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When I was young I was deeply fascinated with people who wore eye glasses. The nerdier the glasses looked, the more intelligent the person seemed to be. Of course much of this assumption of people wearing glasses to be smart is due to media influence. (yes I’m pointing fingers) I mean come on, it’s plastered in most media influences: scientists with big dorky glasses, or those lanky school nerds who later become millionaires with their precious formulas and algorithms.

And so like any curious little kid I desired to have a pair of this magic contraption which made you (supposedly) smarter. Luckily (or rather unluckily as I found out later) I actually needed a pair of prescription eyewear as it apparently runs in the family. And so I wore glasses from Grade two all the way until now.

I can’t say I hate my glasses. It does give me a certain perspective of things, though it makes me feel uncomfortable during sporty activities or when I do things involving liquids splashing on my face. Maybe someday I’ll consider getting lasik. Admittedly though, wearing glasses does make you feel, I repeat, FEEL smart. o__o

Entering this new chapter of my life has been extremely stressful but I’ll be honest and say that I totally don’t regret getting into what I am into now. I will however admit that I am rather in need of a break. I’ve been buried in my books, notes and diagrams and I feel like I’m drowning with too much information.

Even if I like what I am in right now that doesn’t mean that I still look for ways to just take a break and enjoy. In our group we call it de-stressing. Being in my early twenties I’m still looking for some extreme adventure that will get my blood rushing and my senses experiencing new things.

I did consider wake boarding last summer however I got caught up with many projects thus I left it undone. I hope during my free time I could opt to learn wakeboarding from the most awesome wakeboarding crew here in Cebu: Fluid Wake. But I know I also have to purchase myself a wakeboard.
I wonder where I can get a good wakeboard. Stoked? Active Zone in Ayala? Perhaps I should check out evo wakeboards.

But who am I kidding. I should stop daydreaming about these impossible adventures considering where I am for now. It’s now half past ten and I still have to read tons of pages. Oh well, dreaming is for free. Who knows, I can learn to wakeboard one of these days.

I can distinctly recall the days when I used to watch my younger brother’s school competitions in football. It was fun when I saw him playing against different schools and it was even more exciting when he brought his sports competition to a higher level.

I’ve seen my brother train a lot and I’ve seen him give it his best when playing in the field but when I’m watching his game I can’t help but notice that a lot of situations where his team or his opposing team would win by chance. Knowing such a situation can happen I can’t help but wonder if all those sports competition is really about skill or mere chance?

Amidst the excitement I’m sure there were some people who made sports bet.

For those were into the football craze some of them opted to go for football betting. I wonder how much moolah one can get from these?

Then again I can always conclude that how one raises his chance of winning against the other team can be considered a skill right?