the destiny written for him by the Divine Writer.

Even if you go to the best fortune-teller or the most sensible palm-reader there is, you won't know when you'll say goodbye. There is always this fear of passing away because it is, most of the time, paralled with doom. Pain, afterall, is not a good dessert.

I, too, have a twitter account, but I don't tweet that much. I'm just fond of reading other people's tweets. But, without calling bad vides and negative omen, I wish that (way before I die) I would be able to tweet tweets that could launch ships and inspire others. 

Remember, lightning could strike anytime...