My Philosophy of Life

Romanticizing Choleric Temperament (Not Much Between Its Ears part 2) Image courtesy of Alamy by Ronald Michael Quijano Toyo - not the typical condiment you have in mind. I am not referring to soy sauce, rather the term that we - Pinoy - are using pertaining to being hot-tempered, moody, or being capricious. This is the term most likely you will see on Facebook nowadays, people posting about how toyoin they are. You know social media, as long as the subject trends, all users are seemingly required to be part of it.  From Ice Bucket Challenge to Hot Water Challenge, from Harlem Shake to Tala Dance Cover, from hating pineapple in a pizza to sudden Lumpiang Shanghai fever, - you name it - you are just crowd surfing. It's as if your life would not be complete, or your personhood would not be whole without you participating in trends. I wonder why there is no Symposium Challenge, Live Stream Debates, Read As Much Books As You Can In a Month Challenge, Math Challenge, or li...

How Stoicism Changed My Life Image courtesy of dailystoic.com By Ronald Michael Quijano It is hard to be an atheist. Yes, it is enlightening; it is also a great platform to bestow your ideas and reason concerning common beliefs and traditions. However great your knowledge is regarding those matters, you must be backed up by wisdom. I was aggressive in my atheism view last 2018, I politicize the classroom with my biased notion, always engaged in continuous exhortation with extreme sophism. I was heavily influenced by the great atheism figures such as Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, and Christopher Hitchens. Heavily influenced by their ability to deliver homiletic speeches, I too practiced such. Fascinated by their way of offending religion, and justifying that offending someone will trigger intellectual colloquy, I too practiced such doings by continuously ridiculing religious beliefs. I did not see that engaging in such practice would debilitate understanding and effective com...

How Christmas Has Changed Throughout the Years Image courtesy of Vanjuan by Ronald Michael Quijano, LPT It was Christmas Eve of 2005; I used to wake up at nine in the evening to help my mom to set up the wooden table, on it, our humble  Media Noche  comprised of fried chicken, bread, spaghetti, shanghai, and a sandwich spread. Our room is dim, we are living in an old apartment so we need to lower down the volume of our sound system since the other tenant is listening to their own Christmas playlist. Some, prefer a quiet evening. Before dinner, my mom would bring us to church to attend the  Misa de Gallo,  as we went through the streets, I see kids of my age wearing new, colorful, and simple clothes. Each house has its own Christmas design; lights, trees, garlands, Santa Claus statues, and paper greetings. Some are elegant and expensive while some are simple yet beautiful. After the mass, we are stopping by the streets to buy either  puto bumbong  or...

My personal reasons why I don't believe anymore. Image courtesy of Jeff Walton by Ronald Michael Quijano, LPT I was baptized as a catholic when I was a few months old. This is the path that most children will take and will largely shape their worldview - Imagine deciding things for someone without even asking their consent if they wanted to become a Catholic or, a Muslim, or a Hindu, then the option is given too late when there's too much social pressure in you and will eventually end up swallowing their doctrines - just like how Iglesia ni Cristo control their member's indoctrination. I was raised in a set of traditions that Catholicism constantly practice - confession, confirmation, communion, etc. The bells that chant simultaneously create illusory depths in my ears, the choir that astonishes me with harmony, the beautiful paintings, and the sculptures that surround the church are overflowing with the artist's inspiration and faith. At first, it was easy for ...

Image courtesy of Christian Darkin By Ronald Michael Quijano, LPT The modern world has a lot to offer, while the modern human has a lot to consume. While seeing how humans behave on an everyday basis, my hope, my urge to influence, my will to educate stultify. The world is facing a lot of significant issues right now, and it seems, few bats an eye. From climate change to socio-economic problems, from education to political loopholes, from climate change to numerous animal extinction, everyone seems to care more about their favorite social media influencer, or which hero is the best in Mobile Legends, than these issues. Furthermore, we have access to higher knowledge and information, more accurate scientific procedures, and state-of-the-art equipment, so where do we think we went wrong?  In this essay, I will be discussing what I think the factors that lead humanity on the edge. I’ll be providing scientific data, studies, and articles to back up my reasons. My advice to the...

Image courtesy of Spot.ph By Ronald Michael Quijano The core purpose of this essay is to give information and insights into how politics in the Philippines operates. If the reader of this essay intends to criticize my words against their political fanaticism, then the essay itself has no effect at all. The Philippines - considered to be a third-world country and most often listed as one of the most corrupt countries in the world - is on its edge of political and economic downfall. But most politicians are in the denial stage. Afraid to admit the truth to its nation and chose to conceal the dangers with their astonishing, incompetent, short-term projects. The people of the Philipines are easily persuaded by these types of political campaigns. Perhaps - as I can observe - the voters themselves are the ones who are leading the downfall of its nation. In this essay, I will be discussing the problems of the Philippine political system, and I believe, there’s no need for someone t...