Scribbling Neurons

Dream it. Draft it. Do it.

Author: Issa

  • Liked and Disliked

    A close friend once told me I was born to please. Through a quick play at Yahoo’s Q & A’s, I came to know I’m not totally likable, which made me feel so human. Let me share my answers to two questions which someone somewhere in the web thumbed up and down.

  • A Gift of Cheer

    Bust the Leading Disease: WORRY. Declare war against worry today. My father once said: “in life, forethought wins, just like it is in Chess.” But lately, I’ve realized that too much forethought kills. No mental attitude is more disastrous to personal achievement, personal happiness, and personal usefulness in the world, than worry, and its twin sister, despondency (a…

  • Habi

    Humabi ng gintong pangarap sa gitna ng dilim, Inapuhap malamlam na lampara, umaamot ng liwanag, Bagamat naluluha bawat maling tusok ng karayom, Sulyap lamang sa dibuhong nabuo, hapdi’y napaparam. Anong hugis ng bukas? Anong kulay ng susunod na araw? Tatsulok? Parihaba? Asul? Pula? Luntian? O dilaw? Kapalaran, tutupad ka ba sa disenyong napagkasunduan? Matagpuan ko…

  • Creekside Story

    I bore you with long posts more often than I should. Today let’s break away from the lengthy article.  See my creekside park photo-stories.

  • Why Empower Women

    A woman presides over the fountains of life, all life—both male and female. She impregnates every human being with the qualities of her soul. Into the very woof of existence she weaves the shreds of her own being. Woman’s soul colors, forms, molds, modifies, endows the soul of humanity. It is so. It must be…

  • Mowing

    By: Robert Frost There was never a sound beside the wood but one, And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. What was it it whispered? I knew not well myself; Perhaps it was something about the heat of the sun, Something, perhaps, about the lack of sound– And that was why it…

  • How to Talk Right

    Is there really a right way of talking? Can we actually know how to listen and respond accurately? Is there a hope our conversations won’t end up frustratingly empty, banal, or worse yet, useless? Paul Grice proposed four maxims by which we can gauge conversations. Before you frown or get cynical, give his maxims a…

  • A Love Statement

    It’s Valentine’s Day so everyone catches the love fever. Being a reluctant romantic, Shakespeare’s sonnets often make me smile. Though I resolved not to show affections solely on V-day, I’m not cynical about the idea of making a season for love (It’s a day it’s fine to be corny). Ergo, I’m making a love statement: Love is a steady stream, not…

  • Megan Reeves Shares the Girl Code

    You’ll instantly recognize smart eyes when you see them. Playing as the tough, witty and charming FBI agent working as psychological profiler in Numb3rs, Diane Farr (aka Megan Reeves) snatched and held my attention pretty longer than brainy Amita (Charlie‘s love interest). Finding out Megan Reeves’ real-life character didn’t come as a surprise. She’s the chic that has…